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::i:;g. augu: i: 15. MIGE5 Fi,LEGS TO III HI OPPGaEO TB DIG E II fill EMSIG CALLS UiiliiLill lui'iLJi.iai IDDSEVELT SPEECH EXPECTED Fill j State Farmers' Convention Claude IlitcLia Yill Fight Tells General Wood There nn"mfnnf ninnunn Uuscovites ..Eetire Without ' Any Attempt to Defend Brest-Litpvsk. Calls on Bankers to Help "4 Hard Any Large Ap- t -Xlust Be No llore Such Talks. Believed Now the 7!:cb mm. DEFENSE Submarine Question Will Be Settled. With Crops. propriation. 1 . . l J .) TO NEW POSITIONS No Indication As to Where the Grand Duke Will Attempt to Blake ' Stand. London, Aug. 28. Brest-Lltovsk. the main Russian fortress and concen tration center for the bug River line o defenses, was occupied by the Aus-tro-Germana today. While the Rus sians offered stout resistance during the Invaders approach, it is apparent no attempt was made Uo defend Brest- - Litovsk tf self If was- -evacuated a -was Ossowetz,- In conformity wtth the Russian intention to take up new po sitions farther East.. The Germans now are in possession of the whole line of railway from ChelnrtoBiatystok: The" Russians having already evacuated the latter city, the lesser fortresses of Grodno and Ollta now are the only strongly defended positions remaining in the hands of the Russians. Both these are being approached by the Germans. They probably will be given up when they have fulfilled their purpose of facilitating the Russian retreat. The Russians have not yet entered Ihe vast Bleloviexh forest, which ex tends30 milesnortilandLsouthland has a width of from 17 to SO miles. The forest is a famous hunting cen ter and a bison preserve. South of it are the Prlpet marshes, which protect the Russian left and with plenty of roads and three or four railroad lines. It is expected here Grand Duke Nicho las will make good his retirement of Grodno and Vilna can hold out long enough. Even if they should fall, military observers say the Grand Duke vould be well on. his way to his new -positions before the Germans could reach his flank. There is again talk of Russian pre parations for a stand, but no Indica tion as yet as to where this attempt is to be made. . Aircraft again have ' broken the monotony of the Western warfare. Sixty-two French aeroplanes flew over the Dellingen iron works near Saar louls, Rhenish Prussia, dropping 160 hombst. while a British aviator is re ported to have dropped a bomb upon and destroyed a German submarine off Ostend. The, German report says four of the French machines in the attack near Saarlouis were brought down, one of them, however, falling oer.ina me rrencn lines. .The Admiralty report of sinking the German submarine stated that "X has not been the practice of the Admir alty to publish accounts regarding the losses of German submarines, "im portant though they have been." in cases where the Germans had no other sources of information as to the time and place at which these losses occur red, it has been reported for months that a large number of German sub marines, variously stated at 20 to 40, hav been caught by the British Navy, but today's statement Is the only offi cial admission that there were others than those previously announced by the Admiralty as having been de stroyed. s The Italians claim further minor successes on all their fronts, but these are consistently ienied by Aus tria. Of the operatiorV on Gallipolt Peninsula, there is no irther news. Except for the postponement of the stalenient of lhetfreeirTremler7Ttr ... . . I nr t Via itnaat In nfi'imo tlnn nt tha an. venizelos on the future volley of Greece, there is nothing new In the Balkan situation. . .. . .' . Damage at Zeebruggc. - Amsterdam, Aug. 20. Via London. The Tijd says a large number of German soldiers were killed In the recent bombardment of Zeebrugge. Belgium, by a British flee?. Ninety everely wounded. It says, were brought to Ghent. ( , . , The material damage done. It adds, wag apparently very great, as a shed huilt for submarines was completely destroyed and with it some subma rines. American Steamer Detained. London, Aug 26. The American steamer Sirlus. New York for Narvik, with rosin consigned to Petrograd, still is detained by the British au thorities, who insist she must be taken ."rectiy :to.Archangel..unlesa..the.j)wus. ers secure a guarantee from Sweden that trans-shipment of the cargo will be permitted. The Norwegian steam er Artemis Baltimore for Gothenburg, with a coal cargo, has been detained. ' " . .. : - ' Russian Army Divided. Austrian Headquarters, via Lon don. Augr 26. Austrian cavalry pushing eastward from Kovel has di vided the Russian forces into two Kfotips which now are unable to co operate with each other, according to advices from the commanders at the front. The Austrian armies operating north of the Bug have gained ground toward the railway connecting Brest IJtovsk with Minsk. They now hold positions about three miles went of the River Lesna. The wedge thrust into the Russian front was carried farther eastward and widened. i Debate In Reiochsta?. Berlin. Aug. 26 Via Iondon. Aug, it. The Relschstag today Indulged In a mild debate, for the first time during the war. Only one member, Dsnie; Stuechlan. criticised the Gov. ernment, and he made only minor complaints. On the other hand Hfr Stuecklen paid a tribute to the strategic genius of the leaders and the bravery of the troops. He suggested that fur loughs with free transportation bn granted oftener to ihe soldiers and that the ration allowances for con valescent soldier be Increased ' The speaker said that the barrack lan guage occasionally used by non-com-missioned Instructors was humiliating to the older men who had been called to the colors. He said, how. ever.that he mustad twit-that-tb Ministry of War had worked Hith I energy jo remedy this. k:ieeieo - , to british s1ek1 Wain tana, Put Into Newport News For Coal Carrying Mounted Gun. Washington Will Deckle. Newport News. Va.i Aug. 21. Cus toms otiicials here today erf used to grant clearance papers to tho British steamer Waimana, from Marseilles to Buenos Aires, after it was discovered the steamer carried a four-inch rifle mounted on her main deck aft. Treasury oltlcials at Washington were asked for a ruling as to whether the Waimana was amenable to the agreement between the United States and Great Britain forbidding celar ance of armed British merchantmen from American ports. The Waimana hnd put into New port News for fuel coal. Captain Holmes, her skipper, explained that Ihe. gun had been mounted as a pro tection against submarines. The Waimana is a ship of 10,000 gross tons and carries a crew of 75. Washington to Decide. ' Washington-Aug 28. Whether. Jhe British steamer Waimana shall be al lowed to clear from Newport News with a four-inch gun mounted on her after-deck, will be decided tomorrow at a conference between ofllcia's of the Treasury and State Departments. Under an informal agreement be tween the American and British Gov ernments, entered Inlo soon after the European war began, British vessels leaving ports of the United States are not permitted to carry mounted guns. This arrangement was 4iwde to pre vent any question arising as to the peaceful character of merchantmen. particularly pasesnger vessels plying out of American ports. Officials are not sure, however, that it applies to such a case as that of the Waimana, which is bound from France to South America and merely put in at New port for bunker coal. International law does not make an armed vessel of a merchantman car rying gUhs for defensive purposes, and the fact that a gun 1s less than six Inches in caliber and Is mounted aft has held to be in evidence that it is not carried for an offensive purpose. Consequently, but for the agreement between (the' two Governments, there wouTd be no question about the status of the Waimana. ERITISH AVIATCR BIGSIVCRTH .-O.eBBQSKE London. Aug. 26. A German sub marine has been destroyed near Os tend by a bomb dropped by an aero plane, says an official announcement mis evening. . ; The announcement follows "The Secretary of the Admiralty announces that squadron Commander Arthur w. Blgsworth, R. N., destroy ed s'ngle-handed a German subma rine this rooming by bombs dropped from an aeroplane. The submarine was observed to be completely wreck ed and sank oft Ostend. "It Is not the practice of the Ad miralty to publish statements regard ing thelosses of Germasi submarines, important though they have been, in cases where the enemy has no other source of informat'on as to the time and place at which these losses nave occurred, "In the case referred te above, however, the brilliant feat of Squad ron Commander Blgsworth was per- emy, and the position of the sunken submarine has been located by a Ger man destroyer." ' .. ffllETTHBCOM - OF GERMAN ACTIVITIES Washington, Aug. 26. Secretary Garrison revealed today . that for months the War Department had been receiving letters from all sec tions of the country reporting alleged German activities, such as the mask ing of big gun foundations in tennis courts and building foundations. No evidence had been discovered, the Secretary said, to substantiate any of the reports. AgttlstastSecretarK.R0OJievelt.of.. the Navy Department, wrote today to John B; Rathom, editor of The Prov idence, R. I., Journal, urging a reply to Secretary Daniels' letter last week asking the editor to submit any evi dence he might have to support ' a published statement that a civil em ploye pf the Navy Department was f n-theiayof -the German oovern ment, . . HAITI'S PHEIQT GliEN - it SEPTFGEB 17 TO ACT Washington. Aug. 26. Haiti's Parliament has been given until September 1? to act on the proposed treaty by which the United States would extend a financial protectory over, the unstable little republio for 10 years. Meanlme, the American marines will continue to occupy the principal cities of the Island to pre vent recurrence of anarchy. Charge Davis of the American Le gation at Port au Prince had asked that the treaty draft be apiiroved not later than tonight, when Parliament was scheduled to adjourn. The Hal tiena protested against limiting de bate and the charge reported today that when they arranged to extern! the session of Parliament until Sep tember IT, he did not press for imme diate action. No Trai-c of Fruit IJncr. Washlnuton. Aug 2. The naval collier Jupiter reported from Vera Cruz today that ihe had found no l r ti-t i t h miMl n g U ni t ed Ft h 1 1 liner Mnrowljne during her rrulso south through the Gulf of Mexico. RESERVE B Aims FAKE i So Declares J. Spnmt Hill Amid Ap plause Chnrj-i s Congressmen With Opposing HuraJ tVedits. (Special to The Observer.) Raieigh. Aug. 28. The North Carolina Farmers' Convention today adopted resolutions for holding the present crop of cotton soon to be picked and asking that the bankers of the State lend their help in sus taining the market. The resolutions follow: "We" urge farmers 7 everywhere to avoid rushing cotton on the marekt at present low prices prices based on last year' 17,000,000-bale crop and steadfastly wait for the high prices that ought to he paid - and must be paid for our present 12,000,- OCO-bale crop, which is actually 3. 000,000 bales short of the world's prospective demand for Southern cotton. And we hereby appeal to the banks of North Carolina to respond to the summons of President Wilson, Secretary McAdoo and Mr. Harding and lend money at low rates to the actual producers of the crop who wish to hold cotton until prices c:imb to their legitimate level for a 12.000,000-bale crop.- There were also adopted resolu tions approving the great educa tional' movement in the State and callins for many more farm life schools; heartily endorsing the State wide campaign to wipe out adult H literacy by moonlight schools and otherwise; recognizing the crop-lien system as one of the greatest evils; applauding the plan which is de veloping rural communities'; urging the. bringing to the 'State .of many more settlers for the farms from the North, and West; calling on Congress to regulate the tare on cotton bales by international agreement; endors Ing the agricultural extension work done by the State Agricultural De partment, United States Agricultural Department and A. & M. College. J. SPRUNT HILL, WARM. There was an address by J. Sprunt Hill of Durham, who-went two years ago with a ' special commission from Governor Craig to Europe' to study rural credits systems?. vJ He declared amid applause that the Federal re serve '.aw Is a fake,- so far as the small farmer and, notably the tenant farmer, is concerned. He challenged the statements made by John F. Brutqn, one of the reserve bank of ficials, before the North Carolina Merchants Association at Ashevllle recently, and also the statement made , by one of the heads of that new system at Washington, declar ing that what the farmers want is a long-term loan at low interest. He declared that what Is needed is the system of land credits in 'use in Europe, and said that" these far mers credit associations had been the real makers of the Germany of today. He charged that the North Carolina Senators and Congressmen were against the rural credit system and would like to see it fail. He said that the McRae law In North Carolina allowing the formation of these rural credit societies was the best in the United States, but that as yet not a single society had been formed under it. OFFfeERSMStECTEDr- . After a three-day session marked by an attendance of more than 600 farmers from every section of tne State the. convention adjourned this forenoon to meet here again next Au gust. The principal business before the convention this morning was the election of officers resulting as fol lows: President, Roger A. Derby, Jackson Springs; vice presidents, W. R. Wright. Ingold; George A. Holder ness, Tarboro, and R. N. Berber. Waynesville. The convention adopted a series of resolutions bearing on Important non partisan issues before the people of me state and especially the farmers. One was an endorsement of the move ment for the teaching of agriculture in the rural schools, another was to urge that rural credits is a matter vital to the welfare of the farmers and urging that farmers launch move ments for the formation of local rural creait-asaoclationa-aa Japldly-a. dos sible under the special act of the last Legislature. f , Speaking of the convention Presi dent Hill of A. & M. College, who has Deen a constant attendant on the ses sions, said this afternoon that the convention numbered about 600 sub stantial farmers who formed an earn est body or men who manifested spe cial Interest In every new movement tending to the betterment of the con ditions of farmers In the farm work and In their home life. He declared that the good results of the conven tion can but be far-reaching. TALK or coxscKirnox. ' Earl fcelbom Telia Farmer More Will Have to Enlist London, Aug. 16.- Something In the nature of conscription, though the term was not employed, was fore shadowed by the Earl of Selhorne, president of the Board of Agriculture, In an address here today to a, depu tation of agricultural land owners. 'Many more men have got to Join the Army, whether voluntarily or compulsory," said the Earl. "The agricultural laborer has done h's part nobly In this war, but the response has been very unetjual over the coun try, and I forecast that during the next year men will' be taken from districts and farms from which hith no they have not gone, "What I ahall aim at and Earl Kitchener has been very sympathetic Is to leave the farmer h's foreman, stockman, carters and shepherds, but the rest of the work will have to be done by women or men not hith erto engaged in agriculture." The- speaker slated-that the Navy bml the submarine menace well lit hand. I FOR COAST DEFENSE Will Advocate Submarine and Mine- Lajers, Itut Hss No I'se for Superdn-adnoughts. , Observer , Bureau. Washington, Aug. 26. Senator Simmons, and Representa tive Kitchln went) to the War De partment today totry to straighten out a tangle that has arisen between the head contractor and a sub-con tractor who are building two bridges on the Albemarle Canal. They think their efforts will prove successful and the work will go on. Senator Simmons left for North Carolina tonight " having received word that Mrs. Simmons has no tem perature and is improving. Mr. Kitchln. accompanied by his wife and a son, traveled in an auto mobile. He attended to his official business and started back to the State about 3 o'clock. While here Mr.; Kitchln expressed his views on National defense propo sitions. As leader of the House, he is in position to block any proposed legislation, and what he says la more than Important. "Millions for submarines and mines to orotect our coasts, but not a cent for battleships and big armies," is the position assumed by Congresa man Kitchln. tt Mr. Kitchln said he would fight vigorously a big Navy and Army propaganda; the expenditure of 120,- 000,000 for submarines and mine laying he asserted,' would represent the cost of one superdreadnaught and . would guarantee defeosef the Nation. . -,',-- ' The European war probably will show the practical uselessness of the battleship as Mr. Kitchln'.s predic tion. The maiorlty leader announced his opposition to the program of spending $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 on the Navy and Army. He believes the National defense situation may be met by the construction of sub marines and the provisions for mines. "After this war w European Na tion will, he in positSa to fight "as, he ' said, "The protection 1 of our coasts is all that is necessary and it won't take any $50,000,000 to $100, 000,000 to insure that protection." Senator Simmons took up today with the War Department the sug gestion to establish an Army post in Charlotte, but was told that no new posts are contemplated now. i E. L. shuford of Hickory was here today. He said that the furniture business in Hickory, Lenoir and other western North Carolina towns has Improved wonderfully recently, and la very good now. Mr. Shuford found conditions fine in New York and other places in the east, where he visited. J. V. Slmms, manager of The Ob server, was here tonight oh his way home from Atlantic City. H. E. C. BRYANT. LQKG ISLAND HEARS SCREAM GF SHELLS AND ROAR CF CANNON New York, Aug. 26. The scream of shells and the roar of cannon rolled over the waters of Long Isl and Sound today. The long-mute 12 inch mortars at Fort Totten, which guards the northern entrance to New York Harbor, found tongue and sent 18 700-pound projectiles three miles into the sky at a target 13,000 yards away. - Conditions of actual warfare were duplicated, so far as possible. In a little observatory on Sands Point, six miles awav : an officer a'ghted the mortars by telephone, computing by mathematical formula the range, the angle of Are and all the other Intri cate factors to be considered. The artillerymen in the gun pit saw noth ing of the target, but followed the commands of this officer, relayed to them by the battery commander a few feet away in the pit. Instead of a hostile fleet-upon to drop tho big projectiles In actual warfare, they fired at a trian gular sail on a bobbing float at the end of a 500-yard hawser let out by tug. umcers shading their eyes against the glare of the sun on the water, saw It ai a dot on the horizon. Its actual measurements were 10 feet high by 10 feet wide at the base, ' With searchlights playing on the tiny float, the firing was repeated to night.- How many hits were scored will not be computed, it was said, for several days, AMERCE CEfEDTS -FLEf-DS GUILTY TO CH?.ECE Indlaaapolls, Ind., Aug. 26. DeveL opments today ip the election con spiracy case. In which Thomas Tag- gart. Mayor Joseph E. Bell and more than 100 others are defendants ere, ated much surprise and speculation, James H. Oibson, one of the defend ants changed ha plea to guilt and was remanded to Jail under $5,000 bond by Special Judge W. W. Mich horn of Bluffton, chosen sometime ago to hear the case. Alvah J. Rucker, prosecuting at torney for Marlon County, announced the State would move to dismiss the Indictment against Olbaon, which which charged him with fraud In th primary election of May 5. 1114. Judge Elchhorn, although the State expresHed a willingness to leave the cane of Mayor Hell to him with out a Jury, ordered a special venire of 200 drawn for stlectlon of a Jury for tho trial which la to begin Septem ber .7... . , , THE COLONEL REPLIES Says He Alone Is Responsible for tho Speech and That Wood Should Not Have Been Criticised. Washington. Aug. . 26. Secretary Garrison today telegraphed Major General Leonard Wood expressing deprecation that opportunity was given at the citizen soldiery camp at Plattsburg for Colonel Roosevelt's' sen sational speech of yesterday and di recting nothing similar should be per mitted at any of the other .camps, Secretary Garrison referred to Colonel - Roosevelt'a, remarks onlhe country's military preparedness and the attitude. of -the Administration. His telegram to General Wood fol- lows; "I have Just seen Jhe report in tho newspapers of the speech made by cx-President Roosevelt at the Platts burg camp. It -Is difficult to conceive of anything which could have a more detrimental effect upon the real vaiue of this experiment than such an inci dent. -r .. : "This camp,, held under- Govern ment auspices, was successiuny aem onstrating many things of great mo ment. Its virtue consisted In the fact that it conveyed-Its owntmpressive lessons in Its practical and successful oDeratlon and results. "No oDDortunitv should ha'e been furnished to any one to present to the men any matter excepting that which was essential to the necessary train- Ins thev were there to receive- Any thing else could only have tho effect of distracting attention from ihe real nature of the . experiment, aivercms consideration tc Issues which excite controversy, antagonism and ill-feel intf and thereby impairing if not de stroying what otherwise wauld have Icen so effective. "There mut not be any opportunity given at Plattsburg or at any other similar camp for any such unfortunate ctrseauences." Secretary Garrison said he had no further action now unaer contempla tion. He said he had not discussed the-matter with President .Wilson and had no knoweldge of ,th;Pre8ldenf a. VlewB. .. .: Secretary Garrison also made publl a portion of a , letter, from General Wood explaining the General's own speech on August 14 which attracted some attention and which was called to the notice of the War Department The General's explanation of his own remarks was satisfactory to the War Department. The Secretary said he had just read the letter today on his return from his brief vacation at Seabright. N. J. The letter contained the following para graph; ', --. - "You perhaps have seen something of the articles in the various papers It is needless to state that there was no discussion by me. nor has there been -any by any officers here, of in ternational affairs or anything that might come under the President's prohibition. The talks to the men have been on purely techlncal sub jects, explaining the use of armies. methods of raising them,-sanitation. etc. My own talk was absolutely on techlncal lines, and had to do with the methods of raising and maintaining armies, voluntary systems, etc., and the u suar-stron g endorsement-of the militia into which I think a great many of these men will go." - Roosevelt Responsible, New York. Aug. 26.--Colonol Roose velt, when told today of Secretary Garrison's telegram to General Wood, said he was entirely responsible for his own remarks at Plattsburg and that he considered the Secretary had no right to criticise General Wood. ' "I am, of. course, solely responsible for that speech and until yesterday General Wood had no more idea tlhan Secretary Garrison what I was going to say." said the former President In a statement. "In the speech, not only did I never Kiention the President, but I never mentioned the Adminis tration. I spoke purely of the Na tion; -of the people of the United States. "General Wood Issued orders that attendance at my speech was not re quired of any man. that It was option al to come or not; oraers wnicn at once established the fact that he had no responsibility .for the speech. It was delivered outside the line of tents and one-half the audience was made up of men and women from the aur rounding country." - X Comment From Wood. Plattsburg. N. Y., Aug. 26. MaJ. Gen. Leonard Wood tonight declined to comment on the telegram he re ceived from secretary of War Garri son In connection with the address Theodore Roosevelt delivered here last nlghtv "I have received Instructions from the Secretary of War," he said, "to allow no addresses to be made In these camps except on subjects di rectly affecting the technical mili tary training and of course the In structions will be rigidly compiled with." - The Garrison telegram caused much discussion about the ramp to night. Dudley Field Malone, collector of the port of New York. Issued a statement on the remarks of Mr. Roosevelt, regarding supporting the President In which he referred to Mr. Rooevet'a" views as a "novel and treasonable doctrine." hold Grain Twice. Paris. Aug. 26. In parliamentary reports published today the charge Is made that Louis preyfus & Co., prominent firm of bankers and grain merchants, sold to agents of Germany part of the cargo of grain of the steamship Normanuy while he was ,n port at Antwerp in August of last year and subsequently sxild the same grain to I ranct ..kouijj ureyfuH a former! member of the Chamber of . Deputies, is at the head o,thls firm,. See Demonstration by Massachosett Guard Some Replies Made to Blease's Speech. Boston, Aug. 26. A demonstration of the preparedness ifor active service of the Massachusetts National Guard was given before the visiting Gov ernors and a great throng of citizens today in a parade, through the streets of the city, of the entire State militia. Yesterday the Governors saw the maneuvers of some of the Nation's battleships. At tomorrow's session of their con ference here they will consider the general topic of "Preparedness and Defense.' Senator vIlenry Cahot. Lodge and Ijieut-Genr-Nelson-AMilea, retired, were with Governor Walsh and vis Iting Governors and former Gover nors on the reviewing stand today while-rthe m i 1 itia men marched - past. Before the parade, the Governors held their fourth session for presen tation and discussion of papers, the day being devoted to the treatment of prisoners, and capital punishment. A statement by forme Governor Blease of South Carolina that "mobs are no longer possible? liberty will be dead. ' called lortn a Drier re sponse from Governor Goldsborough of Maryland, who said: "Such, a-atatenjent U unchriauyJt capital punishment Is wrong, how much more so Is capital punisnment at the hands of a mob ?" Gov. Richard I. Manning of South Carolinasaid that when a lynching took place in his State now the coun ty had to pay 12,000 to the lamily oi the victim, ' Papers advocating abolition of the death penalty were read by Governor W. G. P. Hunt of Arizona and Gover nor Edward V. Dunne of Illinois. Others who favored abolition- of the death penalty were former Governors Haines of Maine and Adams of Col orado. An automobile trip through the Metropolitan Park .system and a riv er carnival at Waltham furnished the evening entertainment for the visit ors. ' " .. i: . EKGLISH PCUI STERLKB. - iT UBraLOWfiECOF.il New York, Aug. 26. The English pound sterling was worth less In American money today than at any other time since its coinage was be gun in 1817. In a thoroughly demor alized foreign exchange market, its value dropped td t.63 3-4. nearly 23 1-4 cents below normal. When the day's business ended there was every indication that it would go lower still tomorrow. The previous low record had been 14.64, reached last week. German money alone stemmed the torrent of downward rates, relchs marks rising to 817-8, the highest since exchange values started down more than two weeks ago. Francs lost 10 1-2 cents, lires 5 1-2 cents. When the market closed an American dollar was worth 6.98 1-2 francs or 6.47 1-2 lires, - From the opening the values ot foreign moneys, relchsmarks alone excepted, began to gravitate and their course -waanot once 'checked. This was Bald to be due to Increased pres sure of war supply bills against for eign buyers of American goods pres- sented for payment nere. Although the situation was regard ed as acute at the day's close, New York bankers were not fearfal. What is needed here, they said, is a big foreign credit, which they expet to be established as soon as a deputation of British financiers arrived to work out a relief plan. , The strength of German money to day was attributed largely to the easing of tension in diplomatic rela tions between that country and the United States. It even was reported Germany m'ght seek to borrow money here later on. Garrison's Plans for Defense. Washington, Aur. 26. Secretary Garrison's report In connection with-the Adminlstratton'e plans - for strengthening .the .National defense probably will be submitted to Presi dent Wilson early next week. The Secretary Is waiting only for some data being prepared at the war col lege. , NOT UNTIL BELGIUM HAS BEEN FREED VILL FRANCE CONSIDER PROPOSALS LOOKING TO PEACE Paris, Aug. 26. "Put the question of peace before the country, and tt would be blown to nothing." said Premier Vivlanl today In an address In the Chamber of Deputies. "Not until heroic Belgium has been freed, not until we have retaken Alsace and Lorraine., could there be mischievous divisions among us, "Our enemies may continue astray in their dull" error of last year, but not we, who have seen workmen and employer, ths rich cltlsen and the poor, men of every part and every w:k of life, fulfilling with a single purpose and with equal seal their du ties In defense of the liberty of the world. "We must destroy the legend that the Republic of France, having borne for 46 years a horrible wound, did not make provision for military de fense. I miiNt repeat the words of the commander In chief during the laxt session of the Chamber: lUThe Republic .may be proud of her armies. Francs Jfcms.cren'M sri army, ful ELIMINATE DISCORD Messages Indicate That Germany Had Before Sinking of Arabic, Modi fled Sumbarine Orders. . Washington. Aug. 26. Two devel opments today In relations with Ger many further reduced tension and were taken to foreshadow a declara tion from Berlin on submarine war-, fare which would eliminate-- that source of discord. Count Bernstorff, the German Am bassador, called on Secretary Lansing and informed him that the statement presented Tuesday by direction of Berlin, saying there was no intent & cause loss of American lives when the WhlteStaTlineiu-Arablo-wa-4e stroyed, was intended to Imply that, German submarine commanders had been ordered to attack no more mer chantmen without "warning. Ambassador Gerard, reporting from Berlin the substance of a conference wtth Foreign Minister von Jagow, confirmed Associated Press dispatch es that Germany, even before the sinking of the Arabic, had adopted a policy designed to settle completely the whole submarine problem. The State Department did not make pub lic Ambassador Gerard; a dispatch but the optimism apparent at the State Department and the White House , was taken as convincing proof that the situation . once . threatening a. break in friendly relations, was on the way to settlement The more hopeful officials thought the crisis past and inferred that" the views which Ambassador Bernstorff had been urging on Berlin ever since the sinking of - the Lusitanhv had pre-- ' vailed. Secretary Lansing, while outward ly encouraged, was reserved, awaiting some aennite declaration from Ber lin; and the same attitude was re flected at the White House where it was indicated that President Wilson, enoouraged at the prospect of avert ing a break, would keep his mind open until all detaila are cleared up. One fact wa outstanding n the .whole, situation. It was that "fur- ther communication is coming from Germany outlining & policy which. It Is said, is expected to be satisfactory to the United States. It is under stood Germany will , announce her submarine commanders will be in structed not to sink any merchant men without warning pending a dip lomatic discussion of a proposal for a modus Vivendi for relaxations of the British blockade against neutral commerce. From such information as had reached sources here It was apparent v the sinking of the Arabic assuming the hlp was sunk by a submarine- was as much of a surprise in Germany as to the rest of the world for al though it has not yet been 'bfBclally stated, it is believed German sub marine commanders, afjur the sink ing of the Lusltanla, received In structions to avoid another such dis aster. - It was suggested today In diplomat ic quarters that while Germany had avoided making a- publlo announce ment of that fact, she now was In a position to do so because of the vic tories of the German arms In Po land. The same sources pointed out thatth6vtctortes"'of the German . armies aided the leaders m Ger many who had been contending for the views which Count Bernstorff ha been urging on his Foreign Office. The Berlin news dispatches refer ring to the German Chancellor's dec laration that Germany had adopted a policy designed to settle the question, was puzzling to American officials and even to those in German quar ters. It was suggested it might fore shadow diplomatic negotiations to work out a modus Vivendi. General Orom Defied Anthnrltlen. , El Paso, Texas, Aug. 26 Gen. Paacual Oroico. wanted hy the De partment of Justice for defaulting his bond when held with General Huei ta on charges of conspiracy to violate American neutrality, spent the fore noon with his family at his residence here, and d'sappeared 15 minutes be- fore Department of Justice repre septattves appeared" to arrest" him. --When""prevtousry heard of- Orozr " was reported many miles south of th" border. According to authentic re ports he drov to his home today In a motor bus. disguised with a gray i beard And wig. J ' filling the most modern conceptions. She has installed the love ot juctice, the love of right and upon the day the war began the children of France united in support of this high ideal, without which there would have . been only armies of mercenaries " The deputies cheered tho premier wildly. When the demonstration had died down. Deputy Louis Aecambrfiy, who recently has several times trl -ciaed the Government's conduit i the war. took the floor ana beej amidst disorder, a criticism of Mus ter of War Miilerand. The ivj''' spoke for an hour, but little cf - he said could be heard bec;iii j j " the confusion Afterward several Deputy-? r ' in approval of the Premier's a i and the Chamber voted the ito asked by the Cernmtrt by I 1 to 1. A proposition, of the S ' ; ' secret sessions of the l Deputies Wis received ar. i printed, and the Chamber tUl tVf!M'ibcr 1. t -
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Aug. 27, 1915, edition 1
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