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?j in the original drnft of the
note becausr of Grta* Britain's action
in declaring OOttOB rc-traba-d of war
have been ssade, tad that th? note is
practically in ?hape for transmission
The modifications of th? Ordars In
Council, permitting certain American
owned goods of German origin to be
?hipped from Rotterdam, caused a fa?
vorable impnasion here, in view of
their probable effect on the controversy
with Germany. Germany has been
complaining of the arbitrary action of
the 1 I ernment in hoi.', >;
th.es and It is asserted
that German manufacturer? hare lost
millions of dollars as a consequence.
The new British order indicate? a ten !
. toward greater liberality in con
ng the blockade, and it it thought
it v.- mot in Germany a? a
step toward the "freedom of the
sea?" for which Berlin has ?o SOB
?tar.tlv c ntended in her note? to this
go vi '
Reports that Germany would renew
'her recju '? .-.encan mediation
'with Great Britain te obtain greater
: ee betw een the
,i rmr.ny ha
current here ?ver since the sink-pg
of the Lasitania, and have come pri?
marily from German sources. It has
been strongly Intimated on excellent
authority that tl ?ernment
i? fai ??' their circulation.
Belie?? t.erma-.iy Wants Peace.
This is taken in many quarters as
aa Indies
for :. ? make the
rd peace with her enc
eonfii m a re
? in denied in Qsa>
1 at Ol rrr.any is tired of
?old welcome nn oppor
tuni'.y t ? ptable terms.
It has beet officially here that
the ' while glad to o:Ter
it? good office? for any plan lookil (
to?.. ? an amelioration of '.ho
- being
eopardizs its
It will
make it plum that auch action is un
dertakt n entirely ?part fro;n any con
traversy with either belligerent and
nieces? by
mment It is not probable,
however, th;.: l'rcsident Wilson would
make any peace proposals at this time
unless asked to do so by one or more
of the belligerent?.
Von Tirpitz's Mouthpieces
Want No Arabic Excuses
[Bt Caibl? la Tb?? Tr:'.,une j
London, Aur SO. "The Daily Mail"
?aye to-day that Admirai von Tirpitz's
two mouthpiece?, i ount von Rcvent
low and the ieader wi iter of "The Ham
are oxtre:.,i
it at the Washington correspond
'? o dared to
? rman government
daos ?sime k nd oi tx
cuse for the sinking of the Arabic.
Here i excase? he ?ui .
adding 'hat almost any excuse appa?
rently would Le accepted:
1. ,'? - ; ( Arabic were
gOOSts; thai is, persons granted free
tickets on condition that they ?ailed
in the ship.
2. Tho Arabic either mnde or ap
make such man?uvres as
justified or might justify the subma
?o ram
shrieks "The Ham
hten." "If i G
k the Arabic the
nan people approves it3 ac
?
lunt von Reventlow
Its may have
?n Empire he? neither
Ion to offer apo,
warfare SI
England's - ' '??le will I ?
nd intensively increased the
Irthrw is m'her ?etsmful of
the ? ' hat American i
y, n cannot
niahes. We
inppo .. i liBl an Amer?
ican, ?. pay hi? pa&a
Von Bernstorff Reported
Informed of Berlin Note
The -nan note to the
Unit. ? nt to ? '?.un?
vo?i asador,
by the Berlin go according to
a r . ?
Carl toe Hotel, where the Ambas?
sador i? Staying. In reply to questions
?T would neither
such a dispatch. Dr. Frederick Edler,
hi? i to discu??
?oui close to the Ambassa
? - ?
Dernstortf ride in
the conciliatory attitude the German
government is said to have assumed
with regard to the American demands
relative to submarine warfare and the
safety of Ameri? -fl property.
They pointed out that the count had
worked day and right to str?
the worn out thread on which the
friendly relations bet coun?
try and Germany had been suspended
since the Lu?itnnin Incitent last April.
That the Ambassador is much re?
lieved by the turn in the situation Is
shown by the ehaorful expresaien of
bis face and the ease with which he
mingles among the other guests in tho
Rlts-Carlton. The heavy lines of care
and worry which recently furrowed
his face have almost disappeared, and
he no longer secretes himself in his
apartments.
of the Ambassador's calle.'?
naval
the German Embassy. He
n ana later
tel with ? Bern
DOUBTS TEUTONIC
DRIVE IN BALKANS
London Believes Massing of
Men on Rumanian Front Is
Political Move.
IK* III f tu Trie T
London, Aug. 80. "The Chronicle'?"
diplomatic eorrespoBsVeat sayai
"It m ng the ma?
licious intentions of the t'entrai Pow?
ers to accept this present mthuir>
demonstration on the frontiers of
Serbia and Rumania at its face value.
the most favorable cir?
cumstances must be more political
than military The expel IS of the ?ug
rsaaa plan to break through
i and Bulgaria to Constantinople,
if it proved successtul, which is
decidedly II won!;! ne out of
all proportion to the military value of
the uchieverne. I
"Any fresh attack on Serbia will cer
taintly recreate the Ralkan League, and ;
such a OoatlngaBCy bringing into ac- '.
tion against the Teutonic powers over
a million and a quarter men Goman
lacy cannot possibly cont?mplate.
"'t is a trust- I
worthy authority remarked yesterday,
that the latfht military move by Au?-:
tria ar.,1 Germany is intended a? ?in-I
ister si pport of the pol tirai projects i
their agents are aaetaaofJbly advancing!
in Sofia and as a further menact to,
nia.
"Meanwhile, the last named state, I
learn from a trail informed source, is
steadfastly reject rg alternat.?'? |
and conciliatory advance? made
n sport
"The Ramanian army, which would
certainly . with 'lie other
Balkan states in restating tl
invasion of Serbia and Bulgaria, num ?
hers nearly BOO.OOO men and may be]
relied on to render a vigorous account I
?X ?taeli,- I
GERMANS BRACE
FORCES FOR NEW
COURLAND DRIVE
Beseler Moves to North
Russians Driven Into
Pripet Marshes.
INVADERS CENTRE
EFFORTS ON GRODNO
London Observers Pcclaro Halt
Must Come with the
Autumn Equinox.
London, Aug. 30. Checked recently
: I the stirTr.es? of the Russian stand
a* Rien, n Menace to the Gcrmnn rear,
, von Hindenburg's forces are ready for
a new drive along the Dviaa in Cour
; land. Rerun announces that the troops
of von Beseler, the battering ram of
i Antwerp and N'ovo Georgievsk, nre sta?
tioned in the region surrounding the
. bridgehead south of Friedrichstadt.
' a. hints of a fresh offensive
rth.
In Southwestarn Rassis, in the Brest
I Itovsk region, the Austrian* and Qer?
naai an chiefly concerned in driving
'. Duke Nicholas's armies further
narahea, evidently with
>pe of repi arlj/ success
of the Germans in the Mara?an Lake
Prussia.
To the northwest, in the sector lying
? only a short distance to the cast of
the East Prussian frontier, Berlin re
porti an advance of the Teutons and
the capture of the town of Lipsk. lying
of the Fortress of Grodno, on
| which the aims of the Germans now
; nre evidently centred.
With the opening of the autumn
months the military observers nre di
' recting attention to the faet that the
Russian equinoctial storms nre due to
about October 21. They assert
that they are the danger limit to mili
tary opi ration! In the eastern field. It
is recalled by lorae of theae observen
? marked the
: turn;- deonic care?
paign. The Brat varning waa a light
snowfall, preceding the equino?
fell and
with them came diiaiter to the invader.
GERMAN OFFICIAL
Tht official statement gtvee oui at
' Berlin sr.\ ?;
group of Field Marihal von
rhe troopi of General
von re stationed in the re?
gion surrounding the bridgehead
south of Friedrichstadt I
iiemen the
army of Ceneral von Eichhorn
reached a poii I t? of ( (lita.
An additional 1,800 pn
seven canrton were raptured. In the
direction of Grodno, the town of
Lipsk, on the Bob? River, wnf taken
by storm and the enemy forced to
surrender. The Widra, ? tributary of1
Ika, wai cretsed by nur
rhe eaitern border of the
fori ? east of Bieloitok has
been reached nt several poii.ts.
Army croup of Prince Leopold: In
the Bielovlezn Forest fighting goes on
t???r Dossession of the cro.-siiig over
German and Aus?
tro I troop? under General
von Woyrsch drove the enemy out of
hi? position fit Suchodol, on the east?
ern border of the forest, and at
Fzerorzov.-o, and are now closely pur?
suing him.
Army group of Field Marshal von
Mackensen: In order to render pos
the retreat of their rear gu. rd
lioni through the marsh district
the Ruisiani made a stand once more
yesterday on a line in the Koddubno
of Kobrin. They were
defeated, although they brought back
and threw into the battle some di
i visions which previously had been
falling back.
AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL.
The following official statement was
given out by the Austrian War Office
lit:
The nrmie? of Generals Pflanzer,
Baltin and Bothmer have advanced
to 81 rira, At several ~>ointi the en
attempted to arrest our pursuit,
but wai everywhere repulsed. Kspe
ciully stubborn resistance had to be
broken at the lower Koropice rivulet.
The troops of General Hoehm-Fr
molli encountered strongly manned
positions east of Zloczow and on tho
line running from Bialy-Kamien
across Toporow to Radziechnw. The
enemy waa attacked and repulsed at
several points along this front.
In Volhynin our forces advancing
toward Lutsk gained ground. Swi
niuchy and other places stubbornly
deii the enemy were taken.
Austro Hungarian troops fighting
in the Bieloviezh region defeated 'he
Russians near Szereszowo and are
pursuing them toward Pruszany.
Russia Reports Crops
Break Recent Records
(Kj CiNt U Th? Tribune..]
Petrograd, Aug. 80. A dispatrh to
: "The Lot don Daily Muil" says that M.I
' Krivoaheen, Minister of Agriculture,
' has given definite assurances n figures
about the Russian harvest vhich com?
pletely diapel all doubts thrown by
on its unusual size and i
vmue In Siberia, it is true, the year
has not been faxorp.bie and the yield of
grain is below the average, but the
amount of Siberian wheat is negligible!
I e yield of Southern
Russia, and the proportion available for;
? is small.
In Russia itself the harvest is not
! only far better than that of 19?4. but
great deal above the average of
I the ln?t five years.
Taking ail crops together these fig- \
' ?res indicate that the yield will be '
i about _,000.<H>0,000 bushels. The win-1
is harvested already,
' nnd also a lar^e proportion of spring
sown crops. Che tiguro arrived at '
000,000 bushels better than last'
year's total) and 201,000,000 in excess
l five-year averagi
Of wheat, altogether there will be
harvested 571,000.000 bushels, against
-.000 in 1014, and a fi\
average of I bushels. For ex
be available some 460,
000,000 bushels.
The difficulty of finding sufficient'
harvesters has been successfully over?
come, and there will not be any diffi?
culty in tri nsportiiig wheat to Black.
Sea ports as soon as grain ships enn
pans through the Dardanelles. Grcs.t
?ies of grain are at these ports
already awaiting the success of opera
Germans Try to Flank
Russians in Galicia
Petrograd, Aug. SO I dispatch to "The'
London I>ai!y New?"?. The Germans'
are now energetically pushing opera?
tion? on the northern fiank, still sav- ?
the main object. They are'
moving t" Friedrichitadt, westward of I
which the Russians, holding the left
bank of the Dvina, are prepared to da-1
i in ft of
Mackensen's army which Is with the'
ins has been allotted the task of
compelling the Rus?nns to al
the last sector? whlcli (key bold n?
Galicia. In an effort to carrv oui thist
_ii*n Mackenaen, while, developing an I
I.OH1) OF THE H-BOAT8 AND HIS WIFE.
Grand Admiral von Tirpitz Is leader of the party which ha? made "frightfulness" In warfare Its watchword
and which Is held responsible for the atrocities of the Qtrmsn army as well as for the Lusitanla and Arabic cases.
The present conciliatory attitude of the Berlin fjovernm ent is taken to show tnat he has lost much of h's Influence,
and the expected modification of the iubmarine policy, which has been hii policy, will be a distinct repudiation
of him.
offensive against the Russians on th
Zlota Lipa, has started s turning reov
on l.utzk and south of V. .
Wolynski.
As a rewult, this R . . 'irunr
becamo engaged in a stubborn :
Lutzk, covering a retreat of the mai
forces. Fxperts point out that th
Poliesse region to which tho Ruisian
are retreating does not favor the rapi
' advance of the Germans. Then- ai
thick fore?*?, extending ever an area e
4S0 miles, with iwampi en?, r.umerou
cross-cutting streamlet-, ?ill of whici
will prevent the enemy liom moving o
t a wide, compact front. Hence only er.
i sagement? between separate gioup
' may be expected.
It is reported from Vllna that violen
i cannonades from fights fifteen mile
\ distant arc heard in the town dally
German cavalry scouts capturi'i bj
Coasaeks and brought to town have nl
been found to he wearing torn cloths
and bo.ots. They say that the Oi
troops expect new clothes liefere thi
winter campaign, for which German;
is actively preparing.
RUSSIAN OFtfCIAL.
An official communication made pub
lie by the Russian War Office to-nighi
says:
To the west of Friedrichstadt, th<
engagements Saturday and Sundaj
continued to be of the same stubborr
character as previously. Developinf
their operations, the Germans simul
taneou*ly opened attacks against oui
troiips on Troncou, on the Eckau
Neinhut Railway, and fgainrt the vil
l?ge of Rirschaten.
In the direction of Dvinsk. G.er<
is no essential change. At somt
points on Saturday, our troops as
sumed the offensive.
In the direction of Vilna the fight
ing continues on approximately th?
same front. The enemy, having
crossed to the right bank of the
Niemen, in the region of Olita, at?
tempted Sunday, to advance in the
direction of Otany.
On the remainder of th? front
along the middle Niemen I
the south as in: as the River I'ripet
our armies continue their retirement
covered by rear g?fcrds, which on
Saturday repulsed a s<rie~ of German
attacks in the region of Lipsk, in?
flicting heavy losses. Further south
our rear guard? arrested a stubborn
offensive by strong enemy
from the we I on the front of Pros?
?/uny-Goi od:!z.
In the Region of Vladimir-VolynsV.y
the enemy, having changed thl
li n of his troops, continue'! Sun?
day his offensive with strong forces
in the direction of Vlf.dimir-Yolynsby
and toward * utsk. North of Lutsk
lighting hi 4 OCCUrTed on both sides
of the River St;, i.
TURKS HALT BRITISH
ADVANCE FROM SUVLA
Counter Attack Wins Back the
Anafarta Trenches.
Conitantinople, Aug. 30. The re?
pulse of attempts hy the Untish to ad?
vance from the recint Ian.line at
Bay, on Gallipoli Peninsula, is reported
by the Turkish War Office, Counter
attacks by the defenders won back
trenches captured by the enemy, layi
the statement, which follows:
The enemy on Saturday !?
stubborr. attacks in the
Anafarta, which wen repulsed with
losses to the en? my Counter attack
we recaptured trenches before
oar centre, killing the occupants.
In the fighting of the last two days
our losses were comparatively ?mil!.
Our airmen, who took part in the
battle, successfully dropped bombs
on hostile camp poaiti
NEW YORKER DIES AT FRONT
Jan'c? McHeih, ???th '.?median Furre,
Succumbs to Wouni'?.
Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 30. Jamal Mc
Beth, i fi< fork City, a sei ftaat
the i<* Battalion, Canadian Kvpedltion
ary Force, ha- died oi
?
M ill u a apartment hero to-cight. i
ENGLAND FREES
CARGOES FOR U. S.
I .,nliiiiinl from pasaje 1
burg-American liner Dacia, con?
demned with her cargo of cotton by
:, French prir.e court, until the ship's
owner ha? exhausted his right of ap?
peal in tl a courts of France.
It was stated officially here to-day
that the decision holding that the
transfer of the Dacia from German to
American ownership and register was
illegal was based on an erroneous
t'.nding of facts in several particulars.
The court acted on the asfcumption
that the cotton carried by the Dacia
was purchased with the ship from
the German owners, although, accord?
ing to evidence before the Slate De?
partment, a new cargo was loaded on
the vessel after she charged hands.
?Lawyer* Here Find
Loopholes in Embargo
Concessions in the British Order of
, Council of March 11 have been mad?
from timo to time in the case of in?li
; vidual ships, where it w*,s shown con?
clusively that American merchants had
bought, the goods prior to March 1
The British government at first ruled
that unless the goods had actually reen
paid for they were subject to the em?
bargo. This was a cause of heavy
losses to the American importers, for
in some cases it was said the Ameri
; can purchaser would have to pay his
bill whether he received hie shipment
or not.
Largely through th? effort? of law?
yers, including Arthur G. Hays, of the
? firm of Hay?, Kaufman & Lindheini.j
who is in London acting for Snow's
I'nited States Express, Ltd., shipments I
have been made to American importers !
I Twenty large consignments have been
tent to America, after Mr. Havs had;
proved that the merchandise had been
ordered and billed prior to March 1.
' They totalled about $600.000. Other
'attorneys, said a member of that firm,
?acting for private interests had don*
the same thing.
At the office of Thaddeus S Shsr
, retts, former I'nited States Appraiser
1 and chairman of the moetin? of 100 im
discus? the Hiitish Order in
?Council restricting exports from Ger
sat, Austria, it Wal chnrac'er.zcd
[ as strange that individuals could get
shipment! across, while nothing could
| be done through the State Department
Russia Lifts Embargo
on All Exports to U. S.
Washington, Aug. 80. Final accept?
ance by Russia of the agreement for
modifying the Russian embargo against
exports to the Cniteu States, ass com
, munieated to the State Department to
. day.
All good? eoming to the I'nited
States from Russis will be consigned
to the Secretary of Commerce, and will
be distributed to importer? only when
the Secretary and the Ruinan Embassy
he?-? have been satisfied that the goods \
will not be re-exported to enemies of
Rasa ?
Applications for export permits will ?
be handled by the commercial agent'
I Department of Commerce in
New York and the Russian commercial
agent there. Rond? to guarantee
against re-exportation will be required.
The agreement is expected to release
millions of dollars' worth of merchan?
dise, which American Importer? have
been vigorously seeking. Hides and
fur?, vetch seed and mineral
oil, are some of the more important
product.s wanted.
British Condemn Decision
of German Prize Court
London, Aug. 30. The Rritigh For
I eign Office has issued a statement in
it comments on the "judgments
recently delivered by the German prit"
| coutt st Hamburg, refa?n.g indemnit?
in the cases of the Dutch steamship?
I Maria and Batavier V."
The statement says the court hele
itself guided hy orders issued bj
"supreme command" th.it in consider
ing question of conditional contraband
deatined to por'? regard? d as fortltiei:
ports, or as base? of op?rations anil
supply foy the Rriti'h armed forces, s
presumption of military u^e obtained."
The court held that counter-prool
must satisfy the most rigorous condi
lion, and it would he poss'hle to fur
nish It only in rare tales
"The effect of these ?iecisions," sayi
the Foreign Office, "appear? to be ts
abolish in practice the distinction ol
absolute and conditional contraband ol
war."
British Exports Move
Freely to All Neutrals
'From Mi? Trtt.nn?! t!ur??n 1
Washington, Aug. 30. Shipments ol
many classes of goods from the i'nited
States to neutral countries nre attended
, "with great difficulties and hazards,"
while shipments of the same classes
of goods by Great Rritain to the iam?
countries "ore going forward freely
and in some cases In largely increased
quantities," ii the statement of Robert
P. Skinner, American Consul General
in London, in a report to the State De?
partment on the condition of Great
Britain'! foreign trade.
Consul General Skinner says that
British exports of cotton to neutral
countries for the year ended August
5 totalled 445,813 baie?, as compared
with 271,089 bales in the corresponding
period of 1914 and 316,757 bales ir
1913. Of the British exports this year
nearly one-half, or 220.847 bales, rep
resented cotton shipped from the
I'nited States. In 19V4 American cot?
ton represented in the Hritish exports
was 106,382 bales and in 1918 153,S32
bales.
While Prit I ?h exports of cotton man?
ufactures showed a decrease as a
whole, there wire lome notable in?
creases, especially to neutral countries.
Great Britain found Argentina a good
market, for ?--?tance, exports to that
country in July of this year showing
large increases.
SHOTS AT PERISCOPE
KEEP U-BOATS OFF
British Transport Makes Pursu?
ing Raider Keep Diving.
Baltimore, Aue 80. The pursuit of
a British transport by a German sub?
marine while the transport was tryng
to hit the periscope of the undersea
host wR?. witnessed by Captain Mikkel
sen, of the Danish steamship Olaf,
which arrived L ^m Briaul,
England.
Captain Mikkelsen said that on Au?
gust 15, the day after the ?laf left
Bristol, the 'r~n?port was seen going
tit a high rate of speed and from time
to time hring a* th? o???-i?cope of the
submarine. The d'stance between the
vessels was less han two miles, and
at short interval? the submarine would
lise to the surface, exposing its perl
scope, and dive again to escape the ftre
from the transport.
"1 coi! . not make out the name of
the transport on aceoint 4>f the dis?
tance," Mid Captain Mikkelsen, "but
. watc e.l im for ?nine ;,me and
could see that the submit, n ? wai mak?
ing a determined attempt to -, ? ?n a
position to launch a torpedo whether
it was successful I d? not know, for
v.hen last Feer. 'he race was beini? con?
tinued. The submarine was a fast one
and the transport waa only holding Its
ova,'" _
DEOARESGREY
DODGES ISSUE
Berlin Repeats Belgium
Violated Her, Own
Neutrality.
"FOSTERED BRITISH
MILITARY PLANS"
Official Statement Replies to
Minister's Attack on Beth
mann-Hollweg.
Berlin. Aug. 80 (by wireless to Say
vtlle, Long Island). The "North Ger?
man Gazette" publishes Sn official reply
to the recent ?tatomor.t by Sir Edward
Grey, the JTritish Secretary for For-*j
elgn Affairs, as to the speech of Chan-1
cel'ir von Bethmann-Hollweg at the ?
opening of the last session of the
ReichsUff. The Overseas News Agency
to-day .summarizes the reply ai fol?
low?:
"The article allude? to the fact that
Sir Edward Grey diplomatically ignored
the valuable material contained in re?
ports from Belgian Ministers to various
f.uropean capitals prior to the war, re?
cently published in Germnny, but goes
exhaustively into the subject of
threats against Belglao neutrality. The
'hancellor n?v.r said that Belgium'
?old her neutrality to Fngland, but as?
sorted that documents proved that Bel?
gium ha,] fostered British military;
plans, thus herself vioiattng her neu?
trality.
"The article pothsa <?ut that the dis?
cussion of all eventualities by British <
an?) Belgian military officers must have
been reported to th- Br;(:*h Cabinet. ,
Document-' found in Ervsoois, it is as-,
sorted, show conclusively that a British
military at'ach? coolly told his Belgian
colleague that '',r<>;,t Britain would land
troops in Belgium without Belgium's
??onpent, and that Belgium had decidexl ,
not to r ' s British violation of Bei-(
gian neutrality; but that upon the
Riere ?tinnosition that a German in
vasion wa? porsible the ?Mgian gov?
ernment prepared complete plana for
?--ation with British forces. Such
?i country? It is declared, is not a neu-.
tral eotintr.\.
"The Chancellor, it is added, did not
endeavor to bring to li?rht facts that
would juftify a violation of Belgian
neutrality In Attfttlt, 1914, and stated
In his Rtiehttng speech that German1
troops Invaded Belgian? after th? In*' f
had already broken her oSrfi neutrality
Ridiculous Excitement.
"Beeiden," the "Gasette" continaea,
"?he excitement over the morals of vio
lation of a "everity-live-year-old treaty
made for entirely different purposes
wa? ridiculous for a country which un?
concernedly disregardr-d a promise sol-1
etnnlv given twenty-five year? ago to
all I'urop?, and which continuously sup?
ported French violations of the obliga?
tions accepted in 1011 regarding Mo?
rocco/
The memorandum in which Prince;
Lichnowsky. the German Ambassador at1
London, recorded his interview with
the British Secretary for Foreign Af-?
fairs is reproduced as follows:
"Sir E'lward Grey sent word that he
would like to bid me fa.-?we'.l; also that
he had a confidential communication to
make that possibly would be valuable.
I answered that it weald be painful for
me to meet him again, but that I would
yield to his recruest
Grey's Communication.
"Fir Edward Grey said that the de
eidlng consideration was that partici?
pation in the war would injure England
little more than a parsive course, and
that England as a participating power ;
would be in a better position to throw;
her influence into the balance than by
remaining neutral, because she would ?
be able at any time to threaten to with-1
?Iraw.
"The violation of reeognized interna-!
tionnl treaties guaranteed by Fnsrland, '
he saiil. mnd" it impossible for her to
stand aside. Also lie regarded it as in?
expedient to consiiler the suggestion of
the Imperial Chancellor establishing
conditions for Great Britain's neutral- ?
ity. From the British standpoint such
a transaction impressed him as im- j
proper, and he conld not enter into
such negotiation?. As in former inter?
views he laid chief stress upon the
Belgian question.
"The confidential communication was
to the effect that should events not
take the turn anticipated by the Ger- ,
man military party or ihould Great
Britain wish for other reasons to bring'
the war to a speedy end, he always'
would be prepared, if he remained in
office, to undertake the task of media?
tion, and be of assistance to G-rmany.
Ho had not the slightest intention to
crush Germany, and wished only to re?
store peace upon acceptable conditions
and put an end to unspeakable misery.
"Prince Lichnowsky remarked that
the role of arbitrator would be ea?ier
for Sir Edward Grey had Great Britain
maintained neutrality. H? answered I
that the participation of England would
shorten the war "
PASSENGERS TAGGED
IN SUBMARINE FEAR
Those on French Liner Espagne'
Wanted Bodies Identified.
Fearful that a ?Amarine might tor- ;
pedo the vessel. 2*9 passengers on th?
French liner Espagne, which arrived
here yesterday from Bordeaux, wore
tags of identification upon their bodie?
before th? ve?sel left the French port.
Tags, however, were discarded in mid-1
Atlantic, but the wsarers ?aid yester?
day there was a certain feeling of se?
curity, morbid though it was, in know-i
ing that their bodies might be identl-I
fied if the wor?t happened.
The tags, which were of waterproof
paper, with Inscriptions in waterproof
ink, were made fast to the undercloth?
ing of the ivi-arers.
The Espagne ieft Bordeaux under
cover of darkness, her sailing time be?
ing 2 a. m.. Augmt 22. Report? were;
current that submarines were moving,
c"own from the Kngli?h Channel to the
Bay of Biscay, and the passenger? were
nneasy. No C boats were sighted and!
the Espagne made an uneventful pas?
sage across the Atlantic. Ihe went
well to the north and arrived here
about ten hours ahead of her schedule.
British Hold German Baron
Who Incited Arab Revolt
[8? r?t>'t to Th? Tribun? 1
London, Aug. 30.- "The Standard"
prints a dispatch from Alexandria tell?
ing of the capture of the German
baron, Otto von Gumppenberg, -ho has
been engaged in exciting Arab antip?
athy to tne Italians In Tripoli and
the British in Egypt He was the only
i-er on a Turkish sailing ship
ound for Syria, wrich was held up by
a British cruiser.
The- baron preste?ted that he was an
American citir.eti and pr<\?ented a
I'nited States passpoit. Suspie on was
aroused, and the passenger id erew
were taken to Alexandria, where the
bsroa was at one? idcntitta*. I
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Cr M*-oee mm se? Jrifth>ur mi-v-** ?s?t ?? *r. ?rt?
announce
Displays of Import at ions
shown at the
?F?TE CIIAMP?TRE
?now on exhrbit in their French salon ???y
??Ktroclucw? antbenric siy/cs front
tkt Uadina couturiers of ira ris
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ITALIANS DRIVE
FOE FROM PEAK
Storm Summit in Advance on?
Trent?Take Trenches on
the Carso.
London, Aug. 30. In the ndvrir.-a
from the east on Trent the Italian
forces have conquered Cima Cista.
The peak, ?,1500 feet high, dominating
the invaders' position on Monte Sulubio.
was won after a.vigorous battle. The
enemy held the pummit with strong in?
fantry force? mid detachments of ma?
chine guns. Desoir? the heavy fire
poured down by the defenders' artil?
lery, the Italians stormed and held the
position.
In the move toward Tarvi?, a junc?
tion of the Vienna railway, the invad?
ers have pushed beyond Flifch and
dominate the approach by Predil Pa?s
and the upper laMio. Vienna tell? of
the repulse of attack" along the lower
Isonzo. Rome reports the capture of
several trenches, tilled with dead and
munitions, along the river. t
ITALIAN OFFIi IAL
The followinc official communication
was given out at Rome to-night:
Ae In Val Sngtina our recot.iois
sances, pushing out toward '?ma
? Cista (6,500 feet high?. which domi?
nates from the northwestern ~ide our
position on Monte Salubio, found ?he
summit held by strone enemv in
fantrv and detachments with ma?
chine guns. On the ??Xth Cima Cista
wai attacked bv our troops, and. not?
withstanding the fire from the en?
emy artillery, was conquered and re?
tained.
In Carnia, on the evening of the
27th, the enemy, after a long period
of inactivity, hurled himself on our
positions at Palpiccolo and, as al?
ways, was repulsed.
In the Plezzo (Filtaehl Basin our
troops ?uceeeded l?verai days ago
In advancing beyond that Important
township and now cover it from a
strong position, barring the approach
by Predil Pass, bv the upper Isonzo
and by the Slatenik Valley. The
enemy, powerless to repulse ??,
opened a? usual an intense artillery
fire on the houses of Plezzo. causing
several outbreak? of tire.
In the Toltnino sector, fresh prog?
ress has been made with great diffi
cultv by our troops.
On the Carso, the enemy, as the
result of a skilful advance of our
troopi, abandoned several trenche?
which we found full of dead and
army munitions.
Our air raids continue and are
carried out boldly and succesifully.
They are always directed against mili?
tary objectives. Yesterday we bom?
barded the railroad station of Vo
gearko, an enemy's camp near Kas
tanjeveka, and munition depots at
Sesana. Our aeroplanes suffered no
damage.
AI'STRIAN OFFICIAL.
The Austrian official statement says:
Yesterday the enemy maintained
an artillery fire of intermittent
strength along the fronts in th?' ,
coastal district. Hostile attack*
against several points were repulsed j
In the Cerinth:an and Tyrolean fron- '
tier districts the situation is un?
changed.
ACCUSED OF TOAST TO KAISER
Senator Sends War Department Chxrge
Against Two Officer?.
Washington, Aug. HO. Secretary ,
Garruon received from Senator Cham?
berlain, of Oregon, to-day a letter con?
taining published account? of a dinn? -
held in Portland, Ore., several days ag..
at which two army officers from Fort |
Steven? were said to have participated ?
in a toait to the German Kmperor and ,
wished success to the German cause m
war.
The letter wa? referred to Brigadier >
General Blis?, acting chief of ?tan. Mr. j
Garrison indicated that he did not ttke !
ii?e-?matter ??rjr tenouil/.
FRENCH BATTER
| FOE'S TRENCHES
Guns Continue Vigorous Boma
bardment Along tne Entire
Western Front.
Lonlon. Aug. 3fl. Th? Preach gum
are keeping up s aoBatoBt bombard
?ment of the enemy's trenches along
many sectors of the west fro:.-,
the Argonne district the German po?
rtions were seriousiv damaged, th?
sl says, and attempted can?
nonading by the foe silenced.
In Artoi?, in Lorraine ?rd in th?
Vosee* vip-orous battering at the SB*
? 'ms is reporte,'. Ir. th?
lore? region. Paris ?avs, th?
French fire scattered some of 'he Oer
man trenches an?l hit several ?n?my
encampments. Berlin declare? that
"there are no special incident? to re?
port."
FREMCH OFFICIAI
The War Office at Tans to night
made public the following official com
niunicii
Art.llery fighting ha- I '->. - place
in Artois and In the region of
Quenr i here our fire h?(
?csttered some of th? enemy'?
trenches and hit some G? rman ?n
camnments.
In ?he Argonne our ba'tene? ?er
eral times have stopped ?ttei ?sd
1 ,i.'.baidine-.ts bv the enemy
A rather violen* cam nie h?i
taken place in Lorra :,i Men
? ?ang.'s and '
in the Vo?ges, m the region of, K?bo
deau, Launois and I.'nge.
The afternoon repot? -
Ysstei dai ? i?n ?re mili
t?r\ lighting, accompanied '?>.- I - ??
plosion of mines and eng,,
with I grenades at t
large number of position? in the Ar
gonn? diitriets 1 i trend e? of tk?
enemy were seriously damages? ?t
Coarte? Chauss?es. Meuri??on? and
at B<
The advert of night brought rel?
?ive ,-, :. M wll ??
on the rest of 'he front
British find Conditions
"Normal," French Reports
London, Aug. 30. A rerort fro*
Field Mareas] S,r John French, eom
man?ler in chief of the Hri'lih Arsiy
m th.? Hold, "vas given out bv th? Brit
i-h vVsr Office to-nigl 'w,:
"Since mv last ci^mmunicatioa of
Vigii-' l? there he bees no fighting
on ear front to r< rtsaai h?i
been a certain nmou t nt mining ??
rity, bal geiierslly ???'?
been normal
"Both on the 1-th and the 21?t ??
I ?mvi ?r.rmy *?r
oalaaea. i i Mtl sat l>?tTT 'r.
tillery set tire to a railway train ?t
Langemarck station l akut five nw*<
northeast of > th* "m*
evening our Royal Flying ? orp? to
rlth our ?HI?? in ?n ??rlw
attack on the Foreat ef Soethur?,
? hich wa? su . *? m*
without ihe loss o! unv ni?cinne?.
WALES COAL STRIKE
STILL UNSETTLED
Representatives Meet, but Hitcfc
in Negotiations Reported.
London, Aug. tO. The effort? of **?
governm??nt to avert a ?pr??J of "?
South Wales coal ?iris? ied to ?*?*
tracted meeting? at the R,'*T^. Jj
Trade chambers to-day between V??iaw
Runciman. president of the H?,r* "?
Trade, David Lloyd-George, M,n!*l*f^.
Munitions, and representative? of aw
miners and coal owner?. ^^
At the conclus.on of th? confer***".
no official announcement of the ****",
was made. # Accouiini to one "
the coal owner? agreed to the i****/
sioii. in Mr Runciman'? recent '***5
of those workers to whom th? SWSri
did not extend, which would " ??"? "**
the sttike was settled. According ?
another report a hitch hs? ,ri"B?l,
th? negotiation? which will rtB?r
necessary another meeting with *?'?
Runciman on Tuetday morning.
Twelve thousand miner? are se* ???,
strike in the coal fields. ?.??*