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* .1. ^ * ’V mn mmmucy; ^ 1 • •; T»-'' HORS WANT INVESTIGA- TfON OF OIIR TREATMENT Ith sides denounces Sndth of Georgia Denounces Hritiah Blockade—Lodge Scores Loss of Innocent Lives—Walsh Denounces Copper Seizures—Curtis Begs for Maintenance Of Neutral Bights. International affairs came suddens Jy and vigorously to the front in the Senate Lridky afternoon, when Sen ator Hoke Smith of Georgia, who has ®een a constant critic of the British blockade, introduced a resolution calling for an investigation by the foreign relations committee of the interference- of~Rreat Britain with neutral trade and made a speech de- ‘.nouncing the coui'ho Qf the London government. , , To this Senator Lodgfc^.ranking minority meml>er of the foreign re lations committee, replied by offe*^ ing an amendment calling for an in vestigation of tiie law and the, facts in the submarine attacks on the LusT- ,, Thr> ianta, Falaba, Hes|>erian, Arabic; Gulflight, and Ancona, and of the plots and conspiracies against the neutrality of tl»e I nitcd States, to. which President Wilson referred in his address to congress Tuesday. He admitted the possible injustice of the British bloekaffe, but asserted that American lives were more precious than American dollars. After a discussion, during which Senator Walsh of Montanr. assailed British blockade with special ref- to its effect on copper ship- itt, tiie resolution and tiie propos- ^^Lsnicndmcnt were referred to the HVeign relations commlttoe. iijlo each of the tliree main speeches of the <}ny,had its own par ticular viewpoint, and while two were obviously directed against Great Bri tain and ono against Germany, they . were nil in effnet criticisms of the course of the administration with ref erence to the defense of American right* on the "eas. ^ Senator Smltiy-did not charge the state department with weakness to ward Great Britain, but asserted that British “lawlessness" continued un abated. Mr. Lodge did not say the administration had been too tender of Germany, but wanted ^n investi gation of the facts. Mr. Walsh in sisted tiiat the Senate's committee should ascertain whether the British methods Justified the preseat good re lations between the United States and Great Britain. Tiie resolution of Senator Smith read an follow>; not lost anything from munitions. "No one raver, more for the loss of life.than I do,' bgt to forbid an in quiry such ** I have suggested'by re curring to the loss of lives in a way that moves \the heart of any red- blooded man does not Seem to me quite fair. It heetp.s an effort to dis tract attention from thd lawlessness of Oreht Britain. Those persons have always held (and many newspapers likewise) that eHqrts to restrain the oppressive British blockade came from sordid motives.’’'' Senator Walsh followed; “I appre hend that no senator here ever heard before of a blockade of neutral ports, shipments of our goods going to Hob, land seized because they might then go on to another country, and goods coming from Holland to us also seiz ed. The character of these acts it is not wise to comment upon. “At the beginning of the war ship.- ments of our goods were seized wholesale without any effrt to bring them to the adjudication of a prize court. In many, if not most, of these cases, the captcr did not even deign to make an explanation. “Seizures of copper have ceased, as you may have observed. Why. Because shippers in the United States have been harassed into signing an agreement, to—ship copper only to such places and persons as the Brit ish admiralty, previously fully in formed, graciously permitted. Not a shipment has been made cave under this humiliating condition." enator Walsh had the agreement hen he went op: [>er market .is po high that the producers in the. ASKS WARRING KINGS TO CONSIDER PEACE NOW Q Whereas. The Kxecntlve Depart ment. through the Secretary of ptate has protested the legality of the orders of Great Britain, vir tually blockading the neutral ports of Northern Kuropo; and Whereas. The i •■npyjuibU*Wy for the preservation oK'Secommerrial rights of citizens of the United States rests upon the congress, as well as upon the executive depart ment; therefore, be it , Resolved, That the committee on Foreign Relations be requested to investigate the subject rnd to sug gest to the Senate the action, if any, they mar deem advisable. Mr. l4>dge nt once arose and offer ed tills aiiia-ndinciit to be added to the Smith resolution: Resolved, That tho committee on Foreign Relations bo also request ed to investigate rnd report u{>6n the law and the facts involved in ihe attacks upon or the destruction by hrlligen nts of the following vessels: The Gulflight, Falaba. Lusitania, Arabic, Ancona, Hespe rian and Petrglite. And also to Investigate and re- rt upon the law and the facts in- Ived ln tho jflctdpnts referred to tiie president of tho United States in his annual messago when he said, referring to certain per sons: “They have formed plots to de stroy property, they entered into conspiracies t gainst the neutrality of tho government, ■ they have sought to pry into every confiden tial transaction of the government in order to serve interests alieh to our own.” Senator Works of California asked Senator Lodge if his amendment was comprehensive enough to include in vestigation of parts played by citizens of the United States in sending am- nThnition on ships, which had been attacked or destroyed. He was as sured that it was meant to include in quiry into all angles of the general subject of belligerent interference with ships. Senator Lodge said: ,‘T think Americans should be protected in their lives and in their liberty every where. I do not think they ought to be murdered in detail and obscurely in Mexico or openly or wholesale on the high seas. “ARhoughJ am as anxious as any one can be to caro for our rights in trade if they are violated, to me American lives are more important than Americaij dollarn. The body of an innocent child, floating dead the water, the victim of the destruc tion of an unarmed versel, is to me a more poignant and a more tragic spectacle than an unsold bate of cot ton." v'T •Renlylng to Sepator Lodge, Sena tor Smith said: “I am not si rprised at the speech or at the amendment of the senator ’ from Massachusetts. Almost from the • Inning of the war there has been ass oj people (good people) who e almost succeeded in suppressing any inquiry into the British restraints upon our commerce, simply by sug- bave been lost. *' . “R«t I suspect that some of these wholehearted crier of sympathy come - from persons Intereofed in munitions plants that are making shipments to Great Britain. They come from those patriots mbs. to. say the least, hsvs United. States <?ouM increase the price, and -this pari' of the investtga- .tion, at least, would beTv^e from any suspicion of having been inspired by mercenary motives. I would TTke to have the agreement referred to committee on Foreign Relations, and have the committee inquire into the circumstances of exacting such condi tions from American shippers,/and inquire also as to whether these cir cumstances justify the relations now obtaining'between the United States and Great Hritain. This resolution was introduced by Senator Curti? of Kansas: Resolved. That the maintenance of the xights of neutrals is the chief concern of the government of - th«^ Unjted of America, and tiiat our duty to maintain those rights on sen and land is empha- "aized by treaties to which this’na tion is a signatory, and by the prin ciples of international law to whicli American diplomacy has hitherto adhered with constant sincerity, and bd it further Resolved, Tiiat as a means to this end Congress believes it to be 4he duty of this government not only to proclaim, but to maintain an attitude of even-handed neutral ity as between belligerent powers of all nationalities without fear or favor with no tinge of sentiment or prejudice, and that any viola tion of neutral rights in derogation of the said treaties and principles of international law should meet> wjth the prompt and vigorous pro test of those officers of this gov^ ernment who sre charged with the conduct of our foreign relations, and said officers should perform every duty incumbent on a neutral nation. . Ford Wirelesses Reigning Monarchs That He and t’arty Want to Aid In Ending War. An appeal to the rulers of Europe was sent out by wireless Monday from the Ford Peace Ship, addressed individually to each reigning monr arch, reading: “Sir;. We come in this time of trouble not to add to your burdens, but to help lift them, not to consider which nations are more to blame for the disaster which has befallen Europe but to end the strife,' not to Tihtrude ourselves upon your national life-and national ideas, but rather with an earnest desire to understand them and, a heartfelt wish to aid in real izing them. “The love of country for which every day tens of thousands of lives are sacrificed is the same in every land. Your nation, like the people of all,the other beyigerent countries, is fighting for Us national existence and its best national traditions, and so there can. be no irrecohcHabl© differ ences. Such common ideals surely must afford a basis upon which to establish a magnanimous nd honor able peace. “The time have come to s$op the bloodshed, to save the people from further slaughter and the civilization of the world from anarchy and ruin. Has not war been tried enough in six- Tgeri months of fighting. Is it- not proven tiiat war can not solve the problem/TUtt that it leads only to loss and misery? Must lives be crushed and wives and mothers bereaved be fore we recognize that Europe Js FA1 DOUBLE BREAK U. S. ABOIIT TO END RELATIONS WITH TEUTONIC POWERS GREECE MUST YIELD PORT ~ TO ALLIES TO USE AS DiASE STIFF NOTE TO AUSTRIA France and England Deride to Take Step* to Assure Security of Ex peditionary Ferres. Lansin* Speaks Tartly to Hapsburg Empire, Saying Good Relations' .Best Vpon Common Regard for Law and Humanity—Text of Pro test on tbe Anconk. Government officials are agreed that the - relations between the United States and central Euro pean powers, Germany and Aus tria, present the mopt critical situa tion since tiie beginning of the war. , A break in diplomatic relations with Austria appears immtnent. State department jjfnclals are net hopeful that Austria will accept the strong demands in th e Ancona note. Aus tria’s silence three days after the note )sas delivered by Ambassador Penfleld is considered ominous. It is indicated, too, in official circles that the United States will demand the recall of Baron Erich Zweidenik,+he Austrian charge. , • . Manifestations of displeasure by Germany over the demand for the re call of Captains Boy-Ed and von Papen, the two embassy attaches, complicates relatlonR with Germany. It was learned that the dispute over the Lnsitania has been deadlocked. France and Great Britain have de cided to continue the campaign in the Balkans, and agreed on military measures designed to assure the se curity of the expeditionary forces which landed at Salonikl. W.'__ The agreement, which has refer- cnoe to concerted military action In otlier zones as well as in the Bal- kan|, Ywis reached by Premier Briand ami. War M nister Galllcpl, the French representatives, and Foreign Secretary Grey and War Secretary Kitchener, acting for Great Britain, who hav.e been in conference In Paris during two days. . \ A semi-official announcement, is sued after the conference, says the principle of maintenance of French and British troops at Salonikl was ap proved by all the participants, and tiiat military measures have been taken to safeguard the expeditionary corps, which Is withdrawing from Serbia and retreating methodically toward its base at Salonikl. “The Allies have decided to stay at Salonikl and to send sufficient forces to resume the offensive under favor able conditlom:,", says the Temps. “The decision is final. 'It remains to bo executed without 'further loss of time. “A very strong leeding to death and that the griev- n waa intimated that unless the Unit- oirs ground must be staunched? “WV.QeutralB are about to join in a eonferehdc^whirh shall without de lay frame andaubmit simultaneously to ypu and all thwother belligerent nations proposals as a-basis for dis cussion leading to the final settle ment. Therefore we do hacnestly entreat you and tiie Yulers of a!T the other warring nations tp.decUire aft immediate truce. Let the armies stand qtill wherfe they are. Then let negotiations proceed So that the sol diers may be delivered from another bitter winter in the trenches and sent bark to their labors and their fire sides. As there is no other way to end the war except by mediation and discussion, wtiy waste one more pre cious human life? For the sake of humanity. “Henry Ijord.” od States obtr.ins from England free dom of the'~S©aa^there will be a re sumption of German liubmarine war- fare. - ^ The desire onB?? United Stales-to. give the Austrian government suffi- ctent time to answer tho Ancona note is said to have delayed action looking to the recr.il of Baron Zweidenik. JTaron Zweidenik and Sccretr.ry Lan- 8Rrg,had a twenty-nilnutp conference at tlm^stato department. Secretary Lansing skid the Austri' n charge had sought publication of the official cor respondence connecting his name with a plan to obtrTlKjicutral pass ports for Austrian reserVtajs. It was .insistently reporte<L>at the state department that SocrctarynaQ- sing will instruct Ambassador Pen- field at Vienna to demand the recall of Baron Zweidenik as soon as that action can be taken without compli cating the pending Ancona negotia tions. Mr. Lansing also discussed with Bason Zweidenik tho activities Government to Protest Reinmal bf|v>f Alexander Nuber ian Pcreked, Aus trian consul general at New York. It Constantine in a more effective man ner than fine words. It will bpen the way to the Itussian army which is waiting on the Danube until Romania is ideascd to let it pass. It will bo necessary, however, to act quickly. Tho transportation of large forces oy sea is slow work, and there is noth- ipg to prevent making a beginning. The jo umber of troops to be sent can be determined later.” TfiUlAN WDOIJ fMVM GOVERNMENT ARMOR PU1E ; / Senior Senator Would Prevent PV Ins of People Through Lack of Competitive Bids. Senator Tillman, chairman of the Senate naval committee, announced • Thursday that'he would tntrodnee a bill fisr the ' erection of‘ a twenty- thoiisand-ton capacity government ar mor plant to cost ten million doltara, and would, do alFlfi lt&jKJwer to have it enacted immediately. —r "The thieves are sitting like buz zards watching to grab oU the tre mendous profits they foresee from this preparedness we are talking about,’’ said Senator Tillman. “I propose that they shall not get the profit from armor plate.” Senator Tillman said that he considered it of vital importance to build battleships and to need armor 4>iaee that it should have its own factory. He said that In the past yearn the government had, been at the mercy of the private armor place manufac turers, that it would continue to be at tiieff -drercy unless steps were taken which in a measure would make the government independent of the pri vate concerns , “Roosevelt, when he.was president, took action which did away with com petition among armor plate makers who submitted bids te the govern ment,” said Senator Tillman, "and forced combination as to prices upon them. This was brought out clearly, Frmnoo-BritlirtvW Ihe time of investigation in the army will end the evasion of King session of congress by a special ROW ON PEACE SHIP FRENCH SEARCH SHIPS GREECE YIELDS HER SOIL FOR BELLIGERENT'S BATTLE Hellenic Government Withdraw* and Reduce-. Army in Order to In sure Inypartiality. The difficult effort of Greece to .maintain neutrality in tiie face of tiie allied retreat on Saloniki and the pursuit of the Bulgarians and Ger mans continues to be the chief matter of interest at the Entente capitals. The latest decision of Greece, accord ing to Athens dispatches, is to with draw ajl considerable bodies of her troops impartially from danger of contact with Eptente troops in Salon iki and the Germanic allies dh.the northern front., Whatever - the'' future bolds for (irewe, her effort to clear her |H>sl- tion toward the iM-lligereuts seeming ly disposes of any idea tiiat the allied forces in Grtx k territory are to oc cupy a privileged positkm with any thing In the nature of open Greek support. The Greek army at Salon iki is to be reduced immediately In numbers to assure liberty of action to the -Entente troops there. At the same time Greek soldiers along the railway will be withdrawn to avoid complications whenever the Germans, Austrians or Bulgarians enter Greek territory. Men off American Ship. A vigorous protest is being pre pared by the state department against tho removal, by the French cuisor D'-scarles, of Germans and Austrians from the American steamships Caro lina, Coamo and Srn Juan on the fiigh seas. ' i lie note w ill contend tiiat removal of citizens of any nation from an American vessel on the high seas is without legal justification. It will be asserted In the note, as it was a year ago in a protest to France in the case of AiigTist Piepeh- brink, that the men removed were not emboidied “in the armed'forces of the enemy.” in the sense of that term in established irftern.-.tional law. The communication, it was under stood, probably will declare also that there is no justiflertion for the re moval of an enemy subject from a neutral vessel on tho high seas bound to a neutral port, even if he could properly bo regarded as a military person.' The Trent case during the Civil War probably will be cited as a precedent. KAISER RECALLS ATTACHES German F,ni|ieror Wants Safe Con ducts for Thom and Successors. Emperor William has personally recalled tluf naval and military at taches of the German embassy who by their activities rendered them* selves pertona non grata to the Unit ed States government. The emper requested the United States to userits good offices in getting safe cojiauctR for the departing attaches/brid for their successors, who willJbe appoint ed lateiy^ 1 JAPAN RENEWS PROTEST rta “DIAVOWS” HIS ACTS — German Accused of Aiding ; , j wC r*’* 1 ' Repudiated by GOVernmefit.^ Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador.^ a^mouncep/that Hie had been authorized by his government “to disavow” Captain Franz von Rin- felen and declares that he had no in structions to commit any gets which were in vioTation of the laws of the United S en, a German agent, now a in the Tower of London,, has be^n .charged with coming to this ountry armed with a large corrup tion fund to incite strikes in muni tion factories. 'Tto has be'en adcused of being concerned in attempts to set up a counter-revolution- in Mexico." ^1s considered probable in Tokio t Japan, in the name of herself nd her allies, will send another friendly note to China with regard to the proposed change.to a mon archy. , The Entente powers have in dicated they do not wish to have this take*place during the course of the was because disturbances which it might entail. ' Will Probably Select Chicago. Political leaders.in Washington re garded it as practically certain that Chicago would be selecte dfor the Re publican c6nventlan when the na tional committee of that party meets in Washington newt Tuesday. 'Tile date-for this convention probably will be late In June. s ~- t Firebugs in Georgia. Following «.rtonymous notices to employers to discharge negroes In their employ fires have caused ap proximately ninety thousand dollars loss In Cherokee county, Ga.. within the past week. . tiie Name of Herself and Allies nst Chinese Monarchy. OPPOSES STAMP CHECK Tillman Would Place Heavy Surtax on Incomes Over a Million. "Every time a man wrote a bank check he would have To lick a stamp and curse the Democratic party,” de clared Senator Tillman Saturday, an nouncing he proposed to fight Presi dent ■TV , iison’s’'8Uggestlon that stamp on bank checks be included in the war revenue UW. . ■ "I prefer an increased graduated income tax, and whenever a man has an-income of one million dollars, I would take all in excess of that,* Senator Tillman added. "A nullfon a year is enough for any man, and!" 1 , “ciensiinss . . . non-con fife government needs the fiioney.” ' Turk Transport Hunk. A Frnnch sub has torpedoed the, Turkish transport Richld Pasha near Sylvia in the Se^ of Marmora. Tillman Addresses Senate. Senator Tillman Monday addressed Ur eScnatn In support of kin bill for • aovornment amor plant. * was the latter who received tho letter from Baron Zweidenik containing in structions to secure neutral passports at “small expense” to enable reserv ists to return home. Secretary loosing made it plain that the United States has no inteu- tlon of forcing Captains Roy-Ed and von Papen to leave the country If the request for their safe conduct is de nied. The secretary said the two at taches would retain their official status for a ‘reasonable time’ to com plete their work, so long as they re frain from further unneutr .1 activity. • The text of The note which was handed to tho Austrian foreign office Thursday by Ambass dcr Penfleld, follows: ; "Department of State. “Washington, Doc. 6, 1915. “Please deliver a note to the min ister of foreign affairs, tcxtually as follows: "Reliable inform •lion obtained from American and otlier survivors who were pass-ngers on the steam ship Ancona show tbit on November 7 a submarine flying the Austro-Hun garian flog fired a.solid shot toward tho steamship; that th^zrtupon tho Ancona attempted to escape, but be ing overhauled by the submarine, she stopped: that after a brief period and before thejxew and passengers were all able to take to the bpais the sub marine flrpd a number cf shells' at the vessel rnd finally torpedoed and sank \yn- while therte were yet many persons aboard, and tirt by gun fire apd foundering of the vessel a large /number of persons lost their lives or were seriously injured, among whom were citizens of the United States.” "The public“stateraent of the Aus tro-Hungarian admiralty has been brought to the attonticn of the gov ernment of the United ’States and re ceived careful consideration^ This statement substantially confirms the principal declaration of the survivors, as it admits that the Ancona after being shelled was torpedoed .and sunk while persons were still on board. “The Austro-Hungarian gpvern- ment has been advised, through the correspondence which has passod be tween the United States and Ger many, of the attitude of the govern ment of tho United States ns to the use of feubmarines in attacking ves sels of commerce, and tiie acquies cence of Germany in that attitude, yet with full knowledge on the part of the Austro-Hungarian government of the views of the government of the United States r.s expressed in no un certain term to the ally of Austria- Hungary, the commander of tho sub marine which attacked f e Ancona failed, to put in a place of safety tho crew gnd passengers of the vessel which they purposed to destroy be cause, it is presumed'', of the impossi bility of taking it into port as a prizo of war. “The government of the United States considers that the commander violated the princidJce-of.internation al law and of humanity by ahelli _ and torpedoing the Ancona before the persons on board had Leon put in a place of safety or oven given suffi cient time to leave tho vessel. The conduct o£ the commander can only be characterized as wanton slaughter of defend dess . . . non-combat- _ . ... , ___ ves sel Wa* shelled and torpedoed she was not, it appears, resisting or'attempt ing to cacnpa;. and no raaeoa is suffi cient te excuse such.rn attack, not even the possibility of ;S*cue. “Tho government of the^^Unlted States is forced, theaefore. to cow- clude either that the eomrtffnder of the snbmarlne acted in violation of his Instruction* or that t* e inin«r*al and royal govcrnireOt failed to issue Condemnation of Wilson Prepared ness Policy is Denounced. A wireless dispatch from the steamship Noordsm says s resolution condemning President Wilson's pre pared new policy brought a protest from some of the prominent members of'Henry Ford's pease party Sunday night when it- was presented for adoption. The resolution was drawn up by the Re^<Jenkln L. Jones and the Rev. Charles F.Nkked, and others, who asked that it be signed by ail the members of the party as their plat form. More tHm a uozen members, in cluding E. C. McClure of New York and Judge Ren B. Lindsay of Denver, refused to sign on the ground that the resolution was unpatriotic. Some of them even threatened to leave tha party after It reached Europe if the proposed platform was put through. Its supporters said the opponents of the resolution failed to undejftapd the spirit of Mr. Ford's Invitation. Instructions to the commanders of Its submarines In kero, dance with the law of nations and thb pilnclplcs of humanity. Tho government of tho United States is unwilling to believe the latter alternative and to credit the ‘ Auetro-Hnngarlan government with an intention to pgrmlt Its sub marines/to-destroy tbeitvea of help less men, womm and ct.lidvaii. It .prefers to believe that the commander of the submarine committed this out rage without authority and contrary to the -RFberr.i or special Instructions which he br.d received. “As the ifrod relations of the two countries must -rest upon a common regard for. law. and humanity the gov- ernmert of the United States can not be expected to do otherwise than to demand that tho ImpulAl and royal government denounco tho sil king of tho Ancona as an illegal and inde fensible act; tl at the officer who per petuated tho deed bo punished, and that reparation by the payment of an Indemnity bo made for the citizens of the United States who were killed or Injured by the attack on the vessel. “The government of the United States expects that tho Austro-Hun- garlon government, apprecialing tho gravity of the enue, will accede to its demand promptly and it rests this ex pectation on the belief tiiat the Aus tro-Hungarian government will not sanction or defend Ln act which Is condemned by the world as inhumane and barbarous, which is abiorrerit to all civilized nations, and which has caused the death of Innocent Ameri can citizens. [Signed] - "L.'.nsing.’’ MAKING SHELLS Charleston Navy Yard is Now Manu facturing Ammunition. The United States navy yard at Charleston has gone into the shell fin ishing business. Some lime ago the yard received the work of machining, or finlshlngXthirty thousand three- inch shells. Machine tools have been installed at the yard for the work. This is a new Industry fir the Charleston yard. The officials, how ever, e^ect more orders to follow as the .Increase In preparedness Is being made in'the country. The rough then shipped to Charleston JOr the finishing. From Charleston the leases arq sent ba^k to Washington „ be reshipped to the government ittwnitlons factory at Zud'an Head, where the shells are loaded. ~ * ' ' Recognized by England, Lord Robert Cecil, partianjentary under secretary for forelg naffairs, announced in the House of Commons Thursday afternoon that Great Bri tain had formally reeoenfied tfie Car ranza government In Mexico. CAN’T FIND SUB TAKES HOCKING ANYWAY committee created to Investigate and report tn congress upon the cost of erection of an armor plate factory for the government. "The testimony of.William P. Bar ba, manager of the Midvale Steel company, was to the effect that while it had underbid its two competitors for armor plate. Roosevelt had said: ’Here, you can’t make alt this armor plate. Divide It among the three.' “ Senator Tillman said that he be lieved the naval appropriation bill would be late coming to the Senate for consideration, that it might not reach the Senate until June, and for that reason he desired to offer a sep arate measqre for an armor plate factory and get It considered as soon as possible. Austrian Government Hays It Gas Nog Relocate Anroaa's Attack era. Vienna says that Anstrla’s delay in replying to the American govern ment’s inquiry for details In the An cona cose, the Associated Frees cor respondent learns from a well In formed source. Is due to inability to Hgt into communication with the sab- marine Involved, although every ef fort has been made to do so. > Ambassador Penfleld submitted the American communication Novem ber Ii, and was assured the desired information would b« obtained as soon as possible. A few days later it had not yet been possible to find tne submarine and nothing Is known of Its whereabouts up to now. (nae- much as the aubmarlne Is a large onet' with a wide radius of action, It Is de clared, this might eeslty heppea. It is considered possible also that tbs submarine may here met with mis fortune. Since the submarine commander’s first report upon the sinking of the Ancona already hid been published. It was necessary. It is asserted here, to submit to him the allegations of the Ancona's crew and passengers be fore the questions asked by the Unit ed Btates could be answered. It now appears that the govern ment's supplementary report on the Ancona case contained detalfk sup plied by the submarine commander in his first report and was not based upon a second cpmmunlcntlon from him, which it is said the government, for the reasons given, has thus far been unable to obtain. Groat Britain Requisitions Vessel After Assurance Not to Do So. The British government is charged with breaking faith with the United States In the matter of reqtiisltlonlng the American Trans-Atlantic stonmer Hocking in a ..rdtest filed with the state department by a representative of the company. —^ After giving tho state department to understand that the requisition of the Hocking and the Genesee bad been cancelled the department was advised that the British government had requisitioned thq Hocking, de positing thirty-five thousand pounds with -the Halifax prize court to in demnify, the owners and was prepar ing to load the vessel with grain and take It to London for prize court pro ceedings. This information was laid before Jho department by W. S. Field,. Wash ington representative of the Wagner company. The department also re ceived a report from the 'American consul at Halifax but it was not com plete enough tQ give a basis for action and a further report was asked. When the report Is received the mat ter will be officially taken up with England. Not to Demobilize. Greece will not demobilize, but will shells are first made up north and' wit hdmw all'her troops from Salon-. iki except one division, according to The London Times’ Paris correspon dent. • . Youan Shi Kai Accepts Ttirone. Yuan Shi Kal, president of tha OhlnestF renublic, has accepted tha throne of China, tendered to him by the council of state. bfany Prisoners Se% Free. , Twenty-five thousand Anstro-Hun- air prisoners were aet free, by tbg timif forces daring tbelr drive through Becl|lte, says a statemeat to by the Overseas Agency.- Opposes New Monarchy. California .Chinese have called far subscriptions to finance a revolution against tba soon to No established monarchy. - ‘ v ' r World Senator Kenyon Monday to tax maiffactamrs of and to . f Off.