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THE SUN, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1915.
of tho enemy I I n R directed against
the Lonun-Ostrnw sector.
On tlic right bank nf the middle.
Vistula, the day of tho 7th passed
lltinut nny engagements of Ini
tio! Unee. On the left tmnk of thi
Wlcprz thorn have been obstinate renr
(rtlatd notions. In thn course nf coun
ter 11 Hacks wo captured nome hundreds
of prisoners. Iletwcon the Wleprz nnd
thn Hug there Jin lieen no essential
change.
On the left bank of the Hug, be
tween Tourla nnd Louga, we exercised
pressure successfully on tho enemy's
ddvivnce guard along a wide front.
There hns teen Intermittent artil
lery firing nt some points on the up
per Hug, the, Biota Llpn, nnd the
Dniester.
RUBBISH FOR SHELLS.
Traveller .nra Thnmand nf A tu
rn ll n 1 1 lull ('nam Contained Jnttk.
Special Cable Oeipatch to Tim St x.
UiNlioN, Aug. 8. The Dally .Will
quotes a traveller who tws Just returned
from a trip through Ilussla nnd tho
Scandinavian countries aa saying that
he was greatly surprised to find one Of
the Itussliin hospitals occupied by women
roldlers wearing military uniforms. He
says these women hud not been enrolled
In tho fighting regiments, but had been
ter.vlng In the transportation corps and
In tho commissary. They had been un
der lire during the recent Hush I an re
treats. The Stail't Informant was not able to
Warn details nbout the Itusslan casual
ties, but quotes .Itusslan officers as as
serting that the rear's armies were ter
ribly handicapped. Thousands of cases
of'omtnunltlon when opened nt the front
were found to contain rubbish, he de
clares. This Is attributed to the activity
of Herman agents In the Itusslan muni
tion factories.
The revulsion of the feeling In Sweden
since last January, when everybody wan
pro-Herman, tho Mail's Informant as
cribe in.ilnly to the sinking of the Lusl
tnnla, Svei Ilcdln, the noted Swedish ex
plorer and author. Is declared to be un
pojn i i e of his pro-Herman prop'-
n- ' s reported to have made
i autumn tour wkii the
, The Swedish people.
o Interview In tho Mall,
rex ii i
a Herman agent, paid
b
man eiovernment.
SLW SPIRIT IN RUSSIA.
Harrier tlcivteeii People nnd tieiv
orniiioiit llriiken Dunn.
Special fable Detpatch to The Six.
Loniiox, Aug. S. Dr. R. J, Dillon, spe
cial correspondent of the Hmri, tele
graphing to hLs paper from Vnrese. re
veals the present outlook for Iluanla In
the light of letters he has received from
Itusslan "Matcsmen and others slnco tho
evacuation of Warsaw was determined
upon He eaya the letters all breathe a
heartening spirit, and continues:
"The i heck to the Slav arms has been
transformed Into a stimulus to more
vigorous efforts, has raised the political
temperature many degrees and has
tousod the most torpid elements of the
empire. Such a revival has not been
witnessed since tho Napoleonic In
vasion." Dr, Dillon quotes a Itusslan- states
man as writing to him that It Is hardly
too much to aillrm that the barriers
that heretofore sundered the people) nnd
th- Clovcrnmcnt hac been permanently
desttoyed. and that the Musslin nation
henceforth takes Its place among the
free peoples of tho world. Tho corre
spondent Is convinced that this Is so
nnd that the Oov rnmcnt can never In
tile future dispense with the collabora
tion anil sanction of the people.
He Is convinced also thnt Hussla will
make good her promise to the Poles
and that sho may be trusted Implicitly
not to seek a separate peace.
Dr. Dillon's correspondents, while
gratefully acknowledging the services
of France and Rngland, say they must
henceforth bear the heavier share of
the common burden.
WARSAW NOT SHELLED.
Pet rim rod Mnko Ottlrlnl Denial nf
Heruiiiii llopnrts.
Special Cable lieipatch to Tnr Srv.
Iondon, Aug. 8. The I'etrograd cor
resiKimlent of the Tdnra telegraphs that
the Herman reports that the Russians
jhellel Warsaw, especially the royal
palace, have been categorically denied by
rhe War Olllce.
HOW WARSAW FELL.
Correspondent Describes llnmlianl
ment mill I'. vnrnnt Ion.
JjONO'in, Aug. 8. In a despatch dated
August 4 tho correspondent of the Timet
at Warsaw describes tho events Just pre
ceding Its fall. Unsays:
"The Hermans arc drawing tighter
and tho fall of the city Is a matter of
a few hours.
"The copper wires of the telephone and
telegraph servlco and the trolley wires
arc being taken down, and for those
who have betn here watching the fate of
Warsaw for many months the spectacle
of thei pieparatlons to abandon It Is de
li n. is,1 ns,
"Karly to-day I visited the- corps
defending our left (lank In the vicinity
of iJMrwolln. tietwern Warsiw anil Ivan
goriMl, and found them holding the Her
Ivans xatlsfartoilly, while our corps In
tho centra wus fulling back. l nm
unable to express an opinion as to
the movent nts of the armies north and
touth of hero, as wo. have already
put all communications, but I Iwlleve
lh Germuis have lost already any
phanee. tCiey rn'iy have h.id of Indicting
any disaster on th? Warsaw army unless
one uS Us 'neighbors gives way pre
matuiely. "In spile of the fnrt that shells are
bursting In the outskirts of the town
iho remainder of the evacuation, under
tho auvpiee.s of the Hurelun command
ers, Is moving as quietly as on the first
day of the civil evacuation, two weeks
ago Tho barren road Is filled with
tired and dusty troops L-nnlng back
from their positions, nnd there Is noth
ing to Indicate any feeling of hopeless
ness, though disappointment Is written
on every fare
"'With munitions,' said one, 'we
could always beat thn Hermann.' An
pther said: 'No. we don't want 'prure.
When wo have plenty of shells we will
take W'aiAiw back again, We onu
never leavo It In the hands of the
Germans '
"rilnco r o'clock this morning there
has been rontlnuoua heavy guntlre In
the dlre-ctlon of tho city, which Is prob
ably tho prelude of what may lie the last
attack before the Oormnns enter tho city.
There are Indications that there will bo
only a rear guard action nnd after that
we shall retire dlreotly to tlui Ilrest lino.
(Later) Warsaw has been given up. The
bridges were blown up nt 3 this morn
ing nnd tho Herman cavalry entered the
city nt C."
GOD IEADS US, SAYS KAISER.
Sees nivlim riiildnnen In Foil nl
Wnrsnw nnil Other Victories.
.Xprrial Cable Venpatch to Tim Six.
Bkiim.v (via Amsterdam), Auir. 8.
Tho lornlsrao Zetdin; says the Kaiser,
replying lo the ewigrntulntl. n from the
King of Wuurltemburg upon the fall of
arsiw. telegraphed 1IH follows :
Un can i-o., In tb f.,n of Warsaw n
slgnlllo.int sup iipo-i t, ro..uI ,.
whl.-h the Alm.ghiv by Ills grace 1,,,:,
Him. Our glurlMis troops will continue
w.' ,,. 'V", """"riiulf I'face has
betn aUainid,"
Tho map Indicates the perilous position of the Husalan forces holding the
east bank of the Vistula In Warsaw's vlolnlty. Serock, at the confluence of
tho Hug and the Narew, was occupied by the Hermans yesterday. Northeast
the Hug has been reached eouth of Wysikow, nbout h!x miles from the Warsaw.
I'etrograd railway. The garrison nt Novo Hcorglcvsk, possibly an army
corps (10,000), Js In peril of a forced capitulation, Herman forces are
rapidly approaching the Lomin-Ostrow-Wjnzkow road, tho last barrier pre
venting a comprehensive crossing of the Hug. Lomia Is scventy-flvo miles
from Warsaw, Wystkow about thirty.
SEES GERMAN CROPS
Neutrnl Traveller Snys Hope
of Great Harvest Is Doomed
to Disappointment.
Special Cable Dnpalch to Tun Scs,
London. Aug. 8. The Daily Mail
quotes an unnamed neutral citizen, who
has Just arrived from Hermany, as say
ing that Hcnnany's hope for a record
harvest Is doomed to disappointment In
consequence of a severe drought during
Mav nnd June. The newiDater says Its
' authority for this statement Is a man
J well versed In agricultural matters, who
' has made a careful study of tho situa
tion In Germany.
Notwithstanding the fact that an area
of unprecedented slie was planted to
grain the crop will be considerably less
than that of 1914. Only potatoes are un
usually abundant. The observer be
lieves that brcacistuffs are going to
prove a for more serious problem In
Hermany during the coming year than
they have In the year Just past, when
Germany had the- benefit of large reserve
supplies now exhausted.
IRON CROSS TO HELNEKEN.
Director nf Xorth Herman I.loyd
Decorated by tbr Knlaer.
Special Cable fieipateh to Tnr Sus,
llKiu.iN', via Amsterdam. Aug. ). The
Kaiser has conferred to Iron Cross upon
Director llelneken of the North Herman
Lloyd.
I'hlllpp llelneken was elected a man
nglng director of the North Herman
LViyd In 190S, He is well known In New
York anil other American cities, having
made frequent visits to this country.
'His father was counsel for the. North
German Lloyd at llremeii for many
ytars. Hcrr llelneken Is a reserve offi
cer of the Klrst Heglment of the Dragoon
Guards. He spent six years In tho em
ploy of a great cotton firm In Liverpool,
He Is G5 years old.
Tho honor bestowed upon Hcrr
llelneken by the ICalser Is not In recog
nition of military distinction, for which
the Iron Crow is usually awarded, but
In appreciation nt Heliiektn's work In
furnishing auxiliary steaiiirrH tu the
navy and In establishing an efficient
I scheme of supplying tho Kaiser's fight
ing ships with roal nnd provisions,
Tho remarkable way In which Her
man tnerenammen kept tnc sea raiding
cruisers off tho South American e'oast
supplied Is well recalled, as Is the fn
nious dash of the "treasure ship" Kron
prinzestln Cecllle. The elermau auxil
iary cruiser Kltel Frlidrlch, now In
terned In Newport, belongs to the North
Herman Llpyd.
TRIES TO KILL MINISTER.
DIsetinrKrd Kmuluyrr of uaaan
Fnrelicii Olllro Hail llitti'liot.
Special Cable Despatch to Tim Srv.
l'KTROiiKAn, Aug. 8. An employee of
the Foreign Otllco who wn.s discharged
two years ago because of weak Intellect
tried to murder M. Neratoff, .Ufilstant
Minister of the Foreign Olllcc, to-day.
He entered M. NeratofT's office bran
dishing a hatchet. After attendants had
wrested the weapon from him hn drew
a revolver, aiming It at the Minister.
Ho was overpow-ercd before he was able
to lire.
Hermans Mink Three Vessels,
I.ONDON. Aug. 8. Herman submarines
have sunk the Ilrltlsh steamship Glen
ravel of 1,092 tons,' 'he .Swedish steam
ship Malmlmd of ,,'"!' tons, and the
trawler Ocean Queen. Tie cre of all
three esels have been landed.
EVENTS IN THE WAR
A YEAR AGO TO-DAY
AUOl'BT 9.
The Herman cruiser Augsburg Is
reported sunk by a Itusslan torpedo
boat In the Ilaltlc.
French forces, having occupied
Altklrch, press cm toward Muel
Inusen In Alsace.
Fiance Is credited with hnvlng
sent 200,000 troops Into Ilelglum to
stop the Herman advance.
Passenger tratllc In the Kngllsh
Channel In suspended
Italy repeats her determination lo
remain neutral.
ITALIANS ADVANCE
ON THREE FRONTS
Progress in Western Tyrol, in
Scxten Valley and on the
Isonzo Announced.
Special fable Veipatrh to Tnt Sr.
Rome, Aug. S. Advances by the Ital
ians In the mountains on the western
Tyrol frontier ns well as In the Sexten
Valley and on the Isonzo front are an
nounced In the tvport from Hen. Ca
dorna Issued by the War Office to-night.
The enveloping movement directed
against Horltz Is progressing In splto
of heavy Austrian counter attacks. The
fiercest lighting In this region Is pro
ceeding south of the fortress on the
eastern bank of the Isonxo, where tho
Italians have succeeded In planting big
guns on many peaks and are hamper
ing the movements f Austrian Infan
try. Tho following offlclnl statement was
Issued to-day :
Alplno iwntlngents advanced along
a difficult and rocky crest of Val del
Monte nnd surprised and dispersed the
Intrenched troops at I'unta dl Cavallo,
capturing ammunition and other mili
tary materials. On the same day our
artillery expelled other troopn In
trenched nt Malga I'alu, northeast of
I'untu dl e'ava'.lo.
In the Sexten Valley, after artillery
preparation, Infantry forces advanced,
gradually repulsed the enemy nnd
reached the Monte Nero slopes as far
as the llurgstall peak (S.240 fet),
which Is fortified.
On the Oarso plateau yentcrday the
enemy endeavored to check our ud
vanco. Frequent counter attacks were
repulsed. Our artillery bombarded a
column marohln? between Devetakl
and the front. Explosions and flrei
resulted near Marcottlnl.
TURKS ADMIT REPULSE.
I.I nr nn Halllnoll IVnlnsnU I'ene
t rated l,y Allies.
IIEBMN, via London. Aug. S. The
Turkish War OlTlce Issued tho following
statement at Constantinople to-day:
Yesterday eenlng on tho Darda
nelles front, In the region of AvI
Hurnu, our left wing captured some
trenches from the enemy by n sur
prise attnek and prevented him from
bringing up reenforrements.
In the afternoon the enemy, nfter
long nnil violent artillery preptratlon
from land and sea, advanced and made
n number of attacks against the
trenches on our left wing, penetrating
a portion of them. Toward evening
we lec.iptured the greater part of tho
lost ground nnd hindered the enemy
by our fire from constructing trenches
In the positions he still occupied.
On the same day, near Hedd-el-llihr,
we repulsed the enemy, who at
tacked our trenches on our right wing
south of S.ighadere nfter long prepara
tion by artillery and Infantry fire.
We nlo stopped a second attack,
Part of our foremost trenches were
sltint.it for a certain time between
our tiling line and that of the enemy.
Ily strong attacks In the evening we
rewnqucred the positions held by the
enemy.
In the Caucasus we continue n vlg
orous pursuit of tlje enemy o'n our
right wing, Tho enemy evacuated his
positions near Alnshgerd and retreated
to Kusscd lgto.
I'etrournil Honoris Activity Along
fniii-natis From.
Lonpom, Aug, s, a Uoutor desp.rch
:vom rctriigrad coutalnn He following
brief olllclal Itusslnn statement with
regard to thn military operations In
the Caucasus ;
"Fighting continues on the whole,
front."
COAL EXPORT BAN LIMITED.
Ilrltlsh Firms Mn- Send Fuel Out
by Spoclnl License,
Special Cable Despatch to Tnr. Stv.
Liinikim, Aug, 8. A Foreign Office
statement to-day explains that the re
cent order prohibiting the exportation
of coal to other than Ilrltlsh possessions
docs not menu a total prohibition of this
trade Firms making shipments to such
places hereafter merely will be required
In obtain n special license, ,
The order was necessary In conse
quence of legislation regulating the prlco
of coal in Great DrlUiln.
GERMAN ONSLAUGHT
IN ARGONNE FUTILE
ProiH'li Drive the lnvmlers
From Trenches After Short
Occupation.
FIKKCK FKMIT IX VOSGKS
Special fable tiervalch to Tim Stv.
Paths, Aug. S. The Hermaji forces In
tho Argon no attacked with great vigor
last night and forced tho Kronen back
In the western portion of the forest north
of Fontaine Houyettc They were
driven from their ooiiqueied trenches
very soon, however, managing to retain
only a listening pust. At I-a Kllle. Morto
they weio more successful, seining a
conilderable length of trenche s, but In
the end being able to hold only thirty
meters.
In tho Vosges, when- tho Hermans
nttaekrd yesterday with extreme vio
lence, tho French troops were victorious.
The following communique was Issued
this afternoon:
In Artols there were the usual band
grenade combats around .Souchri.
In the Argnunc at the close of the
day of August " the ejermans suc
ceeded In penetrating ene of our pro
jecting works In the western portion
of the forest north of Fontalno
Houyettc. They were driven out by a
counter attack and were unnblo to
maintain nny of the conquered ground
except a listening post In front of our
lines. During the night the enemy
nttneked our positions nt La Fllle
Morte. obtaining a footing, but was
Immediately driven out except on a
front of thirty meters.
In the Vosges the Herman attacks
yesterday afternoon were extremely
violent. They were directed iicalnst
our positions on Llnge and Schratz
maennclo peaks nnd tho ridge scp
) aratlng the two heights. The nssall
1 ants were completely repulsed and
1 suffered heavy losses. One of our
companies counted over 100 dead fier-
mans among the barbed wire entangle
ments. The night statement said :
In the western part of our front
there were artillery actions In llel
glum In the sectors of Htcnstraete
and Hrtsas.
In Artols, on the Santerro front,
and In tho valley of the Alsne. at
ISolssons, there have been bombard
ments. In the Argonne bomb and hand
grenade actions between tlic ttcnr.hes
were continued.
In the Woevro district there was
marked artillery activity, especially
In tho region of Fllrey and at the
forest of Le I'retre,
In the Vosges the Hermans renewed
their attack In the evening on the
IHisltlons about Llngikopf but were
completely repulsed. Hltsenflrst was
heavily bombarded by the enemy.
Off Nleuport the Hermans tried to
bring down two of the nlllcd hydro
aeroplanes by firing shells of large
calibre. Our artillery rapidly silenced
the German batterlts. Of the two
tnachlnej one returned under Its own
power nnd the other was towed ashore
without damage.
ACTIVE IN VOSGES.
Fighting North of Slnrnstcr Ite
nrsToil, llerlln Iteports.
Special Cable Petpateh to Tnr Scs,
Deru.v, via London, Aui. 8. The
following olllclal statement concerning
the military situation on the western
front was Issued hero to-day:
The French made hand grenade
attacks near Voucher.
Counter attacks by tho French upon
a trench taken from them by our
troops last Friday In the northern
Argonno wcro repulsed.
The fighting In tho Vosges north
of Muenster was renewed yesterday
afternoon. Tho night was quiet.
SHELL BELGIAN FRONT.
Special Cable petpatch to Tub Srs.
London1, Aug. S. Tho following de
spatch containing the offlclnl Hclglan
communique wus given out here to-day:
Tho Herman artillery Is showing
great activity along the whole Ilrl
glan front. All our advance iosts were
violently bombanbsl. Our artillery
replied along the front from Hams-eappe-lle
to Fumes, Pervyse, Oest
kerko and Itenlnghe.
GERMAN AMERICANS CONVENE.
Archbishop Ireland Addresses 10,
OtlO Vrroln Momliors In Mt. Pmil.
St. Paiii.. Aug. S. More than 10,000
Herman 'American Catholics, members of
the various religious societies of the
Central Vereln, were In attendam'o to
day when tho annual convention began.
Archbishop Ireland ar.d other high
church dignitaries from several States
spoke. Archbishop Uoiuaivi read u tele
gram from the Pope, bestowing his
blessings on the convention, which will
be In session until Wednesday,
PASTOR DERIDES BRYAN PEACE
nr. Monro Thinks II la High! to
Fight nt Times.
The HV. Ir. Addison Moore, for
merly leader of the young men's Illblo
class of the Fifth Avenue Haptlst
Church, of which John I). lUickefeller is
vice-president, occupied the pulpit of the
Church of the Messiah, Park avenue and
Thirty-fourth street, yesterday morning
In the absence of the Ilev. John llaynos
Holmes. Dr. Moore, who In now tho
pastor of All Souls' e'hurch In Schenec
tady, N. Y., preached on the subject
"When It Is Itlght to Fight,"
"It Is wrong to fight for revenge," said
Dr. Moore, "and all Kuropo Is suffering
In proof of that fact. It Is wrong to
fight for nationalism, which fosteis a
sense of unfalrnets to either nations. Hut
it Is entirely right to light to secure such
human values as life, liberty and the
pursuit nf happiness.
"Mr. Hrynn denied this when he re
signed his portfolio, to the embarrass
ment of the Administration. Ho ele
clated that nothing is worth fighting fur,
and he has many who agree with him.
"Is It ever right to fight? If no value
Is attached to wife anil child, If no value
Is attached to security from tyranny,
then llryau is right. In that casu
whether one fights or runs a way Is a
matter of Indifference-.
"There can he no higher heroism than
to dlo fighting for tin' security of men
from oppression"
STANLEY WINS IN KENTUCKY.
Victory nf Drniiicr.itlo Vniulnro for
Hovernur lilts llrjs.
Lopisvii.i.K, Ky., Aug. S. In tho Ken
tucky piimnr'es yesterday A. O. Stanley,
Dtinocrat, K. P .Morrow, Ilepubllc.in,
and Fred .1. Drexler, 1'ionresslve, were
nominated for Hovernnr. Stanlej's ma
jority I estimated at 2i,00(i, Neither
Morrow nor Dnxlcr had any opposition.
Stanley defeated 11. V. McCho.snry and
Lieut -Oov. K. J. McDermott. Ills vie
toiy Is legardcd as a virtual defeat of
statewide prohibition, McChesuey ad
vocated a bill placing before the voters
a constitutional amendment to substitute
statewide prohibition for tho county
unit law or local option Utanley fnored
the county unit law.
BATTENBERG KEPT
FLEET MOBILIZED
Prince, Not Churchill, (lave
the Famous Order to
Pritish Navy.
ADMITS IT IN AHTICIK
Special Cahti Itopatcl, lo Tiik Si v.
Lonpon, Aug. S. Much Interest has
been aroused by the confirmation from
I'rlnce Louis of Hatlcnberg that It was he
I -mil not Winston Spencer Churchill who
, Issued the famous order to mobllUo the
licet at tho beginning of the war.
From the oulset Mr, Churchill, then
I First Lord of tho Admiralty, has re
1 celved the highest praise for his fore
sight In having the Ilrltlsh lleet
mobilized nt the critical moment. Homo
time ago, however, F. T. June, a well
known naval expert, publlclv announced
thnt I'rlnce Louis of llnttenbcrg de
serves this credit. It will be recalled
that shortly after tho war began I'rlnce
Louis of Hnttenberg resigned ns First
Sea Lord because of bitter criticism di
rected against him, based chiefly on the
fai t of his Gorman descent.
And now comes the article by the
Prince himself In tho Slamlurd finally
clearing the matter up and making It
i plain that It was he and not Mr.
i Churchill who ordered the. mobilization
of the fleet.
"When tl. war ramo," says Mr, .lime,
"the Ilrltlsh navy was ready and wait
ing. This fact Ih generally put down to
Mr. Churchill. We have all read It In
the press and we havo nil believed It.
Hut It was the First Sea Lord of those
dnyii, Prince Louis of IJattcnbcrg. who
kept the lleet together. He II was who
saved us from the horrors of llelglum."
Tho confirmation of Mr. Jnno's asser
tion as It appears above Prlne-o Louis's
signature In the ,Sfemifim! Is: "It Is qulto
tl. that It was our humble servant
and not Mr. Churchill, who wns spend
ing the week end at Cromer with his
wife. It was 1 who ordered nit ships
to stand fust tusteud of demobilizing as
ordered."
It Is recalled that Mr. Churchill him
self admitted this fact when he wrote
Prince Louis after his retirement.
'The first step which secured the
timely concentration of the fleet was
taken by you." said Mr. Churchill at
that time.
Sir H. S. Itoberlson, M, P, explains
why Prince Louis did not let the world
know before the great service he had
performed for his country by keeping
the lleet mobilized. He says that Prince
Louis seemed to think that If the facts
were published some sort of Injury to
the national Interests might result.
It Is generally ngrced that the action
of Prince Louis saved Kngland from
Invasion at the outbreak of the war.
Mr. Jane sajs that 100.000 Herman
troops were actually embarked nnd were
on their way to the east coast when the
unexpected preparedness of the Ilrltlsh
fleet miulo them turn buck.
An effort to tlnd Mr. Churchill, that
ho might confirm the claim of Prince
Louis, has eleveloped the fact that ho
Is busy painting In a little farm house
which he has taken In Lancaster. Ills
duties as Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster evidently leavo him plenty of
spare time.
MEETS TWO AIRSHIPS
AND TWO SUBMARINES
Ainericnn Skipper on Same
Dny Kseaped ltuiinin Into
(ionium Mine.
IlAi.TlMonE, Aug. S. Two German
submarines, a Herman aeroplane and a
Zepelln airship were sighted within
twenty-four hours by Capt. Martin Matt
son of the Southern Pacific Line steam
ship Klmar, while en route from Cal
veston Ui llrcmcn with a cargo of cot
ton. The nimar dropped anchor here
to-day. Utter sho salkel for Philadel
phia, Huston nnd New York.
"We wcro en route to Oormany with
a cargo of cotton," said the captain,
"and were npproaohlng the war on
when I Instructed tho officers to look
out for initios. I was seated ut break
fast when the mate came Into the sa
loon nnd reported that there was n mlno
directly ahead of the vessel. The wheel
was thrown hard to port and we veered
cut of dangr.
"Later we sighted two submarines,
but r.uhlng untoward happened and we
continued on. As wo neared the ccast
of Hermany an aeroplane darted out
from the hills and, soaring up III the air,
made straight for us. The airman cir
cled nreiind our vessel and then, appar
ently making suie that It was a neutral
shin, turn.il and Killed shoreward, Then
wo ."aw a Zeppelin sailing along evenly ,
and Miiojthly.
"We stopped at Hrcmerhavcn, where
our cargo was placed ashore. On the,
return trip we saw neither submarines, )
mines nor aeroplanes."
0KUMA REMAINS PREMIER. I
I
Vlclds to lliiinernr's Hoqiiosl nnd
Withdraws IIosIkiiiiIIimi.
Tokio, Aug S. At the urgent request
nl' the llmperor, the Japanese Premier
and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count
okiima, who a week aco, with all his
Cabinet, tendered his resignation, hn
decided to remain In ofllce-. Ho has
chosen the following Cabinet ; '
Finance, Tokltoshl Taketoml ; Marine,
Vlee-Adnilrn! Tomosaburd Kato , War,
Lieut Hen. Ichlnusiiko Oka. Justice,
Yuklo OAikl . Communications, Kat
aundo Mlnoura or Viscount Masakata
Seninku , Commerce and Agriculture, I
lllronak.i Kono ; llducatlon, S. Takum,
Interior, Kltokuro Ichlkl.
A lieimanent Minister will be selected
for the Foreign Otllco. Count Okuma Ik
to hold tho post tcmpnrniil). Count
Okuma nitrerd to the Kmpernr's loqiiest ,
on the condition that he select his on
Cabinet.
Ilnily nf Minion Dates, Jr., Here.
The St. Paul, arriving yesterday,
brought the body of Lludon lWites, Jr..
which was washed ashore recently on
the shore of Kddy Island, Halway,
Ireland, 2.10 miles from the place where
the Lusltanla sank, The funeral will
bo held to-day at the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church, with burial at
Mount Letmnnn, N. V. Also on board
the SI. Paul were the bodies of Herbert
S Stone and Harry J. Keser, who lost
their lives when the Lusltanla wns
torpedoed.
IIOl ItrltUh Killed In Tito llnjs.
Special Cable lut.p,ueh to Tar. Sis
London, Aug, S, The casually lists
published yesterday and to-day contain
.1.261 names. This Includes 171 olllcers,
of whom 67 were killed, and 2,419 men,
of whom tii were Killed,
WAR PERIL NO BARRIER
TO INTRIGUE IN BRITAIN
Old Enmity of Lord Haldane and Lloyd George, Intensi
fied, Is Reflected by Respective Supporters
Munitions Problem Far From Solution.
Ipeelal Corrttponienee to Tn Ben.
London, July 19, It would have been
marvellous If after such a war n.s the
present hud been In progress for mo-c
than ten months a change of (lovern
merit could have been effected without
on outbreak of the scandal nnd political
Intrigue which Invariably nccompany tho
. i.,. i...i.i.. i. ,'J
....... ,n, niiiH nvii-, nun,
letters and d ."patches to The Sun havo
shown, livery effort hns been made and
Is being made to silence the scandal and
quash the Intriguing, hut there was too
much foundation for the one nnd tos
much hitlcrnors in tho other for the.sjiward nnd visible sign thereof. Such a
effort, to be fully successful.
, ,. . ... , ,. ,
The Immediate cause that made It lm-,
possible for the late rudlcal Hovernmcnt
to continue In office was of course Lord
N'irthelirfo's revelation In tho Time, ot
,. . , ... .. . .!
the shortage of munitions, which waa '
preventing the successful prosecution of Jn molltary bird In tho land of unionism.
lie var by the Allies In general and thoiThit Is the obvious Issue of this ma-l
HiUlsh army In articular.
Although Mr. Asqulth In his mucn
quoted speech to 'he workmen at New
castle declared "on the highest avail
able t.uthi.rlty" that there was no yi;h
In the charge thnt the army had been
"hainpeieel" In nav way by the lack j!
munitions of nny kind, It was soon es
tablished beyond all manner of question
thnt Lord Northellffe's charge was true.
Mr Lloyd Heorge made pu attempt to
deny It. Indeed, he admitted It. This
al'inti would have been enough to have
nia.le It Impossible for th.) th'.n Cabin t
to hive continued In sole .har-jc of ti:o
conduct nf the country, wlrch !.s In ef
fect th conduct of the war.
Dissensions In C'aliliu-1,
Hut even without this all sufficient
cause the Cabinet could not have hell
together much longer. In nothing has
Asqulth shown 1,1s skill nnd ability so
clearly as the manner In which he has
kept Its warring element In hand sine-' has' nprrd by home
he became Prime Minister In 190. The,?".,, Lvr , (ioVfr
political intrigues winch have been ills-
.l:VT.t,Ly , nn"1 mt few ,
l,fk".ha'1..,?elr.br.Rl,mlnB Ion,: br.f?r(,lo
'ormauon o. no present ooailllon , arP nnrt j,,yd H.orcc
SX'sn ;. Pohi,'? "Ml" " mu h responsible as anybody e.-e
cooperation of the Unionist and Labor
lenders on account of the Internal dls
Mnsions of his Cabinet.
These dissensions were many and
"I"'. Jiiriun .iiurcillil sen-will.'! , ... . v . ,h, ir,, ,.l, ns
for example has no doubt often caused I ,Br . rc U,t .bM,nJ h oldest
tiouble with his colleagues. This fact ."J,ko ,"f .'"V, !
has been the subject of public comment"
and Mr. Churchill has hee.i the object n!
public attack In the proes both of h's
own party and of the opposition, as will
be recalled by readers of Tun Sun-.
Hut, according to those who know the
more Intimate sldo of political life, tho
principal line of cleavage In the Cabinet
wan between I,ord Haldane and Mr.
L'.n-d etpori-o. Fvor tho smith
Afilrnr.'war theao two politicians have
.u .,.u ,.i..
viewed each other with suspicion and
dislike, nnd their hostility declined and
became more acute when the Cabinet
had to face tho problem of the present
great Huropenn struggle. This will ex
plain, what to most people la still
mystery, why Mr. Lloyd Ceorge should
ui angrily nnd scornfully have repudi
ated Lord Haldane's statement In hln Na
tional Liberal Club speech with regard
to the supply of munitions, tho work of
Hon. von Donop ns 'head of tho Ordnance
Iiepartmcnt and the experiences of tho
special Cabinet committee on war sup
plies with regard to labor and private
contractors. It explains too why such
a storm should have raged, and still bj
raging, round an Incident In which fc
people nt first recognized nny real Im
portance. Ilnldnne Nominated
KHcIioner.
It Is well known that tho appoint
ment lust August of Lord Kitchener as
r.ecrery 01 nlie '"' " "' " ',' ht 'o
the result of an overwhelming public
demand which wns first voiced by Lord
Northcllffe In the newspapers which he
controls. It Is not generally known
however, that the first suggestion of
the appointment Insldo tho Cabinet camo
from Lord Haldane, qulto contrary to
the charge that has been mado against
him thut he was Intriguing for the
position himself. Lord Kitchener wns
backed ny .Mr. Asquun, Mr i.uwaru
Hrey, Uird Haldane and Mr. McKenna
nnd has always counted Mr. Llod
Heorge as a very critical colleague.
In the days before the war ho was
one of the most persistent believers In
Hormany's pnclflc Intentions and ho cor-
talnly shares the responsibility for Hreat
Hrlt.iln's unreadiness to meet the
greatest crisis In her fortunes. Since
the war began, however, no man has
been more successful In rousing the en
thusiastic national endeavor nnd no
Minister has been more successful In
reparlng and carrying through emer-
gency measures, .nr. i.ioyu ueorge. 11 agj ,,0int blank If Iird Kitchener was
is said. Is convinced that he Is the ono ' or waH not nsponslble for this or thnt
man who can save Kngland. lie knew shortcoming In tho War Ofllce. When
that tho Asqulth Cabinet could not go ! i,)r,l Hugh Cecil nt Mr. Asqulth's re
011 and Is believed to have expected , quest abstained from asking what wn
the appointment of 11 new radical Mln- 1 tho authority upon which the Prime
Istry with himself ns Prime Minister. 1 Minister at Newcastle eald that the
Jf this were so the formation of tho British army had never been hampered
Coalition Cabinet mado these dreams by the lack of munitions sir Arthur
Impossible of realization. Ho accepted himself adopted tho question and In
itio new portfolio of Munitions, know- I slstod upon a reply, only to have an
Ins, no doubt, that In this position he ' answer refused.
could render groat and valuable ser- On the following day tho Stilly .lfnll
vice to the country Doubtless too the , re poated tho question and demanded to
plcturesqueness of the olllce. the lime- I know whether the authority was Lord
light It would attract and Its freedom I Kitchener or Sir John French or Hen.
fiom tho trammels of ordinary politics von Donop. It was only last night thnt
appealed strongly to a man of his Sir Arthur pressed the Cnder Secretary
temperament. I of State for War to know whether more
It Is said, however, that somo measure than live months ago the War Ofllce had
of disappointment set In when he dla- I been offered 10.000 or ;o.nnn mt ma
covered that Lord Kitchener's position 1 ehlne guns to be provided by Instalments
had been ttrenglhened rather than I nt certain Intervals under a guarnntee
weakened and that h rennlns, both of il million dollars lodged In an A merl
in Ills follow countrymen and to the i '" bank, and whether the War Ofllce
Allies, the one essentlnl and all lm- hflel replied that they did not want such
portant member of the Ilrltlsh Admin- "uns and thnt such guns were unsult
Istratlon Meanwhile It must h noted ' -'hie for Its purpose, and whether It
that Mr. Lloyd Heorge has mortally of-' wn'1 11 'ar "lat Mr I.lod Uenigo slne-o
fended manv of his most enthusiastic 1 appointment ns Ministe r of Munitions
supporters by his coquetting with com- 1 ''"' nct'iaUy given an order for these
pulsory service, notn military and in-
dustrbl At the same time he has
gained other adherents.
Tnrnoil nil Kltoheiior.
I'verv Urutilh finds his Casslus. Mr
Lloyd Heorge's Casslus Is apparently
Lord Northcllffe This editor was, as
has been said, an ardent supporter of
Iairrt Kitchener's appointment to tho
Wnr Office, but when It was first known, -and
mainly through Lord Northellffe's
p.ipers, that the Hrltlsh nrmy had suf
fered wofully from lack of high ex
plosives Lord Northcllffe at onco nr- '
ralgned Iird Kltrhener as the culprit
In the leading Hrllrle In tho Daily Mail,
which cnusel a sensation that will never
bo forgotten. .
It Is said that this aitlcle was pub
llshed with the knowledge nf Mr Lloyd
Heorge, and almost certainly with the 1
knowledge of three or four Radical mem- I
bers nf ra?llament who have since '
been carrying on a steady line of crltl- ,
clam, really amounting to attack, on
Iord Kitchener nnd Mr. Asqulth In the
House of Commons. It has also been
sild that Sir John French waa con
sulted In connection with the attack
upon Kitchener, but I have good reason
for believing that this Is not tho case,
although It seems likely that George
Moore, Sir John French's Intimate frlwl,!
who has recently been In America and
Is himself an American, knew a good
Ideal about the matter.
1" tills political turmrll
In which
the Prime Minister, Lord Kitchener and
Mr. Llojd Heorge arc tho leading figures,
there are .rrany ciirrer nnd cross
currents. The stoutest Radical organs
make no attempt to disguise the fact
thnt there Is Intrigue and that the
! Haldane-Von Donop Incident Is the out.
stnhvart Itadlcal as "Wayfarer" ( II. W.
Masslnghani) writes In the Jvnllon:
,f Mr A5(Uth g.,. urtl,rr pressure
by the Dally Mall, nine-tenths of tho
Liberal parly go Into opposition with
"' A'qulth's successor
Liberal ho will appear, like the
r,,,mhr,,. . .ii.hori- fahlnets.
nieuvre. Does Mr. Llojd neorge realize i
It? It Is friendly to warn him In time. ;
for lo be quite plain, ho Is regarded
either ns Its victim or Its hero."
Comment by another section of the
party appeared In Rvynoltli'a .Wirsjinper
last Sunday. This Sunday papor has
been of Importance of late years In the
eyes of serious people owing to the fact
that lis editor and managing director,
Sir Henry Iulr.lel. M. P., who runs the i
papor on behalf of the receivers, is a
groat personal friend of Mr. Llcvyil
Heorge. On several occasions the paper
hes proved exceptionally well Informed
on political matter", especially matters
wherein Mr, Llod Heorge Is prominently
concerned. Iaat Sunday's article, which
has attracted attention, says:
ninnies l.losil IJoorno.
"The truth Is Iord Haldane's speech
was Intended to be an niltl-Heorge
spee.-.h. If the truth must be
told It Is that there nas Deen some-
.ui e '. n,,in. t, Mlnl.ier
! m,,i,u, '.inc.- his aiinolntment. It
men who
overnment and
hn ,,,,.(i j,y 50me who re-naln
. Xnt, IobUcs nave been full of
i cnnlzcd whisperings to the effect that
because he was a mei.ber or mo mu
nitions committee."
The article goes on lo explain how
Haldane's speech (and It must not be
forgotten that Mr. Asqulth In nis !
P", frlo1' w!th,!!!" J'? t'LTZ
ii.,,, mi, I, iu.,11 , - ,,,..- v. ,. ... - -
dls.icreomcnt In anything) practically
amounted to "putting a pistol at the J
head of Mr. Llod George and daring
him to dlsmls Von Ponop."
Tho Daily Chronicle, Liberal Oov-
ernment org-.u. Ir. Its political column
cheerfully suggested that tho dismissal
t of Von Donop would entail the reslsna
i ' 1'0rJ Kitchener.
i Th.. I'umnalirti ci critic sm levelled at
the Prlmo Minister nnd Lord Kitchener
has been chiefly carried on in the Hou-o
of Commons by means of questions ad
dressed to Ministers. The leaders of
this campaign are Sir Henry Dalalel
and Sir Arthur Markham. They are 1
both Radicals, and return time after
time to the charge against their chief.
No Ministerial snub can daunt them.
Time after time answers are refued to
their questions on the ground that It
would be contrary to the public Interest,
Still they proceed to put their qiiestlons,
and thero Is Ko doubt that in splto of Mr.
Aaqulth'h and the other Ministers' re
fusal to reply or to give opportunity for
debating the subjects they wish threshed
out In the House tho questions them
selves give publicity to the grievances to
which they are meant to draw public at
tention. It was Sir Henry Dalzlel who brought
the' chargo In tho House of Commons
against Hen. von Donop and demanded
his dismissal. He has nlso been tho
mi,!" !,ct'V6 advocate of declaring cotton
contrau;irili or w.,r
, Av,r M!,rit,hnm ,hr i.ih..mi
member. Is a man of great wealth, who
Inherited from his father the huge steel '
and Iron works and great colliery Inter
ests which he now controls. He Is a
ni.111 nf nilvontlirmin Htcn.isltlnn nf t.-i t
1 courago and fearless In every way. Ills
sincerity Is beyond ciuestlon. Ho h.is
t,eCn in the army, and at one time from
puro love of adventure acted as corre-
spondont to tho Times and told the
Modes of the Macedonian horrors.
While engaged In that enterprise he
puieiraicii lar inio rurKey and was
thero made prisoner, nnd It was onlv
I with great elltllculty that Mr. Oladstone
saved his life and secured Ills release.
Asks Pointed Questions,
Sir Arthur hns asked more awkward
questions of tho Hovernmcnt than any
other member of the House of Commons
durlncr this troublesome tiorlnd. If am
1 not deal in suggestion or Innuendo, but
'r' --imj mm ,. ernnivn
llnrl MUK'Mr-'I that the question was pot
founded usin fact To this Sir Arthur
Markham quietly replied, "I have the
correspondence) In my pocket."
oPer MONTH ON PLEDGE
OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
1
THE PROVIDENT LOAN
MANHATTAN.
Fourth Avenue, e-or 2Mh Hlreet
EUlrldge Street, cor. Itlvlngtnn Ht
Seventh Ave., bet 45th and 40th Sti
Islington Ave., cor llilth Street.
(Jrand Street, cor. Cilnlon Sireet.
Kait "2d St., bet Lexington A 31 Avs
East Houston St cor, Kmex St
HEARS LINER DODGED
SUBMARINE OFF MAINE
Dr. Hissell Tells of Scnre on
Lnplnnd Denies AVnr Sur
geons Kill WoniHiod.
A rumor that spread over the Wh!t
Star liner Lapland, In yesterday from
Liverpool, had her making a i.tns
course to avoid a Herman Ruhmu.ne
said to have a base close to tho Main
const. Dr. J. U. Hissell heatd this re.
port and repeated It to the sh p nc,
men who boarded the liner nt Imuran-
tine. Capt. llradshaw said there a
nothing In It. It Is rare to find nobody
aboard a Urltslh llnor arriving hre or
on the other side who does not fancy h
stcs a submarine or finds his ship cu;.
ting queer nautical capers.
nr. Hissell has been denion.tr.u,r.
In the hcmpltals on the groin, ! of
William Waldorf Astor estate at t,ie.
den on the Thames .he value of r.t um
In the sterllliatlon of deep eetj
wounds. He said It was not true, a.
reported, that surgeons at the fr mi kit
given morphine to soldli's, in 'it.iy
wounded b bayonet thrusts ,n i,.(
ilomcit or thorax, lei kill tnein i (,)0lt
four soldiers to remove one w,i.mlj
man from the field and when it rren
that the wounds wem nnrt.il r),i).
dermic Injections of morphine were j.
ministered merely to ease the nr, of
the sufferers tn that they mu u di
peacefully; there was neer cimj,!
given to kill.
Hr. It.ssell said theie appeir'l It b
more wounded Can.id'ana than f'tigl.sh
men. and that the Cinidlais t k n r
kindly to surgical Innovation" t '.v n
Kngllsh. KnllHtmnt In Knst snd
slow and conscription doubt ir wo,, i
b necessary, lie said.
W. A. Anderson, a well to do i:nsr',s'inn
who has been many jears a resi le el
Vancouver, who anv ed t i !,c;i !t.,
was held up because he was rp lj i
rclatlca and walked with a mi II.
vas detained sboArd the s-tp mi
csbln and will be taken to K, s b. , i
Thero ho will b formally li.p. tM
Investigated and douhtlcss , i'.
lowed to go on his way CrlpplM a'-i
are debarred automatically, even tlvmc1!
they be rich.
WATCH PLANT WAR ORDER.
It moor Thnt Inicorsnll ( nmp.inr
Will Mnko Munition..
WATEnni'p.r. Conn.. Aim i-'.fi
for additional totmakers sir I en
Saturday will add ll,2on n f wet'?
payroll of the Ingerso:) IVi"' e'n. ( ,
As the new ir.cn are to ne'
tho regul r force rumors were ; a1
that tho eompmy Irjrl take-' i 'at
for the miking of miin r " f. .
Allies. It was said also t lat t ie vn.
piny would soon ereu latge drt i ;:,i
to Its buildings.
MAKE ARTIFICIAL COPPER?
llerlln lllectrli'lil 'niiiimn e Inlml
I'so of M Morions Ore.
Meriat Coble lietpntch to Tnr f
Lonpon, Aug. S. The Dfitly Mcll
doubts wiie thi r there Is nn.v basis r
the reported claim of the General Ki'-trle.-il
i,,)mp,m n, Merlin that ft ,3
discovered a method of manufaetut p:
artificial copper from a mystcnmtt
brand of ore of which Hermany Is sj J
to have an unlimited supply.
MEYER'S WAR GIFT $6,000.
flniikrr Semis .iO.nein Frnnes in
Freneli It oil Cross.
Kugene Meyer. Jr., son of 'h Ve
York banker who was mention' - a
Paris despatch yesterday as con'-i u
150.000 francs to the French lied i js.
said nt his country ho'nc. s-wn
Springs. In Westchester cou-u .
day that the amount mentioned i
despatch was Incorrect and mat j
father had given only ,".o ono fr,, j
(about 6,000) nnd that the morn 'al
been sent direct, and not thr 'Up'' '
French Ambassador In Washir.gt M,
Jusserand.
Mr. Meyer Is a native of Alstce but
has lived In this country since 'icj-h 1
He waa formerly n member of the bsrlc.
Ing firm of Laxard Freres His c",v
home Is at 135 Central Paik West but
ho Is spending the summer nt FlN-v
N. J. Kugene Meyer, Jr.. Is a member
of th Stuck Kxchango and of the tirrn of
Eugene Meyer, Jr., bankers, at 1 4 Wa.1
street.
FIGHT ON BOAT; ONE DROWNS.
Woman I'nlls Ororhoarel mid II i by
Is Horn Durlnir llois.
An outing of 1,200 member.s anj
friends of the Newark Aerlo of Karlei
on the steamer Isabella nnd the hi-po
Umpire, which she towtd yrstoril.u. rie
veloped into a free for all llcht ove- ihi
war between Italians nnd Hermans
armed with beer bottles glaw anl
camp stools. While the fight was ' full
swing ono man, John Jenkins of nywbx'
was knocked overboard with a bvij
and drowned, a woman who also fell
overboard was rescued and aMtr."
woman excursionist gave birth to a
child.
Tho outing was peaceful a'ter '
boats left Newark peaceful urt . 'k
war discussion lean and grcv ,oi '
when some on struck s'lin one ,!(
with a camp stooL Then all ha "i
both excursion boats joined In nn.
bottles, glasscn, missiles of any d- , -tlon
hand swung hard and f i'
The Isabolla's cajitaln tried ' pa
his passengers, but was dr von ' '
pilot house Nearlne Hast,'ig " I
son ho blew thn ship's wh:nfo f"
but tho polteo there would i io
land his turbulent excursion
turned tho Isabella's prow oit a
stream again. Then tho bnbr w ,s
NEW YORKER SLAIN IN DITLUTH
. Ilernstoln Miireloroel nnd ll"'l
Tied lei Jtnlliwi e nr.
Dli.t TII, Minn , Aug r: s
said to have livesl at 1 P :t K'd'i.ii' ' '
New York, was murdered t - U .
body tied to the roof of i
Mario railway car
Julius Kennedv i iron
arrest d mi suspb ion
SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
llltllNV
Courtlandt Ayr., cor HStli Slrcei
IIKDIIKI.l.V.
fmllh Ft cor. Ui liwlnn St
drstism Avenue, car. l)elMviii.e St
Pitkin Aenne cor liookawiv v
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