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UTAH SAYS MEAT MTOftTUN- rrv WILL COME TO 1)5. WHS8N THE PEACEMAKER “to All Htetorr so Much Opportunity Krer <V>m« to Any Other Km- m Thnt Whk-h to Ik*Lined to Ootne to United Htatee," ia Pro- - ^ J ■ m . * *• > phery of FonnH- HerreUry. Kormer Secretary of State Bryan in the flret section of bla statement on “the causeless war" Wednesday prophesied that the greatest peace making opportunity In all history was certain to come tp the United States and declared there would be a demand for an International con ference. with the return of peace to change the rules of international law which "seem to have been made for the nations at war rather than for the nations of peace." “Under the stress end strain of the titanic struggle In which they are en gaged," Mr. Bryan’s statement says, "each side Jias felt Itself Justified In encroaching upon the rights of neu trals. The ocean highways, the com mon property of njl, which have been to some extent appropriated for war purposes and delicate diplomatic questions are forced upon the neutral nations. ^ “Just at this time when these questions are most acute, the bellig erent governments are least able to deal with them with the calmness and poise which their great impor tance demands. No wonder every neutral nation Is increasingly anx ious for the war to end; but of all the neutral nations ours has the most reason to pray for the return of peace most reason to set Its face resolutely against participation In this war. This nation, the head of the neutral group and the sincere friend of all the belligerents, Is In duty bound to set an example In pa tience and self-restraint. “In all history no such opportunity has ever come to any other nations as that which to destined to come to the United titatea In all history no other peacemaker has ever been In position to claim as rich a blessing as that which will be pronounced up on our president when the time for mediation comes- as come It must.” Introducing his statement, Mr Bryan describes the horrors of the war, and aaya: “Neutral nations can not look on with Indlfiersnce—the ties that bind them together are too strong, the re latlonshlp too Intimate. This especially true of the United States We have a composite population every nation of Europe having con trlbuted liberally to our cltlaenshlp These, our countrymen, themselves born abroad or Immediately descend ed from foreign-born ancestors, can not but take a lively Interest In the conduct as well as in the results of the war and a still larger circle shares the concern of those directly connected. Not a soldier falls on either side, but the sorrow expressed In hls home finds an echo at some fireside In the United States." Aside from sentimental considers tlons, Mr. Hrycn asserts, neutral na tlons suffer serious disturbance be cause of the war. “Nearly every neutral nation finds new domestic problems thrust upon It and old problems made more dlf fieuIt." the statement declares. "No American cltlxen can note without deep concern the manner In which war questions have intruded them selves Into our politics—overshadow ing economic Issues and stimulating agitation In favor of enlarged up proprlatlons for rallltrry and navy purposes." Mr, Bryan referred to Interrup tions to neutral commerce derange ment of bualnesa and consequent re adjustments and speaks of scarcity of American ships as one of the greatest ombarrasuments to the Unit ed Stat s. "The neutral nations are put In « great expense to preeefve neutrality,' continues the statement, "and are constantly In danger of being em broiled In the war without Intention or fault on their own part. The rules of lnt« rnattonal law seem to have been made for the nations at war rather than the for the nations at peace. It la almoat Impossible to alter there rules during the war, be cause any material change affecting as It would the interests of the bel Ugerents. would be a seeming viola tlon of neutrality. “As soon as peace returns there will be a demand for an international conference on the subject. The pre sumption should then be given to peace, for peace, not war, is the nor mal cotvdltion. If nations are deter mined to fight they should, as far as possible, bear the burden themselves and not be permitted to transfer It to the nations which avoid war by re sorting to reason instead of force." DROP BOMBS UPON TOWNS Is DESTROYED BY CREW t t t s Italian Dirigible Fired to Prevent Capture by Austrians. Official announcement was made at Van Ice Thursday that the Italian airship Citta dl Ferrara was set on fire by Us crew to avert attack from the Austrian aeroplane from above and to prevent its falling Jnto the hands of Austrian torpedo boats pur suing it by tea. This step was not takoa before the oil tanka of the dirigible were empty. 2 The raid of this airship over leceaeful. the statement were dropped on the evww ewwu torpedo works and the submarine works at name as well ee rkere Aaeb bte bare been built and Twenty-three Aeroplanes Attack Open Town of Karlsruhe. Farts reports: “In retaliation for the bombardment by the Germans of French and English open towns the order was given to bombard Tuesday morning the capital of the Grand Duchy of Baden. At three o'eiock In the morning twenty-three aeroplanes set out for Karlsruhe. "Although caught by a northeast wind they arrived over the town be tween five-thirty and six-twenty o’clock. They dropped one hundred and thirty projectiles of ninety and one hundred and fifty-five calibre on the objects which had been Indicated to them, particularly the chateau, an arms manufactory and the station. Many fires broke out during (he time the aeroplanes were flying over .Karlsruhe. A serious panic was ob served In the station from which trains departed hastily, proceeding In an easterly direction. "The machines were subjected to a violent gunfire, particularly on their outer trip at Haverne (Zabern), Rtras^hurg. Rastatt and Karlsruhe, and Un their return at Hlamont, Phalsebourg (Pfalxbourg) and Huv- erne. All returned except two." Berlin reports: Tuesday the open towm of Karlsruhe, far from the thea tre of operatlona and nof In any way fortlflecf, was attacked with bombs dropped by hostile airmen. So far as Is now known, some eleven citizens were killed and six injured Military damage could not have been caused. One aircraft of the enemy was brought down by one of our military airmen and the occupants were kill ed. Another enemy aircraft was ob liged to land near Schlrmeck. Karlsruhe reports: Five hostile air men bombarded Karloruhe for forty- five minutes Tuesday morning. Sev eral persons were killed or wounded. BRYAN SENT COMMUNICATION | TO ENGLAND IN MARCH (iermmmjr offered to Pay Goat of Re pairing < able and Maggestad On- sorship by American Government if Allied Navy Would Not Destroy ’ Onnections Afterward. Holtoitor Gets Ona Tree Bill Out IMrtj Indictment* -Judge NmU Mnfcea Talk. „ S^SS'o^^lHAS NOT BEEN ANSWERED were handed the Charleston grand Jury by Solicitor Puerifoy Thursday morning. About noon the Jury re turned five or alx no-bHto in the li quor caaea and when asked about the other billa by the court, the fore man announced Inability of tbe jury to agree. The judge spoke to them of their duty in finding either a true bill or a no-btll and asked if there wfas any thing further they cared to state or be informed on. Foreman 8. 8. Brook- er told Judge Moore: “It does not seem to be a question of law or evi dence, 1»ut prejudice against the <11*- liensary law." Tbe court ordered them to retire and take some action in regard to the bills still hi their possession. The Jury returned to the court room at three o’clock, as court was about to adjourn for the day, and handed in seventeen no-bills and onfi true bill. The foreman stated that there were yet about fifteen indict ments of the aarne kind to be passed upon. The true bill returned was that against Ixxvey Jenkins, negro. Solicitor Puerifoy Immediately stated that he wished this case nol pressed as it seemed that the only indictment on which the grand Jury was able to agree as a true bill was against the only negro indicted. Mr. Brooker said he was sure the grand Jury would recommend that the case be nol pyossed . ^ Judge Moore said neither he nor any one else had any right to Inquire Into the why and wherefore of the grand Jury's decisions, but be con sidered It unfortunate that the offi cers of the county should present so many Indictments in which there was not sufficient evidence to warrant a trial by petty jury. He characterized the action of the jury as the equiva- let of a statement that no blintt tiger existed in Charleston in violation of the law, • In charging the grand Jury as to its duty when It had faBed to agree on any except a few indictments. Judge Moore told the members to remember that Charleaton was a part of Houth Carolina and that they must abide by the laws of the State, other wise their action would condone an archy. reports London CONSIDERS FRANK’S CASE Geoi'Kia Governor Expected to Decide in Few Days. The case of Leo Frank, in his ar gument before Gov. Slaton for a com mutation of this sentence from death to life imprisonment is now in the hands of the governor of Georgia. Former Congressman Howard made one of the most Impressive appeals ever made In the Houth befofe the executive Wednesday afternoon and finished hls speech at four o’clock. The governor took the case under, advisement and will consult the notes which he has taken during the hear ing. He is said to have a Copious memorandum of the pleadings before him. The decision is hardly expected before Friday and it will have to mean one of two alternatives. He must refuse to interfere wktr the vdr diet of the Jury or else he must com mute the sentence of the condemned man to life Imprisonment. Arsenal Badly Wrecked. Rome reports that the Austria^ arsenal, a as badly wrecked by bombs dropped from an Italian airship.’ Soma of the teg warships at apebor •re said to have boon damaged. > Big Battleship Aground. - ▲ Turkish aviator reports Ttes- rftoy Chat be savr g British crutosr of Iks .Agamemnon typo almost' rom- piatsty submarcsd fas Kafato Rav Is. The severad cable communication between the United States and Ger many, via the Azores, has not been restored because of the opposition of Great Britain and her allies. This became definitely known at Washing ton this week, when It was learned that the German government, had submitted to the United States a pro posal to repair and reopen the cable If the consent of the British govern ment could be obtained. This pro posal was communicated through Ambassador James W. Gerard -at Berlin to Secretary Bryan under date of February 27, 1915. , Immediately on the receipt of the German proposal in Washington it was submitted by the state depart ment to Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, on March 3. The records of the department, disclose that no response was eVer .made by the British government, and show that the German proposal never got anywhere for that reason. Without the consent of the Brit ish government it would be worse than useless to repair and reopen the cable, for the reason that Great Britain, if opposed to its use during the war. could cut the cable just as easily after Its restoration as in the early days b> the war. Three months and ten days have elapsed since the German cable proposal was submitted to tbe British ambassador in Wash ington, and during that time the British'government has ignored the matter The communication received by the state department from amha*-1 tier," sador Gerard, under date of Feb ruary 27, transmitted a communica tion handed to him by the German foreign office, stating that from the beginning of tbe war direct cable communication between tbe -United States and Germany had been cut off. and that American bualneaH in teresta had suffered greatly In con sequence. In thla communication tbe German government proposed. In caae the United States could obtain tbe necessary consent bf the Brit- (all government, to reopen the cable on condition that It be used only for tbe following limited purposes: “First, for r.U communications to or from (he American embassy, as well as all American consular offi cers In Austria-Hungary and Ger many; second, for such private and business messages as the American embassy in Berlin shall deem It prop er to transmit; third, for alUnews sent to tbe American press, which would be allowed to go out uncensor ed as long as It was not prejudiced to the German military plan of cam paign or contrary to the laws In force during the time of war." The German government profess ed Its willingness to pay tbe entire cost of repairing tbe cable and put ting It Into operation on the under standing that In adopting this ar rangement the president of the Unit ed States would bo entitled to ap point censors at the American end of the cable in order to supervise all messages transmitted. The text of the German proposal of February 2 as communicated by Ambassador Gerard to the state department, was as follows: "Since the beginning of the war direct cable communication between the United Stales and Germany has been cut off. American Interests have suffered greatly in consequence. It has beeh suggested to the Imperial government that public opinion in the United States of America be lieves that It should be in some way made possible for the great Ameri can republic to receive news from Germany with the speed and relia bility to which It is entitled. The Imperial government has discussed the matter informally with the Amer ican ambassador, and finds that he feels that direct cable communica tion between the United States of America and Germany would be of great assistance to the embassies and tbe consular representatives of the United States living in Austria-Hun gary and the German empire. In addition to official use, a direct cable communication would greatly facili tate the transmission of private news between American citizens and their relations and friends. More especi ally important branches of trade, such as the cotton trade, etc., would derive great benefit therefrom. "The Imperial government there fore, proposes, provided the govern ment of the Unjted States of America can obtain the necessary consent of the government ot Great IMtatn to repair and reopen the cable, which, prior (o the war. has connected the United States and Germany, under the following conditions; "The cable only to be used for the purposes hereinafter named: "1. For all communications to or from the United States embassy, as well as all United States consular of ficers In Austria-Hungary and Ger many. - "2. For such private and business mesaages as the United States em bassy in uerlin shall deeoi ii proper to transmit. \ "3. For all the news sennto the American press, .which will be'allow ed to go out uncensored aa far as It Is not prejudicial to the military plan of catrpalgn and the laws In force during the time of war. In this connection It hae been suggested by U>e American amhemador in Beettn that the privilege of ualng the cable be restricted to such representatives of American newspaper syndicates er 'ee may he msteaily •pan by and between the Petrugrad Wednesday: "Fighting continues in' the Shsvii district without substantially modify ing tbe situation. “During Monday pight the enemy delivered a futile attack in the defec tion of Nyszynice and Bakh, as well as several Isolated attacks in the dis trict north of Przasnysz, all of which we successfully repulsed. "In Galicia the Germans miuic good their losse* by bringing up Fresh troops not before *een on this front, and they resumed, the offensive in the Jaroslau district on the right bank of the San, supported by . a strong artillery fire. After three days of hard fighting we yielded Home ground to the enemy on the right honk of tl|e Isibazowba and the WyHznia, a tributary of the Fan. -."On the Dneister on Sunday we de livered a successful counter attack on the left banks of the Tismenitza and the Stry rivers. Here we mode twelve thousand prisoners, including twenty- nine officers, and captured seven ma chine guns. "The same day the Germans at tacked in the sector south of the bridgehead of Jidatcheff, taking the village of Rogouhzno. "At dawn of the day following we delivered a counter attack and re captured the villages of Rogouhzno antF Jouravkoff. We secured also a gun with its equipment and several artilterymen. In this engagement the Germans hoisted a white flag and treacherously o|»ened fire. Conse quently the) all were bayoneted by onr soldiers., NEWS WAS SUPPRESSED "The enemy continues his attacks on the bridghead near Nljnloff, em ploying strong forces of artillery to this end. During lact Sunday we re pulsed these attacks and made over fifteen hundred prisoners. "Between the Dneister and the Pruth In the region of Czernowitz we have withdrawn beyond our fron- CARRANZA MAKES ANSWER TO WILSON’S STATEMENT Villa's Iteply Is Also on the Way Hut Has Not Vet Been Officially Received In Washington. President Wilson has before him the first reply to his reeent statement regarding Mexico. It consisted of a lengthy "proclamation to tbs people” Issued Friday by Gen. Carranza, as serting the right of the Constitution allst government to recognition by the United States and other foreign powers. I^ck-of recognition Is declared to be the one difficulty remaining in the way of restoring constitutional gov ernment in Mexico, and the statement asserts: “At this time we believe our selves to be in s position to overcome this last difficulty because the Const!- tulionsllst governmtnt is now actual ly in possesion of sovereignty and the legitimate exercise of sovereignty in the essential condition, which should be taken into account when deciding upon recognition of a government.” Gen. Villa's answer also reached Washington, but was not delivered at the state department. Until It is pre sented the Villa agency declined to make public the text. Department officials declined to comment on the abstract of the Villa str- •meut carried In press dispatches, or "aon a copy of a letter from Villa to •tarranza. also received at the agency, which tirgea that differences be forgotten, and suggests a personal mating between the two leaders to f'range for co-operation and restora- •n of peace. SERBIANS ACT IN ALBANIA Agreement Indicated With Greece— Austria Withdrawing Troops? According to reports received in Rome by the Italian general staff, Austria Is indirectly encouraging Serbia in her Albanian plan, the na ture of which is indicated by the re cent incursion of Serbian troops into that country. It is reported that Ser bia and Greece have agreed on parti tion of Albania, trusting it will be ratified by the peace conference. Whot appears unusual in the sit uation is that Austria, whose ulti matum to Serbia resulted in tbe war, Instead of seizing the present oppor tunity to resume the offensive against Belgrade, now that part of the Ser bian troops are engaged in Albania? has removed some of her forces from the Serbian front to face the Italians. In an official statement issued lime 12 by the Serbian press bureau. It was explained that the Serbian ex pedition into Albania was deemed necessary because that country has been a hotbed of Austro-Turkish in trigue. resulting in Albanian raids into Serbia. At- the same time, it was added, Serbia realized tnat the Albanian question would be definitely settled by Europe. To Answer Our Note of March 20. Intimations have been received'at the state department that Great Bri tain will make a reply to our note of March 20. protesting against her re- structlons against non-contraband commerce with neutral countries. American ambassador In Berlin and the Imperial government. “The Imperial government is will ing to pay the entire expense of re pairing the cable and putting It. Into It |g nndaratood agreed that the prealdent of the Unit ed Htatee to entitled to appoint < •or* on the American end of to sapervtoe nil n the enMe." Paiwengers on Board Ship From Lon don < (infirm Story Which Has Not Been Published in london. But Which Wns Wirelessed From Ber lin—('able t'ensorship Firm. The latest addition to the British naval losses is the battleship Aga memnon, one of the most recent and largest^ of. the class of pre-dread noughts. She was sunk at the Dar danelles In the latter part of May, possibly by the German submarine that sank the British battleships Ma jestic and Triumph on May 26 and 27, respectively. AT. of the officers and crew of the Agamemnon' were saved. Any one who has been in London since the beginning of the war and lias bad opportunities of meeting the right persons knows that many of the most important items of news circu late only by word of mouth wttbtn a limited circle. - i Things w hich have been’ suppressed by the censorship are not Included in the official announcements or tn the news which papers are allowed to print and foreign correspondents to put on the rabies are known, of course, to a considerable number of officials and their associates. It was from these sources that confirmation of the sinking of the Agamemnon was brought to The New York Times The most notable previous instance of the suppression of news of this sort was the sinking of tbe super dreadnought Audacious by a mine or submarine off the north coast of ire- land-on October 27 last, which has never yet been officially admitted by the British admiralty. The news of this disaster was first made public in this country by the passengers and crew of the White Star Unci OlympTFr wtilcfi'took the crew of the Audacious off the sinking battleship. Even as late as last month a writer in an English maga zine had to refer to this incident as “the superdreadnought Audacious which, according to an American re port.” etc. There have been other episodes of the same sort. For examplq, the Brit ish battle cruiser Lion, flagship of Admiral Beatty In tbe UVL-crulser actions in the North Sea. was said by the Germans to have been disabled In the second of these actions, that in which the German armored cruis er Bluecher was sunk. The British admiralty declared that the Lion was only slightly dam aged, and the fact that the German report was correct did not become known until the Christmas ship Jason, returning from its voyage to the various European countries to distribute toys, was not allowed to put Into Portsmouth Harbor because the Lion was being repaired in a dockyard there, and the admiralty did not wish the extent of her in juries to become known. A wlrelecs message from Berlin announcing the loss of the Agamem non was picked up in lx>ndon, but the censors would not permit its pub lication or transmission over tbe cables. The Agamemnon was one of the British battleships which took part In the earliest operations against the Dardanelles, and in the reports of the bombardments of the forts at the mouth of the strait, which led up to the great attack on March 18, she and her sister ship, the Lord Nelson were mentioned as among those prominent in the support of the Queen Elizabeth. The Germans claimed at this time that she and others had been severely damaged by shell fire, but the British admiralty refused to admit that seri ous damage had been done to any ves sel. At the time there was much comment by the British war corre spondents on the participation of the battleship Agamemnoon in engage ments fought within sight of the ruins of Trov. The Agamemnon was again men tioned on March 26 as aiding the Queen Elizabeth in a bombard ment for the protection of mine sweepers, but since then she has not figured by ncme in any reports. The Agamemnon is the largest warship except the Audacious which lias as yet been lost by either side. She was launched in June, 1906, and displaced sixteen thousand five hun dred tons, canned eight hundred and sixty-five men, and mounted an ex ceptionally heavy armalnent—four twelve-inch gui.s. ten 9.2-inch, and thirty-three-smaller weapons, besides five torpedo tubes. ' She and her sister ship, the Lord Nelson, were similar in a general way to the Japanese battleship Sat- sumn, launched about y the same time, which mounts 'four twelve-inch, ten ten-inch, and fourteen 4.7-inch guns. These ships were results of the les sons of the naval battle in the Sea of Japan in May, 1905, which showed the value of all big gun ships. The dreadnought idea of a battle ship with a battery composed entirely of guns of twelve-inch calibre or larger had already been conceived in the minds of British and American designers; the American South Caro lina had already been planned, and the British dreadnought was far on the way toward completion. But lit tle had been given out about her ga yet, and the Agamemnon and Lord Nelson were at the time considered extremely powerful veesels. - ‘ It to premuned that the lorn of the Agamemnon waa due to the activities of German submarines, at least one of which the r-Bl, made the a voyage from the Gennaa North London reports officially Wednes day: « -eppelin dropped bomba on the northeast coast of England Tues day evening. Fifteen deaths are ^re ported from that district and fifteen persons were wounded. Some fires were started by the bombs but by Wednesday morning, they had been overcome. Beginning with the German raid on municipal area of London, May 31, In which four persons were killed, the past sixteen days have brought reports of a number of aerial attacks by both sides, indicating a determina tion to force the fighting from the clouds. An air attack by one side has been followed so closely by a counter at tack that’ retaliation is strongly In dicated. Tuesday twenty-three aero planes raided tbe German city of Karlsruhe, killing nineteen persons and wounding fourteen. The raid on England mentioned in the foregoing dispatch followed this onslaught within twenty-four hours. Other important aerial engage ments of the past two weeks were: Aeroplanes attacked the headquarters of the German crown prince, June 3. Two days latdr a German aeroplane dropped explosive bombs on the French seaport of Ci.lais. On June 6 a Zeppelin visited the east coast of England, killing five persons. The next day Wameford, the young Cana dian aviator, destroyed a Zeppelin in an air duel over Belgium. Ghent was badly, damaged June 8 by a British air raider and the following day Ven ice was bombarded by an Austr' aeroplane. On fhe twelfth of J Austrian aviators bombarded t on the Italian frontier and two later British airmen attacked Gejr man dingio>e sheds at Evere, Bel gium. FINAL DRAFT OF OUR NOTE TONED DOWN, SAYS BRYAN tar. To her waa da* tbe sinking of of lb* British baUieabipe Triumph, tb*lo* May 26 and Majestic on May 97. Tbe tom of them two betttoohips waa tbe latest anvnl news of Im|K>rtant Change Made, But Not ^ Sufficient to Justify HI* With drawal of Resignation. Former Secretary Bryan, who re signed rather than sign tbe second note to Germany, issued another^ statement Saturday declaring that the note was materially revised fol lowing the presentation of his resig nation The revision. Mr. Bryao averred, softened the note, but wae not sufficient to justify him in with drawing his resignation. “It is true," said Mr. Bryan, “that I saw the final draft of the note just before my resignation took effect, but it contained an Important change. I bad no knowledge of this change at the time my resignation was tender ed and accepted "This change, while very much softening the note, was not. however, sufficient, in my judgment, to justify me In asking permission to withdraw my resignation. As Germany had suggested arbitration, I felt that wo could not do less than reply to this offer by expressing a willingness to apply the principle of the peace trea ties to the case." "What was the change in tbe note?” Mr. Bryan was asked. "I can not discuss that,” he re plied. ^ Typhus in Austria. Three hundred and forty-two cases of typhus have been reported in Aus tria, according to French communica tion from Berne, Switzerland. from that theatre of war. So far the British have lost six battleships and the French one in the Dardanelles attack. The British Ir resistible and Ocean and the Frencl Bouvet were sunk by mines on March 18, the British Goliath was torpedoed by a submarine M y 13, the Triumph May 26, the Majestic May 27, and the Agamemnon apparently about the same time. The British and French have each had two submarines sunk in or near the strait, besides many battleships and cruisers seriously damaged by gunflr^. The Turks have lost the battleship Messudiveh, torpedoed by a British submarine Dec. 13; the cruiser Medjv^ieh, and a number of smaller vessels.v Other brillianU'mibmcrine exploits besides those at the'TJardanelles have been the following^ Sinking of the British armored cruisers Cressy, Hogue, and Aboukir on September 22 by the German sub marine U-9, under Capt. Lieut. Otto Weddlgen. Sinking of the British armored cruiser Hawke on Oct. 15 by the same boat. Sinking of the French armored cruiser Leon Gambetta in the Straits of Otranto'by*an Austrian submarine, i} -6^ ie most brilliant feat of this sort of the war was the sinking of the Turkish battleship Mescudiyeh, lying well up the Dardannelles. by a Brit ish submarine, which dived under five rows of mines to reach her r Besides the six battleship^ lost at the Dardannelles jhe Britfeh navy have lost three other^ of thil class— the Audacious, sunk apparently by a mine off the north coast of Ireland Oct. 27; the Boulwark, blown up while at anchor in the Thames on No. 26, and the Formidable^ similar ly lost on New- Year’s Day. The Bouvet is the only French battleship lost. ' The Russians and Japanese have lost none of this class. The Mas- sudiyeh is the only battleship so far sunk on the side of the Germans. Denies Agamemnon Disaster. Official denial wax made in Lon don TqgrtM_eI. Uto raport that the BrUisb^Sattleship .Agamemnon had been sunk la the Dardanelles J»y a German submarine It waa aanosac- ed that no fighting unit, aot already* officially reported, had been tout at thu DardaaaUw. A Pril The