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j.snvinced that the I'nited States is )
ready to back up its warnings, will I
siet?r to declare its abandonment of
Ilegal submarine warfare rather than j
suffer the conaecfuence of a rupture.
If it falls short of such a declaration, |
many officials believe it will indicate
?hat friendly relations are no longer
earnestly desired.
?officials here were greatly interested
in the report that the German Foreign
Minister nad summoned Ambassador j
Gerard for a conference to-day. The ;
ambassador's report of the conversa?
tion has not been received, but it is
t-.siimed that soma information con
.-erning the circumstances of the
e case hmJ been received in
lin. I
I:' official surmises are correct some
at the German case should be in
the hands of the State Depsrtment to
morrow.
No More Discassiotis.
The Pre?ident in firmly resolved not
to he drawn into a protracted diplo?
matic discussion of the Arabic case,
tiermany will have no opportunity to
?hange her plea alter it is once en?
tered, bist on the explanation as orig?
inally presented the case will be judged
and a decision rendered from which
it-ore will lie no appeal.
\i*ihii>?;i(lor Page's cabled summary
?f the survivors' affidavits has been re
,i ?he Stiite Department, but
.-. cietary L;>nsin<- is not entirely sat
w'ith the testimony on certain
points and has cabled the ambassador
for further information. It is possible
C at no judgment will be formed until
the complete text of the affidavits
'comes t?. hand. The documents are on
.? ay by mail and should reach
Washington within ten days.
The report that the secretary of the
American Embassy in London sailed to?
day for New York with affidavits of
'he American survivors was not con?
firmed at the State Department. It is
not thought probable that he would be
sent on such a mission, but he may be
on leave of absence, and the ambassa
? inr may have taken advantage of the
rtunity to use him as a courier.
Scarcely a trace remains of the ten?
sion that existed in official quarters
?hiring the days immediately following
the staking of the Arabic. There is a
general feeling that it is "Germany's
tv,ose" and that until Berlin has spoken
there is nothing to be done.
The State Department announced to?
day tha* it would issue no further
piecemeal information cottcerning the
destruction of the Arabic.
Von Jagow Calls U. S.
Envoy Into Conference
Berlin, Aug. 25.?Ambassador Gerard
received at 2 o'clock this afternoon a
leque.t from Foreign Minister von
Jagow to call on him and left a lunch?
eon party to respond to the invitation.
The ambassador conferred a half hour
with the Foreign Minister, but would
-ay nothing regarding the conversa?
tion.
While the situation regarding the
the Arabic is by no means clear,
indications were noticeable to-day of a
belief that a way will be found out of
the entanglement, even should it be
established that the steamer wa* tor?
pedoed without warning- an assump?
tion which the German government, in
the lack of any official report, has no
reason to accept.
Newspapers and the public hardly
seem to have awakened to the nature
of the situation, and between the di?
vergent views of Theodore Roosevelt
and William J. Bryan, which they were
given to-dny, find little enlightenment
regarding the real state of American
public opinion. The Foreign Office,
however, is evidently fully awsre of
tho delicate nature of the situation and
I'osed to avoid a crisis which is
farthest from its desire.
Ambassador Gerard called on Minis?
ter von Jagow last evening and asked
for information concerning the sinking
of the Arabic.
Mr. Gerard learned that the only in?
formation the government has is that
m newspaper dispatches from abroad,
which threw little light on the case.
It is not even clear whether the di?
i;>'( i ami due to a torpedo or a mine,,
and whether, in case the vessel was tor
I, there were special circum?
stances which impelled the commander
of the submarine to attack the Arabic.
Officiais of the Foreign Office make
it trat* clear that they have no inten-'
tion of flouting the I'nited States or
seeking to bring about a situation such
as that dealt with hypothetically in
the last American note.
?t Paul c-ils for New York:
Arabic Survivors Aboard
? ?N? ?oTh? Trlt.un? ]
Ion, Aug. 2f. The St. Paul sailed
to-d;,y with 175 saloon passengers. Am?
bassador Page went to Euston Station
to bid farewell to the Lorings. His
secretary, Clifford Carver, was also
among the passengers. The others in
c'uded Otto Bannard, who, alluding to
l.i-MistorrT's Arabic communication.!
"We trust the President and look to
him to uphold our dignity. For this
reason we don't expect Germany to be
d to USC her past dilatory tactics.
If a satisfactory apology and assurances
????? not given within a week, I predict1
a diplomatie rupture with Germany be- j
fore the St. Paul reaches New York."
A group of Arabic survivors aboard]
included Dr. Rowley Aubrey, Gaulter
Plying, and Martens Covingtons, who
siid: "We want to get across while
the going remains clear." Others in?
cluded Hamilton Bell, Mrs. R. Brooks,
Peter Doelger, who made a round trip,
remaining in London only three days to
bring his daughter Charlotte home;
William .laekion, Charles Kiralfy, Miss
Josephine Mahoney, Miss E. C. Strobell
an?! Eliot Wad*-worth.
Practically all the berths on the St.
Paul were occupied. Several persons
cancelled their passage at the last mo?
ment owing to what Statt considered
here the more acute relations between
the I'nited States and Germany.
Ask Who Would Care for
Germans' British Interests
IB* Cit'le ?- Th? Trit-viri?. |
London, Aug. 25.?Should Ambassa?
dor Gerard be recalled from Berlin it
is an interesting question what Ger
man> would do in this country, where
her ?arge interests are being cared for
by the American Ambassador. There
is no precedent to guide the I'nited
States should diplomatic relations be ?
broken, hut it can be definitely stated
that it has had conside 'ion, and Ger?
many's interests could - turned over'
in a day's notice.
Germany's interests here are very
large and farreaching, in addition to
the American duties of inspection of,
prisoners and internment camps. '
r*
GERMANS BREAK
LINEDEFENDIN.
BREST-LITOVSK
Mackensen Pierces Rus?
sian Advanced Posi
tions to the South.
TEUTON INVADERS
TAKE BIELOSTOK
Austrian Cavalry Advances from
Kovel Through A1arsl.es
of the Pripet.
London. Aug. '25. Pushing past the
dreaded Pripet marshes simth of Brest
Litovsk, the German armies are closing
in on the fortress. Berlin reports that
von Mackensen has broke.? through the
Russian advanced positions at Dob
bynka. to the southwest, and Vienna
snys that the Austrian cavalry is ad?
vancing on the road from Kovel, occu?
pied yesterday, to Kobrin, on the op?
posite side of the mnrshes and east of
Brest-Litovsk. This movement threat?
ens to flank the Russian line of de?
fence
~- These drives, says Vienna, have
broken the resistance of the Tzar's
troops lighting to repel the thrust from
the southwest. The Russians have
been driven buck to the fortress girdle,
while the defenders of the southeast
positions ere being pursued further
into the mai'shv district of the Pripet.
Only In the north, where- the forest of
Bialowieska aids the defence, are the
Russians able to hold the enemy.
According to "Th-? Time.-.'s" Petro?
grad correspondent the Russians have
already evacuated Bielostok, but will
continue to hoi?.' ground until the hulk
of the armies of the Grand Duke have
reached their apointed positions to the
I east of Vilna.
GERMAN' OFFICIAL.
The official statement issued by Ger?
man Army Headquarters snys:
Army Group of Fiold Marshal von
Hindenbuig North of the Niemen
River 750 Russians were taken
prisoners during successful engage?
ments in the neighborhood of Birshi.
The army of General von Eichhorn
is advancing victoriously taward the
east, fighting ai the way. This army
captured 1.1S50 Russians and took
several machine guns.
The army of General von Scholz
reached Berecowka, captured Knyszyn
and crossed the Nart-w River to the
south of Tykocin.
The army of General von Gallwitz
captured the Narew River ere
on the Sokolow-Bielo.-tok highroad.
Its right wing has reached Orlanka,
after having driven back the enemy.
This army took more than 1,700
prisoners, including eighteen officers
and nine machine guns.
Foe Hurled Back in North.
Arm'- Group of Prince Leopold of
Bavaria Yesterday the enemy at?
tempted in vain to bring our pursuit
to a standstill. He was attacked and
thrown back into Bialowieska Forest.
South of this forest, our troops
reached the region to the cast of
Wierschowicze. We captured more
than 1,700 prisoners.
Army Group of Field Marshal von
Mackensen Pursuing the defeated
enemy, this group is approaching the
hills on the western bank of the
Besma, north of Brest-Litovsk. <>n
the southwestern front of Brest
Litovsk, at Pobbynka, the Austro
Hungarian and German troops broke
through the advanced positions of
the fortre.-s yesterday.
On the eastern bank of the Bug.
northeast of Vladova, parts of the
army of General von Linsingen are
advancing toward the north, lighting
all the way.
AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL.
The following official statement was
issued to-day at the Austrian War
Office:
The troops of Archduke Ferdinand
and General Koeyess, together with
our Allies, pushed back the enemy,
lighting constantly, toward Lesna.
The resistance of the Russians,
fighting southwest of Brest-Litovsk,
was broken, and they were driven
back to the fortress girdle by the
division of Field Marshal von Arz
and German aoops.
.Northeast of Vladova German
forces are driving the enemy further
into the marshy district. The cavalry,
under General Puhallo, is advancing
on both sides of the road from Kovel
to Kobrin.
Honved hussars stormed a forti?
fied village on the railway line from
Kovel to Brest-Litovsk.
Between Vladimir-Volynsky and
the Bessarabian frontier quiet pre?
vails.
RUSSIAN OFFICIAL.
The following official statement was
received to-night from the headquarters
of the Russian General Staff:
In the Riga ?li.-trict there has been
no change in the situation. In the
direction of Jacobstailt and Dvinsk
the fighting to the westward Con?
tinuel on approximately the snin?
front. In the direction of Vilna the
enemy delivered yesterday only iso?
lated attacks on the front northwest
of Ivje, which we repulseil.
On the middle Niemen our troops
operating on the left bank gradually
arc concentrating toward the r.ver.
On the front between the Bobr and
the Brest-I.. tovsk district the enemy
continues to exert the greatest press?
ure.
On the sectors in the district south
of Vidimirvdlynsky there were un?
important outpost encounters.
In Galicia, on some sectors of our
front, there were rifle tiring and re?
lated artillery duels.
German Fleet Shelled
Pernau for 16 Hours
Petrograd, Aug. 2:>. The story of the
German effort to land troops "in Ter
Remnant Sale
Three Days More
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Visitors to New York can take adv.intaRf (?I this* exceptional
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C& 9th St.
Arnh-etm
58 SUBMARINES NOW
IN GERMANY'S FLEET
I openhagen, Aug. 25.?The Ger?
man undersea fleet comprises fllly
righi submarine*, serordlng to a
neutral authority who hau just re?
turned to Denmark from Germany.
Germany'?! Baltic fleet, arcordin?: lo
the same authority, consists of ihir
ty-eight warships.
Six thousand marines from Kiel
have been sent io the eastern fi ft h t -
ing front to reinforce the pioneer
service of the army. ?
j nau, in the northeast corner of the
I Gulf of Riga, was told by a Russian
! official from Pernau who has reached
' here.
"At 6 p. m. on the lfnh. while the
more prominent of the fiO.OOO people
of the city were assembled in the naval
! park listening to a band concert," the
official said, "a policeman ordered them
tn disperse. It was then notice?! that a
German ship was offshore far awsy
toward the horizon. She remained for
1 some time making observations. It
1 appeared later that the Russians had
signalled the ship to halt, not know?
ing her nationality, anil that signals
??uestioning the vessel as to this point
remains?*! unanswered.
?'The people of the city did not be
; come alarmed until cannonading was
henrd at sea during the night. At 10
: o'clock in the evening the smoke of
seven German ships became ..?ilile.
j Three of them seeemd to be light cruis
l ers and four large transports.
"Soon the Russian batteries on shore
: opened tire on the German squadron.
The German ships replied and the con
I tinuons roar of the guns on both side
mtiile a mighty chaos of sound.
"The German ships were three miles
? away, unable to approach nearer on ac?
count of the shallow water. Their fire
1 was inaccurate. Nobody in Pernau
was killed, hut a few persons in Ore
tols lost their lives. The railway lines
; were slightly damaged, but were quick
lv repaired.
' "The Germans fired uninterruptedly
: from 11 o'clock in the evening until
** the next afternoon. Panic seized the
! people, who rushed for the railroad
Station. Many were carried away on a
crowded train, passengers occupying
even the roofs of cars. The train
moved slowly through the suburbs, pas?
sengers climbing aboard as it passed.
From the cars there were seen the hulls
of three German transports which Rus?
sian artillery had crippled, the Rus?
sian file having been accurate.
"On the repulse of the German
squadron the train returned, bringing
the postal and telegraph officials."
Another account says that the Rus?
sians captured German transports an!
??loops carrying a landing force and
sunk two torpedo boats.
Russia's Shell Shortage
Ended, Official Declares
London. Aug. 20. The shell crisis in
Russin is over, according to an an?
nouncement made by Chairman Shinga
leff of the Douma Defence Committee
to "The Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd
correspondent.
The quantity of munitions, the state?
ment continues, has been more than
doubled, and all necessary supplies are
going forward promptly. The Russian
army now is in splendid fighting con?
dition, it is state?!, and the machinery
of the internal administration is gradu?
ally being adapted to the new condi?
tion-.
"The Daily Mail's" Petrograd cor?
respondent also telegraphs in an opti?
mistic vein. He says a new phase of
the Russian operations is beginning, in
which the Russians will have two use?
ful allie.?' autumn mist and autumn
mud.
Russians Destroyed
Forts at Ossowetz
Petrograd, Aug. 25. -In accordance
with orders from the army authorities,
the garrisons of Ossowetz joined the
Russian field army on August 22,
evacuating the fortress after blowing
up the permanent fortifications, burn?
ing the wooden structures and remov?
ing or crippling the guns, thus ending a
year of gallant defence of the princi?
pal crossing of the Bobr River.
War Office o'*.cial.?, commenting on
the surrender, pointed out that it was
especially adapted for defence because
of the marshsi surrounding it, but that
this fact would be one working to its
?iisadvantage when the fortress was cut
off from the army, because the marshy
ground was unsuitable for man?uvres
and sorties. After the abandonment of
the line of the Bobr. Ossowetz ceased
to have importance, in the view of the
army officials.
The reception by the Emperor of
Michael Vladimirovitch Rodzianko,
President of the Duma, and repealed
sessions of the Council of Ministers
have elicited lively discussions in the
corridors of the Duma regarding the
possibility of the formation of a Min?
istry of National Defence. ??
- ? at
Austrian Guns Rout Foe
on Plateau of Doberdo
Vienna, Aug. 2L. Continued sue
: cesses against the Italians on the Do
berdo Plateau are reported in the an?
nouncement of the War Office, which
says:
In the district of the Doberdo
Plateau our artillery forced the
hasty retreat of enemy infantry
which had occupied the south slopei
of Monte Dei and Monte ?-?ei Bosl
Our front southwest of San Maro
again was under heavy artillery tire.
At noon the Italians began a new at?
tack, which was repulsed before our
defensive positions.
Before the bridgeheads of Gorizia
and Tolmino and in the Km district
comparative quiet prevails. The
enemy was active before Flitsch,
where furious fighting repeatedly
?leveloped.
Late last evening enemy infantry
advanced toward the northern sector
of the plateau of Lavaronne. Uarly
this morning the attack was repulsed,
(in both sides of the road to Tonale
Italian battalions attacked soon
after daybreak and the fighting con?
tinues.
Artillery combats continue along
almost the entire Tyroleart frontier.
Philadelphia Oermans
Stand by United States
ill? TtiSINft In Tli? Trii.ir,? ]
Philadelphia, Aug. li. The state?
ment made by Alphonse G. Koelble,
president of the German-American So
iiety of New York, that in the event
of a war between the United States and
Germany. Germans in this country
would fight for the Kaiser, was not
taken very seriously by German-Anjeri
caas in this city. All characterized
the statements attributed to Mr. Koel?
ble as reckless, and many believed that
he might have been misquoted.
August God.-ho, of the National G. i
man-American Alliance, .?.aid: "I can?
not believe that Mr. Koelble was cor
rectlj* quoted. However, he is a verv
influential man and may think he
knows what he is talking about, as far
:.? hi? own order is concerned. Mr.
Koelble is the head of the New York
'v and not of the National Alli?
ance.
"We German-Americans of this city
do not look for war or trouble be?
tween Germany and the United State?.
If it comes though, we aje Americana,
first last and alwsvs." ,
SERBIA YIELDS
TO ALLIES'PLEi
DIPLOMATS HE/
Concedes Territory Asl
by Bulgaria for Aid if
War, Is Report.
ITALY'S MINISTER
RECEIVES NO
_?
Greece Now Expected to W
draw Her Refusal to.Oiv
Up Part of Macedonia.
London. Aug. 2f> The Balkan ci
took a favorable turn to-day from
Allies' viewpoint, according to rep
reaching the diplomats here ^ ch
concerned in the issues. Serbia s r?
to the note of the Allies is expect?'
reach London to-morrow, and ther
i reason to believe, it is stated in offi
! circles, that it will concede the n
I points the Allies have asked in be
of Bulgaria in order to secure I
garia's co-operation in the war.
The reply was handed to Baron 8
nino. Italian P?rtiga Minister.
1 afternoon, according to a Kome
patch to "The London Daily T
graph."
It is now known that the note of
Allies, representing the joint views
Great Britain, France and Rus
asked Serbia to grunt Bulgaria t
1 part of Macedonia covered by
Serbo-Bulgaiian treaty of 11* 1 -?. Sho
Serbia yield this, as the diplomats r
expect she will, it would adjust
main territory in dispute with the
? ception of a small strip running ab
the new line of adjustment.
Should this doubtful zone still
I main open to controversy it is p
' nosed to adjust the situation by
tempornrv occupai ?on of it by tro
of the allied powers, thus settling
main territorial question and leav
the doubtful zone to be administe
and later adjusted bv the Allies.
What Greece's answer to the All
will be is not yet known. It has
veloped thiit Greece gave a formal
fusal to the request, hut that is n
expected to be withdrawn by the n
: Venizelos ministry and a more fav
able attitude to the Allies adopted.
Should the Balkan states be brou,
together through the efforts of t
Allies, diplomats say, the only questi
outstanding would be Bulgaria's at
tude with regard to supporting t
Allies.
A Reuter dispatch from Athens sa;
"The advent to power of the Venize
, cabinet has produced a remarkably
assuring effect as regards the attitu
t of the Entente powers toward Gree
' It is known that l-wmier Venizelos 1
I received from representatives of t
? Entente powers assurances of the I
most support possible under the c
cumstances.
"There is reason to believe one
i the first questions which the new gc
ernment will have to deal with is th
' of the persecution of (?reeks in Turk?
It is expected the Turkish Minister w
? receive a communication on this su
ject within a week.
"Interpellations on the foreign pc
icy are boiritr prepared for Thursdaj
sitting of Parliament, but M. V'enizel
i will avoid making a statement, if po
1 sible. believing the moment moppo
, tune."
e
American Policy a Menace,
to Peace, Says Vienna Pap<
Zurich, Aug. 99. The silence hither
observed by the press of Au?tria-Hu
gary on the sinking of the Arabic h:
(.'?eii broken. The "Neue Freie Presse
of Vienna, whose relations with tl
German Embi.-sy are of the closest, d
clares:
"One thin;* is certain: the America
Government has every ground to coi
sider the grave perils to peace whit
III policy involves. It is absurd thi
the accident of two or three America!
being injured in the war zone shoul
decide the question of peace betwee
two great nations, Germany has mad
reasonable propo.?.als, which would al
Bolate!** exclude such threatening inc
dents.
"If the Ar.ibir affair should develo
further difficulties, the Dual Monarch
would deeply deplore it. Perhaps th
affair, after it is cleared up, may lea
Americu to revise her policy."
Bulgaria Tells Greece
She Is Not Hostil
Cologne, Aug. 25 ? Via London),
dispatch to the "Cologne Gazette" froi
Sofia ?ays: '
"Bulgaria has assured the Athen
government that no hostile intention
against Greece are entertained by Bu
guria.
"Evidence la at hand that Rumani
hit*? not abandoned her effort to indue
Bulgaria to join in united actio
against Turkey m aid of the quadrupl
Entente powrrs.
"The conclusion of the Turco-Bul
garian agreement is regarded as
great success for Bulgarian diplo
r?acy."
?remember' LUSITANIA'
NEW SOCIETY'S MOTTC
lit) Trlrira'^li 1? Tlir Trthun? 1
Cleveland. Aug. 25. The Society o
the Lusitania has been organised hiere
Its purpose is to crystallize public sen
timent without "inflammatoiy utter
anees" against "barbarism" and keej
i alive the memory of the Lusitania.
''The purpose ot the society," de
clares it.? prospectus, "is to provide I
? simple and universal medium of ex
pression, the moral effect of which
upon certain of our people cannot bi
overestimated."
Poster stamps, a button and th?
"credo" will be sent to any one wish
ing to herome a member. The mem?
bership fee la 25 cents. Button an?l
stamps are inscribed: "The blot that
flron*t con.e off." The home of the so?
ciety is in the Euclid Building.
Any money remaining after expenses
| have been paid is to be divided with
' the Red Cross or Belgian relief funds.
? There will be no dues after the pay?
ment of the membership fee, and it is
I hoped that stamps and buttons svill
; soon make the Lusitania as memorable
as the Maine.
lllliBgAMJl
thibustItmat
. liidgc u! Lusitania Sonet).
FIGHT TO DEATH,
IS GREY'S REPLY
TO CHANCELLOR
Answer to the Reichstag
Speech Marks Change
in British Policy.
NO IGNOBLE PEACE,
PUBLIC ASSURED
British Foreign Secretary Denies
All Charges Made by Dr.
von Bethmann-Hollweg.
Ill? ?'tlrlt lo Th? Tribun?.)
London, Aug. 25. Sir Fdward Grev.
j British Foreign Secretary, to-night
! issued a reply to the speech delivered
in the Reichstag last week bv Dr. von
Bethmnnn-Hollweg, German Chancellor.
Sir Edward's reply, which is official
! in behalf of the Foreign Office, marks
I a change in the official British attitude
! toward anything said by Germany.
, Previously it has not troubled to re?
fute German niisstatements. but hence?
forth it has apparently decided to nail
I '.he enemy's l>s and counter as soon as
possible bet?re they have any oppor
j tunity of obtaining credence.
Perhaps the reason for this change
Il that the government has been con?
vinced by the American newspapers of
the value of publicity. That this state?
ment will not be an isolated one is
shown by the promise to make public
me Anglo-German negotiations of It'll",
j which will appear before the end of the
present week.
The last paragraph of Sir Edward's
I reply, indicating that the Allies will
I tight until Germany is crushed, un
| doubtedly serve . two purposes. It re
1 iterates Asquith's original Guildhall
? declaration; also, it stops the mouths o?
i a section of the public who recently
; hinted their uneasiness regarding the
possibility of the government acceding
to an incomplete and unsatisfactory
peace.
Sir Edward deals at length with the
charge that Belgium had trafficked her
neutrality with Great Britain and the
i Allies.
Asks for Publicity.
"There are some points in the speech
the German Chancellor made last
week," he says, "which may, I think, be
suitably dealt with in a letter to the
press pending a fuller review of the
situation, which may be appropriate in
some other method and at some other
, time.
"I will state the facts and reflections
they suggest as briefly and clearly as
I can, an?I I ask you to be good enough
to make them public.
"One Belgian record, a conversation
with the British military attache, was
published by Germany last autumn to
prove that Belgium had trafficked her
neutrality with us, and was in effect,
in a plot with us against Germany.
The conversation, of which the most
use has been made, never was reported
to the Foreign Office nor, as far as the
I records ?how, to the War Office at the
| time and we saw a record of it the
firat time when Germany published the
Belgian record.
"But it bears on the face of it that
j it referred only to the contingency of
Belgium being attacked, that the en
, t-y of the British into Belgium would
I take place only after violation of
Belgir.n territory by Germany, and
, that it did not connnit the British gov
1 er iment. No convention ,r agree
| ment existed between the British and
? Belgian governments.
Wanted .Neutrality Respected.
"Why does the German Chancellor
l mention these informal conversation?
of 1901 and ignore entirely that of
I April, 1913? I told the Belgia Minis
' ter most emphatically that what we
' desired in the case of Belgium, as with
other neutral countries, was that their
neutrality should be respected, and
that so long as it was not violated by
1 any other power we should certainly
! not semi troops ourselves into their
? territory.
"Let it be remembered that the first
, use made by Germany of the Belgian
document was to charge Belgium with
' bad faith to Germany. What is the
true story? On July 29, 1914, the
German Chancellor fried to bribe us
! by a promise of future Belgian inde
psndenc?" to become a party to the vio?
lation of Belgian neutrality by Ger?
many. On the outbreak of the war
he described the Belgian treaty as a
?crap of paper, and the German For?
eign Secretary explained that Ger?
many must go through Belgium to at
, tack France, because she could not take
the time to do otherwise. The state?
ment of Herr von Jagow is worth quot?
ing again:
" 'The imperial government had to
! advance into France by the quickest
and easiest -vav, so as to be able to get
well ahead with the opeiati^ns and en?
deavor to strike some decisive blow as
[ early as possible. It was a matter of
life and death with them, as, if they
had gone hy the more southern route,
they could not have hope?!, in view of
the paucity of roads and the strength
of the fortresses, to have got through
without formidable opposition, entail
' ing great loss of time. This loss of
time would have meant time gained by
the Russians for bringing up their
troops to the German frontier. Rapid?
ity of action was the great German as?
set, while that of Russia was an inex?
haustible supply of troops.'
Promise to Right a Wrong.
"In the Reichstag, too, on August 4,
1914, the German Chancellor stated in
referring to the violation of the neu?
trality of Belgium and Luxemburg:
"'The wrong, I speak openly, the
wrong we thereby commit we will try
to make good as soon as our military
aims have been attained.'
"The violation of Belgian neutrality,
therefore, was deliberate, although Ger?
many had actually guaranteed that
neutrality, and surely there has been
nothing mere despicably mean than to
attempt to justify it ex-post facto by
bringing against the innocent, moffen
.-ivr il. Igirtii government and people the
totally false charge of laving plotted
against Germany.
"'The German Chancellor does not
emphasize in his' latest speech that
charge, which has been spreail broad
i .st against Belgium. Is it with?
drawn, and, if so, will Germany make
reparation for the cruel wrong done
to Belgium?
"The two negotiations for an Anglo
German agreement m 1912, referred to
by the German Chancellor, were
brought to a point at which it was
clear they could have no success un?
less we, in effect, gave a promise of
absolute neutrality while Germany re?
mained free under her alliances to
take part in a European war. This
can and shall be explained by pub?
lishing an account of the negotiations
taken from the records in the For?
eign Office.
Said England Would Suffer.
"The Chancellor quotes an isolated
tentenee of my speech of the 3d of
Aug'ist, 1?M4. to prove that we were
rteacty for war. In the very next len
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tence, which he might have quoted but
do?s not quote, 1 said:
"'We are going to suffeer, I am
afraid terribly, in this war, whether
I we are in it or whether we stand a?ide.
"I leave it to any one, outside of
' Germany, in any neutral country, to
ettle for himself whether those are
the words of a man who had desired
and planned a European war, or of one
; who had lubored to avert it. The ex
| tent of the German Chancellor's mis
I application of the isolated sentence
! which he quotes v.ill be obvious to any
I one who reads the full context of the
! ? peech.
"As to the other statement attrib
! utcd to me. not even when we were
I perfectly free, when Japan, who was
! our ally, had not entered the war. and
| when we were not pledged to the other
Allies as we are now by the agreement
| of September 6. 1?M5. did I say any
j thing so ridiculous or untrue as that .
i it was in the interest of Germany that ,
i we had gone to war and with the ob- .
ject of restrainine Russia.
Could Have Averted War.
"The war would have been averted
I if the conference had been agreed to.
?lermanv on the flimsiest pretext shut
\ the door against it. I would wreak ,
nothing on the point of form and ex- ;
? pressed myself readv to acquiesce in
! any method of mediation that Germany
j could suggest if mine were not accept
! able. I said I was ready to co-operate i
| in anv method Germany thought possi
ble if only Germany would press the ;
1 button in the interest o" peace.
"The German Chancellor, according
to his speech, encouraged nothing ex?
cept direct discussion between Vienna
and Petrograd. But what chance had .
?hat of success when, as we heard af?
terward, the German Ambassador at
Vienna was expressing the opinion that ?
Russia would stand aside and was con
veying to his colleagues the impression
I that he desired war from the first and :
th.it his strong personal bias probably
colored his actioa there?
"Some dr.y, perhaps, the world will
know what really p.issed between Ger- ;
many and Austria respecting the ulti- '
matum to Serbia and its consequences.
It has become only too apparent that
in the proposal for the conference,
which wc niHiie and which Russia, Italy
and '.ane agcreed to, and which Ger?
man) vetoed, lay the only hope of
peace. And it was such a good hope.
"Serbia had accepted nearly all the
Austrian ultimatum, severe and violent
as it was. The points outstanding
could hav? been settled honorably and
fairly in conference in a week. Ger?
many ought to have known, and must
have known, that we should take the
same straight and honorable part in it
that she herself recognized we had
taken in the Balkan conference, work?
ing not for a diplomatic victory of the
group, but for a fair settlement and
ready to side against any attempt to
exploit the conference unfairly to the
disadvantage of Germany and Austria.
"The refusal of the conference hv ,
Germany, though it did not decide
Bti'ish participation in the war, did, in
fact, decide the question of peace or |
war for Europe and signed he death
warrant of the many hundreds of thou?
sands who have been killed in this war.
"Nor must it be forgotten that the
Emperor of Russia proposed o the
German Emperor that the Austro-Serb
dispute should be settled by the Hague
tribunal. Is there one candid .oui in'
Germany and Austria-Hungary who,
looking back on the past year, does not
reirret that neither the British nor the
Russian proposal was accepted?
"And what is the German programme
a?- we gather it from the speech of the
Chancellor and the public utterances in
Germany now Germany to control the
destiny of all other nations, to be the
'shield of peace and freedom' of big and
small nations? Those are the Chan?
cellor's words an iron peace and a
freedom under the Prussian shield, un?
der German supremacy, Germany su?
premo.
"Germany Alone Would Be Free."
"Germany alone would be free-free
to break international treaties, free to
crush when it pleased her, free to re?
fuse all mediation, free to go to war
when it suited her, free when she did
; go to war to break again all rules of
; civilization and humanity on land and
' sen, and while she may not act thus all
her commerce at sea is to remain as
free in time of war as all commerce is
in time of peace.
"Fredeom of the sea may be a very
reasonable subject for discussion, defi?
nition and agreement between the na?
tions after tbis war, but not by itself
ulone; not while there is no freedom
and no security against war and Ger?
man methods of war on land. If there
are to be guarantees against future
war, let them be equal, comprehensive
1 i.nd effective guarantees that bind Ger?
many as well as other nations, includ?
ing ourselves.
"Germany is to be supreme. The
' freedom of other nations is to be that
which Germany metes out to '.'.em. i
Such is, apparently, the conclusion to
be drawn from the German Chancel- ?
lor's speech. And to this the German
Minister of Finance adds that the
heavy burden of thousands of millions
must be borne through decades not by j
Germany, bu by those whom she is I
I pleased o call the instigators of the i
war. In other w ds, for decades to
come Germany claims that all the na?
tions which resisted her should labor |
to pay her tribute in the form of war ,
i indemnity.
"Not on such terms can peace b? I
concluded or the life of other nations
than Germany be free or even toler- I
able. The speeches of the German
Chancellor and Finance Minister make
it appear that Germany is fighting for
supremacy and tribute. If this is so
and as long as it is so our allies and
we are fighting and must fight for th*
right to live not under German su- ;
premacy, but in real freedom and
safety."
SWEDEN MAKES PROTEST
Notifles Berlin Seized Steamer Got?
land Had No Contraband.
Stockholm ivia London), Aug. 25.?
Another protest has been made to '.' s '
German government by Sweden.
The complaint has to do with the
?helling of. the Swedish steamer Got-,
land, which subsequently was taken
into Cuxhaven by the Germans.
The Swedish government states that
the steamer carried no contraband.
TOMMIES' WIVES GET
$200,000,000 A YEAR
London, Aug. 25.?-In sentencing
a soldier for fraud in connection
with separation allowances, Magia,
trate Sir William Trealoar re?
marked to-day that he understood
that the nation ?a? paying some?
thing like $200.000,009 a year in
allowances to families of soldiers
absent at the (vont.
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FRENCH AEROS
INVADE BADEN
Two Towns Bombarded?
Germans Recapture
Vosges Trenches.
London, Aug. 23.-?French airmen
have invaded Baden, outside the zone
of war operations. One aviator
dropped bombs on Offenburg, injuring
twelve civilians, according to a Berlin
dispatch, and another shelled the rail?
road station at Torrach, southwest of
Friborg.
Offenburg is a manufacturing town
of about 14,000 population, on the Kin
zig River, seventeen miles southwe?*
of Karlsruhe.
The lighting on the west front has
resulted in little change. Berlin claims
the recapture of the trench sections
near Sondernach iost on Anglist 1".
Paris reports the organization of con?
quered positions in the valley of the
Fecht. A German aero, the French
report, dropped four bombs on Vesoul.
Violent artillery actions continue north
of Arras.
FRENCH OFFICIAL.
The following official communication
was issued in Paris to-nigh':
Artillery actions took place on the
whole of the front to-day. They were
especially violent in the sector to
the north of Arras, between the
Somme and the Oise, in Champagne,
in the Argonne forest and in the
forest of Le Pr?tre.
In these last two sectors our mor?
tars and heavy artillery several
times proved particularly efficacious. .
In the Vosges, in the valley of the
Fecht, where .ve are organizing con?
quered positions, the cannonade is ,
less violent, and no infantry engage?
ment has taken place.
A German aeroplane has dropped
four bombs on Vesoul. A woman and
a child were slightly wounded. The
damage done was unimportant.
The afternoon statement s.v.,1;
In Artois last night, throughout
the entire sector to the north of
Arras, the artillery lighting was of a
fairly spirited nature. Furthermore,
there were ?gagement*? with hand
grenades in the vicinity of Souchez
and Neuville. Around Roye and in
the neighborhood of Lassigny the ar
tillery exchanges yesterday and 1st
night continued actively.
From the Champagne district am
from the Argom.e the only report
received refer to itch ting in whicl
mines were expi,
In the Vosges there were rester
dsy engagements with hand grer.adei
on the Barrenkopf.
A French aviator last night thrca
down bombs on the railroad it?tiota
at Lorrach ? in the Grand Duchy el
Baden), twenty-eight miles to the
southwest of Friborg.
GERMAN OFFICIAL.
The statement issued at Berlin tayi:
In the Champagne we success's.;;
exploded several mines.
In the Vosges an attack msec by
the enemy ?j Schratzmarinele w?i
repelled with haml gren
southeast of Sondernach that p?lt
of the trench sections which we lo*t
on August 17 was recaptured.
A German battle aviator -hot down
a French biplane near Nieuport.
French Destroyer Called
Consort; Then Sank German
Paris, Aug. 25. Details of the ac?
tion in wnich a German torpedo host
destroyer was sunk by a French de?
stroyer on the night of Au?-. -. . .
are contained in a Hava- dispatch from
Dunkirk.
The German destroyer "-'-as mere
powctful than the French, ar.'i the com?
mander of the French boat a?k*d by
wireless for assistance. He did not
wait, however, lor help but engage'!
the German craft. The French boat
tired first ami scored ? hit. She then
launched a torpedo, which snnh her tm
versary.
After the Ant shot tank i ffeet the
damaged German rosso! limped Xoamti
Ostend. where a German coast battery
lire?! at the pursuant d? ir, but
succeeded only in preM'n'?-ig ' , re'eu
by the French destroyer of 're crew of
the sinking German boat.
A French torpedo boat ahi i replied
to the destroyer's cull rfor l.elp. tt
rived only in time t<> sJs ' Gerain
vessel go down.
German Prince Yearns
for Offensive in West
Beilin, Aug. If. An arm- order la
sued by Frederick William. Crown
Prince of Gi'imany. on August '-'-? m
eelebratian of the tnniversn***/ of tl
battle of Longwy, the ??S.iarbrjeckefi
Volks-Zeitung" say-?. SI.**\ '
earnest hope thst the Emperor might
scon call on his forces in the west for
a renewal of offensive -...arfare. The
order concluded with these wordi*
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