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/ * , fiHEEIi KiJi ms " uc[ ,r i r?Sr ra „iE*ST SEES BirilE lillES OUT MID EXPLAINS NATION’S ATTITUDE TO THE EUROPEAN WAR £lOOKS OUT FOR 6REECE Hellenic 1 King Constantine Says Kingdom Will Join Entente "When ever She Sees Benefit to Herself by so Doing—Not Bound by Any Teu- ’{'■nlc Pledge. ' On September 1 the staff corre spondent of the Associated Press ob tained the interview with King Con stantine, of Greece that follows. It Is impossible to say which of the cen sorships through which it passed held the dispatch at the time. Various reports concerning the attitude of Greece and King Constantine were allot in the first days of the present month, but even London received no official dispatches for several days. The interview was given about the time the Entente Allied fiefct was taking position at Piraeus, the port of Athens, and revolutionary out breaks \^re reported taking place in Macedonia. -———— | King Constantine received the cor respondent of the Associated Press in' his summer palace just previous to a visit from the British minister at Athens. The King spoke of the pres ent situation with the utmost frank-; ness, although ref jsing to be direct-; ly quoted. He said that Greece was ready to join the Entente allies, whenever she could see her benefit; and certain advantage in so doing.; The King expressed indignation TD CARS ir NEW YORK Traction Companies Promised Ado- Safeguard Whenever Service la Resumed. Repeated threats of a great strike to help the striking street car em ployees caused all branches of the New York city government charged with enforcing the laws to prepare Friday for outbreaks of mob vio lence. Mayor Mltchel’s notice that he stood ffeady to invoke all the civil and Military power at his command to suppress disorder was followed by greater police activity and a warn ing that persons convicted of engag ing in strike riots would receive heavy punishment. The police department told the traction companies that they could re-establish night service as soon as they 'were ready, under assur ance of adequate protection. Thus far sixty-seven hundred policemen liave been disposed at strategic points. This police guard includes a patrol of fifty automobiles and one hundred motorcycles along the most exposed routes. Trade union leaders representing about seven hundred thousand work ers will meet to decide whether to issue a call for a general strike. Some of the labor leaders said such a strike, if ordered, would_. begin Monday or Tuesday. ..5t* The call, they said, would be based on the ground that organized wage earners should not ride in cars manned by strikebreakers. Cross- town surface lines where cars ran Thursday night were not molested. The lines were under heavy police guard. The early morning bombardment of elevated trains were resumed, however, strike sympathizers lurking CENTRAL POWERS PUT ENEMY IN EASTERN CAHPANNS CLAIM FRESH VICTORIES SCANDINAVIA PM PEACE ' JBCtilBC KBMl HI HUM r BLEASE SAKS ELECTION WAS ^ * STOLEN FROM DIM AGAIN 1 co^tr** ** Northern Fighting on Huge Beale Develops In Runsion Front and In the Balkans * —Allies Win Near Monastic, Driv ing Bulgars Out of Fiorina. Fighting on a huge scale is in progress along the eastern war front, whence the center of Interest has shifted following the let-up in the heavy Allied attacks along th Somme. Evidence is accumulating that th central powers are devoting thei MINING SAFELY AHEAD The Charleston American, Bleasa Paper, Publishes Leading: King Haakon, of Norway, apeaking at a dinner given to the Swedish and Danish ministers of state in Chris tiana, declared that the Scandtanvian nation* were united tn their desire to remain neutral, according to a I dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Bleaee company. The dinner at which the i King spoke was given in connection Bide of Recent Primary—Hints at; with a series of conferences which are being held at the Norwegian cap ital by the Scandinavian minister of state. King Haakan said that the con ferences were only Intended to pro tect Scandinavian interests. The meetings, which win continue mom t - ALLIES POUND _ ERSFORSIALL INTEREST IN BAUARS Open Bolt to Progressive Republi cans—Manning Carried Twenty- eight Counties. With complete returns- from all Front Does Kofi Vary. The week in Europe has itlnuation of against the for the ABM proeenro me of the Contra! but one county and with official tab-| throughout the week, are the out- Powers, a pressure marked ly ulations having been made in a ma jority of the counties, the early lead of Gov. Manning of nearly 5,000 main attention to the campaigns In ; v °t eB over Cole L. Blease has been the east, concentrating large forces 1 sustained. Only two small boxes in agaiu Field Marshal Mackensen in brudja, and putting all possible avail-J Manning’s majority is 4,789. that it could be thought by any one, ^on rooftops throwing bricks and bot- inucb less published, that he is bound by any pledge to any one not to make war or that be has been moved in his course hitherto by any reasons save those he conceived to be for the greatest good of his untry. He de clared that the sit tion up- to. the Bulgarian invasion of Greek-Mace-1 donia and Rouman's entry into the war had not reveiled with sufficient ties which .shatered car windows. GERMAN ATTACKS FAIL Effort to Whip French on Somme With FaJlueer - —- come of the earlier meeting, by the , mal] locill .ucceo.es, but a* on* Mg Kings of Denmark, Norway and 8we- . _ .. 4 . , den at Malmo, at which it was de- •dvwce. On the western sad east- cided that the three nations should ern fronts it is * resumption »f tb* co-operate to safeguard their rights old trenchto-treach warfare, whU* as neutral state. Uhe Balkan campaigns have witness^ . The correspondent of the Exchange «... - . . ( against Roumania, notably under McCormick county remain to be Tele g raph company in an interview DO-, herd „om. E ,c,ud,„ 8 '• eia'n m'aleh m way "or I ‘ n a Halicz and the menacing drives 0 f. P ortion of the countie9 ln making the two would be forced to follow j the Russians and Roumanians in the ; official count, but the discrepancies The Premier replied: Carpathians and Transylvania. practically balanced. The total vote “Norway and Sweden will never' * , * C _y°Vi Both Berlin and Sofia Wednesday corded is 137,719 against 13 7,791 enter the war against each other. A the Me^while .Swill renort the develonment of a ereat ‘ c»»t two weeks agp. The two out- secret agreement, which was made posbid**- Wieanwniie, a baule on the Hhe the Russians afd < landing boxes should bring the total between the two governments in the ^ ^^Id wfth E up to that of the first primary. . , anxious days of August, 1914, is a BaB "‘to ^on atacsensen * By the official returns Georgetown, guarantee that such a thing will * r,nir of Germans, Turks and Bu»- which has been a stronghold of Mr. never happen." i? r8 wh , a ^ e te drive tb* Blease in several previous elections, Asked if there was a corresponding , “™ a “ laM K i ro 1 m ^ a 1 * T ®* ad *°otn engagementr they declare, TsTurning, * 8 piaced in the Manning column by agreement between Denmark and" in favor of the force of the central 30 votes. Chesterfield, which was Norway, Premier Knudson replied in powers under von Mackensen. * Lat- ol® 0 designated as t doubtful count the negative. Both Berlin and Sofia Wednesday! iport the development of a grejt battle on the line the Russians and the Roumanians hsve taken up in Dobrudja to defend the railroad route into interior Roumania from Constanza, on the Black sea. Tho In an effort to retrieve In part .... . . . ..their lost territory, the Germans certainty the advantage to be gained Wednesday, despite the bad weather, by Greece to compensate for the risks! made Tlolent counler atlack8 againa » and unquestionable cost in live, and the Frenfh over a thre *. ml ,e front property bound to follow Greek par- ln the region of th# Prlei farm aLd tlctpation in the war. Bouchavesnes, north of the Somme. king Constantine referred with! , n mag8 , ormaUon the Teutons particular feeling to the fate almost threw attack after attack £ , on the certain to orertake more than a m.l- line from nlne 0 . c , 0ck , n the morn . Hon Greeks living n Asia Minor and.^ unti , dark and a the end of lhe Thrace in the event of Greece finding da a the w#r# ev< . rywh „ ft herself engaged in hosti.ities "ith holding their positions, according to Turkey, and ha po.nted out that Paria> % Bd the b a , t , e neld at points white thorn who judge, Greece and waa covered wlth German dead, himself harshly for what Is regarded, I)urlnK th(j flKhtinK the 0< , rman# as inaction. thc> (,>* o no thought to penet^ted the northeasteru part of the prospect of condemi lng to the yU , of Buchavegnos> but here ,ot . of .% Armenian. G-eeek women! the French th eni with the bayo- and cldldren caugh in the tolls of and dlglodged thein . Four a ^ ‘“•jnrkw .... .. . j 1 saults at Pries farm in which the Ger- The k ®a |d the w o r,d regarded i on | n waves were repuls- wlth callousness due to ignorance, d b French, whose observers L. e i e4, / < i tUat, ° n «®“' arn ‘“« tha at - assert that the German, at last wlth- tltude of Greece, crltlclslnf the coun- drew , n dlK)rd<)rt leavlDf many dead est reports from, theffighting in Ga licia and Volhynia show the Teutons on the offensive and claiming decided advantages over the uussians under General Brusiloff. As has frequently been the cas^ when decisive developments wer l lacking, Petrograd Wednesday is k lent regarding the operations alon the Russian front, reporting merel that there have been no ifflportan happenings^ Turkish troops, which appear to for two days after the ballot had been cast, but which had been prac tically conceded by some to the Blease forces, has also been carried by the present governor. His lead in Chesterfield was 63. The addition! of these two gives Gov. Manning aj clear majority in 28 of the 45 coun ties. ' . The -7 counties carried by Mr. Blease were: Abbeville, Aiken, An- I derson, Charleston. Cherokee, Clar- ' endtra, Horry, Laurens, Lee, Now- berry, Oconee, Pickens. Richland, have played an Important part in j Saluda, SparUnburg, Union and stuffening the lines of the Teutonic j York lines in the east, have been success- No word of acce ptance of the re- ful in the recent fighting in Galicia, 1 gu u primary comes from ex- Constantinople announces Wednes-! 0overnor Bleaae. The Charleston day. A forty-eight hour battle with; Amerlcan> the Chief Blease paper in superior Russian forces resulted in 1 the 8late published Friday (his dls- the Turks completely maintaining patch froin Columbia: try and the government for v u rgain- ing when the Greeks alone could know and estimate the frightful cost of a war to Greece. Hd laid stress on the difference betw-sn Greece's situation and HoumaniVs in this re spect. Quite frankly, the K ng aimitt»d that the presence '* Bulgarians in Macedonia and Roumanla's entry into the war would greatly complicate the situation, constituting a new element which might easily alter the promises upon which the policy of Greece hitherto has been based. The King declared that all these new elements had to be duly considered and welgh- «d before Greece coqld be justified in changing her position, but he add ed that they now were being thought over and the course of Greece would depend on the result of thut condi tion and on nothing else. With pro- behlnd them. CONGRATULATES MCCOMBS President Wires New York Nominee and Predicts Victory. Victory for the Dimocr-tlc ticket ia New York State In the November elections was predicted by President Wilson Wednesday night after the receipt of returns from the pri maries Tuesday. The president in dicated hia belief that Progressive voters in New York will support the Democrats. Taking his first t.ctive part in the campaign. .Mr. Wilson sent telegrams of congratulation to W’m. F. Mc Combs, the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate, and to found earnestness King Constantine Judge Samuel Seabury, the nominee stated it was not the moment to talk of his deciding the fate of Greece, aor of the government deciding, nor t any political party in Greece, indl- for governor. The message, t ► Mr. McCombs follows: “I congratulate you most warmly on your nomination by the Democrats BRITISH SURGE AHEAD eating the action the country mupt of New York for the United States take but as he put it. “the hour will | Senate. A united body of Progressive come when we want the voice of the' voters will be behind you.” soul of Hellas to dictate the future of our race.’’ The King receive 1 the correspon dent while lying on a sofa in a dark ened room. Physicians and nurses are still in attendance upon him on account of the fever and continual irritation of the wound, which keeps the Ki&g confined to I}ls room and in a state of constant- personal annoy ance, when not in actual pain. Notwithstanding . his mental an guish, the Greek sovereign apparent ly is trying to see clearly the way leading to the salvation of his country under circumstances which are alter ing hourly. » I GERMAN RAIDER AT SEA?-,. ■ I,. ...— .i ^ | . •• * * ' * ■ British Authorities at Newport New Secure Information. Foreign ships arriving at Newpoi News, Va., have reported to the Bri ish authorities that them i® another German raider in the Atlantic. One told of sighting a vessel that started for her, but changed her mind when she saw smoke froifi what appeared to be a warship some distance away They also report that ships listed by Lloyd’s as lost are believed to have falleh victims to this mysterious raider. The British authorities will give no details as to where the ves sel was seen. Shipmasters are care ful not to do so, as their commands would be-endangered. Friday Reports Tell of Gains on Homme Front. The British again are striking hard on the Somme front. Their latest thrust, delivered Thursday night, netted them two lines of German trenches on a line about a mile'long between Flers and Martinpuich. It is at this point that the British have pushed farthest towards Bapaume, which is but little more than three miles distant from Flers. Thursday night’s advafied straightens out the former bend in the line from Martin puich to Flers, which now runs al most directly east and west. The French for their part-of the Somme fighting have had another series of German attacks to cope' with. Strong fprcea advanced in waves against positions recently cap tured by the French between Ran court and Priez farm. According to Paris the Germans did not even reach the French lines, being forced back to their trenches with heavy losses MAY FALLBACK ... Germany Will Conserve Men on the Western Front. I*lanning''for Peace? That definite plaus were outlined r *l recent conference* between Presi dent Wilson and peace advocates for • bringlne sbout peace t» Europe. -the declaration made Thursday by Chancellor David Starr Jordan of Stanford Unlvurrity ia California, who ha* Just returned from Waah- thelr positions. In Macedonia the trend of the campaign appears to favor the en tente armies. The Serbians are re ported In a continued tJranee along the western end of the line, driving the remaining Bulgarians out of Fior ina and capturing the highest peak in the Kalmakicalan range north of Lake Ostrovo. Sofia, however, de nies the success claimed for the Ser bians. Along the Stokhod river, in Rus sia, the Germans and Austro-Hunga rians have taken the offensive against the Russians, and, according to Ber lin. near Sarecze have crossed the river in pursuit of their retreating foe, and have captured thirty-one of ficers and twenty-five hundred and eleven men and seventeen machine guns. Here four lines of Russian trenches were penetrated by the Teu tonic allies, says Vienna. In Galiacia, a counter attack by tb forces of the central powers alon the Narayuvka river, southeast < 1 .cmberg, brought a further succei to their arms, and resulted in th capture of an additional forty-tw. hundred men. In the Ludowa region of the Car pathians the Russians have gained some new positions in the fighting among the snow-capped peaks. The war chancellories at Berlin, Sofia, and Berlin record victories for the Teutonic allies over the Rouman ians in Transylvania, near Hatzeg, according to Berlin, the invading Roumanians have been repulsed and are being pursued by the Austro-Ger- mans, while In Dobrudja the new line formed by the Russians south of the Constanza railway, and running from the Black Sea to the Danube, has been penetrated at some points and several villages captured. DOBRUDJA BATTLE FAVORS TEUTONS DECLARES BERLIN German Capital Says Enclrcli*g Movement Cause Entente - Forces to Fall Back. The tide of the great battle in the Roumanian province of Dobrudja again has turned, this time in favor of the central powers, .according to Berlin Friday. • Field Marshal, von Mackensen has succeeded in breaking the Rouman ian and Russian resistance, the Ger man war office reports, executing an encircling movement which compell ed the Entente 'forces to retreat In disorder. Thursday night an official an nouncement from Bucharest declared that the battle which had been in progress for six days had ended Wed nesday with the defeat of the Ger mans, Bulgarians and Turks, who wore retiring southward, burning yillages as they went. If the German victory turns out to be decisive the situation promises to develop seriously for the Roumanians and Russians who have been fighting to protect the railroad running from Constanta, on the Black Sea, to Affidavit*, letters and tele grams have been filed at the Blease headquarters to-day. show ing the use of money, whiskey, in timidation of voters and fraud in the count of the governor'c race last Tuesday. This information comes from responslbl < people from different parts of the state When asked what action would be taken. If any, ex-Gov. Blease smiled and said: “I am not talk ing but I have the proof that I have been defrauded In the most debauched election ever . held in this State, radical days not ex cepted.” It was reported later, not from Mr. Blease, but from one of hi* lieutenants, that the “evidence would be laid before the state exe cutive committee." It is possible • that another primary for governor will be ordered. Because of these evidences of fraud coming to light coupled with the Republican convention In ses sion here to-day all kinds of rumors as to probable outcome are afloat and are creating consider able comment in political eircles here. While definite Information as to what course will be adopted by Mr. Blease and his advisors is not yet obtainable, still the con stant stream of rinltoifi from every part of the state to his headquar ters and the ominous silence ob served is taken to mean that some thing definite is in the wind. Beneath this is certain talk “that there never was more danger of a formidable revolt in the Democratic party" and a full account of the Pro gressive Republican meeting heTd in Columbia recently. This is the talk of Bleast's lead ing newspaper, but in the meanwhile nothing has happened to explain away Manning’s apparent majority of 4,789. In an effoit to help, The American says: As throwing a side light on the recent election an interesting story filters in from the Third Congres sional district where Dominick de feated Aiken. It Is an explanation of why Blease was defeated, while more Bleasites weie elected than ever before. The Manning organization cen tered its every effort on the defeat of Blease. they would trade with— anybody for Manning votes in the Third district, they traded Aiken to get Blease votes. Dominick was not a party to this, in tact knew nothing of it. In some epunties trades were made over minor races like sheriff. . In Anderson by these means and others more questionable, Man ning’s vote of 900 in the first was run to 3,000 in the second. Re ports of the use of money, giving names of specific instances, con tinue to come into Mr. Blease’s office. • . ' ■ ' • •s* . Blease. Manning. DUTCH QUEEN THANKFUL Tells Parliament She's Glad (Vxiiv- try’s Out of War. Queen Wllhelmlna, of Holland, on opening the Dutch parliament, Tues day, says a Central News dispatch from The Hague, expressed thank- fatness that the country had not been involved in the war. She said: "We ran tin ae to follow the line of duty OlcUKod by the law of na tions for neutral state* and firmly resolved to defend our Independ ence and maintain our rights ngainnt whoever may eeek to at tack them. Our military forcen are being augmented as also are our stores of arms and ammunition." of the Danube river. The Bulgarian move, zt first thought to be * threat against Buch arest, the Roumanian capital. Is be lieved to be for the purpose of se curing Bulgaria’s northern frontier against a. Russian Invasion through Roumania, the line of the Danube river being the logical defonstvo line for such a stand. But th« Russians appear to be working tketr way down the Black sea coast into Bulgaria, and Varna, the principal Bulgarian seaport, just across the frentler, al ready has been cleared of all but the military garrison, according to re ports. The RussRuis. in addition, are working westward, in conjunc tion with the Roumanians, across the western Roumanian frontier Into Serbia, a vital point, tor the Bertin- Conatantinople railway passes teas than thirty Inilss away, jest south of Belgrade. On tbs Mscedonlsn front, as tb* Allied line north of Salonlki, Greece, is now called, the British and Ser bians evinced quite a bit of activity INVESTIGATING NAVY YARDS One Station South Hatters* to be Favored. Referring to the economic life of | the country which every day Is be-; during the week, and the bJgariaa ' ing more affected ly the war, the wings were hnrled back from some Queen said that tbs government was of th* positions gained in their at- taking steps to supply the people tacks of a few weeks ago. Conslder- | with food. Efforts also were being able artillery activity also has been made to amellorat* conditions in th* reported from the center of th# line, Dutch East Indies. but It Is not believed that ths Allies are yet ready for heir comblaed smash northward. King Constantins, of Greece, and his cabinet and political advisers contlnu* to putste over th* riddle I ahead of them. Having bowed to the demands of th* Entente Allies. .. . . ., ! Greece is la a peculiar position. Her By th* recent naval appropriation 1 entlr . t#rTltory being used for war act the president was authorised to; purpo ^. by tha Animi ^ ^ appoint a commission of five officers haT , ng considerable to say as to tb* of the navy not below the rank •r c ond*et of the government: yet commander to investigate and report - at the beginning of th* next regular seaslon of congrees on the advisabil ity of improving an exleting or es tablishing an additional navy yard south of Cape Hatteras, of a charac ter adequate for the proper naval de fence of that portion of the country. The same commission is charged with reporting also on the desirability of establishing an additional navy yard or station on the Pacific coast. On the recommendation of the secretary of the navy, the following d isting uisbod^afUcera have^lpen ap pointed to constltuts tlrt commis sion: Rear Admiral James M. Heim, Rear Admiral Washington L. Capps, Rear Admlra! H. H. Rousseau, Capt. George W. McElroy, Commander Charles L. Hussey. FATHER KILLS TEACHER The belief is held in Berlin that even if Germany's opponents in the west have not beqn completely weak ened, a continuance of the attacks with their former Intensity is an Im possibility, because the " Anglo- French offensive, especially that of last week, has cost them so heavy. =rRsperts from tb* front reiterate that, little as tbs German troops like to retreat, this-policy is preferred, }f thereby lives can be saved at the pease of comparatively 1 territory. Abbeville 1,159 Aiken .. r. « 2,238 Anderson ...... .. 4,719 Bamberg.. .’. .. 409 Barnwell ., 936 Because it Was Alleged He Whipped « Daughter. ' Because, it is alleged, he had ad ministered a whipping to his little daughter, W. L. MeMer Friday after noon at Dellwood, sixteen mites east of Marianna, Fla., shot and killed Prof. G. C. Horn, principal of the Dellwood school. Nothing, was known of the tragedy until Messer came to the city and surrendered to the authorities. Raid by British Airships. British naval aeroplanes have suc cessfully bombarded German aero- domes at several points in Belgium, the admiralty announced Saturday. Sspeclally notable results were se cured by this and previous bombard ments of the aerodome at St. Denis Wesfrem. ' ' Greece nominally Is at peaco with everybody, and, unless she gets off the fence before long, there will scarcely be n crumb of the spoils teft for her after the wrr. On th* eastern battle Ua* the Rus sians sr* hammering away at tb* Austrian line in Galicia, seeking to drive the forces of tb* Central Pow ers from tb* Dniester and ths Zlota Llpa rivers sad to wrest Halles from ths foe, three positions which consti tute th* main line of defense of Lem berg, 30 miles to th* westward, n the Carpathians they are, clearing - out the Hungarians, aaAT farther* south, Gsn. Brusiloff» men are working In conjunction^ with th* Roumsnlsns. On the western front, th* British and French armies in ths ftomm* sector keep pounding sway at tb* German lines, gradually forcing th* Kaiser’s troops backward toward tb* Baupaume-Peronne-Chaulnes line. The French have launched a aeries of powerful attacks nouth of the Somme river as far as Chilly, 30 miles away, evidently seeking to *a-‘ large the wedge being driven into the enemy's line. In the Vsrdun dis trict the Germans are strictly on th* defensive, their only attacks being counter attacks against French gains, for the French are steadily pushing back ths Germans from ths advanced positions of the lattor, and, unless von Hindenburg can send re inforcements to the crown prineo, it is predicted that ths Douanmont- Vaux line will soon chnngs bands again. Tchernavoda on the Danube. The battle ^as fought not more j npnnfort ' 247 than twenty miles south of the rail- t,«rV«ioy 4Si road and its loss would mean the cut- ‘ c^hon* - .’ *! ‘ 368 ting of convenient water route i charleston 3 196 communication between Russia and r b erokee 1^311 Roumania by way of Constanza. Cheater ." 862 ChesterfleM .. .« .. 1,651 Swap Jobs. National Guard troops from Tsn- nesaes arrived in El Paso and will taka tb* place of Massachusetts and Rhode Island 1 entrain for tbeir Clarendon „ . —1,040 Cotelton 1.177 Darlington 1,326 Dillon .. .. 1.010 who will Dorchester Fairfield 598 Florence .. .. .. 1,9^0 Georgetown ; 679 Greenville 4,448 Greenwood .. .. .. 1,321 Hampton 620 Horry 1,789 Jasper .. .. -n . .. 217 Kershaw .. 1,211 Lancaster.. + 1,207 Laurens 2,189 935 Lee .. .977 1^,934 Lexington 2,032 2,921 Marion .. .. .. ., 687 996, Marlboro 986 1.462 McCormick 383 298 j Newberry 1,642 6251 Oconee .. .... 1.839 5921 Orangeburg .. .... 1,641 Pickens 2,232 ' Richland .. ..7. .. 3,035 Saluda ,, .. .. '.. 1,097 Spartanburg .... .' 5,055 Sumter > • 687 - Unnlon . i .. .... 1,596 Williamsburg .. .. 893 York .. .. 2,246 2,742 1,248 1,233 1,714 . 937 1,402 1,698 1.163 976 l.fiSl Total .. .. .. ..66,415 . 71,264 CENSOR OPENS NAVY’S MAIL Protest Made to Britain Over Actio* Take* at Vaacoaver. It was officially admittsd that the state department has protested to the British government againct what is regarded by this government ae an unwarranted interference with offi cial mail of the United States navy by/ the British censor at Vancouver, British Columbia. This mail was sent by American naval officers in the Orient, espe cially at Shanghai and Hong Kong, to 4he navy department, in envelopes that were marked by the official im print of the navy department. Some of the < tetters were mailed by the United States post office at Shanghai. At Vancouver these tetters wore opened and read by the British cen sor. The letters were then replaced in their envelopes, which the censor marked as being opened by himself, and were forwarded to WashingtC!)!. When the lettora were received by the navy department. war* referred to tho state department for action. It was said that no United States navy snail from Europe bad yet censored, so far as this knew. ' :