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maha Daily Call Tyler 1000 If You Want to Talk to The Hee or to Anyone CnonectiHl With Hie Hee. HE THE WEATHEP Cloudy OMAHA, THURSDAY MOKXING, APRIL L'7, mTWELVK PACKS. Oa Train, at Hotel New Bland, tc bt S1XULE COPY TWO CENTS. GERMAN PAPERS TAKING SERIOUS VIEW OF ISSUES WILSON GIVES OUT RAIDERS CAPTURE ARMED SHIP POLICY! BRITONS WHO LET HOW OUR WAGON TRAINS CAMP IN MEXICO This photograph shows United States army transport wagons in triangular formation during- a break in the journey from the border to neral Pershing's troops. The wagons are arranged in formation somewhat sim ilar to t'v -d by frontiersmen with their prairie schooners to prepare for Indian attacks. ICE REVOLT GREATER THAN YET TOLD Washington Issu's Statement Dc fining View of United States on Question. ENEMY AIRMEN DIE .1 mHi:m,Wm' R 'VWgg TS' 0 .B Vy VOL. XLV-XO. W EXTENT OF IRISH rnl ia! 'oS r eel New York Heart that Ten Thousand Rebels Are Opposing Forcei of British Government in Dublin. ROUTES TO LONDON IN DOUBT Birrell Tells Parliament He Doesn't Know if He Can Reach the Troubled Isle. ASQUITH TALKS HOPEFULLY NEW YORK, April 26. The re volt ia Ireland far exceed In extent tha admission of the British govern-1 ment, according to Information re ported to have been received In Irish) circlet In this city. A force of about; 10,000 rebel I a opposing the British ! government authorities In Dublin' and neighboring counties, It was as serted. The reports bad it that John ac Nclll, leader of the Irish volunteers and editor of their official organ, the Irish Volunteer, bad been shot, but whether In the fighting or after had cot been learned. Arm Itontee loaed f lJNDON, April 26.-At the opening of tha llouae of Commons today Augustln IHrrell, chief secretary for Ireland, ald It wa difficult to any whether any route Ireland were open or closed. He added that he was going there If ha could to maka arrangement. Iratlc atep have been taken by the firttlah government to aupprea the up rlalna; In Dublin by tha proclamation of martial law In the city and county and by proclaiming the association which look part In tha movement Illegal organi sations, which will enable the police to break them up. This wa announced In the Kouae of I'ommon today by Premier Asqulth, who, while making a mora reassuring state ment with regard to the situation in the Irish capital, did not add much to previous knowledge of what has bapened there nlnec Monday noon, when rehel took possession of the potoffice and certain K.ctlona of the city. Troone In Poiwaalaa, The prime mlnlater wa able to say, however, that Liberty hall, the liead- 'liiHrter of the Hlnn Keln party nnd 81 Htephens" Oreen, which seemed to have ! lcn tha tenter of the rising, Und I e n re-, cnciny ate entitled to enter and leave oc uplcd by the military who wrc beln? J reutrnl porta without hindrance In the reinforced by, tho tryop fojij, j;u:ftniUoij of legitimate trade, they arenot and Belfast, j , entitled under certain circumstance) The casualty at Dublin, accoidlny to j which are detailed aa follow: f.ord I.andowne statement were n- "Armed merchantmen of belligerent, teen killed and twenty-one woundrd, b'.- nationality under a commission or order eldee two loyal volunteer and two p- j of their government to ns Under pcimlt.y, llcemen killed and alx loyal xolunl ia j their armament for sggresshe purpose wornded. Twenty-five Killed and; Hurt During Attack On Lowestoft LONDON1, April 2.-Twentyflve cas ualties in dead and wounded resulted irom ma DomDaroment or i.owrsion ny u"1 w,r""11" '" . the admiralty to do so and that reward, running fight with the Hrltlah IlKht : had t e n offered to cormnandcr who auo crulncr squadron and destroyers, ao tnrjeeeded In destroying submarines, as can be learned. All the British ships! The statement declares that there Is a hsve returned safely, two of the Maht j (ilatlnct difference "between the exercise cruisers bearing signs that they had been of the right of eelf-protertloii nnd th hit by shells, but not In vltnl rlafes. , few among the crewa of the rtrltish war. ships were wounded, but not serloualy. One of the Hrltlsh deatroyera, which played a part In a previous battle In th Xorth Pea, was again In the thick of the fight. A shot penetrated Its engine room and four of II crew were acalded. After firing Into loweeloft for twenty minutes, the Germans retreated. The caaualtlea aboard tha Hrltlsh shi oc curred in the running fight which en sued. It la generally believed thnt the rtrltlah gunner scored hlta on the Oei num j The Weather I'fiie.Hst till 7 p m Thursday: ( or iiiiaha. iuii II lilulir. miuI Vicinity i tiruy iiiuiiw Hiui inniinuej com Ilnurs. , tij. i Ah. in , H in. in ii ; . m u a in u . Ml 14 " , Ml I . ! t ik . rii 4 II in 4: I M IH , f I p III . , ,. 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A statement defining (lit attitude of the I'nlted States toward armed mer chant ships van mane public today by the stale department by direction of President Wilson, It originally wai prepared ax a circular note to other power, but It later was de cided to Issue it an a statement, The statement hold to the right of a merchant sbip to arm for pro tection only, but declare that "mer chant men which huvn used their armaments for afcgresslvc purposes are not entitled to the same hospl tallty In neutral porta an peaceable armed merchantmen," Minima of Armed Ship. ' Th ttti of an armed merchant ves el of belligerent," sys the statement, "I to b considered from tha point of view of a neutral when th vessel enters Its ports, end from that of an enemy when th vessel In on the high nth." The efstement trei at length heae l If -ference m tu and sum them up an follows: "Th ststus of an armed merchant ves sel ai a wsrahlp In neutral water may be determined In th aflsence of docu mentary proof or conclualve evidence of previous aggressive conduct by preemp tion derived from all clreumstsnces of tha case. "The status of m h vessel an a wsrshlp on tha hlah sess muat be determined only upon conclusive evidence of nggresslv purpose, In tha bence of which It l to be presumed that the vessel has a pri vate and peaceful chsrs'ter and It aiiould be ao treated by an enemy warihlp. ,"In brief a neutral government may proceed upon the preaumptlnn that an armed merchant veasel of belligerent na tionality la armed for aggression, while a belligerent should proceed on the pr aumptlon that the vessel 1 armed for protection. Both of these preaumptlona may be overcome by evidence the flrat by secondary or collateral evidence since tha fart to be eatahllahed I negative In character; the second by primary and di rect evidence since the fact to be estab lished ta poaltfva In character." tnamplloa of rulral. Then the statement gees on at length to take up the right and duties of neu tral and belligerent an affected by the state, of armed merchant vessels In neu tral porta end on the hlach sea. It lay i down the rule the) t while merchantmen, armed only for protection sga'ntt the j or merchantmen, which without ucli commls-don or orders, have uaed their 1 armament for aasreealve purpos", are i not entitled to the mint hospitality in ;reutrl ports as pcacable arni'vl mer j eliantmcnt." ' hertfea of (Jrrfiian oie. I The Oermsn note on the question of j ar med merchantmen to which the stat 1 merit la regarded as an answer, charged that Hrltlsli merchant ships were armed to attack submarine and that their com manders were under secret orders from set of iriilslng the aca In an armed vei sel for the purpose of attacking enemy naval vessel," Asquith Demands 50,000 Recruits in Next Four Weeks I.MON, April X Premier Asqulth. el the secret session of Parliament yes- terdsy presenle.l on behalf of the gov ernment iroinsla fureshedowlng gen rrnl military ci.m,ul.l(iii unUns sueccss atlerided "InutiedlNle rfffirti In ohtHlii men ' lequlrwl by voluntarv enllstmeiit from anion the unutientei nmrriril men." The gi eminent a priHsala were .uMU'lv anmnmceil today In a h'lKj stfiteiiient tn Ui l"en, Ths giiveriilnerit, Mr. Aiilih s.ild. "ni l fnrthwtih 4.I1 I'arliiiinriit Ui cmiiu!mif v l.iviei" unli'.t at lli end .if (nut kn en. ling Ms)' V, M.iaii nen hitve ht-ni e t lint by M.lutitttiy i. hutment. The a,ihte coi.rse la (.riifimnl, If In one w. eh aflf tii 1,', r,.' men Ui1 nut li,..ii a. . urrd by ihtect vuUn' luehl 'fhi- til -r-tng nielli arf tn lni.it g ul l mi' 1 ,'ni mm liiirtl !rti-d Mi;n h.t .et m ct'i"l 1 1, a 1 1 ilu I'hgilt of iiiiie niif'il t' lli:t'Uil'll .null f llo (.rot-Mi ) iI-mii. tha 1 f- t i. in- ill ,-l e. il: in tu I. 'i 1 l:'. i, . I r. q 1 1 1 1 flm lit a t.i . I, m lii"'wB4fir lit f,i (t'l i"jr ir-iir I1IM1'') f Bcrnstorff Thinks He Has Plan That Will Settle Sea Controversy ' I In 1 ,. ,.,,-, I ! It'eiN pt. t V,. II i..i 'I - .....,. ,it .- ,1 ..-. i.i ', (,.. a .ff - " . ..'.i ,. : t ...o.j.ui 1 1 ... ..1.1 .. t.,.. "- ,," : " i" 'i,,t ''' It-, I d'.v . . . 1 - , i ".'V ' " r. t, 4 1. ..,., IN. .ts.t-e "'" . , , H. .,., I v 10 .t 11 1 W R' t 41 1 14 - . ,. ,,, .,) , ttt'Hl. ' 'j- - ... .. ...... ' si , ,1. I. ' ll - .1 ' ,! ,w Wltoh ii Uvl .'.IK'S'' 1 '! ' " ti-K-w.' , ltt ., ' , , Si . li, . il., ..1 , ' ' '") ' '. k : f ,iti. . a i .u. ,.ii,tn ti , . S.rw , "",, ' ' '' ! '''' "" '-It l He ''.' (- -. , - .ill ,l 1 I : t 1 . . I ' !lslfttV at .1 M 1.-1 v ill. 4,1 ..... i' , u 0 "y tlf r, ll-.tt .. tMS' I If 1H f !-., I I fci '., , i 4- o ' I r .ns In 4 ! ft,il It I i 1 i I...4 N -tt'tlf I Anting ..! . - .( I i ' I ,t, l - "ft ha nf-'. t at i... t i..i' t. :,(. . ,,,,. ,t . r t, 41 '," , ' ! ts u. ''. , n't t..t ef an ,.!..:, . t w-'iH -j . as S.it wtil ..! l- 1. 1 ,-', )- li..-.. -, a ,.1, it -'; . a l' t Ikj, , 1 j i w t r."l ii! r i.,.. 1 . . . ..- !,. ; t . I t 11 t.4s ,"., ,,!, " ! a . 1 1 tin 1 -1 -1 i,i. ii-, I 4 it 1 .ts.sg i ii it . . ill 5,i , t j esanig IS e a-lt-n ' n.iti, kt telatg .n,.g ,!; t ntai Crew of St. Stephen, Which Refused to Aid Drowning Men' of Wrecked Zeppelin, Taken by Teutons. ENGLISH LOSE THREE SHIPS , Destroyer and Scout in Hands Germans Attacking; East ern Coast. of HEAVY DAMAGE DONE, IS STORY RKULIX, April 2 6. tVlit Lon don.) The German naval forces which bombarded Lowentoft yestei day, sank the steamer InnK Htephen and raptured Hs crew, It was offj-j dally announced today, Thin is tlw Hume Hteamer thnt refused to rescue the crew 0 the Zeppelin L-l whlili dropped Into the North Sea, It was also announced that a de stroyer and another scout boat snide from tbo King Stephen were sunl'j and that on one of the cruisers at-; tacked a bad fire was observed. i Klrnl of Maid. )n a Zeppelin raid O' it Knghind lam night, fortified establishments at Imilnn, Colchester, Ulack water and llmgte were attacked, the war office announced this afternoon. Tho French port and large Hrltlsh supply depots at Ktaplea, Paa-de-Calals, alao were attacked. In a continuation jesterdny of th' naval skirmishing that began off th. Klanders coast on Monday, a Hrltlsh de stroyer was bsdly damaged by Uerman navel forces, and an auxiliary steamer was sunk and Its crew captured and taken to Zecbrugge, It wss officially an nounced this afternoon. The official statement on the naval rail Is as follows: "At daybreak, parts of our high sea forces bombarded with good success the fortifications and Important military buildings at Or eat Yarmouth and Iiwes toft, and afterwards, opened fire on a group of enemy airmen, small cruisers snd destroyers. Nlar Fire on ( raiser. "On one crulaer a big fire was ob seryed. One destroyer and two enemy scout boats were sunk, one of the letter being the F.nglUh fishing atcamer King Htephen, which formerly refused to save the crew of the Uennan airship when In diatreas. The crew of the fish ing steamer was taken prisoner. The remaining enemy naval forcea withdrew. On our side there were no losses, nd all the ship returned undamaged. "Simultaneously with the attack of our naval forces a naval air s'limdron at tacked, on the night of April 24-25, the eaatern counties of England. Hombs mere thrown with good effect on Indus trial tiiilldlrigs at. Cambridge and Nor wich railway buildings near Lincoln, batteries near Wlnterton. Ipswich, Nor wich and Harwich, aa well ss em my reconnolterlng shlpa on the Kngllsli cost. Despite a violent bombardment al tho airship landed untouched In home harbor. "Aeroplane of naval air detachment early on Tuesday morning pelted ef fectively with bomb harbor works, fortification and the aerodrome at Dun kirk. All returned undamaged. "The previously reported outpost cn- (Continued on Page Two, Column Five ) Iowan Suggests Federal Control Of Cattle Prices WASHINGTON", April M.-Government control of "cattle prices aa a solution of the raisers' problem was sdvoratod tie fore a houae committee today by ,1. H. Allen, a atock producer of Pocahontas, Iowa. "With government Inspectors to grade the rattle at tha yards, the producer and raJaer would get fair treatment," he said. "Ninety-five per rent of the rattle sold In Iowa last year were disposed of on a down market. I'ttder present conditions the raiser might aa well send his purse to Chicago and permit the packer In tKe what money he wants from It." The hearing was en th" Holland reso lution ly inniruct the federal (rule 1 out inlnninlt to determine If the pm Iters nie violating the Kli-'iiimii law One Year Ago Today in the War AlUis leeiivrrci l!li'AII4 In , 'l'i l';t r u 1 'or i.'.t tli 1 t.ii 1 ii. iiiii V 1 llf I-.,-, I,,, us lo..it to Die 1 t'inn i- I'i in h iSi r g.lii il..'f in Al,.i. I Ic 1 In.! I. Ins'fy ,'i n-l -11 . III Ur lv III jf 1 I li. it t. 111 n I Ik- 1 ... 'ic .11 11 1 . it., f 1 iHi.liueM I iHr t'f . I-., r 'I' f U 11 It.' I II.. 1... ' .l.f id. !( II i ill -K.tV I iMSc V t, 't I. v - l.,s-r-y. H..4 , . m .. . - w .... Colonel Dodd Defeats Band of Villistas at Tomachic KIKMJ HKA Uy I' A flTKflM, April W. (Vla Wireless to f'olunihus. N. M.)-To Americans were killed and rhree wounded In en engagement between cavalrymen under Colonel flcorge A. Dodd and 2"0 Vllllataa at Tomaehlc. In the center of Hleria Madres In Western Chihuahua on April 21, according to an official refrfirt reaching here today, The Villa command under four chiefs, Baca, Cervantes, Do mlngues and ftlos, was surprised in the late afternoon and routed, After th battle the Americans found sis dead Mexicans and nineteen wounded, whila a quantity of horses, arms and equipment was captured. Heports received here made no mention of Villa himself being with the band, al though It had been reported previously that tie was In hiding In the mountalna in that vicinity. While last reports placed the bandit chieftain at Moncava, about fifty tulles south of Tomaehlc, which la approximately sixty-five miles aouthweat. of Chihuahua. City, belief wa firm here that Villa was not with th command engaged. The Vllllataa were encamped In jagged, rocky defile when they caught sight of the American column riding to ward them about 4 o'clock In the after noon. Immediately the Mexican buglea sounded tho call to arms, Through the PREACHER-MAYOR TO SPEAKIN OMAHA Former Mayor of Spokane to Ad dress Business Men at Com mercial Club Friday. IS TO PREACH HERE SUNDAY The preacher who talked In his ! pulpit iibnut how to run the city ! tTtll the people railed his bluff and put li i 111 at the head of the Spokane municipal government Is coming to Omaha. IIo Is- to arrive Friday morning, be tho guest of K, O. Mc (Jiltnn, and spcuH at a public affairs luncheon at the. Commercial club Pilday noon. lie la Dr. V, .1. lllndley of Winni peg, Canada, He Is pastor of the Central CnnKra(innal church at that place, the largest church In the e.ty. ir. Miiidley Is the preai her-inayor who rlearii'd up Hpuliaiie. pl.t 1 mnmerclallMid ce out of business, reduced lbs number i ,,f ,, ii, to !. agllnted snd j rdiicfi i'ic lines nf tli" city gut the : v to uii tu nwn piil'l.c improvement iimiiitiii-rv, thus sauiiii thinisamia or r.i.Miis. M"t ihr big otilriH t"H so mad ! It I ft 1 thnt the priilloiii'.l tor a reil 1, ,1 ne .iinsiiiiid to flint that th pri.pl to.ul t.y I lie pieaii,.r-nit)r by ft i,.t uf mine tiisll ," In on" It.- Iiii..I mi llo tob until he thnuk-l.t be I.m.I imil ho a n..nii sit'l then bint I ' mil 1 be iKui i.l in itd rii" t.alfc-r ,.f t.r C.'til.sl l'.ill itlol.al 1 1, xl 101.II- ill K liHnl III I iiHM sf"" rh t. H (It Ii .t it u m h vt 4 t)n 1 T iti3tl li-- it. It C 1 1 I i .1 4 in I o . 1 Poijoni'i' uf Own ; Childim Sot Fri'oi I'.l . 11- I'-i ' t a '' i -tit 1 a 1 H 1 -.4 1 it ' I " Ii ' . I k ' i t -1 t 1 t.i '' si.. I I. er, . . 1 ' 1 ... ... t"''lL. A", k .. , v -, ' f t t t :::s ,1 , sr y 1 ' . t-L 1. . j. .r . ti f 1 ,--,s t- ,,v.- A. 4-, , mountain piiwses the I a 41 cmiMii'ifidii struggled, the VIIIIsIhs dropping ell ' um liersome equipment In 11 precipitate flight before t'olnnel I (odd's cavalrymen. fines during the flight the Vllllstiia re reived reinforcements snd attempted vainly to make a stand ngalnst the A mer leans. When riTstit came the pursuit heeanie Increasingly difficult because of the nature of the terrain, honey-cimlieil as It Is with mniiuliilii raves, gorges ami lialla In which there are many Jagged rocks, ruinous to the feet, of the horses. Colonel ilioiM pursued the Villistas to ward Mlna'-a, his le, where he la now reported to be awaiting supplies. The nineteen Villa wounded, dike 11 lu the engagement, and the twenty-five horses and arms captured were taken to Mlnaca to await OenersI Pershing or ders as to their disposition. Colonel Dodd wss given much credit here for bis feat, and waa officially commended for the promptness shown by bis small outnum bered forces. AN ANTONIO, Te Atiiil W.-Tha ! tw American soldiers killed in the en gagement between Colonel Druid's forces and Villa bandit April 22 were ttsddier Jl. A. Raw and Private Karaites of Troop If. Thla Information earnn today to (ien eral Funston In a delayed report. BAY STATE REJECTS ROOSEVELT SLATE Thirty-two of Thirty-six Delegates to National Convention Are Unpledged. T. R. ALSO LOSES IN NEW JERSEY BOSTON, Mass., April 26. Thirty-two of the tblrly-sU delegates chosen In the presidential primaries yesterday to represent MassaetitiHdts In tho republican national conven tion at Chicago are unpledged to any enndidate for president. These In i.lude the four ddegates-atlargc, Governor Samuel W. McCall, Sena tors Henry Cabot I.odne and John W, Weeks and former Senator W. Mur ray Crane. The remaining four dis trict delegates are understood to favor the, nomination of Theodore Roosevelt. A revision of llie figures for the ihtlre etuta today showed the fl. lowing vote for delegates-at large; fnpledgeil tlilnt. 8imiirl W, Mel 'all, si ;..; ncnry 1 aunt louse, ema . (I'l.iitlnued en l'ag live, Ciiliiiuu Thieo ) STRIKE AT HASTINGS IS ENDED BY COMPROMISE MASTINUK. N V , April '. Ttie sink of einiiiini ef (be National i'oiibiii end t'ai.ls 1 luupunv. b' n las been iionk.d I y ilotiiis and tl,e i-sllii-s "ill i.f de nitlitla, wss . tiled lo.lsv ulu-n lbs sink. rI, ii.lr.l t,i arret ! Ho i.rfi-l nf the 001 ir for all tin rrsae lu ' of 3 1 t ,U an hour i ' siriri ti I lb iiiamb l an In r e ef cents Asquitlis Wait-and-Scc Policy Is Blamed for Dublin Insurrection 1 1 , 1 ,. 1 -, in) ' i .fQ t '. t l ll - 1st. 1 t.. 1 11 hi I III I"' I 4- M .4 -. . l-f l '.. tinli' 4 -it I..- I ll I- ' .1.-1. io l 'II 1,0 f A 1 1 il b it! t t 4 1st, I. l t ' I 1 It t.t . s I (I) .1,4. t t Is- I til O t I llt.lllt ll I't ' t t " I 4 ' I I. '. .ll..-tt t'-" u i .,-l e i. ..If 41 - , I -t 4 ' t-l t va1 . a II l I I ' , . I- I 4 " I ' S 4 . fa 1 1 . 1 . - ..r I--. -I e. , HI ha 1.1 . I a- I v. ll I $tt - II ! ll' 411, HOI A R ll "I '' t I , IA.' t I' lit ,'.,"..,,,1 ' . It ' 1 I 14 I I 4 4 . 4- , it '.(' :, fl I I IV. H i. 1. I I , 1 1 ' ! -lit jl 4iat t 1 1 .' k 1 -h, I - si T e hi. Ji 1 1ACTIYE PURSUIT OF VILLA IS RESUMED Detachments of American Cavalry Are Whipping Mountains North and West of Parral. BASE IS NOW WELL EQUIPPED 111 1.1 rriv SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 26. It was Indicated at headuAiartei s to day that the Heott-ObreKon confer ence would be fi lit at Cludad I'or firlo Dim: or Las Vacas, across tu Mo Urandn front Kugle Pass. Ten tative arrangements for a special car to carry General Scott end General l'unston to F.bkIc Pass tonight bavo been made. FIKI.I) UKADgCAKTKnS, Naml ntilpa, Chlliuahua, April 2S.-(Vla Wlrelcfis to Columbus, N. M April Several detachments of Amer bsn troops ha;e resumed active pur suit of VJlIa and are whipping the Mountains north and west of I'arral, where the bandit chieftain Is re ported to be biding. The advanced buxe, 300 mllea Hfiilth of the border, Is now com pletely equipped, tralnload after lralnloitd of motor trucks bnvlnic ar rived hern within tho last ten days bringing rations, clothing and crjulp r.ient. Ilndd's 1'roa In light. Kit PASO, Tex., April 2H.--A report has been received here that Colonel nodd advanced cavalry detachment had an engagement several rtHys ago, In which both side suffered losses. It was not Indicated whether the battle was with Vlillsta bauds or with Carransa troops. The Information regaiiing the battlo came In a private dlspakh, hut gave no information where Uie engagement took place. Advanced detainments of Colonel Imdd'a cavalry recently have been oper ating In a limited sone Just north of Hatevo. These detachments mre tn oe small units which are scouring the cot.ntry for Vllllma bands. Officials of Cue de facto government were opllmlstlc today In the belief that the mlSHion of lleietal Alva libregmi, milliliter of war, to this city or Jusrej to i-ot.fer nith Molor lieneral Hugh I Kcott, rhlrf-nf-staff of the Culled Mutes army, will result In a iintlsfai tury plan whereby peaceful conditions may lie maintained ulong tho b.inier. Andrei Unr ein, Mexican consul here, sold that limbing but gnm eint come of the con- feieipe, remtltig tlie ronreienie, wlU'li will probably lie held lain this week, the hiei arid lines of cotiitiionli Btlon of tbo Aitter b an army In Mexico are bring stienglh llteij for nil eventuiitlty. French Lines Are Taken bv Germans IH:tlt.IV (Via l.iii..ul. April -l.e liin treop port liensi ef I'iIP-s in th Voi.- iimuntsiis lin.U ttia flint slut s.1. tool t'rele ti Ifi-s tiitifi and .polt litiictit So a a, I '-t'ling I., the i, ftDlllllilit .l.i tndun Co li, an.. If .el fiaiur r 1 . 1 a. I I IU4H ll- I I- ,-l,l ! It,. . IIHu. i,t K l 4 It I ..ll 1 , hi u 1 t. p.'il 4 a 4 w il'lll!) Jell ,' f Hi- 4 - . , . -,,.1 ...H ,.l .,,. I ,, I t''ti in' on'i l ,,at, " 1- -t ll .! Hu m linn.. .. .'..I R I 4. I A, (.I - I jl ll, .I,.H4 ., t" at- 1... I lion i'i. 1, i.,,,i. ' . sums t 1 tin t- ,1-1 t 1. a el !! mt I tl lt.ll.f ,.4,-, ,ll..,. 't'i 'b.j t'-l.1! ! I...II , t tli,.t 1 1 . 1 - a 1 1 . 1 . 4 11. a .i.i.4 a, 4 . .i,.,. ll ll l a. . t t' ,. .. ! ,,,l . lfc ,.1-1. M, ,,,. . w4t.lt I I 4-F f VI i a" i 1 1' t ot In 4. ..aI 1 1 1 .in 1 a ml . --i. it i,, 1 W 4 ,1 I . -I.....I '-ll- i f t .. !,... r 1 1 1. t,4 , 1 , 1. ., , If li t Ii- . li I -I-. ,.1 ,t i A HI--- I II : 1" I l-i I il IK ,1. ,, 1, ,tl , 1 I . I . t. t I . ,, ! Geneva Dispatch Says Kaiser Will Return to Berlin for Final Conference Over Reply to United States, j AMERICANS HAVING TROUBLE j U. S. Citizens Who Attempt to Leavej j Germany for SwiUerland Are j Detained. j GERMAN OPINION IS DIVIDED j HI 1.1,1; I I . j IIKHI.IN. April 26. t Via Lon jfion,) - The German answer to lbs 1 American note may not he exprvterl leforo the end of the present eeV, It may be presented on Saturday, ... . I 111 1 1 . OKNBVA. Kwltierland, April 2.".. -I Via Psrls, April :', 1 - Gcrmuti newspapers srs now tsking a nioie) terlous view of Hie Genrinn -American situation. They nay Km,)etor U'llllam !s expected to return to Her lib, front general headquarters, lr the meantime Americans a'temptlm t.i leave Germany by way nf Hwllzer land srs encountering difficulties. Many of them are held up at Con stance, the linden frontier havlnH been closed since yesterday, f) KIR LIN, April 25. (Via Umdnn, April 25.,- Chancellor von lleth-insnn-Hollweg gnd Admiral von Noltre ndorff, chief of the naval gen eral staff, departed for hoadiuartera on the evening train to consult with Emperor William In regard lo th reply to the American note, Th chancellor's conference with James W. Gerard, the American am baasador, thla afternoon, lasted for half an hour. Fottllo Opinio Divided. Public opinion In Germany respecting the American not remajn divided lit; two main directions. One, represented by Count Kmeat von lleventlow, th navsl expert of the Tages Zeltung, con-, tlnues to assert It would wslcom mi breach with America alth a feeling of! relief. The attitude of th other stdai Is Indicated by a remark by Thedorj Wolff ly, tltls morning Tageblatt ihatl not they, but Kngtand and ether en-i mle of Germany would welcome a breach)' "ullh a feeling of relief." . ' What will come of the deliberations now progrearilng concerning the note can-1 not now be Indicated, but It can be sslif (Continued en Psge Two, Column Two.) Part of Yuan's Array Deserts and Will Attack Peking. HAN mANX'IHtX. Cel., April M.-A. rebel advance on Peking, th capital of China, has been ordered by the Chlneaaj revolutionists, according to a Shsngosl dispatch to the Chinese Itepubllu aasoj elation here today. An army of several thousand troops, under l.ny Cng-TIng, formerly conf-, rnandcr of Yuan Hhl Kal's force Ii Kwang HI province, and lieneral l.unkj Cbl Knang, formerly with the govern ment troops in Knang Tung, will tieglis the march upon Peking anon, It aaj elated. Hnth leaders are said tn hav deserted Yuan rihl Kal with their forces, sjhe rebel troops are scattered over tin acceded provinces of southeastern China, m nr 700 lolbs south of Peking. In Pe chill province they have the advantage: of transportation by sea with the risk, however, of attack by government naa forces, according to advices. Today's dispatches to the Chinese Hos public Association here, which has aenl thousands of dollaia to aid In f Instiling the revolution which hesnn last fa against Yuan Mil Kal, stated also thai iiett lining linen, a rebel lender, has been stdeeied military goniiior nf Kwnng Tung province, It la believed here by iiffb lain of !i liillieso Itepiiblli' asaociatloit Inst lbs attny i f tha revolutionists nuinlifrs ahnu 3 0,tp) f'iili(icd trooiis. I0WA MAN VOTES FOR CLDFIELD FOR PRESIDENT IH 8 MiHNT.l, I. April JS,-The te, suit of a ram ess mad by the stt't, rteeiitli-D i oiire ll ef t oil a 1 it at !'. pt aldeiittsl pri-frrro pihusii April si. ii ' hi e. 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