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mm CONVICTED MUTINY IN GERMANY t’L,- bad rec«tr«d MuelUr'a leU«r? M - to pro**, but d*cl»r«d: M I am The trial had proceeded to this loyal Oerma*» ; ” stage when court adjourned for the August Neifra, fourth engineer of afternoon. Captain Klattenhoff, who Uebenfets, also a German, and was carried to Aiken from the fed^ who is aTsb-swving time at Atlanta riritolCCTAU u/DITCD fiCTC P en!tentlar y at Atlanta, was the f or his part in the siitking of the iciii Anc IW |/A|CCD f C FI FFT CHAKLISTON . WRITER GETS first witness to^ go on the _ stand Liebenfels, testified substantially to ^AILUIJj In AAIjEII J ^rLCCl Thursday morning. the same as Japsen. The trial of Wterse and Klatten-j w A (“Jack”) Young, who was hQff has been, marked by the Jt- C | ty editor of the Charleston Araeri- tempt of John P. Grace, aa counsel can at t j me t | ie B j n ki n g 0 f the for the accused men to inject many Uebenfel and j ^ Gowan at lhat irrelevant matters into the test!- time managing e(1 itor of the Charles REDISTRIBUTE ARMY National Army Hhlfted to Fill Gape and Secure Training. Redistribution of the forces In TWO YEARS AND $1,000 6UILTY OF CONSPIRACY GERMAN CHANCELLOR fOWEB WOULD COERCE PEACE ^^ a Ud"e y wa e . SEEDS OF HIS DOWNFALL X^nited States Court at Aiken Pun ishes Editorial Writer for Opera- . From The Columbia State. I mony and there have been several t0 n American, but now.In training s sharp clashes between counsel dur- p, atttburg , testified that Wlerse ae- ing the day Judge Smith had three d permission from Gowan to be times found it necessary to warn Mr. f du « y the ni ht oI January 31f . Grtee be. would not be permitted to h game ni ht the Uebenfels wa8 impugn the motlvesot the attorneys k an(1 tbat on the afternoon of for the government and once Mr. ^ d January 31 , young made tions During the Sinking of Uie Waring appealed to the court to re- arrangement8 t0 do' Wierse's work. I’mind Mr. Grace that the assistant thnt nnnn IJebenfeU—Report of Trial Taken district attorney who is conducting returning '!) ^'he office kfter supper the government s case, would not tou * n<1 Wier8e jn h , 8 offlPe an d submit to reflections cast upon his 8Wore that t , aptaln K | aU e nh off Raul Wlerse, editorial writer on motives* in introducing testimony. later came into wierse’s office and the staff of the Charleston American, Mr/ Warang-explained to the court ma j ned witll wierse until after and Johann Klattenhoff,, formerly that be was doing his duty, that R 2 15 0 » c iock the next morning. That • captain of the German merchant ves- ' v , aB an unpleasant task but ono wag the 8aJIie t h e Liebenfels ^ sel Liebenfels, were found guilty in tliat bad been assigned him. • jv.as sunk and both Jansen and . federal court at Aiken Thursday of, While Wierse was on the stand Xeuse swore that Klattenhoff was . -conspiracy to sink Uie Liebenfels in Mr. Gidfce suddenly asked permis- through the night.' Charleston harbor last February. sion-of the court to introduce evi-^ special Agent Bocock of the de- The jury returned the verdict at ^ ence to prove the ownership of the partrelent of justice .testified that he 1.25 o’cltH-k Thursday after having Charleston Evening ( with Klattenhoff on the day been in the jury room since 12.33 • Sl V ith Promptly excludrd any such before the skipper was tried In o'clock. Al 1.15 o’clock they came testimony. The PokI had not been .Charleston tt nd that Klattenhoff told •out to ask the court whether they mentioned in any matter. Ibini that he had received a letter coudl return a verdict of guilty or While these sharp dashes were »tih orders from German Consul * 'not guilty as to all of the three de- going on Captain Klattenhoff sat Mueller to sink the JJebenfeJs. but fend ants, Wlerse, Klattenhoff and with eyes on the floor, apparently that KlaVjlenhoff said he would not Di w’. Mueller, former German con- unconcerned In "what was going on say who delivered the letter as li*» sul at Atlanta, who la named with about him, but Wierse was alert and would get bis friend Into trouble, them ro-Joiatly in the indictment, showed a lively interest in every; *| asked him If Wierse didn’t de- Judge Smith advised the Jury that move. As the court was engaged In liver, the letter after calling him hludler could neither he acquitted trying these men. charged with eon- over the telephone on John’s Island splrary in fnvor of n foreign govern- and he said ‘yes,’ ** said Mr. Bo- mem with whh h the I’nlted States coth Is at war. s s«<9te of women Red ^ This testimony was Lome nut by Cross workers In lire nudienr* were K« < r« t ServH* Agent Thom •• of the busy with thetr long needle* knit* treasn^y department, who intro«1nrod ling for th« court r«M>Bi wi the day llslf an Iomi heyday ordered Tuesday by the war .depart ment in order to fill up three Na tional Guijird' divisions in Southern States to war strength and to pro vide for the organization of an ad ditional National Army division com’ posed of negro troops. . Modellin Plan A fter Russian Revo-| v The rearrangement creates in ef- REVOLT ON FOlitt SLIPS SOCIALIST JOIN HANDS lution Teutonic Sailors Land— feet five so-called “rainbow” divi sions of the National Array, to cor- Marino** Refuse to Fire Vpon I respond with the single '•rainbow I division of National Guard troops. Then—Soldiers (\>mpel Surrender | Four white divisions will represent respectively the South. Fast, Middle West and Far West, while the fifth. —Destroyers Overtake Deserting Warship and Force it to Surrender —Kaiser Wanted to Executive Every Seventh Sailor. the negro division, is intended to represent the negro population of the I’nited States as a whole. The negro division will be dis tributed for training throughout al . .the sixteen National Army canton- A mutiny among the crews of four mentM | t w[] y not bc artH embled as battleships of the German fleet oc curred at Wilhelmshaveu. One of .these battleships was the Westfalen, whose captain was thrown overboard and drowned. The crews landed. Marines refused to fire on them, whereupon soldiers surrounded the Bailors, who surrendered A mutiny Is reported to have oc curred on the German warship Nurn* berg, which was at sea* The men seized the officer* and proceeded In [ where there will he available axe* a division until the eve of Its depar ture for France. Details of the arrangement pro vide that all negroe* .mobilized In the Southern States shall be trainer In cantonment* within staff?* from which they come and Jhitt at * al time* there will be a heavy prepon derance of white troop* in all *ta?< ronstruction work at the ianton ment* has progressed to a. point Government Ring Attempts to Raddl* - Vprising in Navy on the Socialist Party, Whereupon Even Those lb ** ^ Who Had Supported the Govern- ment Went Over to Opposite —— Results are Not Looked fo* im mediately. Germany's paper crisis over the Pan-iieraian propaganda, wtiArt* loomed mo big in anticipation, but was so small in results, ban pitMMrd. - *-> • In Its place has rinofi a new and this time a really Merlons ertsis, ('sused by (lie atumipt of Chan- n-Ilor Mhiiaollw, Vice <'hanccllor llelffetieh ami Minister of the Navy ton t ape lie U> use the ale’ legtwl plot la His taoruuMi navy as a padithal weapon against extreme left In the Koichatag. a lie Is at prewent a •or con t ic led ^ fugitive. Judge Smith Immediately sen-, teured the men Wierse was *eu- Inared to pay a flue of $|,tf#*t and to nerve two year* In the federal peni tentiary at Atlanta Klattenhoff. who In already serving u penitentiary i' ’in. was N*ti* **d to pay n fine of |l#e and to nerve Mi months In sd I la HIS piiSSW T’pnu the one word. ’ CmigrnRnhi tlnim,** teAegmiPhrd by Paul wieran, editorial mvitrr on the staff of the fhartewion American, in Dr. Mueller, then German consul at Al junta at t 15 n’fiurh en the afternn—n of January SI, IPtf, the event of the nteitag of tlm Gorman mm bant Ship Liohenfet* in i ~her teeton b*’ hnr, m«ms< St odnendny night Bn dP* pend the ontmme of the trial of Krtma and pnpt JuImmmi MBafBan* hnffnr. ni Athen m-yomttv * earned Mfttl Ms* MTi Meet lor u ho la said to he a fngttive tram ineme in Krnn* mw tflmra*4 nnh eanaptmey in sina the taehsnfeB* mam B ns a’vBart Mhtdnnadny at tnmoon M‘teros had 1 merkan soldi* ra The Homrh to KlntinGhnm. aa < rootled all dnriag a Aaatatant Hist tin Attorney., War- * lag WnftaMnday aftemann sanpht |» perditssion of the court to introduce i consumed W •erurtug a la the dlrec’tion of Norway, with the intention of being Interned The Nurnberg was overtaken by destroy ers and forced to surrtdMler. Kmprror William went to Wtl- hettUfthalrtt and ordered that one out of every seven mutineers he shot t’hnurellor Michael!* protected, with the retulf that only three were shot lleevy seutonres were Am lip gihnm. William • v for frr»ui one regiment to n>* brigade of Infantry at each r amp v h* n the first Increment of the Nations I Army ha* he* n m*»tdllzed. The war depart meet wow plan* to transfer regular army regiment* trout the expanitoe pest* like ttvro- J • use. K Y ; Gettyshura. Pa.; Fort' Oglethorpe Ga , Vnd others, to thej oa | Nattongl Army rtatoaments for the} let toontha, aa they will he I DCmperor abdNke def« n*e to V«Mtr plated the Jury wee as follow*; J< l> Whtsenhnot of Oraageburg. f« men. J. M iitendmnu«of Aiken rennet ef Aiken. KIwcmm! K HcmwI ward of Aiken. Yonug gtmmnns of Mt Flensnnt ft ft I mi la nf fir hnra II II Orinses of Isnnx J VI ivesThaama nf l^se tmtHMy* James p AhsevtwmhBa nf Aftgp, M It MaPPIII of %ihsn W* Ml MmMNnp af Ml* SjMMh Mi W. Ml MMMMI Jf Ornngehwrc A gvsnt Anal nf the pendored at the trial of the even nf the IJahnmMi et Fiocone# map nee# hf eehoienllnltt the seme rued, if Wle*pe wrote would prune M’terws s menial afUlude towards the I a.led glates go*rrament and got nfflrlaln Judge Smith el* thtohtnd nf teattamny as like nine a letter nhlth uae submitted to the mnrt aa hevtag been written by Wlerse and identified hy him aa Cm nnn after Mr. WwMMI taifHlM m ievwe on^croes-eanmtneifon If ha nan a marvied man The vnntenta nf •he letter ens net divulged, hot three ■VfggfM anuugnlMHM Whlfee Jedge UmMh referred to ne a Ur epistle The aevmnse Ms rose el t Ol e «lork h sdood sod bod fo w % • nojorato bo gvweiWwg rvwooos mrnm uiBap be A P stsSOOt Idafttrt At< - * '» o os rwlUM ed only odtooram* % Of swBfB WB**W* i bi^d IHI Ido oliofoey Jofo bdWrttMHBb yMw w Isis to tbe rowtl O SiH w#f fuf fol A Mow of tbe fbflMl r tf MMM4pMf « 9 eeBdewro obbb tk O (po • drMfofob^fo 9 fc bwtN op orewod him INM 9 ttfm cBswt os ibis ww* Bora 4mm9 9t 11 Md erwos eosodooltow. por t|p9lfeff9F Ml 9 port of WTtufno's story I#bl4 Ml M9p4 | b Poileo of o neftee of t of oblrb tbe ooe r«oOB rwioloiiod |i nnsasn and while the goteen wee ngnm hwttdtng up a mso. firm IMMI WMjjM 1 jj^l M)M MMMill -MU in prove that the tjrheufne uur nns lad hy Mr* Grate m nay lhat ha sank Mr Grace made a dupe mis nan If years nf ago and that he had et vernal to admit the nalentwt ert nf heed te t her hmtna Bar SI en hw« estnel sinking sd the s pert «f I'sfOeta KfestvcwfeMstf fSNBft osetteh>d him no* ild admit the gaapr on i ho part mart It loses, empdntty rheruod wMh dor lured that tan nf his sen tinre five nr mt i*i <*«ev from Germidiy quarters a ohjnrtions te the that nns Mag Uae nf mu'*af nee The Weel falsa In a haitiaahlp ef l t.fee man. ho tit ta ifif Nnrnhera M a new vunnoi not wnrda to ransh a aimsuahe of mnh hg Mm the hot lie off the falh- mmamrnm 'uTfUt' >fU Tuesday that a ered In thn Get man nary to lyse the flam. Vise Admiral ran fh» nf martae. la a “ German set The gov< dnam MPaM egramv I at al n ne um mss ament nffrvwd In eday asorwtng fan in German and I? ttenhoff nMh conspiracy ah captaining that sanapirury In mn nu ualawfwl erv *ed the nr- I rummiiMsn nf an nalanful am a nrparme and dhtlaet. fhe first ettasun railed nns Jan Allen of rhnrleuffnn. I’nlted ftetee i»i*f engineer aha c tve the Insn* J J Fag I Ask ehhrb tenet her nnh a lev- ter nhhrh h tevwe adaMut iraaaMdl* ting to Captain KhMhmflhllfliffnm Dr Unellar. ih*» go* era meat will rfalm form the link vwnmsctina MWHM e iik the sinking nf the IJehmifoln. Y heen#nlegrams vend ns follons. In lb*- of ihetr neqnence ■" oAiinnmrtiwrTiairTT: f q ^ **To Kmlle Jshnt.WhTYT Hall nlfeet t rharlnntnn. > “FlenAe wire whether Wierse ha* feentved my letter of last itatiif«lsy tiUgaedi •’Dr, Manlier.** “Charleston. 8. C . Jaa 31, I >17, •’German f’onyul Mueller. Atlanta. Oa. "hTlerse claims letter has sent t Signed i “Jahnx.” s b I, Y< Dad! anrd Been drafted MHe the rfuua-eoaaMaeiiaa Mr the tost I WBaaagh that the ha* not been cal led Wlerse lest if and that nNh the FharBatBun A dehenfeli la •‘her Wet on the hnglnntna nf that paper, lhat ho .had amt Dr MaeMrr cetera* wood, a Bug hunt rag-fainayu la pnhBW, and *.hnl I I that he nhaerved the known Klattenhoff stare lilt. Ho nhing an the mufllag*Mi| MMM fed tM MHBMl MMBI l. and offs rad amlrl- letters for KfoMaaMaff. at thn Wiier s was declined ! rr«iueei and then eiplained, an has iger. submarine diver, been laid. Ida version nf the aerfpe nf ig tlial parts ef Urn en- teVgram* He naa very friendly, he I he IJeheafeW demolish- told, with the German xotmul at ice that the veeael had l harWetoa hn.j often t sdd glue ed 9 Mallaz* pnetmnsAer at MuL * tin rtmm ufhmraathm Trtrrut i lett ItaD. on John’s Island, testified ashed hy Mr Waring If he did not lhat Klattenhoff, who was slaying know the afternoon he brought Klta- n«ar hy jn the country, came to his tcuboff from John’s Island to char- store ana tried to get Wires* over lesion lhat Ihe captain was going to I he telephone n few da*« before the sink Ihe veseel. He replied: **lf 1 sinking of the Liebenfels and that had known tlml he would have been the same day Wlerse railed over the kicked out of the automobile head phone and asked lhat word he sent over heels.” to Klattenhoff that there was a very, Just before Ihe ordeal of his cro**- important letter from him In town, examination was over, |sent his telegram of congratulation* JmM__ when Wlerse must be In Atlanta by now., • n <| that he < Wlerse J would send an wa* explaining to Ihe Jury that ha “Atlanta. Ga.. Jan. 31. 1>17. •‘Paul Wlerse. Care Charleston American, Charleston. 8. C. “I am agreed on proposal since very urgent. <Signed) “Dr. Mueller.” “Charleston. S. C., Jan. 31, 1917. “German Consul, ,Dr.* Mueller, At lanta, Ga. “Congratulations. j( Signed) " 4 ‘Paul.” It Is tbel oho tee b« 4# «■# navy an among them nee In vucraH thn ships Bn cause Ihe crews tn fem in ahey nvdere. Bn paralyse Ihe fWet end forre nsnru upau ihe II W pruned that Ihe prlnrtpel Hut fur cuaBrtsd hi this handing fo 8 M^s i ge^4 w AI W pu m 1 tn Ihe IWSrheteg. to Deputies I d- Hutomobilc for him William Andeli, w ho lives near ’ to pr Mueller, although that was Mullett Hall, and with whom Klat- five or six days after the receipt of tenhoff wan staying, told of Wlerse * Dr. Mueller's letter to him. Mr. War- going to his home on Wednesday, ing asked if* he always sent tele- January 31. to call on Klattenhoff, grams of congratulations collect, and that Klattenhoff returned to Wierse replied: . “I always do when Charleston in an automobile writh the person 1 am telegraphing has Wlerse. That w’as the afternoon bc- more money than I have.” fore the sinking of the Liebenfels. | The first witness for the defense F. H. Jahnz, son of the former • Thursday morning, when the court German consul at Charleston, Emile | resumed the hearing of the case, was H. Jahnz, testified that the day to-{the warden of the Atlanta peniten- fore the Liebenfels was sunk Wierse Gary. Warden Zerbst testified that Thia last telegram was dispatch-] emplcqrod him to drive him by auto-pG^ptain Klattenhoff had been in the ed from Charleston at 8.45 p. tn. the mobile to Mullett Hall; that on the hospital since he was received at the afternoon before the.sinking of the. way out Wierse told him (Jahnz) ! Atlanta penitentiary. Klattenhoff Liebenfels. ' * Jthat Klattenhoff might return to did not take the stand as was expect in' explanation of this series of Charleston with them; that when ed. The defense had no further wit- telegrams Wierse told the court that j they reached Mr. Addell’s house nesses and-the United States nothing he knew absolutely nothing about Wierse and Klattenhoff held a con- in reply. the first one to Emilfe Jahnz nor*of versation,\ which he did not hear, j .Upon the completion of the testi- Jatanz’s answer. He declared that 1 and that Klattenhoff did return'to ' mony John P. Grace asked the court he knew Dr. Mueller only slightly, - Charleston’with them.. Immediately to direct a verdict in favor of the but that*six or seven days prior to upon entering the city of Charleston, two defendants, which was promptly dispatching the congratulatory tele- Mr. Jahnz testified. Wierse left the 1 refused. gram he received* from Dr. Mueller automobile and he drofc Klattenhoff t. Waites Waring, assistant dis-- a letter addressed to him in sub-. to pie wharf. ! tried attorney, made the opening ar- stance: j After the authenticity of the se- gument for the government, Mr. “My Dear Friend: Inclosed please ries of telegrams already quoted had Waring’s argument was clinching, find letter. Kindly give this per-1 been established.*C. A. Graeser, pro- He wove from the evidence which tonally to 'n Klattenhoff.” j feasor jit modern languages at the -had been presented a strong case A postscript to this letter, de- Citader. was swqrn. and Uanslated | agaihsl- Wlerse -and Klattenhoff amt dared Wierse., spoke of Dr. Mud-[the'two messages that were in Ger-1 laid particular stress upon the con- ler's engagement to a young wo man,.j man. As he was about to leave the ‘ gfatulafory telegram which was sent or that he. Dr. had he.-n a< - Aland, Mr. Gram detained him. by W,or> to Dr. Muelh r on the ceptcd by a young lady. | “You are Swiss, are n’t you ” ask- evening of January 31, the day be- in reply to Dp* letter, Wierse dh- ed Mr. ^3rare. ”Excluded,” ordered | fore the sinking of the Liebenfels. * Mr. Waring w’as followed by John P. Grace. At the close of his argu ment Mr. Grace made the statement that the government had-brought the charge of conspiracy against t Paul MU IM.trtNlilN HA. \m» •%< It Is not Improbahla. German po litical observers point out. that rhaittellor MirhneRs. In an honr of n| parent sucresa. sowed the seeds of his own U«»*nfall. Results are not t» he expeeted Immediately, da tho Retrhstas adjourns this ♦ hr new i onditloos-ol doehtedly. from Ah*tn»t %on U«*thauinn-lloUw«d*s of < >»hnM«r \I-r Admiral ton t‘« teat tho dtnerm torn 4r1«eo lata complete and late sUgameot >Hsrlsll*ts # The follower* ef maaa have 4e|i« erwd a UratUHi of war aaetnet the ootil rhanesfler cfared h«* wrote Dr. Miller stating Jnidre Smith. that Captain Klattenhoff was out of! Mr. Gnie*o»r stood looking 7 Mr. (’harleiiton but that If the matter Grace squarely in the eyes pnd re- was urgent he (Wierse) would Uie pltol warmly: "I, sir. am an Amerl- an automobile knd deliver the letter can.'* , . • personally Wierse claimed that the! A thrill went through the court|Wlerse because of Wlerae’s connec- teletiMiu of January 31, of Dr. Mu*l- room and every one present, with,lion with the Charlesjon American: ler l«» him. was merely ta netHorl^e | Ihe ppesihle exception of Ihe for^, that "the government offIcUls. had him. to hire the anlomohMe to go to «* rner* felt It. ». ovcr!o<>krd the German ron»ul and Mlllrt Hill, on John’s Ulend. where* Jonas Edward* Jansen, ehief en the son ef the German consul at Kjattenhotf was alapinf at fineer of the IJrheafels^whe was Charleston to strike al the Charles- He edmiMed holding Ihe carried to Athen from the Atlanta ton America a thepagh Wierse. for CapUfo Klaitqnhoff. and ^ • »o u>«e*ufy. tasdeXhat he “Yon have i*v right te male anch Dr hia -RanfilaMHanfe .Sfoarn tmn fofn hafofo tto Mnhlnn 1 SfoSonip mtervnitiiM^Mr Oram' Thm coort will Captsia 1 the Gam. the sahaegoeat event which er red In the navy Very few per • who forgot their tr duty suffered Ihe ■Med I ieu uutf my rumors which are la circa In Uou are Immeasarahly exaggerated The rttmhative forre of the navy was not threatened for a single 'moment and things will,remain so.” Admiral von CapeU* attempted to link the radical Socialists with the plot. He said Ihe ringleader had dis closed Ihe plot with Deputies Hass«> and Vogherr in the radical Socialist conference room in Ihe Reichstag building. The Deputies had called attention to the dangerous nature nf the plot and had advised the great est caution, but had agreed to fur nish propaganda material. Socialist Deputies interrupted the speaker-with cries of dissent. Dep uty David, of tlfe majority Social-, ists. 'demanded the government pro duce proof and that the Reichstag should suspend judgment in the meantime. Chancellor Michaelis earlier in the session had referred to the affair, rumors of which evidently had gain ed public circulation. He declared he could not co-operate with nor rec ognize a party which put itself be yond the pale by activities directed against- the fatherland. Tho disclosures in • eonneet’on with the radical Socialists, if they government, assumed all responsibil ity for the prosecution of Wierse, Klattenhoff and Dr. Muller. Again Thursday morning, as Wed nesday, Mr. Grace attempted to in- trdduce testimony to, show the own ership of the Charleston Evening Post, and the Charleston News and ( ourier, but this, was not permitted by the court. .. Judge Smith made an exhaustive charge to the jury on the points of laW involved in the rase. Ho ■ftdq it plafn to the Jury that Wierse and Klattenhoff were notion trial for sinking the Liebenfels, nor for con spiracy to demolish that veenH, hut for conspiracy to sink the Liebenfels In Charleston .harbor., and he held that If Wlerse! h*d knowledge of Klatteuboff’s purpose s and intwn'tlon to sink ttojursKel and' stood by and pefmitDd the Liebwnfols to to sunk, hl» failure to pe^ ur m bis duty in the promiMM nusht determine bin part in lb* rownpirary. . Th* jury ref lied at lt.33 oriork. tbo rowrt re Wierso’a sow war ta tb« roqn T%| k. ff . tor, 4H and •* rb n snrplns of tb* In tb»» rooairy tbat tb* *t- ports adminutratty* to tb# oaportAtto* of vaw cotton to tbo Miles without tftrma* When tb* lte#m*iag of nv «ort«» beeam# ef- feetlv* September «, Us*, tbe hoar t permitted tb* eipc rtaCcm of cotton ti tb* Allies without permiti uutil October 31. next It was explained that ther* now la ample cotton in tbe United Statee to supply the nation’s nec-«’v includ ing the Increased amount of colt in needed in the army and navy, and still leave a great amount for ship ment to Ihe United Kingdom, France. Italy. Japan and Russii. are true, came most opportunely to help the government out of its em- tarrassment over the interpellation regarding pan-German propaganda. Admiral , von Capelle hammered home his statement with a declara tion of the necessity for a proper “enlightenment” of the military forces. Few (lisiuitchc* since the war began have created more interest at the navy department than re- |>orts from Amsterdam telling of a revolt in the German navy. Of ficers unhesitatingly declared that the story, so far not confirmc*! in official reports, was one of .the most encouraging signs of Uie year for the Allies. They pointed out that, while tbe Allied powers have noted repeatedly recently in their official statements that the morale of the German troops was declining, there has been l otting to suggest that iron discip line of the German military system -had lost Its hCiTiT over the fighting millions in the slightest degree. . The declining morale on the west ern front. It was said, has shown It self In the ffeeble character of recent counter attacks. The revolt In the navy, these offi cials said, is a more serious matter for Germany. • The sailors generally have no? been Vubjected to the bat tering of gun* day-after day, month after month. They Insisted that if there |* discontent among the sailors with their condition It must be JfoMU A» one pooftiH!*- etp«sRa?!na of 111* havy revolt, they pointed owl. that l they thotr mrwmn words to thin oftool: ’’If you bad tbo knowlrdvr sod proofs you any you bod. why did yo« not hsw us arrested and tried on or after August 3A. when tbe court mar* tial took place?* No explanation was forthcoming. Here It D believed tbat tbo antwor la: “Because we did not want to make a sensation out of It and let tbe out side world know.” During the debates that follow** the chancellor's and Gapclfo a Charge* It soon developed that tho radicals in this case command tbo sympathy of the great bulk of Reich* ■tag members. Spokesmen of soma of the other big parties frankly ask ed the government why it was that having the facts it asserted It had It did not put the whole matter up to the Reichstag and have three alleged conspirators tried by their col leagues. “No Reichstag.” shys the Koel- nischc Zeitung, “would have been able to refuse consent. 0 i’nless the chancellor can answer these questions to the satisfaction of the vast majority of members, ho will stand morally convicted hav ing played a highly questionable po litical trick at the expense of the radicals, though it actually worked in their favos*. Prince von Buelow. the former chancellor, is most widely mentioned as best fit to succeed Michaelis. Dr. von Kuehlmann, the foreign minis ter, has made the best all-around im pression of tbe new government members Political gossip is engag ing in. considerable fhrtatton vltK him whenever Ihe question of a new chancellor comes up.’ Vice Chancel lor Helffertch has scarcely g friend left In the Reichstag. 24 LABOR COMPANIES Negro** to Have Opportunity to Kn- .. roll in New Service* Jkmedl- ■ uy nor *ze ef Gf ptdlrj Armv orders •te liri4£UZ«t»0* or e«NBMUfes ’N-j wowwy owipw fM n» of r«.ascripted men sftor thetr mobtlDat.oo.” or If satflHeut mow •re not hhfoiMi fo WfoR. w ‘ 'rar ST’*