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BLAMES ENGLAND
IN MOROCCO CASE
Berlin Says Belgian Ar?
chives Show Britain's
Hand in Africa.
Berlin. Aug. l? by wireless to
Tuckerton, N. J.>. Tic "Norddeutsche
Allgemeine Zeitung" continues its pub?
lication of the secret reports prepared
by the Belgian ministers at the Euro?
pean capitals prior to the outbreak of
the war and found by the German au?
thorities in the archives at Brussels.
The documents printed to-day deal
with the Moroccan crisis. The Over
News Agency has prepared the
following summary of the report:
"The origin of the Moroccan trou?
bles is characterized by the Belgian
Minister at Paris, under date of April
29, 1911, '
""England, which has pushed France
into the Morocco muddle, now con
shlers her work with satisfaction.'
"France's attitude toward the Mo?
rocco que?tion was provocatory, the
Belgian Minister at Berlin writing, on
April 21, 1911:
"'The Algeciras Convention was
i by France, though with a tirm
n never to keep it.'
"Fiance soon was so far advanced
into the Morueco muddle that she
could not withdraw and had to pro
? German protest The Belgian
Minist? don, on May 9, 1911,
"'The occupation of Fez, for in-i
. would pi ipeet of be?
ing too pon an encroachment
upon * if not upon the let
. nts taken in Algeci
? irnish an occasion for
tervention of Berlin.'
"Things soon advanced into a gro
in Minister
rlin, on June IT. 1911, writing:
? 'As Mr. Zimmerman, the Assistant
if the German Foreign Of-'
n the other
band, M. Cambo?, the French Am
; ains almost
every ??ay to explain the essential dif?
ference between French and Spanish
action in Morocco that of Spain be?
ing a flagn on of the Algeci
?t. wlile tl ?? ' ?' Franco being
>n. "I listened to these
i a serious face." said
Secretary, who added
?as amusing to listen
to las in these court
about i forgery." '
"In the same report the Minister
of my colleagues are
shed bj Germany's patience.'
"When the Panther appeared off
Agadir. Morocco, it was evident that
?nplica'e the sit
to force a violent solution
of Um 1 he Belgian Minister
at Put 11. writes:
"There arill be less chance for an
nnder ?,th Germany if Eng?
land participates in the conversation.
Montclair to Hatch 'Bird Day.'
?clair, N. .T., Au?:. I?.- With the
production of "Sanctuary" here in Oc?
tober steps will be taken for the es?
tablishment of a national "Bird Day."
The play will be given in the audi?
torium of the new Montclair High
School, and a "Court of Birds" will be
held in one of the gymnasiums. The
"Court of cor.t.iin an ex?
hibit of bird:?, alive and mounted, as
well as bird houses and bird baths.
There will be prises for the best com?
positions on birds by school children
of Montclair, Verona, Glen Ridge and
Caldwell.
?. S. EXPERTS
SAY KIND WORD
FOR MIDDLEMAN
Agents Made Necessary
by Increased Production
and Distribution.
PERISHABLE GOODS
REQUIRE RETAILERS
Vast Business Done at .Market
Centres Demands Them. De?
clare Agricultural Men.
tFr-sm Tho Trll.vm?? lturnau 1
Washington, Aug. IV Just a? he
was ?ta.rgering under the heavy blows
of the Postoffice Department's "farmer
to consumer" parcel post campaign,
stronri reinforcement! have come to
the aid of the abused middleman. The
lirst kind word in many a year la spo?
ken for him in a bulletin made public
to-night by the Department of Agri?
culture.
The bulletin doe? not indict the
middlemen as a class, although it
point? oat some of the abuses in the
trade. As a matter of fact, say the
department's specialists, economic laws
would no; permit the long-continued
existence of a marketing agency which
whs solely a parasite.
"S. veral importunt factors have con?
tributed to the establishment of muny
middlemen ns necessary agents in th_
present system of marketing," the bul?
l?'n states. "Production during the
last decade has increased greatly, und
improved methods and facilities for
handling the increase have been intro?
duced. Keeping pnce with inereaaad
production has come the demand of
; consum?is for more elaborate and ef?
ficient service. Seldom is the fact
| considered that service can become a
| very expensive luxury. With the
widening of the distance between the
city and the sources of its fruit and
**e**eUble supplies, there has arisen
the necessity for special agencie? to
meet the changed conditions.
"Retail dealers are often accused of
? rot following closely the wholeaali
: market quotations; that in times of
glutted markets they do not cut prices
severely and aid in a rapid movement
from pio'lucer to consumer. Bat ih
; i ?'-? unsihilit, for slow and uneconomic
, movement into consumptive channels
I is difficult to trace. The large class
1 tf food distributers, known as 'mid?
dlemen,1 are often aecuaed of levying,
?arbitrarily, a lieaw tribute on ill food
-tutTs passing from the producer to
the consumer. The attention of the
public has been frequently directed
to increased eoatl of products rather
than service rendered.
"The present ?fiistributive machinery.
with all Its strong points and its weak?
nesses, has been created of necessity,
i nd it has weathered the storm of
much u herse criticism. Every part
i,f the country is now enjoying the
perishable pradnetl of the most re?
mote district?. Any readjustment of
pr?tent market practices must be
i based on the fact that some a.ency
must continue to perlorm the func?
tions of the present-day middleman.
"The problema involved in handling
?foods through a large market dif'er
greatly from those of production.
Usually one man or one firm cannot
hi.mile both production and distribu
, tion and. succeed at both. The vast
? voiume of business transacted it larga
market centre? makes necessary ?om.
special agencies which can devot" ail
their energies to distribution. Espe?
cially does the machinery for efficient
marketing become necc-sarv w'.en per?
ishable goons arc to bo haTjg-Ted. Com?
modities of this sort mu.-, be moved
rapidly, must be distributed evenly,
and from their very nature permit of
no weakness in distributive machinery,
if they are to be sold at a prof t.
"With the perishable nature of a
, large part of the fruits and vegetables
marketed there must be some loss.
This often totals higher than the
farmer realizes. For instance, accord?
ing to the department's market spe?
cialists, the loss on such commodities
trn.wberr.es, peaches and si-ape?
?oraetlmei .?.mount-, to ?.0 or -10 per
rent before they reach the hands of
the ret.-.il trade."
10,000 Farmers to Meet.
Verona, N. J., Aug. 15.- Ten thou?
sand farmers and members of their
families are expected to congregate at
Verona Lake Park next Thursday, when
the thirty-fifth annual outing of the
Patron? of Husbandry of Essex, Mor?
ris and I'nion counties is held. The
speaker thin year will be United State?
Senator James E. Martine, of Plain
field. State Senator Joseph Ereling
huysen is also expected to talk to the
farmers.
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GARDNER AGAIN
RIDDLES NAV?
MARKSMANSH!
His Count of Spring T;
get Practice Only 9
Hits in 826 Shots.
ANSWERS DANIELS'5
LETTER OF PROTE!
Work Of 17 Vessels Quoted
Disprove 95 Per Cent o
Accuracy Claim.
1" ? T-|M|; ? llir.Mil 1
Washington, Aug. Ik. Jna( 90
out of BM shots was the record of
seventeen vessels of the American
tle.-htp fleet at Spring target prsC
according to Representative Augu
P. Gardner.
In a hrondside issued, t o - ?.1 h y
Gardner attacked Secretary Dani<
defence of the navy's marksmans
, particularly the record of the bat
ship Michigan. He answered the Se
. tary's eritieian that the Gardner
tack on the Michigan shooting wat
entirely accurate. He even admitte
slight inaccuracy, and then added
Itnttmcnl that th?' actual conditi
lad been worse than he had pictu
them.
Mr. Garanti -cave the actual tigu
of the spring pi artice of the hattlet
fled, which .showed that the >
Hampshire scored only 1 hit out of
shots; the Minnesota, the Vermont i
the Louisiana only 2 hits out of 28;
Florida only ?! out of 70, and the
kanaai only 5 out of 70.
AttackH !?5 1'er Cent Report.
Mr. Gardner gave out this inforr
tion in a copy of a letter which he 1
?ent to Secretary ltaniels. He cal
attention to Henry Wysham Lanit
analysis of the navy's marksman?!
and said: "I dimply cannot underst?
why Secretary Daniel? acquiesced
silence with Lanier's statement that I
battle practic-j of 1914 ?cored about
per cent of hits."
The letter from Secretary Daniels
Mr. Gardner m regard to the latte
criticism of the Michigan'.-, target pri
tice was dated August 3 and read:
"Referring to your letter of June
1915, I am in receipt of a letter fr?
the commanding oflicer of the U. S.
Michigan pretesting against the CO
parison of the Michigan's shooting tl
last year with that of lull as bei
misleading and calculated to give
incorrect impression of the present el
ciency of his ship.
"The figures given in your letter a
not entirely correct, although the actu
percentage of hits in 1911 in the case
this particular .?hip was higher than
i;?14-'i:>. Furthermore, a mere compal
son of percentage of hits is misleadin
Difficulties Increased.
"The individual ship battle practi
ot the Michigan this year was fir?
with reduced charges, so that h
equivalent range was greater than th
ot 1911 by almost 4,000 yards.
"The division practice of the Mich
gan was tired at ahout 600 yards great?
range than in 1911, but during part i
this year's practice, in order to simt
lute the possible exigencies of battl
each turret was required to control i
own tire, obtaining and keeping tr
' range in so doing, a condition whir
: added much to the difficulties of th
practice.
"In 1011 the Michigan stood 1 i
? gunnery among the battleships, an
; while the results of this year's practi?
1 have not yet been completely compute?
her standing will again probably b
high.
"I assure you that every effort i
being made by those with whom the re
sponsibility rests to maintain and im
prove the gunnery of our navy, and th
circulation, through the medium of th
press, of information incomplete an
based on gossip, and which tends t
discredit the navy, hinders rather thai
helps their efforts."
To this Mr. Gardner replied on Fri
day in a letter, in which he said:
"If in any wav I seemed unkind t?
the U. 8. S. Michigan ! hasten to ex
press my regret Certainly 1 intende?
i-.o injustice to that vessel, or to it
officers, or to its men.
Refers to "Mortifying Gossip."
"In my crit.cism I compared the prac
tfee of the r. s. s. Michigan :n l*?ll
with the i . hat ?ame trot
1015. I told hou . ; fallan frorr
1 er record of it? hits <>ut of 27 shot.- It
1911 di ?.. oui of JT .?hot? ir
191a, according to current 'mortifyin|
; ' You tell mo that the fig ires an
not 'entirely eoireet.' Thai is a fact
ictual record ? even more alarm
than 1 supposed. I And fhat thu
spring, instead <>f only firing twenty?
.?ven shots, the Michigan fired no less
than ? ? hots, and out of that
large number of shots made only ?tve
actual h Is, as allowed by the chief um?
pire who witnessed the practice.
"You tell me that the conditions of
the pract-ce in 1016 differed from those
Ot *v m 1011. To a certain
extent thai is the case, and if I had
known thai the araraunitno charge wa?
' I should have said
so *\\'e!! informed natal officers ell
m? thai with the heavier charge it ||
probable thai the Michigan m;ght h ve
nit the targcl eight or nine times out
of fifty-six, instead of live tunes. I un?
derstand that the difference in favor
of the heavier charge can readily be
calcula*, d.
"I note your statement that in 'di?
vision practice' the range this year was
800 yanis greater than in 1911 an?! that
during 'nart' of the division practice
each turre' was confined to individua!
count. Those facts have no particu?
lar bearing in this ins'anee. for the
scores whieh 1 an- criticising were
made rot in 'division practice,' but in
individual practice, commonly called
'day individual practice.' I understand
that this turret control restriction did
not exist so far as individual practice
was conc?ri:Cil.
Many Worse than the Michigan.
"When I wrote on June 25 I had no
f.gures available except those of the
Michigan. Since then I have ac? i -*??.
the figur-* of the individual spring
practice of the rest of the fleet, an I
I realise that many a battleship has a I
Worse record than the Michigan. ?
"You complain, with some justice
of the circulation of 'incomplete' in*
formation, and rou tell me that the
,i.m'ti.?iidintf officer of the Michigan hi.?
ent rod a protest Inasmuch to IM
forn.er Utter may have given ?he pub
lie the idea that th<- Michigan wa*
??I - than the other battleships it i?
onlv fnlr to her officer? and men to
publi?h the record of the whole battle
?hip fleet.
"!? i? a? follow?:
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nini.iKiiii' n.iiT His
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"Eight hundred and twenty?.x ?hot?
and nn.ilv hit? doesn't sound much
like ?he M per rent of accuracy which
we li.iv? heard aa much about, does it?
Theory of "i'on?lruclive" Hit?.
"The abov? compilation wa? pre
pared for me to show th? hits actualh
illowed by the chief umpire, Bnd re
ported at the spring individual prac
?ice of the hattleaklp fleet in Lili Th?
table is a?.bjec1 to a variation afl aa?
?????int of a revinlii.i of the ?core? which
is ?ubseqiiently made, not by the chiel
umpire who actually witneased the fir?
ing, bul by the Nnvv Department.
"A? you know, the Navy D?p?*rt"ient
ha? adopted a plan of examining pho?
tograph? of the spin-he? made by the
shots, nnd then adding 'con?tructive*
hits which were not npparcnt to the
chief empira, or deducting hit? which
the department feel? have been er
ioneou?ly allowed. The theory of a
'copatructive' hit. aa I under?tand it.
is thrt certain shot? fi-il to hit the
?target BOlol"" because a portion thereof
ha? been wrecked by some previou?
shot.
"It is well to noint out the far? that
the best of the ordnance officer? and
enlisted men by no mean? conc( de the
soundness of the poliiy of the Navy
Department of reckoning 'constructive
hit? l.v Die.ptr.eal methods, even though
it is considered by many thnt the aid
if photography is valu .ble in receiving
the decision? of the umpire."
WILSON TO REVIEW
40,000 G. A. R. MEN
Great Parade in Washington
Will Celebrate 50th Anniver?
sary of Civil War Review.
IB- TWfriith to the TrIMin? )
Washington, Aug. 15. In the cele?
bration of the fiftieth anniversnry of
th<- grand review, which Is one of the
principal features of the forthcoming
annual encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic, to be held in Wash?
ington, September 27 to October 3,
forty thousand marchers will pnss In
' line before the President and his Cabi?
net.
The grand review of the victorious
veterans of the Civil War which wai
held in Washington immediately after
the close of the great struggle was one
of the most, spectacular military inci
?lents in the history of the world.
Elaborate preparations hare bean made
i.y the o?a lowlier? to commenvjrata it
at their coming encampment. The line
of march will be from the Capitol to
the White House, along Pennsylvania
Avenue. It will rival any inaugural
parade which the city has ever wit
neised.
The majority of the marcher? will be
veteran? in blue, most of whom partici?
pated in the march fifty year? ago, but
it will also inrlude those who belonged
to various srmy corps which did not
take part in the concluding event of the
Civil War. Augmentin?; the vr??
will be the Son? of Veteran? and kin?
dred organization?, a? well as troop?
from the regular army, member? of the
marine corp?, ?ailor? from battleships,
radota and Independent military bodie?,
as well an civilian escort?.
Friendless, Takes Poison.
While riding on a Ninth Avenue car
yesterday, William P. McKibben, sixty
five, of 30<* West Thirty-fourth .Street,
collapsed. At the Roosevelt Hospital it
was discovered that he had swallowed
four mercury tablet?. He said he had
no relatives or friends and wa? out of
work.
PORTUGUESE SHIP A LOSS
Cruiser Aground Abandoned
After Guns Are Saved.
Paris, Aug. 16. Hop? has been ?b?n.
doned of salvaging th<- Portuguese
cruiser Rep?blica, which riti agr?.-;-,j
near P?niche, south of Lisbon, wki ? ?,n
her way to Oporto, according to I
bon dispatch to "Le Petit Journal." The
guns aboard the warship have b-?n *\?.
mount? d and s?ved, but the ei .
have been abandoned.
The cruiser Republics, formerly the
Rainha Dona Ame'i?, srtai launcl
Lisbon, in 1?99. Its displacement *t,
1,635 ton?, its length . .
beam thirty-eight f**et. ? .< crev r.um.
band 200 men.
Advices yesterdsy '.:??
where the crew di?emhnr'
warship s'ruek, were tha
r.i was not believed to !.?? ,- i
eus position, and that it was r
she would be flo.v
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