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HEWS BRIEFLY TOLD INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED COVERS WIDE AREA. GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT Includes What !• Going On at Wash ington and in Other Sections of the Country. ( WAR NEWS. Reports from Berlin are that Ger many has all the cotton it needs for military purposes for several years and also has access to new supplies from Turkey. * * * A Turkish transport, carrying 500 soldiers, has been sunk by a mine in the Sea of Marmora, says a news dis patch from Zurich. Nearly all on board were drowned. * * * Japan is willing to send a strong army to Europe if the need arises, the Tokio correspondent of the Petit Parisien says. A statement to this effect is credited to Baron Isliii, Jap anese foreign minister. * * * “No beer before dinner, no work before dinner,” is the city of the Lon don trade unionists, who are organ izing to resist the new regulations shortening the hours during which saloons may be kept open. * * * Russia is now suffering only for want of rifles, and when she is prop erly supplied, at least 2,000,000 addi tional soldiers will be thrown into the field with results which oniy next spring s campaign can tell. * * * Five hundred delegate s to a confer ence of London trade unionists passed a resolution pledging themselves to resist to the utmost “by open revolt If necessary,” the regulation shorten ing the hours during which liquor may be sold. The Dutch government has prohib ited any further exodus of metal work ers to England. Early in the war, numbers of Dutch workmen in metals went to Germany, attracted by the high wages offered in the munitions factories. * * * According to reports from Vienna, the allies are preparing to remain at Saloniki. Greece, for an indefinite period, as they are landing machinery for an electric power station, besides awarding contracts for an extensive and substantial barracks. * * * Addressing the Fabian society in London on “Diplomacy After the War," Bernard Shaw warned his hearers that a crushing defeat of Germany, leaving Great Britain the strongest naval and military power, might drive Germany and the t’nited States into a defensive alliance against the combined naval power of Great Britain and Japan. GENERAL. Tieports from Victoria, B. C., state that the Chilean full-rigged, four masted iron ship Carol Carelmapu has been lost with all hands, number ing about twrenty-five. * * * A tornado swept through the thick ly settled farming section a mile west of Hot Springs, Ark., recently, killing ten persons and injuring 150. Prop erty loss is estimated at nearly ?1,000,000. * • * It was decided at a cabinet meeting in Madrid, Spain, to recognize Gen eral Venustiano Carranza as head of the de facto government in Mexico at the request of the agent of the Mexican constitutionalists. * * * The Iowa supreme court at Des Moines upheld the constitutionality of the Iowa employers’ liability and ■workmen's compensation act. The court held that where employers re ject the compensation act they re main under the employers' liability section of the laws. * • • Calling his three daughters. 4, 6 and 8 years of age, away from their mother, George L. Huffman, a ranch er, near Baker, Oregon, sat them on a bed and gave each a capsule con taining poison and swallowed onp himself. When Mrs. Huffman entered the room all four were dying. * * * Predicting that the United States is to be the industrial and financial leader of the world, Charles M. Schwab head of the Bethlehem Steel company, before an audience of ap proximately one thousand business men at Pittsburgh, pleaded for the construction of American ships to carry American products. * • * Joseph Hillstrom’s execution at Salt Lake City, Utah, for the murdei of J. J. Morrison and Morrison’s son, January 10, 1914, was followed by Governor Spry's announcement that he would "clear the state of the law less element that now infests It” * • * The manufacture of linseed oil may be revolutionized by a new production of Luther Burbank’s, the plant wizard at Santa Rose, Cal. He has grown a new white flax with seeds twice the ordinary size and more productive. • • • The progress of the dredging oper ations In the new cllannel of the Pan ama canal at Galliard cut has been s< satisfactory that it is now virtually assured that there will be a charne 100 feet wide by thirty feet dce| through the side area by the middh of December. • • * William Lorimer will be placed oi trial at Chicago for alleged complicity in wrecking the La Salle Street Trus and Savings bank, next January States Attorney Maclay Hoyne an Bounced today. Scott S. and Grace C. Durand have sued Illinois state officials for $100,000 damages for slaughter of their $40,000 prize herd of cattle, which had foot and-mouth disease. * • * Porter Charlton, the Omaha boy who recently was tried on a charge of murdering his wife and who was found guilty and sentenced to six years and eight months' imprison ment in Italy, has been released from prison. • • • Dr. Henry R. Carter, veteran yellow fever fighter of the United States pub lic health service, has been stricken in Porto Rico with denmue, the malig nant tropical fever against which he recently inaugurated a campaign on the island. » * » The leaders of the progressive party in Missouri favor entering the 1916 campaign with full national, state and i county tickets, headed by Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram \V. Johnson. This attitude was expressed in a res olution adopted by the party’s leaders after an all-day conference at Kansas City. * * * The first formal steps in a cam paign for the creation of a world su preme court for the judicial settle ment of all international disputes were taken at a luncheon given at the Bankers' club at New York, which was attended by men prominent in public life from all sections of the country. • • • Democratic sentiment, judging from reports received by William F. Mc Combs at New York, chairman of the national committee, favors an early national convention. Mr. McCombs said that from what he had gathered from the members of his committee it was likely that tne convention would be held during the first two weeks in June. SPORTING. Tod (“Kid”) Lewis put Jimmy Duf fy, Loekport, out in a little over a minute in Bostpn-Duffy went to the mat eight times before taking the full count. * * * Nebraska's most brilliant football season came to an end at Lincoln. The Comliuskers beat the Iowa state team by an overwhelming score of 32 to 7. • • • Cornell university football team de feated Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, 24 to 9, but not until the claimants j for the eastern football championship j had l»'en given a had scare. It was a desperate struggle all the way. * * * Joseph Rivers of Los Angeles knocked out Lee Morrissey of Okla homa City, at St. Anthony, Idaho, in the fifth round of a scheduled twelve rounu bout. Rivers put his opponent out with a terrific left to the body. The men are lightweights. * * * Bobby Reynolds of Philadelphia, who recently stayed out a sir-round bout with Featherweight Champion Kilbane, v as knocked out by George Chaney of Baltimore in the second round of a scheduled ten-round bout in that city. * * • Johnny Kilbane won over Packey Hoinmey of New York in a ten-round bout, llommey weighed 130 pounds, the featherweight champion 124. Neither made a strong effort to give a real exhibition, but Kilbane was given the decision. WASHINGTON. Orders designating 1,875,000 acres in California and 830,000 in South Da kota for entry in the enlarged home stead act were approved by Secretary Lane of the interior department. The act permits entry in 320-acre lots. * * * New high records in the foreign trade of the United States continue to pile up the greatest favorable trade balance the country has ever knotvn, according to figures made public by the Depart ment of Commerce. * * * Associate Justice Hughes of the su preme court notified the secretary of state of Nebraska he would not be a candidate at the coming presidential primary election and requested that his name be not placed upon the bal lot. • • • Postal savings deposits during October increased $2,150,000 over the preceding month, giving, according to postal officials, “a clear reflection of the great tide of prosperity and com mercial activity that is set in over the country.” * * * Increases in internal taxation, rath, er than issuance of bonds to meet the first year’s expenses of the ad ministration’s defense program are advocated by Secretary McAdoo of the treasury, in a formal statement just issued. * • * Attorney General Gregory has giv en an opinion to President Wilson holding that the federal reserve board has no authority under the reserve act to reduce the number of existing federal reserve districts or to change the present location of federal re serve banks. * * • More than $100,000 is now held by the Federal Reserve board in its gold settlement fund to the credit of the reserve banks and reserve agents. The fund has now been in existence six months. * • • Senator Gallinger, republican sen ate leader, has accepted President 1 Wilson’s invitation to confer on the administration national defense plans. Representative Mann., republican 1 house leader, also invited, has also re 1 plied. • • • Material changes in the existing 1 rates on bituminous coal in the Mis ’ sissippi river valley, which will allow ; railroads to make lower rates on > through traffic than on traffic to in ‘ termediate points, were ordered by the interstate commerce commission. :1 ALL OVER REBRASKA SHORT NEWS ITEMS. Actual construction has begun on jthe monster sugar factory being built at Gerlng. Steps have been taken by citizens at Wausa for the formation of a far mers’ and merchants’ club. The German Lutheran hospital was dedicated at York recently. It is a two-story affair and cost $35,000. A postofflce has been established at Leat, Cherry county, with Miss Car men M. Acosta as postmaster. Immense quantities of Nebraska hay ire being bought by the French gov ernment in western Nebraska. The Dodge County Poultry associa tion will hold its sixteenth annual show at Fremont, December 13 to 17. Art Workman of Beatrice has pur chased the Hebron Champion, a news paper published for years by H. A. Brainard, and will take possession December 1. Because of the anti-tuberculosis campaign at Beatrice, the city commis sioners have passed an ordinance de manding an inspection of all milk sold in the city, to go into effect January 1. The banner corn yield reported in Jefferson county to date comes from Endicott precinct. Alex Shepherd cribbed 475 bushels of corn from a five-acre field, an average of ninety five bushels an acre. Having secured subscriptions ag gregating $35,000 for the erection of a new church edifice, the building committee of the German Lutheran church of Hanover township, in Gage county, will ask for bids soon. C. D. Campbell, a drainage contrac tor of Lincoln, died at St. Joseph’s hos pital, Omaha, of a bullet wound re ceived in an attempted holdup in that city. The tragedy took place one block from the police station. For rescuing a man from certain death by crawling on the pilot of a freight engine and pushing the man from the track, R. L. Young, a Fre mont brakeman, is expected to be awarded with a Carnegie hero medal. A fish which had four legs was caught in a slough near Ewing. It crawls on all four legs when placed on the floor. Such a species of fish are found in the lakes of Mexico and how it got up here in Nebraska is a mystery. It has been arranged to have thirty five or more of Kearney’s representa tive business and professional men go en masse to the home of Judge Hos tetler as soon as he returns to the city and urge him to become a can didate for governor. I). C. Campbell of Oklahoma City wired the Omaha police department that he will pay a reward of $1,000, each, for the arrest and conviction of the two men who held up and killed his brother, D. C. Campbell, of Lin coln, who was killed by bandits in that city. Joe Stecher of Dodge, retained his claim to the world’s wrestling cham pionship when he threw, with ridicu lous ease, \ousiff llussane, the terri ble Turk, at Lincoln. Stecher down ed llussane in two straight falls, the first in four minutes and the second in five. Four Hastings banks show increas ed deposits over one year ago, total ing over $300,000, in spite of the fact that scores of farmers are holding their wheat for increased prices. De posits total $1,750,000. Bankers con sider this remarkable in the face of the unusual agricultural condition. The publication in the state papers of the picture of Joseph Hillstrom, who was executed recently at Salt I^ake City, Utah, immediately led to the discovery that Hillstrom, or Joe Hill, as he then gave his name, was employed by Max Greenberger, mer chant tailor, in Grand Island. On December 7 the people of Con cord will vote on the proposition of bonding the village for $2,500 for electric lights, the power to be fur nished from the new plant at Laurel. The proposition is apparently meet ing with favor and it is believed the bonds will carry by a large majority. Word has been received at Ne braska City that W. M. Duncan, for merly a resident of Unadilla, in west ern Otoe county, but now of Manford, Okla., has been offered 160,000 for his oil stock purchased several years ago. For several years. Mr. Duncan was the Unadilla agent for the Duff Grain company. a. j. v.oonoan, proprietor ol a gar age at Cortland. Gage county, Is ar ranging to install an electric lighting plant at that place in the near future. He will put In a plant that will carry five hundred lights, and will probably extend his lines into the country, a number of farmers having expressed a desire for service. Responding to the appeal of Jane Addams the Hastings’ Womans’ club joined the world's peace move. Mrs. John Slaker, the president, sent the following telegram to President Wil son: "The Hastings, Neb., Woman's club pleads for a conference of neu tral nations, called for the purpose of finding a Just settlement of this war.” State Live Stock Commissioner Mc Kim reports a herd of calves near Ne braska City diseased with infectious pneumonia. Others reported near Wy more. Something new in cattle dis ease^. While hunting along the Platte riv er near Schuyler, Otto Krivojlavek captured a spoonbill catfish weighing twenty pounds, which he found in shallow water. The fish put up a fight when Krivojlavek tackled it. The finny monster was four and a half feet long with a bill over eight inches wide. Chadron had a good year for build ing. and now, at the beginning of win ter, thc-re is about $75,000 worth of work under construction. Superintendent Laxter and his corps of lngleside physicians at Hastings, received the news that a French ship laden with' salvarsan would reach America soon. About twelve to fif teen patients have been treated suc cessfully with this remedy monthly since the experiment of more than a year ago, but for several months only limited quantities of salvarsan could be obtained. The new Masonic Temple at Ansley was dedicated recently. Total length of paving laid In Omaha in 1915 is 15.76 miles. Democratic newspaper men of the state will banquet at Lincoln Jan uary 11. Omaha, with $283,618 in her postal savings bank, ranks tw-enty-eighth in postal savings cities. A Kearney woman who was con tinually infested with hoboes, got rid of them by hanging a smallpox card at the kitchen door. Flans are being prepared by a com mittee of Monroe citizens for the erection of a township hall, to cost $6,000, in that place. A garage containing ten automobiles was completely destroyed by fire at Gothenburg last week. The loss amounted to $11,000. f Bids for the construction of a fed eral building at Aurora will be open ed at the treasury department at Washington, December 22. The annual convention of the Ne braska Supervisors and Commission ers’ association will be held in Co lumbus December 14, 15 and 16. M. G. Doering was chosen postmas ter of Battle Creek recently over Charles Zimmerman by a vote of 216 to 117 at a congressional primary. The City National bank of Weeping Water has been reorganized under a state charter and will hereafte.r be known as the Nebraska State bank. D. C order of El wood was killed and A. Swinger was badly injured when an automobile in which they were rid ing skidded off a embakment near Holdrege. Mrs. Ray Cassady was instantly killed and Mr. Cassady. badly injured near Lincoln, when the automobile in which they wrere riding ran off a bridge. Arthur L Weatherly, pastor of the Unitarian church of Lincoln, has wir ed his acceptance of the invitation to be a member of the Henry Ford peace delegation soon to sail for Europe. Grand Island officers fined two auto speeders five and costs each. The crusade for safety first is on at that place. Many accidents and deaths there recently have encouraged it. The committee in charge of the so liciting for three years’ membership pledges for the support of the county farm demonstrator work in Gage county reports that it is meeting with success. r ire oi an unKnown orgin caused tlie destruction of the Mogensen liv ery' bam at North Platte. Thirty seven horses, thirty-five tons of bay and 600 bushels of grain burned. The loss is estimated at $10,000. An experiment in convict road building has just been made at Lin coln, with the result that on a con tract of $35,000 the state gets about $10,000 worth of services out of its guests at the penitentiary. Omaha ranks twenty-eighth among the cities of the United States in point of postal savings deposits. The deposits rose to $283,618 in October. Sixty six cities have more than $100,000 of postal savings deposits each. The Nebraska Public Health asso ciation will meet in Omaha some time early in 1916. Public health officers of cities and towns, as well as physi cians throughout the state who are interested in public health questions, ■will attend this meeting. The Omaha Coursing club plans to hold its first meeting December 1, 2 3 and 4. The sport marks contests be tween dogs, which are released in pur suit of a rabbit. Valuable prizes and trophies are posted for the various events and fast dogs entered. Omaha lias the lowest rate of in fant mortality under one year of age of any city in tile country. Nebraska is the only state in the union where cream for butter must be pasteurized. Omaha uses more cream for table purposes than any other city in the country. Superior is to have a municipal Christmas tree. At a meeting of the Commercial club it was decided to have exercises extending over three nights before Christmas, with band concerts, free treats for the children, and everything that goes with the Christmas tree. Governor Morehead and other influ ential state business men believe 500, 000 acres of land in Gosper, Phelps and Kearney counties can be re claimed by use of subsoil as a water reservoir, and will ask the federal government for financial assistance to attain this result. The petition of traveling men for the new train service having been denied by the Burlington, the state railway commission will hold a hearing on December 4 on the application for a local each way on that railroad be tween Lincoln and Hastings to take the place of through trains taken off in the fail. Blank ballots for election of officers of the Nebraska State Teachers’ asso ciation were mailed by Secretary E. U. Graff of the Omaha public schools, to al) teachers of the state. Ballots to be returned by mail and counted in Lincoln December 11. Dr. G. W. A Luckey of Lincoln and R. V. Clark of Kearney are candidates for president. C. S. Haw'k has resigned his position as farm agent for - Dawes county. A petition is in circulation for a new court house building at Columbus. The Platte county supervisors, assisted by the Columbus Commercial club, have taken active part in the matter and are pushing the petitions. If the pe titions receive the required per cent needed, the law gives the county board the right to make a levy of tax and the erection of the court house without calling for a special election, the total amount of such levy not to exceed $100,000. The F. W. Wool worth company, which is the largest 5 and 10-cent store owners in the country, leased a store building in Norfolk for ten years and will open a store there. A movement fcMrn foot at Palmer to establish a hospital and sanitarium and Chas. L. Coolidge has made a proposition to contribute $10,000 to the building fund and permanently endow the institution on condition that at least $5,000 be raised by pop ular subscription. A subscription pa per is being circulated and quite lib erally signed. FOR BIRGER HI BUSINESS MEN OF STATE PLAN TO ASSIST NATIONAL GUARD. AWAIT ATTITUDE OF CONGRESS Many Prominent Merchants Offer As An Induement to Young Men to Jo'n Guard Themselves. Lincoln—Plans for co-operation be tween the nativnal guard and busi ness men of the state on a scale here tofore thought impossible may result from the general support found over Nebraska for President Wilson’s “ade quate preparedness” program. The matter is in the bud as yet, but stands a chance of coming to a full bloom as soon as a line is obtained on the attitude congress 4akes towrard the citizen soldiery. Numerous busi ness men of high caliber who have talked the matter over among them selves and with national guard of ficers, say that more Nebraska young men should be shown the good that will accrue to them if they interest themselves in guard activities. Many business men have offered to set a splendid example by going into the organization themselves. Rules for Poem Contest. Rules covering the $100 prize contest for the best poem on Nebras ka to be recited or sung at the semi centennial celebration of the admis sion of this state to the union were announced by State Superintendent of Instruction A. O. Thomas. The poem must be suited to Nebraska, not less than four stanzas nor more than six. There will be a second prize of $100 for a musical setting for the poem. Meter suitable for music should be used. The poem should be written on one( side of the paper only. The contest is open to all residents of Ne braska. The author’s name and ad dress should be enclosed with the poem. The poem should be in the hands of the committee not later than March 1, 1916. bustains btate Secretary. Deputy Attorney General Barrett [ has prepared an opinion in which he | sustains Secretary of State Pool in j liis conclusion that the primary elec tion should be held on Tuesday, April | IS. and not on Friday, April 21. His ; opinion is based on the fact that the | commission on codification changed the old statute, fixing the time for the primary forty-five days prior to June ; 1 and fixed it for the third Tuesday in j April. The legislature adopted the ' statute ns presented by the commis sion, so the law as so changed be came Uie law of the state A'falfa Second Crop. Regal glory is reflected in the an nouncement of Queen Alfaifa to the state through the medium of the state agricultural board. With a gain noted by King Corn his throne part ner adds glory to herself by reporting a gain of nearly 800,000 tons for this season. The total crop for the state amounted to 4,0S8,59S tons for the present year. That total is compared to J,208,000 tons last year, 2,496,000 tons in 1913 and 1,S4C,703 tons in 1908. The total acreage this year was 1,191,310. May Build New Plant. The Frest-O-Lite company, a corpo ration in Indiana, has written Labor | Commissioner Coffey, asking for in formation regarding the workmen’s compensation law of Nebraska. The ! company does a big business in this and other state, recharging batteries, : and, heretofore, the batteries have I been shipped away for recharging. The ! contents of the letter would indicate that the company contemplates the i erection of a branch plant somewhere :in this state. Car Shortage Not So Bad. With a slight letup in the movement of grain to market the freight car shortage is not quite as acute. Freight officials assert that should there be a bulge in wheat and other grain prices the car situation would be the i worst ixuthe history of the west. FTrst Cheese Factory. The first cheese factory to receive , a permit by the state pure food de | partment was given one recently. The factory is located in Wayne county in the town of Haskins and is owned by Henry Uerberer. | Sunday School Day a Success. | Fifty-five counties of the state re port as follows cn the “Oome-to-Sun dav-School" day, recently observed. | Six hundred and fifty-two schools re I ports a total attendance of 61,982, and 4G.976 church attendance. Utah Bonds All Paid. I The last $40,000 of bonds held by this state against the state of Utah have been paid. State Treasurer Hall having agreed to cancel the same -up on receipt of the money with interest to date. Turn Many Millions Into State. Remittances from county treasurers of the state to the state treasurer to taled $4,451,064 since December 1 last year—about eleven months of which have been under Treasurer'Hall. This Is a record for the state. During the same period the year before the total w'as $3,761,657, and for the year of December 1, 1912, to December 1, 1913, the total was only $2,702,452. Were it not for the fact that Treasure er Ure of Douglas county and the officials are holding out the total . would be much higher. Bumper Potato Crop. Over 10,000,000 bushels of potatoes were raised in Nebraska in 1915—the largest crop in the history of the state, according to final compilations of the state board of agriculture just made public. The average yield of 107 bushels to the acre was reported by the nirety-three counties in Ne braska. Cuming county reported the highest average yield with 191 bush els to the acre: Kimball second with 176.5 bushels per acre and Scottsbluff third, with 1G8.1. Thomas county was lowert with Go bushels per acre. 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Briitjer fdjon ift ber Cdrnt ei ner getualtfamen 3tufletjnung geger bie britifdje ^errfdjaft im norbaftifa uifdjen Sultanat unb im afiatifdjer Staiferreidj in bie Slugenmelt gebrun gen. £>cbe*mcl ttnu.be befdjmidjtigi unb bcrtufdjt. 5ebi fommt bie SOlel bung bon einer loeitpcrbreitcten ^er fdjrcdrung gegcit but bon Gnglatti eingefefcten Sultan .Sjuffein darnel bon Slegijptcn, ait meldjer aud) 40 fJJerfonen au§ ber rnidjftcn Umgebung be£ Sultans beteiligt gemefen finb, uttb bie 3tucite bon einer Oieboltc bet SUeodlferung £aiberabab3, be« grog ten unb bebeutenbften inbtfdjcn Gitt gobsrenen Staate-S. ©leidj uadj bom Slusbrud) be; .ftrieges gegen bie 2mrfei baitc Gng lanb eitt 'Brotcflorat iiber Slcgijptai unb biefes fiir unabljdttgig bon ber UUUU. UUUlUlUjt; biue 2tbba§ II. £ilmi murbc abge fefet. unb beffen altefter Cnfcl, §uf fein Hamel, 311m Sultan ernannt. Gr mar cine grippe in ber .'gaitb bcS in Hairo neben ebcr oielmeijr iibcr ibm refibierenben britifdtjen 2>crtrcter§, toeldjer fniljcr ben befdjeibeucn iitcl fines Honfularagentcn fiitjrte, nun aber sum Gkneralgoupcmeur rourbe. Slud) ber Honfutaragent, Scanner trie Gromer unb Hitdjencr, batten bie ganse iKadjt Gnglaub* barge petit, toie tjlrofonfutn gcmaltei. Sic Grfldrung bcS britifdjen fJ$ro» tcftorats iibcr Stegppten bilbete bie Hrdnung ber gropen Siige Gnglattb-3. bats e* Stcgppten einmal su rdumen gebenfe. Sas grope tDfittelmcer-'Jlb fommen bom ?;abre l‘J04 in meldjem Gnglaub ber Slnfprud) auf 9Iegppten Siigeftanben, pjraufrcid) itfaroffo su gcfprodjen , murbc uitb Station linmartfdjaft auf Tripoli* erbielt, bebeutete bereitS ein itorpoftengefedjt bc3 jepigcn ildlfcrfricges. 2)tit bcm tatfddjlidjen 'Ifefifc Slegtjptcns fidjcrte iidj Gnglaub ben ©eg burd) ben Suej-Haual nadj Snbien. Surd) bie beute bercits, burdj bie ©alfanfiege, ijeergeftellte jterbinbuug smifdjen ben yoei mittc!curopdifd)en Haifermad) tcn nnb ber Siirfei mirb ben Siegecn ber ©eg nad) bcm Sue.j • Hanoi er dffiret. Gs ift gar uidjt notig unb l)dd)ft uumaljrfdjeinlid), bap beutjdje ittrS nttnrrinrfn trfi 11 n vr t ffm T ritH. pen cttua in ftdrferen Serbanben ben Utarfcb bitrdj bie Sinai • ^albinfel antretcn. Sobalb bie liirfei mit al ien! notigen &'rieggmaterial Dcrfeben ift, totrb bcr gelbgitg ber tiirfifd)en Jlrmcen gegen ben itanal unb gegen, Jfcgtjptcu non ncuem begimten. Oer Jfufftanb, mefdjer in Slegijptcn felbft fcitt .‘paupt erbcbt, um bie britifdje fterrfdjaft 511 ftiirgcn, tuirb bie Sri ten gtoifd)ett gmei getter bringcn. Sic britifdje SBeltmadjt madelt an ibrcn bcibcn SSngcIpunften. Sic germuirfiing bcr friegcrifdjen Gteig* niffe aud) auf gnbicn ift friiber ein getreten, alg man anfanglid) ermar tet battc. 9Iad) bent ifrimfriege (1854—55) uergingen ttod) gmei gabre, big fid) beffcit 'Jiadjmirfung in bem grofjcn 'Jfufftanb in gnbiep be funbcte. -veutc uerbreiten fid) bic 9iad)rid)teit fcbneHer. Side Sorfid)t bcr britifdjc.t 3cnfur bat eg nidjt uer binbern fbttnett, baft fid) bie Sfennt* nig ber Grcigniffe iiber bic 2Bcli meere uerbrcitete. £af) Gnglanb in bifdje Xruppcn notig batte, um fei* nen ilricg in Guropa fiibren gu fon* nen, bat bem britifd)en Srcftige im gefamteit Orient eineti ftarfen Stofe oerfefjt. SJlit bem Grftarfen beg 9ia tioualgefitljlg ift aud) bci ben Sttbern bag Selbftgefiibl geroad)fen. Seibe bereint mcnben fid) nunniefjr gegen ben bigberigen Siadjtbaber unb Un terbriidfcr. Siitdjcner foil belfen. $cr fennt Snbien unb 9(egpptcn. 2llg Sirbar (Oberbefeblgbaber) ber dgtjptifdjen iruppen bat er bie 9ttabbifien be* fiegt, alg Slonfularagent bie inneren Serbaltnifie beg 9tillanbeg fennen gelernt. $n Snbun bat er bie ©tel* futtg cine§ £bert>efef)Isf)aberg beflet* bet. 2er „Slutbunb Don Subafri* fa", (ftitdjencr Ijat ben Surenfrieg mit ben ©tad&elbrafjtgaunen unb ben Ronjentrationglagern fnr bie grauen unb ftinber gum fdjredlicben Gnbe gefiibrt), foil ttad) Slegtjpten unb nad) onbten geben, um bort bie britifdbe SBeliberrfdjaft gu retten. Ueberatt frad^t eg in ben 2Banben beg gemaltigen ©ebdubeg btefer ^errfdjaft. t£ag gunbamcnt, auf bem eg erridbtet unb bem bag Sreftige beg britifdjen 9?ameng unb ber briti fdben Unbefiegbarfeit ben ftarfen $alt Derlicben, ift erfdjiittert. britifdben iParlament felbft fatten SBorie unb Fommen ©timmungen gum $urd)brud), meldje burd) Sbra* fen nidjt iibertbnt unb burd) tBrnma bcfiabcu nid)t befd)toid)tigt roerben fonnen. Sin ben tjeiligen Strdmen SnbienS unb an ben SBrjramiben be§ , JBbaraoncnlanbeS bereitet fid) baa • britifcbe iOcrbdnginS unb bie 23er geltung fiir bie britifcbe 23oIferberge< traltigung bor. [ Sind) ein kitchener toirb ba§ 93er» 1 bbngni'3 nidjt aufbalten unb bie 93er geltung nicfjt berljinbern fonnen. Slustuanbcnnig ben 33ritcn ocrbotcn. S o n b o it. 2lie englifcfje fftegie* rung bat ifjrcn erften entfdjeibenben Sdjritt getan, um bie Slusmaubcrung friegsbienftfabiger britifdjer Unter tanen 311 Dcrbinbcrn, toeldje in be. trddjtlidjer Slnjabl bcreitS auf biefi SBeife bem SUtilitarbienft entgangen finb. SaS Snnere Slmt Dcrbffeni lidjte eine ncue SBerorbnung, nacb teeldjer britifdje llntertanen, Jrcldje 19 Sabre alt obcr alter finb unb aus 3utranbcrn bcabficb^gen, ficb einen 'l?afj Don bem Sluo._ rtigen Stmt ju Derfdjaffen Ijaben. SBenn ber iBafe bertoeigert toirb, fo miiffen fie bem 23eamtcn, mcldjer bie Ginfdjiffung iibertoadjt, bie Slntroort be§ Slustodr* tigcn 2lmte§ jufammen mit ciner @e burtsurfunbe, an toeldje ein SBtlb beS 93etreffenben geljeftet fetn mufj, Dor jeigcn. Seitbeiit fid) bie Gunarb • Sinie gctoeigert bat, britifcbe llntertanen, rueldje fid) 311m STOilitdrbienft eigncn, 311 beforbcrn, finbcn bie Slncbor* unb bie SBljite Star Sinie einen gfetcfjen Sdjritt getan. £ie anberen &tnien, fo ertoartet man, merben eine bieSbe jiiglidjc glcidje Grfldntng Dcroffent* Iidjeit. fNuntanicn uscift 2?orfdjIagc bcc 9II* liierfcit alt. Berlin. Tad Ucbcrfeeifdje 9?adj* ridjtcnburcau melbct: SHumunifdje 3eitungcu beroffcntli* djen cine tjafljoffisieCe Grflbrung, bafj rumanifdje bemaffnete* Ginmi* fdiung tutr ftattfinben merbe, mean Siumaniend mefentlidje Sntereffen be* brebt mitrben. Siumdmen fei nidjt gc3imtngen Serbien 311 bertcibigen, cd fei nid)t militdrifdj irgenb $eman* bem berpflidjtct. Gd fei boHitdnbig cine Slngelegenljeit smifdjen 9?uina* nicn unb Stalien. 9?adj ber beutfdjen STnfidjt iff biefe Grflbrung cin SetreiS bon ffiumd* niend Slblefjnuna ber bon ben JlHiier* fen am 2S. Cftober gcmadjten neuen SBorfdjlage. Tie rumanifdje fftegierung bat mffifdje Torpeboboote unb einen be maffneten rnffifdjcn Tampfcr in Turn 0eberin in rumdnifdjen ©e mdffcrn an ber Tonau angemiefen entmaffnet unb interniert 311 mer* ben. Siufjlanb bcbrobt pcrficn. St. Petersburg, iiber 2on* bon. Siufjliinb bat t«c perfifdje 9tc gierung bacon in fienntniS gefebt, bafe baS englifcb • ruffifdje Slbfom men iiber bie Slufredjterbaltung ber perfifdjen $ntegritdt unb Unabbang igfcit auf ber Stclle aufgeboben fei, falls fid) bie (Seriidjte alS icabr ber ausfteflten, uad) bcnen Perfien ein Sonberabfommen mit Seutfdjlanb unb ber iiirfei getroffen babcn foil. XiefeS Ultimatum rourbe ber per fifdjcn fflegierung burd) ben ruffi* fd)en ©efanbten in Sleberan iiber reid)t. £i£ grflarung bcS ©efanbten, bcijjt eS iceitcr, bc3icfje fid) nidjt nur auf baS gegcnmdrtige fiabinctt, fon bcrn auf irgenb cine perfifdje SRegie rung, meldje baran benfen faflte, baS Scbicffal PerfienS an baS con Pol fern 3u fniipfen, mit bcnen Pufjlarib im Siricge ift. 2ic (Sinbargo-Jyrage iin Siongrefj. 23 a f b i n g t 0 n. Sobalb ber ftongrcfe jufammentritt, merben er neute Slnftrengungen gemad)t roer ben, eincn Pefdjlufj 3u faffcn, roouad) bie SBaffen- unb PiunitionSausfubr an bie Sriegfiibrenbeu in guropa Pcrboten merben foil. 5£ie $auptcorfampfer biefer $bee finb 3roar nid)t micbergerodglt mor ben, Partbolbt con Pfiffouri unb Poflmer con $oroa, bod) giebt eS Piele, bie beren SteUe einnebmen merben. Senator £itd)cod madbte ben Por fdblag, bie Slngelegenbeit fofort 3u einer ,<vjf;ue im ^enat 3u madjen unb bereitet bereitS eine bieSbe3iig hd)e 91ebe cor. Piefiger Slntomobil-Gjport. s Pm *" 0 *0 n- ^ SIngabe beS PureauS fiir auSmdrtigen unb cinbetmifdjen §anbel finb im abge laufenen giSfaljnbre fiir $74,000,. 000 amertfanifdbe Sluiomobile ober Jctle con Slutomobilen nad) fremben ^anbern derfauft unb erportiert mor ben, ctne 3unabme im Perglcid) 3um Poriabre um $36,000,000 SluSfldbten finb, bafe ber grcort STutomobilen im Iaufenbcn ffafmber