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More than wax depression will be,
necessary to dampen Its ardor. Have
you, issued your invitation to the publlo
for- a share? of its holiday , business? .. '
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WHOpE NUMBER 1 3,842.
UNIDENTIFIED BA TTLESHIP
AGROUND OFF MARYLANb
COAST A MILE FROM SHORE
ES BAD STORM
:yy " ' -
' Ml ;ln. Jjey, Partly Sf
iSBiBiiili
mm
llillilfi
m firriiinii
,w . ? ,u 1 ' 'Sl? 1
Manufacturing Center of Russian
Sunday Afternoon, According to Dispatches Received
Late Last Night -Battle for Possession Has Raged
for a Number of Weeks in Poland.
GERMANS ARE AGAIN ATTEMPTING TO J
ENVELOP RUSSIAN FORCES IN POLAND
Servian Capital May be Moved
Deny That Step is Already Taken Renewal of Heavy
Fighting in the Argonne Region, Where the French
Are Reported as Making Some Progress.
Berlin, December 6. Via
nounced that the Germans occupied Lodz Sunday.; : ;
Lodz, a city of some 150,000
ufacturing- center of Russian Poland. It has numerous textile
rills, the majority of ; them for;
goods. In addition, it has flour
rncK yaras, macninery plants ana
ismaae up or roles, uermans
Ostend is Reported Burning. -:
London,,BeeOTber74-3 tiS Ai JM, 'Ostend is reported on
lire, says a Daily Chronicle dispatch from Dunkirk;
British bombardment or. German
Detailed News is Scarce..
London. December 6. , Battles ".for , possession of Lodz and rail
ways leading through Northern Poland Jo" Warsaw continue without
abaiemont.but the reticence of the German and Russian headquarters
vUfts and the raeagerness ol telegraphic communication which is inter
rupted by storms, prevent a clear view of the progress of the fighting.
The German official report .tonights dismisses the struggle in a
tingle sentence : "The battles of
our expectations," while the Jasf Russian report sent f rom Petrograd
J 'riday simply recorded that fighting" was in progress. : f
From unofficial sources, however, it is gathered that on Thursday
last the Germans, having failed to pierce '.''the Russian center, com
menced with the aid of reinforcements another attempt to envelope
he Russians on both flanks. This is indicated by the fact that there
J? n?htincr near How, north of Lodz, and at Piotrkow, to the south,
jjoth places are in advance of -the positions at which the Germans
previously have been reported in their second invasion of Poland and,
like Lodz, they are on the main roads to the Polish capital. '
Tlure is no news from, South, Poland beyond a German denial of
a reported Russian success at Czenstochowa.
The capture of an advanced; position at Przemysl is regarded as
eonferring a valuable advantage to the Russians in their attack on the
tortress. Leaving this city to the attention of the besieging armies,
the Russians are pushing-in small bodies steadily across the plains of
Hungary, and fugitives are said to be pouring toward Budapest. :
In the face of the Austrian advance in Servia, there has been talk
of the removal of the capital fro mNish'to Mitrovitza, but Servia "denies
ihat this step actually has been taken. . The allies continue to push
forward in Flanders, and in Northern France, but the Germans ex
plaiu they are giving ground for tactical ana strategical reasons. The
France, as far as Flanders is concerned, seems to have been checked
"u t!l outskirts of Langemarck." " '
. Thore has been a renewal of hard fighting in the Argonne district
irheiv tho French claim progress. On the whole, however,. in these
iicge operations, successes and reverses, only mean a gain or loss of a
lew hundred yards and a slight readjustment of positions.
eer
mingly more important is
Frenr-h
mve seriously interfered
behrcen
-Uetz and the Woevre district m France, for here, as else-
"ere. command of tm? roads is of the greatest importance
x M as announced bficially; tonight that 'during .his visit to France
King (.Jenrge conferred the Order of Merit on Field Marshal Sir John
rench. and also pinned the Victoria. Gross on the first Indian soldier
tfMvi'i that decoration. ' ' . . '
f'KHM CLAIMS RIDICULOUS
" Official statement Issued by Rn-
hetiopi-...i
Mat,;
(via London), Dec-S. An
ment issued here describes
ridicul
CaPtur Y merman claims or naving
rs nfe fcnrmous numbers of prison-
Iaiid n . . . . .
It says
contin-
Iousk have been fighting
taati. ,,imd that n 18 impossibler"
.Ic, losses. v . . -
ed
tf"v '" continued the statement,'
fleuiai S US fr6m Publishingjan official
av0irj, as the .general staff carefully
."On" nlv,"s details not verified. 1 l
siaj th , ot'ier hand, the German de
' d;Rn. ,hey have lost a single gun
fcaeii? by the fact- that in the
ai-'y strict alone, near Lod,T we
hi,, j
' Yrf : :
Poland Tb by Germans
Again, But Officials of Servia
London It is officially an
population, is the chief man
the manufacture of. cotton
mills, dyeing establishments,'
prewenes. l he population
and Jews." - ..
Jncendiaries.'
Lodz are developing accordinsr to
the unofficial statement that the
with the . German communications
took 23 guns and a large amount of
spoils. As to German prisoners 10,000
have past -one point alone of, our front
where prisoners are registered. , .'
; ' "Neither do the Germans mention the
supply columns whlell theyj b'urited'X or
cannon .and j ammunition - abandoned- in
the- -forests and whleh we are ' flnd
ingl . y.M : r; : YY i ' ,' , Y
. ."Germans also conceel losses sustain
in the November: fighting, although
witnesses state that . never, has a neia
of battle' presented ; such a sight, as on
the " roads; .of the German retreat', to
wards Strykow, s;At . some points the
German dead were piled not less than a
metre htRh. All inhabitants of the dis
trict have: been burying-.thte dead and
, (Continued on Page ElghUi
Constellation Weathers Blow
Without Damage.
WAS ADRIFT FOR HOURS
Excepting for the Loss of Tvro Anchors,
Frlgat t Ancient Pays Reaches
, , Norfolfe iVoae tke Worse ';
for Her Experience. ,
Norfolk, Va., Dec 6. With two an
chors gone, but otherwise apparently;
uninjured., the historic "old frigate Con
stellation," which caine hear being driv
en ashore' off Ocean View beach yester
day during; a severe northeast gale,
was towed to the Norfolk navy . yard
this afternoon by the tugs Ontario,
Hercules and Massasoit. -
-There .were twenty men on board the
Constellation, which was . in command
of Boatswain Arthur ,B. Smith. '. The
Ontario,- which had the vessel in tow
when she ran into the storm, was com
manded by Boatswain San str um. .
- Boatswain Smith and his crew were-
inclined to, minimize - the danger in j
which they were placed, but naval' of
ficers regard the saving of the old ship
without damage a remarkable feat.
The : Constellation broke away - from
the Ontario at; .fi oclock -. yesterday
morning. - She was. then, off the Thimble
ShQals light. The wind was blowing
5tf miles ' an hour and the seas were
very high. The tow line," parted by
the force of the gale, became entangled
-in-the. propeller of the Ontario, and she
was forced to call for assistance. The
navy tug Reno, which was first to reach
the Ontario V and Constellation also
fouled the tow line. -
f. The Constellation, in endeavoring o
save herself, from being driven ashore,'
lost tro anchors. ' Boatswain Smith
"said - when the vessel finally-anehdred
she had: 24 feet of water under her.
V- .-Y, ';';Other Vessels ' Saved. ;'
.The : .Cape Charles. Jightship, which
broke away "-from-- its vmoorings ' last
ri 1 gh t, was anchored with iiivhal f a m ile
of, the shore tl Virgin Jta each .today.
The revenue -cutter Itasca,; which went
ous shoals.. Life savers were unable tp
launch life .boats on account - of the
surf. ,;
The lig-hthouse tender Orchid reached
the. imp6rrllled;ligrhtshipthis 'afternoon
ajfid three mn Jli a small boat, risked
their' lives to. get' a line to her. They
succeeded, and the iightship was talen
in ,tow.t. '
; An "unknown man suffering only the
pains "of -hunger,' was cast on' the beach
between. Lynn: Haven - and .Ocean View
this- morning,' when, a. scow, which
broke, "away from the tug Tormentor,
if during Saturday morning on v.ape nen-
ry, came' ashore. -
The; Tormentor lost two soows, but
manased to recover one and came into
the Lynn Haven Roads for shelter. The j
lone -man on the scow spent thirty
hours rat . sea in a , seventyr-mile gale
withf no Tneanssof helping .himself.- The
scow is only, slightly damaged, and may
be floated.
Life savers 'at Virginia-Beach' have
received reports that - an unknown
schooner is ashore on the North Caro
lina coast, '.hear Poynters' Hill Life
Saving Station: ' . ,
CQNSTEIiI,ATIOXS RECORD
Oldest In the" Service of ' ITncle Sam
"Built" to Baltimore in '1707 ;
.Washington, , Dec, ,6- The : frigate
Constellation, most ancient of vessels
in use by'the navy, had been on ex
hibition at' the Washington navy yard
and was being ; towed tback o, New
port,. R. L, where she.' serves . as a
training ship for' recruits, when she
went adrift' in Chesapeake ' Bay ' last
night. " . '
, One,, of three sister ships- built, for
the navy during , the , administration of
Washington ,in 1797, .the Constellation
Is the last of the group to be in' prac
tical Use. The United . States was
stricken frbni the list years ago. The
more famous Constitution, doomed to a
like end, was saved by Jr. Oliver Wen
dell Holmes' poem ''Old" Iron-sides'V and
has been ' in hehored 'retirement at
the Boston-navy. yafd. - "
' The Constellation was built in Balti
more and was towed to that city for
participation in. the,- Star "Spangled
Banner : Centennial celebration l last
September. On. her way "to -Baltimore
the ship stopped at Norfolk where
guns and spars were installed to. give
her the appearance she , had in .the old
days when she took part in ' the w
with Tripoli in 1802 and struckterror
into the British, in 1812.
Hervislt in Baltimore concluded,
"Secretary , Daniels, in response' to ur-
to" Washington, in the capital, when
she lay .at the navy vara oock, sue
was visited by thousands. Among
others were scores of yeteran naval
officers ' who served aboard her during
their rise 'from " midshipmen ;" to com
modores and' admifals. ; Rear- Admral
Victor Blue, - chief of the ; powerful
haval- bureau of navigation, as j a mid
shipman made his, first' cruise on the
old - ship : thirty years ago. ;
.Captain Thbmas Truxtun was the
first' 'commander of - the J Constella'tion
and, her roll j,of s officers has included
many of the great heroes of the Amer
ican navy. ' v' ... '
.- Petrograd, Dec. 7 6. -THe Turkish
uiser vHamidieh1 struck5? a mine f and
returned .tot Constantinople -considerably
damaged, according to tb,e Russ
ian official news agency's Constantino
ple i advices. ' These 'advices say also
Russian'" warships "hkve sunk, six Turk
ish salting vessels which -were carrying
war supplies. .: . Vk- f- . ;
London, Dec. -S.-During his visit to
France, King George conferred the Or
der of Merit on Sir : John French, com
mander- of -. he British forces on the J
co&tlzieaw ,
Saved From Starvation f or the
Pat Fortnight.
NATION IS GRATEFUL
All Americans In Ltegre flailed as Bene
factors While , dld Glory iB
Saluted .Whenever 'Seen' --Mbre
Kood Battly Needed
. , Rotterdam, 'Holland, Dec, 6, via Lon-
don "For the past fortnight Amer
ican food- has saved -us f roni - starvar
tion," was the , statement today of a
Belgian committeeman distributing
Anierican- reliefs shipments in Liege
Province.- " . -' '. .
"All our grain .was exhausted.-' he
said, "because it .was . requisitioned by
the German army. ' ' Except for . a
small supply of ' meat ' and a meager
quantity of field crops we liad nothing. '
"The Americans - have saved us from
stasvatiOn", is the cry on every lip..
Every American, seen,; In Liege was'
hailed as a benefactor. ' Wheneyer arii
automobile carrying "an American, p&g:,
passed( in the streets, - the people- take
Off. their hats. Y?y- "i.S'
"Seventeen thousand tohs'; of wheat
has been received in Liege? and 35,000
people are. being supplied with nearly
a half pound each, daily. It s not
a great quantity for a5grQw.n man, but
it is saving. us t from .starvation. Rich
and poor receive the same amount. Our
supply of bread is running put aiready.
We are mixing potato flour - with the
wheat and by this means we can last
another three or four days by which
time we are; praying more American
wheat wil arrive. . .
"We need - 200 tons of ; wheat daily.
The only other foods we . are' able to'
distribute are less, than- a quart of
soup and- until now about a -pound of
potatoes daily With a tinjr quantity of
meat-" occasipnally. . DUtribution , is
difficult because the - Germans corn-
mandered our" means of transport.' In;
offering our beartelt thanksto 'the
American people wepray them to al-
'low ; their generosity to 4 conjtinue.'torl
without -them we should aye starved
ana wnnoui inem-; wje anust starve .
And Will Spend 9f any -9dre In Atdlns
" Starving Belgian . Y
New York, . Dec, - The Rockefeller
Foundation . already has spent : about
.11,000,000 for . the relief ;of i the - starv
ing population-of Belgium. The Founda
tion further "is-- ready ,to spend mil
lions of dollars, ; If necessary . in this
direction." . . . r , -. .
A statement detailing- the' activities'
of the Foundation authorized -tonight
by John T. Rockefeller , Jr., as presi
dent of. the foundation said in part:
1 (Continued on Page Eight.)
War News at at G I ance
Lodz, the second city .of- Poland sLnd
lying .75 miles to the . west-southwest
of Warsaw,- has fallen . to the Germaw
arms. It-was occupied Sunday, accord-
ing to an official announcement from
Berlin. . , - - ,
Around .this .important town, a des
perate battle has , raged for days.
Countless thousands have fallen' in des
perate hahd-to-hatfd conflicts and from
the shells of. hundreds iof guns. " , 1
I twas evident from, the occupation of
Lodz by the Germans that the heaviest
kind ' of ' fighting 'has been 'going on
for late advices. told. of a vicious attetckti
and bombardment, of. Lodz and fight'-;
ing on the outskirts of the' city3 and,;
previous to that, of -operations 20 miles
west of Piotrkow which lies . consfd-:
erably south of Lod. and , along a line
from Glowno, . 16 miles' 'northeast of
Lodz, to the yistula river,- -.-
Lodz long 'has , been - an --objective
point of the German -army. L it has
grown In recent years from an insig
nificant place to one of the 'most pop
ulous cities in the Russian , Empire. In
19l0 its- population: nuihbered 415,603
and with this important place as a base
the Germans, are expected 'to; make; a
strong effort to ;aclr--W4rsaw. Re
garding other operatipns In the, East
the Servian war office -reports Servian
successes on ,the whole front, wlththe
capture of 2,400 men andifour complete
batteries. " : -.
On the. other hand " Vienna : reports
that Austrian - troop sY, are - gaining
ground south, of Belgrade. -
In Flanders' and the NOrth of 'France
Sunday was comparatively : quiet. . .Th
French war. office had. nothing to re
port and no marked successes on either
side were recorded in the" territory
from ' the previous day! -
While the. attitude of,. Roumania u is
not lsnown offlcially,'a Sriss: newspaper
asserts that Roumanla has; decided to
enter the war on the side rwith tb al
lies. The time', for doing , so, "however,
has not been determined on. V '
Forty ' .British, and . French- warishlpji
have assembled at some ..: place, ' ' the
nameof which Is not gijen nthe jdls- i
paten maKiiJB-. -imo .. iuiuwuiii.-ci)iciii -i iu
force their wy through," . It ' is prob
able lthe correspondent Mntende4 . .'to
fnranhaflnw an -effort bv the' allied shibs
to breakthrough-, the .Dardanelles buifcfor' suffrage and national prohibition
the n4.me evidently came under the eye
of the censor. . . ,. : ... -. ' , A
"The German field , marshal, Baron.
Von der Goltz,- who. spetit many years'
in Rogg, with the .TurklsTiarmy.ils re
ported on his way to 'Constantinople
to atach - himself v to the feutQurage 'of
the Sultan, v i - ".-"'-'' ' Y 'YY:
' Petrograd .fays, the Turkish crniser
Kamldieh ha? ..been . damaged by a -mine
and has. returned to Constantinople. V
King. JJfchblas of Montenegro, admits
that a third of his army bas fallenC on
the battlefield,' but , decjares ,the Mon
tenefrins will c6iinue todepend their
country. : - , -, ' .-': '":".'' i''"5: ;:
j That French' aviators have succeed
ed In aropplng-bombs 6rr the f German
aviation hangars ; in Freiburg. Ira
Breisgau, Bad'en, is acknowledged i n an
official - report received im Washington
ffrom- the" Geriria "forf iftf bfficeA' . :
Session of v Sixth-Third
Congress Meets Today
HEAR WILSON TUESDAY
Lrs .Rush to . Get Supply Measures
. Out of, the JV'ay. Before the ChrtsV Y"
mas HulidMys Cotton rkellef --v ,
v, ,.: Measures"'-Up 'First, v . """v . i
Washington, Dec 6. The third ses
sion of the Sixty-third Congress" will bV
convened at nobn 'tomorrow. Mem
bers of both Houses flocked to WashV.
ington today,, ending their holiday, re
cess of six weeds' which followed Hhfe
long session that closed late in Oc
tober.; ' ' ' - Y-
Democratic leaders express the none
that tfee legislative programme Of ap
propriation measures "can be concluded
by .March next, when the present Con-:
gi ess automatically' will Jend. Many
Republican leaders, however, have salti
they would urge marry important meas
ures and some indicated that suppiy
bills ought to be delayedrtb such an
extent that, an extra session. next spring
and summer would be necessary, Dem
ocrats think an. extra" sesiohvunlikely.
Administration 'le.a.ders await eagerly
the message of President Wilson which
will bft deliverect Tuesday for a definite
Outline' of the Presidenft wishes for
legislation. A'i"2?dy, however, they
have prepared for some things general
ly expected to - be pressed ; before ad
journment. Conservation -measures for
which there , is. strong support include
the "'general water powerand land leas
ing' bills. " " ..
,Y The Philippine, Bill.
The bill to pave, the way for Philippine-
"Independence, which passed- the
House at the last, sessforf, la pending.
'Another Important measure pending in
the Senate is the J immigration biir'with
.the. literacy testr for aliens whjich h.s
passed the House. Some majority lead
ers have ..declared that '-it Willi be per
mitted to die with he expiring -Congress
to" be considered: when -conditio -is
resulting .from the 'Fjoropean- wjir havo
assumedj more : jdefihite 'shapeV"-'-'" 3 I
: Rural credits legislation ,is pending.'
Tthe li3t: of .-tnfeaur(--iwmtoisfrt,l-
leaders are; understood not to wantl
to press at this time. ; jy
. At - tease seyen or- me great annual
supply measures are '.-to . be 'rushed- sf
as to- report them -to the ' House be for
the Christmas, holidays." These are 'the:
legislative, executive and Judicial,' thf
District . of v Columbia, fortifications,
pensiojis. mhftary, Vm?
a nH harhnra "3 nnrnnri Qflnn -ywtna fit Vi arm.
and harbors appropriation bills. " Other
are to be hastened through' to head-oft?
the necessity, ' if possible 'of an ' extra
session. ' '- - ! ' ":
. ' Cotton Relief First. -'
When the House convenes the: busl-J
ness before It - will bepostpbned finan-:
clal. relief for' the" cotton States. Rep
resentative Henry, ' chairman of : " the
rules . committee "says he ls"r prepared
to renew his fight for the ' $250,000000
cotton1 , currency 'bill - ate a' substitute
f or a,.vcurrency . measure " for enlarging
the amount of currency - that can i bo
based, on commercial paper, -a meas
ure the Federal . Reserve Board and
Democratic, leaders have- agreed- is hof
longer, necessary. Chairman: Glass "of,
the House - currency committee,' who
pressed this commercial paper bill' at!
the last session, lias abandoned" '.'his
efforts. Indications are that the cotton
proposition' will . be " defeated. A con-
ference of Southern Senators and -Rep-'
resentatives will ' be had tomorrow?
I night or Tuesday morning ' to discuss
the suoject. -
Members already in Washingtonhave
Informally ' discussed the military sit-'
uation, particularly" agitation started
by, Representative ( Gardner, - of Massa
chusetts," for " an investigation into ther
preparedness of the United States for.
war.J Representative Gardner's resolu
tion for Investigation has been pending
in the House since the latter part of
last session. Senator Lodge' of Mas
sachusetts, plans to introduce a" sim-
ilar resolutions In the Senate.
v'. ; Administration Is '-Opposed.; ,;v :
' Admipistra tion leaders and the Pres- -Ident"
are understood :to" oppose the resf
olullohf arguing that all facts relating;
to the condition of the army and navy,
are known Or are availble Appropria
tions for the army and navy will. : fur
ther, open debate on the military - sit
uations .Both : the" House military, and
naval committees have been at work on
supply;.' bills and will continue daily
sessions . f ' . 'Y"'l
. In ' the naval . committee, the battle
shitj construction programme is the
chief subject. Secretary. Daniels will
appear before the committee during tne
week to .discuss the building pro-i
gramme, the erection' of more- torpedo
boats and' submarines . jnd increased
outlays for aviation work;- : " ' . . ;
Y Rivers arid " harbors, appropriations,
greatly curtailed 'at : the' last ; session,
will be 'pressed ' again but- it Is ,? not
likely," according' to party - leaders,; thut
new projects will b urged. Another
measui-e which will occupy much f the
session's attehtioW: wiri, be the hlp pur
phase bill, which it is understood, yrill
be Included in the .'administration pro
Wrsnnrn constitutional amendments
' . . 2
:a 1 b K- a fft n n din'et.:
Backs -Warehouse.-mi iu.'
"Prfisiffent Wilscoi is for my cotton j
warehouse ibiU rand : It will ; pass the
Housed declared Representative Lsvsr.l
br South! Carolina, 'tqight: ; He addetffc.
that Chairman Henry.- ot.the rules ort
k fhaiymiin Henrv.- o's. tne ruies com - - 4
jnitte'e would- report . tomorrow a rule
to -consider it, that committee - already
having- agreed to it The .bUl is a sub
stitute for similar measure that pass-?
ed the- Senate and . designed to makei
Jhe: f purpose: r of the leglelation ; more
-clear. :':iYY:YY'Y 4 Y.
sU 'l have no doubt," Mr; Lever ; said,
"that-the estimates to the various con
gressional committees show, large . In
creases over, last year; The increase In
the estimates of the Secretary of Agri
fcultr.re to Congress tomorrow. aggre;
gating- 20,7t6,O90 constitutes -an ? m
."- " "c6nttnud oi 'Pjige "Eight' :
- ? y " , t - T , - i
Regrets Unmeasured Langu
age Used in Attacks.
PREPARED, BUT NEUTRAL
Those Who "Expose Vicissitudes Tra
versed for Military Preparation,
Sin Against the Fatherland
Is . His Declaration,
Rome, Dec 57 "Today, whoever has
douWted the fitness of our armj;, who
ever has intended to expose the vicissi
tudes traversed- for military prepara
tion, sins' against the Fatherland."
, Such was Premier Salandra's declar
ation In the Italian chamber today,
prior to the passage of a resolution ex
pressing confidence in the government;
This . statement 1 was In a speech deliv
ered in answer to deputies' attacks on
the government, .. , '
O9 Thursday, at the opening of Par
liament, the premier explained the sit
uation of Italy, and advised that she
maintain an attitude of loyal but
watchful and armed . neutrality. - He
also alluded to what he termed the just
aspirations of Italy. Today-those who
spoke in the chamber, especially memr
berr of the extrenje left, tried to con
strue this ' statement according to
their own . vie.wsJ ; . . x
.Some urged more explicit declarations
W-hile others' attacked, the cabinet, as-;
serting' that, Italy, notwithstanding her
heavy" military expenses, Was obliged
to remain neutral", owing to military.
unprepa.rednes3... , V 'I '. ; ',.",'-' i:
i : ,RegTett-i;nmeaUTed ta?TBOBe.' Y
ieucetiy auajfe?.nxreaa
thdsewb:
statement was sphyhxf like were wrpngi
and thaf-bn tS.e other hand it was clear.
Indeed. h continued, it-had 'received
the approYal of most of, the people whoki
,re not represented oy tne extreme ieic;
and added: ' f - , -
V .CT1T1 T sa .tiros tmrla-rB rnl "Kxr all
The vote
L - . -
must be .gi ven, on my declarations, but
a further .explanation Is impossible, be
cause it is. against the interests oi tne
State; -Regarding military preparation,
I can -affirm- that the "Italian army- arid
avy are-ready for any event. For this
vllitarir preparation both we and our
predecessors have . assumed grave re
sponsibilities, which Parliament will be
a,ble .to Judge-later .from, documents, but
not pow. - Today, who bas doubted the
fitness of . ourv a-rniy,' VhOever has . inT
tended to . expose, the rvicissitudes tra
versed for ' military .''preparation, sins
. against the Fatherland."
. Action, Unpatriotic.
The Premier" declared ' the action of
some of the orator," S'Vti trying to di
minish the Importance of our country.
Is unpatriotic." v v ' ,.
-He continued: "The country agrees
with the government that It will have
its lnterets protected. 1 can repeat
firmly that we are determined to pro
tect them. Further I cannot" say The
cabinet knows and feels the terrible
responsibility but needs full liberty of
action, approved by the chamber, with
out which no government can rule the
country In this moment."
The Premier's, speech', was constantly
interrupted by applause : ;
Giovanni Gioletti,. former premier, ap
proved "the- government's-' policy. He
said he thought it'' necessary to em
phasize that Italy always had been loy
al to treaties, and -in this connection
added: ' , .. ' T
"I feel it my duty to. recall a prece
dent showing how correct was the in
terpretation of the alliance by the gov
ernment when the conflict began. Dur
ing the Balkan warjoo August 9 ttt,
1913. being absent from Rome, I receiv
ed this telegram 1 from the late Mar
quis Di San GuMano (the late Mar
quis Di San Gillian at the time refer
red to was Minister of. Foreign Af
fairs In the cabinet -of which Signor
Giolotti was Premier): , '
Italy Could Not Join.
'Austria has communicated to us and
Germany that it has been her lnten-1
tion to act agatns servia, aenning ucn
action as defensive, and hoping for an
application of .a casus foederis byvthe
Triple Alliance, which consider inap
plicable. I am trying to agree with
Germany concerning. eft6rts to prevent
Austrian action, bat ft may be neces
sary " to say clearly 'that we : do not
think there exists a casus feoderiS.
Please'send a telegram saying whether
you approve.' - '"'
"I answered Marquis DI San Guilia-
no thus: ' Y - . -"- '"-'YY.Y
If Austria " goes against Servia, . a
casus foederis evidently does 'not exist:
ft is an action she accomplished in her
4wn account
It -is not defensive be--t
hinks of attacking her. S
cause nobody thinks of attacking her.
.f , necessary to' declare this to AOs-
. j the most formal manner, hoping '
- ,. . , ji , 1
Uiav uerraanj' win an t.y uiMuauo.am
ia from a very dangerous adventure
if ? "This was done; and. our . interpreta-
l tfbn of the treaty, was Accepted .by our
antes, our- friendly relations not oeing
fn - the least disturbed Thus the de
claration of neutrality made at, the be
ginning of this conflict isaccordlng to
spirit and letter of : the -treaties. - I re
call ' thta Incident, wishing, to demons
strate'the complete- loyalty of Italy be
fore the -eyes of Europe." Y I
The former Premier was lnterrupte-ff
by great applause. He concluded by
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Revenue Cutter Speeding To'
. Assistance of Unknown ;
Man-O'-War. " . ;
DENSE FOGS AND HIGH
SEAS PREVENT SUCCOR
Life Savers Unable to Aid
Distressed Vessel
Navy Yard Authorities at Norfolk Can '
not Understand Why Vessel Does ' ' '
Not Use. Her Wireless No ' V
American Vessel There , -
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Norfolk, Va., .Dec, 6. The revenue
cutter Itasca is speeding 'towards
North Beach, Md., to assist an unknown
vessel, said to be a man-of-war in dis
tress. The Itasca was proceeding ' to
the assistance of an unknown schooner
reported ashore on the North Carolina
coast when she received orders to go
to North Beach. She was thirty miles
outside the capes.
The Norfolk navy yards this-afternoon
received a message from a life
saving station on the Maryland coast
stating that an unknown vessel, ap
parently a man-of-war, was in distress
six miles off North Beach. There was
a' dense fog and high seas. "
Naval officials here do not believe
the vessel is " an American' warship.
They cannot account for the failure
of the vessel to use her wireless to
summon assistance.
. The Itasca is not expected to reach
the scene "before tomorrow morning.
ONE MILE FROM SHORE
Dense Fogs and Heavy Seas Prevent
Aid Beine Given
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Ocean City,' Md., Dec, . Anuniden--
tifledt warship is reported aground one, V
mlJer oft ; shore-, three-- miles nortlt of H i ?
neT orr ; snorp, tnree-' miiea '4 noru- ut ,.
)rthvBeach. .life; faVlng :atliptii :and "Y YY 'i
tlmifes-uth.'6pceaiv1.(Cjityc : : Y'Y ; 5
North
Six.
re-
vent aiill hULfi; renderedii Assistaiwse
t has been asked -from the' Navy "yarls
at . Worf 01;$ ' '-. ."';: f '
.'Observ.ersnpa"rest the : vessel say she
has four , funnels and that they cap see
her fighting ; top's. . .
Owing. to thick weather the life, .sav
ing service is: unable to get in com
munication with the vessel.
ITASCA TO THE RESCUE
Ordered From Ha muton Roads nt Full
Speed Gets There Today
- Washington, Dec ' 6. The - revenue
cutter, Itasca was ordered. from Hamp
ton Roads tonight to ald the war ves
sel reported aground, near Ocean, City,
Md No official report of . the ground-, ,
ing had reached the Navy Department,:
Fears that the war Vessel reported
aground near Ocean City, Md., might
be either the destroyer Terry or Per, ,
kins, bound r from Newport, R. I., to '.
Charleston, S. C, were dissipated to-'
night by advices to the, navy depart-'
men t from Norfolk reporting the safe
arrival of both those vessels at that
port. .
SCHOOXER ASHORE
Six Master, Running Light for -Norfolk,
. . Is Aground
Yoneyard" Haven, Mass., Dec, .-The
'six masted schooner Alice M. Lawrence, .
bound light from Portland for Norfolk,,
was ashore tonight on Tuckernuck
shoal iV Nantucket sound and leaking
badly. Her captain and crew remain
ed on board. The schooner' struck
Friday-night and Is nearly filled with
water.' r '
A - wrecking . tug Is alongside the
schooner, and will try to save her when -the
weather permits. Tonight th
wlnd was blowing 60 miles an hour and
the seas were battering, the vessel
heavily. '. , ' -
ANOTHER LlOHTSHir nairrs
dumber 85 on Nantucket Shoals Break
'Aloose' In Storm
Newport. R V,- Dec, Lightship';
No. 86 on Nantucket shoals, went adrift,
today 'wlieri Jier anchor chains parted
In a northest gale, and tonight - she
was steaming . sjowly toward Vine-'
yard sound. The ret-enue cutter Acush
net has started to her assistance.
Radio stations and ' steamers : wer.-
kept informed of .the. vessels posit6ri-
by- messages sent at frequent Inter
vals .by , her -.wireless operators. This
is the first time in. four" years a. storin'
has driven the lightship off her sta-.
tloa. ' , . v , .-,'' '
; DAMAGE IN XEW JERSEY,
S'orthesster Swtes Comttt M 1th
'''"-'. ' struetive M lad.
De
" Seabright.N. .I.Dec. c.v-The ' North
easter whieh. raged; last night- and to
day caused extensive damage along ths
waterfront of this resort.
tThe , storm destroyed scores of bulk-r
heads, undermined many small build-'
inks." cut away .sections of improved
4and -close to the shore and caused two
washouts on the Central railroad : of
New Jersey, tying up. traffic. .
Considerable damage was caused at
1.-
Highland Beach ; and i; neighboring
re-
sorts.
: , ATLA NTtC CITY INJUREH ;
Strm and lllg;k Te Do bantage , at
Creut Resort. ' " .''
V Philadelphia Dec. jJ.,Hgh tides an1
wind sweeping the Atlantic coast since
yesterday nave caused heavy damage ttt.
Atlantic City, and other points along ; 5
the coast according to reports received k 'YY
here tonight.; Many bulkheads .'hav Y ;;;
been washed away and several cottages r -:
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