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render, hin! all Rone right. As it was, large numberi ' ' German? got out of the trap, anu tne subaequettt fighting has' been I with the Russians and Germans in at ostaate stops, eavei ?rable area of the Poimh battleiield. The Germa: ?? have alternated furious atticki with fighting retreats, and the amount of information vouchsafed cor respondents il ins'ifficient t i n der ?t?nd exactly how the f.nal success will be attained. The Kai and Joachim, are reported to have es? caped only by taking flight in an aero? plane. K thrre was a point bOSidO! their war machinery upon which the Germans particularly prided them Selvei it wai thi-ir march;ng powers, jet even here the Rasoiaos have uhown themselves immeasurably superior. The Grand Duke N'ichol i! officially noted a while ago thai ..mi' of the Russian corps had marched and fought contin uouslv for months, taking fortified po? litl?n 1, and had covered more than nix hundred mile , and the Roasiaoi .1" Iheir marching flat foot, whereas the Germanic rt ? made by means of motor traction over Palish roads. In the oatomn Mason the (irrmans found their methods badly handicapped, whereas the Rniiiani continuously lm proved th, a- ths n ? more and ?ors harden? .1. Ol covered twenty miles Oae ?lay and thir? ty-six the next, snd woal late ths tight on Its arrival with SB ardor superior to that of the attacking Germans, who had the worst of it. Russian Victory at Lodz Officially Denied by Berlin London. Dec. I still lack? ing reliable newi of ihe prog; the battle la Poland, which continues : to monopolize intereit An unofficial dispatch from Petrograd says the bat? tle of Lodi ended is loeosai to the Russians, but tins tUtement is onposed to that of the Berlin official I which isyi the German offensive in Poland is taking its normal course. The fact Is that the lighting in this region has developed into such a jum? ble that it is almost impossible to fol? low it. The most important factor from the Alli?e* pent of view is that the German edvanc? OS Wursaw seem? ingly has not succeeded in its object, r.or has it had the effect of diverting the Russian- froi ?rword move? ment through the Carpathians sad on to the plains of Hungary, or against the fertreu of Cracow, around which they are drawing a closer ring of men end artillery. With the case of pTOOmysl, which hoi held out so long again si ths Raasian attacks, before them, military men do not look for the early fall of Cracow ' and arc rather inclined to believe that' the armies of Emperor Nicholas will endeavor to Keep the large Austrian force inside tht fort re? and enter Bi lesia from the louthsast. However, much depends on the battl" which is being fought with : uch in? tensity further north, between the riv? ers Vistula and Warthn, and all SOTOS the losses on both sides have been very heavy. There is an inclination to beli.'ve that had there been any prob abilty of an early lUCCeil for the Gsr? mans in this field. Emperor William, who has returned to Berlin, would have rossained to witnen lite victory of his troops. In a dispatch from Petrograd the correspondent of the Central News says: "The battle of Lodz has ended in success for the Russian troops, accord? ing to the 'Bourse Gazette,' which adds that great numbers of German prison? ers, cannon and machine guns are be? ing brought into Lodz." PERSIA PROTESTS BRITISH ACTION Berlin, Dec. -1. (By ?rireloss to Bop? Sillo? N. Y.) The following was given out to-day by the Official Press Bu? reau: "The Per?inn government has hand? ed to the Britiah Uiolstor at Teheran a note protesting against the viola? tion of Persian neutrality by the en? trance of British warships into the Ksrun River. "The Italian government has seized a Portugue-? oipedo boat destroyer built at Genoa. "Athens reports that England has landed 34,000 Canadian volunteers in Egypt"_ SAYS BRITAIN FIRST WOOED HOLLAND Berlin. Dec. 4 , hv wirslsOS to Bay? ville, N. Y.i The following was given out officially to-day: "A ipeeial dis? patch from Gothenburg, Sweden, says a South Danish commercial newspaper reports that in 190'.? Groat Britain threw out a feeler to Holland about the possibility of concluding a mili? tary convention. Holland declined, be? cause such a course would be incom? patible with her neutrality. "As. a reply to Holland the Anglo Belgian agreement was concluded, whereupon Holland fortified Flushing." TO PREVENT LAYING MINES IN CHANNEL London. Dec -1. That it is the inten? tion of the government to take more iinngent measures to hinder the oper? ations of mine-laying and other hostile craft in the Knglish Channel is indi? cated by a notice issued to-n-.ght. Thi? ll December 10 within a specified arta of the Channel all light ship?, buoys and signal lights are likely to be withdrawn or shifted. Advn e Is give?1 merchant vessels that navigation within this area will be . -. dangerous" without 'he S it of pilot! who are to be stationed in certain ports. HUNGARY CALLS ON GERMANS IN VAIN I onllnned from pate 1 Hirlah,' the 'Pcsti Naplo, and others, sxpress dissatisfaction with the resul of the Priai* Minister'-; mis-ion Germans Take lull Control. "The 'Pest i Hirlah' says ;n its leader that 'all we can see is that the Hungarian Prime Mini.-trr has had an audience from the Cerman Kmperor and we are at his mercy as to the safety of our countrv.' The Germa:.*, -, seem to have taken over even the constitutional rights of the mon? archy, as if ?( had no Kmperor at all. as If we had not raised an army of 4,000,000 men far the German Gen? eral Staff to ih-pose of, and by hand? ing over to them supreme command we would have resigned our national in? dependence and become the vassal of Germany. "In consequence of this article the secret police MB HOW engaged in con liscating t'ne paper, even from cafes and tobacco shops. They I'ven took it out of the hand? of visitors in caf?s. "other papers express their indigna? tion in the same MBS*, but probably in Samawhal milder tenus to avoid confis? cation and a trial, but all agree that the go?, i minent m Hungary, as well as in Austria hi given np ?B* reins of au? thority to Germany, and all we can do ir? to beg Germany for ptotection or run ior our lives frea the iavaeHag Ces Micks. "The Lower House will assemble in a few day*, and though it was arranged vtith the (reates, difficulty that no criticism Should be raised on the sub? ject, 1 am quite convinced it will not I t Ii ou t some serious incident, for uneasiness is (rawing and Opposition ?embers are pressed very hard by their Constituents, especially those in invaded urea?. Press and Public Included. "Although the government secured Bsstfraneei fran leaden of the Opposi? tion thnt no questions would be asked that would cause inconvenience to the : old Kmperor or the Cerman Kmperor, yet press and public will only be ad mitted for the itatement to be made , by the Prime Mill "I hear some members of the Nation al eammittee ere about to start a iieace i prapagaada, far the] seaai te hold that Hungary, as an independes! srate, has j ru-lit to eonelade peace en her own account. Of cour.-e, in theory the idea is quite acceptable, but I hardly be- j lieve it would stand in practice, for it j would mean nothing less than a split ' between Anstria and Hungary and1 Hungary and Genaaay. The intention of these people ?cen?.? to be undoubted- ! ly to bring such a split about, and no doubt they are starting a well planned Campaign, far people would be on their Side, and. if I nm not. mistaken, this movement would be the beginning of an independent Hungary. "The time of action would be well selected j.ist now, for the rage of the people is growing against Austria and Germany. Nothing but the invasion of Hungary could bring it about, and ?s thai invasion is an evideat fact 1 don't iw they <?' uld prevent the spread ing of the movement. "In Bseged and IHhreczen, the two laigtst Hungarian towns, there were meetings on Sunday, and although all public meetings .ire prohibited the po? lice did not dare dissolve them at ??ither place, for the most prominent citizens attended and the crowd was too numerous to allow the police to interfere. Resolntleni were adapted caliini? on the government to use'its influence with the military authorities for the defence of the frontiers. Other independent organizations in different towns were also called upon to hold similar meetings." BERLIN FINDS MORE BELGIAN DUPLICITY Merlin, l>oc. 1 (by wireless to Say viile, N. Y.i. Included in the informa? tion given out by the Cerman Official Press Bureau to-day is the following: "German troops have discovered in the western arena of the war secret instructions prepared by the British General Staff, which contain detailed information concerning the Belgian border, the disposition of rolling stock on the railroads and the billeting of men. "These instructions could have been prepared only with the active assist? ance of the Belgian government, which supplied the detailed information con? tained in them. This is further evi? dence that Kngland and Belgium de? eded long ag?> on Knglish military ac? tivity in Belgium, and this means a violation of neutralitv } Se Aitmatt Se (Ho. An Extraordinary Sale of Dress Silks and Velvets for this ?ay (Saturday) will? comprise 20,000 yares of Choke Dress Sulks in b?ack and appropriate shades for Afternoon arce Evening (arranged in su.ta.bue length's). Originai.y 85c. to $?.50 per yard . at 4.5c. Originai.y $2.00 to $2.50 per yard at 78c. Originally ?$3.00 to $3.50 per yare at 95c. Originai.y $4.00 per yare . . at S 1.38 Originally $4.59 to $6.00 p-tr yard at f.90 And 10,000 yards of Ve?veteens, Corduroys, Plushes, Fancy Vetvets and Chiffon Veiivets (arranged in Coat and Dress Lengths), originally $H.25 to $8.50 per yard, at 65c. to $2.75 ?*r yard. .Fifty Awnm? - Ma?tean Aurmif .34ty an? 35X1) ?trntB Xem fork FLANDERS FRONT. WHERE ARTILLERY DUEL IS GOING ON. m@ ?.yx MAP D?VA?vr?i TO SCALE IN IO MllE. SQOAKtS ??tOVVrt IN PERSPECTIVE. BATT? A?? /A/TEHMeTTtMT CAfeWO/VmlOe Oi'T ,i i ? \ r?r fiAil^OeeO /'VOM 4? rwo PO'4/Tj //vo/c*re0 y.v ?~er/i c/fc?fSml*v0 m r*?AMi6f*tk*er. tier., ff: '4'o,^/ryrj./^. / sirco* . C'*?rlEj GERMANS DOOMED, SAY THE FRENCH Reserves Exhausted, They Face Failure, Declares Army Bulletin. Hoideaux, Dec. 4. "La Bulletin dos Arm?es,'' after reviewing at great length the military op?ration.? ?mee the outbreak of the war. sum? up the French situation on December 1 as fol? low?: "In number? the French army to-day is equal to what it was on Auguft -, all the units having maintained their full strength. The quality of the troops lui" improved infinitely. Our men to-dny flftti line veterans. They are all deeply imbued with their su pcriority, und have absolute faith that tli< v will lit? victorious. The hipher command, renewed on account of neces? sary dismissals, has not committed during the last three months any of those faults noted and punished in Au? gust. "Our supplies of artillery and am? munition have been largely increased The heavy artillery which we lacked ' has been orjra:n..cd und is workinrf WOlL "The British army hns been strongly reinforced durini; November, and is numerically stronger than at the be ? ginning of the campaign. The Indian | divisions have finished their appren? ticeships in the Kuropean war. "The Belgian army has re-formed in six divisions and is ready and resolute to reconquer its native soil. "The German plan has met with seven farreaching reverses namely: "The failure of the dash on Nancy, the failure of the march on Pan failure of the attempt to roll up our left flank in August, the failure of the same maniruvre in November, the fail? ure to pierce our centre in Scptembei, the failure of Hit? attack on Dunkirk nnd Calais by the coast and the failure of the attack on Ypres. "In this barren effort Germany has exhausted her reserves. The troops she bringt? into the line to-day are badly officered and ?adly trained. "Russia more and mor?, is establish? ing her superiority both over Germany nnd Austria. The stand-till to which ', the German armies have been brought is then fatally dnomed to be trans? formed into a retreat." ? -.?. ? ? WAR TAKES HEART OF MARY GARDEN j Diva Will Not Sing Again for a Year, but Devote Herself to Hospital Work. ?Hi l ai - ' | I ?? r Londoii. Dec. 1. Mary (?artlei. I London on her woy to Nsw Tort to eat ChristOMU limner with mother ? ?and father ?nil ru.-li hack to my b?0? ! pital and refugee home in Par?s. S?OCS ?the beginning of the war .Miss Carden I has been keenly interested in the ref? ugee home and hospital for French -ol diers who have lost their sight. When seen to-day she said: "I will not liog again in public for a ,\ear. I don't feel that I shall have j tin hear*, to do so. I owe more to France than to any country m the world, and now I want to do my little to help France. "I don't know o liether a great opera will prow out of this win. i tkiah taori ! are musicians who could interprit its ' unrivalled emotional and dramatic pos? sibilities, but I don't know of anv j great librettist who could tell tOS : and the story of an opera gr.iv ? nsors i and more important. But this -.- so ; real and vivid a time that art further from nje than ever boforo, II ! us been crowded away by the pity SOS* horror of war." AUSTRIAN GENERAL KILLED IN BATTLE Amsterdam, Dec. 4. The "Telegraif" say? that Gineral von Stutterheim, commander of an Austrian cavalry brigade, was killed on an Fastern battlefield. TAFT FORJ^RGER ARMY Says He Would Increase It by 25 to 50 Per Cent. Former President William H. Taft v-n? the principal speaker last ni| the Mxty-lirst anmversarv dinner of the Brooklvn V. M. ('. A. it the Hotel iiject was "optimism and Common Senae." Applying- this title to the patriotism ?rented in thi? <ountry by the war in Kurope, ?nil the C000St|00Ot tlemand foi lacrsssot? srssasssal ?n?l toast ds ?if! metho.i I baffl ?-landing mmy and COSSCrlption m ml in- nstd or wkoovoi woan p? ?ihle for ?u? ii nutlmH? wonrsrbtcomi ?4 much of ? memory a? tin- IV . ? :?e party, Thu former F'residcnt expressed hi? belief in in iiirre??e of from II to 60 per rent in the efflcuncy of our light a?' lOllitth ? BOTH ARMIES FAIL TO GAIN IN WEST All Attempts to Take Of? fensive Checked?Allies' Line Strengthened. London. De?-. I. The Allies and the Germans have attempted to take the O?TeBSivC at different points along the ?vestern front, from Flanders to Al? sace, but as neither claims to have made any advance, and as both official repart* mention repulses of the enemy, it is evidei*. that the attacks which have been mad* have not met with much success. For the moment the dominating la sue remains in the eastern arena of the war, where the result of the great clash of millions of men in Poland ?vill , go far toward determining the dura? tion of the war, as well us its charac? ter, during the next few months, but thee* more or IBM behind the scenes believe they see signs that the de eeptive interval of relative calm which hai iiiarKed the operations in Flanders for the la.st few days lias about reached it? limit. The present activity of the German artillery is believed to be a prelude to another formidable and concentrated onslaaah1 somewhere on the Allies' , line. Tins line, howe.ei. is believed by both British and Preach experts to have been made impregnable since the I last German effort was t* nearly suc , ce.-sful in liammsring it? aray through. Hawever thil may be, it appear? to ! be established that in these recent ar j tillery duels the Allies have found their heavy guns capable of o.erbear ? ing the artillery of the enemy. This ?has been einphai ized in many of the recent dispatches of General .1 off re, : commander in chief of the French ! forces. Should tl.e new German assaall meet the same f e as have pravioni at? temp: s to reach the coast of the Chan ! B*l, observers in London expect that it will be followed by a general ad? vanre on the part of the Allies. There are signs of approaching ac? tivity in Alsace, where the French re? cently have been improving their posi? tions. At the same time the Germans nie aaid to have been heavily rein? forced in this section. General .loffro's recent declaration to the Alsatians that ! "we are back to Stay" may soon be put 1 to the test YPRES TOWN HALL A GERMAN DEPOT Invaders, Bribing Mayor, Stock cd Place?Shelled Edifice Af. 1er Traitor Was Shot. (Bt i .. London. Ii.c. ... A British officer ?vrit?'s home from the front remarking ' on the curious avoidance by the Q*r? mans, al first, of ihelliag the town 1 hall at Ypres. "Some BBSpiciani were aroused by ? it," he write?, "and the place WBS searched, in the vaults underniath it, which are of very great extent, was ! found an enormous quantity of Ger? man Stares and ammunition sufficient ' to last them a month and serve as a : depot for their attack on Calais. "It had been put there with the ? connivance of the Mayor at th the Germans were in occupation. Thi. explain? their ihsperate efforts to cup lure the town again. The traitor Mayor was shot. Immediately after? ward the Genaaaa shelled the place and smashed up the building and set it ' on fire." ? LORD YARBOROUGH'S HEIR AMONG MISSING London. Dec. 4 - In a casualty list made public to-night, Captain the Hon. Arthur Annesley. of the l"th Hussars. Is reported among the killed, and l. eu tenant Lord Charles ?sack.ilie i'elham Worsley, heir of the Kar! of Yarbo: ough. among the nns.-iiig. ALLIED TROOPS GO TO MONTENEGRO London. l)ec. 4. A dispatch to the j Central New? fu,m Berlin ?ays that, ' According to an unofficial announcement made there, several transports, escort id b) Hi.' lh a-.d Preach warships, have reached Antr. nit, the ?ole seaport of Montenegro. The Austrian ships guarding the coast are said to have re? tired before the nevo ? Austrian aeroplanes are active, it is ; said, making disembarkations from the transports unsafe GERMAN STEAMSHIP ASHORE IN A GALE . . lie?1 I I he North German Lloyd liner Prim Priedi el Wilhelm, Which lias been lung in tin? port for seaiS time, drifted ashore in a| gale to-day and is fast on a sand bank i?? f/..i? ItfaadriAa, U .Irltaiin. ? BBB? ONLY ONE SUBMARINE FIT TO DEFEND U. S. COAST ( nnliniir,! from pace I great force, for example, is necessary to eject torpedoes from the tubesf a compressor of much less force will expel water from the compartments when a submarine is preparing to rise. The compressors, however, are the vital organs of a submarine. A submarine i? useless without them. In the example about to be cited, a compressor on one of the sub? marines had always given trouble. ? nd at last must be discarded alto? gether. Notification of the fact was accordingly sent to the Navy Depart? ment through the regular channels, and a -new compressor asked for. The department asked for bids for a compressor of the type required, and while these bids were being prepured and published four months ?d by, with the submarine lying idle at the dock. The compressor was to cost in the neighborhood of $500. The sub? marine COit the taxpayers of the United States $500.000. Half a million. in other words, vas .-lowly deteriorating on account of red tape. It is g well known fad that to maintain any engine's efficiency it should be constantly at work. No crew of either battleship or submarine can be kept efficient while idling In dock. And this submarine, of the latest type, still new, had been already idle four months. The present Secretary of the Navy, against what is said to have been the advice of his legally constituted advisers on questions of military efficiency, had inaugurated a s\stem under which all articles and pur? chases by the department must bi bought by competitive bidding. In every case the article to be purchased must be knocked down to the lowest bidder. No proper inquiry is held as to thi financial responsibility of the firm or person making the bid. or his ability to live up to the terms of his contract. The assumption has lieen that the person making thi lowest bid must be more honest and efficient than others?affiliated, probably, with the trusts. So in this instance the lowest bidder got the job. The compressor was delivered and tried out, only to be found a failure in every respect. ? Not only did it not stand up to the required air pressure, but after a Break OF so of trial its failure was total ami complete. According to a chief petty ofll f aboard the captain of the submarine again inquired what was to lie done. And his answer this time could leave him in no doubt. "It is impracticable." replied the Navy Department, "to install a compressor at this time." Did the department really mean that this ship, costing $500,000 and over, was to be permanently laid up through inability to buy an air compressor costing $500. of which there are a baker's dozen of differ? ent kinds on sale? This is just what the department meant, exactly. It also meant that this submarine was for the future unable to drill with its class. The vessel in question is still moored to the dock, and the efficiency of every other ship in its class has been accordingly impaired. The crew of the submarine has suffered proportionately in experience and drill. Officers are assigned submarine duty for certain definite times; and the officers on this one may get no experience at all. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SECRETARY. So far as the troubles of the submarines are due to delays and red tape the Navy Department and its head must accept their share of respon? sibility. Hut it would not be fair to imply that the present inefficiency of the submarine flotilla is all the fault of the Secretary. The submarine is a delicate instrument of war, imperfect in its present development and in constant need of repair. Our submarines are ii good as those of Euro? pean countries. We do not hear the stories of their troubles abroad, ex- ' cept when a submarine refuses to rise from the bottom and its crew dies of chlorine pas. Those are the major accidents which must of necessity eoOM to public attention. The submarines of the European belligerents, of whose exploits so much has been heard of late, have with the exception of a very few the same type of batteries as ours, and must have frequent battery troubles and require frequent repairs and renewals. If they are really m efficient a.? Sir Percy Scott implied when he spoke of them as ren? dering the battleship obsolete?and they seem to have kept the fleets of the warring powers constantly on the defensive then it must be because nime efficient naval organizations, by prompt actions, keep down the pe? riods taken up with repairs. The battery has been one of the problems of the submarine, and with? out a battery in good working order the submarine cannot be operated be? neath the surface. The part which the battery plays should lie made clear. The submarine, it should lie remembered, is a cigar-shaped vessel pointed at two ends, with a "hump" in the centre known as the bridge and conning tower. At the stern aie two propellers similar in shape to those of other ships; between them is the usual rudder for lateral movement, and at the bow and stern horizontal rudders, which, deflected in one direc? tion, cause the boat to dive, and, deflected in another direction, cause it to i i.-i. A submarine is indeed a boat within a boat; that is to say, its vital parts and living space are incased in separate compartments, surround? ed to a greater or less extent by spaces, or "tanks," into which water is admitted when it if desired to sink the vessel, and from which water is expelled when it is desired to rise. When running on the surface the ves- I sel is propelled by an ordinary gasolene engine, and running thus, with the conning tower open and the ventilators at work, air from without is forced into the boat, which, mixing with the gasolene, engenders the necessary combustion to run the ship. But when submerged the boat must neces? sarily be sealer). Access to the out ule air il accordinply cut off, and the ordinary gasolene engine cannot be used. At this time, therefore, an en? tirely different source of power is trailed into use?namely, electric motors deriving their source of power from electric storage batteries. To in? herent defects in the type of battery hitherto in use the necessity for frequent repairs of the submarine is largely due. NEW BATTERIES ORDERED. Until recently no other type of battery than the one now in use in submarines has been available. So no one in the Navy Department can properly be held responsible for not getting better equipment. The ' lead battery war- the liest to be had. Perhaps it is still, with all its ' faults, the best to be had. That remains to be demonstrated by expe? rience. And it is likely to b* soon demonstrated, for it is reported that Secretary Daniels is going to experiment with the new Ellison storage ? battery for submarines. He apparently alluded to this purpose in his ' statement to the press made public on Friday, when he said of the submarines being constructed at Portsmouth that the department was : providing the best batteries to be had. For the new batteries it is ' claimed that they are more durable and efficient than those now in use. ? Being alkaline batteries they are free from the danger of chlorine gas.. They cost nearly three times as much as lead batteries, and under the law as construed by the Navy Department they could not be installed in repairing existing submarines. In deciding upon their use in new ships Mr. Daniels may have taken an important step toward making the submarine a more certain and efficient weapon of warfare in the future. But he has not met the present situation?with only four sub? marines north of the Panama Canal in commission and only one of these : in real fighting trim. sel of 9,840 tons, wis engaged before the war in the regular service of the North derman Floyd Line between Bramas and New afora. After the out brsai of hostilities she was unublc to Soaks ?i GanOOS port, and ha.4 been at K?rgeii ami the neighboring port of ?'.,.:.?. GERMANY TO STOP FAMINE IN POLAND Her! n. Dee. 4 'by wireless to Say filio, N. ???)? The German military au? thorities have taken measure? to pre? vent famine among the inhabitants of the part* of Russian Poland occupied by the lit,rmaii arm",, according to news given out by the Press Bureau to-day. Another announcement from the SOSOS SOOICS is thut reports received from Constantinople say Fngland in? ten.Is sending I'm tug?ese troops into Egypt, and that Mahometan soldiers in ["unii are being embarked for servie! in Kurope. If It's Advertised in ?the -tribune It's Guaranteed. Sea Editorial Paga, Firat Column. Mm?mm & (Ecu 564.566 *NP 566 Jtifth AtVttUr.^* *6T.r ano 47** ST* Will close out, today, Fifty Tailleur Suits at $25 Formerly $j0 to $"?5 Odds and ends; mostly small sizes. *4s Motor & Utility Coats, >2& especially ?uitsble for misses and small women. $J5 to $85 Misses' Dancing Dresses, $2 S Not many of a kind ; models suitable for women and trusses. $45 to $85 Street ?V Afternoon Dresses, $2$ One? ind two? Iron? v?rou? linei of ulk ?ml serge dreiaea, to be doted out tod?/ SIS to $30 Suit Blouses at $7 i*$?o Small lots from miscellaneous lines, of silk, chiffon, lace, and net; shades to correspond with tailleur suits. Special Groups of Smart Hats at $10 Formerly sold at $20 to $JG Misses' Hats?$15 & $2$ values?$j I KITCHENER SAYS WORDS ARE NOT HIS Irvin S. Cobb Asserts He Reproduced Interview from Memory. London. Dec. 4. The Press Associa? tion announced to-night that it had been officially >nformed with reference to an interview purporting to have been had by Irvin S. Cobb with Ford Kitcnener, which was printed in the United States and cabled to London and published here to-day, "that th? language is not that of Ford Kitchener, and that his lordship's official repre? sentative expresses surprise that it should have been regarded possible that Lord Kitchener used such exprei -ions." The Official Press Bureau to-night issued the following statement on the subject: "With reference to a so-cailed inter? view with Mr. Cobb. although Lord Kitchener saw Mr. Cobb for a few minutes October II, nothing in the nature of a special interview* was arrant?..1. and the remarks attributed to the Secretary of State for War ar? imaginary." Irvin S. Cobb made this statement last night regarding his interview with Lord Kitchener: "By arrangement of a third person af prominence in Kngland, I did see Lord Kitchener on October ?\ for ?bout forty minutes. I used no pencil ?nd paper during the conversation, fol? lowing the custom of interviewers. I afterward reproduced the conversation with Lord Kitchener as exactly as 1 ??ould. I -I'd not deliberately or wil (ally misrepresent him, and I am quite positivo that I caught his meaning and .is nearly as possible the text of what lie said, und I am sure that I quoted lum correctly. I have had some ex- ! BOrioaoi as an interviewer and I have i iuiriv good niemorv." The interview referred to above was printed by an American weekly maga? zine, and has been widely copied by ?ewspapers throughout the country. FRANCE SUMMONS 1916'S CONSCRIPTS Bordeaux, Dec. i. The 300,000 youths if eighteen years in France who nor nally would begin service in the army n October of 19D. ?re by government iecrce to be called to present them lel es for examination, beginning; the !0th of this month. Their military raining probably will begin next da ich Should the necessity arise, these ouths probably could be sent to the ighting line next July. Popular Price Diamonds Appr^lt'- ' | ttatM A tllaiiiil ri, ? ?I BUI ll '... arttrla nf all lit? jrwelr Dlaioonda up to *l.oo?i tr latrlneac ?alue. 1/ >cur pur.i- permit? International Jewelry Co. 14 MiMm L?n?. l l.erfe arvoiuit? ?o'.l. Ite* BRITAIN TO SEARCH ALL ?. S. CARGOES Says Finding of Copper Hid in Cotton Bales Com? pels New Move. Il;? <*? Fond?n. Dec. 4. The British govern? ment has informed Washington that an t xten.'-.'.e searching of ships bearing American cargoes has become >ncti siry because it has discovered casei of copper being concealed in cotton bales and beneath cargoes of cotton. This has an important bearing en the active negotiations between the two governments regarding the right to search veiscli. The I'mted Statt? tloes not contend that Fnglind h?* sol the right of search, which it well r*c cgni7ed in international law, but il does net agree that such right gives her the privilege of taking a ship into ii British harbor and .-?tend.ng th* search to the actual unloading of vei sels. Fngland has not furnished spe? cific cases of attempts at smuggling copper, but she is expected shortly to do so. 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