The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, October 05, 1916, Image 2
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ENOS SUB DISPUTE
" V.
8ERHAN PLEDOE UNBROKEN IN
FIVE MONTHS OF VAR .
OPENS WAY TO END IT
fiERMANT WILL PERSEVERE
UNTIL VICTORY IS BEKS
Iduuiing S«y» United Htntea la Ready
to Consider Settlement of Imai-
lanoe—Politics in Bither
Country May Hinder Agreement in
Full at This Time.
It baa been officially Indicated
by the state department that the
state department that the way was
open for the resumption of nego
tiations for settlement of the Lusi
tania controversy, the progress ef
which was suddenly interrupted by
the stand taken by CAennaag. in
favor of unrestricted torpedoing ef
armed merchantmen just prior to
th* crisis in Carman-American ro-
• lations caused by the sinking of
the Channel steamer Sussex.
" This admission was In response to
a direct question to Secretary Lan
sing, who would not say, however,
that the negotiations were to be re
sumed. He would not go further
than to admit that the way vas open
for the resumption of consideration
of the Lusitania case.
There are two views in Washing
ton regarding the prospect of a re
opening of these negotiations. One
Is that the German ambassador, who
returned to Washington this week,
after reading that the state depart
ment says the way is open for re
sumption ofthe negotiations, will
mate inquiries of the secretary of
state and then urge his government
to authorize him to take up the case.
The -other view, is that the negotia
tions will not be revived by the state
department until after election if it
can be avoided.
This latter view is held by those
who are of the opinion that *he ad
ministration would think it unwise
to take i'p tha Lusitania case and
attempt to settle It before election,
arguing that whatever the nature ef
tha aeitlement it migh be made ha
baala ot criticism by tha Republicans.
Tha admtaalon made Is considered
more Important from another angle,
however, for the raaumptlon of theee
negotiations must necessarily be In
terrupted aa meaning that this gov
ernment la satisfied that Germany,
since May 4, bae observed the prom
ise It gave to the United States An Its
note of that dais regarding Urn man
ner In which submarine warfare
would be conducted.
President Wilson accepted the
German pledges in the settlement of
the Sussex case with the distinct
declaration that continuance of
friendly relations would depend on
scrupulous observance of the altered
policy of submarine warfare, which
Germany then declared she would
put Into effect.
It Is not understood that this gov
ernment would consider the way
clear for reopening the Lusitania
negotiations If the assurances given
In the Sussex case were modified or
waived.
Last winter Secretary I^ansing and
Count von Bernstorft had many con
ferences, in which they endeavored
to reach a final oettlement of the
Lusltanlg case. An informal basis
of settlement was drafted, and It
was modified and redrafted after
having been cabled hack and forth
between Washington and Berlin sev
eral times.
Cbm* cell or Expresses Confidence to
the Reichstag In His Speech
Reported Friday.
Germany will persevere until vic
tory is hers, the reichstag was told
Thursday by Chancellor von Beth-
mann-Hollweg, according to the full
text of his speech, which was pub
lished in Berlin Friday. The chan
cellor declared that this year’s har
vest had made Germany’s position
much more secure than was the case
last year.
In his attack upon Great Britain
he declared that the country was
breaking one international law after
another and was, above all, Ger
many’s “most egotistical, fiercest
and most obstinate enemy.”
"A German statesman,” he said,
“who would hesitate to use against
this enemy every available Instru
ment of battle that would really
shorten this war—such a statesman
should be hanged."
The chancellof declared his con
tempt for those eircolatiog reports
that all Germany’s means of fighting
were not being employed to the full
est pooilble extent. He said that “In
order to disappoint the enemy, who
Is on watch for every breach of our
inner determination, ’ e Would not
give details^'
The AHles cannot break through
the German lines on the Somme, the
chancellor said, according to an ac
count of his speech cabled to Reu
ter’s by way of Amsterd .m. The
German prime minister made a sim
ilar statement in regard to the east
ern front.
“The Knglish and French ,it is
true," ho said, “ha’d achieved ad
vantages. Our first lines have been
pressed back some kilometers and
we have also-to deplore heavy losses
in men and material. That was in
evitable In an offensive on surli a
mighty scale. But what our enemies
hoped to accomplish, namely, break
through on a grand scale and roll up
eur positions, has not been utt ined.
The battle of the Somme will cost
further sacrifices. Still another
trench and -another village may be
lost, but they will not get through.’
In regard to the eastern front
where, the chancellor said, the Rus
sians had renewed their offensive
with, heavy attacks, he predicted the
same result. Here, too, the battle
is proceeding, he said, “but just as
surely shall we hold our own.”
Referring to Roumanla, the chan
cellor said that tl > old king of Ron
mania had died “as the result of
mental excitemont caused by the
consciousness that Roumanla had be
trayed her allies.” The speaker said
that the Entente confidently hoped
that itoumanis’s entrance into the
war would bring In ita trail the
secession of Turkey and Bulgaria.
“But Turley'and Bulgaria were
not Roumania and Italy,” he con
eluded.
After the chancellor had concluded
the reichstag adjourned until Octo
ber 5.
Labor Leaders, However, Stick to
Claini of 200,000 Workers Out.
Labor union officials who attempt
ed to organize a general strike in
New York and in Westchester county
in sympathy with striking street car
men refused Friday to admit defeat
and still claimed that nearly two
hundred thousand workers l ad quit.
The most serious disappointment
suffered by the labor chiefs was the
action of thei allied building trades,
with a membership of one hundred
In The form hr wbWr -Hr was finaHy4 ^ ttfland - ^ ^ teaBUit^’_..union,
of twenty thousand members, in
postponing a decision on the strike
issue. The strikers in tradec out
side the street car men Include abouf
ten thousand brewery workers and
machinists.
drafted and approved by the Berlin
government the memorandum, it
was understood, was about to be ac
cepted by this goyprnment as a basis
for the settlement of ‘he Lusitania
cass when the German government
declared its Intention to- order its
submarines to sink all armed enemy
merchantmen on sight.
Tills involved a departure from
Germany s previous pledges and
hailed the Lusitania negotiations.
While the armed merchantman ques
tion was being debated the Sussex
was ’ torpedoed, and President Wil
son caused a note to be sent to Ger
many stating that unless Germany
should immediately declare and ef
fect an abandonment of its methods
of submarine warfare against mer
chant ships this govcrnm&P. would
Immediately sever diplomatic rela
tions.
Secretary Lansing authorized the
New York Times last February to
quote hi mas making this statement
in connection with the Lusitania
cass:
“Any tettlement of the Lusitania
case must depend on how submarine
warfare will be conducted in the
future, even if the past is arranged.
The whole question of submarine
warfare is again under consideration
^by^our government.^ The question is
whether the new German declaration
of intention to sink armed enemy
liners without warning modifies or
annuls the assurance previously
given and made public. The new
German declaration appears to open
up the question as to how submarine
W’arfare will be conducted in the
future, and all this would appear to
enter in the settlement pf the .Lusi
tania case.” .
Germany's assurances regarding
the way in which the submarine
campaign would be conducted were
conveyed in the German note of May
4 to Secretary .ansing. Five months
will have gljj .-*ed next Wednesday
since those n-surances were given,
they have been observed so far
BIG STRIKE FAILS
MAY CBANGE NATION’S LIFE
President WRsqn bays Question Is
Our Peaceful Policy.
In a message opening his cam
paign of letter writing President
Wilson declared Th sday night that
“the question is about to be deter
mined whether we shall keep the
nation upon its present terms of
peace and good will with the worlq
or turn to radical changes of policy
which may alter tho whole aspect oi
the nation's life.”
Tho president wrote the letter to
Miss Leena L. Larrabee, president
of the Women’s Democratic club of
Portland, Ore., thai king her for
work being done in his behalf by
the organization.
"I cannot help having the feeling,’’
said the president’s letter, “that the
Intelligent women of Oregon need no
suggestion or intimation from me as
to what are the real Issues of the
present campaign or real concern that
women must have with those Issues.
As a very sincere advocate of the ex
tension of the suffrtge to women, It
seems to me a very great disservice
te the cause that partisan use should
be made of It, particularly at a time
so critical as this, when the question
Is about to be determined whether
we shall keep the nation upon its
present terms of peace and good will
with the world or return to radical
changes of policy which may alter
the whole aspect of the nation’s
life.”
PROBLEMS OF FUTURE
Wilson Writes to Young Man
Jackson, Mis:.
of
■■ In a letter to Howard S. Williams
of Jackson, Miss., expressing regret
that he cannot attend the annual
convention of the Young Men's Bus
iness Clubs of America at Jackson
on October 10 the president declared
Thursday that the future business
development of the country rests in
an unusual and peculiar degree-at
ALLItHM ON
IMPORTANT VICTORY IN WEST
MARKS WFFK’S BATTLE
GIVE GERMANS NO RFS1
Thicpval Taken After Capture of
Combles Tuesday—French Experts
Declare Teutonic Resistance is
Weakening—Great Gains for
Anglo-French.
No rest is being given the Ger
mans by the victorious Franco-Brtt
ish forces on the Somme front. The
British capture of the long resisting
Thlepval stronghold, following close
ly and unexpectedly upon the capture
of Combles, was Itself followed up
by a new stroke on the part of the
Tench south of the Somme, where
they drove tha Germans out from
Vermandovlllers and captured a
strongly fortified wood east of that
town.
The capture of Combles with its
great booty completes what Is re
garded by military experts In Paris
as one of the most brilliantly ex
ecuted operations of the summer
campaign.
The whole front of attack from
Martinpuich to the Somme has been
pushed forward uniformly for more
than a mile. Military observers de
clared Wednesday that the fullness
of the success proves that the Allies
are incontestably masters of the sit
uation.
Since September 15 the Germans
had brought up three fresh'divisions
against the French front and tin
same number against the British
On the twentieth they made a des
pernte effort to retake Bouchaves
present in the hands of young busl- [Pea, only did Lhcv fail..hut l.v •
mm — lati
ness men.
“The problems of the future In the
field of business are going to be new
-problems very largely,” he wrote,
“or else Old problems In a new form.
It will need imagination, vigor and
enterprise to deal with them as they
should be dealt with and the young
men of this generation should be
preparing themselves In mind and
purpose for a new era. It would be
a great privilege if I could come to
bear such a message in person. Since
1 cannot, 1 can only ask you to utter
It for me and to assure the gentle
men assembled of my profound In
terest in the part they are to play In
the future development of the great
nation we love.”
BOY KILLS FATHER
Interference in Funnily Argument
Leads to Terrible Crime.
J. C. Crosswell, nged fiTty-five, of
McCormick, was shot and killed
Thursday afternoon by his son, Hor
ace, aged seventeen. From what can
be learned the father was in argu
ment with his wife, which came to a
heated discussion, when the younger
Crosswell interfered in behalf of his
mother. When the father turned'bn
him he is said to have grabbed a
shot gun and fired; the whole load
taking effect in the face of his
father. . ‘
. VILL^FORCES DEFEATED
Hundred are Killed and Bandit’s
General Taken Prisoner. ' '
More than one hundred Villa fol
lowers were killed, the bandit lead
er, Baudilio Ourbe, was taken pris
oner and heavy casualties suffered
by Carranza forces in a terrific fight
at CusihuiriacUic, an important min
ing centre about fifty miles south
west of Chihuahua City, according
to a message received Thursday af
ternoon by Gen. Trfevlno from Geq.
Matias Ramos, who was himself
slightly wouniled.
eminent to resume consideration of
the Lusitania case inHhe immediate
future may depend r -mewhat on de^
velopm ats In th» * a. tons of the
reachstag. These sessions promise
to be of a stormy chatacter because
of tie effort to be made by the~ Pap
as cm* be ascertained from officials; rWm-'fii to obtain a vote of lack of
of the state department. It Is ths. confidence in-Chancellor Bethmcnn-
apparent observance of these new
■plsdaas for fisc jaonths that
opened the wgy for n resumption of
the Lusitania negotiations.
Count wn Bcrnstorff. who
Hollweg on account of bis concilia
tory attitude toward ths Unitad
OVER 3,000 PRISONERS
Gen. Haig Says His Troops Medt
Success Everywhere.
Between three and four thousand
prisoners were taken by the British
in Monday's and Tuesday’s fighting
on the Somme front, according to a
delayed portion of Gen. Haig's report
of Tuesday night, which was given
out In London Wednesday. The re
port says:
“The battle continued violently
during the day over the whole front
between the Somme and tbe*Ancre.
Our troops were succesoful every
where, carrying out theii atacks
most briliantly. During the last for
ty-eight hours between three and
fo9r thousand prisoners were taken.’’
The reported captures by the
shew-the-aggregato numbac-ot. pris
oners taken by tho Anglo-French
armies during the Sommie offensive-
from July I to date, have been sixty
thousand, with some one hundred
and ninety square miles of territory
and forty-four villages.
ALLIES GAIN IN SOMME
Paris and Ijondon Report Additional
Progress on Friday.
New drives made by the French
Thursday night and the British Fri
day morning"resulted in the capture
of additional ground on the Somme
front by the Allies.
The French gain, as reported in
Morval, in the direction of Sailly, on
the Peronne-Bapaume road north of
Rancourt, where the wedge being
driven into the Gernlan lines between
Bapaume and Peronne is almost at
its sharpest point.
The new ground won by the Brit
ish, as reported by London, lies
something more than a quarter of a
mile southwest of Lesars, on the
Pozieres-Bapaume road, northeast
of Courcelette. Lesars is about three
and one-half miles from Bapaume,
toward which the British in this sec
tor, are determinedly pressing. The
captured territory comprised a'
strongly defended farm.
days later the Allies., resuming the
OftmslTe,-hurled bach their
spite of the fact that considerable
advantages of terrain were consider
ed to be with the Germans
The progress made by the- French
beyond Bouchavesnea Is regarded as
one of (he most surprising results of
the operations. French officers de-
clrre that this success demonstrated
the growing power of the French of
fensive and the falling resistance of
the Germans. The hills which sur
round this village were swept on
three sides by all the German Jtll-
lery from St. Pierre Vaast wood In
the north to Mont St. Quentin in the
south.
Nevertheless they were stormed
and the capture of Hill 130, which
threatens directly Allnlnes, paves the
way for attempts of the French to
break through Mont St. Quentin and
Peronne. The newspapers compare
the present offensive with the bloody
and futile attempts of the French to
break through the German lines in
Artois and Champagne last year and
express the greatest optimism over
the present situation.
All of the military writers agree
that the results of Monday's and
Tqesday’s'fighting are among the
most Important gained in all the bat
tles on the Somme front. They
point out that the recent successes
have considerable tactical value and
that generally the situation has been
sensibly modified, a consequence
which they say will soon be evident
The phrase in the official state
ment from Berlin, “we are oBliged
to admit the success obtained by ou
adversaries,” is interpreted by many
French bring the total up to more newspaper9 - aa a gi * n that the Ger
than six thousand. Official figures- th4f
GERMAN AIRMEN BESTROYED |l[A||Cc TUf
BUGE AMMUNITION CENTER u UVlLu 111L
JAP EMBASSY DISCREDITS TALK
OF LAND CONTROVERSY
■ n
Berlin Tells of Destruction of Stores
.at Audricq, causing Greatest Ex
plosion World Has Known. * {
•
Berlin reports by wireiess: The
story of the destruction by German
aviators on the night of Jdly 20 of
huge ammunition stores at Audruicq,:
in northern Fiance, ten miles" south*
of Calais, now is published by the Statement That Japan Will Reopen
semi-official' Norddeulsche Allge-
OPINION NOT OFFICIAL
meine Zeitung.
According to this newspaper, Ger
man aviators kept wat h for months
as the ammunition storehouses were
being built. The plant consisted of
dozens of sheds and buildings of all
sizes, equipped with vast switching
facilities and unloading platforms.
When the aviators had satisfied
themselves that the storehouses were
filled they undertook the attack in
the night, dropping bombs which are
said to have caused th' explosion of
every one of the storehouses and sot
fire to barracks and other military
establishments over wide area.
by the aviators.
the next day were /hen contrasted
with pictures taken tl day before
the attack showed only huge erzters
where the ammunition plant bad
been, leaving no doubt aa to the
completeness of the destruction
wrought.
The Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zei-,
tung says it assumes this attack isi , 8 Buggested in speeches at New
the one referred jo in a Iftiter pub- ^t»rk that Japan would take up the
lished in New York September « and! alien land issue a bai ~s sicn as the
Californian Question is Only the
Opinion of an Official, But Does
Not Have Authorization of the
Foreign Office.
Responsibility for any statement
that after the European war Japan
would renew negotiations with the
United States over Immigration and
alien land legislation was disclaimed
by the Japanese embaz y Thursday
in a statement, issued by the charge,.
Tokichi Tanaka.
I t was "explained that an offlciair'
of the embassy who expressed views
on this subject this week sp e per
sonally and without any authoriza
tion. Furthermore, Mr. Tar .k& de
clared that Baron SL-katani, the for
mer Japanese ttnanc minister, who
signed by J. King, who was describ
ed as a member of the House o.
Commons, although in this letter the
explosion was said to have i ccurred
“about August 1G Ubt." If this is
not the incident refeued to h> Mr.
King, the newspape- says, then the
British 1qs s is doubled.
war was'over, was in no way author
ized to speak for the loreigu office
and was discussing tho question
solely as an influential statesman
rcpre c eutirg a large Lody ot Jap
anese i ubiic opinion.
The embassy statement f Hows:
“A press report concerning Jap-
The letter credited to Mr. Kiag| anese-Americau rein iaua .that ap
said a German aviator had blown up;L' t " l ‘ c ‘ d , lu several papers tu.s msm
an ammunition 'thpoi, Ci.usin b ihej * r ‘^ containing views sa.d to nuv*'
greatest explosion the world iiuui omanat-d from this embaaay, con-
e*er tiad, at a loss of .bout twenty- several misrepresentations,
five million dollars. The writer sa.dj Among other thing* the uiu-A g.anug.
news of the explosion was being i* 41 ^ statements conicii ning me im-
wtthhcld-by the een«ves.—Jaw U and the Imma land
.a\v matter.
cflJuaJtoen. made to such aa
occurrence in ptrireF ffir—nf-
German official communications.
ENDORSE WILSON
Tom Watson Fails in His Attempt.to
Criticize President.
ncse immigration into this country
Japan has for the present nothing
whatever to negot'ate about What
is generally known as the gentle
men's agreement is being observed
to the satisfaction of our two coun
tries. Whatever objectionable sec
tion which formerly existed In tha
proposed immigration bill qL the
ITie democratic state convention UllUed sute , hM be€n d ‘
at Mscon Tuesday indorsed the ad
ministration of President Wilson for
mally nominated Hugh M. Dorsey of
Atlanta for governor.
ill of
leered,
law co!
“The California land laVT contro
versy may be said to be In ab.yauce
sinoe, as la^apparent bj the publish
ed correspondence between the Jap-
Thomas E. Watson of Thomson. anwbe and American governments.
Ga.. a supporter, had express- governments have not yet ar-
ed opposition through his public*- r j ved at a flnal dl8 p Mltl , 11 of lhe
tions to Indorsement of the national
administration and circulars credtt-
wd to him were distributed to con
vention delegates urging that no ac
tion be taken on such an endorse
ment.
The platform w^s not adopted
until after Dorsey had been nomi
nated. Dorsey, In accepting, remark
ed: “I regret that the Georgia dele
gation in the uppper ItallH of con
gress have not given-President vv il-
questtou. However, whether or not
Japan will renew her protcsla In this
ma , te> at Die end of the European
war or whether she will revive the
controversy In one form or other at
all, this embassy has not the least
knowledge.”
The dispatch referred to above fol
lows:
“Japan's purpose to renew after
the European War her contcu’ion for
the right of her people to emigrate
mans-know that the Atttes are get
ting ’tire 'nppeT-frBTH* aad~*rg trying
to explain it by declaring that the
whole resources of the world are be
Ing used against them.
The papers exultantly sum up the
results to date of the great offensive
as forty-four villages and one hun
dred and ninety square miles of ter
ritory conquered and sixty thousand
prisoners' taken.
Combles, the pivotal point, in the
German line guarding the approech
to Bapaume, on the north, and Pe
ronne, on the south, of the Somme
front, has fallen befobe the terrific
nttacks of the French and' British,
the Germans fighting to the death
and surrendeying when there wa’s no
longer hope.
French and British troops swept
in from three sides after their cap-
son the co-operation and support taxi; t 0 Bnd OW n j and m the United States,
hs deserves. suggested lif New York by Baron
In indorsing the president the res-j y oshlrp.. Sakatanl. former finance
olution reads: “The importance of! j,, the Xokio caWnet>
this unqualified indorsement is cm~| admitted at the Japanes*
phasized by the fact that the first} eni i iMHH y
time in many years the opposition^. . -Negotiations over thes- quea-
has struck a keynote of sectional ani-| tions, which came to a deadlock two
mostly, and is making an appeal tO| years ago, are regarded by Jnpsn, It
sectional prejudice unworthy of thej wag explained, as merely postponed
spirit of national fraternity. i while the larger issues of the w. r are
being dealt with.
“The deadlock followed a long
I Series of conferences between fbimer
_ _ „ ..... ! Secretary Lry-an and-Baron Chiuda.
Tmh— Pnelnmtton to hlag j then the Japanese ambasuadeei and
h
VENIZELOS HEADS REVOLT
the Friday afternoon Paris bulletin, _ , w , , . . . .
was effected between Fregicourt and and Fregicourt, b
.... .. .. - ... tYimncrVi tVwA Oprnian ilpfpnspsj. o\ r>r-
ISLANDS TO 00 TO JAPAN
Islands Taken From Germany Will
Go to Island Empire.
«
“The Pacific Islands north of the
equator. Including the Caroline and
through the German defenses, over
ran the town and carried all before
them. This place with its marvelous
subterranean pasages and powerful-
fortifications had been caught in the
grip of the Entente Allies, who,
coming from the north and the
south, had already advanced far be
yond it and cut off communication
with the rear except a narrow strip,
which was covered- by the allied
guns. At the end of the fighting the
town was filled with bodies of Ger
mans who haid faJlen fighting, the
French statement says.
Prior to the loss of Combles, im
portance of the capture of important
strategic points on the previous day
was reflected ! in the official Com
munication issued by the German war
office, which after describing -briefly
the great artillery bombardment of
the Entente Allies, lasting four days,
and the -attack between the Ancre
and the Somme, admits that “the
cenquest of the villages on the line
•of Gueudecoiirt must be recognized,’’
i and adds, “but before all we must
People of Greece bn rrr-Dw
| two governments over the alien land
, Former Premier Yenizelos, who Is legislation enacted I y Callforn a.
on his way to the island of Crete, is‘. “After the state department had_ ..
expected to arrive at Suda Bay, on'pointed out that under its constiti).'** \
the north coast of that island, Wed- turn the United States governnimt^^k'.
uesday, proveediug thence to Canea, could do no more than seek to 1
to address a proclamation to the vent such legislation and that per-^^^ ;
people of Greece slating the reasons sons affected by ft had recourse to
for his departure from Atnens and Hie federal courts-, Japan closed the
t-xi lianges with a note saying her
cempla i:t had not been an-v/crcd
and reserving ‘for the present fur
ther discussion of the Issue.’
“It has been generaify assumed
that the issue would,remain in abey-
neb only whilq Japan was occupied I
summoning King Constantine to beau
a movement to put Greece on the aide
of the Entente.
Marshall groups,- /hich were seized
from Sermany early in the war, will! think of our heroic troops who faced
be awarded' to Japan, according td t he united Anglo-French principal
the embassy view at the peace con
ference. Already, as cable dispatches
have shown, japanea: schools, banks Industry,
and steamship lines have been estab- 1 Bonitas.’’
forces and the massed employment
of material of the whole world’s war
prepared daring many
states. • m - - ' [TrrMV
It the chancellor Is sustained by
tl^e reichstag the .resumption of
been away from Washington nearly j ndgotiatioas to the LesitaHs ease
all summer, -has jott
J I
and, may be fccHIte-ted, hut If the ehaa-
haa made oaa call on Secret ry Las-; cellor la discredited by ths reichstag
^ hat U Is
the Lssffasts
sot ssdoratood that. U
at ths
he dimcaH. If sot tapetafbla.
the segeUattosc os a
lished .there and every effort made
to make them part of the island
which lies between Thiepval and tho
bend in,the British lines at Courcc-
lette.
The French, likewise, advanced be- with the war but ’inti! now no, one
vond Fregicourt and captured the in a position to sppak with authority
wood between that village and Mor has said so. There will be no lor-
val and the greater part of tno Ger- mal discussion of the subject at teasl
man fortified positions lying between until {he arrival of the am tin sand or,
this wood eastward across the Dr. Amorosato. who was appointed
Bethune road to. the western portion when Baron Chinda was transferred
of the St. Vaast, nipping off another to London ,and who is expected in
portion of the German line of com- Washington fn a few months,
munication to the south from Ba-j The position of the Japanese gov-
pattme. . ernment, according to informal
The Germm capital is grave under statements by embassy, officials, is
the strain of the repeated powerful still that restrictions on immigration
blows of thq Allies, not only in the and iattd holding are not only de-
west, but on all fronts, accordijig to rogatory to her dignity but are un-
dispatchew reaching here, but find just und^r international law. Re-
relief in the reviews x>r inifUaty moval of these’ restrictions, it is'ex-
critics who point out that, although plained, are regarded as Japan's
the French and British launchetTlheir third and final step in her. rise to
utmost effort in an attempt to break statehood, the first two baing the
through the German front, the lines abolition of extra territorial and the
held, although forced to fall back at negotiation of com tercial equality
points. . treaties.
The capture of Thiepval, the Ho- “The embassy believes V e he-
henzQllern redoubt and the .whole newal will be most friendly it char-
| powerfully fortified ridge on which aefer, officials declaring good rela-
| the Germans had held out for more tions with the country are looked
|Than Ten weeks, operrto the BrimTr ujpon as combining with Japan’s vftai
i a road for the outflanking of Ba- interests in. China and the allegiance.
paume. The capture of Combles with England to form the three caf-
[ gives .the Franco-British allies pos- dinal points of Japanese foreign pol-
( session of the key defensive position- icy. Japan’s- present strained reia-
of Prince Rupprecht on the Ba- tions with Chiba regarding the
' paume-Peronne front. Peronne al- Cheng Chiatun clash the embassy
iV ready Is ip imminent danger and it expects to be settled shortly in a
is the foundation slope of the Ger- way satisfactorily tq. both sid j.
ma defense of the entire one hundred ' Jdpiraese policy Towards the pro-;
mile Noyon salient. As an indica- posed trade war after the war-xrilf
Both Thiepval, at the northwest tfon of the Importance of the allied be outlined here Fri.^ay with tha*
Island „n<V nf the Brito -
' ™ fTWM ItVaa- ol- Uulveeflfirt nonnwest
*~*-gT ’LM BlHHTN, 91*0 have fallen late
the hands of the British. Around
the former place many hard battles
success, it is pointed out that, by the-visit of Baron Sakatahl, who is just
r> >kptfm r mf Tombles almte, they •fflrt- Ttmr frmn the Tteceor
100 Per Ont. Dividend.
The E. W. Bliss Company of Saw ,1
York, manufacturers jof shells and' have been fought since the Inception
terwedoea has tfeclarad aa extra olv- of the groat Entente offensive on
tdond o? one hundred per cent la July 1. Gen. Sir Douglas Haig's
This nan, men. after rapturing Thiepval. drove
tho
per cent. ‘ on eastward snd took tho Zoiiom
redoubt, a strongly fori fled
tacks. . . eon by James Scott, secretary of tho
1 - Combles is a city of bodies. W%ere Cafnegle peace endowment, and at
, once a thriving torin there was only dinner by Tokichi Tanaka, the Jap-
dead* men and some one hundred enesc charge. Japan’s participation
wounded and abandoned' Germans in tho proposed trade rar is counted
wfcea tho advancing Allies gained oa to remove serious competition
■ of tho rains nod debris. * to China, Uto vital trad# told. .
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