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THE SUN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1915.
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would have been ntard If tih pss-
had not been forsaken by the
Kulrv appreciating th attltud of
th oommandor. who had In view the
rww of tha paapf ngara and crew."
says the not, "th utm-Hungarian
nml authorities hav arrival at the
evulon thai hi apparently neglected
to teas sufficiently Into consideration
th panic moti the puMmKDm, which
rendered disembarkation more trlftlcu'
and tha spirit of lha regulation th.it
Austro-Hunsrartan naval officer should
refuse assistance to no one In distress,
swan an enemy. Thj officer waa there
tor punished for violating th tnetrur
tesn embodied In tbe rules In foroe for
ttrh cases.
Tha Austrian raply further eipreeae
tha hop thai Washington will ha able
to anpplv the particular of how the
American rltttens were affected, but in
tha a rent of such evidence being lark
Ing. and the United States being unable
to state how tha American rltlsena ram
to their death, tha Auatrn-Hungarlan
qpiiasaaiil "la ready to pass llgttly
ovgr this deftrtenrv. and Indemnify nr
damages, whose proximate rauae cannot
ba fixed, and hop thereby that the In
cMent will be regarded aa ended.
PENFIELD HAS NOTE.
.OOO Ward Reply Will Reach
IT. ". la Day Two.
WaailtKOTON, Dec. 10. The Austrian
Oovemment has delivered to United
States Ambassador iVnneid at Vienna Its
raply to tha second Amerloan note on th
eaaktag tbe Italian liner Ancona.
th a brief cablegram which gave no
forecast as to the nature of the reply
Ambassador Penfleld stated that Count
had handed It to him at th
Office yesterday, but that owing
length of the not and th time
raaulred to translate It Into code there
would ba soma delay In putting It on the
oable.
According to the Ambassador, the com
munication will total approximately 3.000
words.
Oosstp to-night In quarters close to the
Oral an and Austrian embassies sag. i
gated that In all probability the note
will follow th line In aom respec ts of
the early replies of Germany to the de-
of the United States In the l.usl-
oorrespoiKtenc and seek to relab
els tha right, never elnce disclaimed by
Oarniany. of the Central Powera to un
dertake reprisals against the maritime
oatnmerce of the Entente nation by aulx
raartne warfare, even at tbe risk of In
hering neutrals
la this' connection It Is also suggested
In these quarters that Austria Is likely
to urge, a Germany urged, that Ameri
cana keep off passenger ships of bellig
erent countries.
SAYS BREAK IS AVERTED.
Bear Aaatrlan Nate to V. .
Is Coaelltatory.
tsat r. Dessaft to Tas lr
BOarc, Dec. 10. The prevailing opln
kM at the Foreign offieri. said to be
basal on confidential information, i that
a rupture between America and Austria
is not Imminent
It hi believed that all serious differ
ence will he averted by Austria's con
ciliatory attitude and her partial compli
ance with th American demand. In
addition It is said thai Germany la brlng
uxg Influence to bear to prevent a break.
KAISSK'8 JtoCK LARCH).
He Bays Baaperar lager Fross
Sapprtljg PBleajasoa.
as)moN, Dec 10 A despatch to th
Central News from Zurich, Nwltserland
says:
"Emperor William, who Is suffering !
iresn a suppurating pniegmon In the neck,
has been given some relief, his doctors
saving resorted to lancing.''
STeiftnan' MriUcal Dictionary gives
the following definition of Phlegmon I
Acute suppurative Inflammation of
til subcutaneous tissue. Diffuse Fhleg- 1
mon, pniegmonoua Henuiltls, a diffuse in
narnmotlon of the Mubcutaneous tlasues
aoaompanled by constitutional symp
toms of epi". Sepsis In ttie presence of
various pus forming and other patho
genic organisms, or their toxins, in th
Mood or tissues."
ffEBJCAJf BOYCOTT ON DYES.
parts to America Barred. Nay
a h lea o Importer.
Ohicaoo, Dec. SO Oermany's boycott
against Amarlcan merchant who want
chemicals and dyestufts among them
aniline dyes Is an accomplished fact.
Bven permission by Great Britain for
vessels to pass the blockade will be un
availing. This Information was brought to Chi
cago to-day from first hand sources by
Elmer R. Murphey, president of James
II. Mho U i & Co., Chicago importers and
manufacturers of Industrial chemicals. 1
Mr. Murphey got the notice direct from ,
Sr. Uoenlg, the foreign trade executive I
f tbe Foreign Office In Berlin, who gave
him this statement :
"When your Government becomes neu
tral by action in place of words we will
consider permitting xioits, but us long
as you supply munitions of war to the
Allies, which may be permissible, and ut
the same time acquiesce In the throttling
of shipment of non-contraband articles,
done with a view of starving out the
civilian population, we cannot treat with
NEW VICEROY SILENT.
Lewis Harcourt Refases to (as
rau or Deny Appolatanrnt.
Lostdon. Dec. 10. "I have nothing to
gay," was the enigmatic answer of lewis
Harcourt. First (Vmmlelnnr of Works :
an the British I'ahinet, when questioned
wer the long distance telephone yester
day regarding the report that he was I
about to resign to ussume the Vice
royalty of India
M. Harcourt, who was at Nuneham
Park. Oxford, resolutely declined either
to confirm or deny th report. He has
been frequently mentioned as the prob
aJJJIt sueeeesor to Lord Hardlnge, and i
tne absence or a denial might be re
gardod us confirmatory.
BACKS GARRISON'S FLAN.
Matleasl Aerarlty lgsr Favor
Itlsen irasr of I , M,
Secretary of War Garrison's recom
mendation for pn-pardn mm caused th
execut.ve committee of the National 8e
ourity Deague to pass a lesolutlon yes
terday In Whlcg the league's support Is
pledged. He was also Invitt.l to sieak
at the league congress In Washington,
January '.'0. :i and f
Ths resolution urged provision for a
Cttlien army under Keder.il control and
the accumulation of lumclenl mil tary
supplies lii reserve for Us equipment in
tuns of war.
British Airman in Fjghi
Aloft With Four Routs All
Fells One, Damages Another, Chases Two Second
Flier Brings Down Two Others Twelve Aerial
Battles Reported on Western Front.
rlml rM ft to Tax lis.
town, iJeo. SO British aviators
wer particularly active on tha wsst
m front to-day. Three Herman asm
plane war brought down and twelve
aerial battle ail ware fought. On
British aviator engaged four (i arm an
planes, bringing down one, badly damag
ing another and. driving the other two
away. Another British aviator attacked
two Herman aeroplane and brought
down both.
Tha German official statement to-day
ays that there waa eoioidarabla atrial
activity on the western front and that
one Hritlsh aviator was brought down.
Th statement does not mention the
three German aeroplane said by th
Br'tlah to hav been destroyed.
Elsewhere on th western front there
was considerable activity. Th British
statement say that th German at
tacked south of Frlcourt and that a few
German entered the front trench only
to be driven out
Th German statement, on the o trier
hand, says that the British msd two
attacks nortthweat of l.llle and were re
pulsed both times. Position on Hart
mannnwelllerkopf were recaptured from
the French, aoc-ordlng to tha German
statement.
Hit ah Alrsaoa Has?.
The official British statement say:
Sixteen of our aeroplanes yesterday
bombarded Gomlnea station, hitting
the station, lines and shad. Ten aero
plane attacked the aerodrome at Her
vlliy. damaging It considerably. All
of the aeroplane returned safely.
During the day there were twelve
encounter with hostile aeroplanes.
One British machine engaged four
enemy machine, bringing down on
and damaging another. All of them
were driven off. Another British aero
plane engaged two hostile sen. plane
and brought them both down.
During th night the enemy heavily
shelled our trenches south of Frlcourt.
A few German entered the front
trench, but were driven out The
weather was line and the artillery
was active at various points. South of
STOCKHOLM FORD
MECCA, NOT HAGUE
Swedish Invitation May Be
Acceptor! Mme. Sell win
mer's Status Doubted.
Sprrimt '"sftle Prtpairh to Tsx Scv
Stockholm. Dsc, 3V The Konl peace
conference probably will b held In
Stockholm instead of The Hague. A
formal invitation to the delegate to
return to Stockholm from Copenhagen
and hold their iiertnanent conference
here probably will be aivepted. owing
to the difficulty In reaching The Hague.
The visit to Stockholm, costing 14.000
a day, was extended to Thursday night
because of the enthusiasm of the Swed
ish pacifists. Ten Swedish delegate.
whoe names are withheld, have been
selected, and also four Norwegians, to
attend llie final peace ' conference, but
responsible Swedes told Thx Si n s cor
respondent that the mission Is hopelea.
They suld that Mayor l.lndhagen, who
has been prominently Identified with the
movement, is u discredited Socialist and
bus no standing In the Kiksriag.
At a moss meeting to-night 2.300 per
sons greeted th speakers among the
peace deb-gates enthusiastlcall) .
Two apaelal sleeping trains are leav
ing to-ntght to cany tho inemliers of the
peace party to Copenhagen, where they
.ire due at 16 o'clock to-morrow morn
lug. Two more Norwegian delegate were
announced to-day. Christian r'ybwad of
Chrtetlanla. a publisher, and hi wife,
lilsa, a cabaret singer.
The report of a possible break In th
relations between the I'nlteil States and
Austria caused consternation among the
Ford peace delegate and brought up .a
particularly Interesting question ius to
the statu of Mme. Iloxslka Hi hwlmmer,
the Hungarian ieace advocate. In the
event Of war. There was i rumor here
that In departing so hastily for Copen
hagen she was really dismissed from the
expedition.
Louis Ixsrkner. secretary of the Illi
nois Paac Society, flatly denied tide.
We will never regard Mme Schwlm
mer as an enemy, regardless of war." he
ald. "Hhe Is too ptomlnent as a worker."
The Kev. .lenkln l.loyd .lones, while
refusing to answer the question regard
ing Mme. fi hwlmmer. said : "Th peace
party continues It glorious mission."
U. S. BEST JUDGE OF WAR.
Viscount Hrier mym Karope la Too
Busy to View News t'almly,
Washinoton, Dec 30 Viscount Bryoe,
former British Amlstasador to th I'mted
states, in a letter read before the Amer
ican Historical Society to-night, say
people in the United states are best fitted
to judge the developments of the war.
"We here in Kurope have been too
busy In making history to have leisure
to write anything but pamphlets, some
of them possessing historical merit, but
Inevltablj' colored by the prejudice of
the moment
"You in the rulinncss of the West are
the fittest ration to record the Impres
sions pads as each act of the terrible
drama unfolds Itself, and the expression
of your opinion, both on the cause of
the wa- and on the methods, if any there
be, by which the recurrence of so awful
a calamity can lie prevented, will be
highly valued to us.
"One thing history will record of Great
Britain that she never had to record before-
that her people of every race and
every class are united as never before
In a con .'let Ion of the Justice of their
cause and a resolute purpose to main
lain It. cost what It may."
TEN SOCIALISTS ARRESTED.
ttne Woman Among Uermsaa Ac
cased of High Treason.
lecia Cable Dritntrn to Turn cs.
AMSTSKPAXt, via hondnn, Dec. 30.
Ten German Socialists. Including Clara
Krtktn. have been arrested at Berlin.
They are charged with high treason.
taake llrslruys flrarlas, Honduras.
j Tkoi i'iuam'a , Honduras, Dec. .10. An
sartaquass uaatrsywci tne city or or.icia
on Monday, but no lives were lost. Th
tremor continue.
Ypree th artillery was active oil both
Me.
The French communion Issued to
night says:
In Artots our artillery exploded a
munition depot southwest of Beau
ralna. It t ween the Avre and the Ola
our trench cannon bombarded the en
emy works effectively and destroyed a
munition depot In th Beauvralgne
sector between the ute and th Alan
our batteries destroyed soma mitrail
leuse shelters. Toward Ballly, north
of Solasons, our artillery fire, directed
by asroplanea, reduced to slleno a
German battery
In th V cages the cannonading waa
very active during the day. notably In
the regions of llartmannswelllerkopf.
Metseral and the Linge peaks. One of
our bombs caused five successive deto
nations In the wood northwest of
Muhlbach. In the valley of the Fectit.
In th region of Rehrelsett a German
attack with hand grenades was easily
repulsed.
The afternoon French communique
ays:
To the west of Feronn the enemy
attempted to capture one of our saps
In front of Domplerre. The attack
was completely repulsed
In Champagne, In the region of
Navartn farm, our artillery fire pre
vented the en-my from repairing th
trenches which were demolished by us
on the night of December 21-19
On the rest of th front there waa
nothing to report.
The Berlin official report Issued to-day
says :
British attempts during the night
of December 29 to enter our positions
northwest of Ulle by surprise railed. I
A German enterprise at night at a
point southeast of Albert succeeded,
and seversl dosen British were cap
Hired The German reconquered positions
near Hartmannawetllerkopf.
On the whole front srtlllery and
aeroplanes were active. The enemy'a
aircraft attacked the town and rail
road station of Wervlck and Menln
(Belgium). No military damage waa
Inflloted. but seven civilians wer
wounded and one child was killed.
A British aeroplane was shot down
In a light northeast of Csmbral.
RAIL LINK MISSING IN
NEW RUSSIAN ROUTE
Canroes Reach Alexandrovnk,
but Must Be Held Until
Road Is Built.
Asert; ri ftr4tr)i m Tar r
I-oN-i-N. Dec 30. The Chrlstlanla
correspondent of the Daily Vuil. refer-
ring to the newly established ice free
route via Norway to Russia, says
'The first steamer to use the new
route wnt around Norway to Alexau
i drovsk. She left Tromso on fe emter
j 24. Her csrgo will be stored at Alexan-
' drovsk until the railroad from Kola to I
Archangel is completed.
' "As It will be possible, when this rail- '
road is built, to transport goods from
Tromso to Tstrogrud In five days, the
! first voyaite, which will really be a trial
trip, is of great Importance.
"It Is. however, very doubtful if the '
railway will he opened tor traffic in the I
beginning of 19. . as stated In some j
newspapers aim ny tne Itusslan Minister
, here. Person from Flnmarken. who re
cently travelled on sledges along the
i proposed route, assert that the line there
Is not half finished, hut that the section
between Archangel and Soroka Bay is
' completed.
"From Koroka to Kandalasha. practi
cally no work has been dotie. Th coun
try is very difficult acl swampy. From
' Kandalasha acroiw the Kola Peninsula,
about sixty miles of track have been
i laid, but 120 miles of the route have not
even Deen rtennltely staked out. It la
Impossible to confirm these statements."
ANTHRACITE COAL PLENTIFUL.
Dealer Issue a Mtatemrat lien) lus
There la a shortaae.
Anthracite coal operators gave out a
statement yesterday In wiilch they deny
that there is a shortage. The statement
follows:
"Numerous reports have been circu
lated that there is a shortage of an
thracite coal and that the price is In
creasing at various points. As a mattei
of fact there Is plenty of anthracite
above the ground to meet all the de
mands and the only difficulty Is that of
distribution Owing to slack buying
during the summer months less anthra
oite than usual was delivered, and be
cause of the unprecedented congestion of
freight fewe cars are available for mov
ing it. lue to the demand In the for
eign trade the available floating equip
ment Is also shorter than usual, while
unloading Is slower because of general
pressure upon facilities.
"There bus been no recent change In
the wholesale price of anthracite. The
last was n 112. when stove coal was
advunced 115 cents a ton, Jiestnut 15
cents and pea SO cents, as an offset to
the rle In wages granted that year ana
to other Increased mining costs. Thl
has been the only change In the prices
charged by the operators since 1110
exipt in llll, when chestnut waa ad
vanced 2f. cent, and In 1S13. when an
adjustment wa made to meet the Penn
sylvania state tax on valuation."
CHICAGO HOARDING ITS COAL
Threat of Mine strike April 1
Alarms Western Roads.
''hicaoo, Dec. .io Preparedness, so
far us inking steps to nope with a ikmsI
ble strike of owl miners in the spring,
Is not being overlooked between I'hicago
and th Western sen board It was re
mitted to-day by railroad officials and
leading oal men here. Big supplies of
co:.l are being laid in against the time,
April 1, when the working agreements
of both anthraclt and bituminous coal
miners expire
Cpal Is reported a being stored here
by every railroad entering Chicago as
well aa the Oommonwealth Edison Com
pany and other big industries. The to
tal probably exceeda 9.000.000 inn.
Canada Ha Kaoagb Knnds.
Ottawa, Ontario, Dec. 30. No war
loan for Canada will b necessary unt.l
next summer at the earliest, according
, to nuance .Minister v ime. wno an
nounced to-day that the proceeds of the
recent 1100.000,000 war loan, plus the
ordinary revenue or the Domli Ion, would
meet all expenditure during the winter.
RUSSIAN DRIVE MAY
BRING IN RUMANIA.
rontjiirrlnff of the Bukowlaa
In Now Joint Aim. Pftro
jrrad PfUr.
TO NTRIKK BULK AS NEXT
liOHDOK, Dsc. in Telegraphing from
Petrograd the correspondent of the Pall
Matt Oturttr ss
"Russian Joint operations with Ru
mania are on the point of beginning.
Rumania will fight with us, although
not for us. Her siding with the En
tent la not the result of French or
English sympathies, hut an endeavor to
realise the Rumanian dream of sov
ereignty over the Bukowlna and Tran
sylvania. As preparation for Ru
mania'a entry Into the war Russla'a aim
la to reconquer the Bukowlna for the
benefit of her new ally. The task can
be -iccntnpllaS-.ed In a few weeks.
The Rumanian will then fortify tha
new province and march with the Rus
staiai through Bulgaria and Transyl
vania whlls simultaneously th Italltns,
Ftench, British and Serbian will deal
blow on ot'ier fronts."
In the Entente capitals there Is a
general opinion that the Russian cam
paign, which ha been undertaken In
the face of unfavorable .vmther con
ditions. Is likely to have an Important
bearing on the whol war situation
Official Austrian reports, telling of
attarks of dense masses of Russian
troops. Indicate that an Important battle
Is already under way.
The fighting centres at a point near
Topornuti, a small town Just within th
border of northern Hukowlna. Vit a
simultaneous attack I being mad along
an extended front teaching from tha
Fruth to a position north of the Dniester,
s distance of about forty miles Tho
latest advice state that the Ruralnn
assault I being continued, accomrmnlsd
by sn unusually heavy bombardment
The German War Offloe announced to
day the repulse of a strong Russian at
tack on the strypa. the Auatro-Hun-garian
troops operating In that region
Inflicting severs losses on the Russians
snd taking 100 prisoners. The statement
follows :
Gen. Von Bothmer Austro-Hun-gartan
troops repulsed an attack of
strong Russian forces against tha
bridgehead of Burkanov on the Strypa.
The enemy suffered heavy losses In
killed and wounded. The Austrian
took 100 prisoners.
Kusslan attacks south of Shlock and
on Gen. von L,lnsingen s front were
repulsed.
Berlin despatches quote an Austrian
officer who has been exchanged and re
turned from a Russian prison camp a
saying that T.onn Austrian snd Ger
mans have died of typhus In one part
of Ituesla nlone.
In Siberia, this officer asserts, the
treatment prisoners receive at the hands
of the Russian La such that It make
most of them indifferent to death. He
declares that cordltlona are indescrib
able. I'rlsonens there have no accom
modations for washing, he ssys. and the
guard often rob the prisoner) of their
food
ITALY RESISTS
DURAZZO DRIVE
Continw d fnnn Firft Pap.
Th' tnland ha mi urea of ttoVM jquarf
mile ami n ttltlwsbltkrd mainly h Or 111
The BntiNh hnvt frannfentd troops
from SaltirtVa to opfano. n umall OftM
Iort mx mlltH MM1 of MalofilcA. with
th iiue-ntion of ttltN ''hevkiriK any jio
Jthility of a htMMilo aUvano fnm thia
quarter
AIRMEN SHELL SAL0S1CA.
German limp Thirl) Rumba on
i Hi Damage, l.oadan Hear.
A Serial nhU I .m to Tai: Bui.
LoafPON, liec. 10, The Salond-a cor
respondent Of the Da4l0 Moil telegraphs.
'"Die first aeroplane attack on Salon
ika was mad. to-day by two 'albalrosi s"
i German aeroplanes i. Thirty bombs
were thrown on th city, but no dan
age was done The silled fleet violently
fired oti the aeroplanes, but without re
ult "
A1RMENSHELLDEP0TS.
I'rench l iters Bombard Balgarlaa
tsinaslllss Parks.
pnol ' nblr lit.patch to Tas fUs.
I'abis, Dec. 10. The War office is
sued the following f :nteme u to-day re
siiecting activities in the Italkans !
During the day of DOOOmbaf 2s our
aeroplane bombarded the ammunition
parks and encampments of Ih Bul
gars at I'etrlk and to the east of
Lake I'orlan,
There Is nothing to report from the
district souih of the Greek frontier.
BATTLE STILL A DRAW.
Neither Tarda Nnr British Make
Gain In Mraopotanula.
Iwial ( atth -,.;. o. . to Tas lag,
Constantinopi.k, Dec. 10. The battle
of Kutel-Amaru, where the Brltth
Me fotumia forces are hard pressed by
the Turks, continued to-day without any
decisive gulns on either side.
Ttie War Gftlce Issued the following
statement :
On the Irak front : Tlw battle near
Kut-el-Amura continues with oau
alonnl Intervals.
Husslaaa Progressing to Jaaotloa
With British.
Sp'nal t'ahtr IteniMitch to Tax Sis.
I-ondon. Ic. 30 The correspondent
of the Post at Petrograd says that the
Itusslan forces In Persia are progressing
rapidly toward their objective, which is
a Junction with the British forces In
.Mesopotamia.
The lorreepondent predict that these
forces soon will meet
BELATED LINER HEARD FROM.
Falat Wireless He port a Thesaaloa-
Ika IfeO Miles "If Handy Hook.
The storm belated Greek liner Th.es
aalonlka, due her mure than a week
ago from th Medltei raneun, reported
Indistinctly by wireless yeaterday morn
ing that she was making heavy weather
of It In a moderate gale and that aha
was within 110 mile of Handy Hook.
Ths weakness of her wireless mads it
Impossible to decipher dearly her mes
sages, but the tone of them Indicated
that bar skipper believed shs would
make port without further mishap. Her
boiler room hud been flooded and she
wa not logging more than about four
knots.
neservlats Hesch Italy Safely.
Rom. Dec. 30. -It Is announced semi
pfflorully that all Italian reservists from
America have arrived In Italy safely, all
steamers IMvIng managed to escape
Austro-Oerman submarines u th 44.
luntlc mid Mediterranean.
HERRIGT8 RECALL
ERROR, SAYS WHITE
Chatrrined Finncr In Day of
Peril, AuertH Former Kn
voy to Parti.
TOO MANY TT. S. DIPLOMATS
WasirtaTOTDw, Do. 10. Henry Whit,
former Ambassador to Franc, who
served the United States abroad for
twenty-five years, made a atrong plea
for the elimination of partisan politics
from the American diplomatic service In
an address be for th National Historical
Society to-night.
"It Is ths system hltherfore acquiesced
in by th public opinion of this country
In It Ignorance of and Indifference to
the Importance of our foreign relations
to the nation's welfare that 1 am crltl
clalng, and not the ahortcomlngs of this
or any prevloae Administration." said
Mr. White. "The system under which
Arnbasssdor and Minister ar ap
pointed regard le of any previously
known fltnes for their poet arid after
having acquired a certain amount of
experience In their duties, occasionally
also some knowledge of the language of
th country In which they happen to be
representing th United State, are re
called upon th accession to office of a
new President"
Mr. White showed how the American
system had compelled the recall of Am
bassador Herri, k from Paris. He said
that the continuance of Mr. Herrlck at
Paris would have caused "not unnat
urally a positive stench In the nostrils
of many 'good Democrats.' particularly
of Mr. Hsrrlck's own State of Ohio. He
was recalled and another gentleman of
no previously known qualification for
diplomacy was appointed by the President
and confirmed by the Senate "
"But hie successor having been ap
pointed." Mr. White said, "under our
pernicious system of changing Ambassa
dor with our President and for po
litical reasons at home rather than for
the good of the nation abroad, Mr. Her
rlck had to come home to the consterna
tion and profound chagrin of th French
nation. There I no man In all America
who could have filled at that time the
place which Mr. Herrlck occupied In thv
confidence and affection of the French
people and there Is no way In which we
could more effectively hav rxpressed
officially our lack of sympathy with them
at a time of great national anxiety and
tribulation than by his recall.
"I do not wish to be understood as
advocating the appointment of our Am
bassador from our own trained service,
but that none of them he removed at the
moment of a change of President unless
for some very serious non-partisan rea
sons." Mr Whit showed by comparison how
the Kuropean countries keep their trained
diplomats in service. He said that dur
ing the fifty years since the civil war
there have been eight Ministers or Am
bassadors from Great Britain to the
United States. Of these two died here
During the asm time we have had at
London fifteen Ministers ami Ambassa
dors, or within one of twice as many as
the British Government hoe sent to us.
Mr White also pointed out that In
this fifty year period Great Britain has
t ad but six Amhussadoi at Paris, on
of whom. Iord Lyon, serve, I twenty
y-ars there. He ad.led that since Am
bassador Juaserand came to this country
lit lfo3 the Utlttad State bus sent six
Amb.hSsailors to Paris.
Mr. White added that the case of
Swltxerland Is still more striking. "Since
1M-." he said, "there have been but
six Ministers from that country io the
United State and we have sent fifteen
to Swltxerland."
ANOTHER DROP IN KRONEN.
Nrn figures Show a llepreclaf Ion
of t bon i 4 I'rr Cent.
A further drop In Austrian kronen to
new low record prices furnished the
-enition of the foreign sichsng market
yesterday. Kronen closed at 1-1 as
compared with .t previous low record
close of 13.17 on Wednesday The parity
of kronen is 20 3-10 cents In our inone.
At the new figures exchange on Vienna
shows a deprec.atrn of approximately
0 per cent. Foreign exchange expert
believe that kronen will go cons.derabiy
lower, 'as there Is little demand for ex
change on thai country and. they say.
to belief Is general that Austria will be
practically bankrupt after th war is
over. Marks also were weaker, receding
to 76 a-16 for s.glit drafts and 7i for
cables, against Ti 9-1 and 7:s respe.
lively on Wednesday.
Sterling was fractionally lower, selling
off to 4 73 11-11 fur demand and
4.74 5-11 for cables. It losea on
Wednesday at 4 73' for demand and
4.74'y fpr cables. Francs were low. r,
ching at C.M' for obacai god ,v5 for
cable They were quoted on the day
previous at H ''lj and -4 for (able-
Italian lire daollnad from 1.51 H to
6.IKI i on rtUMHTJ of I new war loan for
that country, while rubles, which closed
Wednesday at 30. dropped to -9
MACHINERY CARGOES
HELD UP RY BRITAIN
Tools DfitiiiKMl for Impaction
Also, mill American Art
Alarmed.
tjOKpON; l"c 10. The customs au
the. Itleis, by nader of the Home iiffh'c,
are retaining for Inspection all Imports
of machinery and machine tool. Includ
ing consignments destined dilejotly f'r
the munition works.
All isinalgnments billed to order will
hereafter be seised, ond the O-ivettiment
aill commandeer th gitiment and iy
what It considers u fair markei price
The onler has caused 1 nns'dorahl
alarm among Iiondiui branches of Amer
ican machinery houses It is ofllclnllv
denied that the regulation mentis a per
manent enrbargo on Ameintn machine
tools, the explanation being (hat ita pur
poe Is to prevent speculation.
The blacklist of neutral shipping Is
sued by (he Government for the guid
ance of British shippers, who are ad
vised not to charier ships appearing on
it as they are suspected of actual trad
ing with Great Britain's foes, of other
unneutral service, or as representing
German capital, now shows the names
of 101! steamers. The gross tonnage of
these vessels Is 80,000, which means a
carrying rapacity of 200.000 tons un
available to British shippers and neu
tral charterers In any way dependent on
British shipping.
The ships are divided among neutral
nation si follows.
Tutted Stales. 11: Norway. 31:
Sweden, 37: Denmark, 1: Spain. 1: Hol
land, 4, and Braill. 3.
j The American vessels ure the Al
laguaah. Ausable, Genesee, Hocking.
Kankakee. Manitowoc, Maumse, Seneca,
Winnebago, Wlnneconne and Muskegon.
With the growing shortage or tonnage
Ibe presence of so many oversea freight
ers on the Hal is seriously affecting ship
pers, who complain of tbair Inability u
, secure charter.
"BIGGEST BLUFF OF WAR"
Wl TH PR AW ALA T SU VLA
'Every Man, Animal and Baggage Cart" Embarked
Under Nose of Turks, Writes British
Correspondent.
.' hii i'r.,,.,i h to Tas It.
bixti, Dec 10. - The correspondent
of the Htaitdant. telegraphing from
aboard a British warship off Suvla Bay, ,
ssys:
"Kery tnun. annual and baggage cart,
all but lx guns which were left behind
and which fired until the last minute
and were then destroyed, have been
embarked from Suvla and Ansae under
the nose gf the Turks i
. "The biggest blufT in the history of
the war has oeen brought off. The new
record established by the British army
and navy Is the triumph of organisa
tion. The cost of the success of this
operat.on, liss skilfully i-onducted, might
WU have been a desperate rear guard
action. xVMJ preparation was made
for fighting If It should have become
necessary.
"The masses of men and material
were brought down in extraordinarily
short time. When all had been brought
away, the few stores we lft were set
afire and the breakwaters we hud built
of old hulks were smoehed by shellnre
from our ships.
Although the marching down anil the ,
embarkUiR of the troops were stealthily
done, the burning of the more snd the .
smashing of the piers were seen and j
heard by every Turk on the peninsula ;
When all wo over, the Turkish gtuimra
began to shell our former artillery po- ,
sttlons.
"The decision to leave the Suvla and
Ansae positions wus reached after long
deliberation The final word was Riven
on Lord Kitcheners return from the
Dardanelles. Lord Kitchener went to
1ondu; convinced that ths evacuation
was the wisest . nurse to pursue. In this
Judgment he was in accord with th con
clusion which the rcsiwnsible General
on the spot had react ed."
An silled cru.ser and torpedo boat de
stroyer bombarded the Turkish position
at Arl Burnu ajid Annfarta on the night
of December 'JT. according to an official
Turkish statement received from Con
stantinople to-day These positions ure
In the gOTnM evacuated by the British.
BUCHANAN FIGHTS
WARRANT FROM N. Y.
Opts Tinip to Ascertain if. aa
GongMMnaBi Hi' is Not
Immune,
Washington. Dec 30 At the request
of Congressman Biichan in of Illinois.
II,., Ik.'.irini.i.t of In.t ... d. f t ried 11,'.
tion until to-morrow on the bench war
raQl for his arrest which readied Wash- I
itigton to-day. Mr. Buchanan desired j
I further tune iii which to confer with
I Congressman Kamey 01 Illinois and
other ad .e-s as to the attitude to lie I
I adopted l mm In regard to tin de- j
bated question whether his constitutional
I immunity preclude his arrest on lhal
charge for which he has been Indicted.
j Frank statements were made by the
Department of .1 uvtlc thai no doubt
existed in the minds of Official then
I that Mr, Buchanan has no su. li Im
munity, and It seems certain that un
less th.- indicted Congressman ggrsn
I to go t" New York and make answer
I thr to his indictment a warrant win
be sworn out here based on the war
' rsnt from New Vors It wa.- believed
' probable, however, mat Mr. Buchanan
would give assurance 10-morrow of an
intention to go to New York. If desired
j by the Government.
Counsel for lb rmiin S, hiilte is Henry
B. Mamn and Congrman I'owhr
1 gave assurance tn-da that they would
I api-r at 10 O'clock to-morrow morn-
1 mg In the om if i'mted states Com
missioner Anson C Davis here 10 make
inswsr to their Indictments and K.e
bond for their appearance In court 111
New York.
11 Robert Fowler, counsel for Labor
Nation. 1! Peace Council, issued a state
ment to-nlghl In which he said It was
ridiculous to charge men who had spent
years In trying In enforce the Sherman .
antl-trust Ian with violating It. H
polntd out thai Menu B, Martin and
Herman .1 HchultSis art officers of
the- American Anti-Trust League. The
Fow.er stateine: t adds:
"Wr give wan ing 10 Hie people and
pctaly to the laboring men and farms
ei of this country, of tin- great danger
Which awaits their future struggle for
economic liberty and justice abotua a pre-
I .-edcnl be established by tile OOUtt In
Upholding .1 prosecution and conviction
under such construction of thl statute
as now proposed by I'mted States Ai-
I tomey Marshall. II irg intended by th
' franieis of this statute that Its provl
I along should nol apply to organlxed la
I Isir and organist d farmer In .in honest
1 effort to Is-tter their Condition The
Clgyton act -of the Sixty-third Congress
I provtd that no such application of in
1 Sherman antl-trust law should ever be'
mad agalngl labor and farm org.inUu-
tion.
1 "should District Attorney Marshall
succeed in construing the law a pro
posed In thi case po labor organisation
would be safe f 1 om criminal proacutkn
In either counseling or ordering 11 strike
and no fanners' organllatlon would be
secure against such criminal action In
counseling or uniting for any of the
following purposes. o sit :
"The storage ot their products in a
common warehouse or Otherwise in order
to secure belter price : or to prevent a
reduction of prices by withholding their
prOdUCti to avoid tbe glutting Of Ihe
market."
The Indicted men's Bret move will be
to demur to the indictments
IS HAM SHELL REJECTED AGAIN
xivr Kxperl Turn llovin Inven
tion I ft 14 Mon I lis' Teat.
1 Wash inoton. DM, 10. After a serb s
of experiments lasting over fourteen
i months, a special board of navy ex
perts, headed by Bear Admiral F'ske.
has reported unfavorably on the so-
' called lsham shell, invented hv n inau
of that name and submitted to the tiavv
with the claim that it Is more deadly
than the shell now used In the navy
Hoc re tary Danlehi has not yet ap.
proved the findings of the board, but Is
expisMed to announce bis decision In n
few days.
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The Turkish War Office assart fh fire
from the two warship was silenced by
Turkish batteries. The statement fol
lows :
On the night of Decembot IT. our
artlllry ellenoed the guns of a hostile
crulaer and torpedo boat destroyer
which wro IxDmbardlng Anafarta
'Suvla Bay) and Arl Burnu (Ansa. )
and compelled thorn to withdraw
W brought down a biplane near
YonlsheUr. It fell Into the sea and
waa towed In th direction of the
island of Imbro. One of our sea
plane threw bomb on and eot fire to
the harbors and war store of th
Islands of I-emnos and Msvro.
Operations on the tip of tha Oatllpoll
Penlnsu'.a are desct ihed by th French
War Office In an official statement lasusd
at Paris to-day as follows :
Exiedltlonary Corp at the Darda
nelles There waa great artillery ic
ilvlty on both (Idea during th day of
Decern I .er 28 and 11. The enem con
centrated hla fire principally on our
trenches at Sedd-el-Bahr. On th
morning of December 11 a French
cruiser violently bombarded the Tur
kish batterle on th Asiatic coast. In
the afternoon, an enemy aeroplane
which attempted to fly over our lines
wa engaged by allied aviators and
put to flight.
VAST STORES LEFT?
Foar sitraadod Tsasgerti Also
Abandoned, sy Merita.
Bi.ri.in. Dec 30, via wireless to Say
vllle. The Lofcalonsrfarr' correspond
ent at the Galllpoll front tells of seeing
four stranded British transports nt
Suvla Bay.
Supply depot cut from the rock wer
filled with enormous quantlliea of pro
visions and equipment. A British cruiser
began nrlng during the correspondent's
Inspection of the deserted positions of
the Allies, but did no damage.
There were many unburied dead, ssys
the correspondent. Every day more am
munition is taken from tho water into
which It was thrown by British soldier.
Turkish soldiers are counting the booty.
HALL KILLED IN GAR
HIS COLLEGE GAYE
Brother Will Brine: Splinters
Made by Shell as Present
to Colleg-e.
IgerUI r-jAe Denpatrh to Tnx Srv.
I'mts. lec. 30 American Ambulance
officials who have returned from Alsace
after attending the funeral of Melville
Hall, the American who was killed on
Christmas eve. say that Hall mas driving
11 ear donated by Dartmouth College, of
Which ft was a sen. or. Tbe Inscrip
tion plate revealed this fact and a part
of the roof of lh car which was found
had the mark of the Red Cross. The
splinters iiiadc by Ihe shell will lie
taken to America by Hall's brother and
offered t-. li.iitinouth College The brother
is sailing for home on the French liner
Lafayette, leaving January 1.
Hull was driving along a mountain
road reputed to be safe when the shell,
probably a K.r, millimeter, struck nut far
behind the car. smashing it and throwing
the fragments and Hall's body Into a
ravine A splinter struck Hall in the
head and killed hint Instantly. Other
splinters went into his hack and leg.
hut Ids body wa not badly disfigured
Hts friend Doyle, reported to have been
with him, was wounded slightly only
three dais before. Another American
,ar passing the spot two hours later
found the body and brought it buck to
the section's headquarters near the
Hal tinannaweilerkopf district
Hall was burled in a m iliary cemetery
with full military honor, all of the Inhabitant-.,
numbering 300. attending.
TOILERS DOUBT CITY'S CREDIT.
snow Shoveller Clamor 011 Hear
Ing of short Supply- of tats,
A rumor that the city paymaster1! of
fice was running short of OUrrnc) caused
an ugly outburst yesterday afternoon
unions level il thousand snow thovi lli r.
waiting In Hm to be paid for their la
bors after the recent heavy storm They
becam alarmed at the thought of losing
the few cents coming to them and clang
ored al-out the entrance of the office
waving their pay checks, until it became
necessary to send call for the polio reserve-
Sergeant Wilson and six men
from the Bilaabeth street station re
scinded and soon (rot the line In order
again.
There was some foundation for the
rumor which disturbed the men. Ar
ratlgementl had been made to pay them
off at the sub station in sections, but all
went to tbe Municipal Building Instead
They formed an army Of about 5.000
men at O'clock, ahd kept six tellers
busy until nearly 11 P. if. At Si.'lii
lasi evening, a few hours after the
panic, with more than 1, 100 sllll In line,
tlw clerks discovered that there was
only 11,000 remaining with which to pay
them. Fortunately, Comptroller I're i
dergasi happened Io b In his office at the
time and h signed a warrant for $3. 004
more A deputy and two guard rushed
to the Night and Day Bank and ra
mmed In time to allow the paylnir off
to go on without Interruption.
Biltmore Ice Gardens
(sULTMORE HOTEL)
OPEN AIR SKATING
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR THREE SESSIONS DAILY
bcMt TMiiit ud 1-gp.J.. ilLaa. . ra . . ni
----ww rxiimssyasji, OllirOIT MnMIl tDS II ' I
GLASS ENCLOSED TEA ROOMS.
Dancing in
MORNING
SO to
AFTERNOON SESSION
I. SO to .so
EVENING SESSION
.SO to 11
N.tsv Music
CALLS PORK BARREL
MEM OURREAL FOES
Mil, stand Df for Prh;!V
Ha.vi lirfrrifp lltift
(balrman.
DR. RUM PLEADS 1 on ART
roWHUV. Ohio, Dec r -e,
gieatest danger to America II no' n
th numerous foreign MMNllei 1 ,m.
aa coveting our property and n Iter
said C. fl. Thompson of the A nerva
Defenoe Hoelety her to-day. i k
member of Congress who II a ilavt b.
rh park barrel and ref'rses to pr .vide
adequate mean of defence M- t me
son spoke on "Politicians and Kstleaj
Defence," before the America! v-so-i,.
tion for the Advwtv-ernent of Sier,
"In this country we are g
stupidly coming from the torpor .'
glorification to the dar.ger around M,
he said. "We hare given offence u4
others are unforgiving. We aie rich,
and other follow us with hungry eyes
The danger Is war. It Is like!' t f,
wpon us suddenly, and now. at :ai
seeing our plight, we are gfdpMlBf fo
the enemy.
"One day It Is Germany Another da-
Is either Japan or Great Britain Bi
to-day It ie neither. I believe. Whom we
need fear The real danger Is do"
at hand. It If to bo found. If at all, II
the byways of Washington and In ttM
halls of cnr national Legislature. v
have smoked him out. but it may bs
.11 ih. 1 me we hve h S
too MSB. " I
Idle he hits been at work He Is w.iu
I call our only hyphenated Amerii tp
He Is your Congressional-Artie: . an
your party-American, the one you rve
charged with the responsibility of t.i
tlotial defeiso.
Dr. Ueorg F. Kuns, a gem expert
of Tiffany' read a papir on a can
for protecting works of art, libraries and
museunn from the ravages of war lie
suggested that the Idea put for ml
the president gf the Society for Ii .-
toric and svenic Preservation, that 1,1
such places be designated by flaps eiur
anteelng tholr safety, be adopted ths
such agiments agairf become pan ..
if tiie civilised nations of t' e wo-ll
'have not outgrown t lit ir primitive pu
lsions o as to be able to settle Inten
itlonal difference, by means oth lhal
'slaughter and destruction It would leti
I practicable to mitigate at least tie
losee of war by preserving mil ir 41
monuments, cathedrals, civic building,
libraries and works of art," he sa'4
Dr. Kunx said that It was gel tltf
the Invading army which did the st
destruction, and cited the burning if
the Alexandrian library, the burning of
Arabic manuscripts In Grenada, the (te
st ruction of Heldelburg by the Prei
' in 1631 and i3 and tne oearrui tion 01
the library of Strasbourg during t"i
; German Itombardinent of 1170 as sot
of the Irreparable losses to art.
ture and science caused by Wat
I The need for public education I
1 ubje-t of preparedness was shOWl o
I Henry H. Ward of the Nav beagut
1 Until the last year there ha be, :
I the most perfum-tory Interest In the s lb.
1 lect, he suid, arid almost no interes 1 It
j the part of scientific men. The educate
! la at last becoming alive to the nee.B
j of t ie day und ha a great wo-k
f fore hani, according to hla view.
'SAY STATE TO BE PREPARED.
I t oauralsslon Plana Military Courses
In Schools.
Boston, Dec. 10. The special oommla.
1 slon on mflltary education and r "-v.
kplsdnted 10 invest gate tbe def. n - .
Of Massachusetts, will pre.-nt ths
! lowing recommendations to to- I !
j la! ure .
federal control of the Btate m 1 1
An increase In numbers b) meal of
a reserve, and change In methodf of
.training of the mlllt.a If It retl ill
; State force.
Relieving the militia of P"l e dut
the establishment of a State mounted
I police.
I Courses of military instructin: 01
lieges located n Maaaachusetts
I Detfgsocgnenl of physical training 1
I the public pohoo s according to 1
I s. rilled standard
, Teaching of military hisjory. personal
I hyg ene and camp egjiltgtlon In th
I lie schools
1 lv-tul.l-shment for schoolboys of - B
mer training camps
j 1'. roltnent of mechanics and :
of factories of certain Industries '
same is not provided foi by 1
legislation
1 nstitidloti ..f courses In liter) hy
giene In medical school.-
WOULD BARTER PHILIPPINE?
i Ckarlre P. herrlll Igalu 1
International kdjgel m
Washington. Dec. So TV-
iqulahmenl or the Pnlltpptne In 11
I the I'mted States and of all K ir
Ipoeaeoglon In the Western lien
to the south of th li ntel Sti ' 1
present owner, was a git in suggi
1 night by 1 'hnries p Bherrll
I United states Mlnleter to rgem
g rpeech at the banquet of tht
Endowment for Internal an il '
I the International law se,v.
, Xme-iciin Pclentlflc Conrs
fit
to
Mr Sherrlll add. si H,,.
llmlllite IftMNM. .1 -.,
our holding the I'h'ltppi , I si
orably release us from thl
for those distant islai ds
protection from RuroptMl! 1 d
initiated bv Monroe's protest
ditionai Kuropean roim .
finally fre-. us from Europ,
bases t,ear the Panama Ca
nd
i.nd
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