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ARMED NEUTRAUTY LANSING TELLS THE WORLD OF ,0 AMERICA’S PURPOSE . uHEIGN NOTICE GIVEN . A • * +— K / ' ' * . . hhip^ to lie Armed and Supplied With Gunner*, Who are to Have Hole Power to Handle Ship if V* Boat Appear*-—Vi wit and Search , ■ . - ' SUH Hold if Gentian W arship* Ob- *er\e Sea Law. Arjned neutrality 4a now a settled policy of the United States govern- ipent. All the world is to be offi cially informed to that effect as soon as notification’; delivered 10 the em bassies and legations of foreign gov ernments represented in Washing ton, can be transmitted to the capi tals of those nations. The German government will- be* notified .through The .Swiss government, which is rep- resenting German interests' in the United States. The government left no doubt of its position in giving this notifica tion. In order that not only the government, but also the people, throughout the world should under stand just Vh&t the new American policy means, the department of state furnished to the press copies of its formal notice, delivered to foreign diplomatic establishments. Kvery merchant ship, having American register, which so desires, will be provided with guns and*an eipert crew to serve them. The gun- .\arm will come from the navy and it relieved, although officials will fthat on th« ef American m**r«*hai»l ship* com- doned officers of the navy will codimar.d the batteries furnished by the go>eminent The batteries at least will be na* having the aapie Hatu» as when they did n«»i carry arms The officers and men of the gun etows will have e% plir.t orders from the navy depart meat aa to ibelr treatment of Ger* man »ubmartne» The gnn rrews are to*be jvirtuatly tadependen* nf the master* of the shlpa on wh»*b they servo -that t*. accord tag .to tpe Impression obtain* ed The masters are to jmvigate the ship#, and In each rase the officer *n«ttng the betters In to deter mine tor himself what like coarse •ball be toward any I'-boat that may appaar* • Tbat tbe ann^ in • » ••».!.f *«• *.rt iii^h -uPmaMfc* • rbaat vesseta aa stgbt. | tiartioa betweea neutrals and*being erents. V maatrnod by tbe Iraltod Plates goverpment aa meaalac that •o mercy ntli be show a to AmorWaa merrhaotmea la appareat fr m tbe formal aotire given to foretga gov* era meats Tbe nnmmaromsat roods In view of tbe announcement of the Imperial German government on January 31, Ibl* tbnt all sbips. tbnoo of neatfati lacluded. met nithta rertala <oaeo of tbe Uffh sea*, wow’d t»e -unW nltbont a ay precvti*lon taken for the safe ly of tt.»* per ono. on board, and wilt out the eterrise* of tftaft and •earrb, the'goiernmeni pf the ratted Plate* has drtcrmlaoi to piers pp*>n all American merchant feaaf*f sailing thmuah the ImrfiT ; fear kn arm* •! guard for the protect ton of Ike vessels gild Ike lives of the person* on boa*fd. The government tHu« emphasltes I he po nt that t» is armidg merchant fthifr l»«*mu»e **f the declaration of IU.U1 -1 Hit Tl*t by belltgereat warships 6. If belligerent submarines or other warshlpo encounter nriaed American merchant , ships, these warships ire privileged to everclso the right of visit a snd search with attendant penalties. ■' t ” In other words, any American merchant vessel carrying arms fur nished by the government, writh naval gunners to operate them, has the right to sail the seas as it plekses, and is none the less a merchant ves sel because It has a battery for de fensive purposes* , If a belligerent warship comes in sight and makes the necessary in quiries, the naval gunners will not be privileged to fire their guns at the warship. Hut if the warship neg lects to comply with thg retuilrements of international law and shows a hostile .intention, the gunners^pah turn their battery on the warship upon, a pirate to save the lived of those on board. Has a taerfchant ship with a bat tery manned by United States sea men gunners the right to carry muni tions of war? Has such a vessel the right to adopt forceful, measures, if a belligerent warship insists upon de stroying the vessel as \vell as the con traband cargo? These and other questions were gone over by officials when tbe, matter was under consid eration. The gist of the conclusions reach ed is this: The mere placing of arms <u# merchant ships does not give them a warship character and they are as much merchant ships and as much subject to visit and search and other rules of the sea as they were before they took aboard a battery and United States seamen to work it. Hut the United States does *not recognize the right of a belligerent to gink an American merchant ves sel except in exceptional circum stance*. Would the naval gun crew refuse to permit their *hip. to be sunk, even while ronsenthig to have the contraband cargo thrown over board? Thai t* a question that only officials can an»*ep and they will not. , *.*' Anoiber vital question that offi cials do not care to answer cxpflcltty Is whether a naval gun rrew on n on a submarine a* noon as It Is ascer tained tbat she Is German It Is ask ed. tn other wolds, whether the tner* YARROWDALE MEN RELEASED; "TELL OF BAD TREATMENT l*Hsoners l>cmTl!»e Vessel Which • t'aptured Tlietii — New Ship -v-. Built for' Special Itokliug. Laden with cigars, cigarettes and food showered upon them by the hos pitable Swiss, fifty-nine of the.now historic Yarrowdalb prisoners arrived in Zurich Monday.- They had arrived at the Gqtman frontier at Lindam Sunday,” after a continuous trip oL fifty-two hours from the prison camp at Hrandenburg. The sailors said that they were convinced thatfthe raider which sank their vessel was the Ritz, of Bremen. They described her as a brand new vessel of about 3,000 tons, capable of eighteen knots, equipped with one funheL two masts, one false funnel, four .torpedo tubes, seven* rapid firing guns and axwheel house which was hidden by the sides of the ship. _r The funnels Fut&a device by which the stripes could b^xh an 8ed at will and the ship's doors Tyere so con structed as to cut off allTt^ht when they were open. The ship^a sides were also so constructed thatNpor- tions of them could be automatica dropped and raised. The impression- that the boat was new and built for raiding purposes was heightened by the fact that she was equipped wltlr steel cells below and, although looking like an old tramp, was really an armed cruiser. / The sailors said that the Yarrow- dale, although ordinarily capable of only ten knois, had to make-fourteen at.times to escape capture. She was carefully mined so that she could be destroyed at a moment’s notice. . With their Immediate needs, such an board and Mging. provided for, the next attrition to be given .the nun will be to supply them with clothing, of which they are badly In need. . The Yarrowdale men fold of tbb irentii,«-nt to which they had been nubjerte*! In‘the German prison camps * at NqutrelHi * Hu linen *nnd Hrapdenbrrg. where they had been successively Interned after having been brought Into Hwlarniuende on ' .I’nofftrial op.atua t« practically •matiimou* that the naval gunner* will he so instructed, and state de partment official* have practically admitted this. The German government Informed the United mate# that the German pledge* to observe i bo recognised law* of warfare at *eo were to be dlavnfnvdoi; tbe order to t**boots t** •ink aeu*rat merchantmen wtthont • •rotas became effective on DVbru ary I sen merchant ships were •uak without warning under that or der. and no reason remains for the «eppbalttae that an Amertraa mer* v *at ah|p Is to he tmmeee from at* na seen na sha la dahiod-hp-n Harman U-bont An American merchantman would haee no cbnnee whatever ualeaa ebe I ire on tbe German submarine the minute the •ubamrtae’a identity was certain Tbe gun crews wiU we caution and discretion, but from alt that m known, and frvyn the wording jf tbe notice newt by tbe •tale deportment to foreign embas sies and legation*. It le apparent that A merit aa mer* bant ships have hrea armed for hnslae** and sill tab# the Berman government at its word An official likened the attitude of the Untied States in fural*hlng "aa armed guard ' to protect an Ameri can fee reheat ship and tbe live* of llMiae on board to tbat of tbe may«»r of a ctiy la assigning policemen to protect street cars from attack dor mrn m eftftber-dl na* the bu*rne*»# of tbe roadeciuf and tbe ntotormsn to operate the car, II ww* said, and they would be expected to kecp-opciattng It after tbe attack nas made A* for the potU em* n. tkey mould have nothing *to do with opcrattiiK CZAR ABDICATES Haler of liimnln Glvea I p Vleign With Prayer for Nation. * The following la the text of the imperial manifesto In which the Rus sian emperor announced htn abdica tion and that of h4» son: "We, Nicholas It, by the grace of God, emperor of all the Russia*, Ciar of Poland, and Grand Duke of Fin land, etc., make known ti* all our faithful subjects. In the day of the great struggle against a foreign foe who hak been striving fox three years to ehslave ouf country, God has wished - to send Russia a new and painful trial. Interior troubles threat en to have a fatal repercussion on the final outcome of the war. The des tinies of Russia and the hopor of Our dear fatherland require that the war be prosecuted at all cost to a victori ous end. Tlie cruel enemy is mak ing his last effort and the moment is near when our valiant army, in con cert yvith those of our glorious allies, will definitely chastise the foe. ‘'in these decisive days in the life 6f Russia we believe our people should have the closest union and br- ganization of all their force* for the realization of speedy victory. For this reason, in accord with the Duma of the empire, we have considered it ^desirable to abdicate the throne of RuSja and lay aside our supreme powcr>v Not wishing to-be separated from oirK^ye in the kon, we leave our heritage, to our brother, the Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, blessing his advent to the throne of Russia We hand (Ker the govern- morit to our brother Ra full union with the representativeiOBi Hie na tion who are seated iff the executive chambers, taking this step with, an Inviolable oath In the name of our well beloved country. We call on alt faithful sons of the fatherland to ful fill their sacred patriotic duty in this painful moment of national trial and to aid our brother and the represen tatives of the nation in bringing Kqs- sia into tip* path of prosperity and dory. May God aid Russia WAR TO BEGIN SOON . O « 1 ARMED NEUTRALITY MAY CHANGE TO WAR ANY TIME WILSON WILL DECIDE WIEN WILSON ASKS W4K PEOPLE WILL KNOW FACTS Marshall Hoys Politic* Trouble* Should I t* In Urn > tingled out'from a Hnrtitb their stay in Germany, they report*^ they bad subsided on one allowance of soup daily' and bad K fsde their long journey to tb# bor er <«n. ••• nnrb "meal '* There emu hardly one of them who. they de «la red. had not felt tbe A si of a Ger man ramp guard and Ibe squad of Ate sold tors, whirb brought (hem to l be border, hud exefrtsed tbe privi lege of abutting them np to the Inst powtble moment The men tell of the terrible suf ferings they underwent during a pe riod of severe rold weutber In Ger many. due portly to Inch of foot, but gnoemdwdboBbMMO-gMImBlmgMnd 'bribing whirb they bad lout At nee their entrance into Awitierland nt Hoarvnrb. tbey any. they have been royally trtntad. idiicnn- ventwrfng horred ion<- wri'uld he sunk without warning H i- oJivhui"*. iitt*r«*iore. that In «*r tier to protect her** If from sinking. m American merehant vessel would q• obliged to fire upon any U-boat itiat came within torpedo distance the moment it herame apparent that . the submarine belonged to the Ger- jum navy. Before determining upon its course of armed neutrality the government eanvaased every possible contingen cy that might arise and , considered the new departure from every angle of policy. Having reached the con clusion to arm merchant vessels and furnish trained ’naval gunners to them, it intends to see the matter Thfough: The question of the status of arm ed merchant vessels was worked out in thei light of international law' ob servance and the rulings of the Ger man and other governments since the beginning of the great war. Ger many holds that an armed belliger ent merchant vessel is a warship and not entitled to immunity from attack without warning or any considera tion whatever. What Germany’s attitude is to- -wartU armed merchantfnen of neutral register'is.’not definitely known, tto t *1 hr.I’nitcd' States has its own views. ♦ ewr. .4*1 uL&igftuL Luutfu from attack The (omluctor. if he should, use their clubs or revolvers: he would have nothing to do with that phase of the matter. It wou)d he for the police captain or sergeant to decide whether protection was needed, and when it ahould be given. Kxperts in International law were quick to see that the noticu of armed neutrality Issued by the state depart ment omitted all reference to the cargoes of armed merchant vessels. This tends to confirm -the impression that while the merchant ships will be permitted^to 'farry—TwrraflRnd—or war. the United States government, will not insist that this contraband is immune from destruction if tbe Intercepting belligerent ship complies with the rule of visit and search and the other requirements of* interna tional law,-- These and other questions are somewhat clouded in’ Vhe unofficial mind, .and peHiaps in the official mind also. Officials do not care to discuss, t licm, and it is Apparent that some must be adjusted on tbe spot so circumstanc’es and..the discretion of American naval officers dictate. MUCH BOOTY AT BAGDAD TAKES OFF MAIL ff«44>«p IwesU • mm »*ipa al Halifax. _ Mail carried on an Amertran skip thw^Hundard IHI tanker John D Arrlibohl. was removed by tb# ltr»u isk author.tie* at llallfaB. acrt^rdiai to th# officers of th# xexael. wh|*h arrived at Nan York Tuesday from Havapm, Mamp. This I* said to he Ar»t time that a «hip flying tb# American flag mi the Ailantt* has tw-en denied th# t*rtvilrge of transport lug mail from a foreign country • Detention of the * tb’andinavian mail taken from (he tMandard (Mi tanker Arckbold is explained nt the lirlUsh embassy ns due to limited fa- c«H4«e» Im oaiidUh*: ui it al lULUx mm pa red vetfh Vhoae developed - co U (inland In f'oaaequeme. unless a steamer with mail l\ willing to wait more than three days. In many cases it may Im* not e*sary for the malls to be left al Halifax for a following steamer. TRIES BIDS AGAIN llanl* to Itrfln \\«*rh **« Hcont Another attempt will be made by the navy det»artm#nt to place con tract • for const r art ion of IVhaot «cout eruiser* without Invoking the News of IlCMtniction of Throe Ameri* • can Shipn <'onvlnce* Washington That Knthleaa Warfare i* a Fact— Kxtra Session of ('ongresM May Be ('allcxl to Calve Sanction of Of fen - ’ 6iv© liefensive. With the announcement of the ruthless destruction of three unarm ed American merchant ships by sub marines, it is unofficially admitted that virtually a state of war exists between the United.States and Ger many. r — — Technically the United States re mains in a position of armed neutral ity. Whether this shall be changed' before April .16, the date r flxed for a apwlal ««^4on-oUUongresW, the war making branch of the government, President Wilson bar* not decided. . One step the president is contem plating is a call for an immediate session of Congress to hear an ad dress asking for authority to adopt aggressive measures against the sub marine menace. Already American ships are being- armed to defend themselves. The'next move must be to send warships with orders to seek out submarines and clear the trans- Atlantic lanes. Horne of the highest officials of the r rfm#nt hold* that tbe exrtutive has power jb declare that a state of war exists apd to proceed with ad gross!ve protective steps pending the assembling of Cobgrefs. There Is no Indbation. howvtwr. that tbe presi dent will follow tbat course Of th# three ships destroyed, two were unloaded and homeward bound All mer# At »«*rtran built, American owned and officered '.and • , • ■ lnternatlo«|ri <Ylsfts. Vice President Marshall, who pass ed through. Atlanta recently, declar ed the'International situation tb be^ so grave that every other Interest, from party politica to railroad labor f Doubles, should he laid aside in favor of a rlj?id loyalty to the gov ernment. 4 T can not say,” he said, "whether the sinking of the Algonquin will be sufficient cause for the president to , call Congress together to declare war. When the president does de cide that war should be declared, he will lay such a mass of tacts before Copgress that the American people will see their duty plain.” ^ “What is the’ mass .of facts the presiaefit has?” he was aiked. The J, Vico President shook his head slowly. ‘•He has them,” he said, “and I know what many of them are, but it would not be proper for me to make public any of them. • • .... “We must drop Internal strife and party politics. We must drop the fl£ht between capital and labor; we minct drop our personal convictions— of the war in Kurope,. If we are to hope to survive this crisis. We can’t have bosses now. The people selected President Wilson, ” and the time Is here when we must ’ stand by him. “We can’t get on with a portion of our people loving another country better than they love the United States, and with a portion hating an other country more than they love the United States. We can't get along with three faction! ~ Americana, pro- Germans .and anti-British. That makes guerillas out of na. "There a been too .much of that* sort of thing The people and the paper* that would have him go to war with Germany attached the pr#o- Ufteat because he would not plunge this nation Into the eonfltet; thoee who cried oet for him to assail Grant Hrilalh for n few property looeee that ran and will he pnld far nt the proper lime were equally hitter. And a uth< t.b 'tty to odt-rtn kVhil# I'ongrvw* bw» authorised tMM en of thrwe vewwrl* 4e«*med shea lately essential to tb# efficiency of IfepUMt, only on# bns br#n eon* tracted for Hid* bntc been ndvee* Used three time* and Congress has raised th# limit of root from fi.bb#.* nog to $4.awe.00o bat tbo *1 • par* moot one * it boot tnfor toot ioo na to Abo—ooatbof at abAg building oMb* panlee tbat w»*eld respond Hids for sia smets io coot six mil lion dollars enrb. exclnsive of armor and armaaMMU Iftll be opened Tb# flee tile Coast rectioa company, under- took tbe const met ion *»f one at f&.* ege.eee b«furr tbe cool limit wn* dMMML ^ ^ ^ ^ dec ret ary Daniels probably will rlec# contracts this wonb gnMD"MM five battle %■“* each. nrmnnteat basis of I cruiser* to coot V.ege # - rirluatve of armor and Tbey will be belli on n i per rent, net profit to >l T jiSMT' l and it is believed tbat tbey are cor rectly given as follow’s: 1. Arming a sbjp for defense is a right under international law, and is not a belligerent or un it iendly act. . - ' 2. The placing of gun crews from Die United States navy on board jperefiant f<i operate r* d> f« bj m, ffi Is not a bel ligerent act and is justified by cir- • cumstancoH. • : - 3^ American merchant vessels carrying arm* for defensive pur pose* furnished by the Untied Htate* government and haring gun * rrew* from the United 8tate* navy .*1111 preserve the character of mer chant vessel* and are not auxiliary crubirta or war • 4. garb Amerfrah brU mmf enrry tbe are *ab.vtf I? GERMANS RETREATING . Ijirgc-f Tr<N»|i Mo\cniont Since Msrtsi* i* Taking I*la<*c. Tlie greatest military movement on the Franco-Belgian front since the battle .of the Marne still is in full swing iflth the Germans in re treat on a front of nearly 100 miles. French territory approximating 620 square miles has been abandoned. * The retirement of Field Marshal von Hindenburg’s western armies al ready virtually has resulted in the straightening out of th# 1 famous Ar ras and Noyop salients.— ^ Should the expectations of many military observers be realized the re treat, will not stop short of the pow erfully fortified line, running from Lille to Laon, through the’strong de fensive positions of Cambrai.and SI. Quentin. . Turks Being Hard Pressed by Brit ish Forces Along Tigris.; , The Turks evidently^, are being given ho rest by the British opera ting' against them northwest from Bagdad along the Tigris river. After the capture of Bagdad Sunday the British cavalry kept on the heels of the retreating Turks and occupied the town of Kazimain. five'miles to the north, taking'pi ore tfoan 100 prisoners. Gunboats are proceeding up thi* river in'pursuit of the Turks. Although the Turks for more than two weeks before the fall of Bagdad had been destroying or . removing everything of value .from the city. Gen Maude, commanding the British forces, report* the capture of large quantities of equipment, arms and ammunition GERMANS WITHDRAW British Advance Goes'to ’ With Mile ' and a Half of Bapamne. Aceording^to the Briflsll war of fice communicaDoit under another of tjie terrific British bombardments the Germans have abandoned their main defensive system west At Ba- paiime on a front of three and a half miles to a depth of a mile. The advance" gave King George’s troops the villages of Grevlllers and the Iriiuhardt wood, bringing the ad vanced British forces st the. former place to a scan! mile and a half from the northwestern outskirts of Bn- paume MrrrluMM»hlp feoink. Tbs British steamer Lacy mean* •4 all waa taking la tba • ill be diairibnt#4 so as lt> obtain tn# l. S. MARINES IN Cl BA ■ D i«e T<*wn* ate la D*iia*ew*bwi of tb# Antcviraa F«wx e*. f ront l*i* Inai*# at Guaatasaino Ad *mral tlmry T. Mayo, commander of i it.’»d Stale* Atlantic fhet. re *« u« I i* kH>riA Tuesday from at hast all neve ttuak .mfth rnmpleie disre gard fer lb# aefet* of tbo^e oa board, and tbat oomr of (he member* nf tbe trew may bat* bom Ipai Hunday’a deveu j mn.u bronchi the government fare t# face with th# • ui of form elating a detail* P«»liry for tbe naima tn eoas ,Um\ Ualted fi’ales an *ally enters tbe n*r. This p- t unity wns mr si toned by tbe preeldent In bis inaugural ad All "f tbe cwadlttoaa ontlinsd by the president In bis msssngn as nounrtng tbo 4l| hrmsltr brsah wttb Germaay as lewd tag to a slate of arm- m BWHwMMhiB— act" dear rlbed by bl then baa an owl ty rams. If. in tact. H bad not already b»~a ^ • ben tbe presides! west t^f ore « on grew* Btnee then be eetaMuseg a stale of armed aeet ratify wit boat tbo apertir authority of Cnngyeas. Prewidoot u iIson waa onl auto mobiliag wben tbo first Asoorlated l*r#ss d(spatch tir^M^g nf tb# ihreo tflanater* came Through nscvalnfy Tumulty be waa given all available facta immediately an bis refers la tb# meantime decretary Laasi other state department well as cabinet members, were given tbe Information. H*vorsl boars later official report* came from t «»n*nlt Front at Queens tons and Uonanl tieaeral lihinner nt lamdon. telling of tbe ainhlng of the City of Memphis, the Vigllabcla and the lltlnota These dlspatchaa con firm* d press report* hnt added few details. Internal ions! lawyer* and conaliin- Jirqtml experts here showed no hesi tancy In oajrlng that lYealdsat Wil mon ban full authority jo IntfitPgfnC and behind The*# bnv* iiin f# In git# tW Ovrmnn smpscur tl pcewelon that we are n divided pon- pte. unable to ’defend our*elvew I don’t believe that t# t> * • * but If tbe emperor bad beHeeed tbat tbete waa no dtnaen*ion tn tbta country bn would not •isk a *lasko Al GERARD SEES WILSON Lmnotng « offk tala Mar fea ft Af th# The former amhasaad* hia belief that Germaay la everyth lag on tbe rutbleae campaign and timi failure av um aonld brigbien proapert* far pan re Hq was wtib tbe preeldent far more than an boar, repoptlng and ampli fying tbe statement already mad# t» .terratary Lansing In whtcb he said • .'Mi any nas determined to pnt no rewtrUtion* on tb# relent leas opera :Iona of •ubmarinea. deapifb tbe prtm- pret of war wltb tbe Fitted States SPECIAL MArYor HONOR h»a 4’oben *hose - otatlona American for**-* have heeti land*-d From noni* of Them came any evi dence that the |Aitt!ng ashore of th# \tii« rh ans wa* th# tx-ginning of ill ' terv ration. Five hundred inarinca and blu#- jackvt* arc in Santiago patrolling the city and untaJler detachnient* are do ing eimllar duty in Guantanamo, Manfunillo, amf Neuvitas. -The only Interior ytatlon where American men-o’-war fiaAe been placed 1h at the ■K1 .Combrc mine, a’few miles from Santiago. The Americans have been careful no* to interfere in the least particu lar with the conduct of the civil gov ernment, the* officials appointed by the Liberals before the evacuation of the city by their troops remaining in control. • aoKwaRnpur HOLLAND ENTERS PROTEST Against Kngland Detaining Dutch Food Ships. u Lr Holland lias protested/-to, _Great Britain againsT-detention in British ports of more than a dozen steam ships loaded with foodstuffs and s 1 lor the Dut-eh governmrnt. 1 i >( ships are under government charter and some of them are said to have been detained six weeks,or more. The Dutcli' government is* under stood to fear that .ultimately the’de tained ships may be- taken over by the British government, which is said to*be insisting that 30 per cent, of Dutch tonnage be employed in carrying gohdb and xUpplles t«» Dr* t Britain. ’ thl* country consider* that an actual stale of war exist* by reason of Ger many's flagrant assault on American, shipping.-* Such action would be sub ject to the approval of Conpr#**. Despite the sinking af big passen ger liners like the California and the Laconia, the Jeopardizing of Ameri cans on nearly a score of other ves sels and the sinking of three other American ships, the Housatonlc, the Lyman II. I*aw, and the Algonquin, since the unrestricted warfare began, apn»e offh lain* Umptfgd by Urn presi dent’s reluctance to believe that Ger many would carry through her Uiraat, have clung desperately to the hope that some slight respect for in ternational law might still be shown. German sea warfare may fairly be stated, however, to have surpassed even the most pessimistic forecasts. That $he actually means 'to send every vessel to the bottom that dares to venture within her forbidden zones is now accepted us a fact. Neutral, passenger amf Belgian relief ships appear to be all in tile same categ- -iipy . / ' 0 • . \ With the virtual certainty that this country will become involved in hos tilities with Germany, even if only fer the keeping open of the sea lanes to Kqrqpe f officials are Closely scan llodj in Ax a special mark of honor te tha late George'W. Guthrie,. Ameiicaa ambasrador to Japan, the emperor I* expected to detail a Japanese war ship to transport the body to the United States. • The official announcement desig nating the warship Is anticipated with great Interest because broadly interpreted it will be a special man ifestation of friendship for the American nation. SUB JEOPARDIZES AMERICAN 20,000,000 ARE HUNGRY Position of Teutonic I'opulatlon I* lir i * Mrrftege Plight. • e * • . . Regarding food conditions In Ger- malty, one of the best observers who has reported to 4he state department la month'* said that 3<MM*#.e0f peo ple directly connected with the army fib,*##,#**# la tbe >t t. well fed. mrig the news from the various war fronts. An advance on the west frontier in Mesopotamia is now studied with the keen, eagerness born of a realiza tion that it may have a direct effect on Amerl<a’s--future history. The kaleidoscopic developments of the last feorweeks 5 "history h’hve b^eh followed moat 1 keenly: The apparent crumblinjfbf Turkish power in Mes opotamia and l*t*Tsia as show n in the capture of'Van Sunday by the Rus sians, following the fall of Bagdad to' the British, the unexpected sweeping forward of both British and French in a wide swath on the west front, the pro-war revolution In Russia, threats* of internal troubles in Ger many# and China's severance of rela tions have seiwed to convince many observer* that' the beginning of the esd ia near.’ The German retreat In France la net yet accepted s* more than st rat lin ndUlnd ITlgH bt in lea of eeeotw# I »M 4’calQ cfipplc Seven Other Lives Lost When Brit ish Freighter is Hunk. Seven lives were lost and one American placed in peopardy In the sinking without warning by a sub marine of the Cunard freighter Folia off the Irish coast Sunday. Consul FrQst, at Queenstown, cabled the state department Tuesday. The Folia left New York February 26 for Bristol. She was 6,705 tons gftnss, built in 1907, originally the Italian liner Principe di Piemonte. a ♦ # — —* , GERMANS ACTIVE Strike in Galicia and Macedonia^— Make Small Gains. - Considerable fighting has again broken out in-Galicia and’in Mace donia, between Lakes Ochrlda and Presba, according to the German war office, in the former p giooh north of the Zlochoff-Tarnopol railway the Germans’in a raid on Russian posi- Tions captured 323 Hussains and thirteen of their machine guns, and near* Hrztzany and along the Nara- yuvka './river, also made gains and took more than 250 prisoners. Ilritifth Ship Loot. A British torpedo boat of on old type, struck a mine FncIDh channel