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THE TRUTH ABOUT MEXICO.
THE WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair to-day and probably to-morrow;
rising temperature.
Highest temperature yesterday, 37 ; lowest, 96.
i ti;.il weather, mell and marine reporta on page l
Full exposition in next Sunday's SUN of
economic, military and politi
cal conditions.
VOL. LXXXIII. NO. 113.
NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1915. Copyright,' lh. by tht Sun I'nntlnu and ruhUnhino AltocUtlion.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
TARIFF.NOTTAX,
DEFENCE PLAN
OFGARY DINERS
Heel Makers Pur Impost
on Industry to Pay for
Pnp9 redness.
HAY SETTLE FATE
OF WILSON'S IDEAS
JajtM Seen for Republicans,
bill others Suggest Aid
fur Democrats.
n w.i learned, yeatarday that much
ft the AlaCUSSftM on prepared neajo, which
Uioec OO0 SferS present My was the
-Met topic t Judge Gary's dinner tn
Co'. Iloosevelt, centred on the proposal
of 1'res dent Wilson and his advisers to
njert the Hwnaasd expenditures for ships
tnl SI IMSIimitl by a tux on pig Iron,
gdainalsd Steel and gasolene.
Mot only are thu steel manufacturer
ready io opposs any tax on pig iron and
Jahncated steel, hut there has already
teveiopid opisjsilion to the tax on gaso
n, parlicu.arly on the part ot Senators
arid 0sllgTSOHlsn from the West. The
iai on p,g Iron and fabricated sleel Is
denounced us a tax uikhi Industry and
the sUSl men stand roody to offer sub
stitutes. It is believed that almout any
kind of a tariff would suit them rather
Ulan a (ax to be paid by the Industries
. which Sill profit ih, oily turn the pre
paredneaa programme.
Nearly every one who was at the Oury
tinner admitted that preparedness was
ttltcueeed. OoL Kooeevclt has told his
friends that he la more Interested In an
adequate army and navy than he Is In
anything else. Hut the men whom he
net at dinner are also much interested
la the question of w ho is to foot the bill.
Just ivh.U forma the discussion at the
.Inner too! Is not known yet. but it Is
taken for grunted that Col. Itoosevelt's
Ideas s to the feasibility of starling a
camiM. fn for the restoration of general i
tariff' u'her than for tin Imposition of
asevial taxes were solicited.
coi. Roosevelt's following la the West
u very strong and it is iron the West
that the steel men look for aid In turn
ing over the slight Democrat. c majority
ui Um House of Representatives on this
particular proposition ot paying for de
fence. Politicians have figured that to
mtnulne the opponents of a tax on gOOO
Un gltb those who will opiiose a tax on
irur. and ,-teel product would o a long
iu.:i;d defeating Mr. Wilson's pro
rur..i. In this eon nue-tion it Is pointed out
thai defeat of the preparedness pro
Braajnw of the Democr.ua will leave a
star - Id for the Republicans to say
ili.it the would have -lope h.ul they
been in power and what they will do if
Usll trs returned to power by the elec-
tlvr.i of IMIi
PlanaoO W llaon Mrs.
A r . ii high In the councils of the Re
y party, who ioes not try to
co cal I - preforonos for nihil Koot as
th indldSte for the I'tosldeiicy next I
made th Inlervsiiug suggestion
' ' : that tf a group of Democrats
LjiI arranged the much talked of Gary
tinner : j Col, Roo. evelt last Friday
elghl Ihey could not have done more for
nl Wilson. In his OplBlOfl the
Den icrata srlll make a great deal of
politic ipll il out of It.
Tn .i. s.iid that friends of his In
Waal -. ' m Informed liim yeste. day that
Qm eaident's polltloal manageis are
t i ...ike any kind of a fuss over
' liner in order to keep It In the fore
st top of political discussion.
Tht an niliing to show all soits of
inxlet; vpoi illation will only continue.
'-. the end these friends of the Preei lent
HI be :r. a position to point to the Oary
.. - .. evidence of the fact that the
M srho cked the reactionary ele
ment Republican party in 1U12
-' ' no fi.i and that Mr. Roosevelt
h gilliluj to be their friend again.
Presence oi I e ill oc ra I a.
It -s ;i be pointed out that August Bet
Brro. i tills a Democrat, le not con-
dared one of Um President's friends, i
in in: mi wiison instructed William
' M Combe to have nothing to do with
'I ' I en "it :u me party represented by
Mi. Belmont, and above till things to
keep ; ampelgn lists free of any con
hl from that quarter. Klchard
v ! i urj will also be ioliited to as
conn ! the United states Steel Cor
' suit against which was
ld by Mr. Wilson's Attorney
OewefsJ, Itloni do not come so easy
fhei Jacob H. Behlflj and a. Barton
1 men I lonetl. Hoth are Dem-
1 ii is not doubted that the
Ku. Kr.it ii political experts who have
:' - s.-hlngton and who are
relied on to write the cam-
I ni l other literature of Itlt
' u i; to hitch them up llh
- erhlen they regard SS sin
la'' Ko ii,;,! n. , tinner Is the lUhJael of
m and discussion the pre
T ' 1st leems lo be that the one
" ill that dilMOr was that
ingi d II took It tor grunted
1 .. would l publisiied tbottt it.
ever; one of the men who were
1 .1- is. n asked about It lias
bee to learn how the news
I'm opinion has been ex-
1 ' id Col, IP-osevelt thought
there wns to be so soon
u hi have deolrned the invl
' who argue othorwlsu de-
the me nan in the worui who
lie Shouldn't be hurt by g-olng
' ' a Colonel Tin y declare I hat
" ' ' In the world could offer a more
bsiuslh! explanation than he, and that
'" uld so easily do It. In their
Col, Roosevelt is a man who
Jtn'l Hirt poHtiea)ly by any thing
M nose,
I' - -IS-I..T) of the dinner and its posst
,:' effects politically brought up the
Wnv o( Myron T iler.lek, former Am-
lo I i-.inee When .Mr. derrick
' lurne to this country after being rc
' Mr Sharp a Presidential lsom
Or him eras already under way. Then
si eat tht guest of Judge Hy at a
Wnchaon and the b m lean to subside
,! lime Mr. Hcrrlck reeiohed his
01 imping ground it had Pol lapsed
Mai I 0 i he men who attended that
lurs lison were present at the dinner to
t' 1 , it laM friday night.
Mcllarg, who cathered flcle-
Detlrteet Oeerln.it larm usage.
lp 'i more iry Hen, urn! nee why.
M 11 at llie Farm, tfoulhborougli. M4e.
Cos tin wed 9 f'uiniit (.
$700,000 RAISED IN NIGHT
FOR JEWISH WAR VICTIMS
Four Gifts of $100,000 Each Mark Appeal in Carnegie
Hall for Stricken Smallest Sum, a Nickel,
One Man's Fare Home.
Beven hundred thousand dollars were
poured out last eight at a meeUna at
Carnefle Hail by the Jewe of New Yoik
for the relief of the Jews In the war
sorte of Europe. The smallest sum was
n cor fare, given by a nameless Indi
vidual who said that was all he had.
The laif-est amount g-lven from the frjor
was an anonymous 126.000. The pledgee
were stilted by the announcement of
four anonymous gifts of 1101,000. It
was reported unofficially that the donors
were Jacob H. Bchlff. Nathan Straus,
Julius Hoeenwald of Bears, Roebuck 4k
Co., and the Guggenheim brother. These
pledges were made to the Anerlcan
Jewish Relief Ojmmdttee on ootid. lion
that they raise befoie January 1 the sum
of f 1,000,000. With 700.000 In land
vhen the meeting ended Wtat night the
committee has no doubt thtet the nrlUion
will be needy to ehip abroad by the end
of the year.
Ureal Tkreag atrkl Oathers.
Yet the meeting began quietly, almost
without enthusiasm. It was Impressive
only In numbers at first. The hall was
jammed before S o'clock, and outside
a line of men and women, four abreast,
kept In order by ten policemen, stretched
along the sidewalk from the Fifty-seventh
street entrance to Seventh avenue,
and on Seventh avenue to Fifty-sixth
street. These were persons without
tickets, waiting In the hope that there
would bo vacant seats when the ticket
holders were all served. Most of bhem,
to the number of several hundred, went
away disappointed.
Louis Marshall, chairman of the com
mittee, acted as chairman of the meet
ing. Thomas Marshall, Vice-President
of the t.'nlted Btates, who was announced
to speak, sent a letter saying that owing
to the Illness of Mrs. Marshall he could
not come. There were speeches by
David Ureer, Ilishop of New York ; John
11. nnley, State Commissioner ot Educa
i.on, and others.
lilshop Greer said that civilisation
and humanity each uwes a debt to the
Jews.
"Therefore, I say," he concluded," It
Is humanity's debt to the Jew and 1 ap
leal to that humanity of the American
people whicli Is the boast, the leg.ti
mate boast, the only worth while boast
and glory of the American people, which
never falls to respond to any human
tueds, ih matter l:ow remote, as It Is
re ,-oml.i.K now so liberally and so
freely.
"I appeal to. that humanity, that
American humanity, to pay promptly,
with free and open lutnil. Its debt, Its
human debt, lo the Jewish people In this
their bitter hour, and so discharge Its
Indebtedness to Its own American human
life. In the name Of the Christian
Ohunch, in the name of civilisation, in
the mime of American humanity. I ap
M?al In behalf of the .lew, who Is suf
fering to-day men, women and children
to-night, on the other side of the
seas."
It remained, however, for Dr. J. I
Magms to strlk, the first real spirit of
feel'ug from the great audience.
After reading accounts of the suffering
of persecuted Jews in Russln he told
his hearers of a meeting at the lirand
Central l'nlace in London during Ihe
pogrom of lsf'4. when iM- men and
women tore "the rings from their fingers
and the women the earrings from their
ears for the relief of their distressed
brothers."
"There are 3,000.000 Jews In this land."
he said. "We ask of them but o.OOO.-
WIFE KILLED, HUSBAND j
CRUSHED, IN SUBWAY;
Mr. and Mrs. Cole Fall Be-
tween Cars in After Thea
tre Hush at Grand Central.
Mrs. Catherine Oole of I Kisler court.
Coney Island, was killed and her hus
band, Kdw.trd & Cole, one of the as
sistant managers of the Sheepstuad Hay
Motordrome, was badly crushed when
both fell between cars of a moving
Brooklyn express lii the after theatre
rush at the ilrand Central subway sta
tion at 11:20 o'clock last night.
Mr. and Mrs. Cole had attended the
evening performance nl the Hippodrome
with Arthur Chappie, the motorcycle
nicer, and on leaving had taken the
subway at Times Square. At Orand
Central they left the train for an ex
press which was Juet pulling in. In her
haste Mm Cole brushed against an Iron
stanchion, lost her bulance and fell be
tween the first and second cars as the
train was brought to a stop.
Mr. Cole, who was a few steps behind
!, wife. ocSans a frantic grab for her as
he saw her totter on the plat form's edge.
He mtaoed, but his exertion caused him
to lose his balance too and ha fell after
her Chappie, mixed In the crowd that
was pouring in their direction, saw
nothing of whut was going on until It
was Otfi late.
There were hundreds of passengers In
the station at the time. One of them
retained his wits sufficiently to rush to
thu street, where 'he called Policeman
Cullen. lie with other policemen und
a few of the passengers managed to
pull Mr Cole and his wife from the
tracks where they lay between the cars.
. hurry call was sent to Flower Hos
pital Dr. McCallum found Mrs. Cola
was deaiL She had been crushed from
the hips up. Her husband, also badly
crushed, was tuken to the hospital.
No arrests were made. Motorman
Harry Craig, who was driving the ex
press train, was exoneiu u, w..
nesae. The body of Mrs. Cole was
taken to tho East F fly-ltrst street police
station, where Chappie later Ident'fled
It At Flower Hospital It was said that
Mr. Cole's Injuries, while severe, will
probably not result fatally.
Mr Cole, besides being Interested In
the Kheepshead Hay MMordrome. was
aaaootitaS with Hilly Welbnan in the
Harden Athlcllc Club at Madison Square
Harden, and was also active In several
sporting enterprises
nt. I'trrnKKHi no. hkm.kair, tampa,
KNT AN It WKHT FLORIDA HKHOHTS.
tea board Air Line's steel Trains via shortest
, lute, over uett service. I no., lilt BTveay.
- .trfc
000. From the Jews of New York we
ask $t. 210.000, that we may send It
s broad to-morrow. Are you not ashamed
that we must pour out our hearts In
begging for our brothers scross the
water? I see before ires people sitting
In fatness, people who want for nothing.
Bhall we sit and listen complacently to
what the speakers before me had said
of the cuntrlt'Utlone of our people to
culture? Four Jews have given contri
butions of 1100.000 apiece on condition
that the additional 1(00,000 be raised at
once. Are there any Jewe here who
like those men and women In London
will atrip the Jewels from their fingers!
ann ineir eats:
There woe a long pause. Then a little
; woman In n faded hat walked down the
' aisle, laid a dollar bill nt the speaker's
I feet and turned and fled. That broke
j the Ice and the pledges came quick and
I fust. John Simon of 16 William street
! began with a pledge of 11,100. Mr. and
Mis. Israel L'nterberg followed with
! another tt.noo. Then come the Inde
pendent Order of Abraham with 116,000.
I Abraham Brlanger gave 11.600 and then
Mrs. Sophia I leer gave 12,000. The order
of Until Abraham gave 16,000. Jacob
Werthetm. Samuel t'nte-. myer and Louis
Marshall gave sums of 110.000 each.
Justice Irving Lehman, son-in-law of
Nathan Straus, gave 16,000.
Bums were pledged from other cities
also, rtfiludelphia. which Mr. Magnes
said had already guaranteed 150,000 for
the European sufferers, pledged an addi
tional 110,000 last night through lhila
delphians In the audience. Providence,
H I., sent 11.000. Cincinnati and Port
laud, Ore., pledged I20.noo and 126,001
respectively.
Tempest of tpplaaa Stirred.
From various groups of the Business
Men's League of New York came sums
ranging all the way from IR.non, given
oy-the Cloak and Suit Manufacturers, toj
1100 about I2H.000 In all.
As the giving grew the applause'
I waxed louder. Ii was loudest of all'
I when CongTessism Meyer London gave I
tlOO and again when ie pledged II. nun
for Vorwntrta. Loud clapping welcomed ;
such well known names as Judge Otto
Roealsky. who gave 120" : former Health
Commissioner K. S. kild water, who gave
1260, and Rabbi Joseph Silverman, who
gave 1100.
The enthusiasm was, however, un
bounded when an unnamed man gave
13.60. half of his week's salary.
A letter of regret wns sent by Mayor!
Mltehel. who was unable to be present.
United I'tntes Senator William J. Stone
also was prevented from coming, but
sent Ills speech, which was read.
JEWS ASK NATIONAL EIGHTS.
Want s Kaal Waroael Qyt later-
national Heeoanltlua.
Ciiioaoo. Dec 21. -The Jews of Amer
ica will launch a fight it, Chicago New
Year's eve to secure for the Jews of the
world a separate voice in the roun, II of
nations which they thit.k Is to conclude
the European war. The Jews want to
present their claims not as a people of
the countries involved, but as a distinct
i nation asking for wot Id recognition, land
: grants and International rights.
The nineteenth annual convention of
; the Knights of Holt, which opens here
j DsocmbOf It, will undertake the formula
i lion of a Jewish congresa One thousand
I delegates and visitors are expected.
Prominent among them will be Louis
! P. Hrandels of Huston, now virtual chief
i Of the world Zionist movement, and Dr.
! Sehmarya I-evlne, former member of the
Russian Duma
GIRL OF 4 BADLY HURT
BY POLICE AUTOMOBILE
GMlaVl Mali and Lejf Frae-
tured by Machine Usually
Used by Woods.
A INjllce Department Uutomoiblle usu
ally used hy Commissioner WoodB ran
duwn a four-year-old girl, Kffle Made
man of SSI Morris avenue, at Morris
avenue and l3d street last evening. The
base Of her skull was fractured and her
I left leg broken. It Is doubtful If she
ear, live.
Commissioner Woods had used the au-
j totnoblle In the lute afterigsou and early
evening on business In the Rlverda'e
aoptlOJI of The BrOOX He had left the'
machine somewhere In that district and I
instructed the chauffeur, Policeman Ed
ward England, to drive It to the Mor
rlsanla polio statum gnruge for the
night.
As the automobile was about to tum
from Morris uvenue Into lti.ld street the
Utile girl stepped In front of It. Wit
nesses said England was not driving at
an excessive raite of speed. Tho child
was otruok squarely by the hood, lifted
up by the force of the impact and thrown
nalde. England atopped the machine as
quickly as tsjsslble.
An 1 nihil lanes oases ftom is-tsmon
Hospital and took the little girl away.
The father, Paul Mademan, did not come
forward to prefer chargee, and an entry
of the accident huvlng been made In tho
police Isooks at (be Morrlaanla station
England wer.i home.
CAPT CHE APE WOUNDED.
j International Polo Player Injured
III .Near K.ast.
UiNpoN, Dec. 21 It waa announced
to-night that Capt. Leslie St. (Jeorge
Chaape, the International polo player,
has been wounded In the fighting In tine
Near East.
Capt. Clieape Is well known In the
United States. He has been a member
of four successive challenging llrltlsh
, teams for the International polo cup at
t Meudow Brook. When the cup waa
finally carrh-d hack to England Capt.
Cheape was generally credited with the
Hun's Share In the victory.
FRENCH WINE CROP SHRINKS.
Only One-third as LargTC ai That
of Last Year.
I'AHts. Doc. 21. --Tile French wine crop
of 1 OH, according to the 1 lover nnient Tag
office announcement, Is only ab'ut one
third as large aa last year being ap
proximately 47". (100, una gallons.
Tho total of old stocks of wines ss
reported by the Government Is only
m.OOf.OOu gallons.
PASTORS WANT LID
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE!
Mayor Confronted by Great
Heap of Letters OppoHintr
All Nlft-ht Permits.
NO DECISION YET MADE
Broadway Association Asks
Nitehe) to Let Down Bars
to Those Who've Asked.
Shsll New Tork welcome the New
Tesr with shout and laughter, with
dance and song and the pop of merry
orks, or ought It rather to consume
those early morning hours with sessions
of sweet, silent thought? Wouldn't It
be better for everybody If everybody
would havs a good time until 1 o'clock
In the morning and then stop right
there and tvegln to contemplate? Ought
the opening of another stretch In the
all too brie career of man to be on
occasion for hilarity or for sober mus
ings? Those are the queatlor.a that are now
surging through the brain of Mayor
Mltehel. With the first tall of snow
the letters and petitions of those who
oppose an all night celebration began to
accumulate upon hla deak. There Is a
heap of them there now that would drive
any leas equable person to dlatractlon.
Most of them are from clergymen and
they palm In varied degrees the depths
of degradation to which the city is
brought by these "orgies." The famil
iarity which some of these letters die
close with night life at Its worst In New
York comes each year an a shock to
those who think they have a fair knowl
edge of things as they go along Hroad
way. Last year 215 all night licenses
were Issued and not one complaint waa
heard, but all that Is to be changed this
year, according to the Mayor's Inform
ants. The Rev. William M. Carr of the
Beekman Hill M. K. Church says he be
lieves everybody can get enough to drink
during Ihe usual license hours of the
day without using the night. He says
the harmrulness of drink Is coming t
be more and more realised by the peo
ples of the earth, and most emphati
cally by Americans. In his opinion the
New Year should not liegin "with a
rarousuL hut rather with serious
thought.''
Itrwak flaee a 1 ear.
The ltev. Robert Watson of the Scotch
l'reabyterlan Chur h. Nlm-ly-slsth street
and Central Park West, urges the Mayor
to tike such action as will "convince all
the people that you are on the side of
righteousness." He says there must be
enough goqd people in this town "lo hack
your Honor up In an effort fo lea.1 nfl of
the tieople Into a U-tter understanding
of wha life really meant "
"I have men In my rhurch." writes the
Rev. Victor ii. Fllnn ot the Third Mora
vian Churii, "who onn keep sntr
throughout tho rest of ttie yesr but wrw
ore drutik every New Year's Day, and
frequently for h while after."
Another clergyman suggests that one
reason why all night l!ret(sa should not
lie granted on New Year's eve Is that
.Sunday comes two days later All of
the h tteis lay stress on the riotous ,1111
dltlonN that prevail everywhere. Home
of the petitioners think some places
should be allowed to keep open, out they
protest agninst any general all night
business
The Mayor hasn't decided yet what he
will do. As In former years the Police
fOlllllllgasOlsW" w'lll lie consulted and
those plnces vvlilnh have a reputation for
orderliness will probably lie favored. It
Is the practice not to give licenses that
are really all night licenses, but to ex
tend rhe time limit for an ra ur or two
The Broadway Association sent a re
quest to Mayor Mltehel last n'.ght askUig
him to Issue all night licenses to the
dnxen or more restaurant and hotel pro
prietors who have sought them. David
Robinson, secretary Of the association,
said the patrons want to celebrate, and
that the police are amply fitted to cope
with the situation.
HtOte Us Recalled.
At.HANr. Dec. 21. Hotel and restau
rant bars In New York city must close
promptly at midnight on Christmas and
New Year's days Mtato Commissioner
Of Excise Oeorge E. tlreen (Outlay called
the attention of county treasurers, spe
cial deputy commissioners of excise and
holders of liquor tax OOrttfiOStOg to the
fact that all night licenses may tie
granted by the State Excise Department
for Christmas evo and New Year's eve,
when applied for In legal form und hav
ing consent of locul authorities hut all
night Uoenaeg can't be Issued for Christ
mas night or New Year's night, as such
action would be In violation of the law
niainet sales of liquor during prohibited
hours.
The lnw Is ipeOiflt reKardlmr Issuance
of ail night licenses and reads :
"For the period from 1 o'clock In the
morning on Tuesday In cities of the first
nod second class and from 12 o'clock
midnight Monday In cities of the third
class 10 und Including not Inter than
midnight on Saturday of ench week."
Sales on Sunday or dating from mid
night Saturday to 6 o'chs'k Monday
morning are absolutely prohibited by
law, hence gales must cease during such
hours.
UMX. BERNHARDT DYING.
London Hears Actress, TO Yeara
Old. Cannot Recover.
LonpiiN. Dec. 21 The Dr.lly Tsls
iraph's correspondent reports that SnrHh
llernhsrdt Is dying.
Mine. Bernhardt, who la TO years
old, contracted a severe cold recently
wisni returning from tns tneatre. She 1
has been 111 since, but her condition was
not believed to be serious. Her licalth
has been fragile ever since she under
went an operation lost February when
her right leg was amputated. It was
replaced hy an artificial leg, and as soon
as tho famous tragedienne had fully re
covered from ties effects of the operation
ahe resumed her work, though with
great limitations.
On ictober "3. when Mine. Bernhardt
celebrated tier birthday, the hupe was
expressed by her manager that she might
appear In the United States before the
end of the year.
Ilay'i Brit an l.ossea, num.
.tesrelf Cable DttpaleS lo Tns Nt -I.onpon,
Dec. 21 -The official British
casualty Hat lasued to-duy contains the
names of 46 off leers, of whom II were
killed, and 712 men, of whom 217 were
killed.
ZWIEDINBK SEEKING
I IT A ait i innnnumim
ANGONA AGREEMENT
Austrian Charge Confers With
Lansing to Reaeh Better
Understanding.
U. S. NOTE PUBLIC TO-DAY
If Neeond American Document
Is Milder Than First Trou
ble May End.
Wasiiinuton, Dec. 21. Informal con
ferences are In progress between Secre
tary Lansing and Huron von Zwledlnek,
Chaige d' Affaires of the Austrhn Em
bassy, with s view, It Is understood, to
paving the way toward n better under
standing In oonnectlon with the An-ona
controversy.
Although It was denied at the State
Department to-day that these confer
ences are similar to the "Informal ccn
veraatlo is which have been In progre.is
between Lansing and Ambassador von
liernstorff for a settlement of the Luel
tanla Issue." the fuct that they have
been going on almost dally since the
first American Aneona note was eent
to Austria on December 6 and are ad
mitted to have reference to the Ancono
matter Is regarded as significant of
a possible effort to get together.
Interest In the tone of the fecond
American note to Austria, which Is to be
made public to-morrow, Is Increased by
the report that the State Department had
been given to understand that a modifi
cation In some of the phraseology might
make an amicable agreement more
pooalble.
It Is not Improbable that while the
I'nited Slates has declined In Its two In
tomal notes to Austria to dlsrlooe tn
detail the facte 011 which It bases Its
peremptory demands, itul while Austria
In her reply to the first American rote
appeared to stand by her original version
of the Ancona attack, as set forth by
her Admiralty, these informal confer
ences have resulted In an exchange of
evidence which may have an Importnnt
bea 1nr on Austria's final reply.
Tn (Jet-man and Austrlun quarters no
secret Is made of the belief that both
countries In their formal exchanges have
been "playing to the public " In the
same quarters It Is said confidently that
Itaving had these formal exchanges It
may be jsisslble for the two countries
through Informal and confidential ex
changee between Mr. Lansing and Haron
Zwledlnek to pave the way for an under
standing. In this OOODOCtion attention is tailed
to the linpoitunt part which the mf 'rinal
"conversations'' betweer th- Secretary
of Slate and Count von Hernr, rff p.uved
III bringing shout a satlsfn. o.ry .ttle
rr,nt of the Arabic OOOtTOVrrgy and n
dteettetion of the LtiaitanJa i-su. it la
e fact that although the final formal
note of this country to Berlin on the
submarine dispute vva extremely sharp
stnl has never been snewered the "In
formal conversations" in tVashlhgton
have been in progress ever since.
While toe last 11 re of the American
notes to Austria On the Ancona Incident
will not admit Of the same delay. It Is
Iwllevcd In well Informed q iarters that
Ait of the conferences now going on at
the siate Department favorable .leveiop-
mcnts are likely to come.
Both Secretary Ijutatng and Baroti
Zwledlnek are maintaining the treat 00!
secrecy regarding these interviews with
one at ;h..-r The Charge d' Affaires eras
with tl.e Secretary for some time to-day.
Neither would comment afterward.
LUSITANIA CASE UP.
Landing nnd Von RrrustorST to
Hrieine Talka.
W.'.siiin..to.v, Dec 51. Set retary of
State laiuelng is about to resume his
informal negotiations with Count von
Rernstorrf. the German Ambassador, for
a settlement of the l.usilanlu issue. Al
though the State Department denies that
the negotiations have been Interrupted
or postponed by the action ot this country
in demanding the recall of Capta. von
Papon and Boy-F.d. the Se-retary and
the Ambassador have not conferred on
the subject since the rtemnd was made.
With the introduction of the Austrian
crisis Into the submarine dispute and
the serving on Austria by the I'nited
States of peremptory demands for satis
faction the suggestion has been mads
that following the settlement the contro
versy with Germany's ally or a severance
of diplomatic relations with Vienna the
American Government might Bnd it
necessary to mage demands of similar
force on Germany unless the Lusliuma
controversy boootnoe adjusted.
According to offl .ala of the State D--
partmont the eaehengca between the
United States and Herniany regarding
the r call of the embassy attaches were
In no way to refleet on the I.usltau'.a
negotiations, which the Department con
tends are still In progress. At the time
that the recall was demanded, how.ver.
It wus made pun, thut this action would
seriously luteriupt If not Jeopardiao these
negotiations, and there are Indications
now that the fe ling aroused tn tier
mary le operating to make It more diffi
cult for the Kaiser to yield.
The United States had demanded a
disavowal of the attack on the Lusltanla
upon the ground that It was Illegal from
the standpoint of International lnw.
Count von Hen storff has contended that
a disavowal was Impossible in view of
tile fact that at the time tjerminy had
Ordered the attack, believing that It was
.lust reprisal against Great Britain,
whose flag the liner flew. The only
hope for s reconciliation of three op
posing positions seemed to Ha In th?
possibility that Germany might give
some formal apology, which while not
technically a disavowal would have ull
tho earmarks of one.
It was learned to-day that Germany
was on Ull VergO Of taking action of that
sort whin the iioy-Kd and Von Papon
incident developed. Since then the feel
ing In Germany, It le auld, la such as to
have deterr d the Kaiser's representa
tives for the time IsMng from offering
lurther concessions.
GETS FRYE NOTE REPLY.
Lansing Refuses to Give Out An
aever of Germany,
W asiiiniitom, Deo. 21. Germany's re
ply to the last note of the Culled States
In the Frye caae was received to-day by
the State Department.
This controversy Involve the conten
tion by the United Statea that small
boats In the omn sea do not constiltuto
a, place of safety for the passengers of a
destroyed liner.
Secretary Lansing said be had not
sludhl Die text of the nolo and was
not prepared to disclose Its contents
Refusal on the part of Germany to as
...nt to this principle will urlng the en
tire submarine controversy to another
deadlock, It h predicted In diplomatic
Russians Wreck Eulgarian
Port and Land, Big Army
for Dash Through Balkans
Varna, on Black Sea, Is Laid in Ruins by Muscovite
Warships, Preparatory to Disembarka- .
tion of Large Force.
LOSSES OF DEFENDERS ARE VERY HEAVY
fpeclol Cable ftrtpntek lo Tis Scs.
IxitmoN, Iec 21. The Athens correspondent of
telegraphs:
"I have reliable news fo the effect that the Rmwlami landed troops yes
terday at Varna after a severe Isjrrrtj.irdment by the fleet which laid tho
town In rulne and silenced the Hulgarlen artillery
"The losses Inflicted on the Bulgarian garrison wore severe. When the
resistance ended the transports disembarked infantry and artillery with
out loss.
"A despatch from a neutral Consul at Varna states that the Russians
are strong enough to hold the place aguinst any possible Bulgarian attack."
The nrst despatch announcing the new
naval action against ihe Hulgartan port
csme from Athena and was as follows:
"A Russian cruiser und two destroy
ers, which ore convoying sixteen trans
ports filled with troops, have arrived off
i the Bulgarian coast and are bombarding
' Varna vigorously.'
I A later message, received by the Parts
irmps via Heine, said:
"A large Russian squadron Is bom
barding the Bulgarian Krl of Varna."
Varna Ilea only a few miles south of
me numanian border and Is an Im
portant railroad terminus It Is strongly
fortified, the Bulgarians having strength-
j ened the coast defence works conslder
ably since the war began.
Varus has been bombarded twice hy
the Russians since Bulgaria Jilned the
' Central EmDtres. About a month nr,
1 the warships which shelled the port were
I sain io ne convoying a large contingent .
I of troops.
A successful landing of Russian troops
I and a subsequent drive Into the Interior
Of King Ferdinand's kingdom would com- I
pel the bulk. If not all. of the Bulgarian I
lurces now at ttie ureek frontier to I
BRITAIN CHANGES STAFF;
VOTES 1,000,000 MORE MEN
sir W. R. ttoht-rtson Trans
ferred From Fsanee tn
I .on 1 Ion H';iil(iiiirtci'N.
sllf v. ftflJBBAY MAY
C4OT0 DEFEND EGYPT
-priui i aMe fp.ilrA io Tnc so n
Lends a. Dad '22 1 Wedaeedaj
After as sll night see-don the House of
Common st .into o'clock this meriting
passed the bill Introduced by Premier
A sun It h aathoririsg the raising of
1, 1100.000 more men
IpeceW ''dMe fleepiirrt fo Tin: Mrs.
1oni.on, iec it, Premier Asquint
announced In the House of Commons to
day that Lieut -Gen Sir William It Rob
ertson, chief of the Qsnsral Staff In
France, had been recalled to take tho
post of chief of the Imperial General
Staff In London. Succeeding Lieut. -Gen.
Sir Archibald J. Murray, who, the Pre
mier said, "is to receive an important
; command."
I No announcement has yet been made
of the nature of th' command which
Lieut. -lien. Murray Is to receive, but
In view of the reports that the Ger
mans and Turks are preparing ;o
make a great drive In an attempt to
reach the Sucx Canal thu suggest ion is
made in unofBctai circles that the de
fence of Kgypt map be the task to which
he will be assigned.
It Is recalled that further Changes in
the OeneraJ Staff In France were tntl-
' mated at the time of the announcement
1 Of the recall of Field Marshal Mr John
French, now Viscount French.
Culls for l.tMMI.OIHI Mi-n.
"A fortnight ago,'' said the Premier,
"a most Important military' conference
was held In Parte. The lending strutegi-
leal problems were fully discussed ami
I eertaln Important conclusions reached
with absolute unanimity."
The Premier paid a high tribute to
Visisnmt French hi hts speech tieduy and
added :
"When the time conies the House will
not be slow to mark its approval."
The Premier Introduced a bill culling
l.OOO.OOu additional troops lo tiie colors,
making a total of 1,000,041 Britons under
arms in the United Kingdom and at Hie
front.
"At the etui of sixteen moi llie," he
I said, "we arc lighting In the various
I theatres uf war with a force of about
l.2v'"oi' men It is necessary that Jlils
! force be augmented."
The wastage Is enormous, lie said, and
the country must aim at getting into
the army every man Of military age who
le physically qualified. He appealed to
all qua1 'I' d single men who had not yet
! enlisted to follow the example In
I patrlotl-ni set by these who hud enrolled.
While a large proportion of tile wounded
were able to return to duty. Mr. Asqulth
continued, In addition to keeping the
present armlet up lo their normal
strength nieil were wanted for new for
matlOM to Increase the aggregate of the
fighting forces.
"Kvery available man," ho added,
"should lie put Into the field, ns far as
this is conslstint with provision for
national necessities, Including munitions
1 .1... H..I.1 nl MSMlMmuMl I. MAM
I III1U Ull' il"' I'-'" "I rni,,.v,.,r,i, ........
the continued working of which the
national life depends."
After complimenting Viscount Freii ii
und his successor In command or tho
Biit'sh forces on the western front, Gen.
sir Dougius Huig, premier Asqulth said:
"Sii far as the war as a whole goes.
It may be that at this or that moment
what may be culled the supertlii.il fuels
of the campaign seam to be against the
Allies. But the fiiudamental facts, tlte
facts that matter In the long run. are
steadily and growii gly on our side.
"Them lias been in this wur an ubund
,tn, se of errors In calculation, but they
I have npt been confined to our aide.
".' far aa we In title country are con-
the Unity Chronicle
abandon Macedonia for the defence of
their own country. This would leave
unsupported the Herman forces now
threatening an Invsslon of Greece.
Tim renewed shelling of Varna has
given rise to the belief here that the
allied forces withdrawn from aallipoll
Peninsula may be on the way to Sulo
nlca to reenforce the Franco-British ex
pedition. In the event of a Russian In
vasion of Hulgarln the Allies, with their
superiority In numbers, could calmly
await a Herman drive on Hulonlce and
would at the same time satisfy the de
mands Greece made conditional to her
cooperation with the Allies.
On the other hand, the force trom
the Dardanelles, It is believed, would
enable the Anglo-French troops at Salo
nlca to march northeastward Into Hul-
garla to cu: the orient Hallway line
j simultaneously
with the contemplated
Russian attack from the cuast.
It was announced yesterday that Rus
sia had given up the plan to .cut through
Rumania and attack Bulgaria and that
the Russian forces for some time con
centrated In Bessarabia had been with
drawn. HOVE Sir William Robert-
son, who is to lie chief of
the British tieiiernl Staff; below.
Sir A. J, Murray, who retires a
.head of the staff and may go to
Egypt
cr. , d and I k' ,w all our Allies are
the sunn our will has never wnveted
for 1 1 nent, while our lighting re
sources hoth In men and material, tie
come ever) month more ample in quan
tity and better mobilised and organised
fur the purposes of the campaign."
lie said that 'all of the allied nations
hope that ihe measures they took re
cently to bring about nojrdlnaUon of
plans will be sueosasful, and that it was
eatietactorv to knots thai there la no"
Olia of the Allies "w ! o Is not as deter
mined as uurse'ves t 1 win tha war. und
to have nothing whatever to do with
separata peaoe, but tu i?rsist at all
costs until our supreme and common
'tlirtlOle l achieved."
The Premier said nothing regarding
the ligures of the recruiting resulting
from l or 1 Perby't plan, but he praised
lu-,1 Derby's OSmpalgn, and said that
one of Us chief results wu to afford
"u strenuous exhibition of patriotism."
Another Chance In Knllat.
ii.- indicated that another chance would
h, given those who had not yet re
tpoiHtedi saving :
'Those who luivc been lUsposed to
hang liu.k may now selj,. oppor
tunity set them by the mass of their
fellow cou nt 1 y men."
Summing up the (tOVenunont's war
poUti) Mr. Atquith said:
"In order to win tht war we want
an adequate supply of trained men to
reenforce and augment the army In the
held We want next 1111 ever growing
supply of munitions. Wc want further
Ctnf lined en Third Pago,
tvannTnf'a nawgl
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"SCANDAL" AT
GALLIPOLI IS
OPEN CHARGE
Redmond and Carson Bit
terly Denounce British
Withdrawal
NEWS OF FIGHTING
KEPT FROM NATION
Former Cabinet Minister
Says Thousands of Lives
Were Vainly Lost.
BLAME PLACED ON
GEN. IAN HAMILTON
He Will Not Return to Com
mand in the East, As
qiiith States.
Special Cable Despatch It Toss Scs.
London, Dec. 21. Sir Kdward Cats.
son. who retired as Attomey-fleneral re
cently because he dlsatrreed with other
membcra of the Cabinet In regard to the
Balkan policy of the Allies, launched a
vitriolic atta.'k upon the Uovernmont In
the House of Commons to-day regarding
tho withdrawal of the army of 100,600
men from Suvla Hay and Ansae, on
ilalllppll peninsula, officially announced
yesterday.
It wits not the abandonment of tho
Dardanelles campaign, however, which
formed the object of Sir Edward's
sjierch. tut ttu fact that tho nation had
been left nompletely In the dark for
nearly- four months as to what was
going on at the Dardanelles.
"It Is u great public scandal," auld
SI; I'd ward, "that no report concerning
the Suvlu Hay operations has been pub
llshed. gtnOi August there has not ben
made public a word of what was hap
penlng.
Thousands l ost by- Delay.
"Now the withdrawal from two fronta
Is-.buried at the nation as If II wero a
kind of victory, why were the men tef
in a kind of hell on ti-.illloll from An
ust to December 10. thousands being
loot while somebody was mnklng up hie
hind whether the men ought to be left
there or not"'
Sir ESdWSrd Carson'., attack came Im
mediately after Premier Asqulth In s
brief statement to the House of Com
Tions had given the reasons fot the
a ithdrawa) of the foroea from the
northern pnrt of the Qaltlpoll peninsula
Tin- Premier said that the retirement
fr-'in the Dardanelles positions with the
notable exception of tin position Si the
tip of the peninsula had been taken on
the advice of (Jen Monro and Purl
Kitchener.
"The retirement." the Pn mler cop.
ttnuedi "was an operation of peculiar
hazard for ihe leust mlsludgmeni might
have led to serious hse. it wus carrtsd
out by the navy and army combined In
n manner for which no prnise could he
too high, end which will give the 1
Vices ei. during fume in the annals of
wart re
"With tho exception of a relatively
small proportion of the store.- and
very few gun, which had to bt left
behind ami which were destroyed, Una-hole
force at Isith tdticerf -v as re
moved With perfect serenity. The total
casualties- 11 eeems almost lis redlble
n tin- whole operation a cre two mllltarj
and one naval wounded.
i am sure thut the House will talis
the earliest opportunity lo express lis
admiration and gpatltuds to Gen. Monro
for carrying out these difficult opera
tions, while other officers deserving spi
clal pinlde are Hen. BtrdWOod and Ad
miral Wemyss, the latter supervising the
naval operations,
"it is most gratifying to know thai
these splendid troops were etnharkr !
to a new destination wil limit t-e lo-o
of 11 glngie life, and after u short and
mUCh needed rent Ihe)' will be ready and
l am sure, also eager to resume Iholt
gallant career."
Immediately after the Prime Minister
ud tin'shed. Join, Redmond, the Irish
Natlonall.it leader In the Commons.
sprang to his feet and deuoun 1 the
Dardanelles campaign as 1 failure He
requested Information from Premier A
qulth concerning "a mysterious dee
putch" from Gen. Ian Ramllti n. for
nearly commander in chief of tha allied
forces In the Dardanelles He wanted
In know why this despatch had novel
been made public
1. en. Hamilton Hlnilleil.
lie referred to den, Hamilton1! des
patch as "aomethlng of 0 soandnl' and
added in hinsclf wus cognizant of tin
fa. ts sir Redmond said the who,.
House was thankful to learn that the
troops hud finally been withdrawn su,
ceasfuUy, but he insisted on knowing tv
Qovernmant'S reason for not m ik'np
public lien. Hamilton's tuport
premier Asoulih replied that the des
patch in ouesiion hud been received bi
nlm only recently
Harold .1 Tannant, Parliaments!''
Under gecretary for tha War Office, i
nounced glr Kdwarn's accusation ti.r
the Qovsrnmsnt was "dilly-dallying" it'
Ualllpoii us an "untruthful repreeenta
tion of facts" He added thai int. git
lan Hamilton'! deapatoh reached th
War Office yeHterday.
sir Rdwln Cornwall then asked the
Government point blank what dlsnoe
tlon was to be made of Gen. Hamilton
Premier ASQUlth'S unswir to this unc
tion was the first offiolal hint that It Is
den, Hamilton to whom the Government
at'r'butes the blame for the Dardanelles
failure
"S'r Inn Hamilton Is not returning to
the command In the Near Kust," said tin
Premier. "If any other duties rire ti
signed to him announcement will bt
made In due course."
Th's wus the first time that Sir Inn
Hamilton's nuinr hud been Offlotally
mentioned sine, October 1R, when the
War office press Bureau announced
that the Genenl had been recalled "1,
oiorl " t that thin M.ijor-Gen. 81'
1 'buries Capntrhael Monro was np
pointed to succeed him.
The uttu'k on the Asnuith Cahlnet'a
polity led by Sir Kdward Carson and
John Redmond le taken here as the
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