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6 D THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 31, iui. KAISER AND RUSS SECRET TREATY Trotzky . Bares ' Alliance by ' Which Nations Were to Aid . Each Other in Event of War. Petrograd, March 30 The ttxt of secret treaty signed by the Getnuti emperor, William, and Emperor Nich olas of Russia in 1905. by which, it has been charged the Germ emperor souzht to brine about an alliance be twecn Germany, Russia and Frince, "against Great Britain, was among the tsecret 'documents made public by Leon Trotzky, the foreign rhinistet of tne nolsfievik government. " ,y This, treaty was signed'by the two Dmperors on board Emperor Nicholas' yacht, the rolar btar, off the island of Bjorke. on the Swedish coast, in August. 1905. It Pears the daft of August 25. The instrument has been 'designated as the , "Bjorke treaty" and was so referred to by Emperof William. It was signed while lie peace con- Icrence which terminated the Kusso Japanese war was in session at Ports mouth. New Hampshire, and provided Ipt a "Defensive union" between Ger . jhaiy and Russia under which either - should come to the aid of the other if attacked by a third European power. France, then in friendly relations with Great Britain, was to be invited to join this Russo-Germanic alliance after Russia and Japan had signed a peace treaty. It appears, however, that knowledge of the signing of this paper by the two emperors was withheld from France at the request of Em peror Williain. i ' Agree to Aid Each Other. 'Tolyarnaya Zvezda"" Polar Star) "Bjorke, August 24,,' 1905. "Their imperial majesties, tlie em- - peror of All Russia on the one hand and tlie emperor of Germany on the , ojher, with ajiew of insuring th ,peace of Europe, havp agreed to the ' following points of a treaty regarding a defensive union: , t "Point 1. Should cither ofthese em pires be attacked by any other Euro . pean power, the ally "shall corne to its . ' .aid in Europe with' all its land and , ' naval forces. " I s "Points. The contracting parties obligate themselves not tp)nake a separate peace with the common enemy. . , ' "Point 3. The present, agreement shall come into force at the signing of a peace between Russia and Japav - and shall remain in force until -a 't period, flje date of which 'shall be hxeU upon a year in advance. . "Point 4. The emfSeror of All Rus . . ' sia, on the coming into force of above , treaty, shall take the necessary steps , to inform France of, said treaty and 'hall propose that France should join ., the same as an ally. f- "(Signed) Wilhelm, ; I . "(Signed) .Nicholas, ' . V k "(.Countersigned) Von Tschirsky ! and 'Benkcndorff ; ' ; , ' , (Countersfeytd) fA'. Birilcff." y Clint Rogge at College; Is Lost to Indianapolis Clmtilogge, a pitcher with Indian apolu frv the jVmerican association, probably will be, lost" to the club this season. Rogge, who' is attending col- f lege, advised President McGill that he ;1, intends to finish his course this sea-, i son and will not permit base ball to interfere. lie intimated that he would . like to report about June 1, but Mc . Gill will not agree ts this proposal. McGill was counting; on Rogge to ( bolster up the pitcher staff. i v . . ' Vernon Franchise May " Be Taken to San Diego " J. W. Coffroth and Jack'Atkin have a proposition on to purchase the Vef- nort. franchise in the Tacific Coast I 'league and transfer it to San . Diego. ' The negotiations are only :n the pre ' Iiminary stages, but San Diego seems bound to break into the Coast league and is sure the deal will go through. "Lady From Hell" in Omaha , Tells of Experiences On - Battle Fields of Europe nt By MABEL GUDMUNDSEN Wounded twice in battle, and one S the three survivors of lis company, Sergeant Kerr, "Lady from hell," has only a simple story to tell of his two years in the trenches and of his ex periences in the battle of Ypres a the first battle of the Soinme. -And his unemotional telling of an ugly duty well done is more eloquent than the most sensational trench story. "Of course war is hell, we' accept that," smiled the Scotchman, "and I am not ashamed to admit, that when I first went into the trenches my knees sliook until I'm sure, my companions could have heard them if it were not for the booming of thebig guns, or, possibly, their knees, too were shaking. ' "I have seen young boys go bravely into battle with their faces as white as this," and the sergeant fingered a hcet of paper on his desk. "I shan't attempt to describe my horror when I first saw a man killed in battle. Gets Used to It. "But, Gradually I became accus tomed to it all, until in time it did not bother me so much to see some com panion with whom I had been talking a minute before 'get his.' , "You learn to accept the booming guns, the bursting shells, the slaugh ter and fields of dead and dying as a part of the war and you learn that duty is all that counts, and so you try to do your bit and don't worry a great deal about the rest of it." Sergeant Kerr tells of horrors of battles as mere incidents jn the bloody business of war. He tells of sitting on what he thought was a bundle of old coats and rags one night during the battle of the Somme and of smiling to himself in the dark at his luck ip stumbling onto such a soft seat. At dawn he found that he was sitting on the body of a slain soldiers , A Ghastly Find. Anotfier night during the same battle the man found a hard projec tion in the part of the trench they used for an entrance. It served for a foothold. In the morning ' they found that it was the .head of a Ger man"Yoldier that had '.become lodged in the mud of the trench. Sergeant Kerr was buried three times within a half hour when thq Bochea sent a shower of shells to his part of the line during the battle of th Somme. "Yes, one shell buried me-end anothejtne came along and blew me out again," he explained quaintly. , , , Une shell buried him up to the neck in the dirt and mud of No Man's Land and just as his companions were going to-help him out, he saw an other shell coming and shouted: Get back; this is mine. The shell fell about four yards from him and he set his teeth tight and waited. It seemed ages before the thing exploded, and, when it did Kerr was thrown skywad and landed neaa nrst in a irencn. Many Wer Killed." , "When I got up and found that I was unhurt and looked around and saw that others all about nie had ben killed I felt that some way, it wasn't right. I couldn't understand why I hadn't 'got mine' too. "I lost all the souvenirs I had col lected when I was blown up," he, con tinued. "I had gathered a bag full of German helmets, officers' uniforms and other things from No Man's Land apd I carried them with me, strapped U. S. Vulcndr Co. of San Frap cltco, who hat branches in 6 atatoa, bar opened Branch 16 at 320 So 13 St. Tube, rulcanixed, 8c ca injt, 50c up. We trade new tires for old ones. f to my belt, but I never found them after that explosion." Sergeant Kerr. tells of his ex periences during terrific shelling by the enemy wrjen an explosion nearby left him feeling that it had blown off a part, of his head. "A thousand sledgehammers 'beating on mv head.' is the only way I can describe how I teit, he explained; and, at last. I raided my hand to my head. My helmet was gone and I felt a soft ooze. I thought" it was my brains, but when I drew-jny hand down again I foundlhat it was mud.' Sergeant Kerr told of the incident in a simple, humorous way. ' Germans Outclassed. When asked about bayonet .fighting, his-eyes brightened and, for the first time during the interview, the Scotch man almost forgot his reserve. "We have the Germans bested in that," he chuckled, "they're sloV and awkward and usually abandon their bayonets. You must hold your gun this way," and Je adjusted his arms to hold an imaginary gun ready to pierce a bayonet through an enemy. "And you must watch your man. if he grabs your gun in the death agony, it will, be almost impossible to wrench it froni him. As soon as you have one man down you rush on to the next, you never can take time to see if you have killed or only wounded your victim." , . Sergeant Kerr was wounded twice by shrapnel and spent a year in French and'English hospitals, -rrom England he was shjpped to Halifax, where he landed two days before the Halifax disaster. He is a member of the 16th Canadian-Scottish battalion and wears the slogan Deas Gu Cath ''Ready to Fight) on his little Glengary cap. British Morale Fine. The morale of the British army is excellent, according fo ' Kerr, who says that they are a cheery bunch of fellows and he knows thousands of them who have refused offers to go home, saying, simply, "I guess I'll stay and see this thing through." . Kerr has beendoing recruiting for the British army in Omaha, but, like a true soldier, he longs to get back to the trenches and is happy because he has been promised that "he may re turn to hell if he wishes. In answer to the incredulous ques tion, "And do you wish to return?" he smiled ahd answered, 1 left an unfinished job 'over there' and I want to get back and see the thing through. ALL NATIONS ARE -REPRESENTED IN - YANK OUTFIELD An Italian, a Cuban and an Irish man ar announced as the trio of regu lars for the outfield of the New York Yankees, with a few other nationali ties trying to break into the combina tion. There are eight outfield can didates for Miller Huggins' inspection in all. 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