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By The Tribune Xaaorlallon. I
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
1915.
PRICE ONE CENT
Id fit? of New York. Newark. Jereejr City ???
Kt ?r.\MtKKl. TWO (ENTa.
Greece Yields; Rumania Ready to JoinAllies
GREAT WAR ENDS
CHRISTMAS DAY;
FORD TO STOP IT
Alto Maker Charters Ship
for Triumphal Trip with
Bijt?. Peace Squad.
JANE ADDAMS GOING;
BRYAN NOT INVITED
Siil December 4, Leaving ()??
wald 0. Vlllard Behind to Fight
National Preparedness.
Thi? :.? to be tne world'?? pretest
On*tm?s By the twenty-fifth of iiex.
m9?? Renry Ford, who??? automobile
output i? ????"cod only to the birth rote,
expect* ' hsvs all the "boy?; in the
irenchfs" out of their holes mid shak
?m hsnd? with each other in pledges
of never-ending peace.
Mr. Ford announce?! yesterday that
hi h?d chartered the Oscar II of the
Stsndiriavian Line, to sail from here
?n l.'eeerr.ber 4 with a band of peace
aiisior.ar:e?, who will strive to show
the ?rsrrii ?; monarchs that they ar?
?II wrong.
"And wh .-. 1 /et these boys out o:
thi trench? they'll never ?-o hack
??sin," Mr. Ford says.
In the party will be Mr. Ford, John
"BBBamaker, Jane Addams. Ida M. Tai
bell and, possibly, Thomas A. F.dison.
Of course there will be others; I ?
fard n't had tun.- to figure out h?
fnll pa.--c7ii*er list, for he didn't gel hi
?Sea into shape until between 11 and 12
?'clock Tuesday night. So far as i<
bow:. William Jeoaiafs 3ryau htu
SSI been inv t
jjr | Foul that hen
Hkst" i:o, but thought it would b<- las- I
pooalbl
-But I' make him g?." ;'"' '
mtojr.-. "id yesterday. Audi
upsniQil '. e inventor that ha should
rn.ke tf.e ' , Mr. lord went to Kast j
I orang- Is ? night. j
. eete^tence of ,
the Mr. Ford I
Mr.
s,. ded instantly, 'I'd ?t*o -
?m . d with you
?rTor? ?
Sail December 4.
Tnt i.ite announcements |
?bout hi? project that Mr. Ford would ;
oak? yesterday were:
First The s ip will leave here on De.
?ember 4.
Second- The whistle for the soldiers
?ad ?ailors to quit fighting will be
Mb-**! sei ?:??:.at Day.
tOBBty-f jr hours after the Oscar II
?liths 'his port Oswald Gar
ilwV: tor of "The Fveniri?
T**-*," will open an office in WoshiOC* ,
tw with (00,000 Mr. Ford has given
bio,?:- - I ?eck to learn what
a?ob?r aver the admin
ittrstle - plans, and why they
few them.
Mr. I ste ?own early -fester
4| mor- ng from VVa hington, where
be h?d ? President
WiUo-. lie refused tO
wbethtr tl had encouraged
The "I
tioiirti
??old lead ?e that Mr. Wil?
*es did ? ? proposition uu
?Bsishly.
Soon aftei ? Ford had established
biatulf ?? ? - Motel Biltmoro the fact
Hpt he h?-: -ego?,?ations for ,
*j?rter navian liner was.
?enr.e. Me aw Marry Ja
WSior. .- .-? .- o? the passen- |
Cbu? ? impanv, whose of
., and asked Mr.
?ko?-'
?1. J? to ?he home office
F ft? i - - >?i?et.. Mr.
"wd - office
**!*b '? I ? the liner
ill b? ?. his as at-o"
?I? In
"It?..?.- Will -?hake Hand?"
_| 4 ? ?rdajf afternoon,.
****** Mr. J arrai .-? i aodi
***, *?*>. " ' 'hat he
, ''? d' -
Oil I ..
?a- ? !. "I can tell ,
""' . .? to H'scmble
oment i n thin
Wr\ on thli
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et- '.it< r
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V" -he trenches he
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They ,
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have'
Deformed Baby Girl Dying;
Parents Forbade an Operation
Child. Born on East Side, Brings Chicago Case Home to
City ? Doctor? Disagree on Course?
Coroners Demand She Be Saved.
te i? a defective baby riving ni
tablea1 Hoapltal, i fty-ftfth Ftrt*ci
and Lexington Avenir. !*'? parent
it to ?lie. Two phyaidaae. both
ppi cialists, disagree au to what should
be done.
One says: "An operation should be
performed at once to av? tlie child's
life. It ha? one in thre?? chances of
recovering. If It reeorer? It mny live
to old age "
Bay? the etl ei : "The child cannot bo
? perate?! on for four or five months.
in operate on il bow would be fatal."
The baby is Margaret Mary Robert-?
.i b i at 9 o'clock Tuesday
right at 1M Beat Seventy aooead
Street. Dr. Julius (?oldsmith. who was
attending the mother, realized he had
a serious case, anii called in Dr.
Maurice Rosenberg, ? specialist in
obstetric?. Here is Dr. Rosenberg'*
story as lie told it last night at his
', home, 18?*.7 Seventh Avenue:
"The baby wa< born al P o'clock.
', Her father, Joseph K. Roberts, is a
? very healthy man. and her mother is
also healthy. They hi.ve tare other
children, both healthy specimens. The
| child was born still. There was just
I the faintest spark oi life la It. 1 saw
I the child wa? a defective physleall?/.
j Its brain vas normal. A physician's
I duty is to safeguard life and to pre
? serve it. It is not for him to say:
'This child, because it is defective,
ehould die.' I worked over it an?!
: brought it aiound.
"The parents and Mrs. Roborta'l
mothei. Mrs. Margaret Hranely,
thought I iiad done wrong iti restoring
tin* child to life The three agreed
that no operation should be done,
ihougr.t thai nature -.hou'd be
. red to repair its blunder, as in
m Hollingei case in Chicago.
"I toi?! them this ara? arroBj I
told them that the bent thing to do
. operate on the child. I ?old ,
?i.eni thai although the baby was ?ie-1
formed it had clubbed feel as well j
a- a deformed sp"ihe Othenriac it was,
SS pretty ?s a child could be. Its I
brain is normal. But they begged and
pleaded with me to let the child ?lie.!
"I rushed the child to the Babies'i
tel, Dr. (?oldsm-.th agreeing with j
Il an operation should he par?
formed. This afternoon won! was sent
r.e from ist 08 I Wl
about tO Operate, thai no oneratin
was to be rerformed imm?diat
Dr. L Emmet Bell ? notai chi
dren's specialist, was ?jailed in by th
hospital authorities to determine whi
should be done. After examining ih
infant Dr. Hoi? sail 1?, the report r
-..ho v.-p.-.. waiting to see him:
"I havo examined the Roberts bab;
The case i -? r.r?? an ?'Xtraordinary on?
j It is suffering from spinal bit'uia. I
one year we had thirteen such. OttOI
in another, eleven. In a great majorit
of the cases operations were performe
and most of the infants died. Thee
j who lived, later got water on the brail
; There can be no operation on the bah
for four or five months yet. To oper
?ate now would mean its death fron
' shock. This i? in no way comparai)'
to the Bellinger case in Chicago, where
In addition to physical deformity, th?
child was mentiilly defective."
The parents of the child auffl I
change of heart alter the infant WS
removed to the hospital. Teeterdaj
the fathler, who is janitor of the hoin<
where he lives, said:
"If the baby can be saved by at
operation, and the aargeom wai I b
operate, they may. It is ?'titirely in
their hands now. But If the child is
to grow up a cripple, I wouid sooner
see it dead. I still think the be-^t thin?*
Dr. Rosenbeig could have done would
have been to let the child die ?hen it
was born."
Dr. Israel I. Peinberg, otes.del:' of
the Board of Coroners, said that if the
child could be saved by an immediate
Operation one ?hould be perform?.!
"N'.i man, woman or group of men, or
any cult, has the right *o say whether
or not a defective child shall be per?
mitted to lue," said Dr. Feinberg.
Dr P. D. Riordan, another member
of the Board of Coroners, was of the
-.fun?* opinion.
"Who know.:; what Intent, genius
there may be in that little gifl's mind,
or in the lira in of any other physically
defective infant?" said Dr. Riordan.
"It is not for physicians to say whether
a child should die. It is for them to
do all they can to see that it live "
Both coroners said that in th,- ?
of the child's death they would order
an investigation.
DISILLUSIONED AT 12,
SHE KILLS HERSELF
Taunts of Schoolmates Lead
Chicago Child to Suicide.
H> T?>frarh t* The Tribuns*.]
( hicago, Nov. "4. - Ruth Camilhi
Fisher knew a country wherein bei
beauty was specie of the realm. It wa.?
hounded by the ninth and twelfth birth?
days. Its inhabitants consisted ' o.
Fritz, an adoring dachshund; "Papa,'
who vas a member of the school boar?!
and a great man, and innumerable gruff
beys, who, ostensibly Ignorant of
her observation, spat through "acant
front teeth and turned i-orgeous som?
ersaults for her admiration. .She was
?.anpv and the jealous green complex?
ion of the feminine part of her world
bothered her not at all.
And unsuspectingly Uuth came sing?
ing across the borders of her ain coun
tr?.?' to the alien land of knowledge and
disillusionment. Though she knew she
carne from (?od, it was gradually borne
upon her that her girl-mother wandered
a little way on the path of the Magda*
loi ta.
Ruth was an interloper who had not
Gospel sanction in the world no vis?
ible patents other than a foster father
ami a foster mother. Perfectly respect?
able little girls began to inform her
tb self-righteous airs, and with
the expertnes.-. of ?orgOOns to dissect
her from ?tie social scheme that gov?
erns "pussy-wants-a-corner" with the
?ri. ,. iron rule that in later life deter?
minen who shall be asked to play bridge
and who shall be <;'Jawed.
"Your parents aren't your own!" was
the taunt that Ruth heard from play?
mates. Some of the little girls added
?? e polgofl of sympathy to the informa
And Ruth Camilla Fisher, at
.. found herself a stranger in a
strange land.
I'.u'h extradited herself last night
with a revolver shot in the temple. In
.ni bark of her foster parents'
?eme, at 1819 West Twenty fifth Street,
with one an?. ;.r<, ind the loyal Pits, she
hail pijt the revolver to her hea?l ati?l
hi ? ? i ???>e?i tl ? trigger.
None of the school children who made
Ruth'? lif?- too great a burden will be
permitted te nttend the funeral to
"iW. I
WALL ST. DREADS
GERMAN VIOLENCE
Wire Netting Covers Mor
gan's Office? Sleuths
Patrol Skyscrapers.
Fires and explosions on ?hips ?t
tf-a, the burning of niOB 'ion factories
and daily threats of violencia have -i
ated widespread apprehension ?along
promine'.t railroad men and hankers in
New York, Guards are protoctlfl???
viduuls. their offices and homes, bank .
ra.lroad termina':--, t.lime's, steamship
piara and factories. Thousand? of .ol
lars are being ?peni in protective
BleOSOres that would otherwise he used
to increase production and prosperity.
The ?tock F.xchange. the offices of
J. V. Morgan & Co., the NotiODO] Citj
Hank antl other financial institutions
are protected Bight and day by addi?
tional guards. A heavy \\;re Betting
has been put in place above the oflcc
of J. P, Morgan ?t i o. As an add i
tional precaution, guard are ?ationcd
in the towering buildingi neer b**.
The visitors gallery sod the mem
hers1 gaii.ry In th? stuck Exchange
arete dosed bj order of thi board ol
tors shortly after th< La
disaster. There ?re additional guard?
throughout the day Bt c.-ich of the four
entrances to the building.
These protective step? wer? taken
because of threatening letters re?
ceived sISBOSl daile from men who
feel that there is unjust discrimina?
tion in the access which the London
Fxchange has to the New York in rkel
for the liiiuidation of BOCOritie .
whereas 'he Berlin exchange c: sot
deal with New York at all.
Nearly ?very detective agency in th"
sosten peri ol th? eoootr** has em?
ployed ex'ra men te 1"- BSOd as gOOrds,
in addition to the small army which
the railroads and steamship lines have
for the same purpose. The majority
I i'onllniic?! on p?*e I. column .1
r?
j Army?Navy Football
fot the fini time In the history of football the Army?
Hamm game will be reported hy means of the wn-iderf.il ColSOfl
I elect;.. scoreboard Pliy b> PliV' movement by movement,
I by -m", the details of the great game will be flashed foi
the benefit O? thoM a ho find Printing House Square m?.rc con?
venient than the Polo Groundi for watching II*, classic ..f the
Service-, I he beard Is a new Invention?the cleverest tiling of
kind that we have been able lO find 11f yOB do HOl goto
Brush Madium. be sure to HOP In fron! oi I he ?Tribun? Build
?luir the hall travels up and d??wt, the Held as fast II the players
iii.ive WaUhuig the ColSOn scoreboard will make the -tones
0l the game by Grsntlsnd RlCf, Herbert. ili-ywood Brom, and
o!h??rs, doubly lnt?r?4tla| vbfl sou read them in
Gill* &mtftu} Wtxbitm
llrtt to Lost-the Truth: Nawo-Edltorlmln-Advortlaemontn
HAMBURG LINE
SPENT $1,500,000
TO AID RAIDERS
Only$20,000 Worth of Sup?
plies Reached Warships.
Buenz Defence Ad,7i??
_
BOY-ED FIGURES
IN EVIDENCE AGAIN
i -
North German Lloyd May ?>
Connected with Alleged Con
splracv Prosccvtor Says.
\igosies ef lbs Muniljiirg-Arr.e.
seat "in from American port?- in
war tune ut enormous cost to feed soil
Onaea Ol* <i noOfl warship., and ke.-;.
lires goiog id'r the boilers of th?
?. itoolc raiders, were described yos
terday in th? Peder?! Coart at the tria!
. of Dr. Karl Bu?es, charged v.'Ith con
. spiracy to defraud th" Uoited State.
The amazing expenditure of almost a
million and a half dollars for this pur
| ? by the steamship company and It?
re to delivci BSOre than about
1 ,*20.000 worth of coal and other sup
plies to German cruisers were BOO
eeded by the defence. William Hand,
jr.. counsel for Dr. Huen*. t!ie steam
i i. company and others under indict?
ment, explained thai the concession
v.cte made With reference to facts onl.
i anil had no legal bootiog on the guil'
or innoceiiie ef th? defendants. With
tkil qualification .Imige Harlan.I II
Howe permitted theiu to be introduced
Roger B. Wood, preoscotlog ottori i ??
gov? the eeneeaaioa? littl? boed. He
said he could prove his SB -?? without
them. Throughout the ilay he it.'-ro
duced an il.niidance ef ma;, fasts,
r-learance papers private letters and
I telegrams in bit effort to show that
deception and falsification ? ? re resoit
ed to in the attempt* oi ths defeodaat*
to do the bidding of 'he ioiperiel Gei
man government.
? ontroverny \ba?ul an Oath.
The proffered eeocoesion? ssrv*
the basis for a half dOMB heat.-;
troversies between Mr. Wood and Mi.
Hand.
Daring one of these .lung' BoWl
i hand. His Intervention came when
Hamilton, collector of cus?
toms ol Newport NSWS and Norfolk,
estifyiag eoaceroiog the oath hs
liad admini?tered te tin? master of th"
-hip Tiior with regard to his
SOCs papers and manifest.
Mr. Hand argued thai the adminis?
tration of inch ari oath was not a re?
quirement of a collector, and demanded .
that the reference to it be stricke,
out or a copy of the oath b? presented.
Mr. Wood sold he wished to show
that deception and false dealing ?vote
1 to under oath.
Thir caused heated remark? between
coui.se!, which the court ordered i
stricken from the record.
Captain Bo* Ed, noval at'ach? of the
Gorman Embaaay, who la alleged tohuve
distributed and directed the use of <
large sums of oney from the German
;.?..! rameal for taking care of the raid?
er-, ?TOS drawn into the testimony
again yesterday. In this connection it'
may he shown, according to the District
Attorney, that the North German Lloyd,
Line was a party to the alleged con-'
spiracy. Boy-Ed'? connection with the |
fund was brought "Ut by Mr. Wood
wlun Klliott M. Parker, of Newport
News, was on the stand.
Messages Sent to Hoy-Kd> Office.
Parker -aid he hud been in the habit
of sending telegrams for Coptoifl Suh-,
n n, "I the stenmship Gladstone, which
was renamed the Maria '?uesada, at.d '
O*? one nf the chartered fleet of the
Hamburg American Line. Hs identified
a telegram which Mr Good showed hin.
as one that he had sent for Philip Vols,
an employ? in the North German
Lloyd'? office in Baltimore, Parker saiii
he did tint koOW who \olz was, hut met
him and was reooested by him to send
meesogo. It w-aa addressed to II.
Suhrln, car.- ef Nordmann, Loom 801, !
ii Broadsra** (the efBcs of C?ptala
Boy-Ed '. and read:
""Telegram received. Hope see you
Wednesday. Most he in BoltimorS
Thursday. All cargo on hoard. Work
itig oi. store. Have letter for you.
PHILIP VOLZ.*"
Mr. Rend objected te the introduc?
tion oi th? i.legiam. declaring that
the North Herman Lloyd Line and its
agents here were in no way connected
with the defendants. Mr. Wood wa?
insistent, and it was accepted by the
curt. Th prosecutor explained ?hat
he expected te Show a connection of
the North German Lloyd Line in this
affair.
Mr. Hand declared that neither Voir, j
not the Lloyd were indicted or on trial, i
Mr. Wood then gave an inkling of his
purpose by saying that he might show
It, atating that the indictment of Huenz
and the others also included "COB | I ..
'.rs tu ?h" grand jury unknown."
. A letter connecting Bey-Ed and the
rtamborg-Amerieaa Um ?'in the I
financing of the churter and equip?
ment of the Maria Quesada was intro- j
diced by th?- prosecutor. It was un-1
Mgned. BOl in i corner of the sheet in'
tlay writing ?rare the letters "It. s.,"
'he Initials of I'aptain Suhren of the
?'uesada.
The letter, written on the ?tationery
"f J. Keyner, the bigge-t beef and ship
chandlery house in Newport News, and
addressed to Adolf Hachmeiater, pur- ;
chasing agent of the Hamburg-Ameri- -
un Line, 41 Broodaraj.
"I to day wired you asking that you
WirS Reyiii-r that you will honor draft)
Continu??! un pus? *, colunia 4
BRAND Wim LOCK HOME FOB THANKSGIVING.
American Minister to Belgian, accompanied by Mrs. Whitloclc, arrive?? on the Kynciam.
WHITLOCK BACK,
THIN, NERVOU
Minister to Belgium Wi
Not Talk About Death
of Miss Cavella
? Brand Whil I lerieas MintSI
to Bcl?ium. return? I to th? Unit
8tateS yesterday ? .t'e on tl
': I dam, of the Holland America I.ii
toot showed the ?Beets of the eo
tan) ' ' ? ' ' " on h
vitality for more ?r, but i
the events which left their ma
him he refnsi??! ? ? ird
"May i ash jrou juat en? favor "wi
hi ? greetiag to the newspaper mei
"Please de ti"'- SSl i" I Snything ahot
Belgium "
Mr. Whitloek settled all rumors shot
his possibles recall for setivit?
< avoll ease by announcing that fa
weald return to Belgium on tho Ro1
terdan on Deeen ber
"I have eome for s rest ?ml to k
my mother in Cleveland,"
"After Thankagtving I ihall r?-port a
Washington and Ii I
?' nd I oledo Befoi ?In 1 shal
probably spend s f?
V.rK."
A d? n awl th? i
former roar-tin
tine, Th ? re? I
headed by Mai I ? py unrl In
eluded Charlee M. Milrov, Mayor-elec
of Toledo, Mr. Whitloek s former la?
partner, and V C. Wright
"Tho Toledo Bla.le."
Mr. Whitloek and his wu".' 5?.id thi
Thanksfivii u would be on af the h ip
pit ?it they bad ever pe? t. Mr- Wh I
lock wore h ?lu ivelling ?ai
ami red fes fun elect <?> idenU;
t?i harmonise aritb Micha, .. pel ne?
*pani?'l ?he brought with her.
Mr. Whitloek ?eemed much thinriei
than when he ?.?.,? last .ti this conn
try. He accepted his post in Belgian
after a strenuous political life in l'o
ledo because he hoped to have confid
?rable spare time te devote to literar)
?-.?irk. Instea?! it fell to his lot tc
render diplomatic service of incalcu?
lable benefit.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitloek ?a ill stay her?1
until to-morrow, when he leaves fur
Washinjeton. They Brill he Welcomed
at Toledo with a larjre public reception.
The minister and his wife had an
opportunity t?i satisfy a two-year s'e
sire for s?y???r< by erdering a do7..-:i
at luncheon at the Bitx-Carftoa Cot?I.
They had not tasted an oyster for
two year?, Mr, Whitloek said. They
were very husy all afternoon nerv?
ing* caller? in their apartment.-?.
Asbury May Become Ludlow.
Asbury. N. .1 . N"'.\ 14. This little
place is in a turmoil bccaui? tha post
office may char.*" Its name. The rail?
road changed the station to Ladle*
because tin bOfgafS (fot mixed up w.t.h
that destined for Asbury Park, * d it
is said the mails are ?No confused. If
any change is made, the people say, it
should be iri th? name of the resort,)
for this town is its elder by ?eventy-l
five year?. '
British Gold Will Outlast
German Arms?McKenno
Kaiser's "Will to Win'' Cant Replace Dead and Maime
Soldiers?British Chancellor of Exchequer Sees
Bankruptcy Near for Germany.
By ARTHUR S. DRAPER.
(By Cable to The Tribune.)
London, Nov. 24. -John I?. Rockefeller is a piker compared wit
Reginald McKenna, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Where Mr. Rockefe
1er think.- in millions Mr. McKenna must figure in billions. In speakin
< f the British Chancellor one must use superlatives, and the biggest i
the ?me that lits him best. He is the biggest banker in the biggest wa
in history, anil he has made the biggest budget in the world's bigges
impire.
Hut though Mr. McKenna ligures in millions and billions, he has no
lost the ability to think of the workers whose incomes are reckoned i
shillings. That is one reason why he has been able to heap on the taxe
??nd still win universal applause from rich and poor alike.
Two year:? over the half century mark, Mr. McKenna has travelle<
far already, and his activities have found play in many fields. Twent;
fears ago he took his seat in Parliament. Ten years later found hin
acting as Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Then came a short perio?
M President of the Board of ?duration.
sponsor :ou THF. GtAND PLUT.
Hut it was as First lord of the Admiralty, from 1908 to 1911, thai
he did his first really great work. ?
With Lord Fisher, Mr. McKenna laid the plans for Britain's present
great navy, which ha- ?riven her command of the high seas and made it
possible for the Allies to fight a waiting war while Germany's energy is
being slowly but surely exhausted.
Aftrr he left the A.hniralty Mr. McKenna was Home Secretary un?
til the formation of the coalition government, when he succeeded Lloyd
George in his present position. -y
The Chancellor has been known as a fighter and a sticker from the
time he rowed in the winning Cambridge eight for the Grand Challenge
and Stewards' cups in 1887 right down to the present day. When Mr.
McKenna saw me in his big room at the Treasury and consented to give
his first interview to an American newspaper reporter, he had just re?
turned from the House of Commons, where, in reply to one of the mem
berV ?luestions, he had stated that, roughly estimated, the capital wealth
of the British Empire was 5133,000,000,000 and the yearly income $20,
000,000,000.
"How is the war going from your point of view""' I asked.
"I am absolutely convinced that victory for the Allies is assured," was
?he instant reply. There vas no question of the sincerity of his reply, and
he cave P with -.uch for?*e and emphasis one felt sure he had the facts tu
back up his statement.
I wanted his view of the tinnncial outlook from Great Britain's stand?
point, but before going into de'ails he ha?! a word for Britain's Allies.
"The whole world profoundly admires the enormous efforts made by
the Russians, French and Italians in this war, as well as our smaller
Allies," said the Chancellor. "The sacrifies are conspicuous and in
cre.isimr which have been imposed on Germany, Austria-Hungary and
Turkey."
Then he lost no time in getting at the heart of the subject.
"In a war ?if exhaustien, such as this one," Mr. McKenna began, ''the
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Contlnnul ?sa pue 3, i.ilnmn 4
PLEDGE GIVEN
NOTTODISARM
SERB FORCES
Cabinet Acts Quickly
on Joint Note of
Entente.
JONESCU SEES
WAR ON TEUTONS
Britain and France Plan
Surprises, Is Report
in Athens.
IB, Cahl? ta> Tbaj MBBBOl
London, Nov. 26.?Greece has
yielded to the Allies. She has
agreed, says a Reuter dispatch
? from Athens, not to disarm any
| forces that are driven over the bor
; der by tin? enemy, to give them lib?
erty of action on Greek territory for
j their own security and to accord
railway and telegraphic facilities.
The government makes reserves
only regarding a further examina
tion of certain details.
This action follows quickly qi\ the
presentation of a joint note by the
Allies at Athens yesterday, asking
simply thai Greece assure the safe
ty of the Allied troops if they are
compelled to retreat into (?reek ter?
ritory from Macedonia. The Cabi?
net met immeiliately, ami then the
decision to give such assurances was
? reached.
Meanwhile, reports that Rumania
? will throw in her lot with the Allies
' have gained strength. "The Ruma
j nian government is desirous of fol
I lowing the national policy, and soon
I will intervene in the war on the side
I of the Entente Powers," Take
Jonescu, leader of the Liberal party
at Bucharest, if* quoted by the Bu?
charest correspondent of the Geneva
"Tribune."
Russian* Read> to Aid.
M. Jonescu, according to this dis?
patch, also said he had learned from
Petrograd that a i-trong Russian
force was ready near the Rumanian
frontier to aid Rumania against
Austria and Bulgaria. The Ru?
manian Premier, M. Bratiano, In a
conversation regarding the relatiomi
between Rumania and Russia, is
quoted as saying: "They are better
than ever before."
These developments have lent
new significance to reports in circu
\ lation in Greece that Great Britain
j and France are preparing for im
; portant new effort? in the Balkan?;.
The "Hestia," of Athens, pub
lifhes an interview with the Serbian
War Minister, who said:
"The participation of Italy meet?
1 with difficulties, owing to the di?
vergence of views regarding Alba?
nia. Russia's intervention will be ef
; fected after the concentration of the
Allie?! armies in the Balkans, and it
is expected that this will produce a
change in Rumania's attitude.
"I can assure you that France and
England are preparing surprises in
the Balkans."
Allied Note Friendly.
Athen?, it is reported, expected more
serious demands and wa? somewhat
surprised by the moderate tone of the
Allies' note. Reports of an ultimatum
have led the capital to believe more
stringent demands would be made, and
the rumor that Greece would be a?kc?d
to join the Allies or demobilize had
gained much stren.*th.
But the note wa? expressed in
friendly spirit and was general in char?
acter, asking only the confirmation ?if
assurances already given a? to th?
position of the Allies' force? on Greek
soil and the earliest reply possible
under the circumstances. The tone of
the document impressed the Greek
Cabinet.
"The Allies' declaration that any
part of the Greek territory occupied by
the Allies will be restored In due
course and any justifiable indemnities
paid, has favorably impressed the
Greek government," says a H a va? dis?
patch from Athens. "The situation is
developing so wdl that the Greek
steamers held up at Malta have been
leleatsed. Difficulties are no longer
placed on the transmission of commer?
cial cables."
Strong assurant!? that the Allied de?
mands would be granted were un?
doubtedly made to the Allie? at leas*
two day? ago. The Britiah Foreign
Office denied on i ueaaay that any
blockade of Greece had been instituted.
Hut reports to-day indicate that ?eor?e
llockade measures had actually been
taken, and that these will now Bo
abandoned.
(?chin Talka with King.
Before the presentation of the Allies?
note the que? .ions it deals with were