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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1915.
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i?ui/?l- t\y.'t' /?la'X T In <t Itj- of >>w Vori?. N--?-irl< leemej Ctty mgm\ ?eUafc-j
I'HIl E OM'i C r..N 1 BUBEWHBBKtwocnm,
PRO-GERWANS
TRY TO BLOCK
ALLIES' LOAN
Banks
Throughout
Country
Warned
Against Deal.
PROTESTS MADE
BY DEPOSITORS
Billion Asked and No Se?
curities or Odd To Be
Deposited Here.
-n.noo
'? . ,. ' : financing
""trf
-htest inten
s??
American bank
r , . ned American se
-,111 rely on the
,,: Britain and
jalone This was the surpr.s
'? ?>"??? ?way
??AM vesterda? ?'rom the RiUmore
w- *h'? ?- ''f " Fr'r-ch fom
,?,*, h.<. bef litt ?ral itr-ow om
h beea-re toesm at the *?me tima
had a bigger un
h.ndl than convincing
? cou'.d suc
- b the United SUtes so
- -.has).?. It will
tontoeeabat s German propaganda
il already more
? --raking
?rar be
-.- ? r*
bakers ?1 **;on
igo and
?
n New
con
' their
?
n Man> Banks.
W?*5 of ? ?here
wh;ch
th? direct
trtTm a' " board* the
tant r., . ?very ounce
? a pos
loan.
n ?
( Ger*
If and
? r Ger?
te m the in
,.?es to
iwdii? ? ? . leoti
-ure* of the
I? 'iplomats among
anta, r?sult?
ai :n the den for s recall of Dr.
Dsmba, the Austi si %mba sador, is
avienten-"-. ? | roe of re*
?"' ' - ? card.
*' J*' have been
Pjpta I to can th? ? ?
Rrpoie of th?
?ft Bai . f Jus
?** of Eagland ? party,
*-*? this ter con
; al! after
pa. at ?.hid ??. j p
J?rr?r *rd Hei rj ; I .1 P.
r*r?"*n ?- v Vander
?-???? "-??? i.eading. Sir Ed*
nri Hold--, chairms I -he I.-?ndon
? Henry
?il-irtor -?.dent
?the Ri-?
****-?? ' reasury, and
?M Hoaberi
'.?fi?;
StBdvin-f I ondinon* Here.
_}' *** ' ?nake a
?*1,?' ???;'<?? the present
?V'??".? , ni in N>w
lu."''0 ''" relation to
B :\. ' - '' and
.V*,. ? - ? very con
mmu w ' prom
"??>S*nker? i -., ;::?Prri(., in.
?*"?M?<1 in the
,-J, or' fry striking
?"?? it m thai
L?! " -" 'he great
STT" rPKU'
?5E oaehan- more
? than have obtained
."?T- A luddei ai : considerable
?7 ,B " - url.s
111?.?, ti'?-'"'b ."mmercial rell
CV" the count r.*-? the United
??T.*,?1-1 ^f*?' Bi mee
i* ?V:'1.**,1' makes it so difr.
?*%??"*? *hst the rate of exchange
?taJ*; 'n?. moreover, it naturally
"??en . -n.t, ? ?] ,?Terence In the
?jTJa* b? ?*" the Amer can
-*???*. pr,Cf' ' ?J the Eng*
a^T" snd the ? lenchman. There is
msahju* of "I'-; on ???'"? ;* "? *"mi
WuM,T1*b;' ,h?t 'om* ????P? h?
Ha k.7_**?lch stability of exchange
"? ???Bred.
-7et,,?t?,1?)' in Fixing Trices.
aett?^* htT* ln **??? SUtes very
??,fT?]71'J?'* ' ' foodstuffs and other
?B^ia-iT V ' w"nr- t0 '?P'"-*
*-?? r-l? , r h*?nd- ?v*,nt ?*> iBSPOrt
??Utre^' r?m >"u An(1 <*> the
***ilTr IBtn nothing n more diftl
IWlT.. ?rr*r?.'' a nx-?d price wnen
^**aa!?u*,Ub,1,t>- ???'-? ?" w? have
*^?k ,n ?*??'-??*'? We cannot
?Sar?l?y ,2 th*1 at Posent, but that
?^jTw^rtn?ct* our views on the
hlm?l*Y'* "w Lord Reading for
??-?at tar w" *"??*?? o? his
il*?* U -, ,ln P01'-'? and finance
?Vv*i 11 f1""1**- to know why he
?fMhu-,. d l0 ",itct ? miasioa
?* ?asa*,.? *'? -3frb-*!'?. had an equal
Sr5tnL J*?*!,"" He is in nu
Sjtatur i u,1,y P'c-ured as a great
^?Sm?-i i comiP?>'i?on with J. P.
^Xk?? .i'T* '? ??'". 'or in.tance.
25*? ? sa?llfi \ *:,"0,,t irMl1 ??-o
^??UklC b* ?hought, of an
??W? tj*.! ""Portant as ? financier.
^atT?A*im*nnfr ls ?o engaging
?^??teka;
??*>?, hi_
.?L"* ??void 6f".-""r' ,B !" ?nK"?.,n?f
[?"?thai ,? , \*':? - "'' ??' -ension or
LaL?^ld hav.\ "rd, t0 ""??:'" where
^ tW.v..0Und ,he tirn' ?o have
?1^ lJLltock brok'r? s?
^ "L-J ?? INN.* ?. column 4
London Disaster Feared
in Last Zeppelin Raid
Unusual Tightening of Cable Censorship Believed to
I hde Damage?Admiral Sir Percy Scott Ap?
pointed to Command Aerial Defences.
That something approaching a e
ta?trophe may have occurr.'d in Lei
dor. a? a result of th?? lates! It
raid la indicated hy well authentic;?!?
rumor? current here last night
'?'utside of the bare announcemt-i
that the ea?t coast was ajrain visit?.
nicht the third raid within
week and the twei I nee tr
beginning of the war no word hi
been allowed to come through, excel
the maternent that there were n
casualties and that the damage wa
?licht.
The attack i.? described in the to
lowing; officia', s'atement :
"The east coast was airain visited b
hostile aircraft la?t night the 1-th
13th I. Bombs were dropped, but ther
were no casualties, ar.'i the or.lv ilnrn
age reported is that some telcgrap
I are down and somo glass i
broken "
Inquiries to London business house
and correspondents, however, indicate
that everything is not right and tha
something crave mav have happened
Messages have gone unanswered 01
been suppressed by the I?r:ti?h censor
Kven the newspapers and bankinj
houses, whose cable service is usualh
jrood, have fared r.o better than privat?
individual?.
AU Information Suppressed.
Repeated attempt* of The Tribune tr
cet in touch with its London corre
?pondent as to the situation finall*
brought the following reply:
"( an't send any news, either cable or
mail, of Zeppelin raids aside from of?
ficial announof p.- I
In the local cable office?, there was
persist. that something rromen
had happened in Kngland, al?
though what it ws* even the "wire
gossip" of the operators generally too
could not
deter: :? was a rumor, how
ipapers were
?nded, presumably the bet?
ter to foresta!: any 1? nforma
:<? done
-nibs
Unusual ? have been
taken with 1 to pre
.
might aid ?? <ier
?*ed to close
scrutiny, and those in any way sus?
pecte -. whatever in?
formal
On the other hand, ? I that
the arbitrariness of "he censor in ?he
alarm a*-id
regard this
freah evidence <,' it as indicating that
the latest ran! il rrious than
?
one dispateh whicl
?Vet* of the raid and corroborates
?: f i a 1 announ? ementa.
All England Aroused.
All England, however, is awakening
to 'he increaaing seriousness of th?'*r
. ?nul in compliance with the de?
mand for more effective protection the
government last nij-ht announced the
ral Sir Percy M.
Scott, formerly director of naval gun
d one of the foremost
tors in the British navy, '
.-'? Hriro of the ?n lal defences of Lon?
don.
As the death roll has mounted with
each successive ra:.i. ther?- is very little
i- in thr early da) s, to
en? of the Zep?
pelins. The demand non
prisai, and "The Globe" has tak? n the
lead in 'he cry for act un., it urges
public meeting be hold to force
th?. government's han.I, and calls s
-, m,i- fad thai property
at millions of pounds, owned by Ger
mans, is now in the hands of a |
trustee.
'Let the Germans r?-??lize," says "The
Globe," "thnt for every peaceful >wn
in this country that is bombarded a
duzen peaceful towns in Germany will
t.. bombarded from the air. ' ? I
al?o know thnt for every life lost or
even humble dwelling destroyed we
shall exact n liberal toll from the
moneys of wealthy lii-rmans who have
fattened on ?.ar commerce ; id who
draw their dividends "rom our people.
? ect would be magical."
Why Cant a Gun Pick Off
a Zeppelin? London Wonders
-?..,. rtwTrl
London. Sept. 14. "The Daily Chron
? " says editorially :
"The public will welcome the an?
nouncement that Admiral Sir Percy
Scott has been appointed to take charge
of the whole service of ant ?-aircraft
guns for the defence of London ;
Zeppelins. We have been fortttl
far in escaping any important damage
:? material or military po
v .v.- on 'hi occasion of i
. hut the man ii
without wii : murmur
against those in authority, is ii ?
to ask why Zeppelins have been equally
ate.
"Having seen how readily an airshin
at a great height can be picked out by
a searchlight, he wonders why It
not be picked off by a gun, bearing In
mind the size of the target and the
that it* distance, though greal Is
short compared to those at .?
S fought. Of course, only a
very sprcial gun has the requisite ver?
tical range, but it exist! and ther- is
no reason why we should not hf.v?,
enough of it."
LUCKLESS SUITOR
BAGS GIRL IN VAi
Policeman's Club and M
Mighty Arm Lay the
Poachers Low.
W hen pt r n year-old >!
Kalob I.ak. of 86] l'assaic Street. P
saic, \. J., refuaed to marry him..Inr
Angelas, <-?f the -arr.e address, decii
he would adopt the methods of
antediluvian ances'ors. lie lay in w
for her in the hallway last night w
' burlap potato sack. When l
tame along wi'h her mn'h'r, Mrs. M
garet I.ak. two friends of his set up
the woman, whilt- ? his unwi
ing sweetheart.
With the dusty sack over her he
and tied around her waist, Miss Ll
sputtering furiously within, wa? abn
to be spirited away in an automnb
by Angelas, when 1'olireman Me
heard the rumpus. He arrested t
young (?reek knight and one of his ?
complices to mediar-val romance, Pet
Zola?, aged twenty-four. The thi
member of the girl-poaching ?qua
roundly ?lapped by Mr? Lak, retreat,
before the denouement.
The mother, after the battle, w,
nearly unconscious.
Angelas, crestfallen, and his enmpai
ion Zolas were held in $1,000 bail ea<
pending grand jury action, on tl
charge of aMcmp'o'l kidnapping.
Angelas, according to ?aptain Rei
jamin F. Turner, ?-aid h<? mal
Kalob in a randy ?tora, where her mat
per of serving s'*ft stuff completely ut
balanced him. He a.-kid her to man
him, She refus??.), being too young.
Caveman car'. ? ? a .ertain newi
paper, he i? said to have admitted. >m
g?-?:rd a method
Ati automoh'le driven for hire h
H.irold van Orden, of 429 Harriso
Street, was found near the girl's horro
Van <?rden was held a- a material wil
ness after he told the police th?
Angelas had hired him early in th
evening to convey him and a lad
friend to New York
GOMPERS TO EXPOSE PLOT
Promise? Illscloaure?) of Attempts t
Clone Munition?? I'lanta.
I From Ti . Tn-u-i It'ir.?'! ]
Washington, Sept. IS. Further dis
! closures of attempts by foreign agent
to corrupt labor leaders, with the ide;
of causing strike? and tying up Amer
lean industries so that the Allie? woub
be deprived of these sources of supply
were promised to-night by Samue
(.ompern, president of the Amencui
Federation of Labor. Mr. f.ompers tin
not mention the word "(ierman" oi
"A'ustrian" in hi.? statement, riot did h?
mention the name of any country, bul
be made it perfectly clear tha th?
Teutonic nations were meant.
"When the time ??hall arrive,' de?
clared Mr. tromper?, "and further dis
' closures are necessary, the people will
learn with astonishment what ha? al
I ready taken place and the obligations
which all owe to the representative? of
| labor and what great temptations they
' have been honest and patriotic t OUf?
i to resist in the effort to maint? ?
a strict neutrality in the present F.uro
' pean war, and also to insi: t th?t tha
, American labor mi>??-metit shall I i
; ducted by the rank and file of that
movement of our country free from
corruption and contaminating influence
of repr?sentative j of forcuiu tmuun*. '
GERMANS STRIVING
TO SOOTHE WILSON
Gerard Sees von Jagou- Then
Friendly Efforts Are Told.
Berlin, Sept. IS (via London, Sept.
14). The American Ambassador, Mr.
(,? rird, had a long conversation last
evening with Herr von Jagow, M
of Foreign Afairs. The discussion did
not specifically concern the submarine
question, nor was it evoked by an
' pments in connection with that
subject, but it ?fis indicated a'tcr llie
ranee that both the Im
Chancellor and thr Foreign Minister
wire endeavoring to improve German?
American relations.
Well informed persons say the diplo?
matic and military leaders are doing
their utmost to prevent a r?currence
of incidents in the submarine cam?
paign which have clouded those rela?
tions, and to eliminate as far as possi?
ble the chances of torpedoing ships
under conditions to which the United
States objects.
It is pointed out, however, that they
are working under difficulties, particu?
larly in view of the ambition of naval
officers and public opinion, which is
-iroud of the submarine achievements
and is quick to protest against any
open indication of a backdown.
The reflex of this attitude can be
seen in the press, in which an acri?
monious tone toward America has been
conspicuously absent of late. This is
shown particularly in the comment on
the Dumba incident.
AEROPLANE RAIDS
KENTISH COAST
German Airrrian Injures lour
Before Bein)? Driven Off.
London, Sept. IS. An official state?
ment issued by the Press Hureau says:
"A hostile ..emplane visited the
h coast this afternoon and
dropped some bombs, which resulted
in a house being seriously damaged
and four persons being injured. The
aeroplane win, chased off by two naval
aeroplanes.''
CAR HITS PILLAR. 11 HURT
Second Accident of the Kind Since Sat
urday on Third Avenue Line.
For the second time since Saturday
a Third Avenue surface car last night
jumped the track and crashed into an
"I.' pillar. The accident occurred at
110th Street, and eleven persons were
Injured. Six were sent to hospitals.
: Saturday's crash occurred at 104th
Strei't, and fifteen were hurt.
James Mahan, motorman, of 330 Last
Sixty-ninth Street, ran his car I
110th Street and had reached the north
crossing when the forward truck left
the rails. Ploughing along the cobble?
stones the car travelled twenty-five feet
before crashing into the "L" pillar.
There were about thirty passengers,
and when the crash came men, women
and children were piled in the middle
of the aisle. The motorman was thrown
through the windshield and crushed
aj?a:iist the pillar.
Reserves from the Hast 104th Street
station arrived before Patrolmen Flynn
and Noar could get the passengers from
the car. Three ambulance surgeons -
two from the Harlem Hospital and one
from the Reception Hospital
looked after the six seriously hurt, and
then worked for more than an hour
1 patching up those who refused to g? to
the hospital
The poiice were unable to determine
what caused the car to leave the rail.-.
A report that boys had placed ?tones
, mid spikes on the trae? could not be
I ?.?' .la? J.
GERMAN PRID1
CHAFES S?LLE
BEATEN AUST
Nation, Stricken, Wr
Under Rule of A
Says Prof. Silver,
LUSITANIA SINKING
AROUSED SYMPA
Guest of Ambassador Pe
Declares Country Is Not I
friendly to U. S.
fessor John A. Silver, of 1
? ? . who has been the gu
"Arabi ador P< Vieni
? il months, returned last nil
the Scandinavian-American liner
the imp*.
?ustria nation. 11.
the Auatrians
chafing under Herman dotfl
the nation as a who:,
the war last? another year the i?
will be in utter colla] ?
"When 1 left Austria a few
ago," ?aid Professor Silver, "I !
country utterly ii:-gruntled witl
domineering methods of their Tei
ally. From what I was able to oh
the feeling in Austria was noi
friendly toward tin- United
the nation as a whole seemed ai.
t?i hold the good will of tl
,'. i- h.?
sympathy with u- and thi
was incraaaed by the torpedoing a
unwarranted and inhuman
while the newspapers merely ment:
the disaster, the feeling of resent
among th<
"The ? - little interei
the news ol the war as they
a\? ai-.. ?
.i long tii
v. hi -ucees
Germana in 'he east was cF
took in
in it. They had g<
t even ca:
"Au - -iider the ?t
even if i
.
? I -'ria.
"WI ? began ??ermany
in her com ?: the ?
. and now '
corps ? nd >.: an Aui
nu general. 'I hal
:; charge
Pilan
? I ' one of the
hotels in Vienna one day, when I o
I
an Austrian army officer.
,-. German officer of h arta i
. , between ??? two men. Ti
?
.
-? -\l i n t ho langu
. 'hink y
would proi
s nervou
a row of n
in squarely,
swered with precision, 'These med
i.r my patriotism.' ai
ion to trie woi .1, he struck
officer m the face
ng upon the cafi
Professor Silver said the hand
German domination was manifest
:
, in the City of Prague, he sa
i were in t
native text ?uni language, have all be
torn down and subi I ;lut?'.| by tii
?
I>r. John Archer Silver, A. B. A '
of Princeton, ami who holds the d>.?r
of doc osophy from Job
Hopkins University, hold? the chair
histor?, at Hi.bal I i stiege.
ASTOR HIS OWN AIR PILOT
Finishes Flying Leaaona and Will Tal
S? aplane to New York.
' ? Tlihllll. J
Marblehead, Maes., Sept 13. Vineei
Astor has finished his lessons in flyiri
his new Burgess Dunne seaplane an
will start with it to-morrow for hi
summer home at Rhinebeck, N. Y.
His tutor, ' (ford !.. Webster, ha
pronounced Mr. AstOT capable of hani'
ling the machine, although he has no
up in it alone.
ALLIES DISCUSS FINANCES
Russian Minister Will ( onfer Will
Preach m??l Britlaau
r.-tris, Sept. 13. Pierre Hark, Ru?
Man ' ?-. Is at Bu
charcal to day. The Rumanian govern
? has place.I a' hia d?Sl
?pecial train to take hun to the Bui
.
M. B R the way to Fans ani
. enfer with Alexandre Ribot
h Minister of Finance, and Regi
r.al.l \li-K' bancelor ol
To Bury Parn-ts with Woman.
Funeral services for Mis. Anna O.
Fur-it. wife of Thomas Furat, captain
e of the Red D line's ships, were
held ut .".o? Frelinghuysen road, N>*
Brighton, S. I., la-t evening. Burial
be at l" o'clock this morning at
New Dorp. Two parrots which Captain
brought : tha Weal
Indii ?? ?rs ?go were chloro
formed yeeterday und will be buried
witih Mrs, F?rst, in accordance with
one of her tinal request?.
GERMANS REACH
PETROGRAD LINE;
GAIN ON DVINA
Hindenburg Rams Drive
to Railway Between
Vilna and Dvinsk.
BERLIN NOW ADMITS
DEFEAT IN GALICIA
Russian Successes on Scroth
May Relieve Pressure to
the North.
London, Sept. 13. By one of those
battering offensives which, all
in men and munitions, ha
variably been successful, Field Marsha',
von Hindenburg's army has at last
foot on the Rovno-Petrograd in.il
way between Vilna and Dvinsk. The
whole Austro-German forces have been
striving to gain this railway since the
fall of the Polish fortresses.
The offensive, which began toward
the end of last week, was carried on
from three directions on Dvinsk and
the railway on either side of the town,
while further south the invaders ad?
vanced toward Vilna. The Russians,
before superior forces supplied with
the usual mass of artillery, were yes?
terday forced back to the lake district
which the railway penetrates and are
now making a stand there.
Teutons Fight for Kovno.
Simultaneously the Germans pushed
their way eastward toward Slonim and
Pmsk, both of which are on roads
which join the main railway line, while
the Austrian*, with whom there are
many German units, an? lighting hard
eh Rovno, the southern terminus
line.
illway partly in the
hands of the G? rmans it I
that the Russians will he compelled to
make a further retirement, although
their otfensive in Galicia, which con?
tinues, might save them by compelling
the Germana to send reinforcements
to this region.
ere is now no doubt of Russian
successes in this district, as, following
-- of their i
ment, the Germans to-night annmiri-c
that after repulsing Russian attacks
? CCUpied "a favorable position sit?
uai cd some kilometres west of our for*
poait ion."
The battle along the Dvina River,
which hag been virtually in a state of
deadlock for several day?, has swung
in favor cf the Germana. Berl
nounced to-day that the Russians had
been ejected from several positions on
ink of the river.
. ijy will decide the fate of Riga
. der which the
troops ave fighting in the marshy coun?
try in the eentre and on the ion
if the line are described bj
man correspondents as most terrible,
'liic country is practically all under
r, through wnieh the Auatro-Ger*
have to advance againat well pre
na.
The eastern hank of the Sereth, from
ins arc delivering their
? ?
merge every
opponents approach, taking
1 ed and pris?
oner?. According to the Russian ac
? . nearly 30,000 prisoners have
been taken in th? fighting along this
Gl RMAN OFFICIAL.
German army headquarters gn '?
this statement :
Army group if Field Marshal von
Hindenburg On the left bank of the
Dvina, between Friedrichstadt and
Jacobstadt, the enemy has been
ejected from several positions. Fur?
ther south the enemy is avoiding an
engacement. The pursuing Germans
reached the road between Ecken*
grafer, thirty kilometre* southwest
of Jaeohstadt, and Rakischki.
Between the road from Kupieski to
Dvinsk and Villa, below Vilna, our
advance is proceeding vigor
Our troops have reached the railway
from Vilna to Dvinsk and Petrograd
at several points.
In the bend of the Niemen en ? of
Grodno our pursuit is proceedir.i,'.
On the lower /elwiiinka several
s'rong enemy counter attacks were
renulsed. We capture,;
more than 3..inn prisoners and two
machine guns.
Army croup of Prince Leopold of
Ravaria Th?* enemy is re'renting.
closely pursued by our troop?. Mor"
than 1,0Oil Russians were taken
oners
Army group of Field Marshal von
Macken?en Along the entire front
the Russian resistance has been
broken and pursuit in the direction
of Pinsh is proceeding.
Sont hcas-rrn theatre Yesterday
German troop? repulsed several
strone attacks by ?he Russians west
and sou" rnopol, capturing
several hundred prisoners. During
the nicht WO occupied a favorable
po-ition situated some kilometres
? of our former position without
being hind- red by the enemy.
laUSTHIAN OFFICIAI*.
The following official statement was
issued at Vienna:
The Russian attacks on the east
eian front continue. <'n the
Sereth strong hostile force? were
repulsed at several point?. There has
hce-i hand-to-hand fighting il
trenches N'orthwes? of Btl
several Russian attacks broke down
under cro?-t':re of our batteries;
( nntlnneit on page t, column f
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Situation Still \
Decision Up to
Bernstorf? .
Delicate9;
Germany;
Tries Again
BERNSTORFF IS_^SATISFIED."
"Satisfied and hopeful" I? the gi?t of a message fount earn Bernstorff
telegraphed from Washington yesterday to hi? aids in thl? city, deacriblng
hi? interview with Secretary Lansing and his view on the prospetcta for
continued good feeling bet??e-en the Inited State? and the imperial gor
ernment.
CANNOT PREDICT THE FUTURE,
PRESIDENT TELLS VIRGINIANS
Washington. Sept. 1.1.?President Wilson expressed his view? of the
gra*it) of the international situation which confronts the Inited State? to
a delegation of Virginians who asked him to-day to visit the Manassa?
battlefield late this month.
"We are all hoping and praying that the skies may clear," ?aid the
President, "but we have no contrai of that on this side of the water, and it
I? imnos?ihle to predict any port of the course of affaira."
The President was reminded that some time ago he had promised to
go to Manas?;?? to dedicate a tablet.
"When I made that promise." Mr. Wilson told the delegation, "thing?
were just beginning, and a great many thing? have happened since, which
have altered not only the aspect of our own affairs but the aspect of affairs
of the world. My experience here day by day I? that questions turn up ?o
suddenly and have to be handled ao promptly, and sometime?) with so much
thoughtful discretion, that I really dare not let my thought? go out to
other matters.
"My thoughts are mortgaged beyond recall for the present. I ?Imply
feel that I have forfeited my liberty for the present and that my nearest
duty is the most obviou? and imperative dut?."
The President's Dilemma:
Humiliation or War
Unaware of Responsibility Incurred by Championship of
International Law, Wilson Now Finds There Is
No Honorable Escape from Dreaded Conflict.
By FRANK H. SIMONDS.
Washington, Sept. 13.?If it were not for the actual gravity of the
present situation there would be something irresistibly humorous ab?iut
Count von Berr.storff's latest excursion to the capita!. He has come to
lade t1 it- administration that it has actually won a great victory
>i\t-r his own government. The German Ambassador is here to convince
the American government that it has sweepingly defeated German, im?
perial diplomacy and also to make patent the vastness of German "con?
cession."
What makes the thing serious is the fact that he has also to convince
the President and Mr. Lansing that what they have won is all that can |
:.. This is the impasse. The administration seeks to procure from ?
Germany a binding pledge that the right of visit and search will be exer?
cised, fount von Bernstorff can only agree on behalf of the German
povernment that the principle shall be acknowledged and orders issued
?.marine commanders to this effect.
Between the two positions stand the Hesperian case, the Arabic i.ote
and presumably the Orduna case. Washington wants the sinking of j
-ships without warning stopped. It recognizes that its policy will be re-,
jocted by the people if it obtains only the "scrap of paper" which the.
formal acknowledgment of the principle constitutes and the wanton sink-'
ing of passenger ships without warning continues.
Principle Versus Practice.
Count von Bernstorff has offered a diplomatic victory. He has of?
fered a "concession" in principle, but his government has meanwhile
demonstrated that in practice everything remains as it was. Again, the
trouble lies in the fact that Count von Bernstorff says that his country,
v ill go no further. This leaves the old familiar problem, the old condition
ol danger, the eternal possibility that a new incident will rouse American
resentment and precipitate a break.
Once more it is necessary to point out that the vice of the whole
situation arises from the "strict accountability" note. When that was
??sued neither Mr. Wilson nor his advisers were aware of the force of
their words. A former Secretary of State who was in this city at that
time ?poke in amazement at the finality and roughness of the words, re
r.,arking that the last thing had been said first.
In America and out of it this note was accepted as a declaration that
the United Stntm meant to stand firmly on the law. It was understood
that Mr Wilson had claimed for his country the high and honorable
mission Of upholding international law even at the cost of war. if that ?
should prove necessary.
Note Incurred Responsibility.
But no such eventuality was foreseen by Mr. Wilson or by his ad?
visers In the early days it was gratifying and wholly satisfying that
the declaration should be hailed the world over-(iermany excepted?as
1 dee that the l.'nited States would at all hazards defend civilization,
humanity international law. This assumption was permitted by Mr.
Wilton to be generally accepted. The United States government earned
,. ?h nrniamt but it was not foreseen what grave responsibility had been
incurred. .... ,. , . ? ? j
When the I.usitania was sunk the fact suddenly and in unsuspected
blankness was revealed. The American position had been proclaimed in
language which was unmistakable. We had deliberately chosen our own
ourse To Germany and to the world we had announced our purpose in
? i.ntlnn.fl on pace 2. ?nlumn t
RUSSIAN DOWAGER
BITTER TO GERMANS
"Hou I Mate Them!" She Ex?
claims as She Talks of War.
! R? c?k? t, Th* Trfl mm 1
Pari?. Sept 18 i dispatch to "London
Daily Newa"). The "Stampa," of Turin,
gives an interesting account of a con?
versation which the president of the
Polish Red Cross had with the Kmpress
Dowager of Russia, who said:
"Oh, how I hate those Germans' I
am a Dane, an? from the day they took
SchUswig-Holstein I have hated them,
and for fifty years I have had to wear
a mask at court
"Russia has been too confident of
all those Prussian emigrants to whom
'he empire has accorded favors urn'
high position. A German, even though
he be shown every kindness, retnm.-s
always a German. I often said *o
when the Tzar Alexander was alive,
hut he would not believe me. On*
man only for-J^aw this terrible (??r
??. ???,-. .rar?-..rr, \f t VI.? t h a lut?
King Fdward VII, who was a gr*a'
monarch.
"Do you know, when I was taker
by surprise by the outbreak of th'
war as I was crossing Germany, ?h>
Rerlin people made a specially hostil?
demonstration when my train passe,
by calling out 'Russian pigs!' Thej
are a British people.'"
KAISER ASKS RUMANIA
TO LET TROOPS PASS
Recent Note Also Demands
War Supplies.
[n? Casts m Th? T-i
a, Sept. 13 i dispatch to "The Lon?
don Times"). The relations of Ru?
mania and the central powers have
reached a critical stage. In its recent
note the German government is said
to have demanded permission for the
passage of Austro-German troops
through Rumanian territory and also
the fulfilment of Rumania's under?
taking to supply beniine and other
requisites valued at $40,000.000.
More than 2,000 German wajons
filled with war material are stated to
Ka w*itinc *t ?he Rum*ni?r* frontiar
Next Move in the ?Ara?
bic Dispute Rests
with Berlin.
AMBASS.ADOR
HARD AT WORK
Calls On Lansing and
Starts New Effort to
Satisfy America.
WILL NEED LONG TIME
U. S. Rests Its Case Until It Get?
Plain Statement of What
Germans Will Do.
[?V-m Th? TrlNin?! r*.ir??n 1
Washington, ?Sept. 13.?"The situ?
ation as it itanda to-nijrht is deli?
cate. To deny this would be to re?
fuse to face the facts. Hut it is by
no means impossible of amicable ad?
justment. We hope ar.'i believe a
solution will be reache.l without a
break in relations, but let it be em?
phasized that such an outcome de?
pends on (?ermany. The adminis?
tration is determine?! that the Ar.i
l>if caae shall carry with it the solu?
tion of the whole submarine prob?
lem, and therefore it cannot be ?aid
that we are entirely out of the
a ....ii* until the German government
has giren us an une?'uivocal state?
ment which leaves no doubt as to
its position regarding; attacks on
merchant ships."
This is th? situation as defined
for The Tribune by a high ?-fncial of
the State Department. Count von
Bernstorff, however, has once mor?)
stepped into the breach. After con-?
ferring with Secretary Lansing to?
day ha began to take such steps ail
he could toward obtaining from hi*
government the assurances thai
would satisfy the United State?.
The Arabic case has reached the
stage of informal discussion. Ther?
will be no exchange of notes until it
is revealed that the two nations sra ira
agreement on principles. Secret.-ir?*>
Lansing will conduct the negotiation?! A
personally with the Germin Amhassa*. I
dor. \
Daring th;? informal dieeuei t
Count von BernstortT will communicate
by wireless with his government, an?,,
will try to parsuadt Barita of the ne*l
cessitv of recognising the American
contentions. On th? -urcess of h .*
efforts hinges the successful outcome
of the whole controversy.
In Vc-ord on Arbitration.
In the half hour conversation be?
tween Secretar?, Lansing and the Ger?
man Ambnssndor -,t developed tha? I
were in accord on the general IB *
pretation to be placed on the German
proposal to submit the case of the
Arabic to arbitration. The 1'nited
States, however, is not certain s? te
the conditions which Germany would
expect to impose on this procedure.
References in the German note to tha
Rritish orders instructing merchant
ships to ram submarines lead to the
suspicion that Germany will expect
this government to make representa?
tions on the subject to Great Britain.
If such an idea is in the mind of the
German Foreign Office it will be an
insuperable harrier to an amicable ad?
justment af tha affair?
If such conditions are left out there
is every indication that the 1'nited
Slates will accept the propo-al to -e
far the matter to an international
court. The nuestion to be laid before
the court, as understood bv both Sec?
retary Lansing and Ambassador
? rff. is whether Germany is lia?
ble f.,r indemnity in rn?e it is shown
that the submurme commander err. I
in supposing he was being attacked bf
the Aral,:.* U i th this question 1*
linked another whether the teas*
mandar of the submarine, though mis?
taken, was justified Sv the Arabic's
movements in coming to the conclu*
*ion that he did. The court might then
lender any of the following decil
The commander of the submarina
was correct in his assumption, as the
1 Arabic wa? actually bent on destroy?
ing his vessel. This would be a com*
1 plete victory for (?ermany.
The commander was mistaken as to
the intention of the Arabio, but the
suspicious movements of the merchant
! man gave him good reason for assum?
ing that he was being attacked. In
th.? case the court would have to con?
sider whether (?ermany should pav in?
demnity.
The commander was mistaken as to
the intention of the Arabic, and had
no good ground for assuming that he
, was being attacked. The court would
then be forced te impose not only an
indemnity, but "punitive damages' be?
cause of a wilful violation of law.
Negotiation? Will He ?Slow.
It is expected at the State Pepart
; ment that the informal negotiations on
1 the Arabic case will occupy a week or
ten days. Count von HernstorlT is
obliged to communicate the views of
this government to Berlin and receive
instruction? a? to the course he is to
pursue. There is a general belief among
officials here that he 1? experiencing
difficulty in bringing his government
to an appreciation of the American
viewpoint, and that several messages
may be necessary before he can make
the issua plain to the Foreign Office.
The 1'nited State?, in the mean time. .
rests its case. Fj is believed that noth?
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