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TODAY'S PRICES
Mexican bank notes 16 Mexican pesos
41 Chihuahua currency 3 Carranza
currency 7 Bar silver. (Handy & Har
mon quotations) 484 Copper 20 S&O
20 SO Grain irregular Livestock steady
Stocks irregular.
WEATHER FORECAST.
13 Paw, partly dondr; New Mexico,
hswerj; Arizona, fair, cooler; n:
Tex, eleedy.
EL PASO. TEXAS. FRIDAY EVENING. JUNE 23. 1915. delivered anywhere q cents a month. 16 PAGES TWO SECTIONS TODAY.
LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
SI.NULE COPT FIVE CENTS.
GERMAN SOCIALISTS DEMAND PEACE
onzaie
PASO HERALD
VI a
Into
Defenders Of Mexico City
Resist Encroachments Of
Carranza Forces.
FOOD EXPORTED,
MEXICO STARVES
Wilson to Determine Coarse
" After Return In July
From Vacation.
WASHINGTON. D. C. June 25.
Zapata, forces defending Mexi
co City save engaged' the at
tacking Carranza army" In a series of
artillery duels and delayed Its advance.
No details were contained In the ad
vices reaching here today, which were
the first Indications that the Carranza
advance would be restated.
Communication, with Mexico City has
been cut off since June IS when Gen.
Gonzales, the Carranza commander, cut
the wires to Veracruz at Otumba. 25
miles east of the capital. I
Consular advices from Veracruz today I
said the wires were still down and it I
was improbable that communication I
will be restored before Gonzales en
tered the city. VeracEuz dispatches to
the Carranza agency here have Insisted
-Gonzales was trying "to save the city
from the horrors of attack" and had
been ordered to exhaust every means
to induce the Villa-Zapata troops to
withdraw -without resistance.
Would Delay Keller.
The Carranza war department urges
that the Red Cross relief expedition be
delayed until after the occupation of
the capitoL Gen. Carranza has prom
ised full cooperation with it.
The foreign chancellories interested
in the Mexican situation have been giv
en to understand that the president will
determine on some action in line with
his recent statement on Mexican affairs
after he returns from New Hampshire
m Jbly.
Food Is Exported.
Some of the diplomats have received
official statements that while the popu
lation was starving $400,060 worth of
foodstuffs -were exported, to Cuba from
the territory held by Carranza in the
first three months of 1015.
wrsLiPs
Former Dictator Says He Is
On Way to Coast in Order
"to Relax Nerves."
Chicago. Ill, June 25. Gen Vic
toriano Huerta, formerly dictator of
Meico, slipped quietly into Chicago to
Li. He was aeoampaliied by his son
.Hid a secretary, and said he was on his
v. a to the exposition at San Francisco
to rela my nerves after trying ex
periences." dherents of Gen. Huerta have been
expecting his arrival ia El Paso. There
has been a rumor that Huerta would
be connected with, a new revolutionary
mo ement in Mexico to be launched
from here A report was in circulation
a few days ago that be had already
arrived here. It was denied in New
i ork by Dagoberto Huerta, a son.
WAR ORDERS AND CROPS
MAKE DEMANDS ON LABOR
Washington, D. Q. June 25. New de
mands for labor are being made be
en use of the great war orders from Eu
rope and the prospects for unprecedent
ed crops, according to the statement is
sued Thursday night by the department
of labor.
Oklahoma is said to need from 16,99
to 18,000 harvest hands and Kansas
35 COO
An Oregon association has applied for
1050 berry pickers. An arms and am
munition plant in Connecticut has
.isked for 300 men. Zinc and lead mines
in Missouri need 1000 laborers. A
Mart land steel company has applied
for loo hands. In West Virginia 20.000
coal mine employes are wanted. It is
stated that about 25 percent of all ap
plicants for Jobs during May were
placed through the department's ef
forts. MORE BIG LUMBER T.1I1DS
CONTBMrLATE CLOSING
Chicago, I1L. Jane 25 The great
shutdown of building material plants
v. hich, it is pr edicted. will throw 200.
oi. u men out of employment in Chicago
h the end of next week, was further
enlarged today when owners of lumber
vards employing 10,000 men voted to
close.
A meeting, at which It Is expected
that practically all building material
manufacturers in the city win vote to
cose, will be held late today. By this
means manufacturers hope to force
striking carpenters to accept arbitra
tion ri
! :, T n GHIGA90
Paso County Needs
"WE'RE WITH
The V ar At a Glance
GERMAN official accounts of
the fighting along the Dnies
ter river agree with the Rus
sian statements as to the desperate
ness of the struggle which the two
armies are still waging in that part
of Galtcia. The Teutonic version.
however, admits retrogression only
at one point, stating that superior
counter-attacks by the Russians at
Tartinow had caused a portion of
Gen. von Linsingen's troops to be
-withdrawn toward the Dniester's
southern bank.
Elsewhere in the southeastern
theater of war progress was being
made, the official statement said:
while further north, although the
Germans had evacuated the village
of Kopaczyska, which they had re
cently captured, they had broken
through the Russian lines near
Stegna and held their footing there.
Heavy Fighting on Meune
Latest news from the campaign
in France shows the resumption of
extreme activity on the heights of
the Meuse, where the French tell
of a violent German attack. The
German claim is that the operations
there were begun by the French
and that a trench was retaken from
them. The French admit a Ger
man advance but declare the former
lines later were reestablished.
In the Argonne the Germans de
clare they have gained ground.
Hardship in Members
Accounts of conditions in Lera
berg during the Russian occupation,
received in Berlin tell of hardships
suffered by families of officials dis
placed by the change from Anstrian
to Russian authority. Prominent
men. reduced to penury, had to re
sort to wood chopping for a living
while the -women of their families
baked bread and cakes and sold
them from house to house.
Guns Roar on Isonzo Front
Activity along the Italian front
still chiefly in artillery engage
ments with occasional interludes ef
infantry activity The Italians
claim.. ftQwever, to be gradually .ad
vancing along the Tsul'A.u Mftd tb
have repulsed Austrian attacks at
several points.
Nothing is heard from the Dar
danelles. BUT
IS IB PUZZLE
Dropped in Bunches of 500
From Aeroplane, They
"Wound Like Bullets.
San Francisco, Calif. June 25. New
types of wounds, caused by darts
dropped from aeroplanes in the Eu
ropean -war, were discussed today by
surgeons attending the section on sur
gery of the American Medical associa
tion here. The darts are dropped from
aeroplanes in bunches of 500 or more,
which fall on the enemy like hail, pro
duslng wounds like bullets.
Army Surgeon on War Wonnds.
Mai. A. W. Williams of the Medical
corps of the United States army, in a
paper on "Surgery on the Battlefield."
emphasized the difficulties encoun
tered in caring for the wounded in the
present European war on account of
the amount of trench fighting going
on.
Owing to the massing of large bodies
of men in the trenches, and the lack
of bathing facilities and clean cloth
ing, many severe cases of infection
have developed among the wounded.
In Belgium, especially where the
trenches have been dug in a soil that
has for generations been heavily
manured for market gardening, the
percentage of infection is very high.
In comparison with other wars, there
is also -a much higher proportion of
shell and shrapnel -wounds, due to the
increased use of artillery.
Major Williams stated that his ex
perience as a field surgeon showed
that by the use of lodin, the skin
could be quickly sterilized and surgi
cal work done in the field as safely
as in the elaborate operating rqoms In
city hospitals.
Alabamian Has Experience.
The material which the European
-war is furnishing for an important
chapter in military surgery, was the
keynote of the symposium on military
surgery which occupied the attention
of the section on surgery.
Dr. W. E. Drennan of Birmingham.
Ala-, related his experiences during
a recent service of several months in
one of the large military base hospi
tals in Paris. Roentgen-ray photo
graphs illustrating the types of frac
ture and the different stages of heal
ing, were shown.
Surgeon F. E. McCullough of the
United States navy, described the sur
gery of modern naval warfare. Me
showed that proper care of those in
jured in modern naval warfare could
only be secured by making careful
preparation during times of peace, ty
anticipating every emergency before
battle and caring for the wounded
during and after naval battles.
KRF.DZ ZETTUXG ATTCKS
PROPOSAL TO YIELD TO TJ. S.
Berlin, Germany, June 25. The Kreuz
Zeitung. In a long editorial today, at
tacked the Lokel Correspondenz agency
because the latter ventured to question
whether it might not be wise politically
to grant the requst of the United States
that submarines refrain from attack
ing vessels upon which Americans are
passengers.
Tbe Kreuz Zeitung says it could hard
ly believe its eyes when it read tbe ar
ticle and adds:
"To give such a guarantee would
simply permit the shipment of further
war munitions under eover of Ameri
can passengers."
ENGLAND fflS
ACTS JUSTIFIED
Memorandum Asserts Amer
ican Shippers Have No Good
Cause For Complaint.
"Washington, D. C, June 25. Ameri
can shippers have no just cause for
complaint against the methods used
by the British government in conform
ity with its orders in council, according
to the memorandum received here from
the British foreign office by the Ameri
can state department.
The memorandum, which was issued
at the foreign office in the absence ol
Sir Edward Grey, foreign minister, does
not claim to be in answer to tbe Ameri
can contentions as embraced in tne
most recent note relative to the orders
in council, but merely tells what Great
Britain Is attempting to do in order to
shut off commerce trora enemy coun
tries with tbe least possible incon
veniences to neutral nations.
In transmitting tbe memorandum
ambassador Page said It "was an ex
planation of concrete cases and tne
regulations "under which they are
dealt"
Special Concessions Granted.
In its memorandum the foreign of
fice emphasizes the "various special
concessions made in favor of United
States citizens" in setting forth taat
all British officials have acted m
every case "with the utmost dispatch
consistent with the object, namely, to
prevent vessels from carrying goods
for. or coming from, the enemy's
territory."
Arrangements for buying American
cotton detained and for permitting tne
1 passage of goods bought in Germany
by Americans before the date of tbe
ontex.m .cpuncil are outlined and tne
premise isaole' tnM eoasUaiaUaa wUt
premise aatfe" tnat eoauta.rntisa ut
be gives to Special bas-ai at tn KIM
in tne xuture.
Few Ships Vow IleM.
According to a summary of ships de
tained, there are now 27 vessels which
cleared from the United States now
held in ports of the United Kingdom.
Of these eight are said to be unloading
cotton which Great Britain has agreed
to purchase, seven will be allowed
to depart as son as items of tbetr
cargo placed in a prize court have been
discharged, and the other 12 three of
them American ships are the subject
of investigations not yet completed.
o Grievance Justified.
"His majesty's government," tne
memorandum concludes, is earnestly
desirous of removing all causes of un
avoidable delay in dealing with Ameri
can cargoes and vessels which may
be detained and an specific inquiries
or representations which may be made
by the United states government in
regard to particular cases will always
receive the most careful consideration
and the information which can be af
forded without prejudice to prize court
proceedings will be readilv rfven- but
it can scarcely admit that on the basis J
oi actual iacts and grievance on tne
part of American citizens Is Justified
or can be sustained and therefore It
confidently appeals to the opinion of
the: United States government as en
lightened by this memorandum."
American! Annt Delay.
The memorandum adds that, in cases
where undue delay in dealing with
seized cargoes has been alleged, Brit
ish courts have promptly advanced
the dates of hearing only to receive
an Instant protest or a request from
tne American owners of ships or
cargoes, for a postponement This, the
memorandum aserts, is very difficult
to explain.
Vw Note ot Complete.
Sufficient facts on detention and
seizure of American ships and cargoes
by the British fleet have not yet been
gathered by "he state department to
complete the new note to Great Britain,
which has been under preparaion tor
several weeks
.Secretary Lansing disclosed today
that the portion of the note dealing
with the principles of the blockade
had long ago been outlined, but that
officials had been absorbed In getting
data on American ships and goods de
tained or seized He Intimated that
the note in its final form would be a
presentation of the academic principles
involved in the British practice under
the order in council.
ITALIANS LEAVE 3000 DEAD
BEFORE PLAWA, AUSTRIA SAYS
Washington. D. C, June 25 Dis
patches to the Austro-Hungarian em
bassay here today said Plawa was still
held by the Austrians and denied the
Claim that Italian trjwirt- i.-.- 1.-..1
through. The telegram says-
u me lace 01 laise reports from
Italian headquarters, our press bureau
states that Plawa is still held firmly by
us. These positions were ordered taken
by the Italian king, according to tbe
statements of prisoners. The Italians
have never broken through, although
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",BJ ""i luuumuius in iteia aiiacKS. At
least 1000 unburted dead He before our
positions. Our losses were considerably
smaller."
JOHN REED IS ARRESTED
. IN RUSSIA; IS RELEASED
Washington. D. C, June 25. John
Reed, an American war correspondent,
arrested In Russia recently for enter
ing the war zone without permission,
has been released. Ambassador Marye,
reporting today, made no mention, how
ever, of Boardraan Robinson, an artist
arrested with Reed.
John Reed -was in El Paso at various
times before the European war began,
while acting as correspondent In Mex
ico for the New York World and for an
eastern magazine. He was with Villa
during part of the revolution against
Huerta. His principal story was the
battle of Torreon.
No More
YOU," WILSON
TlilTllSSIAISESTIFEPflUl:
TI
IS P8E5UHT
"We Are For Peace With
Honor," Is Cry; President
Is On His Vacation.
APPOINTMENT OF
LANSING APPROVED
Wilson Shades Hands All
Along Line As He Goes
To Summer Capitol.
Greenfield. Mass, June 2fi. President I
Wilson today began to enjoy In earnest
his first vacation since last falL En 1
route for Concord. N. H, he slept late. :
and he did not see the crowds which ,
gathered to greet him when bis train ,
arrived in this state. At Springfield. I
notyoae. ortnampton and Greenfield
he responded to cheers, stepping out '
upon the observation platform of his
private car and shaking hands with I
many persons.
At Northampton students from To
ronto university on their way to a Y I
. C A. conference ab Northfield. gave 1
their collage yell sod, -called for a I
speech. The urMidMt boned his head.
PUSSES
&&jsmF?rl!T???
pianded and the president smiled. aTC
the same time accepting a bunch of
flowers from a little girl.
Since leaving,-Washington, president
Wilson has reeefved only a few mes
sages and most of those conveyed ap
proval of his appointment of Robert
Lansing as secretary of state. The
party was due at Cornish at 1 oclook
this afternoon.
UTS SEEIi
CHEW IS KIN
New London. Conn., June 26. rale
won the second 'varsity eight boat race
by a third of a length from Harvard in
a snappy two-mile contest over the
Thames course today.
Tale led from start to finish, though
Harvard made a game rally in the
last quarter of a mile.
Yale caught the water tirst and
with a faster stroke opened up a lead
of a length at tbe half mile mark. The
two crews rowed a clean stroke and
there was little splashing. Harvard
increased her stroke and came up on
nearly even terms with Tale, but the
blues shook off the challenger and at
the mile had a lead of nearly a length.
Near the finish Harvard came strong
and cut down Yale's advantage foot
by foot Yale, however, shot over the
line with one-third of a length to
spare. I
The unofficial time of Vale was !
10 45. The 'varsity races begin at 4:.u I
looay.
9E; B KILLEB
Thurmont Md.. June 25. Six persons
were killed and a dozen more or less
seriously Injured when the Blue Moun
tain express and the fast mail of the
Western Maryland railroad crashed to
gether on a bridge 100 feet high, over
Owns creek, a few miles west of here
Thursday night
The change in the schedule, in tbe
course of which a mixup in the orders
given the conductors of the two trains.
Is said to have occurred, resulting In
bringing the two trains together at
high speed on the ' ridge which spans a
mountain ravine.
So great was the impact that the two
engines were almost completely tele
scoped. The baggage car of the BIuo
Mountain express. In which a Mrs.
Chipcbase. who was an invalid, accom
panied by her son, was riding, was
thrown to the bed of the creek.
CHICAGO IS SETTING TRAPS
FOR NATIONAL CONVENTIONS
Chicago. I1L. June 25. Members of
the Hamilton club, at a luncheon today,
were assured by Frederick W. Upham
that the ISIS Republican convention
will be held in Chicago. Roger Sullivan
said he could "almost" promise that the
Democrats also would make this their
convention city.
Mr. Upham was appointed last spring
to work to bring the Republicans here.
He reported that he had the pledges of
30 of the 52 national committeemen and
expected others to fall In line.
Mr. Sullivan said that 20 Democratic
national committeemen have given their
pledges and that he expected little dif
ficulty in obtaining the seven additional
necessary.
TRAINS HIT ON
Experimental Reads;
animriii hk i
Russian Council of Ministers Appoints a Commission to
Arrange For Poland's Government; Provinces Will
Be Unified, but Remain Nominally Under the
Suzerainty of Russia, It Is Declared.
PKTROGRAD. Russia. June 35. The
Russian council of ministers today
decided to appoint a commission
composed of six Russians and six
Poles, under the presidency of premier
Goremyken, to deal with the" prelimin
aries necessary to the carrying into
effect of autonomy for Poland which
was proclaimed by grand duke Nicho
las, coramanderinchlef of the Russian
army, da August 14 of last year.
The plan, so far as it has been dis
cussed, is to unite tbe Polish provinces
under one government and create a
Polish administration headed by a king
chosen from one of the old Polish
-
JHIEEIO
WSJISTIII
Life of Evelyn Nesbit Is Also
to Be Related in the
New York. June 35. Today Is tbe
ninth anniversary of the murder of
Stanford While on tne roof of Madison
Square Garden, for which Thaw was
acquitted after one of the most
elaborate insanity defences ever pre
sen ted.
From that day to the present
he has adopted almost every means
known in law to obtain freedom.
Deputy attorney general Cook. In
outlining the state's case to newspaper
men. today said that in addition to
tracing the history of the life of
Thaw, the state would also bring to
light the life history of Evelyn Nesbit
Will Show "Jlovlea."
Announcement was made by Mr.
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- j.. w.v,,c ict.c.3 lu uiei auic
proposed to stage in the courtroom the
moving pictures for which Thaw posed
In Canada and New Hampshire.
Interest in the proceedings to ascer
tain whether Thaw is now sane or in
sane, was divided today between the
taking of evidence in court bars and
the application by counsel for tbe state
for the appointment of a commission
to learn from Dr. Charles W. Elliot
president emeritus of Harvard, which
Thaw left in 1802 without completing
his course. Deputy attorney general
Frank K. Cook, who asked Justice
Hendrtck Thursday to appoint the com
mission, expected his application would
be granted today.
CLOlSliliZE,
7 LHP FHI LIFE
Pittsburg, Pa., June 25. Seven men
were probably fatally burned in an
explosion of gasoline today at the works
of tbe Aetna Explosives company, la
this city.
The explosion occurred In a corru
gated Iron building and the men es
caped by Jumping from the windows
with their clothing ablaze. It Is In the
Aetna plant that government experi
ments with a new process of manufac
turing gasoline are being made.
CLAIM SMITH KILLED HIS
BRIDES FOR THEIR MONEY
London, Eng June 25 The trial
of Joseph Smith, indicted on the charge
of having murdered his three wives
by drowning them in bath tubs, entered
its second stage today, the evidence re
ferring to the death of Beatrice Mundy
having been completed. The last wit
ness in this conection was a Ports
mouth banker, who testified that the
prisoner had opened an account in the
name of Smith. This money, the Judge
pointed out to the Jury, was obtained
by the defendant in tut- name of "Wil
liams," from the sale of Beatrice
Mundys estate, according to testimony.
"We now begin the Al.ce BurnRam
story," remarked the trial Judge, al
luding to the second alleged victim.
The witness on this phase was an in
surance agent from Sonthsea, where
Smith was introduced ta Miss Burnham.
The testimony showed she took out
$5000 worth of life Insurance for the
benefit of her mother.
"Next day." the witness said, "Smith
married Miss Burnham."
"iVILL ORGANIZE HE I.IK 1'
FOR FLOOD DISTRICTS
Denver, Colo.. June 25. Dr. S. P.
Morris, acting national director of the
American Red Cross, will start tonight
for the Red River districts of Arkansas
and Louisiana to organise relief in
districts damaged by floods.
HEARS
I HE
nobility. Six or seven possibilities
I hiv. alrMriv haen dim llaaeH.
Gollela Seem Lost.
The ancient kingdom of Poland em
braces what is now known aa Russian
Poland, the province of Galicia. now
part of Austria-Hungary, and certain
of the eastern provinces of Germany.
Russia having lost practically an she
had gained in Galicia. the acquisition
of that province by the kingdom of
Poland will have to await further war
developments
It is understood that Poland, when
its own government is established, will
be subject to the suzerainty of Russia,
but that this obligation will apply only
to questions of great moment such as
an inter national crista
WEEK IS
iuni
Blamed For Servian Disas
ter, He Threatens to "Write
'aTBodiEBSispearsr Venice, Italy. June 21 The story ot
the fall of Gen. Baron Auffenberg from
his position as commander of one of the
most powerful of the Austro-Hunsar-lan
armies to an incommunicado cell
in an unnamed orison Is one of the
' most cioseiy guarded secrets in Vienna.
to even mention his name; and in
quiries even in the Hungarian nouse
of deputies have been advised to let
the matter drop.
From information which has just
,m,1im1 VleA it aDiMars that the
general was summarily arrested, as he
- . , ul,.,&,la&rt
was oui w ree w j .
and has not since been allowed to
communicate even with his family or
lawyers. His object In going to Switz
erland was the publication of a volume
' of memoirs, in which be hoped to
I tablisb his innocence of mismanaging
-.vn.k .. !...,.. mlama
the Austrian campaign against aervia.
by putting the blame upon, the shoul
ders of the Austrian commander-in-chief,
the archduke Frederic.
Blamed for Austrian Defeat.
The following explanation of Gen.
Auffenberg's rise and fall comes from
personal friends of the general, it is
in general agreement with such facts
of the case as have been previously
established
"Gen Auffenberg. as a former min
ister of war and one of the great sol
diers of the empire, was placed in com
u... .K"-. -"y,-- ----
ine invasion oi servia at me uin-
352F-.L?-it--WfiT-. TnS'J.n'' wernae?
disastrously: the Austrians were ae-
,jrbrclicrorntroSeSraindd:
"'.Jf.'nV'tnvt.ea-
tion in Vienna, and the investigators
reported that Gen. Auffenberg was
mainly responsible, owing to his gross
; 1 V;.".. .j ,h. ,' vtintnn
mistakes of stategy in planning ana
carrying out Us offense. Tbey recom
mended that he be suspended from his
command.
"But It seemed unwise to the military
powers to thus draw public attention
to the extent of the disaster in Servia.
so It was decided that Auffenberg's
v 1 . i wt. .kfinM K. atf.lhlltA tn til
health brought on by the strenuous ex- i
ertions of tne campaign, and mat lae
title of baon should be conferred on
him to support tbe Impression that
after all nothing really serious had
happened to the Austrian forces in Ser
via. The new baron was ordered home
and placed on the retired list among
'officers at the disposition of the em
peror for future military service,
Makea Itfrestlgatlon.
"The general came home reluctant
and mystified, and began some quiet
investigations of the situation. As
soon as he found out that he was
blamed for the failure of the ervian
campaign he demanded that his side
of the story should be heard. He Sot
no encouragement In official circles,
but it became generally known among
military men that he planned to re
establish his own reputation by show
ing that the blame for the failure must
be attributed to the archduke fredertc
"In one case, for example, the gen
eral declared to a group of military
men: "I will not be made the scape
goat for an archduke who ought never
to have been entrusted with the su
preme command of the imperial forces,
but who ought rather to have been
locked up in his palace In Vienna to
prevent his meddling' in the conduct of
the war.'
Threaten Exposure.
"This remark, together with others
of similar nature, reached the ears of
the archduke and the tatter's influence
was execised to bring about the down
tall of the general The climax came
when Auffenberg asserted that having
failed to secure a hearing in official
circles he would prove Ms own in
nocence and the archduke's blame
worthiness bv writing a book on tbe
war and having it published in Switz
erland. "To prevent his flight Into Switzer
land and the publication of the threat
ened book, emneror Francis Jonenn
'himself stepped in and ordered mm
(Continued on Fate S. Cot 3)
Concrete's
I
"We Have the Masses With
Us; Masses Want Peace"
Says Liebfynecht.
ACQUISITION OF
LANDS OPPOSED
Majority Of Germans Want
Earliest Possible Peace,
Without Conquest.
BERLIN. Germany. June za. De
mands for peace, voiced as com
ing from the masses of the Ger
man people, were laid before the .Prus
sian chamber of deputies yesterda.
and have started a nationwide agita
tion today.
Herr Braun. Herr Wiener and Dr.
Karl Liebknecbt took part in the ex
changes. The mornin gnewsnapers re
ported the proceedings substantially
as follows:
"Herr Wiener, progressive, cited,
with sagas of tnnnnri flam Tlin mem
bers, an article by Bssjm Hetoeraann.
Socialist, to the effect that bo German
wants peace until Germany's enemies
are willing to concede her right to
develop ber economic and cultural
powers. '
-llnwri W nnt PeaeeV
"To this statement Dr. Karl Ueb
knecht one of the Socialist leaders,
interjected. 'We hate the masses with
us. and the masses want peace.'
"After this interruption, Herr Wie
ner continued.
"V e are con inced that the coopera
tion of all parties and classes Is es
sential and that it means German victory-
In this cooperation is found the
guarantee that we will hold out, and
, that we will be spared from such, das-
! IflrHlv atti1r In ,I.a ..,......
tardly attacks in the future."
"Herr Braun. Socialist, was the next
speaker. He said the Socialists did not
deny that the German people must
stand together against their innumera
ble enemies. He referred to the fact
that certain persons are talking about
continuing the war in order to realize
'wild plans of annexation.'
People Reject Annexation,
"A great majority of the German peo
ple wish imperatively that no opportu
nity for securing an earl peace be lost,
the speaker declared, and they emphat
ically reject annexation plans of all
kinds, particularly such as have been
advocated by one German ruler. De
mocracy is opposed to three objection
able products, if noly for the reason
that thev prolong wars.
I rn uerman people want no con-
rue oerman people want no Con
i .,,,.. ti,. j . . ..J
""noat bringing humiliation or-ub-
ject .on to other neonles."
11, minister of
Lh ior. made . aaawer to Her.-
I """' " P" as lOllOWS
Must Terminate Atar.
"While we are Involved in such a war
as this we can haie but one thought,
namely to terminate it in a way that
will make a repetition impossible That
is the goal which the imperial chancel
lor and the allied governments have set
themselves, and that is the goal you
must strive for along with us."
These words from the mlntatee worn
i greeted with evidences of disapproval
from the socialist members.
ENGLAND IS CAMPAIGNING
FOR MORE MUNITION SUPPLIES
London. Eng-. June 25 The campaign.
for munitions is in full swing with the
possibility of rational registration t
ascertain the "man power" of the na
tion. That England appreciates the
need of adding to her fighting resources
Is significantly indicated by the publi
cation in the London Times of tables
shoving that the casualties of officers
during the last month come within a
few hundred of the total officer casual
ties during the entire South African.
war. The total in South Africa was 2752.
while the lists since May IS show that
2440 officers have been killed, wounded
r reported missing.
NO PROTEST WILL BE MADE
ON MAIL INTERFERENCE
Washington, D. CL. June 25. No pro
test will be made by tbe United States
against interference wtih American
mails passing through European bellig
erent territory to neutrals- Since bel
ligerents are permitted to censor cab'e
messages in transit officials here think
letters would go tbe same risks.
Postmaster general Burleson already
has ordered that man to neutral na
tions be sent on ships which do not
touch belligerent ports.
$758,eoe,ooo of England's
WAR LOAN IS SUBSCRIBED
London. Eng.. June 25. About 3750.-
000,000 of tbe new war loan had ieea
applied for by banka alone up to noon
todav. according to the Evening Stand
ard. The requests in the millions are be
ing held back until aext week, ina
present flow of subscriptions is mostly
for moderate sums.
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