The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 11, 1917, Image 3
CONFERENCE FAIRS
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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