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0LSON SPEAKS OF NATION’S AFFAIRS AT A DINNER t, ALOR WAITS UPON TIME MONDAY’S REPORTS CONFLICT -AS BATTLE GOES ON clu i Praridrat'a Talk Ilefofe Gridiron Oliib is Made Public—Says He Would be Just as Much Ashamed to bo Hash as He Would to be a Oeward—Our Foreign Affairs. President Wilson told members and guests at the Gridiron club din ner at Washington Saturday night that America ought to keep out of the European war “at the sacrifice of everything except this single thing upon which her character and her history are founded, her sense of humanity and justice.” The address was confidential, since the speeches at the dinners of the Oridiron club, composed of news paper correspondents, are not report ed. It was 'made public, however, with the consent of the president and the club because many of those who heard it urged that it should go to the ooentry. r ’ The president spoke of the nation's affairs with unusual gravity. His hearers, including several hundred members of congress, government of- Icials, business men and correspond ents, were hirotrght to their feet cheering when he concluded. In his address he said: "I have very little to say to-nffcht except to express my warm apprecia tion of the invariable courtesy of this club and of the reception you havfe generously accorded me. I find t I am seldom tempted to say any- nowadays unless somebody ru* something and to-night no- !dy has started anything. “Tour talk, Mr. Toastmaster, has been a great deal about candidacy for tbs-prmtTrnrr' Tris norw newfeel- ing on my part, but one which I en tertain with a greater intensity than formerly, that a man who aeeka the presidency of the United States for anything that it will bring to t>im i» an audacious fool. "The responsibilities of the office •ught to ecober a man even before he approaches it. One of the difficulties •f the offhe. seldom appreciated, I dare say. it that it le very difficult to think while so many people are talk- tag, aad particularly while so many people are talking In a way that ob scures counsel and is entirely off the point. "Tbs point In nstionsl affairs, gen- tlsmen. never lies along the lines of sxoadlenry. It always rests in the Seld of principle. The United Stan s was sot founded upon any principle ef expediency. It was founded upon a profound principle of human liberty and of humanity and whenever It bases Its policy upon any other foun- dattona than those It builds on the sand and not upon solid rock. "It seems to me that the most en lightening thing a man can do la sug gested by something which the vice president said to-night. lie com plained that he found persona who. w4iea their attention waa called to the signs of spring, did not see the blue heaven, did not see the move- meat of free clouds, did not think of the great spaces of the quiet contl- aent, but thought only of some im- medlata and pressing piece of busi ness' * "It seems to me that if you do not think of the tilings that lie beyond and away from and disconnected from this scene in which we attempt to think and conclude you will in- arttabtr he-ted- astray.—I- would- a great rather know what they are talking about around quiet firesides all over this country than what they are talking about in the cloak rooms of congress, "I would a great deal rather know at the men on the trains and by e wayside and in the shops and on « farms are thinking about and ▼earning for than hear any of the vociferous proclamations of policy which it is so easy to hoar and so easy to read by picking up any scraps of printed paper. There is only one way to hear these things and that constantly to go back to the fountains of American action. "Senator Harding was saying Just now that we ought to try when"we are a hundred million strong to act In the same simplicity of principle that our forefathers acted in when we were 3,000.000 strong. I heard somebody say that the present popu lation of the .United States is 103,- 000,000. If there are three million thinking the same things that that original S.OOO,000 thought, the hun dred million will bo saved for an il lustrious future. “They were ready to stake every thing for an idea.^and that idea was not expediency, but justice. And the Infinite difficulty of' public affairs, gentlemen, is tp square the things you do by the hot simple, but com plicated standards of justice. Jus tice has nothing to do with any tem porary standard whatever. It is root ed and grounded in the fundamental institutions of .humanity. VICTORY CLAIMED BY BOTH SIDES IN VERDUN BATTLE ♦ — French Premier Tells. Press That - V ' N; - Tide Has Turned—Germans Claim Progress. 3 V Conflicting reports concerning the rrnillttn nnrnn A'PT'iri/ rvr; GERMANS PRESS ATTACK less attempts made by the French to retake Fort Donaumont and reports a success at Navarin farm. Paris de scribes the recoil of the decimated German armies, which were over thrown by the furious attacks of the French reserves. Berlib reports by wireless Monday: The capture of Navarin farm in the Champagne was ^announced by the war office Monday. « The French position on-both si^s ^ of the Navarin farm over a front Entering its second week, is continu- about sixteen hundred yards Were taken. It is said more than one thou sand men and nine machine guns were captured^ In the Verdun region fresh 'French reserves were exhausted in fruitless efforts against Fort Donaumont, far ther toward Bras and Vacheran. The Germans advances their lines and made fresh gains in the Woevre. Paris reports: Impetuous counter attacks by French troops north of Verdun in which the Germans were thrown back from many positions conquered by them during the first days of the battle, according to re ports from the front, aro considered as Inaugurating a second phaso of the great action under conditions most favorable to the defenders. Pre mier Brland told representatives of the press Monday how the tide was turned. “Caught between two fires,” said M Briand. "covered with shrapnel from all sides, attacked by our fresh divi sions surging upon the field of battle at an unexpected moment, the Ger mans saw their efforts stopped short. The struggle was a titanic one. Our heroic troop* went into the melee frantically. Our light and heavy ar tillery dug sanguinary furrows In the compact ranks of the Germans. “Finally exhausted, their ranks ffriTmateff.—rtm fterman -armies re coiled under our furious counter at tacks. We have regained the advah-' tage Installed upon formidable positions our heroic soldiers remain ed masters of the field of battle." Unabated Fury Marks Second Week —Fort Donaumont Taken by Storm—Paris Claims Successful Counter Attack—Berlin Says Ad vances Continue—Losses Heavy. The great battle of Verdun, now FRESH SOWN MINE FIELD SINKS BIG BRITISH SHIP Ibtdiea of 2<H) Victim* are Bring Washed Ashore Around Dover —Other Craft In Danger. ing with unabated fury, with the Ger man armies driving hard at the French defenses along a lengthening line which now runs far beyond tho, salient in which lies the fortress. Paris asserts that with the pouring in of heavy reinforcements for Gen. Joffre’s armieS, the German advance has been checked but Berlin claims a continuation of the long forward march on the French stronghold. Along the Meuse, to the 1 north of Verdun,’ the Germans have been un able to make as rapid progress as at first, although the battik has con tinued with Intensity. On the Woevre front, where the French at first fejl back, they now appear to be offering effective resistance. Pressure here is particularly menacing to the fort ress, as the crushing In of this east ern line of the Verdurt salient for any great distance would spec! disaster for the stronghold. The French defensive preparations at places are taking on the nature of a counter offensive, as In the attacks on Fort Donaumont, four miles northeast of Verdun. This evclop- ment has been forecast in dispatches which told of the expectations in Paris that the French, when they had fallen back to positions they believed they could hold indefinitely, would drive bark over the ground that had hewn yielded in the face ol the terrific German artillery and Infantry at tacks. According to a statement by Aria- tide Brland. the French premier, thia happened after the fourth day of the battle. The French brought up strong re inforcements at an unexpected mo ment. and the Infantry, sweeping dow n upon the Germans, who already were suffering heavily from the ef fects of the French artillery fire, atopped them abort and even drove them back./ The premier declare* tl # French have regained the advantage the be ginning of their counter attacks marking the turning point of the bat tie. which lain iU second phase. The German accounts fail to agree them, the Hrttisn tanser r.mpress oi incimeu mo kill I I AM IICI D DDITICH MAW ■Fori William fYT twenty-one hundred -weight of the -French guua juuL the HILLIUa HCLl t)l\l IIM1 PIAy I € "America ought to keep out of - this war. She ought to keep out ef this*war at the sacrifice of ievery- ' thing except this single tiling upon ' which 'her character and history are founded, her sense of humanity -and justice. If slie'sacriflcea that, site has ceased to be America; she lias ceased to entertain and to love the traditions whirh have made us prepared to -be Americans, and «. when we go about seeking safety at the expense of humanity, then I for ^©ne will believe that I have al tar* been mistaken in what I hive ired toj* UifiJjdriUrt Amer- - Iran history. . 4 "Ton Tt»*«r can tell your direction except hv.long measurements Ton v can not establish a line by two posts; A you hare got to ham three at least | -to know wferiher they are straight with anything and the longer your | l Pa* t5e more r!fnr ns ** ,nr *- B meat Ttere tse-Br ose way ia Of tho total complement of four hundred and eleven passengers and crew of the Peninsular and Oriental with this French version of the fight line steamship Maloja. which struck Ing. Berlin having announced further a mine and sank within half an hour j gains for the crown prince's troop* two miles off Dover Sunday only two ! Including the taking of llardeamont. hundred land sixty are known to have 1 east of the Fort Donaumont and the been saved, say* London Monday. Of village of Champneuvllle. on the Oer- the total one hundred and nineteen passenger*, sixty-four name* of per son* saved have been received at the steamship company'! office. It was stated there that R la hoped that more names of persons saved will still be received. The ateamhr left Tibury Saturday and was opposite Shakspere cliff when an explosion shook her from end to end. She listed immediately to port. High seas were running and the captain tried to run her aground but the engine room was swamped and the ship became unmanageable. The plight of the vessel was ob served and doxens of craft went at full speed to her rescue. One of them, the British tanker Empress of man right flank, while the French attacks on Fort Donaumont were re pulsed. The French tbemselvee do net claim the recapture of thia outlying defense of The main fortress, but de clare that the Germans who had gain ed a foothold to the east and west of the position were being hard pressed, maintaining themselves with dlffl culty. They aay the fort ia “cloeely encircled Both London and Parle view the latest offensive of the Germans In the most serloua light. In I.ondon Sun day night the rumor waa persistently circulated that the entire fortresa had - fallen. Londofi and Paris critic* were Inclined to the opinion that the and eighty-one tons, struck another mine and sank near by. The British press Is almost unani mous In assuming that the Malopa and the other vessels sunk by mines during the week-end were victims of a fresh sowing of German mines. There is much speculation as to how these could have been said. The theory most frequently advanced is that a certain class of neutral ship ping was employed. The Pall Mall Gazette suggests that such operations may drive England to still more stringent supervision of the neutral shipping than has yet been exercised.. Captured Twelve Thousand Turks. The capture of 235 officers, 12,753 men and 323 guns in the operations about Erzerum was announced in an official statement at Petrograd Satur day. • ♦ ♦ Germans Capture Fifteen Thousand. Berlin reports Sunday: “Accord ing to information at present in hand, the number of unwounded prisoners amounts to nearly fifteen thousand.” which to determine how the future of the United. States is to be project ed and that is. by looking back and seeing which way the lines ran which led up to the present moment of power and of opportunity.” The American roll of honor, the president said, consists only of the names of men who have “squared their conduct by Ideals of duty.” “And I wish,” he added, "that whenever an impulse to settle a thing some short way tempts us we might close ^ha..door and take down some old stories of what American ideal ists and statemen did in the past and not let any counsel in that does not sound in the authentic voice of Amer ican tradition, Then we shall be cer tain what the’lines of the future are because we shall know we are steer ing by the lines of the past. We shall know that no temporary fonvehlence. no temporary expediency will lead us either to be rash or to be cowardly “I woSTar^e Just SrRrtjnc ashamed to b# rash as I would to be a coward. Valor Is self-respecMng.. Valor Is dr- , ru inspect Valor strikes only wbep I ft is right to strike Valor withholds , Itself from all small Implications and entanglements and waits for the I great opportunity when the sword I will flash as if It carried tbs light of I keavsw hjMB Mi heavy reinforcements which have been moved from the reserve strength to that part of the line would be suc cessful in breaking the force of the German attack before the inner ring of forts. From Fort Donaumont. the big seventeen-inch guns of the crown prince's batteries, which It Is safe to assume will be quickly mounted in the captured stronghold, v ill now be brought to bear upon Forts Tavannes and Vaur. These forts r.re imme diately to the south. Also, directly within range will be Fort De Belle ville, to the southwest of Donaumont and Just outside of Verdun. Within the sweep of the German guns will be the entire northern plain of tho city. With the advance of the last twen ty-four hours the Germans have hurl cd the French line back six miles on an eight-mile front in the six days, an average of, a mile a day. This is by far the greatest reverse suffered by either hostile force in the West since the battle of th Marne. For fury and weight of meh^and guns the battle has had few prece dents in 'the war. The losses haVt bdeft terrific' on both sides. The Ger man casualties, according to what Paris terms an authoritative source are placed at more than one hundred thousand. The French losses probably have been nearly as great despite the fact that their defense has been made in' the trenches and 'behind armored works. Sunday night’s report indi cates that a series of counter attacks have been begun, probably at a great sacrifice, as they are against troops flushed with victory and likely to of fer the most stubborn resistance. Dispatches from Berlin describe demonstrations of Joy in ,the streets of the empire’s capital following pub lication of the news of the fall of Fort Donaumont. Flags were raised over public and private buildings and the praises of the gallant Branden- burgers were on all lips. The na tional anthem was sung before the palace and a triumphal procession marched through ^Jnter Den Linden Wires Support to Movement to Keep Americans Off Armed Ships , by law. Telegrams to congressmen from William Jennings Bryan, supporting the movement for warning Americans off armed ships, began arriving Fri day., Representative Bailey of Penn sylvania received one and planned to read it from the floor. Representative Bailey, aft6r a con ference with Majority Leader Kitch- in, however, simply made public the telegram which follows: “I honestly hope that congress will speedily announce legislation refus ing passports to Americans traveling on belligerent ships; or still better, refusing clearance to belligerent ships carrying American passengers. ‘No owner of belligerent ships will claim that he has the right to safeguard a contraband cargo with American lives and no citizen should be permitted to endanger the peace of the nation at a time like this. Ours is the greatest of the neutral nations and will probably- be the mediator when the time for media tion comes. It would be a crime against civilization as well as against our own people tp become involved itf this war and thus loan our army and navy to a European monarch to use in settling his quarrels. “If congress has the right to de clare war it certainly has the right to promote peace by restrafning citi zens from taking unnecessary risks. A mayor keeps the people of his city out of the danger zone durltTg a riot. Can our government afford to do less when the world is in riot?" . ■ That is right,’ Representative Batiey quoted Mr. Kitchtn as saying when he read the telegram. LUSITANIA FLEDGES STILL GOV ERN SUB ACTIONS VESSELS OF PEACE SAFE Von Bernatorff Saya Central Empire Holds That Merchantmen Show Themselves Not 'to be Peaceful -French Ships When They V Arm- IMPORTANT GAIN IS MADE BY GERMANS WEDNESDAY Carry no Guns—Italians Armed. Germany baa instructed Count von Bernstorff to inform the United States government that thefriassur- ances regarding the future conduct of submarine warfare, given in the Lusitania and Arabic cases, still tre binding, but that they apply only to merchantmen of a peaceful charac ter. r,..*..- ; —- The German government ia under stood to contend that armed mer chantmen have, without regard to tho nature of their armament, shown themselves not to be peaceful, and therefore are subject to destruction without warnipg. The instructions direct the Geraaaa ambassador particularly to tell Secre tary Igtnslng that British merchaat- men armed ostensibly only for de fense carry guns for the special pur pose of attacking German sub marines. To sup|M>rt thia claim the Berlin foreign office has sent the ambassador for presentation to the state department a Hat of at least twenty instances where it is claimed British merchant ships have attacked submarines. • Confidential advichs from Berlin state that German and Austrian sub marine commanders have received their new orders and that from mid night Tuesday they are authorized to aink without warning all armed mer chant shipa of Germany'! enemies. It was said also that many of the aub- Parks Admits Evacuation of llanmont —Berlin IU*|w*rt* Capture of Three Thousand Prisoner*. Berlin reporta Wednesday via Lon don: AnnDunct-ment of another Im portant gain In the offensive on the western front was mad* by the Ger man war office Wednesday. The statement aaya that In upper Alsace the Germans raptured a position ■ten hundred yards wide and four hundred yarda deep. The war office also announced that German force* had penetrated the opporiag liar* fo* a distance of three kilometer* two mile* in the north ern sector of Hie Woevre. It la said the Allies lost more thaa three thou sand prisoners and great quantities of material. l.ondoa reporta: In the regions of the north of Verdun the bombard ment by the enemy which has been energetically answered by ua con tinued throughout the night Infan try action* have developed on a front of fifteen kilometer*—ten mile# The struggle U continued with violence along the right hank of the Meuse toward th© *ouiliea*t. East of this point a counter attack enabled ua to retake the great part of th# forest of Causes, situated in the aali ent occupied yesterday by the enemy to the north of Beaumont. In the Herbe forest we have evacuated the village of llaumont. We still hold the environs after a bitter fight in which our troops In JHried very heavy losses on the enemy. Sir Gilbert Parker Point* Out Mag- ntude of Work.'' The magnitude of the work going on in the English navy Is shown in a letter from the admiralty to Sid Gil bert Parker, answering his inquiry in the house of commons on the num her to people engaged in all branches of the navy and of naval work. An aggregate of more than one million persons engaged in various branches is shown. The letter states that the navy priper had one hundred and forty-six thousand officers and men when the war broke out, which number has in creased to three million, with the au- thori'y granted for a further increase to three hundred and fifiy thrusa-nd officers and men, besides sixty-seven thousand naval reserves. There are also eighty-five thousand men work ing at royal dock yards and other na val establishments and several times that number on admiralty work un der contract. luatiiitj prgtot’ljr, htd Istt. ihcjr bpsw on cruises, and that even should Uie United State* request the postponing of tho opening of the campaign it would be impossible to get word to many of the submersible*. While Count von Bernatorff de clined to dlicuaa the Instructions from Berlin. It Is believed th* am bassador will present them orally to Secretary Lansing They *111 not. It Id, take the form of a note unleaa Secretary l.analng deelree It The German ambassador will lay much atrosa upon assurances regard ing the arming of merchant ship* which were given to the United State* by Great Britain In a memo randum signed by Sir Cacti Spring- Klee, the British ambassador, oa August SS, 1*11. In this the Brit ish ambassador wrote tbs following ”1 have been Instructed at the same time by his majesty's pttnrlpal secretary of stale for foreign nffalrs to give the United States govern ment th* fullest assurances thf.t Brit ish merchantmen will never be used for purpoaea of attack, that they ar* merely peaceful traders armed only for defense, and that they will never fire unlese fired upon and that they will never under any circumstances attack any vessel.” Orwiaay claims that Great Britain has deliberately violated these s«aur ns re*. and Secretary Incasing will be so Informed. Ambassador von Bernstorff* at tention also has been directed to ths American memorandum of Septem ber 19. 1914. to port authorities which define for their defen sive armament. In thia document It waa stated that "the presence of armament and ammunition on a mer chant vessel creates tha presumption that the armament is for offensive purposes, but the owners or agents may overcome this presumption by evidence showing that the vessel car ries armament solely For defenslvs purpoaea.” *^*-* w . The Berlin governmerft Is said to realize that should It sink an armed ship, upon it will rest the burden of proof regarding guna, but to contend that upon the government owning the Further light on the Avar depart ment's plans for additional coast de fences was obtained Thursday when testimony of Brig. Gen. William Crozler, chief of army ordnance, be fore the fortificstloLS committee be came available. The committee has had no open hearings. While Gen. Cro?ier told the military committee* of both houses the substance of hla recommendations, his atatements be fore the fortifications committee am plify his position somewhat Charleston and New Orleans might be damaged by long-range fleet fire, Gen. Crozief said, and twelve-inch guns with high angle fire, giving them a range beyond any guns afloat or contefnplated for navy ships, would ansW'er the defence purposes at such points. The heaviest new fortifications. Gen. Crozier said, will he placed at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, which he described as one of the several places where "facilities for land op erations are so good that It ia worth while to especially fortify them to prevent that operation, notwithstand ing that they are not places where admissible damage can be dons by the guns of a fleet." At o»her points, such as Rockaway Beach, N. Y., and San Francisco, he said, sixteen-inch guns mounted in tururets would be added to the batteries. Of Chesapeake Bay the general added: "We have. Norfolk defended at Fortress Monroe. Washington very much over-defended and Baltimore defended. But they cpuld come into Chesapeake Bay and establish a base along that shore, then send an army In any direction. There are few auch points as that.” Gen. Crozier said it waa impracti cable to defend the whole coast against damage. “Certain points are selected for fortification where the damage would be so Imporiant as to altiiU iha fighting-.ahllliy ..oL the. I'nltcd/Ststes.'' he said. “They are still not protected against damage which could be done by bodies of J H A troops landed and marched overland to one*' of Thenfe cities. "The theory ia that we have plenty of people and plenty of resource# to take rare of that condition If we will use them. If we will not use them there Is no way to tak# car* of 1L" HELPING WOUNDED SOLDIERS CharlesWm Breech of Natloeal Kettef AMMM-teUae Actively Work teg. The Charleston bnfhrh of th* Na tional Allied Relief association, work ing under the auspices of the Coloaial D*m«-s. has been snreuraged by vol untary contributions received from various parts of the state to believe that there ere meny people la South Carolina who would Ilk* to co a tri bute to this work. Ths officers of th* aasodattoa la Charleston will be only too glad to receive such contributions Th* needs nr* urgent. The money which has been rnlsed thus fnr has been devot ed to purchasing hospital and surgi- cnl supplies and comforts for tho wounded. Outftnrfor destitute chil dren have also been forwarded. Three shipments of such supplleo have already gone and In addition to this the association has sent to th* American Ambulance Hospital in Paris a check for on* hundred and fifty dollars. This organixatlon. which Is support ed entirely by voluntary contribu tions from Americana, has been do ing vt-ry \alualile work In raring for wounded soldiers. It has been faced lately with a threatened shortage of funds, the war having lasted so mnch longer than was anticipated and th* work of the ambulance hospital hav ing been correspondingly heavy. The Charleston Branch of the Allied Relief association will be glad to receive contributiona from any per son In South Carolina and checks TIO Broad street, b- GERMANS REPULSED French Report Unsuccessful Engage ment on Four-Mile Front. •' - . i ... ' The Germans near Lihons, to the south of Somme river, were repulsed by the French in an intended attack extending over about four and one- third miles. The offensive movement was preceded by a heavy bombard- m.ent and clouds of esphyxiating giises. When the German infantry stated to come out of their trencher 'for the attack, however, the barrier fire and the fire of the French rifle men stopped th'em everywhere, ac cording to Paris. may be sent to Mrs. W. H. Brawley, ship would fall the burden of proof"'S Legare street, or Misj R. D. Bryan, regarding the n6n-offen»lve character ” ‘ ‘ of the armament. Ambassador von Bernstorff is un derstood to have been given no in structions »o request from the United States e definition of what it con- siaera" defensive armament. He la understood, however, to have pre pared to discuss the question with Secretary Lansing - ahould it with international law, the German view being that If th* British mer chant ships have been inatructed to violate and do violate the law aa in terpreted by the United States, Ger many is justified in taking measures : in retaliation. . .. It is understood that the Austro- prougni up. | Hungarian embassy has received ad- In this connection confidential ad somewhat similar to those sent vices from Berlin Indicate that the ^ ce * ®°™ e ^ hat s ‘^ llar thosea f“ t ♦ rvsirrisf Krx nrui<nc7 L'ouht von Bernstorrr. It could German government mif?nt be willing * * x « » t x no***-*©* xrwfvns * P e marned whether Baron Erich ships with armament so light and so ^S^an .unon^Se^re^rv Tirinr placed that it could not Po^ibly be and inform hlm , o{ the p08it | on o( hi8 used offensively. For instance. It, Kovernment whlch 8llghtly from that of Germany, because of tho fact that virtually all Italian ships are armed, although those leaving American ports do so under pledge that they will not use their guns when warned by a submarine. Ger many. not being at war with Italy, was intimated that Germany might, should the United States insist upon it, agree to'grant immunity to vessels armed with a single one-pounder, -placed on the*sfern, and so arranged that it could swing not more than thirty-five to forty degrees. The ambassador also is understood h ag no particular interest in Italian to have been instructed to call to gjiipg. Secretary Lansing’s attention the fact ^ T f, e state .department holds that that French ships are not armed and an unarmed ship and a ship armed that conseonently the Berlin govern-- f or defensive purposes are In identi- ment considers the chances of diffi- (. a iiy the same class and must be cuUles with the l'nited States as a j«- . treated eccordlngly. Officials of th* suit of the new policy are remote. | department have indicated a wllling- The attitude of the United States ness to discuss with the central Euro- probably will not be made known at pean powers the question of what once. Much depends upon the con- may properly be considered defensive tents of the appendices to the Oer- armament, and there have been tnti- GERMANS CAPTURE GROUND Destroyed British Ships. Another British steamer, the Westhurn. has put into port flying th* German flag and with a Gertnin prize crew aboard. _TM» vessel haa reached Santa Crux. Ten?fif?fc~~ She has on boffrd two hundred and six •Tifconer* taken from varies* BritUb Teasel* sunk by German. < 800 Metres Taben by Storm Neer * • P' Arrae—319 Prisoners. Berlin Eaportarr ~ several hazy days the weather cleared Tues day, this leading to lively artillery activity at many polnta between I-a Basset canal and Arraa arhere. fol lowing op our effective artillery bom- Yardment. we captured by storm hundred metres ofV r eneh itoef- tioes ea*| of Roochet aad made oexen officers aad 119 men prisoners." man "memorandum which are claimed to contain coplea of alleged confiden tial Jnstructlons to masters of Brit ish merchantmen.^ The principal assurances given in the Lusitania case read as followa: Liners will not be sunk without mations that the' government, considering revising its Instructions to port authorities in thia regard. England Sends Her Reply. England haa sent word tq the atat* department that It would speed up Its I The contention of the Berlin gov ernment Is represented as being that all defenafvely . armed* British mer chantmen are preoered and Irstrnri- ed not only to resist, bet to attack. Consequently. R is argued t~ poHey toward armed skip* warning by onr submarine* and with- fepHea t 0 th#- American protests iho UT»t non-com- ngnio&t in terferase* with mails and batants proVIdTd that the lTnefa Jo *1*0 to th* “tracing xrfth ft* enemy" not try to escape or offer resistance." M t.