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Teaching Trade to
Uncle Sam's Soldiers
New plan to fit young men for civilian life
while serving in the army. In THE
SUN next Sunday.
V01 . LXXXIII. NO. 36.
FRICKS TO JOIN
SCHWAB IN BIG
STEEL MERGER
,ll"lli'l
111 "
cicitt KnterpriM
nnicgte'i Hoys"
Reported.
IMov ok RKTHLEHEM
WITH LAKH!!-; PLANTS
nents In the new era of (Trent
Km
Ml
It b
It
t.tu
nations ltd by four of "Car
is" canto r s t yesterday when
; wn that another ioerfnl
iiga nation was almost con
,ii i ll. i lies M. Schwab, Henry
1 .
Mr. Prick's con
Chllda
C
fri, the central nimn.
w negotiations In two deal!
, nn) resuli la these two strong
nM in crestl coming together were
. ,,. ,.v York yesterday the'
(I , porallOtl or the Mid vale Steel and
Ordnance Company! writh 1100.000,000
raised from lees than $10,000,- .
. lha ,,'.! Mirlv.il. COmflAnV. 1
pi,.. ,,,,, M ... ... . - -
mm innounead from Dover, Del. This
li hi RockfllarCory-Convrss com-
Interest 111 thoge groat deals
IsMtned beeauss four of the moving
IP I . had received Ihelr training under
Andrew Carnegie, and, "Carnegie's
leyti" were Wealing the mantle of
1. ;,r-h. that then niemor. ine gieai
thi
Ironmjiflti
ire Ml
h id laid aside. These four
Bchwab ami Mr. Prick, who
the newiv reported undertak
(iCU r
ind .Mia C Dinkey ami William
ore . Who are In the Midvulc euter-
y. 1
pr M
'1 'i-nigh
Wall Mrs
bejtlli'Ctm
linn eery
tks .if le
a.ys of t
gen, that
lorn with
storic wer.' handled about
t. In the oacltement of tbgajtalla
i.f a new pei.no of comoina
similar In many character s-
islon and wild rumor to the
rinntlon ol the st, el Corpora
these for. s would ''iltimat ly
the lichwab-Prlok Interests,
u llki i hood
f this was denls 1 in
h-gh quarters.
gelhlelielll
I e It I re of ( oinlil mil Ion.
TV' Bethlehem ste. i Company is the
amtr, of iio- great combination now in
arotrx of forming. ''miles M. Bchwabls
Ike K-ading1 figure, Henry '. Prick and
(inlds Prick are the hi ad and shoulders
in the financing arrangements. The wo
1 1 properties to he taken ovr 'iy the
!' rompan) are the Pennsylvania
T.vi t'omnnny and the Cambria tell
Canpatiy. A number ft minor com j
p4 ..- 'iave aln been mentioned.
tie negotiation! irhtch are expected!
to iln nate In tile big Be'Jilehem leal
r " as n' along two tOtflM, WHIctl ap. i
gsrintl) are heudiug toward each niur. i
Charles M. Schwab and associated
n iiem ste,. interests are after tha t
pttmsylvauts steel Company and. it is I
$t v a. are so does to succsfja that I
in intmiiticemenl of purchase may In 1
gMMtf l any time. j
HVnr) i' Krlok is after the Osmbrla
llet lumpen) through an option on a'
cc ul ng amount of its em.-k. whteh
bs ang been held by K. C. I'onner. i
trend tut d the Cambria and chairman
of the ho .i of the Penneylvenla steel i
tympany, i-hu i- related to Mr. Prick,
li i understood that Mr. Donner also
111 in on control of the I'enn-
. h i i.i giSel I'ompany.
Th Pennsylvania Kitlrond controls
kOth of -hese Steel companies. Mr.
Y ek In i dire. -lor of the lallroad and.
It is reported the lamest individual!
svn ol Pennsylvania Railroad stock.
Mr Prick has long been considering
tl pur hase of tiie Cambria Company,
ll has been generally understood by
Steel uen for nevsral years that Cam
I i ind I'euniylvanta would ultimately
l J'llie,
vr i Mr S. hwah sets the rennsyl
1 Hal Mr, Prick the Camhrla, If
. result of the negotiations
' i ' .iu carried on, there la little
it in the minds of leading bankers
(Ion thi properties involved and
Steel men thai the two men will get
together,
W . .. muting of the interests of
V s , and Mr. Prick is still a
aw!--. ion of some Indeflnltenass, it is a
f 'I thai Mr BchWab la definitely ar
Nngllts to buy Pennsylvania Steel. An
Imp tarn meeting was held yesterday
si hi off! e .ii in Broadway. Praaant
- meeting, iti addition to Mr.
lehwah and Mr. Ponnsr were Bugsne
tl (Its e, president of the Bethlehem
Steal Company i K T stutcsbury. dirae
I ' the Pennsylvania Itallroad and
ptrtner In .1. r Morgan & Co, and
PMjei a f'o., t lie Philadelphia bouse;
Star Tatnall, Vice-president and .iirer
ir of thi pei i tylvanla Railroad : H 8.
t.vdir .. viceprealdaht tind a dt
rtctor if the Bethlehem; William M.
I:' num. a Kethlehem director, and I'res
I ' ' McOl'i t"r of the I'nloti Iron
orr.-. ,. Ilethlehem subsidiary.
I b telle, ii
I" the a
Ooaa iii'iii- .
! i 1 1 ei ence was BOlni on
ti ei on the stis-k Bxohanffs
. 100 mark for the tlrst
Rill
M CI sse.l
t nte f
imuanliftent of disara from
HI li - 1 lltlltr war etis ks were crack
1 i vail o;.eii on tie ssSlnsj movaman
! u ill w i.,,e,i aUjut i iVofcek, but
"' ' c t . j t on f x way upward
as
I'CM.
f-
I
i lie new century mark by
".!! first and 0t4ng to
i hi: was 1i rints lower.
Philadelphia sxonanffs Oam
iVnnsylvania etaal were nulet.
i losed ii 'IT. whtoh wi 'i
'i than the prSVlOUS day. and
k , .
Camh
soihi i
JV-ns,
Afte.
f. 1
' "Tin
ism
I; one
'in meeting Mr. Bchwfeb a-p-i
ln out uin iniiiuti-icaitive.
leal has not been closed," hs
'Hut i can't say. anything about
another.
' .' l e lisylvunla Steel f'omiKi! V bus
I
itnillOtl a.r il 5 J'l, ".I'ai 000 pre.
outstanding, f whn li about
is uwnsd by ihe I'euusyl
r ail tlu-oiiKh the l'ennsvl-
brrsil
li ntr
V.miH
Stlll
knr t
ennv
'nli'ii
S 1 M
)!..!! ni
Mini
pany .
f'l Ui
H
i my . its bonded debt is
12,1,000,000, Tha oom party
Maryland HtsH Company,
II Ion in i stee.1 plant, "lisiks
ii H,w 'own Point, below
i liaa .in sstsn i's shlpbultdlni
Tlie Peirfuyivamjii Mtaal L'om
lo owi s ik. Him aorta ot sokkng
In Psnnsylvania ami rich oie
l"', lie
III ''UI..I. I;, 1.1
unib r the name
- in Vuicricaa iron Company.
Cambria Steel Company has
i.Oun stock outstanding, of which
1 (UanlH llallroad owns 'III,
ii t.iinliiiK 11,000,000 of
' uul i other bondsd Indabtsd.
' Olllieel I..M l,ri
: i oinblnatlAiia
Pari) of steel
negutlutloni for
rsturn yastarday
fi ura an iiispao
Cumlaued on Third I'ugt.
SUBMARINE DESIGNED AND
TORPEDOED GERMAN
Craft Constructed In This
Country Active in Baltic
Operations,
TEX SENT ACROSS
UNDER OWX POWER
An American designed and built tub
marine torpedoed the Gertrmn hattle
crulser Moltke In the Baltic a
ago Other vessels of this
operating now In the North
few weeks
type are
and Baltic
seas American built Submarine! have
Journeyed from this side of the Atlantic
to the coast of Ireland, then to the
Mediterranean and as far as the Dar-
where they have been operat
ing against the Turks with considerable
success. 'our boats mi.de this journey
of about 7.000 mllei without a mishap
of any kind and at the rate of about
eight miles an hour.
Ten submarines, each about l',n f,.,.t
I in length, were built from American
' designs and patents for the British
Government, Thay might have been
! built in this country, but William Jell'
i nings Hryan objected, so the) were built
In Canada and coneenuently a consider
abb sum ol mono) was kept out of this
country. The Journey from Montreal.
where the boats wars built, to the Dar
danelles IS by far the longest ever made
by a submarine and put
into the shade
the perform: nee of
thi' ticrman built
boat, about which
talk, which went
Adriatic
there was so muh
from K e! to the
1 1 $ t ii ii t rn i f i"i T ii II on t
Inn thi' war HI Hit "'I I 'hut It 'J- M
Schwab obtained a contract f'"' ten
MibmariitM t b built m tiii-- count rj
by the Bloctrte Boat fompanj That
company iwns tha Holland patentK and
bullda the Nlwco engine, which Im an
Improved Dlcasl nglne, with which tha
ubmarlnM are propelled on the nurface,
and th' electric motor ami other parte
with which they are equipped, while the
hulls are built at the Pore River tinrlne
Company on the Atlantic coast it in'
Union lronWorke on the Pacific Bide
When 11 wan ennounced that ten
eubmarinee for the Brltiah were t. in
built hero. Mr Bryan, who wae then
Becretar) of State, objected on the
ground that it would be h viola! Ion ol
th declaration t neutrality, no Mr
Schwab afCHin frosscd the rtdan on the
Olympic. Mint the battleship Audacious
in a ntnkinit condition after ehe had
been tufdiosd. In Uondon he iit the
Hritish authorities that he Would have
to five up the Contract for the sub
marines ami explained why.
Mr. Schwab wan told to fro ahead with
the building Of the boats and that they
could remain at the yards here until
after the war. when they could be de
i Hve red, Then he was asked why the
BlootHc Boat Company oould not build
some boats in some part of the British
, Knipire. Canada for instanoe, and he
i came tmCh tO see what he could do
The Klectrio BMt engineers at OROe
went to Canada, consulted with the
authorities there and found a plant at
Montreal which had been erected hy the
VickerSi Maxim Company at cost of
18,000,000, It was exactly suited for
their work. The ViekeiH, Maxim Com
pany was not ready to operate thH
plant and it was an easy matter to )pih
It. This done the engineers returned to
this country, gathered together some of
the most expert mechanics In the coun
try, offered them Inducement! to ko to
j Montreal, and soon had OOl only a work
1 Ine plant but the ver bOSl men obtain -
1 able to lo the work
builillnB submarines
Then the work of
sta rtsd,
first Hrail)
III I'onr
M on. Its.
In four month
aft
' the work starlet!
implstad and the
quickly. Thaaa
nautical miles on
the first boat was 0
others followed van
boats make fourteen
the surface and about nine miles when
submerged. Bach boat Is fit to, i with
four tOfpadO tubes and each can carry
aixteeu tOI'pSfloaa. The boats were not
fltteil with guna, but were so built that
guns couhl be aiblerl when they were In
home waters. l-'.ach couhl store away
SUfflCionl fuel oil to enable It to make a
VoyggS of 1,500 miles without taking
on a ftesh supply, Bach boat has a
Clew Of fifteen men.
While the boats were being built the
plant In Montreal was carefully guurded,
Sentinel-' patrolled the shops day anil
night. No one could gel in without a
paas and no one 0OUU obtain a pass who
had not business connected With the
work. Kven when admitted by passes
strangers were watched.
When the first lot of boats were reailv
for delivery the Hritish Government w'as :
notified and within a vary short time a
Hear Admiral, several Oftlcsri and
gailora and snglnaari arrived to take
the boats over Ihe mean. Tha Rear Ad
miral was an officer who had made a
thorough study of the submarine and 1
each man with him was an expert and
an enthusiast. The boats were tiled and i
thoroughly tested In the St l.awrence
Itiver. making runs at times down to
the mouth of Ihe river and back. When
Ihey had answered all tests prcparatlon
were made to take them across the At
lantic. I
Six were to go on the first trip ai.d !
they took on their luppllss of torpedoes,
Oil, food, clothing and water. When:
thoroughly equipped they displaced j
twenty Ions less than their specifications '
called fur( showing graater buoyant,1)
and efficiency than had been expected, i
a freight steamer had b"c converted
into a machine shop. II was fitted to j
convoy iln siibtnaiiuf-H hitch the At
lanllc and be on hand In case of an i
sceldent. Two Hellish amtgsrs, lbs fal-
NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6,
B0VE A submarine of the H type, running on the surface at
fourteen knots; below it a longitudinal Kection of the same class
of boats, showing the interior structure. At bottom, a map showing
routes taken by submarines built on thin side of the Atlantic in going
to Kurope.
garlan and Canada, were also to aocotn
pan) the undersea craft
The u N ft M0treal ran quietly and'
proceeded down the Hvt to the .uif
of st lawrertce Then they went south,
of Newfoundland and put Into si John's, 1
Nil accident of any kind tiad happened
rind the men on the boats were on-
thuetsattc about Mieii performances A
shori rest was made at st John' - and
liien they Malted
ff
quletl
their J
oil
ur-
the most danserous stage
in . to cross the At lantlc,
They h.ui comparative! emootb
weather on thle trip, hut rough weather
would not have bothered them much, ex
cept to make things uncomfortable for
those on board. They proceeded iii close
company, with the mother vessel close
behind ami ;;i two cruisers guarding
the column in less thin eleven days
they arrived at the British naval base
on the west coast of Ireland, where they
were ine ted by the leading naval of
fleers Then they wont to Portsmouth
and later were ordered to the North
s-a miii i he Baltic, a mi according to
report a from the British Admiralty, have
give gdod account of themselves,
Soon after ihp first n'.x WOre Matted
or, their long voyage the other four
w t re com pie Led W i un they were 1 1 led
ami equipped they made the voyage
across the All intiC Just an the others
did, Winn ihey arrived at Portsmouth
they took OK i full supply of oil and
then began their second voage They
went down the Bngllsh Channel, ar-rosr.
the Ba of BlSCa) and Btoppei I for a
short time at Gibraltar Thn they
started again through tin- Itedttor
ranean to Malta, and Anally Joined the
British fleet operating at the Darda-
DR. RICE SAYS-HE WILL !
txioifr iiml Burgeon fleti Ll
consr
to Miiri'N Idow nf
Titanic Victim,
Ros
ilmti
surge
Wed
lev, rw s nr Alexander U;tm
Rles of chis city, explorer and
ifi, took out a license to-day to
Mrs. Klcanor l-'.lk'ns Wldcner
Of
liladelphla. who gave the magnifi
cent Widen- library to Harvard t'nl
Verslt)' in memory of her son. Harry
Bikini Wldsner, wdm with hN fattier
was hot in tiie Titanic disaster.
Dr, Itice declared he did not know
When o. where the marriage would take
place, but admitted that ll was to be
a lecret and as simple as possible.
When askod if lie Intended to seek a
Suspension of the law requiring appli
cants for muriage lloenSSS to wait five i
days after the tiling of intentions he- j
fori they secured the document, he said
laughing!) i
"I'll tell you this much--when I move,
i move verj quickly, i promlss i won't
be ma fried to-night, though. I am go- j
lug back to Newport this evening, and j
after 0n1s1lt keep your eyes open." i
In making application for the license
Dr. Itice gave his age as (0 and that of
Mrs Widetier as 47.
Dr Rlos Was In Paris when the war
beg in and took charge of Ihe hospital
opened there by Mrs. COOPSr Hewitt of
New York He enine homo to receive
the honorary degree of M. A. from Har
vard and first met Mrs. Wldener at the
dedication of the Wldener library, sub
sequently spending much time at New
port. lb was graduated front Harvard In
llll, and Ihe medical school three years
later He has conducted exploration
Ii Alaska, Hudson Kay ami South
Aio.-ii. ,. .oloill len. lie Wan blade M
fellow of the Itoyal leographlcnl So
ciety in litnl and started the contro
versy with t'ol. Hoosevelt over the "Itiver
of Doubt."
BUILT IN AMERICA
BATTLE CRUISER MOLTKE
Dellee. Some have been sent through
the strait and did much damage tu
Turkish tr.i nsporte in the Pea of Mai -
mora and at Constantinople.
Ftuui Montreal to St. John's. New
foundland, le 1,100 miles ; from St John's
to tin ast of Ireland 1,000 tnths: to
Portsmouth 'nn miles, to Gibraltar
1,200 miles, end from Olbraltar to the
Dardanelles SS00 mUea, making a
ttdai of 7.'"" ttiilen fnim Montreal to
the i tarda nelle.
The British naval authorities are lm
mensely pleased with theee boats, which
ery nearly match the American L I pi
in else and ability, and they have asked
tiic Electric Boat Company for permls
son tO build more of these boatfl iti
their own yards, This permission has
been granted and the plana and epeclfl"
cations have begn sent
Two other American built eubmarlnea
have done pood work for the Cans
dlans. These were built ai Seattle ind
were purchased by I 'at ad t .lust befOt B
the War began, They were ready to
have Seattle when the President is
sued his neutral it) proclamation and
the criSeer Birmingham was t itloned
to watch that the two did not kri : 8Wft.
wiiii there w-,s a reception on the
i ru ser the two boats submerged and
Kd out of tha river and went to V.ti -couver,
Premlei McBrlde recently aald
that he was confident that the presence
of these two submarines had protected
the Canadian cities on ths Pacific from
bombardment by the i M-rman cruisers
Dresden and Uelpglg These coast cities
were absolutely undefended and onlv
the knowledge thai the two submarines
were there kept the German cruisers
away. In the opinion of Mr McRWde,
These wen- two boat of t he Holland
t ype.
KIPLING'S ONLY SON
BELIEVED KILLED
ia
I'lii'-Oiti Lieutenant in tin
frlrt Gnardi a Reported
Wigging.
VnrCa Ctthf0 f);fe tn Tl Sl S
l.oMiov, tct. I, -Hudyard Kipling1!
oniv Mm. John, a Lieutenant in ths
Irish Quarde, is reported missing und
Is believed to have been kilted.
The yoUng man was parol) IV It
WQS for him that the "Just So stories"
Were written He h'ld been in delicate
health before the war Iwgan. but ins
parents yielded to hie urgent pleading
for permission to participate in the war.
though the fact of his extreme youth
and delloata health might have justified
them in refusing hli request
BRITISH HOLD THREE LINERS
ft-'orrt I iihitlliiu of firuii of
Huron llouuhl liy llrmiinrli.
I London. I let. I. "Despatches from
: Copenhagen My H Mtnsatlon has been
i created t here by the announcement that
! three liners f the BoandtnsvlaAmera
lea (sin1 were ordered at Kirkwall to
I unloail their GarifOei Of haenn, uhlch,
: it i Rtatedi had been bouiht at the
Initiative of the i -anlsh I lovsrnment,
Th liners In question lire the rnr
J!. the Kreflenck 'H and the I'nited
' Stales. The pASSSnVSre Of the l"red-
erick vii. were transferred to - vmaller
vessel at Kirkwall last Tlivrsd y,
V r n n i lOapOdltSS I . Ii M b i I .
I'aiiih, Out, 5, The order for the
holdfnf d American mail for two dayn
: before balim forwarded or delivered
hai been cancelled by the Ministry of
1 War upon the HUffCSStlOfl f i he KorelfH
I Office.
! TO ATLANTIC CITY 0:!M A. M.
tea ay i Taureuay sa-turdsv from pier
I 4t. North Rtver. Phono fprlnn tl?
1915. cmrit, 1111, ttm
-.
AMERICANS UNDER
SHELL FIRE 4 DAYS
Dr. Wheeler Tolls How the
Foreign Legion Fought
in Clianipaurnc.
M A N Y
ST1U, MISSING
i fsli Deipslel to Tub Bo
I'auih. n. 6 Ir. DaVkl E. Wheeler,
the American HUPRexwi who was VTMMMOd
in Thiimpairtie, br rapidly kmpilna
from a hullot WOlind In the riirht kne
and a broken bone. He i la the m-on:
h earful iir:t und nve The SrN' eor
respondent 'o-da an outline of h-w
I he tlmt and second rsftmentfl Of the
l-or Ign Leffton were Under tire
between Houain and Homme Pf for
about four days, eleeplni in the open,
each dlmrH-C ft hole f r hie protection,
The resiinent 1h- la irm- eorv of tltlr
umertcal strenirUi under fire.
W hen abOUl 1" 10 o'clock on tli morn
ing of Kept ember they attacked the
lertnan eartlvwortcs and entrenchments
the onward rush carried them into a
de.ith trap, where ihey were enfiladed
from the MFht and left, facltiR a t i
rible mitrailleuse Are, Tiiey struggled
on, ti hng :he und est coy sd wire en
tanglements, nobody b thin time hav
in i wire cllpperi It Vheeler though!
tint he h mself and the Majr were 6he
only tWO l !t Uprlgnt w heii a luillet
struck him, making him dive into a
narrow German trench.
comp&ny of Senegalese trallleura
flowed over blm anl he thence com
menced a neven houi erawl rearward,
durinii wMch more Benegalose were met.
He had some ellght rtllWeulty, owing to hi.
slight knowledge of Preneh, in persuad
ing several men thai hs wa not nn sn
'-.iitirin Oerman,
He reached Boudaln and took s train
to ChnltJns VJ'hlle at the station here he
met Jack Casey, who was wounded u
the foot hut not vevorely, Dr. VTlieeler,
having ju?i received a tetamie lnjetuin,
fell asleep end when he awoke Onsty
wai gone.
He ha liie written from an army
hospital In outhem Prance, I".- Vheeler
Mke In the highest ti-rm if the trwt;
iiienl he had received during the two
lays he spent at the Chalons hospital.
He uan-ed bhe following ai havini taken
p. n i tn t he hattle. hut in IgtM rant of
t heir fate i 1 'hrhitopher i-harles of
Brooklyn, wi Hum Dujgan, mining engl
1 1 eel . of Albany . Kdmond C. (Setiet of
ww v.ii'K, a great grandaon ot Qov,
I'linton, and Corporal Honllla,
gkiptter Pavelka, a cot rejtjmud ml of
Tin Sin. with Ihe Koreign tiegtun,
. rite under date of I letober ;i
"After very hard fighting during the.
Iail eight day?, I am on repoae here in
a little atretch of wood- i. hind the lines,
w ' hava ton ed the Hermans out ot thin
kiectlon. ur iroopa are (tin pushing
them back The attack commenced on
September 25, Our regiment, iMnaistlng
of only two btUlatlonS. acted an re
erves until September SI Kvcn this was
mont tr ing
",o warm food was obtainable, only
hardtack ami tinned beef, vVg had no
sleep whatevel We lost quite q few
In the bombard mont tn-bMided to pre
vsim ua ftotn oomlng up to the aupfjon
of our tit"-t line, Another thing cjiuin-r
fata tit lea was a eQuad f on wiry falling
1tiii the trenches upon um We moved
forward for attaok about oounk in
tin afternoon charging with fixeii
Uuxne4a agulnot the masked batterlea
01 three aides, Our oomiiany lost it"
men. Trlukhart Is among ths wounded
"Ail ;' our officers fell a French
retrlment ralieved us Mboul midnight
and we Returned to the reserve trenches,
"i have not a scratch on mo. but my
clothsa are torn into sbredg by shrapnel.
A shell hurst two yards In front of nie
tmd I received a full charge on my new
ateei helmet M rifle was demolished
and lis fragment fell into my hands,
My overcoat was torn intt ehretls.
I iittii. mlaerable, but I'm happy after
g dip in the liver last night. MusgntVS
in with me, We are the only two Kng-
Ush ipeaklng men here"
V07' ON GERMAN LIST.
Hptci! rahlt Itfnpntrh tu Tits Se
I'ARts, Oot, fi The gpanlah Kmbassy
m Herlln has Informed Ambassador
i Sharp In Paris thai Kenneth Weeks.
John Smith anil Hueeell Kelly, Anieil
catis in the Foreign l.egmn, do not ap
pear on 'im Herman list of Prenoli
killed oi wounded In the region wher.'
tie three disappeared,
The Spanish Hmttasay is unable to
dll'SOl a seaich among the prisoners
i not wuundsdi
Iterrfonl Kirn, Kaiinfe.
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M. VENIZELOS IS'
FORCED OUT BY
KING OF GREECE;
National Loader's Pro-Ally ,
Stand Resented liy
l?iiii. '
LONDON LOOKS FOB
REVOLT IX ATHENS
Special raefl TifMpOtrt. tn Tn, It
Isinisiv, Oct I, The Creek rreinier.
If, VenlaelOO, banded his resignation to
Kin-r t'onstantine this evening, says a
late rtespateh from Athens.
The King summoned If. Venlselos this
afternoon and Informed him that he
could not support the policy which had
permitted the landing of allied troops
at Salonlca M. Venlielos Is virtually
pledged to the support of the Quadruple
Kntente He left the King after telling
him that he would resign.
To-nl-fht the flreek situation Is one
of the most peculiar OS well as the most
menacing that ha arisen out of the war
The resignation of M. Venlrelos will
necessarily mean the dissolution of the
praaant Oreek Cabinet anil the forma- !
tlon of s new one. Hut the Ministry. I
which Is appointive bv the King, must
be ratified by the Chamber of Deputies I
and the lireek Chamber is With M
Vsnloeioo.
As the situation Is outlined by the I
political commentators to-night. King
, U-H..1IH. ,. .1 ,,,.,! MiMlall f.
diplomacy of hia f'remler. whose partv
was returned to power last spring on a
platform which openly advocated moral
If not active support of the Entente
Powers Furthermore, the policy of the
Premier which bus brought forth tl e
King's disavowal was based on the plat
form which resulted In his resumptu n
Of office
Klna Risks III.
It would appear from the antj tc ws
at hand that King Constantine alwsys i
a sympathiser with ti e Herman eg IBS,
has determined to stoke everything on
the support of that cause and toprevi :
ft reed from align'ng herself t!i t is
Allies, even at the ri-k of losing his '
throne
It ii pointed out here thai break
between the King and M Venioelos is
likely to throw ihe country Into n rolu
t on, The Ionilon commentators, making
certain reservation, are inclined to be-'
11. Ve that the ("-amber of Deputies will
stand b II, Venlisloi and will decline
to support the King. At the last elec
tior. there was an overwhelming ma
Jcrlty for the party of M Venlaal IS ,n 1
mil' the scantiest vol., for the party of
the then Premier. M tlounnrls, who was
rt iff set the candidate of the K.ng
The Venioelos Uovemmenl had at
tempted to estrange Ureece from Qer
many definitely by countenancing the
lundlng of an Kntenta force at Kalonlca
and tacitly agreeing to the use of ths
Vardar railway for transportation of
tllll force to Serbia
Plot-my Soestoai in baMber.
The session of the itreek Cliamhet ot
Deputies yaaterda) and this morning, at
which the landing of allied troop.- was
discussed, was one of the stormiest that
i inly has witnessed. After bitter de
nunciation by the opposition part) a
vr le of confidence in the Hovertimenl
was moved and carried. Tin vote was
14 to in, with thirteen members not
vi ting
1 nirtug tiie debate the Premier made
it dear that his Uovornmcnt has re
jected i ten nap friendship and will stand
by Serbia and the Quadruple Kntente,
The Opposition lenders accused M.
I Venioelos of having unnecessarll) led
the country Into war. On H" Other
hand the Premier charged these leaders
and the press which supports them with
having sold their honor to Herman
prnpagn ndtsts The lesoion was not
adjourned until 4:30 o'cloi k this morn
ing. m Venioelos eaplalnod that he had not
forcibl) resisted the landing of troops
at Salonlca because such action would
have exceeded the limits of the country's
neutral obtlgationa Morvover, he said,
the fear that (ireek Intereotg would b'
endntlgered had been dissipated by the
assurance), that owing In llulgaria's nio
blltaatlon the Bntente Powers had with
drawn the offer of territorial cancel.
Ions made to Bulgaria.
The Premier said he had requested
Serbia to allow him to communicate the
text of ths ilr-'cn Serb treat) to tn.'
Chamber and hoped to be able to do
so in a day or two He added that
ihe treaty was for ten years and that
Its chief provision was that each ijg.
natory was to assist the other if attacked
by a third pany Win n Austi n declared
war on Serbia, II Poohttohi the Serbia
premier, asked for t.ld from Ureece, but
finally agreed that Ureece could give th
i greatest aid b) remaining neutral and
! securing Serbia's communications and
standing! by lo ward oft poaslble at
tack by Bulgaria,
Thus any Itulgll'lan move OgttllMt
Serbia hitherto lias been checked. The
treaty has been formally recognized by
the successors Iti office of M. PaohtOh,
"Ureece," Ihe Premier said, "has no
Immediate quarrel with Germany or
Austria, but if In 'he course of events
in the Italkuu peninsula she finds her
eelf faced against other Powers sh
will a 't as honor demands. This Ik the
(bivernmenl'a policy and lo all oth.'i-
arguments in bohojf of this polloif the
greatest of all S the fa, t thai th
(Ireek nation approved it In the recent
election."
"GrOCO will Vigorous!) fulfil her
obligations to Serbia," added the Pn -
Cnntlmted on Second Pntir.
THE WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair to-day; fair and warmer to
morrow ; moderate winds.
Highest temperature yesterday, 67; lowest, 61.
Detailed weather, mall and marine report on page 1 1,
c
Germany Disavows Arabic
Sinking, Offering to Pay,
Indemnify for Lives Lost
Von Bernstorff Clears Way for a Complete Settlement
of Submarine Controversy Safety of Passengers
in the Future Is Assured by the Kaiser.
U BOAT COMMANDERS
! ASH I NOTOM , ii, t. i. COUnt TOM
BOrngtorffi the (ferman Ambassador,
presented n note on behalf of his Gov
ernment lo Secretary Lansing to-day
announcing complete and unconditional
disavowal of the submarine attack on
the Hritish liner Arabic and offering
to pay Indemnity for the American Uvea
lost with that vessel. This, In the opin
ion of Washington officials, chars the
way for u complete settlement of the
submarine controversy,
The Ambassador's note also contained
the Important statement that recent or
ders Issued to submorlne command, re
by the German Emperor are of eu- h a
character "thai the recurrence of inri-
oents similar lo the Arable case Is con-
OMereo nut of the question.
This, it is understood, refers to an
instruction to submarine commanders
that In all cases of doubt as to the hos
tile intentions of an enemy passenger
ship, the submarine is to give the pas-
oenger ship the benefit of the doubt.
I rue I ii I rnlltt of use.
was the crucial point In
This was the crucial point In the
Arabic case, the (iceman Government
having stated that the submarine com
mander reported that he thought the
Arabic Intended to rani him and so
torpedoed her. At first the Berlin offi
cials maintained that while it was poo
slide that the submarine commander
had made a mistake, the German Gov
ernment could not under any circum
stances accept liability for the colise
um nces of his set
Her reversal on this point was the
result of evidence submitted to Herlln
by Count on Bernstorff, which evidence
showed, m the opinion Of the United
States. I hat the assumption that the
Arabic intended to rain the submarine
was wholly unwarranted by the facts.
As the submarine issue with Germany
now stands German) has yielded the
following :
a pledge that hereafter no pas
senger ship is to lie torpedoed without
Warning .if. i without regard for the
safety of those on board.
Disavowal and promise of indem
nity In the ease of the Arabic, which
w is sunki Germany says, contrary to
Instructions.
Assurance th1 further nnli" have
been given to the submarine com
manders t give enemy passenger
sh.p- Hie '..cr.erlt of lb- doubt when
It .s not ..rt.i n whether they are of
hostile or peaceful intent a.- regards
itibmai ines.
demands of i be t .
l-itted si ites h:i i demanded -uh
Tl
It lal , a - ' oiiows .
Disavowal of tin- LuHtal I
.Del
ot '
Ml
lar cases.
nm for American lives I
Beparatb
ami a nerl
property deotroyeu
s'l a cases.
Guarantees that submarines will i
meal only In conformity with the re
qulremei of tstotrilahsd Interna
tionul ln ami assurances thoi in
I'n futllle Am i in live aid
prop-
set., nee nnl to be tllitiaced by
',. r-
mm submarine oparatlona,
Ther. remain for settlement, there
fore, is a result Of tin- pledges of to
il.,' and previously, the l.usltatu.'l case.
certain other n Inor coses and the ques
tion as to whetlnr a guarantee to at
tack l ia rs without warning is -nf.
flctentl broad to completely satisfy
tlie demands "f President Wilson.
As a matter of fact, the universal
opltil in in Washington to-night was that
the submarine controversy ae a critical
Irsue affecting tin- relatione of the two
Governments is a thing of the pact.
There was not the slightest doulit
either In diplomatic
quarters, ihnl the
German) has yleidei
ace of th.- aubmarlm
friendly relations u
.-in. I that thi point
a- Administration
stent to which
emoves the men
ontrovcrsy to the
the two nations,
remntnlns to be
adjusted will "
serious frlt-lion (
either Government
lisposeil of without
embarrnssment to
(ii tier Hi mil. Kaey,
Tin President hnd Insisted upon a
tlemetll "f tin- Arabic case before any
other featut I the aubmorino con-
yo'era) was disposed of. and now that
that CHOC I- out of the u.iy and an
agreement hn been reachpd on gem-rii
principles ll i- evpeclc I lli.it the oilier
details mil easily lend themselves to
diplomatic adjustment, These will be
settled, as -ns the Arable case, by ex
chinges with the Gorman Ambaasador,
who htiM been giatileil bl'Oad powers bv
his Government.
Administration officials to-night were
more th ti pleased at the point to which
the aubinarina issue has been broughi
Those most Interested in the political
future of the President were confident
that this termination of WhOI was un
til re-eiitly a critical and dangerous sit
uation u ill be accepted b) the coillltl v
as a t riutnt'h for him.
Con in vou Ibins'o.ff also Has griltl
fle I at the turn he lias given the situa
tion The Ambassador feels thai his
dldence of recent weeks till' g satis
factory settlement would be reached is
now more than Justified and further,
that his conviction of months that the
submarine controversy oould not plunge
German) and ths United States Into war
fully vindicated.
Everywhere in Washington to-night
there Wfis a disposition 10 concede lo ihe
Germull Ambassador grea' credit for Ins
pan in the diplomatic triumph, it is no
' secret here that his seal and refusal to
be discouraged w Influential in bring-
1 ng tin- German Government to the point
of yielding, il 's Sttld that at least twice
' In the last tw tenths the Ambassador
has stopped ic and savisl the situation
Just win u it seemed that a break was
Imminent.
sllhtlti I'ltHimes Made.
Ths conclusion of the recent negotia
tions announced to-ilav was foreahad
owed in Ambassador von HcrnstorfT's talk
wiih Secret a
Lansing in New York
The Ambassador then
Illative memorandum, of
lo Secretary linsitig of
might be Called a revised
effected in tlie nn nioraii
fro, n the Ambassador's
Lansing at the State te-
Inst Haturday.
presented a te
w lllob his Idle
o-,ia lis V, ll.lt
version.
Tha changes
dnm resulted
talk with Mi
PRICE TWO CENTS.
GET POSITIVE ORDERS
BERNSTORFF'S LETTER
ON SINKING OF ARABIC
Ml DBAS Mn MCWTANT-
Prompted by the desire to reach a
satisfactory agreement with re
gard to tin- Arabic Incident mj
Government has g.cn me the
following Instructions;
The orders Isstirsl by his
Majesty tin- Emperor t.. the oom-
in unlets of tin German sub
marines, of which i notified you
on ii previous .occasion, have been
made so stringent that tin recur
rent r an incident similar w
tha Arabic case is considered out
of question,
According t. the
t 'ommander Hchneider
report of
of the .sub-
marine that sunk the
Arabic and
IS thl-se of
nis arnaat it us well n
his men. Commander
ihneider
was convinced thai the Arable
intended to ram the submarine,
'ni the other hand ihe Imperial
Oovernmeni does not doubt the
good faith of tin- affidavits of the
lttitisii officers "f the Arabic, ac
cording to which the Arable did
not ntend to ram the lubniarlne.
The attack of the euh-
rrmrlne, therefore, was undertaken
against tin- instructions loaned to
tin- commander. The imperial
Government regrets and dis
avows this n i. and liaa notified
Commander Schneider accord
ingly. Cntjer these elrciimetuncea my
Government is prepared to pay
an Indemnity for the American
liv
es u hlch, t'
ve I II Inst
le
p regret,
.ruble. I
lib
'111
itithorlged
about litis
o negotiate with
ndcmnli y,
I remain, my den- M:. I .rinsing,
tun very sincerely
.1. VON UgRNOmRPI.
partment this morning and were for the
purpose ,.r meeting objections raised b
President Wilson to the Ambassador's
previous slat, ment
Three week. ,,g t,. ,;r. .,,, ,iov.
ernmenl sent a not i the Arable vase,
reporting the submarine commander's
excuse, that In
tended t, ram
her. disclaim! g
therein, thojg;,
thought the
blm and so
liabilll) foi
rah.e i -t
irpedoed
il.- action
t possibly
. but also
dmlttitiM tn
in- might neve been mistake
Ottering to suotntt to
quootlon as to whethet
commander wat Justin.
.i bltrat Ion the
iln- submarines
I in treating the
Arabic as a vessel of In
lib- intent.
i-restaent Wilson took the view tha
mis was unsatisfactory and dil
ippOl IM
a oi ,ii- , ik ii i oi wnai me German
Ambassador had indicated would be
forth omlng from bis Government The
United states wished complete dis
avowal of tne tut and oMumptlon of
full liability for the submarine eom
mtnder's mistake it was unwilling to
submll '! arbitration a ojuoatlon In
which the loss of American Uvea figiired,
It was tiieti that Count von Hern
sioifr reappeared on tin, icene and under
took t., icing about a modification of
his Government's attitude He agreed
with Beoretary I..insing tinit the case
i- handled hencaforth bv diplomat to
discussion, Instead of through the me
dium of notes, had the American evi
dence in the Arabic case submitted to
Berlin and then secured from his i int
ernment cooperation In the nw nnnner
of dealing with the Issue, The result
appeared to-day,
of i , , Req a I rem eats,
The difficult) with the statement or
memorandum delivered by the Ambaa-
s.nlor on Sanirdav was that it Stopped
Ohort of what the United States re-
quireu. ine Herman l.oM'tnment ac
cepted the view of the I T nlted Statns.
that the assumption that the Ar ihlc In
tended to rain the submarine was un
warranted, asserted that the act was
therefore contrary to tlie Instructions
of tin- German Government and c
pressed regret for the loss of Amerlcsn
lives on the Arabic,
Its statement of disavowal was not
regarded bv the President ... eatlsfao
tory. and It Is also understood that it,
proposal as to reparation for ihe loss or
American ir.es ,,as not wholly
able
cpi-
calling at the state Department this
morning in response i Mr, lianaing
summons the Ambassador w is informed
of the points in which the President
thought hid previous memo was not
sufficiently specific, The Ambnssndm
thereupon instantly mini,, tne changes
desired, ami after a uonforonce lusiint
only eighteen minute returned to im
embassy, put In writing the revised ,-nin
municotlon ami it was back at tin- si m
Departmenl within the hour
Mr. teaming took tins eommtinlentloii
to the Wlit le House and wan a Ithorlltefl
by the Presideni to make it nubile tin
afternoon, In makli i? I public the Sec
retary declined to i-iingment, IndlcHtlng
that he thought the document spoke tor
itself with sufficient i'ear'u-ss
florinon Hand Sorprlslnu,
The eompletenesa of Germany's n s-
sion in the Ataim case In regard to hi r
gubmariue prugramma ganerally has sur
prised even those who hove Is-en most
Optimistic as to the outcome of tie eon
tmversy. It had been expected that tne
Herman Government would boil nut
much longer and that she would very
probably rest content with removing tun
issue from tlie dangerous .niui stop,
ping short of a complete letllcincnl of
the wiiob- matter
It was felt by many that the state of
public opinion in Germany, win foi th
tlrst months of the submnrltiu WaH ' -an
intense popular enthusiasm was in
veloped for it, Weill lit make it InipilSSl h
for the Government to yield so much a
has been given up 10 the I'n ted Ktiltfft
Many fuctors are believed to have en
tared into tin- situation lo bring about
tin change in Germany's attituds. In
the tlrst place, ihe German Autbasaadof
i was from the first opposed t., tna sun
marine warfare as represented pi
I arts as lite l.usilania incnl.-iil. His
views weie shared by an element it
hems, which Increased In strength as 'it
tromsndoiip morni burdsn of ths sub.
mcrins operations in comparison to th.
I
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