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THE SUN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1915.
lock nandwrltins, in undated. It fol
low
aear won : I urn too m to put
'request before you In pemm, hut
more I appeal to your generosity
'heart to Rtand by nnd aave from death
is linrortunntc wumun. nave nnv on
ri, I our iicviiieti iricnii.
"Hhami Wiiiti.ock."
Document eleven Ik a duplicate of
Document nine, but In addressed to
Baron von Blssinc, Governor-General of
Belgium.
Document twelve If a telegram rrom
Minister Whltloek to Ambassador fage,
dated October 18, In Which Mr. Whit
lock suys :
"Miss 'avail wan sentenced yesterday
and was executed at - o'clock this morn
ing despite my best efforts continued
until th last moment."
Document thirteen is the report made
by Hugh Gibson, secretary of the Ameri
can lssgiillmi at Hrussels, to Minister
Whltloek. under date of October It, It
says :
"Learning early yesterday morning
from unolllclal sources that the trial of
Miss t'avell had been finished Saturday
afternoon and that the prosecuting at or
tiey had usked for a sentence of death,
telephonic Inquiry Immediately wae
made of the I'olltlsche Abtellung (politi
cal department) as to the facts.
"It was slated that no arntencs had
been pronounced and that there prob
ably would be a delay of a day or two
before decision was reached. Mr. t'on
rad gave ssitive assurance that the
legatltHi would be fully Informed of the
developments In the case. liesplte these
assurances we made repeated Inquirlea
in the course of the day. the last one
being at f:IO I'. M . ItelKlan time. Con
tad then stated that sentence had not
yet been pronounc'isl and specifically re
newed his previous assurances that he
would not fall to inform ue as soon as
there was any news.
"At V30 I learned from an outside
source that sentence had been passed In
the course of the afternoon, before my
Inst conversat.on with t'unrad. and that
the execution w ould take place during
the lilt lit I went, accompanied by Mr.
d LeVal, to look for the Spanish Minis
ter, found him and explained the cir
cumstances. I asked, as you were 111
and unable to go yourself, that he go
with us to see BarOfl Lancken and sup
port strongly In your namo the request
thai the execution le deferred until the
Gover tmient ixiuld consider your appeal
for clemency. The Hiutnish Minister '
wiltlngl) agreed to accompany u to tha
Polltksche Abteltung,
"Bum Lane Ban and all the members,
of his stall' were absent. A little altar
1" O'clock he arrived. The olrcum- j
statues of tlie case were explained to I
Mm and your note was presented. He
read It aloud, expressed d.slellef In the
report thai sentence actually had been 1
paaaed and manifested surprise that we!
should k,c credence to any rcjrt not
emanating from official sources He In-ei-ed
oil knuesfng the exact aource of.
our Information, but I did not feel at j
liberty to communicate th.s to him.
"Baron Lancken stated it was quite
Improbable (hat sentence had been pro
nounced, and even so. it would not !e
executed within so short a time. In any
event ,t was quite Impossible to take;
any action before morning.
Qatgfc ctlon 1 ried,
"It was pointed out to him that uction
Was Useless unless taken at once. Wa
urged him to ascertain tlie facts tmme- j
diataly. After some lusicincy he agreed
and talsphonad to the presiding judge of
the court-martial and returned in a short
lime to say that tha facts were as repre
sented and that It was intended to cairy
out the sentence before morning.
"W e presented as earnestly as lossible ,
your plea lor delay, emphasising th, hor
ror of executing a woman, no matter
what the offence, and urged that delay
could antail h i danger to the German 1
cause, Wi eva,n Wenl so far as to point
out the fe irfu) effect of a summary exe-
Out. on of this sort on public opinion, both '
here and abroad, although we had Qo
authority for doing so. and called his at
tention to the possibility that it might i
'"Hi alien t reprisal. The Spanish Min
I St SI forcibly supported all our repre
Mutations and made an earnest plea for
olemsncy,
"Baron Lancken stated that the Mill-I
larj Governor was supreme In his mi.
thoril) and that an appeal from his de-Ol.-iun
COUld be carried only to the Km-
iwrur, the UOVSTOOI -General huvliiK no
author!!) to intervene in such cases. He
sK.ee. i to call ttie Military Governor on
the telephone to learn whether he had
ratified the sentence and whether there
Wa any chance of clemency.
' He returned. In half an hour and
stated thai he had conferred personally
with the Military Governor, who said
tli it he had acted in the case of Miss j
Cavsll only after mature deliberation, I
that tha Circumstances of the case were i
of such a Character that he colisldelc.i i
tha Ihlll 'Hon of the death penally Imper- I
atie, and thai he must di . line to ac
cept your plea of .leniency.
"Baron Lancken asked me u take back
the note which I had presented to him.
To tin l demurred. However, l Anally
reacneu iae con luston thai Inaamueh
as he had read it sloud arid wa knew
ha Was aware of ths contents, there was
nothing to l.e g. uned by refusing ti
accept the note, and accordingly, took 1
s, k.
spiinisi. MlMtatat tide.
"Kvan after li,
Iiositive statement
ItOpa Under the Ol
even the Bmpen
run I. an ken s verv
that there was no
umstancea and that
himself could not
ntervaiie, we continued to appeal ti
every sentiment to obtain delay. The
Spanish Minister even led Huron I.uric
Han aside In order to s.iy very forcibly
a numlier of things which he woull
hava felt hesitancy In saying In the
presence of the younger Officers, ti
Rgeellenry talked vary earnestly slth
Baron Lanoksn for a quarter of an
hour.
"During th.s time Mr de Lev il unil 1
nrisenled to the youncer olllcers every
argument wa could think of. We re-
minded them of our untiring efforts on
behalf of German subjects at the nu'
break Of the war and during the siege
of Antwerp, and pointed out thai while
our services were rendered gladly with
out any thought of future favors thev
should certainly entitle you to some
I'Snsldaratlon for the only request of
this sort you had made since the begin
fling of tlie war.
"Unfortunately our efforts were un
availing. We persevered until it was
only too clear that there was no hope
of obtaining any consideration for the
.use We left tin Polltlache Abtsllung
shortly after midnight,11
Document fourteen is a report from
Mr. de Levi, I to Minister Whltlook, dated
"toiler II, reporting an interview sth
M. Ktraohen, a member of tha Brussels
bar, who was retained to defend Miss
('avail In place of Lawyer Hraun. who
retired from the case. Mr. de Laval
says :
M. Kirsehon tni.i ma that Miss Cavsll
was prosecuted for having helped sol
diers to cross Hie frontier. I asked him
whether ha bad seen miss Caveli and
whether she had made nnv statement to
him. To my surprise i found thai law
yers defending prisoners before German
military conns are not allowed to see
I hair clients before trial and are not
shown any documents of the prosecu
tion, This, M. K.rscher, said, was n
accordance with the German military
rules
Trial bagg Two Days.
"I Informed M, Kiraohan or my inten
tion to be present at the trial. He Imme
diately dissuaded ns and said thin it
would eiiuse gieat prsjudlos against the
prisoner, because Unman judges would
'-'in ii i :.d feel it almost an affront
If I appealed to exercise any kind of
supervision on tha trial. He thought
that if the Germans would admit ma.
Which was very doubtful, II would cause
prejudice ugalnsl Mist Caveli, M. Kir
i. nun assursd mo that the Military
''ourt in Hrussels wan m perfectly fair
and that there was not the slightest dan
ger of a miscarriage of Justice. He
promised to keep me posted on develop
ments. "The trial took two days, ending on
Friday, October a. On Saturday I was
Informed by an outalder that the trial
had taken place, but that no judgment
would he reached until a few days later.
Receiving no report from M. Klrschen.
I tried to And him, but failed, and sent
him a note on Sunday asking him to
send his report to the legation. At the
same time I obtained from a person
present at the trial Information about
what had occurred. The following facts
were disclosed :
"Miss Caveli was prosecuted for hav
ing helped Kngllsh nnd French soldlera
as well as Ilelglan young men to cross
the frontier and go over to Kngland.
She admitted not only that she had
helped soldiers to cross the frontier,
hut also that some of them had thanked
her In writing when arriving In Kngland.
"This admission made her case so much
the more serious, because If it had only
Is'en proved that she helped soldiers to
traverse the I'utch frontier and no proof
was Produced that thieie soldiers had
reached a country at war with Ger
many she would only have been sen
tenced for an attempt to commit a crime
and not with a crime being duly accom
plished. As the case stocsl the sentence
fixed by German military law was
death,
"In an ornl statement before the
court. Miss t'avell disclosed almost all
the fact of the whole prosecution. She
was questioned in German, an Inter
preter translating all the questions Into
French. She spoke without trembling
and showed a clear mind. Often Aha
added some greater precision to her pre
vious depositions.
"When asked why she had helped
soldiers to go to Kngland, she replied
that she thought that If she had not
done so they would hava been shot by
the Germans, and therefore, she thought
she only did her duty to her country
In saving their lives. The military pub
lic prosecutor asked the court to pass
the death sentence on Miss I'nvell and
eight other prisoners among thlrty-flve.
Judgment was oostponed.
Visited by Clergysaaa.
"I called on the iiolltlcal division of
tlie German Giiverument and asked, now
that the trial was over, that permlaslou
be granted me to see Miss ('avail In jail.
1 also aske.l permission for Mr. G.nh.in.
un English clergy mar, to see Mlsa
Cave!!, We were prepared at the lega
tion to be ready for every eventuality,
A petition for pardon was addressed to!
the Governor-General of Belgium, trans
mitting Sj note addressed to Baron
Lancken.
"On Monday morning. Mr. Conrad said
that Mr. tluhnn could not see Miss
Caveli. but that she could see three I'ro
testant clergymen attached to the prison- :
and that I could not see her until Judg- ,
ment was pronounced and signed, but
that this probably would only take place i
111 a day or two. I was very stir
prised still to receive, no news from M,
Kirsi-hen. While I was preparing a note
about the case at S I'. M. I was privately
Informed that the Judgment had been de
livered at I o'clock and that Miss Caveli
had been sentenced to death and to be:
shot at " o'clock next morning.
'This morning Mr Gahan called and'
told me that he had seen Miss Caveli
and had glVStl In r the holy communion
He found her admirably strong and
calm. She asked Mr. Gahan whether
she hail made any remarks about any
thing concerning the legal side of the
case and whether the confession ehe had
made before trial anil in court was In
his op.nion perfectly free and sincere.
Mr. Gahan says she told him that she
SStrfsotly well knew what she had done
ami that according to the law she was
guilty. She admitted her guilt, but was
happy to die for her country."
Document 1". Is ii letter from Minister
Whltloek to Ambassador Page, dated
October It and enclosing copies of all
llio correspondence in regard to tha
case. Mr. Whltloek remarks, "Uur
failure has been felt by us Us a very
tevire blow
The German authorities," he con
tinues, "wsre under no misapprehension
as to our interest In the matter. The
papers attached SPSall for themselves
and iSUJUlre no further comment from
me."
sir Cilnsnl Grey's Comments.
Document 16 Is a memorandum from
Sir Kdvv.ird drey, the British Foreign
Secretary, to Ambassador lage. under
date of Ootohsi 80 and acknowledge - tho
rwvijfi "i Miireivi noniugsi reports
ami memorandum,
"Sir Bdward Grey is confident," I ha
letter shs. "that the news of the exe
cution of this noble Kngllshwomsn will
be receiv.d with honor and disgust
throughout the ciVllted world. Tho at
titude of tha Herman nutn ir.ties. If
possible, is rendered worse by the ills-
creditable efforts successfully made to
conceal tic- fact that sentence hail been
pssssd and WSS to l.e carried cut lm
msdlataly,
"Thess efforts no dOUbt were prompted
by a dstermlnation to carry out ths sen
tence before an appeal from the ilrullng
of the court martial COUld he made to a
higher authority and show in the clear
est manner that t ne German author ities
concerned Were well aware that the
carrying out of the sentence was not'
warranted by any consideration,
"Sir Bdward Grey would request Am-
basssdor I 'age lo express to Minister
Whitlock and ths staff of the l'n t:l
States Legation at Brussels the grate
ful thanks nf his Majesty's Govern. cent
for their untiring efforts ogj Miss Cav. U s
behalf. Sir Bdward Orey realises that
Minister Whitlock wms placed In a very
ambsrrsaslni position by the failure . f
the Gel-man authorities to inform him
thai sen teme had I n passed and would
In- carried out at once. In order, there
fore, to forestall any unjust criticism
winch might be made in this country
he is publishing Minister VYhltlock's de
spatch to Ambassador Page without de
lay." Documsnt it. a letter from sir
ward Grey to Cardinal Merry del
i.ltcd October HO, acknowledges til
apt of information regarding th
Kd
Val, ef-
'-r;.-s made by the Spanish Minister at
'Irussels on behalf of miss caveli and
requesting the Cardinal to Inform the
Spanish Government of his Majesty's
lovemment'a appreciation.
LONDON PRESS HITTER.
execution of MISS t'STSlI tails for
Denunciation ( "Kuiiur."
Sim-til fefri ffssgsfeS i Tor Si s
London, uot, I Friday). indigna
tion almost bsyoild ttlS power of words
to sxpress has been Srouasd b the re-
I ' filing the putting t., death of
siss Cavsll.
No snort i mads to
tsohnlcal ottsnvs of the
frankly admitted that tin
lUSUflsd from a military
uilnlmlgs the
victim, ii is
i lermani were
point of view
ii p.iiiishing hur, but that
death sliuiild
nave nesn insisted upon in the case of a
woman whose Ufa had been spent as
hill of Miss Ciivell and apparently
merely because hsr nationality was Eng.
iieh is denounced in tns London press n
savage brutality "
The 'film n says :
'The ordinary German mind is in, up.
tibia of unileistundlng the feelings which
t will .iiuus,. h, civilised nations. Tlie
llsciplea ..i' kuitui will ba astonished i
ths oomjsmnatloti of nn j,, ahloh oon-i
dilutes in,, highsgi dsvslopmeni or that I
is. usteii product ol Tsutonlc lntelll-1
gsties,"
The Btandard calls the act "a piece
of sordid, petty, cruel Prussian ven
geance." The liiiily MttU says :
"The deed in its horror and nuked
purposslsssnsgs iuiis tin world and
cries tu Heaven fur vengeance."
The DlUttt Telftmph liters in iha
execution as being "more diabolical than
the other counts of the growing Indict
ment, though probably a ro w brand with
fouler Infamy, stained with such damn
ing deeds as I-ouvlan, and the I.ueltunia."
E BOATS IN BALTIC HIT
GERMAN SHIPPING HARD
British Submarines, Under Russian Command, Have
Record of More Than Thirty Attacks Swedish
Neutrality Violated, Say Teuton Newspapers.
.special CebU Dupalck to Tns 8c.
London, Oet. 21. The dally reports
show that ths submarine campaign un-.
dertaken by the British navy In ths Bal-
tic is on a very extensive seals, although
complete details sra lacking, owing to
the fact that tha submarines are acting
under the orders of the Ruaslsn Ad
miralty. The solo facta published here ,
are from Petrograd.
is i i ... . ... .
It Is known that mors thsn thirty
German ships have been attacked by
Urltish aubmartnea since the oparatlnna
began, and the number la Increasing
dally. The work, which Is carried out
by only a few submarines, has had re
markable results, comparing favorably,
according to naval experts, with ths
work of ths entire Merman flotilla In
the same space of time.
The campaign Is causing Interns anger
in Germany. A peculiar feature of the
outburst In the press Is the complaint
that It Is a violation of all rules of In
ternational law.
The Hamburger Nackriohten, which Is
the organ uf the shipping trade, de
nounces the "British contempt of Scandi
navian neutrality.'" and adda :
"The task of suppressing tha Swedish
Haiti. traffic for the benent of the Quad
ruple Entente haa been taken over by
Hrlllsh submarines. As long as the Ice
conditions permit they probably will base
themselves on Hetslngfors, Heval or an
Improvised harbor
'The submarines are proceeding along
the lines of the traditional British con
tempt for neufral rights at sea. We
refer to the attack on a German vessel
and Germans within the territorial
waters of Sweden. The Swedes cannot
be blamed for giving expression to their
Indignation.
"For a year or mora tt has been the
despair of our foe that tha German
fleet commands the Baltic. It Is pos
sible that the submarine commerce war
which the British seem to have Inaugu
rated In the Baltic denotes a new aspect
of Great Britain's navul war, but we
The hilly t'nronfc de consider that
"comment Is wasted upon such appalling
wickedness and futile cruelty."
Deep admiration for Miss I'avell's hon
est admissiuius and her calm willingness
to die for her country Is expressed every
where. I
Tlie Morning Pott, describing the Vic
Urn as an "English Antigone," asys :
"One cannot mourn beyond a certain !
point for such a death."
DENOUNCED BY BISHOP.
I xerntlon Called
Dwarfs Kifs
Lg) St DO If, Oct 21.-
4 rlsae That
l.aaltaala.
-The High' Kev
A. F. W. Ingram, Bishup uf London.
pleaching In St. Martin's i.'hurch to-d y
ut u Trafalgar Gay service, character
ized the eStCUtlOn of Miss Cavsll as 'a
Clime that dwarfs even that of the LUSI-
taitla." He eontlnusd :
"Always, up to now. chivalry has an
lightened the horrors of war. Hut It s
nut m with our enemies of t.i-d.iy. who e
liitet crime Is the murd- r in cold bio
of a poor, defenceless English girl."
The Bishop then dealt a veiled rap at
ii it einu ' . m i
the British naval
and military SdmlnlS-1
tritlons by saying: "Admiral Nelson
iiistt.oi of rssortlng to diplomatic in
quiries In such a case would have made
his inquiries with the thunder ol the guns
of the fleet The spirit of Nelson is dead
in the young man of to day," concluded
the Bishop, "if hn do.is not want to
know the reason why this crime was
committed."
The Knglish press compares the case
ol Miss t'avell with that of Mrs. Louise
Herbert, whose sentsncs to six months
imprisonment for espionagS wns aftirimd
to-day when her appsal Was heard .it
Durham, Mrs. Herbert la B German.
wife of nn Knglish umte at Darling
ton. Tlie court asked her if Shi
tended to send certain information
which she had sought tu hi. lain regal 1
Ing munitions to Germany, and she re
plied, ' Yes, I did." Mtu- Hlso admitted
having corresponded with Germany
through friends In Switxerland.
'This woman has a conscience," said
the Judge, astonished by the frnnk an
swers of ths accused "She wishes to
answer truthfully and deserves credit
for that. At the same time, she Is dan
gerous ." Hs thsn affirmed the sentsncs.
TRIBUTES TO WHITLOCK.
London Press Have High I'ralae
for Minister's KWorts.
Special mil rpW.vA l Tin Si v
London, Oct. 22 (Friday). Editorials
dealing with the execution ..f Miss Edith
favell pay a grateful tribute lo the ef
forts made by Brand Whitlock, the
American Minister to Bslglum and the
Spanish Minister at Brussels, Marquis
de Villalobar.
"We cannot be too grateful lo the
American and Spanish OfflvlSlS who
worked with such passionals seal." says
the Daily Telegraph. "Such friendly ac
tion touches us very nearly and adds to
general recognition Which we all are so
glad t 1 pay to the beneficent action of
the American and foreign consuls on the
Continent,"
The Standard says:
"Bvsrythti 'bat could havstossn done
by a gsntlsmgJi of kindly spirit and
resolution was done We are once m ue
under a debt of unbounded gratitude lo
those neutrals who from the llrst have
Strlvsn for some mitigation of the
honors of warfare, which the enemy
thrusts aside with .ititeinpt .
Tiiev strained diplomatic prsrogatlvss
to the utmost In the cause of mercy, and
if all their efforts havs been unavailing
to oonfbSt the logical savagery of the
German military mind the fault Is none
of theirs."
The Dolly MOtl prints a personal ap
preciation of Mr. Whitlock In which, af
ter recalling the pat efforts of the
American diplomat to save Brussels and
the dlffloultlSS he met In dealing with
the 1 isrmsns, it says 1
"The role played by this man Is that
t splendid personal courage uml warm
human sympathy The rase of Miss
Cavsll Is no surprise to those among his
compatriots aoqUSlntSd with his brilliant
career as u forceful public man and an
Idealist.
"More than once Mr Whltloek has
been mentioned us a future PrsSldsnt
TO-day'S thrilling story Is not likely to
dim Ids fame and popularity with the
liberty loving American people "
The Dtiily t'flroiiicc says:
"I'.very Briton will most emphatically
indorse Sir Kdward Grey's expression of
gral Itude."
The olv Kjjiii'. echoing the For
eign Secretary's thanks, says:
"The killing of Miss favell Is an af
front to American and Spanish humuri
Ity, which surely will demand mure than
the uhuuI Wilson note.
"Germnny Is the pariah of nations
No other nation can continue relations
Willi her without losing Its self-respect."
Britain Gets shells from India,
LONDON, net. 21. Great Britain Is
beginning to receive shipments of shells
manUfaotUrsd In private factories and
workshops In Mrltlsli India. The quality
of the shells is said to bs excellent.
Germans await events with equanimity,
although for Sweden they must denote
a new and Intolerable piece of chicaner'.
"From month to month the myth of
our enemy's omnipotence has shriv
elled. Equally untenable has become tha
legend that Brlttah sea power can De
cisively Influence s European war. Swe
den could not be blamed if one of hsr
warahlpa almply sent the British sub
marine to the bottom while the latter
waa engaged In robbing a atranded Ger-
' nisan "imiiirr witiiin liar un nuriai wawri
, and th, tr.(nf Blnk ..
; The jroslsSschs elua says : 'Ths
duty of the German Admiralty and For.
sign office Is plainly go Incite tha
Swedish Government to Intervene for
Sweden s honor and rtghta."
BERLIN ADMITS LOSSES.
Saya K Boats Saab Sis Ships, kal
Declares Gerssaa Heeara Better.
Bsrun, vis Amsterdam, Oct 21. Ths
German Admiralty admitted for the first
time to-day the sinking of German ships
In tha Baltso since tha British began
their submarine campaign there. Tha
Admiralty announced that six vessels
have been sunk.
The announcement la supplemented by
trie assert on that bennies sending Zep- I
pellna to hunt down the Urltish undersea
Crnft 'Vither ..jititil..r maaiiirM" ti',v
lceti taken. It Is also asserted that no !
Interruption In German commerce In the
Baltic has been caused by the British
submarine activity.
with a v.ew to counterbalancing tha
admission of German lueses an official
statement waa issued pointing to ths
record of British vessels torpedoed In
September as showing that (ha jrmui
submarines have not elackened In ac
tively. Merchant vessels torpedoed In Sep
tember, the statement aays. numbered
twenty-nine, totalling 103,316 tons;
transports, two. totalling IK MS tons;
trawlers, seven, totalling 1.20 tons. Six
eiinmy merchant ships of 20,812 tona
were destroyed by mines.
DERBY GIVES LAST
CHANCE TO BRITONS
Appeals for Voluntary Rccruit
infir to Cany out Katlon'i
Pledge,
prr,,,! VmbU DsesairJi c Tim si v
MOON, Oct It. Lord Derby's vo'.
i
I unt.iry recruiting scheme goes Into op
' eration nogt week Meanwhile !-ord
i Dsrby, with the concurrence ..f Premier
' Asuuith and Karl Kitchener, the Minister
; of War, ims sent a letter tu every man
eligible for military service who Is not
engaged In munition work, a class com-
; monly called "slackers, " 111 which he
says :
'Premier AsqUith has pledged the
i Country to support our ail lea t., l ha
f ......
.TT ",r Ppwar,
" i i'i sr i 'M on
heh.llf f
the nation and Indorsed I
all partial I
and Btnsss i
Kvery man of military ng
must SqiMlly bear Ins share
In rc- :
sesmitig it
'May J. ns the dlrsctor general of
Bruiting', beg you to consider your OWI
i'. litl in? Ask of yourself whether In a
country IlKhting a- ur- is you are doing
all you can for us safety, nnd whsthsr
the re is..., you h ue hitherto held valid
us one for not enlisting holds good tt
th-- present crisis.
"Lord stltobsnsr wants every man ha
can g.-t Will ou not Pe one of tii -o
that res, .ol,, 1 to your country's ealir1
'I ne Earl 1.1 Dsrby also has sddrssssdl
an appeal to iinploysrs to facilitate the
enlistment ol their empl ysss
pea! ollcludes i
Tl,i .
"'-
"Wlills ranking s moat earnest sppsal
1 are men under t lie. voluntary sys
tem. I cannot help pointing out to em
ployers what must be ths sHrmstlVS if
I fail.
"If they will onl) realiss their posi
tion and act under Ihe voluntary ss
tsm as thsy would have lo act under a
compulsory one the success ,,f i tr pres
ent recruiting campaign is certain.
"I especially beg employ, rs to assur e
any of their men who patriotically
undertake the duties of a soldier that
their places will h,. kept open for tln-m
to return to when the war ends''
GERMANY SHORT OF MILK.
Hairy rroblrnis l.run i arils I.I Ue
Bread Tlsksts Ma 11, lasgsdji
gaeefgf tbU fisasep , tv Tss Hi v
BgSUN, v i :i Amsterdam. Oct II. The
quest inn
milk, is
cuii Th
cellor, I r
trlbuted
measures
to ihe br
Of dairy supplies SSpSClal!)
Mcoming more snd mors dini
1 return or ths Imperial Char
von Bsthmann-Hollwag, is :.
here to th. need of solvlne
ill II1K
ards
milk cards, similar
linn's hi ii i. ii rasasltlos J.ms.
AjifinC ' S6'l ..in , In Tin. gt v
tsONPONi Oct. Ill To. day's olll. ,al
oaeualty Hal covering all Brlttah fronta
givss trie numtosr or olflosrs at itii, of
whom 44 wsrs killed, and thai ol men at
:.MU. nf Whom 4;'.'i Were killed. This
makes
iiu w,
i-dsy's
killed
i a I 9,019, oi whom
re
CLEWS PLEADS FOR BELGIANS.
Appeal Made for oulrlliutlons ej
I hrlslmas l uinl.
Henry Clews, treasurer of Hie Dollar
Christmas Kund tor Psstituis Belgians,
Hro.nl street, yestsrday Issusd an appsal
to the American people to aid dsstltuts
HelKialiH who noW fSOS a bitter winter
with only saUnt and ragged clothing.
The prospect if famine, the appeal
says, has been averted by the work of
the Ahum lean Commission fur Itcln-f in
BstglURIi
"The. task now undertaken by Ihe
Dollar Christmas Kund is to collsot
money fur shoes, bools and Olothlng,
which aru most urgently needed and fur
which special money must bs provided,"
the appeal says "The nsOSSSlty is ap
palliiiK because ut the present t.tnc there
are roughly 1,100,000 dsstltuts people in
Helniuni anil lbs number will increase
us winter approaches Thu HcIkJiiiih
are un'able to buy sliots, boots and
clothes for themselves many even of
the former wealthy are now In the dally
bread lines.
"if, ns many have forsosst, gisrigng
have heiRhts of sacrifice umi martyrdom
so far uuuttnlned tu settle this winter,
we can at least Insure that old men!
frail women, little, children many of
them orphans of war shall not go un
shod. And Without your 'aid, as WS
know. th barefooted in RcIkIuiii this
winter will he ths rule rather than the
exception. I ask. therefore, (hut you
send ulong your dollar hill and semi
morn If ytui ran. All contribution,.
i Kiioiuu ne iiuuiesseu to the ireusurer and
..... ,j. ... nn.jniranrn
GERMANS ROUTED
IN TRIPLE ATTACK
French Fire Withers Enemy
in Fierce Onslaughts
East of Rheims.
OAS VSED IN Bid VOLUME
.'gsefa, Coftfs fVssarr. to Tna t r.
I'aris, Oct. 21. The German Infantry
advance on the French line between the
nutte-de-TIr and Prunay, east of
Bhelms, for which preparation was mnde
yesterday with a very violent bombard
ment and ths use of gas bombs, wns
made to-day. Suffocating gases were
used In great volume, ao that they fairly
blanketed the French lines. Three at
tacks of exceptional violence were made
by the enemy, but all wsre completely
stopped In front of ths barbed wire en
tanglements protecting the French
trenches by the French artillery and ma
chine guns. i
The front attacked to-day has a length,
roughly, of five miles. The same ground
was the scene of a prevloua failure of
tho Germans In their attempt to cut
through the new French linea In Cham
pagne. The artillery preparations made last
night fur to-day's attack were unusually
thorough and the gas blanket was ex
ceptionally dense, but the French con- j
centratcd their rifle, artillery and ma- J
chine gun Are on the advancing Germans
so effectively that each attack spent It- '
self before wire cutting could be carrd I
out, and the Germans, with frightful
losses, fell back to their trenches com-
plBt"' unsuccessful.
After the repulse of the third and Inst
German attack quiet prevailed In this
section of the line, and the communique
Issued to-night says briefly that there
waa no action of Importance to report
along the entire front.
Tlie afternoon communique, telling of
tne uerman attacks and failures, fol
I lows :
"The afternoon communique followa:
Following tla- bombardment reported
yesterday evenUig to the east of
Rhelms. along the front of eight or
nine kilometres i about flvo miles I.
stretchVg between the Hutte-de-TIr
and Prugay, the Germans hava re
newed their attack, which failed piti
ably before, In the name region. In
spit- of the violence of the preparatory
tire on the part of the Urllllery and the
Increased density nf tho blanket of
Suffocating gases the Snsmy suffered a
runner check. On three distinct no
1 castofls our ussuibims endeavored to
psnstrata our positions.
I DsCimatsd by lbs Are of our machine
: suns slid the coin etitraled tire of our
iirtiiieiy, iney tlnaliy were brought 10
g halt in front of our bglbsd wire en
tanglements, and they were not suc
cessful li gaining possession of uny
point In our first line of trenches.
I-asi night we ulso repulsed a i ;er
m;w attack directed against our posi
tion I in the forest of Givern hy, to the
northeast of Sou. la .
in the Lorraine district a surprise
atta.k on the part of the enemy
gainst our listening posts to ths cast
of Mor eel resulted In complete failure.
There is nothing to report from the
remainder oj ths front.
The oommunlqus Issued by the War
I lith e to-tllgilt follows.
T hete has been no important a.-tlon
on tlie entire front.
J OFF RES FAMOUS ORDER.
Foil Text ut Message Martins Of
fensive Movement.
i I'Aius. Oct 21 The full text of the
j order of (ha day issued by Gen JoffTS,
commander In chief of the French army,
' before Ihs beginning of ths recent of.
j tensive movstuent of the AKieh in I'ham
, pagt.e is published here as (ptloWSI
"Gknekai. HsADqtrAsraas, sj. j.t. 23.
"1 leneral order No, 43,
"Soldiers of the Rspubllc : After
I months of waitir.g. which haa ensblsd
I us to increase our forces and resources
1 while our adversary has used up big,
me nour 11.1s . inrtS to 'attack, to win
land to add fresh pages ol Klorv to
nive me .ii. un, . r .au.iers
tin- Voters
and
Arras. Behind the whirlwind
of iron Hie let loogs thanks to the
toil pi the factories of France, whirs
your brotheis hac worked fur us night
and day you Will go to th assault all
together along t:. whole front, in dose
union with trie armies of our allies.
"Your elan will bs lirsslstlbls. It will
carry y.,u with lbs Hist flort lo the
adversary's baticr.es beyond ths fortified
I ee hS PPPOSeS to ou. You Will give
hi m neither peace tor rest until victory
has bssn galnsd. Go forward with st un
hearts (or lbs deliverance of your native
soil, for triumph. Justice and liberty.
".1 Jorrns."
Ths next general order pf tho day '
Was as follows 1
"None of the sacrifices so readily 1
111. iiie has been in vain. All have borne
a share ill ths COmjnUn task. ThS pres
ent is a ture guarantee to us of the fu
ture. Ths commander m chief g proud
to command the finest troop. France svsr
has known. J. Jomtg,"
SWISS FIX BOMB BLAME.
I). . niiii. I I USSgSWSgllOg mid I'uu
Ishnifnl of QsrsggSI Itlslor.
fgSOigi CSSnl lifiat-t t Tun gt
UonpoNi Osti II. a Hems despatch
says the tlovsrnmsnl Inquiry instituted
to determine the national, ty of the for
eign aviator who dropped bombs on
Chaus de Ponds has found that tha ati
was commtttsd by a Qsrmsn.
Tin- Swiss legation at Berlin haa
been instructed to protest vigorously and
lo claim the fullest satisfaction and
punishment for the aviator. Demands
are mad.- for compensation la the in
jured ami for the property damaged
CANADIAN CASUALTIES GROW.
Total lo Oats sllSVSd He omr
ntaere NsgS Id.lMHI.
Ottawa, Oct. II. Canadian casual
ties durlnit the last fortnight hSVS been
heavier than during any similar period
Inoa the heavy lighting ill Ypres l.isi
spring, Daily casualty lists contain
from 100 to If." names, the Second D.
Vis n being thS chief sufferer. The
proportion uf Offlosrs killed and wounded
is surprisingly small, Indicating thai
ihe righting bus been moatly by heavy
a rtillet y.
The enact number of Canadian .'as
ualtleH to date has never been officially
ItmtOUnoadi but II estimated that II Is
somowhsrs in ihe ni ilghborhood of it .
(ion.
It Is offlolally slated that mora than
1,000 or the wounded hav p turned
the tronohes.
to
AN TI-TREATING STOPS CRIME.
I.undun glgg Itrrurda Mum t.ood
i:fTect of Order.
Spei-iul ' able 0SSJSJag fo Tut Si s
boNPONi ct II. Ths daily records of
the lannlon polios courts sitae the .inti
trssting order went Into effect show solid
results of the order In OhMRlng drunken
ness and an unprsosdsntsdly small num.
ber of chargcK.
The Coroner of ftouthwsrk sgid si an
uiiiesi nun mi. uruer n.id done mure to
.stop drunkenness than anything the Uov-
. imiiert Had done In
hla experience.
PROTEST TO BRITAIN
WILL GO THIS VEER
The Sharp Note In Not El
pected, However, to Bring
About an Agreement.
POINTS OF VIEW DIFFER
Washington, Oct. 21 The 1'nited
States note to Great Britain protesting
against British interference with Ameri
can trade will tie sent this week, accord
ing to a statement made by a high offi
cial to-day. Tim note hna been on
President Wilson's desk nearly two
weeks.
The note will las regarded by the
American public as a vigorous presenta
tion of the American case against Great
Britain, according to tho opinion of
those familiar with the document It Is
understood that the tone of the note,
while In no wise menacing or severe. Is
such as to carry OOnVlOtkHI to the world
that the l'nlted States does not Intend to
liermlt what It rcgnnls us violations of
International law to ihiss without earnest
protest.
The expectation of the mowt optimistic
officials hero Is, however, that the two
Governments will not come to an under
standing with regard to the practices
against which the t'nlted States and
other neutrals are complaining. It la
felt that the point of view of tlie two
Governments Is so widely divergent aa
to make it almost hoeless to expect
that they will reach an Agreement In
regard to wiwit Is now being done.
The real basis of hope In tho situa
tion, however, .Is the possibility that
events may ao develop that Great
Britain may deem It expedient to modify
materially the practices by which aim
la now Interfering with what the l'nlted
State regards as bona fide neutral
trade
For the moment, howr-vrr. the Brltlah
are contending that they are doing noth
ing that Is not Justified by the prsceaenta
set by the I'nlled States In the civil
war. This Goversment, It Is contended,
then made liberal extensions of the prin
ciple of international law In the light
of the new circumstances. The l'nlted
States should now, it Is said, rooognlie
the clumged oonditinns as affecting world
OOmgaarea and not object to British prac
tices designed to meet such changed con
ditions. It became known 10-day that the note
will over the principles Involved In the
meat cases 111 which American iwrkers
are Interested to the extent of alsiut
H5. NotlCS will lie served on
Great Britain that ths Unitsd Ststes
cannot accept prigs court decisions such
as those in the meat ftsaes. which It re
gards as bused more on munit ipa! law
than on International law.
Sis'ifli; action in ths meat cases will
lie withheld pen ding ths transmission of
'he general note. Counsellor I'olk of the
.-'late Department discussed these cases
to-day with representatives of the
packers. The packers hud no new re
quest to submit, but merely wished to
talk over the situation.
SERBIAN ARMY
IN THE NORTH
NOW ISOLATED
' OSfisHSd "on first I'opC
garian Mtachg on Kumanovo weie rs
I pulsed un. I thai tile Bulgarian success
i is linrted to ths occupation of Kochana
He a. hie that th, vlolaM uttack Upon
i Vranja caused damue to the Xlsh-
Kalonlca railway, but that the comltadjli
i i Hulsni .an ii resulursl. escorted by
j OSValty, have been exterminated.
Tel, arup.n. communioatlon is unintsr
I rui.'id Tin- eorrsgpondsnt styles re.
ports of other Bulgarian successes us
' "purs Invent ions "
Ths corrsspondsnt says furtinr that
' after ths occupation of istip. which the
j Serbs had burned beforehand, the Itul-
sars march sd on Kuprlil, The Inhabl.
j lunts of this City became panic stricken
and resolved to burn the town. As they
were about t" curry out this plan, Sevsn
Serbian rsglmsnts arrived and tha Hul
g.irs w. re repulsed with enormous losssa
TEUTON ADVANCE SLOW.
Natural Harriers uml ,rblau Ite-
sin Dsloi frogrsss,
si. aat ' ,e i.4(i , to Tut Si
Bsrusi, via Amstsrdsm, net. m
The .... 1 1 1 1. i ii f corrsspondsnt with
the Herman army in garble reports thai
the mountain Hk'huik Is incessant be-
causs of the dlfltcuii natural conditional
which hamper the trooiui prograss audi
the bringing up Of supplies. The stub
born rsslstsni f the garblans, he as
serts. Is OaUSillg the b. lilies to proceed
siuwiy.
The corrsspondsnt explains that ths
ground has been organised stsp by step
for defence, ons Una stretching behind I
anothsr ovsr the broksn ground, when'
the la. k of paralleled communications j
nscsssltgtsa lbs greatest caution on the
pan of the advancing troops.
IsirgS, compact bodies (.f trnoiis so far:
h.ua I,..,.,, i.l . ...
' ' t ,",u-i m, un- iies-
patOh says, adding that this is due to the
in' ii. at Ihe Herblani are lighting in
.-mall detachments.
BULGARS FREE Td CO.
lirecce Not lletiiinlnit llesrrvlsfs,
gggS llerlln llesillt(ll.
Vpptnti CQbU IISSJSJIsH I" Tim Si s
'I'm: Maui k, Oct :'l a dsspatch from
Bsrlln slates that the I loveriimenl of
Bulgaria gnitounesd thai Ureses has al
lowed ail Bulgarian reservists rsluriiiug
to their country to trgVSl freely.
Tin- dsspatch adds that In the con.
quered parts of Macedonia Bulgaria haa
sstablishsd a Bulgarian sdmlnlstrutlon
and Bulgarian schools and thai ths
Bulgarian sold ers time bssn snthusias
tlcally welcomed by the population.
Bulgarian army hssdquarters claims
that the northern army bsfors Ncgnlln
and the second army in the Ifot'SVa
Valley have olssrsd an srea of fifteen
miles of all Serbians and that the tint 1
Bulgarian army is in complsts control
of the whols BrsgaJnltsa Valley,
DIPLOMATS LEAVE NISH.
Tkoao RsitoNlo Hosrors tig t
Krnjrto, lllhers to KhsuU.
fpscisl Cable Dttpatck t" Tin si
ATHBNSi via I. on, loii, Oct II, It is
reported here that the diplomats m .S;h
have (tone to Kgggki Sgcept the rsprs-
gentatlvss of the Hntsntg Powers, who
have gons to Krajsvoi
ITALY IMPOSES NEW TAXES.
Assessinrills lOipeeled In lm ri nse
Hevrnues Sli.lun Annually.
Sprcial lat'lr PSSgglSA lo Tns Sin.
Ho vi i:. Oct. J 1 A myal decree Is
sued to-day places a new tax on men ex
empted from military service and ln
c reuses ths existing taxes on Joint
slock companies, business transactions,
land surveys, telephones and tickets to
moving picture -hows
it is exile, led that the pew lux will
produce 11,000,001 llro ((1,400,000) annually.
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RUSSIANS VICTORS
AT FOUR POINTS
Dtllodge (Jprmnns. Who Are
Forced to Call on Aus
triiins for Aid.
3..-.)2 PRISONERS TAKEN
i fipei ml rtthif f)epofel to Tur Si s.
I-isnoN, net 11, The Russians, after
i IlKhtlns desperate rear guard act I' ns
for many weeks slorut the third sreat
lailroad line r WSStsrn BuaalS, have
suddenly turned from a hard prssssd da
fsnslvs to a vigorous offsnslvs, and
southeast of Baronowltschl, whloti lies
half way between BrSSt'LltOVSk SOd
Minsk, took f. ur Herman push b us, rap
turing tighty.fivs Carman aid lua.
i trial! officers and l.&tl men. us well tie
ten niuchlne kuiis and one cannon.
The reference to "Austrian offlcsrs"
in tins region is signiflcant in thai it
shows for the llrst time thai the Her
mans, until recently a. one In these sec-
tors, leaving the Austr uns to baltlc It.
italic la aid link .win. i. have been com
pelled t" call for rssnforcsmsnts from
'.heir allies. This was undoubtedly nocSW
-Hated by th- Bonding of the bulk of
i Von Macksnssn's army and other cups
i to 8i rbiu.
un the other hand, this fact Is taken
to ixplain the c.u tinued success of hs
Cggr's forces in the southwest and south
lit the Volhynlan fortress triangle, 'he
Herman War Office admits in a hr ef
hUilSt In to-day, the Hermans titihtins on
tne river Slvr have been forced to rs
ir ut from TschartorUSk. The rep. nt
.olds that the Teutons are now malting
I counter-attacks to rsgsln ihe 1
ground.
The offli lal Russian i ttsmsnl i .i
lows i
Yt'stcrd iy, southsast of Baron -
Witchl, we carried the Herman posi
tions near the villages of Kltlmovftchl,
Odokhovitohlnl, Novski uml Nugorina,
We lock eighty -live Herman and Aus
Irving Mational bank
The Irving National Bank
has, for many years, kept in
touch with all commercial
centers of the world.
Officers of this bank have
become personally acquainted
with many of the executives
of its foreign correspondents
and obtain throunh them an
intimate knowledge of con
ditions. Instituted primarily to in
crease the usefulness of the
bank to its customers, the serv
ice of the living's Foreign
Department has by its ef fici
ency developed an extensive
international business.
IRVING NATIONAL BANK
Strictly a Conimetcial llsnk
Capital anj 3urplus $7,00(1,000
WOOI.WORTH I1UI1, DING, NEW YOKK
IKTH HUH, DING. NKW YOKK
I i ' , -Tn :nM.irifrtdi" 'J
trian officers, 3,ri.ri2 prisoners an I else
ten maohlns vun. and oi an oi
The Russian success ..i Baroi is r
is considered of ur.-ni Importants
place iiems an Important railroad
terseciion It lies sixty-six mill - norrfc ..f
I'lnsk and In.', mil's south of v It
is u station mi tin' Rovno Wttns Hue
Nothing Is heard front Berlin n
Ing the movement on Riga, which m-i
with oontlnuad succsas during v. last
week.
The following nihi l. il gtutemi I
lii llerlin to-day bus been . Ingtaphi 1
here :
Army OroUD of Kn Id Mursl il vos
iltmli'iihurK Northeasl of sJliuu wr
occupied the banl, Ol tin I iv IIU fl m
Borkowlts to Beraemunde. The
taken up to the present turn " .e
encasements In this diatricl nn iiuti
to ; machlns i.-.m - and i.tj.'i pris rs
Army Hroup nf Blince I .,...p.,i,i-.
Kast of Baranowlohl a Bussiai k
was rspu'sed by u counter altsx'k
Army Hroup nf Hen. vim LI lit w
pn 'be gtyr in the region oi
torysk local sngagsmsuis davelois
u groat evt, ni. Bart of a '
division ni' c iinii' wa fori
the numerical ouiisriortty of .in-
to rat real lo a position furthsr
rear. Whereby a fi-W' ostinon.
had been held m their poaHli I
r-
to
hv
lis
last moment, were HMt, A cm
tack is pi o. SSdlSgfi
Tlie following official s ni, i froi
Genaral Haadquartsrs v.i
ti recti t in VB una !
Ill the West lllnl SOUtll Wi
torysk the battle continued ...I I ' "
day and tn-duy. HoUlhWi
kowchl the Austrrnluiig u u id
Herman troops repulsed sti
glan a tacl a
In ysstsrday'a battles on tl - t
1,100 pr son. rs and thri -
guns were captuured, N. ' vo
Alexlmec a hostile attack 4
Otherwise there is no new
ASQUITH PASSES fiOOD 'I -;T
PttyslvlMNS llepiirl l',- 'iiiiti I- i"
II ond to II V cr .
London, 1 t. si i'.
passed ,l gOOd lllght, his
nouncsd to-dii . adding il it
tin road to .-peedy recovel
Braall i ables liilcrrupti
The West, .ni Union Ti l gi
puny ysslsrda) si nounccil
of cable common., ill on a SJ
Urasll,
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