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V STOP SMS OHI BREAK RELATIONS” IS WILSON'S ULTMATUM TO GEBMANT PRESIIENT ADVISES CONGRESS OF STEP HE HAS TAKEN NAVY MAKES FINE SHOTS AT TEN .MILES SAYS MAYO ISPflKF Tfl Pfl^liRFSS’* fc ?• protest im,uhl iu vumiULdd . is baseless says allies Shooting Ever Done. . ‘‘In every respect, tha shootinj was tlic best the navy ever did.’ ly exaggerated, is a just complaint. Hut he could'^ay just the same about England and our shipping, substi tute '■eeMng ships’ for 'sinking ships.’ It is a mistake to break off dipio- matic relations with Germany. It is tj^sentence, taken from the report _ . perfectly evident that the president, ~ .. Diplomats Hear Wilson Tell a s a, campaign political dodge, is try- Adnural Mayo on the. recent ing to Work up to a point There he : . t ‘ !r p, ot , prat ‘ <R cf 110 Atlantic fleet can get into a war with Germany ™ (r «^ n w * tcrs and mad e P ubllc during a presidential campaign.’’ The president’s position is a com- ni/.<xl the i rglil of ni«'i i Imui; men to cai ry Minis for protection and to use I * [tl.eni to iep*T aitack, tl.ougll to use \*'iT erw D r ’i’ T rv’C ctD'itD'vn ^ suck circuuibta'nt'es at tiieir Decent rrarrtec In Cuban Waters! mlMJri lYttitui SCl).11AHll\t “sk; but the imperial German governUient clalr.cd tho light^to set there uiaierstandiiigs abide in cir- 'str’icea which it deemed cxlTDordi- naiy. ■ liven the terms^in which it cn- npugted its purpose thus stlil fur ther to relax the restrains it had pre- Was in All Respects the’ Rest Allied Congress of Warning Sent to Ger- ; mans—Republican Members Criti cise Administration’s Stand—Dem ocrats Lend in Applause. President Wilson told congress assembled in joint session .shortly • after one o’clock Wednesday after noon, he lias given Germany a final irrevocable notiflcaticn that the Frilled States will break off diplomatic relations if her il’ceal suhmarire canipalan is continued. A n-de, America’s last word, practically an ultimatum and de manding an immediate reply, pre sumably was in the llerlln foreign of! ice as t!ie pre* f.lent was speak ing. It was dispatched Tuesday night In accordance with the presi dent’s plan to have it before tho German government at the same moment lie was addressing tho American congress. Tho pro-!clent asked no action whatever of congress. lie simnly in formed it of the accumulation of Secretary Daniels, forms “the sub stance of the report, accompanied as Jilete repudiation of Ills note of Jan- " ‘f b y adminU's simultaneous uary 18 regarding the firming of ^ ct ‘' aratlon tl la t fleet, is ready ^ ” fnr nnv omorevrmr»v ' merchant vessels and submarine war fare." said Itepre^eniative Cooper, ranking Republican member of the fbreign affairs committee. “The whole situation resolves itself Into a for any .emergency Secretary Daniels, following .the practice of the navy department for many 'years, refused to give out the i.-irdividual' scores made by the ships. ITiiied lbc imactiec was under taken at ranges never before at tempted, and as a hint of this, let it be known th.nt lilts were made at . WARFARE FOR GERMANY MUST DEMAND A HALT CTaim That lilockade and Ship Set* , T 4 * s' wres arc Within tiio Spirit of International Law. v * According to authentic informa tion reaching Washington Great prl- , , , , , tain and France, in their joint n ’o viously professed its willingness and , yin t0 t1ie Am erican pro 't desire to put upon the operations of aK . lln8t lntcrforenpe wlth nee' a Iaw of Humanity Plainly Outraged Hs submarines, carry tue plain im- tra( j e . made no attempt to dlrpuio u a ry n y ^ ^pljeiUion that at h ast vessels which ^i nri n k . s con ,ended .for by the Unlt- by Attacks Without Warning and " ore not armed would still be exempt ef] states, but -Insist that those prin- v | fvom destruction without warning eiplos have been given legal'inter file. United States Cannot See Its. and that personal gaiety would be ac- p r V*afl^ Ld appITcMIbn by tb» Slaughtered 1 the A r . pa 1 f Se " g !“ rS **'} " ew8 ’ Allies‘in their blockade of Germany si.iugnicrcu {, ut evon limitation, if._it was ever praeticable ,to observe, "has in fact constituted no check at all upon the destruction pf ships of every sort. Citizens Ruthlessly and Their Eights Disregarded. The president- said: re of el ’.tern thousand yards, or fact? proving that Corm:my’s,.a c,? ur- 'The president evplnl anres to the United States .are being! note is prac tically an u violated.; that the submarine cam- ; docs not contain a time Incd that the iiitiinotuin hut limit. A dc- palcn de-e |o ti e earnest prote-ts rf niuml is made, Ik xvcvor, Umt Gcr- the United States, is being conducted many reply immediately. with renewed vlg -r in centravutiou j'Le president went over the situa- and hu- to i\ of rll fl e laws of nnt'ons mqt’ nt it*o*s? to ''f'vc'r relntions un'e-s It Is byosgt.^ wlth'n the *aw PI”’ mstle h’btory ot f*u< wor’d shows’that such a course is ■ImoM certain to bo followed by war. The pre«l«!<-rt’s note and hN ad- (lre»« tn eongrc-.s Tire Pmt. They mark the end "f dhd-maf'e e\- cltae-c*. A c* , n*ln»'an , *e »>f tho frien«*'v ri'tstb ns, the |n«»>li'« , T’t mnde rJear. alcre n *en Ormant’s conduef. •*l harp dcpuicd It rie datr, •herefoip," the pr^ blent t»| I s, “t * • ar to the |!”n”-la| fee- ■’man pox err men t t'-at If If Is s« || It* • rrt» ■sc to preweru*- rc’en’lcss and In'M-c^n-l-ate wepferc . , . t?ie r*«»c”e»n«nt »>f tliP" Untto»l hl;«*ps |« at l«-s*t f 'rcetl to the «*♦•»»- p|i!‘h n f* sf •hcis* Is hut rtnp c—nrsp It ran p-rrstie: and that lintess thp Imperl-t Crentan r«tvrm—»er-t •h-ii'M p -w ImmpdlafelT rt» - claep and prf«et m »it*an«l<»n»i:rnt «if Its pr—erf n , '* , tnds of wnrfaeo a: alp*t pss-en-ep and fpet-ht cans pstng rp*-els this -orerenxent rsa hate w— rh <r—.hwt to •--■•p dhdo- question of wlictliee tho States will set up a code of reguRF- tio'ns which it nmy have to abide by when its sole defense is the sub marine.” » President Wffron lias sent tlie n'de to Germany warning her that unless attack en mereliantmen carrying Americans In violation of interna tional law are, stf>j';>e<l diplomatic re lations will lie severed. The president revealed this fact to Senators Stone and Lodge and Rep resentatives Flood and Cooper, rank ing Democratic and Republican incnjbeBs of tho congressional foreign affairs committees, at a conference a - 1 10 ^ hitc House early \\ ednes- j MUdiigan’s twelve-inch gtins, and La y• I that the inner tube of one of the guns of similar calibre on the Arkan sas had slipped. This latter accident had been rer'a’rrd on lio.vd ship. “l ater types of guns have locking rtngs.” ho san. “lo prevent this sort of thing, and tho Arkansas is now being fitted with them. Such acei- d<n!s rs these are no more than ar to he expected during a long targe practice, and they are dis'-ounte-l in advance. The recent manoeuvres anti practice put the pens to a more se vere test than usual.” o\or ton statute miles, Admiral Mayo, Mr. Daniels said, was also cnthnsirstic over tho spirit shewn by th.c entire pe r ? nned of the fleet., of ell ranks. “They were al- i ways ready,” he said, “and were I ouick to gia^p new ideas, w'hich they never failed to execute properly.” Regarding ro”orts that there had been serious accidents to some of the heavy guns In tie Feet. Mr, Daniels said the only ones had been the split ting of tho hoops on two of the Gentlemen of Congress: .\ s.luiiti. a lias an wii in (he for eign n lalions cl the,country of which il ,is .my p.aiu duty to iul.uin you \ery irankly. It \vift be recalled that in Feb ruary, li)l ,V ti:ft inipenal Geriij m goveiiiment annouiivid its intciniott lo treat tiio water s'lr.ouading Great Dritain ami. Iiel md -' us .enrbraeed within the seat of waf'and destroy all merckaut sliips owned by its enemies that might he found within any part of that portion of the high seas, and that it warned all vessels, of neutral as well as belligerent ownership, to keep out of the waters it had thus prescribed or eiso enter them at their peril. The government of tho. United States cai ncstiy ’protested. Ji be presidi :.t w (ion very thoroughly with the com mittee leaders and told them ex plicitly he believed the United States c ii d rot remain on friendly terms with (lerm-iry if American lives cou- Unjied to he placed In Jeopardy* by German submarines, lie laid before them all information be will convey in his addrcr-s jo c rpress. The do- md Ipr n atop t* siMaawl apl*:.. irfare. the prcrli 'lent told the lead- ■. is uncquivoca 1. As He fouiml ittccrrcn left tbe kite Honso t» cy .m *ie no effort to •w-ra| what the president had told cm. . As a prelitntna ry to laying the •o'* . Bubuiarine situation before * crcts at a jol at bc«moh at one ,!o-k TVedne.d- ly morning with \n rft\ni\ and. Flood of the !irit*Rsion:il romi mlttee dealing with rrlrii affairs *a •nd with 8*»nator wise and lter»r< rseatstiv* r<*u>T. GER.MANY LETS DYESTUFFS COME IQ LNITID STATES Again and again (he imperial Gcinian Rovcrniucnt Inns given tliis gm ( rtirm iit' its solemn assurances tiiut at b ast-passcngei’ ships would n< t Ik" tlius dealt with, nnd yet It has again and again permitted its ur dersea commanders to disregard these assurances with entire im- p unity. Great lincVs like the T.nsitnnln nnd and Austria. This note which will ho handed to the ;t titty department within the next 'dry or two by the Brltiuli and Frencli an brs;ndors, js understood to b» long end extremely 'teehnichl, treat ing of the whole subject on_a purely legal harts and repaying largely on the nrih'iplcs Did fVnvn by the Unit ed States in the War Between the States. It Is eaid that the Allies cl !m that the United States dees not contend i that It lies a right to ship peods V'lhout re frictions'Info Ger- 'matiy or Austria through contiguous Ih-e Arabic and mere ferry boats 11 Lis neutral rountrics, ruch as Holland, ti-e Hu- >x luive Inin ait/' 1,-1 with- Ky.eden and Denmark, out a moment':, warniitgi Eohietinies' The eoneersioh of tho right to h' tore tiiey had ev n b-- iin'- aware blockade an enemy country, which Is that they .were in the prt. cnce of an universally recognized. Is regarded ‘r.rincd verge! of the- enemy, and the o S nccesrarlly carrying with it the lives of n-n-combafan:s, pa: sengors right to rcgul to tho admission of nnd crew, have been s -.orifice 1 wiiplc- s.ife, in a manner which the govern ment of the I nited States «ann->t but ,niton and without too icgard as w.i a | slighted color Ulfteen Thousand Tons tn be Rr- leased If H Is Not Given Over to the Allies. mt von Cr -n tf rt wji 4 " It T« rtnr. re*-tl ns attr her. at U?< s !’ ■t t* is la tl to*t Hi until they •t \V 1! in i 1 t* the* ’rv Tur tlnv ! less tbev be e ft rends exetiule uffM et that #n#t I’r'tl’h b'och r e prcsldent’a IntcnM <n to before corurrcaa w. s co» S cn “that till r n it w's tho real ri % a*of« 1 in ser’ous e, ta i, _ ry l.ae inc'a refusal U» Amerlran Ind rub^egt. b .d of ilyr-t of tho committee lenders Terman gorei c M- na*'was r? par.Icd a* •o mnko M a rl k with !*o««Ibllitlca of mlt’lre expor artance. . 1“ <? rc;.cvc«t- It Is required n r--*:ire*l bv the Whlttf shell hf c-n*® would h* consult-d by nfrclnrers no nt before he took an' Great Bri'^ln «nvh jrs the brra!:trg off It Is exeer i * lie relations. Corrrr**s. partment Imn :rar«*a of the pfc-ii!rnU> •p*cotaf1i*ns V* : 1 their disclosure at sure the safe reqti n. In this count' • ort lord possible, bu’ The rpr^r 1 " tnii’c, t’rt the t’r'''‘ , ''o» iv t’ « rern’t are tb t ho had d 'c'd'-'i tlrMors -1 etw ired •on entr fh”t t”e drestufr* itred by Amerlrsn man- i| rot re-exported to or hrr Alhrs. ted that the rts** de- ledlately wilf make rep- to Gtent Dri'a n to in- arrlval of the dyestuffs y, ton rc'da hv G"'*Bt''rfT ong rcr>s of rego- t’-.e rf fe de-art- -LU-i It took the position Umt such a K,, k|it <>v * cotor of Ju'-tiflcation. policy could not bo pgraued wulioutl Hmlt of any kind has iu fact the practical ccrtuiuty ot grohs and palpable violrticim ot tno law of na- tious, parttcularly if.Eubuiariue craitj of a!l hinds ami nationalities within were to be employed as its tnstru-1 meats,. iiih'iuucu as ti e rules pre- bcribed by tlial law, rules toundedj upon ptiucip.es ot Uumunlty and cs-j labUsitcd lor the protection oi tho I lives ot nou-comhalatito at sea. could j not in the nature* of Die case be oa-l served by such vctMhs. It baced its pro:* •. on the gfioutoi| ll.aj pexcous oi aoutrul ii**tH>ua,iiy aud vessels of neutral owueislup wsHtid vsnmmd to rxtrrrr.c tffirt in tolerable risks, and that no i*g.it to close atu> pait of tl*e liEh sea^ against tin ir u-e or lu expose Ho 'it to such risks cuiild law full) be ns. sertr*! b> miy belligerent U*Ha( uioii-r the law of rations’ in llteso matters, upon which the g-ivcrnme it of the I’nited State's based Its p ■**- test, is not of rc : c< at orig.n or lo uti- cd upou merely arbitrary prlnclf lei ret up by (onvention. It is baked. « a tie contrary, upon ngiuil*»t and *n»- ptralite printipbs of liumanity uni bus long been-estn'dlslit d wuii Hi*' a.-proval and by tiio c-cpie-s of all cixllf/rtl nations. • Notwithstanding the earnert pi-v test of oar govern me..1, the imperial German goveinucut at oace procceil* ej to carry out the poluy U had an- ct*c d the liope that vcd. at any rate the 1 vessels, would b** nimum by the in born set to the indh mil nnd dcstrurtion o of all kinds and nationaiiti tho waters, constantly extending in area, where the-o operations h^vq I bc-en carried on; and the roll of I An.ei bans w!to have h st their lixes j on ships thus attacked nud d.'stro* ed lias grown inontli by niontlt until tlie • ominous toll bos mount* d into the hundretbt. ... > • One of the latest and most ste rk- ! Ing lr|vt WT|PftLtajHflfwt “ f i ■ J lloj 1 n t.i l> «rosw elntnweP H«*imi«T Sussex. It inust^Maud forth,.ns lb« sinking i f tlie stwamer l,usitunl.t did, as so slngutaily tinitlc’ an*) unjuslitla- I bin as to roustltutr a truly terrible I exuaiple of the lul.umanity of sal»- marine warfare as the rouunaaderw of Iximua »<ssel* have f»r tlie past I twelve n-oijiis lirrn londurting It. I If this I •in ponda to a neutral country evidently destined to be transferred to the enemy. Con-equcntijfTt is. contend ed ttiat It Is perfect’y within the spirit of international’ law to limit imports into at ni :’ral c .untry such ' pur- n s Holland of poods that miEit be of merchiintmcn uro to Ci-rmany a.id Austria to the amount normally consumed in the neutral country. • Moreover, U Is argued that inci dent to the>verc!sc of this rirht of rcculatlon m Tfhports Is tho right to rearch vessels approaching the neu tral ccain this connection the Allies bold that whilo In early daye It wag, po rt.b e t > conduct such a search at sea, conditions of niodera -i——r (* iw Ge Iwtiwk .modi** »btw I rible: Irence it has becone rece*sary rirrr.tm-Thw reutrti rrirn-m rrs awF- est convenient port. This is the es- planstlon offered for the apparent uriea 1 * nnbic diversion of many rhtps from their regular rourt-ea and what h a been complained of as an un necessary delay in search. It was with n vl'w to redutinc compialnt on this score th.it ar ange- fttents mrro nntlo for the British em- basny to sdvise with American ship* pera whether their rargoea would probable be subjected to search. (Vtnptnint by the United that the prize courts cannot b< nixed as coiipetent lo ren<iorkffTal derision In tlie cases of seized or de tained vessels and cargoes is met by reference to the recent decision in Knalaod to the effect that prise tood aione. sons disavowal bv the t, some evidence e or wilful dla- Mrt of the com- tel that fired the sought or eater- pily. it docs not on States IN MBi r slfral It 1 ru governed by the Pfln- it onal law and. when ell conflict, the latter d w it w* itn ;fc md t< et the ri urd tho i *..< i r« •t ha * illy Imppenetl in th" year uliit li lias sin- ** < kip -*1 l. i* -bown tliat th sc Imites were n->t Jus- titfivl, tfu-se ussnraaco Insusct-plibie *>f being fulfUlcU. arn or thrust)) •hts a ide in pursnlt sie objects. 1 lie guirinnient of ate* bus been very cry stare of th'a d rfencc of tTSTJMy aft Ijich its own citizens . it has sought.to fmm ny cxireino-course of nr cst by a th*'»-’ *^' the United ('ll l lent. At strcsylPR ex- r tr gedy. In were involv- be r< strained )n or is mini s of int rs In counc : irtve way. icre Is nSo. It (^pointed out. an ow’cdgrr.cnt of tbe right of tho ral power whose ship'la r'-lsed 'peal to the highest Jad'.clnl trt- d rnd even tq_ta’ c up tbe caso nnttrallv if dDcttD.flrtl. >n>a finishing pouches are to bo d lo the Joint 'note upon the ro- ur TH In purunno of the pol! i' t l!lr! !v and *’ -.rj throur - 1 Tent tia*. ' c’ly. IFa ;h ut tha. ti.o j/Ji.uu of dip! !*. ip-e of ilx* I’i of c”'.-raving -• V'f fir t lnr; n • crcial psirro^cs t!ic rr- vt V f f *' < <” iun:i • 1. :".a? 1«:» C «• > M '!' 1 vv.a-, (1 nu-ii'-tra- t:* :•. ’ t - - ctl was !.:• s : a'lovc tho pi l’s * < Ye as l.o r * !;o the uac fesitnnin. Ul.M h :■ f • -. bant f nva-d as t’.i' in * ’ ’• ut iNlYa! ii that li” w s n; ' 1 t (' e l.ryn tu rt bis OOTTPT’.tS COT!fit rr.s p 1ntod out. bo r !i*’• s tiio aut'-ority t" c< n gress a Jan RUSSIANS TAKE T T>C ItlUU IZGND ■’aro war, and there ■nco in modern liis- i r> .-rin .uaccmcnt cf the -Mil pilTMlC. ’ (' ;ii:;iouuco:l t’:o words ■ ti. i there was Mill ’ration. < r.Ty a t -c ■ ’ a r- flection of tiio ;’ ti n v I t-Ts. ■ , i.’ V'I w?tli c v, '**rs- ;'C tint Or’-m >v vvould o-i'it a I’C'.ictin’-’o h:-o;ik a, tiio assembly broke o-.in-ftnjrTecn b dock wlton ,.t r; ac'udcd. lie had ■t f'fi-pn r.tlnvjtcsr Au- n frm the , Dcanoeratlc the Ronublico-n midtibcrs nemoernts he ran rising .-t, o, 'i soon t' o cut: 1:1 s rs- ra's idr.mling. Tiio aprilauso 1 a minute nnd then as ( passed out of the chaiii- bc-r,’ (iii'-i :i ny. 6» - > - < r__Oi:,rl; doolr.rrd tho^joint BPS’ ion*a: . < ’ h nil !’ cr = filed ou‘. The galleries ejrtckly were It v n • the'• . '• 'p;'o' '! plnuio i ■' Eido ”n I then j iu-- to f senrt a"’’- lafftrd r* ’ the pr ims rower to de i” rmlv on-’' im i tory whe n a break in diplnin- Mr rc- lationr. I'as not br^n followed by war. It is ft n situation between Ger many ami Da’y. «' I'irrt c’r : j owers have suspended re’-'Moa-- with les -”r states nnd lessor | states have broken between tliem- ] r*-3vrn wi: ! mt J:o ’M-Mtiea.btit rll dfn- i 1 -matin histrry voirl": - to a state of v nr when two first class powers reach that po’nt. F'-t 11" whet the proveduto will,Bn after ti’o pr"''ident’s address to eon- press slill was obsinred by as much I seareev rs it was Tuesday pfVht- It. d t’m.t if the presJ^crf "ally fttvnonnce a break ! in re-iM^rs t.i c ne’e wliieh lias Jm-ui prepared wiM. be/’■m’-’ie l- to Tirr- i Li :u. sotting forpr tha A merle a u post* i ernjnen-t’s cpjHt' aticl Baying the last . we-'l. It will be in tlie nature of an ultinmtrm.. w-s ind!. does n<"t CARRANZA TROOPS MOVE Look Like They Intend to Bar Fur- titer . Amcrjcan, Adyance. C/ar Captures Important TurkisTi 1'osit on tiie Black Sea. Tho Russians have cnrturcJ Tur- koy’s Ma t imp-irt-’fit I ort ou tiie IHaek Sea—Trebizqnd. That the jo ; nt attack, made by land and na force.?, was sharp, qirck and decMve is indirat- d by t!” feet t’.at a R :: - r-iaa official conummication had just announce 1 tlc t the Uiu i a land Forces v - • o n't* the villr >• of Droonft, seven miles east of Trs iizohd. .when a new annouiiccment of tho fail o! the town was made. The port and outly’ng defenses had been strongly fortiia 1 since tlie fall of Krzerum and tiie TurkLuli gar- rire-n was estimated at three full divisions.’ Ti c Russians al&Q arc cantihuing their (Jrive n.-n nst the Turks in ,ti e region of Dniburt, to. the-’soufI'loart, tho rapture of which would result In the joining of .tho. Jom ccs wific-h re cently cuptuifed Erzerum and tlios now r.t Trcbi|or.d and give the Rus sian-, a line tor a solid advance east ward. This is part of the plan for tlm ifbk'.tiou of the Turkish forces in Mosopi tar.iia. crua.rnt in tpitc dcr s ut-O- rman t: >>■-<.idw i*«v*• nlrt'-urrt wrr-rrt-r* With gne ( r i - * t- i- .* .. «.ulv u+-**« D-x* l-T-!r-*f‘-tx -.ntTr t.rcat t.’iiiaia niul lit a:.d, i.u ■ver tlicy ci.idU cue. ti-y til way tjiat has crown mom «• inithlctis, m< i c ;..i 1 iT;-ro ind natc, as the nfbr t'*.s have g 1 ‘S and lia.-s chmrvitnt of r c f any kind: and 1 avc de ivered t' ntt-cits without emu unction am-i vessels of every nationality. : bound ir on every toil of errand. of the e* traordlna res of this unprom actuated in nil that ia lie s* niimcnts of geni wiii.h the people of a!w..\.i catei tiuuc to y ctrcum- h'nfod war said or^diil line fri* nd- i ti'd 1 nttc l | laincd ami rlain towanis the t of further data by cabin, from Ion -nd Paris, nnd the document i will be prcaontod to Secretary •Inc by Vabasnadors Jussrrand 8pr red arrangements *|nrllsslajoltaT^'i,'t» puLiics- tiou in I'urope and America. GERMANS RUSH TROOPS i it ted the Eiic- ■- f s,. 4 iu ith nn-l I rul Vessels of noi:t ,- :il ownership, even vessels of neutral owncrsiiip bound frina neutral port to neutral port, liave been d< stroyed- along with v»:s-.-!s <-f bolliaei**;it ovviicr- •ship, in cun iauGy iiKieasing nuin- Lei s. FomeMn'es th.o merchantmen- e’- tecl.iT’lrff'j been warn'-d and sum moned to surrender 1 cfore t-ain : lineil on or torpedoed; someth it; -passeneers or crows have been voee’t- safed thp poor re.curlty'of tioing al lowed to take to the s':i”rtTioets Im- fore s^o was sent tdl’tlie botto’u. Dot again and ; rr.'h no v,;yrning-has Vmon given, no crcapj cv n-to tho ship's boats allov/ed to those on board.' What this gr.voirnient fore* aw must hapiicn l.-,s Iiav'peneJ. Trag edy Iras lolirmed tri ’ -dy on tho seas in such fartib n, with suck n;- tmutant circtimstarn -m, ns tonnal.e it grossly cviiLent tin t vvarfaro ut sv.ch a sort if vvaifaie it be, can- i* not l>o rai’i 'e-l em x^ifhout ti.c nr' t Ii.-ilpalile viokiM' rs if tk” *!!ctat”3 alike of right and humanity. hoped, even-against bn; e, that it would nrovc to be pos- tiide for ti p German gelVcrnmSfit so - to order and control tiie pets of its naval comm ndcis rsito s'liraro its iii-val poky with the principles of humanity •a:? ciiibod r eil ip tiio taw of r.:-:ic-i.a. It has been xyiUing to wnlt urtil the s!;: ificunce ct the facts be come :,t olutcly unnfT t .kahlo and bUieeptiblc of tiut one intevpretation. T!’ t point has now unhapj lly reached. The lacts are su ceptible of I it one inter fa tajior*. XJio im pel ial Gcnnau government lias luvnl unable to luity.ny limi.s or resuic- U. na u. mi its warfare «• linst <itTicr l-ei.-'-t «:• pasj-cugcr si,i.,s. It lias tni i'iio liei'i.n.ic [i i--lly evident t. t the po: i i'n v. ii ii ti.'-* govern-, ment. took at t'.e vci y oup^et i.s in evitable, nafnely, that.the use of 5uti-l i.m ines fur the d ururiion of an j 'le.i’y'.s conn.:«icc is of ■ necessity, I ecu.so tiie w.-y ci.a’ .arter fit tUe chifilfjyPd and the very iheth- mis ef's.Jitt.-ik huh tiieir employ- i lent, of ci.ii- o inv ,’v ?, is i'ncuin- patihlo xvitli tiio irriin i des"of tm-i IBmity. Hie i ng eM i ; ed and in-; -eojjtrovertible’r. Fits of tieiitraia and! tho sacred ininiu! itlcs of non-com- 1 a ants. . ■ . . . - l have deemed ft my duty, there fore, to say to the imperial Germ n government th”t if it is st.ll its i>iir- p sc .to jirosecute relen Jess and indis- Scud Ruldicrs to- -Vordtm French Gain Ground. Coincidental with tho arrival tfl tkb K*■:..,ians iu i ianto- corned tha r.lateintnt frum Paris thet the Ger- .ii.ana, owing to tho &i. ong reslst- anee of tie Fi nch at Verdun, ar* w.thdraw'i g 1-ige forces from their fronts in Ituasiu, €c*rhia And .Maco- donl.i a- 1 throwing them into tbla hot'y confee’rd theatre.. Hero, tho French a> cording to the late t (Hicir.l (^m munlcaticn, liave delivered an attack near f.c Mort Hon.me, northwest of Verdun, and liaya tu(needed in driving tha Gcr- i,:a.”.s cut of portions of a trend* previoy y captureil by them.. Th* Gen ans admit the entry by the French of German trenches in the Ceilettc word, yveat cf Yaux. after a hoevy French rttack, but ray that othei’w'.ao'the rttack was repulsed -with heavy casualties. ,.■? ' — 1 GeBinans Capture Haudrumont. The Germans report that on Mon- day tl'-'y captured French, po ’ Lions at Fteinbrueh, .'south of Haudrumont farm, and took more than sixteen hundred prisoners. \ Aer pli nts Bomb Dorian. A successful bombardment of the headquurters-of the Bulgarian staff r.t Dorian by, a squadron of twenty- two French, aeroplar.es is announced in a Salonikl dlspitch. :*e£T. H; 'Exports from Mexico reaching tho detfcited. eaker Ulapk,.referred,1119' state department tell of increased addm-s to tho •foreign affairs com-; rather than lessen.ed difficulties sur- ■jnUtee m d tho House reshmed its rounding the expedltiotj. -JVn instance RUSSIANS PUSH FORWARD regular bi.: ! r”s». - Speaker Clark snd Democratic Leader !•' !;cf.:n declined to comment Wl ateved the disfioslMon end in tention of the imperial German'gov- ..ernment it has rianif* tly proved im possible for it to keep such methods of attack upon tlie commerce of Us enemies'within the bouads ret'by either the reason or the heart of mankind. fn Aslajlc Turkey the Ru-Bfiri* !'t arrfTxtf ^qntJ re^t to Ttrrira. Theyd thffThiperTal Cefr^ftTiovernmcnt Tm Give Turks little Best in Fight in Asiatic Turkey- • now havt'dlslodged them front moun tain portions south of mtlis nnd pushed forward their forces toward of this is tho report that an unknown number of Carranza troops have been moved by Heir immediate command- on the al iirHs. They said they de-’er to tha Parral region, where Gen. ^ilrrd 'iv til'vjt It fuiiy before saying tVr-htoy's mozt anything. Jocated. - . “The rending of a note to Ger- ' The observer who reported this many was b* mild a position ss the sTdded that while the movement, he nre-idfEt co*Id teko.” Repre-. believed, was rot authorised by thejSghert which lies ninelv mile* east tentative r!*od; rhafMBa»®rt" - ' - •ign a'f r. committee. “I think] as * hint that th* Americana Boat j operation which aeeka to eat off eom- tka- ^EkciaaiSI. ‘ M eon-- « a TTh* countrr^ r^srentTt orTy * coaparhtively small aoatbem Turkish arm'ew •“I tbirk this yoT*r*B*Bt Aonld I fo-r* was l*val?red and official* her* I llnavy ffhticy eewtf**** la tbe be aectrr' ” *ald RepobUdaa Lender *e—rded It a* slca'finnt rather thaa,Trbarvk r*rea. where th* Ktaataaa Maes *T>e president sever ta* ! serin** It was arrepted. however, ar* prM*t*( forward ta thrir attempt knew •ew'rsl He ha* b**a *a tbe ; •* added proof that tbe eefy-t Car- > la rsptvr* BaTbwn aad eaae 'mtm Baalish side all th* ttma . Whea L*: r*at* f*rr1**a* ar* net cwthmdy 1 * * —- anld ahewt Germany while h Is pmasi uwLed hy tbe war ‘ * ui.aiai-.tj v.rtifai-c ag.iimt-tv.-»a-i<* <*f iuctance. But we cannot forget that « nnncice by tlie use of submarines, we are In some sort and by the force notwithstanding the bow flcmunatuiL- of circumstances the responsijbl*' ed iiii|H>ssiUility of conducting thut snoke.-.nian-of the rights of humanity warfare IB’accordance with what the. and that we. cannot remain silent govormncht of the United States while there rights seem in process of must rou-ldcr thc*sacml and indis- being swept bitterly away In th* putable tnjew of international law and maelstrom of this terrible’war. *We Hie universally recognized dictates of owe it to a due regard for our own humanitv, tbe g werrment of the^rights as u nation; to our sense of United States Is at leart forced to tho duty as a representative of the right* D: i -’iary of the present year < ’* u vli , a^fp- f 1 *** ttwn-*. trrw ciiOrV*- it ran pursue; and that unless just conception of the right* of man ti le Imperial . German g ivrmment kind to take this stand npw with th* sluiuld now immediately declare nnd utmost rolemplty and firmness, effect an nl«nd»ntiicnt of Its present • I have taken it. and taken It la th* metlifMls of warfare against f ovsen- eonflit-nrn that tr will wred ».n ftd Bupport All formed this government *hd the other necfral gorerrment* of the world that it had reason to believe that the government of Great Britain (in wti. uT British o . Mersh so her nia rlae of the efiemy they might ea- eoanter spea th* tea* aad that th* Imperial Germs* government fel jcstiUd la tha di tree nag’ a!l armet owBersh’.p a* •anltary ar. *hlch U * with tire that tbe imperial German guv rr*—at of th* German empire went, which ha* la ether altogether. | Mance* aland as th* champtoa L This dedeian I have arrived at that we ta{ wtlh the kehreit regret: the pows bU- ti tty of the action ceatemplatad I am size the’ Bare all thoaghtfel America** win meet tl