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VOSGES DEFENCES STORMEDBYFRENCH powerful fiornian "Work Tnki'n In '2' .Men iinil 1 1 Officers ruptured. Till: S.MAM.KK roiK.'K WON ,,,,,,. f'.iMi- lifmlci tn Tur. Sin .lul.v Ill Oio Vh.kc!". where (. french IniU' Iwi'M clonilll.v tircsidhfr f(m.inl iliiiliiK llir hut iiuintli, u new . .c- mis won t'HtPi luy. A powerful ii. ffiuiM' vvnrli cntirdi uetcd I'.v Ilio Hcr-ir..ii'- l''tvicti I"1 l''niilenclle mid I.iuiiioIh nj, iiipluiril liy npHinilt mill eleven olll irrn iiml -' inrn were mailr prlMoner-s. ,V .in indication "f l'n swccplne char niter nf llii' Welnl.v tin" War Olllce an iinunrcx llial oiity scvenly of the. prls ni ii weie wounded. Tlio pltliitiM (Mined herowctc further (iic,iiiiJ!i il to-ilay, h;ih tin- nltilit com iniitiiiiuc. in iille "f a heavy tinuili.ird m'tit I iy tlie ili'iMi.uis. ami lo-nlitlit IVimuIi fimcs air rimiiilrlr uutstcni of Ihclr ncivly nc.Ulrcil Kiouml. Kli-rvvlicri' mi the front there. har 1,,-cti in Infantry cnKiiccnicnls. although nl .cvcial iiI.icck Ihcly raunoiiailliiR oc- I tirrril Tie lift rnunn coiumiiuliiue; was us fellows . The ti'shl p.isnl without Incident unepl for miiiic urtlllery notions In Artol!. in Hie vicinity of Semcnex, be. tni-en the Alsne ami the (.Use. on the hUtf.iu nf Qucnnevli're ami In l.e 1'itre forct. At the latter place the ramiotMil'' was iiioniiipiiiilcd hy h lively fusillinlr, hut lliete was no In (iiriry action. In the Vows, .it H.Ul-ile-M.ipt. we h.ive sain' il a irc.sh success. On .t tnd.iy We took pin-scsslon nf a power ful Herman defensive work between the iielsht nf Ii Kontenellc anil the village nf l..iuunl anil wo are iuiw In oc.'iip.iiHm of a sroup of houxei. in the southern ectlon of the village. In t is operation we e'liptllled more thin T"n imwminileil prisoners bolonsltiK l four different battailous ami to a tnai'-iiif mm ciiniiMiiy. TTk have not jet in" n ahle to determine the amount of war material raptured. Tlie nl Klit statement bald: In Artol K well as between the Ol.-c iinl the Alsr.c the usual artillery (c'intis loiitlnueil. On the tint tli hank of the Alune tn thr r.'Sion of Trojon and also In ni.mip.iKiir on the Perthes-Hcau?e-Jinj" fioi t our mlnlne operations pro-gret.-eil to our advantage. la the northern section of the 'A'irwc region intermittent attlllery ictl'i; si were fought. In the Vosnes. In uplte of heavy boiiil'ardnient. wc continued organist I'K the position wo captured yester day At Hnn-de-Sapt the pilsouers tn en hy us nuinhercd 11 ofllcern and men, of whom only "i1 were ruiinilfd. A great number of dead neie found In the ttenchm. m air side o.;ly two battalions of Infant! v were engaged. Sn far we have found six machine suns in the captured trenches. DUBLIN ADMITS LOSS. nmeinl Mnti-iiii-iil TrlU of l-'rcneh lilif III oue. frrx'lt fn'.f Tn'l-ilrh hi Tin: St. ni:i:i.!N. via I.0111I011. .Iul 2"'. Th e'lti'ial statement Issued at hcaihpmrtem m.riav tell of a slight Kreneh sucee sniith of ll.in-de.Sapt nheie Kieneh irroiis occnpifl a small rorllon of Hie (erm.tii lienchcs. The statement was as follows: On the eastern border of the Ar fonnc forest e blew up an enemy blockhouse. Near LalinoK soulh of Itau-de-P in. I'rcncli Iroops etahllshcd them if'r In .1 small poitiou of our ad vanied trenclic. The fortress a! Hiinklik was bom barded with shells. UIUTlSll ADVANCE. ncrnp (iiTiMHii llne 1 rntf r l.luU l to Trenrhe. and T" 1 ' ' '"' Hctl-rrn 111 lit: ' - 1' 1 ulile Uoft'rh 1" txiiv. .Inly The pis liiireail li-Ma gave out Ihe following 0rflel.1l il. p.ti.-h ellt by Sir .lohn Kreneh from Hie llrili'.h ui my head'iuarlera ' 1111 the Jlst wo icpiilsed a boinh s-'pei, on a craler caused by an explo s ot, uf our mine west of I loose. (In Hel giuini. riporied lu my communl'in''- of ihe :nth I'ur heay artillery succeeded 111 sllencliiK a heavy tieneh moilar as- sling In lh" (icrmaii attack. (Hi the evening of the ,.,:iil we successfully ex ploded a inliie under a salient 111 tliei (,.. in lines southeast of Zlllcbelio and ilcmned (he enemy's iielicliea Ihere. "Sliiutly afleiwaid !he enemy exploded a 1 1 in. a llllle further souih. whlrh, however, did Hubs damage. .Since then we 1, Mile some ground, occupying a. rater i-Hiised by H tiorninn inlne, link ing 11 In our trenches, (In Katurday wo reputed another heavy bomb attack upon our trenilies around h craler near llooge "' SAYS BULGARIA WELL TIGHT. loriner Minister llei'larr hr Is (eilnlu In K. liter ll' t'oiilllfl. .i;., ml table Urtimlrh In Tin. Sr rpiMK. Julv "5. Despatches from Sofia tfl of a meeting held tlicio to com-1 iiMiirira.e the twentieth alinlveifcary of, ."'anihoulnlf's death. Numerous citizens1 .. onpiovised n pro-Alll. H deiuonslra-1 t., m.vird when M. Hhenaillefr, tor n I'oiegit Minlslcr, made n speech ris'in ng lui audience that Hulgarla's 11, lei v. ni 1011 111 this war Is Incvltiihlu. St.inboiiloff was Prime Minister ami M nM.r of the Interior from 1SS7 until '"it lie had brcii Inslriimenlal In 1 1" ria ig about tint election of Prince I'll, and of CoburR to tha Ilulg.irlall t irnii, ,s prime .Minister Slamhou InT I.e. ui.' of his, despotic regime, made in. in ooweiful enemies, and on July I' !'' . he was attacked and terribly .'' .. .lb) n hand of Macedonians ' 1 ne ii.-cts of oila. Me died three el I..I.T '.'leii.nlieff was under Investigation in Imii) court last April, dunged nuiphcity in a bomb explosion have been Instigated by Aus T a dtarges were never piovd. M ' I MAY ANNEX GERMAN COLONY. ' b Vfrlciu.s Irue Tnlilnn; titer iiriinns ""' " I oiiiiiered Tcrrllnr) . I ,,ii ' nhlr lifiMti li In Tin: Si s. j mn. Julv 15. --A ("ape Town des. i,i ,.. i.ii.iiiet lii honnr ll,. in., anil lien. Smuts vestenlay o i iiMslc.l while ruldressllig the ,if'"!V"' ' ?.! . " i in.inenii) a pan.u .in- union A Til i It.. Ill, i expnscd the Intl I'Jties of m.."U. the iTbi-l. with Ihe Hrrmaiv, i. nut thev began In 1HKI. when he a inioiiglt Hie Hiivernot nssiii - ,i Hie Kaiser not mil) would 'V Igi I ne nidenendi in-" nf Soulh o would tii.ir.inlre II Hen. ! 'it enlv Stum n ti n such a guarantee Poor" View could eveiKu the ejaculation ; GERMANS CLOSING Tit i m . Imvc .rn..e, .?, irrc"' "ionium to Ihe otTlrlnl Iterlln statement cterdn.v. l"uf.li wide ll.Tu.,.1. LV7" " 5 .f,ro"1 of .,I,M ' "'" lwee.i Uoxhm nhd ' K wi , i 'Jii,1 ! ',UJF(I on .t rl"i,J' nml l,ro ",,w nmiroaclilt.K the rlvrr , ,uiiUh, n0V,V. i'.fii'.,r,",w;.,t,,'.,",,.,.nn": ,mv' ""1 w" "rm resistance, to mr SffM Mvc " Cn,l,nl ",0 ,tu"sl'"' "-' l' successful In tholr 5cale of Mtlea. 0 10 SO 30 AO CrliS. GERMANS DRAWING RING TIGHTER ABOUT WARS A W Forces in North Cross Narew at Point Where River Formed Strongest Barrier Three Villages South of Capital Taken. Sprcml Vnlilt v;.i!r. (11 Tar. Sis. Heku.v, via London, July IS. The Herman aimy which Is foiclng Its way mound Warsaw on the north crossed the Narew- Itlver yesterday between n point south (if Ustrolcuka and I'ultusk on a front of about thirty miles. The Narew at this point was the strongest natural harrier standing as an obstacle In the advance, to cut the Warsaw to Pitrograd tallway. Southeast of I'ultusk, whcie the Her man armies had air-ady crossed the Naievv, an appreciable advance was made "tiiward the Itlver Hug, while southwest of Hlonle the Herman forces pressed forwaid In the face of firm re sistance to .1 line between Naslelsk and Strzzc, South of Warsaw, where the Hermans are rapidly approaching the Ivamtorod Warsaw railway, the villages of Stnnovv. (ihlska mid Jusigaiscw wire taken by sin in. As the situation stands to-night, there fore, Warsaw ; Invested bv a semi circular line ri thne sides. At tieiuhiii irters the following state ment was Issued : The ai my of Hen. von Hulow en gaged lu rear guard action. Purlns the forward movements on T'Sla. south of Kovno and In the region of lunibiwc, ten kilometers Islx and a iiuirn rs mile) northeast of Suwalkl, several Itusslan tinuius were cap tured I iv 11, Tlio Narrvv wa crossul 011 the whole front from a point south of (istrolenka to I'ultusk. Southeast of I'ultusk we are approaching the Hug. Southwest (if this stronghold, in spite of the enemy's linn reltance. we have reached a line between Naslelsk and Sti.y7.c Southwest of Hlonle several enemy positions were captured. South of Warsaw St. mow, Hhiska and Juzgatr.ew were taken by storm. On the southeastern front the situa tion remains unchanged. RUSSIANS DRIVEN BACK. Attempt tn Cross I lie linn Kittle. Vienna Itepnrls. fl'erinl lal.lr littpatrl. to Tim Srv. Viknna, via ArnsterdHin. July 13. The War Oilier Issued Ihe following of tibial statement to-night : Yesterday wa comparatively calm. Near Ivangorol the Austro-Hei man troops repulsed some feeble attacks of the Itusslans. South of (Irylow (seven miles be. .wind the (Sallclati bonier) an attempt of the Itusslans to cio the Hug Itlver was unsuccessful, otherwise the sit uation Is unchanged. ADVANCE ADMITTED. I'elrimrnil n.i i-roa Ihe Hrriiniiis .NnreT, intliil fa Mr Hrtitlel, in Tnr. Sex PKTnouii.Mi, July 25 Tne following olllcial leport was Issued to-ila.v : lu the vicinity of -Mltati no impor tant change has occnrrel. On the roii I from Shavil to Itlsaicny the CALLS NOTE PERIL TO PEACE. (ierinnil . merlenii I'rolesl to L'TICA, July 15. A Alllnnce t'nviim Wilson. e'oinintttee nf the (lei man American Alliance of the State of New Voik, eonslstliig of William Lie nermann of llrcnklyn, llobert Patchke of Troy and Alexander Oherlander of i Syracuse, to-day sent to President Wil son resolutions adopted by the alliance concerning the hist note to Herniany. The alliance has been In session here since Friday last. The icsolutlon con- . I...I..U ' ,( vnred, Hy ihe Heininn American Alliance of the state of New Vnrk In convention assembled nt I'tlca, .V on the twent) -third and twenty.fourlh of July, isi r,, that we condenin this aillocratlc action of tlie President taken without pieviou coneui oi i.ou- gress as a iiangeioiis iisurpaiion ni power and a pern in our peine, in.ii we appeal to n peace loving p o- i nle ot our eounti) anil esiitciaiiy , t -i- . w ho a e affecJed most I.) ,V , on- - . . n. lake un i part by mas ileinnnstratlons and by overwhelming alleiulniu'e at the mi tlonal price congress called In be held at Chicago S"ptrmber .". and , IH15, so as to demonstrate to the President that excepting in ihn case of a hostile allude ' or an Invasion of our iiunili) the Allien nronls ill r ileleiiilined not to let tlurtj I;-- ".veilve,. , w.r IN ON Herman continue to advance toward I'onivleJ. lu which region ns well as on the Itlver I-avenna there were com bats on July Sk On the Narew front tlie Herman on the night of July L'3 and the morning of July It made a number of fierce attacks along the eat bank of the I'lss.i near Seroaska, but failed, suf fering great losses. Hetween ttroleuka and Itor.an we rebelled determined attempts of the Herman to ciovs the Naievv at sev eral points. In the Itnzan-I'ultuak sector the Hermans on July 13 suc ceeded In throwing a portion of their forces to the left hank of the Naievv and are now tr.vlng to consolidate their positions. On the left Iwink of the Vistula the Herman made fruitless atuuk. in the direction of 1'lassrtchirj on July ;. Hetween the Vistula and the" Hug our attacks stopped the Herman ad vance. jCn further offensive ha -imi attempted by the Hermnui with lie exception of attacks on the Vnla vitze.Horodlo fioin. which we Ic piilsed on the Hug. tlie Zhitn l.lpa and the IMllesle- u lighting has oeciirrid ex cept near tlie village of I lobrodw-n , vvhire a s.iuguhiar.v local mgage inen; was fought. The Herman f.illtd m attempts to consolidate their pns. Hons on the ilviu bank of the Jlug. WARS A H' CONFIDENT. Llllle Hx'llemenl (nosed hj thr VpproHeli nf Ci-roillos. ;iffi.if (nhlr In .iiti:, in Till. .i s liMiov. July 15. -The Ihiily Mutl.i coiirsponilcnt it I'elrograil telegraihs under dale of Jul) I.", that there Is llllle excitement thr people ale at Warsaw and fan I eonllibnl. t.t The cltv is entirely under nillltar.v ooutiol. "The 11101 important lighting," he, s.i)., "Is still occurring between t Vistula ami the Hug where Hen. von Mackensen is ir.vlng to blisl lluougl, whllo the Iliisslaits are offering a nug lilth'ent reslstame. Two da.vs ago it! seemed that they had stopped the Her- j man who weie pressing toward Lub lin, The Hermans weir rcenforci d. j however, and returned to the allack , with the result that last night they' wrre within a few miles ot Ihe town, so that the eventual Itusslan front inayl be along the Lublin. Cholni railway. I "Their Is a feeling ut Pctiograd lint In facing a great risk the !liislan) are considering the Intercut, of France and tlre.it llrlt nn lu prereience to incir ' , ,f 1P ,..,, phueau. noith of own It would be a small matter for Miru tt)rrP , nKhtlg was In Itussla wit.', her vast teerrltorlei in 1 ' (M) -lnlv .e, ,, ;, give up for Ihe time being a lltle mote ..'K,J,, ,,Ht Prill..)'." lie says, f Poland, hut It ha- been clearl) rec-1 Hrlerv of the Italians -wept the ognlzed b.v those illriecllng Ihe plan , ... , , xU(, llftrl fnm- ,,,ttal of the allied armies thai ftltllier re ' lf ,)(,rs ,lcl,,r rrr ordered mat. tliemcnt without flghtiiig would allow, K T104 Htnned Ihe positions, but at the enemy to iransrer large iiitve. to. , the west In order to break through I Oil lis and possibly to Pari.." Itriiiovlnu Hood I'roin Ulna, sptrvil fnhlr Hnimlrl. tn TllK Six IiMmin, July 15. The factories and waiihouses at Itlga nre being clr.irnl of their contents, which aie being moved Inland, sa.vs a Petiograd despatch. POPE FOR ALLIES, IS REPORT. Is Snlii In llnve Assured Their ( or llniils of S y ni iii t ll ) . SlHVitil Vablr lirmiutri to Tim Six. ItoMK, Julv 15. It Is understood on excellent author It v that the Pope held a lM.fr conversation with the Cardinals who it-present Knghind and Fiance on the occasion nf his name day to-day and Informed them In unmistakable language of hlH strong sympathy with the Allies, aroused by a firm conviction that the war. was deliberately provoked by Herniany unil Austria Tlie auilieni.e to the Cardinals lasted, for tin hour, Caidllinl Vannulelll con-' Kiatlll.'iteil the Pope on the occasion of the aimlveisary and offere-d the con-1 gratulatlous of the Sacred College lie said that the Cardinals ine ready to co. operate in the efforts for peace being made by Ihe Pope and exptessed Ihe hope that these effoils may he fruitful nf successful results, SI'Kf'IAI. NtlTirKS. MANY WARZONE HOSPITALS Have ordered Allen' Pool.Kase, the anil sepllc iMiwder. for ue among Ihe eonvalm. eetil trisips shsken Inlo Ihe shin's or ill., solved In Hie fonl-hsth, Allen's I'ooi-I'.ase gives refreshing rest and I'oinforl and lire vents the fee' getting tired or foot.ore. 1!' KST THE SUN, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1915. warsawJmore AUSTRIANS GO TO GORITZ'S DEFENCE Will .Mnkc Despprntc Kffm't to Hold Hip Isoii.o Fortress. NO AID FROM OK KM ANY Swciat falilr lifpatcti In Titr. Si 1 rioMr, .Inly Itepnrls n-celied line from the Italian .11 my headiiuar lers, as well as news brought by de serters fioin the Austrian forces. Indi cate I luil the Austrian are lushing heavy reenforcenienls fioin Trieste for the defence of (iorllz anil Intend to make 11 desperate effort In hold the ' 1sn117.11 loriress, 1 ne occu pauou "i , ,. , , latter would open the way for an r-1 "' Ko Iheie was a TeellnB of opll tensive Italian advance toward tliemlstn In this country greater than the southeast, threatening Trieste and the ,rcllI11,ta Justlrlt-.), and I am In- iMrlnn peninsula, and tow-aid tlie north, I , , menarlne Hie nillro.id 10 Vienna. ''ii',d 10 think that now. In sonic Mtmr- The Aurtrlaii llmpetor lias icpcal- erily begged ihe Kaiser for aid hut In vain. The Havarlan tiooiis leported to' I have been sent Into Ty ol are iuiied 'In that legion, where an Italian offen sive ! expected as soon as (loiltz falls. I The Austrian. me astonished lit the 1 numerical strength of the Italians and rrallr-e now, Il Is asserted, that their' I efforts to check tile advance of thn In-j ' vaders is hopeles. j I The following olllcial statement from, Mien ('ailorna was Issued here this; 'evening: 1 111 the ifteriio.m of June S3 two Italian h droaei oplane effectively i hoinbarded the railway station of Itiva . 1. it the head of Lake llarda), return tig safely. 1 On the ramie front neavy lorctn valulv attacked our pjsitlon In the Sella ill Coiiilngna last night r 1 lie Monte Ner region I mirth or Tolminol tlie elieillN made a vigorous attempt to check our advance. Three heavy attack were launched bv the Aiistrlans against the l.um.lka crc. hut lhe were repulsed with heavy The oteration 011 thr t'arso plateau are developing favorably. ITALIANS LOSK IIKA VI L V. Vienna ll.-imrl inln l MneU on IIoImtiIii IMnlesiii. .spf-Ml Ci'.V I'tniiHrl. tn Tiik M" ViKSN.v, via Amsterdam. July The following olllcial repot t of the opera tions on the Italian front was Is-ued here to-d.iy: . In the region of Horltz the hostile Mil,,., iliif I lit I tit .lav was limited to ...illl.r.. nr 111? N c u aiiacas on tlie bonier of the Hoherdo plateau (part of the farso plateau) made iigalnt our positions failed again ...11. iiA.,ff tn.. to the Italians. .,. I. .a be.-n Issuetl . I lie iiiiiun in i" i""i ..- - - rftn r.lillf- the n.lV.ll lionlliarilmi 111 or ins Italian Adriatic co.tsi on i rnin inm, Our cruisers and other warsuii uccfssfiilly shelled the railway on 1 the Italian coast along a leiigm o. ton miles. Tlie stations of Oilcutl. Campomarlnn, Kosacesla, Terinoll and Ortona wer hadl damaged, whllo those of San Hendetto del Tronto and nrottaintnaio were set afire. Many locomotive and wagon vvere de stroved. In Ortona a water tower was' ilestro ed, a crane damaged and a tugboat sunk. Two factories at Orlona and one at San Vlto weie badly il.imigel. Th viaduct near the Tcrmondl bridge acros the Moro wa demolished, as well as the bariacks at Kan Heu detto. The reinaphore and iiibb sta tion on the Treiiiitl Island (off Ter inoll) weie destro.v . d. TURKEYTO REPLY SOON. 1tnl Will lnrl llnsllllllra liHIllds re Itefllseil, rrn,ll fnlilr tifimtrl, In Tin: If lie. M s I'.OMK. Jlll 15 - It I expe It I expectld here that Till key will reply within three da.vs to the Italian demands for the Imme diate release of Italian iltlsens who have been detained In Sni.vriia and Palestine and fur a formal apology for the ar binary reiUlllliui b the Turkish nil thoiitle of an Italian steamer. The Iiallau noveruinent has asked also for Hssurame thai Turkish offl.crs will not He. ni.... ,.,,, tiroceed to Libya, where If Is feared i that they might foment considerable trouble If the demands ate not without condition hnslltlli Initiated by Italy against Tuikev and 1 neutral novenunenl. will ne iniornieu of a war hetween Italy and lurlie). which, however, will not be formally decla red. The Foreign Office ha been eonflilen daily Informed that tlie antl-ltallanlsm in Tin key has br.-n Instigated b.v Her maiiy with the object of provoking a wai 'bctween the two countries to pre vent Italian reenfoircmeuts front being sent to Prance. FIGHT WITH KNIVES. fprnal CnUIr firtiMtrh to Tnr. Six. lxis.-r.os:. Julv 15.-Thr Milan I'orre. Isiinnilrnt of the linilv .Hull describe the - ..r l....n Ci.i Ml.Oielr ,.11 . summit, wheir the Austrian werr isliougly Intrenchol, met with terrible te- Lslstaiicr. There was a tc.iriui meiee aim in. bersatr ier . who vvere mostly Sicilians, threw away their rllle. Jumped into the trenches and fought with knlve "At last the Austrian werr routed. Thry fled, leaving many prisoners and much war material. The Italians forti fied themselves 111 the occupied ter litorv. The night passed calmly, but suddenly nt - o'clock In the morning the Aiistrlans letutned, gieatly leen forced and delivered a determined as sault The bersagllrii ieslled for a long time, but were finally overpowered and abandoned the summit. "However, soon flesh Italian (loops arrived and three iiglmcnts, charging with Hie bayonet, icenptured the sum mit, taking piisoneis many Aur.lri.ins mid Hungarians, who fell upon their knees when the Italian eaine near "The possession of Monte Sall .Michele enables the Italians to use the Hradlsca In Mine, A gieat iiuuinber of troops ov,.r ,,H ,riiige on S.i , m.lr,.,M castwanl. Since ru s , , v j,011. Sall Michele Is lu I'd a) noon on Saturday Monle San Michele Is flrmlv In the hands of the Italians, who now' have placed big guns on the summit." t OS Per M O N T H O N PLEDGE IOQF PERSONAL PROPERTY! THE PROVIDENT LOAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK MANHATTAN . IIIHINX Fourth Avenue, cor. Kth Street, Courtlnn.lt Ave., cor. lth Street. IJIdrldge Street j : ;"J" '8U Smith St.. coVy'lTv-Wglt'on St, (Seventh Ave., lift, mill and tnth mis. ,jrnhm Avenue, cor. Debevoits St. I.rilnstnn Ave., cor. 124th Street. 1'jlkln Avenue, cor, liockuway Ave. (irsml Street, cor. Clinton Street, n"i.i i'l.M. t ItAm.t.H ON ' I sst 75d St., bet, I-eiinston A 11 Av 1 LOANS IlKl'AlD WITHIN Last Houston at., ior. Lssei Si. I WO WKEK& KIIOM OAI I-; VEIL LIFTED, ENGLAND IS LESS OPTIMISTIC Feeling of Depression Follows Revelation of Exact Truth Regarding Position of Army, Lack of Muni tions and Intrigues Among Statesmen. tperlnl Vorrttpnnitfnrr In Tnr. Si. I.ONIMIS', July 9. deference has al leady been nuide III a lecent letter to the feeHng of deireslon which has steadily siltled over this country dur ing the past few weeks, speaking at Ihe Ciiltdliall one day last week, Honar Law, who, until lie became a mem ber of the coalition fahluet was the leader of the Unionist opposlilon J11 the nmlMe of Commons said: "Till a short ttrs at least, there Is pessimism which Is Just fi cling of little Justl- il d." Speaking in tlie same place this after noon, Uird Kitchener null!: "It Is Irue we .ne in an IninieaFiirably better situa tion now than te.11 months ago" (this tefetreil to the uuistlnn of nunibcis of men In the army), "hut the position to-day is at least as serious as It wa I hen." A consideration of these two utter ma, he,,, toivard understanding , ances the feeling that exists in llnglahil In feeling that exists 111 l.nglaliil day. Honar l.iw was uudoubled:y right I 1 In saying that until a short time ago; the feeling of optimism was greater 'than the circumstances Juslllbd, but j to describe the feeling tli.it his lately I taken ils place an ''pessimism" Is handy , so coriect. I The public, happy and conltilent III th.' losy optimism inspired by Iniag ' Inary victories and believing Implicitly that as soon as sluing came the allied unities (oulil 1'ieak through the (let mans 'whenever they liked," weie still content when wek after week ciept by without any i-lgns of "the great move." The tiuHed Kitchener ami French to know the right moment It wa a matter for the niilit.ny experts, rot for civilians, to decide. Anskr lo lletlclencles. ! Then they were suddenly told that I tlie llrltlsh army could not advance for want of high exnloslve shell. Pra li 1 . . iic.m.v m iin- mine villi- iikj 1 that the Hrltlsh army was lacking in machine guns, while the hundreds thousands o.' men training- at home were pel feci ill their dilll. In the finest of phjslcat condition, but without rifle-. , and even wheie Iheie vvere a certain liiimbrr of lilies there was no animuni - lion for the absolutely necessary mus - kctry practice. All this was learned when the late i.oveiumrnt was no longer auie 10 eairy un uinler Hie veil or MCiecy winch had for so long Imoyed up the llrltlsh public lu those beliefs which Induced what Honar Law drscllbes a all un justifiable optimism. With Hie transi tion from a pally Huverumeiit to u coalition Iheie value .1 moiueiilary lift ing of thi lid which had. since the 1 beginning of Hie w.n, concealed front view all those ttoubles vvhbii msiilo Ihe lontimiauie in ollli" of Ihe late liovermnrnt lmposilile The sturle of the shortage of muni tions and of the reasons for this short age havi alieail) been t"ld. I 'til day after dai In the House nf Couimous soon fin tin r facts aie half dragge'l Into Ihe light The r suit has li.cn that Hie public now parti) knows what has been known to a few all along. The 1 ff t upon their initnls I not righilj ilescrlnrd as "pessimism." It Is rat lo r a mixture of angir, disgust and depres sion which Is all the more poweifut ' , ' ""'; " si ouenncss witn whicli the i.cople li.tve reiillzed that they had for leu month or moie Inen living III a fool' i.ir.wllc iicieded to' scandals tha' follow the Hack of s will linl"" Inevllablv as do d'.itb and lie- urn. Hon are al present practicilli ion-, Mind to the pasl Thrre is cvriv In-1 rhliatniii and dclrr In give lln io.iIi- , tion Hnverntncnt fair Ida), but at Ihe same time it ntui caicfulh wad It its footsteps, foi the Lngllsh public, alwa.vsi slow to extreme a. tlnn. Is slowly hut I v.-r.v study growing angered Jnd sus picious. Ilnhliine nod Kitchener. This has been ipllckl) reioji. r. I bv the most aleit mind in Ihe present Cabi net V hen Lord Kudu nor was attacked n bring lesponslblr foi the shortage' of the necessaiy kind of munitions on the ground that, as head of the Var olllce, the now admitted sliorti'oinliigi ' of that establlHlimeni should rlghtl.v be put down to his account, the Kugllsh ' people, not )ct inure than vaguely In formed a to thosr shortcoming, rr- 1 srulril the attack and Ihe one man m whom they tt listed was mote firmly established ill thill contidence than ever Hut before this Uird Kitchener's prede cessor at (he War Olllce, Lord llablaiie. wlin left the War Olllce to become loud ( iia neellor, iesigii.il the woolsack and founil no place In the irforined Cabinet Lord llaldanr is be.vnnd iUrtnn one of the most erudite nun lu Hurope, a' man of vast knowledge ami vvl.le expert- ' ence ns a state'snuin. It is Impossible for any one win. ha talked with hiin to, doubt hi patriotism Hut he has de voted all his Intellect and dlplomac) In j the past to the pnlky of bilnglng ling-' laud and Hermaiiy together In friend ship, lie has spoken of Herniany as hi "Hpltltual home." He has been t u 1 one man who has striven for an Anglo- Herman entente When war came It j was not surprising that many among I the Kugllsh penple should distrust htm. I Since his "lair' there has been a strong movement tn get 1 1 1 tit back Into olllce. Those who have headed tills movement have no douht been honestly lliflucnied by Ihe desire to get hack i Into the councils of the nation one of Its aculest ami most experienced minds, , a man wlin has fieiiieutly shown tli.it he I a statesman with the raie gift ! of organization. Kveu I 'ouservatlve or gans such as the 'all Mull Oatcttr,' the Obfi lire, the .X'ireriiiii- ami the Daily 1 fr;iiipi have shuvvu them-, selves not end) willing but anxious for land llaldnne'a letuiii Imo olllie. Thn 1 slalwart and uncninpiomlslng Consetva live prr.n go so far ns to declare that J there has been going on long a deep I Intrigue to get llild.ine back. I'llmnt nf Inlrlune. The climax of this Intrigue was sup. pii'eil to havrt been reached lat Mon day night, when Lord llaldaiie .id diesied a meeting of the members of the National Liberal Club. In his speech Lord llalil.itie referred In .111 epl.oile which a few das befoic had happened In the House of Commons. Sir Henry Kalr.lel al a late hour dur ing the ilebaie on the munition hill made n violent attack upon the Hume ilepaitliieut of the War (llllce which lie declared had "let down" I.oid Kitchener and the ciiuntrv. lieu, von I lionop, the head of the iirdnance de- partmeni, was specifically mentioned b.v Sir Henry lalslcl as tlm man re sponsible "If oil have not courage to scrap a gcneial ou air not lit to carry on a war," wa Sir llenr.v's final lllng at the llovernmeut. Sir Henry Is well know 11 as a strong but never as an Irre sponlhle nit It. Ills attack upon a dr- paitinent and 111 the Individual at Its head fell lke a bombshell In the Houe. Such a thing In the House of j" , ' i l"-i,.mes foiward and If possible, sminorts tile man or the department attacked ' ne nest mat .Mr. Movii lienrge as . aiiuisie, ot .Munition could do was to Sl ill effect that it w.n not advisable nt preent In enter Into the matter. Ill III speeiii at the National Liberal Club I .old ll.ililane came to the support of Hen. von I union, whom he himself had aiipolnird when he wa Secretary of War. As tin. Khgllsh puhlli' refused to have II faith shaken by any evidence 111 the man of Its choice. Lord Kitchener. It utllcklv showed that It could not be pcistlailed o lestnre to Its lonlldeiice the man who had lost It. Mr. Llod Hiorge was ipilek to recognize this and came out with an olllcial lepudiatlou of Lord llahl.tne's ilefeine of the ord nance department nf tin. War Olllce. It has been the main topic lu political circles ever slmc. .Nol Sure llvi'ii ,iit. I, t- - II. .1 . ., . It I mailers like this that ate lespop - slide for the piesrnt feeling of depres - slim Hint pervades the llnglish public. They feel that lu the past ten inonths n,- iiivn 1111. ,111 iin-.v iiiim.'ii 10 11111K liner j their Intt'resls have neglected them. I They know that the mill cannot be turned by the watei that have pased. but they are not sine that the troubled nfsueam now flowing is capable or doing in.- mini. Nothing riiitld be further from the truth than 10 suggest that this feeling ! " ' pessi.nisni a. to ll..- tliiat .outcome of the war. The contldeiii e felt , ,lv. ,, xh .,my Kr,m!t 1 stionger day by day, and llils feeling ' "f 1,11,1 suspicion applies only to the I poblhiaiis and lu Itself a proof of the ideleimlnatloii nf the people to put tin- I wm. thmugh. The tumble from the first ,,ilM M,,. ,. ,..,,nrati and unneeessarv se.-rei'y Willi which Ihe late Hovei anient and. although perhaps to a lesser de glee, the pieseut niiveriuiietit have hid den the truth from the people. ll wa only .ve-slenlay. for example. II1.1I It,.. I'nt-llwl. mil. II.. .....- It. ... know that the Herman warship sunk I ov .1 suiimnruic in tlie llalllc S.-a was H"io " Hrll'sh siibinarine. It. it It In , I'rance and ltuslii the olllcial Iiimounce. ments staled the fact, hul the 1 omniilin- canon ismiimi nere otittllei Jlt tile one wold "Itiltish." Then, again. Sir Ian I lautillon's despatch of th' operations In the iMiiianellr from tlie tune of hi at rival has been held up for many weeks. People ,an si e no riason why an ac count of opera Ions up 10 Mn) last should haw hern held back for so long. II is line thai soine ncoiinl of Die land ing of Hi, tii.i.p lu Halbpoll came from the two 1 01 respondents whom Winston t'huiihill allowed to a.-ioinp.ui) Ihe lliitish I loop Wolled Cop Weeks. Hill foi Ihe nllict.il iiciolllil the public wa kept waiting for week It nn t.iui no tnfot in. it ion that could be u-,.. fill lo th' etielll). but doe disclose the f.n I that Ihe lliitlsb transports were lo.nliil vvltb troop and iiiunilioii m sin h a wav t li.it on In ainval Hamilton had to semi litem to llgvpi lo In- "re packed in inch a to. inner as to make disembarkation pnMldi ' Particularly Important Notice About WH ITT ALL Rugs On the 8th of June we took over from tlie mills all of certain best grades of Whittall Rugs at a special price which enabled us to offer them to our cus tomers much below the regular fixed rates; but in making the deal we were cbliged to agree that all of the loc unsold on the first of August next should be put back to the regular prices. To be sold at these low prices until August second Royal Worcester and not after except at Anglo-Persians Itsjr.ii, ir Pn e T'lav sin 9 X 12 ft. , 6 x 9 ft . . . 84 x lO'l I'm e t'llll Auk $62.50 38.50 56.75 96.50 85.75 107.25 $45 29.75 43 77 68.50 85.75 ft 1054 x 1 3J t I '4 X 12 f t . Il Vi x 15 ft Arabic Wiltons 12 ft ... $52.50 $42.00 9 x Small size rugs in the various grades at similar reductions. The difference between the special price and the regular price is posi tively that much saved in your own saving fund. Note No. 1 We will arrange special credits if desired, but to conform to agreement must make bona fide sales and some payment on account will be neces sary at purchase. HAND OF BRITAIN SEEN BY GERMANS IN WILSON'S NOTE (VnKfiiiiri 1 mil l ti.it VtH.ir.. 'zone. America's rejection of the pin 1 .nals concerning passenger ships bieathe.1 any spirit except that of thank fulness. While there may be further negotiations, the Herman have decided on their course," The ferlnn' 7'n; Mill sa.vs: "The hint given In tlie !.il liennali nnle has been II it 1 1 y rejecled If the I'nlted Slate refuses upon principle to he ir "m il proposals It pinves thai It Is not so much concerned about the safety of American but far mote about p.iial).lug our submarine activity It l a matter nf coure tint our siihm.iilne waifare will continue in the prescribed coiire," The .iiArifnntriirr, which ha cloe innnecllon with the lioverument, s.ivs oril-ithat the view exptesscd In Kiigland that the American note end all further ills ciilon I enlliely grounilles. "We an lonlideiit that i let many will find a iiieius of using her mot valuable silbmailiie weapon lu a maimer ueful to herclf and as little dangerous to tieulial as po'sihle," sa.vs the ,iHiiIrii-.rfi;i'r "We I have no Interest in roultig neutral conn-' trie against 11. ijulte the (ontrary Is: the case. MA7.S f:nthusiastic. Pre I. rtiiiiiiiniMi in iiprm ill nt Hip Nnle. yirrml fakir Hi.ihIi Ii la Till: l X I P.viiis, July 15. It Is alinot unnecc mry to uiinte seriatim the comment the I'lenrli priss upon the American . teply to the Hit man note ; It l so iiiuiul mous and expiesM'd lii such similar trim, thr word "clear," "firm" and "dignified" occurring lu almot all till ed. torlals. The Temps s.t)S Ambassador von Hernstorffs tut diction that Hermaiiy will lake a mouth or mote to repl.v to the latest note, ciimp in d with Wash Inglon's foiecasi th: me nnnver will I be re.'eived within a fnrtulghl. shorts , Itl 1 1 nl x that Iterlln ! Ill no hilli to settle the dispute. The ri.'mo sa.vs: 'The hole cuts shori all discussion, j being. .1 It Is, In polite form ns cite igoiical as possible and containing even IM'IOl' - I llll isilli". 1 li;i.llCl ll ll-l.n 1,111 , , , ... 1 ""' "'"' Sccretaiy of State have spoken deal ly. and appa lently Hie departnii! of jIr Hryan has not be. n without re-ult." The .W11H11 find thai the leply I 1 dearer and firmer than auv of th ' preceding note from Washington, I The .onrnill s.ivs: "Anolher pen wrnte the note. The note J of June 11 still hurt Hryan's impress. We are far front Indnislng Hi van's cot luu wool formulas .Mr. Lansing calls' 11 cut a cut and uses the famous wonl!l tmfllendly.' .veil reenforciug It with th- word 'deliberate'.)-.' It would he a mistake, Itowev.i. In Intrepid the not. ,1 a preliimniiiy rupture. It los not condemn submarine warfaie ginriill.v. hut declares that lie last two mouths i experlinre has shown that the Herman commander ale aide to attenuate its I I'g.u. an assertion which Is somewhat sin prising when the i.iscs of i In Ar menlaii ami tlie Ordinal are r.ialled." LONDON PRESS COMMENT. riper 1'rn Is,. .i.i' I'lriniiess Ir. I.rtlesl Nolo In Herman) firr.ilt t iililr tlf.n-l'ifi In 'III! Mi I.MMHIV. .tuli .'h i M. iinla.vi -All th I papers fin iiioniing , oitinict al length ion Pr.siilciit WlNnn's latest note In Hii malt). Th. tni of the limine tits III Hi" main Is laudator) . "The note goes a far in the w i) of a warning as It can," ,t). the Unity Muil, "and still lent. ill s polite. t gn., a fat in the way of a protest as it ran wllhoil'. .ausing an actual rupture in the olllcial lelations of the two lountries. We do no! i are lo ptopn.s) Hie next develop- ni ni It is means ', ke'.v . for some nine on. eiv.ib e that III. Hie! a I he) a I e bll! Hill bv- no rem tin -Hut lletl.lit Whaleve f . run tin nn.iienis lllgtol nuMi n . the an C'i I ni uilednes ,.nd the pal eat 11 with higher prices as stated. Anglo-Indians I:.ku 1. r l'l , . i' . ! IK - 26 38.25 57.75 57-75 72 Plr 9 X 12 ft $52-50 32.50 48 7225 72.2i 6 x 9 ft x 9 8V4 x 10' 2 ft 9 15 " to'S x 12 ft. it ',4 x 15 ft ... 90,25 Peerless Brussels 9 x 12 ft $31-50 S?4'25 JOHN WANAMAKER Broadway at Ninth, New York 5 wil l ll I'leialeut Wilson, acting III the name of humanity ami fioin 110 merely nntmu.ll motive, has innilurtcil these dllllrult negotiations "The Culled Stale. at this hour Is Ihe only champion of the rights of lirulral. She will contend for them without com pionue and al any cos That declara tion Is adttics'cil to-ilay to Wllhclui strasse, but Howiilng stieel, In It. trp.nt incut of neutral cuminercc, m.iy well heed II." The Until) ('iroiiJi Ir under Ihe lie til ing " Soil of rillinallim" sa.vs the note dellnilrl) tallies the negotiations between Washington and Itei'llii to ,1 new sta'4e. but doe not cxcludu further liegull.illons. Cliil;i fvvo Possllillllles. "Ill the face of this note." Hie paper says, 'Hermaii.v, Into what'" olliei nv gotlitlon stir may cnler. lias only two ptactlc.it alternatives, cither to abandon lie:' siilnnaiine pilar, or In conMuun it with the know ledge that the next ea" agahi't the I'nlted States witlc,iue, that country lo Ineik 01T dlplouiatic lelatiou and poslbl dectaie vv.11. "Heriu.iii s chnli e betwieu these al ternatives will show whither the pally lepneiited by Admiral vou Tltpltz or that icpiccnlcd by Chancellor von llcth-maui'-llollweg h.n nbtiiiiicl the last wind with the Kaiser. "The note ptiservis an uiirutlled sur fiue and lienis with those frit lully com- ; plitiKlils to III Milan good lutentlou 'which In the pieviou uoles si enied so I strangely address, il to the inl handed million, ni inafsaiie in Heigium and on the high wa- Hul a firm hand In felt under th.-'vclvct glov., and the con Hovel) has In I'll ipiletlj .I'lvillic ed to 11 point at which old picvaiicntlnus can sillllie no longi r. We fiubear to specu late on the outcome of the note." The 'Viioiinfi fall to s' ' what events of Hi.' nasi in,, month-, have Ihdlc.ilid I Hint siihiuailne w.irfuli, against uier I ill. 1111 Klilps Is po-slbie and praillcable 1 within th" 1 online of Iutern.1tln11.il law. The paper U lna. Us that Iheie has beer some 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 in tin. muni of ship ofjsunk. but hml,. in it it fur 11 n falling on 111 iiiu enuoiirr 01 i-ellljn's luellioils. The II11II11 Xt ns 11111 l.niilir savs: "Notw Ith-laiidlng the scrupulously diplnmallc language usnl, the nnle un doubtedl) Is an iiltliii.it 1 11 1. The out slaiidlng. rcaluie of the note I the fact that Hei nt.iii.v 's aiiloii foici Washing ton to de-cend from the general to the p.i'ticul.ii The last clause nf Hi,, nnle tills .111 end .i th.. iiegoii.itinns " Tile paper Sl.v II is iinpiMSihlr ,i foeiM the COIISi llUliliea of I he note Il belli VI that Ihe Ii.ltlll.ll colli. of V 1 1 In I ! 1 1st 1 .1 - si- would be In delay and that Ihe rnlti'd Slates might be willing In show Indulgence toward such ft course I'rei'iloin oT lln- cn.' The Stnuitinil sa.vs: 'If Hi, wonting of the American miles ilmmc thr vval are lo he inlet piet.-d lo the ordliiaiy 1 onveiition of diplomat" Ihe pic. 111 nun Is un ultimatum Hut ill view of th' mixture of cont'dlmen mid gentle eluding euiaiiitlug fioui Washington since the first note there 1 Tin ic.isuu lo ns.timc tint Ihe latest no' i the last or that the I'mled States will It'-ist upon .111 Ilium ih.t'. and ilellul.e 1 oinpli.incc wllh its demands "It p.lle.s ltl-itl-.li I'liri sltv to hen th' i (eviction of th' Was'ilnglii liov rutni-nt that what i , .illcl the fire 1I0111 of ilie M'i can b attained Willi Henna:, cnnperallnu dining the prrsen war. Inns lid point i a telievial of , Marfan 11 ir itn in. I- ins i i n iiei ii.irv to stop t ipodoli.g ships al sight and that Lnglanl Is in allow ueiittal ships aca lierui.in por:s w.iuoiu uin- dtniar" If so. tt niil-t again be said that llils country cannot be blackmailed by a.: nf "ft lulitf nlti-- nto 'lulling u xx x an) of the I gllitii.il' inlv, images of .s. ii pint i " The '1'iinrn sa.vs' "Th' nolo lolvanccs th. ilerman Americaii conlioxers) to a ib llulle and ritual poolut ll is noi an iilllinatiiio bin it i mi ox. illuglv sliong and I llclll ne w in ning ' ! "Th spnnsilnliuis ot uc Amerlc.iii Pi sif'.ni ai sin li a .i.m is tin ni j velv glial. We lln li. , I know when thei have Im.ii ills. Ii.ngi il With nunc skill a-i.l digmi) -it,. I srlf-li sltaint lh, in hi Mi. Wilson. i d'pliintncy has pn - I v inteiptiteil the national wish l" ix -nl a ..mill. 'i and 111' ii.iliou.il rcso littinn n, t in i-hiik II If ii rm ni) fun . -Ihe count iv In that dltc.iion "The jt.at mass id Am. in an opinion 1 Willi ihe I'resi.l nt now, win it Ihe gravit) of the situation can no longer be concealed." The liullu 7 fit er pi js: "The extie n'e singe of Inlet million, I tension has now been lea pril. Th Ainiiiciii note Is no) an ultimatum n foi tn but an irnioatiiiii In uli-t.itn . Uiishlnuloii has drawn Hie line .ind if an m I such as the submarine ntt.t I upon the iii.hin.i houlil o. , ur 'ii WClk 111''- 'I1.I--I -csiii . u, ,SvU,, , llle llll licit ale 1 1. I'L ol III"' friCll 11 ,-l. it ..lis ot .. , , n V in I i , a . led Hrt ic i ii) Ii. 1Jo a- '.Mm .Ii. .'Oil , lis I alt Hole ' .1. -i ..itoi i iv t ii ilie the ri. . at .1 resolute, tin American - 1 V n; 1 $37-50 5-75 5". 75 58 64.50 9 x 9 x to'i I tO1 j I II- 12 ft . . '5 ft . X 12 ft. X li'.l x 15 ft $47 04-75 14-75 72-50 , 80.75 ft Teprac Wiltons 9 X 12 9 x 15 io'4 x ft ft 12 $39'5" 5J.00 5300 bj.50 5300 $32-50 44.75 44-75 50.25 44.75 ft tO1 2 II'4 I3'j ft 12 ft . Note No. 2 We have been served with a notice that the regular prices of Whittall Rugs will be further advanced on Au gust 2nd owing to higher cost of car pet wool and dye stuffs. Fourth Gallery, New Building,