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# # CONSTSNTIffi TALKS HELLENIC KING SENDS MESSAGE TO AMERICAN PEOPLE DEFENDS HIS ACTIONS t Greece' Will Aid Entente In Every Way But Will Not Consent to the Use of Her Soil as a Battleground for the Opposing Sides—Wants to Remain Neutral. Constantine I, king of the Greeks, received the correspondent of the As sociated Press recently and gave him a message for America on the atti tude which Greece has assumed in the world war and the reason? for the policy which has been followed by the Greek government. “I am especially glad- to talk for America,” said the king, ‘‘for Ameri ca will understand Greece’s position. We are both neutral and are together determined, if it is humanly possible, not to court destruction by permit ting ourselves to be drawn into the -frightful vortex of the present Euro- pean, conflict. Both are trying by every honorable means to guard our ■overeignty, jjfotect our own people and stand up* for our national inter ests without ^gacriflcing that neutral- which we trecognize as our only sarvgtion. ' — ‘‘America is protected from imme diate daitger by the distance which separates her from the battlefield. We, too, thought, that once. But the battlefield shifted\pnd may shift again. What is happening in Greece to-day may happen in America, Hol land or any other neutral country to- - morrow, if the precedent now buught to be established in the case <*f Greece is once fixed.” The king when giving the inter- 'view was dressed in the simple uni form of a Greek general, and he dis played the' good humored, almost youthful candor of the ideal soldier > to whom diplomatic expedients or lack of frankness seemed repugnant or impossible. From time to time, emphasizing the earnestness and sincerity of what he was saying, he thumped the table soundly with his clenched fist. De spite the seriousness of the message he was delivering, his fine gray eyes occasionally twinkled with raillory. ‘‘The fundamental cause of the en tire threatening attitude of the En tente powers towards Greece to-day and of the painful situation of my country,” said the king, ‘‘Is the En tente's own sssunlption, without the slightest reason therefor that Greece is ready to betray the -Entente to -Germany at the first favorable oppor tunity. Is It reasonable to suppose such a thing? . “From the very outset of hostilities In the Near East, Greece's neutrality has been stretched to the utmost to accommodate the Entente |H>wers, for whom we have always felt the policyi They like him and they elect ed him, but it would be the maddest foMjr to . assume that because they' voted for a m .n personally popular they therefore voted to throw the country Into war. - They did not such thing. War is the last thing they want. Ask them; they will tell you so. ’. " J “It is said that I have exceeded the constitution. What 1 have done is to apply the constitution. 1 The con stitution gives the power to dissolve the chamber to prevent jus‘ such dis asters As following the Venizelos pol icy would have proved at this Junc ture. My duty under the constitu tion was'to exercise that power. I did exercise It and will continue to ’exercise it so -i"UflF QO it necessary to save my people^from destruction. “Another thing I want to make clear: It is said M. Venizelos with my assent invited the Allies’ troops to come to Saloniki. Nothing could be further fromthe truth. M. Veni zelos may have expressed the per sonal opinion that if the allies’ troops landed at Saloniki Greece would' not. resist. How could she resist? But that M. Venizelos ever, as the responsible head of tlv« Greek government, formally invit- e<l foreign troops to enter Greek territory is wholly untrue.” ‘‘Your majesty believes that the Allied Balkan expedition is doomed to failure?” ‘‘Certainly it is dodmed" to failure if undertaken with no more men than are now there or on the way. Great Britain does not seem disposed to send an adequate foi;ce and France can not do the job alone. The mini mum army which ran hoi>e to accom plish anything in the Balkans is four hundred thousand men. As that num ber is not being sent, that is my proof that it is Greece who niust suffer, Greece who must pay for the failure of the Allied Balkan venture. “If the Entente will assure me that when they are driven bark ‘into Greek territory they will con sider tiic Balkan game ended, re- embark and leave Greece, 1 will guarantee with my whole afmy to '-protect tlielr retreat against the Germans, Bulgarians or anyltody else iiniI give them time to embark without being endangered. Then I would bo legitimately protecting ' my frontiers. >re 1 ran not do. ‘‘The Entente's demand is too much. They try to drive Greece out of neutrality; they come ittto Greek territory and waters as though they were theirs. At Nautliathey destroyed tanks of |>etroleuni intended to kill locusts on Gie excuse that they might be used by German submarines. They stop Greek ships; they ruin Greek commerce—as they have done with American ships, too. They want to seize our railways and now they de mand that we take away the traops guarding the Greek frontiers, leaving my country open to invasion or any lawless incursion. “I will not t'o It.' I am willing to dlaruaa reasonably aay fair proposals. But two tilings I will not concede: Greece shall not he forced or cajoled out of her neutrality; Greece will maintain her sovereignty and her sov ereign right to protect herself at need.” —■ “And If that Is not satisfactory— if coercive methods are used by the NOT TOT SETTLED LUSITANIA QUESTION HANGS OYER TWO COUNTRIES r NOTES HAVE BEEN SENT Secret Negotiations Between Ger many and This Country Fail to Secure Final Settlement—Govern ments Have Not Published Corre spondence as F’ormerly. ^The New York ^'.orld’s Washing ton correspondent, after speaking of the recent dismissal of the German attaches, .cal’s attention to the an cient. dispute over the sinking of the Lusitania. His article follows: The overshadowing controversy re garding the final and satisfactory ad justment of the Lusitania issue iA al ready engaging the attention of the imperfal foreign offiefe in Wilhelm- strasse, and from present indications, will come in for treatment at the hands of the American congress next week. Officials of both the United States and Germany have not been as frank in keeping the people informed as to the actual status of th« negotiations for adjustment of the controversy over the Lusitanift^s might be de sired. Despite denials made at Berlin and Washington, however, persons who are well Informed have a pretty clear idea of the situatioh. ' makipg a frank and open apology, ad mitting its violation of International, law, because of the certain adverse effect upon the mimU of the German people. , ' It is the understanding at* Wash ington that such an admission mighjt open thc^way lor internal criticism of other jif the kaiser's war policies, both bn. land and sea; The chief obstacle to a clearing up of this angle of the situatlpujs Jhat Germany has never yet comriVunlVaG ed to the Ini ted States the report of- the commander of the submarine— understood to be Hershlng—regard ing the character of ’his instructions and the circumstances of his atta :k upon the Lusitania. In the case of the Arabic, Germany hastened to inform the bnited States of the result of a naval inquiry re garding the sinking of that liner. The commander of the submarine that sank the Arabic testified under oath before the court of inquiry that -he did pot know that the Arabic was a passenger ship. He said in effort that the periscope of his submarine was clouded-by fog, which did not permit him to see the -superstructure jf the Arabic and identify, its char acter as a passener ship. The officer at the periscope did make out, however, that the Arabic was an ‘‘enemy ship," said the com- cander of the undersea boat there upon manoeuvred into a suitable po sition and launched the torpedo that sank the vessel. The details regarding the sinking of the Lusitania never liave been communicated to this government. Ambassador Gerard at Berlin never has been able to obtain more than a general report regarding the chacac.- ter of the Instructions to the com mander of the undersea boat that sank the Cunarder. This report was of a most evasive character. The belief Is pretty well grounded at Washington that, if the kaiser’s WILSON’S MESSAGE PRESIDENT POINTS OUT NEED OF ADEQUATE PREPARATION DENOUNCES HYPHENATES Chief Executive Speaks to Congress men Concerning Details of Plans Proposed to Secure This Country- Outlines New- Theory -of Pan- Americanism. President Wilson, In his annual address to congress Tuesday, dealing mainly with national defense, pro claimed an advanced Pan-American ism growing from the guardianship German Marshal Bui gars Attack British French ia Serbia. -f ' Important battles hsVe began are impending in'Mesopotamia, wl the-German field marshal, Baron von I der Goltz, has taken the command of ‘ the Turkish forces and is abost to at tack the British at Kut-el-Amamj lit southeastern Serbia, where the garians have already attacked th* Anglo-French positions and havo been repulsed; on Gallipoli, where, according to Turkish accounts, the Allies have taken the offensive, end; in Belgium and France where, re ports from Holland state, the Ger mans hav e concentrated strong rein forcements and an immense amonnt of artillery .with the object of strik ing a blow at the allied line in Flan ders and Artois.- of the Monroe doctrine to the -‘*^1 " E&t Yn^bia tf»e battle, have A solution of the problem seems as remote as it was ,on July 21, when’'Kovernment did consent to the publi- lYeaident Wilson addressed his last cation of the Instructions given the official demand for a satisfactory o\- commander of the submarine attack- plaiiaiiiin and disavowal of Uie sink ing of the Lusitania. This was the last formal note sent by AUia government to Berlin. In it the president, unmistakably evidenc ed his conviction that the American government had made its position ing the I^isitania, it would compel him to niake<\artly the sort of apol ogy and disavowal as Uiat demanded by President Wlisohv From present indications more than one demand will be ntmje in con gress for all the information relating loar, and that deeds, rather than to the Lusitania Incident In the pt^s- words, in his Judgment, would const! tuto a satisfactory reply to the rea sonable demands contained in his pre vious communications to the Berlin government. Despite denials, both by the state department and the German foreign office, the note of July 4H i" not Uie last prutMiral that lues lieen exchanged between the two governments. Con ducted In the nature of ‘‘conversa tions”—a diplomatic substitute for formal communications—the German government has. through its ambas sador. Count von Hernstorff, made a session of this government. Several senators and member* of congress have brought to Washington with them resolutions relating (o almost every angle of the case. These, In substance, call for the seevranee of diplomatic aavl all other relations between the I nlted HtOU-s and Germany. The officials of Germany In this conntry. and also those of Great Bri tain. anticipate an avalsnchs of reao- lotions of this character. A partisan. proposal for the adjustment of the G« rn *» n opinion reflects the belief on Lusitania matter thtt. In the view of th * P" 1 of th * government Berlin, would remove any obstacle that the President and his cabinet de- that stood in the way of amicable re- ta »I»IK tl>«* reeponelblllty for the lations between the two countries as a •rttlement of the Lusitania matter to result,pf the loss of American lives on t* 1 * »houlders of congress, the Lusitania. I This suggestion is received with The substance of the Berlin repre- “ or ® hunmr than serious considsra- aentstton on this score was that ths P® «•>- affer made by the kaiser's govern- mUtakably cl«*ar. it is said, within a keenest sympathy and the dv*epest entente powers?” the king was ask- gratitude. The Dardanelles opera- e( j. tions were directed from Greek is- “Wo shall protest to the whole lands occupied by allied troops. world that our sovereign rights are ’“When Serbia was endangered the I violated. We shall resist Dasslvely v allied troops landed unopposed on as long as we human ran, not Greek soil, from which, with the sec- being forced by any measures what- •ond city of Greece as a base, they I soever into a course we know will be prdaecuted, not.only unmolested, but prejudicial to the liberties and hap- aided in every way consistent with I pi ness of our people." any sort of neutrality, their fruitless I "And when you can not hold out and too long delayed campaign to rescue their ally. ‘‘Finally. I myself have given my personal word that Greek troops will never be used to attack the Franco- Britlsh forces in Macedonia, merely to allay unjustified suspicions. “Yet, despite ail these evidences of the good faitji of Greece, the Entente {towers now demand. In a form which Is virtually an ultimatum, that the Greek troops be withdrawn from Haionikl—and that means all Mace donia—leaving our population un protected against raids by Bulgarian comitadjts, or all the horrors of war which laid Belgium waste - should the Allies be driven back within our fron tiers. “Just suppose the Germans were in a PSEaitton to demand that your countjxconceda the use of-Boston or Seattle as tlie 'ba^e for an attack bn Canada. Wliat wobUlYOU c a y? And if all your military experience and the advice of your generaKptaff told you that such a landing wastkionie4 to fai'ure because made with an in adequate force, and you realized tha' the British troops in Canada would pursue the retreating'Germans across New Eng'and, destroying as they went, would you accept the prospects without a struggle ’’ , “But had not your majesty tier- man,•’assurance that the integrity v 'of Greek territory will he respect ed?” the king was asked. . “Of course, and Flntente assur ance too.” ‘ „ . • “ And similar assurance from Bulgaria?” . “Germany," said the king, “has given assurance for herself, and her allies. f But that does not pre vent the German-Bulgarian armies, as a measure of military necessity, from pursuing the retiring French and British into Greece, fighting in Greece and torning Greece Into a second Poland. I have that assur ance also. ‘‘Why, the Entente powers treat me as if I were king of a central African tribe, to whom the sufferings of his own people were a matter of , ipdllference. I have been through wars. I don't want any more “IT R can be honorably averted. My peo ple do not want any more, and if they and I can help it, we shall not have | any more." " - “Then your majesty does not be lieve that the Intervention policy of the former premier, M. Venizelos. really expressed the will of tha Greek paople?” "I know It did not," replied the king forcefully. “When the people re-elected Venizelos they elected him, not hla policy. Tha great mass of the people of Greece did not understand upthlaf about tha Venizoloe foreign oa ment to Indemnify the victima on the Arabic, which also was torpedoed by a German aubmartne. ahould be ac cepted by the American government If applied to the case of the Lusitania. The kaiser’s government seemed to think that the Inferential apology and disavowal Implied in the Arabic offer should be satisfactory to the Ameri can government. U also applied to the Lusitania. It was the German view, as expressed in the proposal made by Count von Bernstorff. that the ac ceptance of this plan would provide an easy way out for both govern ments. Count von Bernstorff made this proposal to Secretary Lansing more than two months ago. The (iernian |>ro|tOKitton was considered by (tie American government for more than IN DENOUNCING “HYPHENS’’ ** Secretary Lansing then submitted to the Berlin government, through abort time. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS longer?” "We shall have to demobilize our armies and await the march of events. What else can we dot” CONGRESS WITH PRESIDENT South Carolina I Delegation tternrr* Blums in New Kepajon. ^ . The South Carolina uelegation far ed exceptionally well In committee assignments this year, the Hat for the Sixty-fourth congress being made public in Washington Saturday. Representative Finley, dean of the delegation, retains hia place as rank ing Democrat on the powerful com mittee on post offices and post roads. Mr. Lever retains - his place as chairman of the committee on agri culture. Mr. Aiken continues ranking Dem ocrat on the committee of District of Columbia together with places on the and honorable association” of all Americas. Although In the longest addrese Ite has yet delivered to congress "the president touched upon a variety of subjects, the predominating note was tlie necessity of a indicy of military preparedness to meet the readjust ments of tlie next generation as they will affect tlie American continent. He emphasized hio point by saying: "Unless you take it within your view and permit the full significance of it to compand your thought, I can not find the right light in which to «et forth the particular matter which lies at the very front of my whole thought as l address you to-day. I mean national defenshv” The point was not overshadowed when the president. In the most un measured terms lie ever has employ ed before congress, denounced nat uralized Americans who by their sympathies for the Euro|tcan bellig erents have endangered .American neutrality. While congress cheered him loudly he referred to them as having "pour ed the polsoif of aTsioyalty into the very arteries of our national life** and as those who .“would turn in malign reaction against the govern- g^ent and the people who had wei- coYned and nurtured thetn.? \vTYVe T ld®■ ^ *• °E d** e P feeling the nresidenBuxpresHed “the even deeper humiliation and acorn which every self-poisessed C*d thoughtfully pa triotic American must feel when he thinks of them and df fhe discredit they are daily bringing uyon us.” While the president's outline of the administration plan for the army and navy prased without a ripple tk applause and hla references to Pan- Ameriranlsm were only punctuated with evidences of approval. Republi cans and Democrats alike Joined ta an en phatlc demonstration at bis words of condemnation for Ihoss ha assailed so unreservedly. The president set up Pan-Ameri canism at tha vary outset of hla aM*- aa«« “AU the governments of Amer ica,” said he "stand so far aa we are eonrerned u|Mtn e footing of genuine equality and snquestion- ed lixlepewdence. AA'e retain un abated the spirit which was so frankly put into words by Presi dent Monroe. AA'e still mean to make a common cause of national Indetiendence and of political lib erty In America, hut that purpose Is now I>et ter understood so far aa It concern* ourselves " The moral, the president said, was that the States of America were not not developed beyond the prelimin ary stage, so far aa is known the ar tillery alone of the different anna be ing active. Along the Vardar Cerna- Karasu front in Serbia the Bul garians already have ' commenced their attacks against the Anglo- French, and it is reported that the German army of Gen. von Gallwlta has been reorganized and reinforced and is marching south to take part in the operattons. The Germans evidently intend to strike hard before the Allies, who continue t6 land troops at Saloniki, have completed their preparations. It is reported that the Germans have forty thousand men available. There is uo indication of the Bulgarian or Anglo-French strength. But one re port says that five allied divisions- nearly one hundr d thousand man - have been landed thus far. The bat tle therefore will be one of the graat- est importance. Acco'dtag to the French, all the Bulgarian attacks have been repulsed, but the Germane claim that the French were com- l>elled to give up their positions at the Junction of the Vardar and (’••rata rivers to avoid being envelop ed. AUSTRIAN CRUISER SINKS 13 MUNITIONS CARGOES Republicans Join in Applause But Re main Undemonstrative During Most of His Remarks. census and on expenditures in the Count von BernstdfTf. a counter prop- navy department, osition conforming to the specific do- jjr. Byrnes retains his place on the inands made by President Wilson in roTrtrfliltee on roads and war claims • his various formal notes culminating and is made chairman of tlie commit,- in rr!i at of 21 ‘ tee on mileage and in addition is as- , The exact character of the demands signed to the slrong committee on made by the.linited States during the merchant marine and fisheries, which Vienna Reports Activity of Off Albas is—Frewch Loaa Bob • —Khlpa Were Italian. The sinking of a French •ubmariaa * boat, the Fresnel, and six steamers and alx large sad aaveral small Mon tenegrin sailing veaaaia in tha lower Adriatic tea off the coast of Albania Is related in the official communica tion Issued In Vienna Tuesday. All tho vassals v srs loaded with war ma terial, which they either w«re trying to land on tbs Albanian coast nr to convey thSra. . Five of tho stsamen sad the sail ing ships wars sent to the bottom bjr the Austrian cruiser Nevara and Austrian torpedo host destroysrd at Fan Vlovannt dl Medua. is ths Oslf • of Diin, to the north of Dsrsaso. They were engaged In discharging munitions. One Italian steamer arm ed with three gulls and an ItaHaa motor vessel were sunk while • on their way from Brit list to Durraxso. These were loaded with munltloas. While the Austrians were engaged in sinking the vessels at San Giovanni dl Medua. twenty grns on shore bom- sni Ihs'f t«« torded them hravily. hot tha offtelal friends and that their association was K. Foster Murray writes The News and Courier as follows: Judging from tly? volume and distribution of l ' ,,UJ wun L ’ J 0UIU J? a applause among tho congressional I n r « nS ^^^V! s not been j m i ade Public., tetration's important shipping bill, auditors when. President Wilson read as »“|? ie d by^persons Mr. Ragsdale goes to tin commit final “conversation” with Count von is charged with handling the admin- his message Tuesday, they were most heartily in accord wRli the chief exe cutive in his references to trouble makers among hyphenated Ameri cans, and were next to that most en thusiastic in approval of his declara tions as to.the need of preparedness against possible aggr.ession. A ma jority of the Republicans joined in tlie oeriionst rat ions in these instances. Tlie president's remarks on Mexico familiar with the differences between .tee on foreign affairs. District of Co- the two governments, however, that__iumbia and arts and expositions. His the German ambassador was.instruct-^change from the riranking and cur ed to again call attention of Foreign, j-enev committecr'was mad n at his re- Mmister vori Jagow to the specifiic nhest. , ' demands made by President Wilson in Ills comn>^inicat : ions. ,, * These, in effect, wore that Germany shpuld disavow intent to violate in- terffSTiononaws relating to the treat- Uicnt of neutrals in .general, and of Mr. Whaley goes on the judiciary committees . Mr. Niehhlls goes Trm-Uie military affairs committee, which win -handle one end of the preparedness prograil With t.wo chairmanships and as- were approved by general handclap-;?) tiz 1 tns °; . ll,e E’n't ted States iu par- signment's for each member on in- ticu'ar, giving assurances „of its put- fluential working committees, the pose to respect such laws in the fu- delegation starts the session with fine There was hot a very vigorous re- ^ irp - an ° n ’ a,<e sych reparation in the prospects for effective work. Irne of indemnitw as is called- for under fie. circumstances. ping, among the Democrats, but the ItepHblicans were, almost iill siLent, spouse to Mr. Wilson’s assertion that tho pay-as-we-go policy should pre vail in raising the money for pre paredness. What the president said in advocacy of the merchant shipping bill was applauded by about half of the Democrats, but Jiy practically none of the-Repu,blicans. STEAMER REPORTED SUNK REACHES EGYPT SAFELY REPUBLICANS TO HELP ness Their Support. likely to give them a new ilgnlflcance in world affair*. "Separated they are subject to all the cros* currents of the ronfused polities of a world of hostile rival ries,” said he. "Bni’ed in spirit and purpose they can not be disappointed in their peaceful destiny. This Is Pan-Americanism. It ha* none of the spirit of empire in R. It is the em bodiment. the effectual embodiment of the spirit of law and independence and liberty and mutual service.” Great d^mocraeies, the president said, are peaceful, not .seeking war and without thought of conquest or dominion. t v "But just because we demand un molested development and the unrtis- thw. turbed government of our own lives; cess. report says wit hoc*, xucce Recent renorts have been to effect that Italian forcea had landed at Avlona, Albania, to enter the Balkan cam . aign with the En tente allies rrd to-day*a report of the putting ashore of munitions and of artillery attacks from shore against the Austrian warchipa seemingly gives verity to the previous accounts. The text of the statement follows: “The Austrian cruiser Novara, with some dcstroyern. on December 5 rank at San Giovanni dl Medua three largo and two small steamers and OveJarge and several small sailing vessels dis charging war material. One steamer was blown up. Our flotilla was bom barded very heavily from land by about twenty guns but without suc- Oalm Comes After Much Stir- on Re ported Loss of Communipaw— Identify Confused. >’■ . r K ■ ", A telegram' from Alexandria, Egypt, received Wednesday in I.on- dop by Lloyds, says that the AmerD cay steamship Communipaw, report ed sunk off the coast of Tripoli by a submarine, arrived at Alexandria on Monday. It is inferred tliat possibly some confusion has risen in regard to the identity of the vessel torpedoed, A dispatch 'from Alexandria. Egypt, apparently confirmatory of the report received by London Lloyds thst the oil tanker Communipaw was safe wes received Wednesday by the Standard Oil offices at New York. This message stated that the Com munipaw reached Alexandria on Sun day laat and would sail for New York ' A No reply to Gils request has been received by the Aineiicun govern ment. Secretary Lansing evaded a „ .. ^ „ discussion of the proposition. The Senators to.GRe AAilson’s Prepared admission was obtained at the de-j partment that ‘‘the Lusitania negotia tions are continuing:” j Senate Republicans will make no ,5, It is pretty well.known to theTead- partisan fight on the national defense ing offlcials'of this government - that program if it is not framed by the In spite of Germany’s apology in the Democrats in.caucus, cases of the* Aralyq.and the disco#--"rf'Sehator Gailin'ger, the Republican tjnuance of the von-Tjrpitz method’of leader, told President Wilson Wed- submarine warfare in North Atlantic nesday that the Republicans want the- and North Sea waters, the mind of army and navy strengthened and are the kaiser and his official advisers willing to go-ooerate with the Demo- has not changed in; th« hlighteal dSTcrat*. Later Mr. Gallinger said Pres- gree since the last official notes were idant Wilson had told him he would exchanged between the two govern nients on tlie subjeej. The German view is just as strong aa ewer that 'its act in sinking ; the Lusitania was merely in reprisal for not approve of the Democratic cau ^ cus making the defense plans party measures. < > ”We will honestly cooperate with the*party in power in working out de- the establishmeaL.of a “paper block-! fense plans which wilf be adequate ade’’ of German ports arrti those of and sane,” said Senator Gallinger. upon our own principles of right and ’.‘.berty,” he declared, “we resent from whatever - quarter it comes the aggression we ourselves will not prac tice. We Insist upon security in prosecuting our self-chosen lines of natural development. We do more than that. We demand it also for others. From the first we have made Tv>mxnon cause with all partisans of liberty^on^tliis side of the sea and have deemed Rastoiportant that our neighbors should be'free.from all out side dominations a i that we^urselves should be; have set apart Amefftaa as ti whole for the uses of the independ ent nations and political freedom.”^ The doctrine of Pan-Americanism —of full partnersTiip between the na tions of the western hemisphere iu world ' affairs—was proclaimed by President Wilson in his third annual address .td congress, the theme of which was preparedness by the Unit ed States to defend not only its own independence t but the rights of those with-fehoih it has made common cause. The message w^Uread by the president to the Senate and House assembled in joinU session in the chamber of thp^House, Every r^cbrtnnendation embodied In the’document had to do with com prehensive plans for strengthening the national defenses. The program included the army ^nd navy plans al ready made public by Secretaries Gar rison and Daniels; legislation for gov ernment, owned merchant ships, a neutral North Sea countries. The one concession made by Ger many since the exchange x>f formal communications on the subject Is that btath its submarine warfare. Jeonar-| __ . * dlzing the thmr irinr TfiTefesTs o? ne’u^] ^nstria rapture* Booty, frala, was Illegal only in the sense that the British blockade'of German and neutral ports was illegal. There is Rule doubt in the minds “But we will not agree to have the Democrats frame their pl-OS In cau cus and then ask us to approve them. - ’ ' Vienna reports Thursday in the Montenegrin campaign: ‘.'Our troops captured there eighty guna. one hua- dred and sixty munition carta, forty °E the loading officials of Germany, motor cars, twelve transportable bak- and those of this eupntry, for that tag ovens, aome thousands of riflna rural.credit law,, tho Philippine and Puerto Rico bills which failed of final passage at the lart session, conserva tion legislation, a law giving federal aid to industrial aud vocational edn cation, and the creation of a commis sion lo-^pqotre teto lln' tiauapww tion problem. “Our warships destroyed the French submarine Fresael and cap tured the commander, the second of ficer and twenty-six men. 1 “On the night of November 23 an other flotilla sank an Italian steamer armed with three guns and an Italian motor sailing vessel, which was fully loaded and on route from Brindisi to Durazzo. The Lurvivors of the steam er, including four marines, were cap tured. “The crew of the motor sailing ves sel were released in their boats.” Keepiqg Corn Properly in Winter Essential to Good Seed. Field .selection is not all that is necessary in order to have the best seed corn. Often, through Careless ness in storing, good seed becomes worthless before spring. This is the result of storing seed corn before It is thoroughly dry and without adequate protection from weevils and rats. Seed corn should be well dried oat and fumigated to kill any weevils that are present, before storing. A well ventilated, dry room la the best place to store. If the corn is placed in a strong screen wire box and the box suspended from the editing or rafters fit the bark, there will be little likelihood of its being damaged by rats. If wedvils appear in the box, take it down and fumigate it. add re turn U to its place. Unless the seed is properly cared for. the labor and trouble of field selection are a dead loss. r. tkat i much othar war materials. Naturalized and native born Amer icana who. rym pat hiring with helllg- erects abroad, have plotted sad con and steal, sad a stamp tax spired to violate the.r own country's checks. Bats neutrality were sckthiogly denounced eoue MU mad < by the president, sad congress was eat tariff ea urged to provide adequate fedej laws to deal with such offenders. Internal taxation was proposed the means of providing the moa necessary to add to the oavrl i 7T*Y at ion suggested were lacqjda. Une. naptha, automobiles and nal explosion •