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until (iermany come? forward
?ement of her pi
understood,
tai
f.-? ?ir??*, am
ininent mu?t for
n? ? k e
amicable basis.
admit
..erman
I from
Ihe memorandum of Ambassador von
.
| ??
riicial? of the adminis?
tr?t ho\?e\er, that the
areaaed certain ?u?
th? President
and S l-anmng, and that this
. by the po?ition they
taker, in declaring it i? again
i many's m. -
?n note on the unsucee??
?
? ment here.
? 'ftitii i,
,?? i? averse
; ? i pre ent i I
?
10 ascertain
'hey attack.
-
ch *Se
?
? .1 by
l-tnttr.'
'
the < . i ?? hich
?
i .
over ? as demonstrating the
'
t h ? ?n.
I
come
'liners"
lj? regard I I .onal law.
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and a cargo boat, and
,. ? e e n -
tit.ed to prote-etton. For this reason
?
make her
illy all elai
uit ships.
Secri conferred with
??'ore hi? conversation
iierrnan A-nbn???!. ?
th hi m
The
? i on that
present n<
? ly depend
(?erman government.
Germany Disclaims Blame
for Norwegian Ship
I.or. 13. The (ierrnan gov
.?eciaii
g -,o a Christiania
itch, thai it could not recognize
any responsibility for ?inking the Nor
Jar! on July 9, as
teamer ?ras not provided with any
that ?he wa? neutral.
Mow? ?reive ol the crew per
... dispo
toward Norway, German) I
th?
?
-
amoui.t of damag*-?
?-? ?
FRENCH AEROS SHELL
TOWNS BEYOND RHINE
Squadron Drops IOC Bombs in
Raid on Tre\es.
don, Sept IS. French B'rmen
??d the Rhine, and, flying
ther, 1 riled Don
I ingen. in Raden, on the Danube,
and Marbach. In Wurtemberg.
In retaliation 'or the German bom
bardmi s and ("ompi?gne,
a squadron ol nineteen aero.? dropped
a hut on Tr?ves, in Rhine
. province, and then attacked Ilornmiry
and Bnroncour. Paris claims that con
? was done at Tr?ves.
FREN, ?I OFFICIAL
.
In retaliation for tha recent bom?
berdment ol I.uneville and Com
piegne by hostile a?roplune?, a
Squi sateen aeroplanes flew
of 'I revt I this morn
dropaing about a hundred ?hells.
I m- the Hank of the
Empire wcie undoubtedly reached.
after having
turned I
llS 7)11
the st
Baroncour.
(?ther aeroplanes bombarded from
a low altitude it.?' stations a*
Donaueachingen, on the Danube, a,id
Marbach. In one region, where the
movement? of troop? were reported,
the efficacy of our fire agaim
aimed at \ ? ?hed
uding ? tran ii which
?
? ai ? -
W. W. BRIDE DENUES
FAVORITISM CHARGE
Sayi He Has No Advantage at
British Foreign Office.
1 ?' m V? Bride,
ttorney, who ?>? eounsel
to the ? Ofllca
.g cal?
ment, was considerably mortified to
when Tribune art.?les dated
???ached
tiding cable- to Amer
Vandiver's
letter quoted la The Tribune i
of which he
? ! Mr. Bride made the
fallo? ted reply to The Trib
"1 am here representing various im
ls of (??-ri?an and Aus
. Hmatelv pur?
chased their i prior to March
????ved a fair pre*enta*
taets in each caie to the British
I ? would bung about a
in?". in Couneil
?'??ich 11 in each particular case.
Fach case ha? un it?
merits and acted apon with the great
fairaaas by th? I reta 08 i sritl
the kieii.?t demie that American in?,
porter* should not ?uffer unneces?arily.
bar attorney? here
1 have urged that all good? paid for
? to March 1 or purchased under
act entered into prior to that date,
which the American impur
liable wb? iccived the goods
? S allen id te come for
vard because of the justice of the sit?
uation ratlier than tipor the que? I
'he Order in Council.
"I have rot been accrediteii by the
State Department nor by the British
Embassy. 1 have acted in my private
rapacity, without any reference to my
SUS employment :n the Stal
partment, and I am sure British <
and America?: diplomatic and consular
auth? ritus will bear out that ?tateijient
in it? entiretv
"At y statement that I have been
f-ranted special privileges or m??,
any degree of favoritism is obviously
unfair to the authorities and unjust to
me, and any ?statement that I have been
accredited any more than any other |
American cit sei would bs accred
wholly unau' onr.ed."
The Tribun?-"? inquiries in >merican j
ard British official quarters show that
the view tha. private attorney? have j
been favored at tha? i
Statt Department is totirtL* arroucoos.
FABRE STEAMER
SANT'ANNA'SFIRE
OUT; PLOT FEARED
liner, f'scorted by An?
coni, Bound for the
Azores for Repairs.
OFFICIALS SUSPECT
TFUTONS SFT BOMB
Cargo Free of Explosives. They
Say Captain Pavy Reports
No Fatalities.
er Sant Ar.r.a, whose
s O. S rail i.-,.'-. yesterday brought
new? that 'he s'np was al'.re in mid
??cean. is safe A wireless message was
reeeiv? Captain Favy in the
? ? blare, which was in
Hold l-'. has I <.ut and that ha
wa?. making for the Acores convoyed
by the Ancona. This ship, an Itulian
? Sear York for Naples eight
hours after the Sant Anna cleared last
? ? daj. ?
h t? tug! i sptain ravy's m? ??age
did no? disclose the eripin of the : re,
ils believe it was the
? of a German plot. Ever** pie
?; wa- taken while the ship was
being loaded to guard against bombs.
There was r.o contraband in the enri;,..
but 2,000 barrels of oil and 1,000 baj-s
a raffln wero included. Officials
??new thai the ship was doomed if the
? ould reach the hold where this
?red.
Among the l.i?3S passengers wer?
1,600 Italian reservists on their way to
the tmnt. Partly on this account the
sailing was postponed a day to allow
I ienrch for explosives. Among
the seventeen lirst cabin passengers
were half a doren residents of New
York. Fourteen Italian and French
nuns from Montreal were crossing in
the second cabin.
David H. E. Jones, r->presentir.^ the j
Kabre Lire, *-*??. out a statement ye
?erdsy sfternoon prslsing ?aptain Tav
for the way he handled a dangeroi
??.?us'.er Me seid the fl re wa? pro!
' e result of s German plot.
"I do no, believe the fire was di
to inflamable material in the cargo
he said, "despite a large amount r
paraff.ne wax and oil, They are ru
?uhici-t to spontaneous combustioi
It looks l;ke the re?u!t of ?'.erinan plot
"We had what we considered a suff
cient number of detectives at the pie
and believed no one could get into th
ve??e'. U'e did not even allow the pai
sengers to go on board without the!
passports."
The Fahre Line has sent a messsg
?o Marseilles asking full particular? o
re. It is believed the blaze wa
extinguished after a hard fight by th<
officers and crew, while the Ancona ira
My standing by. It il assume?
oth?r ve??e!s also reached the burnini
The Sniit' Anna wa? about 960 mile'
southeast of Halifax when her Rrat cal
foi help was sent out. The Bra! re
?ere received by way of ?api
Race. On account of the d;?tnnce t?
tha distressed ship, the Marine an.
Fisheries Department at Halifax di?
? nd out reseiie ?'earner? tiom thn<
port
A?-'er repair? n.ive been made nt th?
Azores the Sant' Anna v ill continue
on her nay to the Mediterranean.
Following ?i the list of first cabin
pa'senper? .
BEALL, Il G . and wife. New York.
BARINCOU, Miss M., 676 Riverside
11- ive, New York
LANDRY, Miss Martha, 6 Fast Fifty
third Street, New York.
DE M ULI. H. G., 22 Exchange Flaee,
New York
DE MEL!, Mrs. II. G. Mother of
above '
STEW VKT C. A.. Fhi'mlelphia.
M'GRATH, tha Rev. Edward, Previ*
FELLER, Miss P.. Philadelphia.
PUTNAM, Mrs. J. R., and dauchter,
Dorando, N. Y.
CROKER, Miss Bertha. Lake Tlacid.
y y.
LAUGHTON, Mrs. E, Lake Tlacld.
N. Y.
GAMBINOSSI, Mrs. A. Leland, San
Francisco.
CAM HINOSSI, Miss G? San Francisco.
FERRERA, Benamlna. New Haven,
Conn., a Sister of Charity bound for
Genoa.
SMITH, Mrs. E. P., whose dnughter is
the wife of B. de Lucca, agent of the
Fahre line at Naples
The passenger list Included forty
three second cabin passengers. Among
?I,eso were the Sisters of Charity from
n Montreal convent on their way to
beeome nurses in the French field hos
pltsls.
The President's Dilemma:
Humiliation or War
I ?..iilllineil front imge 1
lunguage that remained in all minds. If we meant what we said only
r.ction was left.
But action was not in the least what Mr. Wilson contemplated. He
had never believed, his advisers had never believed, that Germany would
?.liallcnge their word?, and they had never made the slightest .preparation
to meet the situation which the Lusitania incident created. There was
an even worse circumstance. A large portion of the country had also
never for a moment thought of the possibility of war. It made its opinion
beard instantly and emphatically against war. Yet, unley? Germany
could be persuaded to change her course, or unless Mr. Wilson was pre?
pared to retract his first message ana renounce the brave role of defender
o? international faith, there was nothing f?>r it hut to break with Ger?
many, and Washington has always believed that a break meant war.
Impossible to Renounce Stand.
It was impossible, in ?peaking fro
a political standpoint, to renounce t)
stand taken in defence of Intern
tional law and right. To do this wi
to earn international humiliation ar
invite domestic attack. It was to n
veal the fact that the original dec?an
tion had been a gigantic and empt
bluff. It was to confess that the at
ministration lacked the courage to i
what it had not merely promised to d
but what it had accepted world-wu1
applause and approval for promisin
to do.
There remained, then, nothing to d
but to go to Germany and endeavor b
arguments, by appeals, by notes, to a1
tempt to persuade the German goverr
ment to change its course. If thi
method failed, then sooner or later th
break that was dreaded would com?
and, despite the dangerous politicu
consequences, we should be at wai
Rut for the timo this was the onl
course open and it postponed the crhii
1'nfortunately, Germany was full
aware of the predicament into whir
the administration had got itself by it
"strict accountability" note. It knei
that Mr. Wilson was quite as anxiou
to avoid war as (i> rrnanv was. Did no
Mr. Bryan settle any double by vvha
he told Dr. Dumba? Hence German
was not in the least disposed to maki
"concessions." A irrea' ?leal hin bcel
saitl firs', and last about Geermany'i
reluctance to break with the 1'nite.
State?. In Berlin unquestionably thi
opposite has been sad with equal in
I re.
Public Demand? P?i?itlve Action.
(?ur Lusitantia note, accordingly
produced no effect. How could it wher
wo had spoken the final word first'
Rut the steady exchange of word.? with
out resi.lts ditl produce an inevitabit
effect aNu not fores.-cn m Washington
Public sentiment, particularly in tht
East, became more and more restiv?
, and the demands for positive action
. ml note pronounced.
That portion of the country which
; had approved of Mr. Wilson's tirsl
stand, the American portion, was satis,
tied to sec this country defend inter?
national luw even by arms, and began
to display impatience at the thought
that the moral vitality of our positio?,
was being da troyed. It began to criti
Clte the administration's course as an
effort to avoid action and escape the
cot.sequences of the original stand. In
addition, another fraction of the pub?
lic was becoming indignant at the ut
ter contempt and quibbling cf Ger?
many's answer to the Lusitania note
This temporarih satisfied one section
of the country, but it instantly roused
a \.olcnt protest from those who de?
sired peace at a.*.y price. It stirred the
Democratic politicians of the Middle
We?' (f those in the South,
.who were convine? d that if the countr;
were kept out of war the next election
was won in advance, and that if war
came it wa? lost.
Bernstorff Fear? Public Sentiment.
Then came the Arabic. But thi? had
an odd consequence. I'p to thi? point
the German government had temuir.e-j
thoroughly '. convinced that
Mr wUafon would never go beyond
words, that he ??a? resolved to stay
out of war and that he was willing to
continue diplomatic discussion indefi?
nitely. Popular irdignation over th.?
Arabic, however, convinced Count von
Bernstorff tl.a? Mr Wilson migh? b?
driven into drastic SCtion by the mere
vehemence of public expression
It was at thi? Jreiot that th? Geiman
Ambassador took the first really ron
slderabls step. He was not yet con?
cerned lest the administration, of it*
own accord, ha'i taken final action.
But he recognized that the outburst of
popular wrath, the unmistakable im?
patience and indignation disclosed by
the press, might lead an administration
peculiarly susceptible to public opinion
to take drastic action.
Count von Bernstorff's action was
the first sign that Germany did not ?le
fire a break with the United States.
Hitherto she had not been obliged to
give any sign, because she knew ab
i.olutel) thai Washington was striving
:n nn>- possible and every possible way
to avoid a break. What the German
reasons were for trying to avoid a
break Washington does not know. What
is more serious is that it does not
know how controlling th'-se reasons
were, or how far Germany will now go
to avoid a break.
Bernstorff Promlne no Solution.
The administration accepted the
Bernstortf promise with undisguised
enthusiasm At last a solution seemed
to be in sight. But there could be only
i ne solution that could satisfy i's ne
eesaity, It remained bound by its tirst
note to defend international law, not
in letter but in fact It could not ac?
cept anything us satisfactory that did
not mann an end to sinking ships with*
. u" warning. beeeUBS to do this was to
eat its own w ords.
When tie Hesperian was sunk, when
Germany indicated her construction of
the Bernstorff premisa in the Arabic
i ote. the whole fabric of peace fell at a
single blow Public opinion had hailed
the triumph of the administration as a
triumph for humanity, a guarantee for
lives. Nothing le<-; could satisfy it
i.nd plainly the Bernrtorff promi*e, a?
Berlin interpreted it, meant much le?s.
Mr. Wilson bad undertaken to protect
human life at sea, and ("ermany wa*
willing onlv to recognize th? technical
validity of the right of visit and
search.
This was the situation on last Friday.
This was the occasion of the "scrap of
paper" statements that came from
Washington and were published on Fri?
das. These provoked the Hern.storff ex?
plosion and the sub-equent excursion
of the German Ambassador to this eitji
and iiis talk with Mr. Lansing to-day.
Ambassador Tries 'Terriblenesa."
The important thing to note in thi
Bernstorff interview of Snturday is tit
? he laid upon war. He told 'n*
administration that u failure to aceepl
his promise as sufficient meant Wei
lie told them that because he knew
perfectly well their desire to avoi
war and the political pressure pu'
upon them to this end. In this ta?
'.eiman Ambassador was indulging ir
a little "terribleness."
Briefly, this is the history of th?
German-American affair. It nil derive!
from the "strict accountability" not?
This note committed the administra
tion and the country tu the define?
of international law and neutra
rights. It was not issued with th?
slightest appreciation of this fact. It.
consequences w'ere not considered, an?
from that day to this the inabilitj
to And an honorable escape from thes?
consequences has been responsible foi
the succession of crises.
The administration is not now pr?
pared to go to war to defend intern;
tlonal law-. It is just as unreadv '<
reaign the championship of interna
tional war and thu*. remove all reasi.r
for friction with Germany. It con
t-nues to place its sole dependenc?
upon the chance that Germany is sur
ficiently anxious to avoid snothei
declaration of war to consent to
both in principle and in praetir .
the rien? of riait and ef search. Bu
Unless Gerinany will do this Waali
ington, oflicial and otherwi*e. reahzei
th?' i-oor.er or Ister w? ?b:.ll drift int<
a brea*.
SEES RUSSIAN
REVOLT AS ISSUE
OF ARMY GRAFT
Douma Member Says Peo?
ple Are Roused by Mu?
nitions Scandal.
NATION RESOLVED
TO GAIN VICTORY
None Talks Peace, but All Are
Stirred by Failure to
Supply Troops.
[Correepl ? t.rv . nt Tl.- Ata? ISMS' fr??* 1
Stockholm, Vug. la. The fall of
Warsaw and the failure of the Russian
defensive campaign in Poland have had
n profound effect on Russian national
sentiment. The feeling which has
' country from one end
to th? other i? not one of discourage?
ment or submission. No one talks of
ultimate defeat or peace negotiations
?as i t h Germany. The rent-lion is one of
Intense indignation at the got eminent
aanciala ??ho have been responsible for
the shortage of ammunition.
The ft.11 tragedy of this shortage ha?
only hi "ii observed by the mi'ii nt the
front, who, with empty gun caissons
have helplessly fared the concentrated
artillery attack? of the enemy. These
soldiers were determined, experienced
fighters, Russia's bei* troops, acquit?
ting themselves with unusual braverj
in every bayonet action, but crippled
and finally demoralized by Insufficient
ammunition.
A national and inherent inhibition of
free comment of any sort ha? failed to
check the avalanche of criticism
against the government officiais who
are responniblc For once, expression '
of opinion in Russia ha? become free
and unhampered. No attempt i? mane
to conceal this reproach. It I? ex
pressed not alone by men of r?volu- ;
tlonary inclination?, nor in hushed i
voices or ?ecret places, but is loudly
current among men of nil pnrtie? and
classe?.
Predict? (?real Hcvnhitlnn.
A well known member of the Doiimi
said to an Americnn corre?pondent in
IVtrograd a few days ago-.
"The Russian people are on 'he
threshold of a great awakening. Fvcry
one in Russia, officers, civilians and
moujiks know why Russia ha? been
compelled to surrender a large part of
her territory. They know that they
have good officer? and that the fichting
Strength and spirit of the Russian
troop? are ns high as at the beginning
of the war. Thev know also that they
have been force?: to retreat or ?tand
helpless before the murderous fire of
Gorman artillery, while their own gun?
have had only a feu rounds of ammuni?
tion ?bat had to be sparingly us.-d.
"Without understanding the peculiar
methods of the purchasing commis?
sions whose business it is to supply
them with ammunition, they r?:i!i7e
that their government is at fault, that
they have ben-, -:ent into trenches im?
possible to defend and that tens ?.f
tho'i?and? of ?hem now lie dead as a
result of the delay in the delivery of
ammunition.
"In my opinion. In thi? present amnk
enlng of the arm? nnd the people to the
iriminal neglect and corruption of
their official?, there are the germ? of
?he m?i?t ?erlous revolution Russia hn?
e? cr known?a revolution supported hv
Ihe army. This revolution ??111 ronte
ns soon as the tur I? over."
In this bitter mote?* there is not an
atom of disloyalty. It is a high ex
pri'ssion of a loyalty resentful that the
purpo?e of the nation is being frus?
trated and the chances of victory weak
ened by some of its own officials. A
common view is that the evil Is ac?
counted for by the residue of German
influence in the various department?. It
?vas a spirit of revolt against this per?
sistent (ierrnan element in Russia that
caused the terrible Moscow riots of
two months ago. When the order ex?
pelling all Germans from the city was
not enforced by the city authorities,
the mob derided te 'eke the matter in
its own hands.
Petrograd. Too, Protests.
Evidence of the ?-ime spirit of pro?
test ha? appeared in a milder form In
Petrograd, where numerous meetings
denouncing corruption of government
officials were broken up by the police.
In these meeting.? It ?vas openly de?
clared that Russian officials wer? der
feating the army, and that while they
continued In power victory w-as impos?
sible. The allegation was made that
the officials who .superintended the
purchase of war munitions were pri
mari'y Interested in seizing the oppor?
tunity to amass a fortune at the ex?
pense of the government.
American and F.nglish business men
who have been trying to ?ell ammuni?
tion to the Russian government state
that, without an average payment of 10
per cent commission on all sale?, it was
impossible to do business with the Rus?
sian purchasing ??ommissions. In on>e
eaaei the contract, they say, is delayed
while the amount of commission Is ad?
justed, and it is not an unusual thing
for thi- delay to be a matter of months
Thi? is an exposition of ??hat has been
delaying the Russian purchase of am
muni'
A short time before the fall of War
aaw, it seemed that the situation had
been greatly improved by the arrival
of two million shells. It was not until
some of these were taken to the actual
firing line that it was discovered, ae
rordlng to repor's, that they were a
fraction of an inch, too large to fit any
Ruaaian ran, Bj an "'1.1 coincidence,
however, they were of the exact calibre
to fit some of the Gi-rrnan artillery.
Rejected I . S. Shrapnel.
It i? also well known that a large
amount of ?hrapnel was offered Russia
by American manufacturer? six months
ago, but that for some reason or other
it was not accepted. Sine- that time
Russia has been forced to buy the iniri?
shrapnel at almo-<t double the fir?t
price quoted.
It is tin? opinion of most military ob?
servers that with a full supply of am?
munition the I.'jblin-Cholm line and
the Russian positions along the Vistula
could have been effectively defended.
Russian stuff enacera even go ?o far i.?
to ?ay ?hat if the ?jet man advance
could hnve been delayed a \?eek longer,
sufficient ammunition would have ar
rived to turn the tide and nave the Vis?
tula line. Officers who lielp-d to con?
duct the retreat of the Russians de?
scribe vividly the tragedy >>f lighting
with insufficient ammunition.
German and Austrian trench build?
er? began work not far from the Rus?
sian positions. Russian officers gaiig
ii.g the distances through their in?
strument?, signalled to their battery
commander?, but received the reply in
almos? every case that there was no
ammunition to waste. Accordingly, the
Teutons built their trenches |pj such
easy range of the Russian batterie?
that a few rounds of ammunition could
have wiped out every sign of the :n
? adera,
MEN CANT LEAVE GERMANY
Am-ter.lam. Sept. 1?.. The "Handel?,
blad" learns that all male- from ?ev
enteen to forty five years of age have
been prohibited from leaving Germany.
Some who ?ttf-mpte.i ... ?eftVS have
been turned back at Dutch iront,*r
aUUoaa.
DR FRANK AN ALIEN SI
Cltlrenshlp Withheld Be?Hii?e of
man Secret Ser* Ire I barge.
Pinal ettisenship papen were
held from Dr. Karl <i Prank.
Hickorv DHee, Maple?.>od, N.
court a? Newark, jreaterday, becai
? recen? ?tory in "The 1'rovi
.lournal" charging that he mi Rl
?> i Qerman ?ecret servies in this
try.
Judge Henrv V. Osborne held u
paper? nt the request of .1. F. T.
don. of Philadelphia, who said hi
resented the Federal government.
Gordon explained that the govern
was now investigating the chsrg?
I?r. Frank said there was no let
tion for the story. He said he wa
ployed bv a large electrical firm
had dealings with the navy as it?
ploye. W. E. Cunhmun. a labor
? - lumbia i Inlversity
Louis I' Front, a Brooklyn imp?
testified that Dr. Frank bad liv?
this country continuously niter ti
out hi ? I'n ?t papers.
DR.DUMMRAK1
IN SLOVAK PRE
"Lucky to Escape With
24-Hour Notice in
View of Act."
The latest attack on Dr. Consta
T. Ihimba, the Austrian Ambas
whose recall the Wilson administra
has rciiuested, is made this mornin
a denunciation of Dr. Dumba'* act
in general and of the Austro-Hun
?an government in particular, in
lending editorial of the "New Yor
Dcnnik," the lending Slovak ncw-p,
in this country. Under the caption
Memoriam to Constantin Dumba,
Ambassador of Austria-Hungary,"
editorial says in part:
"The President of the I'nitcd St
has seen fit to inform your governn
that you should be recalled. This
by the President is very lenient, i
sldering your offence. Least to say,
should have been hsnded your p
ports and given twenty-four hours't
to leave this country. Had some
committed an act of such gross off?
in your country, he would have b
jailed, watched by the gendarme? ??
fixed bayonets, and not permitted
see his relatives and lawyers.
"In returning to the land whence
came, you would do a great deal
good by informing your governir
that Its future sun-eillar.ee over
people that have migrated to t
country is of naught. As you h
failed so will others fail in this une
handed worn. Tell your governm
that those 'ignorant' peoplo h
ce?-,,.,! to be ignorent, that the f
press not the oi.e subsidised by yo
of this country has educated them, t
they arc livilixed, respected and v
awars of their personal and pellt!
rights."
After charging that the Austro-H
ganan government intentionally ke
its subjects in ignorance the better
exploit them for the lords and cot
ieis, the editorial conclude?, :
"Mr. Dumb?, till your governm
that v,e are citizens of this great 1
public, where we enjoy frnedom, just
and health, because we ear'i good wai
and have ceased to be slaves of t
lords, and that we will ever pray tl
Cod may puni?h the Austro-Hungari
government for the persecution of 1
Slovaks.
Austrian Press Divided
on Dumba Recii
Geneva. Sept. ID. The Vienna mo
ing new papers are tilled with leadi
articles or. the recall of Dr. Dum
t the Austrian Ambassador to the Unit
States, considering the affair one
vital Interest.
It would appear from these artic
that President Wilson's action has
Tided Austro-Hunganan statesmen ir
two camps. Those of the party
Baron Burian, the Foreign Minister, i
parently are pursuaded tiiat Ambus:
dor Dumba acted under the influence
Count von BernstortY, the German A
bassador, without orders from the hoi
government. The lluiiRurian party,
the contrary, believes that Dr. Dum
did his duty to prevent arms and ai
munition reaching the Allies.
Emperor Francis Joseph apparent
was displeased when ho learned of t
action of the I'nited States, und is su
to have expressed the view that the pe
sonality of the Austrian Ambessed
was a sufficient guarantee against stat
ments attributed to him by the Cnit?
States, which were without a sol
basis in fact.
It is declared that telegrams of torn
what bitter tone were exchanged ?
the subject between Foreign Minist.
Burian and Dr. von Bethmunn-Hollwe
?.lie Germen chancellor. The Germs
Emperor is declared to have been gr?a
ly interested in the development an
to have recalled to Berlin Foreign Mit
is'er von Jagow, who was about to g
to Vienna.
The question of diplomatic ruptur
with ?he I sited States is being dii
cussed by the papers.
Dr. Dumba Justified
by a German Writei
Berlin, Sept. lit. In an article in th
"Voaaiacha Zeitung," entitled "Ten
eion," George Bernhard, the pol?tica
writer, discusses the Dumba inciden
as a prelude te ? survey of the genera
European situation. He btates tha
the cour*? pursued by Ambassudo
Dumba might not have been diplomatic
bel whe'her it was justifiable under in
- onal lee is s debatable point.
"The Au tro H . garian Ambaasadoi
however, rendered indirectly a grta
service," Herr Bernhard continu.'.I
"for he has called attention to the ex
ploitation of poor workingmen in am
munition factories. This is absolutely
comprehensible. Tha Ambassador de
i--.red to sever the binds of these whli?
slaves It was the more his duty tc
make the attempt, ?ince these peopU
invited severe penulties by their init.i
cal acts.
"The Ambassador was not only justi
tied but ??i under obligation to point
out, either personally or through Con
suis, the undignified and punishable
procedure of the Austrian and Hunga?
rian ammunition worker?."
Regarding President! Wilson's note to
Austria, Herr Bernhard says it is "ab?
solutely correct," and adds:
"It again gives specific a-surance
that the relations of the two nations
shsll remain as of old 'the American
government calls them friet: :
Herr Bernhard expresses the belief
that there is no likelihood of more se
nou? complications as a re-ult of the
latest development.
*
Por'o Rico Chief to Come Here.
Mr?. Arthur Yager, wife of the Gov?
ernor of Porto Kico, arrived here yes?
terday on the steamship Brazos, ac?
companied by her daughter, Mis? Diana
Yuger who will enter Vsssar College.
Mrs. Yager said the Governor would
come north on the noxl iteamabtfJ irom
Juan, due h i tomber II,
I n.l would ?pend hu two months' lc?.t.
lo this countr??.
VON BERNSTORFF
SURE CRISIS PAST
Relieves Diplomatic Break
Will Be Averted?To
See Wilson Soon.
AMBASSADOR READY
TO OUST VON PAPEN
Captain's Junket May Forestall
Dismissal Request from
Washington.
(mint von Rernstorff, the '?erman
ambnusador, who ye?terday had a con?
ference ?'-ith Secretary Lansing at
Washington, is satisfied that he has ?
convinced the administration of Gor
many's good faith and is hopeful tha*
i diplomatic break between the 'v.i
countries ?rill be averted. This i-? the
gist of a lengthy telegram which was
ed yesterday at the German
summer embassy, at ("edarhurs*. Lo ?c
Island, through Dr. Frederick Edier,
the ambassador"? private, secretary.
The ambassador ??.so stated that lie
probably would remain in \Va?hing
ton until an Interview with President
Wilson can be arranged. This, accord?
ing to a member of the embassy stuff,
will not tuke place before Count von
Rernstorff has obtained specific in?
structions from the Rerun Foreign
Offlee, for which he a.?ked yesterday
in a ilUpatch which '-vas coiled a?
lednrhurst and transmitied to Ger?
many.
From the same source The Tribun?!
learned yesterday that the ambassador
has practically decided lo extend in?
definitely Captain Fians von Papen's
leave of absence, which the German
military attach? requested for the pur?
pose of "seeing America." He is no**
on his way to the Yellowstone Na?
tional Park, in company with Prince
von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg, the coun?
sellor of the German Embassy. It is
generally conceded, even among hie
colleague?, that Captain von Papen
made an irretrievable diplomatic blun?
der when he went on record as sec?
onding the Austrian Ambassador s
plan to cause a disturbance by foment?
ing strikes among Aust ro-Hungaran
employ?s of war munition plants.
A* the G?rman Club, where Capta*n
von Papen has mads his home, It ?r 1
said yesterday that he had given Up
hi? quarters and that he had directo,
that his mail be forwarded to the
German Embassy. This was Inter?
preted te itifsn that the German mil
itary attach? doe? not intend to re
turn to New York to re?ume hi? offi?
cial duties. He will probably leivf?
thi? country shortly to visit his ?ife
and family in Germany.
While Captain Karl Hoy-Fd. 'he Gar?
man naval attach?**, who is the only
one of the embassy staff in Ne?v Voi
at. present, declined to discuss Captain
von Papon's co?e, it is genera' '
food th-i* Count von rtemstortf.
anxious to please ?h? Washington ad
ministration, will not wait for a po?
?ib!,. formal request for Captain von
rapen'? oficial elimination, and th.-t
he has already temporarily relieved
the captain from his duties pending
the arrival of instructions from Rerun.
GERMANS REACH
PETROGRAD ROAD
t'nntlnue.l from page 1
others were respnlsed wi?h the bayo?
net.
During the niarht the allied troops
fijrhting near Tarnopol, took up a
position prep:.red en-? of Kozlow and
.Te/.ierna, which joins our front on
the east bank of the Stripp, a move
not hindered by the enemy.
Sear N'ovo Alexininec violent light?
ing is proceeding. East of Dubno
iur troop? have advanced to the rail?
way. In the region of Detraino we ie
nul?ed the enemy at several points,
?he Vienna Landwehr infantry regi?
ment distinguishing itself.
The Austro-Hunrrarian forces in
Lithunia during '.he storming of the
village of Ssnraty on the 11th, capt?
ured nine officers, one thousand m?n
nnd five machine guns.
Berlin Sees Peril
in Sereth Battle
Berlin. Sept. 13. Leonhard Adelt,
war correspondent of the "Berliner
Tageblatt" with the Austrian head?
quarters, reports that the Russian re?
sistance on the Sereth River has as?
sumed a most serious aspect, anil indi
eatea that the new commander has been
ordered to hold the remaining Russian
positions ui Galicia.
The Russian?, toe correspondent
?a- i, are resorting to counter attacks
which are giving General Count von
Hothmer's army much hartl work on
both flanks. Yet these flank?, he says,
lie in the broken, ?emi-mountalnous
country, ?.?here defence from further
attempts to endanger the rear of the
army u relatively easv.
"Moreover," the correspondent adds,
"the Russian? huve been able to give
particularly energetic push to the
operations between Tarnopol and
tOW bv the arrival of Steady
streams of reinforcements for some
The Germans who had reached
the village of (/trow, on the Sereth.
south of Tarnopol, were uttacketl on
three successive days by the steadily
Increasing Russian reinforcements. On
the 9th they drove the Russian.? back
across the Sereth at o?trow. while the
Germun? and Austrians before Tarno?
pol had to resist violent attacks.
"The Russian? renewed their attack
on the 10th. They reached the German
positions, where their attack broke
down, the Ru-.?ians losing manv hun?
dred, in killed. Neverthlesa, the Rus?
sians resumed their attack on the 11th
and reached the (ierrnan entangle?
ments, which they cut with spade? and
shears, and leaped into the trenches,
where a hand-to-haruf flgTit ensued. At
this juncture the German commander
sent flanking forces to both wings,
which opened a terrific cro??ftre."
Italians Plan to Adopt
Germany's War Methods
Rome, Sept. 13. The next meeting
of the Italian Cabinet will deal with
new me.-tfure? on which the Quadruple
Entente Allies have decided for the
future conduct of the war. according
to the correspondent of the Turin
"Stamna." Thet,e measures are ssid to
he analogous to those employed by the
Germans to assure their recent military
successes.
The Agencia Libra saya that the re?
cent visit of General Joffre tc the Ital?
ian front nnd Emperor Nicholas's as
?"lmrtion of the active command of the
Russian arm?, are Indications of radical
changes in the conduct of the war.
CANAD??NS^P?N
TO MAKE BIG GUNS
Bankers and Manufacturers Are
Ur^ed to Co-operate in Work.
[n? T.lrjrar*-. IS Th? TrlMin* 1
Ottawa. Ont, Sept. 13. Canada?
participation in the manufacture cf
war munition? is to be greatly en?
larged if plars v-utlined at a meeting
.^MMhbma&l&ata.
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U redcnlJ/iQ
in
TAILLEUR C-DEMl-TAILLEUR ?SUITS
DAY-TIME trEVENING G07/NS
COATS -7/RAPS-MANTEAUX
MILLINERY-AND-PARIS FURS
I rom the lending couturiers of Paris
and their own dettgning staff.
F'?P IMMEDIAT! SELECTION?OR TO OPDEP
m
K.-.T .BI.IMIM? M?3
FURS AND
CLOAKS
FIFTH AVENUE
AT FIFTY-THIRD STREET
PARIS LONDON MOSCOW
in the War Office h?re go through.
General Sir Snm Hugh<>8, War Min?
ister, called the meeting of leadme
munitions manufacturers, hankers nn.i
railway men, which was the large t
gathering of Canadian men of affaus
?sen here In rears.
General llui*he*. said that the British
War Office was so well pleased wit h
the results produced by Canadian shell
makers that the imperial ?luthontie.
desired Canadian manufacturers to en?
gage in the manufacture of heavy
ordnance. Thousands of heavy tiel i
guns were needed, he said, and he
asked the manufacturers and bankers
to promote the proposed new industiy
on a large scale.
The proposal met instan? approval.
I.iirge snellmakers stated that they be
'lievcd big guns could be made here
with slight delays incident to procur?
ing plans, highly trained men and ma?
chinery. An executive committee to
deal with the whole subject was ap?
pointed, consisting of Bir .lohn Gibson,
I.'eutenant Governor of Ontario; Sir
William MacKen*ie, president ot the
Canadian Northern Railway; Sir Mel?
vin Jones, Senator ft. C, Kdwards,
Frederick Nichols, of the Canadian
General Electric Company; F. I?.
Wanklyne, of the Canadian Pacific; F.
If Jones, of the Canada Cement Com?
pany, and George Burn, president of
?he Canadian Bankers' Association.
Dumba Preparing to Close
Summer Home at Let
Lenox. Mass. Sept ?-^??0
Hungarian Ambassador -*-r' ,.-*,
tin Theodor Dumba whose ???
requested by President *?l ?"?TJ
preparing to-day to l*s?s M?""J
home here. Furniture *?* l
been engaged and the ?-??5*
been notified that his ser*??" ?
be required sfter this wees. -
It was said at the ??ciJHJTJ
bassy staff to-day that no for??'
ment on Or. Dumba's r?csII ?*?
This would be withheld.??"^
stood, until official ?<?*?"* 'ftf
received from the Austrisn
Office. ^a<
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SATURDAY, SEPT. 18th 1
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