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CONFERENCE FAIRS ; : ,' CARRANZA REPUDIATES AGREE* q MEN! OF COMMISSION 4§)TS TERMS MADE PillC For First Time Official Admiflaioa le < Made Tliat First Chief Haa Ton ed the Proepsals Dowik—ladlea* -v . : ' ■ ' lions are That Further Efforts to Roach Agreement Through Ooaa- ■nlstdon Will be Abandoned. When the American members of the Mexican-American joint commia- stoh had Mniehed consideration Tues^ . day of Gen. Carranza’s reply, failing to eomply ^ilh. their demands that - the protocol presiding for withdraw al of the American troop* from Mex ico be ratified, there were indications that efforts to eiater into an agree- /; ment with the de facto government through the commiBsipp ynnUt ha " 1 AT&andoneff: For the first time an official admission was made that Carranza had refused to sign the pro tocol. The commissioners said they expected to draft their response to Carranza at onc4. ~ The failure of the commission to give to Mexican-American relations a brighter prospect was offset some what by official intimatons that Henry P. Fletcher, confirmed aa am AW jA-nd •.^P.his -j bassader to Mexiso’almoei a year ago wae about to start for his post where American interests now are repre sented by a clerk. The report that Gen. Pershing's A^pedition soon would be withdraws ardless of Carranza’s * attitude o gained fresh impetus, and it was derstood the administration had Ihis move under very serious eonsid- ^ eratios. Mr. Fletcher co.nfe r red with Presi dent -Wilson and later, referred in quiries as to whether he would go to Mexico to President Wilson and Sec- . retary Lansing. No statement was forthcoming from the White House or the state department. Secretary Baker said no plans for immediate withdrawal of the troops had befen considered. It is known, however, that srmy officers ars pressing strongly for their recall, contending that in their^present posi tion they cannot do effective work toward protecting the border; that they are In a bad strategic position and should be brought out and dis tributed along the border with plans perfected for sending a force across the line at some more desirable point \i the occasion should arise in the future. Eliseo Arredonde, Mexican ambas sador*, designate, announced during the •!:iy that he had been summonec to Mexico to confer with Gen. Car ranza regarding the relatiens of the two nations. This was construed in some quarters as indicating a deter mination by Carranza to withdraw his dijmatte representatives. Mr. Arredondo stated, however that he expected to resume his duties within a few’ w r eeks and the tact that v the United States was contemplating eendinj its ambassador to Mexico -City Lent, weight to the theory that i!’ Mr. An* ipndo was not continued in his position here, another envoy would he sent by Carranza. * The text of the protocol signed at At! in ic *v>ity was made public by tke American commissioners for the first time. It also was announced for the first time that at the* time the protoco was sent to Mexico, it was aceom 'panted by a brief statement agreed upon by the joist commission, as fol lows: “It shall be understood that If we meet for the discussion of otker qiee- tlons, the. American commissioners • will not ask that any final agree- ^stement shall be reached as to any sseh jsj^Medtions while the Americas troeps i in Mexico." Carranza’s reply was sot made ‘'^Viblic. He is understood to have taken the position that be ooild no eign the protocol because it would pit him in the position of sanction ing the presence of Amerieas troeps on Mexican soil. Following is the text of the pro tocol : "Protocol of agreement, sd . refer endum, withdrawal of American troops from Mexican territory and _L protection of the A meMcan-Mexiean international boundary. • “Signed at Atlantic Ci£y, N. J., Moiember 2'\, 1916. “Memorandum of an agreement signed this twenty-fourth day of November, one thousand* nine hun dred and sixteen, _fey. Franklin K. Lane,-George Gray and John II. Mott, special commissioners of the — president of the United- States of America, and Luis Cabrera, Ygnacio Bonillas and Alberto J. Pant, special commissioners of the citizen.; first * chief of the Constitutionalist army entrusted with the exacutiva power of the Mexican nation. “Article i. The government of the United States agrees to begin the withdrawal of American troops from^ Mexican soil as soon as practicable, such withdrawal, subject to the fur ther terms of this agreement, to be completed not later than ; that is to say, forty (40) days after the approval of this agreement by both governments. “Article II. The American com mander shall determine the manner in which the withdrawal shall be ef fected, so as to ensure the safety of ihe territory affected, by tbs with- ~ drawal. “Article III. The territory evacu ated by the American troops shall be upied and adequately protected Jthe Constitutionalist forces and evacuation shall take place Y/hen the. Constitutionalist forces have taken possession to tbfe south of the American forces so as to make effective such occupation and protect tion. The Mexican commissioners shall determine the plan for the oc cupation and protection ef the terri tory evacuated by the Amerlean forces. “Article IV. The American and Mexican esmmanders shall deal sep arately, or wherever practicable in friendly co-operatlen, with any ob stacles which may arise tending to delay the withdrawal. In case there are any further activities. of the forces inimical to the Constitutional ist government which threaten the bafety of the international border along the northern section of Chi huahua, the withdrawal of American forces shall not be delayed bdyqnd the period strictly necessary to over come such activities. '■ ’• : — “Article V. The withdrawal of American troops shall be effected by marching to Columbus, or by using ihe Mexican Northwestern Railroad jo El Paso, or by both routes, as may >e deemed most convenient or expe dient by 'the American commander. “Article’ VI. Each of the govern ments parties to this agreement shall guard its side of the international boundary. This, however, does not preclude such co-operation on the >art of the military eomgnanders of xith countries, as may be practica ble. ' “Article ' VII. This agreement shall take effec\ immediately upon approval by both’ governments. Noti fication of approval shall be com municated by each government to the other. * “In testimony thereof we have signed, sealed and interchanged re- qjprocaUy- - u luvul ot _ttcEee=. weuL. ad ’referrfidura, in the English and Spanish languages, at Atlantic City, New 1 Jersey, this twenty-fourth day of November, in the year ef our Lord,* one thousand, nine hundred and sixteen. (Signed) . “Franklin K. Lane, . “George Gray, "John R. Mott, * "Lnie Cabrera, "Ygnacio Bonillas, "fflwgio J. Panl." URGES RECONSTRUCTION OF BRfllSn NAVAL POUCT NO HOPE OF PEACE I. Lord Bereeford Bays II Strategy and Tact te Coezbal German Submarine*. Lord Charlee Beresford’e latest pronouncement on naval matters is a plea for a thorough and far-reaching reconstruction of Great Britain’s cn-, tire naval policy. In an appeal to the British public*, he says: . “The present position with regard j to the future supply of our food and raw material is, in Pay opinion, one of unparalleled gravity. Any’ hiatus in the lines of communication of our ocean-bocne traffic would create an appalling state of. affairs, particu larly as we shall soon have to take steps to revictual the country. "The new strategy and tactics that have been developed . in submarine warfare, changing the area of attack' from headlands and ehallow waters to the deep sea, require etrategy and tactics to meet and beat these de velopments. Submarine warfare in Us fresh manipulations must have definite systematic measures for its suppression. «, "The navy has been hampered by political exigenciee involvin, many-cases-a-'pcHcrnoT GERMAN LEADER ON SOMME SAYS CRANCE IS SMALL SURE HE UN HOLD LINE ELEVEN CHILDREN KILLED Tornado Wrecks School lion*# N Blocker, Oklahoma. ^ ■ V • Prtne* llupprecht, of Bavaria, Give* \ . • Interview to ('jril thrown, Oorre- • epondent of NeVy York Tim co- read y for them,. with artillery, too. It will coat the English nation more te duplicate their gain* than for nearly six months..".. He Intimated that they would not get far through him. in the future at any price. ' . ^ The Crown Prlpse apoke earnestly of the traged^Sf the civilized nfcr lions of Europe tearing one another to pieces and indulging in such hide ous mass murder aa waa exemplified on the Somma he several times mentioned losses of tha English. * ‘ T At what do you estimate them?" I asked. “That is very difficult to say. I am convinced, from the best infor- TEUTONS CONTINUE ADVANCE IN PROVINCE OF DOBRUNA Last Hold of Defenders Goee Match!* Fall* After Fight Grow* Fiercer. In thl* connection the Roumanian the ItuMla’a laat remaining ^hold i* _ rovtnge of Dobru^Ja, has been so badly shaken by the lo** of Matchin v to von Mackensen’t forces that it seems doubtful If she can much longer retain her grip on any of this trans-Danube territory. Dispatches from Entente sources in- mation, that their losses have been dicate she probably will be forced t* much heavier than we had believed. T^hat last list of 9,000 depd In The Haw Srrtam of Fortification. Since’ ^ O „ (lon Timeg can Qn i, b , from the November fighting; Last Greal Offensive. ~ The following interview was sent te The New York Times’ by wireless its correspondent in Germany:* VOjvmg defense in- “Wait and see what, if anything, eemea of it. 1 personally don't take msch stock in it." This was the opinion regarding the prospects of Germany’s peace offer expressed byjtrali'ans against 'Crown Prittee kupprechtto die, mak He remarked to his Intelligence of ficer: “l should say that the Eng lish losses were around half a mil lion." Hia intelligence officer agreed that the estimate waa not excessive, but rather moderate, if anything. He went on: . > “The English losses were very much hevier than ,oura. Particular ly' heavy were the Tosses of the Aus- our Guard. The abandon It. ■ West of the Danube at this point, Braila^ the important Roumanian grain and oil storage depot, la still held by the Russians, but it is con sidered doubtful whether it can hold out long under aa serious a threat a* is supplied by the Gennano-Bul- garian operations across the river. The line of the Sereth, to which th« Roumanians have retired further, northwestward, . runs just north of liraila. The expectation is indicated in the dispatch, however, that,the prolonged defence of tfie city ha* Eleven school children were kill ©d, four probably fatally hurt and eight seriously injured when a tor nado' wrecked the Vireton rural school house, known as the Lee- Balkwin school, near Blocker, Okla., Thursday. The school building, a Baptist Inr di&n mission, a quarter of a mile away, and four farm houses are in ruins, and a half dozen other farm houses were lifted from their foun dations by the storm, which swept a narrow path for a distance of six miles. The dead: Alta Warren, 18; Ver- da Warren, 14, daughters of E. L Warren; Etta Pendleton, 17, daugh ter of John Pendleton; Jessie Bris tow, 17; Lilly Bristow, 7, son anj daughter of J. H. Bristow; Budge Brummett, fi, son of R. D. Brum- melt; Albert Dickinson, 6, son* of Vergil Dickinson; Merta Davis, 9; Ollie Davis, 7, daughters of R. ^H. Davis; Floyd MoFall, 7, son of G. F. McFall; James Paddy, son of J. W. Paddy. Vena Carter, the school teaeher, was seHously injured. The storm struck first at Richvillo, seven miles southwest of Vireton, wrecking a boiler room and tipple at one. of the machines, then lifted and did no more damage until within a quarter of a mile of the school build ing. Tearing the home of E. L. Warren from its foundation and wrecking the Choctaw Indian mission across the roads, the storm swept up the valley for nearly a mile, then sud denly changed its course,' ripping the school building from its foundation and hurling the children down the hillside and across the ravine, some of them being picked up as far as a hundred yards from the site of the building. Timbers were scattered for a distance of two hundred yards. Only two children of the twenty- eight in the building, Fred Perky and Ralph Brnmmett, escaped entirely uninjured. Sterlet of many miracul ous escapes were being told in the stricken district Thursday night. Will Jewel, his wife and five children were in their home when the storm struck. Mrs. Jewel threw the chil dren upon the bed. , As the wind twisted the building from Its founda tion one wall was thrown across the bed, pinning the family down, but all ee$aped injury. stead--of - attack: TaTHTOie case wTffii regard to the arming ot merchant ships. As the armament consists of a gun mcfiinted astern, a British mer chant ship,‘ on seeing a submarine, has to put Its helm ip, expose its Broadsides or largest target Ao the submarine, and run away in order to get its gun Lb bear, Increasing its’ range every second, making it more difficult to hit the enemy and adopt ing a : method totally opposed to British trsdltlonsr-and particulailj &>mme ‘front disgusting to the gallant off leers and men of the Mercantile Marine by as suming an attitude of defense in stead of attack. The traditional pol icy which has made the British Em pire what it i* has been attack, and always attack, at eea. “There may he diplomatie diffi culties connected with the arming of merchant vessels for attack, but surely these difficalties ceuld easily be surthounted. Germany has direct ly challenged ns, and has cut and stopped our route to Holland, a short distance of about eighty miles.. The war staff should "Immediately set to work to devise means for epen- ing the line of communication be tween the country and Holland." Ing it clear that he spoke purely*aa.-a, did. not know what they were being ina*oldiei^ whtmef-omy thought is to do , sent up against.” . his duty and continue to fight unUUl—remark was made that the r^ /; j suit of ‘ “ ‘ ‘ ‘ * ‘ Australians and Canadians, I suspect,' given time for* the removal of vala- the Somme battle was largely able stores of provisions and ma terial. — 1 1 1 • •' —— On the Moldavian west frontier, where heavy pressure by the armies ordered to stop fighting. II The commander-in-chief of all the ^ J; 0 the individual superiority ef; 0 f the Central powers has been ex- German armies between Verdun and f 0 ™^*™**™* tha |erted, the defense of the Russians Flanders thinks the same ao the man Co ^“ ial *» h * d | )een c ^-' and-Roumanians seems somewhat In the trenches on the subject of Bistently at the deadliest point of the firmer. The latest Petrograd offl- peace. Both use almost identical 1 had # b , < ? rn ? th# r rttIlt !cial statement does not concede any words, and the same conservativeness j of ,f b ® fl S ht i“K ** of the _ 4 7T furth « r withdrawals along this front, of Princt and private regarding all!.*. Tb ® Australians are brave, seJd, a i though further progress at one or unreasonable’ tb V^ r0 . w ?l rin ^®\ / rb#r ? J*.J 1 ? two points was claimed by Berlin. i doubt of that. One must give them Skepticism regarding the Immediate, credU for lt They er practical results of Germany s of-' v M jn *xmao ] far, I found up and down the wh r>i« i w**d again ope ©es y and. w ih . Dobrudja. mV * ^For iSl the Somme ^©sviest losses. _But the better mon, Uatchin brld The capture of Matcbin is regard ed in London as ending the deft ‘ “ ‘ ' the ans nei For all the Somme «.u<> Matcbin bridgehead in order to pro- •chMra, *ren«dier .and «enerals, I I t«:t Biraila from th« rear.- Nothlmfi front and ataff offleero, the vitally! ^! now r * m * ln * 10 th « m « Jtce » t » “W* latereatlnc fart la that the Ingllah. I row atrip of land between marahap,... aoeordlng to the view here, have! which carries the highway to Brallfc been beaten to a ftnlab In thla great- pi*® 11 lDd ' lllu * 1 superiority waa do- J The Germans and Bulgarians are. .aa m _ a A fc. • 'aw* - 1' cifti T Our ^ T1 4** A* WAXAi 141 a* vi 4 •> «* A # Y\ a! aat offensive, and that the German ' ^ 1 * 1 T®' ln » position to push their guns wlth- army Is taking Uttle stock In peaca ‘*** 1 “^ ^ > n •J«ht miles of Brails and tt la a talk’ After their Somme einerlence !J ueQtly -. ?“ rl £* ^® °our»e of the After their Somme experience ■ • .T, i P.? ^fV, they look sooner fer a renewal of tha ^ mor< thul thrM ^ on ,,.. COST OF THE WAR Fed* Reserve Board Isenee State- T ment on Financial Oonnition. DESTROYERS FROM JAPAN 1 av^ri m; Will Build Dosen for One of the ~ Entente Powers. e- • It ie learned that the Japanese navy department Jias been asked to construct twelve destroyers for one of the Entente powers, - believed to be Russia. The warships will have about six hundred tons displace ment. Six of them will be con structed at navy yards and the oth ers by the Kawasaki Company at Kobe and the Mitsubishi yard at Nag asakl. , Japanese shipbuilders are so rush ed that it will be necessary to In crease the capacity of the yards. It Is hoped to deliver the destroyers by July ©f~ next year. The destroyers •will be used to combat German sub marine*. TOOK MUCH LOOT Oarmsa Admits Loss of AsuawaL tie* Now Claimed R©raptured. A* official report reoelv#d / Tues day by Andres Garcia, Inspector gen eral of Carranza eousjil^tes, from Gen. Francisco Murguia at Chihuar hua City, announcing the capture o ! a large quantity of war ammunitions in a cache at Terros in Western Chi huahua, was the first admission by the*. Carranza government that Francisco Villa had succeeded in ob t&ining big stores of. am munition an <3 arms in Chihuahua City during his recent occupation of that place. The message stated that • six thousand shrapnel shells, fifteen thousand rounds of rifle cartridges four hundred rifles, sight cannon, a number of machine guns, hand gren The increase in the national debt of Great Britain, France, Russia, Austria-Hungary and Germany,. esti mated by the Federal Reserve Board, s $49,455,0J}0,000 from the begin ning of the war to the latter part of 1916, with the exception of Austria- Hungary, in whose case the estimate extends only to May, 1916. Of the total, the three Entente Ukr lions’ share is $39,600,000,u00. This estimate, the board stated in tabula tions made public, is approximate^ and murderous struggle, and they are filled with confidence that they will pash back the French and English as often as they may resume the bat- tte With a flash of friendly recogni tion Field Marshal Rupprecht, say- tag "We have met before," recalled that I had. last been with him in- June, 1915, just as he was meeting suintd that the latter of the Danube it If Ui* In ton the Ri lubeVill be Invadera capture Russian llnp west withdrawn. It I asked whether hi* remark dur^ i B taken for granted that th* pre- ing the battle for Lille that the j longed resistance to the German ad- French could gain no real sueceesee i Yanc# haa enabled the defender* t* * of strategical importance sales# they ,. €m0Y# stores of grain and other broke clean through him for at least twenty-five kilometers (IS miles) fitill held good to-day for ihe same conditions. "Yes, that still holds good to-day. In spite of the sacrifice of half a mil- one of those numerous Joffre of fen-! non lives and using up sach 'vaat slves, which then seemed the non 1 nuantitiee of ammunition as it is al- glus ultra to commanders and capo-' 4 ogt impossible to match, the Rng- spondents. - With a whimsical smile have reached no strategic goal, he recalled that he wss the anvil, t After six months* trying they have while Mackensen, then at the height } )een unable to break through us on of his great drive through Galicia,f a brood front, and have-not even was the hammer. History fs. again repeating itself to-day, the Crown material from Braila. A CUBA STOPS SUIT VS. N. C. Prince playing the hard anvil role on the west front, while the sledge ham mer Is busy In Roumania.* - “I am still the anvil; but the anvil is holding out pretty well,** ho said. “How much longer?" I asked. made any tactical successes of Im portance on the outcome Qt the war to show for their lossoe." Nevertheless, the Crown Prince made it clear that he really expected, and is prepared, for the English to resume their stubborn attack, al though he was unwilling to commit I don’t know,’’ Rupprecht smiled. J 11 ™®? 1 * “ “As long as is necessary. The bat- | icb had continued the offensive tie of the Somme Is over. It may be- ** they bad *- 1 gin again. At any rate, we are hav- bad P r °h:U>ly realized some timo ago ing an intermission. PresldCBt of Island Withdraws Aetto* cm Carpetbag Bond*. Cuba’s suit In the supreme eoart against North Carolina, involving the collection of two million dollar* in bonds issued during Reconstruc tion days and later rejfudtated, will be withdrawn Monday, President Menocal by decree having stoppei the proceedings. Decision would have stood a* a precedent In possible similar suit* against Southern State* It 1* esti mated about four hundred mniriNi dollars worth ot such bond* w*r* issued and later repudiated. President Menocal’s decree, nn4«r date of January 4, declares that "th* L® W6 are h&T- * v —T>~ i u«kiu VI *imu utxi 7 uevimiv* lumi bmw If the Somme the impossibility of breaking through government doee net hold It convent- does not cover the «oat ot the, bat tle begins again the English will ‘ h ® Ger “?, n Somme front, but their , as large revenues of undeter- that we are ready for them and ®° mme *“ lu la,t ."R®^ that we are prepared to give them a ‘ lon ® undoubtedly connected In- war mined amounts have been raised by internal taxation. Following are the estimated national debt increases: Great Britain to November 11, 1916*; $12,253,358,000; France to August 31, 1916, $S,038,590,000; Russia to December 31,. 1916, $7,- 973,274,000. A total of $29,265,- 132,000 for th©«Entente. Germany to October 2X* 1916, $25,260,000,000. Austria, $13,716,- 200,000; Hungary, $1,294,606,000. A total of $20,192,100,696 for the Germanic nations. Great Britain’s national debt, the board estimated, was approximately stronger reception than ever before. Tjet’s see. It began on J^ne 24, and has lasted till now. We can safely say now that there were some criti cal moments at the beginning when the enemy was immensely stronger than we, particularly in artillery and in the air.’’ The German military mind, which timately with .operations on the other fronts. “They hoped to stop n* in Rou- mania by continuing the Somme of fensive,’’ he said. “In this they fail ed in their first objective ot breaking through our front." . The Crown Prlne* said the Ger man armies felt that by holding on patiently works oqt the causes of re- t* 1 * Somme tfeey bad helped la gain- verses with even greater thorough- Ing victories in Roumanla. Again ■ess than of successes, has reached referring to the last desperate ae- the conclusion that the overwhelm- saulta of the Englieh, the Orowm tag aerial ascendency of the French Prince remarked: and English on the Somme was prob-; “The airman Boelke alee played a $15,168,750,006 in November, bar- 1 a biy the principal factor in their sue- ro ie in their last attack*--** ^*7* ing risen from •,338,110,006 ruble*. | the dfcory apparently being t:oM from their w*«nd*4 and | and • colin ? re i i pri.ou.r.. I do not Uk. u «y th*t ent to its interest and ends to con tinue the eult," and an order laemed in July, 1916, appointing attorneys to handle the proceedings is revoked. Senator Overman of North Caro lina has withdrawn his resolution, which directed that Cuba be asked for the names of the original holder* of the bond*. Senator Overman charged that private bondholders had been responsible for Cuba’s suit “Our sister republic has acted very graciously and quickly in revoking the decree for the suit and Is v*ry Indignant over being Imposed upon. It has been a frame-sp." Senator Overman declared ill* bonds were issued during Rsoon- by “carpetbaggers and that the State never received * cent of benefit. dominions, including the grand total,, # f the Somme offensive slowed down are estimated at from three to three and a half billion. France’s total loans to her allies during the war are estimated at ap proximately $380,600,000,006. The national debt of Russia has risen from 6,883,810,066 rubles about $13,114,8^6,720, at the close of 1916/ Bank note eireulatloa in Germany te a complete stop as the equili brium in the air war was restored. "How much stronger in flying were the French and English at the ^ bat * b ®J ba ^® beginning?" 1 asked. Rupprecht turned to his chief in telligence officer, who cautiously said:- “Very much so." The Crowa Prince himself skid: ' “Ten times stronger than we, at has increased greatly during the imt eight times. I have to say be- politely and said 1m bis dem- the English «^d^t have got th wounded. From letters which have men to withoit forcing ^o^ ioome into our hands in the last It is cprtainly a sign of w * a * n6aa , month there is undoubtedly a grow- ,t. they should have thought it' ** - aecessary at all or even desirable.” The Field Marshal at headqaarters asked where I was going next, and on replying that I was harrying back to Berlin to see If the new-born peace dove there was still alive, he war, as In other belligerent coun tries, the total of Reichcbank notes In circulation, December 7, last being placed at $1,652,271,000, as against $450,212,616 July 10,. 1914. The cost, of the war to Germany since Rouman’e entrance is placed at about $524,880,600,monthly, and the tween eight and ten, but r.U that has now changed. In artillery, too, In every respect, in fact, we have been growing slowly stronger from month to month. In the last few months we have shot down many - more ehemy fliers than we have lost. Un fortunately, ..we lost our best one. had not only restored the aerial c °uld only be brought to the front {j eng f Ye8 last new credit granted by the Reich-. Boelcke. through a stupid accident." stag, $2,880,000,000 October 27 laat,.i. Despite this heavy loss, the Chown m ®5 . . MT# . is estimated to be sufficient for about Prince intimated that the Germans five months. The number of sub scribers to the various German war loans is placed at $16,928,057, the fourth loaa offered last March, hav ing the largest number, 5,279,645. The figures were taken from for eign sources, which the board consid ers reliabl*. ing sentiment fer peace in the Rng- lish ranks. We must wait and ss*. We, too, are determined to fight •* If necessary and as long as neoss- sary.” The Bavarian Prince, at bay before Bapaume, crouching ready to spring at the French and English tke mo ment they show renewed activity .o* . ^ ^ __ . the Somme* is practically much the not with the people who are now ; Mime as the unbeatable guardian o< tb ® 5 n ^ eilta bel1 ?* Tb ® PoHtlcians that 0 tii er way to Belgium, tho de will find a way of thcpttllng peace, [lender of Lille, only a shade grayer. “If the English soldiers in t h ®i* pinch gaunter about the face aad trenches had anything *ay about. liec h f looking * bit worn from over- it, do you think-they would make w 0r fc'but still an optimist. He has, peace more quickly than the ktateo- however( g ained in 8t ature. He le a m*n V i __ j * ia*. aw _ ocratic manner: I don’t take much stoek In II— i leader of armies, ripe with the politicians ^ perience of two years’ meeting of of- . re- the •APAN WILL ARM TRADERS Asks ^ Akoet Status ef Ship* Be and shown how it really is on the* have had a good deal of pras- Somme^J should have more faith in I tlce in the fl 0 ld," he said. He smiled the possibility of an early pea*©, but 1 whimsically as if enjoying Falken- thepoliticians haves way of getting - an( J Mackensen’* campaign around fact* and actual conditions,) An( j i on ging to lead a great offensive by which all are displeased. 1 bear army himself. that they will do so this time, too. | “How many offenses have there There has been much noise, talk, and; been?" be asked Ms Intelligence of- writing in the war. Take, for ©*-' fl C eiq ample, the discussions about ‘demo-j ••j have stopped counting them/* cratic England.’ We have is Ger-1 that functionary remarked, many a form of equal suffrage whichi pimt, there was the they have not in England, and an4 j Neuve Ch&peil*, lore the coming of Lloyd-George just then the May offensive in Artois. now the government of England was Th «n the Loos-Fromelles, and now Draughty is German military slang nhsolutely in the.hsnds^of a little the Somme,’* Prince Rupprecht re fer hesvy shell fire. . , c US 6 °A ar Tl 8t i° CraC ^' w * a •! >narked. He intimated that all prw» Tli© Crown Prince mentioned the The Crown prince elaborated at v j 0U8 0 ff enfl i Ye © had been bagatelles frsquent heavy fogs at this time of ,; o mc ’ ^‘ 8 convictions J-hat to dispose of compared with his pres” defensively, and requested informa- vsar as a factor calculated to dampen ^ iere ^ lS mo S, e ? en l oc . r / c ^ J® i^® r “,ent task, that there was tio compari- tion as to whsther any special rules the English attaching ardor. At the * n England, then he turn-jg 0n between the battle for Lille anfi had been made by this government i ag t of September Gen. Gallwitz had t0 *“ 8 ( in f e “*f enc ® the Somme, and that the end was by for passage of ships so armed to’d me that the artUlcry equlUbrli’m rf po l ^® d having interviewed ( a n means in sight. was not quite yet ’•est^red on the English prisoners freshly brought in ( . The Prince’s long and / stubborn Sorrme I gathered to-day from the ,aa ^ ( 1 ° g: .. „ . , ! defensive of the roads leading lo Belr F^ld Marshal that this dfsirabl© According to prisoners brought up the subject of th* st'Ue had hc*»u reached at last to his ,p ® nts 8 P 0 ®.® 0 ! social and economic conditions rw* Armed. at de- Japan, through the- embassy Washington, notified the state p&rtment Tuesday night of her in tention to arm her merchant ships equilibrium, but had virtually gained the ascendency on Somms. The Field Marshal asked where I had already been with his army. When 1 answered that I had just i come in from the Butte de Warlcn- ! court beyond Bapaume, famous as i the scene of a desperate struggle, be- i tween the Grenadier Guard and the i Australians, he said: “That’s pretty near the front (the Fnrllsh lying less than a hundred -yards awny*. ’ That’s a /decidedly draughtv corner of the front."- through the Panama canal. ./ This’was the first off!daFTnforma tion that Japan intended such action and was interpretM in some quar ters as indicative of fear of German o» n satisfaction, and that should t^e submarine operations on ^/\wider Somme battle flare up *ga f n it might scale. While no submarines hav* well be ex^eriec^jto take- the normal appeared in the Pacific so far, BHt : course of all western offensives,'with hah uavar experts think it is quite *i<ght local ground gains, 1! any, offer spread like wildfire through the French trenches, and thq English were told to be hopeful, that some thing would come of it. An English prissner said that he only wished possible that they may operate there later. There are se tana! regulations imposing special restrictions upon vessels armed purely for defensive purposes, ss the United States holds that such armament does not de- sulting from the English blocked*. He expressed astonishment thud "America has been aroused over th* treatment of Belgium, whereas poor, violated Greece is passed over In •!- ades, uniforms and army stores of 1 prive a shin of her ehai^eter as a various klndir had been recaptured. m«r*ha*t»am. purchased onlv at a frightful cost. When I snoke of the decisive fac tor of hesvy ariJUery. mentioning, the strong anny I had seen both at the f-ont and on the staff mans, the Oown Prince one of those sud den feeling smiles cherscteriHtlc of him. said quietly but decisively: Lloyd-OeoTge could b« put in front lenc , .. Mart from the fuel that th* of the English army, and If ao there circumstance, and eonditlona sur- wonld be peace Instead Of sorrow.~ rtfn ndlmt the deportations of Beldam . “In th* ‘draftlest corner of the workers as they have bean represent- Somme front* they don’t, take much ed In America are In no respect trs* stoek In prisoners' statements,", to th* facta** Crown Prince Rupprecht said, add-; Again referring lo th* Bommt b* ing: "Great reliance Is to be placed said: "Thar* t* no breaking throigk If they attack again, we shall be on letters fronad on prlsonera aad