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»fo. *■ 4. r ’- (- THE WAR LAST WEEK Tho the firat thought that comes to ono who looks at the large area cf France occupied by tht Ormans Mid then compares this area with the extent of the British and French gains sine July V- when the great offensive started ,to that at the pres* ent rate of progress it will ba years before the Germans arc driven out of France and at the end of tho drivo there will be no population left on cithtr side. If this clearing out of tho German Invaders was contingent upon driving them out foot by foot, as would nat urally be Indicated ty the character of the recent advances, this would undoubtedly be tht orrect point of view. Fortunately for both the British and the French this Is not the case. As pointed out two weeks ago In my first review of the Allies’ offensive, tvery attack is leveled against came strategic point In the German linea where success will affect not the mere territory over which the Allies have been ablt to fight their way, but, through cutting an absolutely necessary means of communication, will result In the enforced evacua tion of a very much larger area. In studying the moves of the Brit ish and French, therefore, this must be kept in mind and every gain anal yzed with respect to its relation to the general object to be attained. Before this general^ objective can be reaohed many minor objtctlves of local Importance must bo interject ed. and It Is toward these, as a pre liminary phase, that we must first look. Because of the frequent reference to railroads and the necessity that they be kept open as lines of com munication and supply, there is a tendency to look upon every railroad as being. In .a sense at least, vital to any army's subsistence. This Is far from being the case. The Paris-Verdun railroad, for ex ample, Is the main line feeding Ver dun from the west. It has been un der direct fire of the German big guns for weeks. Yet Verdun Is not only holding out, but the French troops have experienced no shortage of ammunition and there Is no Indi cation that the food supply Is In the slightest degree below normal Teh reason I ' Tent automobile xonsport service has boen develop ed which greatly relieves the strain on railroad facilities. In the second place, the French have built behind their lines a narrow gangs railroad similar to that used In the mines In this country, which road taps the main stem beyond the tone of mili tary Are and brings auppltes up from tho rear where they cannot be reach ed by the German guns. There Is. therefore, no reason to suppose that the Germans have not been equally provident and farsight' ad. At the same time It Is also true that fa order that these methods of supplying troops be successful there must be, In addition to the auxiliary and temporary railroad systems, good dirt reads over which the automo biles may travel. These roads are abundant threagb- oat France but, at the same time, there are eectloas of several e*uare miles la area that are not fed by such roads and In these cases the cutting of any of the lines coming up to or bounding them Is very apt to cause cohalderable embarrassment. It Is this condition which Is now con* it which the British drive Is the key to which Is the vll- of BapMmo. — Saturday night closed and found the British line In Its new positions extending In almost a straight line acroes the woods of Tronee and the woods of Mamets westward. The position of the British was very on- favorable for an attack as It was In a hollow with the plstesu of Bapaume rising Immediately before It, which plateau was in German hands. Tbe rim of the plateau waa atrong- "T5TRel9 by German infantry, well in trenched, while in tbe rear, conceal ed in the folds of the ground, was the German artillery. On Sunday morn ing early, after an unusually heavy bombardment, tbe British Infantry charged, took the rim of the plateau, and even advanced beyond it. It was the most important gain tha British had made since July 1 when Uie offensive sUu-ted. In the first place, it has materially strengthened the relative positions of the French and the British by widening the sali ent which the French treated when they drove to the Somme at Peronne. Again, by reaching the plateau, the way was paved for a further ad vance under conditions which would naturally be more favorable. This move carried the British line beyond Longueval, so that when Sun> day night fell the line ran from a point through the northern edge of Longueval. These patches of small woods give the keynote to the German system of defense on this local front. The con ception Is the same as that which actuated the Russians to adopt the triangle of Volhynia and, in other parts of their front, to construct the system ot quadrangle fortifications. This will be made clear by a consid eration of the triangle formed by the three woods for which the British have been lighting. • These are the woods of Delville, of Bozentln, and of Foureaux. It Is obvious that it tbe British attempted to drive between tbe first two of these, reinforcements could be sent from the third. Any movement against one would* be subjected to a tax from the other two. . It 4s a peculiarly strong system of defease and gave the British more trouble than any other section on this front. By persistent attacks, however, they took the first two ot thsee positions, but subsequently lost most ofths woods of Delvllls through A German counter attack. Later la the woods wore almost entirely retaken aad as this article Is being written 1 FYlday night) the Iroodg of Four- ward toward the Junction of tbe Lips end the Styr. After extended preparations the Russians y^cjkline -» .k^ "Phfnis niintioned. The Teutons were commanded by Ocn. von Linplngen support for their dtfense, and re- ... , - - „ . duces their defense to the Held works th a m *? r 5 e of Au * trl&n8 an( * which they have recently monstruct- f tte £ predominating. e d i ..'-'I Both ends of the Teuton line gave It may be noted that the Foureaux an< * forced to retreat. The woods are a part of the third line of centre soon became Involved, and In German defense. It is not known f noura the entire line waa fall- how maiij>‘ lines the Germans have ,n £ back precipitately. Mile after constructed since the western front F 1 . ® wa * P 488 ** 1 until the line of the settled dofvn to French warfare, but, reached., sooner or later the limit will be ,T he « U88la n 8 w ere ,n close pur- reached and the advance of the Allies *■ ’ 80 c *° 8e t^Bt many of the troops can go forward at a greater rate. The Brltsh line, as it is now con stituted, runs almost in a straight were unable to cross on the hur rledly constructed pontoon bridges and were captured. More Important line due east from a point north of i ^mtslan standpoint, was Ovlllers through the woods of Four- i'“*® ^ act t * ,at B»®re was no time to eaux. From there It breaks to the acrofts the large guns which had south to the outskirts of the village) be *? 1 t,e f e n«*ug the German position, of GInchy. This almost brings It in ?? ,<, 8eTe **teesi of them fell into the lint with the French advance north B 1188 *" 1 hands. and west of the Somme. There Is one point, particularly, to be noted In the week’s operation— German counter attacks have been They were Immediately turned against the retreating Teutons, who endeavored to take up and hold a line south of the Llpa. This they frequent and have followed practl- succeeded in doing In sections, but cally every gain that has been made. ) j other places the Russians succeed- These counter attacks have beneraily In crossing Immediately behind been complete failures. This indi cates a lessening of the German force. 1 When It Ik realized that, before the Infantry is sent forward, all trenches and other positions which could af ford shelter are level and that the counter attacks are launched almost before the British have time to dig in, the relative strength of the at» tack and counter attack can be figur ed. North and west of the Somme the French, after lying quiet In their trenches for some days, launched an attack on tho front extending from Combles aouth to Soyecourt. Be tween Soyecourt and Barleaux all of the German first line positions were taken. North of the river, the gain was them. In this movement thirteen thousand additional prisoners were captured, in additionto a number of small guns. It was the second great Russian victory in as many weeks, the first being the forcing of the passage of the lower Styr and icompelllng the Germans to retreat all along the Styr to the line of the Stokhod. After reaching the Llpa river there was a pause of two days and the Russians again launched an at tack against this same section ,ot the line. Again the Austrians gave way. The Russians forced the crossing of the river on a wide front and drove tne Austrians back practically to the front door of Galicia. This move more than any other that has been made in this sector threatens not only the Austrian position along the much more Important and extended : Strip*, but also the approaches to from the village of Clery past the * outskirts of Maurepas along a narrow road which runs from Clery to Com bles. The German salient which has been pushed forward to withiiy about a mile of the river between Blaches Lemberg. Again, as In so many other move ments of the war, the railroads fur nish the key to the entire situation. Tbe principal railroad in this dis trict, running eastward from Lem- and Barleux baa placed the Germans j berg, la that to Dubno running In this section at a decided dlaadvan tage.- The French In the first place bold ,11 the helahn arlcaux. The line Join. lh( these two point* le practically straight. From this line toward the east the ground elopes down to the river. The Germans are, therefore, fighting with the river at their bark. Bach fresh advance of the French brings the Hermans nearer and naar-l Bug river le reached er to the point where they will haveL Tha Bug crosses the to fall back across the river. through Brody. With thla railroad under the fire of the Ruscalan artll- The situation- with respect to this railroad la this: Tbe Austrians occu py the line of hills running due west from the Styr parallel to the Gall- clan border. In their rear there le no lias of defease formed by any natural obstacle until the line of the CHICAM POLICE BLOW UP fH7Y HFW FAKifflf Colored Man and His Wife Arm Themselves With Rifles and Terrorize Neighborhood. A negro religious fanatic becom ing violently insane at Chicago Tues day shot four persons to death, wounded three and was himself killed with his wife after one hun- dred and fifty police had dynamited the house in which he was barricad ed. Hundreds of shots w^re exchanged between the crazed slayer, H. J. Mc Intyre, and the police who besieged his flat, In a two story brick struc ture at 320 North Irving avenue. After three charges of dynamite had been exploded, and an attempt made to fire the structuro with gasoline, Mclntye and his wife, who were arm ed with powerful rifles, were killed. The police were hold At bay for more than an hour. McIntyre's wife is supposed to have assisted him at least to the ex tent of re-loading his weapons as a cartridge belt was found around her waist similar to the one worn by her husband.* Her head was blown off by the explosion of dynamite. The dead: Suart Dean, policeman: Mrs. Josephine Overmeyer, Edward Knox, negro: Alfred Mathews, ne gro: H. J. McIntyre, negro, the craz ed man; Hattie McIntyre, wife of the slayer. The injured include two police men and Knox’s wife. The explo sions blow the rear porch and part of the kitchen into the alley and when the police were ablo to enter the building It was a wreck. The HUte of the War. The end of last week <4kv a slight lull In the,repeated thrusts of ihe Fritish and French against the Ger man '.inert in the northern part of France, but no one believes that the end la near. Allied officials express themselves as satisfied with the pro gress being msec, and even Impart'al observer^ are ready to admit that the positions'^of tho Allies aro censibly ^eryth^Au^U^po^monslong^^ improve*.- Ttw mills!' Thla oprrwtio*. whea done under fire, la exceedingly ooetly, aad It Is highly probable that la * abort time the Germaa liae went of the river will be ahaadoaed, ant pne- slbly aa a meaaare of aeceaolty, bat for tsalaglial reasnas. —- Tha French, of course, hare as thslr Immediate objective Peronne They will probably not be able to tako It from tho rlvor side The 1 Lemberg * Du boo road Just to the asst of tho town of Kraano, where tha railroad from Ternopol cuts In to the Lem berg-Brody road. Once this Una la reached tha Une along tho Strips must fall back to tho Slot* Llpa. oa Its principal lines of communication will ho cht. In fact, tha Austrians would not under nny circumstances continue to bold tha Strips lines once the rail road la tbraataaed. The satire con trol oft he eHaatloa la northern Gall* da Is rapidly Somme, on this front ls lined with ^ ,* u tI tremely probable wl0e marsh belts which make Its de-1 that before another week has gome ftidsa oomparatlvaly simple. To taka b tfc# Au , tr1u> , |M between tho Poronea therefore, a Una through Dnl «. t „ ADd lba Qelldan border the north of the river will have to be wl „ ratlra to th# VMt . I advanced to the highway from This move will not nocooanrlly af Peronne to Bnpnume. so th^ tht I f#ct th# llM , y 0 ,by,ia. They mny Oermnn. will be ngnln penned In bo* Btin con t| lu . «, bold their poaUlon tween the French Une nnd n river. on lhe gt okh od In front of Kovel, this time the Cologne. | It „ apparent. The week past has been a Mngu- that the Teatoas cannot hold both loriy happy one for the Kaseimns. Kovel nnd 1 .eraberg. There are not After their great successes In the serins of battle which they began on June 4. they were to nil nppenrancoa checked along tha Stokhod river. It waa assumed by the German press that they had accomplished all that they had reason to hope for, nnd were content to intrench themselvee In their new positions nnd hold against German counter attacks the ground which they had gained. The-German press, however, was somewhat too sanguine. Russia has no Idea of luting up. Her previous successes had only whetted her ap petite, and the period of quiescence the Teuton linee were txperienclng was due entirely to the fact that Russia was preparing another sledge hammer blow. enough men to oppose the Russian attack on both points, nnd yet both points are necessary to the retention of their present line* The Austrians are also menaced on the Carpathian sector. Between Transylvania and Jablontlsa the en tire situation la In Russian hands The passes through the Carpathians have not been forced, but the Rus sians have reached the ridge, aad-j -"'**' the battle for the passes Is now on. Between the Dniester end the Pruth the Russians have been more or leas Inactive for some time as If preferring, to extend their energy In s thorough cleaning out of Buko- wtna. The Austrian line In this sec tor has already been pushed far away from their Strips position, and Russia had not, as Germany flgur* I h « r « a8 ,n th « north - ,f ‘ h « Auatrlen «i out, again run short of ammuni- K^® 8 . way ® v ® n ‘ ual,3 \ the Au8 - tlon. Apparently her reserves are trlans are faced with disaster. still ample even to meet the tremen- Alon K ^ h ® J® 8 ^ of th ® froat f ^ om dous srain that is blng Imposd on ^ the Pinsk marshes, the Rus- thm. As for mn sh has an inex- 8 an8 ^T® Mto been on the of fen h&usible supply, and It seems now . 8lv ®‘ B is doubtful, however, wheta- that there are more trained troops | er real *y expect to accomplish in the field than when the battle of Anything on these fronts other than the Carpathians was in progress. Russia has proved the woner na tion of the 4 war, greater than Ger many, Jhan Franco, than England. We may admire the German organi zation of the nation Itself and of Its military force. It is the . work of genius, a collective genius In which all are working for what they con sider the common good. But greater than tho genius that inspired the German organization is the spirit that cannot only sustain a defeat, even though that defeat be as disastrous and as devastating as was the Russian defeat by tbe Ger mans last year, but can rise above that defeat, rebuild and reconstruct, with wonderful patience and cour age, a new and better army, an army that can fight in & modern way with modern equipment, and in the fight in g modern way with modern equip ment, and in the fight defeat disas trously the same troops which but nine months ago drove them across half a continent. No liner page in the military his tory of the world evlsto than the Russian move to prevent the transfer of troops from this section to the south In additionto carrying on this ac tive offense on a line over one thou sand miles in length, the Grand Duke Nicholas, operating in the Cau casus Mountains, has revived a cam palgn which, apparently, had been postponed in order to give Gen. Bru- siloff every possible advantage The direct object in this campaign Is and has been ever since the fall ofc Erzerum, the fortress of Erbin- gan. Beyond Iti of course, lies .the back door of Constantinople, but the Immediate object does'not reach.^ao far. Early In the week the Russians announced the capture ot Baiburt, a point for which’ they have been heading for months past. The fall of this point evidently destroyed all the Turkish resistance. There is no point in this region that Was of greater value to Turkish arms. It had been used by them ever since the fall of Treblzond as a base for their counter offensive throfigh which they ’hoped to plear the Rus sians -out of the Treblzond-Erzerum .«k-. fighting I. n north, ,««». [jj "r^nnrtlTb. ^ToridSf KSn There has been groat activity In “. . ^ .Itwo different part* of tha front, on fr**** the Stow hod and In Bukowlna. The awayto be of practical lit In aueh a mountainous country so devoid of road*. The Russians have pushed west of mataat sn/vw*. t» a Baiburt over thirty-five miles; all of S orepots Indicate that their Uokhod sec?^^^ fin eaaflaaA-1* W* thelfti tabbed waarqr+aB'frfrM+r P*?* 1 ai 1 111 n™/ ,a Apparently twelve alien north of tha Upa river. Mwotb twiajachl aad Bchklta. from which point It carved seath- fmll retreat. Oa all 4 their advance np to- the French succeea and pressure up on Peronne bids fair to grow as the day* pass by. Around Verdun the Oermaas have delivered another desperate attack and while they made some progress the French data to have recaptured a considerable portion of the ground loot. In fact. It appears that the at tack upon Verdun has to some ex teat been hindered by the rigor of the of fensives which the AiUea have start ed elsewhere along tha worldwide bettlefront, but aavartheleas tha Ger mans era still at the Job. aad there la ae rent on to doubt but their alttaato succeea unlaaa the pressure elsewhere eoDtlaoee to grow stronger Along the huge eastern front the Russians hare suited to bombard th# extrema northern extremity but nothing baa happened la tha Riga section which would Justify much attantioa there at this time. Further to the south, arouad Koval, tha alt uatlon la mors dangerous and tha Russians appear to have a good chance of a striking victory, because tha German Haas to tbe north and aouth are bent back until tha limit la near at hand. When the positions before Kovel become dangerous bo- cause of these two forces to the rear a general retirement will hav to be carrid out by tha Teutons In this sec tion. Shall the Movies be Censored? That tie press la an Wf!R 9l In Bukowlna and in the far ex tremes of the Turkish empire the Russians continue to progress although there has been little appre ciable notice of their gains in Buko wlna, which have been discounted by the claim issued some time ago that tbe province waa cleared. ReporU that Cossacks have entered Hungary is important if true, for the destruc tion of tbe Hungarian wheat fields will be a tremendous loss to the cen tral empires.- The Turks are grad ually retreating before the Russians, but no alarming development has happened to them there. The cotton seed of the crop this year may bring in to the farthers as much money as did the entife cotton crop of 1898. The recent floods In South Caro Una, Tennessee and Virginia ought to say something to the voters about conversation. They are now trying to figure out when is the best time for work. A Yale professor says January Is the month of least work In the year and that July and Augukt come next in the point of human inefficiency for labor. For the fiscal year ending June' 30 the foreign trade of the United State* wan in excess of six and a half bil lion of which exports were shout two-thirds. It was In 1872 that our trade first reached the billion dollar mark. „ — THSTfOTfl IHeihs that It has a pos sibility of great harm. So it is with the moving picture shows. Ten years ago- no one foresaw the wonderfpl progress which has been made in this industry, just as no one imagined that one out of every four people 1m the United States would at this tinm- be daily attendants of these places of amusement. The fact Is we are going to be compelled to remodel our opinion about the silent drama. It is here with a rush that spells permanent success, and the only question is to what extent *is Its growth to con tinue. Are we to have, some day in the future, the moving picturq^show In the place of the dally paper, with its pictures competing with the vivid English of experienced reporters? It lies In the future, in the far future, perhaps, but no one is ready to laugh at the idea. Such being the case it seems about time that something was being done in a national way towards barring from exhibition the prevalent Im moral pictures. It must be remem bered that the moving picture Is 'more impressive in Its presentation of vice than the reports of the yellow journals. It must be remembered that the moving pictures reach chil dren of tender age, who have never learned the full meaning of the wick edness which Is found in the news of the day. This problem must as some time be attended to, and the present Is the best time to start. Lend your influence to the support of moving picture shows which produce only the cleanest kind of plays. This will be the easiest method of ending the evil. g to - force their Uses bark while Beatralhdag the MU Advertising in n New Way. It baa about come to pass that tho old “public be damned” theory ot """lit 1tr lir ^rfiktkr*^ .fi— ken id-bg-A poller of tbg : public be Informed. We have wit nessed in the last few months several excellent llluetratlone of this changed attitude on tbe part of tha creators of great wealth and tbalr new apprecia tion of the newspaper aa a means to ranch and Inform the people of the country. Bom# Uma ago Senator Tillman of South Carolina introduced a bill In tha Beasts for tha establishment of a government armor plats factory. Since that Uma tha United States Steel Corporation has been setting forth Its aide of the matter In n series of advertisements which have appaarad la moat of tha larger news papers of the country. Without Buy ing anything aa to tha merits of tha controversy we think It U an ad mirable spirit on the part of the big corporation to taka tha land aad en deavor to place IU aid# before tbs people. Similarly, avery>eeder knows ffcaf tbe railways of thin country are now facing n strike on tbe part of most of their workers because of n failure to agree upon tbe question of wages aad labor. Whan tbs last confersnce was sndsd, and tbe workers began tbalr ballot, the railways took thair appeal to tha people, and now there have appeared In practically every paper of prominence, the advertito- ment of tho railwaya, setting forth their tide of the question at hand. We mention these two example* be cause of their general prominence. There have been, and are, examples of local Importance throughout the nation. It is a sign of the times, and It means, that advertising always pays; if it didn’t deliver the goods, the corporations would have some other way. Trading With the Enemy. The citizens of tho UnitoJ King dom hr.vo been prohibited from tr .d- ing with eighty American business firms and individuals ty t ie B’ttlsh government under tho “Trading With the Enemy” Act. This is said to be a fooler, put forth by tho English government, in an efort to find out tho attitude of the American govern ment towards this new w ,apon of tho present war. There can be little doubt but that it raises a matter of serious conse quence between the two govern ments and It is freely stated in Wash ington that President Wilson plann to send an early protest againot this action, cji the practical effect of tho “blacklist” will bo to bar those firms and individuals from the Idport and export trade. The practical effect referred to above Is already being felt in the re- fusal of steamship lines to tako goods offered for shipment or des tined to the blacklisted firms. In? deed, it Is believed that neutrals, rather than incur the powerful dis pleasure of tho British government, will not continue their trade with those under tho ban, because of the fear that they might bo blacklisted, too. Neutral steamship linee arc also refusing to to them pad their trade. >*re< le aefi pet to HINTS FOR 8ARDENERS What to Plant, How to Plant It, and When to Plant It. .. „ The vegetable garden Is perha,^ one of the most important things' the farm and most of the farmers this section have been neglecting tl winter garden. An abundant suppf ter months is very desirable and by- following the directions given out bjr Farm Demonstration Agent L. S- Wolfe this can be accomplished. Probably the vegetable of first im portance for winter use is the Irish potato. This crop if planted about July 15 will make excellent potatoes, for winter use. On account of dry weather It is usually best to mulch them with straw and thereby retain the moisture. Probably the- best variety for this purpose is the Look out Mountain. . Cabbage that is ready for use dur ing the month of November and. December should be planted now and. the plants transplanted about ths middle of August or first of Sep tember. The Charleston Wakefield and the Succession are two very good, varieties for this time of year. Collard plants transplanted about the first of September will withstand weather conditions and be ready for use in December, January and Feb ruary. Kale is a very satisfactory winter salad and should be sown in the early fall. The curled Siberian Is a very good variety. Spinach planted in early fall In a rich place will make excellent salad. The Bloomsdale and Long Standing varieties are recommended. Parsnips and carrots planted in June will be ready for use In the early fall and will keep in the open ground most of the winter. Lettucp sown in October will re main dormant until early sprlnr when they will grow . rapidly ar,- form heads in March. For lett» during January and February ^4 seed should be sown about the fif of September In frames covered wli canvas and thinned to six or eight Inches each day. Big Boston and Boston Market are excellent varie ties lor this purpose. —Ualaaa planted from 0*>e her or NovSmbar will produce good sized bulbs by early epring. Salsify or ‘vegetable oyster If planted not earlier than April will make an excellent table plant lor winter use. Squash planted early In September and with fnvorabl# seasons produce edible frulta before frost For Into or fall tomatoes the seed should bo sown la the open gronnd la June and tha plants tranaplantod la Angust. This will give ample time for tha frnlt to mature before froet If the Immature tomatoes are gather ed before froet aad stored away la a cellar they will ripen Inter. Toma toes gathered In this condition should bo left attached to a stem. For wlntar use the Rutabaga to probably tha beat typo of turnip. Rutabagas should bo planted be tween tho fifth of Angnst aad tbn first ot September, and thinned oat six to eight Inches In the drill. _ Sweet potatoes planted from vine*, will keep much better than those grown from sprouts Ifth* potatoes nr* etored separate from th* other. Pol* beans. Kentucky Wonder va riety. planted In th* totter part of August or early September, will do- well. '"Tor fall beets tha seed should be sown about tha first of September and will be large enough for use by th* firat of November. The Crimson Globe to n good tot# variety. Rape planted In September, Octo ber and November will furnish excel lent salad. With this abundant Hat of vege table* that If planted In the proper time will furnish food for our tnblea during the winter, does It seem that wo have nny excuse for having to live during the winter months on fried meats and the like? With tho canned vegetables and fruits that are put up onthe farm and fresh vegq tables from the winter garden on table during the winter we should a great deal mors healthy, and cer tainly live a 'great deal more eco nomically. » How About Our Neutrality? Since the Deutschland has arrived at Baltimore, and has met with a. reception of great warmth, them seems to be little ground for those who habitually abuse tho neutrality of America to stand upon. Even in the trade with war muni tions Americans have always main tained that the wares of this country were for Germany as much as for Great Britain, but that the absence of German ships on the high seas rendered their delivery impossible. This has been proved, for the subflna- rine Is now loaded to the hatch with nickle and rubber, two of Jhe most needed commodities in tho Central Empire for tho prosecution of the war. More than the 1,140 tons of ctuff which this undersea boat will take back with her, there la stored, ac cording to reliable information, near Baltimore immense quantities of copper and sulphuric acid, ready for the arrival of the next submarine merchant ship to carry them back to Germany. The decision of tho Washington government that the new ship was h ship of peace In the face of British and French representations that the was a “potential warphlp,” ought convince Teutonic sympathizers our government la keeping to path of true neutrality. We are glad evenTf for this on# trip, because It has shown tha world what America la ready to de la thw way ef gtvtog fair aad equal treat- meat to all I