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THE SUN,: TUESDAY, I AUGUST 22, 1916. I ffeeta of a trlka upon lh eountrr. especially at this Mm "when very ounco of American nemr and Initiative would have to b moblllifd" to mot th extr.iordlntry situation that will follow the European war. The 1'resldcnt ald the war had (aught thin country that It could no tenter remain Isolated and provincial; that by reason of It position In the affair of the world "we must be ready to play our role as one of the dominant Influences In world affair" i that the varied buslnesa and economic Interests of the country to meet the exigencies of the new world conditions must be brought together Into a harmonious whole. Hearing on National Defence. He said further that the accommoda. tlon and adjustment of theea Interests were a necessary part of national de fence "fur our great national re sources could not be made available or mobilised In this emergency aa a nice ary part of nation' dsfenco" unleaa the railroad are made serviceable Instru mentalities for backing up any plan of national preparedness. "1 will hot allow paaalon to come Into my tnought In, this solemn matter," aid the rrssldent. "We are both rvctlng aa trustees of .great Interests, t am ltllnM In nllstu, mfltt.r til 0 tO til treat American Jury and let them owes J tne responsibility. Tne responeiumij' u failure will not rest with nie. "I wish you to consider the come- mi.amaa ntttlntr lltn tiAtd In the cities and countrysides of a failure' to agree. The country cannot live If the means of Veeplnt alive It vitality re Interfered with. "The lives and fortune of 100,000.00' men. women and little onca ni.i.iy of whom may die depend upon what may be done In this room. I appeal to you as one Am"lcan cltlien to another to avert this disaster." After their visit to the White House the executives returned to their hotel and held practically continuous con ference throug!'"'Jt the remainder of the day ami evening. This programme will be followed until a definite result Is achieved. . . . . The reply of the railroad officials to the President's pica was forthcoming In the evening In the form of a atatement ty F.llha Lee, cnairman 01 we iwuru Of manager. Appeal of the Itoada. Mr. Lee's statement follows: Thar ttia railroads' should arant under tt.r.!i nf n nntlnnnt strike a SS0.0n0.P09 wage preferment to a small minority of llay, wouia work out on tho railroads their employees without a hearing be- ttllj . fore a pulii'c tribunal Is Inconceivable In ..j, j, important that the public under n democracy like ours. All questions at tinn& n0 concessions the railroads are Issue a','ps. hours, costs, operating u.),rlj to niake. the effect on their pay conditions these are eul.mert'd by the r(,.u ,m, ln9 ncrtR. n freight rates Creator Isnie: bnau amiirauon abandoned In the settlement of Indus trial disputes? "If we are to throw arbitration Into the scrap lic.iv. what hope can thera be In Ame.-loi for Industrial peace In the future? A nationwide strike Is un thinkable when the railroads are urt In Hint !l the matters Ir. depute be placed bf fore any tribunal constituted liy public authority. "AtblttJllon Is tirred by Contrms aa a final me'hod for aettlinic controvr.Mes at to both hours and wares on the rail roads. Tim NewlanJs law of IS 11 was nacted by t.nutilmous request of the four railroad brntherroods ard the repre aentatlves of the rallrojifis. And yet the leaders who urs d th'.e '.aw now take the poelllcn thit ft o.uctlon of hours Is feayond n-.bitMtlon. The Heal Klxht Hoar Demand. "Hut waees, not bouts, are Involved In these demar !s. No proposal has been mads to tiLiti'.lch nu eluht hour work i day Th iltmanrt Is for an e!ht hour par basla, and this Is the Interpretation a-lven by the I'rts.'Jfft In the (iroposal now before the railroads. The employees hae miihutlc.illy midv It known that they do not want elcht hours work for eight hours pay .i real elRht hour day. "A flnuile lllustr.it. on will iu(7Ke to show l.oiv the clcht ho-ir b?sls of pay would work out. Take, for cxunple, a frelirht employee pnld five cents a mile with a it.iy's guarantfe of S for 100 miles or ten hcurs or Kss. It Is pro pesed to make this guarantee the same for eight hours or Icrs. tJn n freiRht run of say only rixty miles In ten hours he arna (5 for his time. It Is now pro posed that fnr this work he be paid 15 fnr the ilret eight and 11.15 for the other two limns, a total of 16.25 In crrajlrg his pay 25 per cent. "If, by reason of traffic delays, he l held idle on a vldrtrack. so that h? does not complete Ills trip until the end of It'hours, lie now Is p.ilJ ft; for his time, no milter how little work he performs. The demand l to pay him 17.50 for this 12 hour service. I.nrurr I'ay nu Mlleaae Rsili, "If after this he Is called for a short perloj of emergency work, say only two hours, he iteta another full dey's guarantee nf 15. making II2.S0, In this xam'ile. for only nine hours servlc. '.Many o:her Bchedtile provisions In crease tho waen of these well paid men without Increase In their hours of ser vice. It Is because of these opportunities to take pay unoer mileage or trary rules that their year y earninga j c)amed by rh-oad officials that such are so far beyond those of other workers ,ner(MW, fo, Wthout corresponding In charucd wlih no less responsible duties. . ,.,,., be .llsnatrous to "The projiosal f.om the rresment now before the railroads Is. ..plrpt To ,,,,, the ,,,ht hour day aa 'a basis for wages, even where the. actual wnra to oe unnu cunnui ue ruu. pleted within eight hours. to quote the President's words. "Second To Increase tha hourly rat of pay 25 per cent. Itrault of Aeceptaaee. "The result of the acceptance of this proposal would be! "First Absolutely no change In the lenKth of the wmkday. "Second An Increase In wages of more than t.'O.OOO.OPO a year to about four fifths of the train employees, or less than one-seventh of all raldroad employees. In other words, an unfair wage prefer nent would be grunted, without Investi gation nnd under threat of a national ntrlke, to one man In seven In the rail road service, "If llieen wage demands are Just, In whole or In part, then a public tribunal, appointed by the I'resldent, as we have Urged, would speedily so determine. "The weight of public opinion must determine this Issue. We cannot believe that It Is the calm Judgment of the coun try that we should sacrifice the principle of arbitration In industrial disputes un der a threat to tie up the commerce of the country." "Meanwhile the employees would con tinue to have the same opportunities as now to make still larger pay on the mileage basis. For example, the man on a five cent a mile rate, making, say, ISO miles In only 7 hours, tarna $7.50 for his day's work. Ueflaat Atlltnde Upheld. The defiant attitude of the managers wan upheld almost without exception by the executives Individually, The sltua tlon was described as grave, but the jiropheclrs of an open break weie few. Jt was evident that the executives tak ing tho problem In earnest htc bound to llnd a way to avert a strike If possible, although It Is not certain aa yet how that Is to be ucr ompllshed. It Is n No apimcnt tha, the railroad officials are Imping for concessions or insurance fioni the President that will place them In a better position to meet the additional burden of a f 52,00O,('0O wage lncrene, It Is a foregone conclu sion that If they do yield to the demand for an eight hour day It will be with the grouted uluftance and only after they huc eiuiH.ivored to place the rc sponilbllliy for its effects upon the President. I.. F l,'iu, chairman of the Dela avare and llud.on company, In reply to rpHE accompanying mnp shows the Bnlknn front of 160 mile alone the northern border of Greece, on which the Allies announce the beginning of their fourth great offensive. Arrow A indicutcs the Bulgarian advance toward Kavala, on the right of the allied line. Arrow B Indicates the Bulgarian advance on the allied left, where the Teorgnnlzcd Serbian nrmy is holding a twenty-five mile line. Hero tho Bulgars have taken Fiorina and Banitza, but hnvc lost their first line trenches to the UMONTEISEGRO Hrnvan . miastlnn now the eliiit hour basic nay ne'csary to meet the added cost. "Compensation for tram service was originally on a trip basis. This has been modified until now the stand ltd of meas urement for a trip Is 100 m'ls. tf the tr'p In rhorter tho pay Is. Hilt for tho full too miles: If the trip Is longer the pa Is increased proportionately fur each additional mile,. A Farther Moderation. "There has been the further modifi cation that now the ktindanl fur fine consumed lit making the )r;p on freight trains Is ten hours. If the trip Is nude In less than ten hours, as It frequently Is. the pymnt Ib still for the full ten I hour period ; It the- time -consumed. In making the trip excerds ten hours the pay Is Increased proportionately for the ' tlm nddrn. "There Mvs teen further ccr.cer.-lcr! In the form of 'arbitrages' so t. at It Is th; ordlniry expcrlciii.e that the men n- nble to securi .1h'.j1i1p ti.tvnint fnr 1 the nf n part nf their time notwlth- standing It may not exceed the ten hour limit. "The suggestion of the Tre.Ident as we umlerMnnd It 's Mrit the rtnnd.ird of d'-'.unc", 100 mll" be teUlnrd, but that the rtandnrd of time, ten hours, be re duced to eight. If this were done the tlm ny would 1 be Iticreaaed 1.1 per rent and a 100 mils' run completed In t-n hours Kould be I psld for upon a time limit of eight hours.' with proportionate pay foi the two hours 1 abov the mln'mum. I "The total paid In the cnlendar year If 15 t" the men whose viie- It Is now i pr 'po"..l t i I'hnnge was approxlmati-ly I ziiu.pvp.auo. rne mcrense invoive"! In the president's proposition would bo $;2,ooo,ooo. or. :i per cent" Hearing Prom the Country. I'risldctit Wilson ! beginning to hear from the country on the strike situation. William Kellowes Morgan, president of the Merchants An elation of New York, rent tho fallowing tlgram to-day to him: "The Merchants Association of New York believes that the ptmllnu lubor con troversy between the railroads and their employees should be submitted to Im partial arbitration for complete devel .p ment nnd analysis of all the facts; that the derision of such arbitrators should be binding, and that pending such deci sion the present status should be main tained. "Tha concessions demanded by the employed Involves an eno-mous Increase In ths cwl of iillnmil niwrstldn, It Is n(J ftkw ,hf b(inkr,lplcy of mHn. of lhn existing railroads and seriously Impair ()f , , Mrv,' for ,he .)UUllc, ... h...v ,., ,h w. .,., of the nation that the principle of arbi tration be established as a reasonable and jurt means of settlement In Indus trial disputes; that the prerent contro versy Is beyond question nf the clam that can and should be settled by arbitra tion '. that no person confident of the Justice of his rnuso should refuse to submit such an Issue as the present to the Judgment and decision of unbiassed umpires ; and w further believe that such refusal, coupled with a strike which will Inflict unparalleled suffering and loss upon the nation will deserve and iccelve universal condemnation and alienate from those responsible nil public sym pathy, We therefore respectfully but earnest ly protest against the adoption of a so called compromise which, upon an ex parte showing, will concede to tne em- nlriv.. ih mstnr nnrt or men oe- LllLV. J."..: .U.' Il r.t Qrl.l.l ,r.rn.u;on;h a.o, e a' Juatatttla. rnent "an be base.1, and which may ultl-l matelv Inflict suffering and Injury upon. the nubile either by deprlUng It of suf Aclent railroad sen lee or by forcing It to pay Increased charges." retltlons mgneu ny lu.umi ihmi-uiiim employees of the l'eimsylvanla Itullroud oppoMng a stttKe or tne memners n m four great hrotherhoods were taken to the White House during the day. making a total of S0.OO0 signatures attached to such petitions. ROADS' STAND PRAISED. American Pence mid rblt riitlun I, entitle Kriiiln n Message, This telegram was f"'iit In Halo Hid den, president of the Chicago, HurlliiRton and Qulnry Hallroad, at Washington yes terday ; "The American Fence utul Aibltnitlon League congratulates the railroad presi dent. iiH?mhled III Washliixt'iii upon their clear cut endorsement of the prin ciple of arbitration for the n'ltlement of disputes. "Our league advocates llie appllen linn of this principle to utile both local and International differences. There Is no question about Its practicability where all the parti's Interested nitieo to Its Ju.-U application. "American Fence and Arbitration league, Henry Clews, president, A, It. Humphrey, director," V DAY'S WAR RECORD FROM THE CAPITALS French Shell German Trenches on Hotll Sides of the Sommc. Pa a is, Auk. 21. The nlfht com munique Issued by the French War Of fice follows: On the Homme front our batteries shelled Herman works nortn and south 1 r- Theie waa no Infantry activity In the course of the day. An Intermittent cannnnado took place on the remainder of the front. Our nvlutora had numerous encoun ters with the enemy. Two enemy air men were brought down inside ma llnee. one In the rerlon of Deniecourt and the other near Herny. Flamlnar Mqalda Tall. The aftemcon communique was as fol lows: North nf the Somme, In addition to the Important ctptures of material mentioned yesterday, we took lx field Kn In the wcod which our troopa carried )esterday between Maurepaa nnd (lulllemont. lntln the nhht there were violent artillery action on the Oomm front. On tli" rl?ht bank of tlte Meue (Verdun front) tli" Germans yesterdiy toward the r'.ose nf the day delivered n powerful ntta.k, uccompanled by the use of Aiming liquids, against Henry. Our curtnln of fire nnd Infantry Are obliged tho enemy to step short and in. ted serlouu losses on him. Ilrltlsh 1tpinlse fSermana. London. Auk. 21. The War Office communication Issued this evening ssys: Neai tin- Mouqt.et Farm (norlhweat of Trtlepval) the enemy attempted to mike an atluck on a Hiiull scale, which was Immediately repulsed. Otherwise there Is Utile to report except artil lery activity by both sides, which at fines was very violent, Our uitlllery Are was ery effective. Southward of Thlipval the enemy's treiches were severely damaged and a conflagintlnn was mused In one nf the enemy's batteries which burned fierce ly fnr some time. A hostile balloon was forced to descend by our gunfire. Southward of l,oos, as the result of a successful mine, e have much Improicd our local positions. Our aeroplanes continue to bomb enemy billets with success. In addition to their work with our artillery. Yea. teiday one of our machlr.es did not return. To-day hostile neroplanea showed a little more enterprise than usual, and some of them ventured over our lines. The uficrnnon statement Issued by the Hrltisll War Ofltce Is as follovs: After a heavy bombardment three hostile bombing attacks were made thin mnrnli'K on High Wood. All were eally reputed. Northwest of High Wood somo of our covering patrols withdrew before strim-J detachments of the enemy, but these detnclimenta were unable to make any jirogrcss when they rame under lire from our pltlon west of the wood, IHirlnr the nleht we effectually fhelled portions of the enemy' po sition while the enemy bombarded our trenches In the vicinity of I'oalercs and tho area northeist of Contalmnlson. using wiih shells freely Northwest of Ilnlluch f north of Airas) nnd eat nf I.e I'lnntln the enemy attempted to raid our trrnchr. Three raid, were driven back with i to the enemy, who only succeeded ' y ."" '"T" "' fliun which he was quickly driven out again. Near (ilvenchy the enemy exploded a mine n"ir one of our forward saps but roused us no casualties, and we mule use of the crater no n defensive jioat. Further north we liberated stas duccestfull) against the encmy'a po sition", at two places. I'oe nepulaed, n Rerlla, Unu.iN, vlu London, Aug. 21 The rtateinent Issued to-day follows: North of the Somme several desul toiy iittncka west nf 1'iMiiesiix (lllcfh) Wood, on tho Clery-Marlcourt road, made by strong Infantry force of the enemy from Ovlllcis and 1'or.leres, and hand Kiciinile attacks near Mauiep.t.s were tepulsed. tin the I Wit bunk nf the Mensn i Verdun flout) enemy fnrceH which wem teadv In makn nil attack north (' cf Thlaumont work were pre vnited by nuv uitlllery Urn from car rying out tliclr ohjeel, At Thlaumont work Itself nnd near JJi ury stnmi? haiid Rieinilc purlieu who shot down b our Infantry and machine gnu tiro. Numerous timleitaklriK attempted by rectum Itrlna ilulacmiehls of the enemy wero nlthoiit roult. AltneliH by tin man patrolt. north of Verine'les and near Fotubert and Kinhrrmhll were Hticcessful, In tile Argnnue lively mining operations weru carried out on both sides. By the explosion of a mine we destroyed a considerable vortlon of the enemy's position on Combres Height. Off Ontend (Belgium) a Ilrltlsh hydroplane waa destroyed by our Are and a French hydroplane was shot down. In an nerlal engagement a Ilrltlsh biplane was brought down fouthe.ist of Anas. In the Carpathian. In the Carpathians we have taken Steapanskl Height, wesl of the Char-ny-Cheremosh Valley. Iloth here and on Krcta Height Ilusslan counter attacks were rcpuWd. In storming Kreta Height on Satur day we captured 2 office., 1S8 men and 5 machine gun. On the Stokhod Itusslan attacks southwest of Lublcszow failed Re peated attempts of the enemy with strong forces to extend his vosltlon or t he western bank of th erlver near Itudka-Cherwlsche were repulsed with severe losses to him lletween Zarecze and Smolary we captured 2 officers nnd luf men aa a result of minor attacks. (Moral Serbian Hills. The following report on tho Balkan front ha been Issued here: South, and nuthcast of Fiorina we gained the Vict Hill and Malnreka nidge. Kast of HfttiVa the Serbian pcsltlons on the Malka Nleiepl.mln.i were stormed. All efforts of th en emy to recapture Hmteaat Jerl were fruitless. Near Oumnlca a weak enemy at tack was beaten off. Southeast of Lake Dolran spirited artillery duels are In progress. Rulcara Inflict II 1st Losses. 1 IlKRUN' (by wireless to Sayvllle), Aug, 21 The Ilftlgarlan headquarters' statement of August 17, covering vents preceding the occupation of Fiorina and rtjiortlng renewal of the fighting III the Dolran Lake region. Is as follows: The entire Seventeenth French Cav alry I). vision lurtlclpa'.ed In the pre viously uparted buttle of August 15. The enemy's artillery continued Its fire against our positions south nnd , west of Lake Dolran, Ills Infantry at , tacked at two points, but met with nravy lotses wneu coming wituin range of our Are and wai forced to retreat. The Austrian Iteport. Hr.m.iN (by wireless to Sayvllle), Aug. 21. The ofAclal Austrian statiment of yesterday follows: ' Front of Archduke Charles Francis: Several attacks in the vicinity of Ma gura, west of Moldiva (In the Car- , pathlaiis), were tepulsed. Herman I troops captured Kreta Mountah.. Fighting continues on the nortlunst I slcpis of Krnahola Mountain. North I of Tartar I'ass attempts of strong en emy forces to udvance failed. South of the llorozanka our uitlllery lire dispersed nn advancing Ilusslan col umn, Front of Field Marshal von Hln d.nburg: Ntar Klselln Human de tachments diove the enema from ad vanced trenches. Near Itudka Cher vlsehe, where the Itusslan nilvamed '. the western bank of the Stukhod, a idiin'.er attack is being madu suciers. fully The enemy left olflceis, 367 men and ", machine guns In the hands of the Teutonic, allies. Homlinrrilng In glorias. Hong, Aug. 21,..-The following offl clal repoit was Issued here to-day: 111 the tlorltr.il area and on (he Careu our troops are consolidating the positions they recently occupied, llnaalana Captnrr II.VI Mm. I'rtikhiraii, Aug, 21 The nllliial Ilus slan announcement issued to-day fol- On the river Stokhod, In the leclnn of Kovc! and Itudka-Chervlsche, Unlit Inu continues. Our troops made further advances at some points. The total of captutcH In this region on Friday and Saturday was lii (iltlcers and morn than 1,11511 soldiers. We also took yno cannon, H machine guns, four bomb mortars, four searrhllglits and a large number of shells, cartridges and rlfl's. In the region of l.uhlriyiow. on the Slokhoil.a capthc balloon was set allre b out artillery. In the region of Kilty we occupied thu villages of I'rreiikul and Jablonlt.a, on tint river Cheremosb, and ecverul heights west of Feretkul Still bam attaikN by the enemy on the heights niulhwest of Tmnn iklk Mountain were repclltd by our flic, Caucasian Fiont: The fUhtlug In the direction of Dlurbekr It. ilevelopliiK fa vorabl fol us. We ciptuied a scile jf lielghtM whliii hail been fortified strongly by the Turks, mid took u large number of prisoners, Turk Tiike lleluht Near Mnsb. Hkiii.in, by wrelei-.s to Sayvllle, Aug, 21. Tho following olllclal Turkish state ment wiih received here to-diy: The left wing of the Turkish forces. In I'crala bus thrust luck still further, the Itusslan ttoopa, which were driven eHstwanl to the frontier In the reidou of Itfvandui The itu-islnn withdiew toward Satidshniil il: and llnshu, pur sued by our troops, On the Caucausian front we cap Serbs. Arrow C Indicates the region of artillery fighting at the allied centre, on both banks of the Vardar, between Anglo-French forces and Bulgarians. The Allies will make their main advance here up the Vardar Valley. The letter D indicates the Fositlon of the Italian troops at Avlona, Albania. This port has been held by the talians since the beginning of tho war. Italian troops were landed at Salonica yes terday to join in the offensive. Arrow E indicates the region of fierce infantry fight ing between Sores and Dcmirhlssar, where the Allies are attacking Bulgar trenches. tured, In a surprise attack, the height of Kuraml.sh. seventeen miles north east of Mush, which dominates tho mountain ridge. On our left wing wc repulsed a rurprls attack of the en emy and In counter attacks captured booty and took prisoners. The Itusslan report, that the Turks Ate the heads of cartridge, special Ales being distributed for this purpose, Is untrue. A cruls-cr nnd three monitors unsuc cessfully bombarded I'lotsiha for three hours. LIQUID FIRE ATTACK FAILS. nlar French films nnd Hides "Mop Rerman Assnult. Fabi. Aug. 21. Herman attacks with liquid Are against the village of Fleury, on the Verdun front, failed completely to-day, us has every Oerman counter attack Mure the French recaptured the village The attack Is described as pow erful, but the Frencn Are curtnln and the rlfl of the Infantry stopped It, with serious losses. On the Somme front both ldes made nftacks, and there was hot Aghtlng at several places but without decision The. French and Itrltlsb n-e 1un.iv con solidating their substantial gain of Fri day ami Saturday and sending out feel ers for their next attack. In the wood captured vesterday between flulllemont and Miitiprit.k th LV.nMi Innt, .lv (!... man Aeld gun. The HittMi nrtllluy Are. which was J Intense all day and probably means an other attack soon, caused a fire In a I Herman battery south of Thlepval. The trenches also were liadly damaged nar Cic fumniih Lriprlg ledoubt, which the British took on Saturday. BULGARIA PREPARED. Premier lloiloale. wifT I'onfldenl aT.nilil.iiiio Vniril fur War. Hki'.un (by wirebss to Sivville), Aug 2! lluicnrla Is prii'arcd to icpulse all attack, from w datevcr quarter. Premier ItiiilosUvoff declared In an (iddress to Pailiiiinent, as u,uotd In a ileptch from S0A.1 lo the nversv.'is News Aget cy The I general offeriKlve of the entente Allies, 1 he Kit I, had denmnnrateil that the forces of tin. I entral Powers could not tic shaken. llulg-irla. he added. N enjoying the most cordial relations with her allies, and the military situation Is en'lrely favorable, so thai final victory t sure. Ilefnre ndjnurnlng Parliament voted n new war credit of 3f. OflO.OOn leva (about IT (Hin.finii) The German nnd llulcarlnn fnrrea which have taken the offensive on the western end of the K.ilknn front are pushing snuthwatd In Greece; the War (I'Aee communication of to-day sn; s. They havo vvieted fuitlier positions from the Seiblans and brateu iff efforts to recapture ground won. i SEES PURPOSE IN SEA ATTACK. "Times" F.tpert n lierinnnj Wns MhmvIiiu; Its I'lcol Whs Intni't. Loniin', Auk 21 The nival expert of the 7'linrs dlscusrg the sally of the German fleet Int the North Sea on Sal uiday, ay "Thi new, that the German Meet al ready lias been able to put to i after the sevcie damage hUffered May 31 Is no sill prise Tim war expeileiicc has proved that a ship can be repaired very iuleHly provided elie Is not vitally Injuied "The Germans do nothing without a puipoee To Keep up the fable of the success of .May .11 the Geimau com mander must chow that his licet Is not coullni'd to the Kiel Canal, It maybe as suined tit it every cla of ship nil present In the German Heel on Satur day." POWERS KEEP TROOPS APART. Illploiiinl li ouol III Hon. (IiiIiik On tu cttle Clililee-Jniililcse Mlxiip. WvsniNiiT'iN' Aug 21 Chinese and Japanese troops which came Into inu tile! at Cheng.Cliliitiing Inst week with n seveie loss on both ildes, have been witlnliawn a consblcnibln distance from eiuh other, while diplomat !c negotiations between ihe two Powers seek lo i-ctllii the dlltlcultles, Tok.o ilei-p'itches say nbmit 2,000 Jap-nne-c iroi"i have been sent in th,. city, winch Is on a dominating heights above Lino. In tho disputed corner between imMitii .Mongolia, smith .Manchuria and Clil-I.i province, BRITISH DELAY AN "AFFRONT." , iin rlcnii uiipoiiciils of "lllncklUt" Mold n Vlecllnit i'o-dn). The f.t I lilt P'tis fnr of lluulanil lo re ply to President Wilson's note of July il.-1 h i in II thu nromnt ii siinillni; of I Itn order placing Amerlcin cIIUiiih and I concerns on a blacklist, will be consld. end at n special meeting of tlm execu- Itlve comirltlee of the AsmicI itlnn of Frit sh Domination of Ameilcan Fnm 4tcrco at 3 o'clock to-moirow afternoon. SERBS TAKE FIRST BULGAR TRENCHLINE Contfnurif from Firtt Papr. nulgarlan loase at the Mnglenltsa were 400 killed, S00 wounded and forty-three taken prisoner. It I thought that the advance on Kavala may be partly with a political motive, Kavala being formerly a Hulgar city, and Intended to InAuence Itumarla and affect the Greek election. The Itoyallst party In Greece Is taking ex traordinary precaution because of popu lar sympathy with the Allies. Whenever the King visits the capital, which Is rarely, he Is guarded by a brlrade of soldier and lines of mounted policemen armed with rifles. The nulgarlan nnd German Mln'.stirs at Athens have repeated assurances that the Integrity of Greece will be respected In the Aghtlng. The French und llrltish .Ministers this morning asked Fremicr Zalmls what measures Greece wa tak ing to control the civil population In the region of the Aghtlng. The Omk peasant are fleeing In all directions ARMY OF 180,000 FOR SPAIN. Prare Kontlnsr Increase Provided In rteorimiilsmlon Rill. MAtiNin, Aug. 21,. An Increase in the Spanish nrmy to 180 000 men nn peace footing is provided for In n military re organlatlon bill which soon will be pre sented to Parliament by the .Minister of War. Gen. de Luipie. Tills taliw fur nn Increase over the present force of 10,000 men. I'nder the new plan 6ioo nvn will be garrisoned In M irocco. The ieerves of the active army will permit rapid mnhlllxntlmi of (Oil lion mep. The project rrovides for ollcers sutllcldit for a reserve army of floo o0. 111 m m m f m w W RUSSIANS GAINING IN CARPATHIANS Austrinns Drlvon Out of Two Towns in Advance on Hungary. PIOHTINO FOIl PASSKS Battle Now in Progress Mountains to the South of Kilty. In ixiNDOv, Aug. 21. Hungary In more seriously threatened with n lluslan In vasion by successes In the Carpathian passes announced to-day. The Itusslans have driven the Austrlans out of two I towns on the Chcremnsh Hlver, Fcrcskul und Jalilonltzn, on the border of Oa llcln and the Bukowtna, The Buislan troojis arc now Aihtlng In two of the Carpathian passes east of the region south of Kuty. At the came time the drive on Kovcl, thouwh It goes more i slowly, still proceeds. The ltusians nn- I nouncc advances at Homo pdnts In the I Aghtlng alone thu Sokhod, near Kovel and Itudkn-Chervische, The German official statement tele graphed here ray the Aghtlng about Itudkn-Chervisch" is still going on and a counter attack Is paining ground. The Hurslnn arc lighting bird to ictnln the positions, as It Is here that they j crossed the Stokhod In the advance on Kovel. One of the main features of the Ilus-1 !an campaign which was lauiiclnd like i n tempest on the eouthwestern front two months und a h.i:f ago Is the al most continuous nature of the Aghtlng. With the exception of brief Interludes for consolidating positions or changing the dlrcition of attack, it has been like I one great sustained battle. i-enous line win pre-eni, wnicn nre described as "luiis." n.uaiiy turn out to the details of which It ha. been Hie consistent policy of the Itutslan staff to hold ecret until the operations are ended. It l Impossible at the present to s ly whether 'he Hus'lan nttn k upon Kovel wneiner 'tie itus-iaii nun n upon ivovei 1 -fmm the StnUhd region continues with at 13Uj St, Its original energy, but the belief seems to prevail here thnt the d' shivery of n i series of stro-g German fortification protecting Kovel from th eis: led the Itusslan staff to ba Its hopes on taking the city by strong Ilatjk attacks, which) 1 are r.ow developing, i This Is considered to account fnr the despe-nte German attack. In the reg.ni of Lake Nobel, where thev 'ire trvlm; to prevent the ltus..in .cup.ibin of I the marshv land nu'h of the Stokhul which would constitute n serious menace 1 to the left flank of the Heiman forres I whose tnue Is Kovcl, and prove a valu able vantage point to lien. Kaledlric In ' thi pressure he Is exerting from the I aouth. RUSSIANS LOSE HEAVILY. ncrlln Hears Fro.-U H.-Klm.-nti nave liern lircilimiru. llEni.l.v 1 via w relesh to Sayv He), auk 21, Figures shoving ei.oimoua losses for the Itusslan GuimiIh regiment In tlm , nghtlng atnunii Sfnl'lau, i.a.kla. as a I cotiseiiueiue of wh'ih this,, regiments are said to hnvc been retired from r- vice at the front ore given Py th Over se,i News Ageti' y to-ii iv bi', n what It declines -ire reliable nii'rts from . ltuss.a li) way of S'. 1,1 o'm In the Knipcrv'H o-vn S-in'tiov ltgl ment. nrccrd'cg to thee flguiey. the I losses were 43 olllrers nnd 2 Tsl men : ! In the Prajoin G'l irds. 31 nltlvrs and LfiS mm; In the Mommw Guarda I!et - ment. j't oiiii rs n'nl s 07s men : In the Pavlov Iteglint tit odb'i rs and 3,1'? men. In the F.nland Gu.inU Itcg.mtnt, ' 4 olllcers nr.d 2 0) men As a coieieuci of these losses the I'e'rogrnil Gunrils will b" out of the Aght ng for a period of m ti'lt', It H dec'ared. as the lecru.ts f r the r re plenishment only recent. y entered the triln'l'g depot" v NATURAL TheOriginalEgyptianQgarettes A quarter of a century ago Turkish cigarettes where almost unknown in this country. Then Schinasi Brothers, who knew Turkish tobacco the way Edison knows electricity, cam to New York. Put a leaf of Turkish tobacco into the hands of Schinasi Brothers and they'd tell you just what part of Turkey grew it. Knowing where and how to get it, these two tobacco experts Schinasi Brothers began im porting into America the best Turkish tobacco and introduced Naturals the Original Egyptian cigarette in this country. 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I Thu French Government li.i. ,l..i. ., t, ,..,.,,.,., j,,0r (ir.1lilm fle I Ktirrvier and Lieut Glraudmix Th. , r.iltlsh 'lovernment s nding Majo-. lieu. llarmail'.Moii ami Lleuis lioush Calthnipe and H, A, ltnbliiiiii. Ihe.c oll'ccrs vv II co perate with the Portu guese mllltiuy authorities. ITALIAN'S HOLDING GROUND. ( inisolliliiilnu Ciiiiireil Pnsltlnns in the Cnrsu rliiteiiu. I II ivik. Aug. 21. The Italians, wh have advanced In the region east if ' Gorltr, and on the I'arso plateau, are bolilliig fast to the ground won, occupj. lug theinselvvs with consolidating re cently ciptund piiiilions. To-da.v'M War Olllce statement npo-' no lmp(jtnnt Infantry activity on uii por'lnn of the Au'tro-ltallan fro-t Violent nrtlllciy duels, however, are Ir. pvorress, notabiy in the Trentlnto. win-, tae AiiKtiian gunners have shown eyp.. i it acttv'ty 3 I : : : 12