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THE SUN, THUKSiM, DECEMBER lb, ltfio.
thr AiiPtrlun capital
ill) )BSCI1 AUS-
would be at-
FRENCH WAR MINISTRY
CALLED ALLY OF GRAFT
Irlnn pnslige, since It
tribute. I i.i Intimidation.
TO SAIL IN TWO WEEKS.
Allies IMal ' Coadact for
fre-rril snd Tim rr.
Wasiiinotom, Dec. If'. tlreat Brit
ain and France notified the Culled
slate Government to-day that Capts.
von laa kiiiI Doy-Kd, the military
ami nal attaches respectively of tha
German Kmbasey. nil) be given safe
conduct through the Allies' lines to Ger
many. With lid assurance it la understood
that the two attache. hl recall Ml
demsnded by thr United .States In con
acuuenr w of their connection with pro
Oerm.ui activities in thin country, will
leava for German) on December 21.
It In reported that tha two officers
have already engaged accommodations
on the Hotlenliiin, which leiavcs New
York on ta.it date. On board this name
vessel mil he Brand Whltlock, Unl.ed
Siat.-n Mlnlaler to Belgium, who win
return to his post after a short legvo of
absence, and i handler Amicrson
former j
Counsellor of the State Department
who Is (nine to liondon to represent
th American meat parkara in the nego
tiatlons for compromtacr settlement of
the incut detention cases.
Notice of the granting of the safe
conduct was conveyed to Secretary I. an
ging this afternoon by Sir Arthur Cecil
Bnrlng-Rloe, the llntish Amlaasador.
.According to the procedure followed, the
State Department first communicated
the request for safe conduct to the
British nnd French embassies In writ
ing Tli request was referred to the
roreign i 'lin es at iamiuuii sou rarn
last Saturday.
Although Ambassador Kpring-Rlne
gave the consent of the two Governments
Orally, the State Department rninmunl-!
catsd this consent to tUe German Km
tab'.. In writing. This wri'tsu communl-
cation will serve as the necissary ere- t
dentluls, no passports being required I
for the IWO men. The Herman Km- I
kass?i however, has been requested to
notify the Department of the date end
Steamer on which the attaches will sail'
so that this Information might be com- f
munlcated to the Hrltlsh and French I
Governments.
Count Von II rnstorff. the German Am
hussador, left the city this afternoon.
presumably for New York, although of-
Ictala at the embassy observed their !
usual reticence regarding his destlna-
tlon. It Is understood that the com
munication from the Slate Department
has b en or will be forwarded to him.
It is thought probable that the Ambas
sador lias gone to New York for the
purpose of conferring with Capts. voir
1 arch and Bo-F.d.
The State Department has not yet
taken up with the Hrltish and French
4overnnienls the r. quest of Ambassador
von Ueinstorff for safe conducts for the
successors of Capts. von l'aiien and Boy
Kd should they be sent to this country
from Germany. With the Impression
prevailing that such a request would be
refus.d. it a. understood that the Stats
Department does not feel called on to
puts It.
Awaits Worst frees Uersaasy.
At all events the Department will do
nothing lu the matter until Germany
announces the names of the successors.
The Department has no confirmation
for the. report that Capt. Thierlchsen
of the interned German cruiser Prlns
Kitel at Norfolk will be named aa von
Pa pen s successor. Should this be done
the consent of the otner belligerent
Powers would probably have to be ob
tained. Inasmuch as the officers and
crews of bo.h the Print Kltel and the
Kroi.pritu Wilhelm are under parole not
to attempt to return to Germany, the
United Stat standing as guarantor
of their pledges.
With the depsrture of Capts von
Papcn and Hoy-Kd the belief obtains
In German, kin abase;, circles that Am
bassador von Bernstorft win be able to
resume negotiations with Secretary Lan
sing for a settlement of the Lualtanla
controversy, which ware Interrupted by
the action of this Government In de
manding the recall of the two attaches.
It is believed that Germany will with
draw her insistence on a reference of
the question to the Hague Tribunal.
Despite the aheence of any cablegram
from Ambassador I'enneld at Vienna
and Ambassador Gerard at Merlin con
cerning the attitude of the Central Pow
ers toward the demands of the United
States In the Anoona case, responsible
officials of the State Department appear
optimistic and profess confidence that
Austria will give the satisfaction de
manded. There Is a lisKsitlon to credit
Ambassador von HernstorfT. who has
been In slniost dally conference with
Itaron iSwbdlnek, the Austrian Charge
d'Affaircs, with having exerted strong
influence n bohalf of u favorable reply
from Austria.
The Stale Department Is without con
firmation of press reports from Vienna
that the Austrian Government denies
having received a copy of nil corre
spondence between the United States
and Germany In the submarine contro
versy It was said In authoritative
quarters that duplicates of nil the notes
sent to Merlin were delivered to the
Austrian Kmhassy, as well as to all
other embassies and legations In Wash
ington It was rOated emphatically
that the State Department considers
the sendlrg of these copies to members
of diplomatic corps aa tantamount to
official notification of the attitude as
sumed by the l ulled Slutes In the con
troversy. As far aa the status of Baron Zwle
dlnek himself Is concerned, the belief Is
growing that the American Government
will accept his disclaimer of reajsinsl
blllly for the letter sent by him In Au
triiHt, lull, to Dr. Alexander von Ntiher.
the Austrian Consul-General at Nsw
York, directing him to procure "at com
paratively slight cxense" passports of
neutral" countries for Austrian reser
vists desiring to return to their native
country from the United States. Baron
Zwiedlnek lias Informed Secretary Ian
slng that the letter was written iy him
at the dictation of Dr. Constuntlne
Dumhit, the Austrian Ambassador, who
lias since been recalled at the request of
the United Slates
The fate of Votl Nuher will not be de
cided until the Ancona matter la out of
. Uie wuy.
Thn War Department this afternoon
had no co-nfirm.itlon of the reported de
tection of Austrian and (ierman subjects
in American uniforms aboard the Amer
ican transport Sheridan, which arrived
St San FTsnolgOO yesterday. Iteports
stale that the men were from the tier
man cruiser Geler. Interned at Honolulu,
and that they were a,ble to disguise
themselves as American soldiers with
the connivance of bakers on board the
transport.
AUSTRIA "VERY ANOHY.
Derllu Mays Itaplare With I, v Is
Itrgrardrd aa Probable.
BsMIMi via Amsterdam, Dec. If, The
Jf r UggetfuHfl publishes the following
deepatch from Its Vienna correspondent :
"The American note to Austria on the
Ancona has created a most unfavorable
impression. Whether and how II will be
answered will lint be decided until after
the close of the investigation."
The .Vorprnposf says:
"We are now accustomed to the some
what rough tone which Is agsln used In
the prehrnt note. The note Is also abun
dant with fine words about Ihe law of
nations and humanity. These things
exist only for ns, not for our enemies
or for the Americans."
1'nofftclal reports from Vlennl state
Hint the Austrian Government Is very
-' ' - iuiouiv won mi. liniMMl
.-M .ies is regarded as probable. Tho
nusnl I. k uiliili.,p ii... kM.uu .
- ' .. ui.aieni oi rela
tions between Austria and America will
foroa Germany to the sams course.
Count Ttsga, Ihe Hungarian Premier,
noLbttn lummonad to Vienna to confer
Deputy in Bitter Speech Causes Uproar in Chamber
With Charge That Mismanagement Has Robbed Re
public of Vast Sums in Purchase of Supplies.
I'Atns. Dec. h. The French War Min
istry was bitterly attacked in the oouraa
of a debate In tha chamber of Deputies
to-day and one of the rneenbera, Julian
Antolne Sim; an, directly accused it of
neglecting to take proper precautions In
purchasing supplies, paying exorbitant
prices nnd doing business with agents of
known Irresponsibility.
It la aaserted that the Ministry has
dealt wltti persons whose sole experience
consisted in frequenting summer resorts
and there picking up customers, yet
these persons were considered fit to fur
nish shoes, clothing and arm,
Deputy Slmynn also attacked rrrtaln
' persons who are conducting alleged char
luble enterprises for private gain. One
I .man, he said, had been condemned
twenty-one times for this offence and
still Is operating, although the First
Magistrate of the flepubllc has ordered
tirr to
Another abuse he named
consists In paying large sums on account
when contracts are closed. In violation of
thr usual course. One contractor, he
declared, now owes the Government
1400.000 received In this way.
M. 8man's statements caused an
uproar in the Chamber. He demanded
that Joseph Thierry. I'nder Secretary
of State tor Subsistence, open his records
on these affairs and disclose the vast
array of secret dealings. He accused
the purchasers of paying fantastic com
missions and named the Marquis Cro
vesocur, former associate of Henri Ro
ohette. who fled to Mexico after being
nteiwed to prison for swindling, as
Having received commissions or mis am.
The French Minister at London, he
declared, has reported on the activities
of certain persons there who are at-
tempting to make Illegal profits from
the Government and has asked the Min
istry If he were compelled to do busi
ness with them.
Inspector Gallktrd, he continued, has
demanded an Investigation of commis
sions of several millions of francs paid
for the purchase of horses. Ths com
mission In charge, however, would not
make the results of the Inquiry known
and the secretary of the then Minister
of War, Alexandre Mtllrrand, backed
It In its stand.
M. Mlllcrand leaped to his feet to
denv this and protested that It was
a mistake, but his words were
lost i
U the confusion. When M. Slmyan
had concluded his arraignment he wis
applauded by the entire Chamber. Fur
ther discussion of the matter was post
poned until Thursday.
with the Austrian Premier. Count Hu
man. Count F.rnst von fteventlow, writing to
the Tapes Xcitanp, attacks the American
note on the ground that It hints at
threats and Is characterlxed by a tone
of curt command.
READY FOR RUPTURE.
Anstrla Said to Have Asked Ventr.1
to Art Here.
Sperial Cs6s lnpair, fs The 8rv
IjONDOM. Dec. II, -The tuning Star
says that the diplomatic represent
ative of a neutral country at Kome
has been advised by his colleague
at Vienna that Austria will re
ply evasively to the note of the United
States on the sinking of the Ancona. re
questing that the United States allow
matters to remain in abeyance until the
Bubmariiie returns to port. The sub
marine, according to the information. Is
overdue, and It Is feared that she has
been cupturrd or rammed.
It Is stated that Austria hss solicited
the neutral nation mentioned to take
charge of Austrian Interests in America
In case of a rupture.
'PLAYING WITH FIRE.
Munich Newspaper Ways Tone
of
Note aurpvteed Gersaaay.
Mt stcH, Dec. 15 The severe tone of
the note to Austria on the sinking of the
Ancona and Its "unflamionlOUt contents"
have been a gr. at surprise to Germany,
says Ihe .Wursle .VuchricAfm.
"When the United States talks about
good relations la-tweeji themselves and
the monarchy." says the editorial, "one
exiNH'ta to see an exemplification of these
good relations In a mutual exchange of
Opinion, and not a mere reference to
agreements with another nation, as If no
value was attached to a similar under
standing with Austria-Hungary. Such an
exchange of opinion has so far been
wholly lacking.
"One ought not to play with fire. There
fore. If the President Is really sincere In
his desire to maintain 'good mutual re
lations' with the dual monarchy, we be
lieve both countries with dignity can find
a way for a common Investigation of the
conflicting questions ajid discover a road
leading to a common understanding."
RELIEF WORKERS NEEDED.
Brliflnm onimlsstniier Wants I r
Mature Americans la field.
The American Commission for Relief
In Belgium Issued yesterday a call for
fifteen American men of awe snd experi
ence and a fluent knowledge of the
French language to work in the relief
corps In Belgium. Expenses to and from
Belgium and bare living expenses while
there will be paid.
Applications lll be received only by
mail at the oltlces of the commission. 71
Broadway, and must state qualifications
and references.
Another cable was received from Mr
Hoover yesterday lM(ri;lns for shoes and
early shipments of clothlnK and material
It Is useless, he says, to purchase shoes
that cannot be despatched from New
York before March 1. so pressing Is the
nerd. Following the receipt of this
cable, Oscar S Straus, chairman of the
clothing appeal committee. Issued ft
statement calling to attention of the
people of New York the former re
quest of thr eommlsalon for $5,000,000 in
money or clothes 10 save Ihe women and
children of Belgium and northern
France.
GERMANS ARE DOWNHEARTED.
NgW York Man Impressed at Kiel
Maya People Are Bitter.
PrgdrlM TaagdM Of M0 Washington
avenue, a carpenter, who went to Ger
many Just about the time the war
started, told Thk Si'N yesterday that
last August he was Impressed and made
to servo In the German navy for three
mouths, his naturalisation papers us an
American cltlxeu being taken from him.
He finally obtained his release through
Ambassador Gerard In Berlin.
Taegder uh that the mass of Ger
mans are dowuheurted over the war, no
longer believing the newspaper reports
of German successes, and becoming In
creasingly bitter against the Govern
ment. Lists of wounded are no longer
posted Morn than s.ouu womsn are
i working
I
i the Krupp factory. For the
in.t part of the time the bulk of the
German fleet has been disposed between
Helgoland and Cuxhaven and the num.
he- or ships at Kiel has been relatively
stngll.
France Is sufferina- from a scarcity of
freight cars and s resultant congestion '
of munitions and food supplies brought ,
from American and other ports. The I
Temps, in discussing the question I
avows that the transportation system I
la mismanaged. It cites Instances of i
cars found lying Idle In ons vicinity 1
while supplies are choked In another
One train stood Idle for twelve months
at Cognac. At Iai Palllce not a car
Is available on some dsys, In spite of
ths fact that an average of 1,000 cars
a day are required and goods are rot
ting In the rain on wharves. The Temp
says there are thousands of Idle cars I
In the railroad yards near Paris
Itt
The Tempi tells of a cargo of
tons of hay from Oalveston to
lire, tha port of La Jtochelle. which sr
rived on August IT Only 1,000 tons
have been moved and the rest Is spoil
ing. The Chamber of Commerce of La
Kochslle has received no reply to Its
urgent appeals to the Ministries of Com
urgsist sppsasi to tne Ministries or com-1
merer and pub,v works, although its
president has telegraphed nine times to I
the latter since November
ASKS BILLIONS FOR WAR.
Committee Telle Deputies Coat
Will Be 9000,000,000 a Month.
I'ahis, Dec. 15. The Appropriations
Committee of the Chamber of Ueputlrs
In Its report to-day on the requirements
of the Government for ths first quarter
of tha coming year estimated that the
war will coat France $600,000,000 a
month for that period of time.
A summary of the past expenses, on
which the figures wsre baaed, showed
that the total expenses of the Govern
ment from August 1. 114. to Decem
ber 31. 111. have been 31,021.000,000
francs (M.304.IOU.OOO). of which the
purely military expenditures were 24,
347.000,000 francs (t4.S0t.4OO.OOO). The
committee reported rejecting the request
of the Minister of Finance that the In
i ome tax on July 1, 1914, should be ap
plied to January 1, ltl7.
LOAN TIME EXTENDED.
France t.lves Another Hay to
Oblige Throngs of nberrlhera.
Paris, Dec. IS, Subscription lists for
the French war loan closed to-day. hut go
many were In line at the various rrceiv-
Ing offices that the Government granted
an extension or one day As early ns
Mondsy it wss evident that the subscrip
tion offici j4 could not deal with the
crowds throughout France. To-day the
lines extend Into the streets.
BRITISH ARMY REPELS
FOES IN MESOPOTAMIA
Turks Attarklnff On. Towns
Iiond's Right Wine Ro
portfd Driven Back.
fJMessI fa(i rtfpatrh to Tax Sts.
UiNDON, Dec. 15. Fighting of a vio
lent character, with the Turks aa the
attackers. Is evidently going on in Meso
potamia, where the British recently were
forced to retreat, from a point not far
distant from Pagdad, to Kuf-el-Amara.
At Kut-el-Amara their new positions are
now submitted to constant onslaughts
from the Turks
"Ileenforcenients are sent forward as
fast as thry arrive," said Austen Cham
berlain, Secretary of State for India. In
the House of Commons to-day. He read
a telegram from Gen. Townuliend, the
British commander, declaring that there
was heavy musketry firing on the north
ern front at Kut-el-Amara this morn
ing, but that while the Turks did not
attack on that front they launched a
new offensive against the right wing.
Thla attack was repulsed.
The Turkish War Office announced to-
day that the British artillery fire In the
Kut-el-Amara region la "decreasing
dally.'
The Turkish official statement on the
Meeopotamlaii operations follows:
The activity of the enemy's artil
lery near Kutel-Amara dally la de
creasing, owing to our violent counter
Are. As a consequence of successful
attacks our troops have approached
closely the enemy's main positions.
The following official statement Is
sued at Cairo waa made public here to
night :
On Monday the British under Col.
Gordon, operating west of Mi reams
Truh, had a second engagement with
1,200 hostile Arabs under Oaafa
Paaha armed with rifles, guns and
machine guns. They were attacked
and driven back with heavy losses.
The British were unable to pursue
them, owing to darkness. The enemy's
losses on Monday are not known.
On Saturday they lojl eighty In killed
and thirty In wounded. Our losses
on Monday were slight
TURKS SHELL BATTERY.
Destroy Blockhouse and nrldgea ou
the lvere.es Here.
CoNSTANTiNoi't.g, Dec. 14, via London,
Dec. 15 The Turkish War Office Issued
to-day the following statement on ac
tivities In the Dardanelles:
Uur artillery successfully bombarded
the enemy's positions near Anafarta,
and hostile ehlpa near Kemlkle Elman,
compelling ths vessels to withdraw.
Near Arl Buinu theru has been inuir
throwing activity and a rather violent
though Intermittent artillery duel.
Near Sedd-el-Bahr there has been
bomb and air lorvedo fighting. Our
artillery shelltd a hostile liowltxer bat
tery and blew up Its munition depot.
Monday there was violent bomb
fighting against our trenches In the
centre. Our srtlllery successfully
shelled ths enemy artillery positions
and destroyed a blockhouse and two
bridges across the Kereves Dere.
YUAN NOT AIDED BY GERMANS.
Urlfaln Doubts If He Oat Crown
iperial Cablt Peepateh la Tss Sun.
London, Dec, 111. Lord Hobert Cecil.
Psrllamrntary I'nder Secretary for
Foreign Affairs, announced In the House
i of Commons to-day In reply to a Question
that there was no reason to believe that
German intrigue wgg connected with the
acceptance of the Chinese throne by
President Yuan Shlh-k'al.
: " ' ' . 1 1
I 'Hr , :J.- i ;. S -ei'ir ;
SAYS KAISER
POPE STATE
T . . . - .
London Newspaper Quotes
mat uennite rrospect 01
Held Out, Making Jerusalem Papal Capital.
IONDoM, Dec. 15. The turning Star'
says that the German Humanity la-ague
has announced that the KaJser has cate
gorically promised the Pope that his
temporal power shall be restored. The
promise Includes the creation of a papal
late In Palestine.
The proposed state would consist of
Jerusalem and the holy places, with
the territorial area I. eluding Jaffa as a
aeapoit, which Is sufficient to support
the dignity of a cardinal viceroy.
PAPAL STATE PLANNED?
London Hears (ersnany fteeka Res
toration of Temporal Power.
Special f'orr'tpnn lenc to Tss 9c.
LoNDOHi Nov. 24 A correspondent of
thr Standard In Swltserland says that
the visit to Swltserland of Prince von
Buelow. former German Imperial fhan
celler. has for one of its objects the
furtherance of a German plan to revive,
the temporal power of the Pope.
The Kaiser and the German Govern
ment, according to the correspondent,
have taken up this plan In the hope of
gaining the sympathy of Catholics 'n
the allied countries and In the United
States, and at the same time of punish.
Ing Italy for refusing to make a separate
peace with Austria.
The 'orrespondent says I
"It is i pen to doubt whether Roman
Catholl's In general have any desire for
the withdrawal of the supreme bead of
their church from purely religious func
tions to iksr part in the turmoil of In
ternatloiu.l politics, but thr Kaiser and
Ills advUers In this particular sphere,
who are all professedly Lutheran
Protestants, have made up their minds
that thr ery of 'Home for Ihe Pope' may
gain .'resh adherents to the Germanic
cause, hence the Intrigue In whose
Initiation Prince von Hue low Is now
playing an importsnt part.
.1. Uomaa alhollr Kympathy.
IM Getmsn view of the matter may
be summarised ss follows: There are
Itoman U.ithollrs In r ranee and Ita.y,
In Bttg'and and Ireland, whose sym
pathies. If alienated frcm the cause of
thrlr Own Countries, would be useful to
Germanv. The new German Empire
las Herl n imagines it) will include
Poland ftno Belgium, and the help of the
Vatican Will be mot valuable In Influenc
ing the Human Cathodes of both coun
tries lo i.iiept the alien yoke passively
and In a duly lubmlsslvs spirit :
"The support of the Roman Catholics
of America. Siuln and other neutral
countries Is worth winning The politi
cal iower of the Vatican might be ex
ploited for Germany s advantage during
peace negotiation Eor these and many
klndrtnl reasons Germany wished to hit
upon some means of appealing lo Roman
1'atliollcs of all countries and the Wll
helmstraase schemers produced this pro
posal of reviving the I 'opes temporal
power.
"Obviously, s papal State can only be
formed by taking a slice out of the very
hearl of Italy, and Crliice von lluelow
communicated a threat in this sense to
ll10'" persons whose aid he sought In
a'lell pi ins W llov n nrnm.r fi .
with Italy. If Italy Is reasonable Ger
many will abandon the Idoa of making
Home tho capital of a reconstructed
papal State, but If Italy refuses our gen
erous offer of terms Germany and Aus
tria will Inflict the supreme humiliation
on her.
-It is noteworthy that a ilerman press
campaign, conducted on the usual lines.
In support of Ihe n w Intrigue Is In full
swing Newspapers drawing their In
spiration from the Wllhelmstrasse are
dwelling, with striking unanimity and
similarity of language, on the Impos
sibility Of allowing Ihe Pops to be cut
off from communication with those bel
ligerents with whom Italy Is at war, and
GEN. FRENCH OUT;
HAIG SUCCEEDS HIM
fnnHnwd from Ftr$t Pngr
hlul
intcd Ismdon earlier
Nothing
object of
was actually known of the rea
his trip, but
the cause was ascribed to
thi
same misunderstanding with IOhtI
Kitchener On yet another
oaslon
Kitchener wont to France.
Tho losses at Neuve Chgpollo were
serious ftir Sir John French und so was
the consequent inactivity of the British
forces. But -these things did not work
so much against him as did the results
and character of the British offensive ill
Artois last Septem'ber. In (hat opera
tion the British gained some ground, but
they lost heavily In numbers and what
they did gain was far overshadowed by
the greater importance of the French
advances made simultaneously In Cham
pagne. Many Insinuations hive been made In
this respect against Sir John French
which contributed to his decline In favor.
It haa been said that British officers
were permitted to have women visitors
at their quarters, and that the general
tone and conduct of the British stiff
was decidedly loose when comparer! to
the discipline of the French staff.
While the specific reason for Sir John
French's removal is not Known one fact
stands out pretty certainly at this time.
It Is that there has been bitter strife be
tween Karl Kitchener and the Field Mar
shal, and that In the end It was Inevi
table that one or the other of them must
go.
A great deal of especially bitter Criti
cism against Sir John French arose out
of his Intimacy with George Gordon
UNSURPASSED
MINERAL WATER
1
PROMISED
IN HOLY LAND
.
German Source as Stating
lemporai l-wer was
on the urgent necessity of preventing
any repetition at any future time of
any such obstacle to papal Influence In
International affairs. The following,
taken from the Munich AUit'tnrtnr Kuml
trhnu. Is a typical specimen of this phase
of Herman propaganda:
" 'The Pope's supreme authority and
his divine mission to direct tun! to rule
the whole church make It necessary that
he should enjoy In full security absolute
freedom slid sovsrelgn Independence. It
will be realised that the Pope's present
position Is Intolerable when It Is re
membered that the diplomatic represent
atives of the countries at war with
Italy who were duly accredited to the
Vatican have been obliged to leave
Home. Was their departure due to
any action on the part of the Italian
Government? No; on the contrary we
must admit that ths Italian authorities
made every effort to enable the Minis
ters of Prussia and Austrln and Ba
varia at the Vatican to remain In Home.
They left because facts were strongsr
than the Government of Italy,
Why Diplomatists Left.
" Their departure was necessary for
their ersunxl safety and to preserve
their dignity ; also because their con
tinued presence m Home would have
isused difficulties and embarrassments
to the Vatican. We nerd not emphasiie
the danger to their own persons, the
excesses of thr mob at Milan are suf
ficiently well known to make arry elab
oration of this point gUpOrflOUS. With
regard1 tn their dignity, the demand that
their communications with their own
Governments should be transmitted by
sra through tha Bngtlstl Channel to
Holland, snd thence to Berlin, Munich
and Vienna, and that the Vatican should
give a guarantee that such communica
tions contained no Information of mili
tary value was In itself sufficient to
make their continued stay in Home Im
possible. "This Stipulation was unacceptable,
bring inoompatlhle with the dignity of
diplomatic rtivoys. who have a right to
communicate with their Governments
rreeiy ami without alien supervision. It
ould have been equally an Indignity in-
nicte.i upon there diplomatic envoys If
mey naq Pern obliged to brg the Vatican
to forward their confidential reports to
their rovcrtinients ; moreover, thr Vati
can' responsibility might have led to
endless difficulties and drisg-reeable com
plications between the Pope and Italy.
Pope's Sentiments.
" The Pope feels In equal degree the
snfferinss of all his children. It is there
fore a source of Intense sorrow to him
that at a time like the present he Is iso
lated from part of his flock because they
belong to countries against which Italy
is waging war. The Pope, who can now
only maintain diplomatic relation., Wth
the representatives of one of tha rival
groups Of Powers, cgnnot hear the opin
ion of all sides, and It is difficult for
him to gain gumclent knowledge of facts
to form an Impartial judgment on the
international situation The International
character of the Pope's susrrainty Is
thus grratly restricted and he Is deprived
of the means of fulfilling his universal
mission. '
"So far as the Vatican is concerned,
the Pope has defined his position so
clearly that none hut Berlin diploma
tists, with their cynical disregard of
solemn pledges, could reckon wlty the
possibility of securing hN sympathy for
the Germanic Powers by this rather
crude Intrigue But, apart from the
Pope himself, there are Influential dig
nitaries of the Human Catholic Church
at the Vatican and elsewhere whose
leanings toward the Centrul Empires
are notorious, and Berlin hope, to use
them aa instruments of German policy.
Moreover. Germany, In her desperate
search for friends, counts on attracting
Roman fathoMc laymen all over the
world who. In Ignorunce of the Pope's
attitude of absolute impartiality, may
fall Into the trap."
Moore, a Detroit traction man, who was
at British Headquarters as Sir John's
guest for some time last spring. The
London World made a great deal of the
.issociatloti between the two men and
before the subject died out it was
brought up In Parliament and the War
Department was asked how it happened
that iin American civilian chanced to
have such complete liberty on the Brit
ish front.
In the House of Lords as recently
as November 17 llaron St. Davids point
edly charged that many young men
had been added to Sir John's staff
without military reason or necessity.
Women were visiting the headquarters,
he also asserted, with great freo,uenc
it was charged at the same time thru
Gru. Jolfre had felt called upon 10 re
monotrate With Sir John French.
Gen. Sir Douglas Halg. who succeeds
Sir John French, has bern mentioned
time and again for brilliant generalship
by Sir John French in official reports of
operations. He played a conspicuous
part lu the retreat from Mons and since
I then has generally been recognised as
the most Important Brlti.-h General ou
thu Continent.
Fleid Marshal French In his despatch
to the Hrltish War Office describing the
retreat from Mons, credited Sir Douglas
11a, k with having extricated his corps
from a difficult position at Landrecles.
"I sent urgent messages to the com
mander of the two French reserve di
visions on my right to come to the as-
I sistance of the First Corps, wnlch they
eventually did," said the Field Marshal
despatch. "Partly owing to this assist
ance, but mainly to the skilful manner
In which Sir Douglas Halg extricated his
corps from an exceptionally difficult posi
tion In the darkness of the night, they
were able at dawn 10 resume their
march south toward Wasllgny on
Uulse."
Sir Douglas Halg Is 54 years old, nine
years tho Junior of Sir John French. He
has been In the British army since 115,
served in the Sudan and In the Boer
war when, strangely enough, he was
under dsn French during the Colesberg
operations. Before the war began he
I served as chief of staff In ludla.
SEES DOOM OF BRITAIN
'WRITTEN ON THE WALL'
Dr. Helfferlch Tells Reichstag Belshazzar Lives Again
in Germany's Rival Says Berlin's War Finance
Outstrip? That of Allies.
GERMAN MARX DOWN
27 PER CENT. IN WAR
Xprcisf Cabl i)essarrs lo Tss Son.
IsOMDONi Deo. IB. The Amster
dam correspondent of the Timet,
commenting on the Helchetag
speech of Dr. Helfferlch, Secretary
of the Imperial German Treasury,
telegraphs:
"Dr. HeifTerlrh'g speech has not
affected public opinion In Holland.
Calm obesrven have their own
views about Germany's solvency.
More eloquent than any rhetoric Is
the fact that the value of the Ger
man murk has declined here 27 per
cent, since the outbreak of the war,
while ICnglLsh money hag declined
only 10 per cent."
Beam n, Dec. 15. Dr. Karl Helfferlch.
Imperial Secretary of the Treasury, In a
speech In the Kslchstag on Germany's
finances declared that the Allies are
solely responsible for continuing the war.
As punishment for this he predicted the
downfall of the British Umpire and
luoted the Scriptures to sustain his ar
gument, referring to the forecast of ths
doom of Helahatiar.
"We stand like rocks in the soil of
their home country," he declared, "and
on the columns of the British Umpire
are written In glowing letters the sams
words ss on Hslshassar's palace. Mene,
Mene, Tekel Upharsln.'
"Responsibility tor the blood which
will flow from now on, for the misery
which comes upon the world, for the
danger to which civilisation is exposed.
falls not upon Germany but upon those
wflo cannot resolve to draw ths conclu
sion from Germany's military successes !
which nobody can longer dispute.
"The responsibility falls upon those
WhO in foolish, criminal Illusion still
speak of Germany's snnlhlllation and
partition and of winning a war of ex
haustion." Germany's financial Position.
His remarks were made In the course
of his explanation of the bill for addi
tional war credits He denied thr usser-1
tions that the success of Germany's war
loans was fictitious and possible only
through loans of subscribers through the
war credit banks The loans through
these Institutions, he said, totalled 1,(00,
000. 000 marks, as compared to 2.1.000,
000. OhO marks through subscriptions.
The new wur credit which hs supported
calls for an appropriation of 10.000,000,
000 marks, or tl!.u00.000,000, bringing the
total up to 110,000.000,000. or twice the;
valuation of the entire railroad systems
of tlermsny.
He estimated the com of the war to all
belligerents at about 330,000.000 marks
dally ( f xj.r.00.000), maklrg a yearly
cost of 120,000.000,000 marks (130 000.-
OOO.oooi, or half the total public and pri
vate wealth of Franco before the war.
More than tw-o-thirds of this, he said,
Is borne by the Allies and only one-third
by the Central Powers. Germany has,
covered the great irt of her expenses by
l.uig term loai suno onty r.ngiana among
the Allies has had any success with this
method France he pointed out. Is try
ing desperately to raise money througn
a I per cent, loan at a low priced Issue.
' We are paying almost exclusively to
ourselves," paid the Secretary, "while
the enemy Is paying abroad. Therein
lies thr guaraiitre that In the future we
ehall malntaui the advantage.
British Money Power.
"It must he added that mosey Is some
thing different and more Important with
Bngland than with us The British Km
pire was largely built up on and maln-
BULGARS END NEUTRAL
ZONE ON GREEK LINE
CONfiHIted from hirst Page.
thr th e: it Is not expected that thr town
will be besieged
The Balonlca correspondent of the
fimes, telegraph: rig yesterday, says:
"It Is reported that the concentration
of so.OOo Hoops south of Monaatir la
arnied authoritatively, and the rumors
about such ft concentration seem ground
less The Dorian -OUeVghell sector la the
only quarter whence an enemy advuues
Is expecied for ihe present.
'No further fighting Is reported. The
Franco-British rear guards continue suc
cessfully to cover tho retrea! of the main
bodies.
The exclusion of the Bulgarians from
the civil administration of Monastlr waa
a pretence Intended to allay Greek sus
picions regarding pending developments.
Now the mass! has been removed."
The Duiv fv gorniclc'i correspondent,
telnrraphlnri under yesterday's date,
says :
"Notihlng Is heanl of any German de
mand to cross the frontier."
GREEK SHIPS RELEASED.
British Free Two Vessels They De
tained at Malta.
Sprrial Cools PrapatrK to Tsr Run.
l,oNinN, Dec. 15 A Mil in despatch
to Lloyd's says that the Greek shlpB
Kate and Sulnt Dlmltnos which were
detained at Malta on November HO, have
been released
The ships were bound from New York
to Greece.
GREEK FLAG RAISED.
Aastrlans Occupy Monastlr and
Decorate Ity Hall.
Special Cable Deepatch 10 Tax log,
ROMIi Dec. 15. Dr. Lnvndina, an
Italian physician, who has Just returned
10 Naples from Monastic where he
served with the Serbian army, says that
when the Serbians abandoned Monaatir
un AUHtrlan Colonel commanding a de
tachment of cavalry occupied the city
Instead of the Bulgarians, hoisted the
Greek flag on the city hall and Invited
the cooperation of the Greek Consul and
Bishop, as well us of the administration
of Monastlr. The city Is now decorated
with Greek flags. The Austrlans were
welcomed by the Greek Inhabitants.
King Peter of Serbia Is ths guest of
Kssad Pasha of Tirana, where hair of
the Serbian army and numerous women
and. children are now concentrated. The
remainder of the army Is at Elbssan.
The Bulgarians did not enter Albania,
but Bulgarian troops are concentrated at
Ochrlda near the frontier.
ALLIES WIN SEA FIGHTS.
I' Boat Ksalt .ar Varaa Destroy-
er Wrecked Goehen Torpedoed.
Paris, Dec. II The Milan Aerolo's
correspondent at Athens announces thai
talned by British money power. Eng
land formed her alliances and waged her
wars for the most part with money. In
the present war also Kngland hopes to
proceed according to this method, but
our brave troops forced England to stake
not only English money but English
blood.
"The raising of strong armies In
creased England's war costs boundlessly
and brought English finances to a state
which la continually described by British
statesmen as extremely serious. With
tho shaking of the English financial
power the foundation of the British Em
pire Is tottering.
"Germany's relation to money Is dlf
fsrsnt. Shs can boar to becoms poorer,
and always remain what she Is. We
endured the Thirty Years war and rne
Napoleonic wars. We were sucked dry.
plundered, beaten, cut up, but we always
worked our way out and grew together
again. But when ths British Empire
hss gons to pieces It will never rise.
"Yet this nation, England, pronounces
ths outragsous words regarding a war
of exhaustion. We know we possess
what we need to live and fight. Bread,
potatoes and othsr necessaries srs
ehssper than In England or France.
The enemy shall know that we would
rather forego all abundance, bear ull
hardship, than suffer the enemy to
command us. The enemy shall know,
furthermore, that the sharp sword, the
unbroken fighting spirit snd confidence
of victory are at our disposal. Tha
German iron fist, which Just now has
opened the Iron Gate of the Danube
and opened a broad road to the East,
Is resdy if our enemies wish to strike
snew.
Compares Methods.
Dr. Helfferlch gave a long compari
son of tho successes of Germany and
her foes In financing the war. He
pointed out that Germany had covered
tha greatest part of her expenditures
by long term loans. He said that only
Great Britain, In the other camp, had
bad any success In doing this. A sec
ond pointed difference, said the speaker,
was that Germany hitherto had drawn
her funds almost exclusively from home
sources, while her opponents had been
forced to tap sources abroad, particu
larly Ihs Unltsd Stales. A third point.
he said, was that the conditions or escn
successive German loan Improved, while
the eondltlona of the loans In enemi
countries had grown progressively
worse.
Dr. Helfferloh declared that Great
Britain had underestimated the costs of
the war badly He asserted
that a
Hrltish
, statement by Sir Kdward Grey
Secretary Of State for Foreign Affair-.
at the outbreak of the war that the
conflict would Impose hardly greater
sacrlflc s on Great Britain if she par
ticipated than If she remained neutral
would scarcely be repeated now. He
said David Eloyd George s Idea at the
outset of the war that. In accordance
with British traditions, It could be
financed to a large extent through extra
taxation had met with a stumbling block
In larllament and that the taxation
proposals Instead of financing a ma
terial part of the war costs would
scarcely suffice to pay the Interest
burden
After the session of next Monday
with possibly a sitting on Tuesday, the
Helchetsa- will adjourn until Janua"
o The Budget Committee prrthably
-no nntlnue Its sessions dunna the re
j mainder of the week and dispose of moid
of Its work.
TO SUPPORT EXCHANGE.
Germany Sends gUIHt.ono la Gold
to Danish National Dank.
fpr-,ai tabli lpairf lo Tns !Hs.
Lonpon, Dec. 16, The Morning I'nn .t
Copenhagen correspondent teirgraphs-
"The Danish National Bank has rr-
celved 1,04)0,000 marks ( IHjH.OOO) In
gold from the Berlin Kelchsbank with
the object of preventing a further fall
In the already low exchange.
a Gern an submarine ho been sunk In
the Block Sea near the Bulgarian port
Of Varna, and a Turkish torpedo boat
has bern destroyed by the British In!
the Sea of Marmora The Turkish erutn
er Sultan Sellm. which was formerly i
111, ll.,n.un H.ryhln I ,..,, . I
pedoed In the Black Sea, but escaped
wlehout serious damage.
KING CONSTANTINO ILL.
Physicians Prescribe a Best From
AATalra of Blade,
Lonpon, Dec. IS, King Constuntlne of
Qreecr is III. according to the CArosicle's
correspondent at Athens.
He has contracted u mild influenza and
the court physicians have prescribed a
complete rest r.d abstinence from all
state affairs.
Day's arttleh asaaltlrs, MS,
fpasfgl Coble Deepatrh to Turn Scs.
London, Deo, 15 To-day's offlcal
casualty list covering nil British fronts
gives the number of officers at II, of
whom 7 were killed, and that of men at
354. of -whom 115 were killed, 'nils
makea to-day's total casualties 3a, of
whom 139 were killed.
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FRENCH GUNS DESTROY
A MUNITIONS DEPOT
Germans Lose Htoreg Near
Piiisaleine Airmen in
Many flushes.
Spmat Vibli ftfpntrfi m Tun It
IxiNPOK, tec. II Heavy Fret..-,
irtll.
lery blew up a German munition
dt
north of Pulsalelue, in the Tracy-le-VsJ
district, between the oise and thr Alsne,
yesterday, sccordlng to the communlqui
Issued iby the Frencn War Office thla
afternoon. Tho communique ale.. r
of fighting with hand grenades In Artotl
and of the Impeding by French artillery
of the repairs which th Germans wr-e
trying to make on their trenchee at
Ban-de-Sept, in the Vnsges. damaged by
the firing earlier In the day.
French aviators had mam dashes'
with German airmen yesterday. In ono
of these two French machines met
three German machines and ore ol the
latter was forced to land
The official statement Issued by the
German War office to-day tells of t h
attack on a British strainer oft ks
Belgian coast on December 1". alrrsd
reported, and says that four allied ri-n
planes have been brought down whits
on raiding expeditions
The French communique ., oh
lows
Last night was relatively quirt
There was fighting with hand gr"i
ades in the Artois district and In i t
sectors of ROOllnOOtlfi ad of thi
Char.tecler Furni Between the Olsg
and the Alsn heavy French s' i
caused thr explosion of s depot of
German munitions at n point to the
north of Pulnaletne, In the region of
Tnwy-le-Val.
In the Vosgee, at Ban-de-Kapt)
French bstterles directed the,r irre
against certain of the enemy a work,
men who were endeavoring to rcimir
lis- trenches shattered hv our bom
bardnient of yeMerdnay.
In addition to these bombardtnentai
reKrlcd yesterday, our aviators dur
ing the day of the 14th made in my
flights in pursuit of enemv avtetorg
one of OUT aviators made an attack
belOW Schlettaladt. Alsuoe, o at)
enemy machine, which was pu: to rout
Two others engaged In coinii.it tares
Albatrosses within the line of ti e
enemy In the Artois, on, a:..,- ..s.
was conipclkHl to land.
one of our aeroplane squad -operating
with British aeroplanes bom
barded the German aviation grout l
at Hervllly.
The following mi; oil report from p.r.t-
I ish headquarters In Prance waj ir
to-nlgiit by the press bureau
Last night thi enemy txplodi .
mine lo the southeast of Ypre-
crater was occupied by ou- i .b
throwers, who uruve off an .i"-.
South of Msssines we si ted ,n
enemy barricade With trlflini
To-day our artillery has
live and has dam considers le ii i n.
age to the etirnry trenches. T " I is
tile artillery has been
"t.
Ypres
Gur aeroplanes successfully r
the Hervllly aerodrome i
been ten aerial oombatg, ii t r
of which an enemy battle
brought down by one of
planes. One of our ing ' ' Pf
forced to descend will In our
CLYDE STATUS BAD
..id
..i"r
Parliamentary Report idinKs I hal
Workers Have Been Near Revi
Special Cable Psgesfel to Till -LOsfPOKi
Dec. 15. A Parliament
report was Issued to-'!. iv .e l',
with thr miMIIUol H get i ' - Iidmi '
the unrest on the f1yde Tim
workmen have beei protesting '
working condition: were It 1
and the report Bndl that the r .'
between Ihe men and thi foretw
quent.y wire strained to thl
point."
The report also says Uw! Cat
workmen were induced lo col
laud by means of "egaggerali I ri
sentatlons regarding wag. an I
omo disputes result m fn ill thesi
representations ere strii outstund -The
Star snys of the report
"Sufficient material Is contal " I
report to show that ti..- IIUI
like other hasty legislation, hs i
flaws und in spite i'f Dili :.'
to suppress the trut'rt regal
Clyde disputes the muntll 1114 w
suffering grors Injusll
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