The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 11, 1917, Image 5
CARRANZA REPUDIATES AGREE'
^ MEN! OF COMMISSION '
v«MTS TERMS MADE PUBLIC
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For Mrat Time Official Admiaaiom la
Made Tliat Finrt Chief Hae Tun-
; * ♦ .
•d the Proepsala Down—Imdlea-
tioiLs are That Further Effort* to
J" ' ” * ' . * ' ; •• - r
Reach Agreement Through Oo*a-
' mission Will be Abandoned. •
•When the American members of
the MOxican-American joint commis
sion had finished consideration Tues
day of Gen. Carranza's reply, failing
to eomply with their demand that
the protocol providing for withdraw-
. al of the American troops from Mex
ico be ratified, there were indications
that efforts to enter into an agree
ment with the de facto govern men. t
■ tUioujll -are^commJs^QBLjr<iqA4>JteIf^SS 11 -
J^bajad0liea—iFor the first time an
official admission was made that
forces.
"Article IV. The Ameficati and
Mexican commanders shall deal sep
arately, or wherever practicable in
friendly co-operatlsn, 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
safety of the international border
along the northern section of Chi
huahua, the withdrawal of American
forces shall not be delayed beyond
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
the Mexican Northwestern Railroad
to El Paso, or by both routes, as may
be 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
part of the military commanders of.
both countries, as may be"'practica
ble.
"Article VII. This agreement
shall take, effect immediately upon
approval by both governments. Noti
fication of approval ■hall'be com
municated by each government to
the other. ♦
"In testimony thereof ;.w© have
URGES RECONSTRUCTION
OF BRITlSn NAVAL POLICY
ready for them, with artillery, too.
It will eoet the English nation more
te duplicate their gaina than for
nearly six months."
He intimated that they wtald not
aroul*l irincD Ml CA1IME *« Ibrousb tom In to* futur, *1
Lord Berwford Bar* It Baqalrw GERMAN LEADER ON SOMME » n 7 price
The Crown Prlnee spoke earnestly
SAYS CHANCE IS SMALL
TEUTONS CONTINUE ADTANC8
IN PROVINCE OF DOBRUBJA
nv
SURE HE CAN HOLD LINE
Strategy and Tact te Oomkei
. . German Submarine*.
Lord Charles Beresford’s latest
pronouncement pn naval matters is a
plea for a thorough and far-reaching
reconstruction of Great Britain’* cn-, •. . t ^
tire naval policy. In an appeal to'
the British public, he says: ^ 1 Prlnee liuppracht, of Bavaria, Gives
"The present position with regard
to the future supply of our food and
raw material is, in my opinion, one
of unparalleled gravity. Any hiAtua
In the linefc of communication of our
ocean-borne traffic would create am
appalling state of affairs, particu
larly as we shall soon have to take
steps to revictual the pountry. . -
"The new strategy and tactics that _
have been developed in submarine!^,
warfare, changing the area of attack
from headlands and shallow waters
to the deep sea, requlye strategy and
tactics to meet and beat these rde-
velopments. Submarine warfare in
its fresh manipulations must have
definite systematic measures for fts
suppression.
"The navy has been hampered by
of the tragedy of the civilised na
tions of Europe tearing one another
to pieces and indulging in such hide
ous mass murder as was exemplified
on the Somm*. In this connection
he several % times mentioned the
losses of the English.
"At what do you estimate them?"
I asked. ; <
"That is very difficult to say. I
Interview to Cyril Brown, Oorre- 1 am convinced, from the best Infor
mation, that their lossos have been
much heavier than we had believed.
That last list of 9,000 dead in The
London Times can only be from the
November fighting."
He remarked to his intelligence of
ficer: "1 should say that the Eng
lish losses were around half a mil
lion." His intelligence officer agreed
that the estimate was not excessive,
but rather moderate, if anything. He
went on: * -
"The English losses were very
much hevier than ours. Particular-
Tim'
epowdent of New York
New System of Fortifications Since
Last Great Offensive.
The following Interview was sent
te The New York Times by wireless
its correspondent in Germihy:
signed,- sealed Interchanged re^
political ^ eTieaneiea—-invoTTlttk—“in^ soMter"whose' bTHy thought Is tv) do
this _prot<
was
Carranza had refused to sign the pro
tocol. The commissioners said they
expected to draft their response to
. Carranza at once.
The .failure of the commission to
give to Mexic&n-American relations
a brighter prospect was offset some
what by official intimatons that
Henry F. Fletcher, confirmed ae am-
bassader to Mexico almost a year ago
was about to start for his post where
American interests" now are repre
sented by a clerk.
„ The report that Gen. Pershing's
^expedition ebon would be withdrawn
lard less of Carranza’s attitude
io gained ffeeh impetus, and it was
Lderstood the administration had
LMa move under very serious eonsld-
v oration.
Mr. Fletcher conferred 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
y immediate withdrawal of the troops
had been considered. It is known,
however, that army officers are
pressing strongly, for their recall,
p contending that in their present posi
tion they cannot do effective wojk
toward protecting the border; th'at
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
if the occasion should arise in the
future.
Eliseo Arredonde, Mexican ambas
sador designate, announced during
the day that he had been summoned
to Pexico to confer with Gen. Car
ranza regarding the relations of the
two nations. This was construed in
some quarters as indicating a deter
mination by Carranza to withdraw
i; :smatic representatives
Mr: Arredondo stated, however,
that he expected to resume his duties
within a few weeks and thv fsct that
the.United States was contemplating
_ sci^iTur its ambassador to Mexico
City k'f.t,weight to the theory that if
Mr. Arrolpndo was not continued in
his position here, another envoy
Would l/c sent by Carranza.
— The trx; of the protocol signed at
Ati in ic City was made public by tke
American commissioner* tor the first
time.
It also was announced for the first
time that at the time the protocol
was sent to Mexico, it wae ’accom
panied by a brief statement agreed
upon by the joint commission, a* fol
lows:
"It shall be understood that if we
meet for the discussion of other ques
tions, the American commissioners
will not ask that any final agree-
iStecnent shall be reached as to any sueh
is^^Mestlons while the America* troepe
i in Mexico."
Carranza’s reply was mot made
“.•while. #e is understood to have
taken the position that be oould not
' sign the protocol because it would
put him in the position of sanction
ing the presence of Amerieam troops
on Mexican soil.
Following is the text of the pro
tocol
"Tiptoed of agreement, ad refer
endum, withdrawal of American
troops from Mexican territory • and
protection of the A meMcan-Mexlcan
international boundary.
"Signed at Atlantic City, N. J.,
November 24, 191G.
"Memorandum of an agreement
signed this twenty-fourth day of
November, one thousand nine hun
dred and pixt$en, by Franklin K.
Lane, George Gray and John It.
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 executive 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 tfce withdrawal shall be ef
fected, so as to ensure the safety # of
v the territory affected by the with
drawal ' ^
"Article III. The territory evacu-
gted by the American troops shall be
tfpied and ^ adequately protected
/the .Constitutionalist forces and
sh evacuation whsll take place
Yrhen the Constitutionalist forces
have taken possession to tke south
of the American forces so as to make
effective such occupation and protec
tion. The Mexican commissioners
shall determine the plan for the oo-
cupatlon and protection ef the terri
tory evacuated by the Auseriean
pftrium; in the English
and Spanish languages, at Atlantic
City, New 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,
‘ "Luis Cabrera,
"Ygnacio Bonlllad. *
"Alberto J. Paul."
ELEVEN CHILDREN KILLER
\ "Walt and see what.fj? anytblhg,
cemes of it. I personally don’t take
mich stock in It."' This was the t
opinion Regarding the prospects of ly heavy were the losses of the Aus-
Germany’s peace offer expressed by
Crown Prince Rupprecht to me, mak-
K*»t Hold of Defenders Goes
Matchin Falls After
Fight Grows Fiercer. >
Russia's last remaining . hold la
the Rotimani&n province of Dobnidja
has been so badly shaken by the lose
of l^atchin to von Mackenseg’s
forces that it seems dtfttbtful if she
can much longer retain her grip on
any of this trans-Danube territory.
Dispatches from Entente sources in
dicate she probably will be forced to
abandon it. -
West the Danube at this point,
Braila, the -important Roumanian
grain and oil storage depot, is still
held by the Russians, but it is con
sidered doubtful whether it can hold
out long under as serious a threat a#
is supplied by the Germano-Bul-
garian operations across the riTer.
The line of the Sereth, to which thf
Roumanians have retired further
northwestward, runs just north of
Braila. The expectation is Indicated
in the dispatch, however, that the
tralians against our Guard. The prolonged defense of the city ha*
Australians and Canadians, 1 suspect,; given time for the remgyal of v&la-
ing it dear that A,4ld npUtnow what they were being aMfF=*tores of ^rdvial5hs r «i<f''Big-
- * Mi a, J \ ^ r* 1 a t ** “ a. J * _ 'U'
many cases & policy of defense in-
Toraado Wrecks School Hon** Near
Blocker, Oklahoma.
Eleven school children were kill
ed,. four probably fataHy. 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. - * ^ v
The school building, a Baptist In
di&n mission, a quarter of a mile
awdy, 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.
WarrOn; Etta Pendleton, 17, daugh
ter of John Pendleton; Jessie Bris
tow, 17; Lilly Bristow, 7, son and
daughter of J. H. Bristow; Budge
Brummett, fi. son of R. D. Brum- !
mett; Albert Dickinson, fi, 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 seriously 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 twonty-
eight in the building, Fred Perry and
Ralph Brummett, escaped entirely
uninjured. Steries of many miracul
ous escapes were being told in the
stricken diNWet Thursday night.
Will Jewel, hie 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 escaped injury.
regard to the arming of merchant
ships. As the armament consists of
a gun mounted astern, a British mer
chant ship, on seeing a submarine,
has to put its helm up, expose its
broadsides or largest target to the
submarine, and run away in order
to get its gun to bear, increasing Us
range every second, making it more
difficult to hit the enemy and adopt
ing a method totally opposed to
British traditions, and particularly
disgusting to the' gallant offieers 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 is has been attack, and
always attack, at sea.
"There may be diplomatie diffi
culties counseled with the arming of
merchant vessels for attack, but
surely these difficulties ceuld easily
be surmounted. Germany has direct
ly challenged ne, .and has cut and
stopped our route to Holland, a
short dfstAIifiS of about* eighty miles.
The war staff should immfediatejy
set to work to devise means for open
ing the line of communication be
tween the country and Holland."
sent up against.
his duty and continue to fight u&UL_
irdi^To^stbp“fighting” suit of the Somme battle was largely
te riatr
^n the .Moldavian west frontier.
♦ ♦
_ _ _ where heavy pressure by the armies
The cbmmander-in-chief of all the , ' d “ e * 0 the individual superiority ef] 0 f the Central powers has been ex-
German armies between Verdun and. l G 1 f r “^ n 1 B< ! ldier * K° Ter th0 | «rted, the defense of the Russians .
Flanders thinks the name as the man Go i oni a lB . W J*<> had | > ® en # c f“ ' and Roumanians seems somewhat
in ths trenches on the subject ,pf 8 i» teI1 tiy at the deadliest point of the firmer. The latest Petrograd offl-
peace. Both use almost identical 0 ^®“ 8i ^ G '.^ Ild had b0rxi0 ^ bnuit |Cial statement does not concede any
words, and ths same conservativeness ] of fi K ht in8 as of the looe<»; # . | further withdrawals along this front,
of Prince and private regarding all* Tbe Australians are brave aedd, a i t h 0U gij further progress at one or
peace talk, with no unreasonable Gr0 ^ r J l . Prince, .^‘pierj 1* no t wo points was claimed by Berlin,
skepticism regarding the immediate ’ doub ^ ° # f th * t * mb,t the l m The capture of Matchin is retard
er practical results of Germany s of-* credit ro . r ^ ^ ,n London as ending: the defense
fer, rfound up and down the whole ? nd h 0P«io« 8l X *nd the, 0 f Dobrudja. The Russians held the
Somme front. For all the Somme fioaviest losses. T But be Vf r “ OI1 'Matchin bridgehead in order to pro-
ighters, .grenadier * and gdnerals, • ln the V 011 *,^ 0 A'T' t#ct Bralla from the rear. Nothing
front and staff ofricere. the vitally' t ^n l H inow ^em * ln, 10 them except a nar-
interestin* fact Is that the English,] row Btrip ol Und between marshfe^.^.
according to the view here, whlch ^ rrie8 the hlghwiLy 10 Br,alllL
been beaten to a finish in this great-! ^ elr ' Th ® G*™* 11 * * nd Bulgarians am,
est offensive, and that the German ' ^ h ® ld i ** * position to push their guns with-
army is taking little stock in pence« *f* l n n * odd * ln • lght mile * of Brsau • nd * »
talk. After their Somme experience ^ J ' Bum ® d lf th# lnvad ® r ® capture
SoBme battle the foe outnumbered the Jatter town the Russian line west
hi more than three to one. .| 0 f Danube will be withdrawn. It
I asked whether hie remark dur-Mg taken for granted that the pm-
ing the battle for Lille that t b o| ] onKe< i resistance to the German ad-
French could gain no real successes; Tanc# hae enabled the defenders to
of strategical importance unleee they remove the stores of grain and other
broke clean through him for at least naurUl from Braila.
twenty-five kilometers (IS miles)
i Htill held good to-day tor the same
conditions.
, "Yes, that still holds good to-day.
In spite of the sacrifice o{ half a mil-
COST OF THE WAR
Federal Reserve Board I
DESTROYERS FROM JAPAN
Will Build Doeen for One of Use
Entente Power*.
lt*i» learned that the Japanese
navy department, has been asked to
construct twelve destroyers for one
of the Entente powers, believed to
be* Russia. The warships will have
abofat 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
asaki.
- 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 of next year. The destroyers
will be used to combat German sub
marine*.
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TOOK MUCH LOOT
Onmusna Admit* Loss of Amssnnl-
tfe* Now Claimed Recapture^
An official report received Tues
day by Andres Garcia, insrector gen
eral of Carranza consulates, from
Gen. Francisco Murguia at Chihua
hua City, announcing the capture of
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
taining big stores of ammunition and
arms in Chihuahua City 'during his
recent "occupation of that place.
The message stated that six
thousand shrapnel shells, „ fifteen
thoosabd rounds of rifle cartridges,
four hundred rifles, eight cannon,, a
number of machine guns, h&hd gren
ment on Financial OonniUom.
The increase in the national debt
of Great Britain, France, Russia,
Austria-Hungary and Germany, esti
mated by the Federal Reserve Board,
is $49,455,000,000 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
lions’ share is $39,600,000,u00. This
estimate, the board stated in tabula
tions made public, is approximate.
they look sooner for a renewal of the
murderous struggle, and they ate
filled with confidence that they vflll
push back the French and English
as often as they may resume the bat-
m
With a flash of friendly recogni
tion Field Marshal Rupprecht, say
ing "We have met before," recalled
that I had last been with him in
Jnnt, 1915, just as he was meeting
spondents. witn a wmmsioai snniei jj ave reached no strategic goal,
kc recalled that he was the anvil, 1 six months' trying they have
while Mackensen, then at the height been unable to break through ns on
of his great drive through Galicia, 1 a brood, front, and have not even
was the hammer. .History la again a uy tactical successes of- im-
repeating itself to-day, the Crown porta nee on the outcome of the war
Prince playing the hard anvil role, on i Q ghow for their loaeoa."
the west front, while the sledge ham-j Nevertheless, the Crown Prince
mer Is busy in Roumania. made it clear that he really expected,
"I am still the anvil, but the anvil and is prepared, for the English to
i* holding out pretty well," ho said, .resume their * stubborn attack, al-
"How much longer?" I naked. though he wna unwilling to commit
' "I don't know,”, Rupptocht smiled.
"As long as is necessary. The bat- |ish had continued the offensive ae
tie of the Somme is over. It may be- * 0I \ C 88 bad * thought t y
gin again. At any rate, we are h a T . ^ prohaMy iwalized .one time ago
— -- Ing an Intermission. If the Somme tb® impossibility of breaking through
and does not cover the tost of tlieiw-ttle borins again the English will tbe German* Somme front, but their
war, as large revenues of undeter- j g Q 4 that we exe^eady*for"them and Somme otfeneiTe in itt iut operr.
that we are prepared to glre them a ‘ on » *“ undoubtedly connected ln-
•trenser reception than ever before. with operation* On tbe other
Tiet’s see. It begad on J%ne 24, and . .. . . .
ha, lasted till now. We can safely' Th «7 h °P ed t0 • to » »• *“ Rott -
CUBA STOPS SUIT VS. N. C.
IVMditent ~ of Island Withdraws
Aetto* o* Carpetbag Bonds.
mined amounts have been raised by
internal taxation. Following are tbe
estimated national debt increases:
Great Britain to November 11,
1916, $12,253,358,000; Franca to
August 31, 1916, $8,038,590,000;
Russia to December 81, 1916, $7,-
973,274,000. A total, of $29,265,-
132,000 for the Entente.
Germany to October 27, 1916,
$25,260,000,000. Austria, $18,719,-
200,000; Hungary. $1,294,909,000.
A total of $20,192 t 190,999rtor the
Germanic nation*.
Great Britain’s national debt, the
board estimated, was approximately
ens of those numejpus Joffre of fen- lives and using up such vaot
fives, Vftlch then seemed' the non 1 quantities of ammunition a* it is al-
plus ultra to commanders and cqgro- 1 most Impossible to match, the Eng-
epondents. With a whimsical smile | ii a h h*va r«*i*rhnn »tr»ta^ip. Cuba's suit in the supreme eonrt
against North Carolina, involving
the collection of two million dollar*
in bond* issued during Recon*trac
tion days and later repudiated, will
be withdrawn Monday, President
Menocal by decree having stopped
tbe proceedings.
Decision would have stood an a
precedent in possible similar eulta
against Southern Statea It la esti
mated about* four, hundred million
dollars worth of such bonda ware
issued and later repudiated.
President Menocal's decree, under
date 6U January 4* declares that "th*
government does not hold it conveni
ent to its interest and ends to con
tinue the suit," and an order Issued
in July, 1916, appointing attorneys
to handle the proceedings is revoked.
Senator Overman of North Caro
lina has withdrawn hit resolution,
which directed that Cuba be asked
for the names of the original holders
of the bonds. Senator Overman
charged that private bondholders
bad been responsible for Cuba’s suit
^ "Our sister republic has acted very
graciously and quickly in revoking
tbe decree for the suit and is very
indignant over being imposed upon.
It ha* been a frame-up."
Senator Overman declared the
bonda were issued during Reoon-
icipal factor in their sue- ro ie in their last attack*-—a* wei , ^ rac Mon day* by "carpetbaggers
ing risen from 9,888,210,009 ruble*.j***«*,, the tffbory apparently being ,. oal<1 \ 9tirm from their weunded aadi and •coundrels" and that the SUto
January, 1*14. Loan, to All!., and; kom. o«t by th. fact that the tempo Drl .o..r.. I do not Ilk. U ray tlurt'“« w • “ nt
dominions. Including the gr^nd total,, # f the Somme offensive slowed down thm Fnriish muld not have not their ‘
are estimated at from three to three a complete stop as the equili- wounded. From letters which have
brtum In th. air wal- wa. restored. n u ^ oom « lnto our »»•
It la certainly a alcn of weaknera 1 month thcra t , undoubtedly a
$18,162,750,009 in November, hav-} a biy the prin
•ay now that there were some criti- “ iania by continuing the Somme of-
eal moments at the beginning when *® n . Blv f/ . be - CA } d ' . I® tbl* they fsll-
ths enemy was immensely stronger ^ ln tbeir h 1 ? 1 objective of breaking
than we, particularly in artillery and thr0Ugh ^ fro D nG u ^
in the air" . I Tbe Crowl1 Prtaee said tke- Oer-
The German military mind, which man armlea felt that by koldlng on
patiently works out the causes of re- Somme they had helped la gain-
verses with even greater thorough- inf victories in RqjMBAnla. Again
neaa than of successes, ha* reached referring to the last desperate aa-
the conclusion that the overwhelm- faults of the English, the Orowa
lag aerial ascendency of the French Prince remarked:
and English on the Somme was prob-; "The airman Boelke alee played a
"How much stronger in flying i,f-ra # - «
wer, th, French and Bncliih at the that the J J 1 , 110 ?. 14 "!' ,n * • entlment t,T P«»c* 1“
aeceerary at all or araa deslrabla. | llBh r^k,. w , mttit W!Ut u d ara.
and a half billion.
France’s total loans to her allies
during the war are estimated at ap
proximately $220,900,000,099. ' beginning?" I asked. *. i * * i ,
The national debt of Russia has Rupprecht turned to his chief in- J 11 ® F1 . eId Mar * bal at “• ad< * martap J, We, too, are determined to light ofi
risen from 9.888,810,099 ruble* telligince officer, * who cautiou.ly aakad if necessary and a. long a. ^
about $13,114,886,720. at the close ia td: "Very much eo." The Crown GD ^f pl ?I lnf a tha ii t "W 0
of 1918. ’ ^ ^1 Prince himself said: 10 Berlln t0 Bea lf tba tl The Bavarian Prince, at bay before
Bank not* dreulatiom in Germany i ‘Ten times stronger than we, at ao ^ tpere was suu anve, ne crouching ready to tpriag
hke increased greatly during the least sight times, I have to say be- Bm,led P 0111 ® 1 * and ^ bl * dem '
war, as In other belligerent toun-, tween eight and ten, but r.ll thatjias oc ^ ati ® ”
tries, the total of Reichcbr.nk notes DO w changed. In artillery, too, In * d ® n A Uk# “ ach . Btoek lm
in circulation, December 7, last being every respect, in fact, we have been n0t ^, itb tb ® P € ®P la ar# li , Jf^ same as ths unbeatable guardian of
placed at $1,652,271,000, as against growing slowly stroirger from month th ® Bn i® nt ® he^-lTh® P° li ticiani that olher way to Belgium, the do-
$450,212,619 July ID, 1914.’ The to month. In the last few month* wiB flDd a P eac ®' J fender of Lille, only a shade grayer,
cost of the war to Germany since wfi have shot down many more If the English soldiers in tb ®jn pinch gaunter about the faeo aid
Rouman’s entrance is placed at enemy fliers than we have lost. Un- had an 7 t ?? 11 * 10 ab0 “ t |iieck, looking a bit worn from over-
about $524,880,900 monthly, and the fortunately, we lost our best one, lt * do you thl fV 1 th ?7 d . make work, but still an optimist. He has,
last new credit granted by ths Reich-. Boelcke. through a stupid accident." P eac ® mor ® fiukkly than the ■tateu-
at the French and English the. mo
ment they show renewed activity .o*
the Bomme, is practically much the
stag, $2,880,000,000 October 27 last, i Despite this heavy loss, the Crown
"If the* politicians
however, gained in stature. He ie a
leader of armies, ripe witfr the ex
perience of two years’ meeting of of-
men?”
is estimated to be sufficient for abont Prince intimated that the Germans ‘ replied:
five months. The number of sub- kad not only restored the aerial could only be brought to the front j enfl j ?es
ecribers to the various German war equilibrium, but had virtually re- and b0 ^ 11 real, J lB oa tbe "I have had a good deal of prae-
loans is placed at $16,928,057, the gained the ascendency on Uie Somme I should have more faith in tirr in the he 8a j d He smilefi
fourth loan offered last March, hav- Somme. * tb ® Possibility of an early peaee, but ^^g^aUy a s if enjoying Falken-
ing the largest number, 5,279,645. The Field Marshal asked where I thc PoJllj cian s have a way of getting ha^j/g and Mackensen’s campaign
The figures were taken from for- 1 had already been with his army. ar ound facts and actual wmditions, i An( j longing to lead a great offensive
eign sources, which the board consld- When I answered that I had just ^ . wb . cb a !. ar ? dl8 P ,ea * ed ;_* “^jarmy himself.
ers reliable.
♦APAN WILL ARM TRADERS
i come in from the Butte de Warlen-
] court beyond Bapaume, famous ds
i the scene of a desperate struggle be-
( tween the Grenadier Guard and the
i Australians, he said:
many offenses have there
asked his intelligence of-
Ask* About Status ef Ships So
Japan, through the embassy at
Washington, notified the state de-
that they will do so this time, too. i “How
There has been much noises talk, and ; been?"
writing in the war. Take, for ©*-! Qcer.
ample, the discussions about ‘demo-i ity ba4e stopped counting them,
.v.raiActuo, .ic oc.v*. cratic England. We baT ® 1* p.® r J that functionary remarked.
That’s pretty near the front (the many a form of equal suffrage which | .«]^t's see. _ First, there wls the
Fnriish lying iesB than a hundred |; b ®y kaTfi n ?^ ^P g aQd ’ and , be “! Champagne and Neuve Chapelle,
yards away ».• .That’s a decidedly Uj© coming of Lloyd-George Just t ben the May offensive .In Artois.
drauehtv eorner^of the front." nbw, the government of England^ was Tben the Loos-Fromelles, and now
Draurhlv is German military slang absolutely in the hands ^of a little «he Somme," Prince Rupprecht .re
fer heavy shell fire. ' . c Il,V e °I the ari8tocrac y- . .marked. He Intimated that *11 pre
Tlie Crown Prince mentioned the The Crown Prince elaborated at riou< offensives had been bagatelles
v.«- —— that to appose 0 f compared with his pree-
partment Tuesday night of her in . .
tention to arm her merchant ships frequent heavy fogs at this time of tiome. length his convictions ^^ w ^ ^
defensively, and requested informa- vear as a factor calculated to dampen ^ ,e ’ e ^ as raor , e democracy in Ger- en ^ task, that there was no compari-
for passage of ships so ,& rm ® d
through the Panama canal.
This was the first official informa
tion that Japan intended such action
and was interpreted in some quar
ters as Indicative of fear of German
to’d me that the artillery equilibrium
was not quite yet restored on the
Somme . I gathered to-day from the
F'dd Marshal that this .. desirable
tion as to whether any special rums tbe English attacking ardor. At the n:an > than in England, thou he turn-, PO n between the battle for Lille an4
had been made by this government i a8 t 0 f September Gen. Gallwitz had * >d *° P® a ^®’ ” , ,^ eB T© nc ® the Somme* and that the end washy
* “ reported haring "interviewed J°me; m *a n * m g lr ht.
English prisoners freshly brought in J ^ Prince’s lopg and stnbborm
.. . . , i defensive of. the roads leading Do Bel-
r iT.ran..ra. ,..m ...iir .. ‘According to prisoners ^ s ^ a ^ 6rt l gium brought up the subject of the
st^te hsd he^n reached at to his ,1 ^ cn t 8 the n GWB dr Germany s peaca f ^cjal and economic conditions re-
own satisfaction, and that should the offer,spread hke wildfire through the gu m n g from the English blockade,
submarine operations on a wider Somme battle flarq. up *K a *n It might F rench trenches, and ths English expressed - astonishment that
scale. While no submarines have be ex^erted to take t^e normal* told to be hopeful, that some-. M^jjjaj^a has been Aroused over the
appeared in the Pacific so far, Brit- course of all western offensives, with thing would come of it. An English treatment of Belgium,'Whorea* poor,
ish naval experts think it Is quite v#»ry sUghJ. local ground gains, 1! any, P nstn © r said that he only wished yiolated Greece Is passed over in il-'
possible that they may operate there purchased only *t a frightfyl coat. .Lloyd-George could be put in front | e u C a f ^‘apart from the fact that the,
'•ter. ^ When T snoke of the decisive fac- ^f^th® Englwh army, and if so there and conditions efiB*
There are ne eanal regulations tor of heavy urtlllery, mentioning the wou l d t>® peace instead of sorrow. , rounding the deportations of Belgian
Imposing special restrictions upon strong anny I had seen both at the "In the ’'draftlest corner of the workers as they have been reprseeaV
v esse Is armed purely for defensive f-ont and on the staff mans. ~ the Somme front* they don’t take mnch ed In America are In no respect into
purposes, as the United States holds Crewn Prinre with one of those sud- stock In prisoners’ stAtementa r " r te the facta^ —■
t ba t snch armament does not de- dsn fooling smiles chsracteriHtic of Crown Prince Rupprecht said, add-, Again referring to the Sovunet he
adea, uniforms and’army stores ofT^ve a shin of her eharacter as a him. said quietly but decisively: ing: "Great reliance is to be plaood said: "There M no hreaktog through
.various kinds had been recaptured. 1 easeful merchantman. ' - “if they attack again, we shall be on letters fround on prisoners and