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t nited State? is at heart in favor o(
?oraonny and i ??*?' playing f?ir with
t.ie Al
Many v.?-re of the Of ? - lha1
gov< ram? tactic?
quickly and ?how- it? Vu
lose fore? ei the tine retard held for it
hy the French and British nations.
>e\eral expressed the belief that this
country w?ul.i ' n a hopeless
!v deplorable sitaatioi If the senti?
ment ?if ?he three powers of the Al
'?e? turned against her for not play?
ing fair
w Barton French, an Ameritan, who
hart bee- h g in tOSBJ tal work a*
Taignio-, ??a? one el the passe- g*?r?
??ho spoKe of the growing fee
France ag*ar?t the 1 ? ted States go?
errtre-* li - v.-e ??? Paris, hi M I
had been : ertt ate a hospital and
his wife had remaT.ed abroad engaged
;n hospital work.
"1 here ? an impress'en to-day
among the people of France." ?aid Mr
French, "that is fast ?nrcadir.g. and
'ha? i nment is against
?ne Allies The French people, here *e
.? ?i... _.._.-. ... .1. .. J .. .
of German e> irtpr.ses and Itl renera'
lack ,s- ,. era! on for the ??atua of
? . Uliei n'd their reouests, bclia**?
-hat '' ngton ***overnmi
Of ..' i,<
: rei eh peopli a u l
this nation to remain neutral. 1 hev
wanI ne favorltiem on either ? id?-, but
thev believe now that thi?- ration is
tp ril ov n act..
-They think that Mr. McA.loo, the
Secretary of the Treasury, is r? -
the attii I? of the |
It its pro t.t-rman leanm*?'*. Mr.
McAdoo is also considered responsible
for the ?hip purchase bill, and II il
free'? stated that le || exerting ill
tluencc in this direction by editorials
ia a Wa?hingt?>n newspaper
"!? must not be ??sumed that ine
rer-r'e of France ?re eonfuatng the pee
pie of this nation with the government,
Th? F re- ch people believe that the peo?
ple of the 1 :? ted States are not alone
ral, but that they have a shade or
C in favor of the Allies. Th?
government of fie Uaitod States, thev
does not in the slightest degree
I of the thinking
A mei .ran peerle "
BLOCKADE OF BRITAIN
INVENTION OF NAPOLEON
May 1*. I?M*, the British govern
ment, by an Order in Council, declare
?be F.uropean coast from the Lib? t
Bre?t u-ider blockade Napoleon the:
ad the Rerlm decree, hv which, 01
November I I, 180*8, b? proclaimed Grea
Briiair. unHei blochade ?nd ( o::'
port? closed to British trade. Crea
Britain issued furthei Orders in < oun
ni. on January 7 and November 11
1807, which were followed by Napo?
leon'- Milt ee of December 17
It?7, ' d? ' ?.' - z" ihipa that har
submitted Bi ' sh suthority, and
prraelaimiag ?'?e British It-lands b'ock
aded. Preeident Jefferson, In trani-mit
ung the terms of this ?ecre? to Con
888, ?aid :
"Now decree? and orden, tare*? to?
gether, want little of amount.ng to a
declare every neutral vessel
??a?, whatsoever be
tier cargo and ? evoi foreign port
be that of her deportare or destination,
shsP be i!cr:?cd lawful pi
The commerce of 'he United Ststes
colonies re?
ceived a f-evere blow when, on May 16.
- government declared
the coa?t of Europe from Brest to the
Floe in h state of h'oekade. Napoleon's
Rerlm decre. of November 21, It**1''',
?as retaliatory, proclaiming the Brit
ih la!? ?ded. placing a bar. on
trade trlth Gres* Britain, and declar?
ing Engl th property was to be for
feited when captured. Another British
Order in ? ouncil, of January 7, 1807,
r'enied to neutral powers the right to
trade between th? ports of France or
her allies, or with ports not freely open
to British trade.
Another, on No-ember 11. 1M7, put
trade with an enemy port, or with any'
i port not open to British trsde. or. th
same basis as trade with a blockade.
port. Trade with enemy countries o
es ??as forbidden, and vessel:
engaged in such trade, and the article!
Which ere products of such countnei
or colonies, were liable to ?apture am.
condemnation a? prize.
er trade was to enter British
? cleai ' " of i om under
such regulations a? might be estab
The posse??ion of French eon
ate of origin," which
protect BgBins' capture by
France, was considered proper ground?
for capture by ?.reat Britain.
Napoleon' M Ian Decree of December
IT, 1807, wai '.??ued in rep'.y to these
? i oancil. The American em
. g acts followed. These were
favored by Grea' Bi 'am and France.
bu! proved disasl s to I'mted State?,
commerce. The Orders in Council of
1807 ?ere extended and mod,tied; an
order of April 28, 1809, extended the
restrictions to Dutch port?, (in Janu?
ary 28, 1M2, the Orders in Council
itere conditionally revoked, but tori
late to avoid conflict with the United
- ? '
' Berlin Decree or November 21,
which formulated the Continental
system, declared the British Isles in
- mie and prohibited all
erce and cone pondence with
them. It w;?s justified by Napoleon a?
a retaliatory measure against the
?irders in ?ouneil, on the ground that
(Jre?' Bnra'ti ignored the principles
. nal law. For nine months
?t= precise terms were kept from the
American government, which, after pro?
testing without effect, resorted to the
embargo act.
GERMAN ACTION HELD
AS BEYOND PRECEDENT
Washington Regards Declaration of War Zone Around
British Isles as Without Basis in International Law
and as Warranting Vigorous Protest.
fStetj v-i Msatot B ?-?
Washington. Feb. *>.- Germany's
sration that a war zor.e exists il
??aters surrounding the British
v-aa received in Washington to-i
?a new exide-.ice of the State of d'
ration to which German;. *
drifting hei-ar.??- of the cutting o
her outside su| ?o*?8tuffl
is regarded a? a new ar,d far bro
proclamation of a blockade than
th'ng of record in international
i.nd the enunciation of a doctrine i
'?rreach-ng in its purpose and
a,hi? efferr than anvthing hereto
promulgated by one belligerent agi
another
It i? ??,? "-?re that th? annoo
n-ie-t o* such a po ry a? Germany
outlined wi" be productive of an
media'e vigorous protest from
1'rited States The threat thai I
man nava - woul ?ifer-1 c
pelled to ni-regard the flags of :
frais flying from merchant or pas
ger ships becaooa Of the alleged
stmetion bj Great Britain to her r
chantmei Bj neutral flags a
."Mind" to the i.ernian doBtroyen
-ubmar'Ti? it -iot ?r.-epfahV to Km
?an diplomatiBts, who fee! ?r-a* ?
mans t .? fai * o. ^ I
of bt (o be able later
;nstifv her r ?
'.t the British Embassy It was i
tha* no information received there
dicated that any order or suggesi
had been '?sued to British merchi
men that they fly neutral flsg.? tor i
tectis-e purpose- At the same tin?,
was explained fha* SUCh an order ?r
emanate from the Admiralty and
from the Foreign Office.
Members of the Senate Foreign
lations Committee placed the deel?
: i on of the German Admiralty in
category of papei blockades, the va
:ty of which have never been rec
niied. and for which there is no hj
n internat'otial la?? I hey regard
mere Warning, or threat of danger,
no more sufficient. In the way of
solving th? German government fr
responsibility tor any harm inflic
on neutral shipping, than the decla
tion of a blockade which is not ma
tamed in fact.
The bearing of Germany's win"
on the ship purchase bill was point
out by Senator ! odge. "It illustrate
he said, "the danger that would be c?
'rented by this country by the ope
tion of a government-owned line
steamer? A private individual or sh
owner can take his chances. It 1
come? a different matter when t
government is involved "
"I should say. without having look
into the question thoroughly," si
Senator Hitchcock, a member of t
Foreign Relat;on? Committee, "that t
declaration of the German Admiral
that the waters around Great Brita
and Ireland are to be ronsidred a w
tone !s unusual and without precedei
The warning that neutral ships foui
la those waters will also be in datig
will probably evoke protests from tl
neutral governments, hut I do not si
that anything ran be done about it ui
less they choose to go to war. This
a time when precedents are being mad
Il ia evidently ?ti effort to shut off tl
?h food suooly."
F'arlier m the day Count von Ben
nan Atnhaaaador, notifie
?he BtatU Deportmen! that America
vesselc should ?void the north and Wei
? oasts of France, and the departmen
issued the following statement:
"The department ha? received a tele
gram from tie American Arnba.?sado
at Berlin, dated February '_', statin?
that the German Admiralty have issue.
a proclamation urgently warning al
merchant voeeell n'-t to approach th?
north and west coasts of France, as il
s the intent:.-n of the Germen gov?
ernment to aaa all the means of wat
which it has at its disposal against
British troop ?hip- and ammunition
shipments to France.
"The German government recommend
'hat m?chant vessels bound for the
North Sea take the north of Scotland
course."
This notice la not retarded a? a for?
ma! d?claration of a blockade of the
1 rerich ports, for it is explained that
?h mere presence o I a submarine So
tilla and the placing o in in er m ibe
trade route* would not,.of itoolf, c??n
etilut? a bluckad?. Ihtieitat the ??Ute
?
Department accepts the notice will
. | reference to the French por's as simi
> 'ar to the warning issued by Greal
: Britain regarding the waters of the
: North Sea.
The German announcement regard'ng
the waters surrounding the British
. <.ntiguous to the coast of The
?i lands differs materially from
? either o*" these warnings. It suggest!
the danger to neutral ?hip? proceeding
from the inability of the commander of
! a submarine to be sure that the flag
. flymg from a vessel truthfully an?
nounce? her nationality and placing on
'ea?'h ship the obligation to look out for
1 herself as against attack.
If the precedents established by the
1 United States are followed ai ?! the
? traditional policy is adhered to a pro
, i test against the decree of the German
..government will probably he forth
\ coming from Washington, for in nu?
merous instances the United States
denied the right of wholesale
blockade.
"We denv," said Secretary o* State
( lavtnn in 1*-1P. "that, general and
11 diplomatic negotiations of blockade
hug force, though they may
be regarded as friendly notices. Block
ada muat be coni ned to particular and
Ited places, with a sufficient force
near to intercept the entry of vessels,
| and i 'i vessel is subject to capture
out previous notice or due warn
i ing."
? j The Rritlah goTernment, m retalia?
tion for a decree of Prussia excluding
I Britith trade in ISO?, declared the
I mouths of the Kms, Weser. F. lb* and
; Travo to be In a Plate of blockade.
Napoleon issued from Berlin In No
er of the same year a rieclara
? non that the British tele? were in a
i ?.fate of blockade and all commerce
prohibited. In answer to this Lord
ITowick issued an order in Council by
i which neutral vessel? were forbidden
. to tia?ip from t??,rt to port of Franca
i or French possessions. lo November.
1807, furthei arder? in Council were
! issued cNtending the prohibition to all
I ports of Prance and her allies Na
. poleon met this order by issuing his
. Milan decree repeating that the British
Island? were in a state of blockade.
, "?.gainst these various order? and
| decree?," say-? -loi,!, Basaett Moore, in
digest, "the United States pro
. tested, and as a measure of retaliation
resorted to embargoes and non-inter
r course, and In the case of Great
. Britain, which was aggravated by tha
. queation of impressment, eventually
, to war."
TRAFFIC IN CANAL,
DESPITE BATTL
Turkish Firing on Sue
Canal About as Effective
as Sandstorm.
BRITISH LOSR OM.\
SIX MEN WOUNDEI
Invasion of Fg\pt Takes For
of Turkish Prisoners Bcin??
Brought to Cairo
Bt I'abla te 'Tba 1 rfl
Caro. Feb. 4 During a sandstor
yesterday a small ?orce of Turks a
vaneed from the em.t and came ir.'
contact with the Bi It iah force? in tl
vicinity of I?mailia, midway bctwec
Suez and Port Said. As in previoi
encounter? of this description, the ei
fin, showed no inclination to come 1
close quarters. They were, howeve
exceedingly lavish in the u--e or nmmi
nition, both of artiliery and rifles. Tl
storm of shot and shell was not mu?
more effective in doing damage ths
the sandstorm. The enemy's praciio
was very poor indeed, and when th
t ring cea^c?! for the day. about
o'clock in the afternoon, the casua
ties on ihe British Mile amounted on!
to six men wuunded. The traffic o
the canal and railway was not intei
fered with and ships and trains passe
along throughout the ?lay withou
hindrsnee.
?he enemy's lo?s is unknown, but t'iv
prisoner?-, including a Turkish office
have been brought into the Briti?
lines. Doaortera from the invader
ranks have been coming in during th
la?t few day?. They all express pica?
lire at having been able to get aua
from the Turkish army, into whic
they were forced against their wil
Several of these deserters belong to a
irregular body of troopa forcibly iir
pressed 'rom among the Bedouins an
peaaantl Bf Southern Palestine an
raised by Muntar. Bey, who was foi
marly aid to Knver Pacha, but ?a no'
with the advance patrol? m the caster
desert.
"The invasion of Egypt has only las
en the form of Turkish prisoners bein
brought to Cairo " In these words th
?nemv's operations up to date ar
summed up officially. The report o
happenings on the canal during the las
few Hay snows that the Turkish effort
have not only been hopeless attemp"
but have resultcl in h complete an*
costly failure.
An attack '?as made during the n;gh
? ?-? Tousaoum post by infantry, am
,at the sanie time a determined attemp
was made to cross the canal by mean
of pontoons ami rafts, the pontooi
party being supported by heavy Maxin
tire The morning light rev?ale?! th
enemy advancing on the post at Tous
snum and at the same time their ai
tillery directed their tire on Toussoun
and Serapeum. The British forces re
plied with artillery lire and a battleshi|
on the canal also joined.
The enemy retired after some fight
ing, which included an advan?-e fron
Serapcurn. A large number of dea?
were left on the field in front, of th<
British position, and S officers ar.d 2?:
men were taken prisoners. Four mei
succeeded in crossing the canal and e?.
caping. but their early capture is ei
foc'e-i
Warship Twice Hit.
The V4arship Harding? was twice h?
during the action by shells and tei
men were wounded on hoard. In th?
action, which was generally on land
two officers and thirteen men wer?
killed and fifty-eight wounded, and ol
theae one officer and two men of the
billed and of the wounded belong tr
the Egyptian field artillery, which be
haved splrndidly in action and lent
most valuable service At Ismailia
Ferry the enemy was found entrench?
ing about eitrht hundred yards in front
of the British positions, and a rifle
Are was opened on ?he British troopa
from a force of about two thousand
men. Intermittent fire was kept up
during the day, but the enemy vent
ured no attack nor did they succeed in
Inflicting any casualties on the Bnti?h
side The Hriti"?h outposts attacked at
El Kantara early in the morning, and
there the enemy were quickly driven
off. with a los? of twenty-one killed
and twenty five wounded. Thirty-sli
prisoners were taken. A part'*' **
tack v at nade later in the day from
lutherly direction, hut the enemy
would not approach nearer than twelve
hundred ;.anls from the British po<-i
tiona Kipht more dead 1u?ks were
later found here, the British casual?
tiea being one officer ?lightly wounded
and four Indians killed and twenty
four wounded. It is estimated that the
total enemy force engaged during the
fighting mentioned in this m?nage Rrid
lasting from th? night of February 2
til! midnight of February ,",, totalle?!
at least U'.Ofin, with sis batteries of
gun? A high official tribute is pub?
lished regarding th? splendid conduct
of the trooi?. including British.
Egyptian '-?'id Indian.
FRENCH TAKE POST
IN KAMERUN COLONY
Paris. Feb. 4 After se?eral engage?
ments French troops on Januaiy 31
Occupied Bertoua, a post situated In the
centre of the German colony of Kam?
erun, in Western Fquatorial Africa.
The occupation of this post indicates,
according to an official announcement
made in Paria to-day, that the French
enveloping movement against the Ger?
man force., in the Kameruns is being
continued.
LINERS HERE TO SAIL
DESPITE GERMAN THREAT
French and English Companies Deny They'll Even
Change Schedules?Teuton Sailors, Joyful, Predict
Submarine Fleet Will Bring Britain to Terms.
Germany's warning to the powers re
i gardmg the use of the waters around
Great Bn'ain and Ireland, including
the ?ntir? English Channel, was not
received with any concern in the local
office? of the transatlantic ?teamfhip
liner, and no changes in schedule will
be made ;*i consequence ?if the Ger?
mait Admiralty's announcement.
Harold A. Sanderson, J. Bruce I?
mav's sueceseoi as prc-ident of the In?
ternat "rial Mercantile Marine Com?
pati-,, who arrived laal night on the
U te Star liner Adriatic, expressed no
. ?urpn <? over Gonaani'i activities.
"We ATA not at all alarme?! over
Germany," he seul. "Of course there
i have been raid?, and there will be
more o f them, but thai does not and
vail! i.ot alter our shipping schedule?
or eurtnil them. Liverpool is an open
port and ?ill remain so."
Charles P. Sumner, local agent of the
Cuiiaid Lino, ?I? elated thai the com.
aonj would maintain it* schedule, r?
I gardl?-ss of what Germany did or
I r< .it?-il.-.i lo il". Hi- said there had
been a chango in the sailing dale of
the Transylvania, but that that wae due
to freight condition?.
At the office of the F'rench Line a
representative said that the company
had an abundance of faith in the abil?
ity of the Y rench and the British navies
to protect their vessels from German
attack, and that their schedule* would
not lie changed.
"Ue aie not woriying about our
?hip?."
This was the answer made by Karl
Peterson, one of the local repr?senta?
it the Scandinavian-American
Lue
"."?nee the beginning of the war,"
he said, "mojt of our ships have taken
the northerly course anyway, instead of
going through the Channel, and the
order will affect us only in so far as
WC have te take a still more northerly
cotir?e between the Faroe Islands and
i I hi.?, 1 venture to ?ay. is the
futtl.<?t course north ever taken by
passenger steamship* plying between
this and Ftiropean ports"
? -, affiee ol 'the llollsi'd-Ameiice
... ?I ip? have been going
through the Lnghsb Chanel, it could
jno! h? !r?>-cd r?hat steps would
??ken to ?afeguard the ?hip? and tl
c.irgoe? and crews.
? ..f the ?ierman ?te:
have b
i ,r beginning <>f the ?
? ?infested al
1 publ-cation of the German Admiral!
-h nouneemenl
"I* would be unn<?utr?' to di?rj?s
i efferts the action of ilie Admirt
ave upon neutral ?hipping or
; iiiltnit thai WO con nier it .11, - -
appropriate m \:rv? ,.f Britain's re?
sanction of the misuse of neutral fl
?o ?ave her own 4e??els from capti
ar.d destruction by the Germans, t
i ;a's declared.
They nevertheless admitted that
the.r opinion Germany had n right
consider the North Sea, the F.ngl
f hannel arid the British and Irish CO
waters as a war rone.
"i i.n Germany back up her derla
tion find maintain a war rone aroi
the British Isle?"" Captain Soer,
OBO of the German ?hips, lepeated
a question put to him.'
"Mo-,: assuredly she can. Why
have positive information that wh
Great Britain and Fiance have ?or!
gh! since the outbreak of I
v?ar constructing battleships and cru
er?. German shipyard? have tinned <
?ubmarino boats. I venture to say tl
Germany has more submarine? n
than any other belligerent nation. A
that the (ierman submarines are 1
superior in construction and in t
efficiency ami courage of their per.??
nel must be conceded without qucsti
m view of the recent marvellous fei
accomplished by them."
A . itnmander of he Germsn n?'
marooned in ihi? country, consented
discuss the eff?cf and the significar
of the German Admiralty's announ?
ment.
"Germany is acting entirely with
her righto, he sairt. "Several mont
airo England, without giving warning
anybody, establi4hed a war zone of h
own in the English Channel, which
.- ii international waterway and does n
be'ong to Kngland any more than I
Panama Canal belongs to Germany, a
in the North Sea. which is extensive
used bv strictly neutral countries su
as Holiand. Denmark. Sweden and No
viiy m the. carrying on of their shi
ping commerce
"In my opinion German".'s obiect
to teach England and some of the ne
tial countries that Kngland no longer
supreme on the ocean. Germanv hi
the be?i submarines of anv of tl
European nations. Her latest mode
are marvels of machine efficienc
They can travel 3,000 mile- av?n\ fro
their bases and stay for davs undi
water. The distance from the Gernu
i aval base at Kiel to the Shetlar
Islands is onlv Hbout 700 miles, and
submarine flotilla will be able to e
fectively cripple shipping there. The;
tubmarines will be relieved at stst?
intervals, so that a continuous guard
always stationed at the northermo:
coas' of Kngland.
"Naturally neutral shipping, e?p
cially from America, will suffer fro
?he effects of the blockading. But is
not better to gi :e warning Pctorehati
than to settle -n important a questie
of International law in a ?ingle-hande
arbitrary manner? Neutral shippin
from America to Scandinavian cout
. to Holland will have to r
directed by way of Iceland, the Far?
Island and to the skager Rak to dim
h and f opennagen. or to Hollan
b] " a;, of the Kattlga*.
"Whatever Germany does, I am cor
vinccd that she trill not let the net
tral countries suffer as Kngland ha
done. The step taken by the Herma
Admiralty is only a precautionary an
1 In a manner a retributory step again?
Kngland's attempt, to starve out Gel
many"
GERMANS WARNED
BY THE PRESIDENT
Clergyman Told The)
Should Stop Foment?
ing Strife.
Trera 1h' Tipiri Borsau 1
Washington, Feb. 4. "Think o:
America first," was the purport of th?
advice given to-day by President Wil
-on to the Rev. Dr. Frederick Rente
of St, Louis, who called at the Whit?
House as the representative of a '?er
man-American organisation reekinj
the enactment of legislation e=tabli-h
irg nn embargo on arms and munition?
1 of v. ar.
The President indicated to Dr. Bent?
that the activities ot hi? own and sim?
ilar organizations of American of for
eign birth or parentage along thil und
similar lines were a source of embar
.i (o the administration. Ha
? :? .?i m his criticism, bul th?J
clergyman wi* made to understand
that enough had occurred already in
the form of mass meeting? of sympa?
thizers with one element or another
of America's foreign born population
', to give the President and his advisers
? serious concern.
The President put his remarks to Dr.
Beute on th-? highest ground of pa
': triotism and urged upon him the ne?
cessity of private individuals and or
ganiaationa alike observing a policy of
non-interference with the conduct of
! the American government in its diplo?
matic rel.it ions.
The specific measure which Dr.
Beute i? seeking to have pa??ed, and
"?ogardirig which he appeared before
the Senate Committee OB Foreign Re?
lations ve 'ei.lay, provides for an em?
bargo on the shipment of arms and
war munitions of everv ?ort. and with
Oreat Btitain and France holding the
mastery of the seas would tend to op
i-'.i-i- against the Allies to the great
benefit of the two Teutonic empires.
High officials of the State Department
lave expressed the opinion that as
such a mensure v. a- not enacted at the
outbreak of the war. it? enactment at
this time would be a non-neutral act.
SAYS SUBMARINES
HAVE BASE IN SEA
S.tnon Lake, inventor of the Lake
submarine, ts confident that Germany?
efforts to blockade Kngland will be
successful.
"There i? r.o doubt in my mind that
the Germans, with the thoroughness
for which they are noted, have pro?
vided for submarine provision bases
in s'rategical locations far remov-d
from home ports. A simple contri?,
an.-e in the bow of a submarine will
make it possible to take on provisions
; ltd applies under water. A recently
perfected apparatus will make ?< pos?
sible to renew the air in a submarine
by the introduction of oxygen under
water without making it necessary for
the submarine to come to the sur?
face."
Mr Lake be ?eve? that tne whole
British coast is sut rounded ?ith ?uch
submarine bases of supplies, where
German boats will be able to rcplen
i-h their ?'ores and take on new
1 equipment.
L0NSDALES DEATH
SENTENCECOMMUTED
i
Berlin by wirelest to Say4ille, N. '
Y Feb. 4. The German supreme
military court has commuted to im- ?
prisonnient for twenty '.ears the death
1 sentence imposod on VVilliam l.on*d?ie,
a Hiit?t soldiet, loi an ?Hark on a
(?crinan non-oommi ?loned officer at
; the military pruon st L'oebem?. I
AUSTRIA YIELDS
TARNOW TO RUSSIA
1 rtntinoert from p?a? I
Bzura and Rawka river?, in front ?.f
War?a-4, where the most hardened men
f.f the foot, mg armies in l'entrai
Poland are thrown within bayone'
' thrust of each other. Ihe m?a?ur? of
the increasing danger to the German?
in North Poland and to the ?labor?t.
Au?tro-German combination in the
Faatern larpaihian? is marked bj ihe
rapidly growing fury of von Rinden?
burg's attempt to drive a wedge through
the centre of the Russian stationary
position between Bolimow and the
Bzura. Tho eo?t of thi? desperate plan
|| appalling, but it is regarded < ?
here a? his only alternative.
About 50.000 of the Germans' best
infantry, with the backing of an im?
mense mass of artillery, sent by th?
Germans to the narrow front among
; the shatteinl farms around Goumine
Tuesday, delivered a continuous suc?
cession of charges without gaining a
foothold on the way into ?he Russian
intrenched line?. No tactical nia
n.euvring was attempted. There were
only headlong ru?he? of men bending
over bayonet-. A? places more than
half were shot down before they
reached a point within fifty yards of
the frozen ditches where the Russians
I. y waiting. Those who passcl this
point ?ere met by the Russians, who
sprang upon them with bayoneta and
the butt ends of rifle?. In a short, silent.
fieath grapple the issue was decided
and the surviving German- were sent
teeling back to their underground
cover?.
Sacrifice Believed Necessary.
I This supreme sacrifice of Macken
sen's best troops 1? regarded by Rus?
sian military experts as a necessity of
?Vu ?trian compact. Von Rinden
burg has no railway system over which
an army can h* sent round to be in
?:me to convert the Austrian column
in the Carpathians into a victorious
army. He must, consequently, by gi?
gantic frontal assaults on the heart of
'.he Russian position in Poland, try to
compel hi? enemy to bring up substan?
tial forces from the Galiciau side of
the Carpathians ?nd so relieve the
Aus'i ian?.
He has in even more immediate mo?
tive tor hammering at the Ruaaian
centte, a? his army in 'he north of
Poland is in a worse position than any
purely German force in the weatera
theatre of the ?. ar.
The Austrians already cor,fcs. them
?elvea unequal to their task. German
r?serves already have been brought up,
chiefly by railway from Munkacr. in
Hungary, and di?tributed among the
Austrian columns to try to prevent
them from yielding. Thi? transference
of the German contingent in Hungary
was readi'y made when the Austrian S
?aw their last hope of attacking Servia
extinguished by the flooding of the
l'amibe and Save to an extent that pre?
cludes the idea of a campaign for sev?
eral weeks. The Austrian? .-till main?
tain their defence south of l.'zsok
Paaa, while their projected offensiv?
with the principal German supports
east of the Be?kids has been repulsed.
From the extreme German right,
which touches the Austrian left in the
vicinity of Rawa. and southward to
Galicia along the riven Nidn and Duna
iec, the Austro-Hungarian.-i likewise are
strongly intrenched. In the Carpa?
thian! the Austro-Germ?n forcea are
now estimated at twenty corps. They
continue their offensive In an endeavor
to drive the Rusgian.s from Prsomysl
and Eutern Galicia, but are being stub?
bornly opposed at all point?.
Skirmishes North of Vistula.
In the vicinity of Tilsit and south?
ward of the Mar.urian Lake region, in
Kast Pmaaia. and on the right hank of
the Vistula, between Plot?k, l>orbryzan
and l.ipno, daily skirmishes are report?
ed. This fighting is chiefly between
cavalry and artillery, and each side ap?
parently is only intent on discovering
the weakness of the other's line or pre?
venting flanking attempt?.
Russian aviators on February 2 suc?
cessfully droppe?! bombs on the mobil?
ize?! reserves and train.? of the Ger?
mans at Rawa. Zarzec.e anil Bogus
tree, about fifty miles southw-est of
Warsaw, according to an official an?
nouncement.
Following is the officiai report issued
to-day by the Russian General Staff:
"In Fast Prussia our troops have
strengthened their position near the
village of Gross Madunischken, on the
left bank of the Angarapp
"On the right bank of the Vistula
our encounters with the enemy have
become more frequent. Engagement?
of considerable importance have taken
plae? on the front between l.ipno and
Bejune. Our troop? took by assault
the town of Skempe, to the east of
l.ipno, and repulsed an attack of the
enemy on the village of Blino, inflict?
ing heavy lo?se? on him. In this fight?
ing we captured the commanding offi?
cer of the battalion, three other offi?
cers, and 100 soldiers
"On the left bank of the Vistula the
fighting < r the front between Borji
mi>?, Goumine and Wola I'/.osnoska.
continue?! tebruary 2 with the same
energy. The enemy brought into this
engagement feurteen regiments ,,f flrat
line troops and quantities of artillery,
it eluding thei?- heavy pieces. Th?' ar?
tillery fire was continued day and
night. An engagement of particular
severity took place at the village o'
Goumine, where, after sanguinary
hand-to-hand lighting, we repulsed the
furious attack? of the enemy. The Get
mans here sustained immense In? e.,
but they continue to bring fre*h troops
forward to the fight.
"A demonstration by the enemy
along the Nids River did not result
successfully.
"The fighting in the Carpathians la
continuing, and the engagements are
becoming more and more tenacious in
character. It is apparent that consid?
erable forcea . of eGrmans are en?
gaged."
Germans and Austrians Fight
Side by Side in Carpathians
Rerl'n. Feb. 4.? By Wireless to Say
ville. N. V.) The headquarters staff
of the Gcrmsu army to-day gave out
the following announcement:
"In East Prussia Russian attacks
against the German portion south of
the Memel ? Nieman; River were driv?
en back.
"in Poland, north of the Vistula,
there have been skirmishes between'
?mall detachments of German and
Russian cavalrymen. At a point south
o? Soehaeiew the Russian? delivered
repeated night attacks upon our post
tint;?. Thev -?.ere forced to retire with
heavy lo??cs. The German advam-e in
the vicinity of Bolimow is progn g
and thi? in spite of the violent Rm
sian counter attacks. The number of
prisoners we are taking is Increasing.
"In the t arpathian Mountains (,er
man an?! Austrian and Hungarian ol
diers have been lighting shoulder t<>
?hould' r for -unie day- past. We and
our allies have been several times suc?
cessful 'n this difficult, anow-covired
mounts.nous country."
Vienna. Feb. 4. Ihe War Ofric,?
??! the following official statement
lo-?la> :
"In Poland ami i.aiicia there have
been no events *???r?h mentioning. The
battles in the Carpathian.? continue
with uiidimmi-hed violence,
"On the Wctem fr,?i t hostile at?
tack., have I,?-.-, rcpul ed. and our
roops succeeded m g?inirf, ,orn?
round in the ?Aooded mountain* and
ALLIES ADVANCE I
NORTHERN FRAN
Capture 300 Metres
Trenches in Fightig
Around Albert.
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BERLIN REPORTS BK
(iAIN NEAR PERTH
Claims Seizure of Mile of Fre
Positions Paris Bulletin
Contradicts.
Paria, Heb I, Th? Allies have
?limed the offensive on the north
south bottlefront above Noven
have captured a section of the Ger
tranchas between 200 and .100 me
long north of the town of Albert.
ne'-ly won position evidently it
gardcd as of considerable ?trat
value, as to-night's, official report n
thai the Kronen fire reaches the (
roana' "convoya and assembling poin
The Krench claim successes in
valley of the Ai?ne, where, in an ar
cry exchange, they silenced some t
man batteries. The official report i
states that the French troopa repul
attacks by the Germans in the re|
of I'erthe?, Hurllls and Massiges.
contradicts the statement mad? in
Berlin official report received here
night that the Germans won a consi"
able victory at Massit??.
Although not officially mentioned
is reported that the Rritish ships
again bombarding the German p
tiona on the Belgian coast, while
airmen of the Allies are busy dropp
bombs on the German trenches
I pointa of concentration.
The text, of th? official commun
'ion issued by the War Office to-ni
follow? :
"Artillery engagements have
curred in Belgium and to the no
of Airas, we?t of the road betw.
Lille and Arras.
"W'e have captured from two
three hundred metres of the enenn
trenches near Hebur*erne, north
Albert. Our fire has reached conn
and assembling points.
"By tiie very efficient shooting
our artillery in the valley of the Ai?
the German batteries were silenc
1 caissons blown up und men engaged
eonstrueGng works dispersed ?nd ae
planes puf to flight.
"I ? front of Verdun we succeeded
hnr.g'ng down an aeroplane and ti
;ng the aviators prisoners.
"In Alaaea a German attack n?
fffhol'. has failed compTetcly."
I he War Office bulletin given <
csrlier in the dsy says:
"To the north of the Lys there **
yesterday in the vicinity of Nieuporl
particularly spirited artillery engaj
ment.
"At Notre Dame de Lorette. to t
southwest of Lens, a determined G?
man attack the morning of February
?a? driven back by the fire of o
artillery. The French guns also p
an ei.d to a bombardment of the ro
between Arras and Bethune.
"In th? region of Albert and D
que?noy-en-Satiterre we destroyed se
eral blockhouses. Throughout the e
tire Aisne Valley there was yesterdi
an artillery enga-jemen*, in which tl
, advantage re?'ed with us.
"The three attacks reported la
night against our trenches in the vici
ity of POrthee, Mesnil-les-Hurlus at
Mai ?ige? were carried out by forces i
the en?my which equalled a battalic
11,000 men' at each point. The tir
two attacks were completely dispelli
by the fire of our artillery. The thir
which look place tioi-th of Massige
took advantage of a mine explosion 1
mak? headway. Later we capturt
these locations. We built new trench?
at a few yarda distant from thoi
which had been blown up by the Gel
mans and which had become untenabh
"February 3 passed quietly in th
Argonne.
"In the Woevre district and in th
| ?-alley .f the Seille we were suecessfi
in some outpost encounters, and w
dispersed certain convoys of the er
em y.
"In the Vosges there have been som
encounters between patrol-, on skiii
and our troops have made slight prog
reaa to the Boutheast of Kolschlag an
(o the northwest of Hartmanns-W'eiler
kopf. The snow has begun to melt."
Germans Capture Mile of
Trenches, Report from Berli?
Berlin, Feb. 4 i by wireless to Say
ville. N. V.). The announcement oi
the progress of the war given out to
day by the German General Staff say
the Germans, near Massiges, have beei
successful over the French, occupying,
their positions for more that, a mil?
and capturing over 600 men. The*,
claim also succesB in the fighting or
skiis In the Vosges. The ?ext of 'h<
communication follows:
"Yesterday saw nothing more thar
artillery engagements on the fron!
from the North Sea as far as Rheim.s
Further French attacks near Perthes
ir? re repulsed, with losses to the en?
emy.
"German forces yesferday delivered
attacks at points north and northwest
of Mas-?iges and to the northwest o(
Bl Menehould. They stormed three
lines of French trenches, one behind
the other, and occupied the principal
F'reuch positions for a distance of two
kilometres i! 1-5 miles i. All the
French counter-attacks, which wer?
continued during the night, were re?
pulsed. W'e tooK prisoners seven offi?
cers and 601 soldiers and we captured
nine machine guns, nine other guns of
smaller calibre and much war ma
ferial.
"In the middle Vosges there occurred
yesterday the tir?t encounter of Ger?
man troons mounted on skus with
French chasseurs. The outcome was
successful for us."
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WAR COSTS GERMANS
TRADE IN CHEMICALS
i ologne, Feb. 4. The German eAports
of chemical products, in the manufact?
ure of which that country undoubtedly
led the world, have been virtually en
CUt off since the outbreak of hos
??. Last year they attained the
enormous tigure of about JJ.'iO.OOO.OOO.
German experts in this trade, how?
ever, express no fear as to the future.
They are of opinion that the compe?
tition v. ii ich La; started In other coun?
tries w:ll after the cessation of the
war only tend to sharpen the edge of
the InventivenoBa of German chemists,
wi.o will, they siiy. be able to make
further chemical discoveries which will
place them in a po?ition at least equal
to that which they have hitherto held.
FRANCE RESPONSIBLE
FOR GERMAN DAMAGE
ran?. Fob. 1 By n decree appropri?
ating $60.000.000 to be applied to indi?
vidual indemnities fur damage to prop
erty caused by the German occupation
the French government is held to have
a.|opte,| the principle of such indemni?
ties, though heretofore no law author?
ised them. Heretofore the state has
declined all reapenaibility for damage
to private interests as the rc-ult of in
va?ions. ExeesBoi committed by an!
enemy were considered in the same
?ategory as loa?tO*B by storm or fire.
1 In June, when there wm no thought j
?.
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have omitted nothing that ingenuity could devise,
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Will close out, today and tomorrow, in their
Final Clearance Sales
Street and Afternoon Dresses
Formerly $45 to $95, at $25
Of ?erge, faille, taffeta and charmeuse.
Fur-trimmed Wraps
Formerly $75 to $125, at $48
Afternoon Itylei of velvet, trimmed with Raccoon and ,J?r?'t'*se Sable.
$65 to $125 Suits, at $25
A special group?mostly fur-trimmed.
Fur Coats and Sets at Half and Less.
$15 to $18 Velvet Hats, at $5
rrfostly flower-trimmed.
of war. Deputy Louis Marin introduced
a law recognizing: the principle of na?
tional responsibility for individual
loases in sueh cases. The Chamber,
however, did not eoniider the discus?
sion of this law urgent, and it was de?
ferred.
U. S. PLANS PRISON
CAMP INSPECTION
Grey Tells Commons American
Officials Would Keep in
Permanent Touch.
London, Feb. 4. Sir Edward Grey,
Secretary of State for Foreign Affaira,
announced to-day in the House of Com?
mons that the American government '
had submitted s scheme whereby
Americsn official? would keep in per?
manent touch with commsndsnta of
prisoners' csmps in Germany and Grest
Britain, and, through the commandants,
with committees apDointed by the pris?
oners, with a Tiew to improving the
condition of the prisoners. Sir Edward
promised to make a l'urther statement.
The Foreign Secretary's announce?
ment was made in reply to a question.
of Lord Charles Beresford, who asked
whether a member of the American Em
bassy In Berlin had been nominated by
Germany to inspect the csmps in Fng
lsnd, and whether Great Britain would
nominate a member of the American
Embaity staff In London to inspect and
report on conditions in the Germsn
csmps.
Fir Edwsrd Grey said that, although
some camps in Germany already hsd
been viaitod by an American official,
more satisfactory results could be ob
tsined by the scheme propoied by the
American government.
RUMANIA BUYS WAR
MATERIAL IN ITALY
Home, Feb. 4. The Rumsnisn je?.
ernment hss placed orders in Italy for
a large quantity of ammunition, deliv?
ery to be made during the month of
April. This war material is ordered
with the consent of the Italian gor ern?
ment.
ROSEBERY'S SON IN
BRITISH MINISTRY
London, Feb. 4. Neil Primrose, ?on
of the L'arl of Ro?ebe?y and member
of Parliament for the Wiabecl. divii.oa
of Cambridgeshire, was to-dsy nimea
Parliamentary Undersecretary of For?
eign Affsirs. Mr. Primrose succeta?
Franc1! Dyke Acland, who becom?
Financial Secretary of (he TreMorr.
His fsther was Secretary of State for
Foreign Affsirs and Prima Miiiitir
twenty years ago.
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GERMANS EAGER
TO GIVE UP GOLD
Leipsie, Feb. 4. In reipons? U w
appeal made by th? Leipslc "Tsgeblitt'
a total of 19,197 persons hare brooftt
S25S,nno in gold to thst newspaper H
be exchanged for banknote?. The f?1
has been turned o?er to th? Feich*
bank.
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