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THE MADISON JOURNAL. ill'NTI{EE III`)S., I'ubliih.rs TAIl,1, IAII, MADI)ISON I'AIRISII. 1)1 ISIAN A. SATE ilI V.. 11 I 1 I 1tl I N .1:1~1~ ii -- i .. No. ..~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ . . . . . ... .. .. . . . .. ** *** %LVE IRRIGATION 11 OF RICE PROBLEM' In M~is BEING WORKED OUT FOR 1 CANAL COSTING NEARLY $? 000,000. -ELEGATION TO WASHINGTON verror Pleasant Has Been Asked To Head Delegation, But Calling In to Extra Session of the Legisla ture May Prevent Him. Plans are n- work. d ou th.: a ill s o lv e t1 1 , ir r l e ; +n Io il " , ' 1b !n , the rice di t- t f Soic"'h I.luci-:ana'. by the cop-tru,"to'n of .:1:na! f:.o a point on :hI \tchi;tf;t ai,;i rivet. . aser Simnc e -, ,lr or \1I .lil!,.. t 'i ,. Golf of Metro. aith I.ctral- t!!l'(, ! r Areadia.. eff l;i'vi . I 'l i(.'-a.ii. \'er , milion and l.if;1ve-to pari-hl11 t The prolp ition is i Ihu uInd-mder taking,. and InvilY.-s I th. , xpe-ndlilre of a vast .'im cif mnon, %. at 1. ast $12. 100.000 or $1:..ini00 0 Ii. it, the haick ere of the nmic\tnlent are c-nfident that it can the c+:Ir!lied throgiieh tiio -ho 4 rest. with the ;.od of thel ft ..i- rai l E ,r swate go\trni n'nt . Aroused by the situation in the rlee district. a- n result iof the- pro longed drouth this spring and ,-unt aer. some of the uto-tl nflucrntial men in the state have' Ihb.en working on a plan to c(onstruct a canal that will divert sonmi of the water in the Atch afalaya and Mississippi rivers to a section whllere- It is needed. Di<'cul -pn of the proposition ha:I reachPdi the point where suIIccess otlemi- as' Pared. if the promote.rs can enhlis the support ,lf tie national or stat, governments. Applications for aid will first h, made to the federal governmcent. If the national government cannot hei induced to fin:inee lh' tlndert:tlEin-. the state of Louisiana N ill beh a.ked to Issue bonds to defray theI cost ,of the tonstruction of the canal. nhiring the present month a dele gation composed of some of the lead ing men of th,. stat.e swill go to \ Wah ington to pre-';Ent the canal propnsi lion to the federal go\ernment. Go(\ ernor Pleasant h:as bteen aske.d to, head thlie dtiElegation. but the -pecial I session of the llegislaure' may pr ent him frontlll making the trip S~ri;., of Iltih other tlate officall- u ill. how ever. accompa;ny the delc.gat mn. TOLD) IN A FT'W I. INE. M. I.. \;:.an. asnstant eeri tary (of the Shreveport Association. ha- re turned from a tollr of tlihe nol th rn half of thil state with reports that the entrance.' of thle 'nitdcl State- in to wiar s'ill hIate no effect on p);at-i' and indsidual e.xhuihiis at the 1917 fair. Postnmast-r P 0C lItr-as-,rd of Abbeville. w ho has hbeen very act ive In exltending thl, hcni.f-tis of the rural free delivty in this territomryv. 'JI about to add a new roultl. , - ('tc n Ii - lands. to tho-e already in t-i(. " flul operation Willlam hill. an .\Al. ;r::, c-otton r buyer. boul-t from .I:e:,S Ict- :c n. ;' lRaron Rapide-t planter. e-'ntt-nci S ales of cotton. foi wliclih hi paid 2: cents a pound. arilgi';lt $ .r5. This is the hlih .est prlc'e. it Is said. ever paid for short staple cotton in thisl section. Commiss:;on-r of .\Agricl(tilttre 'l t5 issued a warning te, the iifarm.·rt mad planters of tii stale that tlh. supply of seeds of all kinds ik scarc', and appealing to the farl.:ll-rs ti -'ave\ sed for next year. Oovernor Pleasant granted a reqtt-l itksn from the governcr nf K, nttuck' ke the extradition of Jamesn ('orne -I.s. who is undr arrest in Nc-a (Or t lsa~ on a rharge of theft of i.\-v 1 t7 valued at $5600 from Ella Sriller. at Louisville. No rain of conseqntupnc' has f1li'.n1 at Homer ith four weeks. and the- c'irnc " rrop in some parts of thi t,.ri-h i almost a total failurc- Track faim< Sand regetable gardens arc itlf, rmn. Two carloads of sheep sv re ship ped from lI)e Ridder last week. ma;k lane: a total of 10.000 sheep that 'avc been shipped from this point in the last thirty days. Pather 1.. H. L'Anglais. Pator of 4 t. Ann C'atholic Church at Napoleon ville. is on his annual v'acition anrt it replaced hy Father Alexandc'r ·f Ft. Paul ('oll-ge. Local showers have fallen ov-r I.iv IngLston parish last week, bent fitting the crops. With the changing overlnight of the "Elk Sa;loon" into the "Red Cross p)harmacy the number of saloons in SCovington was reducad to nine. A meeting was held at Jeanerette Sby the Louisiana Society for Preven tion of Fire Waste. acting in co-ope ILion with the city officials SA three months' droath was broke 'St Labaderville. Fartner s ay more -ain is needed. The cor erso has .akere a great deal. !.i;E: profit- :. the \1.. n-.- of th4 pejpl, by i otrnrl-',rz th1e - ne- * --at .. t'f ]lt. \ i ll :1 * i eH a ,-ill Ik lip "1 ' I'io le:l'en'a:i x f -i. L. l:-1. uro ia s e. - .# 1 I1- 1.11 .. -il;.j"·: ' .;It are tI nr 'l:..T',- d t,\ -o lte ,f t7 h: ta ,l k- r-s T!.. hI ll- v 1 : nr. 1) ltl in laell for :' roduv, ,niii tirtined'atl a, " o fo r t h e i * ;i ] " n e . ' '() c on v 1tnl a. nd; ' il .. r" y altui i : , -,'.\l" ' , ,. I..'' . hr e - of '.. 1ot.,-ri .1 - . ; •, 1" ' n , ' \r n 100 ý* 'ýu'i.< l, ",, . " -; i t -n", - t h , ' t , t I ' ,II', ." " 11 1 , L ilt I.!I i . ,1 a / lI ii la' (.- ,an _ " tN.' .' nna i'.. . : i l '' . ilhi , - l h ph. I -i4o o (f t h , ,n L n1 ndi t, "trI, nf d 'ail a , *' . 1 '. " I 11- n t 6*<ie h r.,' . 'I ' r ' ' trho i ,' , r y - , O- n , f '' I I.' I * I lie. -,.i' i V. o t,. ', t I _ 'y, rnot of f . r e.i'. statir in the l iii'n 'o I ii ;I'n , copi* - of la - p. l.-t hin;nt lta ' l t iw r c nI |,;I-l tl " The g in o i . 4,t 1, e 1 d li if of all of ih, la. - of -,.a tl1'.1t n re- .-,nt .i-ted -i;n., 'Ii, o ilt' ,: - . (if the- x ti r A oth 'l..rtn: ,, anld i.*" re - itu l ,re.. nn. on fil,. in ;the, o," .- etnor o ff.ic o for t - I, nformani n of 1 "k tio nter- of the Ia'i -lat ur nit Go'vernor Plea-an- tiook th'' It p s I -n o"n , r to facilitatl. the work oft or ti,. -p. (,ti -e--jion Tbl nlmlhi.nr- of ihi.' l.-I-.hrlattir are now in ril.Pl o'l FLOT he to ,OanIne the war iln-.-ill--- t'ih' TO I 1'o re e'naTte(d hby the Ia itmaker- n! ni hote' -tattey and theI (;il -,.lPe('t there en from the- proviii-n h th best will suitt a c-nditions inl LAni-.iana V rh h a\i'e been sessr. ion -ince war wai.s lacie I-e-k it R delared have ihoarn a diiisposition to Anr u - lls (.t las nl food control. food ctr , n1 r e e l nt r - a n , 1 rp e c u, l a t i o n , - t a ta le c u n c il o, , "1 .l Ia e defenie. fe ,as neoar uniform as p0p. i hi I ti illi the- las of oIther stater s before if then., the members of teett l.aetisian n h. - I h,.ei l atire are i xpeclteil to follow a 'nt '. -imitlar course. a1t I to th e i o n h h f i t l th' i'i -.ure-s hoyl i t r a 1r " totall , nroll- Frani nI elit for the y.ear of 21117 stude,-fnt l el 1 (-':.'l" ,alred i tl l 1t91f in 191. -1 e ,i' ad- <esritin awelt lhrnllit ell 1y P'rof 1 d i -h 1,. lloy. pr.tesident of thie State- Norma Ie.r o i at eatchitoclhes. at ta rec .nt iiitinet t 11t SI if lith hoard Of admlin 1r'ors. Snc-our its etahlshitnen! thirty Tao rear' "T i-l l ar . .1 I 'llidenll hav e been grald - "I e S It .ed. 49 1µr cent of aii o1n h vi re.- lnal lie etived th, Ir diplomas au hi n the- last cl ,x y, ar( with The Lur'lnlide. and I)lnioldsnivilte -oon P:,i-rkine llCompany. 4111* riatiltg t!1 of I r .-I tealn ferrvy oat Ruth hit li - to ' I ie blheltt re illtdo-iln ile aind lirrow''a ;tii 1:" pie - ""I ernl st llL'efr pac-ket Virgie' be e-i-lin Il -nal h xll I e hat t .-on il le and ll ltnsiide-. iý cni tem.r- l nt: in- plating The- lputlrcha-il of an oil-h rn-' -hip /i-' Into craft of suitaIhl'e l ' i I-ts i a nri l 917 lii lry t - it leet, and L. ii ryi- t o lts nuit 'lhe giasoline launcih 'it inre . . lof la foiulrhe ( 'rssing arr tiv. Lo'nt-.:ula xi1l. withlin nno er "i Is;, r.. 1 :4 I r oe- an 1 nportaili it lie-at p oIths -. I -e tale The Ie artlr ilinti of .1- l ,r it :l ('ithin , tl lhl ' .r v r ii thlelli. a i , i -.- .n the I Mt te iill ie- l 're". . lh'' tlarterly reportVi - i'n t lir de 'o n 'I the' -sate' hank exaIii -ner h\ th- thi re tIh! lean - a'tei ehiscotints. "I '.C r.511 i: de - 0' it'il . $:- l 7. 4li :t -lil rpiis. c.( M " it lid " u'h lilded ;l proI tidbt. 4 il . II ;. $1i. it - tan I. eip iTee tiglr at the-'X illulr ('reek Cint h l tile e IlLt i "ein r oi d nel-h (,iltotr a Il"l kno ieet-en lrhc Allnk tf "hll du:. le-v I T. I uftr q hl Y uili, 1 hodisetl i evui.$ eilijt, ix ;l dt- tth ekv IhI pie achiing a nel th4- Ii ct ing ix ill (r1 n in h , lrrelrS of Lake v iharleh aln plant- phe Iler in sl eeet roi.d atie sli er' reindh r it hre i, l't-li' I1opeftil of a goeed . sev son ltiwi ii- ft- tae- eenitt eeltn eliel iiteeil hd hf... 'rn t the rl la. ' nthlu" -th.r it s I, se, r outiV hip- 'e Lroiunlltd xhenh ion ti rnfxer iut r tk- pl'ing it .cll:psed otih trnk an I 1 I ter.ar r of Tiin Ituk. of Donahlson'ille. I' - Pont- ne- luutndrt3 iian. has distosed of hi. ani-, outfit to Fung ('hong. of Plaueiecine I 4-f and sayv it is his intentiecn to go 10 at; Ne', (rlancs and offer hiimself for on enlistmenI in the' aicmy. tin The corn ci- ap around Ateille City ani is in a ilouicshing eondicien. neo i, At ltie annut i l nielf ing of lhe Tick 0os" fliw Farmers Aseociation at i.am in linond the re-lrt of thel, ,,easonq' oppe - f aio in shoi ed a shipment of 27.- \-h 101 pint and 1.2:17 ,iuart crates of .-n stctrawherries. which realized $31.- of ien- 919.02. an average of $1.76 gross per the 3he- crate. - There i1 no charbon among the i oken cattle around Mandeville. During iiha more the dry weather the woods burned Iln cifi hba many sectionl, ca.u,-ing the cattle to ap change their rantes. , 10 T .BXL `1 Biiie. ~i -. Iii ''. I 'ý '''a . . - - 0 t, SCENE OF EAST ST. LOUIS lRACE RIOTS Irn '1 wa nth l I "l- . o • , ,ti _,I , ,, , 1 aI c , l , rill" :lý , tr tr~ lil hu l: "1 sy t tý II. S. TRANSPORTS BATTLE U-BOATS FLOTILLA OF SUBMARINES TR!ED TO SLAUGHTER ANMY D.VISION -SINK ONE SUBMARINE. FOF 111 )r'e .-ub ~ialit,.- l rc -lunk in , tacking the t lr :p l"irt' iilc h cBrritlll A ln rlclan fot rce- to i'l'inct., i t114 culi- TIG i tter on pulbilt illfo mtlll ln l nlll0110lnC ed. The last of the Irantportll car r ing the I'Pers-ing Irooips haie r- Stal iri\ed in Francen. Not an Amnlrican If h ma -ai. lost in cros. inlg Ihli. Atlantil Not n ali Anierici'an shlip m ar lost. Secretati l IDaniel., n lade t sld I statt- Iil'nt : 'It It wilth lth. joy of ia great relief t:!at I announcte to lhe people of thil I nite.I State. the safe arrival in ly I France of et ery fightin, man and or etv lrtighting ship. In "No that ill last ves5sl hn, reach- I it ed port. it it- safe to disclose the dan- N lge- l thalt wre encounlltered and to All t ll tI the oi pl.pht story of pl tril alld to courage. Th. SThe trainsports hearine our troops -il %It r! ttwi(. attacked b (er ai;tll n sull- ftrt Inl.rinto on the u iay across. ()it both I! ll ocn-a-iolns the U-boats i %"eIe heat ''n off I with every appearance of los. ()iln . i .was certainly slunk aiid tlthre ! rl.a- li;t tsoon to believ e that the accullrate f ir' Ir a: iof oliulr ilnnt S sitnt oi iher to th hot toni. t ic'] "Foli pturplis.i of conv ninttCP th" ed c\peldtion \;is div-id,dt into (oltlln- I.1 .ni t . n i.pach l continginlt inclndin. tro:lp sin -hips~ a inatva;ll ...escort dt.C1ined ito (; kn p ofnt uch GeIli man t't rs iiat- io t nlItht h. m tl"t. the .'.\n oeIt n tendlttc tul- ::it l ;'l-o b n .e arranied \\with tho .A! ile, lan det. r-- il, ,,-- v noy opera tine in Eint .n ya alt 1it rt. in orl. itt thi Th, n,-, , ofl thi ii du;'wr zone mieht he attni "ed h , Sti ry posible protect l ion. Til ri The first ttck took plt t, eli li'a.t1 il ' on th.l nii! t of lltne '" ' ll S 1 Thalit our ahip l lil ltln i iit's .' . i point a. l-l This id, . n' t ie r'.- ndIt .- f enll- ;iilt it t1 'it ph .rt of 'h1!, .\t:Intll fii p tllinabIl.' freett flrom ip Iltt It', !i l i"Th". lelll-attack (- t l l i , fir c.lit,. n ! Sthllo e th Ti A" '1T Rid:: i lpos .h ar` r S tat- " onn t iof lti. I '- iat I t'.l rl' in f or t Ii th ie -y t · ied sa rlut lt . i t 'Le.. h:ohti i tt. i ;onvioy. "at- 1iet elk Ie ith h n .:; t-ea r ohnihvt-. sn-w.i I, ahi Saith i lan la lut l iri,'. ayi it aifcl ral ." ; ti stands proved by the fat; that t.,, , fr -) to ti -hat''g iearne iTncrl airPo eiv o h s.a ,recd ien(! in eaCl. tl:t . It is ot: It SI knofthn w1aow many inlonedl t-. tite n11 l;I nhe 'h li i but titre til r te mnited as , a they sped by ox and ,trn I "A secoid natta i r ai s o eilnt . to hf , days later a; ain lll run ,, fr con- a a o ha'nrd hpl Iatet5.88 mil -n o1ta 4r d.s" -, Sro ue re a Talline ,n tr. h n I twe ln the tr si-por't. ;nd all harm r The reiul'. iof th,. attle no, r- ini V f,(lu" of .tl'Att! an l tcnner'y° American's Deco-ated. P r-. YlF',,r at hb latance dril-t, - o th, . 1n, ic. Ito , a ie. hic,te h,'n dec,,r edti n \ th t!ti" \ar craog-- i ne rln.r;1 (ourdial( Th, y lat or rth hw , i.1 Iul ll r alnd , riohn '%1 -ri.rson .1 iof .1 V.\% York; iBros ntee- it ;Gotl. To!~ do. and H. Wynkoop itlnb'll:m I',, ago. They'i iper.t cited fir cla t:ll *" and d-votlion. Teuton Air Raid Fails. Setrograd. . German armoplanf attack on the Russian aviation bas" 't' r on its =outh end cof fhp island of i ,l, onf Itih (hilf of Riga. star rheck S10 hours and 20 minutes. siGERMAN AGENTS iM' o MUST LEAVE U. S. ANTI IN( FORMER ATTACHES OF EMBAS SY AND CONSULATES ARE NOT DESIRED. I:1 " TIGHTEN THE SPY NETS 'n' i.- tile1nt State Department Notifies Many Ger- (;,.rni o man Officials That Their Presence .0 (11 in America Is Undesirable and Re- ha.s t,-- quest Them to Leave U. S. -lite publii .-f anrid it- V'a-shington. - -.\ll ;t.nlll -. foritiel - uI i in Iy c(onnectel d ither \\itl the i bli - ib . -t iirtl nd 1or an oIne of the' llally c(O:I.UIlaIIts In .\l' rtca. hae b'I'l o re.ueit-*d to -'eon (hI- 'l 1r e tP - I niitd S1tates. (elln an- N tiitation that thelir Iyp t-r-s-ncl' iIt linl to, Amellt rica i- unlde-sirable liS be'-en -lent nihlit lnd to rhle, by h ithe ate Dep.hrtmenil. I'hih They xire- not toll I:t;! th.iy -re t hi Ips -ii-p'c-(ted of be ing spie'. buit lie, :n!1- t;an uIl-- firellnc of their loyalty to tilh iale izr ,th I llllght make it diltictllt flr l;lilll t:, pi.lli off r,.main in this ( lu , itt i tlitll al iiiid, Ii t l,.-liptilg to - nil lldnil ii illaini ,i I of a 111 T - li - tatV (clharactet Io toIi-i" giove-rinutit. iPutnu hir' Ha w ladie cle-ar. i NM i ' .Atllli g the first to i.) wtill hi' li-l-.n ait ii rich Schaufhausen. fJti-erly tilt aih- "I t!', ed to the Germa- n e-llhasvt. bult I! i mnipi tin- lehind hi oint von lt--rn-to- tl . :and kal - lint) nlrtce attached to 111#. department of iule 10 (I, ritlan ittereu l.- of Tilte S l-.- i-".a li'tl ' I jiut In addition to S l.a ; hi t 'll, e lI s( thiJ- i- long Itaia n if l e k-i - anl- i ,t-ll .ej ntl!- -at l ast t' i . y hat. so lt ' II, n. I y- i 11 . il t i(. 11 I " l l'c - i I hI- I (oluilI % i ;I' I r . i ltl- l I lhih g hei- go iern n:;cil it- To, llt i n an: - lof kino inx dliliiitIV "hat Iih i il hy . x;a(' -.tatlus of 1lo0-it ,)t t l.,tn I %% h 1 1 ti- (GI- I111 1an giovernt eit.II T [h ,i I ' p i-i l i. - ,t. tiirson of mot"' ii mp rtani- t o' 111i ri ' l ii t ih -rian I nItel!iz-enci -,e. I-i ll i1 it 1 tr. I, uoriz- Ilirthlen:rt . hi :iutith ; ("ii 1.z- (if lii.i n1i (lih ill- ii.--,d il:-pat' ii h t1, u-' on - tfl (i i ileti : ll ;ll.-t - ar Ihi. thillH- dip- Tili 1m l tilr. -.lations m et e ,d. -:111 ;'ili, S- , in I \ .h': ,liton, but is urllred to i hi 1r` repir. to certailn au- i tinlint i ticial, 1ile iil in p r .r I i i(e a 1( i--k. .\ i ho1ic1 th . ii- hMilk of ihe Gierman 'nd .\Aiu-tlian fiti tii -etnhai i -- ffi d , c :. ted il th tiheit r a di .itl-dior-. tx i io u;--icilt y- alhl S xi(a . i ttll !are the-it reprlil-- i : -it i II *i-. "It or- Thl Ie ate itny an ind tilt ulns Ilih;: the i the gi t (rnteinlt' is takilii -t"ip. I" e. rjO tigOhten thle spy nit andi i i:ai ix i-ln 11 I logi t!it Iran -fur of itan;t i tt;- i :e - Cn etman ploeis to the- Swis- le (I.i - '-i -of I , a-r lhtl - 1e- ii the i int -id l.::c 1 p raie and l.ir-tany. Ihu the decl r a t -i! tiii (;I itt at! Oulat - :n x h"k:aig "ticit ^ it 17 i a a01 1l. it ti lllie-. tii Pl sl- n -n I he irl. ' ',h tO- , S' I, Maxy Net Aid Enemy. hi -con l (x , .i , 1*:1 t:: o ni'l ni i r I- i- i 1i n:'lt I sh iI u s ll i.t Inti ay tim k- and-l i '!! tii< for t, i' the '.t l of h i 1; jll ',l x i -,d ' i-tu. "' , i,. l;:: ", , t pi',o onr' i ad dnoal I f i .,t it. .!- i, l,(i i_ 't \ 111' i :la ti clat; . -ct:i e. 'li:e t i I i -i.ri tin- ;. ;l.n :, t *n i Il" ; l, I/ o tlt y in any ca I o ii f i i 'Ipof - - -Mr. - oth-- Rou an1 no -ie.i'. Two D3kotaS -Dry '" I dn- 'eiilt Itakoitli l ait idry" wi n x hi Ih I. W. W. Aids Germany. cclii- V;a,-hingtncziri. - I ndi-Itrial ',Veeik,-re- r it ou' the- , orid lead-ri- w-re chelid,- ini toi0,i wiiti workint -ith (e-rtiian agents in lii :Su'..i imlinlt, titid ilelds o1 the W\'-it te stit ta ;oui. Uil) Stllike-S amontl Germiuans and Aul-- p( eP. triatta. in corresponden(e laid hefitre- n( a Pa-. Roumatians Arrive. srI 4 Pacific Coast Port.-A Roumanian JI days, masion -to the United States ha, at- I rived. IA / MIXICO 10 BREAK WITH KAISER BILL ANTI-GERMAN SENTIMENT GROW ING IN SOUTHERN REPUBLIC -WAR IN THIRTY DAYS. I:1 1'.1-,,. "lTr"-a- San(.+ Il.. p o-lh'ly paill a:nL i .t1 xi'(i ;. iri ti -ta ted hlx 1:I I'ni\ rt -al in aMl -xiio tIlle S.'n - iml f-n alotlnli; lilt- isl II.' s reac h ed Nollrh-rn M1..1xco an id during 1t1, pat-il Z day- a at ell-d.elined iIoiV\ - aIIInt fa VoriIii e an eOpen lbri-ak .i* in r- ;-rnti;.iy anid the atlignli,'nt iof t.'xi (o on tit side. of llth- .nlltnt0. allit.s has dc-v.hlopi.d. This ha-; bie-n in l-pity of Ithui 'ro-(Gerniani si ntnl enlt -tI publi h+'d dflaly in Chihuahua t'it' ianid in otr pap-er- btlie-'ved to Le .- - iub-idi.t'd by lih- (e- nitanf - in lief v unorth. " .\ ret (."t ion of this sentclilelnt' ,i io -"enll rct'llnt ly In lithe staelllnt by ;Gen Francis(o (Gonzales. acting (oiii in ntm ndtr-itn-chie f oif ithe northteastsi1n it In litany zone. %wilt iieadqi lartli s in i1. c'hihlltlhluta li t-as ov,.rclharg,-d by. r , . h ier. i i:in firim of IK t chlsen & leg.' - it- tani for -inle" palloik-. Thli elana "i" ccr %%;e arls-st,.d and placed in ft- I ti p nilit.-nt .,ry. The (;U-tian e tl ionsul I - uadt ' a iti- land for his rcle;as.- '"in ]- ltie iaml i th i-mtiperial German gu't it. -rni-nint ;ind ti, k;lii-e.-t accordingt to ;( \1 ".inican ortit 'ial. w ho 1 ,41 \ IS pr -.lit tl iat tile t li -P. h "I'Tll Ith- (;.rt.l an con'i- l 1;,. 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