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Y6carry '.m lY ihe bime is Ii g a psfiobo &ty. HE RDA NO. 3965. WATM-Ebdwm WASHINGTON. D. C. THUJRSDAY. AUGUST 30, 1917. TWO CmN~ WILL FIGHT 1 SENATORS Peace Will Only Cmne When Kaiser Is Overthrown General Belief Here; Sec retary Lansing Makes Plain Independent Posi tion of U. S.-French Are Silent. The seed is still open to peace. Sec retat Lansing admitted as much yes tarday. But the road Is a hard one. It is growing evident here that it will be travelled with artillery and bayonet rate than by further discussion. Events will have to make further answer to the President's reply to the Pore. Opinion here ipelines strongly that they will be the events of the battlefield, rather than the events of the council table, or the German In tenal political struggle. The United State$ will pursue the even tenor of her ways. Her prep arations for war will go on with in creased vigor. When the regeneration of the German government becomes certain. the United States will talk peace. and talk it. it was intimated today. independent of the selfish alms ot the other allies. just what will be considered the re generation of the German government cannot now be made plain. Any aI leed regeneration will be closely ex amined in the light of facts. I. S. Iadependent. "Will the making of the ministers of the government responsible to the Iteichstag constitute a German gov ernment with which the United States e can treat'" Mr. Lansing was asked. " Such an arrangement would have to be closely examined as to its genuineness," Mr. Lansing replied. "By what standards would it be measuredy' he was asked. "By many standards." was his an I swer. Mr. Lansing further made plain the Independent position which the United States will take In any move for peace. 1 -Provided all of the conditions Im posed are complied with by Germany will the United States make peace Ir respective of England and the other allies" was asked. "We will at least talk with the other allies." he 'replied. The State Department, though per haps more fully informed on internal conditions in Germany than any other foreign office. is admittedly not so C well informed as it would like to be. Every dispatch that comes out of Germany is minutely ex-imined and weighed by both the Secretary of State and the President. Yet. in the light of all this, the o;-inii !n Washington Is growing day I by day that the German military auto (racy will never be overthrown from Within. It will take a smashing de feet .pn the field of battle to shatter the tradition of the Kaiser. The Presidents agreement with the lope on the futility of a war after th war rtrikes at one of the founda e tiona of the war s popularity in Great .r:tain. the feeling that Britain was lighting as much for her own eco nomic life as for any principle of in ternational justice. The French art equally silent. But In the case of the French it is be lie' d that thcy are anxious for the overthrow of ;e!rmany for a more Intimately personal reason than are the Rrltish. The French have ex presed their determination to pursue 0 the war unt:l Germany is made to ray for her agzressions -against French terr tory . and is so thoroughly OINTINt'E) VIN PACE TWO. U.S. PLANS GREATEST TORPEDO BOAT REET President Approves $350,000,000' Appropriation for New Boats. Three hundred and fifty million dollars for torpedo boat destroyers to make the flotilla of the United States the greatest in the world, was approved by President Wilson yesterday. The announcement confirms the statement several days ago that the navy will build its own plants for the construction of further destroy ers. Two hundred and twenty-five million dollars of the proposed ap propriation will he expended as the President thinks best. It is also revealed that the plan to increase the destroyer fleet has the backing of every technical ex pert in the naval establishment. It is not the idea of Secretary Daniels alone, though he has enthusiastical ly concurred in it. The General Board, the Chief of Operations, and the Special Bqard on the Submarine Menace are , agreed in believing that the In crease of the destroyer flotilla is the most desirable material develop ment for the navy and a vital mili tary necessity at this time. The arrangements for speeding up the destroyers now under con struction, ordered both before and since the declaration of war, has taken all of the money provided In the emergency fund of the last naval bill and created a deficiency in that fund. This program has also used up all the facilities for de stroyer construction that are at, hand throughout the country. Conferences with ship and ma-i Schinery builders, Mr. Daniels an-I nounced yesterday have convinced him that the compl'etion of his am-i bitious program Is physically pos sible, He will urge Congress to appropriate the money with all despatch. 'Germa. U-Boat Sinks British Ship Assyria New York, Aug. 29.-lnsurance circles bare today received advices that the British steamship Assyria. EW tons, under charter to the Cunard I Line, had been sunk by a German submarine. You Can Get This Paper Served to Your Home Daily and Sunday For 0il 30 Per Mt Asg Your News Agent, Phone Mats 3300 or Drop PostaL. 0 FINISH;. BACK WILSON Committee on Foreign Re lations Opine That Pres ident's Reply to Pope's Peace Note Voices Senti ment of American People. The Germans Must Show Good Faith. Practically the whole of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations are of the opinion that the President's re ply to the Pope's peace note express ed the sentiment df America fully. By Willard Saulsbury, Senator from Delaware. President pro tempore of the- Senate: The President's note states in un e<.ualled phrase the ideas, conclusions and matured opinion of the American people. We were forced by brutality, hypocrisy and deceit of the Prussian masters of Germany to enter this war in defense of our essential rights. We will not agree to an Inconclusive peace. There must be some one or some government with which ani agreement can be made to bring about such a peace. We are - not spending billions of dollars to have only a truce until international wolves can fatten themselves from entanglement by killing our friends in detail and then fall upon us. The German people must show their good faith with the world if they want to recover the peace their rulers violat ed. America will persevere, until the prospect of lasting peace holds some light hope of ftifillment. God grant that prospect may not be long de layed. By Key Pittman, Senator from Ne vada: The President's message rejecting the Pope's peace proposal is in per fect harmony with every statement of policy of this country that the President had declared. If possible. it is the stronoest statement that has been made. it is brief. direct nnd final. Backs Up President. It is unnecessary to say the Pres ident's note is a perfect statement of my o pinion A peace on any other condition would not be a peace. but a period of preparation by the Hohensallerns for a more! disastrous war. There is no one now with whom we could contract peace, because a contract must be either physically or morally bind ing. The Hohenzollerns will not he moially bound by any contract. and the work is not yet in a posi tion to fasten and enforce a treaty for such a peace. By P J. l.Cumber. Senator from North Dakota: I concur most heartily in all the declaratons expressed In the Presi dent's message rejecting the peace proposala of Pope Benedict. We have heretofore stated what we re gard as proper terms of peace. The German government has never in any way indicated that it would conform or agree to the terms which we propose. The basis which we have declared to be the only essential basis of peace means 'the unquestionable protection of every small and weak nation of the world. It means. sec ond. disarmament to such extent that no nation can, without a mo ment's notice destroy any foreinI nation. It means, third. that the nations shall titer into such a compact as will guarantee the in depend nece and teritorial integ CONTINUED ON PAGiE TWO. POLISH ASSOCIATION DENOUNCES TEUTONS Circular Characterizes Methods as "Devlish in Their Cruelty." The Polish National Associations, through their Washington bureau. last night issued a scathing denuncia tion of German methods in their country. They charge that the Teuton powers, far from trying to build up the Polish nation, are deliberately carrying forward a particularly brutal partition of the country and a sup pression of all Polish nationalism. It is charged that Prussian offleers have openly boasted that the Polish question will be solved by the star vation of the Polish people. Among the exactions which it is charged the Teutons have imposed are the Ger manization of Polish Christian and family names, and the names of streets, the ban against speaking Po lish in the schools or courts, the re quisitioning of Polish horses and ag ricultural machinery, to such a de gree that the plows must now be drawn by Polish women, seizing Po lish merchandize and imposing un bearable taxation while throttling all Polish industry and the wholesale ex patriation of Poles from their land according to a plan which the cir cular characterizes as "devilish in its cruelty. Gen. Gonzales Slated For a Cabinet Berth Mexico City. Aug. 29.-It was au thoritatively learned today that when Gen. Pablo Gonzales re turns from the United States, where he is on a mission to persuade President Wilson to lift the em bargo on ammunition to Mexico. he will be appointed chief in Presi dent Carranza's cabinet. West Point Graduates 152 Officers Today West Point, N. Y., Aug. 29.-The post is thronged with visitors tonight. the eve of the commencement exer cises. Tomorrow 1->2 cadets of the class- of 1918 will be graduated. This is ten months ahead of ached ule time. It is due partly to meet the exigencies of the war. The honor man of the graduating class is Charles C. Courture, of Siotix City, Iowa, Cadet Royal H. Place, of Marinette, Wi., is "the immortal goat." as the last man is termed. Cup Deeder for Freighter. Boston. Aug. 23.-The yacht Karina. once owned by Commodore J1. Ken nedy Tod, of the New York Yacht Club, will be sold as a cargo carrear. It is zaported that the famous cup defender America will also be a fami=Mtr Reichstag Discused Occupied Terrlhry Berlin (via Londen). Aug. 1S. The Rleestag main osomatite held a briee sefsni today-for further dlseassio of the advmi latratlon of seepied territory. Its deItheritlom of the last two days have been ot a highly een Adential nature, and so report ot the proceedings has been pub lished. The committee will adjourm em Wedneoday until the reconvening of the Reichstag. which will take place September 26. MASS MEETING ENDS IN RIOT Six Persons Arrested at Gathering of Friends of Irish Freedom. (By the international News Service.) New York. Aug. 29.-Disturbance at street corner meetings reached a climax tonight at the gathering of the Friends of Irish Freedom at Thirty fifth street and Broadway. The police waged a bitter battle with a mob of about 5.n00 persons. Six persons were arrested and a riot occurred outside of the Men's Night Court when the men prisoners were taken there for arraignment. It was necessary to summon police reserves to the court building to clear the streets. The iron gates of the building were closed and locked and police had a difficult time preventing the mob from rushing them. Many persons were tramped and in jured at the mccting itself and also in the disturbance outside the court house. Persens Arrested. Those arrested were: John D. Moore. a construction en gineer and secretary of the Sone of Irish Freedom. Margaret T. J. Curley. a stenogra pher. James E. Cook, a mining engineer. Stephen Johnson, organizer of The Friends. Timothy McCoy and John Weisen bach. The mob began gathering about the courthouse shortly after the arrests were made. Mlost of the people came from Breadway and Thirty-fifth street after the police had cleared the streets. Magistrate Brough telephoned for reserves and when the crowd con tinued to grow and became increas ingly unruly he telephoned headquar ters for all reserves available. hiERARD UNMASKS PLANS OF KAISER German Ruler Proposed Invasion of Central America. ;overnment and other officials here manifested much interest in a chapter of former Ambassador Gerard's book, published yesterday in the Philadelphia Public Ledger. dealing with an intended ostracism of America by two European pow ers, and making the following ac cusation against Germany: Later I was informed by a man 9igh in the German foreign office that Germany had proposed to Eng land a joint intervention in Mexico, an invasion of which would have put an end forever to the 31onroe doctrine, of course, to be followed by the forceful colonization of Cen tral and South America by Euro pean powers. I was told that Eng land refused. But whether this proposition and refusal in fact were made can be learned from the archives of the British foreign of fice. "During this period of trouble with Mexico, the German press, almost sithout excention, and especially that Part of it controlled by the govern ment and by the conservatives, or junkers, was most bitter in its atti lude toward America. "The reason for this was the under lying hatred of an autocracy for a successful democracy, envy of the wealth. liberty, and commercial suc ess of America. and a deep and strong resentment against the Monroe doctrine. which prevented Germany from using her powerful fleet and great military force to seize a foot hold in the Western Hemisphere." MAY FORCE SOLDIERS TO COMPLETE CAMPS Labor Shortage Hampering Work at Admiral and Yaphank. Labor shortage Is seriously hamper ing the construction of the canton ments for the new national army, and the War Department is considering the possibility of including skilled Ia borers in the first increment of the Iraft so that they can rush the work :m the camps, The firm building the cantonment at Admiral, Md.. spread all over Wash ington yesterday an advertisement for laborers at $3 a day-and free trans portation to and from the camp. It was stated that response to the ap peal was light, It was also learned yesterday that tis the shortage of labor that is solding up the cantonment at Tap lank. Long Island. Reserve ofncers tetailed to this cemp have been or lered to postpone the date of reporting here. Under the military law it is be leved that the first of the conscripts can be assigned to almost any work heir offncers choose for thems upon ap searing at the cantonment. It is not lesired, however, to compel men to perforrg labor to which they are not iccustomed, and this wIll only be done is a last resort. Son of Representative To Be Held as Sheker Madison, Wlp, Aug. 29.-Byron Nel son. son of epresentative John M NJelson, of Madisoi and a graduate f the University of Wisco~in, wIll be arrested for fallinig to lO5er un ier the draft law. A Federal warrant was issued to sight for his arrest. Young Nelson is mnanaging, a farm snod by hI. father in Caada. If he lee. not return tq Usema is answpr Maj. Pullman With Fede ToBanish Army and Navy Inv tempt to Improl Southwest Maj. Raymond W. Pullman operating with the army and nav3 in Southwest Washington. He said last night that for sc working in conjunction with Rayn mission organized to protect the i camps and military establishments had been one of the places under PULLMAN REDO The superintendent of police i ditions in Southwest Washington. officially upon the vice exposed known that he has redoubled his i degrading influences. An Imnoral Spot. One of the main rendezvous for sol diers and sailors is the so-called Mis souri avenue park, a part of the Mall. There are no lights in this area and immoral practices and open solicita tion is common. This park is controlled by Col. Harts, superintendent of public build ings and grounds, and the local po lice have no jurisdiction unless they personally observe law breakers. The special park policemen are expected to maintain order. but they are Sel don observed after nightfall. A num ber of lights distributed throughout the park would eliminate much of the evil which has been complained about. Since the exposure of conditions in this section, the situation has been greatly improved. All of the licensed saloons have been more rigid about selling liquor to civilians who intend to pass it to soldiers. The police, alo. have been active in noting the wo men who frequent some of the dis reputable places and a general fear fills the atmosphere in and around the section, with a result that ine law is more strictly observed. Daniels Takes A Hand. Cowlitions in South Washington af fecting the moral welfare of enlisted men were called directly to the atten tion of Secretary of the Navy Daniels yesterday. The Navy Department does not ad Selective Men's To Be Held I September 4. at 4 p. m., was yes terday decided upon as the time for Ithe National Capital's parade and ,mammoth demonstration honoring the selective men of the District, following a meeting of the citigens' committee, at which it was further arranged to invite officers from al lied armies who are now in Wash ington to participate. On suggestion of Chairman Gude. women's patriotic organizations will be invited to join the march and take part in the send-off of the District's national army quota. Orders were signedlyesterday by high officers for the mobilization of the army and navy contingents. who will come from camps and cantonments in and around this city, and even as far away as Nor folk. Gen. -Kuhn. head of the Army War College, expressed himself as "enthusiastic over the plans as worked out by the citizens' com mittee." Acting on Commissioner Brown low's plan, the selective men will form at the Guard Armony on L street. where they will be divided and led in the march by the ex emption boards which examined the different units. Last night the Dis trict Commissioners sent an urgent request to every man who has been called and passed to take part in the parade in their honor, whether or not they have appealed their eases or will he Included in the first quota. Route of Proeeaflen. All participants will form in the vicinity of the Capitol grounds, and the parade will move to Pennsyl vania avenue, entering at First street northwest; down the Avenue to Fifteenth street. north to the west extension of the Avenue, past the White House to Eighteenth street, according to tentative plans of Maj. Cordier, Chief of Staff, to Gen. Joseph E. Kuhn, grand mar shal of the parade. Because there is no appropriation by Congress to maintain order, such as is made for inaugural festivities, Maj. Pullman has asked for the assistance of the entire Home Defense Leagues ot the Capital in protecting the march ers and public. This is the first duty call issued to the Defense Leaguers since their organization, as it was originally planned to have them march as a unit. The Avenue will be roped cff, andl street car service suspended during the time required for the move ment of the thousands who will march. and local Boy Scouts, as well as detectIves here and from cities nearby, will help keep perfect order. To recall men of the police force now on vacation is also part of Maj. Pull man's plan for sajeguarding what 'he calls "the biggest jbb the department has ever handled." Prominent 'Nen to Do in Line. In view of President Wilson's ac ceptance of an Invitation to take part and march afoot, probably at the head of the drafted honor contingent. it is now predicted that Cabinet offi cials and Congressmen will also unite in the patriotic send-off wishing God speed to the selected recruits for na tional servlce. Although not officially made pubtic so far, it is expected that on the day of the parade all govern ment departments and bureaus, Dis trict and national, wrill "close their doors at 3 o'cl'ook. releasing, accord ing to conservative estimates, about 5,00 additional marchern and spec tators. Already 200 letter carriers, in uniform, have -decided to apepar in line, together with 200 clerks of -the Postofice Department, Itestrictions on banners have been imposed to exclude any but insigmua of the organisations, and colors of the United Statua and alie countries. All banners with lettera or printing on-them must eihei~tttg for tas aaManU an 4vsun~. ;'saa B Co-operates ral Officials Vice from City stigators Join in At re Conditions in Washington. of the police department is co r officials to keep conditions clean lme time the local police had been ond B. Fosdick. head of the com morals of enlisted men in training , and that Southwest Washington observation. UBLES EFFORTS. s keen for maintaining decent con and, while refusing to comment by The Washington Herald, it is 4forts to protect enlisted men from - vertise its purpose of investigating vice conditions in any locality, but it i3 understood that an official probe of the specific places mentioned in the complaint will be made at once. The same procedure that brought about the cleaning up of Newport, H. I., and Norfolk, Va., will probably b, followed in the District. In each case the Secretary notified, the Governor that unless conditions we!e improved he would use his au thority to keep the localities clean and safe for the men at the training station. The drastic ultimatum of Secretary Daniels resulted in the clos Ing up of "speak easies" and red light divisions and his action has received country-wide commendation. Four-and-a-half street southwest will vie with Newport and othec places where loose morals have been called to the attention of the Navy Department. Prostitutes ply their trade in the park, with soldiers and sailors as patrons. One licensed saloon in the vicinity of the park is the headquarters of an organized crowd of degenerates. All of these conditions were called to the attention of Secretary Daniels yesterday. Operating under the guise of nea beer saloons they have encouraged negro women and white trostitutes te gather, and the nightly orgies have been a disgrace to the decent people who live in the vicinity. Great Parade luring Afternoon Hazen,. marshal of the civic ser tion, before the date set for the parade. Organizations interested In the dem onstration and which have officially' or otherwise planned to contribute paraders, include the United Confed erate Veterans, Military Service Le gion, Home Defense Rifle Company of the Maccahees, and Grand Army of the Republic. Committee In Ealarged. .Names of the following were added yesterday to the general committee In charge: W. A. Hamilton, Judge W. A. Wartield. Lieut. Col. Arthuri Brooks, National Guard, District of' Columbia. retired. Maj. H. I4 Web ster and Jarhes A. Cobb. Every Con federate veteran in or near the city has been naked to join the rArade, in letters mailed hv Fred Beall, com mander of Camp 171. United Confed erate Veterans. urging them to nt tend a meeting at headquarters, 1:L32 Vcrmont avenue northwest, next Fri day at 7:30 p. m.I Col. R. N. Harper has sent out -11 letters from the finarce committee tI leading business and professional men of the city requesting $1) Rpieco to defray expenses. All who have had reqluests to enter the parade are urged to give their decisions as to whether they will join at as early a day as ,ossible. Congressmem Iaitled, It becanme known late last iight that the Dik'trict of Columbia division of the Training Camps Association of the 'nited States will jin the parad ers, according to word from David B. 'arrick. secretary of the ass, iati. Capt. Richard D. LaGarde. formeily of the United States army. has en Itered 00 men from the l'lattshuirg Training Camps Aassoiation from the I Coast and Geodetie Smrvey. and the 'reasury Department. Heads of organizations nre urgently requested to use the entiy blank to be found elsewhere in today's Herald and send it to the committee at once, if their organizations intend to par ticipate. I'ntil a late hour last night a force of clerks was working at the Rtail Merchsnts' Association gettii out circular letters to prospective ent rants. Invitations to participate in the event were sent to Congressmen and Senators, and members of the Cabinet were asked to organize their respective departments for entry. Members of Chamber of Commerce. selected by President Sinclair to aid Cot. Harper on finance committee for patriotic parade, are: Eugene E. Ailes. George Ut. Amreln. American Florists. WN. D. Allen. Wit 1lam Adler. Abe Abrahams, J. G. Ac ton. J7. C. Anderson, Walter Allen. V.' C. Archibald. James Alexander Co.., Ins.. L. E. Albert, Albright & Barker. WN. M. Alexander. John F. Agnetr, R. Barclay Adams. J. M. Ash, T. H Alexander, Harry Abrahamson. I. N. Beatty, Rudolph Berger, H. A. Bar tholomnew, R. J. Bedmer. William D Brown. H. E. Barrett. Nathan Bach rach, Frank L. Browne, A. H. Bak shian. H. F. Boryer, R. W. Bulkley, J. G. Benton. C. L. Bowers. H. .. Berens, Dean Caldwell, W. H. Cross, H. Mf. Crandall. E. W. Davis, C. E. Doyle, Mortimer Du Perow. J7. . Duff. E. B. Emerson. W. J. Flather. jr., R. G. Fletcher. .7. J7. Fister. Au gust Freyer, E. C. Gramm,. R. W. Geare. Harry Goldberg, C. Mf. Gearhart, C. B. Gould. Joseph B. Gulli, Isadore Glassner, E. E. Harding. Mf. E. Hor ton, F. A. Hood. Samuel Hanlein, R. L. Holmes, Mf. H. Hopwood, Dr. E. B. Horen, P. Hall, H. V. Hayden. Leo H. Harris. H. L. J7arboe, A., D. J7acob son, W. B. J7acktson, E. C. Jonas, MU ton Kaufman, L. Kahn. D. W. Klein. E. 8. Keen, Newman Little. Ben Liv ingston, H. F. Lowman. David Levy. Arthur Latternter, if. J7. Lae, H. B. Larg, jr.. W. C. Leng, Louls K. Lig geti, C. S. Mwei E. H. Mo.ha. E. Hues lnvent Bombs Rmebling Ponci A new fortm t Ge m. figt fulsme adopted by the Austrins wS reported to the nssoa. Bm hoasy here yeserday Aoro pisames recently saw over the eligbbehboe of Brnds. After they had passed nmmbers of oh Seets which resembled lead pen cis were ftem. 1hey eplieded when as attempt was made to sharpen them. A small bay near Sehlo to the Brescia provine was Beveely wounded In this maner. The archbishop of Brescia iosoed a warmiag to ha oek t beware of the imaeeemt-beekag herrors. RUSSIA FACG NEW DISASTER Railway Men Issue Strike Ultimation That Revolu tion Must Be Put Down. (By the Internatemal News Service.) Moscow, Aug. 2%.-Dark clouds are hovering again over Russia. Every :peaker at the extraordinary confer ence here points with uncompromising frankness to the dangers that threat en from without and within. Remedies galore are suggested. However, at the close of the third Pitting of the great e-ngress there still seemed no other way out of the tangle than the "Kor r.lloff way,." that of the iron rod or the Coesack rawhide to whip the old discipline back into the body and soul of a mob-like army. But that way is opposed with bitter stubbornnss by the workmen's and soldiers' delegates, still numnerically the most powerful body in Russia. The masses continue to pin their hopes upon Keren'ky. who. though threatening blood and :ren. is constitutionally incapable of actually app!ving the instruments of the defunct Czarism. A chasm yawns between these two sides. Trouble has prsng up between Kerensky and Korniloff. The latter, backed by the Constitutional Demo err-ts. is determined to "go through" with 1Is program. He reiterated this Iron resolve today. Railway Strike Threatened. At the sarae tim'- there was flun-T into the great assemblage a threat which. if carried out. would bring on disaster. The great brotherhood of railway men, through its head. M. Orethoff. issued an ultimatum that it the growing counter revolutionary movement is not put down forthwith. a country-wide strike will be declared. How menacing the disorganization of iiiiansportation systerg already Ia *hetold today by M. Froloff. one nf the leading railway representatives. l'alling prompt improvement, he Paid. November will see the complete break Sown of the system. Shivers of awe went through the huge assembly in the opera house ahen former Commander-in-chief Alexieff described the disintcgration that has already gnawed its way :hrcugh the ranks of Russia's fighting millions. General Alexieff told how the I'top an ariny orders of the Socialist regime bhave undermined discipline Ind divided the whole army into two camrps, officers and solditrs. The only heartening factor at the third sitting of the conference was a ries of loyalty pledge.. Represents tives of Russia's Jews, of the lkrain ians. l tts and Mluzzulmen all de clared solemnly that for them there is but one love, that of Itussia, but one aim, that of saving Rus.ia's freedom. JAPS iNORE REPORT ON TROOP MOVEMENTS Members of Mission Refuse to Dis cuss Army Movements. The Japaise Mission here tir:sed all iment vesterday on the r' it from t'aris that Senator Ribert hai stated 2.w Jaianese troops wer-e ready fr gcri i, in Is rnice. (in the rrond t'IIhat miht ,y matters sould not b, liessed. a representative of tIh le is even i-fis.-d to sav lhher .lptan hid that man.y mn Thouh ,h1i sit il mision and Am bs'sdor S.to will undoubtedly so-n I,- hc r, th exiports administitive boari w th a reitst for steel for lap:Ws nmntions factories, no ap ppint.ment for such a conference Iasd ibecti made yesterday afternoon. The imp ression has been created here. however, that Japan is only too cager to get her troops into tie battle in the Western front. She has offered every possible means of co-operatin. Ind she will eagerl, offer men, it is eslieved, if there is an apriparent need )f them at any point. But as the onIv point where soldiers are needed now seems to be the Russian line. which Japan cannot reach. It is belie-ed there is little likelihood of the little brown men getting into action in the present war beyond what they have 1reaidy done with the German colonies n the Pacific and their efficient Isatrol if the Paefdic. the Indian Ocean and >arts of the Mediterranean. DHIO NEGRO TROOPS THREATEN TROUBLE Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 29.-Follow ng the announcement of negro sol tiers of Ohio, in camp here that they 'xpect to visit , white picture shows md the T. M.. C. A., a committee of white and colored citizens celled at he camp of the negroes today end ;ave them to understand tbat the regregation of the races in the South would not permit even negro soldiera o mingle with white people. They were told by Victor Tulane, a trominent color-ed citizen, that the egroes here have been working in harmony with the white people with-i mut mingling with them either in mublic or private affairs, and the segroes of 3dontgomery will resent ny attempt at disorder or any io-I ation of the "'rules of the South." while negro troops are stationed here. IWO BURNED IN EXPLOSION. Carneys Point, N. J., Aug. 3-Two ene were slightly burned and several housand tons of powder destroyed in flare-up at the Du Pont plant here insight. Su3.d to Niast Fa~a and Uo urn D-ulnare and Ohio eema AUSTRIANS N VERIFYITA IThe Embassy He Receives News How Gen. Cador na's Courageous Men Cut Swath Ten Miles Deep and .Twenty Miles Wide - Into Heart of Austrian Defense. The Bainassa plateau has been clear ed of Austrians. The Austrian lines have not been reformed. Rema - ig fortified positions have been enveloped. The way to Iest-and beyond-to apen. A hit ten miles deep and twenty miles wide has been nipped from the Austrian line. That is the summary of Gen. Cador na's great drive received at the Italian Embassy here today. The dis patch contained details of the battle glowing with inspiration. Italianbands played the Italian hyms as the troops swecit forward to the as sault. They brought upon themselves a shower of Austrian asphyxiat!ng shells-but the gallant musicians never stopped playing until the heights had been won. The attack on Mote Santo was made from three sideh. Three great bodies of troops were employed. To each was committed one of the colors of the Italian flag. a red. a green and a white. The three pieces were united and flung to the breeze only when all the victorious troops had reached the summit. Austrimm. Admit Gracity. Italian military critics declare that the brilliant victory of the Bainsizza has made unsafe the whole Tolmino position of the Austrians. The Aus trian papers admit the gravity of the position. The Austtrian official statement of August :3 admits the defeat. attribu' ing it to the numerical superiority cr the Italians. But the Austrian papers are quoted in Rome as taking a very gloomy view of the whole affair The Neue Frele Presse, of Vienna. is quoted as fellows. "There is no need to do as the os trich does. The Italian offensive has been successful and If the success to extended our defenses will be in very grave danger." The Deutches Tagesseitung. of Vienna, says: ''I is to he hoped that Germany un derstands the gravity of the hour we are passing through today in meeting these three frontal attacks on the Isnso. at Verdun and in Flanders. "It is strange." one of the attaches of the Italian Embassy remarked pes terday. that Austria rersists in call ing this the battle of the 'Isonse? We are fron, ten to Sftee miles beyond '!se ial dispat'h from Rome e scribing the greAt victory was trans lated at the embassy as follows: "Bainsisam is a new example of warfare. It Is a high plateau ett meters above sea level, between the COTIi0tM'ED nN PACE 7i. MINISTER EXPLAINS iERMAN SHIP DEMAND Chevalier Van Rappard Says 5-Year Request Means Uttle. Chesalter van Rappard. the Nther land's minister. yesterday called upon Presdent Wilson and explained the recent German demands for tluth shipping which have worri d the United States. Chevalier van Rap pard stated that the German demands aniounted to little. "Germany dfi ask Netherland r pairera of ship to induce the owners to sign a declaration that for the .e-uis iteIir the war the ships %tould I, used for Ge minan interests.' Chi at t %an Raplard sad. 'But a h'-n lhe Nethrlainds ojected I, this lth' clause was atnellId. *For new ships to be constrzicted wi:h I ermran sltel. er:tanl nW Maks that after the war these ships-n cas, Ih-y are not isod for Dutch retu r - m ent-w il bi sulbje t to the .'ption of G.rman wants. he only motive for this last e :oest of 4iermany is eA nidln to Pre icre for itslf Innage slier t he war. Isul as Hollatnd hersellf wll sur.i want all itt tonnage aiter the war, Ith. rehjuest seems not xely itportant to the Netheilandg government. Any how. nothing has .et been decided anI negoia tions are still pending" PEOPLE'S COUNCIL TO MEET IN FARGO Convention Delegates Are Promised Protection by Governor. New York. Aug. 29.-Barred from tholdinz its proposed convention in Mtinneaipoli, on September 1. the Peo ple's Council of America announced today that it will convene on the date set at Fargo. N. Dak. This change of plans was made, according to offleers of the council, upon receipt of a tele gram from Gov-. Lynn Frazier. of North Dakota. The message as given out follows: 'The People's Council of America for Democracy arkf Peace will be guar teed their constitutional rights in North Dakota. We are local and pa triotic arnd believe in freedom of speech for all peoples' . g NAIL FLAT. 1 . GOOD1V S SUCTION NO. ....... S NOTE-This "Vete Creit" votes aeabve ftee Bild n. he itisreceived eeisie CebDearmet of au ,a"a-' pqqnumennm AGE LINE; 7 LIAN VICTORT Making a Last Desperate Stand to Stave Off Iale ians Mad Rush Toward Trieste-Von Mackensen Thrusts Forward-Ger. mans Threaten Offensive at Verdun. 4By the Iatc..ath..ml New. BSetee. Rome. Aug 9 -Austrian troops a9 making a last desperatk stand on tW eastern .edge of the Ba.itza Plateau where one of the bloodiest battles o the war has been raging for three day,. Capture of the entire platea had already been unofficially announe, ed last nigbt when a sudden stiff-ning of the Hapsburg defense became no ticeable. it developed that alerg the eastere extremity of the battlefield the Auw. trians are de'ending In the upree struggle upon a poerful isystem as defense. lone vtnr, prepared for tull such an -entualit- Against thim last ime the itahans have bees launhng throu hout last right and todav in ssant havatomr blowa. Ev.er bulletin frotm the ar. offi breathes absolute consild-nce that these pos tions. des-, ritly as thev are heing de'fr ned. % ill be m reoroe. New headway has been registered by-the Italians on the heights, to the north of Gorizia More than L.m an. ditional priisnara hav. tben taken by them Whit ray hasv been the fbre runner of a large seale dive-sion was delivered tv the Austrians on the Trentino fr-nt (en Cardorna ad rots that Austrian attacks in the Up rer 7-bru Valley succeeded in penell tratine the Italian lines O'ur men. hos-er' he adds. *were able to no cupy a hicher Pimm, from wh'ek they keep- their old poesitions under fire" Itnlarn Frle 'Dp e Mnt." New herote deed, of Italian Oivers Uweye re'ointed by the war office to dny. No fewer than .47 reac hines took part in the Bainpizza battle lince Its :neption Mo-e thin 7.6C kilograms of explosiva were huried upon Aus trian bat i rii's in the Pan--vizza Wood. The latest Austro-Hungir-an official Isatetmert la datmd Au-tustt '. It -seaks ,f t' rt:tic lofxses to the Italian an-i aet-ta that thanks Tn the al. lant defenb+ of the Gras Fushers and Hunearian territories, "the ener.v fad.' to p erU out .ne at ary p-im'. TPh. eta temrnt r - thr - rupa tion hv the itahins of Mrte Santo. but d-laT,-. that the riifit.tain had been pre- oui'y eva' -aT-i hy the AuP triars and thus was o -upied "wth out flighting durtng the night.' a m se Pause. London. Aug "! -Anr ti1". Russian dii-ior - m-n--T ;.ed its Ia ik to tie Teuton lines yesterday in the region er F san, on the RumanLan front. and ftd in rarie. This scond :arge-scale desertion to be admitted (NiN7t\t ELi ON PAlE T"A. liERAN OVERTURES HAVE LITlLE EFTECT '. S. Discou., Propoution Mide to Argentine Republic. 'rdas - s th.' t .- - l r tme-nT to Th z -rman re"--r TO th A.-g n tiT, ' at .h, . - ! -Trt he.r pu m i .- far. a~aret Atgeittine as.'-mrns- p tri.rpd us more than that. %as0 S. titar- La nsimgs .a cotlre a 1:iom. I;! n stm- _!f-,a it 5as taken to m a hat i ;rmnov' a Pureting 1, dlbbi !:T O i of -if. liation to a At-al he -ith Al-rian neut. ala. Mr. lancit. di:. ola of the ques Tion h.<t lut- r(oim , for doUbt 'hat th1. 8aIitil -te. n T1 -f faith in s"i 1 a n, . : i, " w j -ted at tie STat. - I ale t ir:mnt I that II f.Ist pree1 of . st i ill l-id ierman to '. at Are aIntm shin. iTn the PaTne .a- s-e h,. t 1 i -d a1 ships on the hi ah s--s It 77 s-Tated at tl- department,. h.a - that ao ti on would he T~ata in ta \icar-ur a-f noateg h-i' tw,---n Arntina and G-rman usntd offial I -T. its of the cors.pondence h-n h.'1t ,.if aI eltt. Fsifh T,-'r sil r-ach the t.- artmett %;Ithn a few dat a,' it is th.T Twe Ietd that Fsome statrmerit wil he made form HOMESICK SOLDIERS BREAK CAMP IN N. Y. One Hundred and Fifty Men Seek Former Comrades. Camp Mill,. Mineola. N. T . Aug 21. -horn ik for th-i-r old regitment. the Fousrth of Brooklyn. 150 men recently traIfnsferr-ed to the 6inth regiment. left ciamp without lease today and marchid to Sheepahead Bay to appeal to their old uommander. Col. Howlett. to cuue their re-transfe-rrence A numb t of the contingent transferred from the 'Twaer.:y-third Retimaent re cer-tiv n~adiu a sumithr request. but not int the same mrunner. Cot H-ow is.T although touc-hedi b-y the fetling of the tmen for their old ealmnttit. lisIret I bhem upon tile sarjoustness oft Ieai'ng eam-p aithout leave, then senvt them back here. The men , ilt un~doutedly he disc-iplined for the bireacht. 01T ROLLED ' IERALD: )TE SAVE e Is good for the aounber of en a candidate whose name is U at the All-Prize Home Stub. * rhe Waahlugton ERAL.D. - U