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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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