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THE SUN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1915.
fused to 1)0 answerable for what would
linppen.
Washington I now ennvlnred that the
Herman Government dually Via areepted
tho views of hor dlplomatlr representa
tive In this country and h derided lo
enter upon a eontiliatory eouree toward
Hi.- I'nlted States.
It ran bo paid too llial fount von
HernstntfT has urged from Ihi first that
order ho Issued tit tho submarine rnm
manders ngalnst attacking passenger
vessels without Warning and without
safeguarding Iho lives of those on hoard
Thla apparently Is tho rOUfM th.n Ber
lln finally haa adopted and tho ilerinan
I'.ovrrnment. aotnrdlng to the Hethniann.
llollwog statement, stand" roaily lo
render Mtlafactlon 10 the ITnlted Stalls
In tho ease of the Arable If it Is shown
that tho submarine eommander aotod
beyond hia Instruotlntis
To Itrspeel ini rll ' Wishes.
Tho belief her in official quartan l
that dermany, while contlnulni to assort
on papal a determination to wapc hor
rubmarine campaign t her own way,
ha quletl) I- wed order to rwnmander
of tho undent boati t" reepert the live
of non combatant! Tho Arabic incident.
It la thought la going to roaiilt In a dis
closure of thts order!
Aa explained in Herman quarter
tiere. tha probable reason for tho iter
lln authorities falling to notifv th
I'nlted States of tho restrictions plared
i i i i submarine eommanderi wai that
tho pubhoali II of euoh a fai l would
land to uld lierman's on niles Kng
land. It was con tended, would ho dis
posed to take greater ohsnees In ship
ping munitions.
There la aomo uncortalnty In W nrh
Itgton aa to whether any dnal agree
mrnt reached ttw-on flermanj mid
tha United State will bo made pub
He e,
Thoro have boon suggestion that ner
maitiy nuaht enter Into a conddentlal
understanding with the Washington Ad
ministration on tho submarine lue
In any settlement of the controversy
0lnM will have to irlve this country
guarantee aa to the future. The t'tilted
Plates has demanded a disavowal of tho
LMManla'e lnkltig. but thla cannot very
well he given In view of Germany con
tention liormany. It 1 believed, wl.l
eeek to gisyoee of th Lultanla cae
by proposing arbitration.
Amtsmsador von HomstorfT will re
main In Washington for several days,
piobably until he Ivia received Inetruc
tlona from hi (lovernment a to the
lest atop to be taken toward aatufytng
the demands of the United State.
It Is kjiown that Count von Bern
torff Is particularly plead over th
prostect of a settlement of the subma
rine Issue, for he believes that hi
services to Ms Government here have
been seriously handicapped by the acute
situation that has existed off and on
ever since the l.ualtanla wa unk. The
Ambassador la represented by his
trlende a feeling confident that he will
be able to accomplish much more for
Germany In thla country If trd mtll
atone la removed from hi neck.
If tho present expectation of Wash
ington official turn out happily and
the submarine Issue Is settled without
a serlou break with Germany President
Wilson will be In a particularly strung
position te answer his critic.
BERLIN YIELDS TO U. S.
V II, .hi War ha lined lo Meet De
mands, II luh Official Sara.
Germany has completely changed hex
methods of submarine warfare since
th,' 'inking of tbe Ltjaltaala o as to
c. nfotm with the demands made hv
th" United st ites at that time, accord
Ira to a statement made through a high
Old, :.il German source last night.
Ac -orillng to this source of Informa
tion, which cannot be disclosed, the lnk
ni of ti e Arabic with the consequent
. i.- ,,f two Amrttcatt live, was either
a blunder on tiie part of t he com-
mander or the submarine which
launched the tcriedo or else 'he ver-
i hi of the destruction of the vessel
roui'ii.r us it does from aouieeg under
English oentrol I Inconec!.
At piosont the Gorman authorities are
ewaltlng the return of tho German sub
marine to its liase before taking further
action of any kind. When it returns,
the repo,". of tho commander will Imme
diate!) be transmitted to t tie Mlnlsteis
of the Kaiser, and eaould it be discov
ered t lilt t the Arabia had been sunk with
out warning while not attempting to es
cape or to ram tho under eea boat the
Gorman Government will disavow the
act of the eommanderi according to the
Informant gfeove mentioned An apoloay
end reparation will lie offered to the
United state, it is said.
It is now well known in official cir
cles in Washington. It Is said, that Ger
many's niodillcd naval UMTf ire as stated
has removed all possible friction between
the two Governments on that account.
I'ntll the recent note which Amhas
aador von ltertistorff transmitted to
Washington and made public whs re
ceived It was feared In Gorman circles
here that raaults would arise from (lje
eiliKltiK of the liner, but tho reassuring
note and subsequent moeaagce have not
Sieved them of all . pprehenalou. At
present It la felt that there will be
no trouble In the future with Germany
on this account. Although not known In
this country, even In ulfir-ial American
Circle Germany has conceded much to
the United States since the Interchange
of notes growing out of the sinking of
tbe l.usltanla.
BODIES NOT YET FOUND.
Those of lllerlcnii Victims of
Arable sun Mlaalag,
Cablegram received yesterday by the
White Star Line from the Hritish Ad
miralty contradicted the report wbkM
aer made m earlier dee pa tea thai
the bod Id of Mrs Josephine 1.. Bru-
tare and ir. Bdmond k Wood, tii
two American rictlmi of the sink ng of
the Alain,. I. ad boon found.
Tho Brltlah authorltlea cabled that
th, have a larne number of scout boats
making a tllorouirh search of li e wateri
In tho vicinity of the disaster, but only
two bodies have bean discovered, ( mo
of these Is an un dentltiod woman and
the other I" believed to be one of the
Arabic's Htew.ird.
Tho total number of paeaongori un
gcoounted for has been definite! Mneii at
glghteen, with twenty-live member of
the crow mlaelng, An additional nutn-
hfr of the ctew died In the hospital at
CMeenatOWn, making a total of fort' -
(our pi raone
Tin of tiie Arabic's urvlvori sailed
Wedneed) on the Wii to star liner
Adriatic, which is due In N, w York
i.e.! Thuretlay. Tne ure Mih. K il.
ill,", w Hat hurst, Mlai M. finis-
i ri Kred Martin, John iJoherty
it .il Vtia . K s.ilt and four children,
n, rtj i n , 1 1 othei lurvlvore are sailing
c the American liner St. Paul, wh.ch
i.-t a', i one here next l'hursdu.
VOYAGERS SHUN SUBMARINES.
A morion a nll on Sonml Inn In n
l.lucr In volil Tiirpeiliies.
The Scandinavian liner I'nlted states
sailed yoeterday for Ohrtetleneand with
fori1 -I wo first cabin, forty-three sec
mid cabin and 801 etei rare pnggengara.
Twentyaeven of those In th- first cabin
and thirty-nine in the second were
Americans. Among them were many
Who intended to so to J'.nglantl or
eusuun parti nf tho Continent but who
chose the Sound. n.ivlan Meainer be
cause the steamer, taking the northerly
route, will not ibh through the lone
Of submarine (ctlvltUa
Among Ihoae on board was he llar
oness .to liergh of Sweden, who ha
beer living In New Vurk A party nf
fuctori also silled to take up work In
I'srala Tnr. of them are women
Kour aid thai thev did not t xpeci to
Mturn to the United Stat.s. as they
Intended to remain In the foreign field.
"UNLIKE THE ITALIAN KING,
I KEEP MY WORD" SULTAN
Bargeon WhoTrrated Mehmed
V. ('iii-rios Assiiniiico to
Hip Knisci'.
FINDS Tl'KKS (OM IKKNT
"Doctor, when on git lBcl to Berlin,
toll your Bfnporor tint I am no: a friend
like the King of Italy, but that I shall
keep my word -alwiya and UltCjUall'
dedly."
Such were tho parting words nf tho
Sultan of Turkey to Dt .lames Adolph
Israel, tho famous German physician,
when tho latter left Constantinople aflor
having a-ied tho Turkish ruler's life by
a dangerously intricate operation In
j aa.
DT Israel narra'ed his experiences In
Constantinople In an Interview publiahe I
by the BrrHnot Tnwtilnll in Its Issue of
August D, copies of which reiolie.l Now
York yeterlny. The Interview wa
given on the day of his arrival In Merlin,
A translation follows:
"On June 10 I wan asked by tho Turk
ish Embassy In Berlin to go to Coiistantt
nopls. The tiip was sn arduous one and
I did not arrive In the Turkish capital
until June It. I found the aged Multan
In a very serious condUlou. His con
dition was so grave, indeed, that It took
mu a week to decide whether to rlak an
operation. In studying thla problem
the conelderatlon Coat were decisive
were not of a purely medical nature, but
of a political character a well. For a
change on the throne of Turkey at thin
moment would have been of the greatest
slgn.flcance.
"About this point I had many con
ferences with the Grind Vlsler and the,
Foreign Minister, and the final decision
, . I l ,,,, hn,,H. In vlW of t h
fact that without an operation the durn-l
tlon of the Sultan' life would have been
very brief, and because of the terrible
tortures he was suffering as a result of
bis ailment, I finally decided to operate.
The operation consisted In the opening of
th bladder and the removal of two
tonea of the lc of an egg, '
Admires Saltan's Cosragr.
"A you knuw, the Sultan stood th
operation well, and the cure may be !
called complete I left the Sultan able I
to walk about In Ills rooms, in view of'
the patient's age, riie courage with which
he aubmlted to the operation certainly
I to be admired.
"Just before wo put him on the operat-l
Ing table he said to me: 'I am not
afraid to die. for In the condition lni
which 1 am now I can be of no good
to my nation.'
"When tho oldest son told him hoi
could not understand how his father'
could have the courage to lie on the op-1
eratlng table the Sultan quoted the
words of a Persian pott, which run
somewhat like this: 'An old thorough
bred racehorse still can stand a lot mor
than a young colt of lowly blood.'
"Naturally I had many ntimate talks
with the Sultan, although tho conversa
tion wasNnade somewhat difficult by tho
fact that he speaks no language besides
Turkish. Much of what tho Sultan told
me is, because of its political character,
impossible of publication. One thing,
however, that he told me I shall repeat.
He said :
"'Doctor, when you get hack to Berlin
tell your Kmperor that I am not a friend
Ilka the King of Italy, but that I ahall
keep my word alWayi and unquali-
nedl)
"It goes without saving that the Sul
tan. Ilka all who have a band in the
.. and mtlltarj affairs out there,
is Imbued w.th the unshakable cond
dence that the ultimate victory In this
war will go to the Teutonic empine and
GERMANY DISCLAIMS I
"UNFRIENDLY ACT"
Chancellor Hinfs l Rout Com'
inanilpr Sunk Arabic Against
Orders.
i Ukri.in. la London. Aug !! Oer- f
many.thr igh bet Imperial Chancellor.
' Dr. von Bethmann-IIo'.lweg, to-day made
clear tho following principal facts :
That the sinking of the Arabic, if
' caused by a German submarine, was not
a "deliberately unfriendly" act, but. if
the version of the incident as published
proves lo be true, il was th arbitrary
I act of a submarine commander, an act
not onl) h"t tanctloned but decidedly
cop. I.-1 nod by the Herman Government;
That Qermany in anxious to meet the
. demand! so' forth in Prealdenl Wilson's
Ian and original l.uslt mi t notes.
I That slnco the linking of the l.usl
tanla tho Herman Admiralty has d .ne
i all in its power to prevent a recur
' rence of such a disaster and in fact
I has taken specific tep to prevent dan
ger to American pggaenger;
That the i iermun tJOVOrttmcnl le most
desirous of maintaining peace ami
I friendly relations with the American
I I lovommont.
That. If the Arabic was sent to Hie
bottom b) u Herman submarine under
clrcumetanco ouch un testified to by
score of p a n g n and published in
iho foreign preae, German) win eaproea
1 it deep regret over the Incident and
will bo ready to make full reparation.
Simultaneous with the clear cut deo
1 laratlon of th" foregoing fgctg by lr
, von Hathmann-llollwcg to American
newspapei correspondent.-! came the In
formation that Ambuoaador tlerard has
i sent a long coda message to the mate
. I'op.irimctii nt Washington reporting on
tho result of his inquiries at the Po-relgn
office and a lengths conversation with
fforelgll Minister von Ingow.
To Interviewer! the American Am
poaaador exproeaed hi conviction that
th.- Arabic' destruction win not reault
In a break betWfOn America ami nrr-
many.
The imperial Obatioellor'g etglemerst
follows, iti full :
"A long a the Dlrcum lance iur
louiidiuK lac Kinking of 'he Anihii have
i "t bean fully cleared up. it is Impoe
jiii.io tot mo in make a definite state-
notit Thus far w, line received no
I repoi i &bOUI it
"Now we go not even know whether
the sinking if the ship was mused by
a mine or b) a torpedo fired from a tier
man euhmarine. nor do w-o know
whether, in thla iiitoi rage, the Arabia
heraelf may not by her action, pr
i ipa, have (unified th,- prooaodlngi of I
the commander of the submarine.
"Only after ail these elrcumtanei a
have been cleared up will it be p wsihie
t ag) whether the commander ..f onsl
of our uh marines went beyond hi In-I
it ructions, in which case toe Imperial I
Qovernmeni would not Hesitate t.. aia
euch complete aatlgfaction to the Unltag
.-'lutes as would Conform to the friendly
relation i v.sliu. between the two Government."
2
Dr. James Adolpn Israel,
to Turkey. Also ho Is firmly convinced
that the Knlchtc Powers' Dardanelles
action will be absolutely futile."
o Deprraslon In Caiiltnl.
When asked whether It was true, aa
reported in the press of the Allle. that
depression rcUned in Constantinople. Dr.
Israel said :
"One reason why that is untrue is the
fact that In all Turkey the thing we call
'nervoa' is not known The Turk la not
nervou; he Is calm, and this calm I
evldmced In tho extraordinarily confi
dent spirit that prevails throughout the
land In Constantinople the only thing
that Indicate that there Is a war on are
the many trains of troopa leaving for the
front, the Influx or wounded and Un
natural crowding of tho hospitals with
the wounded, of whom, however, thanks
to tho excellent care accorded theni,
about 3" pt r cent, return to tho front
"With regard to the food situation,
things are not different than they were
in time of peace. That applies to all
foodstuffs, cereals, horse fodder. Ac.
There Is no rise In prices and none I
in sight.
"The Turkish soldiers of this I con
vinced myself on my visits to the hospi
tal demand without exception tlsat
they bo sent back to the front as soon
as they hive recovered. Th.t ippllcC
to the officers aa well as to the privates.
1 visited half a dozen military hospi
tals and found the care for wounded
ex client Kually as splendid la the
provisioning of the troops on the Gal
llpoli peninsula.
I iisililrnrr In Irlnry.
"Of course I had occasion to talk
with nearly all the responsible person
ages of the Turkish court as well a
with the eommanderi of the Turkish
army F.verywhere there Is the firm
confidence that Turkey will succeed In
holding the Dardanelles, the more so
liecause one of the main dim llltlee, the
munitions problem. Is solved now.
"There Is plenty nf ammunition in
Turkey to-day The relation between the
Hermans and the Turks are ex ellont.
Time and time again I was told by
tho leading men. eepechUly by tho (irand
Vliler and the Ministers, that they have
very fn.n llv f.eilngs for (ieimany and
the lieitn.ns Knvor Pasha in partic
ular is extremely fond of tho Qermane
and ho expresees Unqualified apprecia
tion nf their extraordinary capabllltlea."
BRITISH COTTON LAW
DOESN'T SCARE FOE
Germany, Though Alarmed bj
Contraband Role, lakes
Defiant Attitude.
ffescfei rnt.lr hffimti fi i Tnr. Si
LoNooit, Aug. it. Germany u
i termed over th.- cotton shortage that
his ar:s--n as I ConnqUQno "f Hroat
Britain'! declaration of the staple prod
get as contraband This measure ha
an extremely profound lmpiss,.n in
Merlin. The fjgggfgageiger aas on this
lubject :
' There la no doubt that Qermany will
bo afl'ect.d much more seriously by the
tnppagjg of the cotton supply than by
thai or tin food import! Germany will
l.o able to produce a sufficient uuantity
l ereaiH an.' ir. tables, hut we can
not prodUci cotton at all.
"Mevertheleaa, they are terribly mis
taken m Kngland f lhy mppoe that
they can prevent Hermany from manti-
facturlng aaploalvea, thereby bringing
iho war to in earlier conclusion.
' A country that transfoimed an ave.
rage of 1,000,000 baleg of cotton yearly
into fabrics in time of DOgO possesses
among its population an Inexhaustible
M.i.l, of worn colt. in rags which can
h" easily employed ai substitutes fori
iuv cotton."
Tiie Herman army authorities are re
ported to be alarmed over the ihortagt
of cotton and have kaked Hie school
management! of Berlin to permit the
gills ill tiie boarding schools to revert lo
the ancient Herman war custom of lint,
plotting Tins consists or unravelling
cotton ras a id preparing them for th
us,, of bandaging purpoe in tho milLl
tury hospitals.
The school authorities have given lhlf I
Usn I., the proposal and the girls nie
n. iw doing the work undor Hie direction
of women teaehera.
Tin. German Jute Industry also oeekl
tlio help of the school children in collect.
Ing large iUantllie of a well known
w illow herb from which a so-called sub- !
itliute for jut,, can i.o obtained Thlo
s,',, alio has I., en approved by thai
authorltlea. I
CAN CONFISCATE Fool).
Hareaa !grted in Horlallel in
Helcbalag Ma Broad Puwere,
Hum iv. via London, Am: L'll - Th, j
tlolchetag ha mlopted a Hoclallu rosn
lutlon calling fur the organisation by
tin- Qovernmeni of a bureau under II ii ,
auspices in me I .. I, rttl Hllreail to lake
I'harg of ti," t ..,.i problem, win, the
authority t . oonflaoati food uroducti
in behalf ..f 'lie pi opt
T'io bureau will Include menihen of
he Mo, i i party,
oppolln files I'oHiird l-i II a 111 ml .
AurraauAMi Aug - rhi sis-omi
Sappel n to I.,, sighted In f" days Hy.
ing over the butch Island ..f vilvland
was reported lo.day i , lofg, The
lr oruilor Sou n n. direction of the
BngfUh const.
CONSCRIPTION HINT
GIVEN BY SELBORNE;
Mlnlflttf liitiniH.p Kritiah
(tovfrnmenl Rati Derided on
Conipulsorv Scrvicf Plan.
CALL FOR FARM HANDS
Sprrial male Drtralrh lo Th r.
LONDON, Aug 2 The F.arl of Pel
b.rne. ne Minister of Agriculture.
Opened In Ixmdon to-day a series of
conferences of farmers, to he held nt
various places. A lenttthy address
which he made In opening the first con
fotenoe seemed to Imply that th Gov
ernment his arrived at a decision upon
some form of compulsory service In
Oreat Drllsln. Iord Helborne said:
"The financial strain upon us Is going
to lie very great Indeed There is going
fee le a demand for many more men for
the army I do not care whether they
will Join voluntarily or by by compul
sion. Hut many more men have got to
go to Join the army from agriculture or
other Industries.
"The Hrltlsh agricultural dlstrlcta
have done their part nobly, but the
response has been unequcil. In some I
districts the farms are denuded of men.
while In others rsme have gone to the
front "
In tho next farming year, Ixrd Bel
borne predicted, men will be taken from
the district! which have not yet sent
sny to the aid of the country. He as
serted that he will do his best to make
sure that men from the skilled class if
farmers ahull not bo enlisted, and added
that Karl Kitchener has been "very
sympathetic" with hi project.
Lord Helborne said he will try to
leave the farmers their stockmen, cart
ers and shepherds, but In many case
the rest of the work will havo to be
done by women or by men hitherto not
engaged In agriculture.
The speaker referred to the food com
mittee's Interim report and said that
tho Hovernmont has decided againat the
recommendation embodied In that re
port, providing for a guarantee of 45
shillings (111 2(1) per giarter of wheat
from llll to lt20. He gave the follow
ing reasons for tho ilovernm. nt'a deci
sion :
"There are a half million more acrea
of wheat In 1915 than there wore In
11 J. Cattle have Increased BM.OOU head
and shiop (10,000 The harvests are
superabundant in Canada and Austra
lia and the call of the farm laborer to
the colors In tho coming farming year
will be very great."
Ixjrd Helborne explained that he wa
sware this will disappoint many agrlcul
turlsta. but laid that the Government is
prepared to meet criticism after the
war. Ho said tho whole question of
th agricultural and economic policy and
of the food production at homo has been
reversed In the light of the British sub
marine experience.
The speaker assured his hesrers that
the Hrltlsh navy had the submarine
menace well In hand and added that
he Is no: afraid of the Hermans being
able to Interrupt the British sea com
munications during the war. although
these might be periodically disturbed.
"Hut after the war." he continued,
"we sill have to consider what the de
velopments of submarine navigation may
be. unless some naval answer to the
submarine Is forthcoming an answer
which la not yet foreseen ''
CABINET DEBATES PLAN.
Members Discuss Conscription
In
i .no ml 1 1,-.- Sratlns.
London, Aug 2" t Friday ) The
Ihiilit Chraniclr says this morning that
a committee of the Cabinet. Including
l-ord Crowe. Lord Curgon, Winston
Churchill. Austin Chamlierlnin and
Arthur Henderson, is conferring on the
advisability and feasibility of conscrip
tion. Lord Kitchener has presented evidence.
before tho committee, as have other Min
isters and officials, and it is hoped that
tho committee will finish Its labors lie
fore the meeting of Parliament In the
middle of fjafrtembar,
FIGHTING CONSCRIPTION.
Ilrlllsh I en d ,- I nlmis l omnilllrr
tlopls Opposition It .-sol n I Ion.
Special Vtihlr fletpntrh lo Ta 9cs.
LONDON, Aug. -fl -The management
committee of the General Federation of
Trade Unlona, at a meeting last night,
adopted a resolution expressing tho be
lief that there was nothing to Justify
the conscription campaign, that tho re.
emit ing was proceeding satisfactorily
and that those responible for tho cam
paign clearly were actuated by partisan
or financial considerations
The "selfish and revolutionary propa
ganda of those behind the campaign,"
the resolution statea, "Is Jeopardizing na
tional unity and the successful prosecu
tion of the war."
Sc. rotary Apple'nn of the federation
confirm the belief that the forthcoming
meeting of the workmen's congress will i
irongi oppose conscripi ion ami asserts ,
that the wor';ers ev.ry where resent rlie
RUggestlon 'hat when they have given
!0 much for military s. rvlco, they should
be met with an attempt to deprive them
of their honor and credit for their sor- ,
vices.
NO FEAR OF U BOATS NOW
The
Mines" ll.ll. ... nrllalu Mas
Pognd SOOPOI of Mastery,
moos;, Aug IT. The rime this
I.
morning attaches great importance to
l.ori SelbornO! rtfrnO to submarine,
roupled With the announcement of the
Kinking of a submarine by lligaworth,
th aviator. It says thai no such cule-
gorical etatemenl haa hitherto been
made to behalf of Iho Hovellliuont and
believes Unit a good deal more than'
was actually suid is Implied.
The oltlcial assurance that the meuac.
of German submarine! is virtually mas- 1
lered makee an immenee illfferenoe in ,
tiie situation, ggya the paper, because it !
applies n. . i , .mv in vs im i me . iioniv h.m
.lone with tins weapon, but io what no I
can do during the remainder of tho
war
"VSe underatand," the paper aontlnuoa,
i hut tin. Government i now aide to
deal RU offectiv.lv with the submarine
lUeation that llwro need be no more
son, .un interruption to commerce, al
(hough Ho' H-mums may huild many
inure and larger submarines It Is not
i n. lni lim' no more ships will be
sunk, but that whatever efforts the Ger
man! may make with this moil., of al
ia, k. we have ii,.- utaaleri of them in
defence if that Indeed la the m aiumr
of i.ord Heibume' Rheeoh it Is graal
achievement ami is calculated to cause
mora dvpreoglon In Germani than any
thing itiai has happanad vet
"Tin. dotliute lailiire of H.-rnm ny's so-
rgllsd blockade m ana the dafaal of ths
unti effeutlve weapon that oountry ha
against i,s. It may be Mated inci.lont-
iiiv tiisi the Adenirurty'i announoamont
lespe. ting I, cses ronSrmi what lata loinr
bean talked of
and oth.-r well
informed olrclei, although hitherto the
.ensni hae allowed nothing to be pub
lished "
'NO PEACE IN FRANCE
TILL ALSACE IS WON'
Division of Opinion Inpoitlblfl
Hoforp Rpltfhim Is Frepii,
Dpplarps Prpniipr.
MILLEBAND st STAINED
PUN rrpntrh In Tns lc,
Paris, Aug. 2t. Two featurci stood
out prominently In the record of to-day'g
leosslnn of the Chamber of Deputies. The
first was a flatfooted. spirited declara
tion by Premier Vlvlanl that France II
by no means ready to lend a willing eai
to any peace tAlk to-day.
"Put the question of peace before tho
country," he exclal'red, "and It would
be blown to nothing."
The second important development was
a victory for the tlovernment In Its
efforts to adjourn the session. The ad
journment motion was carried by a ma
jority of 52 vote. The Government'
date for the reconvening of tho Cha-niber,
Heptember 11, wa adopted.
The chances of the Chamber holding
secret seselon. a plan which was vio
lently opposed by the majority of the
press, have been decidedly reduced, th
proposal being practically burled. The
Socialist Radical decided by a vote of
t to 24 not to support the plan. Th
Socialists presented a resolution In favor
of It, which wa referred to the Joint
consideration of the budget and army
committee, but as the committee was not
Instructed to report immediately, a
might have been done, the whole matter
will probably be pigeonholed.
A cruahing blow wao dealt to tho op
position that has been active for some
time againat War Minister Miller nnd
which was crystallised In the demand
for the curtailment of his ower or his
removal. When a vote on this Issue
was called, those who had been most
violent In their agitation against the
War Minister suddenly became silent and
refused to put themselves on record, evi
dently recognising that they had in
curred the disfavor not only of the ma
jority of the deputies but of the puo
llc at large. The result was a vote of
53! to 1, sustaining tlio Government.
he Army.
Throughout Tren-.ier Vlvlanl' speech
there ran as the keyn.de the assertion
that Franco I not divided, but stands
like one man behind the Government
He characterised as "a legend" the Idea
that France, during the last forty-five
years, haa not made adequate provision
for military defence. Ho autoglaed tho
army, saving "the republic may lie proud
of If."
Cheers frequently Interrupted the
Prgwdar'i speech, and a thunderous ova
tion was accorded him when he said that
France'a soldiers are fighting for Ideals,
"for the love of Justice ai d the love of
rlrht."
The Chamber's meeting was spectacu
lar also In point of attendance. All the
members of the Cabinet were on tho
ministerial benches, and the galleries
were niled with notables Many women
were present. Nearly all the members
of the diplomatic corps were in their
boxes. I'remler iv lanl's speech fol
lows :
"I am not going to speak of the sani
tary service alone, but also of parlia
mentary Incidents that cannot b Ig
nored, in tho higher Interest of the
country, by which wo are Judged, we
nut justify the union of Qovernmeni
and Parliament. The horn- services of
the War Department nave accompliahod
their tasks In other quarter errors
have been made, but Parliament ha
lent cordial cooperation without seek
ing at the time to fix responsibility. The
errors have bean repaired.
"Let u banish pessimism ar.d de
pressing anxiety France, by th' grace
of all her children's efforts and hor pub
lic servant, prompted by necessary crit
icism. Is equal to the task of fulfilling
her destiny.
"Mischievous IHtlslon."
"put tho question of peace before the
country and It would be blown to oth
ing. Not until heroic Belgium has been
freed, not until we have retaken Alsace
and Lorraine, could there he mischiev
ous division among us.
"We must destroy the legend that
the republic of Fra: ce, having borne
for forty-five years a horrible wound,
did not make provision for military de
fence I must repeat tho words of tho
Commander in Chief during the last ses
sion of the chamber i 'The Republic
may be proud of her armies.'
"Franco has created an army fulfill
ing the most modem conceptions. Sh
ims I: stilled tho love of Justice and the
love of right, nnd upon the da) the
war began tho children of Frame united
in support of this high Ideal, without
which th re would have been only armies
of mercenarlea,
"Yes. tho German press has said
Franco was divided. Yo, there are
divergences of opinion. Thos- are the
essence ..f free government Hut it
would be a fatal division If there were In
thl country a fraction of the peopl
who even thought of a premature
pagea,"
CZAR IS CONFIDENT.
n Ma!,,
Peasants Hulls Pledge
Their upHirl. Hi- Says.
Paris, Aug. II. Bmperor Nicholas is
quoted in the IfoflN by Jean 'rup.i.
former French -Minister of Poroign Af
fairs, as having said to the latter In
the course of a recent audience
"Peasants spenk to me In affection
ate term and everv day I re. ve from
them several addresses saying 'Hold
firm, for wo are all behind thee,'"
Tiie Bmperor'i voice was Brm ami
clear. Id. Cruppl savs, as in told ,,r
the determlnallon of all Kussiana to
tight on until the victory "to free Ru
ropo'' is assured, and added:
"Prince can count un mv Immov
able will to struggle on until com. let.
victory Is achieved.'
.i a . -v '
NEW CABINET LIKELY.
Iden nf Koriiintloi, of I mi 1 1 1 Ion
Rodi in Rasala lnvorad,
PgTNOIIRAO, Aug J Tho formation
a common i soi net is becoming more
and mor. probable Memban of the
variou poHiloal parttee are holdin
oonrerencei aaiiy and the eubjaei is
dis, us.ed freely In the eorridon of th,.
i lunw,
in oonneotlon with the Premlenhlp
the mimes of Michael Vludlmlrovis ii
itodKianko, the Prasldent of the Dtima,
am; Nikolai a Khomyakoff, former
Prealdenl of thai body, are being men
tioned ptom.nenlly.
GEN, ROP-YR WOUNDED.
Nov,, (leorglevali rommaader nun
In last light.
pBTgnoaap, Aug ,. only un d
rliii n defended Ihi Ruuian fortress of
Novo Georglevik during the last olage
of the boml airiment, the groiter p. it, on
Of flic garrison having hot n Withdrawn
aoo- rdlng to the Rnlrh, which a bis ths:
the commander of the fortrooe, nee
HOtiyr, was seriously wounded
tie surrender
before
The Bourei II
ffc says the vi ism,
was i ngldergM) lee than an armv
corpa."
' 1" HK jrisrantic offensive of the
further advances yesterday.
(he Russian second line of defence,
while Cfermnn troops also occupied
the map shows the advance since the
fortresses cnptureiPnrc underlined.
5CALC OF MlLf
5 SO 75
HIND flU,
l rv z' -. rrr
.J'r . L. MrES T-L IT0V5K
BREST-LITOVSK FALLS;
TEUTONS IN BIELOSTOK
f'onisuod front Ffref Page.
to account for th. rapidity of tha strong
he, Id's capitulation, most of them having
anticipated that it would hold out for a
fortnight at least and in the absence of
authentic news nre Inclined to believe
that rhe apparent Inability on the part
of the Kussiana to offer any resistance
at all must mean that the Kussiun muni
tion! are In an even more depleted
state than had be n supposed.
The British iwa natwunlami at Petro-
gtad do not rort the fall of H:oei
Lituvsk. but Ihtlnavt that Its capitula
tion is expected, saying that the place
will not be held a day longer than wdl
bo useful in delaying the enemy's ad
vance ami enabling the Kuaalan to re
treat to their designated jMisiliou. These
prediction! are evidently !... i on oin
ci.it advice
The Jfomfag 'OA'f currespond, ri
says that th.- lola object of tho Itus-
ilan itrateg is at preetnt eonajetently
the same as it haa la'en for three
month, namely, tho exhaustion of the
enemy's r. sou ices while gaining time
This principle has governed the gin
oral Strategy of all ths allied fronts
from the outset of the war tie corre
spondent says
"A secondary purpose," he continue,
"1 to kill as many as possible of the
enemy's trained nun. This Russia con.
tmuos Id do by th wholesale H. r
tact.es of d. fcasty.- fighting and taking
every Opportunity for local counter at
tacks up to tlio moment when the per
ilitence of the defenoe might Involvi
a general engagement have proved ti..
aurost an I moat economical method ..f
daatroylng the German force.
"Ituss: i has been retiring steadily for
months, yet every army, ev.ry army
corps, every d, vis. on, ovoiy brigade and
regiment remains properly incorporated."
OTHER FORTS STORMED.
tustrlni
Hop, in fell. ,,r I iiplnro
r n i Ifadel,
faeotal Dtuatek io Ta Sea,
VlgNNA, Aim. :tf Tiie following offl.
I Clal st,, ten. eai was leeued to-night at
tiie War ' 'ftli e :
Tho fortress of Hresl-l.itov sk has
I fallen Hungarian Landwehr under
Fold Marshal von An captured ,s
terd.y the Vila nf Kobylan; . IOUth
West of the fortress West llallclau,
; glleln and North Moravian infan
, try stormed at the same time tho
forts south of the village of K'oro.
acgayn. fJarman tnsips captured I :e
citadel.
Meantlm. th.- Auitrlan ami Ger.
man repulied the enemy across the
Ulna and in th. fore) and marshy
j disir.ct Muthoaal ..f Breit-Lttovak,
while our cavalry, pursuing the Kus-
I sinus from Kovei northweit, threw
j their r. ,u guarda ia, u n r Buckln
and W v gwa.
HOLDING OWN IN NORTH.
llMlvliiri' the RulaU Ire Rr
iiriou. I'etriigrad Idmlts,
ffaeridl Cthlt Pttpntrh la Tui so
I'amoaaAO, Aug II, Tie Ruaalan
armlei between Grodno and the I'rlpaf
Blver hav, been ordered to retreat, and
ore performing the operation Rucceaa
fully, savs the War t MT,, t to-day, in-
cUidod between iioilri, ami tbe Priput
are the town of Hieioetok ami itres.
Litovik, nnd tlio War Office' announce
ment is tin refore taken as a warning
llial Ihoso place! aie about to be ova, u
ntcd i,.r strat.gi pUrpoacB.
The German official riiiorl of yo.
tertlay said that Bieiostok has been
occupied ami Ureat-LKovsk captured.
Hut in tho north, where the German!
apparently havi been fighting with s nne
violence, the Ituss. mi troop.! ate holding
Iheir own. The vVar Gfflca ipeak ..f
fsphting in the vicinity ,,f livvinsk and
Vllnn, Important railroad plaooa, an
point in tin north whore the German
offanaive irf being chucked And tins
now is in reality, very eiKtouragiug
as Hie two pin. .,..i nam,, l are on I lie
riillraiiil ,o Petrograd, which if levered
so far east of ih, troops n lite vicinity
ol Hioilno woul'l
a v i'i v s." oU!
iay a:
In the ri
south. -.o
blow
Tito official itgti M. ni
Theie is po changa
about Itlga To tlio
Ki fll cliHtadt and In
the region
vlehkl . bit ing 1
s huenberg and Ha.isiv'
n iibiisi gi nun ::.. i ne , ... o,
forced nnd resumed tin off.
stubborn fighting
i n i lie ii reef Ion of I iwli i
t roan
ve with
.1
the region ..r the Onlkohty it ver and
svuta we drove the Germane buck,
In the direction of Willi. I UUI I:. .ops
,11'e holding tile eoe'liv Up IUI posi
tions before Kvie we are grudUltlly
falling baok along both bank of the
Villa.
Kioio (he middle Blamen on the
front between the upper rtolir nnd ihu
Pripeti our arnilea, In conform I) w ith
Instructional are retiring toward "
east The enemy le on I) picaaing mr
troopa in certain directions. Ills prig-
Atistni-Ciermans in Kunsia made
l!i est-Utovsk, the key fortress to
fell into flerman liHiids yesterday,
Bielotok. The shaded portion of
fall of Warsaw, nnd the principal
'"Ilal effort on
I r." I ,i: i ' - t
rtMUta cant Wiirtl
Aujr,uMt were dl
iflelohtuk and the
from Iticlxlt aiwl
KUtfhi-II.
On ot her nc-'t iopm of t he front
there have bei n no important t'hatinrei
MUD A RUSSIAN ALLY.
geeefaf Caafi sVeapaic fa Tai srv
London, Aug. II, Tha beginning of
the autumn rams and mtat! and the
resultant mud already are hampering
the Herman advance Into Russia, says
the correspondent "f the Dallg Moil at
I'etrograd. The misis arc a help to Ul4
Ruaalan in that they prevent tho Her
nial) airmen from finding concealed bat-
tertee and traneport trams.
' According to a military paper in Pot
tograd til.- main Kussiun strength is
between Hiolostok and Vlodava, says
tbe correspondent A emlOfflcll an-
noUl man! Indicates that the Kussiana
are about to choose a fortified defensive
front in who h to remain lint,! the ranks
lean tie filled up and munition! accumu
lated The fa. t that the Government is
seeking civilian onglneoi n g assistance
tor the army Is taken to mean that
preparation are under way to lay out
Intrenchment for the winter.
Meanwhile, tho correspondent goes ,,n.
the German continue their off. its to
nurrcund the Rusaiane, directing their
attack againat Kovol on the south at.d
nrodno on the north with tho idea of
getting behind Hr, st -l.iovsk.
19 SHIPS SUNK IN WEEK.
Rpltteh vi. im,,. of Uerman -ni
Include tin- krablc,
pr. ,'l ' tlf'lr fleflpafe t Tilt St V
London, Aug. II, The Admiralty an
nouucee that during the week ended
Augni.it nineteen Br.tlah merchant
man, aggregating a total tonnage of it,
Ions, and throe fishing trawlers of
a total tonnage "f :!! tons. w. re sunk
The tola! number of arrivals and de
partures during the same per od wa
1,111. Tho list of ship destroyed in
eludes the Arabic.
Tho number Of losses and the a mount
Of their tonnage are the highest recorded
tints far. the hlgheat previous tonnage
of ships destroyed in one week being
4 V 4 . wh h Included the tonnage of
the Lasltanla.
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it moans all ol' this: you dictate faster
than you can to a stenographer- iho i )iel
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better letters you can dictate answer I
the incoming mail the minute it is open
and while the matter is fresh in your mind.
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a stenographer,
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THE I
( Thl$ Utit t rtts n.t ytt MHTi i.-',)t,,i fn fl r i , ',
ITALIANS HOLD FIRM
UNDER HEAVY FIRE
Onrnnizr- Canto Position lis.
spite Biff (iiins In i
ItonBo Trpnclica,
SKIZK U MATKHIALI
fgeefaf rnne ftupatek to Tat -Rons,
Aug. II The i' i1 ii
turod a number of strong An
'an in
tronchmonts on the nop. t i ,,, ...
.-.M,l.,ri, 1.1,,,,, s ,,, ,l'. I
terday. according to the oflli : , 0ti
niunlqtio Iggttad to-day.
On the Carao plat, -an when th
Italian offensive has been stopped mo
mentarlly while new position ai, , .
organlxod, tho Austrian showed eft a
artillery activity, using newly mounl
runs. In plto of a furious fire the,
Italians continued their work of ream
gallon, and on the left wing managed
I to occupy several more Intreti hi snlg
capturing some rifles and a quai I y of
war materials.
Deepatchea from Switserland my that
the Austro-Hwiss frontier has been
closed by tho Austrian authorities it
Is believed that a large i un ber ..f iota
are neing concent i at, ,i st Innsbruck
The ofticlal Statement says.
in the Bttd alia Valley th.. pii;ane
edvanood from Mount Clraron .:.
ward, occupying .Mount Arim i tore
and Mount AlUbla. The enemy failed
to i hei k the advantk and left a num
ber of prisoners In our hands.
In Iho Seebach Valley our arttlter
Nimbarded an encampment of the
enemy and caused the Austrian te
disperse.
On the tipper Isonen we took v.-ns
strong Attatrian entrenchment . n 'he
southern slopes of Rombon, together
with a number of prisoners and rapid
fire guns.
in the Carso front the enemy l--tn.
hurried our whole front from t i .mor
ons batteries newly mounted. Never
tholess, wo continued tho erection of
our works to be used In thl ino)
movement. V.sterday our lefl w.ng
occupied several more entrenchment!
and captured a numler .f r.ilr.- and
a quantity of war materia;.-
SHELLS BRESCIA WORKS.
AnMrlan lrman Attacks an
o, until, .ii l-'nctory.
gparlal Cwaf iepntrh f Tnr it
Viknna, Aug. "ti. The War 1 "I;
sued to -night the following rcpo
op rations on tho Italian front:
C ts-
t 'if
who
noon
'ASS
tho
lr.-
in the Dobardo lector lial i-s
attacked Monte lielsoll.usl t
yesterday were ropuls- d.
In tho coastal districts there
violent artillery fighting, chlefl)
region of Flltsch, where hosti,
fantry Is cautiously approaching
Oho of our airmen s .
dropped several bomp on tl
munition works at Brescia.
fully
We repulsed the attack announced
Wednesday from the Plateau Laver
one. which w is undertaken by -t om
enemy forces. After ton lay "i
nights of bombardment of our work
the enemy on Tuesday Increeeed the
Intenalty .f is tin- again! out lim ni
Ctmn di Moialnl Blaan, Till iftgr
midnight our positions wet r-
whelmed by projectllee of ovary eai hre
Subaequantly several Infantn . -
moots and Alpine battalion . I '
Ottr brave Tyrol chasseurs. sup '-d
by tha upper Austrian rhaeuri il I
artillery, repulsed all attack i
morning the entire enemy attai kf aen
fln.'iiiv- repulaed. in the entat gli n-
alone 100 Italians weio killed 'iur
casualties wore few.
AUSTRIA CONSIDERS U. S. NOTE
I Reply In I'riitost Hot Milpoi
rnti
ed.
' t a.
lets
h'
and
How
I t
, nf Arms Now Being; Review
VlgNNA, Aug. II, The A .
j press publishes to-day the .vi
lli -te In reply to the dual m : c
protest 10 the shipments of srmn
ammunition to the Allies Tht fo
Ing Inspired remark :s appw .le
I ti e publication :
"The note is being subjected lo
'ugh and friendly study in the F
Ministry at.d will then be anw
Kussiun Beenforced in Hraaarabla,
IgfCfgl ' il He DtlfUtk I" Tits s ,
London, Aug. il. A Bucharest .
patch says thai the Kussiun i.g
reen forced on the Bessurnbian fr er
and that their nriilbrv bus heel I l
between Cgornowltg and it.-;.:
August .3-