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WASHINGTON, D. 0? MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1915?EIGHTEEN PAGES.
ONE CENT.
HAGUE SUGGESTION
REJECTED FIRMLY
- IN MINDER
Germany Told to Obey Sea
Law of That Tribunal
First.
PRESENT CONTROVERSIES
WILL NOT BE ARBITRATED
Jvery Contention of Berlin That
Might Lead to Prolonged Ne
gotiations Denied.
NOTE EEADY TO GO FORWARD
Should Be in Kaiser's Capital Within
36 Hours?Secretary Bryan Sees
President?Warning to Allies
In Document.
An important feature of Presi
dent Wilson's rejoinder to Ger
niany, which will reach Berlin in
thirty-six hours, is to be a rejec
tion by the United States that
there is any feature of the con- ;
troversy with Germany that this
country would submit to The
Hague or any other tribunal.
This statement was made today
by a responsible source.
It is possible that such declaration
will not be prominent In the American
rejoinder, but though subordinated it
is considered by government officials
to be a very important phrase of the
document. ^This rejection is made very
clear to forestall any suggestion of
such a course by the German govern
ment, and a consequent delay for dip
lomatic correspondence.
In the reply of Germany a sugges
tion was made that other cases than
the Lusitania, under dispute, might be
submitted to The Hague, and this was
p grain mentioned in an authorized
statement by ron Jagow, the German
secretary of foreign afTalrs.
Polite In Tone.
Though exceedingly polite in tone,
the President will lnferentlally Indi
cate. It Is claimed, that untiUQermany
. omplies with the terms of existing
Hague agreements, particularly relat
ing to restrictions of marine warfare
intended to prevent the useless sacri
fice of human life, it would seem idle
to *o to another Hague tribunal.
Under no circumstances is the ad
ministration willing to submit to an
international tribunal the controversy
?Oing on.
Briefly, the President stands upon the
facts which he had investigated prior
to sending the first note, and Germany's
intimations that the facts are not as
opposed by this country are not ac
cepted.
With the President rejecting prac
t.cally every contention of Germany
t at will lead to prolonged negotiation,
t is plainly apparent today to those
Iio are keeping in touch with the sit
tion that Mr. Wilson's rejoinder will
. i t ua 11 y assert that there can be no
;v;s for future negotiations and that
?? United States most earnestly de
cs that Germany squarely meet the
ues raised by this country.
Other Governments Involved.
\ phase of the note that will be most
satisfactory to Germany, however, and
which many sincerely hope will be the
ground upon Which Germany will ac
cept the contentions of the United
States, is the alleged direct assurance
to the imperial German government
that, having settled the differences
with that government, the United
Stains will seek to maintain Its rights
to send its ships to Germany when
those ?hii - contain nothing contra
band. and especially when they are fill
ed with food and clothes for the civil
ian population of Germany
The attempt to have Great Britain
snd France yield to the rights of neu
trals would also give protection to
neutral vessels destined to neutral
countries against the seizures that
have been so seriously complained of
in this country.
The President's note, therefore, will
Jay the foundation for an agreement
between Germany and Great Britain,
even if tacit only, by which the things
each complains of so bitterly may be
adjusted ? Germany's unyielding posi
tion that so long as Great Britain tries
to starve her people by stopping all
shipping to that country she will con
tinue her submarine attacks upon all
veesels destined for Great Britain, and i
Great Britain's claim that Germany, by j
her methods, is a marine outlaw and
that she will not let up on her starva- ?!
tion program.
Warning to Allies.
The note, if today's information is 1
correct, will be much broader than a j
firm notice to Germany to respect the
rights of the United States and other
neutrals It will be a warning to Great
Britain and the allies, probably not lri
the 8*nse of being named directly, that
the United Stales will hereafter guard
most carefully all marine rights and
fosist most strongly against interfer
ences with trade that are so often il
legal and Improper under all present
i lies ?>f warfare.
Tt is not understood that the Presi
dent will attempt to discuss with Ger
any the attitude to be assumed by
the United States toward Great Britain
oi to admit that Germany has any
?-laim to even suggest what we shali
, iay before the British government, but
;t would be proper, according to the
view today, for the President to assure
?iermany that her case is the most seri
ous of those now before the govern
ment and that it is proposed to settle
one case at a time, despite the earnest
purpose to take up the others as they
are reached.
Secretary Bryan, in his note to Am
bassador von Bernstorff in April last,
notified the ambassador that Germany
had nothing to do with our program
toward Great Britain, but did intimate
that the administration knows its
rights and the obligations due to hu
manity, neutral and otherwise, and
would insist upon all belligerents re
specting these rights.
It was maintained today that the
sending of the note has been delayed
that the President might rewrite the
portions of it bearing upon our rejec
tion of arbitration and the purpose of
the United States to cause each and
every belligerent nation to remain
f .(Continued pa Eleventh Page.j
BOTH LOSE SHIPS
IN BALI BOTLE
Berlin Reports Russian Cruiser
Amur Sunk by German
Submarine.
PETROGRAD SAYS ENEMY
LOST SEVERAL VESSELS
Battle Squadrons Apparently Not En
gaged in Fight at Entrance to
Gulf of Riga.
BERLIN, June 7, by wireless
to Sayville, N. Y.?The following
statement was given out here of
ficially today:
"A German submarine June 4
sank the Russian cruiser Amur,
of the second class, near a Baltic
port."
Other Vessels Reported Lost.
LONDON, June 7.?The naval engage
ment at the entrance to the Oulf of
Riga resulted In the sinking of sev
eral German transports and one large
vessel not named, says the Petrograd
correspondent of the Times. The Rus
sians lost one auxiliary ship.
It Is surmised, the correspondent says,
that a majority of the German ships
hitherto concentrated at Kiel came out
Into the Baltic, but the battle squad
rons apparently were not engaged. It
is believed In Petrograd that the Ger
mans will repeat their attempt to land
troops on the Russian coast.
Loss of Transport Admitted.
A semi-official, statement Issued at
Petrograd, according to a Reuter dis
patch, says that the Russian transport
Yenisei has been sunk In the Baltic
sea by a German submarine, while
Russian mines and submarines have
sunk three German steamers.
The statement follows: "Reports
from observation posts and from our
submarines watching the coast reveal
activity of the enemy near our coast,
especially the approaches to the Gulf
of Riga. Large enemy warships pre
ceded by torpedo boats approached the
entrance of the gulf on the 8d, but
withdrew on perceiving our fleet.
Air Attack Is Made.
''Shortly afterward the enemy sent
out hydroaeroplanes, which attacked
our ships. These hydroaeroplane at
tacks were without result. Their pro
jectiles missed our vessels and they
were driven off by our artillery.
"The enemy repeated the maneuver
on the 4th, but was again frustrated
by our submarlnea At the same time
in the Baltic sea our transport Yenisei
was attacked by the enemy's subma
rines and sunk, thirty-two men being
saved.
"Reports dated the 6th seem to es
tablish that three enemy steamers were
sunk by mines placed in the route of
the enemy and by the attacks of our
submarines."
DEMANDTHAffflANIA
JOIN WITH THE ALLIES
People of Bucharest Hold fereat
Demonstration in Favor
of War.
IvONDON, June 7.?Reuters cor
respondent at Bucharest telegraphs
that a great demonstration was held
there yesterday In favor of intervention
by Rumania in the war in support of
the allies. About 30,000 persons
marched in procession, with flags flying
and bugles sounding, to the Italian
legation. There speeches were deliv
ered eulogizing Italy for entering the
war.
In the afternoon partisans of Alex- I
ander Marghlloman, the oonservatlve '
leader, together with socialists, organ
ized a counter demonstration.
Desert Opposition Leader.
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the conservative party the
attitude of M. Marghlloman In favor
of Germany was discussed. After a
long debate the majority condemned
his leadership of the party. M.
Marghlloman thereupon left the meet
ing, followed by his supporters.
A meeting of the whole party has I
been called for today, under the presi
dency of Jean Lahovary, who repre
sents the wing of the party which is
favorable to the allies.
Bulgaria Disavows Report.
A dispatch to the Times from Sofia,
dated Friday, says:
"A communication Issued by the min
isterial Journal yesterday declaring
that Bulgaria was resolved to adhere
to neutrality is now disavowed."
BEJECTS BONAPAETE SWOBD.
Italy Declines to Accept Services of
Prince Louis Napoleon.
ROME. June 6, via Paris, June 7.?
The Italian gevernment has declined
to accept the military services #of
i'rlncs Louis Napoleon, because of "its
delicacy of feeling toward France.
Representatives of the former ruling
families are forbidden by French law
to serve in the army or navy of that
country, and for that reason Prince
j,ouls offered his services to Italy when
she became an ally of Krance.
Prince I/>uis Napoleon Is a grand
nephew of Napoleon I. He has served
as s major general In the Russian
array and was at one time governor
general of Erivan, Caucasia. His
mother was Marie Clotilda, a princess
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[John Skelton .Williams Urges j
Serious Consideration of
Civil Service Retirement.
FAVORS SOME PROJECT
TO MEET PROPER DEMAND I
Further Discussion by Government j
Employes of Questions Propounded
' in Star Coupon.
"The matter of civil^ervice pension is |
one for the serious consideration and j
attention by Congress."
The controller of the currency, John
Skelton Williams, who so expresses
himself on the subject of pensions for
superannuated government employes, Is
in favor of some project that will sat
isfy the proper demand for a compe
tency in old age for government em
ployes who have given a life service
to the public, and to improve the pub
llce service by the retirement of men no
longer fit for arduous work. He has
declared himself in favor of no single
project proposed.
While assistant secretary of the
Treasury in charge of finances Mr. Wil
liams made an investigation of the sub
ject. He gathered statistics regarding
the ages and capabilities of clerks in
the service of the Department of Jus
tice, supposedly with a view to some
recommendation on the Bubject. His
transfer to the office of controller of
the currency halted his investigations
and took the matter out of his hands.
Men Who Get Lowest Salaries.
One of the government employes who
wrote to the civil service editor during
the poll taken by The Star on the ques
tion of a retirement system for the
civil service employes discussed the
matter from the standpoint of the em
ployes who receive the lowest salaries.
He said:
"The situation In the government
service from the standpoint of watch
man, skilled laborer, fireman and
laborer, who receive lower wages than
all classified clerks, indicates that this
class of government employes are a
little better than paupers.
"The illustration of the same Is as
follows; These employes receive a
monthly salary of $50 to $60 per month
with no prospect of promotion. They
generally have families to support,
paying identically the same prices for
the necessities of life as the high
salaried clerk does.
"These low-salaried employes render
eight hours instead of seven hours of
service per day and under present con
ditions are living like paupers, at the
very gate of the poorhouse, because
on such scant salary they are not able
to save a single cent for a rainy day,
nor are they able to engage in work
on the side to earn some extra money,
as clerks are able to do.
"Rent takes nearly half. It costs
not less than $20 to $25 per month for
quarters in the city, or by living In the
suburbs where the rent is somewhat
cheaper they have to make up the dif
ference In paying car fare. Next, they
cannot set the table for a small family
for less than $1 per day or $30 to $35
per month?the month's salary is gone
"Clothing, doctor's bills, medicine]
life insurance and a number of other
items are to be paid out of about $10
as a balance of a montfily salary at
the rate of $70, but Impossible on $60.
"The writer is in a position to men
tion a number of government employes'
of this class who wore second-hand
clothing. Pleasure can receive no con
sideration after the day's work is fin
ished; the government employe can
only sit down at home with a half
filled stomach like a prisoner in jail
and probably spend the lonesome even
ing in reading a penny paper. It will
be well to remember that a number
of outside people who are working for
low wages are very frequently appli
cants for help from the Associated
Charities.
"Further, I would invite your attention
to the fact that numbers of young gov
ernment clerks spend a part of their
office time In preparation for special
schooling as doctors, dentists, lawyers,
etc., and when their course is completed
they leave the government service be
cause of the very poor inducements to
remain. The proposition of a pension
Is well enough for the real old em
ployes. but under present conditions
and Inducements the younger class of
employes does not expect to stay long
enough In the service to become bene
ficiaries of a retirement pension So
at first higher or living wages for the
present and the problem of pension
later on.
Would Include All Earners.
Another employe declared his belief
that pensions should be extended to all
wage earners throughout the country
If the government employes were to be
pensioned.
"Old age pensions are In vogue In
some parts of the world," he laid 4?
we are going to make that the basis of
pensions for civil service emSloles
to be consistent It should be applied to
the citizen universally, regardless of
whose pay roll his name happen, to be
on Otherwise would not aSch legis
lation be class legislation? Shall we
take the money of all the people and
give it to a select few. especially when
it cannot be shown that that few m
a class are better off than the majority
of the rest of the citizens of the coun
"They may cite the pension systems
of large corporations, such as
Pennsylvania railroad, for instance but
the case is not analogous. The cor
poratlon is not Interested In any class
of people except its own employes and
them" ?W" money to Pension
"Would It be wise to further enlarge
that class of people who have no In
centive to economize for the future
who rest secure in the knowledge that
their own improvidenoe is provided
against by a too generous government"1
Does such a course develop the best '
class of citizens In any country**
"III regard to your question So - I
believe there should he a civil service
retirement law. It should operate au
tomatlcally at a given age. There
should he some provision, with ade
quate and ample safeguards, for re
tlrement at an earlier age. If emclency
so demands.
Contributory Plan Only Hope.
On the ground that the contributory
plan was the only retirement and pen
sion system for which the employes
could hope, another wrote to the civil
service editor as follows:
"As one member of Congress has said
who is friendly to the government
clerks?and I believe that hA,!.
the candid oplalon of all congrfssn??n
who are In favor of or opposfd to"S2
retirement question?not a slnirl. ?
ber of Congress will b? re-electerf^
he votes for the straight retlremlnl
because, unfortunately, the peopl??!*'
on? " th* atatea?the vote"f_ha?
formed the erroneous Idea that a ?v
?nunaqt clerkship u a T?-lt*bl.
cure, a position of big pay, easy hours
and no work, and, therefore, if a
straight civil pension bill were to be
passed by Congress they would at once
raise a howl and outcry, and would
then proceed to kill the re-election of
every congressman who had contributed
to the passage of such a bill. There
fore, I would advise the government
clerks, one and all, to vote for the con
tributory plan, and such a bill will
then, as I honestly think, undoubtedly
go through successfully. Half a loaf
is better than none at all. Then, after
thi# wedge has been made, in the near
future, a straight civil pension may,
and, undoubtedly, 1 think, will pass."
Takes the Opposite View.
One of the employes frankly stated
his own case as an argument against
the contributory plan, saying:
"I am a law examiner at $1,600, upon
which I am supporting a wife and four
children. In addition, I am purchasing
a home, upon which I am paying taxes
in addition to my installment pay
ments, amounting to more than 3 per
cent of my salary. I am, therefore,
opposed to any system of compulsory
payments from my salary of from 3 to
5 per cent or more, which the advo
cates of a contributory pension state
will be required to keep It up, as I
cannot afford to have such amounts
taken from salary and thus diminish
the fund left to me to support my fam
ily.
"Their theory that the establishment
of their contributory pension scheme
will result in wholesale promotions is
all 'moonshine.' Promises are only
made to the ear to be broken to the
hope. I have an unredeemed promise
now nearly two years old?less prom
ising now, apparently, than it was
when made."
MORE BRITISH VESSELS
SUNK BY SUBMARINES
Bark, Small Steamer and Five Trawl^
ers Reported as Bag
of Germans.
LONDON, June 7, 2:S0 p.m.?The Brit
ish bark Sunlight of Liverpool, 1,298
net tons, has been sunk by a German
submarine.
The captain and crew of the bark ar
rived at Queenstown today. They say
that they were given time to take to
their hoats before the vessel was sunk
by shell Are from the submarine. The
Sunlight left Macorls, Santo Domingo,
May 1. for the Clyde.
A dispatch received here from Aber
deen says the British steamer Star of
the West also has been sunk by a Ger
man submarine. A trawler brought the
crew into Aberdeen. The lost steamer
was a small vessel of sixty-four tons.
Five more trawlers have been sunk
hv German submarines. The attacks oc
curred off Peterhead Saturday, and the
noJberrv and Bardolph of Hull, Per
ilmmon of Grimsby and Mazehound and
Curlew of Sunderland were the vic
tims.
DEFEATS M00BISH REBELS.
Spain Takes Two Positions Held by
the Insurgents.
MADRID, June 7. via Paris. 5 a.m.,_
Reports received from Morocco state
that an expeditionary force has taken
two positions occupied by Moorish
rebels near Moulouya, in the Spanish
lone, and continues to push ahead.
The government has appealed to the
Spanish pr?s? to abandon all discus
sions of the war in order to avoid mis
understandings which might interfere
with the maintenance of neutrality.
The governors of provinces have been
instructed to-forbid all public meetings
called to discuss international ques"
tions. _
Leper Escapes From Chicago Suburb.
CHICAGO, June 7.?Angelo Lunardl,
a leper, who has been isolated in High
land Park, a suburb, for several
months, has been spirited away by
friends. It was learned today. Lunardl
has been missing since a week ago to
day. It was said that friends had as
sisted him in escaping and had pro
vided him with transportation to lUljr,
KILL5, INJURE 40
British Admiralty Reports An
other Raid on East Coast
of Eng!and.
DIRIGIBLE IS DESTROYED
BY BRITISH IN BELGIUM
Officially Announced Also That
Bombs Set Fire to German Aero
dome at Evere.
LONDON, June 7, 2:34 p.m.?
It was announced at the admiralty
this afternoon that a Zeppelin
visited the east coast of England
last night, dropping incendiary
and explosive bombs.
Five persons were killed and
forty were injured. Two fires
were caused by the incendiary
bombs.
The admiralty also announced
today that a Zeppelin had been
blown to pieces over Belgium by
British airmen.
Statement by Admiralty.
The statement follows:
"This morning, at 2:30 o'clock, an attack
was made on the airship shed at Evere,
north of Brussels, by Flight Lieuts. J. P.
Wilson, S. R. N.. and J. S. Mills, R. N.
Bombs were dropped and the shed was ob
served to be in flames.
"It Is not known whether a Zeppelin
was Inside, but the flames reached a great
height, coming out from both sides of the
shed. Both pilots returned safely.
"At 3 a.m. this morning Flight Sub
Lleuts. R. A. J. Warneford, R. N., at
tacked a Zeppelin in the air between
Ghent and Brussels. At 6,000 feet he
dropped six bombs and the airship ex
ploded, fell to the ground and burned for
1 a considerable time.
"The force of the explosion caused the
Morane monoplane to turn upside down.
The pilot succeeded in righting the ma
chine, but had to make a forced landing
in the enemy's country. However, he was
able to restart his machine and returned
safely to the aerodrome."
German Report on Bald.
BERLIN, June 7, by wireless teleg
raphy to Sayville, N. Y.?An official
statement issued today gives the fol
lowing account of last Friday night's
airship raid on the British coast:
"On the night of June 4-5, German
naval dirigibles attacked the fortifled
mouth of the Humber (on the east coast
of England), the naval port of Harwich
(in Essex). England, and the harbor es
tablishment ?at Harwich. They were
conspicuously successful. Many bombs
were dropped, and there was a large
number of explosions. One particularly
violent explosion was that of a gas
tank or oil tank which was hit. Bombs
were dropped on the railroad depot.
"German airships were shot at vigor
ously by guns on land and on ships.
They were not hit. and returned safely."
OREGON GERMANS PROTEST.
Resolve President Is Wrong in Al
lowing Munition Exports.
PORTLAND, Ore., June 7.?The Con
federated German -speaking Societlea
of Oregon, comprising forty-eight or
KanlzaUone, last nlfcht adopted the fol
lowing resolution which was made
public today:
"We declare our dissent from the de
cision of the President and his Secre
tary of State to the effect that the
law of nations, or any law or compact
?unless there be a sacred one?com
pels this , government to permit the
present enormous and increasing ex
port of war material.
"We denounce the inhumanity and
Injustice of this position, and we regret
deeply that the President has thus far
placed a ban against the unbiased dis
cussion of this subject by Congress."
LAUDS U. S., CHINA'S FRIEND.
Cheng Hsnn Chang Tells Oriental
Society of Need of Co-Operation.
NEW YORK, June 7.?At a dinner
given yesterday in his honor by the
Four Brothers, an ancient oriental
society. Cheng Hsun Chang, chairman
of the honoray Chinese commercial
commission, now in this country,
i praised the American government and
urged the Chinese to avail themselves
of the opportunities that the friend
ship of this country offered them.
"This country is China's best friend,"
he said. "I have never been treated
better anywhere in my life. We must
develop the commercial industries that
are so Indispensable to our national
life.
"In our efforts the friendship of the
American people is a most valuable as
set to us. China is rich in natural re
sources and our work is to develop
them. Co-operation is necessary and I
hope you will unite with one heart
to help China."
JAPAN-CHINA TREATIES
GET APPROVAL IN TOKIO
Emperor and Privy Council Indorse
Them, and Ratification Tomor
row Is Expected.
TOKIO, June 7.?The emperor and
the priviy council gave approval today
to the new treaties with China, nego
tiated as a result of the concessions
made by China in accepting Japan's ul
timatum. The treaties will be ratified
tomorrow.
The. house of representatives reject
ed today, by a vote of 130 to 232, the
resolution introduced by the opposition
Saturday, expressing lack of confidence
in Viscount Kanetake Moura, minister
of the interior. Moura denied tho charge
that he corruptly received a present of
1,000 yen ($500), at the time of the
March election from a candidate for
membership in the house. The opposi
tion then Introduced another resolution
against the cabinet, alleging interfer
ence in the general election.
INVITATION FOE PRESIDENT.
Asked to Attend Colored Industrial
Exposition in Richmond.
Gov. Stuart of Virginia and a com
mittee including Representative Flood
and John Skelton Williams, controller
of the currency, called on President
Wilson today to invite him to attend a
colored industrial exposition in Rich
mond from July 5 to 27, in observance
of the semi-centennial of the emancipa
tion of the slaves. The committee left
the President believing he would ac
cept the invitation.
Another committee from Virginia in
dorsed Robert H. Gray of Leesburg for
the position of assistant register of the
Treasury, which recently became vacant
through the death of Gen. Floyd King.
TO VISIT GAME PRESERVES.
Col. Roosevelt and Party Start To
morrow on Yachting Trip.
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss., June 7.?
Col. Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs.
Roosevelt arrive?! here today for a
brief visit with John M. Parker. To
morrow the colonel and a party of men
will board the Louisiana conservation
commission's yacht Daisy for a trip
anions the federal and state same pre
serves on the lower coast, which com
prises about 30,000 acres.
Xt Is said that It was at Col. Roose
velt's suggestion that the first federal
preserve was established In LouUianaf
but he never baa seen it.
ITALIANS PRESSING
General Advance Undertaken
Today Along a Front of
Forty Miles.
HARD FIGHTING EXPECTED
AS OPPOSITION INCREASES
King Victor Emmanuel Expresses
Appreciation of Bravery Dis
played by Troops.
UDINE, Italy, June 7, via
Chiasso and Paris, 1:40 p.m.?
A general Italian advance is tak
ing place today across the Isonzo
river from Caporetto to the sea,
a distance of about forty miles.
The movement is one of impor
tance and hard fighting is taking
place at Gradisca and in the vicin
ity of this town.
Austrian Resistance Strong.
The Italian authorities are drawing
tighter the screen of secrecy as to the
Italian operations. Nevertheless it
may be said that masses of Italian
troops have been concentrated on the
roads from Corrons. Palmaneva and
Cervlgnano.
The resistence of the Austrlans is
daily becoming stronger. This, Italian
staff officers declare, has had the effect
of making their men more determined.
Tolmfno, on the east side of the Ison
zo, is one of the Italian objectives.
Praise for Italian Troops.
ROME, June 6, via Paris, June 7.?
An official note was issued tonight
commending the Italian troops for the
spirit they are displaying ill the cam
paign. The text of the note follows:
"Along the whole vast front the
fighting qualities of our troops show
themselves more strongly each day.
There are no difficulties, whether of
terrain or climate, military or tactical,
which they are not able to surmount.
"The classes, which had already seen
war service in Libya, as well as those
who are now under fire for the first
time, are well in hand, steady, disci
plined. sturdy and absolutely reliable.
The king ceaselessly stimulates liis
troops, especially those operating in tlie
most difficult positions, and the sov
eign's approval is never lacking \vhere
deeds of bravery are done or suffering
is courageously endured, or risks are
cheerfully taken.
King Expresses Appreciation.
Recently one of the principal gener
als brought to the attention of the
troops in his orders, the king's praises
saying:
" 'The king desires to express his
high appreciation of the exemplary
bravery and unshakable perseverance
shown by his troops, notwithstanding
the continual bad weather on an excep
tionally difficult and dangerous terrain
against an enemy long prepared and
strongly intrenched, in this first difficult
test, brilliantly sustained.
?4 'We have seen among us on tne
front the sacred and revered person of
the king: our wounded have heard his
words of consolation; our brave men
now receive his praises Let us ail
answer "Long live the king with a
stronger will and a surer conviction of
victory/ "
Kaiser's Visit to Vienna.
LONDON, June 7.?The real object
of the German emperor's visit to Vien
na Friday, according to the Daily Ex
press Geneva correspondent, was to ar
range a better plan of campaign
against Italy as the German general
staff complains of the lack of success
on the part of the Austrlans.
QUITS IRELAND VOLUNTARILY.
Otto Humbert, German by Birth, Un
welcome in Queenstown.
NEW YORK, June 7.?Otto Humbert,
owner of the Queen's Hotel, at Queens
town, where many of the survivors of
the Lusitania were sheltered and cared
for when they were rescued from the
ocean, has reached New York, a vol
untary exile from Great Britain.
Mr. Humbert, although a naturalized
British citizen, is of German birth. This
fact aroused so much criticism from
the friends of the Lusitania's sur
vivors, it is said, that he found it al
most impossible to remain in Queens
town, notwithstanding his scrupulous
care to so deport himself as to be
above suspicion. He left home to avoid
further unpleasantness and possible
trouble.
ILLINOIS VOTES FOR JUDGES.
Women Take Active Interest, .Al
though Barred From Ballot.
CHICAGO, June 7.?Voters of Illinois
balloted today for Ave of the seven
judges of the state supreme court and
seventy-two judges of the circuit court.
Women were not eligible to vote, the
partial enfranchisement law enacted
by the 191S session of the legislature
not giving them the privilege of the
ballot in judicial elections.
Political headquarters reported, how
ever, that the women displayed an in
terest In the judicial contest little less
marked than that of the recent city
election, when they were permitted to
vote for mayor and other officers.
Prof. Sackett Leaves Purdue.
PHILADELPHIA, June 7.?President
Sparks of Pennsylvania State College
announced today the appointment of
Prof Robert L. Sackett. formerly of
Purdue University, to the deanshlp of
the engineering school of Pennsylvania
stlte Prof. Sackett has been at the
head of the department of sanitary
engineering at Purdue for eight years.
Missions' Congress in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 7.?Every
Protestant denomination is represented
In the Woman's Congress of Missions
which began business sessions here to
day. Missionaries from all parts of the
world, prominent church workers and
presidents of various organisations
having to do with mission work, are
among the delegates attending.
?I
GEilANSSEMG
ARMY FROM EAST
TO MOTERN LINE
London Believes Enemy in
France and Belgium Is Be
ing Reinforced.
OFFENSIVE IS EXPECTED
TO BE TAKEN BY INVADER
Gains Claimed for French, But Ber
lin Says Attacks Have
Broken Down.
HARD FIGHTING IN GALICIA
According: to German Reports, Rus
sians Are in Retreat and Are
Being Hard
Pressed.
Lemberg Is in Danger
of Capture by Teutons,
Is Report From Vienna
LONDON, June 7, 3:54
P-m-?Telegrams from Vien
na say that Lemberg, capi
tal of the Austrian crown
land of Galicia, now in the
hands of the Russians, may
be taken at any moment by
the Austro-German forces,
according to a dispatch from
Copenhagen to the Exchange
Telegraph Company.
One message from the
Austrian capital says that
Austrians are twenty-five
miles from the town and
other advices estimate the
distance at only ten miles.
/
LONDON, June 7, 12 noon.?
Following the capture of the Rus
sian position at Przemysl, the
Germans apparently have sent
heavy reinforcements to the west
ern line, where there are distinct
signs of a resumption of the of
fensive on the part of the in
vaders.
Nevertheless, the French report
a slow and uninterrupted advance
in the section north of Arras, and
important gains north of the
Aisne. ^
Trenches Taken by French.
According to a French official report,
French troops, after a very effective
bombardment, at a point east of Tracy
le-Mont and north of the river Aisne,
carried two successive lines of trenches
on a front of one kilometer, together
with several German works. Berlin, on
the other hand, claims French attacks
have broken down.
In the east the Austro-German ad
vance is continuing, with eastern Ga
licia figuring prominently as the ob
I jective. Today's official German state
ment says 33,805 prisoners were taken
In the battles of Prremysl.
This move is regarded in l^ondon as
political, the idea of the Germans and
Austrians being to exert an influence
upon Rumania.
Petrograd announces a Russian suo
cess along the river Pruth near Kolo
mea, where the Austro-Germans are
said to have been forced back across
the river.
Great Battle Not Decided.
A Reuter dispatch from Zurich says
that the Austrian papers received there
sound a note of warning against over
estimating the Importance of the
Austro-German victory In Galicia. A
war correspondent of the Zelt tele
graphs that the fall of Prxemysl does
not mean a decision in the great bat
tle in eastern Gallcls, but is only an
Important part of It.
^'The Russians," adds the correspond
ent, "have proved themselves stubborn
fighters, and they also have large re
serves of fresh troops. Gen. Linsin
gen's army still has tremendous ob
stacles to overcome in an advance to
the Dniester."
Have Enormous Reserves.
The military expert of the Neue Frele
Presse, Vienna, says:
"The losses the Russians have sus
tained during the war are enormous,
but their reserves are enormous."
He recalls how, after previous de
feats, the Russians resumed the of
fensive.
Special telegrams from Austrian
headquarters report that the Russian
rear guards are opposing the pursuit
by Gen. Llnsingen s army south of tha
Dniester and covering the retreat
across the river.
Gen. Mackensen's army is again meet
ing violent attacks from fresh Rus
sian reserve forces and the Russians
are exerting enormoua pressure In tha
region of the San.
Outmaneuvering Russians.
BERLIN, via London. June 7.?Ad
vices from the Galiclan front continue
to be extremely favorable to the Aus
tro-Germans. According to a dispatch
from the Austrian headquarters, the
Russians are being maneuvered out of
one position after another and are al
ready In full retreat from Medyka, east
of Prsemysl. and It Is considered
doubtful If they will be able to make
a stand at Mosdska.
The Una of lakes running north sad
south through Qrodak, whlah would