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NEWS OfJE Wtl
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ABOOT WOULD CONFLICT
BIG NEWS IN SHORT SPACE
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Interesting Pointers About the Signl-
can Things Which Oftentimes Es
cape Attention—War Goes on in
Many Fields of Activity—What the
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Dr. Karl Bachem of Cologne, Cleri
cal member of the Reichstag, has con
tributed an article to a German news
paper in which he suggests the possi
bility that the export of arms and
supplies from America has been ex
aggerated in order to provoke war be
tween this country and Germany. He
says ho was recently assured by a
prominent American that American
war exports had never approached
the quantities given in the German
newspapers. His conclusion is that
“we are systematically to be incited
through exaggerated reports of Amer
ican war supplies in order to impel
us to war against America. Caution
and reserve in this matter in criticis
ing the commercial methods of the
American government at this moment
are the duties of every enlf|htened
citizen.”
I. • •
The victory won by the Russian
army near Tarnopol is received in
'Petrograd as a happy omen for the
assumption of chief command of the
Russian forces by Emperor Nicholas.
Grand Duke Nicholas, tho former
x head of the Muscovite army, has
' started for his command in the Cau
casus.
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The Dwlnsk of the Russian-Ameri-
can line arrived in New York on her
last trip from Archangel several days
ago. The liner was delayed six days
outside Archangel while trawlers
swept the channel entrance clear of
tlerman mines, four of which were
found and exploded.
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Dr. Giuseppe Motta, president of
Switzerland, in a recent Interview in
Paris, said that neutral nations are
Justified in protesting against war
since they are its victims. He said
they should unite their protests when
the warring nations began to show
fatigue, and that their proper policy
had ceased to be passlveneas and had
become energy.
• •
During a recent storm on Monte
Generoso, a peak nearlv 6,000 feet
higher than the lake its base touches,
a bolt of lightning struck a group of
Swiss soldiers stationed there. Four
of the men were thrown over a preci
pice and killed.
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Announcement has been made by
the French ministry of war of its in
tention to requisition all stocks of
alcohol in France amounting to 200
gallons or more for the manufacture
of powder. Makers of drugs or simi
lar products will receive each month
sufficient quantities- of alcohol for
their business.
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That the French output of muni
tions Is increasing was indicated by
Albert Thomas, minister of muni
tions, recently while addressing visi
tors to the government factories. He
said: “At your next visit you will see
a great change" and great progress,
but already results have been, achiev
ed that relieve us of all anxiety.”
• •
A Labor member of Parliament, F.
W. Jowett, who wished to go to
Berne. Switzerland, to attend the in
ternational socialist conference, has
been refused a passport by the Brit
ish government. He is chairman of
the Independent Labor party.
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It has been said that England has
‘-.•'too trawlers, mine sweepers, and
other auxiliary vessels outside the
regular service engaged in sweeping
the North Sea, from the English
Channel to Iceland, in search for Ger
man submarines.
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The London Daily Express corre
spondent at Geneva, Switzerland, says
a vast espionage plot p.gainst France
and England has been disclosed in
Geneva. A German officer and twen
ty others have been arrested and
more arrests are expected.
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A writer who was admitted to un
derground chambers of the citadel of
Verdun describes an elaborate under
ground city which the French army
has arranged. He says at least 50,-
000 people can be accommodated
there with the supplies necessary to
their existence. The underground
spaces are from lOOj^o 200 feet below
ground level and are almost entirely
cut from solid rock. There is a hos
pital completely equipped, an inde
pendent waterworks system with two
power stations, a mill, and immense
stores of grain In air-tight metal
casks, and numerous other supplies.
A narrow guage railroad runs
through the passages and there are
five electric light plants. Commodi
ous quarters for officers and men, be
sides civilians, complete the under
ground city.
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The Italian armies in the Cadqre
zone in front of the Monte Croce
range have been forced to desist in
their advance on the Austrian posi
tions and set to road building on a
large scale, for the Austrian territory
next to the Italian frontier had pur
posely been left in such condition as
to interfere with the progress of an
Invading army, although the Austrian
defenfte works had been provided
with well planned lines of communi
cation with each other and witk-Ahe
rear.
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Great Britain has begun a policy of
forcing work on her war munitions
by fining 340 workman in Liverpool
la the local monitions court for re
fusing to work overtime. The fines
amounted to $5 apiece In our money.
The transfer of Americans who en
listed In the Foreign Legion when the
war began to a regular French regi
ment is being considered by -Minister
of War Millerand. This opening of
the service to foreigners would be
against all present regulations' and
practices. - Before the transfer of in
fantrymen is taken up, however, the
status of American aviators serving
under French colors will *>e consider
ed. These men have hitherto been
considered legionaries attached to the
Flying Corps.
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Honor after death has come to
Lieut'enant Frederick William Camp
bell of the First Canadian Battalion
in the form of the most coveted of
British military decorations, the Vic
toria Cross. At Givenchy on June 15
last Campbell gained a foothold in
the first line of the German trenches
with a. machine gun, and held It un
der heavy fire after nearly all his
comrades had been killed. When the
British supply of bombs ran out,
Campbell took up another exposed
post and succeeded single-handed in
repulsing the German counterattack.
He succumbed to his wounds soon
after.
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War has brought such a commer
cial boom to Archangel, Russia’s
northernmost port, that it seems to
be becoming a sort of Arctic Circle
New York. Henry D. Baker, United
States commercial attache at Petro-
grad, who has made a visit to Arch
angel, reports that one hundred
warehouses and thirty piers have
been built there during the last few
months, and that huge quantities of
freight are continually passing
through on their way to other points
in Russia.
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Despite the war it is probable, ac
cording to a dispatch from Berlin
that trotting and steeplechase racing
will be revived soon in Germany. It
is expected that the first meets will
be held at Mariendorf, near Berlin,
and Karlshorst.
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"France can count on my Immov
able will to struggle on until com
plete victory is achieved.” the Czar
of Russia said recently in a talk with
Jean Cruppi, former French minister
of foreign affairs. The Czar also told
M. Cruppt that he Is constantly re
ceiving letters from Russian peasants
urging him to stand firm and assur
ing him that they are behind him.
• •
German generals holding the lines
on the western battle front have been
the recipients of high praise and
honors from the Kaiser for warding
off French and English attacks while
the bulk of the German armies were
busy fighting the Russians. Five of
these commanders have been reward
ed with the order Pour le Merit* Of
these one. von Heerlngen has figured
again and again In the war news
since the beginning of hostilities, but
the names of the other four—Gen
erals von Falkenhausen, Gaede, von
Strantz, and von Fabeck—are com
paratively new to newspaper readers
ill RAID DEM?
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NEW YORK HERALD SAYS 6REAT
DAMAGE DONE Pi LONDON
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CENSORS SUPPRESS NEWS
SERVIAN PREMIER PRAISES
ATTITIIDE OF BIS NATION
Says She Has Whipped Austria and
Conceded Territory Asked
for by liulgaria.
Paris, Friday: “Servia has done
her duty fully as an ally,” said Pre
mier Pachitch, as quoted by the cor
respondent at Nish of the Petit Pa-
risien. “First, she has soundly beat
en the Austrians, second, she has
made the concessions asked of her by
her great Allies in order to bring
Bulgaria into the Balkan entente.
“Whether Bulgaria will come into
the entente ia another question.
“The Balkan states are deeply con
cerned over the reported concentra
tion of the enemy north of Serv.:
the purpose of going to the assistance
of the Turks. As a matter ol
no army of the enemy has assembled
in the Danube. We have continuous
and detailed reports from French avi
ators on this point.
“Moreover,” the premier added in
a tone of deep conviction, “the Ser
vian army has been reorganized and
is well supplied with munitions. It
would render most difficult for the
enemy, a crossing of the mountainous
country. He would require at least
four hundred and fifty thouuand men
to make the attempt. Whe^e would
the Germans find them now?”
BRYAN MAY GO TO EUROPE
ON MISSION OF PEACE
Editors of American Newspapers in
Foreign Tongues Would Send
Ex-Secretary Abroad. {
Plans to send Former Secretary
Bryan on a mission of peace to the
warring nations of Europe were the
subject pf a conference at Washing
ton Friday between the former cabi
net officer and Dr. William Forgo,
representing editors of t American
newspapers published in foreign lan
guages. Before visiting Mr.-Bryan,
Mr. Forgo, In a public statement, set
forth the plan as so far developed,
which contemplates a personal visit
by Mr. Bryan to belligerent nations
to argue for peace.
In his statement Dr. Forgo said
that Mr. Bryan already had. given
him the impression that If. the trip
were undertaken, Mr. Bryan himself
will for the love of the cause not
only sacrifice bis time bub will also
pay his own expenses. The state
ment lauded the former secretary <«f
■tate 1 saying “that in all Enrope, In
belligerent or neutral countries, there
Is no American held in greater es
teem than Mr. Brypa.*’ Dr. Forgo
■bid Mr. Bryan would probably an
nounce bis plans after the confer- 1 church are near
American Newspaper Says World May
be Shocked at Tale of Destruction
Which May Come From Capital fit
Any Time—No Confirmation of
Disaster.
The New York Herald says it has
received information which, while
vague, conveys a hint, and even
more than a hint, of. a Zeppelin
massacre in Ijondon last Wednes
day night. Added to this, the Brit*
ish colony and business men who
have connections in London are
convinced that when the full ac
count of the latest raid is allowed
to pass the censors it will tell of a
tragedy unequalled in history. In
publishing the following, the paper
says' it lias no desire to cause
alarm bq those who have friends or
relatives In London, but to direct
attention to the possible tragic
message that may come at any mo
ment from the British capital. The
British censor on the day following
the raid, allowed word to lie cabled
to the effect that no Americans
were killed.
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Members of the British colony in
New York are aroused and alarmed
by reports that behind the curtain of
silence with which the British censors
have shrouded the details of the last
Zeppelin invasion of London may He
the most terrible story of death and
destruction that the war so far has
brought to England.
Sweeping over the cables into New
York since last Wednesday night a
week ago, when the German dirigi
bles swept over the heart of London,
dropping bombs that dealt death and
flame, there have come only the
vagua and most guarded reference to
the raid. Behind these dispatches,
rigidly condensed by the censor, there
appear*. It was whispered among the
Britons, to be hidden n story of de
struction which will amaze the world
when the full truth becomes known.
These dispatches, mere fragment/
of facts, have come to merer ntlle
houses which have offices near Tra
falgar Square, which seems to have
been the object of the Zeppelin at
tack on London. Dispatches have
come to Englishmen who have rela
tives there, and all of them have in
creased the fear which la felt for the
safety of friends and members of
families wbo hare connections In this
country. „
Bankers and brokers who support
staffs of correspondents and who have
code* which ordinarily manage to
convey the true farts of situations,
despite the strict censorship, were
baffled in their attempts to obtain
anything like a comprehensive story
of what really occurred that wild
night when the sky hosts of the Kais
er dropped their mighty explosives
and inflammable* into that part of
liondon which is the centre of Its
night life.
The newspaper dispatches which
have been printed since the London
censor permitted the first meagre no
tice of the raid to pass are strangely
conflicting. Dispatches which might
tell the story of the exact damage
done, through manipulation of appar
ently harmless phrases, are lackii.g.
It Is evident that the censorship is
preventing anything but wrords which
may have no double meaning from
being sent from London, and In many
cases It appears that dispatches to
prevent such a result are being re
formulated by the censors.
Repeated cables of inquiry sent by
Englishmen in New York to business
associates, friends and relatives seek
ing information remain unanswered.
Beyond the brief formal announce
ment by the war office that Zeppelins
had killed twenty persons, wounded
many and had set afire some build
ings nothing definite is known of the
attack. Appeals to the British em
bassy in Washington for news were
without result.
The mere fact, however, that
■tombs were hailed on persons and
buildings in the vicinity of Trafalgar
Square tells a more sinister story
than pages of detail could. Trafalgar
Square is the core of London. With
in a radius of a mile are located her
greatest official and private struc
tures, her palaces, her legislative
halls, her theatres and hotels.
The attack was made early in the
evening .according to newsprper dis
patches, which tell as broadly as the
censor permitted of the hosts of men,
women and children who dashed
from the tres\and hotels to peer into
the sky where\he Zeppelins floated”
above the musnfoom of shrapnel
from the anti-air draft guns. '
Various dispatches to newspapers
mention the appearance of flames and
the crackling of broken structures,
And In this vicinity there are no very
unimportant structures. The Chicago
Daily News correspondent cabled to
his office that the Daily News office,
at Trafalgar Square and Northumber
land avenue, was safe, and thereby
conveyed the fact that the attack had
been.made In the. heart of the city.
Another correspondent is a brief dis
patch said the "eastern counties” of
London were bombarded. The words
"eastern counties” is a code for the
centre of London.
Almost within & stone’s throw of
Trafalgar Square are grouped the
city’s greatest hotels. There are the
Metropole, the Victoria, the Carlton.
Morley’s and the Grand hotels. And
in. between and around theta are the
theatres and the supper cluba, where
the night life of London has Its belngr
Buckingham Palace, the residence
of the King; Westminster Abbey, the.
Parliament building and St. Jamee’
by Retween Tra
falgar Sqmare afed the Thames ri
_ Just soutn
of the eqaare fa Whitehall, and here
are grouped the buildlaga from which
the destinies of the British empire
are swayed. There are the Admiral
ty building, the Wfir Office, the
Treasury building and the other
structuree wherein official Britain has
its being.
To the northeast, and evidently in
the wake of the Zeppelins on that
night, are the Strand and Fleet
street, the home of London’s-news
papers. On the northwest side of the
square is the National Gallery and
across the street is the quaint, hoary
old church, St. Martln’s-ln-the-Flelda.
To the southwest Is the Mall, which
caresses St. James’ Park and Buck
ingham Palace, which, llel at its end.
That some of, these structures,
which are the visible founts of Great
Britain’s power, were damaged or de
stroyed Is apparent from the edi
torials In the London newspapers
which have been cabled here. The
Dally Telegraph said on Thursday
morning:
“The only effect produced by these
Zeppelin attacks Is to demonstrate
the perfect efficiency of the fire de
partment and renew the determina
tion of Londoners to crush the bru
talized spirit which inspires these
senseless outrages.”
It will be remembered that pre
vious raids on England from sea and
air have received summary treatment
at first from the censor. The raid on
Scarborough, the first of the outrages
of the Germans against an unprotect
ed, non-combatant people, was men
tioned casually. Other air raids on
London suburbs and other points in
England have been treated as affairs
of no importance, but eich time,
though these attacks fell on districts
not thickly settled, the death toll and
the damage were great. The official
record of the dead and wounded in
all air raids is given as 117 dead,
310 wounded and two missing. This
Includes the official list of twenty
dead as a’result of Wednesday’s at
tacks. but whether the list of the lat
est victims Is correct is not known
definitely.
The world is awaiting the opening
of the cables or the arrival here of
mail which has escaped the censor’s
eye and which will tell the story of
the rain of death and fire from the
skies.
ALLIES GAVE LOST CHANCE
OF AID FROM BULGARIA
is cm win r~“2S
ADVANCE IN PINSK
Roumanian Press Ray Hope is Qowe ■
Paris Reports Serious Opposi
tion to Scheme in Sofia.
Hurhareat, Konmanta, via London
F-riday: “The allies know that la no
cass may they count on Bulgaria’s
help on the Gallipoli peninsula,” saya
the semi-official Independence Ro-
malne in an article dealing with the
Turco-Rulgarian agreement. "They
have lost that part of their diplo
matic contest in the Balkans. It re
mains to be seen how the other part
will come out. King Ferdinand will
leave soon for a week's vocation on
the Danuke. This fact completely dis
poses of reports concerning the activ
ities of Roumanian troops on the
frontier, which in reality ars nothing
mor^than the annual manoeuvres.'
Paris reports: A dispatch of the
Balkan agency from Bucharest says
that the leaders of nil the opposition
parties in Bulgaria have held a meet
ing at which it was decided to pub
lish an appeal to the country explain
ing the international political citua-
tlon as affecting that nation. The
appeal will be mado on the ground
tnat under the present circumstances
the attitude taken by the government
is perilous.
The Bulgarian government's deci
sion to make terms with Turkey has
met with considerable opposition. Ad
vices from Bucharest recently report
ed a majority of‘Bulgarian statesmen
as favoring a reapproachment with
the quadruple entente, Servia and
Greece.
ESSAY ON THE EDITOR
What a Utile Boy Wrote in a Neigh
boring Town.
s A nearby exchange say? a little boy
in town was asked by his father to
white an essay on editors and here is
the result: “I don’t know how news
papers came to be in the world. I
don't think God does, for he ain’t got
nothing to say about them and editors
in the Bible.
”1 think he is one of the missing
links you read of, end stayed in the
bushes until after the flood and then
came out and wrote the thing up, and
has been here ever since. I don’t
think he ever died; I never saw a
dead one and never heard of one be-
ng licked.
“Our paper Is a mighty good one,
paw ain’t paid his aubscription since
the paper started. I asked paw if
that was why the editor had to suck
the juice out of snowballs in winter
and go to bed when he had a shirt
washed in summer. And then paw
took me out'into the wood-shed and
he licked me awful hard.
"If the editor makes a mistake
folks say he ought*to be hung; but
if a doctor makes a mistake he buries
it and people dassent say anything
because doctors can read and write
latln. .
“When an editor makes a mistake
there are lawsuits, and a big fuss,
but if a doctor makes one there Is a
funeral, cut flowers and a perfect si
lence. If the doctor goes to see an
other man’s wife he charges for the
visit but if the editor goes he gets a
charge of buckshot.
“When a doctor gets drunk It’s h
case of being overcome with the heat,
and if he dies, it’s heart trouble;
when an editor gets drunk it’s a ease
of too much boose, and if he dlee it’s
the JimJams.”
Norwegian,
through
who
In
according to a
beep traveling
NEW YORK SPECTATOR LOOKS
FOR DEMAND AFTER WAR
WORLD’S SUPPLY IS LOW
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Cotton Mills are Not Loaded Up, Nor
are Merchasits and Boyers Counts
on Germany and Austria Asking
for 5,000,000 Bales Whenever
They Can be Delivered.
Eugene G. Scales, who operated
with James A. Patten In the 1909
cotton pool as a member of the so-
called “Big Four,” and who was
reputed to have made and lost a for
tune of 310,000,000, is a bull In the
present cotton market. Mr. Scales
talked for publication recently.
It was the second time In his life
that he ever did such a thing, says
the New York Times, but, as he put
it, he- felt he was justified. The first
time was in 1909, when another big
cotton operator tried to promote a
plan for hoarding cotton in the South.
‘E. G.,” as "tne Street” calls Mr.
Scales, thought such a plan would be
ruinous and he told his Texan friends
not to be foolish.
It was the European war that caus-,
ed “E. G." to talk. There was such
confusion in the minds of cotton
growers and dealers as to the effect
of the war on cotton, he said, that an
“old timer” bight help to clarify the
situation.
And don’t think I'm going to give
you an optimistic interview because
of my market position,” said the op
erator. “To-day I am long less 5,000
bales of cotton. I have studied the
cotton market Intensely for twenty
years, and am basing my calculations
on the government’s figures.”
‘E. G.” said short sellers of cotton
had better “go into hibernation” be
fore it was too late. Every sign indi
cated a general prosperity, he Insist
ed, and cotton would share in that
prosperity. The South was fortified
with plenty of money, he said', and
would prevent any repetition of last
year's calamity in the cotton trade.
The bean were all wrong, he said
and wonld soon find out that their ar
guments were not well founded.
This is a time for optlmlatfi, the
cotton speculator said, and the gov
ernment's figures, ahowtag a 10 per
cent, reduction In acreage, should
convince any one of that While ad
mitting that a sadden peace would
upset the market temporarily, he
gave it as his view that within
month after peace was declared there
would be a great scrambling among
nations for this co/ntry’s cotton.
"I can see nothing hut good bust
ness In America, at least for the next
few years,” said Mr. Scales. “The
steel mills are busy, and that la the
test. America has the stuff to selL
and big business must be the result.
“The cotton mills are not loaded
up with cotton, and neither are the
merchants, wholesalers, or retailers
They are all carrying the minimum
of cotton in stock. These people must
buy eventually. In addition, Europe
will use a great deal more of cotton
In the next few years than she nsed
in the last few years. Things once
made of silk in Europe will be made
of cotton after the war is over. My
Idea is that the stocks of dry goods
throughout the world are down to
low ebb, other countries being worse
off than America.
“So I maintain most strongly that
there is an enormous short interest in
cotton. America next season will con
sume between 6,500,000 and 7,000,-
000 bales of cotton. Europe takes 65
per cent, of our cotton, and the short
in will be even greater tn Europe
than in America. The short interest
in actual cotton is the most enormous
in the history of the cotton trade.”
In this connection Mr. Scales main
tained that when the buying of the
mill owners did begin in earnest they
would find themselves In competition
with the speculators. There would
be a wave of speculation, he said,
similar to that in the stock market
when the war stock adjusted them
selves to new conditions.
’’There's Germany,” continued the
cotton man. “The other day she of
fered to buy 1,000,000 bales of cot
ton at 15 cents a pound, delivered in
Bremen. Before this year’s crop has
passed away Germany will buy that
cotton and store if in Aouarica await
ing peace for its shipment, and Ger
many will pay 15 cents for it here.”
“Well, what do you think will hap
pen to the price of cotton?’' a report
er asked.
"Now, I am not going to advise
farmers what to do with, their cot
ton,” he replied. "I can only give
them my Idea of the future price. I
am firmly convinced that the present
prices are deceiving no one but
themselves, and are robbing no one
bnt their own wives and children
"In my opinion, cotton during this
season will sell very, very high—how
high 1 do not believe any cotton man
can guess within 2 cents a pound. It
♦ill go two cents a pound higher than
the normal range oi vision of even aa
optimist. \ ‘ -* •
“What I say, of course. Is on the
assumption that the war #111 continue
for another year or two. I do not be
lieve there is a man living who,would
be willing to bf short of cotton over
night at 13 cents a pound if he knew
that peace would be declared. Yon
can say for me, however, that I, per
sonally, would not be short and guar
antee to stay short one month after
peace was declared, even If the price
were 15 cents a pound. If peace were
declared Germany and Austria would
want 3,006,000 hales out of this crop,
an amount too large to give them out
of a crop of only 13,000,000 bolus
Codes would loop, not by points, but
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Battles in the Kao
Great Vigor Fr
the BtacJ
LeadoB, Friday; Petrograd i
the Russians are falling back In
direction of Pinsk, capture of which
was announced Thursday by the Ger*
mans. Occupation of this town wu£
be expected to facilitate greatly tho
progress of von Mackensen’s forces
thrOugtrthe Prlpet marshes. ’
Stern battles a/s being fonght from
Riga to the Roumanian border, and
while the Germans continue to ad
vance slowly in the north and centre,
the Russians.In the south ars repost
ing their successes againyt the Asa*
tro-German armies, now being driven
back across the Strips in Galicia and
retiring westward, north of the Ga
lician Vontler.
While these Russian victories ars
welcomed In Russia and the allied
countries as an evidence that tho
Russ1f|i armies are still ahls to tabs
the offensive when supplied with am
munition, there is no inclination to
exaggerate their importance. The en
gagements, however, keep the Ajm-
tro-Germans busy and make it im
perative to send southward reinforce
ments which cotild be used to bette
advantage in the north where voi
Hindenburg is directing operations o
much greater mo/tent.
This general, who began his offen
sive against the Vllna-Dvlnsk railway
week ago, has not yet established
himself on the line. His cavalry,
which did reach It. had been driven
back. Nevertheless he has driven tho
Russians across tjie Dvina river north
of Dvlnsk, placing that city la a
rather dangerous joaltion. He also has
advanced north of Vllna.
South of Vllna, towards Grodno,
the Russians are offering stubborn
resistance and have the Germans
firmly held. That U the situation,
too, in the centre; Prince Leopold has
been delayed in his advance. Von
Mackensen has passed his forces
through the Prlpet marshes and now
hold* Pinsk. From this point south
ward the Russians are advancing and
have reoccupied a number of villages,
but they are not likely to push their
advance much further as It would
make their northern flank vuiam
able.
R0URANU PLANS ID FWT;
BULIAR1A ASKS EXfUlUTMl
Bern to Meet
The massing of Gorman and Aus
trian troops on tho Roumanian fron
tier has resulted in the Balkan nation
making preparations for evontunll-
tiee. A part of her army already has
been mobilised and reserves have
been ordered homo.
A steadfast refusal of Ronmaata to
permit transportation through her
territory by Germany of military sup
plies for Turkey to supposed to bare
aroused tho animosity of tho central
empires.
Recent advices from Rome were la
the effect that negotiations were un
der way for tho formation of n mtm
Balkan league to he composed efi!
Roumania, Servia and Greece. Bul
garia, it was said, waa not included;
In the negotiations because of her
agreement with Turkey by whlel%sho«
will obtain possession of territoryv
along the Dedeaghatch railway. Mon-
tenegro probably would act in aeeerti
with the other three powers as shn
already is arrayed on the side of the
Allies in the war.
Because of the concentre Men C
Greek and Roumanian troops on Cfe
Bulgarian frontier, the Bulgarian fa
eign minister has instructed the ref
resentntlves of that country at libra
and Bucharest to request aa tnima
diate and definite explanation, accord
ing fir-Sofia dispatches .to The Gior-
nale d'ltalla.
SHOULD ENC0URA6E NIUTU,
DECLARES SENAT0RI1LL1UN
National Security Leagues Gives Out
Letter Written to South Caro- ■
Una's Senior Senator.
“Encouragement ought to given
in every possible way to the variotm
states to drill and equip their militia
to make them more efficient. The
government ought to see to It that •
supply of the necessary arms, with
munitions enough to supply half a
million men, should be kept on
hand.”
Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, ot
South Carolina, chairmaiCof the Sen
ate Committee on Naval Affairs, ex
pressed thip sentiment in ^letter to
the National Security-League, made
public In Neto York last week. Sena
tor Tillman was asked by President
Wilson to form one of the conference
committee which is to discuss na
tional defence prior to the asoembltag
of congress. The National Security
League is eond acting n nation-wide
campaign for preparedness and Bran-
tor Tillman gives warm encourage
ment in his letter. It reads:
“I regard the matter of national
defence aa a very burning issue, fen-
conragement ought to be given in
every possible way to the various
states to drill and eqnlp their militia
sufficiently to make them son effi
cient Military trafplag, if It can toe
brought about, should"
every College for ’
country. Tho a
properly edncaU
troops should ho
should he hept in:
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