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PRICE?TWO CENTS
French Dent German
British Repel Teutonic
COMPLETE BREAK UP OF ATTACKS DELIVERED
AGAINST ENGLISH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY,
Fighting on the Western Front Has Been Most Sanguinary
of the War, With the Advantage Resting Entirely
With the Allied Armies of France and Britain.
' LONDON, May 6 (3:12 p. m.) ? The British are successfully main- j
| taining themselves in the breach tlT?y have made in the Hindcnburg line j
| near Bullecourt. The Germans delivered a determined attack at this | j
* point last night, which entirely failed, and were balked again this
morning in a similar effort, the war office announced today, the British ?
fire breaking up -the attempt. [
Northwest of St. Quentin the Germans were foiled in ar> effort to <
retake the ground lost on Saturday east of LeVerguier, while their \
trenches further north were subjected to a raid on a mile and a half
> front in which heavy damage was done their defensive positions.
UXM
? A
ONLY PARTIAL
CONFIRM
OF SUB REMEDY
, FORTHCOMING
WRONG IMPRESSIONS
NOW ARE INTIMATED
Associate of Saunders, How
k ever, Admits Satisfactory
f Progress Made.
Washington! May 6? Advices
from the naval consulting board con
cerning progress made toward finding
a solution for the submarine menace,
referred to in New York yesterday by
Chariman W. L. Saucders of the
board had not reached the navy de
partment tonight, but were expected
tomorrow. Secretary Daniels said
that while no information would be
made public as to the nature of ex
periments -which have been in prog
ress, he was satisfied that American
ingenuity eventually would check the
undersea boats.
Mr. Daniels spoke, however, with
out- knowledge of the specific devices
with which the members of the con
sulting board have been experiment
ing and his confidence was based'
wholly upon the record for mechani-j
cal. investiveaiess which American en
gineers and scientists have main
tained for years.
Addicks* Telegram.
A telegram to the Associated Pre3s
(Co&tbmaa on Fag* Slat.)
Mill
" Member of Italian Commission
Brings Washington
Wreath.
ROME, Saturdav, Mav 5. ? Via
Paris, May 6.-5 :io P. *M.? Wil
liam. Marconi, a member of the
Italian mission which will visit the
United States, is taking to Ameri
ca with him a bronze wreath,
specially cast, to be placed on the
tomb of fieorjre Washington in
the name of the Italian nation.
Tht1 Germans bave hurled
counter attack after counter at
' t:ick against the French forces iTi
their newly acquired positions
northcas? of SoisMins. taken in
their advance toward 1-aon. and
eastward along tlv C'?enun-des
Datnes. but their efforts were use
less. General Nive'le's men clung ,
? trnaciously tr. iiietn throughout j
Saturday night and Sunday ana ?
inflicted heav\ casualties on * "**
Germans. , The greater portion or l
the eighteen mile front has l>? en .
consolidated and as a result^ ot
the two day's fighting ?>.1''^ Ger
mans have been iak?u^ prisoner. ?
Nor content with Saturdays
sains northeast of Soissons. the
French Sunday enlarced '?eir
holdings by capturing in isolated
operations important German
points of support north of the
Moulin de Laffaux and north of
Braye-en-Larwinois.
The Berltn official communica
tion. in referring to Saturdays
battle, declares that the Frencti ;
attempt to break through 'he !
German lines was unavailing acid
that the gigantic thrust was en- ,
tirelv repulsed. It admits, how- j
ever* that the intense tire ot the
French guns destroyed complete
ly the German positions on the
\Vinterburg and that this emi
nence and several adjacent sec
tors were occupied by the Frencn.
It is asserted by the Berlin , war
office that the French "after
. their sanguinary defeat" of Sat
urday did not repeat their attack
Sunday.
To the east of Bullecourt. which ?
lies mid-way between Arras and
Cambrai, where the British an<1
Germans last week engaged in
sanginary encounters, with the art- j
vantage Ivine with Field .Marshal i
Haig's forces, the Germans Satur- j
day night by a counter attack en
deavored to regain their lost
ground. They were unsuccessful
however, and a similar attempt ,
Sundav likewise was put down by
the British artillery, although the
Germans threw large effectives
into the fray. '
With renewed reports from I e
trograd that the trouble between
the Council of Workmen's and
Soldiers' Delegates and the pro
visional government has been
amicably settled, come fresh ad
vices indicating that the military
. commander In Petrograd is fear
ful of a German attack by way ot
the Gulf of Finland. The com- j
mander reports the presence ot ?
German merchantmen at LiDau ]
apparently waiting for the ice to
break up in order to transport
troops under convoy of warships
to attack the capital, and has or
dered a re-organization of the re
serve forces to defend If
A German airplane for- the nrst
time during the war has flown
over Odessa. Russia's principal i
seaport on the Black Sea, accord- j
ing to a German official communi- ;
cation. The communication fans j
to say whether bombs were dtop- j
ped by the aircraft
DUTCH CQUflftGE
FOR THE GERMANS
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COPENHAGEN, via London, i(
Mav 6. 9:10 p. m.? As the latest
means of keeping the German ?
people aroused the German news
papers have discovered a "secret i
Anglo-American treaty" whereby j
Germany in the future is to be al- ,,
lowed no colonies whatever, Ger- j
mariv's surplus population to be |
directed to the Anglo-Saxon con-, i
trolled regions, where "they are !
to be absorbed ns the Germans
have been in the United States."
The Hamburg Fremdenblatt
prints the story "from an abso-|
' lutely reliable source" and draws
a two-column moral on the neces
sity of complete victory over the
authors of this alleged treaty.
THE WtATHER.
WASHINGTON, May 6.? Forecast:
Ohio, West Virginia ? Cloudy Monday; ?
Tuesday fair, warmer. ? J
Western Pennsylvania ? Cloudy Mou- ?
day; Tuesday fair, wanner.
AMSTERDAM, via Loudon. May 6,1
p. m. ? "The entire fault fort
America's entry into the war lies withl
President Wilson, whit is an obstinate |
Anglophile autocrat filled with dor- ?
trisnary stubborness." writes Dr. Cor?
stantin^ Theodor Dumba. former Aus
tro-Hunsratian ambassador to ;ho
"United States, in the May number of
the Oesterreiche Rundschau, a ropy of
which has been received here.
Dr. Dumba begins his article by
sayin? that before all elpo President
Wilson wanted to prevent a disturb
ance of the balance of power in Ku-;
rope in favor of the Central Powers. J
President Wilson. h?- adds, was con- j
vinced that the sharpened submarine ?
warfare would carry the hunger block-!
k ade to England and bring the entente'
to its knees by t In1 desirtK-tion <>t'i
cargo space. j
The writer further credits President
Wilson with the apprehension thai ihe!
Central Powers would create a virtu- 1
ally self-support intr mid-Kuropean i
bloc, extending into Asia .Minor and!
.Mesopotamia, 'which, lie says, in Presi-i
denr Wilson's eyes, would be more j
dangerous and more powerful than:
Great Britain. Hence - the Unit?d|
Stares joined in the war.
Dr. Diunba says the 1'nited States)
was particularly anxious to secure
Great Britain's support auainst Japan
ese over-lordshin in the Pacific. I'ur- J
thermore. the entry of the United/
States in 10 the war was a plausible
pretext for the creation of a big army,
and finally by her action she has ac
quired a seat at the peacc conference
taolev-^ ^ i
CALL TO AMERICAN YOUTH
soU^rpX^Q <THSi
One of the drummer boys of the American Junior Naval and Marine
Scouts sounding the call to American youth to answer the call for American |
boys to enlist in the American Naval Reserve. The American Junior Naval
and Marine Scouts enlist boys from the public schools and teach them the,
duties of the United States Navy and the Marine Corps.
MASSACRE OF
AMERICANS IN
CUBA, THREAT
ALARMING STORIES
BROUGHT FROM ISLAND
Revolt of Blacks Reported
Intended to Force American
Intervention.
NEW YORK. May 6. ? Charges thatj
Cuban negro rebels are burning and I
pillaging the homes and properties of
Americans and other foreigners in the j
districts of I'almarito, Bayate and
Mirana, Oriente province, were made
by twpnty-four American and British
refugees who arrived here today. |
They predicted that there will be a]
massacre of the white residents re- 1
maining unless the United States in- ?
tervenes and asserted that the Cuban !
government is powerless to cope with
the situation. Most of the refugees]
escaped with only the clothes theyl
wore. , . I
The accusations were substantiated !
by an appeal for aid signed by 116
Americans remaining in the territory]
occupied by the rebels. The appeal,;
the refugees said, will be forwarded I
to the state department at Wash- J
ington.
Threat of Massacre.
The threat of a massacre is con-j
tained in a statement included in I ho
appeal, alleged to have been written
by General Bias Masu. The state
ment Maso is reputed to have made ]
said:
"You will holler loudest and we
will destroy' until your hollering
will be heard in Washington and
force American intervention. For
i he time being we will not fight
the government troops and we
vvill not kill you unless you oppose
ns. We are only lighting now
with i he torch, terrorizing and
organizing.
"But if Menocal does not step
out May JO. we will fight and kill.
We are 15.000 rebels in this prov
ince. all well armed, and the
whole province will become a
wilderness.*. Your government can
pi event this by intervention.
"1 invite an American commis
sion t" mine .to the interior and
see our forces, see the destruc
tion thai we ? are making, and
tell their government the truth."
Revenge for 1912.
The statement concludes with the
(Continued- on Pftgro Nine.)
Most of the Testimony
In In the Vawter Case1
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CHRIST1ANSBURG, Va.. May r, ? ?
The trial of Charles K. Vawter. former'
Virginia ? Polytechnic institute pro
fessor, charged with the murder of
Stockton Heth, Jr., will enter upon its
second week tomorrow. Little more
evidence .is to be heard, both the state,
and defet.se having rested in direct
examination.
As the argument to the jury prob
ably will consume the better part of
two days, expectations tonight were;
that the case would not be in the!
jury's hands before Thursday, 1
jJOFFRE GIVES
FLUE 10 FIFTH
MISSOURI BEET.
GREAT OVATION IS
GIVEN IN ST. LOUIS
M. Viviam at Kansas City
Declares "Sacred Union"
Will Ensure.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., May 6. ? France's
war mission tonight received from St.
Louis a pledge of active patriotism as
the ally of Franco in the fight for the
freedom of humanity. The pledge was
given at a huge mass meeting at the ;
Coliseum in which Marshal Joffre pre
sented a standard a 00101s to the new
Fifth Missouri Infantry and with I
former Premier Viviani welcomed i
American soldiers in the tight for de
mocracy.
The progress of the French mission
through the city after their arrival
at 7:30 o'clock tonight, was a continu
ous ovation, though the. gathering,
darkness made it difficult for specta
tors to see the faces of the delighted
party.
Joffre Presents Colors.
The standard of colors which was
presented to the Fifth Missouri In- 1
fantry by Marshal Joffre was handed |
to the marshal hy a French private j
soldier, who is in St. Louis on fur
lough.
In presenting the colors. Marshal!
Joffre said: ?]
I "The mission has been given to mo'
of presenting this Hag. In all pro- j
bability that flag soon will be/fuxt to
the French llag on French soil. When!
our soldiers see that flag it will be an I
inspiration to them, and nt is the duty;
of every American soldier to defend ;
that flag to the death rather than at- j
low it. to fall into the hands of the,
enemy."
Former Premier Viviani said it was!
a great honor for him and his col-'
leagues to bo guests of St. Louis,'
where years ago the French peoples
settled and which once belonged to,
France, lie said he knew they were:
in a great center of commerce, active
(Continue*! on Pasre Ten.)
COPENHAGEN, via London. May 0. j
11:10 a. m. ? The ferment among the
Hungarian working classes caused by
Count Tisza's refusal of an effective
form of the franchise is far more se
rious than appeared in the censored
telegraphic account of W'wlm.-day's
demonstrative strike.
All the Budapest factories, ii was
learned, wen- tlftn eloseil. ,\ resolu
tion was presented by ihe workmen
after the closing which demanded in
the firmest of language- a liberal ??!<"? -
toral reform. If the answer was de
layed or unfavorable, i! was an
nounced the workmen wore deter
mined through a ueiieral strike :o
compel the government to yield.
The discipline among the workmen j
was shown by the strict adherence to
the hour for the Moppa^ ?.??" Is* !?#??- ?
THE HIS
:MUCH GROUND TAKEN .
AND 6,000 PRISONERS
Even the Selected Soldiers of
the Prussian Guard Unable
to Withstand the Gaul.
PARIS, May G. ? Every gain
scored by the French In yester
day's brilliant advance northeast
of Soissons was maintained against
numerous heavy counter attacks
last night, the war office an
nounced today. Consolidation of
this ground has made them masters
of most of the ridge crowned by
? the Chemin-des-Dames along a
l'ront of more than eighteen miles.
[ The prisoners taken have reached
a total of 5.S00 and seven cannon
have been captured.
A violent artillery action has
been in progress northwest of
Rheims. In the Champagne there
has likewise been a terrific duel
of blj* puns. In this region a
fortified point of support near
? Mont Haut was captured by the
French and hold against counter
attacks.
GREAT HEADQUARTERS OF THE
FRENCH ARM IKS IX FRANCE, May
jt> (afternoon.) ? Not. only have the last
two days of fighting along the Chemin
des-Dames delivered more than six
.thousand prisoners to the French, but
have given them positions whence
they can operate on the principal Ger
man defensive line occupying the
crest on the northern side of the
Ailette valley.
Vain Counter Attacks.
From Liiffaux mill to Craonne, the
entire Chemi-des-Dames, with the ex
ception of a very small section, is held
firmly by the Frcnch who have thor
oughly organized their gains in defi
ance of all tiie efforts to oust them.
(Continued on Paffe Tonr.)
BALFOUR CONFERS
WITH U. S. OFFICIAL
Many International Problems
Are in Hands of Sub
committees.
WASHINGTON. J). C., May 6.?
Foreign Secretary Balfour and Sir
Eric Drunnnond, of the British "war
mission, the British ambassador and
Lady Spring-Rico slipped quietly out.
of town to-day to spend Sunday with.
Secretary 1*1 using, at Guuston Hall,
one of the famous manor houses of
Virginia built by George Mason. Sec
retary and Mrs. Lansing were there
for the week-end. It was not posssible
for the British visitors to get away
till this morning.
Mr. Lansing had expressed to Mr.
Balfour his wish for a quiet, confer
ence lo sum up the work of the mis
sion to dale and plan for what, remains
to be done, and it was decided that 'the
old Virginia manor house would pro
vide an ideal spot, as well as giving
Mr. Balfour a view of the Old Do
minion, where it was understood that,
the statesmen confined their discus
sion largely to the program rather
than to detailed phases of the negotia
tions.
Three formal meetings of the Brit
ish and American representatives on
shipping, trad*' and military questions
have resulted in the appointment, of a
group of sub committees to discuss an
American expeditionary corps to
France material, intelligence, muni
tions. hospitals, shipping, the Allies'
needs in imports and America's re
sources toward filling those needs. At
the same time the financial situation
has Ije en pretty well clarified in direct
conferences, while the naval situation
has been brought to a point where a
general conference may be sought.
Diplomatic issues, with the single
exception of Mr. Balfour's statement
that the I'nited States would not he
expected to enter an actual alliance,
have not occupied the attention of the
British visitors, and ii is probable l.n
the uncertain situation on all sides
thai there will be litile hut an ex
change of views in tltis regard. The
Russian and South American problems
and the internal situation in the cen
tral empires are- the main questions in
mind, but they do nor admit of very
definite treatment in conferences.
The probable lensiih of stay of the
mission is increasing daily, and the
original tentative date for departure
has been changed to about May 20.
The mission probably will go in a body
to New York for two-days joint re
ception witli the French on the return
of the latter from the west, and then
come back here for another week. Af
ter that Mr. Ba!fi?ur and his party
will i-'o out through the Middle West
and to Canada. v ii. r ? they will spend
a few days betore returning to Eng
ine!.
Tu-dav's 'tie I" Giins>on Mall- was
unannounc' i .itui was made by auto-*
mobile. Tiie Drit p:ir<y ?topiicd at
Alexandria to aiiend I'brisl church,
where Ceorve W: -h'tigtoii worshipped,
and Were no? n i-i n :>---?l until 'he eon
gri gat ion fit ' I out Tie* v v. -re then
i.ium-iv-'Im ?imit""--"
RUSSIA NOW PREPARING 4
TO DEFEND PETROGRAD I
FROM GERMAN. ATTACK i
PETROGRAD, via London, May
6. 2:50 p. m. ? Petrograd is again
warned of an impending German
attack upon it by way of Libau,
in an army order which directs
the disposition of forces to resist
such an attack. The warning was
given by General Korniloff, com
manding the troops in the Petro
grad district, who, in his order of
the day, says:
"We have received reports that
the enemy is concentrating large
forces against our northern front.
German merchantmen are at Li
bau, ready as soon as the ice has
melted to embark troops and, un
der cover of the German lleet, to
carry out a landing which may
possibly be made quite close to
Petrograd.
"In order to creat an army ca
pable of .stubbornly defending our
capital against the assaults of an
enemy from abroad; and of con
solidating the freedom won by
Russia, I order ihe reorganization j
of the reserve elements of ths dis- :
trict in accordance with the or- y.'1
ders 1 have already issued to the ?
! first line troops. These reorgan
j ized elements must remain in Pe
tragrad in conformity with the
declaration of 'the provisional gov
eminent, and must be ready to de- .
fend civil liberty, and in the event
of an enemy movement against
Petrograd, oppose and defeat the
enemy on the outskirts of the cap
iral."
RUSSIAN CRISIS 1
BRIDGED OVER AT
LEAST FDR TIE
NEW DECLARATION OF
THE FOREIGN POLICY
Couched in More Definite j
Terms, and Satisfies the
Proletariat.
" PETROGRAI>7~May 4 (Friday, 10:30
p. m., via London, May 6, 8 p. m.) j
The controversy between the council
of workmen's and soldiers' delegates |
and the provisional government, that I
for the last twenty-four hours had I
threatened such serious consequences,
in which, in fact the fate ot the na
tion and possibly of the war were in
volved, has been settled.
Prince Tseretelli, speaking before a
tremendous assemblage of soldiers j
and workingmen who crowded the I
Naval Cadet building, where the coun-j
cil held a special meeting to receive ;
the report of the executive council, |
dclared that the government had pre
pared a new declaration concerning
its foreign policy, which in definite |
language, corresponded to the procla-j
mation of April 9, and embodied the |
views of the proletariat. i
When the speaker declared that the l
temporary government had acquitted i
itself of the charge brought against]
it by explaining in concise terms what j
it meant by the vague form of yester-|
dav's declaration, a great cheer arose
from the vast assembly and lasted for
several minutes. It apparently voiced
the relief which all present felt at the
solution of the most serious difficulty
which had confronted the country
since the revolution. . _ ...
Anti - government demonstrations,
however, were still occurring in the
streets. While the members of the
executive committee were explaining
the rapprochement with the govern
ment. a great manifestation was tak
ing place outside the very doors of the
building. Orators who were denounc
ing the government were loudly ac
claimed. ,
Late tonight there was a second
clash in which shooting occurred in
front of the Hotel Europe, causing a
momentary panic, among the guests.
Apparently the shots were fired from
windows opposite the hotel.
No Separate Peace.
NEW YORK. May 6. ? Dr. B. S hats Icy,
represent ativc in this country of the
provisional Russian government and a
member of the Russian railroad com
mission, addressing a mass meeting of
Slav societies here tonight, stated that
ho hod received cable messages from the
Russian minister of foreign affairs and
the president of the Dunm authorizing
him to assure the American people that
tlinro would be no separate peace. He
also had been authorized to report, he
said, that the "Internal situation is im
proving every hour."
The assemblage, including Bohemians,
Croatian?, Poles. Serbs and Russians,
ndopted resolutions pledging to the
Tnit'-d States the "loyal services of the
Slavs in America in battle, behind the
plough and in the mines and factories.
CHARLESTON RAISES
BIG FUND FOR SITE:
? ? 1
CHARLESTON". W. Va., May 6.? '
With a $:500.0?0 fund raided by popu-ji
lar subscription approximately com- <
nlete, the Charlestton chamber of j
commerce lias advised Secretary Jo- :
tophus Daniels that the deed trans- :
[erring to the federal government a
stie of 205 acres for The location of i
the government armor plate and pro- <
iectile factories had h^en prepared for I
execution. R^ar Admiral Ralph Lane, j1
chief of the bureau of ordnance, has 1
been advised that engineers could be'<
*ent here for the preliminary work 1 1
nmd can .start, work at once. |'
An amendment to the state la'.s 1
which prohibits the federal govern- M
ment from owning more than '1., acres .
in anv one place is necessary before ,i
title 'to the property can be legally ji
transferred to iho government, a his , i
change in the law be wrought at the j I
forihroming special session of ihe leg- i
Islature. '
HOW ENGLAND
ALL SUBORDINATED
TO WARFARE'S NEEDS
British Munitions Expert Gives
America Benefit of ?
Experience.
WASHINGTON*, Mar 6.? Great
Britain's transformation of her
great industrial system for war ,
purposes was described here to
day by Maurice S. Amos, the Brit
ish munitions expert, who was one
of the many rhings he has been
the change. Dr. Amos told some
of the manythings he has been
laying before American officials
since he came to Washington
with the Balfour mission .to give
the United States the benefit of
England's experience.
"England's industry, which be
fore the war was inchoate and
unorganized," he said, "has grad- -
ually b^en diverted from the usual
channels to specific war work ill
four different ways. First, was
the regulation under the defense
of the realm act in the early days
of the war, under which specula
tion in war necessaries was abso
lutely prohibited by requiring a?
government license. This, of
course, restricted and stabilized
such dealings and gave the gov
ernment a semi-control through
its influence over dealers. The
attempt to do away with middle
men entirely, however, failed ab
solutely.
"Secondly, the railroad execu
tive committee, which has an
even greater control of transpor
tation than your kindred body
here, gave priority to war goods
with such results that manufac
turers desired to be classified as
war manufacturers in order to se
cure immediate transport. Third
ly, the exemption from military
service of men engaged in war
industries made many manufac
turers change over from general
trade to war work in order to se
cure labor stability.
"Most important, of all, how
ever, in this readjustment was the
priority committee of the ministry
of munitions. At first the com
mittee itself had divided manu
factures into three classes of very
different degrees of national ur
gency. We endeavored to allot
all work on the basis of its war
importance and oversee every
contract in such way as to keep
the most important work always
first."
MEETS TODAY
CHARLESTON, W. Va? May 9r
Several members of the State Council
Df Defense of West Virginia appoint*
ed by Governor John J. Comwell to
svork in co-operation with the Nation
il Council of Defense arrived in the
;ity tonight preparatory to the meetr
ing which will be held in the recep
tion room of the executive office to?
morrow.
The meeting was called to hear th6
report of Governor Cornwell, who vil
directed by the state council to at
:end the meeting at Washington last
iveek. The West Virginia governon
trill carry a message to the state coun?
;il from the national council. He was
put in possession of many facts lb
connection with the war situation
which he will give to the members ot
ihe state council.
As a result of the meeting it is ex
pected that an outline of the legisUc
:ion which will be sought at the fortiw
:oming session of the legislature will
5e agreed upon. Nothing has been
;iven out pertaining to the nature of
hese special measures.
BRAZIL WON'T SEND TROOPS TO
EUROPE; ILL GIVE MORAL AID
' t ' ,J-"
RIO JANEIRO, Saturday. May |
Upon formally assuming: on Monday |
next tin? portfolio of foreign affairs J
Nilo Pecanha. successor to Dr. Lauro,
Muller. is expected tp make known i
i he general lines of his program, the!
fundamental principle of which, it ?si
understood, will be frank and ener-i
cetic action in co-operation with the;
United States.
Sepor Pecanha. as h ii ? altitude has j
been indicated, does noi b"lievp Ura-j
x.il will be able lo take an active pai't
in the war by the sending of troops. I
buk in lieu of military forces should j
lend tin* I'Tiited States all her moral!
support ami especially effective i
nomic oid Through the furnishing of ? .v";
all kinds of commodities produced by gi
llie nation. Other measures also
would bo considered as the course of
events seemed to render them necea- V
sarv in the common cause.
Such action by the Brazilian gov
ernment, it was pointed out, would
naturally carry with it the revocation
of the decree of neutrality promul
gated April 2S. ^
Thr- .Journal Do Commercio says It -
is reported, that Ruy Barboso, the am
bassador to Argentina' and advocate " ^ ?
nf war with Germany, advised the new
foreign minister to make the reorgani
zn tion nf the cabinet, the condition of i
his acceptance of the portfolio.