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ALLIES INSIST
BLOCKADE IS
WITHIN iAW
Britain and France, in Ita
I'D
ly to Protest, Promise
to Aid Neutrals.
SHll'PKl.S ACCUSED
OK USING DECEIT
Wmiinotos, April 2B. The Joint re
fit of Great Hrltaln nml France to the
American (irotcf t of Inst November In
regard In icstrliilons on trade caused
l,y the blockade was made pulillc by
the State t'op.trtincnt to-da).
It Is a length)' memorandum which
dca' In detail with the various points
raised by the American protest, uiciu
ItrlUl.i and France maintain that the existence" lius proved to bo cmbarrass
blockadc Is a fundamental belligerent i '"If;
r,s, Hut It Is Win conducted In the ! 1S JXi
,plrlt of international luw and with m.wiImii will agree to suspend submurlno
little Inconvenience to neutrals us possl- warfare for a certain period of time, say
Me without rendering the blockade In- j for "w T two months, and afTlx to her
(ffectlve. The Hntcnto Allies announce I i?"0". ,h0 .''"''"'f"' ,h,nt nc, lr,
' , , . ,. i willing lo do so If within that period of
their readiness to give favorable con- time the United Htates shall endeavor
!deratlon to any proposal for the alle-'once again to persuade Great Britain to
vUtlon of the position of neutrals "pro
vided that the substantial effectiveness
of tho measures now In force bo not Ini
tubed." The note first takes up questions re
staur to cargoes detained by the British
dutnorltles in order to prevent them from
retching an enemy domination.
Attends to conceal contraband in
lenfled for the enemy and many devices
being used for despatching goods to the
enemy arc given as the reason for the I
necessity of thoroughly Investigating I
Cixcves bound for neutral ports con-
ttfuous to Germany.
The size of modern vessels lenders
starch at sea often Impracticable, it is
argued, and tho ships are therefore taken
to the nearest convenient ports.
Illxlit I Fundamental.
"The question of the locality of the
search Is, however, one of secondary Im
portance," the note sa)s. "In the lew
of his .Majesty's Government, the light
ut a belligerent to Intercept contraband
vn Its way lo his enemy Is fundamental
and .Incontestable, and ought not to be
restricted to Intercepting contraband
filch happens to be accompanied on
board thu ship by proof sufficient to
lon-l'inn It.
"What is essential In to
determine I
, UM t.ir I
re a Pel-
whether or not the goods were
way to the enemy. If they we
liferent Is entitled to ih'tain them, and.
having regard to the nature of the strug
sle In which the Allies are engaged, they
are compelled to lake the most effectual
fteps to exercise that right."
After stating that prize court pro
ceedings have been facilitated for the
benefit of neutrals, the note takes up the
American contention that much of the
tiport trade of the United States to neu
tral countries In Kurope has practically
len destiO)ed as ,i result of the block
ad" and the new prize court procedure
In Great Britain.
"The tlrst nine months, in 1915." the
note continues, "may be taken as
li mlod when the war conditions must
v... i...... i..,,.... . uti ii,..-., i I
in commerce In the Unit. d' States of I
America and when any Injurious effects
of the prize court procedure would have
twin lecognlzed.
Iliport tironth t iled.
"During that period the exorts from
the I'lilted States of America to the
three Scandinavian countries and Hoi-,
nnd, tlic group ot neutral countries
ahc-e 1 1 ports have been most affected
the naval operations of the Allies
and by the procedure adopted In their
prize courts, amounted to 1274,037,000,
ns compared with SI2ti.73,)U0 In the
corresponding period of l!H3,
"It is useless to take into account the
CorresKitidlli figures of 1H because
'if Ihe dislocation of trade caused by tho
outbreak of war. but taking the pre
war months of 101 1 the fUures for 1913,
ll'll ami I'J I.", were as follows: 1913,
IJT.tSo.H'i" i 1911, ns,132,nn0; 1915,
::i,9;ii,uuii.
"In the face of such tlguies It seems
Irposlblo to accpt the contention that
1 in new prize court procedure In Great
Britain has practically destroyed much
of the export trade of the I'nlted States
to neutral countries In Kurope, and the
Piferetice Is suggested that If complaints tory was accompanied by abominable
!.aic bcu made to the Administration net's of cruelty and oppression In vlola
of Washington by would-be exporters ton of all the accepted rules of war,
they eruitiated not from persons who atrocities the record of which Is avail
desired to engage In genuine commerce I nt,e ju published documents : the dlsre
wlth the neutral countries, but from Kar( of neutral rights has since been
those who'deslred to despatch goods to I extended to naval warfare by the wan
tli eiieinv under cover of a neutral inn destruction of neutral merchant
"esrnauon ami wno round it more uim
Jt' to conceal the real facts fiom the
prize courts under the new procedure."
Intentions nf Shipper.
Tl w. nLo..n.,..l 1.... a I .. ..l,l..nA,l In
iv nr.u.iiioui null guvus biiij,ji.u iw
rtutral countries are Intended for thes I
r.tutral countries and not for Germany
is next refe-nt-d to. Tho note says:
"However sound the principle thai
poods Intended for Incorporation In tho
Uiiiiniou stock of a ueiitial countiy
tl.'.uld not be treated as contraband may
be In theory, it Is one than can have
tut little application to tho piesent Im-I-orts
of the, Scandinavian countries.
"Tlie circumstances of a large nuiu
1'T of these shipments negative any con
(liulun Hum they are bona tide shipments
for the Importing countries. Many of
thtm arc made lo persons who are ap
parently nominees of enemy agents and
ho noier figured beforo as Importeis if
mill aitlcles,
"t'oiiHiguinuhtH of meat products are
mldre-seil to lightermen and dock la
I'Oieis. Several thousands of tons of
tuih goods havo been found documented
li'r a n. tit i al Krt and addressed to firms
1ilch do not exist there. Iirge con
.smneniH of similar goods were ad
dressed tu a baker, to the keeper of a
null private hotel or to a maker of
tiiu.lc.il Instrill.ienls. '
"Will It be contended that such Im
lurls ought to be legarded as Isjna tide
'hlpnients intended to become palt of
the loininon stock of the company?
mc
.Inea Taken Here.
"Similarly several of the shipments
nhlih the nllled naval forreii ate now
obliged lo Intercept consist of goods for
likh there s, In normal clrcuihstimces,
to in ihn Importing country and It
1 alrrjflT Ircon jiolnted out In a re
run decision In Ihe British pi lie court
that the rule nbaut Inooiporatlon In th
c. itirivin stork of a neutral countiy can
't apply to such goods. The same line
' taken in some of the decisions In the
l-'Ht'l Slate prize courts during the
lvll war.
"In the presence of farts such as those
Indicated above the Unlled State Gov-nmi-i.t
will. It Is believed, agree with
h'-s M.ileMi" Government that tin helllg-
rt could In modern times submit to
NUnd by a rule that no goods couiii
were accompanied
'd unless they
by finers ivhlel, mtahllshed their des
tlcuttun to uit enemy country and that
BERLIN INSISTS BRITAIN
MUST END HER BLOCKADE
Reply to President Wilson's U Boat Note to Be Started
on Way To-day Is Expected to Pave
Way for Negotiations.
Iifini.i.v( la Amsterdam, April 25.
Within twenty -four hours forty
eight at the outside Germany wilt have
despatched the answer to President Wil
son's submarine note. There Is no In
dication an yet as to .what the Govern
ment's decision la or will be. for there Is
an Impenetrable veil of secrecy unprecc
denied here since Iho war began.
Thin much, however, Is known, here :
The Kaiser -will go to the greatest possi
ble length In endeavoring to keep peace
with America. In forming Its answer
to the United Htates the Herman Gov
ernment sees Illicit ron fiontcd with the
task not only of btldglng the great
cleavage which Just now exists between
tho two nations but at the same time
of conciliating Its own people. Tho
"humiliation" Incurred by hii admission
that the weapon which has been repcat-
ii) I toel.ilmcd us "the only effect I vo
weapon ,ln Germany's strugglo for her
discontinue her "blockade:
In other words, supposing that Ger
many, should say to America: "We still
believe and maintain that our subma
rine warfare Is theoretically a legitimate
leprlsal against an Illegal starvation war
openly announced and ruthlessly pur-1
all detentions of ships and goods must
unlfoimly be based on proofs obtained
at the time of seizure.
"To press any such theory Is tanta
mount to asking that nil trsdo between
lieutral liorts shall lie. free and would
thus render nuimtory the exercise of sea
Power and destroy the pressure which
the. command of the sea enables the Al
lies to Impose upon their enemy.
"The question whether goods des
initched to a neutral vort wcte Intended
lo become part of the mass of merchan
dise for sale In that country Is one of
fact, Quite apart from the conclusions
sugges'ed by the figures, there Is a con
slileiable body of evidence that many
of the good which have been shipped
to neutral ports during the
u.
never Intended to become part of the 1
I'liiiinniii Htiu'lc nf that iiiiintrv. hut ueie
earmarked from the beginning for re
export to the enemy countries.
A I'rnuf In Mnnlrn.
"If they hud been Intended to form
part of the common stock they would
,Me 1"'e" available for use In that conn-
'IT. yet at one Line In Ihe eaily d.i)s ;
uf At!lei efforts to Intercept all the.
comtueri-e of the enemy, when they found
It necessary to hold up certain ixirgois
of cotton on their way to Sweden. It
transpired that though the quays and
the warehouses of Gothenburg were con
gested with cotton there was none avail
able for the use of the spinners In
Sweden.
"Great Hrltaln and France take the
view that the total net limiorta of a par
ticular-commodity by any neutral coun-,
try in normal limes give a sausiaciory
index to Its itiiuliemcuts.
"Neutral trailers. It Is Intimated, may
bharo In providing these legitimate Im
ports. Hut when the evidence Is strong
al tne nnporis are prinianiy 10 suppi
siiinines or c:uineiiiiies in .umuiiii.n
quantities: which Germany very
much
needs the rigors of the
blockade will
again become evident.
"Great Britain advances facts and
figures to show that the blockade is ef
fective. It Is stated that cotton has
practically been stopped from reaching
Gtrinanv altogether and quotes extracts
from Germ-in s-.urces to prove It Ihe
.,, niUntage which the I'lilon derlied
.,.,. ,,,.,1-liiit the blockade effective
from
ucilnst the South is cited and the urlncl
pies followed then by the fnlted States
are considered practically Identical with
the principles which the Kutcntc Allies
are following now."
a Hint About llelulum.
The note end with this statement:
."Ills .Majesty's Government havo noted
with sincere satisfaction .the Intimation
cvntalned In the concluding passages of
the United Stales note of the Intention of
the United States to undertake the task
of championing the Integrity of neutral
rights.
"The first net of thin war was the un
provoked Invasion by the enemy of neu
tral territory that of Belgium which
he was solemnly pledged by treaty to
tirotect. The occupation of this terrl-
ships on the high seas regardless of the
lives of those on board.
"In every theatre and In each phase
of the war has been visible the same
shocking disregard by the enemy of the
rights of Innocent persons and neutral
peoples. Ills Majesty's Government
would welcome any combination of neu
tral nation, under the lead of the
I'nlted States, which would exert an ef
fective Influence to prevent the violation
of neutral rights, and they cannot be
lieve that they or their allies have much
to fear from any combination for the
protection of those rights which takes an
Impartial and comprehensive view of the
conduct of this war and Judges It by a
reasonable Interpretation of the gener
ally accepted provisions of International
lwlfl,,lM
!', '
law and by the rules or numaniiy inai
have hitherto been approved by the civ
ilised world."
GRAND JURY KEPT BUSY.
TrneUmen Who Carrlnl .Materials
for Dr. Meheele Questioned.
rhn h'ederal Grand Jury which Is in
vestigating the alleged plots to set lire
to merchant ships carrying supplies to
the Allies and to pi event the shipment
of ammunition and arms to the Allies
heard several witnesses )cleruay.
I toner H. Woixl, Assistant uniien
States Attorney In charge of the crlin-
Inal division, spent some timo wmi mo
Grand Jury. He coiislileieil pnases
I HO iiiiegeu piui in nmui it. ........
isHMiibled the lire bombs and Franz von
Itlntelen Is supisored to havo furnished
Ihe funds. He called before tlie Grand
Jury Udward F. Hlney, Frederick Kid
man and Frederick Conway, truckmen
who carted materials for Dr. Schcelc.
Mr. Wood mild after tno iiraiiu jury
adjourned that he had found Illuminating
evidence In the papers seised from Wolf
von Igel I., t-omieullon w h the p ot to
Plow un the Wellnntl Canal, lie ex
plained that probably 11,000 would cover
tlie cost of tho expedition to HiifTalo and
Niagara Falls to blow up Ihe canal. He
said that Horsl von der Goltx rocclvcd
JfiOO as his share of tho expenses.
lUyinond II. Bttrfaty, Assistant United
Slates Attorney who has ohargo of Hie
case against von imiieicu, imviu
Namar, Oonirressmai, L.Buoh"?,"!l ".I".
Congressman Fowler, railed
Henri
nofcnrakl end other witness.
i'lhecie Is m"ntl0,,ed h Ihe chemist wholdu)'
sued by Great Britain. The submarine
Is thu one and only weapon with which
we can frustrate the plan to starve out
our women and children.
"We had hoped that In the uso of this
defensive weapon wo would bo unre
stricted and unhampered by neutrals. Wo
had hoped that In view of our repeated
warnings neutrals would slay off enemy
merchantmen, armed orytinarmcd, and
not Jeopardize tho peace between two
great nations by disrespecting this warn
ing. "Wo had hoped that, realising our
Plight, our struggle for our national ex
istence, the United States would stretch
a tHjirit of International law and take
measures lo prevent Its citizens from
recklcsslyJsklng their lives on bellig
erent vessels or forbid F.nglund to violate
International law by declaring and main
taining an admittedly Illegal blockade.
"In these holies wo found ourselves
sorely disappointed, American lives have
been lost and Americans huo been In
jured as a conseiiuciuc of our suhmailne
win fare. In !cw of this fact, deeply re
gretted by us, the Ameilcau Government
lias now demanded of us to discontinue
this warfare.
"With tho greatest reluctance, but
prompted by the sincere wish that tho
friendly 1 elation between the two na
Hous shall continue, we now offer to a.i
cede to the American demands by tem
porarily dlrcoiitlnuliig our submarine
wnrf.ire, but In so doing llnd ourselves
compelled to request of the' United States
Government that It uso the period of
suspension to prevail upon thu British
Government to discontinue the blockade
of German Miits, against which the
rnltccl States Government had Itself mo
lested more than a yjar ago, without the
slightest tesults.
HOLLWEG HASTENS
BACK TO KAISER
Continued from I'lrat I'dpr.
Idea of Germany's abandoning her prcs
nt submarine campaign against the cue.
mles' commerce Is seriously entertained.
Vet President WIIsoii'm note, it Is ad
Milted here, ar.ullcally makes this man.
u.uory
It Is for this icason that con-
ces-lons pmiiosed by Germany mav lint
1!"rt lh r,'i1.1 'sue, according to I'nlted
s"unrn iiim-iiiin.
The opinion also prevail that iter
I ivans In tho Fnlted State. fully realize
1 that the submarine campaign cannot he
given up without i-aulng a general
. storm of protest throughout the German
j empire and that for this reason they
partly explains the telegrams which are
i caching members of Congress,
The question which now most Inter-
Hie tiircnt'!isive. i ins, oniciais iteneve.
ests offlcl.iN hero Is whether or not the
German reply will put ofT the dauber of
an Immediate break. Tho vital to!tit.
It is explained. Is whether the Imperial
Government will agree at least to a
tunporary halt In the submarine cam
paign landing adjustment of the diffi
culty with tho 1'nltiil States.
It Is realized that this Is a dellnlte
concession which German officials will
view as working to their military detrl
ment and to Hie advantage of Kngland
, n..UA..,,...,,i.. ... V .
" oiieiiieniiy, uermany will not lie in
cllned to make the concession. It Is said,
unless she I ready to abandon thl
method of warfare In return for the
friendship nnd good will of the I'nlted
State.
The feeling that any counter proposals
by Germany will avert a diplomatic
break I discouraged at the White House
and at the State Pep.i'tnicnt. It I au
thoritatively explained that roif-esslon
or promises will he of no value utiles
they are accompanied hy Germany'
declaration that present submarine
methods have beein abandoned and
hackon hy an absence of fiuther sub
marine Attacks which sro held Illegal.
TEUTON PRESS CAUSTIC.
v.
.Must .ot lie Astonished
ir
Told IIimhIk Off."
Sl'tdil ablr hfupntrU to Tne Si x.
Lornxi.v, A pi II "J.1. -Tho .Munich .Vcii
cilc -Yf Arnifrii sas. concerning the
note of President Wilson, relating lo the
torpedoing or the Sussex
America's note brings the Govern-
tit face to face with the gravest deci -
ment
slon yet made In tho war. America's
deliberate aim now, as from the outset
of the war. Is to olrtruct the German
submarine warfare because it menaces
Hrl'.lsh supremacy of the seas. Germans
wish to live at peace with America, hut
cannot accept American tutelage."
Tho Strassburger Post remarks that
the note Is the trump card In the ICng
lisli game.
The Hamburger .Ynr7i rich ten says:
"Kvcrythlng In the note about hu
manity, &c. Is an arabesque decoration.
The I'nlted States of America since the
lKgiunlng of the war has been on the
side of Germany's enemies."
The Dresdner .Yin hrirhti n says:
"Piesldent Wilson wishes a rupture
with Germany and has consciously In
sulted the German Government hy re
fusing to submit the Sussex case to an
international Jury. It cannot lie doubted
that President Wilson has decided to take
the side of Ihigland. He mustn't be as-
tntilshcd If Germany sharply says 'Hands
off!'"
The Vienna .Yriirrcse has this caustic
comment to make:
"President Wilson Is working against
Germany to F.ngland's advantage. His
happiest moments are when he imagines
he makes Olympus quake with a twitch
of his eyebrows."
25,000 WIRE PROTESTS.
s'ennlora llenleacd by TrlrKramsi
Poinercnr Suspect" Motives,
Wasiiinotov, April 25, It was esti
mated that J.i.ftOO telegram were tie.
livered In the Senate to-day to I'lilted
States Senators front Herman Americans
nnd other patillsls. Most of them came
from llllnni, Ohio anil Wisconsin,
Senator lltistlug of Wisconsin started
thn flood from his Statu by iiiglng that
such messages be sent lo the Senate,
Some Senators iceclptcd for us many
as a hundred at a time. .Most of them
came through at ulglit rate, Tlie tele-
or;grapu lonqmiiies i-m hih-i huh .h.iiiih
, "
Lxtra messengers wcte employed to
make thn dellveiles, and the force at
tlm Capitol of tho two companies vvcio
doubled to receive tho Incomltsg flood,
Senator Pomerene said : '
"Theie Is every Indication that tin:
telegrams from Ohio were not Hie ex
presslons of opinions o many hous.tnds
, of Individuals wlio p.i.por avo sent
"i,.. In.' , 1,
was conceived In the iiiIuiIh of a Cow men
mid has been carried out with wonderful
efficiency lo Impress Inexperienced Sena
tors and Iteplesehtntlvcs, Tho niollvo
111111 be obvious to all. I believe that .1
backtlre of resentment will follow the
tecoveiy from the sudden shock of all
lliese lelegrams."
To add to the complications theie
enme the strike of tho local meescnger"
boys, wta declared that too much work
I was belnsj put'on thero.
ONE PRO-GERMAN ON
JORY FOR FAY TRI AL
Thirly-cifflit. Out of Forty
Talesmen Examined Before
Twelve Arc Chosen.
CASE UNDER WAY TO-DAY
The first Jury to pass on the merits of
the evidence In a case based on the al
leged plots of German agents to pi apt
bombs with the aim of hampering or pre
venting the shipment. of arms atid other
supplies to the Allies was selected at
4:13 yesterday afternoon before Judge
Howe In the Criminal Branch of the Fed
eral court.
The Jurors chosen will decide whether
Itobert Fay, cx-llenlenaut In tho Ger
man nrmy; Walter K. fjcholz, his brother-in-law,
and Paul Daeche, son of a
wealthy manufacturer In Germany, all
subject to the Kmpeioi's orders. 1110
guilty of a conspiracy to blow up muni
tion carrying ships and despoil marine
Insurance underwriters by such plots.
Out of forty tnlesmen summoned to be
questioned as to their availability for
such Jury duty thirty-eight wcie exam
Ined before the twelve men were dually
seltuted. The Government exeiclsed live
peremptory challenges to dispense with
men believed to be too ardently pro-Gee-man.
The defence used eight challenges
to get rid of men they did not regard as
specially suitable to the contentious ot
tins defence. At that neither side used
up all the challenges available.
One I'rn-lierniau.
When the twelve talesmen, after a ilg
orous examination, were sworn In by
William I.e. ii j. clerk of lU e.vie, their
wa mi., tir.t.t I,,,.,.. i h . a I...... Li.
-".- , .-. "v I
All tile oilier, tint-,, itltlii.,. f t, L'fir., 1,1a to I
the Allies or had ro strong feelings re-'
gar..l,,g the Kuropean war. 1
One nun. Arthur Doreiuus, business
manager of Ihe .m,....r.WI...l..r i.,.
pany, which Is manufacturing shells for
'"".'r """" ,
i ' (V . ' " . , J'
large iiuantlty of explosives, was e-
elates. One German. Chatles A. W'emlt.
said he siipiKjsrd "blood was Ihii ker
thtin it-.i!..' ..twi I... .11,1 .nt ....
ceptable to the prosecution. '
The Jurois were selected by Itoger 11
Wocid, Assistant I'nlted Slates Attorn.
In charge of the criminal division
,,l
,lll
John C Kno., another assistant, who
ha worked up the case ever since the
iirrnuiu , .ii.Ia l... ,M.iur li i
(.'apt Tilliney of the 'local bomii squad.
Fnt the defence. Addison S. I'ratt. Hetmo
I.oewy, Henry W. t'nirer and Patrick J.j
.Mel iiiuaiil qiiestioneii tne talesmen.
Hut the ilefrnre did not nod their ap-1
liroval of the final twelve men tllitll
Meiit. Fay. his keen eyes scrutinizing
every man III the Jury box, had nodded
his head and t.ild, "They're all right."
Personnel nf Jury.
The Jury is made up as follows:
I. lltiWAUIi At. l'.TTi:it.OK. printer,
IIvIiik ut -UI Alexander aienur; rattier
favnrHlile to the Allies. Irish I'ulhnlle
JOSIM'll I.ONUUN, -ic salerinsti. 13:
Kast lletti street: iMrcnte horn In UusbIh,
rainmt.ie In the Allleie
i, 3: . AITJ.AMi It s-l.nAT. iM..r manu
I fa. tiller. Mount rrntm: nceKtur fnr .fi
eri! iteii nitlnns born In .VinerlM. .ym-
I'Htlllv In- lined touaril 1 tie Atllr
i iiiiw-win iv. i.i;nrii.
leetrlcnl
up-rilltetlil-tlt 311 Vet 1 S 1st street, sm-
l'a!l'Vin.vi''i5'i ''T ''n'.i'j'r... .. .
iiiiimifaf turn , par-nts Porn in th- t'nited
M.itee
ritKti:it('K H SKW.W.t. furniture
deat-r. Mount Vernon. Porn in New Vcrl. ;
eMtipHthl. If HI'V ff 'lie Allk.,
T I' A. MIAl'lillNKssY. polliK tiller
ln!nn Tru-t t'ouipany; home. I.r hinont
no stronK- -i miithle- eonrernlna- IIim war
Wll.l.lAM P. l'TTi:it. retlr-,1 epres-tit-eni.
L . I s seventh .upline; 'gentleuiHii of
lei. ure. htrl.-tly tieutrn'. '
! .f..tt:s I- MeSHANi:. manager of
muslin ullderweiir eon. em. 315 West
Twentieth street; " inpatMcs with ller-lii-li)-"
t". .MATTIinW i. KI.Y. real e,tate l,u..
n-H. 310 Wet Seventi -ninth street: Rrsdii.
Hte of Vate unc-tors for slei Kenera I Inns
Porn In ihe fnlted Stute. nn uptnloti on
Iho merits of Hie war
II. HIIW'AHtl .1 MATTIU'.WS. retired
nre e-llitnln, SIS Went flft -sllth street,
ijum In the I'lilted St-itew. nelltt-tl
I." ,IOSi:PU A. DAVIS, salewnnn, 5i1
Hast I. .',th street, pi'enta horn In Irrlatul.
fieittra1
fiipatlons Asked Tnleamen.
When the case was called at ln r.n
o'cl.-.ck otetday tnornliig the clerk called
twelve tale-men. seated them In the Jury
! ,Xi m) ,C;,M questioning them to do'.
tennlne their fltne.
.Mr. Knox wanted
to know- something about the ancestors
of tlie men. their sympathle In the war
and ineir poe-iiiie acquaintance wmi any
of the defendants or their friends. The
defence sought Information concerning
slocks held hy tho men in munition com
panies nnd whether they believed1 It was
all light for this country to ship muni
tions to thu Allle.
.lames C. McShane, an Irishman with
pro-German sympathies, said he was
I manager of n muslin underwear concern,
Thereupon Mr. Ptiger, for the defence,
said with a smile: "Well, 1 guess his
business has no lonnectlon with the
war" Fay smiled,
All three defendants were dressed with
remarknhle care and neatness. Daeche
especially looked a If he had Jut come
from a promenade on Fifth avenue. Fav
wore a dark suit with a nent tie, nnd
Scholz. hi hair having grow nsllglitly gray
j since his Incarceration, looked spick and
span,
I After the Jurors had been selected
Judge Howe cautioned them not lo speak
! about the case among themselves or with
'others, nor to permit others to discuss
the case In their presence. Mr. Knox
will make his opening address to the
Jury this morning. Paul Slehs and 'Carl
Wettlg, who say they knew of the plqt
before tho nrrest of the men, will be the
chief witness for tho Government to
day. .
STILL KEEP IGEL DATA.
(llllclMla Mill Walling Word I'rniu
Male Depnrt lilf nl.
AMIINUTON, April 25, Dep.utinciit
of Justice officials to-day still waited
wind from the State Department as to
the disposition of the impels taken from
Wolf von Igel, alleged l-Jnibawsy attache.
(initials, said thn situation remained
Hie same thu Department of Justlco do-
I siring to keep Ihe papers ami the Statu 1
Dieiaitiueut nuxlotis to havo tlie Germair
.voiiiiiss.iiior ri-n-ei uiiisii no wants, I ne
fuel that photographic eople of t(i
papeis still are In New York and that I
IlicM or the Department of Justice have
hecji enlarged by "notes" on correspon
dence, lias not tended to clear the case.
Heports to-day added to Ihn Informa
tion Hint has leaked out concerning the
nature of the papeis. There was 'basis
, f()r nmorH V0llUKiutli ,-,erma.
,,,. pri)pll(tM1,n, u wan to.,
liii.. of statements hy Von Igel's'
office males at New York the day of his
anest that certain "newspaper articles"
written about Japan for German con
sumption were not to bo taken seriously,
This statement was attributed to Georgo
vou Sluill, alleged propagandist.
Whether Secretary Lansing will subor
dinate tho Attorney-General's opinion
tluit the papers ought, to be kept to the
"larger question" In dispute with Ger
many I not definitely known.
SPECTATORS AT VERDUN
RACE IN RAIN OF SHELLS
.French' Guns Find Range of
dents, Who Have Narrow Escapes From Death
on Germans' Front Lines.
H J A Mli o'DO.VMll.l, BK.MNKTT. ,
Vrroun BATTl.KfiBLO, Knd of March.
Descending from a windswept height
which gave a view of burning Verdun wo
swung Into half a mile of curvlpg high
way. Like all highways In this tumbted
region this ono sometimes skirts and
sometimes crawls over tho round knobs
ol hills. It reaches Its lowest level at
the untidy village of I.. A few hundred
yards outside the village It Is commanded
by a German battery of six piece an
uticuvcrcd battery save, tor a few small
irees and branches of .larger .fees which
have been stuck up In fiont of It.
When our party ot fifteen soldiers and
correspondents came down tiom the hill
nnd sUuck Into the highway we .sep
arated Into groups of threo or four and
walked two or three hundred feet apart, i screamed "Halve!" and all the guns
This win, to avoid drawlr.g tho fire of i together. The roar of that volley
, ., . . ,,., did not make my heart turn over as It
an extremely energutlc ticncli batter). , ,, (lonc ,n ,mw, vnrU becaiwe this
As a rule cannoneers do not consider time lay mind was so lnent upon the
It worth whllo to flrc on groups of three 1 approaching French shell that sll other
or four Hut a party of fifteen moving 1 wniiidn seemed unimportant.
In close order presents a temptation As 1 ran 1 passed a bombproof ami t
that even a battery comminder who Is lemember wondering whether the wisest
saving his shells cannot bo counted upon thing to do would be to plunge Into It.
to legist. That thought was brushed away by
So we moved along wllh cotinlderablo another: "No; perhaps this bombard
coutldcncc. On thu hilltop wo had had mem will last for hours, and If It does
tho lcw of Verdun culiiedral tower the bombproof will bo beaten to pieces."
thrut up like a black linger from a lake So I kept on running,
ol smoke, and wo had seen the suburb of We had reached, I "SsilM say, the
inileville and Fort do Uellevtlle, wc, fifth rJ.-- of me battery, or perhaps the
thought, so thickly wrapped ill smoko last one, when the fourth French shell
that It seemed as If the situation thero struck It. It. like the one before, had
must be extremely dWpera'i'. ' fallen behind the third gun, but Instead
lof llfty jards behind It, only fifteen.
Ulti'lif I'milila- lleiimr. This 1 was told later by colleagues who
on the hilltop too wc had eaten our "V.i!'.?1'.1.',' V.!"'!. ,,! t
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" .V , it,,. ,iu ,,f ...i.ti iiikmeiit
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of the .Miiich wind.
And not the least
f,,.,. eunttihutlng to our
contentment
with the situation was the commodious
OI ','l"U'1.,,.,u.i. m,i lliul us out the
i take Into grateful cotslderatlon a good
;
SllCtl
thm.-s tli.it once seemed trltles
such as the fact that a lo.nlslde ditch
0,lly capJCious but dry,
Hrawing inar the village wc bad to
pas the i pieci G. -ini. in battery which
' ... . .. . . -
, conimaniieii tne nia i ioiuuik op nuni
... .. .... .. . .. ...
tile Milage III tile moilllllK e n.iii n.iu
I two minutes to scurry along in front of
I th linti,rv l...fnr,. It restlmeil lire.
! At that time thu French had not found
It iinil except for the danger of being
howled over by the dtaft of the German
shells as they p.i-ei over nut heads or
ha dig some mischief dune to the ear
' Utinn-, bv the relent of tlm gum. then
1M) pein m walking In Hunt or the
i,lllcry if uo made gissl time during the
two minute allowed us. liven so, there
are many pleasaiiter ways of takjng your
morning's promt mule than this.
Six I'snniui I'lrrd nt Once.
L'lwn our return from the hilltop the
situation in and aioutid the battery had
changid. There was no two minute al
lowance for pi-otnetiadeis now. Tiai six
gun the i-allbte of which would be
stricken out by the military cei.sor If I
nut It In weie working briskly
ami
M....,..iii..Au fit - .1 "h.iKn.' winch iiic.itis i
'alt ti.g.tber nnd which
roduces a sound
worth loin itig hut wealing on tin
For two hours Ihe Fteneh had been
feeling fv tills hatter), knowing that as
It i .num. it. dr,l an important highway I;
diserveil their spul.il attention. Just a
we returned to the battery thy found
It. In fact, whin wc were Jl't) )iint:. from
It their shell were falling so near ih.it
we were warned by the gesticulations
Htid shouts of the eannoniers not to pas
in front of their gtmi hut to come in be
hind them.
.Iut as we were turning In off the road
to the gun a French shell came scream
ing from the south and fell In a Held at
the bottom of the sIiik liehind the bat
ter). It scut up a fouutaiu of giayish
smoke which was like nothing so much
us ptay of ditty dihwatir. and It put
great ili llbeiatlon Into our hearts.
It had f.ilhn l.-'U yaiils behind and a
little to the left of the battery, not near
inointh to ni.iko ono wish to rim but near
enough to cic.ite a ft cling of anxiety
that was akin to apprehension. In a few i ,.,,mH to me that there Is one sensation
seconds this shell was followed by one'ulilch smothers nnd keens How
t,,,t fell lOrt yards direcll) behind thei
I patten'. Such swift cot reel Ion of lire
I ioiu d ominous, and we began to walk
rapidly, having by this time conic in 'be
hind the battery.
Guns Get the flange.
Tho under officer directing the fit c was 1
screaming ordcrn. the cannoneers, bent
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neatly uouoie, meir im-ra mi ik wiin
per-plratlon. weie loading and irii. with
' ' .
raptilll) mat wn tunnel iiiiiiuc iimi
.vet was without tiny suggistlon of panic.
The uu were being rlred by ones ami
twos Tivo of them had Jiitst In en llrnl
when a Ihltd French shell struck lift)
yards behind the third gun of the bal
toiy It had passed directly over our
beads
This collection of flic from Lin yards
to im ) arils atul from 100 yards to fifty
jardM, all In the course of perhaps two
n,nl,t,.H meant that If that tnte was
puilntalned tho fouith shell would strike
Inside tlie battery.
It did
"Hun. gentlemen, run:
In our party shouted, and
the soldier
their orders
Rrnarlwav at
i
In the Saks Motor Shop today
Men's Motoring
HquascHtHtn. Condon
Showerproof
J These coats are in typical English styles,
being London-made and designed.
I They are made of soft, all-wool cloths
and have been properly showerproofed by
the well-known Aquascutum process.
J Shown in New York only by Saks &
Company, in a large variety of new color
ings and patterns. sith Floor
Party of War Correspon
wem emphatically lndoised by the Ar
gentlne correspondent. Ho knew well
as the Germans with us that such rapid
correction of fire meant the utmost peril.
"They have got the range 1" he screamed,
and ran. We followed.
As I plunged over the uneven dirt floor
of the battery I could see the wet faces,
bare heads and wide, wild eyes of the
cannoneers and somehow I never before
felt bo near to men In my life. One
thinks fast under such conditions, and t
lemcmber that the thought ran through
my mind, "I wonder If It's with these
good fellows that I am going; to finish
life?"; nml I may add without any sentl-
STOliSr th.
soldier Is a good fellow, and In the
touiso of a year and a half I have come
to feel a deep affection for him.
Meanwhile, the fourth shell was on Its
nay to ns. While It was coming the
under ottlcer who was directing the fire.
I "", "n U MIJ niMih-
" lo the glad free IniuUcape
Mfl""!,,R "r l" h1 '.1W
li,ra""s r me nailery jusi as me
fouith French shell struck 1 stepped on
(.oinetii nc son mat neanv ir nmsi mej
I looked down. It was
Brown of the
i New York Tlmra.
hller Huddle Llnler l.uiia.
"A splinter has ntruck him and thrown
h)m down," I thought, and I clutched at
his aim. Hut he was not wounded. Kx
peeling splinters he had thrown himself
mi tne ground In tne hope of escaping
li.ll.cm. 1 can-see his face ns I plunged
,oer nun. it was not wnite ii nil mere
was no fear In the eyes. Hather nil ex-
pte-non or comfgeto amazemem. ion
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iniusru iu n irei sni n.m lonnnrr
t "r aln on.
The fourth shell had fallen between the
under ottlcer and his guns and he was
tigging It down the slope. HI. men were
..I huddled under their guns. This also I
was told by those who wen- behind me.
After the German "salvo" and the foitr'h
Flench shell there was a ellenee on both
side and we all took advantage of that
lull to make time.
It seemed essential that we should, for
our way our only way lay through a
lane of German shells which were plied
to a height of perhaps four feet on each
side of the highway for a distance of a
city l.lo"k. If tho ambitious French
should pop a shell Into tho mas. of am
munition It would be the end for us. and
no g. k 1 throwing ourselves on the '
ground to o-e.iprt splinters Hut the 1
French evidently were taking breath
j nfter the German "salvo" ami wo got
safely iiown the highway Into the Ml-
, "'. r
iteaciiing tmu point.
which wa safe
. enough lo seen, like heaven, everybody
' griiiueiwiiui laugneii rati er ion ismy ami
k.-)-l voice.. Thn coolest man Jit the
party was Prince of S a simple, dif
fident, s.lent old man, who Is In the au
tomobile corps and who on this occasion
scratched his beard In a reflective way
and said, "Well, that was Interesting!"
Iniprraaloii Analysed,
Later, everybody, feeling hound to fol
low the example of the young lloetho,
who had set down his Impressions of tho
"cannon fever" when he was under fire
at Valmy, only a few miles from where
we arc ever) body. I say. felt bound to
male an analysis of his Impressions.
Tlie tlrst fact that bore on me when I
f.lt I wa. safe was that I was not
trembling. This surprised me for I
knew that never In my life had I been
more frightened. And when I tried to
flume out why I was not tremlilltn- it
Dm; sensation of fear when one Is tinder
battery lire and that Is the sensation of
utter confusion or complete helplessness.
i;ven id run seems useless nnd yet
there is an agonized yearning for space,
and It serves all the purposes of fear In !
that It set.s the leirs costiir. P.rh.nq it i I
! fear and yet I cannot remember that In I
"r n Dony moaneq or cried or
1 awore or eave any of thn other kii.ii,. i
, ' , ,;. , .V
, mary slgntt of fear. I think Ihe thought
tluit Kent lis all tin waa thill nrntvihU,
that kept ns all up was that probably
wo could not escape but that possibly I
we might. In other words, wo expected
the worst but subconsciously counted on
a little luck
line of tho sub-threads, of emotion
which tangled nty faculties as we flow
out of the battery and which 1 can disen
tangle now wa, a wild hope that If th"
French shell did strike in my path It I
would do Its work Instantly and not i
h ave me lying thero for hours, mangled .
and bleeding. At Priemysl I hud wen I
horses that had been torn but not killed i
by shell fire, and I did not want any of
I that.
As 1 look back on the experience of i
"UtVi Street "J
Top-Coats at $28
Tiffany & Co.
Pearl Necklaces
of all Sizes
thls morning the chief horror of It
seems to havo been the waiting for the
(.hell to strike. "A modern shell," Brown
said, "Is like a latttesnakc It gives you
plenty of warning." Yes, It gives you
plenty of warning of a kind, hut It does
not give, you much chance. You have
time for a general survey of jour past
life, hut not much time to get anywhere.
once In the trenches iieari'crrone a
French ilfUinan sitting twenty yards
distant In tho opposite trenches took two
shots at Edwin Welgle and tne. That was
teasing and stilllclently unsettling, but It
created nothing of the agonizing sense
of helplessness that a man new to bat
tery flro feels when a shell fired from
a battery' that has found the range
comes toward him.
It whispers. It gurgles. It sobs. It
chuckles and It rattles, and It makes all
those M)e-vJ.i with such pertinacity, such
li:vi(ence and such clarity that long lie
fore It strikes It has taken all tho heart
nnd ntot of the sense out "of the lis
tener. And In that statement, I think, lies the
reason why during the progress toward
oh nf IliA ttlielt fhnf strlleU Itisldn th
battery none of lis was as frightened as
ho had a right to he. The ghastly sound
and the sense of helplessness so confused
the faculties that they wcie unable to
function clearly even along the lines of
fear.
Thu. far we have not learned what
happened to the battery wit left behind
us. l onger, wno oroi.ni up w e reroi
the flight and was hit by flying earth
when the, shell struck, says he believes
nuiie 01 me. ia.,ni.iems n "-
I am not going back to see.
INCOME TAX RULING PLEASES.
Kxeeptlon nf .Non-llraldeiil
tllen
Taken as Vlelor).
The decision of the Treasury Depart
ment to postpone I lie operation nf Its
ruling applying the Income tax to non
resident alien was received with general
satisfaction in hanking circles here yes
terday. The change was til be considered
as a recognition of a portion of the bank
ers' claims, although so far as known
the question of the divergence between
the ruling ami thn opinion nf the Attorney-General
on the law- has not been
settled.
It was said by Mime of those who have
been keeping In close touch with tlie
situation that the laving aside of the
ruling altogether might be a possibility.
In tills case the theory was that the
I Department would either await a Con-
gresslonal amendment to th law or limit
application to earnings on property ac
tually owned In this country. Hy this
method bonds would be exempted, al
though storks would he lnclided,
$5,000,000 FOR SHIP PLANT.
it VnrU Men In lli-.trrprlae
at Cheater. Pa.
ClIKsTKR, Pa.. April 25. J. Howard
Pew of Philadelphia. Senator William
C Sprout nf Chester and other Xew York,
Philadelphia and Pittsburg men have or
ganized a pew corporation, the Sun Ship
building Company, capitalized at about
Su.OOO.Onn, which will build one of the
largest shipbuilding plants in America
company already
...a.-, in ,ti, vu iniu.iiiiu
river front property
hero nn,l lof enn.
tracts for a dozen buildings.
In addition to the new plant the com
pany Is to take over the plant of Itobert
Wetherlll & Co. Inc.
Hi-ports an Japanese Nlispect.
W.vsillNtiToN, April 23. The Depart
ment of Justlco received to-day a report
rrom Capt. Oltley of New York con
corning the arrest there yesterday of
Sho Shlsto,
being a spy
Japatiee suspected of!
The report conveyed
Information abnti the paper found on
the Japanese, which arc said to have, In-
eluded diawings of the coast defences of
Hie Fnlted States,
Significance of
the Saks Label
in Men's Clothes
There are two kinds of Labels one identi
fies the name of the maker, and the other conceals it.
The responsibility of most clothing shops is
confined to the label ours extends to the clothes.
The label is about the only thing we don't
make but the balance is exclusively our own.
Whenever you buy a garment with a Saks
label on it, you are buying Saks workmanship
and all that it implies.
You are buying the original work of the
author, with the author's name on it. and not
the product of some wholesale clothing man
ufacturer, burdened with two separate
profits, one for the maker and one for the
middleman who sells it to you.
Spring Suits
Spring Top Coats
&nk5&(!Jompnmj
Broadway at 34th Street.
AIMS TO PUT CURB
ON 'BENEFIT' SHOWS
AltlcriiiHii NVnclol Offers an
Amendment to Inform Tub
He Whom Proceeds do.
LICKNSKS PROVIDED FOR
Alderman Wendel, chairman
committee on general wellaro
of
of
the
the
nn
ot
Hoard of Aldermen. Intioduced
Amendment )esierday to the codu
ordinances relating to amusement and
exhibitions, by which It Is hoped sonio
check can he placed on the numerous
entertainments that nie now being given
under tho gulso of charity. He said he
Introduced It at the liistaino uf the New
York Publishers Association.
Kspcclally since thu outbreak of the
Kuropean war Ilia city has been deluged
with applications for assistance In behalf
f (l,H Ul.a thilry AU ,
,,., hllve Ven Kh..n ,,. , ,.
I , f lUcmilinv vvll ,olm, ,
, largely benefits for the
r(.ni(,(, ,M ,.,,.. ,,,,,
pelsolts I oil-
Tlie ii mil 1. 1 -
ment requires Hint pernus giving such
heiieilt entertainments shall take out
licenses unless he or she shall have Is en
for at least linen months pi ending eon
nected with some regtihuly Incorporated
charity. Tho amendment savs fin titer!
"Hvery nianacer of a charity enter
tainment shall tile with the Hilieau of
Licenses, with the ap,,llc,-ilioti for such,
a statement of istlmateil ixpetiM'.. with,
the percentage1 of the glos pioceeds or
fixed amount to be tetultie,! hy tho
manager.", or other condition. of em
ployment, livery manager of a charity
entertainment shall also publish a state
ment of the sum total of thn estimated
expeisse. of any nlet tiiiutiiuiit or series
of entertainment! "i- a statement of tho
percentage of the gios proceeds to bo
devoted to Hie charltahlu objet t or ob
jects, or both, .which shall appear In a
conspicuous place oji any advertisement,
posters, pro-iramincs-. Invitations, letters
of credential or ttppcal. and on the It
cense. "livery manager of a charily enter
tainment shall Veep recoids of every
Mich entertainment, In which shall ts
legibly written a list of all the. receipts
and expenditures. In. 'Iu. line the Hernials,
an 1 this list shall I' open at all reason
able time to the Inspection of the Com
missioner of License and shall lw filed
In the bureau of licenses within ten
days after stndi entertainment, or series
of entertainments, has t ikeii pls.ee, as a
public record."
i Tne onlltiance was referred to the
' general welfare committee.
DELEGATES FOR PRESBYTERY.
WeatchcNtcr .Niuiiea Men to tin to
(cnerrll .'rlillil .
i , I . , . ,,.. . ... . ..
Vlivsicr llv-ojie'J in 1- i.-ll'H on
In tlw North Avenue Presbyterian
Church to-day i beted tMe following dele
gates to the General Assembly "f the
Presbyterian Church, to be In Id at At
lantic City next month :
The Hev George lie) nobis of N'c-V
lloclielle, the Hi v. A. llavmnml C, krl of
Yonkers. the lbv. Lewis i. Leal) of
Pelhaiu Manor. Flder liodtiey Gibson of
New ltochelle, F.Ider George S II '
Purine!, and Klib r Walter Thomas if
Yonkers. Alternate, tho Itev. George
no.Smvth of Hartsdale. tho Hey. Charles
I
Carlt.irt of Latchiiiont. tlie Hev, II.
C. Meerve of I!)e, Hlder Halph K. Pi inn
jof Yonkers. lllder Davis anil Kldor IMwiu
I Hriggs of Harrison.
$17.50 to $18
$15.00 (o $35
iii'r;
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