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THE WEATHER. :; ' 0 ' YOU can talk to more people in , a day through a Star Business Local' than you c6uld;talfc to;in a month in person. They "save time' and get results. VOL. XCVII-NO. 151 TVroHTOTON, K. C: WEDNESDAY ORKIKGi EBRXU.BY 23, 1916 WHOLE NUMBER 39,512 ITALIANS AFTER WEEKS OF POSITIONS OF IMPORTANCE TO TURN OVER TO ONE MAN ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO BLOCKADE OF GERMANY GEtJERAL BOARD'S DASHED INTO REAR OF STALLED FLYER Capture Mountainous Region of.fcallo and Ae Now Almost i Striking Distant of Trent-lyicioti Fiehtinff in Artois ' Region Again, Germans No Change on The Italians, after weeks dj haromer r' ing at the Austrian positions : -with their big suns, hav "captured the mountainous region of : Callo (Collo) in the Sugrana valley and also have occupied the towns of Roncegno and Bomhi. The Italians now "are almost within striking distance of one of their chief objectives of the war-7-the. city of Trent which lies, protected on the north, east and south by-A line of fort3, 15 miles Avest of the captured region. Again there has been vicious fighting to the -Artois region of France, iu Champagne and along both banks of the Meuse above Dun. To the east of Souchez, after a heavy : bombardment, the Germans attacked and captured 800 meters of French trenches and took seven officers and 319 men prisoners. So powerful was tbe attack that the Germans, seven battalions, J not , alone occupied first line trenches, 1 but' at points gained access- to- some'of the communicating trenches. .1 The French, by a -counter attack, it is officially announced by j Paris, suc ceeded in driving, out ;thel Germans from all but a. few of these positions, he Germans suffering ' heavy? casual -;ies. At Brabant-Sur-Meuse, the Ger mans also broke into the French trenches, but here again they were driven out and back to .their original positions. ' '; The entire crew of about" 22 men of the 'Zeppelin airship t which ,was shot 3own by the French near Brabant L.e Roi, perished in the flames which en veloped the airship . as jt fill from a height of 6,000 feet. ' Berlin admits the loss of this Zeppelin, . ' - Thers is no. change in the 'situation along the front in Ruspia and Galicia. The Russians are still pressing., the lurks naru in Armenia. ; t Erzernm Capture Miqiwiged. y '. Cstsntiattt,fii statement concerning the reversec to the Turkish arms at Enerurn says the retirement to positions west of i the fortress took place after the Turks had cstroyed positions -to the east-of Er--cram and also 50 old cannon which they could not take' with them. Dental is made that the Russians captured 1,000 cannon and 80,000 prisoners. A serai-official report from Berlin says the Senussi tribesmen from "West ern Egypt have captured several towns and are approaching the Nile river valley. . .. : " - Again th& Bulgarians and French have come in contact on the Greco-Serb frontier. The Bulgarians were. forced to retire after a lively engagement, leaving a half dozen . prisoners in the hands of the. French. ; - - A Japanese fleet having- with It a large number of aircraft, is reported to have arrived in the Mediterranean sea. according to Italian dispatches ; print ed in German newspapers. - Lord Robert Cecil. British. Under-Secretary for foreign affairs; is considered likely to be given the portfolio of Uockade minister, the government hav ing decided to create this new port folio in the cabinet and place full re MB 0PP0IIH(fS FAIL TO BE PRESEI1T i i . Attorneys for Boston Protest ants Absent at Time Named. Tnuwlay ton mf "Washington, Feb. 22- Attorneys for Extern protestants against coTiflrma n of Louis I. Brandeis as. associate iisUce of the Supreme Court failed to appear today when the Senate sub-, committee met to continue its inves tigation of the nomination, and tne tearing was adjourned until tomorrow. Austen G. Fox, representing tne Prot estants, told the committee last Friday M at he would provide a summary of ie charges he expected to prove and 1 ,:s;t of witnesses he wanted examined. The committee today summoned sev eral witnesses to testify .Thursday and Fri.Jajr. At the suggestion of Fox, made last week. Mark Sullivan and. Ell more C. Patterson, of Collier's Weekly. n.j Waddill Catchings,. of J. Tierpont "organ &. Company, were asked to apr , pfar Thursdair. On the same day Wil i'am S. Youngman and Charles F. Cho "?te, Jr., of Boston, attorneys mentioned lr' previous - testimony, ' will' be exam '"ifl. and on riday William J. Kelly, f Brooklyn, -also an attorney, 4 will '-Mify. - -. ,. Sullivan and Patterson " were sum r'ioned because . of suggestions that -h;ir publications paid Mr. Brandeis for appearing as attorney for Louis R. filavis in the ." Balllnger-Plnchot inves J'gation. Youngman was an attorney "' tbe Warren will case -and Choate trifj Kelly were employed ' In the New Inland railroad litigation. ' in Taking French Trenches. Russian Front. sponsibility for the blockade of Ger many and' matters connected with the British orders in council in the hands of a single individual. " turks; evacuate trebizoxd Russian Advance Alone Black Sea Ap proaehlKs: ' lett of ; RUeh ... London, Feb. 22. According . to spe cial dispatches from Petrograd. the Turks are said to , be . evacuating Thebizohd, the Russian advance along the Black sea havintr rM(.hiri tn with. in a; single day's march of, the port of u...-.'A consiaeraDie iorce or Turks from Erzerum is hastening towards Rizeh In the hope of finding the coast road open tp. Trebizond. : The Russians are moving rapidly to cut off thiB force. The only route now left , open -to, tin? Turks retreating westward is to Khar put, the dispatches say, from where they, might strike southeastward and join the Turkish . Bagdad forces by way' of Novo Alexandf-ovisk positions, is reported to have been wrecked and blown up a few days - ago. One hun dred soldiers are declared to have been killed or injured. REBELLION IN CAIRO. Reported by Overseas .News Agency as Appearing In Italian Paper. Berlin, Feb. 22. (By WireleBs) Re ports from Cairo of a rebellion that recently occurred among the reserves there are printed ' under the date o February 10 m the Italian paper LTOr dine. . says thfr " Overseas News Agency. "The reports state that 35 persons were killed and 40 wounded. -" "During the mutiny. It is declared, a British -major shot an Arab who. would not allow his shop to" be searched. "According to the advices there were ten executions in Cairo during -:" Jauu ary." . - , ... :. ; TURKS RETIRE FROM ERZERUM To Positions West of the Forirei De- stroyed Former Positions. "Berlin. Febl 22. (By Wireless) A Turkish, retirement to positions, west of Eraerum' is -announced by the Con '"-i?-!, i " ' tookj.lacays tteirtgjj! Vv- u .a ucma. uQwAm ... I which they "had occupied.-16 kilometers east : of - Erserum and. also destroyed 50 old. cannon which .could "not be trans ported. .The statement adds: L -v - 5 "Fantastic Russian reports , stating that 10,000 cannon and 80,000 prisoners had been taken at Erxertim. are un true. No combats took place 'in the vicinity -of Erxerum besides those in the positions mentioned. The forts of Erserum had no military value nor hadJ the town " itself.' AIR RAIDS OVER LOMBARD Y. Ma TJ JS? Report ea at Paints Attack. Berlin,.Feb. 22. (by Wireless to Say-ville)- Austrian air raids - over Lom bardy. with damage reported at- points attacked by the aviators, are announc ed by Austro-Hungarian army head quarters In today's official statement received hero.-"The statement says: - "There have been lively artillery combats oa the Isonxo front especially near Plava. .- ' - "An Austro-Hungarian squadron, at tacked factories in Lombardy. Two ae roplanes advanced as far as Milan 'for reconnoitering "purposes. Another air v Continued on Page Tvo. CHURCHES OF EIIGUIIID II Twelve Denoininationj Join in Resolution Adopted ArenWsfcsy m Wry Tt London, Feb. 22-MTnis conference Including; the "representatives of 12 Christian . denominations . in England and Wales, places on record the solemn conviction that tne evils resulting from strong drink are so crave and so hurt ful to tne 'moral and spiritual well fare i as to demand unremitting. and united endeavor on the part of tne Christian churches to remove them.". --"' This resolution, moved by the arch bishop of Canterbury, was adopted at a meeting in - London today convened by the temperance council of Christian churches. The - archbishop . of Canter bury, who presided, said every one was agreed that ifc was impracticable to look for aeneral legislation on temper- I ance, but that never bef ote' was there such wide recognition or;, tne urgent need for temperance. ; , - - General W. Bramwell Booth, of the Salvation Armyr jaid. the Judiciary of the country as a.- wnoie presentea a most pitiable and melancholy spectacle when, ., while 1 unanimously attributing an overwhelming part pf the crime and the poverty of the. people-to drinking, they went steadily ort making" provi sions for -'main talntng " facilities - for drinking, sometimes : even extending them by granting new licenses. - John : St. ' Loe Strachey, ; editor, ahd proprietor ' of The Spectator,, said that while the newspapers werefequired ' 5 (Continued on Page Twp.Jf X,vV. DEIIBUilGE UQUOR EVIL Incident to Rf -nzati tion of Munic mmission. ous PROCEEDINGS Thomas C. Ashcrof t, Capitalist and For V mer 'Newspaper Man, Finally Elected Ho Fill Unexpired ., Term of Mayor Crump. ' . Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 22. Reorgani zation of the Memphis municipal com mission "today gave the city four may ors 'within as many hours and resulted finally .in the election of Thomas C. Ashcrof t, capitalist "and former news piper man, as the head of the city gov ernment to serve the unexpired term of Edward H. Crump, which will- end in 1920. n;5;:, -: .' , - Crump, ousted from office last No vember on his technical admission of failure to enforce the prohibition and other state laws arid prevented from assuming office for a new term, were began January : 1 .pending a supreme court decision, was installed in office as mayor, at the .morning session of the commission, relieving W. ' T. Mc "Lain. Crump immediately '.resigned and R. A. Utley, who had been installed as vice mayor, assumed the' position ' vacated by Crump., Utley's tenure was" short, however, and while , papers in ouster proceedings againsV-him' were being prepared, he tendered vhis resignation at- the afternoon ; session of the com mission, and Ashcrof t was elected. - Utley was a n co-defendant with Crump in the ouster suit last Novem ber and had-been prevented - from "as suming office for a new term January 1, owing to the same conditions which held in the Crump case. The supreme court decision handed down ten days ago , held that Crump : and Utley were entitled to take office . for v the new terms, but", in another case held that failure XQ enforce the laws during 'a previous term might be made the basis for new ; ouster proceedings. - In view of. this: ruling; Criimpi and.Utjtey- retired. "After the election' of Ashcrof t as mayor, McLaln was elected vice-mayor and fire and police commissioner.- -G C. Love Is the only-member, -of 'the com-' mission named at the city-election .last ApriL 'the others having; been , elected . . O Ml M i II m r. mm .11m. ma '-Another development' today; -was the filing. of ousteij suits" against Utley. W. M. Stanton, ' acting city judge; T. J: Miskeai, City ; paymaster and Frank - J. Rice,, co-registrar.. Utley, Miskeai and Rice ".are charged, with ."knowing and wilful ' misconduct Jn. office; i violation of the statutes involving .moral turpi tude, and "failure to" use' their offices to waj outeJ from office, with Crump uphold the majesty-of--the law" Stan and Utley. last . November., The pre vious ejectment will be cited as a cause of removal now. The petitions, which w ava A 1 a1 1 v Ati v aal iAnraaan Fin r tV a tate attorney general "will, be heard In chancellery court February 28. The present tumult in -city and coun ty- affairs here - is the outgrowth of a newspaper crusade and the publication of allegations which chargod miscon duct in certain branches of both the governmental and judicial system. Much' of the criticism was against the admlnstration of Mr. Crump and Judge Jesse Edginton. of the first di vision of the county criminal court, in vestigation of charges against - Judge Edginton resuitea in tne , aoopnon oi resolutions by an organization of law - n aalrintr flnvmnr T. C Rve to call yers asking Governor T C. Rye' to call1 a special session of tbe legislature to : consider'-impeachment proceedings. Judge Edginton, .In t statement read from 1 the bench, declared the cnarges utterly were -without foundation and Invited to full investigation 01 nis om cial conduct. Bar Asseetatt Active, A committee of lawyers also was ap pointed at a meeting of the bar asso ciation to Inquire into the. efficiency of the second division of the county crim inal court, presided over by Judge James W. Palmer, and the office of the county attorney general, 55. Newton Estesv M ' Judge Palmer has since resigned. Is statement ne- declared erfttefems against his sdmlslstrstlon were un founded but tfeelared that, in view iff the crftSefsm, ne eonsMerea pis users- as a Judicial emeer isrsaireav tm (Continued on Fsge Tec) I THE DAY m CONGRESS - Met at noon Senator Johnson, of Maine, read Gen eral Washington' farewell address. Recessed at o'clock P. H. to noon Wednesday in respect to memory of Washington. BOUSE ' Met at noon. ' Representative Baker, of California, read General Washington's farewell ad dress. : f "Rear Admiral Badger testified before the Naval Affairs committee. Appropriations ' sub-eommltte com pleted report on legislative, executive and judicial bill. . ' s Resumed discussion of the postoffic appropriation bllL - : Adlourned at 4:55 P. M. to : noon Wednesday... '-.y . : "ELECTRIC CENTRE" . ' ' -Tomorrow night; when all of "the windows are dressed, be sure to go down town in your brightest inoodl and' look for "Electric Centre." , -, .. I,1 ; ' " . . 1 ' Stand in the most brilliant spot in' the South "and see if you cast a shadow. If you do, cast it just as far away as you can. If -you don't,'. go off and never try to cast. another. Object of Najr Building Pol icy F6irouIatJPm?1903, Says AdmimEadger. . j.--.-.' .y:1i - V2- 1.:.' HEARD BY COMMITTEE Present American Navy, Rank , ing Third, Efficient But In adequate in Size. WashingtQnr: Feb. 22-The object of the building policy formulated in 1903 by the Navy General" Board, it ' was disclosed today before the.' House nav al committee, was to keel the United states ahead or uermany in the race j tor navai supremacy. xne statement was made hy Read A4mlrai Charles J. Badger, a member of the general board, who explained that the policy had con templated a fleet of 49 flrBt' line bat tleships by 191 to accomplish its pur pose. -iv . . ; :," The statement did not gio In the rec ord of the hearing and Admiral Badger did not attempt to show ' why the board thought such a course necessary. The admiral was replying to a suggestion that the object of the old policy aban doned this year by the board for the first time was to keep the ' American navy in second place.--While that was the effect it had, he said the real object was to keep "ahead of -Germany. This year the board fixed-'as' its poli cy the creatioV by '1925? of a- , fleet equal to the ' most powerful afloat at' that time. .The committee id not go into the bo'ard's reasons for "changing its ideas beyond drawing out - the ex planation that the board r believed a fleet 10 per ccntf superior tov any fight ing force that . vihight;' bei brought against it would be .. necessary ' to in sure against invaslon of 'American sdil by an enemy. i i -,?" t-:--.? .-Wluit-twe Xeoi- 1 -.Under 'uestipning-: by;jtiK3r"&sentatiye UBFAamim waager'itaijroi-con hadghfs and: eight battla-cruisera; would place the navy on a bar with the capi tal ' ships of -the -Germawfleet today. Germany pow has 22 dreadnaughts and eight battle cruisers," he said, accord ing . to the' -best available - information, while the United. States has, all told. 19 , ships of the dreadnaught fclass built or building." " To equal' -' Great ' Britain's probable fleet within two years, Admiral Badger said tne United States would be oblig ed to havea total of 40 dreadnaughts,. 15 battle cruisers," 25 swift scouting craft. 200 submarines" and 250 destroy ers. He w.as not favoring such a pro gramme, ""but merely . answering ques tions of Representative Butler. . Such a fleet would not be 'built in two years, he added, though ;it might be constructed In four.'. . Representative Butler said construc tion experts, of the navy had told the committee -that maximum' number of capital . ships that could be laid down at one time in the United States was 22 and mat they ' could be completed in two years if the skilled labor could be found. ; Admiral Badger thought th armor outnnt would not nermit such l rapid construction and Representative jButler agreed, saying he had been told "v. .1.. - ..11. . n. U J t UIO Slt4&! T V IW government" that the maximum pos sible output .was 64,000 tons a year, or enough to equip eight or nine heavy ships. .- '' . - . Chairman Padgett remarked that ar mor manufacturers had told the inves tigating commission last year that they could . produce only 28,000 ' tons annually. In urging a great increase fn the fleet. Admiral Badger said he did not wish to be understood as saying me present force w not a thoroun?y efficient one. "1 don't went fo gfve the Imtfefin7 he said, "that our flet t ne good The only treubU trftk It t tht It M net in enougs fy possitniitus, itt a mood fleet, well drilled, well edtilp ped ssd w ergn4d, W r neir prepared Just a Mesr our powtr win permit s to Wf. Moro powor means mere snips ' Resardlna tne ore( Pises r me United (sts nest among tbe nsrUs of the world. Admiral Bmdmor said be classed ft as third In UghUng pow er, with France s, close fourth. I think we are wo, " ne said, "Ja pan Is coming along hut has a good deal to do to equal our fleet. In mili tary power dgntfng emeieney l think we are a pretty good third with France not far behind." The Five-Tear Pregrsnnne, Representative Kelly questioned Ad miral Badger as to net results of the five-year building programme advocat ed by President Wilson. He asked if ft actually meant any Increase whatever over the old congressional policy of two capital ships a year. The admiral was inclined to think not, but later agreed with a statement of Represen tative Callaway that under- the old two-shlps-a-year programme. It would take eight years . to authorise 14 ships and at least 11 years to build them (Continued' on age Ten.) Local Train, at 40Mile Speed, Crashes Into Express WRECK ON NEW HAVEN Nine Persons Killed, 15 Injured, as Re - suit Probably of Disregard of Cau - tionary Signal nvestiga- - . tlon is Under Way. Milford, Conn., Feb. 22. Disregard of a, cautionary signal probably was re sponsible for therear-end collision on the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, near here, today, in which nine persons lost their lives and fully, 15 were injured, according to Charles C. Elwell, of the Connecticut public util ities commission. The state's' investiga tion already is under way, but inasmuch as four -railroad employees, the most important witnesses, were killed, it will be difficult to fix responsibility, Mr. Elwell said. Two passengers, a man and a woman, were killed instantly, when a local train running at forty mllesr on hour crashed into the rear xt the Greenfield express, which had - been stalled be cause of a broken-air hose. . Two other passengers died in hospit als to which they were taken. ThH official theory of the accident is that the engineer, of th'e local disre garded or failed to see the cautionary signal and could not make his brakes hold when he came iu sight of the dan ger signal. " . One of the heroes of the wreck was George L.' Touriteilette, "flagman, sent back from the stalled.train, 'who; sVod in the path of the approaching! local. frantically waving his red flag until.es cape was impossible, and he. was killed under the engine wheels. . .' .r Both , trains were well - filled with passengers. Among the -injured were many Yale graduates returning to New York after attending alumni day at New Haven, several of them being prominent as - athletes. On the local wore several members of the:-Sons of the American7 Revolution, who, were- on their way to Bridgeport tb attend in- as' the express and local collided, com pleted the wreck. Shattered coaches hurled against" the box"? cars, perilled them and cars of all three trains rere piled up. Passengers were buried un derneath .heaps of splintered wood and twisted iroru. The boiler of- the local's locomotive exploded. The - bodies of the, engineman and fireman were found underneath the wreckage. DENIES THAT SWEDEN HAS ASKED AMERICA TO PROTEST Statement Issued In Stockholm Denies Recent Wnshf ngton Report. London, Feb. -23. A dispatch to Renter's from Stockholm says the fol lowing semi-official statement has been issued in the Swedish capital: In -view of -repeated statements in the American papers that . Sweden re quested the United States to call a conference of neutral countries to pro test the dislocation of commerce result ing from the Allies' blockade of Ger many, we at-e authorized to state that these reports are without any foun dation." A dispatch from Washington Febru ary 17 gave the text of a communica tion delivered to Secretary of State Lan sing by the Swedish minister appealing to the United States for co-operation with Sweden and other neutral nations to maintain the preservation of the roles of international law concerning the pro tection of neutral commerce ahd navf' gfttien. Action was parlleulafly pro posed against drest Britain because of the detention of mslf by that twtiitf snd other gffl6ns sgslntt Ifsde which were regarded hy Sweden warranied hre(err iMt..f,g, Ih 6vmM 44' sd, fNfefmed thd Swedish minialif h( he eovM gi no nwr to iHo t until lh 4tnrmrf wUH Htminy ovor in tm4 w tm m. MhThHWM ffKKT WOW Copenhagen, via London, Feb, 11, German uwpnpr print dis patches from Italy stating thai a Japanese fleet has arrived safely In the Mediterranean sea, together with a number of aircraft. Two Jspenese steamers have been torpedoed and ' sunk In the Medi terranean, tbe liner Tasaka Maru and tbe freighter Kenkoku Maru. . On January 2 announcement was made at Toklo by the SlJI Sbimpo that a squadron of Japanese war ships was to be dispatched to tne Sues canal, presumably for the pur pose of protecting- Japanese ship ping. The armored cruisers Kas uga, Tokiwa and Chitose were men tioned as having been assigned to this service. New Member of British Cabinet to be Known as Blockade Min ister-War Heretofore Conducted by 21 Amateurs, Who Know Nothing About It, Declares Baron Beres ford in Maiden Speech Lansdowne Replies. "London, Feb. 22.- The government, through the Marquis of Lansdowne, an nounced in the House of Lords to night that it had decided to turn over all matters conneoted with the block ade of Germany to one man who would rank as a full fledged cabinet minis ter. It is understood that the new post will go to Lord Robert Cecil, who, since the formation of the coal ition government, has been under sec retary for foreign affairs. He will re tain this post, joining the cabinet as blockade minister. The new minister will be charged with the administration of the order in council regulating the blockade as well as responsibility for the general poli cy and practice - of the government with respect to trade passing into or from neutral countries. Lord Robert Cecil Is a lawyer of wiae experience and a young man, as members of the British cabinet go In the foreign office he has been inti mately concerned with the blockade operations particularly in the relations in matters touching belligerent and neutral rights. " His elevation in the cabinet will give - these unionists an other representative in the coalition counsels. 5 The whole question of the blockade was threshed out at considerable length in the . house of lords this ev er.ing, Baron Sydeham and ; Baron Beresford making the principal ap peals for a stricter blockade,' -while the Marquis of Lansdowne and Baron Buck master defended "the" government. Beresford Epigrammatic It was Baron Beresford's maiden speech in the house of lords and his plea was spirited : and epigrammatte, contrasting with the usual som&re,, ui tra-dignified debates of ; the .. upper house.-',s' ;,- ... v -i':. .V' "There is some doubt,". , he begin. whether the government i isfi going-1 about its task in ;the , right way VA war .; was never- won ny, oraera lp xioyn Cil or proclamations -but by hard ltr tinev If we want to bring Gerns.-ny to. her; Hneesi jw .jmHM exercise jhe, blockade ' powwtfouKWY sary to hav a. policy ahd turn ltr,'jr to the navy and let thevnavy.eufc e it," ' . ' : Lord Charles Beresford, , trt,' n. V. created a, baron by King George Vjjpvtr recent Ne wUeiars.-Jionors, maX-r, t speech In -the jhouse. of lords .tayr Rarn nSvdenha.mS motion C 1 taai--"-il conformity with the.- principles !of i f ternatlonal law and the 4f-ltlmaie:au8ee thought we dtxi gtt rishts of " neutrals, more effte ctive use could be made of jthe .- allied ileets, la preventing" supplies directly; or ducive to. the prolongation-of- tJielw from reaching the enemy.; . -, fA Baron Sydenham spoke briefiyif? He was followed by Baron Beresfd, who said: -. - .. . - VrC.'- ,if we had asserted, our rights and used our .' seapower properly -the war would be over now. Even at present we tiave only a sort of blockade car ried out by proclamation, orders in council, agreements and committees. Wars are not won by proclamations ahd orders in council "but by fighting and that is what we should do. ."The war is being conducted by 21 amateurs who know nothing whatever about it. The basis of success in a war Is foresight, and how can mere ama teurs have foresight? - The manage ment of the war has been worse since FLOOD SOUS PEWITM CELIEf Appcd b Pcrvrudci to Coy , crnor H&iS of LouUhna May he Frrerslrtf II M Hrllrrr Bfttrr (UUr9 1 Utrtfee org Ivs1ffa, New Orleans, Fep, tlA petition eigned hy Oak Orove and Wert Carroll parlahera was forwarded to Oovernor Hail tonight from Baton Rogue, asking tor immediate relief for I floor sufferers in the way of food. clothing and shelter. It stated that tbe people fn that section were "entirely destitute." Oak Grove is about 30 miles below the Arkansas line. Providing fair weather continues. It was believed a break in tbe Mississippi river levee at South wood, IS miles be low Baton Rouge, could be prevented. The 'Frisco railroad . tracks were re sorted tonlarht to be under water for a distance of 10 miles in the Atchafal aya swamps. A desperate fight Is being made .to keep the water out of the business section of Rayvllle, in Kicniana parisn. A break in the levee from the pres sure of high water In the Boeuf river was reported to have Inundated the residence section and threatened the business district. Efforts were being made tonight to build up the embans ment but It was stated little progress was being made. Conditions Better la Berth. Natchez, Mice. , Feb. tV Brighter prospects for assistance for tbe ma rooned Inhabitants of the flooded sec tion of northern Louisiana gave those engaged In relief work In this die- - (.Continued on Fag Two.) 60 the - coalition ministry v was formed. . Brilliant retreats will not win the war; let us get this thing on its proper basis. v . ' . . i "These orders in council may b statesmanship buts they are not war and they are not likely to win-the war. I would allow-nothing whatever to go . into Germany, not even luxuries. -. I ' would abolish1 the distinction .between absolute and conditional contraband. I would extend- the doctrine of continu ous; voyage , to all contraba-nd. .- The -war -.would- be irun by five cabinet ministers, without departmental duties. The ' longer,, we have civilian control of the operations of the war, the more l disasters we shall ' suffer." ? Lansdowne Replies ' N The Marquis . of Lansdowne replied to Lord Beresford ' point by point. "The : conduct", of the war," he said, , , "is already in the , hands of a small committee,', and so far .as the conduct of -. the war is concerned, has never since it was created been hampered by the Interference", of , the ', civilian members . of the cabinet. - , . , 'It is by no means true that there : has been anything "approaching a uni versal increase In the quantity of goods passed to neutral countries in the past year.' 1. maintain 2 that the .filtration of goods to the', enemy through neu tral countries is showing a marked, ten dency to diminish, - owing to the meas ures the government has taken. Ex perienced , officials say that practically np commodities , of military importance , are now being imported into neu- -tral -countries above the amount' legi- . tlraately required for home corisump-. tlon. :. 1". .. . -.J . ' '?Qur blockade has accomplished soma ve.ry : satisfactory results and I thlnlc ' : the :-. cabinet" scarcely deserves to, be stigmatized as it was1-the other day. as feeble-: and -nerveless. Our "nerveless - policy,. has killed German export trade". ! and' seriously crippled her. , , J ' V,4!! sometimes wish the people of, tiis " ceuntrv could have?experienee, vsay for a fortnight of '-f the: conditions prevail ing pow in Austria' and Germany, - I am satiafiedt that r,we .would . then hear no more ofthis italki about tbei govern- - rnent. sitUng ; wjth,. 1 oJded ---hands . doing ; governmnt'sposltion as follows:,,; .Although the principles of Interna- . tlonal !law are flexible .aftd. capable of growth- andhange,' we cannot in this ' great struggle be too sensitive in con sidering what those principals really are.i ' We should certainly have lost, if A when, tne war ended, it cotild be urged that .under , stress of;necessity ana oe- B.n advantage, we-had used the power Jff posses to infringe the legitimate ights of neutral peoples. t .rw would rather have it recogniz ed eyerywhere that the rights of neu trals were nevr fo.safe as under the ppwer of the British fleet. 7 ' I V. SAlLIlf G AGA1K POSTPONED. STrenen Liner Espague Wot to. Leave - i V:Hevr York Before PWday New , York, Feb 22. ' The saving 6f the French Line . steamship Espagne, which bad. been postponed from today until tomorrow, has been put off 'until Friday, Officials of . the line said to day that the postponement bad no con nection with warnings received by pas sengers r.ot to sail by the Espagne, In view of the contemplated . renewal of German submarine activities. I, - - in -' i OB CI ROE o(i;cEniHi::oio;i -- f.!rr Tba I CD Bins Vllb Bli. tlnzuWhzi Vnnzlzmm ; ty$$$99 f ft fliuwrt UmtHtif rrh4r lr Rrlailtue ilflf Wriwrrg tw Amrrif f ntl frrprh Parle, Veb, $fVfiwrd ot M Amt fw lean dined tonight with a number pf 4Stf Bfrnlf had Frenchmen and their gaeeta on tje occasion of Washing ton's birthday, The French -govern-merit waa represented by Baron Denye Cochin, member of (he cabinet with out portfolio,' and who is known as .the great citizen of Paris, The foreign of fice was represented by Count Peretta de a Bocca, former secretary of the French, embassy at Washington. Among the others I n attendance were -General Pierre Cherflls, Paul LeBoy Beaulleu, member of the institute; Jo seph Relnach,. member of the chamber of- deputies;-.. Jean Cruppi, . .uonei Maury and M. Henri-Roberts. JurUts; Jean Flnot, director of LaRevue, and Frantz Jourdaln, the architect. Laurence V. Bennet, president of tne American Chamber , of Commerce in - Paris, who presided, referred to tne love and 5 sympathy of the American people for the people of France as not a mere hazy tradition, but as real, ar dent and pronounced. " - . Mr. Bennet proposed the single toast of the evening, which was to the mem ory of Washington and of his compan ions tn arms, to France and to America, to the president of the French repub lic and to tbe President of the United Btatea. -1 - ' " ' Bron Cochin. In responding to too (Continued eg Pago Two.) InothiiikiJ;'--': L d.--j:rX'::-rr . V.
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 23, 1916, edition 1
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