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VOL.. XCViI N O. 22.
ESTIMATE IS LARGEST
EVER YET SUBMITTED
DURING PEACE TIMES
Government Expenditures for
Next Fiscal Year Prob
ably $1,240,000,000
WAR IN EUROPE CAUSE
Increase for National Defense
and New Tasks Imposed
Upon Departments.
This Amount Will Call for Ad
ditional Revenue.
Washington, October 14. The
largest estimate of government ex
penditures ever submitted to a
secretary of the treasury of the
United States in time of peace
probably $1,240,000,000 will be
presented for the next fiscal year
tomorrow, as required by law, for
discussion by Congressional com
mittees in advance of the regular
session. President Wilson and his
cabinet will examine the list in
detail next week. ' .
An estimated increase for Na
tional defense of about $150,000,
000 over last year, together with
the cost of new tasks imposed on
the State Department and other
government branches because of
the European war, account for the
iuerease, the' estimates for all de
partments excepting State, War
ancFSvyeMainln
the same. !
Additional Revenue Necessary.
If Congress agrees to the adminis
tration's programme for strengthening
the army and navy, it will be obliged
to provide for additional revenue by
legislation or the executive branch of
the government must issue bonds. ,
Although no estimates of reefpts
for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1916, in which the increased expendi
tures will take effect, has been made
by Secretary McAdoo, officials now are
convinced they cannot count upon more
than $750,000,000 for the 12 months.
Congress will be asked to pass two
revenue measures, one extending the
emergency war tax, which expires De
cember 31, and the other providing for
retention of the duty on sugar beyond
next May, when it would go on the
free list.
Passage of these measures, however,
would not ' increase the present reve
nues. With both . in effect at present,
there has been a deficit of $35,000,000.
Extraordinary Expefases. '
Additional force' In the diplomatio
and consular service and at the State
Department and extraordinary expens
es abroad in the w0rk. being done by
American embassies 'and legations, will
require an increase of about $1,300,000
for the State Department. .
The ordinary disbursements of the
government last year were about $732,
000,000. If the receipts are as much as
$750,000,000 in the coming year and the
appropriations of all government de
partments but the State, War and Navy
remain the same, there still would be,
with the added budget for National de
fense, as estimated deficit of more than
$135,000,000. The Secretary of " the
Treasury has authority ' to issue Pana
ma Canal bonds to the amount of $240.
000,000. That would be a temporary
remedy, however, and may not be re
sorted to if the administration pro
ceeds on the theory that the govern
ment will maintain the same rate of
expenditures for National defense dur
ing coming years as now is being pro
posed for the next session of Congress.
Department of Commerce.
Estimates f or . the Department of
Commerce will show an increase of
last year's total, $16,774,000 if they are
i agreed upon in the form now before
Secretary Redfield. The principal re
quest for more money will come from
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce, which desires to. take ad
vantage of the opportunity afforded by
the war to extend its foreign trade or
ganization. Secretary ' Redfield proba
bly will ask for the funds necessary
for that work.
The Department of Labor, contem
plates few changes in its estimates,
which last year amounted to $4,443,000.
Secretary Wilson is considering a re
auction for the bureau of immigration,
hich has found its activities mater
ially curtailed by the falling off of im
migration during the European war. ,
The estimates for the Postofllce De
partment will be slightly above the
293,oor,ooo estimated fon the present
ye.v. The increase is credited to the
automatic promotions of carriers and
clerks provided for by Congress, in
creased pay for railroad transportation
and the natural growth of the system
Interior Department.
In the Interior Department the esti
mates are less than the appropriation
f $210,000,000 for the current year, ex
cluding $8,000,000 for construction of
'.he government railroad in Alaska.
. Secretary Houston had not complet
ed tonight his estimates for, the
partment of Agriculture, but they will
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FIGHlTfl THE END
"Intimate Union Will Assure
Final Triumph of Justice."
SAYS PREMIER VIVIANI
Pays Tribute In Magazine Article to
the French Army Minister Ribot
Say France Will Net' Lack
'.Resource to Continue.
Parts, Oct. 14. "Since France and
her allies; in .spite of their attachment
to peace, were obliged to suffer war,
tley will 'prosecute it to the end and
their intimate union ' will assure the
final triumph of justice and right," says
Premier Viviani in a declaration to be
published tomorrow in the magazine
Lectures Pour Tous.
"France is not a country to be prey
ed upon," he continues. "She - will not
lay down her arms until after she has
revenged outraged justice, consolidat
ed forever with the fatherland the
provinces ravaged by force, restored
heroic Belgium, . and broken Prussian
militarism in order to be able to re
construct upon a foundation of right
and regenerated Europe.
"Believing in our social, political and
religious . division, our enemies imag
ined this country's elements irrecon
cilable. "Glory is for All."
"What did they see? Workmen, em
ployers, artisans, peasants, rich and
poor, men of all parties, all religious
beliefs, offering to sacrifice themselves
fulfilling their duty in defending their
territory as in the hour of revolution,
in defending the liberty "of the world.
Ail ; understood hat the most humble
ts'vuiefttrftoth-e "fatherland; thatr "from
the general-in-chief, whose admirable
sang frold compels the admiration of
the world, to the very humblest, each
has an indlspensible role. The glory
is for all: the light illuminates every
forehead.
"It is not only to our army, whose
heroism is guided by Incomparable
chiefs, that we shall owe victory; it is
also to the nation that has been able
to accompany, that heroism with a un
ion of silence and serenity in critical
hours. If those hours seem long let us
continue to think of our country and
everything will Be easy for us."
. Finance Minister Ribot in the same
issue of the magazine, speaking of the
influence of finances upon the war, wllld
say:
Will Not Lack Resources.
"France will not lack resources to
sustain her effort in this war that she
did not seek, but that she is determin
ed to pursue without flinching. As far
as concerns finances, she can look upon
the prolongation of hostilities without
anxiety. The end of the conflict will
not depend on our resources.
'Xet Bance keep the faith she has
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TO REOPEN NEXT WEEK
Lansing and BernstorfF Will
Resume Negotiations
Same Course as Was Pursued in Arabic
Case Will Be Continued In Lusi
tania. Ctuching, Gulflight and
Nebraskan bases.
Washington. Oct. 14. Negotiations
with Germany looking to settlement 'of
the oases of the .Lusitania, Cushing,
Gulflighfand Nebraskan .will be re
sumed next week by Secretary Lansing
and Count von Bernstorff, the German
ambassador. The United States made
it clear .after the Arabic was torpe
doed without warning that there would
be no further discussion of the Lusi
tania and other cases until the Arabio
incident was disavowed and reparation
promised.
No wthat Germany has acceded to all
of the demands as a result of personal
negotiations between Secretary Lans
ing and the German ambassador, the
same process of negotiations is to be
continued in the hope of settling the
remaining cases. '
In the case of both the American
ships -Nebraskan and the Gulflight,
Germany-already has expressed regrets
and promised to pay damages. Liability
for the; damage to the Cushing attack
ed by airmen, never has been assum
ed by :the German government which
stated that if the American govern
ment could furnish evidence that the
airmen were Germans, payment would
be made-for damages sustained.
The Lultania case , presents the
greatest difficulty. When the vessel
was sunk" the German commander was
understood to be acting in accordance
with instructions generally given to
Sin) belligerent ' ships .without warn
ing. Germany expressly .. -disclaimed
liability for the loss of neutral lives in
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ALLIES
iiO
0
GASES
WITH
GERMANY
WILMINGTON,
.SITUATION
1 .t.
y 8REY
British Foreign Secretary Dis
cusses Diplomatic Side.
IN HOUSE OF COMMONS
Says All Influence Was Used to Secure
Accord Among Balkan States, Bat
That the FeeUng There is
One of Division. '
London, Oct. 14. The diplomatic
rather than the military side of the sit
uation was the subject of Sir Edward
Grey's eagerly awaited statement rel
ative to the Balkans, which he deliv
ered today to a crowded house of com
mons. "I propose to confine ' myself," the
British foreign secretary said, "to a
resume of our diplomatic objects since
the war. At the outset, we desired
that the war should not spread, and, in
common with our allies, we assured
Turkey that if she remained neutral
Turkey and Turkey's territory should
not suffer. This situation was com
pletely changed by the entrance of Tur
key into the war, and all obligations
on the part of the Allies then ceased.
"We and-our allies then concentrated
I upon securing an agreement among the
Balkan states and we used all our in
fluence to secure an accord. Unfortu
nately the feeling jn the Balkans is not
of union, but one of division. It is
clearly nothing but a decisive, prepon
derating advantage, for the Allies
would have enabled us to secure a pol
icy of union.
Central Powers Offered More.
"We were, given to understand in the
course of the negotiations that, except
with regard to Thrace, the Central
Powers had offered to Bulgaria more
to secure her neutrality than the Al
lies could in fairness offer. The prom
ises which Induced Bulgaria to declare
war were given by the Central Pow
ers at the expense of her neighbors and
without any corresponding advantage
to them.
"We have remained throughout on
friendly relations with Rumania, who
has favored the policy of a Balkan
union. v '
"It is the policy of bringing about a
Balkan. X9 that, .the", .sovereigns; and
governments of Germany," Austria-Hungary
and Bulgaria the sovereign and
the governments have succeeded in
carrying into effect. We were given
to understand that In order to secure
a Balkan union there were certain con
cessions Bulgaria would require, espe
cially in Thrace and Macedonia.
"The AUies were ready to do all in
their power to secure these for Bulga
ria but to obtain the consent of Ser
bia and Greece it was an essential pre
liminary that Bulgaria take sides with
the Allies against Turkey. In other
words if Bulgaria was to realize her
hopes and aspirations she must co-operate
in a common cause in which the
hopes and aspirations of other neigh
boring states were engaged..
: "It will be enough to say that these
reasonable hopes and aspirations were,
in the main, founded upon opportunity
to peoples of the same race, the same
sentiments and the same religion to
join themselves to a state under a gov
ernment most akin to them."
The entry of Bulgaria into the war,
Sir Edward continued, made a great
difference in the situation and raised
the question of treaty obligations be
tween Greece and Serbia. Regarding
Greece's attitude Sir Edward referred
to the statements of Ex-Premier Ven
izelos and the new premier, M. Zaimis,
and said it must be obvious that the in
terests of Greece and Serbia were now
one.
Freely Aiding Serbia.
The secretary explained that through
Greek territory alone could aid be
sent to Serbia and he asserted that in
view of the treaty betwen Greece and
Srbia the Allies' Expedition through
Saloniki could not have been other
than welcomed by the Hellenic people.
Great Britain, he continued, was giv
ing Serbia all the help in its power,
freely and unconditionally and was
acting in the closest co-operation with
France. The co-operation , of Russian
troops was promised as soon as they
can be made available, he said.
Sir Edward said that it was not his
province to make public a disclosure of
the military plans in the Balkans,
and that he could only say that he
believed they were based on princi
ples of sound strategy.
"Serbia is fighting for her national
existence and with her the struggle
is just now intense and acute, but the
struggle is one and the issue is one, in
whatever theatre of war fighting is
taking place.
"All the Allies are fighting for na
tional existence and for all who are
fighting the same issues arise. It is a
fight for the right to live under the
shadow of Prussian militarism, which
does not observe the ordinary rules of
humanity in war, and to leave us free
from tje menace of oppression."
Premier Asquith in the house of com
mons declined to grant a day for de
bate on Sir Edward Grey's statement
on the Balkan situation. In the house
of lords Marquis of Crewe made a state
ment similar to that of the foreign
secretary and concluded:
Will Strengthen Determination.
"This attack on Serbia will only
make sterner and fiercer the determin
ation of the Allies to carry the war
through a definite victory at whatever
cost. Nothing has occurred in any part
of the world to weaken that resolu
tion and we will maintain it."
Uuring the discussion which follow
ed the Marquis of Crewe's statement,
Viscount Milner suggested the with
drawal of the troops from Gallipoll and
their transfer to some other theatre of
war. Lord Lansdowne in reply said it
was impossible for any member of the
government , to give an understanding
that the troops would continue'in the
.Dardanelles operations or would be
withdrawn from them.
; "It would ; be unpatriotic "and im
proper," he said, "to force the govern
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BALKAN
REVIEWED
.2ST. C, FRIDAY MOENISTGr, OCTOBER 15, 1915
NAVY TO ASK FOR
16 CAPITAL SHIPS
Secretary Daniels and General
Board . Practically Decide
Upon Programme.
ARMY PLAN APPROVED
President Favors Secretary
Garrison's Policy of $72,
000,000 Increase.
Washington, Oct. 14. Secretary Dan
iels, in agreement with the General
Board of the Navy, practically has de
cided to recommend to Congress a five
year construction programme which
will include 16 capital fighting ships
ers. Just what number shall be au
erse. Just what number shall be au
thorized the first year "and consecu
tively thereafter will not be determin
ed until after the Secretary and Presi
dent Wilson confer tomorrow. A de
cision probably win be reached then
as to the manner in which the appro
priations should be distributed over the
five-year period. -
On this point depends whether or not
the. combined array and navy estimates
for next year will be kept around the
$400,000,000 mark desired by the ad.
ministration or will aggregate $432,
000,000. The President, indicated today
that he favored large increases in both
army and navy In accepting an invita
tion to speak within the next three
weeks before the Manhattan Club of
New York on the subject of national
defense. .
Approves ; Military Policy.
During the -day the "President talked
at length with both Chairman Hay, of
the House military affairs committee,
and assistant Secretary - Breckenridge
announcing' to them .-his approval of
the military '.policy- framed, by Secre
tary. Garrison and officers of .the Gen
eral Staff Cat ,.'3 fte army,, falling - for an
appropriation - of nsS.ooojoOfr or anHn
crease of $75.OO,000 over last" year.
Much of the increase will be for field
artillery and coast defense expenses to
be Incurred . in the creation of a re
serve of 200,000 men every three
years by means of a short term enlist
ment, and an addition to the regular
army. Details of the army plan have
not been announced, but the approval
by the President of the $72,000,000 in
crease for the military establishment
turned attention on the navy where a
final estimate of needs has not yet been
completed. ' They vary from a total of
22b, 000,000 to 2&0.000,000.
secretary Daniels has before him
two separate plans which affect ma
terially the completion of his estimr
ates, since Congress appropriates each
year for only one-third o fthe cost of
new ships authorized.
Under one Plan, the navy could
build two dreadnoughts, two battle
cruisers, 16 destroyers, thirty subma
rines of the coast type and three of the
ocean going variety, a few scout cruis
ers, a gunboat, a fuel ship and a hos
pital ship. This proposal has met with
objection because if it is to be part of
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MARKS NEW EPOCH IN
Dreadnaught California to be
Electrically Propelled.
Secretary Daniels in Address at Laying
of Battleship's Keel, Say Vessel
Is One of Greatest Advances in
Marine Construction.
New York, Oct. 14. Secretary of the
Navy Daniels, in an address here ,today
at the laying of the keel of the new
$15,000,000 dreadnaugnt California the
first battleship to be driven by electric
propulsion prophecied that the "in
stallation of electricity upon the Cali
fornia ushers in a new epoch in naviga
tion, just as far-reaching and as impor
tant as that In which steam succeeded
sail power." ;
"It may be said with entire truthful
ness," continued the Secretary, "that
the California represents one of the
greatest advances in modern marine en
gineering. The entire subject of elec
tric propulsfbp Is one '. that has been
widely discussed In ail countries for
several yean. Past, but' the United
States is the " only nation so far which
has gotten papt the discussion stage,
and which has demonstrated by actual
test that electric propulsion Js a success."--
, - -
'The Secretary' then i told -, about tests
In electric propelling machinery on the
immense naval collier Jupiter, the first
large vessel to. be thus propelled.
The California is expected to be
launched. In 15 months, and' to. be plac
ed In commission in about three years.
She will berof 32,00.0 tons- displacement,
625 feet long,' 97 feet broadb and will
carry twelve-14-inch rifles In four tur
rets on the- center line and ; twenty-two
5-inch guns, as .well as havhlg four sub
merged, torpedo tubes, ,:
WITH HE YEARS
Ml
ENGINEERING
55 KILLED
RAID OVER LONDON
Fourteen of the Persons Dead
Were Military Subjects.
UST OF INJURED IS 114
Zeppelin Fleet Drops Bombs, Damag
ing Some Houses, and Starting
Several Fires, Which Were
Extinguished, Report Says.
London, Oct. 14. Fifty-five persons
were killed and 114 injured in the Zep
pelin raid over London last night.
Fourteen of the 55 persons killed and
13 of the 114 wounded were military
casualties, according to an announce
ment made later by the official press
bureau. The text of the announcement
follows:
"The press bureau of the war office
announces that a fleet of hostile air
ships visited the eastern counties and
a portion of London last night and
dropped bombs.
"Anti-aircraft guns of the - Royal
Field Artillery attached to the central
force were in action- and an airship
was seen to heel over on its side and
to drop to a lower altitude.
"Five aeroplanes of the royal flying
corps went up, but owing to atmos
pheric conditions only one aeroplane
succeeded in locating an airship. This
aeroplane,, however, was unable to
verhaul the airship befre it was lost
In the fog.
Damage Not Serious.
"Some houses were damaged and sev
eral fires were started, but no serious
damage was caused to military mater
ial. All fires were soon got under con
trol by the fire brigade.
"The following military casualties,
in addition to the one announced last
night, have been reported: Fourteen
killed and 13 wounded.
, "The home office announces the fol
lowing casualties other than the mili
tary casualties reported above:
"Killed, 27 men; nine women; five
children; total, 41.
"Injured, 64 men, 30 women and sev
en children; total, 101.
Totals; 91 men, 39 women, and 12
children; grand total, 142.
. "Of these casualties, 32 killed, and
9 &'lnjuredwere-4ahe London, area and
these figures include those announced
last night."
London's latest Zeppelin raid exceeds
in the number of casualties any pre
vious attack on "the British capital.
The last in which casualties were re
ported, that of : September 8,. comes
second. Twenty deaths were caused on
that occasion, while 86 persons were
injured. The casualties in the raid of
last night brings the total for all air
raids on England up to 640, of which
number 177 persons - were killed and
463 injured. - V .
BERLIN OFFICIAL REPORT.
Says Bombs Also Dropped on Water,
works and on Town of Woolwich.
Berlin, Oct. 14. (by Wireless to Say
ville) An official report today by the
German admiralty regarding the Zep
pelin raid on London says that in addi
tion to dropping bombs on the English
capital, the waterworks at Hampton
and the town of Woolwich, where there
is a great arsenal, were heavily bom
barded. Great fires are reported to
have followed the explosion of the
Zeppelin bombs.
The text of the admiralty's state
ment follows:
"German airships during the night of
October 13-14 attacked the city of Lon
don and nearby important establish
ments as well as the batteries of Ips
wich. " "Several attacks were made espe
cially on the city of London.
"The docks of London, the water
works at Hampton, near London, and
Woolwich also were heavily bombard
ed with incendiary bombs.
"At all the places attacked impor
tant explosions and great fires were
observed.
"All the airships returned safely al
though they were vigorously attacked
on passing over the English coast."
WOULD RAID GERMAN TOWNS.
Endorsement Given Proposal to Put
End to Attacks on London.
London, Oct. 14. The proposal of re
plying to German air raids by bombing
his "sleeping towns as he bombs ours"
received an enthusiastic endorsement
at a mass meeting held today in the
great hall of the Cannon street hotel,
in the financial disfciict of London.
Lord Willoughby d'e Broke and Wilr
Ham Johnson-Hicks, member of parlia
ment, were the principal speakers at
the meeting.
"We have come here," said Lord
Willoughby de Broke, "to urge upon
the government that they have got to
take steps to stop, the kind of thing
that, happened last 'night. The only
way to do It is to treat them as they
treat us. Otherwise they will continue
in their policy while we still suffer
and ' become the laughing stock of
Europe." .
- Mr. Johnson-Hicks made a demand
for -reprisals which was couched in
morf' lurid language: v
' "Let the Kaiser be made to realize
what it means for his own people to
be subjected, as. we have been subject
ed, to cold blooded butchery in- the
dead of night-and there will be. a de
mand from one end of Germany to the
other to' stop the butchery in England
in order that they themselves may be
safe," he said. "We must be prepared
to- send 20jO machines at the very least,
circling over Cologne, Coburg and oth
er German towns in order that the
Germans may be made to realize the
destruction: they wrought last - night
and on other nights in our-midst."
" The resolutions passed at the meet
ing call upon the government to adopt
a systematic policy of reprisals "&&
the only effective' method of putting
o stop to Zeppelin raids on London and
other, towns."
RUSSIAN AND ITALIAN
AID FOR SERBIA NOW
QUESTION FOR ALLIES
LEVER ACI 10 GO
TO SUPREI
Government Will Appeal from
Judge Hough's Decision.
HEFLIN'S
STATEMENT
Says Supreme Court Will Declare Law
Constitutional as Only the Title
and Number Originated In
the Senate.
Washington, Oct. 14. An appeal will
be taken from the decision of Federal
Judge Hough in New York yesterday
declaring the Cotton Futures Act un
constitutional, according to a state
ment today by Representative Heflin,
of Alabama, after a conference with
Department of Agriculture officials.
Mr. Heflin declared that department
officials and Attorney General Gregory,
whom he also saw, shared his opinion
that the act was constitutional and
that the Supreme Court would so de
clare. "The number and title were tho
only things about the bll that origi
nated in the Senate," said Mr. Heflin.
The measure as passed originated in
the House and was perfected by the
House committee on agriculture and
substituted for the Senate bill.
"Judge Hough held the act was un
constitutional because it originated in
the Senate."
FAITH IN SUPREME COURT.
Representative Lever Not Surprised at
Judge Hough's Decision.
Anderson, S. C, Oct. 14.- Represen
tative A. F.- Lever,1 one of the authors
of the Cotton Futures Act, declared un
constitutional by JRedetal Judge Hough,
in" New Y6rlr yesterday, said: ' ' "
" "From tne-"remarks bfrtrudgrTIoUgh
during the argument of the case be
fore him," said Mr. Lever, "I am not
surprised at the decision as bearing out
the best legal 'information' obtainable,
but I have faith in the Supreme Court's
decision on the bill. The first income
tax acts were unconstitutional, but we
now have an income, tax law.
"The break of more than $1.50 per
bale on the New. York cotton exchange
after the announcement of the decision
yesterday on the possibility of return
ing to the old system, is the best evi
dence of the Value of the act to the
cotton producer."
SENATOR SMITH'S STATEMENT.
On Decision Holding Cotton Futures
Bill Unconstitutional.
Atlanta, Oct. 14, Senator Hoke
Smith, in a statement on the decision
of Federal Judge Hough holding un
constitutional the Smith-Lever Cotton
Futures bill, declared today that it is
hardly probable that "the courts can
hold that the bill falls within the re
quirements of the constitution, which
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ELI
BE
CALLED IN
E
Not All in Favor of $400,000,-
000 for National Defense.
Congressman Kltchin One of Them.
He, Clark and Others, May be
Asked to Confer With Wilson
at the White House.
(Special" Star Telegram.)
Washington, Oct. 14. Plans are un
der way, it was learned today, to call
Speaker Clark, Majority Leader Claude
Kitchin and the heads- of all of the
large working committees of the House
to Washington for a conference to de
cide upon a legislative program to be
put through by the coming Congress
with special reference to the amount
of money to be appropriated for the
army and navy.
Representative Pou, chairman of the
House claims committe and ranking
member of the powerful rules commit
tee of the House, stated tonight that
he favored such a plan. Mr. Pou made
this statement after he had been in
conference with Postmaster General
Burleson, who, it is generally assumed,
speaks for the administration in mat
ters relating to legislation.
The President and even some of his
cabinet members have realized for a
long time that, in order to pass any
legislation of great importance, the
many factions must get together. Es
pecially Is this true with reference to
National defense. Reports from the
White House today indicate that the
President favors a total appropriation
for the army and navy of approximately
$400,000,000. There .are many Demo
crats, including Representative, Claude
Kitchin, the leader of the ' lower
branch of Congress, who will think a
long , time before they agree to any
amount in the neighborhood of this
figure. , . P. R. A.
ME COURT
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GOHNC
"WHOLE NUMBER 39,352
Russia is Willing, But Can't
Land Forces; Italy Can do
So, But Will Not.
SERBS FALLING BACK
Report That Russia Has Made
Request for the Passage of
Men Through Rumania.
Allied Attack on All German
Fronts Indicated.
London, Oct. 14. Sir Edward Grey,
the British foreign secretary, made a
long statement in the house of com
mons today on the situation in the Bal
kans, but as he dealt with the diploma
tic sidevof the question he added little
to the knowledge of the public and fail
ed to satisfy curiosity as to the prog
ress of the Anglo-French expedition
landed at Saloniki. He did say, how
ever, that Russian troops would co-op
erate "as soon as they were available."
The French premier, M. Viviani, had
more cheering news for the allied coun
tries when, in the French senate, he ex
pressed the belief that "the Allies can
count on Italian co-operation in tho
Balkans."
There is naturally much speculation
as to how Italian and Russian assist
ance will be afforded. Italy has a larga
number of troops available and the
means of moving them to the desired
spot, but Russia is handicapped In this
respect and there is an inclination here
to believe a report from Rome that Pe
trograd has asked Rumania to allow
Russian troops to pass through her
territory on the way to Bulgaria
Would Mean German Attack.
To ; grant such a request would be
construed by Germany as tantamount
to a definite alliance with the. entente'
Powers and would doubtless result in
jAustro-German troops attacking Ru
i mania. This, it is thought, might hap
pen anyway, as Germany has already
shown her displeasure at Rumania's re
fusal to allow munitions to pass
through Turkey, and now it is reported
that Germany has suspended the post
al service and is holding up all food
stuffs consigned to Rumania over Ger
man railways until ' Bucharest, mora
clearly defines its attitude toward the
Central .Powers.
These diplomatic questions are not
delaying the military operations. The
Austro-German and Bulgarian attacks
on Serbia are proceeding apace.
They are, however, meeting with stern,
resistance, the Serbians giving ground
only foot by foot. The extent of the
Bulgarian invasion up to the present,
according to a despatch from Nish,
consists of an advance over the frontier
at one point of a mile. With this ex
ception, says the report, the fighting
line remains intact and the railway
have not yet been reached.
Offensive in Dardanelles.
It is reported also that the Allies
have begun an offensive in the Dardan
elles to keep the Turks busy. Tha
Russians are continuing their attacks;
in Galicia in an effort to cldar the.
Austrians from the Rumanian frontier
and prevent them from sending any
further reinforcements against Serbia.
In fact, there appears to be a gen
eral attack on all the German fronts.
The British and French, Berlin relates,
have attacked in Flanders and Cham
ipagne, while the German official re
port of the campaign in Russia is a rec
ord of counter attacks against the;
Russians who are endeavoring to re
gain the initiative.
Even the Belgian coast is not ex
cepted, British monitors having agairv
been bombarding the German positions
along this coast.
"Ten German Steamers Sunk.
British submarines in the Baltic thus
far have sunk ten German orercarrying
steamers and have cpmpletely paralyze
ed the ore trade between Sweden and
Germany. This has caused some dis
satisfaction in Sweden and it is charged
that two steamers were sunk within,
Swedish territorial waters. But the;
British assert that they have been stu
diously observing international law,
and have been sinking only German
steamers.
BULGARIA DECLARES WAR.
Greek Government Notified of Action
Against Serbia.
Athens, via Paris, Oct. .14. The Bul
garian minister at noon today notified
the Greek government that Bulgaria
at 8 o'clock this morning declared war
on Serbia,' because a Serbian column
had attacked the Bulgarians near Kbs
tendil (Southwest Bulgaria) killing 70
men and wounding 500.
Advices received in diplomatic cir
cles are that German skilled workmen
have arrived ,at Varna, Bulgaria's
chief Black Sea port, from Constanti
nople to assemble submarines whlfch,
have been sent there in sections.
The Austrian Prince Windisch-Graeta
and his staff have arrived at Sofia.
REPULSE BRITISH ATTACK.
Germans Also Claim Check to Russians
and Capture Serbian Forts.
Berlin, via London, Oct. 14. Repulse
of a general attack by the British along
almost 'the whole front from Ypres to
Loos; the cheeking of the advance of
the Russian army in Eastern Galicia,
and the capture by Teutonic forces in
Serbia ' of . the fortified works to the
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