Win PLACES
GERMAN CRISIS
BEFORE SOLONS
President Tells Congress He Has
Sent Ultimatum to Berlin
Government.
PUTS BREAK UP TO KAISER
Gives Notice That Diplomatic Rela
tions Will Be Severed Unless Pres
ent Methods of Subsea Warfare
Are Abandoned Immediately—
Killing of Noncombatants De
nounced as “Wanton."
House of Representatives, the Cap
itol, Washington, April 20.—Sharply
indicting Germany for its use of sub
marines against merchant vessels.
President Wilson yesterday, before a
joint session of congress, issued pub
lic notice to the world that unless that
government changes its methods the
United States will have no choice
but to sever diplomatic relations.
"The history in the making.” was
witnessed by one of the largest gath
erings that has ever been jammed into
the historic chamber of the house of
representatives. Every single inch
of available space was occupied, while
literally thousands were turned away.
There was no questioning the seri
ousness of the president's position.
His voice, somewhat husky, penetrated
every corner of the room, and the
message was emphasized with an ex
pression that showed its author was
fearful of the outcome. That serious
ness was shared by the audience, the
usual applause given the president's
utterances being absent.
The message in every sense was an
ultimatum. True, it contained no time
limit within which reply must be made.
But it flatly insisted that the German
submarine warfare has reached the
stage when this government will no
longer tolerate it.
The German explanations, previous
ly made, have been accepted in good
faith, the president said, in the hope
that that, government would finally
be able to so order and control the acts
of its naval commanders as to square
its policy with the position of human
ity as embodied in the "law of na
tions.”
The United States lias been willing
to wait, the president said, "until the
significance of the fact became abso
lutely unmistakable and susceptible
of but one interpretation." That point,
be said, has 'now unhappily been
reached."
Text of President's Address.
Following is the complete text of
the president's address:
"Gentlemen of the Congress: A situ
ation has arisen in the foreign rela
tions of the country of which it is my
plain duty to inform you very frankly.
“It will be recalled that in Febru
ary, 1915, (he imperial German govern
ment announced its intention tc treat
the waters surrounding Great Britain
and Ireland as embraced within the
seat of war and to destroy all mer
chant ships owned by itS enemies that
might be found within any part of
that portion of the high seas, and that
it warned all vessels, of neutral as
well as of belligerent ownership, to
keep out of the waters it had thus
prescribed, or else enter them at thpir
peril. The government of the United
States earnestly protested. It took
the position that such a policy could
not be pursued without the practical
certainty or gross and palpable viola
tions of the law of nations, particular
ly if submarine craft were to be em
ployed as its instruments, inasmuch as
the rules prescribed by that law, rules
founded upon principles of humanity
and established for the protection of
the lives of noncombatants at sea
could not in the nature of the case be
observed by such vessels. It based
its protest on the ground that persons
of neutral nationality and vessels of
neutral ownership would be exposed
to extreme and intolerable risks, and
that no right to close any part of the
high seas against their use or to ex
pose them to such risks could lawfully
be asserted by any belligerent govern
ment. The law of nations in these
matters, upon which the government
of the United States based its protest
is not of recent origin or founded upon
merely arbitrary principles set up by
convention. It is based, on the con
trary, upon manifest and imperative
principles of humanity and has long
been established with the approval
and by the express assent of all civi
lized nations.
Protest Was Disregarded.
“Notwithstanding the earnest pro
test of our government, the imperial
German government at once proceeded
to carry out the policy it has an
nounced. It expressed the hope that
the dangers involved, at any rate the
dangers to neutral vessels, would be
reduced to a minimum by the instruc
tions which it had issued to its subma
rine commanders, and assured the gov
ernment of the United States that it
would take every possible precaution,
both to respect the rights of neutrals
and to safeguard the lives cf noncom
batants.
"What has actually happened in the
year which has since elapsed has
shown that those hopes were not justi
fied, those assurances insusceptible of
being fulfilled. In pursuance of the
policy, of submarine warfare against
the commerce of its adversaries, thus
announced and entered upon by the
imperial German government in
despite of the solemn protest of this
government, the commanders of Ger
man undersea vessels have attacked
merchant ships with greater and great
er activity, not only upon the high
seas surrounding Great Britain and
Ireland, but wherever they encounter
them, in a way that has grown more
and more ruthless, more and more
indiscriminate as the months have
gone by, less and less observant of re
straints of any kind; and have deliv
ered their attacks without compunc
tion against vessels of every national
ity and bound upon every sort of er
rand. Vessels of neutral ownership,
bound from neutral port to neutral
port, have been destroyed along with
vessels of belligerent ownership, in
constantly increasing numbers. Some
times the merchantman attacked has
been warned and summoned to sur
render before being fired on or tor
pedoed; sometimes passengers or
crews have been vouchsafed the poor
security of being allowed to take to
the ship’s boats before she was sent
to the bottom. But again and again
no warning has been given, no escape
even to the ship's boats allowed to
those on board. What this government
foresaw must happen has happened.
Tragedy has followed tragedy on the
seas in such fashion, with such at
tendant circumstances, as to make it
grossly evident that warfare of such a
sort, if warfare it be, cannot be car
ried on without the most palpable
violation of the dictates alike of right
and of humanity. Whatever the dispo
sition and intention of the imperial
German government, it has manifestly
proved impossible for it to keep such
methods of attack upon the commerce
of its enemies within bounds set by
either the reason or the heart of man
kind.
As to Armed Merchantmen.
"In February of the present year the
imperial German government informed
this government and the other neutral
governments of the world that it had
reason to believe that the government
of Great Britain had armed all mer
chant vessels of British ownership and
had given them secret orders to attack
any submarine of the enemy they
might encounter upon the seas, and
that the imperial German government
felt justified in the circumstances in
treating all armed merchantmen of
belligerent ownership as auxiliary ves
sels of war, which it would have the
right to destroy without warning.
"The law of nations has long rec
ognized the right of merchantmen to
carry arms for protection and to use
them to repel attack, though to use
them, in such circumstances, at their
own risks; but the imperial German
government claimed the right te set
these understandings aside in circum
stances which it deemed extraordi
nary. Even the terms in which it an
nounced its purpose thus still furth
er to relax the restraints it had pre
viously professed its willingness and
desire to put upon the operations jf
its submarines carried the plain impli
cation that at least vessels which
were not armed would still be exempt
from destruction without warning and
that personal, safety would be accord
ed their passengers and crews; but
even that limitation, if it was ever
practicable to observe it, has in fact
constituted no check at all upon the
destruction of ships of every sort.
“Again and again the imperial Ger
man government has given this gov
ernment its solemn assurances that at
least passenger ships would not be
thus dealt with, and yet it has again
and again permitted its undersea com
manders to disregard these assur
ances with entire impunity. Great
liners like the Lusitania and the Ar
abic and mere ferry boats like the
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a moment’s warning, sometimes be
fore they had even become aware that
they were in the presence of an armed
vessel of the enemy, and the lives of
noncombatants, passengers and crew,
have been sacrificed wholesale, in a
manner which the government of the
United States cannot but regard as
wanton and without the slightest col
or of justification. No limit of any
kind has in fact been set to the indis
criminate pursuit and destruction of
merchantmen of all kinds and nation
alities within the waters, constantly
extending in area, where these oper
ations have been carried on. and the
roll of Americans who have lost their
lives on ships thus attacked and de
stroyed has grown month by month
until the ominous toll has mounted in
to the hundreds.
Sussex a Late Example.
"One of the latest and most shock
ing instances of this method of war
fare was that of the destruction of
the French cross-channel steamer
Sussex. It must stand forth, as the
sinking of the steamer Lusitania did,
as so singularly tragical and unjusti
fiable as to constitute a truly terrible
example of the inhumanity of subma
rine warfare as the commanders of
German vessels have for the past
twelve months been conducting
it. If this instance stood alone, some
explanation, some disavowal hy the
German government, some evidence
of criminal mistake or wilful disobe
dience on the part of the commander
of the vessel that fired the torpedo
might be sought or entertained; hut
unhappily it does not stand alone.
Recent events make the conclusion
inevitable that it is only one instance,
even though it be one of the most ex
treme and distressing instances, of
the spirit and method of warfare
which the imperial German govern
ment has mistakenly adopted, and
which from the first exposed that gov
j eminent to the reproach of thrusting
all neutral rights aside in pursuit of
its immediate objects.
"The government of the United
States has been very patient. At ev
ery stage of this distressing experi
ence of tragedy after tragedy in which
its owii citizens were involved it had
sought to be restrained from any ex
treme course of action or of protest
by a thoughtful consideration of the
extraordinary circumstances of this
unprecedented war and actuated in
all it said or did by the sentiments of
genuine friendship which the people
of the United States have always en
tertained and continue to entertain to
ward the German nation. It has, of
course, accepted the successive expla
nations and assurances of the impe
rial German government as given in
entire sincerity and good faith, and
has hoped, even against hope, that it
would prove to be possible for the
German government so to order and
control the acts of its naval comman
ders as to square its policy with the
principles of humanity as embodied
in the law of nations. It has been
willing to wait until the significance
of the facts became absolutely unmis
takable and susceptible of but one in
terpretation.
"That point has now unhappily been
reached. The facts are susceptible
of but one interpretation. The impe
rial German government has been un
able to put any limit or restraints
upon Its warfare against either freight
or passenger ships. It has therefore
become painfully evident that the po
sition which this government took at
the very outset is inevitable, namely,
that the use of submarines for the de
struction of an enemy’s commerce is
of necessity, because of the very char
acter of the vessels employed and the
very methods of attack which their
employment of course involves, in
compatible with (he principles of hu
manity, the long-established and incon
trovertible rights of neutrals, and the
sacred immunities of non-combatants
Virtual Ultimatum Sent.
"I have deemed it my duty, there
fore. to say to the imperial German
government that if it is still its pur
pose to prosecute ruthless and indis
criminate warfare against vessels ol
commerce by the use of submarines,
notwithstanding the now demon
strated impossibility of conducting
that warfare in accordance with what
the government of the United States
must consider the sacred ana indis
putable rules of international law and
the universally recognized dictates ot
humanity, the government of the
United States is at last forced to the
conclusion that there is but one
course it can pursue; and that unless
the imperial German government
should now immediately declare and
effect an abandonment of its present
methods of warfare against passenger
and freight carrying vessels this gov
ernment can have no choice but to
sever diplomatic relations with the
government of the German empire al
together.
"This decision I have arrived at
with the keenest regret; the possibil
ity of the action contemplated I am
sure all thoughtful Americans w'ill
look forward to with unaffected reluc
tance. But we cannot forget that wo
are in some sort and by the force of
circumstances the responsible spokes
man of the rights of humanity, and
that we cannot remain silent while
Those rights seem in process of being
i utterly swept away in the maelstrom
: of this terrible war. We owe it to a
due regard for our own rights as a
nation, to our sense of duty as a pre
resentative of the rights of neutrals
the world over, aud to a joint concep
tion of the rights of mankind to take
this stand now' with the utmost solem
nity and firmness.
"I have taken it. and taken it in
the confidence that it will meet with
your approval and support. All sober
minded men must unite in hoping
that the imperial German govern
ment, which has in other circum
stances stood as the champion of all
that we are now contending for in the
interest of humanity, may recognize
; the justice of our demands and meet
j them in the spirit in which they are
1 made.’’
Preserving Grant’s Banner.
In order that it may be preserved
i for future generations, a flag which
i wr>. -d above General Grant's head
: quarters during the latter part of the
Civil war is being rejuvenated in the
same manner as was the original
"star-spangled banner" a year and a
half ago. When Lee surrendered, the
flag was presented by General Grant
to one of his staff officers. Some years
ago it became the property of the
state of Massachusetts, and, while re
posing in the statehouse, gradually
fell into a bad condition. This caused
it to be turned over to an eastern
woman, who has gained a reputation
as a restorer of old flags. The repair
ing process is described in the April
Popular Mechanics Magazine. It con
sists in backing the banner with Irish
linen of a certain weave. Special
stitches employed to baste it to the
re-enforcement give the flag a honey
combed appearance when closely ex
aruined. The thread used in doing
this work is dyed to match the faded
colors of the banner.
A Modest Conclusion.
Will you make many speeches In
your own behalf?"
"No,” replied the candidate; “a man
In my position should be more talked
about than talking."
One Exception.
‘No man can always be guarded in
his conduct.”
“I know of one class of uen who
can.”
''Where are they?”
"In the penitentiary.”
Miss Emily and Her Store.
On the right side of the store, both
in the counter and on the shelves be
hind it. were the notions—spools,
needles, calico, garter elastic and a
hundred other things your mother was
always wanting; while on the left side
were kept marbles, paper soldiers,
lead soldiers, slingshot elastic, air
guns. bows and arrows, slates, whistles,
school pencils, compasses, paint-boxes
and a hundred other things you were
always wanting. Misa Emily sat
strategically at the rear of the store,
and did not move till she knew for cer
tain what it was you were after. Now
adays this would be called efficiency.
In those days our parents called it
crankiness When Miss Emily took
your pennies for an ''aggie" or a “snap
per” or a big glass "popper,” she did so
sternly, and she always examined them
closely as if she expected counter
feits. She never smiled sweetly on
you, and called you "sonny” or "little
boy.” She never smiled at all.—At
lantic.
How It Affected Him.
There recently entered the office of
a physician a young man making this
announcement: “1 want to thank you
for your valuable medicine, doctor.”
“It helped ycu, did it?” asked the
physician, much pleased. "It helped
me wonderfully.” “How many bot
tles did ycu find it necessary tc take?”
“To tell the truth, doctor, I didn’t take
any. My uncle took one bottle, and I
am his sole heir.”—San Francisco Ar
gonaut.
HISTORYOFQUARREL
Washington, D. C.—Here is a chron
ological record of important develop
ments in the controversy over subma
rine warfare between the United
States and Germany since its begin
ning, February 4, 1915:
1915.
Feb. 4—Germany notifies United
States she will start submarine war in
waters adjacent to British isles on
Feb. IS.
Feb. 10—United States notifies Ger
many it will hold her to "strict ac
countability” for any loss or injury to
Americans as result of submarine war.
Feb. 20—United States suggests to
both Germany and Great Britain a ces
sation of their illegal activities.
March 28—British steamer Falaba
sunk; 1G0 lives lost, including one
American.
April G—Germany voluntarily ex
presses regret at killing of American
on account of military necessity.
April 28—American steamer Cush
ing attacked by German aeroplane.
May 1—American steamer Gulflight
attacked by German submarine; three
Americans lost.
May 7—Lusitania sunk; 114 Ameri
cans killed.
May 13—President sends first Lusi
tania ni^te to Germany, saying United
States will omit "no word or act” to
preserve its rights.
May 28—Germany replies to United
States note, dodging issues raised by
Wilson.
June 1—Germany offers reparation
for Gulflight and Cushing attacks.
June 3—Dr. Meyer Gerhard leaves
for Berlin.
June 8—Secretary of State Bryan
resigns from cabinet.
June 9—Second Lusitania note sent
to Germany by President Wilson.
July 8—Germany’s rejoinder received
by United States.
July 9—Steamer “Orduna” attacked
without warning by German subma
rine.
July 21—Third American Lusitania i
note sent to Berlin, informing Ger
many that further attacks would be
regarded as “deliberately unfriendly.”
July 25—American steamer Leela
nau sunk.
Aug. IS—Count von Bernstorff as
sures Secretary of State Lansing Ger
many will end submarine warfare on
passenger ships.
Aug. 19—Liner Arabic sunk, two
Americans killed. 1
Aug. 25—Von Bernstorff says Arabic
sinking was contrary to German inten
tions.
Aug. 27—Von Bernstorff promises
"complete satisfaction.”
Sept. 1—Germany promises to sink
no more liners.
Sept. 4—Liner Hesperian sunk.
Sept. 7—German note on Arabic re-1
ceived by United States.
Sept. 9—Germany explains attack
on Orduna.
Oct. 5—Germany apologizes for at
tack on Arabic, disavows act of sub
marine commander, and offers indem
nity to United States.
Nov. 7—Italian liner Ancona sunk,
with loss of American lives.
Dec. 6—United States calls Austria
to account for sinking Ancona.
Dec. 15—Austria replies and at
tempts to start argument cn fact.
Dec. 19—United States sends rejoin
der to Austrian reply, demanding com
plete backdown.
Dec. 22—Japanese steamer Yanaka
Maru sunk in Mediterranean.
Dec. 29—Austria backs down and
apologizes.
Dec. 30 — Steamer Persia sunk in
Mediterranean, United States Consul
McNeely killed.
1916.
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bates advisability of warning Ameri
cans "ff belligerent liners.
Jan. 7—Ven Bernstorff gives United
States new assurances on German sub
marine policy, insisting safety of non
combatants will be considered.
Jan. 18—Secretary Lansing sends
note to allied powers suggesting they
disarm merchantmen or United States
will regard them as auxiliary cruisers.
Feb. 10—Germany informs United
States after March 1 it will attack all
armed liners without warning.
Feb. 15—Wilson and cabinet decide
to repudiate Lansing's note of Jan. 18.
Feb. 1R—Wilson declines to enter
into Lusitania argument with Ger
many pending outcome of armed-ship .
dispute.
Feb. 21—Senator Stone, chairman of
senate foreign relations eommittee.
Chairman Flood of house foreign af
fairs committee, and Senator Kern of
Indiana call on Wilson at White
House and tell him congress wants
Americans warned off armed ships.
Feb. 24—Wilson makes public letter
to Stone declining to warn Americans.
Feb. 27—Germany informs United
States its order will go into effect.
Feb. 29—-Wilson demands that con
gress defeat resolutions warning Amer
icans off armed ships.
March 2—Senator Gore in speech in
senate asserts Wilson is bent on rush
ing country into war with Germany.
March 3—Resolution of warning in
troduced by Gore tabled by senate
with provision in it that sinking of
armed ships, resulting in death of
Americans, would be cause for war.
March 7—House tables McLemore
resolution of warning.
March 24—English steamer Sussex
attacked by submarine—several Amer
icans seriously injured.
March 25—British steamers Man
chester Engineer, Eagle Point and Ber
wvndvale attacked.
April 18—Wilson decides to lay en
tire case before congress %fter cabi
net approves note to Germany inform
ing her United States will not argue
submarine matters any longer.
Properly Indignant.
Son (enthusiastically) — “Yes. fa
| ther, I have fully made up my mind
to adopt music as a career. I feel It
is the only one in which my soul can
find its full expansion.” Father (in
dignantly)—“Very well, sir; if you will
persist in your evil courses, instead of
following your father in an honest
hardware business, let me tell you
that, when you have reached the
height of your ambition, you needn't
come playing before my door expect
ing to get any coppers.”—IjOtmIou
Mail.
FMSESNEWPROBLEM
IMMIGRATION ACT MAY RENEW
JAPANESE CONTROVERSY.
LONE BANDIT BOBS II. P. TRAIN
Forty-three Passengers Compelled to
Hand Over Money and Valuables
Near Hanna, Wyoming.
Washington.—Japan has renewed
objection to provisions in the pend
ing immigration bill which are con
strued as virtually enacting into law
the celebrated Root-Takahira agree
ment for the restriction of immigra
tion to the United States and as in
cluding Japanese with Hindus in an
excluded class.
The administration it is said, fears
no difficulties in arranging the terms
of the bill so as to avoid wounding
Japanese feeling.
The administration, while realizing
the extent of Asiatic exclusion senti
ment in the Pacific coast states, is de
scribed as fully sensible of the disad
vantage of agitating the long-stand
ing controversy with Japan and is
confident that the situation can be
smoothed out satisfactorily at this
time to all interests.
Japan’s revival of the question at
this time attracted much interest in
the capital, but it was pointed out
tiiat its representations could scarcely
be delayed, if it were desired to do
so, because the bill already has pass
ed the house and has been reported
to the senate for passage.
Although the senate immigration
committee made some changes in
phraseology, the terms of the exclu
sion section still are offensive to the
Japanese.
Union Pacific Train Held Up.
Rawlins. Wyo.—A lone highwayman
held up Union Pacific passenger train
No. 21 a few miles west of Ilanna,
Wyo.. one night just recently. Com
pelling the guard on the train to take
up a collection from the passengers
in the observation car, the bandit
forced the brakeman to receive the
valuables of the passengers in one of
the two sleepers. As the train ap
proached Edson, Wyo., the outlaw
dropped from the train and disap
peared.
Forty-three passengers were com
pelled to yield their money and val
uables. One shot, which went wild,
was directed at James Sherlock, con
ductor, when the latter hesitated a
moment after the bandit's request,
"All hands up!”
The robber was described as six
feet tall, brown hair and eyes. He
wore a dark suit with a dark soft hat.
Orders Given to Speed Up.
Washington.—Orders to speed up
repair and overhaul work on vessels
of the Atlantic fleet have been sent
to the commandants of the various
navy yards by Secretary Daniels. In
case of labor shortage the command
ants are instructed to expedite the
work by employing the ships' person
nel. The move was explained as a
“preparedness test,” the execution of
which would illustrate how quickly
the Vessels could he restored to nor
mal conditions after their strenuous
winter operations and placed in read
iness for the battle practices and
maneuvers beginning on May 20.
Guard Receives Instructions.
Lincoln, Neb.—All companies of the
Nebraska National Guard have been
sent a war package. This does not
indicate that the Guard may he called
out right away to go to war. but sim
ply is a precaution taken so that in
case of emergency each company
would be in a position to get busy im
mediately. Tiie war package among
other things contains full information
and instructions regarding mobiliza
tion of the company and the methods
to be used in rt cruiting the company,
and is not to be opened until orders
for mobilization have been received
by the commanding officer.
Cummins Strong In Montana.
Helena, Mont.—Returns from the
recent presidential preference primary
in this state show that President Wil
son polled mote votes than all of his
republican opponents together. Sen
ator A. B. Cummins of Iowa polled
three to one over Colonel Roosevelt.
The other republican candidate, Ed
ward Randolph Woods of New Jersey,
received but a few votes.
Overland Factory Raises Wages.
Toledo, O.— Notice has been posted
in the Willys-Overland automobile
factory that wages of all employes will
be increased voluntarily June 1. It
will benefit 1,700 employes.
Swedes Plan for Defense.
Stockholm, Sweden.—A private com
mittee has been formed here which in
tends to provide 700,000 kronen for the
protection of Stockholm against air
attack. The committee has prepared
a plan of the necessary defenses, in
cluding anti-aircraft guns and planes.
Villistas Guilty of Murder.
El Paso, Tex.—The six Villistas
placed on trial at Deming, N. M.,
charged with killing Charles D. Miller
in the Columbus raid, were found
guilty of murder in the first degree.
Emma Goldman Sent to Jail.
New York—Emma Goldman, known
to the police in this and other cities
as an anarchist, was found guilty in
the criminal court of disseminating
improper literature concerning birth
control and was sentenced to fifteen
days in the work house.
Borah Will Head Delegation.
Twin Falls, Idaho.—Senator W. E.
Borah was unanimously chosen to
head Idaho’s delegation of eight to
the republican national convention at
the state convention here.
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bie ficb uidjt an etn Schema binbet,
iit babei bas fcnnjcid)nenbe i'tcrf
mal.
'-Petfptelc fur btejc 3.atfad)e btetet;
bcr Stanipf um SSerbun fafi alltiiglid).!
aflaudie franjcfifdie Steflung fbnnte
IlbdtjttoaFjrfdjeiulidj int Sturmangriff ]
butdi bic Snfanterie genommen tner- i
ben, bod) toirb bied uid)t andgcfiihrt
bio bie griinblidfje artilicriftifdic iPor-1
bercitung bic Grobcrung bcr gc
tounfcbteti Stcdung mit mbglicbft ge
ringeu I'crhiftcn getodbrlciftct. 'Pick
fad) toirb biejed Iangfame, fuftcmati
fdic SBorbrirtgcn alo ciit 3cid;cn bafiir
andgrlegt, bag bie bcutfdicn giihrcr
c§ mit ber Crinnalune non iPerbun
nidit fo fclir cilig batten. Um bico
beurtcilen 311 fbnncn, miifetc man mit
bcit iplanctt bcr giibrer betraut fein, 1
toad natiirlidi nidit bcr gall ift. Si-<
djer nur ift cincd: bic bcutfdie giib-1
rung rrirb ibren Stood auf jcbcn gad 1
unb untcr alien Umftcinbcn erreidjen.
gnt engften 3ufa;nmenl)ang mit I
bcr grogen Cffenfiue im SKaaS • (He-,
bictc ftebt bic iPicIbnng non bcr
grontnerlangerung bcr cnglifdicn
Srnpncn in 9iorbfranfrcidi. Sic
fdjcint cine Jatfacbe 311 fein, ba 'Per- ’
lit; ltcuerbingd Siiimpfe mit britifdicn
ftruppeit bci :\’oooit mclbct, too rrit
ber befanutlid) nur granjofett fton- \
ben. Slbgcfcben non bent Gtnbrnd,!
belt bie SNelbnng auf bie granjofen 1
madieit foil, bient fic jcbcnfalld aid
citt 2fetoeid fiir bic Xatfadic, bag bic:
gromofen nidit mebr roic friiber auf
flarFe fHcfcrbcu suriidgreifeu Fbnncn,j
fonbent il)tc iperlufte burd) Smiigc
and anberen Jeilen bcr grout erfefsen
miiffen. 9htr bic jmingcnbfteu |
(Hriinbc foititen bic (Snglattbcr ncr-:
anlagt babcu, toeiicre Jruppcu anf I
ben fontincntalcn Sfricgdfdjauplatj ju
toerfett.
Xaf) einc grogc citgliftfic Cffenfiue {
im fJJorbeit in iPorbercitung ift, be- i
barf fautit bcr tfrbrtcrnng, unb cd
fdjeint, bufs man auf beutfdicr Scitc
gati3 gctiau tocig, toann bic Sfritcn
fertig fein loorben. SSiirbc fie balb
311 ertnartnt fein, tniirbc man, fclbft
auf bic tHcfabr bin, fid) grbgerc iPer-!
Infte 3ti3Ujicbcn, in iPcrbun fdmeaer |
norgclicu. 27a 1: fantt fidicr gcljcn,
bag bie n'iditigftcn 27aao - Stcllun-!
gen in bcutfdicn .§anben fein tnerben,
toctm cd int 'Jiorben lvirFIid) loo- i
bridjt.
4.te nnnKt)c Cftentioe im 2iina
burg - Jlbfdjniti ift ganjlidj gufam-1
mengebrodjen. 2en ffiuffen mar!
cnfjcrorbcntlidj oid baran gelegen.:
Por bem gintreten beS STaumcttcrs i
im iBefi^c ber ®ilna - '2iinabnrg- ■
fBafm 3u fein ober fie bnrdjbrodjen j
ju baben. 2icfeS Isorljabn*
olS enbgiiltig gefdjeitert oetraduet
tperben. 2er bcntfdje (Jicneralftab
madjt mit gtofeem Wacbbrucf auf bie
riefige SDhiniiionopcrfdjmeubung ber
Slnffen anfmcrFfam. So [jaben fie
cS andj anfangS beS STriegeo getrie-!
ben. nnb fpeiter fam bann ftet§ bie ;
8cit beS 2Wangel§. ber curopdi-1
fdjeu ^reffe mirb bente ftbon ptel pon 1
eincr grofjen bcutfdjcn Cffenjire gr-1
Gen Dtiga 311 Staffer nnb 311 2anbe ge.
fdjrieben. ©tma? mafjreS mag an
ben SDielbungcn fein, mtb e6 ift nidjt
nuSgefdiloffcn. bafe bie ruffifdie Of
fenfme im JUiga - Hbfdjnitt. bi-3 bin
unter 311 ben '-Briicfenfopfcn bei
jvriebridjSftabt nnb SaFobftabt, eine
©cgeitmnfjrcgcl gegen bie beoorftc
benbe bcntfdje SfFtion mar.
?ln ber ftaufafit? . grout finb bie
firitn£fe sum Stillftnnb gefommen.
2)ie 2utfen baben ben mffifdien ?tn
firiff nidjt mir 511111 Stebcn gebradjt,
onbem ibn Pielfadj fogar suriidfge
fdjlagen nnb finb fdbft sur Offenfipe
tibergegangen. Scbon auf ber @trecfe
erscrum - Trapeumt mar e§ mit ber
niffijtfjen ©iegcSberrlidjfeit p0rbei
unb nadj Siiben bin — bie flTnYTcn
mdbm imiticr ftols &> ber fUidjfung
mif ‘Pagbab — fmb fie nidjt Pid
mntcr gefommen
?hif bem italienifdjen Jhuegsfcbau
plaS boben fcbmcre ftcimpfc am mitt
lereu iiaufc bes iofonao, bettor) uni
Tolmein, ftattgefiinben. Sic iraren
fiir bic bfterreiebifeb • ungarifdjcn
Truppen giinftig, blieben aber auf lc
fale i'lftioueu bcfebrdnft.
?(us ^erfieu nnb fKefopotamien
Iicgeit feine neuen iDielbungen cor.
2nloiiifi non bcutftfjcn Jliegcrn an
flegriffen.
Tie ©riedjen baben bercitv Me
fvolgcn fiir ibre unceranticortiicbc
^auberpolitif am eigenen Xtcibe in
fiiblbarfter 2t*eife 311 cerfpurcn. ib'icht
allein, bafa ficb bie Miierten m rud
fiebtslofefter SiJeifc al£ perron ber be
fcStcn Ofebiete bes neutralen (!) xian
bes betrad)tcn, bat- Saitb ift jest bi
reft 311m 2d)auplab bes fitieges gc
tuorben, inbem 2alonifi fiiralid) be
erften iifefucb con ffliegern ber 3en
traimadjte 311 beflagcn batte. Tabei
fiub iiber 200 Miicrte golbaten ge
tbtet, 27 Gifctibabn - SBaggotis mit
^Munition unb 3aI)Ireid)e militarifcbe
iffaraden aerfibrt trorben. 9latiirlid)
ift es gaii3 feibftcerftiinblid), bag and)
^ricateigcntum befdjdbigt unb {Jicil
perfonen eeriest ober getbtet nmrben.
Tic ?UIiicrren iPreffe bat fid) altge
tcol)’.item Ojebraucbe gemcife natiirlid)
biefe Ofelcgenbeit nidjt entgeben Iai
fen, fonbern ift mit SSollbampf ins
(^efd)irr gegangen, uni bie SSelt, be
fonbers bie gricdiifcbe Secblferuiig
gegeu bic beutfd)en 93arbarcn, btefes
neuen i’lftes bes llblferrecbtsbrudics
tcegcit anfanbeSen.
Xtc (nrtcdicn iebod) |tnb ring ge
itug, mm fid) felbft ein ridjtiges Hr
tcil ju bilbcn nub bie infamen Sii
gen unb SSerfteliungcn ber SHiiertcn
311 burd)fd)auen. Xcr @iftp*cil bet
ipcrleumbung unb .?>etje fdjued: ba
rum auf bie fllliierten juriicf, inbent
bic offcntlidjc i'ieiiutng im Sanbe bcr
£>eHeneit in fdidrffter SPcife fid) ge
gen bie frcmben Einbringlinge febrt.
rueldu’ Salonifi trubcrrcdjtlid) in bie
fc gcfiibrlidie Sage gebrcdit baben. in
bent fie bafelbft ifjr miliidrifdics
^jauptguartier erriditeten. Xie SPci
geruttg bcr Entente fRegierungen, ben
nngeriditetcu £diabcn 311 erfefccn, bat
ba§ Wefiibl bcr X'itterfeit mtr erbblit
Xod) bamit ift nidjt gefjclfen. Xie
ErfenniitiS fommt leiber 311 fpct. ,
Ericdhenlanb, tneldjcS fid) im '.'In
fauge, menu attdi mattdjerlci iPeben
Fen bagegen fprcdjeu, mit ficiditigfcit
I'htte bcr atiibringlidien unertounfcb
ten (>5afte cmtebren Fonnen toiri te
benfallg nidjt ebcr toieber $err im
eigenen ^aue-. al§ bis bie flHiierten
£tdrcnfricbe burdi bie Scntralmiidjte
liinansgemorfett trerben.
?lmcrifnncr ate „£rf)itfiettgel“ auf
3Jiitnttioitefd|iffeu.
Xaf> bie Englcinber fid) bie grogte
-tube gcbcu, Slmerifaner ale £d)ufc
pngel auf iljre iPiiinitionst'dften ju
cngagieren ttnb fie im SRotfaUe fogar
3ttingen, als foldie 311 fungicren, geld
aits beu nadjfolgenben Xepejdjen ber
per:
£ t. ^ 0 b u, 9icm Sfrunsroid.
Xcr biefigc amcrifanifdje jfrmful Eul
ner crfliirt, bag ber Pom britifdicn
Xampfer „EagIc ipoint" gerett.de
Slnterifancr mnbrfdjeinlicf) ^oftpl)
©leafon con Lofton fei. Xicfer babe
fid) bei ber lenten Steife an ibn ge
meubct, uni feineSlbmuftening-spapiE
re sit erlangett, aber ber flapitan ba
be fid) pofitip gctocigcrt, iljn fringe
ben. Xcr Stonful founte nidjte fiir
ben iRaun tun unb bicfer mufjte bie
Uteife mitmadjen.
lit cm S 0 11 b 0 n, Eomr. fiapt
toit \iatofsttuutb Pott Englanb,
bcr bier amerifanifdje £eelente
git liobett Sdlnten antrirbf, er
fiarte cittern Sferidjtcrftatter bee bie
figett ..Xelcgrapb" gatts offeu, ban fie
gcbraudjt miirbcn, tint auf engliftijen
£d)ifjen pon r'icm ?Jorf abtufaljim ^
bamit Jfnterifa cpcntuell in eitten
ftrieg mit Xcttifdjlanb perrcicfcit
Uicrbe. find) fndde er ©iirgcr mit
guter 'Reputation als fpaffagierc, bc
nen biUige llebcrfabrt perfprodiett
tnirb. 1
3e~pnner £errcn im Stifleti 'Direr.
con r a n c i 5 c o. ?Iuf ber
bcutfdjcn Diarfd)aH* ober SaOronen*
vinfdgnippe ini Stillen SDtccr, in ber
Diitte jmifdicn .§amaii unb ben 'fbi
Iippinen, Ijaben fid) bie Sapaner
biinelid) uiebergdaffcn, crjiiblt ber
con eincr jyorfdntngSreife nad) STorca
beinifefjrenbe Slntljropologe Drof.
fjrebericf Starr con ber iSfjicagoer
llniperfitot. „^apan becbfitfjtigt nidit,
biefe ^iifeln mieber oufjugeben.
aut'gcjeid)ucter ifioftbairu'fer - 4>er*
febr, Jdegrapb- unb fiabelbienft if*
ciugeridjtet tcorben. Diajfenbaft
itromen japanifdje 93cuem alS *ln‘
liebler in bie ueue S^olonie. i^n ganj
•5°pati berrfd)t ba§ ©pefalationvfie*
ber. 1,000 ueue 2>tiIIioniirc finb ent*
ftanben." £r. Starr erfubr and) con
aiu-gebefinteii ®efd)dftf* unb anberen
ik'jiebiingcit ^apan§ mit ^nbien
Uvof. Starr betont, bie ^nonner
befianbelteit ifm mit au-3gefnditer
Areuiiblidbfeit. Sic betradjteten bie
Uer. Staaten al§ einen Js-rcunb. ber
jn febr auf ©elbcerbiencn erpidit iej- v
uni Strieg ju fiitjren ober fid) cntfd'd) ;
an SHdtereigniffen bctdligen in f5n- j
nen.
