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- %-m. TO FSfAPF 80116 WRECKS 8001,1 111 LllU/irL. IN NATIONAL CAPITOL UNER ARMENIAN RACED AWAY ' Kxplowlon Occurn Shortly Before Mid* WHEN HAILED BY SUB IEFTROYED BY SHELLS Oiptoraatlc Tcn.si in Relieved When News Conies of Sohjnnrlne's Efforts 4o Halt Ship Before Sinking Her - ' <*ptnln Trlckey Proud of His At tempt to Outwit Captor. Irtformation on which to base an accurate Judgment of circumstances aaider which the British steamer Ar menian was destroyed with the loss of American lives was lacking Thurs day night and until details are avail able Secretary Lansing said the posi tion of the United States could not be determined. F^ora news dispatcher, however, and a closer reading of official re ports officials were inclined In the view that afe the Armenian apparent ly refused to h^it at the command of the Oerman Submarine, according to International uaw the sinking of the vessel was justified, even though non- combatants were on board. There was little tension over the tacMent after it became known the Armenian had sought to evade cap ture. It was admitted that if official reports bore out press dispatches there was no likelihood that any com plaint would l>e added to Issues be tween the United States and Ger many. One or two officials suggested that since Germany had given warning that enemy ships would be torpedoed without warning, a merchantman < ar- -ryisg contraband might be'Justified In attempting to escape Others, however, declared rules of warfare do not require a commander to state his purpose when directing a merchantman to halt. The only fact of importance receiv ed officially by the state department was In a report from Ambassador Page, who said the British admiralty had Informed him the Armenian was "engaged in admiralty business.'• De partment officials declared the quws- tion of whether a ship so engaged should be treated by hostile vessels as a ship of war or a defenseless mer chantmen was "a close question of in ternational law." When It was suggested to officials that if the Armenian were a public 1 a requisition warrant issued by Gov ship of war she could not have sailed 1 Tencr in 1913 for Fred Brown, alias night Friday—Damage Mot - Yet Made Public. A tremendous explosion, believed to have been caused by some kind of bomb or infjru&l machine, wrecked the public reception room on the east side of. the capitol building &t Wash ington shortly before midnight Fri day night. No one was injured. Officials believe that the explosive was placed t>y a jc^-ank who desired to create a sensatjon. Visitors were allowed In the room during the day and a timed machine might have been left without attracting attention. Superintendent Wood, of the capi tol building, summoned by the panic- stricken watchmen, made a hurried Investigation and then telephoned for an expert on explosives. Until the expert has made his report no of ficial statement concerning the Inci dent will be made public. The doors of the capitol were clos ed Immediately after the explosion aiyl no one was permitted to enter while the Investigation was under way. While the origin of the explo sion had not been explained, some reports in circulation said it might have been caused by a bomb. Reports said the windows in the reception room had been blown out,' that an Immense plate glass mirror had been demolished and that part of the celling and walls were torn down. The explosion was heard.for sev eral blocks. Persons who reached the capitol soon after the explosion occurred said they noticed the odor of burning powder, which persisted for some time. Elliott Wood, superintendent of the capitol building, Sergeant-at- Arms Higgins, of the Senate, and the head of the capitol poltce, whollffecT' ed the Inquiry, refused to give any theory of the cause of the explosion until the investigation was complet ed. IF NEGRO IS TAKEN TO S. C. WOULD MEAN LYNCHING COTTON AREA LESS FARMERS CUT OUT MilN CROP ON 5,871,000 ACRES * ♦ - CONDITHIN 8.03 PERCENT Governor of Pennsylvania Withdraws Requisition for Joe Grant— Manning Telegraphs. Gov. Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania. It was learned Friday, has withdrawn from the United States without vio lating neutrality, it was pointed out that the supreme court had ruled that ttao chartering of a vessel by a foreign consul for hts government to transport munitions of war or sup plies did not constitute a violation ■of federal statutes In case the ves sel loaded to supply a belligerent fleet at sea. however, the United States has ruled that such ships must be treated ns ships of war. Capt. Trtckey of the Armenian in •« Interview said he surrendered to Abe German submarine only when his ship was afire In three places, her engines were out of action, and a •dosen of the crew had been killed by shrapnel lire. Most of the members the crew who perished. Capt. Trlckey said, were Americans. “The submarine, as a signal for us •to •top." said rapt. Trlckey, “first ftut a couple of shots across our bow* when we were four miles off. I puU-tJov Brumbnugh next week. any stern to him and ran for It. “The submarine then began to shell us in earnest, the shrapnel bursting all around us, killing several of the crew and knocking others overboard. 1 soon reall/ed that the enemy was gaining on us. hut 1 did not propose to surrender without a strug gle, but my steering gear was soon hit and placed ou*r of commission Then a shell fell into the engine room and another carried the Marconi house away. Still another cut down the funnel and disabled the stokers. "By this time the ship was on fire In three places and 1 decided to sur render. We had resisted the enemy for an hour, and twelve or thirteen men lay dead on the deck. "The submarine commander then forced me to clear ship and at seven minutes past eight the Armenian went down, shattered by two torpe does. “I must nay that the submarine commander showed us every fairness after we had given up, picking up many of the crew who, because of a damaged boat, had fallen into the water. “Most of the crew who perished were Americans." •One of the Armenian’s officers said the Oerman submarine which sank -the freighter was of the latest type, big and speedy. “The submarine came towards us at a great rate,” he said. "As she drew near we could made put some of the crew on deck. The captain was dressed in brown overalls. As we tried to escape she greeted us with a storm of shrapnel. The^rst shell to find its mark burst on the star board deck, killing ten men. The wireless operator stuck to his post to the last, sending S. O. S. signals until bis apparatus faded. We surrender ed only when we saw that .escape was hopeless, hove to, lifted the wounded Into boats. Four of these died and were buried at sea. London evening papers did not print the fact that the Armenian was engaged in admiralty business. All refer to the Incident as "sinking of Leyl&nd liner" and all emphasize the f'Mnsatlon created In America.” ^ It wm some time afterward* when m message came from Washington Mying that Ambassador Page had ad vised the' state department of the ■hip's correct statue. first Payment on Cargo. Great Britain has announced Ita In tention to fay one hundred thousand dollars as the first installment of the dne the owners of the Wil- the food ship that was pre- ted from going to Germany. Joe Grant, a negro wanted In South Carolina on a charge of murder. Representations were made to the governor that the prisoner would be in danger of lynching Is returned to the southern state. Brown’s counsel have made extra ordinary efforts to keep him out of South Carolina, la support of their plea that he would be la danger of lyachiag they quoted public Utter ance* of Cole Illease, then governor of South Carolina.- A requisition was Issued, however, by Gov. Tener and Brown's counsel carried the case to the United States supreme court which sustained the lower courts in refusing to interfere. In asking w thdrawal of the re quisition by Gov. Brumbaugh, coun sel cited incidents In connection with the Frank case in Georgia and a re cent lynching in South Carolina. A hearing In the case ill be given by A Columbia dispatch says that Fred Brown, alias Joe Grant, was in dicted In tho South Carolina courts for the allegod murder of J. F. Durst, a white man at Johnson on April 14, 1906. Attorney General Peeples Friday telegraphed a request to the attorney general of Pennsylvania asking that he arrange a hearing before Opv. Brumbaugh when arguments will be submitted for this state relative to the withdrawal by the TennsylvatTla governor of the requisition warrant for the return to South Carolina of Fred Brown, a negro wanted at Lex ington, for murder. Gov. Maunlng telegraphed Gov. Brumbaugh a request that this hear ing be granted. THREE HUERTA ^PLOTTERS V *- ARE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY El Paso S!eu hs Continue Search for Nephew of Former President, Felix Diaz. Gen. Mnrcelo Carav'o. Ike Alderete and Frank Alderete were arrested by federal ot’icials In El Paso, Texas, Wednesday in connection with the al leged Huerta plot to launch a new revolution In Mexico. The po isibiUty that peace may be considered soon by leaders of the two larger warring factions in Mexico, and tlio (ontinued search by federal authorities for Felix Diaz, nephew of former President Diaz, reported to have reached El Paso secretly, occu pied attention in Mexicon circles at El Paso Wednesday. Jose L abel Robles, minister of war in the cabinet of Eulalio Gulterrez, former provisional president, was authority Tor the statement that leaders of the two dominant factions had agreed to discuss peace terms. Robles declined to discuss any of the proposed terms, but predicted that, peace developments mlfcht be expect ed by the middle of July. Government Figures Indicate Yield this Year Will be 2,454,078 Bales ‘ -.<* ' Under 1914—Total Acreage Slt- 535,000—Acreage Reduction of 20 Per Cent. ' j > A prospective cotton crop of 12,- 500,000 equivalent 500 pound bales this season Is unofficially estimated from the, department of agriculture’s June 25 condition and acreage report Issued Thursday. That would be 3,- 600,000 bales less than last year’s crop, or a reduction of 22 per-cent. In all 31,535,000 ac^eas were planted this year, 'showing that the government's repeated appeals to cot ton growers to reduce their acreage and (ipvote more land to other crops had been heeded. Reductions for this year’s area amounted to 5,871,000 acres, or 15.6 per cent. Condition of the crop was better than last year at this time and also better than the ten-year average on June 25. Along the Atlantic coast the crop deteriorated In Juhe but conditions improved In Louisiana, Texas. Arkansas and Oklahoma. A total area of 31,535,000 acres of cotton is under cultivation in the United States according to the esti mate of the department of agricul ture announced Thursday. That com pares with 37,406,000 acres, the re- vised estimate of acreage under culti- YffTToiTa'year ago; 26,333,000 acres picked last year, 37.089,000 In 1913 and 34,283,000 acres In 1912. Aban donment of acreage during the season last year amounted to 1.5 per cent, of the‘planted area and for the past five years it has averaged 1.8 per cent, of the area planted. There had been much Interest in cotton and textile circles concerning the area planted to cotton this year in view of the record crop last year, the curtailed foreign takings because oi the Kumpean war amF-ttw'Ttnr price of lint early this season, which were believed to have influenced cot ton growers to reduce their acreage and put some of their land Jn grain and other crops. The extent of this reduction had been variously estimat ed unofficially at from 10 to 20 per cent. The condition of the growing crop on June 25 was 80.3 per cent, of a normal, as compared with 80 per cent, on May 25, this year, 79.6 per cent, n June 25 last year, and 79.9 per cent. The 10-year average on June 25. Growing conditions generally were favorable throughout the month since the laet condition report was canvassed. Precipitation during the first week in practically all portions of the belt furnished sufficient mois ture for the time being, and the crop made satisfactory growth- Late planted in Texas was coming up and a good stand was reported. Except ing in portions of Oklahoma, Arkan sas and some of the more eastern sec tions of the belt where the soli was too wet, cultivation proceeded satis factorily. Cultivation and satisfactory growth in all excepting a few districts was favored during the second week by the moderately warm weather, with general absence of continued rain. Wet weather delayed cultivation and caused some damage by flooding in northern Texas, Oklahoma and the Carolinast where fields were becom ing grassy. In most other sections, however, the crop was well cultivated and the fields clean. Continnation of moderately warm weather, with local showers sufficient for requirements, greatly favored cot ton growth during the third week in all portions of the belt. Delay in cul tivation permitted fields in a few sec tions to become grassy, but over most districts cultlv. tlon proceeded satis factorily, the fields were clean and the crop continued In good condition. Rapid growth was forced during the final week of the month by con tinued warm weather, with sufficient moisture, and the crop was in good condition and well cultivated in near ly all districts. Some retardation of growth was reported from Oklahoma and adjoining sections, and grassy fields occurred locally, with boll weevil reporte' as active in portions of Alabama, Mississippi apd Texas. The crop was fruiting in southern districts and some bloom was report ed as far north as North Carolina. The area platted and under,culti vation at the end of June by states, with last year’s planted area and area picked (000’s omitted) follows: Planted Planted Picked 1915. 1914. 1914. 36 1,333 2,399 4,684 202 3.382 2,728 1,13$ 194,521 RUSSIANS TAKEN . PRISONERS DURING JUNE 45 1.550 2,890 .5,510 224 4,075 3,100 1,340 12,052 2.550 935 148 2,920 47 20 London Raya Austro-German Drive Northward Into Poland Gains Momentum. Captures by the German and Au»t tro-Hungarian armies in their opera- toins for the month of June number ed 194,521 officers And men and vast supplies of munitiona, according to latest official communicationa from Berlin and Vienna. A continuance of the advance of the Austro-Germana In Galicia and Poland is reported with the Russians continuing their retreat at nearly all points. London reports: The Austro-Ger- tnan drive northward into Poland from Galicia is gaining momentum and England Is puzzled as to wheth er the German purpose is to make a concentrated offensive to force the Russians from the southeastern tip pf Galicia. Whatever the ultimate object is, fighting along the Gnila Llpa river has not abated and Berlin not only records progress here but also fur ther north in the arc around Lemberg and between the Vistula and the Bug rivers. The Austro-German forces on this front are estimated at 2,000,000: They are not far from the Zamosc fortress, 25 miles north of the Gali cian frontier. Only a hundred miles to the north is the groat Russian base Brest-Lit- ovsk, linked with Warsaw by Impor tant railways and lying almost due east of the Polish capital. The development of the Galician campaign has created a situation en tirely unexpected by the allies. The British press frankly concedes that the Invasion of Russia is serious. The: papers, however, put faith in Russia’s campaign for the production of more munitions. Berlin reports: “Our positions in the east are unchanged. The booty taken during July amounts to two flags and 2fi,695 prisoners, of whom 120 were officer*, seven cannon, kix mine throwers, 52 machine guns and one aeroplane, besides much material of war. "Southeastern theatre: After bitter fighting the troops under Gen. von Linsingen stormed the Russian posi tions east of the Gnlia Lipa river a»ae--Kanteve-and LwrynCe and t<r the north of Rohatyn. Three officers and 2,328 men were made prisoners and five machine guns were captured. "East of Lemberg the^Austro-Hun- garlan troops have pressed forward Into the enemy positions. The army under Field Marshall von Mackensen Is continuing to press forward be tween the Bug and Vistula rivers. West of the Vistula, after stubborn fighting by the Russians, the Teutonic allies are advancing on both sides of Kamenna in pursuit. * "The total amount of rupture* dur ing June made by the Teutonic allied troop* under Geu. von Linsingen. Meld Marshal von Muckennen, and Gen. von Woyrtch amounts to 409 of ficers and 140,050 n non and 20ft machine guns WITH THEJALKANS WHY R0UMANIA WITHHELD ITS AID FROM THE ALLIES BORDERS Union of All Roam anions Is the Price Either Side Most Pay to Secure In »?» terrontlon of Roumanians—Aus tria and. Russia Hold the Coveted Territory.* A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY 45 1,527 2,861 5,433 221 4,007 3,054 1,299 11,931 *?.480 915 145 2,847 47 _ .20 Destroy 98 Ships in June. London reports Friday that during June r jiety-elght British ships, ag gregating slightly more than thirty- nine thonaand tona, were sank by submarines or mines with the loss of 111 ll^ea. Zeppelin Destroyed Friday. Amsterdam sends a report that a Zeppelin was accidentally destroyed by an axploaion Friday wheq. leaving its shad at Brnaaala. Virginia .. N. Carolina S. Carolina Georgia . . Florida . . Alabama .. Mississippi Louisiana. . Texas 10,365 Arkansas.. .. 2,193 Tennessee ... 813 Missouri .. .. 107 Oklahoma ... 2,102 California ... 35 Other. States, . 17 ~~ Condition of the growing cotton crop on June 25 and May 25 this year, with the June 2 s condition last year and the 10-year average of June 25 condition, follows: 1915. June 25, June May 10-yr. 25. 25. 1914. av. Virginia 78 88 86 84 North Carolina.79 85 82 80 South Carolina.76 80 81 79 Georgia 7$ 81 83 -80 Florida .... ..78 89 86 84 Alabama .. ..7*" TT" 81* 80 Mtaalasippi .. . .«♦ Louisiana .. ..83 Bodies of Three White Men Found in Georgia River. The bodies of three white men. all bearing pistol wounds, have been found In the Chattahoochee river, near Blanton's Ferry, 15 miles south of West Point. Ga., within the last hour* of Friday. They have been Identified as those of Mack and Epps Melton, brothers, of Harris county. Ga.. and J. S. Leak, of Riverview, Ala. Epps Melton, who was a carpenter, was tried and acquitted in the Fulton county court last -month on the charge of murdering Mans Teal, in Harris county. His body was recov ered Friday morning. The head, which bore a pistol wound and other marks of violence, was weighted down by a heavy rock. A coroner’s jury which held an inquest over the bodies of Mack Mel ton and Leak, fouiid that the two men had come to their deaths by pis tol wounds and, acts of violence at the hands of unknown persons. The Melton brothers had been working as carpenters on a new Methodist church at Lanett, Ala. Leak, a painter, was employed on the same building. They were last seen at Ossanlppa last Saturday afternoon when they left the train there to spend Sunday r.t the Melton home. The sheriffs of Harris county. Ga.. and Lee county, Rla., are on the scene making an investigation. » ♦ ♦ TENSION IS NOW RELAXED Unofficial Reports Indicate German Commander Acted Within Law. Tension over ihe destruction of the British steamer Armenian with the loss of a number of American lives was considerably relaxed Friday fol lowing the retfjcipt in Washington of unofficial avlcen telling of the appar ent refusal of “the ship’s commander to heed the warning of the German submarine to stop. This phase of the matter overshadowed In the official view all other questions involved ^in the destruction of the Armenian. If the official reports? which Uhit- ed States officials are awaiting, should bear out pews dispatches con cerning attgmptb of the Armenian to escape, it was said no new cause of complaint likely would be added to issues pending between the United States and Germany. Officials hold that If the Armenian sought to evade capture the sinking of the ship was Jastifi d under international law. even though non-combatants were on board. Precedents are cited in sup port of this contention. 84 Arkansas 80 Tennessee T8 Oklahoma 77 California 79 74 80 84 80 80 ..87 4. 86 19 62 77 ..71 76 79 81 .. ..90 82 100 •98 At a time when the decision of Roupaania as to her role in the war is anxiously await id in all the Euro pean chancelleries, these views of Professor N. Basilesca, a member of the faculty cf law in the University of Bucharest, and deputy in the Rou manian parliament, expressed in a letter to the Journal de Geneve, gain special significance. “In order to give an account of the pai% of Roomania in this frightful war which is drenching the continent in blood.” says Professor Basilesco “it is necessary to cosider Roumania in the light of two hypotheses, equal ly possible: in alliance with the Ger manic powers or with those of the Entent. - “The first course o, action .was dic tated to her by a political program of more than thirty years’ duration. It was advocated by the late King Charles, and It is suggested now by MM. Carp, Majoresco and Rosettl, former presidents of the Council, and Is supported by an important fraction of the press and public opinion. "If Roumania had yielded to these solicitations the aspect of things would long since have been changed She could have thrown Into the bal ance, from the beginning of the war, a million bayonets; she could have placed at the disposal of the central powers her admirable system of fort resses which bar the passage of the Russians across her plains; she could have menaced the left wing of the Russian army and prevented the in vasion of Bukowina and Hungary and at the same time rendered pre- ■mrlous the Russian advance across Galicia. - "But the greatest danger of the Allies would have resulted from the fact that, if Roumania had allied her self with Austria-Hungary. Bulgaria would have hed to do the same thing; for everybody krfow* that Bul garia revolves In the same orbit as Austrt-Hungary and Germany; that she has received money from them while the war has been In progress, and that she would also have receiv ed arms and ammunition If Rou- mania would Lava let them pass through her territory. “Through Roumania and Bulgaria the central powers would have been able t form a junction with Turkey; they would have be«u able te send aad m) tob- her armg an( j , mmunition In abund ance; they would have been able to fortify the Dardanelles and render them Impregnable and to prevent def initely the reinforcing of Russia with arms and ammunition."of which she has imperious need to-day. "From the North Sea to the 'Per sian Gulf Germany and Austria-Hun gary would have been indisputably In control of a vast field of battle. They would have been able to draw from Roumania, Bulgaria, and, above all from Asia Mh.or, an Inexhaustible reservoir, the provisions which they lack so sorely now. Serbia, taken between two fires, would long since have been wiped off the map, and Italy, who was within an ace of an understanding with the Germanic powers, would have preferred a sure offer from Austria to the risks of war of apparently unequal chances. "All these advantages the Aus trians and Germans have been unable to attain because Roumania has held aloof from them. “By the addition of the forces of Roumania to those of the Entente the circle of fire and death would have completely closed around the central powers. They would have had to cover a new frontier of more than 600 miles and to oppose 1,000,- 000 Roumanians who would have hurled themselves through the Car pathian passes with not less than the same number of Austro-Germans Where would they have found them "Attacked on the north by the Russians, at the centre by the Rou manians, and in the south by the re constituted Serbian army, they cer tainly could not make an effective re sistance. The advance upon Buda pest and Vienna would be a trium phal march. The frightful war which is desolating the-world would be end ed with one blow. “Why, then, has Roumania not un sheathed her sword? Because, in spite of the great services which she lias already rendered to the Entente, in spite of the important and decisive role which she may yet play, and the immense services which she can still render, she alone of the European powers is seen discussing not simple pretensions, but legitimate historic rights. "Roumania demands only a resti tutio in integrum. She is not ambi tious for und#e conquests. She rises simply to deliver her brothers who have always,. since the time of Tra jan, been united to her by the closest -ties. Twice before, under Stephen the Great and Michael the Brave, all the Roumanians have been united un der one scepter. “The vicissitudes of time, the over whelming of the East by the Turks, masters of Bulgaria, Serbia and Hun gary, have not permitted them since that time to consolidate their union as a nation. The treachery and vio lence ot their neighbors, on the con trary. brought them new misfortunes. In 1777 Turkey ceded Bukowina— in which to this day remains the grave of the Moldivian prince, Ste phen the Great—to Austria, and in 1812 she ceded to Russia Bessarabia, the Holdariag country par erfolleacc. which was-for centuries the rampart of Moldavia against tbs invasions of SUBMARINES SINK FIVE MtmSl SHIPS FRIDAY Undersea Boats Are Showing In^*’ ed Activity and Find Many Victims. i Three British steamers, the Ingle- moor, the Caucasian and the Wel- bury, were torpedoed and sunk Fri day by a German aubmarihe. The crews of the lnglemoor and the Cau casian were landed at Falmouth. The crew of the Welbury is safe. The Caucasian sailed from London June 28 for Jacksonville, Fla. The commander of the submarine was delighted on learning that the steamer Welbury carried a cargo of sugar. After the ship left Cuba it was d “'covered that some one had painted inside the vessel’s forehold the words: "You have a cargo of sugar'for England, but you will never get there.” The Caucasian was a tank steamer of 4,656 tons gross. On her last eastern voyage she left Port Arthur May 12 and Newport News May 29 for Dartmouth. She was 365 feet long and was owned by the Petrol eum Steamship company of London. The Inglemoor Ifeft Bahai Blanca. Argentina, March 31 for Naples. She was of 4,313 gross tons, 363 feet long and was owned by W. Runisman and Company of London. The Welbury left Kingston, Ja maica, May 22, by way of Matanzas, Cuba, June 8 for a port in the United Kingdom. The Welbury was of 3,591 tons gross and three hundred and , forty feet long. Her owners were the Burg Shipping company, Ltd., of Hartlepool. The British schooner L. C. Tower, which left Parrsboro, N. S., June 1 for Newport, England, was sunk off Fastnet Friday by a German sub marine. The undersea boat then sank" A bark six miles away. The, creW of nine of the schooner was landed at Queenstown. ' U. S. SUBMARINE ASHORE ON THE PACIFIC COAST H-3 Runs Aground While on Its W'ay to Exposition Manoeuvres *- on July 4th. The V. 8. submarine H-3 went ashore late Tuesday night five miles south of Point Sur, one hundred and twenty miles from gan Francisco, ac cording to radio dispatches received early Wednesday by Gapt. F. M. Ben nett, commandant of the Mare Island navy yard near San Francisco. No Information as to the cause of the ac cident was conttned in the message, but it was stated that tbs submersible was in no danger, and that she had not sprung a leak. The H-3 left San Diego In com pany with submarines H-l and H-2 convoyed by the monitor Cheyene and was proceeding to San Francisco to participate in a Fourth of July program at the Panama-Pacific ex position. Early in the evening the H-3 out distanced the other vessels and when she went asfcprc was fifty miles north of them. The port navy officials communicated with the Cheyene by radio and informed her officers of the plight of the undersea craft. the Turks and Tartars, and whose plains were time and time again bathed in the blood of her children. "To-day, when the principle of na tionality appekfs about to triumph; when in its name Russia promises the Poles the reconstitution of their ancient kingdom: when Italy is on the eve of realizing the vision of Dante, the unity of her people: when Serbia dreams of a domain three times larger than her present pos sessions; when France claims Alsace- Lorraine; when everybody wants to. have his part, more or less legiti mate, of the spoils, why should Rus sia alone see her fights disregarded, her aspirations checked? “If Russia, France, England and Italy wish to be just; If they wish to do honor to the war which they are waging In the name of the principle of the fveedom of nations and of es sential Justice, it is necessary “That Russia restore to Roumania all Bessarabia up to the Dniester, as she received it from Turkey in 1812. “That all the Roumanian countries situated between the Theiss and the Danube be incorporated with Rou mania. “That the old Dacia of Trajan's time be restored within its original boundaries. “Russia will find in the fertile plains of Asia Minor,” says Professor Basilesco, apparently without any perception of the inconsistency of his suggestion, "sufficient compensatioiU- for the trifling sacrifice which Rou mania asks of her to-day in the name of the principle in virtue of which Russia is fighting. If she does not make that sacrifice to-day her failure to do so will always remain a blot On her record; her generous promises m*de to the nations at the beginning of the war will appear as mere trick ery dictated by the pressure, of cir cumstances—swords which are forgot ten as soon as the peril is past.” The professor touches with some scorn upon the pretensions of Serbia to the territory across the Danube, put forward on the plea that Bel grade should not be subject to the menace of a foreign power at her very gates, saying: “All this terri tory is-absolntely and entirely Rou manian, and Roumania will never consent to abandon an inch of Rou manian soil or a single Roumanian." And he closes nls letter with these words: “It is not to-day, when the out come of the world war rests in their hands; that Roumanians are going to forget the duty they owe to them- selves.’* ’ - ' .✓a . ♦ ♦ » . - British Dardanelles Low HeaVy. Id the month of May at the Dar danelles Premier Asquith has an- tounced the loeaos of the . British forces to be 29,626. This, includes Und and wa forces. •