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< —V ✓ i . FIHT ON CONTINENTAL ARMY CAUSES SUDDEN ACTION Vi 1 - ■ I * I I 1 I . ASSISTANT ALSO:QUITS Fallar« of rreNldmt to Insist That CongroMs Adopt liopartnient’s Plana—Wilson.-l’rol)<ihljr Will As- awno Ilurilons of CarinK for Plans for National Dofonco. Sorrelary (iarrlson resl^n*^! ‘ from tlio rahlnet Thursday IterauHO President Wilson would not “irr«'- ▼orahlj” support, the continental army plan and Itoranse the secre tary of war v op[s)ses the adminis tration's program of selling a dcll- nlte' time for Philippine indc|>end- ieenoe. F’resident Wilson accepted the res ifcuatlon and has wd aeh^cted. a tntc- eesspr. Tho preshh-nt’hiinself prob ably will take personal charge of the adpiinistration’B national defense flans In congress. , Assistant" Secretary Hreckinridge also resigned as a mark of loyalty to kia chief, whoso' views he shares. The president accepted his resigna tion. lioth take effect immediately. Ma'J. Oen'. Scott, chief of staff of the army, automatically hecomea secre tary of war ad interim. It Is known that one of Secretary Garrison's principal reasons for his conviction that only a federal conti nental army, instead of a reorgan ised National Guard, could be the main military dependence of the na tion was his belief that some day the Pnlted States may^be called upon to defend the Monroe doctrine, and In that event he foresaw.that the Na tional Guard might not bn available for use outside the I'niled States be fore a declaration of war. pathway towards a proper settle ment." The secretary severely criticised the National Guard plans of Chutf-. man Hay of the Houses military com mittee. .* ’ my judgment the effect of the enactment of- Mr. Hay's program would be to set buck the Whole cause, of legitimate, honest national defense In an unjustifiable and Inexcusable way, It would be In my Judgment a betrayahof a trust of the people in this regard. It woull be illusory and apparent without any reality or sub stance, , “There is, unfortunately, very lit- tlo knowledge and very little intense personal interest In any of the mem bers of the House concerning military affairs." > " Mr. Garrison declared further that Mr. Hay had tho power of dealing with a.subject concerning v^hji'h “the rest of'the .House has no ledge and about which'it has hover concern ed Itself" and suggested that Mr. Hay’s proposal of. settling this mat ter by voting money to tiie-jmynbers of State troops appealed ‘ to '''The direct personal; political interest of tho members,V*" - Mr. Hay's proposal to' include a - rtratf provision -so that at the out break of the war the NatLuiin! Gtr i'd could be brought under cnntrol-of the' • tfon government was chiaraA'tgrliwd SOI NAVAL TROTH EXTRACTS BY SENATOR TILL MAN ABOUT OUR NAVY SPEECH IN THE SENATE Senior Senator’s Itcmarke I pon Re cent Occasion When He l.aiuhasi CHILD LABOR FAVORED - BY OENERAt' ASSEMBLY I'lMm that content Ion, on the one band, that the continental army, or ultimately universal service was the nation’s only reliance, and the position on the other that no <inw could tie enforced u|Min con- President Wilson and his of war partis! official com | Mr GarViaof’a resignation waa ar complete surprise to official Wash ington generator. Re made no per- aouul explanutloo. thiveral houra la- fore the offirial\nunounccment. he had boarded u train, with his wife for New York and wordniad been passed at the war departmidvi that he had gone for an indefinite may. The acute dlfferenceaXof opinion which led to tho break beg.hi early In the year when opoosItioWtn the continental army plan began dvvelo|>- Ing In congress. Then* had lieha In* definite rumors of the possIhilitV of the secretary leaving the cabinet. Put they never were'eountenanred In ofkj military atfaiis were Ignorant of I itjes of Uh- nation, n well informed. flrlal nuarters. The secretary everywhere was re garded as one of (he strong men of the administration ■ up on whom- tho president leaned in the difficult situations both domestic and internntlonal which have marked Ids tt'linlnlstmtlon. Tho circum stances which l«*d up to Ike resigna tion are detailed In the secretary's correspondence with the president, which was made public by tho White House. * - - -!*■/ The president, the letters disclosed, believed that the training, organiza tion ami control .of a military reserve should bo under immediate federal direction, hut was not “Irre vocably or dogmatically committed to any one plan.’'- lie wrote Mr. Gar rison that he eould not fore© any specific plan on congress and added: “I must welcome _ ___ etaanjre^TJT vlbWNTfind" a pnlTent and thorough comparison-of all the meth ods proposed for obtaining tho object we all have in view." Mr. Garrison's contention that only the plans of the war department could be .considered seemed to the president "wholly unjustifiable." Mr Garrison considered "reliance upon the militia for national defense as unjustifiable and Imperiling Qf the nation's safety." In resigning he wrote the pr^U dent: "It is evident that we Tioi lessly disagree upon what I conceive' to he fundamental nrtncibles.” Mr. Garrison characterized the Clarke amendment to the Philippine bill providing unconditionally for the independence of Ihe islands within four years-"an abandonment of the dnty of this natlojunnd a breach of trust forlhe-filii/inos 1 The president. replied it- was his. ' judgment that the Clarke amendment was “unwise at this time,” but added ‘-‘it would clearly be most Inadvisable for me to tajtojhe position that I hiust dissent from that action should bedh houses of congress unite on a bm embodying that* amendment. He said he must withhold judgment until congressional action. On January 12 Secretary. Garrison wrote the president, •"W.e are facing a critical juncture witliv, rCspeft to the military part of the national de fense program" and declared he felt that "unless the situation js dealt with promptly and effectively we can indulge in no reasonable, expectation of any acceptable result!" tig insist ed that there would be no substantlaf solution which did not result lit na tional force under the exclusive con trol and . authority of the national government. - This Is distinct line cleavage. Mr. Oftrzlspn'held, between reliance upon a system of State troops and reliance , upon-national forces. “Upon this sub'ect," he said in his letter to the president, there does not exist, »n4 there can not legitimately exist, ‘.‘any difference of opinion among.those who are up biased and who believe in •r«al'-Mti on fcl security and - defense.” ill <irUra< tlDM^ irTV- 1 — based upon the reliance on State troops was adopted '*aot paly had no advance boon mad# from tha deplorable and la which we out aa effective by Mr. Garrison as utterly failing to meet the essential objections to the perpetuatlomof a militia system. He insisted the difficulty did not arise out of the •government not being aide to' take over these troops, but out Qf Its inability, under the'constitution, to preserve tho essential unity and control, in oflicers. training and gov ernment of its military forces." After an interview between the president and Mr. Garrison qn the army plans the secretary again wrote the president, specifically slating his position. The president informed him that Mr. llgy’had told him a federal volunteer system could not bo obtain ed and that the sumo‘end could be pghleved'by utilizing the St, te troops and making appropriation' to pay the states on condition that the federal government control tho militia. Mr. Garrison then replied that the continental army plan absolutely dis- chardcd a nuJitary system based upon stnf« troops, and that the two rys- tems were diametrically opposed to each other and are Irreconcilable. "We are challenged,” he wrote, ''ny the existing situation to-dt-efafe our selves promptly, openly and utie'iuiv- ocally, op be charged properly with lack of sincerity and good faith." He added that, since Mr. Wilson's word wan llnaf, lie did not vvi-di to raune any eml>ari'a»**menl. and would with draw if It would relieve the situation. > The president wrote in reply that he and the secretary agreed that'the chief thing necesiary for tho army was "that we should have a trained citizen reserve, and that tho training, -organization and control of that re- servo should ho under iniugdlatc fed eral direction.-** He declined, however, to takn an lrrev>cable stand, on the ground that It would not be proper for, him to say to a committee of congress that it would have to lake hts plan, or none He declared that he did not bcliete members of the House doatlrg with ed Von_Slfiyef—Praises Naval Of ficers and Some South Caro- ' *> . linlans. Some time ago Senator Tillman, in the Senate, replied 1 to various criti- c::ms. of t he navy. AfThat time we pnbtfthcd ‘part of Ji'is •Aptx-eli mid to : ilay we print, additional extracts. There is so much agitation in the ptfblii; press and there are so many thousands of varying-ideas and sug gestions from, all sources, that the public, mind is beconiing confused in .regitrd-to. actual■eoiidtUons; artd-tliere blll. ^hrch'whnTd itave haT''the tff Governor’s Recommendation Fails to Secure 'Favoraide. Action • ., in House. Like a bolt from a clear sky to pro ponents of tho measure was the ac tion of the House Tuesday night In refusing, on a yea and nay vote of forty-eight to forty-two, to pass to third reading the McCullough child labor bill, increasing the minimum r Uion—yoawv. - Tho • "eHrrcber” was not'put -on and it was Said that a final effort to save the bill vyould 1>g made later, ' There,was practically no discussion an'd all the preliminary -work *lii modeling the bill,'which Was brought over from' last week, had argued in favor of its past-age. The action of the' House was the morm noticeabbs.. by reason of .the fact that Gov. Man ning's special message of Monday night,' in which he'urged the passage of the bill, had been read- a-short time previous to the consideration of the bill; the House had also refused, thirty-two to thirty, to continue the RUN ACCESS LUSITANIA ANSWER MADE BY BERLIN SATISFACTORY' GERMAN RAIDER CAPTURED ? BY BRITISH BATTLESHIP NO HITCH OVER ILLEGAL I'nitcxf* States Has Achieved iViiiei- T»t(?8r“T6fl't<*ttded for in Submarine v driven byi clan wise aetfqfis.- whether .-It is 'urf’ tary nec( bad found tie (lit; s danger tha’t'theTongress will be driven byi clamor into rasii and un- L flatter myself— t; .-it is tyue or pot -that a .large majority of my fellow count ry- ipam haye.k-iisolute reliance upon my .integrity.- They belteve I will tell the truth if I know It. I therefore feel it to be my duty to make the speech I am now making in order to let the world know what ,1 believe to. lie tlio exact conditions,' and that I feel warranted in saying what I do regard to the navy and the navy department. It behooves us ail to he on tlio alert in regard to increasing our navy and its adjuncts along all reasonable lines. The Foiled States ought to have a navy second only to G'reat Hritain. Hut we need not lose our heads and run wild Wi pursuuw-thal object, and above all no ono should be unjust and untruthful in criticisms of existing conditions. I have served on the naval com mittee n<^ upward of 20 years, and while I know less than 1 could wish. I flatter myself I have kept fairly poati-d About conditions iir that de part men t, r 1 found this paragraph in Mr Meyer’s speech: ■ ■- ‘‘Nothing demonstrates nnprepar- edness In tin* navy more titan short age of personnel. To go on a war basts we are short about 2.<m)0 officer*, after employing all that are on the retired list, and about.A-VOitO ntt-u." Mr. Meyer forgets. If he ever knew , that at the time he left the navy,de. part incut the service was-iuutrly (■,- ono short of the authorized enlisted complement; tliat 46 per rent? of the men discharged in goyd srhndint: were then leaving the navy, w per cent, are now re-enlistini during liis Inc uni lietiey thi-r 1 o^Kn desert Ion* Mr. Meyer meh and did tlte he t hi* ku* to get fhem, and y*-t he left tt nearly g.nf# short. Yet he l | cheek to Itbld tils sueci-ssitr r hie for conditions which ui I wholly to his <riFn feet of killing it. Those voting In favor of the 'lilll were Speaker Hoyt and Messers.'Aus tin, Beckett, Berry, Reiser, Hrigtriim. Cothran, Crum, Dantzler, Ktheredge. Fripp, Goggaps, S. A. Graham, Gray- don, Hammond, H. H. Harris, \V.- \Y. Harris, Hubbard, Huffman, John stone, LaOroae, J T. Liles, McCul lough, Mclnnes.-Mci.aurin, McMahan, A. McQ. Martin, Mills. Moise, Pogues, L. M. Rogers, Russell^ Sanders,_Sen- seney,'Shuler, Smith, SVerkie, Toole, Varn, J. I>. Walker, Warren and Wingard—-forty-two. Tiiose opposing the bill were Mewrs. 'Arnold. AHrnron. Hailes, itarr. Holt, It. D. Boyd. J. W. Boyd, Hrandford, Brown, Carey, Carter, Chai»man, Dew. Burst,* Folk, Hicks, Hutchinson, Jackson, Lee. Lofton, T. M. Lyles. Lynch. Mai pass, J. M Mar tin. Melfi, Moore, Nlorrlson, Mower, Mu Id row. Nunn? Odom. Oxner, Ratn- .seur, Reid, Rivers, W. -tv. Rogi-ra Jr.. Searson, Shirley. Strom. Sumner. Wiicnon. J F. Walker Jr., West, • White. Williams. Workman, WTigiit. -rmrnrprnTim 'Tarry:?:ghir issue — Ambassador s jhqrnstorff Says “Everything Ls Substantially All Riglit, But it Is Not Fiiiislied." In substance the tentative com munication from Germany, designed Jo.settle the Lusitania-case, Is accept- al i" to tfie I’nlted States. High ad ministration officials now consider Hiat the government in preyailing pn Germany to make ' concessions and 'agreements set forth in the document, has accomplished recognition of the high principles for which it has con-' tended in connection with submarine warfare. While the substpneo of the pro; posed communication admittedly is satisfactory, minor chaitges to clarify the wording and in connection, with the form which.the formal document shall take were suggested to Geunt von Bernstorff, the GerYnan ambassa dor, by Secretary. Lansing. The de sires of the. United States in this con- noctlnn were made known to the am- baasador alter President-Wilson had discussed the subject with his cabl- net. — -Fount von Bernstorff-immediately inforiiH*! the secretary that by saw Jbe Boon, and Two Ctonvoys Taken in Thre«-Hour Fight Near Bermuda. Advices received in New Tork\. Wednesday assert that the German warship.Roon,-alleged to be tho cap-' tor of the Appam, has been captured- by the British battleship Drake, after A tiiree-hour fight, ; two hundred miie.8 east northeast of Rermua, ac cording to a story printed by The New York Evening Globe. The capture of "fTib Roon is said to have bfeen followed by seizure of two ■ merchantmen’- flying the German flag, one 6f which w.as-armed. The story is —contained in a message which The Globe-states it received in code from a reliable source in Ber muda. The, message reads: . “Drake here to-day towing Roon. Took .her two hundred knots eastv nofth/eaet' Bermuda, three hours run- nifig'nght.,’-Lost Danforth eighteen men-. Her losses about one-thiwl. •Struck aa we chafe abeam— .Two mar- -• cl.antmen with her. one armed. Took" both. Brought herer~i-E5&grava on sigliting Roon said, ‘Please God, to d;ry I will avenge’Cradock.’ Roon badly-knocked about by. 9..2. Thirt y- two officers and -719 men taken in the three prizes.” .. The Seagrave mentioned in the message is supposed to be Captain Seagrave, who was with Admiral ' Cradock when the latter went down with his flagship, the Good Hope, which was sunk in ah engagement with a German squadron off Chile. There is no Danforth among lire of ficers In the British navy list.. Captain R. Seagrave was In com- no reason* why the changes could not I mand of the auxiliary cruiser Drama. Im> inaile. but explained that as a pre-*, which formed qart qf Admiral caution |i<> would submit the entire Cradock’s squadron in the' battle oft matter to his government for final j Chile. Tho Drama escaped and later approval. He did so In a despatch j in company with the crui.-eis‘Glas- wit to H days Til SENATORS SAY 2 QUARTS PER MONTH IS ENOUGH He did so in a •rlin. and witli'n fifiTTiit six I gow and Kent, sank Die Germui resulting formal con muuica- i-rulser Dresden off Juan Gernandn* 'lion will he expected. . . | Island. A few days later. Captain Secretary I-ansing Insists, It B Seagrave fought a battle with the stated by high authority, that it shall | armed merchantman Navar- lie stated specifically in tlte comm eat Ion that It is an answer to 1. Count von American note of July . Bernstorff had not dee sary. it is sfiid, to inch ra, off the river Plato and sank her. -w.-r tu ViV. ! 'l h»' Drama.l~»l- imported a* <‘-*1— t I’arlBie t uts Uquor Allow.iiu•• Two by \tin tiding Gal lon Law. The Senate Wednesday adopted t-nt that the comiti iswer to the Ain rl log that the same jcompRaheu liv suhr rm of a tnetnoram itnbassador w whether bis g ibicatl an- no- t-d tt neces- e the state- on was'in .* aa in June. 19J Tt. For several days urrent in maritinie ept Gernian commerce rahl eiiVr sunk or cat tun d The British con-uli ts reteived no official i Is have been, tea that the t had been by the Rrit- te, however, onflrmatlon. i i Th» to kn , ( s l et r.yr This gn the tor is desired It of a*< BerUn. Assuran to ubtnitt d In * > , i RINS A.MICK: KILLS MAN HE MEETS Mil WAV Strange Uaae In Grtvf When Mill Worker Start* to Shoot Up • l*n**sershj. T! if i ployee Greer, o ran a fWirn WEAK APPROPRIATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN SCHOOLS House Posm-s Kill Gitiwit -flkVKN) to Fomnion Sciioel* I'uder t'er- \ tain t'oiiilHions. Ithortti shorl a one knows ofl ed like sailors make nn nffb ward the mak o*t til tVIlOC-is df offlc 'iniMta* pre«« ers can It tak«*s r. or thi e. for It require- time to go throitgli XnnafHilis and I graduate, and it w ill take two or I three years more of actual exi-erlertT*- on shipboard to become r.s i'f!iri**it as ah officer ought to lie Is Mr. Daniels responsible because the Re publicans In congress failed to pro vide the cadets at Anuapohit to grad ual©? Tin re are to-day r>,?*'9 more en- li ted men in tlie .naiy tiian there LAT:;.Vet the ex n--e rtf. transportation of'eftlisted n lias heen reduced from (89.1.000 in \qil2 to f'Jl^VWfi In 19i.'*. and the i totaKjPxpense of recruiting lias been d tw< it m|» -J J ; •( | f l\ Lard. t. H. K <•3*/ AI i>h Without opposition \ the House Thursday passed tho Toole and I .a - drone bill, providing for \n appro priation of flvo tliousand dolhirs for tlio teaching of agrjcujtltre vn the common schools of nru slate under certain conditio/is. involving tin* co- oeration of the achoola and the kirM „ , .. a fra^k ir«"--| r f —♦»-wne-mwmlnlTiPd ‘y ‘ -,«u M-uUi. ., mil hors of .the bill that an early familiarity with agriculture would Inculcate !ove for and knowledge ol Ihe soil and would insure to the ben-1 efit of t^o state and Ihe young pco-1 r ‘ < ‘ ,K *l f ' ,,l - v P"* c-nt.. pie. This is one of the measures the V 1 ^ 9\2 only .>1 per eenTxof the finssngo of which was urged by Gov. eiHfsted nicn remained flKfhe Manning in a special message. Tlio bill provides that State aid to -tho extent of seven hundred and W>’ dollars will be given when throe or more schoeT TTislTTcfs raise a similar amount; the aggregate will provide frtr ihe teacher’s sa'lary. Any public chool, however, co-operatjngytiLAbis \Vork must have an enrollment of at leasj seventy-five pupils, w-ith a regu-. >s. Kxai ■ John Nit hoi* R tier, w aiker t« vet* d for tlie at gallon a month Buck. Godwin, ►on,- Ket 1*11111? 1.« Ntekles. Patter K. *C. , Gross l.aney. tell, |’a Thus W an h ickey, Wtgliiman, Reece Wililan:s •rard. Kinkier. Spig- • nty-slx. Tfiosewho irtunt to remain at a were Banks. Beattie, Hughea. B. B. Jhhn- e. Manning, Mullins, <on v Sharpe, Stacy. J. F. William -eighteen. , in ae ion* and analy * words employe met tlie propo.- RISSJANS ADVANCE service aril's: complet ng an enli^b nient and in\91 '*. Sl.r> per cent, of such men weri*Vetainp(l in service. These figures Hell their own tale, and no comment lyirrtided. Full eiglit monHis liefore Mr. Meyer • delivered hiV rt-markable Maintain Strong Dffensive in | hynia Sector. Vol in VolhynjajujjJi on the East Gali cia front tflb nRt}ssiah8 are strongly on the offensive. Northwest of Tar- nopol the Russians succeeded in pen etrating Austro-Huncarian trendies .but later were ejected, while on tlie tar attendance of at least forty, three^j Mie-ptirpose uvfcmeeting exaiddy tiiat teachers, a term of seven months, a local ink of eiglit mills, a sanitary bullcilng of at.-lqust three rooms, a pToUtif not Vss than two Acres, satis factory equipment .and use of tlie adopted text-lmoks. ‘Tlie -bill also provides for the Tree onroll.nVorit of a pupil more Hian fourteen yeajrs. old wlio desires to ptinme the agricnT 1 tural course. The biiLdoes not pre vent scliool district,* f-ra.m receiving state, aid for term .oxtorhpen.'. rural graded 1 'schools- or high otherwise’ ijrdvlded. lament over the utter absence of con*-.Rrssarahjan front the; Russians were driven from an advance.y^ppsition to Dieir. jnain position. In Volhynia recent fighting resulted in tho Rus- cri'le war pluil*' there wa\ establish ed the office of naval opertyUons i',rr need, and (lie duties and resTionsi- bilities and authority of tho (4jief naval-operations embrace all the Vantages of an Americanized general staff without any of the dangerous disadvantages - which Mr. Meyer Would import from I’nissia. Tlie chief. op naval operations is' Rear Admiral William S; Benson, who,is not kitown at ail in-the draw ing rooms tn Washington or N'ew- .sian defeat. port. Tuit is loved by all nttvfii oTti jools, .^i.-i ns a wise, careful-and painstakVn? Officer, witiv h grasp of naval affairs second to none. wich.. He perfected the central Vine of fire adopted hy all the navies in Vhe World, and is considered second to none of his class in any .navy. At the beadj&f the bureau of sup plies pnd accounts as paymaster gen eral is a young map-froth, my own stalerd^wiuel -McGowan: I would not -•brag on a South Carolinian unless, he •frsj Reserved it. hut wRIiojit his consent FRENCH LOSE 800 YARDS Berlin Reports Capture of Front Line on Wednesday. Capture of .the first line French positions over a frenit of eight liun- (liswrytlYflS^to tlie west of Vi my was announced Wednesday by tlio Berlin war. office,' ' The German attack was made near It is men like him who have really made the navy what it is, not Hie vbnttorflies of fasliion who have ttseil their social and political influence to get detail in Waslifngton or command at sea. I We next come to a'South Caro-' linian about whom I wilJ,hrag a Uttle. Rehl*"AdmlfaJ Victor Blue, chief* of the 'Tturcau' of narigaHorr~ ‘ tttS TTfir- dng at Santiago iri locating Uervcra's licet and Iris going around tiro city tno ‘ jungle signalized or knowledge 1 invifC'rtn-y-Jenator to visit his bureau at any Htm; and 'if he.ean show me wheroihif is not the most efficient bureau in the govern ment service.to-day. excepting none, I will apologize for my remarks in regard to Mr. Meyer,, and everybody, knows how'1 would hate to do that. Tlie surgeon general, Rear Ad miral W. (’. Braisted, made a report on-condition's in tire Japanese army during-the Russo-Ja for the cabinet nieeliirg to dh with the president in detail the tatlve communha the meaning of tt When the cabinet n • * • ■ was submitted by the president. loiter Count von Bernatorff, who had requested an appointment, was called to -the state department by ttegret^ry Ionising. The two ruiualq- ed closeted in tho secretary's office fop more than half au hour, while the secretary outlined the wishes of -thh United States in detail. As' tl of ll they Tt*- road encountered \ It Wad dell, against w hose stomach he thrust Ms.gun. .which Wad.ieil wrench ed from-his hand. Imt lati r r**turned R"to I pton. to have himself again covered, and this timo .wouuiled iiv' tho shoulder. Frighte ned, Wnddell put off for an olfi£pr, feui kefnif tm fifld gone far l ptcu fame ui>o!i tliree men, Lafoy Mims, John Walker, and Cliff Brown. He demanded of these ihat They throw.up tneir hayds, which they amiiassador left the bull,ling he said: | did. but-4n spite of their d I silos': tiaa—. to surrender Upton fired upon Mims, shooting him through the hefift YficT killing him instantly.. insofar as has been developed by tlie police, Upton had nothing against Mims and It is possible that hp did not know him. After the .kjjlTTig Upton remained at the spot, having thrown his gun twny in tho mean time, and was there when the off.cers • came to take him in charge. 1 The inquest failed to throw any -light upon the motives of Upton. The case is regarded ds.one of.the strang-* o' t ■ in -the criminal affairs, of the county. ■/ Everything iij substantially all rigid, but it is not finished.” A high official of the administra tion mado this announcement: "A settlement of the Lusitania case is in sight, probably within the next few days, a'lje, U nited States has not in creased its demand; *it has not re duced them. You can draw your own conclusion as to the basis of tlie agreement. The wording proposed tiy Germany appears to cover tlie position of tlie United-States. It is., not. fair to assume ihut there will have to 1^0 any further admission or concession from Berlin.” * ■ lie'added that the proposal was "si’bstant Tnljy satisfactory.” Ger many yurcesin the propqsed com munication tliat reprisals should not ho directed at otherAJnui enemy sub jects, .expresses regret and assumes liability for tlie American Ryes lost in the I,usjtania ^disaster, offeTskre- paration■ and declares that the su" .marine warfare in the zone around tlie British Isles has been modified out of' regard for the longstanding friendship for the.United Slates and because AmericarT citizens, have lost their lives. The communication also* calls at tention to previous assurances that passenger ships shall not bn sunk without warning and without provi sion for the safety of noh'-comba'tants and that the instructions given to ACTIVITY IN THE BALKANS ♦ « Bulgaiian Organ Starts Riiinor' oir'i Buigar Attack on Salonlki. Signs that a military operation of Importance may be impending in the ' Balkans are furnished by (he Bul- tveimment organ at" Sofia. whiclHn a reading .article asserts tlie right of BulgarUi to invade Greece for an attack on ^the French and British there. It declarps that JiuU garia can not permit these?f<ies to re main near her borders and thht.they must he driven out. panesj* war which ^ tracted 'the atteatuin ’of medical spe-t has- beenmade strst rincen t That authorities t.h<' world over, wliicb»cer- t’lTrtiiigh t his 111 e-'w e * t erne ml of the Frenciv front,; bravery, which l&ronlyequalled-Uy a short distance below the Belgian jus modesty. border in the reginn whicli lias been i (| 1C i iea ,i of the bureau of ord- tainly proved he lias “brains.” Gen. Cebrge Barnett, commahdnnt RqeeYit reports from the Balkans regarding the intentions of the Teu- snbniarine rpmmnnde.r* in thi*} -re- [tonic' allies as to a move-fiom R0uTTT-"~ • » - ’ 1 orn sp r hj a and Ihitgaria on tho Fdn- tente forces at SHtohiki. have been contradictory.' Dispatches annoifhc- the scene of. pronounced aclivity re-j nsuJCP tliere can be no recurrence of such incidents. In taking the precaution to submit! tog a nptable concentration of troops of the.-marine eorp*s, and Cnpt. Ridley to Berlin -tke—changes—suggested. | al “* heavy asitilery along the'Oyek Me.Lean.'the judge advocate general. | fount von Bernstorff is .believed to i border, however, have been fr.equent. have botli done signal work In their [have heen actuated by a desire to ob is Rear Admiral. Joseph ' Special departments. Under the ad-[viate rny possiblllfy that the coin? minority with von lion that handled with __ . wgs .made, and Bs rapid .No Peace »>op«**nls. rp^n dile largely fo ETi bya ■Tk« Belklab legatioii announced in energy. * . Iginddh Friday D|a*+Ve rumor, which | Rear Admiral David W. Taylor.* logpe all the worthy and good naval out quarters that It #ould have been circulated that peace pro-, who la chief conatructor of the ustt officers in ihe deoartmenL I h»re undesirable at this time fo have the * ihmiienr—itrfiy'Tm* R* con- j strained relations with Germany but attoh for the PoHUffl slth^tlon, having la mind the fact that’tho growth hq-i! bc*Cfl .yodifled in a ni i.l. l |rlr a.q M , bjain and It would fatigue the Senate anu, . take too much of rty time to cata- In Germany. It la believed Ja vitrj-j United States it laying down practl- poaals recently were made by Ger- la a firat-honor gradaate of-Annapolis onlrse'ected these out because of the German governmental majority made and a post-gradual* wltli flrut honors ."©Hally meritorious worti they have the target for restful wuhlte o»i.. y to.th* Re , * , an devoid of fouadatloa. it are doao. which might act to public oi favor of thc new principles of International .. .might. If improperly coo- aidered, have Mr ous reeoMo lw the future, fhould this country h# lo- Yole^ in a wpr.