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WIX.MIKGTOK, K. C, TUESDAY MORNIXG, JUKE 1, 1915
WHOLE NUMBER 39,217
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0ERlCAJSk&VRNMENT
WILL SPEAK BUT, IF NECESSARY,
WILliACT
dent Intenf to Leave No
Abrc of ' This
Country' purpose. .
CABINET MEETS TODAY
.
Wilson Determined to Main
tain Firm Attitude Towards
Germany and Mexico.
BERNSTORFF TO CALL
But His Interview V ill be of
No Avail, Unless He Can
Add to the Note.
Washington, May 31. Presi
dent Wilson intends to shape the
course of the United States in the
international crisis which has aris
en so as to leave no doubt abroad
of the country's purpose'not only
to speak but. if necessary, to act,
for the cause of humanity. "
Two things were virtually de
termined by the President today :
First, that Germany's avoidance
of "the larger questions of human
ity and the spirit of international
law by a technical argument, on a
hitherto undisputed point- inr the
statutes of nations he exercise of
c tbe right of Visifcaiajfefby,:
war craft, when encountering mer
chant men, whether carrying, con
traband or not must V be met
promptly with a note again setting
forth briefly the facts as found by
investigation of officials here as to
the cargo and peaceful equipment
of the Lusitania, and reiterating
the earnest intention of the United
States to hold the German govern
ment to a. "strict accountability"
for all violations of American
rights on the high seas.
Second, that, notwithstanding
the critical situation with Ger
many, there shall be issued tomor
row the statement which has been
in preparation for several days to
be communicated to the leaders of
all factions in Mexico, serving no
tice that unless they, themselves,
bring to an early end the deplor
able conditions which their war
fare has wrought, some ! other
means will be found by the United
States, in the interest of humanity,
to save the millions of non-combatant.
Mexicans from the throes of
starvation and further devastation
of property. '
Bernstorff Wants Interview. .'
Count Von Bernstorff, the German
ambassador, has been granted an in
wview with the President for "Wed
nesday noon, but unless he brings some
f oposal from his government anawer
K the demands of the United States
"uterently from the note just received
rom Dr. Von Jagow, the German for-
m'.nisterf a circumstance which is
"oubted m well informed quarters, the
residents course as framed by him
" consultation with his cabinet tomor-
win not be materially affected. .
f Omorrow the President will lay be
e the cabinet both the German and
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of
hnr - lu -iexico, me jrresiaem
"opes, will V, tU ,:ls ...iv.; v.
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next fe-.v
eeks of the best elements. in
,.:!. outhern ReDnblic to form a Dro
onal government to which the
kcrrtt, bliltes and other countries can
&rd early recognition. - ; .
teJ' tc"i6 situation produced by the
Germ an unyielding reply from
KtatfT" to the reiuest of the United
es tor reparation for the 100 Amer-
Lus'ita V's lost in the sinkinr of the
'lenn,n,'a and guarantees against the
"rtv . 10n of American lives or prop
He" i ln the future overshadowed the
govern" I,roble as well as all other
omental activities today." , V :
T. Rnrn on Wilson Alone. ,
burd'er,P,e'Juientupon whom rests the
foreign ''eciding the government's
gre I,OI,cy in the absence , of Con-
iy hon . somuae during tne ear-
He read the news
""per w
of the note, the editorial
went - ' oi-ures or messages, ana
'"her r 'JorinS his favorite diversion
tion't rous of undisturbed applica-
T!l; rblems of state- -
lion h, c,al lext of the communica-
the
nenn;? only in phraseology from
oui just before noon as the
IN CAUSE OF HUMANITY
EDITORIAL COMMENT BY LEADING
AMERICAN PAPERS ON GERMAN NOTE
, New vork Time t The German reply
is not' responsive to our demand. ; It
does Jnot promoted that "clear? and full
understanding as to a , grave situation
which President .Wilsdn in his note de
clared to be desirable. The man
ner in which Berlin receives our repre
sentations in regard to. the sinking of
the Lusitania cannot fail to create a
most,, disagreeable impression in - this
country, which the note's outward form
of courtesy' will not remove.
New York World: The German note
does not meet the issue. It is
worse than evasive. It is insincere,
even petty-fogging. Regret will be
felt everywhere in the-United States
that the affairs of the great people de
sirous of friendly relations have fallen
in the. hands of men capable of such
desperate trifling.' - -
New York Tribune Germany's an
swer to . our government's protest
against the slaughter of its citizens,
peacefully and lawfully going about
their business on the high seas, will not
satisfy American opinion. Courteous
on the surface as . Herr Von - Jagow's
communication is, it does not strike
the note which the people of this coun
try "hoped that it would strike.
New -York Presa: Berlin's answer to
President Wilson's note is friendly,
gracious ahd unsatisfactory. The
point . as made unmistakable in Mr.
Wilson's note is that the Von Tirpitz
admiralty; must stop slaughtering
American citizens, whether in the case
of a Gulfiight or a Lusitania, whether
by paces or by scores. "The Berlin for
eign office speaks of a probable misap
prehension on the part of our govern
ment as to the real character of the
Lusitania. There is none; there could
be none.
New York Herald: Germany has ig
nored the real issue presented by the
American note of May 13. As was
clearly set forth in that historic docu
ment, the attitude of the United, States
.is not based upon any one of the series
of events cited, but tfpoh the principle
Involved in the. method of warfare in
which . tby.were' Incidents. The United
toeutral rights, and non 'combatant hu
manity. " In the case of ' Gecmany ver
sus ' Civilization the United States holds
a brief for: civilization and will to theJMest a spirit of Deutschland ueber al-
end. Germany must respect the rights
of non-combatants traveling upon the
high seas.
New Yorker (N. Y.) Herald The re
ply of tb German government shows
conclusively that Germany is most anx
ious to live at peace with America.
That she desires to he shown where
she is in the wrong,: is but natural, and
we think fair minded men will concede
that with the vessel being, carried on
the ;navy list as an auxiliary cruiser
the presumption is strong that German
submarine 'officers thought her armed
and ready to offer resistance.
Philadelphia Inqmlrert, The reply is
temporizing in nature. Germany
is trifling with the United States.
The real test of the statesmanship and
the backbone, also, let it be said, of
President Wilson, is abbut to be made.
Philadelphia Public Ledger i The re
ply is in effect, a plea, of confession
and avoidance. Vague regrets
that leave the main question untouch
ed, attempts to put the blame else
.where, apologies that reveal a wilful
misconception of . the enormity of the
offense, are little better than insults to
th- National honor.
Washington Post: Germany's failure
to measure the depth of American feel
President started for Arlington ceme
tery to attend the memorial exercises
of the G. A. R. and the dedication of
the Maine Memorial. ,
The President's speech at Arlington,
drawing, attention to the desire of
those in office, guiding the destinies of
the; United States, to embody .in their
acts' the expression of "the un trammel
ed opinion" of the people of America,
was interpreted by many of his,, hearers
as meaning that Mr. Wilson was anx
ious that his course in the internation
al situation be guided by the .real
wishes of all Americans.
Sketches, Notes at Cemetery.
While at. the cemetery Mr. Wilson
sketched some shorthand ' notes on his
programme, suggestions, it was believ
ed, which occurred to him for the forth
coming note to Germany. On return
ins from. Arlington, he remained in his
study for two hours reading the offi
cial text of the German note. He din
ed with the statement that an offl
Wilson,' and'his cousin. Miss Helen
Woodrow Bones. After a short ride
tonight he returned to his work, map
ping plans for the all-important cabi
net meeting tomorrow. "
Just what the President will propose
to his cabinet tomorrow was a matter
of wide conjecture tonight. There was
a noticeable ' confidence, however, that
Germany having failed to yield in prin
ciple or fact to the American point of
view- the President would suggest a
course following logically the strong
expressions in the note of May l?.j
Some of tfrose familiar with the po
sition of high Officials said the noteto
be sent by thelunited States P'obably
weuld he very prtef and would be- dis
patched befpre the end of the week.
- The German government's request
for an agreement on the facts--as to
L. the Lusitania was armed or
unarmed and-whetner wie vei a fil
ers violated; American law by taking
passengers on ships carrying munitions
of warit was said, would be answer
ed with "the statements, that an: offi
cial investigation showed the ship car
ried no gtxns and that it is not a vio
lation 'of Federal statutes to carry
small arms and ammunition :on pas
senger ships. Reiterating that the
Tuit&nia"'' therefore,., was a peaceful
ieroblnttian entitled to the rightof
vilit and searched the transfer of her
passengers -and crew to places of safe
ty previous to any- attempt . to destroy
?-T, ta nf war aboard her, it
elTeved the United States will insist
NOT ONLY
ing over the Lusitania case will cause
profound disappointment and uneasi
ness tir.the United States. .
-BootoVr Herald The' -sooner the Presi
dent makes clear that we: have no time
to waste in the ascertainment of what
our rights are the better it will be all
around. ,
Boston Globe: The path of wisdom
for the American people , at this mo
ment is the path of suspended judg
ment. Botiton Advertiser: The note is a de
liberate and amazing insult. Through
the mixture of quibbles, evasions and
untruths, however, there , runs this
plain language: For the slaughter of
the helpless -men, women and children
Germany will offer no reparation
whatever. ,
Pittsburgr Dispatch : The points rais
ed may seem trifling compared to the
main issue set forth in the President's
note, but can we as consistent advo
cates of the arbitration of internation
al questions deny the further consider
ation Which Germany asks?
Baltimore Sunt Germany's reply
is, sd far as the main issues are con
cerned, no answer at all.
Baltimore ' American: The German
note is but a reiteration of propositions
concerning which the American atti
tude has been stated definitely and
with a finality of conclusion from
which there is no retreating.
Chicago Tribune: Even though, as
Washington is confident, it can be
shown that the Lusitania was not arm
ed with means of conveying soldiers,
Germany has . succeeded in : raising
points- which in consideration of the
very advanced position taken by our
government with respect to arbitration-
we should find some embarrass
ment in refusing to discuss and per
haps referring to The Hague.
Chicago Herald: The American peo
ple regret that the German govern
ment's answer fails wholly to meet the
main points at issue.
Indianapolis Stars Level headed
Americans will await the progress of
events with' calmness. If Germany has
any -facts or information to justify its
assumption that the Lusitania was
armed or.' Carried explosives . it should
Cototnfetts fO.) Dtsptf iTtte Germa
ny reply .is - disappointing.- Beneath"
courteous phrase there is clearly man
les.
. Cincinnati fVcie Presse: The German
note is Courteous in tone and the hand
is out. for a settlement of differences.
The note does not say that the Amer
ican position is untenable. It merely
demands that the facts in the case be
first established. It takes the good old
American view that, the complainant
must . bring forth the evidence of the
guilt 'of the accused.
Fresno (Cal.) Republican: Germany's
reply to President Wilson's note is
most oriental in its skilful procrastina
tion. It is now for President Wilson
to insist on a definite answer.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat : No more
unyielding a reply could have been
written, with proper regard for diplo
matic amenities. That the answer will
not be satisfactory; to the United
States goes without saying.
Chicago Journal: The claim that the
Lusitania was an armed vessel- is an
unmistaken insult to the United States,
which cleared the ship as a merchant
man, but the request for an investiga
tion of circumstances already known
to the civilized world" is as shifty as it
is insolent.
Indianapolis (Ind.) Daily Telegraph
(Continued on Page Ten.)
upon a disavowal of such acts and a
guarantee that German submarine war
fare will be conducted in the future
along humane lines, assuring Ameri
cans of the safety of their lives and
their ships on the high seas.
No Protraction of Argument.
" Proposals on the part of Germany to
protract the argument with affidavits,
alleged to be in the possession of the
German embassy here, to prove that
the Lusitania carried guns wiir not be
considered, in view of official knowl
edge here that the ship was unarmed.
Moreover, the government is expected
to point that during the present discus-tion-the
American steamer Nebraskan
has been torpedoed by a German sub
marine. The admission of the German admir
alty, announced today, in a report from
Ambassador Gerard that the comman
der of the submarine which torpedoed
the Gulfiight did "not notice the Ameri
can flag" on the Gulfiight until after
he had fired the torpedo is another cir
cumstance which, it is thought proba
ble theUnited States will point to as
proof of dangers to which American
vessels are subjected by' the reckless
methods of German ; ; submarine com
manders. . T
That Conference.
The conference between the Presi
dent and Count Bernstorff Wednesday
was the subject of much comment to
hight. The ambassador himself would
not say what his purpose was, but from
well-informed sources it was learned
that he asked, for the interview of his
own initiative without instructions
from his government, and that he
wishes o impress the President' with
his desire to do everything possible to
avoid a rupture. The ambassador has
had much difficulty; in communicating
with his foreign office, as the cables
are in possesison of the Allies. Some
of his friends' state that his efforts to
induce the German government to send
a conciliatory . answer to the American
note failed , largely: on that account.
There was a distinct disappointment
manifest at ''both the Austrian; and Ger
man embassies -here at the .character
of -the Germanf reply. Both ambassa
dors were understood to have endeav
ored to obtain a response that would
satisfy,; the :. United States. There was
some intimation i - mat tne American
note of May 13 might have been inter
preted in Berlin as meaning a demand
for the cessation ot all submarine war-
? ( ; ,CC
CCon"Uiued on 'Page Ten)
GREAT BATTLE ON
- SAN STILL RAGES
Arid - the Fate of Przemysl is
Still Uncertain.
FIGHTING CONTINUES
Russians Claim Victories Virtually
Along Kntire Front Little Do
ing in West-Italians Active '
in Retaliation.
London, May, .31. The great battle
on the San, to'which the Russians fell
back after retreating over half of Ga
licia, still rages, but the Russians as
sert that they have assumed the of
fensive. London takes this statement
to mean that another mighty German
effort has expended itself..
Though the fate of. Przemysl U still
uncertain allied circles contend that
the Austrian-Germans havfe failed to
crush the Russians in Galicia and that
their rush forward, costing thousands
of lives, has fallen short, just as did
the repeated thrusts at Warsaw and
Calais.
The Austrian official statement to
night claims no noteworthy advances
in the East, dismissing the Przemysl
region with the brief declaration that
"the .fighting continues," and asserting
that there have been no serious en
gagements elsewhere" on the eastern
front.
The Russians claim victories virtu
ally along the entire front, especially
beyond the Dneister where they say
they have taken 7,000 prisoners.
In the west neither side has done
much of late, although the French con
tinue gnawing around Arras and there
has been hard fighting along the Yser.
Italy has retaliated for the Austrian
air and naval base, from a dirigible,
while Italian destroyers have made a
dasti on Monfalcone doing considera
ble damage to "Austrian shipping and
getting away unscathed.
German submarines have been active,
the news tonight adding one more neu
tral vessel to the growing list of. vic
tims. This was the Danish steamer
Soborg, sunk 4Q miles northeast of the
Tyne. All bands were rescued.
The English press is following the
German and 'American exchanges on
eLutania tr
interest andj tlrer.eH uchspecuiatton
as to the probable American action.
ZEPPELINS ARE SEEN
In Several Parts of England on Sunday
Nlgrht, Says Press Bureau.
Londoi., June 1. The official press
bureau issued the following announce
ment last night:
"Zeppelins are reported to have been
seen near Ramsgate (on the Kentish
coast, 67 miles east-southeast of Lon
don) and Brentwood (17 miles east
northeast of" London) and in certain
outlying districts of London. Many
fires are reported, but these cannot be
absolutely connected with the airship
visits.
"Further particulars will be issued
as soon as they can be collected and
collated."
ACIERUSINESS
Great Britain Has Lost 130
Merchant Ships Thus Far.
AND 83 FISHING CRAFT
Many of These Destroyed by Mines
Since War Begran-.British Divianna
Torpedoed Saturday Danish
Soborg Sunk.
London, May 31. An admiralty
statement, giving the number of Brit
ish merchant and fishing vessels sunk
or captured since the beginning of the
war, shows that 56 merchant ships
have been sent to the bottom by cruis
ers of the enemy, twelve by mines and
62 by submarines, a total of 130.
Eighty-three fishing craft have been
lost and of these twenty-four were
sunk by mines. Since German subma
rines began their attack on merchant
shipping January 27th the merchant
vessels sunk by them number 59 and
the fishing craft 31.
Looking at these losses from the
standpoint of tonnage it is seen that
since the war began Great Britain has
lost 458,006 ;tons in merchant shipping
and 13,586 tons in fishing craft.
STEAMER DIXIANNA . TORPEDOED.
British Steamer From Savannah Sunk:
Saturday Off Ushant. :
London, May 31. The British steam
er Dixianna was tprpedoed off Ushant
Saturday last, Awhile on her way from
Savannah, Ga., to Swansea, Wales. The
captain and crew have' been safely
landed at Cardiff. : -w '4: i - '
According to the skipper of the Dix
ianna, the submarine which sank his
vessel had sails hoisted when -first ob
served. He was led by this disguise to
mistake her for a harmless." i sailing
craft. This is the first time the use of
device, by a Germa submarine has been
reported.
The Dixianna formerly was the Brit
ish -steamer Putney Bridge her -name
being changed when she was purchased
recently by the Dixianna. Steamship
y v i (Continued - on fare - Ten.)
SUBMARINES
DOING
JUDGE ROAN WOULD
HAVE
Promised at Proper Time to
Ask Governor to Com
mute the Sentence.
DOUBTED HIS GUILT
Prison Commission Hears the
Statement of Mrs. Frank
and Completes Hearing.
Atlanta, May 31. -The hearing on
Leo M. Frank's application for commu
tation of sentence from death to life
imprisonment, which began before the
State prison commission here this
morning, was completed late today. It
is expected that the commission's rec
ommendation to the governor will be
transmitted by the last of this wee, or
within ten days at the latest, and the
governor then will take final action in
the case. No one appeared to argue in
opposition to Frank's application.
The principal features of today's
proceedings were a letter written a few
months before his death by Judge L. S.
Roan, who presided at Frank's trial, in
Which he sought clemency for the
prisoner, and a statement by Mrs. Frank
describing her husband's actions on the
night following Mary Phagan's mur
der and denying rumors of an estrange
ment between herself and Frank. -
Judge Roan's letter was addressed to
the chief counsel for Frank in his trial.
It stated that at the proper time he
would ask the governor to commute
Franks sentence to life imprisonment;
that after many months of deliberation
he still was uncertain o the prisoner's
guilt and that "it is possible I showed
undue deference to the opinion of. the
jury when I allowed their verdict to
stand."
, The production of Judge Roan's let
ter, Frank's counsel stated, obviated
the necessity of. extended , argument
ana perrffltted a quicker-termination of.
the hearing.
Frank did not attend the proceedings
but his wife was present throughout
the sessions. There were only about a
dozen women present among the spec
tators who crowded the chamber.
Former Congressman W. M. Howard,
whoconducted Frank's case, before the
commission, submitted a mass of court
records, petitions from legislatures and
societies and letters from prominent
lawyers and jurists and individuals.
Remarkable Array of Appeals.
His oral argument was brief. At the
early session a number of well known
Georgia lawyers and jurists made oral
pleas in behalf of Frank and at the
concluding session arguments were
presented by former Governor Eugene
N. Foss, of Massachusetts, representing
citizens of that State; John M. O'Con-
I nor, chief justice of the criminal court
! of Cook county. Illinois, representing
the Chicago Frank committee; Mrs.
Mary Delaney Fisher, of Chicago, rep
resenting 200,000 women, from all over
the country, whose petition she pre
sented; Dr. J. W. Coughlin, of Boston,
and others.
Mr. Howard, during his argument
for Frank, offered in evidence an analy
sis of the court record regarding the
"murder notes" found beside Mary Pha
gan's body and which played an impor
tant part in the trial. This analysis,
Mr, Howard declared, was intended to
show that James Conley, who is serv
ing a prison sentence as accessory after
the murder, conceived and wrote the
notes; that they were written in his
style of expression and language; that
they had to be written immediately
after the crime and that Frank would
not have had' time to learn Conley's
mode of expression and simulate it if
he had dictated the notes as Conley
testified.
"The purpose of our argument," said
Mr. Howard, "would be to show that
(Continued on Page, Six)
GULFLIGHT TORPEDOED BY
MISTAKE GERMANY CLAIMS
Submarine Commander Re
ports That He Failed to
Notice American Flag
Washington, May 31. Ambassador
Gerard, at Berlin, has been formally
notified that . the American steamer
Gulfiight was torpedoed through a mis
take. The German, submarine com
mander reported that "he failed to no
tice the Gulf light's American flag, and
tpok her for a .British, vessel.
The , State Department's announce
ment today says:
? "The American ambassador at Ber
lin reports that the. chief of the admir
alty Btaff, Admiral Behnke, has inform
ed him that the commander of the sub
marine which sank the Gulfiight did so
through mistake, because two boats
similar to trawlers, one carrying wire
less ; apparatus, were apparently con
voying the Gulfiight. The commander,
therefore, thought it a British boat, and
did not notice the American flag on
the stern until just after giving the or
qer to fire." - . :r. -
- The ' Gulfiight was . attacked, in . the
English channel , on May ,L while car-
PRESIDENT WILSON AND
CABINET MEMBERS PAY
TRIBUTE TO OUR DEAD
ISHHD CROWDED
RY HEROES IN GRAY
Everywhere the Veterans Talk
of the War Abroad.
SPECIAL TRAINS MANY
Pour Southern Hosts Into Old Capital of
the Confederacy Regular Ses
sions of Reunion Begin
There Today.
Richmond, Va., May 31. Richmond
tonight, on the eve of the 25th annual
reunion of the United Confederate Vet
erans, was thronged with survivors of
the armies of the South. Assembled
around peaceful camp fires, they paid
silent tribute to their departed heroes,
contrasting their contentment with the
turbulent camps and seething trenches
of Europe.
When darkness fell, after a day 'of
memorial to their comrades who have
gone, thousands who wore the gray
gathered at Camp. Henry Carter Stuart,
where the simulation of war made vivid
their railization of the grim realities
across the sea. '
Everywhere the veterans, who cher
ish the peace at home, talked of the war
abroad.
On scores of special trains, the South
ern hosts poured into Richmond
throughout the day, and tonight the
old capital of the Confederacy was
ablaze with light and her streets were
thronged with -cheering veterans and
reverent youths; .V ; :. - a
'Preliminary Events.
Preliminary events were the memor
ial exercises for the Confederate dead,
the dedication of a memorial to the Con
federate women of Virginia, and the ar
rival of General George P. Harrison, of
Alabama, who has been designated
commander in chief of the reunion by
General Bennett H. Young, who is de
tained in Cleveland, Ohio, by illness,
ness. .
Following the regular memorial exer
cises, in which hundreds of Confederate
veterans from air regions of the South
participated, impressive ceremonies at
tended the unyeiling of the bronze tab
let to Virginia's Confederate women in
Hollywood cemetery. The tablet, dedi
cated with an address by Judge George
L. Christian and unveiled by J. Taylor
Ellyson Crump, bore the following in
scription: "A Memorial to the Confederate Wo
men of Virginia, 1861-1865. The Legis
lature of Virginia of 1914 has, at the
Solicitation of Ladies' Hollywood Me
moral Association and United Daugh
ters of Confederacy of Virginia, Placed
in Perpetual Care This Section, Where
Lie Buried Eighteen Thousand Confed
erate Soldiers."
Another event of the day was the un
veiling in the Louisiana room of the
Confederate Museum of a bust of Gen
eral P. G. T. Beauregard, the gift of the
Junior Confederate Memorial Associa
tion of New Orleans.
After the presentation, the bust,
which was of bronzed plaster, was ac
cidentally overturned and shattered,
but assurances were given by its don
ors that it would be replaced.
Tomorrow, the reunion will be in full
swing, Governor H. C. Stuart, of Vir
ginia, welcoming the visitors at the
opening session. ,
rying oil from Port Arthur, Texas, to
Rouen, France. Two members of the
crew were drowned while taking to
the boats, and; the captain died from
heart failure brought on by his expe
rience. ' The steamer's bulkheads pre
vented her from sinking, and she was
towed to Crow Sound and beached for
repairs.
CHAMP CLARK OPTIMISTIC.
Thinks United States Will "Get By
- Ugly and Aggravating Situation.
Kansas City, May 31. Champ Clark
here tonight was optimistic concerning
the outcome of the international situa
tion due to the arrival of the latest
German note.
"It is an ugly and aggravating situa
tion, but hitherto we have managed by
the use of diplomacy and good sense
to pull out of situations as ugly and
aggravating as the present one, and
without the loss of honor and prestige
and without the horros of war," said
Mr. Clark. "1 most sincerely hope that
our troubles growing out of the trans
Atlantic war will be amicably settled,
and I believe they will be."
London, May 31. Heavy fighting on
Gallipoli peninsula, resulting in the
rout of the attacking Turkish force, is
announced in an official statement giv
en out here today. The casualties of
the Turks are said to have amounted
to at least 2,000. The British losses are
given as 300 .-;.
Throngs at Arlington Ceme
tery Think of Present In
ternational Situation.
OVATION GIVEN WILSON
"Greater Days Lie Before This
Nation Than "it Ever
Yet Has Seen."
Secretary Daniels Raises
Tribute to "Sacrifice."
Washington May 31. Eulogies of
America's soldier' and sailor dead were
voiced here' today by President Wilson,
Secretary Bryan, Secretary Daniels
and Governor Willis, of Ohio, at Memo
rial; Day exercises at Arlington Nation
al cemetery. Large crowds seized on
every opportunity to show that the
present international situation was up
permost in their minds.
President Wilson, cheered on hrs ar
rival and departure and during his ad
dress, carefully avoided any direct ref
erence to problems facing the United
States. He. was enthusiastically ap
plauded when he declared that "greater
days lie before this nation than it ever
yet has seen, and the solemn conscious
ness of those who bear office in this
time is that they must make, their best
endeavor to embody in what they do
and say the best things in the United
States.
Governor Willis evoked applause
when he said: 'The President of the
United States is making a successful
effort to keep us out of the broils of
Europe," and added, "Now is the time
to keep cool, think carefully and
stand by the President. He and his
cabinet know vastly .more of our deli
cate relations with European
Lents, Jehan. the rest of ua.can
Kntjwiet us. noir up nis band
patriotic effort he is makl
crisis. - - . . .
The President sat in the midst of
veterans of two wars during the exer
cises, and uttered an audible "amen"
at the conclusion of an invocation hy
Bishop Earl Cranston, of Washington,
who prayed that the United States
might be led aright in the present cri
sis. The President Speaks.
"I have not come here today to de
liver an address, but merely reverently
to take part in expressing the senti
ment of this impressive day," said the
President an his address.
"It is necessarily a day of reminis
cences. Reminiscence is not always, a
profitable exercise. It generally be
longs to those, appropriately to those
only, who have left the active stage of
life and have nothing to think about
except the things that are gone and
dead. It does not behoove a nation to
walk with its eyes over its shoulder.
Its business is constantly in the years
that lie ahead of it, and in the (present
what challenges it to the display of its
power. But there are reminiscences
which are stimulating and wholesome,
and among those reminiscences are
chiefly to be ranked the recollections
of days of heroism, days wheal great
nations found it possible to express
the best that was in them by the ar
dent exercise of every power that waa
in them.
. "That is what gives dignity to a day
like this. It is not a day of regret, it
is not a day of weakening memory. It
is a day of stimulation. But, my
friends, these stimulating memories we
are sometimes apt to minimize because
we do hot see the full significance of
them. - We are constnatly speaking of
the great war of which we think today
as a war which saved the Union, and it
did indeed save the Union, but it was a
war that did a great Tieal more than
that; It created in this country what
had never existed before a national,
consciousness. : .
"Realised Its Unity."
"It was the time when America for
the first time realized its unity and
saw the vision of its united destiny.
"The solemn lesson of these memo
ries for us is not that we must be
ready to save the Union again, for
there are none among us who threaten
Its life'; but that we must see to it that
the unity then realized, the vision then
seen, is exemplified in us and the things
that we do. Because there is no stim
ulation in any occasion if it be merely
the pleasure of recollection; it must
also be the ardor and courage of hope.
Greater days lie before this nation
than it has ever seen yet; and the sol
emn consciousness of those who beaer
office . in this time is that they must
make their best endeavor to embody in
what the ydo and say the best things
in the United States.
"It does npt do to talk too much
about one's self, and I do not think that
it is wholesome for the United States ;
to talk too much about itself. I do not
want to know what you are today so
much as I want to know what you are
going to do tomorrow. The only test I
know of that is competent to determine
what you are is the test what you do.
Let us not think of our characters,, let
us think of our duties and of the ac
tions that lie before us. I have always
maintained that the man who lives to
cultivate his own character will result -only
in cultivating an intolerable prig;
because his object will be himself.
Character, my friends, is a by-product.
It is produced in the. great manufacture
of daily duty. But duty, is not easy to
determine. Duty for a nation is made
up of so many complicated elements
that no man can determine it. No'
group of men without wide common
counsel can possibly determine what
the duty of : the day is.- 1
"That is the strength of a democracy.
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