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THE WEAT Fair to-day and to- 'day. Detailed wculhcr, mall rts be found on page 15 VOL. LXXXII. NO. 75. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1914. Copyright. IH, by the, Bun Printing and Publishing Association. PRICE TWO CENTS. mofrit'coHrtO' and maYTntr raft U.S. TROOPS AT VERA CRUZ TO LEAVE NOV. 23 Announcement of Evacua tion Issued hy Bryan and Causes Surprise. MEANS MEXICO MI'ST SKTTLK OAVX TKOUHLES Wt-titNirrox, Nov. 13. The United Pts'rs troops will evacuate Vera. Cruz on Monday. November 23. This announcement was made by Sec retary of State ltrynn nt 11 o'clock to night. It enme an a complete surprise, to nearly everybody In Washington and was interpreted In only one way. Tho withdrawn! of tho American troops means that President Wllxon him de rided to let the Mexican fuctlons stew In tnoir own troubles ami tight out thr.r controversies among themselves. It means, too, that there was a very real fear on the part of the Admlnts trn'i'in lh.it unices It embraced this opportunity to withdraw from Mexico the I nited States would be dragged Into Intervention on a general scale. Tci-iiight's announcement came as a surprise chletly because It Is acknowl edged on all sides here that conditions In Mexico to-day are more chaotic and verging closer on nnnrvhy than those which existed when tho United States rnt Its troops! into the Mexican port. Thus, after seven months of occupa tion by the United States army, this Government Is calling buck Its .men with nothing tangible accomplished as far as can be seen beyond the over throw of 1 Inertii. When the troops were ordered to Vera Cruz. Itucrta was admittedly the ttrong man In Mexico, and with the recognition of the United States could have, built up u government which many behove would have established law and order. The United States I soldiers are being withdrawn now with the President and Secretary ltrynn un certain even as to who Is actually in control of the Ciovernment of Mexico. I: w.u pointed out here to-night also that the United States, when the Amer ican troops are withdrawn, will not have accomplished even the Immediate purpose for which they lauded at Vera Cruz, the compelling of Iluerta to lire a salute, to tlie American flag In repnrntlon for In tuit to It and uniforms worn by Amer ican naval oftlecrs. Tlie announcement of the Administra tion i decision to jetlre from Mexico was made In this statement by Secretary Bryan . Koth Gen. l.'ariunza and the con Vintlon at Asuasoallentcs having Ktvrti the assurances and guarantees tw required, it Is the puipoc of ' Administration to withdraw the troops of the United States from Vera Cruz Monday, November All tho pertons therefore whose pen-Dirt! fafet) this Government had made It felf it-Hpuuslble for have left the city. Tli- priests and nuns who hud taken refuse there and for whoso safety t aru were entertained aro now on tnt-lr way to this country. The guarantees tlie United States de manded of Carianza and the Aguascall entea romtntion were that the tax re celpts that had been given by United States itllclals for the collection of moneys at Vera I'-iiz should be rcroguizto u vail I. also that protection should bn af fix led to alt .Mexicans ivhu had aided Hie United States In tlie ndmlnlstintlon at Vim i'iiiz and to religious refugees. Carranza refused to give these guaran tees until a few days ago. Only a few adherents of Villa are sup- rori.mr Hen. Gutierrez as Present of Mexico, according to a despatch from lien. Carranza to-night. Tlie First Chief avert all the leading generals, headed hy Obiegon and Gonzales, are with him n the light and against the convention Kim tu selection for President. I'em.il of uports that the National Ha-ik In M-xh-o li.nl been sacked Is con ta iled in Hie telegram sent by Carranza from Cordoba, wheic lie is at piesent, to Jwtel .ubiran, Carranz.i s agent here. VILLA TO TAKE TAMPICO. six n re -.no l.nU I'otosl. t'nllliiK Oir the Nortlit-iisl. !"i. Paso, Tex., Nov. 13. Hy one bold t'oke to-day lien. Villa, commander In - ii. - f of forces under the government of provisional President liiitlcrrez, cut olf the northeastern Carranza garrisons from '.iimuni-atlon with Carranza's main fei es, seized the capital of n State and pu-hed ins troops toward Tamplco, the aport next In importance to Vera Cruz 'en. vu:a lias ordered an attack on T'lui i Capturing It, ho will control 'i' uil supply of Mexico, hav a perma nent base of supplies nnd leave Carranza only ono port of entry on tho eastern C'M-t. Puerto Mexico, V.l.a's army appeared In San I.uls l'"i 'si, capital of the Stato of the same name, early this morning. Ten troop ' ns steamed In anil tho small Carranza K-riikon immediately evacuated after a if natteilng sliols. San I.uls I'otosl Is tighty mites from Agiiaicallentes. '.-n Henavldes commanded tho army "I oiMipatlon. Hy seizing San I.uls I'otosl Ha mt on the Important Carranza gar r. iih at Monterey. Saltlllo, Neuvo I..uedo and Pledrait Negras, leaving them Isolated on tho northeastern part of tho republic. VILLA DECLARED REBEL. ('iriniirii tails on UN Army tn I'lubt .Northern Kit IkIoii. ilespatch from .Mexico city to the .Mcxuaii Consulato-lleneral at 17 llattery Pla-H last night announced a declara ' -a of war by lieu, Carranza on flen. dbi and a call to arms of nil tho Con Utulionallst forces. Cen Villa Is declared an outlaw and a rebel. 'Die provisional Government headed hv Hen. Mulallo Gutierrez and the actions or the AgunHcallentles convention are ii'.Hidlaled. Tho telegram said: "Having exhausted every means of br iigiiig Gen. Villa to order In a peaceful w,u cincf ICccullvu Carranza, supported bv ileus Obiegnn, Gonzales, Vlllaroal, l'l.mco. Hay. Pablo de la Garza, Haucedo, Muriel, Mcnchaza, Campos and a majority of tho oilier chiefs, has decided to brine to pterins the rebel Villa. "All tho divisions or the Constitu tionalist army will right against and sub duo the northern division. The First Chief "i . ,.c,ol"'lullonallst army has do elarod Ilia a rebel. Tho provisional Government of twenty days, named bv '.lie military convention of Aguasenllcntes, un der the influence of Villa's bayonets, is also declared a rebellion. ., "Th'.cll,Ff '-tecutlve has Issued orders that all military and civil authorities are o respect orders coming from those named oy the nbin if flu,. .11, ..i.. i - - ..H..ii..iu(iv .nunc, iiuw.;r wiilch plan tne people were vlctorloui against the usurper," A private telegram to the Mexican bu reau Of nfnl-mnllnn v.t,,l .. . .. , . i ,, : - . "nr . ... h i m.uti . it . a B(,1,rnI movement thnugh- ...r.xuo nas oeen started by Mexican members of tho Masonic fraternity to com lint tho Catholic propaganda and tho Catholic party In tho whole country. Ir In llnrrn Itmtitnu. Paris, Nov. 13. Franoltco Do la Ilarra has resigned as Mexican Minister to t rance. He was appointed to the post by rormer provisional President Iluerta. NONE WOULD GIVE TAFT LIFT. Hikes I'lvp Mites When Am,, Quit, TIiuukIi .Mnny I'm.s Htm. , l'lrrsKiFLn, Mass., Nov. 13. Prof. ' William Howard Taft, tourlmg back to Now Haven from Wllllamstown, where i he kuvo the Itok leoture Thursday night, ' walked live miles from a stalled autono mic on Monument Mountain to Great Harrington this afternoon to obtain as sistance to bring the automobile to a re pair shop. A tire blew out and the ex-rresldent, with his brother, Horace W. Taft, started on foot for help. A wore of automobiles passed the distinguished walkrr and none offered him a ride. The tramp took con siderably muro than an hour, Mr. Taft said he felt lino at Its end. GRACE POLHEMUS DIES: CAT VICTIM'S END OUIETi Hrooklyn Sclioolsrirl's .Suffer-' iujr Troiii Ifydroplioltin Lasts for a Week. flrace Polhemu. the thirteen-year-old I schoolgirl who was bitten by a cat a year ago. died at S oVJook last night! after sufferlngla week from hydrophobia j In her homo at 372 Monroe street, Hrook lyn. iter ilealli was preceded by paraly sis, which set in nt tlie feot. Lost Saturday she complained of diz ziness and nausea. On Monday her con dition was worse. She had a high fever and found It difficult to swnlhyt'. Then the Incident of the stray cat the girl IkuI fondled was recalled and Mrs. l'olhemus summoned Dr. Theodore Vosselcr, who Immediately diagnosed the erase a one of hydrophobia. He called In Dr. Fred- erlck Tllney or the College of fnyrtclans and Surgeons, Or. Frank Fielder ot the Department of Health and Dr. Albert Thuulg, a pathologist of St. John's Hos pital. Treatment was given In the form of an Injection of a prepiratlon of quinine, and urea Into the slnal column nnd I ha veins of the arms anil legs. The girl steadily became woise. Thurs day she was In state of coma and the doctors gave up all hope of saving her life. The treatment she received Is nald to be a new one. Dr. Vosseler wouldn't say last night whether the girl's tranquil .nd was due to the new treatment. Ready to Die, Lody's Last Word Letter Penned by (ieriimn Spy Just. Before Death Wenches Omaha. Omaha, Neb., Nov. 13. Several days before he was executed as a German spy. Carl Hans I-ody, who was executed No vember 6 In the Tower of !.ondon. wrote a letter to friends In Omaha. It was re ceived hero yesterday. The letter was to a friend he had mane while living In Omaha nd was dated at "The Tower. London." A full nheet of tho manuscript was missing, apparently taken out by the cenor. The next sheet begins In tho middle of a sentence and says: "She Is still dear to ti.e." This Is supposed to lefer to his divorced wife, Ml Uiul.se Htorz, a wealthy Omaha girl. The letter Is written In German and a free transla tion reads: "My feelings run riot when I can per mit myself to review the dramatic events ot the last three years and what Is to he the probable climax of It all. I am prepared to make a clean breast of all this trouble, hut I must protect my friends In the Fatherland and avoid, as much as possible, humiliation for those who have been near and dear to me. "I am In the Towers. Hourly, while I am confined here, an unfriendly guard paces the corridor. My counsellor Is an attorney of standing, but I ofttlmes feel that he is trying o ' country ranwr mn - Next weeK I snail kiiov iai., there can be hardly a doubt as to what It Is The keeper called on me once and taunted me, but 'where Ignorance Is bliss,' &c. . , . "When my friends hear of me again, doubtless my body shall have been placed In concrete beneath this old tower, or my l.nnes hall have made a pyre. Hut I shall have served my country, .tiayue domu i.iutnrlnn will record me among the de spised class of war victims." A wnole. . sneei lit iihoi-iiik n-nu i manuscript at this point In the letter ap parently removed by tho censor. The communication concludes, starting In tho middle, of a sentence: "and she Is nt III dear lo me. Itoubtless my demise shall bo heralded as that of a spy, but I have tplrltual conso i...tA.i on-nrH hnve nuffered and I must acrep'f'tho reward of fate. I am still your affectionate friend, l.-aiu. jianb. INDICTED FOR BANK FHAUDS. PiTTHntmn. I'u.. Nov. 13. Oscar I.. Tell lug, former president of the First-Second National Hank, and Francis H. Itlchards, former cashlor of tho same Institution, were Indicted hy the Fcncrai uranu jury ii.-re this afternoon on cliarges of embez zlement, misapplication of funds and malt Inir false entries In the books of tlie bank and in the reports lo the Comptroller of the Currency. A bench warrant was Issued for Rich nrds's arrest and be was taken Into cus tody to-nlghl. No win rant was Issued for Telling, as ho Is a fugitive nom Justice. Ho Is believed to bo In Europe, SETS OF BOOKS IN SIEGEL BANK Cashier Explains How Depos itors' Money AVas Dis tributed to Stores. MHMOKAXDA OF LOANS "OX SLIPS OF YAVVAV I Okneseo, Nov. 13. The testimony de-! Wahiiiniiton, Nov. 18. Tim Sl'.v Is pende.l upon most by the prosecution toIll(1 , ,,vp n. oU(me f the plan convict Henry Slescl of grand larceny was pm ...-lore mo larmcr jurors n-re (.al ,,, , coollpral,m with this afternoon through Frank !.. Cham- , . . . Plon. cashier of Henry Slegel & Co. bank-1"'"" " "r l'" hnv ' '" ers. mo.e popularly known as Slegel's "0!''l ' Treasury In the Koiirteenth Street Store bank. Champion "wttor of the Indebtedness of the United appeared to be a reluctant wltutss and States to Orent llrltnin. at times his Information practically hail ' If this plan Is accepted American lo bo dragged from him, particularly on j officials nro certain that foreign ex vltal points. change will be again on practically n Champion told how money deposited In normi ,asls and that trade between the Slegel bank was taken In bags to the , olllce of the Fourteenth Street sfore nnd the Slmpson-Ciawfonl Company, two of l.n 1.. ur..n..t' nt, ,ln ,.f .l.nrl. ... , . ,, ,, , sent to one or another of the concerns and then- split Into smaller checks so the money was divided among the enter- prises. The witness related how notes for loans were kept In tho olllce of,Slegel nnd Frank K. Vogel. the dead partner of the de-) femlant. and not In the hank, lie dis closed the fact that two sets of books were kepi. In one of thcc loans were credited merely to numbers, tlie names of tlie stores not appearing. In a private book kept by himself. Champion as serted, the names of the stores were en tered and the disposition of the money Indicated. Through having the witness Identify the documents as those he had prep.net! for the approval of Sltgel and Vogel, and had ' , T , sent out under their Instructions. As- slstant District Attorney Train was aided to retd to the Jury the conti nts of a circular bidding for the pennies of small wage earners thiough tho little dime savings banks, ami instructions to newspapers how to use advertisements of the bank so as to avoid violating the bank laws relating to savings banks. From Champion the prosecution elicited tho manner in which the bank was . .. i.. . .1... .......til.,. r tlm miMlf. .tiiiciicito ouiciiiin nviiete in - pre- brought to the attention of the public r()M of $)00000 000 M)ll (he In a manner which attorneys for the Pr(.l!(ed exportatlons alone will have .lis State contend might have misled many j t-hurged the balance analnat tho United Into bcllevliu the bank was an authorized States by January 1. hut the proposal In .... l, .nt . I regard to tho credit arrangement. It Is sanit,s oaiii.. arguel, will remove any uneasiness which I'.xplnliift ((pernilmis In lietnll. may be felt either in thl country or In ... Knglnnd as to the lnimedla,te future. In detailing the manner In which llnan-j ,f ,,, ,lrologl,H mPet ,i, ,,proVH of clal operations weie coislucted In the i the llrltlsh authorities some satisfactory Fourteenth Sticet Store bank Champion told the Jury: "I would be iii"tructed by Mr. Vogel or Mr. I'rtill, Slcgel's cimlblentlal man, that the Slmp-on-Cr-awfuid Ctunpauy, the . u .h.. lun.v l-ourt..nth ht lest More or the lleno Slegel Company of Itoston was to tiavi certain amount of money, usually around .'.,n00, 110,00a, JUi.Ono or nnn ...! I u.mlil ill iw checks for odd 000, and I would ataw uieLiis tor o.i i amounts aggregating the total with which that particular stole was to be charged, The check registers show cor rectly tho payee of those checks, tho dates on which they were drawn ami the amounts thereof. "I would send the-fl checks to Mr. Vo gel's ofllco and I would have no menus of knowing at that tlmo for whom tho funds were intended. I took my Instructions and posted them Into the ledgor as directed, for ex ample : Mr. I'rall or Mr. Vogel might In struct me that they wanted 2r.,000 and to tlraw tlm checks aggicgatlug Hint amount: tometlmes they told uio against whom to charge these checks. Sometimes they told me they would let nx Know later and they would do so In a djy or two. "I was told on July 11, 1912. to draw two checks to the order of Henry Slegel & Co.. bankers, ono for tlL',e'J0.42 and tho other for $7,370. r.8. Taken together these two cheeks aggregated 120,000. .1 whk tohl to Indorse, them oor to the Simpson-Crawford Comiwny. The other Indorsements on mo iracs or inese ciiccks showed tho ono ror I .- - was o-. posited by the Simpson-Crawford Com pany In the Hank of tho Metropolis and tile Otlier Was liei-OMlt-ll III III-" .-ninmni Park Hank. These two chock Illustrate. an ordinary 'split' which enabled the Slmp'on-Crawloril company io oeposu each check In n different bank, the bank or tho Metropolis and the National Park Hank Isith being cngngea in lending money to the allied stores, Tunned ritet-Us for $1 .10,000. "On or about January 13, 1913, I was Instructed to Issue cheeks aggregating SISn.OOO, which wete Indorsed to the va rious stores, which in turn Issued their own checks to each other or to the Slegel. Cooper Company ot Chicago, so that even tuallv the J 160,000 got to Chicago. "I was Instructed to carry these cheeks as cash Hems nnd not to charge them to any account, but to hold a memorandum In my cash drav.u charging the amount or the checks to tlie Indorser. Later on I received Instructions to charge them lo the Slegel-Cooper Company or Chicago. We had no account with the Slegel-Cooper Company, so 1 had to carry them uierelj as cash Items." As an Illustration of the method pur sued In tlie alleged concealment of loans Assistant Dlstilct Attorney Train drew rrom Champion the following testimony: "I was Instructed on October IB, 1911, to draw two checks; ono check was to the nider of Huiry Slegel & Co., bankers, for $14,D74.21, Indorsed to the Simpson-Crawford Company and deposited In the Hank or tho Metropolis. Another check was to tlie older of Henry Hlegcl & Co., bankers, for $10,452,79, Indorsed over to the Four teenth Sttiet Store and deposited In the Union Ilxchange National Hank. "On the samo day tho Fourteenth Street Stole diew two cheeks, ono for $6,236.64. to tho order of the Slinp"on-Crawford Company, which was deposited In the Hank or tho Metropolis, and a cheek or tlie Fourteenth Ktict-t Store to tho Simpson-Crawford Company for $5,210.25, de posited by It In tho Hank of the Metrop olis. "These last two checks aggregated $10,- 452.79, which is the precise amount of the chock sent by tho Hlegoi nanit to tne foair Coitlfnucd on i-'(li rage, CREDIT PLAN TO PAY DEBTS TO BRITAIN Proposal Is to Draw Against $100,000,000 In Dank of England. DILLS JtEDEKMAHLE A FT EH SIX MONTHS whlc, ftporctnry McAdoo and the l-"ed- j ,h, ttnUeU stau.s lind (jat urtuln will again How freely through Its accus tomed channels and with Increasing volume, , Tl,! Proposal made by the American j , off Iclals Is that Hit- Hank of Kngland, supported by the British Treasury, shall , .create a credit In London of $100,000,000 n fnvor of certain large banking In- ' stltutlons, chlclly If not entirely in New yrk cily Tlls crpi)u ,,p U(lp(1 in the operation of foreign exchange between tho two countries. To llrntr Acnlnol the t'redtl. The banks In whose favor the credit Is plr.ced will draw bills of exchange against this credit nnd these bills may be utilized by American debtors In set tling their balances with English credi tors. The plan provides that these bills I " " .. n.... Hire concerned, shall not be redeemable for sx m(nth I 'N ,hp CM,pctaUtm nf thp American j , aullt,rltk.H tlml tlroiigh this foreign PXI.,ngc arrangement, supplementing 1 pr(.gPnt 1100,000,000 gold pool and I , the Increased How of exports, any un- ! certainty that may hang over the In-' ' ternatioual trade situation between , I Ureal llrllnln nnd the United States j owing to the present Indebtedness of . this country will be removed. I ..t .... ... ,. .. . urraugemi nt will of course have to be made b'-tween the Hank of I'ngland and the banks In this country for the guar anteeing of the credit created in their favor in !ondon. The argument advanced here is that ' at me i-iMi oi ino wix iiiiiuins mw oaiance . (f m,ph,ei,nM1B Mn the United Slates and Kiiglatid will have turned and Great llrltnin will find herself confronted with a debit to tho United States. "' ' 1 Hl"" ( hm (f PX(.lmnKe (lrlwM (h, too.OOii.OOO credit In eaneellatlon of her j Indebtedness. If the expectations of the Washington authorities fall of realization and the United States at the end of six months stlil finds itself Indebted to Great Hrltaln the question of a settlement can be taken up, Vlevrril ns n Credit llxtriislnn. As viewed hero the American proposal amounts to an ex-tenslon of International credit for six months, with the Important advantage of a restoration of normal foreign exrhange condltlotut and the con servation of the gold supply In tho United States. Tlie advantage which Great llrltnin Is supposed to derive from tho arrangement will consist chiefly In tlie restoration of more satisfactory and freer trado with the United Stntes. No word has renin from Hie Hrltish Treasury olllclals as to their attitude to ward tlittte proposals, but it Is understood that Sir George Palsh, who Is represent ing the llrltlsh Treasury In tho confer, ences with American Treasury olllclals, Ikih not opposed tlie plan. A committee or bankers, consisting of Henjamln Strong, Jr., Albert H, Wlggin and James Hrown, have cooperated with the Federal Itcservo Hoard In considering the rorelgn exchange problem and the In debtedness or tho United States to Great Hrltaln. PROPOSAL IS CRITICISED. Ilankt-rn Here Mny It Will WniLrn This Country In Future. International banking authorities and foreign exchange experts criticised as an unnecessary measure last night the pro posals tor n six niontns extension or $100,000,000 credit to this country guar anteed by the Hank or Ungland. Not only Is the measure unnecessary nt this time. It was said, hut It will result In weakening this country s ability lo draw gold rrom Kngland In the future, when the balanco of trado has swung, as experts declare It Is bound to do, In favor of this country, Instead therefore, of being In a position to demand cash and gold payments In the future for our merchandise from Great Hrltaln and a return or some or the $138, 000,000 gold which this country has ex ported to Kurope this year tho United Statrs through acceptance or the $100, 000,000 credit from Oreat Hrltaln now, It Is asserted, will have to be content with a book credit payment then. Tho samo would wotk with other Kuropean nations. Many bankers in Wnll Street who have watched the proceedings at Washington and the course of the sterling exchange market In the last week have been Inclined to view the willingness of England to grant an extension of credit at this time as more for her own advantage when the trade trend and financial claims of this country will be against her. International bankers said last night that the reason for the violent and al most unprecedented break In sterling ex change on Thursday, when the rate dropped 1 W centB in the pound from the day befnie nnd 3 cents from the tlrst of tho week, Is now perfectly clear In view of the $loo,ooo,uoo creuii proposal. Amerlra' Farnrlts qilll I'lll.AMI WAT KB Arrnted ttecognUid u tha leader for Its Purity and Uenieinai rroptniM in rrirj prt a. wuriu G. B. Shaw Says Britain Is Not Guiltless in War Discusses the "Responsibility, Dlaming Militarism of All Nations. PUTS HEAVIEST ONUS ON TEUTONIC ALLIES .S)rrlat Cable tlmtxitch lo Tub St v IiNliO.s', Nov. 13. George Hernnrd Shaw hns an nrtlcle thirty-two pnsea In length In the A'cm Statesman bear ing the title, "Common Sense Alioitt the War." The playwright discusses the posi tion of Kurope which led to the war, the position of Kurope at present nnd the position which the democrats should strive lo brltur about. While Hinting a powerful case for war, he begins tho nrtlcle characteristi cally by brushing aside the case lor war as stated by everybody else. While at tacking the Prussians, ho contends that they are not the only people of Kurope who were guilty of warlike passions In tlie years preceding the war, "When tho German lire eaters drank to 'The Day' they were drinking to the day of which the Navy l.eaguo fire eaters llrst said, 'It's bound lo come.' Therefore let us have no more nonsense nbout the Pruss'mn wolf and the Hrltt'h lamb, tho Prussian .Machlavellt and the Kngllsh evangelist. We cannot shout for years that we are boys of the bull dog breed nnd then suddenly poso ns gazelles. No, when Kurope nnd America come to settle n treaty that will end this business for America Is concern-id In It ns much ns we nre they will not deal with us ns lovable, Innocent vic tims of a treacherous tyrant and savage soldiery. They will have to consider how these two Incorrigibly pugnacious nnd Inveterately snobbish peoples, who have snarled nt one another for forty years with bristling hair and grinning rungs and who are now rolling over with their teeth In one another's throats, are to he tamed Into trusty watchdogs of the pence of the world. "I am sorry to spoil the saintly Image with halo which the Hrltish Jingo Journalist sees Just now when ho looks In the glass, but It must bs done If we are to behave reasonably in the immi nent day of reckoning." None the less, Mr. Shaw throws tho immediate responsibility for tho war chletly on Austria and Gernrany. "Tlie ultimatum to Servla," ho sajs. "was the etcapade of a dotard nnd a worse crime than the a-rsassln-atlon that provoked It. Peace 'was really on the oirds. Tlie sane gam? was to play for It. Instead Germany flew at France's throat and by Incidentally Invading Bel gium gave us the excuse that our mili tarists wanted to at tuck Iter with tho full sympathy of the nation." "What then wan Ungl-Jiid to do?'' Mr. Shaw asks. Now comes tho question In what no tation did tills result of a mad theory and a hopelessly Incompetent applica tion or It on tho part of Potsdam pl.un our own Government? It left us quite clearly In tho position of a responsible lleeman of tho west. Thera was no body else in Huropo strong enough to elk in tho mad dog," It was evidently, say Mr. Shaw, Kng- Russians to Leave No German in Rear Move On!" Will Ho Order to All (o Prevent Spy in jr. Sperlnl Cahlt Tepatcli lo Tar. Sex, Ixnpox, Nov. 14, A despatch from a point In Ilelglum to the .tforalnj; Post sa: "It Is stated on reliable authority that the Husslan cominandrrs, taught hy the harsh experience or the Allies with Ger man spies, have come to tho conclusion that In their advance Into German terri tory none or the German civilian popu lation shall be allowed to remain In tlie conquered area. All must go rorward with tho advnnce of the HuiTslan army. "The decision Is a stern one and will entail great suffering, hut from all tho circumstances It seems to lie Inevitable. Tho German method of conducting esplon age In warfare makes It Impossible for an army to leave a German population In Its rear with any safety." TO SEARCH ALL PASSENGERS. llrllUb Adopt Strlnicrnt Itiilri for All Who Cross Chnttnrl. Specat Cahlt Pcipatch to Tan Six, London, Nov. 13. Beginning to-morrow every man, woman nnd child without ex ception who leaves I-omlon for cross Chan nel ports will bo searched, and. If neces sary required to undress. All baggage of such persons will be scrutinized. After this search the passengers will be taken by oftlcers into a train nnd under no clrcumstandefl will they be allowed to com municate with nny ono at the port, and no outsldo communication will be allowed. Passengers Joining a boat at a port will be subjected to the same search. Passen gers must b at a depot from one to one and a half hours before their departure and tho heavy baggage must be there from two to threo and a half hours. FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO MOVE. Special Cable Despatch to Tne Sts, I'AntH, Nov. 13. Tho Journal says Premier Vlvlanl regards the return f the Government to Paris by the end of November oh certain. Parliament haa Iteen convoked ror December 15. Premier Vlvlanl announced to-day that tho Government Is ready to tx-rmlt the atres ind muslo halts to open. The closing hour or lestannants has been changed rrom R to 10 P. M. The sub ways and street cam will run until 10 o'clock, but tho closing hour or cafes S o'clock has not Is-en changed. TURKISH FLEET OFF DULTNE. Special Cable tietpatch lo Tils Svi, PBtnooRAP, Nov, 13. An official an nouncement was made" to-night that Turkish torpedo boats have been aen off Dullne, In the Hlack Sea, 1 w..ts. iWriMMMMMm From a Painting. George Bernard Shaw. land or nobody, there was no alternative. Like II. G. Wells he regards tho prevent war ns a war on war. He says: "We are supporting It, Why? As a war on war, on military coercion, on domineering nnd bullying, on brute force, on mllltnry law, on caM Insolence, on what Mrs. Fawcett called 'Insensate deviltry,' only to find the papers explain ing apologetically that file as a lody had of course been alluding to war made by foreigners and not by England. Soino of us. remembering the things that wo ourselves have said and done, miy doubt whether Satin can cast out Satan, but as the Job Is not exactly one tor an un rallen angel we may as well let him havo a try." A Hegemony of Pence. As ror settlement, the war must lead to a hegemony or peace, In the view or .Mr. Shaw. "In the west," he ays, "1 see no In superable obstacle to a treaty or paco 111 the largest seme. This war has smoothed the way to it. We onmiot smash or dis able Germany, however completely we may rteteat her. because we cm do that only by killing hor women, and it Is trifling to pretend that we aro capable of any such villainy. "liven to embarrass her flimiclally by looting would rexll upon ourselves, as she Is one of our commercial customers and e-ne of our mot frequently visited neighbors. We and Franco have to live with Germany after tlie war. The sooner we make up our mind to do It generously the better. The word after the tight must ho 'Kins rancune,' for without peace between France, Oernwny nnd England there can be no peace In the world."' One of the most characteristically Shnvlun passages In tho article Is that In which the Kaiser Is pictured as Mie theatrical llcrurehcad of Prussian mili tarism. "It Is frlghttul," the writer hays,"to think of the powers which Europe In her own snobbery has left In tile hands of Peter Pan, and appalling as the Jesuit or that criminal levity has been, yet being by no means free from his romantic follies myself, 1 do nut fed harshly toward Peter, who after all kept the pence for over twenty-six years. In the end his talk, his games of soldiers In preparation for a toy conquest of the world, frightened his nelghors Into a league against lilin, and tli.it league has now caught him In Just such a trap as Iris strategists were laying for his neigh bors." Dreadnought Hit a Mine, Is Rumor Aiidiii'ioiis ISojiclied nnd Crew Snved by Liner Olympic, London Hears. Special Cable Ttespulch to Tnr Six. London, Nov. H. Humors have been current In London for t-omo days that the Hrltish superdreadnought Audacious, com pleted In October of last year, had struck a mtue off the north coast of Ireland and had been beached. According to the rumor, the White Star Line steamship Olympic, about whose stopping at Iough Swllly- much mystery was made, came up In tlmo to take off tho survivors or tho disaster and to tow the battleship Into a harbor, where she was run on the bottom. The Admiralty has mado no announce ment or the disaster to the Audacious and the censor has permitted no word of the report to bo sent out, The reports say that the Audacious first learned of tha presence of tho mines through sighting of a steamer Hying the Swedish Hag which was laying mines olf the north Irish coast. Tho battle ship at once sent a wireless ilespatch to the Olympic, warning tho White Star ship or the danger, A moment later tho Audacious struck one or tho mines and, according lo the report, her boilers were blown up by the exploslng, scalding 147 men. Three of these are reported to havo been fatally hurt. Then the Olympic emtio up and towed the Audacious Into a small harbor and tho battleship wits beached. According to tho reports, the Audaciuos will be raised at once and repaired. EIGHT AER0S IN BATTLE. I'nrla Hears of FIkIiI In Air nnd n (irrmnn Detent, Special Cable Ilespatch to Tnr St-.v. Paris, Nov, 13. A war correspondent of the Liberie describes what was almost a general engagement between aeroplanes recently. Four Taubcs appeared near Ypres, whereupon two English and two French neroplancs ascended to meet them. The eight aeroplanes manieuvied for ad vantageous positions. They rose and fell and described large circles, all the time tiring mitrailleuses. After about ten minutes the Germans seemed tn dominate tho Ituatlon, although no neroplano had apparently been dnhiaged. Suddenly, ns If obeying a preconcerted signal, the four neroplanes of the Allies flew off as If they were abandoning the Btruggle. The Tnubes followed and were soon drawn over a French battery. The Allies machines flew In circles and finally landed safely, while the Taubes, which wcro within range of the artillery, were brought down In live minutes. DIXMUDE TAKEN FROM GERMANS, LONDON HEARS French Official JJeport In dicates Weakening of the Invader's Attack. OFFENSIVE RESUMED V ALLIED ARMIES Kaiser's .Supreme Effort to lireak Through Line So Far a Failure. ADVANCES A TIE MADE X0KT1I OF THE AISXE Berlin Announces Capture of 1,800 Prisoners Near Ypres. Sperlal Cable Vetpatch to Tnr. Sr Paiiib, Nov. 13. Tho German nttacl: In Helglum, ns fnr ns can be learned, has failed to open tho road to tne French coast. At the moment when the Kaiser's troops gattliered tremendous momentum nnd seemed about to buret through the nlllrd line nt the Ulvcr Yser the French and llrltlsh stiffened their defence, met onslaught with counter onslaught, wore down tho Ger man offensive, and regaining the Initia tive to-dny surged forward and recap tured positions lost in the savage battles of the past week. This summarizes the mllcial news of the lighting of yesterday and to-day. The unolllclal reports nre even more In dicative of a severe reverse to the Ger man troops In Flanders. There Is report that the Allies have retaken Dlx mude at the point of the bayonet; that the French marines have hnmmerer1. the Germans from the left hank of the Yser and that an iillled force hn.t marched up the coast under the pro tection of the guns of the llrltlsh and French warships nnd recaptured Ostend. The outstanding feature of tho com muniques of the afternoon nnd night is that the most violent effort yet made by the German armies In the north was ns fruitless as their many lesser attacks In the past four weeks. If they hold Dlxmude the town is of no profit to them, for nn unbroken line of the Allies holds the left hank of the Vsrr anl bars the way to Dunkirk and Culals ns stanchly as the west Hank and centre I block the roads to Paris. There Is no real belief here that the Germans aro ready to admit defeat by a retreat to central Helgium, but tho question Is nuked. How lonn can thev endure with- lout nny prollt such terrlblo losses as they have recently suffered? The finest of German troops, tho Prussian Guard, have been thrown back three days In succession by the Hrltish and French defending Ypres, which seems to be held imprcgnably by the Allies. OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUES. Allies llraainr Offensive nn llclulitit Ilnttle l.lnr. Special Cable Ilespatch to Tnr. Scn. Paris, Nov. 13. The Government re port to-night dullcated that tho Gor man attack In Helglum hns lost fotco nnd that the Allies have resumed tho offensive, moving forward south ot Illxschoote nnd east of Ypres. A further repulse of the Prussian Guard south of Ypres points to the stiffness of te allied defence of that key position, an well ns to the futility of the tremen dous efforts of the Germans. Thrro was nft Important action reported front tho battlefields of Frnnce. The text of tho report mado public nt 10M0 P. M. was as follows: From the sea to tho Hlver Lys tho German attacks havo been less vigorous and on certain parts of Hie front wo have even resumed tho offensive. We have advanced south of Illxschoote. Kast of Ypres wo have by a counter attack' relaken a hamlet which had been lost, South nf Ypres we have t-pulsed an attack by the Prussian Guard. On the rest of the front there is nothing to report except cannonad ing. The report of the afternoon was the first Intimation that the German at tack In Ilelglum hail lost momentum and that the rortunes or the conflict were swinging again to the Allies. The Germans could not cross tho Yser nor could they muke any Impression on tlie line defending Ypres. Along tho west flank the Allies, with little lighting, ad vanced their lines and gullied grou.id, notably In the old centre. The Ger mans were defeated In actions near Verdun and to the southeast. Tho text of tho report, which was Issued at 3 P. M., was us follows: From the sea to the Ulvcr Lys tho conlliet Is less violent than on the preceding days. Several nt totnpts mude by tho Germans to cross tho Yser Canal by a. sortie west of Dlxmude unil at other points higher up the stream have been checked. In a general way our positions have been maintained without change, To tlie northeast nnd southeast of Ypres the enemy's attacks had been repulsed nt tho end of the day. At many points along our Hue and that of the Hrltish army from the region cast of Armen-