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WIIiMIKGTOK, 1ST. C, SUNDAY MOBKING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1914
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Great Britain, France and Russia Sign Agreement That
Peace Shall Not be Concluded Separately by Any One
of the Three and That No One of the Allies Shall
Demand Terms of Peace Without Previous
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Agreement of All
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BRYAN
Diplomats of - the Auied Powers Interpret Agreement as a
Resolution on the Part of Britain and Russia to Wage
Their Warfare in Every Quarter Regardless of
Reverses in Prance Turkish Government
Hesitates to Plunge Into Conflict
London, Sept. 5. Russia, France and Great Britain today signed?; u
agreement that none of the three would make peace without the consents Of
all three nations. .
Following is the text of the protocol signed today by representatives of
Great Britain, France and Russia t '
"The undersigned, duly authorized thereto by their respective govern
ments, hereby declare as follows i 1
'The British, French and Russian governments mutually engage not to
conclude peace separately during the present, war. t
"The three governments agree that when the terms of peace come to be
discussed no one of the allies will demand conditions of peace without the
previous agreement of each of the other allies.
"In faith whereof the undersigned have signed this declaration and have
affixed thereto their seals. "1 .J-
'Done at London, in triplicate, this fifth day of September, nineteen hun
dred and fourteen , ' v
- ( Signed
E. VrRflT. n'iimrTtiroTttgit Affairs -- v
PArti CAMBO'Jf, (French 'Ambassador dor to Great Brltaln.)
' BENCKEVDORFF, (Russian Ambassa to Great Britain.)
PROLOXGATIOX OF STRUGGLE.
Meaning of the Agreement as Seen by
Diplomats at Washington.
Washington, Sept. 5. Officials and
diplomats here today believed the
agreement just signed by Great Brit
ain, France and Russia not. to, make
peace except by mutual consent, meant
the war would be fought to a decisive
end. On all sides the announcement
vram accepted as meaning inevitable
prolongation of the struggle. Presl-,
dent Wilson and Secretary Bryan were
said to have been depressed by the
news.
Diplomat of the allied powers in
terpreted the agreement as a resolu
tion on the part of Great Britain and
Russia to wage their warfare In every
quarter, irrespective of reverses in
France. From all parts of the globe
Enerland Is gathering colonial troops.
Hope that the gathering strength of
the Triple Entente might yet cause
Turkey to remain neutral was revived
Rmong diplomats, though there was an
absence of advices from Constantino
ple. Worry Around the World.
The contest in diplomacy between
Berlin and London has been causing
considerable worry around the world.
Ihe allies, it is understood, have ex
pected Turkey openly to align herself
vith Germany and Austria, but the
ieiay in the Porte's action, although
construed by many as merely a means
c completing military preparations,
tas produced a ray of hope that the
'ar party in Constantinople will not
triumph.
Many of the conservative party in
Turkey contend that Turkey's finances
Rere so consumed in her last wars that
1 new conflict would be economically
ruinous and that . her Mediterranean
Ports would be at the mercy of the
Anglo-French fleets while the Balkan
states waged a separate war on land.
The Porte Wavering.
All these considerations have been
PJaced before the Porte by diplomats
presenting the allies. Last reports,
o vever, show wavering, with the mil
itary arm of the Ottoman Empire pre
paring industriously for all eventuali
ties. her
intention of "remaining neutral
R"ere
regarded as likely to have an en-
couraein
effect at Constantonople.
Th
e decision of the Porte on war and"
Peace depends almost entirely on what
WORK THAN .15,000 WOUNDED
ABANDONED.
1
Y Home, via Paris, Sept. 5. 1
V "iai, :jr,,ooo Austrian and Rus
-More
Russian
) woiuirtetl were abandoned on the
? 1H" f battle between Tarnow,
Y '-fcinberg and Tarnopol, owing
Y ,0 !t k of transportation ac
, ord;i,K to reports which have
y rePrhf.r, Rome-
Y Both armies declined to ask
Van arir)isH fn V . hurtal rif
l "-ao and the collection
and the collection of
IT w
I '-ounded, each fearing to . give
i d-t advantage to the other. '
FR0
DEPRESSED 11 NEWS
the alignment Twill be in the Balkans.
Today it was learned on high Authority
that Turkey was not so .sure of Rou
manian support as' prevfously.
Roumania, it is said, has had a secret
alliance with Austria for some time
and always has harbbred a grudge
against Russia. The Roumanians,
however, are racially Slavic and latest
intimations are that they plan to offset I
any help Bulgaria mightxgive to Tur- j
key, a circumstance believed to have I
causedNthe Porte to delay action until
it can learn better the intentions of its
northern neighbors.
BRUTAL ATROCITIES DESCRIBED.
Men Bayonetted by Hundreds in Pres
ence of Women and Children.
- Petrogard, (St. Petersburg) via Lon
don, Sept. 5. The correspondent of the
Novoe Vremya, who witnessed the
storming of Shabatsk, Servia, by Ser
vians, describes atrocities which he
claims were committed by the Aus
trians while they held the town for a
fortnight. The correspondent says
that 125 citizens were bayonetted to
death, in the cathedral square before
the eyes of 1,500 women and children
who had been herded in the cathedral
which had been transformed into a
prison. He declares that "houses were
burned by the wholesale. A woman
doctor told him she had seen petroleum
poured over a wounded Servian ' and
set afire.
AERONAUTICAL HISTORY.
Being Made by the British Royal Fly
ing Corps.
London, Sept. 4. (Delayed in trans-mission)-"Few
people know that the
royal flying, corps was made aeronau
tical as well as military history by
sending at short notice aeroplanes
across the channel by the air route,
Without mishap," says a correspon
dent of the Pall Mall Gazette.
"As a combined flight," he continues,
"this surpasses anything ever done in
aviation, but it was only part of a big
movement. Other machines had flown
across the .previous day.
"At the present moment, the air
squadrons, besides the reserves, are
with the expeditionary forces, but
apart from the news of the two fatal
accidents and the appearance of an air
man's name among the wounded, noth
ing authentic has been published con
cerning the doings of the royal flying
corps." .
ORDER EXPECTED YESTERDAY.
For the Mobilisation of the Troops of
Italy.
Paris, Sept. - 5. A dispatch to the
Midi from "Rome -under today's date
says:
"The order for a general mobiliza
tion of Italian forces was still unsign
ed at the moment of telegraphing, but
it is expected today. The mobilization
by individual summons is less active."
SITUATION IN GA LI CIA.
Advantage. Gained at Lemberg Not
Conclusive, Says Officer.
London, Sept. 5. In a dispatch from
Amsterdam, a Reuter correspondent
gives an acoount of the situation in
Galicia as related by a wounded Aus
trian officer who has reached Rotterdam-
According: td the officer, who
gave his story to the Neuwe Ratter
damsch. the advantaff' gahied , by the
Russians at Lemberg is not cojiclu-;
siv, , From the beginning of the' cam-
(OF THE 11R
THE WAR SITUATION THIS MORNING
Official bulletins Issued, at Paris describe a movement away from the
French capital by Germans toward the southeast the . -continuation of
the movement begun Thursday.
Three of the Maubeuge forts have fallen as a result of the general
bombardment, but the city Itself is reported a still resisting.
Berlin reports the occupation of Rheims without resistance. Rheims
is an Important town of France, In the department of Marne and lies 10O
miles from Paris.
Steamship passengers, arriving in New York from Europe tell of the
movement, of Russian troops through England to aid the allies on the
continent. !
Almost total silence is. being maintained regarding happenings in
France, neither the British nor French governments vouchsafing detailed
Information as to the positions of the armies facing each other a few
miles. from Paris. - '
An agreement , has been signed by Sir Edward Grey, British secretary
of state for foreign affairs, and the French and Russian ambassadors at
London, in behalf of their respective, governments, that peace shall not be
concluded separately during the present war by any one of the three allies
and that no one of the. allies wjll demand conditions of peace without the
previous agreement ' of the others.
Reports are, current in London military quarters that a portion of the
British expeditionary force is at Maubeuge, a French fortress of the first
class in Nord, assisting the French garrison in the defense, which, it is
said, is being strongly maintained.
-Fifteen British trawlers have been sunk in the North Sea by German
warships. " l' i
The Belgian town of Dandermonde (Termonde), in East Flanders, has
been taken by Germans, according to an official report from Berlin and
newspaper dispatches from Ostend. . v-
The latter advices added that the inhabitants of the district have op
ened the . dykes and are flooding the country. German troops, are reported
to have been caught by the waters and have suffered severely from shel
ling. V V.. ...
The French Premier' explains that the sessions of Parliament at Paris
were brought to a close in order that the Parliament might be re-convened
at Bordeaux if necessary.
The British government has issued an official denial of the use of dum
dum bullets by British or French, as charged by Germany.
DEVELOPMENTS
WEEK IN
The Relentless Crushing Movement of the Great War
Machines of Germany and Russia Has Been
the Dominating Feature
London, Sept. 6. The relentless
crushing movement of the great war
machines of Germany and Russia has
been the dominating feature of the past
week.
The French government has removed
to Bordeaux and the Russian Emperor's
armies have dealt a crushing blow to
Austro-Hungarlan military power in
the East and now can turn their forces
toward Germany.
The strongest section of the Austrian
army was routed at Lemberg In Gall
cia with staggering losses and again
Friday the Austrian center army was
defeated at Lublin, in Poland.
..How many men. were engaged in
paign, he declared, the Austrians had
reckoned on the possibility of a Russian-occupation
of Lemberg.
A force of Hungarians is advancing
from the south,, according to this of
ficer and he believes they are possi
bly preparing for1 an attack on the
Russians. . He . added that if the Aus
trians break through the Russian line
north of Lemberg, the Russians will
be lost.
The courage of the Russian soldiers,
especially the Cossacks, was praised
highly by the officer, but he declared
they vare poor shots. He attributed
the Russian success to the numerical
superiority of their forces.
AS BERLIN. SEES IT.
Th Situation . to Date From the Ger
' ' " main Point of View. N
London, Sept. 5. An official . state
ment issued in Berlin and received
here by Marconi wireless, says:
"Reports from war correspondents
of Vienna newspapers state that the
whole situation in the northern thea
tre of war has been changed for the
better by the victory of the armies
Tjommanded by General Auffenberg and
General Dank.-.
"As an example of. the brilliant work
of the armies in the field, tho corre
spondents relate the Russian, infantry
who tried to beat a hasty retreat .under
cover were stopped by the renewed fire
the moment they attempted to make
any movement. Later "the bodies of a
large number of soldiers , who had been
killed by shrapnel were . discovered
near this place. Officers, of Scutari
detachment on tir arrival' in Vienna
were -received by Emperor Francis Jo
seph and afterward entertained at a
banoaet by the minister of war.
"Rheims has been . taken " without
fighting. Owing to the rapid advance
of our "army little attention can be paid
to booty, and guns and wagons have
been' eift standing in the. open .field's
quite abandoned-. The" will be col
lected hy troops in due course. : ,
"It Is reported. that France, '.through,
the Intermediary of a group' of .banks,
has -offered th,e Italian " governajdnt tne
W MMCAIB
OF THE k ;
THE WA R ZONE
those vast battles is not known, as
the few brief bulletins made public
furnish little ground for estimates.
The prisoners are spoken of as num
bering tens of thousands, while reports
say that the Austrians and Russians
left 35,000 wounded in their wake, be
cause they were without surgeons to
attend them and without means to
transport them.
Paris confronts the prospect of an
attack with calmness. A large part of
the population has withdrawn, al
though a siege under present circum
stances with the French armies organ
ically intact and full of fight appears
to be strategically impossible.
loan of 200,000 francs on favorable
terms, but that the Italian prime min
ister refused the offer.
"Greece has called up ten classes
of naval reserves for maneuvers in or
der to give the National defense new
stimulus."
NOT LONG IN BORDEAUX
Hope Expressed in Daily .Bulletin to
Soldiers.
Paris, Sept. 5. The Daily Bulletin
issued to the French soldiers expres
ses hope that the Government's sojourn
in' Bordeaux will be short. The capi
tal's transfer, it is pointed out, was in
conformity with the interests of the
state, civilian and military leaders of
which are working together in order
to augment chances of certain and final
victory.
FRENCH CALM AND CONFIDENT.
Minister of the Interior Reports Morale
of the People Fine .
Bordeaux, France, via London, Sept.
5. At, a cabinet council today over
which ' President Poincare presided,
Minister of the Interior Malvyrd re
ports from the prefects of the differ
et departments' stating that the morale
of the population everywhere Is ex
cellent. Calm and confidence prevail
everywhere, reports showed and public
feeling Is in .close agreement with the
policy of the government.
. The council . also discussed various
measures for insuring the proper food
supplyr,Xor the civil population.
PARLIAMENT AT BORDEAUX. ;
To be Convoked if Necessary Closed
at Paris.
Bordeaux, via Paris, Sept. 5. Premier
Viviani . today said the decree closing
the session of the French- parliament
yesterday was designed to permit the
government to convoke the parliament
at Bordeaux M necessary.
At a' lengthy cabinet council mea
sures were, adopted : for. t provisioning
a CContinued on" Page Two . V
OUR PEACE IS DUE
TO WISE DIPLOMACY
i
In Handling Difficult Inter-
national Problems
WORK OF MR. WILSON
Secretary Daniels, in Maine, Contrasts
War in Europe With Peace in
America and Points Reason
for Difference.
Waterville, Me., Sept. 5. Contrast
ing the peace of the United States
with the war in Europe, Secretary of
the Navy Daniels, in an address here
tonight, declared the peace w hich Am
erica enjoys is. due to wise statesman
ship in handling difficult diplomatic
problems.
Recounting complications growing
out of California legislation at the
beginning of the Wilson adminstra
tion, which "threatened to disturb ur
traditional friendship with Japan," the
Secretary declared that "the wise Presi
dent and wise Secretary of State pur
sued a consistent course -of friendship
and frankness" with representatives
of Japan and that offcials of Japan
likewise held to a course of consulta
tion and friendship refusing to be
"hurried by the thoughtless or to lose
their heads because of the clamor of
jingoism."
No "Amateur Diplomacy" Now.
Secretary Daniels called attention to
the protests against the President's
Mexican policy, its ridicule as "ame
teur diplomacy" by many and predic
tions that it would'fail.
"Happily the policy of the adminis
tration found favor with the bulk of
the sound citizens of the Republic of
every political party."
Mr. Daniels cantinued: "and the
hands of the President were up
held by the great majority of - the
members of Congress, by a large
portion the the press and by the
people. Today we owe to- our ad
ministration . the fac that while
nearly all Europeans are at each other's
throats oin death struggle, Mexico is
coming into its own and . taking the
first steps towards establishing a con
stitutional government, and our own
people . on their own hearts ancL- fire-
d sides" . are f ree - from ithe y perils . of
'fhe world stood aghast,", Mr. Dan
iels ; declared, ' "tr the "conflict .in -Europe.
- . . ' "
Wilson's Message.
"Before the final appeal to .arms
while sitting at the bedside of his
dying." wife,", he said, "President Wil
son sent a cable message to the heads
of the powers' tendering the good
offices of the ' American government
in "the" hope, that the differences might
be settled with honor without resort
to arms.' Our wise President did not
limit the good offices of the American
government to the period before the
outbreak of the war, but volunteered
them at any time they would be ac
ceptable. "This tender voiced the American
spirit and the' American impuse. If
all "the warring nations could have
accepted this method of arbitrament
of their diffenerences, what a blessing
it would have carried into the homes
now full of tears."
WIRELESS TAKEN OVER
BY fJAVY DEPARTMENT
Tuckerton Station to by Mann
ed by Naval Operators
Code Messages Will Be Handled Under
Strict Censorship on Equal Terms
for All the Belligerent
Nations.
Washington, Sept. 5. President Wil
son today issued an executive order
directing the Navy Department to take
over the Tuckerton, N. J., wireless sta
tion and operate it on eaual terms for
the embassies and legations of all bel
ligerents and neutrals. Code messages
will be' handled under strict censorship.
The text of the President's order
reads:
"Whereas, An order has been issued
by me dated August 5th, 1914, declar
ing that all radio stations within the
Jurisdiction of the United States of
America were prohibited f rom trans
mitting or receiving for delivery mes
sages of an unneutral nature, and from
in any way rendering to any one of
the belligerents any unneutral service;
and,
"Whereas, It Is desirable to take pre
cautions to the transmission of code
and cipher messages by high powered
stations capable of trans-Atlantic com
munication: "Now, therefore, it is ordered by
virtue of authoroity - vested in my by
the radio act of August 13th, 1912, that
one or more of the high powered radio
stations withiji the pursdiction of the
United States and capable, of trans-Atlantic
communication shall be taken
over by the government of the United
States and used or. controlled' by It
Lto the exclusive of any other control
or use for the purpose of carrying-on
communication with land stations in
Europe, including code an, cipher mes
sages. . i... vj . .
'The enforcement of this order and
the preparation pf regulations , therefore-s
hereby delegated to" the sec
retary .of the navy, who is authorized
and directedto .taker such action in the
i (Continued Page Two)
FOUND DEFENSE OF
PARIS TOO STRONG
t t
Germans Suddenly Interrupt
ed Offensive Tactics
AS THE FRENCH SEE IT
Three of Forts Around the Fortress
of Maubeuge Have Fallen and
Bombardment Continues
With Violence.
. Paris, Sept. 5. Military critics of
most of the French .papers, whose hy
pothesis is without official, support,
agree that the Germans found the en
trenched camp of the allies around
Paris too strong and suddenly inter
rupted their offensive tactics to find
a weak spot.
The allies, however, they add, have
taken advantage of this to strengthen
their positions and are closely observ
ing the movements, of the invaders.
Hundreds of excavators are engaged
on the entrenchments of the military
zone surrounding the city.
French View of Situation.
Paris, Sept. 6.'- An official . commun
ication was issued at. midnight an
nouncing that three forts had fallen
at Maubeuge, a fortress of the first
class, in Nord.
A further official statement says:
The Press Bureau at Bordeaux tele
graphed to the military governor of
Paris:
"First, The respective"-situations of
the German and French armies on the
left wing have not undergone any in
teresting change. The enveloping
movement of the enemy has been defi
nitely checked.
"Second. The situation is unchanged
in the center and on the right in Lor
raine and the Vo'sges.
"At Paris, from which the enemy's
armies are going farther away, the de
fensive works are proceeding actively.
"At Maubeuge the bombardment
continues with extreme violence. The
city resists despite the destruction of
three forts." 3
The following communication was
issued by the governor of Paris this
morning:
"The German army continues to
move farther away from Paris, toward
the, southeast, carrying out the move
ment started Thursday. ....,
4 A'ccerdingtt 'formation the ene
my's troops have, evacuated . the re
gion of Compieghe and Senlis."
STIIiIi "NEGLECTING" PARIS
The Germans Continue Their "Turning"
Movement 'Southeastward.
Paris, Sept. 5. An official announce
ment says: ' .
"The enemy, is pursing his wide
movement. . He continues to leave the
entrenched camp of Paris on his right
and to march in a southeast direc
tion." .
One word omission . of which from
the French official statement is indi
cated by asterisks was evidenly-confused
in cable transmission. It ap
pears most likely to have been meant
for "converging."
PARISIANS' CONFIDENCE GROWS
In the Ability of the Allies to Pre
vent City's Investment.
Paris, Sept. 5.- Confidence of the
Parisians in the ability of the allied
armies to prevent the Germans enter
ing or even investing the city increases
daily. The military government is
in sole command since the departure
of President Poincare, and the cabinet
has taken every precaution for de
fense against attack.
The possibility of information con
cerning the preparations for the de
fense of the city reaching the adver
saries has vaused the authorities to
suppress every reference to the mili
tary dispisition or their strength. Ac
cordingly the official communications
are restricted very . severely.
Large composite armies occupy ex
cellent positions where they are pre
pared to meet the powerful artitllery
the Germans are bringing an dthe
situation generally is regarded as
favorable to the allies.
After the first exodus of women and
children, which afs recommended by
the authorities, complete calm return
ed and the citizens exhibited absolute
assurance.
CENSORSHIP IS CENSURED
BY A BRITISH NEWSPAPER
London, Sept. 5. The London Times
editorially today deals with the Brit
ish system of censoring news dispatch
eSi It calls attention to the fact that
the German government has always
understood the value of - presenting its
own news to' the public abroad, and
says:
"Englishmen are apt to regard this
kind of propaganda with contempt.
They believe that truth will prevail
over untruth, no matter how scientifi
cally falsehood may be spread. In the
long run their confidence is no doubt
justified, but in the present circum
stances the practice of giving lies too
long a start may be attended by ser
ious drawbacks.
w How It Counteracts.
"Our attention is concentrated upon
the war and its vicissitudes. We are
apt to forget that the public in neu
tral countries is as eager as we are
for news and tnat its view of the
course of the war is likely to be influ
enced by the first news It" receives.
Our government In Its justifiable anx
iety to prevent transmission from this
country of news that might be of as
sistance , to the enemy has established
a severe , censorship on all outgoing
BEER
FIRST ON TAX LIST
To Raise the $100,000,000
Emergency Revenue.
PATENT MEDICINES TOO
Commodities Virtually Agreed Upon to
Raise Three-Fourths of Amount.
No War Tax on Railroad
Tickets or Tobacco.
Washington, Sept. , 5. Democratlo
members of the Ways and Means com
mittee virtually agreed today upon
commodities susceptible to special tax
ation to realize $75,000,000 of the $100,
000,000 requested by President Wilson
to offset the loss in customs receipts
caused by the conflict in Europe. What
shall be taxed to raise the other $25,
000,000 has not been decided, scores of
commodities and means of taxation be
ing proposed. The committee will
meet next Tuesday and expects to
complete the bill next week.
Although no announcement "was
made, it is certain that beer and fer
mented liquors will come first among
articles taxed. The additional beer
tax will be either 50 or 60 cents a bar
rel, probably 50cents, producing $32,
000,000 a year. A tax of 20 cents , a
gallon is probable on domestic wines,
bringing in from $10,000,000 to $15,000,
000. From a tax on proprietary medicines -and
preparations of all kinds and On
soft drinks it is hoped to raise approx- .
imately $20,000,000, while a small addi
tional revenue tax on distilled liquors,
probably not more than 15 cents a gal
lon, would bring the total tax on whis
key, etc., to $1.25 a gallon. From
these sources, it is estimated, $75,000,
000 would be assured.
No Tax on Railroad Tickets.
So severe was the opposition to , a
tax on railroad tickets among com
mittee members, chiefly because of Its
unpopularity and probable political
effect, that further consiedration is-unlikely.
An alternative to tax railroad
freight has been suggested, but . this,
it has been pointed out, would be ex
pensive and difficult to collect. ;
It also is improbable that there will
be any stamp tax on commercial in
struments, such; as checks, drafts, con
veyances, nortgages, etc. Nearly all
members of the committee agree that
such . a tax would require too much
administrative detail. . , f ,
-;'Eiie TTuvjority ofte comniittee also
oppose an additional tax on tobacco,
because of the burden it now bears.
There is some urgency, however,, for.
a graduated tax oh cigars according,
to value from which it is asserted
large increases in revenues could be
procured.
Among new subjects .for taxation
seriously discussed by the committee
were monthly and' weekly magazines
and periodicals, Including magazines
circulated through Sunday newspapers.
It was proposed to levy a tax on circu
lation at a given figure per thousand.
A . tax" on automobiles also is being
considered, either an excise tax on the
machines, a tax based on the horse
power, or a tax on cars owned by in
dividuals. Taxation of moving picture films as
well as theatre and amusement tickets
has been suggested. The. latter would
include moving picture theatres at ,a
fraction of a cent per ticket to be paid
by the amusement licensee.
"If we only had to raise $75,000,000,"
said Representative Underwood, chair
man of the committee, tonight, "we
could complete our bill in a few hours.
We are all agreed upon what should
be taxed to raise that amount. Many
other things have been suggested and
upon these there is a disagreement,
but we will work -out a completed bill
next week." ;
An Income Tax Increase.
Several ' committee members believe
an income tax increase would be wise.
They propose-that the rate be advanc
ed from 1 per cent on incomes in ex
cess of $4,000 to 1 1-2 per cent
One advocate of this is Representa
tive Hull, of Tennessee, author of the
income tax section of the tariff act. To
night Mr. Hull accompanied by Repre
sentative Collier, of Mississippi, alio
a member of the ways and means com
mittee, consulted President Wilson. .
They discussed the Income tax propos
al and told the President the commit
tee had found differences of opinion as
to the means of raising the entire
$100,000,000 requested. The President
told them he, believed it absolutely ne-'
cessary to produce the entire amount.-
telegrams and has thereby necessari
ly caused great delay in their trans
mission. But until very recently It
has not taken adequate steps to insure
that its own official news shall be sent
with all dispatch to neutral countries,
or that well-disposed correspondents
Of newspapers and telegraph agencies
of neutral countries shall be given fa
cilities, for sending unexceptional news
rapidly from this country.
Well Founded Complaints.
"Constant , and well founded com-
plaints have been made by dozens of
Italian and American correspondents
of the treatment of their messages. It
appears that in these cases these are
detained from 12 to 24 and even 48
hours by ' the British censors."
Should be Remedied.
The Times adds: "No time is to be
lost if this regrettable and indeed dan
gerous situation Is to be remedied. Tho
war may last long. It may affect the
very existence of the empires and
countries involved in it. It is jiot too
much to ask that our . government
should spare neither pains nor money
to insure that neutral countries whose
attitude at critical moments may be Of
vital importance shall not he left with
out . authentic and . Veracious informa
tion of the prqgress of the war and of
the fortunes of, the allied armies."
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