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I EVE3TEC3Y k 1 2d PAGES READ IT 20 PAGES : . w3ir ; , HOME EDITION SATURDAY EVENING, TOPEKA. KANSAS- OCTQRKR 24, 1914. SATURDAY EVENING, TWO CkiViS HODGES WILL : PR0BEGI1ARGE LAST CALL FOR STATEfATORS HEARD THE SHOT GREATEST OF ALL The Battle Now Kaging on the Belgian Boundary. life or death forjer:.iay CARMAN TRIAL ATTRACTS BIG CROWDS Witness Testifying at the Trial : of Mrs. Carman GoTernor to Investigate Board Next Week the Final Period in Great Battle Still Bages Aloa? Swears He Saw a Man Ban Surpasses in Magnitude Any of Control Squabble. Kansas Campaign. Channel Coast From the Window. Previous Engagement. If Bowman Proves His Course, Three Big Parties Send Yote With Yarylng Successes for the was o::ly 15 feet disthot GER.a.?m MEASE FORGE By Bushing 600,000 More Men Action Will Follow. Solicitors in Field. Belligerents. WHY DID HECONCEAL THEM? Hodges Wonders Why Bowman Held Up Knowledge a Year. Governor Detects an Odor, of "Tricky Politics." Governor Hodges will investigate the charges of H. C. bowman against W. E. Brooks ana Stance Myers, board of control members. If Bow man can establiph his charges in a fair, open investigation, as he has told newspaper reporters he will be able to do, the governor declares that action will be taken. The fact, though, that Bowman has had in his possession for more than a year information which he claims wculd warrant the removal of the two men and has failed to make it public until ten days before the election, does not on Its face seri ously impress the governor with the charges. Over the long distance telephone last night, Governor Hodges told the State Journal that he would investi gate thoroughly every charge made by the minority member of the board of control. If Bowman has in his possession information of illegal acts by any official, action should be taken to remove that official, says the gov ernor. "But a thoroughly conscien tious and highly moral citizen with a public trust, does not always cover up information which he possesses to use it for campaign purposes on the eve of an election." The charges outlined by Bowman were read to the governor over the Continued on Page Two. BRING IN VERDICT. Jury Sustains Will and Sets Aside Deed in Betts Case. After a lengthy deliberation the Jury the Betts case turned in a verdict .. afternoon at 3:20 o'clock setting aside the deed to the property in the case but sustained the will. The case was heard before Judge George H. Whitcomb in the district court and lii .the caso it was alleged that Lulu M. Betts, widow of J. B. Betts, contractor and at one time state senator from this county, and Fred P. Metzger, formerly president of the Herman-American State bank, co operated to deprive the heirs of J. ii. Betts from receiving their just por tion of the Betts estate. Lulu M. Betts sued to quiet her title to the Betts residence, near the gov ernor's mansion at 825 Buchanan street. The house cost $23,000. Mrs. Betts claimed the property both by right of dued executed to her by Betts and un der the terms of a will which Betts left. The defendants in the case were: Freda M. Betts, B. Myrtle Goodrich, Harry C. Goodrich and Joseph Warren ENDS IN BIG FIGHT Fistic Encounter Closes Good-rich-Betts Case. John Schenck Puts Out Wit ness at Elks Club. Smarting under the tongue-lashing which John J. Schenck had adminis tered to him during the day, in the course of arguments in the lawsuit of Luella M. Betts against her step children. Fred Metzser. former presi dent of the German-American bank and a prominent witness for Mrs. Betts, passed "flehting talk" to Schenck last evening when they met in the Elks club. The attorney landed three quick punches toward the ex-banker. Schenck's reference to Metzger in the course of arguments for the de fense as "a perjurer and adven turer," are said to be what hurt Metz ger's feelings. The suit had been hot ly contested and Metzger had been subjected to a raking cross-fire of ex amination after he had appeared to testify to the circumstances to the transfer of the Betts homestead Just before the death of J. B. Betts. Step children whose property interests were claimed to have been hurt by the transaction bitterly contested the suit to quiet title. They asserted undue in fluence had been brought to bear on the sick man by MetzRer who whs al leged to have had an extremely in fluential sway over bot Mrs. Betts and her husband. Lawyer and witness were in the club after the case had gone to the jury. Acquaintances discussing the case twitted Metzger who, it is claimed, turned on Schenck and ap plied the "lighting word" without preliminaries. Schenck, high strung by an intense day at the court house, resented the language without verbal reply by swinging from the right shoulder. The "witnesses separated the two men and Metzger left the club without having reached the at torney with his fists. GERMANS DRIVEN BACK The Army Advancing on Dunkirk Is Forced t Helreat. London. Oct. 24. The Dunkirk cor respondent cf the Evening News wired that the Germans have been driven back to a line 2 miles northeast of Dunkirk. He adds that their retreat is becoming more and more pronounced as the lines of the allies are strengthened. ( lm 1 1 ill -Jk . v I IBs! j'". tIF ' l fifftm- W ft l& Crowd leaving Mineola, L. L, courthouse, at close of day's session in Carman trial; Miss Elizabeth Variance (left) and Mrs. Helen Corby. TO GUARD CANAL Go-rnment Will Kline Pacific Approach to Panama Ditch. Japanese Activities Thought to Hare Prompted Decision. New York, Oct. 24. The United States has determined to further pro tect the Panama canal by planting a mine field in the Pacific ocean off Panama City. It was learned that the U. S. S. General Schofleld, on orders from the navy department at Wash ington, will leave Fort Totten ' today for the purpose of planting mines to protect the Pacific approach, to the canal. The Schofleld will- carry a number of a new type of mine designed to overcome the twenty foot sweep oi uae on the Pacific outlet of the canaL This mine is of German invention and per mits the deathdealing steel sphere to rise and fall with the tide. This is accomplished by means of an ingen ious trolley pulley device. " " " Recent aggressive action by Japan against Germany in the South'. Sea Islands has placed Japanese directly in the path of communication between the United States and the Philippines. Japan now holds Jalut island, the seat of government-in the. Marshall archi pelago. Whether the closer approach of the Japanese to the Philippines possessions of the United States has anytning lo ao with the Schofield's mission could not be learned today. ADJOURNS AT FOUR. Filibuster Which Has Held Congress lias Collapsed. Washington, Oct. 24. The filibuster, .-hieh has heen holding congress in session, collapsed today and leaders of both sides agreed to adjourn at o'clock this af vernoon. At the conference, which agreed on the adjournment, southern members, flErhtine: for legislation to relieve' cot ton growers, pledged themselves not to block the plan witn points oi no quorum or other technicalities. The plan was accomplished by senate lead ers. Senator Smith of Georgia, who has heen the head and front of the 111! buster in the -enate, said he would not block the adjournment, if the major ity of the southern senators were de cided to abanden the filibuster. That appeared to be the situation. im mpriiatelv after it reassembled at '. o'clock, the house passed the resolu tion to adjourn at 4 p. m. by a vote of 56 to 27. The senate then also, passed the resolution for the 4 o'clock adjourn ment and both houses marked time for the clock to record that hour. Thus ended -a three-day fight, during which eleventh hour disappointments were the principal feature. The End Kuh Come. Washington Oct. 24. The second session "of the Sixty-third congress ended today when both houses adopt ed resolutions to adjourn at 4 p. m. to the December session. The filibus ter of southern, members fpr legisla tion to relieve the cotton situation col lapsed at the last moment, after hold ing up adjournment three days. House members, tired of long wait ing, watched the Hock hands, and when it was actually 3:22 o'clock it was officially four, and Speaker Clark dropped his gavel and declared the hodv adjourned p'ti die. .The senate did likewise at 3:27. A, ! - S 7 JWJfcr K' -.!af&'nk HOMES SWEPT OFF Flood at San Antonio Carries Qff 200 Housed Property. Loss Is Estimated as High as $200,000. ; ' San Antonio, Oct. 24. Relief work among destitute sufferers from yes day's flood along San" Pedro and Ala zan creeks, in which eleven persons were drowned and two thousand were rendered homeless, was well under way today. Committees from the chamber of commerce provide victims with dry clothing and food supplies and new homes were being found for the sufferers as rapidly- as possible. Several , persons were still missing this' morning and the death list may increase. Property loss is estimated at between $150,000 and $200,000. The flood ' was confined to the districts along the two creeks, where the poor er classes live. It. is estimated two hundred houses were swept away. TRAVEL BY AIR. French Soldiers Transported in Aeroplanes Past Germans. Attaching From the Hear, They Gain a Yictory. Paris. Oct. 24. Transportation of troops by aeroplanes has just en abled the French t. wm an ' engage ment in the east. Two heavy bi planes, each carrying a couple of men, flew over the German lines twelve times at night and deposited forty eight soldiers on a plateau in the Meuse Heights, one kilometer behind trenches of the enemy which were so strongly protected by barbed wire that they could not De carried by a frontal attack. At dawn the air-borne detachment blazed away at the enemy from the rear. Caught between two. fires the Germans evacuated the trenches and retreated. WASHBURN AHEAD. Wasnburn got a touchdown in Ave minutes of play against the College of Emporia at Washburn field this aft ernoon. Tlie Ichabods walked right down the field with tbe ball, meeting with little trouble. Whitcomb was pushed over for the touchdown. Goal was kicked. Total points, Washburn, 7; Emporia. O. Freshmen Won. In the football game between the Washburn Freshmen and the Santa Fe at Washburn field this afternoon the Santa Fe team was outclassed and the game ended with a score of 21 to 0 in favor of the freshmen. Gray and Heil were stars of the Washburn team. Parkinson, Hughes and Colson were the backbone of the Santa Fe. Weather Forecast lor Kansas. Cloudy ana cooler in the east por tion of the state tonight, frost in the northwest; rising temperature. Sunday. EACH O'iE PREDICTS VICTORY "Landslide, Snre - Victory" "Completely Won." "If Things Will Jnst Keep Com ing" Bull Moosers. With but seven speaking dates left In the campaign, every available orator has been called to service by the state committees and next week will see 64 speakers on the stump for the three dominant parties Republicans, Democrats and Progressives. No speakers of national note will partic ipate in the closing week of the state wide campaign in Kansas and the bat tle will be in charge of the candi dates and the orators of more or less local prominence. At the political headquarters there is a grim determination among the workers. Chairmen of the various committees are noncommittal as to fig ures. But each of the three parties claim a victory on the face of the ex isting situation. Fred Knapp, secretary of the Pro gressive state committed claims the Bull Moosers will win. "if things just keep coming." J. C. Gafford. chairman of the Re publican committee, is looking for an old-time Republican landslcte. He just "feels it in the air." Kd Murphy, head of the Democratic committee, claims a complete Bour- Continued on Page Four. The Republican speaking dates are given in detail on page 5. - KAISER ON FIELD German Emperor Nearly Cap tured Near Warsaw. The Russian ' Cavalry Breaks Through Teuton Unes, .. "Petrograd, Oct.' 24. Many.of the soldiers who were wounded in the fighting around Warsaw and are now nere, declare that the kaiser was actual ly on the battle line and that he nar rowly escaped capture. Their stories while circumstantial, are not confirm ed by the war office which nermirs their publication, and adds that it has received no report regarding it from the commander in chief at the front. The. fact that a German general whose name is withheld, but who is one of the favorite members of the kaiser's staff, actually was captured, inclined officials here to believe that the kaiser really -..-as at the front. The story here is that the kaiser and his staff had pushed forward when the Germans were approaching Warsaw in order personally to ob serve the operations of his heavy ar tillery of which he is inordinately proud. A Russian aviator reported the presence of officers of apparent high rank much nearer the front than the ordinary tactics ' ? caution and strategy called for. At that time the Russians were fall ing back to the point previously se lected for giving battle. A division of cavalry was ordered to charge the point where the officers had been observed. They broke through the Germans' outer line but the second ring of German troops, led by the officers in front, desperately met the charging horsemen with the bayonet and their rapid firers. . The Russian charge was momentarily checked and all of the officers, with one exception, jumped into their automo biles and psranpil. WnimilAil Pncie(in soldiers who participated in the charge declare that they could not mistake the form of the kaiser as the difference in his height with that of his staff was very plain. FOOTBALL TODAY. At Philadelphia Second period: Pennsylvania, 0; Indiana, 0. At Princeton Knd first period: Princeton, 0; Dartmouth, 0. At Topeka First half: Washburn Freshmen, 21; Santa Fe Appren tices, 0. m At Syracuse First period: Syracuse 0; Michigan 0. At Princeton Score end second period: Princeton 16: Dartmouth 6. At Philadelphia Score end third period: Pennsylvania 0: Indians 0. Annapolis, Oct. 24. Score end sec ond period: Navy. 14; Western Re serve, 0. At Philadelphia Final Pennsyl vania 7; Indians 0. At Princeton Score end third quar ter: Princeton 16; Dartmouth 6. At Columbus. O. Score end second period: Ohio State 6; Wisconsin 7. At Lawrence First quarter: K. IT. 6, K. S. A. CO. At New York End second period: Cornell, 21; Brown 0. At New Haven, Conn. Knd second period: Tale, - 7; Washington and Jefferson, 7. At Syracuse. N. T. First half: Syracuse, 0; Michigan, 0. , At Cambridge Score end of second period: Harvard 6: Pennsylvania State 0. ' The scores of the football games over the country both in the east and west and in Kansas and the Missouri valley can be found in the Postscript edition of the State Journal, out at 5:30 o'clock tow evenins Saw the Doctor Holding Woman in His Arms And Two Women in Front of the House. Mineola, Oct. 24. The defense of Mrs. Florence Conkln Carman, on trial for the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey, rested shortly before noon to day. Counsel prepared to sum up and indications were the case would reach the jury late this afternoon. Mrs. Carman's face was wreathed in smiles when she entered the court room. She bowed to several friends, kissed her daughter Elizabeth, greet ed her husband with a nod and a smile, and taking a seat at the coun sel table, chatted with him and her lawyers till the proceedings began. Rudolph Loewe, first witness, testi fied that he was on his way to Dr. Carman's office anc within fifteen feet of the window when the shot which killed Mrs. Bailey was fired. Loewe heard the shot, looked up and saw a man run across the lawn and leap over the fence. Mr. Loewe was very deaf and spoke English with a pronounced accent. George M. Levy, Mrs. Car man's lawyer, went close and shouted questions into the witness's ear. Loewe said after he had heard the shot and seen the man jump over the fence he looked into Dr. Carman's office and saw the doctor with a wom an in his arms. There were two women in front of the house, Mr. Loewe added. He also saw a man he did not know standing in the vestibule to the doctor a office. "How near were you to the two women you saw on the steps?" Mr. Smith asked. "About fifteen feet," Loewe replied. He said the man he saw was "my height and not so thick. Justice Kelby had to leave his seat on the bench and stand beside the witness's chair to shout his questions. Loewe was quite positive that, not withstanding his infirmity, he had heard the shot. Justice Kelby asked him how long he had looked into the doctor's office and he said about 30 seconds. Then he left, but before doing so he saw a door open and a woman In white enter the office. By that time - the woman who had been shot was lying OB the floor. " , . . - -. What the Bloodhounds Did. John J. Dunbar, a Freeport police man, testified that after the murder he brought bloodhounds to the Car man house. He said he - found the broken picket in the fence mentioned in the testimony yesterday the pick et was opposite the broken window, he said. On the premises next door he found near the fence a man's foot prints; apparently the man had been standing there for some5 time. After bringing the bloodhounds to the house Dunbar said he took them to the trampled ground and they went from there to the broken picket then the dogs were allowed to smell the window sill. They growled, ran all the way around the house, came up to the place in the fence where the picket was broken, left the premises and went west as far as Lynnbrook three miles away, where they stopped, having lost tbe trail. On cross-exam ination Dunbar said he had taken the screen off the window on the night of the murder, propping it up with a piece of new shingle which he found near a small outhouse in the rear of the residence. The dogs, after smell ing the window sill went to his house, he said. The district attorney sought to show that 4he animals followed Dunbar s back trail. Defense Rests. After M. J. Haughey, trainer of blood hounds, had corroborated Dunbar's tes timony, the defense announced that it rested its case. The first witness -called in rebuttal was Richard Lamb, president of the village of Freeport and chief of po lice. Mr. Lamb said that many per sons had had their hands on the screens and window sill before the bloodhounds arrived. Sheriff Pettit of Nassau county, the next witness, contradicted some of Dunbar's testimony. He said Dunbar was confronted by Farrell on July 6, just after Farrell had been arrested and that Dunbar said then that he had never seen Farrell before. Sheriff Pettit, as well as the next witness, Phineas Seaman, a county de tective, testified that a great many persons had handled the screen and window sill before the dogs arrived. Both say, in addition, that - fifty or more persons had tramped over the lawn. WAR ARTICLES. Colonel Roosevelt Win Resume Them Next Week. Owing to the lack of decisive bat tle results. Colonel Roosevelt decided to omit his letter on the lessons of the European war this week, but the fifth article in the series of twelve is now in preparation and will appear in the State Journal next Saturday, Octo ber 31. THIS HUE IT'S A BOY The Alfonsos of Spain Have Another ""' ' Baby. Madrid, Oct. 24. A son was born this morning to Queen Victoria of Spain. The Queen of Spain is a grand daughter of the late Queen Victoria of England. The son -born today is her- sixth child, tbe others being three sons and two daughters, ' to the Field. Zeppelins Are a Marked Fea ture of the Fighting. London, Oct. 14. Superlatives have been bo frequently used in the at tempts to describe the engagements of the present war that the emphasis of such terms as "most desperate." "vio lent" and "crucial" has been weak ened by daily use, but today, as if by mutual agreement, both German and British newspapers characterize the conflict along the front from Lille in France to the Belgian seaboard as the greatest struggle of all. London newspapers were quick to seize the suggestion of a German mil itary expert as cabled here from Ber lin, that this is the critical conflict of the whole campaign, and whether this be so or not, it is contended that the outcome is likely to decide the fu ture of German operations in France. Reinforcements of 600,000 men are said to have been rushed, to the Ger man right wing, and it seems no ex aggeration to say that these opera tions spell the supreme effort of the invaders to break through the allies' lines. . Being denied the use of warships which have been rendering good ser vice for the allies, Germany is said to De throwing her aircraft, and partic ularly Zeppelins, more and more into the fray, and news dispatches relate that the operations of Zeppelins have been a marked feature of the fighting to the southwest of Ostend, toward which seaport the troops of France, England and Belgium are said to be working their way. - Results Unknown. -This in brief, is a broad view of the situation in France and Belgium from an English standpoint. Which side had the advantage when dr.wn broke or when noon came, or which will have it when the sun sets, will not .be known except to the general staffs of the opposing armies. All the public will know, barring something unforeseen in the nature of a catastrophe to one army or the other, will be that the terrific artilleiv duel near the Belgian coast has continued and that one side was pushed-, back nerer, only to advance thnre as was ex plained Jn the official com m un icr-.tion issued in Paris last night. -- '' .' That the Russians generally speaking couunue to nom tne upper fcandV in the eastern arena of the war, is the gist of most of the dispatches reachine London, ancr accepting this as true cngiana tbmks that the putting of Germany on the defensive In this ter ritory will prevent her from transfer ring any forces to the western arena, a plan so often discussed during the early stages of the war. The French forts at Verdun which have been more or less lost ' sight of uunng me aays the line of battle has ueen maKing lis way slowly across northern France and Belgium came to the fore again today as result of new from German sources that German fc jjwtsr to inese po sitions and that the French sorties are failing. London newspapers are treating as significant the withdrawal of German troops from Antwerp and Brussels, but these movements would appear to be only part of Germany's plan of rein forcements for her fighting line. The dragnet for Germans and Austrians in the British Isles is still spread out, but there has been a temporary lull in these efforts, due to the lack of ade quate detention camps. DROP OF 29 DEGREES Overcoat Weather Is the Kansas Today. Brand In Following the near-summer . brand of weather that prevailed Friday the mercury was down within six degrees of the normal minimum temperature this morning, and overcoats were comfortable. There was a drop of 29 degrees between 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon and 7:30 this morning when tne tnermometer registered 48 de grees. The normal minimum is now 42 degrees. Partly cloudy weather is scheduled for the state as a whole tonight and Sunday. This evidently does not ap ply to the north and west portions as frost ia predicted. . It is expected to be colder in the east portion tonight. A rise in temperature is looked for Sunday. The highest temperature recorded on this date in the 28 years that the local records have been kept was 85 in 1891; the lowest was 19 in 1887. The greatest precipitation on October 24 was 1.15 inches in 1908. ' The temperature thus far this month has averaged three degrees above normal. Weather Is Raw. This was the coldest day in ten at Topeka. The night temperature was above normal but the temperature to day has been a long way below nor mal. It was 3 below normal for the entire day. There has been 1.40 of precipitation in Denver in the last 24 hours with a temperature of 32 degrees. This would indicate that Denver likely received a heavy snow storm.. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the wind was 15 miles an hour from the north. The hourly readings: . 7 o'clock 49 11 o'clock 50 8 o'clock 49 I 12 o'clock ...50 9 o'clock..-. 49 1 1 o'clock 61 10 o'clock 50 2 o'clock 51 A Kansas Banker Is Dead. Fairview. Han., Oct. 24. W. IP. Lambertson. a, widely known banker, died at his home here today. He was Lambertson. statesenator. 76 years old ;Jid the father of W. P. boo to wm vn Germans Hurl Their Fall Strength Against the Aljles. - Bussians Beport Enemy StCl Pursued From Warsaw. London, Oct 24. What a German military expert has called a life and death struggle for Germany la still raging along the coast end of the west ern battle front and every indication shows that the invaders are liurnng their full strength against the allies in a determined effort to capture Dunkirk and Calais. Strange reports come from various captured cities in Belgium of the evac- " uation or the preparation for departure of the German forces holding them but these movements may merely mean that every available man Is being thrown forward to the Franco-Belgian'1 frontier and do not necessarily forecast the abandonment of positions occupied by the Germans. Antwerp ia said to have been practically deserted by thd Germans and the wives of German of ficers in Brussels are said to have re ceived orders to leave within forty- eight hours. Paris reports that the action on the allies' left wing continues with great violence especially around Arras, La Bassee and Armentieres, where some of the most desperate fighting of the war has taken place during the past fortnight. Here the usual see-saw oc- Continued on Feffe Two.1 READY TO BATTLE Washburn and Emporia Teams Fight Hard for Victory. Granger Men Arrive at Early Hour This Morning. Battling for Karw conference hon ors the .Washburn lehabods and .the College, of Emporia elevens meet on Washburn field this afternoon for one of the hardest games on a local grid iron.1 ! r : . Both teams are in a more or less . crippled condition and with both Wolfe . and Robert Whitcomb out of the line the Ichabod rooters are conceding equal . advantages to the visitors. Coach Granger and his 17 warriors arrived in town early this morning and most of the rooters came on later -trains. The lineup for the game is as -follows: . , Washburn ! Positions Emporia PUlings L. E. .Williams (Cant.) J janney. Stewart.. L. T. Jones ..L. G. ...Smith Barrett C Weldower Linge R. G Wilson D. Whitcomb.... R. T Wallace ' Trobert (Capt.)..R. E. Hughes Ream, Elbe Q. Bj Altman Beals L.H Shannon Bearg R. H. . Hinshaw Myers F. B Patten Aggies and K. U. Lawrence, Oct. 24. From the stand point of . Kansas football enthusiasts today's game between the University of Kansas and the Kansas State Agricul tural college the two big schools of the state, is the most interesting game of the season. Huge crowds that ar rived in Lawrence on every train at tested the fact that the keen rivalry oetween the schools which has existed for years is still alive. From Man hattan a special train brought hundreds ' of students to cheer their team in its . efforts to humiliate the Jayhawkers. XMeitner team is in the best condition, but with Lindsay, Gray. Janes. Strike and Wood out of the game the univer sity men seem to have the largest hos pital list. Besides, Guard Reber still suffered from a sprained ankle, al though he determined to enter the lineup. For the "Aggies" both Captain Agnew and Nick Enns, star left half, were suffering from recent injuries, but -both expected to start the game and play at least one quarter. The probable lineup is' as follows: K. U. Position K.S.A.C Reber L.E Welder Burton .... .-..iLT. Marble Strothers L.G. ......... Bayar Kelling ...C Wright Mulloy , ...R.O. . Coxen Groft . . R.T. . . . . . . nriney Coolidge ... , . .R.E. ...... .Skinner Russell . -Q Agnew (c) ..L.H. Enns . . . R.H. . . . . . Alexander . . . .F.B. Houcke Detwiler Craig Householder , SAFE FfiO'.l GEfi'.IAIlS Official Announcement That Manor Doctrine Will Be Respected. Washington. Oct." 24. Count Bern storff said today he had filed with the state department on September 3, soon ' after his arrival In this country from Berlin, - a written official - statement that Germany .would not infringe on the Monroe doctrine, no matter what the outcome of the war. The ambassador said the assurance was made because of statements from various English sources that Germany, if successful, would not respect the Monroe doctrine and doubtless would attempt to make great ' colonisation schemes in South America. The am bassador declared that all such state ments were entirely false and that his statement filed with tba department - mad that very clear.