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SAYS GERMANY WILL NEVER VIOLATE MONROE DOCTRINE Count Von Benistorff, Ambassador From Kaiser’s Government, Declares He Has Given United States Assurance That If Successful In War, Law Will Be Respected. Washington, Oct. 26.—Tho German ambassador. Count Bernstorff, said, to day, that early In the European war he had assured the United States govern ment that whatever the outcome of the conflict, Germany would respect the Monroe doctrine. Count Bernstorff said he had filed with the state department, on Septem ber 3. soon after his arrival in this country from Beilin, a written official statement that Germany would not in fringe on the Monroe doctrine, no mat ter what the outcome of the war. The ambassador said that his assur ances had first been given informally OF FIRING LINE Relieved of Duty After Month of Sleeplessness English Sol diers Can’t Sleep—Their Nerves Unstrung. Now York, Oct. 24.—The World prints a story replete with thrills from a staff correspondent, who succeeded in reaching the British front, and spent a day and night on the firing line, where the fighting was tiekest. The story was passed by censors under an agree ment that no names or places would be given. It is impossible for that reason to give the name of the correspondent. The story follows: “An English regiment that cannot sleep—men with nerves so racked by the terriflee struggle In the trenches on the Aisne that they cannot bring themselves to go to bed—Is the grim mest spectacle I have met In this war. I spent night and day with these men and left them rather hysterical myself, only a few hours ago. “We parted company, and still it seems to me like a bad dream from which it is hard to wake. This regi ment Is made up almost entirely of Welshmen and has one of the finest records. It was visited and congrau iated by Field Marshal French. It has been mentioned in official despatches for bravery, and new it is paying the price. "Men did not begin to break until after the tenseness had passed. So long as they wore under fire they were cool and In command of themselves, but the position they held was so exposed to fire that they never had a moment’s rest and after a month, when they were ordered back, they went to pieces." The correspondent says that lie aided an English captain in securing quar ters for his men after they had been relieved at the front by Fronch troops. These men had been on the firing line for a month, subjected night and day to the terrible rain of shells from the German artillery, never daring to re lax their vigil, not even for a moment. The writer says when he first met the captain he noticed that he was ex tremely nervous and fidgety. Others of his command who joined him presently displayed the same symptoms. When beds and sleeping places had b' -sn pre pared the men did not go to oed, but continued to ta4k. The captain told marvelous stories of the fighting until the correspondent, exhausted, fell asleep at 2 o’clock in the morning. When he awoke two hours later the captain still sat gazing into the fire and smoking. The regiment arrived at 4 o'clock in the morning. It had been relieved by the French at midnight. All that part of the battle line then was French, the English having been relieved to join in a flanking movement to the north west. Theirs being the most dangerous position they were relieved last, and within an hour of the end they pumped rifle fire into the forward German movement. Now the English are out of it they are like uneasy old women. I tried to get them to go to bed. but by dawn there were not more than 50 asleep. Others had built bivouac fires in the big court, talking and moving about constantly. That night at dusk they re ceived inarching orders. JAPANESE CRUISERS CONVOY GOLD LINER San Francisco, Oct. 24.—The Japanese battle cruisOT Kongo and the Japanese armored cruiser Asama are standing off and on outside the heads of San Francisco harbor, Just below the hori zon. The Toyo Kisen Kaisha liner Shinyo Maru, which arrived here today from Yokohama and Honolulu, brought word that -she had been convoyed all the way a'ccross the Pacific by tho two warships and that, ail told. Japan has stationed eight warships to guard the lanes of trade between the American Pacific eotmt and the Orient. Just outside Honolulu the battleship Hizen Is keeping watch, while the lit tle German gunboat Geler is making repairs to her machinery under the su pervision of American naval officials. The Shinyo Main brought $1,000,000 in specie and bullion and would have inado a fat prize for a German cruiser. Honolulu, Oct. 24.—In sight of the marine observers at the mouth of the harbor, the Japanese battleship Hizen captured today a small German steam schooner, supposedly from the Marshall Islands. Tho Hizen has at no time en tered the territorial waters and It was not possible to learn the prize’s name. BRITISH STEAMER IS SUNK_BY_SUB!ViARIf\IE Amsterdam (via Bondon), Oct. 24.— A dispatch from Berlin says it is offi cially announced there that the German submarine which sank tho British cruiser. Hawke, has now returned safely to port. The sinking of the Brit ish steamer, Glitcra, by a German sub marine near tho Norwegian coast is also officially confirmed. SON BOtfN TO QUEEN VICTORIA OF SPAIN Madrid, Oft. 24. (via Paris).—A son was born this morning to Queen Vic toria of Tho son born today is the queenrs sixth child, tho others being threi? sons and two daughters. dais of tho state department—he could not recall whether it was Secretary Bryan or Counsellor Lansing. Mr. Lansing said, today, the assurances had not been given to him and that he did not know of them. Secretary Bryan is In the west, speaking in the congressional campaign. Tine ambassador said the statement was made because of statements from various English sources, that Germany, if successful, would not respect the Monroe doctrine and doubtless would attempt to make a great colonization scheme in South America. The ambassador said that he later put the matter in writing. NORRIS TO PEI Charges That Wet Interests Showed Marked Activity In Connection With Revenue Bill. Washington, Oct. 26.—Senator Norris is busily engaged in getting the names of all persons whom he believes should be subpoenaed before the Senate lobby committee and questioned about the existence of a whisky or liquor lobby. Senator Norris has submitted some of the names of those he wants sub poenaed to Senator Overman. Senator Overman told Senator Nor ris he would conduct the investiga tion, but could not do it before De cember. He asked Senator Norris to complete his list and give it to him December 1. Senator Norris is pur suing this plan. “I shall submit a list to Senator Overman December 1,” said Senator Norris today. “I did not have the list completed and am working on it. I do not expect to let the matter drop.” Senator Norris charges there has been an active lobby in Washington for the purpose of protecting whisky, beer and wine as far as possible from the war taxes. The names he intends to submit to Senator Overman will be in part representatives of whisky inter ests and in part representatives of wine and brewing interests. He called attention today to the fact that after the Senate had put an in creased tax of $1.75 on beer and a tax on rectified spirits, the beer tax was reduced and the whisky tax knocked out in conference. SAN ANTONIO SCENE OF DISASTROUS FLOOD Eleven Drowned, 2,000 Ren dered Homeless and Huge Property Damage Done. San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 24.—Relief work among destitute sufferers from yesterday’s flood along San Pedro and Alazan creeks, in which 11 persons were drowned and 2,000 made homeless, was well under way today. Nearly 200 houses were swept away and the property loss was estimated at between $150,000 and $200,000. The flood was confined to the low lands, where the poorer classes lived. Several per sons were still missing today and it was feared the death list might be in TRADE DOMINATED BY EUROPEAN SITUATION Depression In Some Lines and Stimulation In Others Is Traced to War. New York, Oct. 24.—-Bradstreet's to day says; Cross currents in trade and finance, domestic and foreign, give a very ir regular appearance to commercial and financial affairs. The war abroad is still the dominating element in the en tire situation and whatever dullness or, on the other hand, stimulation, is visible takes its rise apparently in the hostili ties in Europe. On the favorable side of the picture are to be found the rather better tone of financial matters caused by inter national efforts to bring about a re sumption of normal conditions in the exchange market, the cotton export situation and the reopening of the stock markets. Bank clearings for the week ending October 22. according to Bradstreet’s were $2,733,346,000, a decrease of 24.6 per cent from the same week last year; business failures were 336, against 246 last year; wheat exports, Including flour. 5.438.478 bushels, against 8,320, 388 bushels last year. AIRSHIP MANUFACTURER ARRESTED IN ENGLAND ■Worthing. Sussex, England, Oct. 24.— Hermann Houder, director of the Na tional Passenger Airship association, was arrested and conveyed to the de tention camp lidre. Houder has been endeavoring to es tablish an airship harbor in connec tion with a proposed I.ondon conti nental service, negotiating for 60 acres of land near Worthing. LAD. 16, SEEKS DIVORCE. Dps Moines, la., Oct. 24.—Rolla Cain, a lad of 36, today filed suit for annull ment of marriage entered into last July. He says lie was deceived when he mar ried the girl and that she now seeks to sue him for desertion. American pianos especially adapted for tropical climates have been intro duced into Ceylon. Ordinary pianos can not withstand the damp and heat. f •m+44+444444444444+4444444 4 ♦ 4 DEFENDER OF LIEGE 4 4 MAY BE DESERTER 4 4 4 The Hague, (via London), Oct. 4 4 24,—Newspaper advices from 4 4 Haile, Germany, says the Ger- 4 j 4 man authorities have opened an 4 I 4 inquiry to discover whether Gen- 4 j 4 oral Leman, the defender of Liege, 4 j 4 who is a prisoner at Magdeburg, 4 ' 4 can be identified as Heinrich 4 4 Lehman, a soldier of the German 4 4 army, who deserted during the 4 4 war of 1870, There appears to 4 j 4 be an extraordinary likeness, the 4 ! 4 advices pay. between the men. 4 j ♦ ♦ 44444444444444444444444444 , Iowa Commissioner Says Busi ness Depression Affects Shippers and Rail roads Alike. Washington. Oct. 26.—The hearing of the railroads’ appeal for an increase in rates and the protest of the shippers to the Interstate Commerce commis sion came to an end late yesterday with the presentation of the statement of Clifford Thorne, railroad commis sioner for Iowa. Mr. Thorne acted as counsel for several western railroad commissions and shippers’ associations. Arguments on the appeal will begin next Thursday. Mr. Thorne took the position that the railroads have not shown that any business depression exists which af fects them more than the shippers and that the proposed advance would, therefor#, be unjust. Mr. Thorne’s statement follows: "The carriers are proposing a 5 per cent advance In the freight rates not only in official classification territory, but in the through rates between ail points in this eastern territory and those states west of the Mississippi river, which I represent. We will pay the advances on the raw products mov ing to the east and on the manufac tured products moving from eastern factories to the west. We catch it both ways, coming and going; and we are subject to the long hauls. “The market prices of many of our products are controlled by the prices at the Atlantic coast, less freight rates. An advance in our freight rates is equivalent to moving our farms and in dustries that much farther from mar ket; it reduces our prices that much. In the aggregate that will amount to a very iarge sum of money. These are a few of the reasons that I am here. Mr. Thorne s Aim. "My purpose is simply to help see that the public side of these issues is fully presented to tho commission. If the carriers are entitled to an increase we hope the commission will grant it; if not, we trust and believe that the com mission will deny the petition of the carriers. We favor advances on such materials as do not yield adequate com pensation today; likewise we favor re ductions where conditions are the re verse. As to interstate traffic, it Is the function of our state commissions to represent the shippers before this tri bunal. Tills is established and required by statute. [ "There is not the slightest spirit of hostility in our attitude toward the railroads. We fully appreciate their vast importance in the commercial life of the nation. So is the prosperity of the farmer basic and fundamental to i the welfare of the nation. Likewise the welfare of the laboring man is of tremendous importance to the prosper ity of the country. A general advance of 10 per cent in wages during this period of depression, according to the pleasing logic we have been listening to during the last few days, would put that much more money into circulation. No man spends his money more freely than does the laboring man. “Those whom lam authorized to rep resent placed no restrictions whatever on what I shall say or do. However, I desire at this time to relieve them en tirely from such responsibility. Their object has simply been a pecuniary step to help see that both sides may be fully developed. I assume personal respon sibility for my statements. All Business Suffers. “This is the third time American rail ways have sought to force a general advance in freight rates. In 1910 they claimed a crisis existed. Instead of a crisis tho commission found that to bo the most prosperous year in the whole history of American railways. In the original 5 per cent easo in the year 1913 the claim of a crisis was again made; and concluded 'that there is no crisis in the condition of tho railroads in offi cial classification territory, taken as j a whole.’ Now, for the third time, tho ! railroads claim there is a crisis. Toduy ! they have some foundation for their ; claim. But this emergency upon which the carriers are relying today affects -practically all of us in the same man ner. It is following a period of marked depression in business for about a year, subsequent to tho Balkan wars, dis turbances in Hurope and the short crops of last year. “it is just as hard for the manufac turer, the farmer, the laborer, the tele phone or the beef trust to borrow money as it is for the railroads to do so. "The railroads are asking for a sort of war tax; they are asking the gov ernment to lift the burden off part of tho community and shift it over to the I shoulders of the others. They asked the wage earner, who has lost his job, ! or has wages reduced; the cotton plant- i er who cannot sell his cotton, and the manufacturer, who has been compelled to close his shop or reduce his force; i they ask these men to carry the bur- I den of the railroad in addition to their ! own. “If it is right for the government to shield tho railroads from the effects of the war; if it is right for the govern ment to make good the losses of people in different industries, I am going to propose a measure that will require ev- { cry hen in Iowa to lay an egg every day. and when she fails to do so the government will make up to the owner the valuo of the egg she did not lay. j This will enable the farmers to have more money with vvhicli to buy ma chinery. This In turn will make tho factories keep busier; it will keep money in circulation and make the crops bigger and better. And why not tax everybody for the benefit of every body else and then by make everybody rich? How perfectly splendid! “Freight rates are not the cause of the present trouble. The railroads have 'advanced freight rates’ on the brain. Whatever ails them, financial difficulties, overoapitalization. general depression In business, over-supply of gold, whatever the cause, thivy have just one remedy—advance freight rates a sort of cure-ali or panacui. CLOSES ITS CASE Woman Accused of Crime Con* fident That She Will Be Ac quitted—Attorneys Be gin Arguments. Mlrieola, N. Y., Oct. 26.—The defense of Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman, on trial for tho murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey, rested shortly before noon to, day. Counsel prepared to sum up, and Indications were that the case would reach the Jury late this afternoon. After testifying on cross examina tion and after listening to the testi mony of her little daughter Elizabeth; her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Conklin; her sister. Mrs. Ida Powell; her niece, Mrs. Helen Powell Corby, and her hus band, Dr. Edwin Carman, the accused woman returned to her cell last nighl predicting that the Jury would return a verdict of acquittal. Mrs. Carman’s face was wreathed In Emiles when she entered the courtroom. She bowed to several friends, kissed her daughter Elizabeth, greeted het husband with a nod and smile and chatted with him and her lawyers un til the proceedings began. Rudolph Loewe, the first witness, testified lie was on his way to Dr, Carman’s office and within 16 feet oi the window, when the shot which killed Mrs. Bailey was fired. Loewe heard the shot, looked up and saw a man rut) across the lawn and leap over the fence. Although very deaf, Loewe was posi tive ho heard the shot. The witness Bald that after hearing the shot he looked Into Dr. Carman’s office and taw the doctor with a woman in his arms. Loewe said he looked Into the doc tor’s office for about 30 seconds, and that before he left the scone he saw a door open and a woman In white entei the office. By that time, he said, the woman who had been shot was lying on the'floor. There wore two women In front ot the house, the witness added. He said he also saw a man he did not know standing in the vestibule to the doc tors office. John J. Dunbar, a Freeport police man testified that after the murder hu brought bloodhounds to the Carman house. He said he saw the broken picket in tho fence mentioned in tha testimony yesterday. The picket was opposite the broken window, he said, On the premises next door he found near the fence a place where ti man's feet had been; apparently the man had boon standing there for some time. After bringing the bloodhounds tfl the house, Dunbar said he took them to the trampled ground and they went from there to the broken picket. Then the dogs wore allowed to smell the window sill. They growled, ran all the way around the house, came up to the place where the picket was broken, left tho premises and went west as far ns Lynnbrook, three miles away, where they stopped, having lost the trail. On cross examination Dunbar saifl he had taken tho screen off the window the night of the murder, propping il up with a piece of new shingle which he found near a small outhouse being built in the rear of the Carman resi dence. The dogs, after smelling the window sill, went to this house, li< said. The district attorney sought te show that the animals followed Dun bar’s back trail. 3,000,000 BUSHELS OF WHEAT START ABROAD One Day Record Broken oj Chicago Exchange—All Prices Up. Chicago, Oct. 24.—All 24-hour ree ords for export business in wheat sine* European hostilities began were sur passed by the totals reached today, 3, 000,000 bushels. The broadening out of trado was accompanied by rumori that agents of the German and ling, lish governments had been in active competition. One result of tlio huge trans-AtlantU sales of wheat was to stimulate trans actions in other staples, notably eori; and provisions, so that the interest shown in the speculative pits, as well as at the sample tables was the great est displayed for a long time. The excitement, however, such as characterized the early days of tho war did not develop and the widest varia tion In price was a rise of 2%c in De cember wheat, a gain that was nar rowed to l%e at ihe close. Latest sales of the December option were at $1.17%, as compared with $1.15% last night. Italy was credited with paying today the top figures so far reached this sea. son for cash wheat in the United States. The reason appeared to bo the necessity of supplying Switzerland, which now has been cut off completely from grain shipments except through the one neighboring country to the south. General need of wheat from Uncle Sam was specially emphasized today by advices that, despite recent rain, there was no likelihood of any export able surplus In Australia and by re ports that the yields In Canada were worse than had heretofore been made known. To a slight extent, other cer eals as w'ell were bulllshly affected by the Germans' wholesale destruction of steamships that trade with Argentina. SALVATION ARMY AIDS BRITISH TOMMY ATKINS London, Oct. 24. (by mall).—The Sal vation Army has made a hit with Tom my Atkins. Throe thousand of him may be seen any day at the recreation tont which the Salvation Army main tains ut Colchester, devouring some 25 dozen pork plea, having a look at mag azines and newspapers, writing letters home, and occasionally participating in some religious service. But the de mands for food have been so great that the army has, as yet. had little time for song and prayer. GETS LIFE SENTENCE. Council Bluffs. Ia„ Oct. 24.—William Sayles, convicted a week ago of mur der In the second degree, was sentenced to life Imprisonment by Judge Wood ruff today, after a motion for a new trial laid boen overruled. He killed En gineer John Runyon, of the Milwaukee railroad Inst may by striking him on the neck with his list RUSSIANS REPORT KAISER NARROWLY ESCAPEDCAPTURE Central News Correspondent Says German Emperor Had Narrow Escape In Vicin ity of Warsaw. SAY GERMANS ARE FLEEING Retirement From Vistula Con tinues—-Austrian Resistance Stubborn — Muscovite Army Pounding Hard. London, Oct. 2d.—The Petrograd cor respondent of the Central News, sends the following: "Soldiers from the Warsaw front say that Emperor William was personally on the field of battle. He was almost taken a captive, barely escaping by automobile. That tho Russians, generally speak ing, continue to hold the upper hand In tho custom arena of war. Is the gist of most of the dispatches reaching London and accepting this as true, England thinks thut the putting of Germany on the defensive In this ter ritory will prevent her from transfer ring any forces to the western arena. The French official statement today says of the eastern situation: "The Germans are retreating to tho south of Warsaw as well as to the west of Ivangorod and Nova Alexandria. Desperate fighting continues in Galicia on the Fandomir front. -At Przemysl the Russians have taken 2,000 Austrians prisoners. Petrograd reports a continuation of the pursuit of the Germans retreating from Warsaw and admits nn unexpect edly stubborn resistance to tho Rus sian offensive from the Austrians on the San, while the official Vienna re port after detailing success before Przemysl and cashing movement to wards the Vistula, admits that the Rus sians were permitted to cross the San in several places. Petrograd describes the situation as follows: "The energetic offensive of our arm ies, which have crossed the Vistula on a large front, encountered no resistance on the part of the Germans, who con tinue to retreat," the official commun ication Issued by the Russian general otaff tonight says. “In the trenches below Ivangorod we took large quantities of war stores and ammunition abandoned by the reserve corps of the Prussian guard In its hasty retreat. "The Austrian armies continue to fight with Btubborness on tho Vistula, on the Fan. and particularly to the south of Przemysl. "In East Prussia there is no ehango In the situation.” ^ GERMANS LEFT SUPPLIES AT WARSAW, LONDON HEARS London, Oct. 24.—In u dispatch from Warsaw, the correspondent of Reuter's Telegram company says the German retreat from Warsaw was so precipi tate that the soldiers had to abandon their food supplies. Many prisoners taken were exhausted from hunger. One complete unit of 800 men has been captured by the Russians. British Admiralty Abandons All Hope For Safety of Craft Reported As Lost In North Sea. London, Oct. 24.—The admiralty through the press bureau Issued today a list of officers and men of the British submarine, E-3, with the statement that it is feared the hopes for the safety of the submarine can not be en tertained. Berlin official advices under date of October 20. stated that the British sub marine E-3 was sunk on Sunday, Oc tober 18, by German warships in the North sen. The destruction of the E-3 Is the first loss suffered by the British submarine service in the war. The boat was com paratively new, having been completed ill 1913. She carried 16 men. — JAP CRUISER WAS SUNK BY SUBMARINE TORPEDO Toklo, Oct. 24.—It is officially an nounced that the navy department now believes that the Japanese cruiser, Ta kachiho, which was sunk in Kiao-Chow harbor on October 17, was torpedoed by tho German torpedo boat destroyer, S-90. Previous official announcements had it that the cruiser had been sunk by a mine, but German and Chinese reports credited the S-90 witti the feat. Unofficial accounts say that the S-90, masked by heavy seas, dashed out of the bay and launched her deadly tor pedo. She thin ran the blockade and %vas pursued by the enemy’s destroyers. Foreseeing her fate, her commander drove her on the shore and fired tlie magazines. The captain and the crew of 60 escaped to shore and wero in terned by Chinese soldiers. Vico Admiral Sadakichi Kato, com mander of the second Japanese squad ron before Tsing-Tau, reports that tlie condition of the wreckage of the Taka i chihu, tlie fact that tlie tremendous ex plosion was visible for 20 miles, and tlie stories of the survivors, convince him that tlie Japanese cruiser was tor pedoed. Immediately after the attack the magazines of the Takachlho blew up. According to survivors, many Japa nese sailors were blown overboard. These men united in singing the chorus of the national Japanese anthem and thus perished. "This is evidence of hmv bravely these men died and how they voiced their love of country in the supreme moment," Vice Admiral Kato reports. "The commander of the Takachlhu died at his post ou the bridge." IIIISS1S REPORT KAISER NARROWLY ESCAPEDCAPTOOE Central News Correspondent Says German Emperor Had Narrow Escape In Vicin ity of Warsaw. I SAY GERMANS ARE FLEEING J Retirement From Vistula Con- f tinues—Austrian Resistance Stubborn — Muscovite Army Pounding Hard. \ London, Oct. 26.—The Petrograd cor respondent of the Central News, sends the following: "Suldlus from the Warsaw front say that Emperor William was personally j on the field of battle. He was almost taken a captive, barely escaping by automobile. That tho Russians, generally speak ing, continue to hold the upper hand In the eastern arena of war, is the gist of most of the, dispatches reaching London and accepting this as true, ' England thinks that the putting of Germany on the defensive In this ter- i rltory will prevent her from transfer ring any forces to the western arena. The French official statement today says of the eustern situation: "The Germans are retreating to the south of Warsaw as well as to the S west of Ivangorod and Nova Alexandria. Desperate fighting continues in Galicia on tho Sandomlr front. At I*rzemysl the Russians have taken 2,000 Austrians prisoners. Petrograd reports a continuation of j the pursuit of the Germans letreating from Warsaw and admits an unexpect edly stubborn rerlstance to tho Rus- | plan offensive from the Austrians on ! tho San. while the official Vienna re port after detailing success before Przemysl and dashing movement to 1 wards the Vistula, admits that the Rus sians were permitted to cross the San In several places. Petrograd describes the situation as follows: “The energetic offensive of our arm ies, which have crossed the Vistula on a large front, encountered no resistance on the part of the Germans, who con * tinue to retreat," the official commun ication Issued by the Russian general otaff tonight says. "In the trenches below Ivangorod we took large quantities of war stores and ammunition abandoned by the reserve corps of the Prussian guard In Its hasty retreat. “The Austrian armies continue to fight with stubborness on the Vistula, on the Ran and particularly to the south of Przemysl. GERMANS LEFT SUPPLIES AT WARSAW, LONDON HEARS London, Oct. 26.—In a dispatch from Warsaw, the correspondent of Reuter's Telegram company says the German retreat from Warsaw was so preclpi j tate that the soldiers had to abandon their food supplies. Many prisoners taken were exhausted from hunger One complete unit of 800 men has beep captured by the Russians. HEBE IS BATGH OF NEWS FROM GERMANY I _. V i * ; Officials Issue Information Con cerning Alleged Condition of Allies. ' r ' Berlin, (by wireless). Oct. 20.—Infor mation was given out from official quarters in Berlin today as follows. "Tlie entire socialist party of Italy again has decided to support a policy of the striotest neutrality. “The Manchester (England* Guard ian says it has received hundreds ot letters from British women who have returned to England from Germany, and declare that they were well treated while in this country. "Prisoners of war also arc well treated. In view of those facts the destruction and looting of German shops in file Borough of Dempford. London, was a fit of hysteria. "The chief of the Russian socialist party has pointed out officially to Emile Vandorvelde, the Belgian social ist leader, that a victory of the Rus sian government would mean the strengthening of the anti-democratic policy in Russia and abroad. The Rus sian government would then become the center of the reactionary world. The policy, therefore, of the Russian proletariat would under no circum stances be to help the Russian govern ment. •"The London Economist declares that 500,000 British workmen are out of employment in the British cotton Industry "In the newspaper Popaln Romano, the Italian general, Bompianl. esti mates the strength of tile German army at 5,000,000 thoroughly instructed soldiers and 4,000,000 recruits. "The Montenegrins are much de pressed over the Inefficiency of the French blockade of the Dalmatian coast.” _ _ HOSPITAL SHIP, ASHORE, SENDS S. 0. S. SIGNALS London. Oct. The French ship Marie llenriotte, with wounded soldiers on board, is ashore ti(«u Cape Bar fleur. 16 miles east of Cherbourg, ac cording to a telegram received here from Lloyds’ signal station at Cowes. Isle of Wight. S. O. 6. signals from her have been received at Niton, Isle of Wight. A Fraaoh ship is stand ing by. _ _ FRENCH ACADEMY TO HONOR MAETERLINCK Paris, Oct. »4.—There is a possibility that Maurice Maeterlinck, the Belgian author, may be oleotwi te the French academy by acclamation te All the seat of the late Jules Claretio. Thu members of the academy are ces.'ekoring such action as reoos»ltie« of the close rela tions at the pros ant time between France and Belgium. If Maeterlinck is elected it will Ik? the hrst time a fore igner tuts become a member of th* French academy.