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»> K Will UST KEEK JPSSIAN RESISTANCE RETIEI. REIIAN PRE6RESS SLOW IAT GERMANS PLANNED ^llaa would bo imnodlatoly la }oo- paidy. Monday’s reports from Berlfn re flect tbs dlflculty offered to further adTanees by the marshes with which the country la which operattoas are now. being conducted Is liberally sprinkled. They also emphasised the Increased resistance of the Russians as evidenced by heavy and numerous counter-attacks. Apparently the Hus sion ammunition supply has been somewhat increased, either by ship ments from Japan or by,removal of part of the war material ; with which mam IVledicoetok has been congested for' »*pert Discusses ui!e Probable In tea lack of transportation facilities. site in m. Hons of the Teutonic General Staff When It Began its Vast Operations Against Slavic Host in Last May of This Year. The Military Expert of the New York Times writes: Of all the news that has come to us from the eastern theatre of war, no more surprising has been given out almost since the war started than that of the transfer of Grand Duke Nicholas from the command of the main Russian army to the command «f that comparatively insignifi cant portion of It serving against the Turks in the Caucasus. The order of the Czar, the titular commander-in-chlef, effecting this change, was filled with encomiums of the’ services the Grand Duke had rendered. But these can not pallate nor deny the faet that the transfer was a distinct humiliation. No reason was assigned beyond the fact that the Czar, seeing Russian territory so seriously invaded, felt it incumbent upon himself to take the field and do his share either to repel the invaders, to chock their forward progress, or both. This statement is sued by the Czar is capable of two constructions. One is that it is due to that tradi- fonal egotism with which monarchs strongly centralized governments re endowed, which led Louis XIV, fhen France wns at the height of Its monarchical glory, to state "i’etat e’est mol.” The Czar may truly feel that to conduct the campaign by a military council of wLlch he himself was the active head would accomplish more than the individual rule of the Grand Dnke had done. The other construction that Bright be put upon the Czar’s order ia polit ical rather than military. It would be bat natural for many people to murmnr at the fart that the Ctar was far from the front In hla capital, en joying the luxuries of life and living in comparative ease, while his coun try was seriously invaded and his armies were being constantly driven back. Theee murmurs might well have forced the decision of the Csar to take the field in person. In such a case the Grand Duke would at once cease to be the com- mander-ln-chlef and would be under the direct ordera of the Csar. Such a situation could produce Intolerable results Judgln^^j ail reports, the army wanted th^Mrand Duke at Its head, and the people regarded him as their hero. For aaother, even though that other be the Csar. to rule while the Grand Duke was present would he to invite discontent Into an army already sorely tried. The only alternative waa to assign him to a command far removed. The future only can prove the wisdom or folly of the move. Swapping horses while crossing a stream hat never proved a particularly happy military procedure. We do not have to go be yond our own borders for rn Illustra tion of the evlla attendant on aach a change In the midst of a campaign In the civil war the head of tho Army of the Potomac was good for one bat tle. and only one, before losing, his command. Beauregard, McClellan, Burnside, Hooker. Pope, Meade—all had their turn, and the first battle of Bull Run. the first campaign in the Peninsula. Fredericksburg. Chan- cellorsville, the second Bull Run, and Gettysburg^fol lowed. It was not until threo years had ^ts^ed that the folly of such changes p.me apparent, and Grant was put the head and permitted to remain, oreover, the titular commander-in- 'fihlef Is not usually r. practical mili tary mind, and is, therefore, not necessarily the best head for an army In the field. Lincoln, great as ho was as a deep thinker along absolutely straight lines, and with all his far-sighted ness, failed utterly in hla attempts, with Halleck as his adviser, to con trol and dictate to the armies in the field. Whether Russia will pay tho same price for the change remains to be seen The mill and of Eurofie as well, were unan: mous in their praise of the Grand Duke’s strategy both on the.offense and defense. His extrication of the Russian army from its dangerous po sitions in Galicia and In Poland; his retreats from fortified places only af ter stripping them and sending every thing of military value to the rear— these were considered the fruition of the plans of a mastdr- strategist. Handicapped as he is universally ac knowledged to have been by Ifcck of heavy cannon and of shell, he is con sidered by the best of our military writers to have accomplished all of which the situation and ntpahs at his disposal made possible. His passing from a post of first importance will be a source of regret to all those who admire military genius in the abstract, regardless of sympathy for the cause for which it employs itself. The first part of the week saw a very derided stiffening of the Rus sian resistance throughout the entire front, but particularly in district along the Dvina river* al though one of the fortified bridge- ‘ eada—that Lenewoden, near [T*riedrichatadt—had already fallen. his section of the battle line la prob ably the most critical point on the whole Russian front If the Germans can hold the rross- tngs of the Dvtna river, and rnnsti qnentiy ran crons In force at wUL It »• military critics of this country, iani- Subsequent reports during- the week contain announcements of some unimportant advances, the only point of vital interest that has becat taken being the bridgehead at Friedrich- stadt.^* In~the neighborhood of this latter place -the fighting has been commensurate with the importance of the control .of the Dvina river. In spite of the fact that the Ger mans have taken the two bridgeheads at Lenewoden and Friedrichstadt, they seem to be in far from sufficient control of the Dvina to permit their crossing in force. The Russians have crossed and recrossed thp river, driv ing and being driven in turn, though now It seems that they are securely held in position on the east bank. The Dvina Is not a particularly wide stream, but it is deep, with a rapid current. In their retreat the Russians undoubtedly destroyed the bridges, thus forcing the construction of pontoons as a means of crossing. As these would have to be placed under fire the delaying of tho Ger man advance 1> reduced to its sim plest proportions. South of the Dvina the Germans have been very slowly pushing east ward. But with numerous rivers to cross and the great marshes in their path, combined with the increased ef fectiveness of the Russian defensive, their progress has been unimportant* though undoubtedly gains have been made. The situation, however, is not materially different from last week. From cursor)' reading of the re ports from this front for the past six weeks it must seem that the Russians have suffered a series of disastrous defeats, one following the other in rapid succession, with hardly a sin gle successful effort on tholr part to check the invasion. In a sense this Is true. Ail of the fortresses In Ruaaia a first and second lino of defense hare fallen and the Ruesians r.rp now fall ing back on the natural defenses af forded by the terrain, the principal of which are the great marshes. Rut the defeats have not been dis astrous by any means. Warsaw and the forts around it guarding the Vis tula, the Bug. and the Nerew ail fell Into German hands after Russia had completely stripped them of every thing of military value. Novo Oeor- glevak alone remained equipped and garrisoned and announced Itp Inten tion of standing a siege. It was evtdcctly abandoned to Its fate, aa It completely closed the navi gation of the Vistula as Ivng as it held ont and at the tame time retx.rtY ed the German advance. The loss when it fell was great It was ex peeled to be. and that it should even tually fall waa certrin. The length-of time It h, 01 * 1 out. however, waa ao short that It does not seem aa If the gain In time for the retreating Russian army was In any way ccuimensurnte with the loss in men rnd munitions This wit. bow ever, carefully considered by the Rus ■Ian commander, as he undoubtedly counted the cost before he decided to pay the price. Equally undoubtedly It fell in a much shorter time than had been anticipated. Thla defoet stands almost alone, however, in the category of "disas trous/’ The KusmUui army, except for Its shortage of munitions, is in al most as good condition as It was six weeks ago. Its loaeea have been great, it is true/but Russia has an almost limitless resource of men on which to drr.w. On the other hand, the Austro-Gorman los>es have also been great, and their possible reserve Is much more limited. A vast territory has changed hands, a military faat not to bo made light of. But, given the necessary In struments of war, the Rua-lan army can still fight, and the past week has shown that Its fighting power has been depleted but little by the re verses it has met with. As has been repoatedly s-.id in these( reviews, no matter how much territory may change hands, no mat ter how deeply tho Austro-Germans may bite into the Czar's land, one thing and one thing only can justify in a military L,enso the tremendous expenditure of men and tr terial that has been made since last April when the movement against the Dunajec line was begun, and that is a definite decision. To retch this, Germany is strain ing every nerve, every resource, real izing that the pacing of each day brings nearer first the rainy reason and then the winter, and reduces the chance of her ultimate victory. In order to press matters to an is sue, Germany’s entire plan is to com pel the Russian armies to accept bat tle, and Russia has no desire to chal lenge a decision at this stage. If Germany can achieve her purpose and wins then disaster to Russian arms has occurred and all ot the German sacrifice has been justified. If she can not force Russia into this position, the situation as it qow exists and as it has existed for weeks will continue definitely, Russia going back and still further back, Germany driving forward with losses out of all proportion to results, getting further and further from her home bases, be coming more and more Involved ■ in the unfavorable terrtaiq and finding the difficulties of moving their indis pensable artillery increasing with every advanco. The world knows that Russia Is purely an agricultural country, has few railroads and almost ss few good highways. When to tbla is added the topographic*! character of the conn- try In which operations are now be ing conducted and which grows wone as the artgles move east from their positions, Ah# difficulties of tramportatlng end distributing sop- munitions movement bogan on scheduled end ell things German do—the gen eral staff could count on five months of excellent weather, from May 1 to October 1. ^ - : - With the knowledge the German Intelligence department could and possibly did furnish, all details of tho condition of the Russian army, 1U equipment and its supplies, with ita sources of both, were considered. This consideration undoubtedly led to the belief that a concentration of ef fort would make these five months sufficient. At the beginning, that Is, during the month of May when the Russians were driven from the Dunajec line to Przemysl, it eepmed as if this reason ing were rigftt and that the Russian army would lie broken. But at the San the Germans were checked; and from that time the Russians, while going back, have retreated slowly and in good order and, excepting at 'Novo Georgievsk, have left to the Germans nothing of military value, nothing ex cept abandoned forts stripped of their guns and denuded of supplies. With Warsaw evacuated and the line of the Vistula firmly in their con trol, the Germans had before them three alternatives—first, to hold the line of the Vistula defensively, which they could do with their own borders in perfect security, and strike west against the French and British on the French front; secorfd, to hold the Vistula line and strike south to as sist Turkey in Gallipoli and Austria against Italy; or, to continue in the attempt to crush Russia. They chose the last, and began what was practically a new advance against an enemy, fewer in numbers, inferior in artillery and munitions, in a titanic movement to accomplish in the few fighting days still left before the rainy season what they failed to accomplish in the four months pre ceding—to settle Russia either by forcing a peace or by a complete de feat so that their full force could be exerted in other fields. This derision against Russia ran only he obtained by compelling Rus sia to accept battle. I p to the pres ent time the Russians, appreciating their inferiority in fighting strength of mm qnd munitions, have shown no indication of being willing to ac cept the gage thus thrown down. Whether the assumption of the su preme command by the Csar will cause a change in this attitude can not be foretold. The advantages to be gained by Its continuation are measured by the men and material lost and the terri tory abandoned to the Invaders. Rus sia fan beyond doubt continue to re treat successfully. Before Germany on the march can fight, she must take Um* to deploy. To compel this Is the function of the rearguard, which gives tha retreating army time to widen the distance between it and the advance. Again, the Germans can seriously affect the Russians In the latter's re treat only by direct ertion, as in a pltshed battle or by enveloping the flanks. The former also consumes much time In proper artillery prepar ation. "Tn the Utter case the threat ened wings can retire much mor>> quickly'than the advancing troops can accomplish their envelopment. An enveloping movement, there fore. Involves surprise as an essential element. This is not and can not be a successful German move. If. for no other reason, because of their great preference for the very heavy guns which naturally go to destroy moblll ty. Inaemoch. therefore, aa It U parrat the RoftnUn retreat ran tlnue successfully and indefinitely un til weather conditions atop the par- suit, the only chance for (•ermaa sue cess is to force battle by driving the Russians into a corner from which re treat Is practically an Unpoasibllit). This can best be accomplished by a threat against the Russian lines of communications So far no such threat has reached the menacing point. The Russian commander has seen to it that the lines to his rear have been kept opep and his retreat has been slow, well ordered, and with no evidence of panic or undue haste. The next few weeks will place be fore us more clearly what Germany may hope to accomplish before win ter. Much will depend on the tem per of the Czar, on the ability of the Russian army to continue to hold it self together in retreat, and whether the Czar is of large enough calibre to sacrifice additional territory, as did Joffre in the west, in order to be able to strike back at the most auspi cious time. On the western front there has been almost a continuous bombard ment in the Artois region, north and south of Arras. There have been, however, no Infantry engagements re ported on this section of the front, consequently no advance has been re corded. The most notable event in the west lias been a renewal of ac tivity on the east slopes of the Ar- gonne forest, where the German Crown Prince has again launched a severe attack in another attempt to reach St. Mlhlel from the north and so invest Verdun. Some ground was gained, but the results; so far are without significance. Official reports were expected this week from the Italian front confi-m- ing the Italian occupation of Rover- etto in Trentino. but no such report has materialized. { The Italians have been extremely active on this front, however, and have made valuable captures of Important heights. All the fighting so far has been but pre liminary. Ih the Dardanelles, In spite of reports pro and con*, it must seem that matters are at a standstill. There is no evidence that anything material is being accomplished. “ DOES SUB WAR PIV? LONDON DISCUSSES IESUU$|*-«£ ACHIEVED BY OERMANS ap- RAVEiSUNK 300 SNIPS '* «»r , w • * j . . ■ • , ,*:. X :'. ■ ■ English Capital Correspondent Writes About the Submarine “Blockade” —Insurers are Afraid But Enor mous Number of Ships Enter and Leave Harbors in Success in Safety. London report^; Since the declara tion of the Mockqdis of England Feb ruary 18 German submarinea have sunk one hundred and forty-two British merchantmen, whose gross tonnage totaled 429,443. In the same period one hundred and sixty- two fishing vessels, with gross ton nage of 21,110, have been sent to the bottom by the same agency, to say nothing of Russian, French and neu tral vessels. Altogether Great Bri tain alone has lost somewhere in the neighborhood of two American mer chant marines in the last six months. But while British ships—almost half a million tons of them—disap peared from the face of the seaa, there still remain afloat and engaged in the fabulously rich trans-Atlantic trade other Brjtish merchantmen which entered and cleared from the ports of the United Kingdom no few er than 37,537 times since February 18. Estimating as the admiralty does that the average tonnage of these ships exceeds 2,500, a little calcula tion will show that German subma rines thus far have missed almost a hundred million tons of shipping. Including allied and neutral ships arriving and clearing from ports of the United Kingdom since the block ade was declared the total bagged by German submarines is 211, with a gross tonnage of 529.606. The ratio of British vessels over 300 tons tor pedoed Is 0.37 of the total arrivals and clearances. The ratio of all ships over 300 tons submarined la 0.54 of the total arrivals and clear ances. Naturally the Germans believe sin cerely that their submarine methods have been highly satisfactory. Nat urally they have done and are doing all in their power to exaggerate the tremendous value of the results ob tained, Juat as naturally as England believes sincerely ths so-called block ade has been a huge failure and Jtost as naturally England to-day la mini mizing ths extent of damage dons as far as possible. Probably tbs tgnth lies betw these two extremes. It Is perhaps fair to refer to the slaking of a fish ing trawler or even a tramp steam ship aa a pla prick, but when It comes to a Lusitania or an Arabic pin prick la surely bardly the word. Also 211 ■blpa Is not a staggering number when It repreeenta only a trifle more than, one in 200 ships which passed over the danger«one. but 211 with total tonnage of more than 500,000 Is tremendous when viewed from any except a comparative light. Insurance brokers are most rsluc- tsnt to discuss tbslr business Thslr attitude bears out tho shippers' statement that insurance now Is a thing abhorrsd. Nobody here be lieves for a moment in the aincerity of Berlin’s pronouncement that no further merchantmen will be sunk without warning, but the feeling seems to be that even If the policy of "frightfulness" is continued to the utmost barbarity the chances of es cape are good enough to more than offset the cost of insuring the car goes of vessels against loss. A full table as supplied by the ad mtralty from February 18 to Auguat 25, inclusive, states that the total ar rivals and sailings at ports of the United Kingdom of vessels of 300 tons or over, was 38,437, while Brit ish merchantmen aubmarined num bered 142, with a gross tonnage of 429,443; neutral merchantmen, 40, gross tonnage, 54,504; allied mer chantmen submarined, 39, gross ton nage. 45,659, being three Belgian, 3,527 tons: two Italian, 4,125 tons; nine French, 13,364 tons, and fifteen Russian, 24,654 tons. This uakes a total of 211 ships of 529,606 tons. British merchantmen mined were three with tonnage of 8,096; British merchantmen sunk by German cruis ers, five, tonnage, 15,§60; British fishing smacks submarined, 162, ton nage, 30,000; Russian, 24,654 tons. This makes a total of 390 ships of 700,000 tons. ML DUKA'S irna rax CAUSED to Bartiut la brig Following it a translation of Dr. Dnmba’a leUer to Burtan la Vienna. Thla ia the letter which, after being taken from the American, Archibald, by the Britlah, waa delivered to Washington. It resulted in the re quest for the ambaasadsrWrtonll. The letter was entirely in Dr. Du tu ba's handwriting. The envelope was addressed, “Through good opportuni ty to his Excellency von Burian, etc., etc., etc., VleBna.’» Noble Lord: Yesterday evening Confiul General von Nuber received the Inclosed pro memoria [aide memolre, as it has been called, or simply “memoran dum”] from the chjef editor of the local influential newspaper Szabad- sag after a previous conversation with me and in pursuance of his oral proposals with respect to the prepara tion of disturbances in the Bethle hem Schwab’s steel and munitions factories as well as In the Middle West. To-day at twelve o’clock Mr. Archi bald, who is well known to Your Ex cellency, leave# on the Rotterdam or Berlin and Vienna. I would like to use this rare, safe opportunity to recommend the proposals most warm ly to your Excellency’s favorable con sideration I am under the impreeslon that we could, if not entirely prevent the pro duction of war material in Bethlehem and In the Middle West, at any rate strongly disorganize it and hold It up for months, which, according to the statement of the German Military At tache, ia of great importance, and which amply outweighs the relatively ■mall sacrifice of money. But even if the disturbances do not succeed, there 1 a probability at band that we shall compel, under pressure of the crisis, favorable working con ditions for our poor oppressed fellow- countrymen. In Bethlehem these white slaves at present work twelve hours a day in seven days tn the week! ! Alas, weak persons succumb, become consumptive. As far aa Ger man ^qrklngmen are found amofig the akllled elements, provision will be made forthwith for their exit There has. besides this, been created a German private (underlined) reg istry office for providing employment, and which alrendy works voluntarily and well for inch persons. We too Shall Join, and the widest support Is contemplated for us. I bra your Excellency kindly to la form me through wireless reply with respect to this letter, whether yon ap prove of same. In greatest haste and respectful de votion. c. Dumbs. 1,000.000 BRmSB SOLDIERS HOLD HUNDRED MILE FRONT Umw Brings Strange News ot Kxtc sloe of English HokMags on the French Rattle Liar. News reached America Friday on the White Star liner Lapland, which arrived at New York, that the British front In France and Belgium has been greatly extended. About n fortnight ago it waa announced by oeble that the Britlah line was to be extended, but no particulars were given. It is now reported on the very h authority that the ground no toally held by the Britlah extei something over one hundred and that the Britlah army la 1 amounts to Just a million. It seems that during the transpor tation of “Kitchener’s third army there was a complete Interruption of the channel service. This interrup tion, which lasted for two. possibly three days, Is believed by those who say they are in a position to know, to have been occasioned by the Brit ish admiralty itself in order to have the sea clear for Its attacks on the German submarine base and repair docks at Zeebrugge. According to the latest reports available when the Lapjand sailed, Zeebrugge had “ceasedrte exist.” -In connection with this it is added that the British attack was a sort of pre liminary teat of the possibility of landing on Belgian soil In the rear of the German line in Flanders. W • • eapcmi Londoet, Monday: The man armies on the eastern front, striving for definite reanltn, an mak- Ing'progress everywhere except along the Galician frontier where the Rus sian* report a further success. In tbs north where the Russians’ line has been straightened by a with drawal of forces, Field Marshal von Hindenburg Is directing a violent drive-towards Dvlnsk and a crossing of the Dvina. In the center Crown Prince Leopold has forced his way over the Selwlnanka and is attacking in the vicinity of Skldel. In the south Field Marshal von Mackensen on both ■ sides of the >Plnsk railroad. Is press- ing eastward toward the town. Theee movements have resulted in the cap ture of several thousand Russians. The final objective of the central powers in this campaign Is still a mat ter of conjecture, but General Ruz- ■ky, commander of the Northern Rus sian army, declares positively that there is no danger, that Petrograd will fall this year before the guns'of the Invaders. Loodou reports: Each village, stream and road tn the Teutons’ path is proving the scene of n sanguinary engagement. Skldel, a town Imme diately east of Grodno, which at last has been captured by the Germans, was the centre of a battle lasting sev eral days. Throughout the great marsh dis trict, from this point southeastward to Rovno, similar contests are taking place. The Teutons are trying by every means to force their way through to the Vllna-Rovno railway before the heavy rains eat In and pnt an end to the fighting for the time being. In the narrow atrip of Galicia bo- tween the Ssreth and ths Bessara bian frontier, ths Russians have been strongly reinforced and apparently are well supplied with guns aad am munition. They report their third victory here over the Aoatro-Gsrmaa forces, bringing their total of prla- onors captured during the week np to twenty-two thousand. 1,600 ITALIAN RESERVISTS mmi ON FLAH1N4 S Days Ths steamship Sai Naples with some a Italian reservists on 1 from Now York Co Monday In ths Atlantic three or days sail from ths nearest port. A wireless mesasgs that reached tho station at Gaps Race Monday night brought ths first news of her plight. It gave her position latitude 40.28 north, longitude 4T.20 west or abont 960 miles southeast of Halifax. Efforts by tbs officials of the Fa- bra line to which ths steamer belongs, to obtain further information had failed during ths early morning Mon day and grave fears were entertained for ths safety of ths vessel aad bar passengers. When the Bant Anna sailed from New York on September • she ear ned a cargo conlstm* largely of food stuffs. According to her owner* theee to were no arms or ammunition aboard. Ths ita Haas, gathered from every part of the United States, aad return ing home to join the army, were ia ths steerage. Comparatively f#W pas sengers were carried in ths first and second cabins Ths crew numbered about one hundred. ‘ “Several of our vessels have been set on firs recently,” said Howard B. Jones, of the firm of James E. Elwell. agents for the Pnbre line. “We have had the vessels under the closest kind of watch while In port aad no Ger mans or Austrians were permitted on the pier. We examined every piece of freight offered as cargo to guard agaipst bombs and Infernal ma chines.” It was said that the sailing of the Ssnt Anna waa delayed twenty-four hours to permit a thorough search because the suspicions of her officers had been aroused by rumors that a bomb had been placed aboard The WASHED THRU 250-F00T PIPE me88a «? *£w& as received via Halifax, whs flashed on tho Atlantic and may have been picked up by vessels within easy spll of thb steamer in distress. BERNSTORFF ILL SENR PAPEN HOME IF REQUESTED German Embassy Awaits Intimation That He is Persona Non Grata— No Need to Wire Berlin. There was no indication Monday of any further move by the government in the case of Captain Franz von Papen, military attache of the Ger man embassy for whom Archibald also carried a letter and who was mentioned in Dr. Dumba’s report as being connected with the stfike plans. At the German embassy it was said no intimation had been received from the state department that Captain vop Papen was persona non grata but that the embassy, of course, would secede to any request the Unit ed States might make'in his case. All that was asked was k safe con duct for the captain back to Ger many. If the United States decided that Captain von Papen’s connection with the Dunlba case made hie pree- -in this country jmdeelrwble. It Dr. Henry Van Dyke, ambassador diplomatic procedure, ttolndlrst* that Indorse Wilson .Anyway. Notwithstanding the request that the New'-dersey Hudson county Demo crats take no fefep* indorsing Presi dent Wilson he was Indorsed Satur day night at Jersey City. Bather Suffers Injuries in a Terrific and Unparalleled Accident. Samuel Lash, of New York, physi cians said, probably wiir recover in spite of one of the most terrible .or deals ever experienced by a bather on the Atlantic coast. Mr. Lash plunged into the bathing pool at Amherst, N. J., not knowing that it had, beetf closed for cleaning, and was sucked through a twelve-inch outlet pipe, two hundred and fifty feet long, into the ocean. Lash was ilrawn into the pipe in the position of a diver with his hands above his head and was cast out a quarter of a minute later with both, arms broken at the should er and lacerated from head to foot. AMERICAN TROOPER KILLED Mexican Bandits Kill One and Wound Ifwo on Monday. One United States trooper was kill ed and two others injured, one prob ably fatally, Monday, when a gang of Mexican bandits attacked tbs Ameri- ‘ a a patrol of seven men at an irrlgo tten pumping station several miles up the river from Brownsville, Texas. Leave NO DECISION IN ARABIC CASE • •* » •' .• ' ' , U. 8. Has Not Decided Whether to Accept Offer of Arbitration. Secretary Lansing announced Mon day after a conference with President Wilson that no decision had been reached yet by the United States on Germany’s proposal to arbitrate the Arfcbie case. . ^ It was indicated "fn official quar ters that both Germany and the Unit ed States agree that to arbitrate the question of indemnity involves arbi trating the justification and the facts. 'm 'V m Agents to Arrest Archibald. Under Instructions from the de partment of justice federal agents will meet James Archibald when be arrive# in New York, where he will be held until an investigation is mode of his conduct. Mexicans Killed Two Mexicans w« Owe I killed i ford. Texas, by members of 1 gang Friday with -e-