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5i 1 V. WEATHER. W J OLID AY advertising begun -I M now will yield largest re turns as the buying becomes more general. Get wise to opportunity. Fair, slightly warmer, Monday; rain nirUt or Tuesday. Colder Tuesday .e2t portion. mi VOL. XCIX-KO. 77. WILMINGTON, N. C, MONDAY MOBNING, DECEMBER 11, 1916 WfiOLE NUMBER 39,791 J' ' " I .11 - I I I I I. -" I ' - ' - I.I . . I. ,,. ..jj. . ',. " CRITICAL MOMENT IN GREEK SITUATION IS NOW BELIEVED NM American Minister in Conference With 'King Constantine For More Than an Hour. ENTENTE NATIONALS LEAVE Ordered by Their Lgations to Quit Athens Saturday Allied Ultimatum Probable. RUMANIANS STILL RETREAT Forces Southeast of Bucharest Threatened by Bulgars. Athens, Saturday, Dee. 9, (via London, Dee. 10.) The situation bcre is believed to be approaching critical moment. Garret Dropprs, the American minister, was in conference with Ring Constantine more than an hour today. The Spanish minister hns left for Valencia, ostensibly on leave of absence, placing the lega tion in the hands of the charge d'affaires. AH i-'n Entente nationals have been ordered by their legations to quit Athens today. London, Dec. 10. "It is under stopd on reliable authority that an ultimatum will be presented" to Greece on Sunday," says Renter's Athen correspondent,' telegraph ins under Saturday's date. Thp British and Russian minis ters had an audience with the king today and subsequently the; king rniir-moned the American minister. The personal baggage of the En tenie diplomatists have been sent to Piraeus." Little fighting except by, the artillery Is in progress on ,any fronts except in humama. Here the TeutWic Alii &sa- cording to Berlin, are still making progress in Eastern Walla.chia. Petro grad asserts, however, that the Ruman ians northeast of Bucharest, along the road runrmig from Ploechti and Buzeu, have turned on the offensive and driv en the Austro-Germans back eastward. To the imrth along the Transylvania- . F.v.mar.i? frontier, Peirograd reports crogrefs for the Russian troops and Berlii admits the capture by the Rus sians of a height south or the irotus vail-"?". Tlirentenlns Bulgar Movement. A reave by the Bulgarians which may prove a menace to the Rumanians re treating eastward from the Bucharest region, is reported by' Berlin. This is the crossing the Danube between Silis tria and Tchernavoda, southeast and east of Bucharest. If it was made in large force, seemingly ' in impediment will be placed in the way of the re- tirement of the Rumanians and possible Eome of them may be caught between the Austro-Germans moving east and the Bulgarians driving north acrosi their line of retreat. Semi-official advices from. Berlin say that the Rumanians have lost approxi mately 112,000 men made prisoner since Rumania's entry into the war, "and suf fered casualties estimated at aboui On Western Front. Aside from a German attack In the vose;es region near Col Sainte Marie, which was repulsed by he French, and the re-capture bv the Germans of a sap in Champagne the French had entered a'ter its evacuation only bombardments ar.d minor engagements have taken Place alons thp linp In "Prance and Bel gium. Berlin records the renulse bv the Teutonic Allies of a heavy attack by Tne tntante troops north and east of -onastir, Serbia, while Paris renorts the" Caritlirf hv tY, month of Seres, Greece, of Turkish positions. A-vio,ent bombardment is in prog ress east of Gorizia and on the Carso PJateau of the Austro-Italian theatre, fiehtint; in the mountain regions is Seven More Ships Sunk. three Norwegian and one Spanish. Ger many hqs admitted the sinking by a 'marine of the 9,223-ton British nier Caledonia, which was recently pnrteri as believed to have been sunk, ne ( ;.lpclonia, it is asserted, attempted ' ram the submarine, which was -sntly damaged. The Caledonia's --"inaviriPr Germans. was made prisoner by the ni MTn IAAS HAVE LOST; ALL r JOI D, MORE THAN 400,000 MEN "in. i)eC. 10. (via SnvvlllAl Th( ar";n have lost annroximatelv 'lien in nrisnnprs sinra TliimaTi. entered the war, or about one-sixth army, besides suffering cas- CS'I OA A AAA 'eas v v ( v 5 Agency today. Jt.nniy has this loss to the Rum- "'niis results i, font' iH me campaign, victi,-uev the writer. b"t the Teutonic the campaign, E. of. the front by about 550 kilomet (!o'n'r n,ore than 340 miles. The area 5r-Z he Teutonic armies is quare kilometers, or quare miles. We' -f;erman losses are declared to armv ''e"n astonishingly small. One a3li"lt .'I)S which made 8,000 prisoners, ar;,, "S iR calculated to have been cPo i for 6'000 casualties in the ks 'n ranks' had "self considerably Witjo 3P" 1,000 casualties, writes the catm.1Tr"iti0, who also instances the the Teutonic forces duriner 'Cont inue on rase Eight). CAHftDIMIfflGIlT INDIAN FASHION Primitive Methods at Times Are Used in the Battles on the Somme Front. NUMBERS OF TRENCH RAIDS Artillery Does the Work During the Day But at Night the Opposing Forces . Engage In Hand-to. Hand Combat (Copyright 1916 By Associated Press) With the British Armies in France, Dec 7, via London, Dec. 9. From a staff correspondent of the Associated Press) The present phase of the fight ing along the British front may be classed as essentially impersonal ny day, but intensely personal, not to say intimate, by night. During the short gay winter day light, big guns back of the fighting lines hurl tons of high explosives against the German positions. The tar gets are far away ana on thick,- misty days the results of this continued, har hassing fire are conjectured rather than seen. This is the impersonal side of war. With the coming of night, however, all is changed. Then men mee.t face to face and hand-to-hand and primi tive methods of mortal combat come again into play in the midst of all the modern machinery and genius of war. Trench raids are carried out by the Eritish in great numbers. Few of these raids ever gain the distinction of mention ih the- offlctat communica tions but in the aggregate they rep resent . a nocturnal offensive which yields most satisfying military resulte. Not only is there a comulative effect upon the German casualty list, but many prisoners are taken and useful information obtained. Styles in trench raiding change from totime. Just now the popular method seems to be to bombard a given sec tion of a trench and then set up a barrage of curtain or shells, behind which the raiding party crosses that perilous strip of shell-ploughed ground known as "No Man's Land". The raiders dash into the trench, clear it of its defenders in any way the exigencies require and then dash home again for shelter from the inevitable retaliatory shell fire from the Ger mans. Many raiders come in dragging hapless prisoners with them. These same English Tommies or Canadians or Australians a few minutes later may be sharing" in their hot midnight ra tions with the very men who, by good fortune or quick decision escaped the fury of their deadly onslaught. Later, these prisoners are passed back be hind, the- lines to join their brethren from other raids. There was a time when the Canadi ans carried out raids in true American Indian fashion. Small parties would creep snake-like over "No Man's Land", cut their way. through the barbed wire entanglements and lie in wait just behind the parapets of the trenches where they could hear all that was said and all that was going on within. Often it would take two or three hours to get across "No Man's Land." There have been many instances where, af ter work of this cnaracter, hot coca has been sent out to raiders lying un der the German parapets, to warm them and refresh them for the attack. On raids of this sort men are allowed to choose their own weapons. Few take revolvers and none rifles. Rather terrifying trench knives have been in vented for the work, but hammers prove the handy and popular weapon. There are often cases where raiders refweh over, grab some half asleep Ger man by the back of the neck, haul him out and hustle him to the home line without disturbing the peace of the stilly night. The captured men have been too startled to utter ah outcry until'means have been take nto prevent them from doing so. Service on trench raids is purely voluntary. One of the greatest troub les commanders have is to select a limited party from the excess of vol unteers. Some men volunteer time af ter time, but often have to wait their turn while others are given an oppor tunity. Night life along the front lines is weiredly picturesque. They are flares, flares, flares, as far as the eye can reach bursting into brfef brilliance and then leaving the night darker than ever.. The slightest unusual movement or suggested alarm sets veri-colored signal rockets hissing from the. trench es. Then comes the sputtering voice of the vlscious machine guns, spray ing steel-jacketed pellets of death. When driven back to new positions, the Germans endeavor to take advant age of dark nights to "wire themsel ves in," some times building barbed barriers eight feet high and to a depth of many feet, all the tangled' mass be ing affixed to 'iron posts. Sometimfes the Britis also have work ing parties out. There have been cases where watchful flares have closed ene my -parties busily engaged, very -near each other. Through, some unfathomed code of trench honor these parties of ten are undisturbed until one or the other finishes the task it has in hand. Then it-- is considered- entirely ethical (Continued On rage Two.) ESS TO GET DOWN TO ACTUAL Two Houses Moved Slowly Last Week While Legislation Was Being Whipped in Shape. SEVERAL BILLS IN SENATE Immigration Measure May Be Put Through Hurriedly Saulsbury May Succeed Clarke. Washington, Dec. 9. Both branches of the Congress moved slowly during the opening week of the short session while legislation was being whipped into shape, but they will get down to actual work this week. The programme in the Senate is some- wnat uncertain, dependent upon a meeting of the Democratic Steering icommittee tomorrow. While the Inter state Sommerce committee is deliberat ing on plans for expediting the Presi dent's railroad legislative programme, three measures are ready for immediate consideration. They are the District of Columbia Prohibition bill, Immigration bill and Corrupt Practices measure. Corrupt practice legislation probably will be displaced temporarily by the Immigration bill in the Senate tomor row and with its literacy test prpbably will past the Senate without prolonged discussion, despite th eprobability that jit may meet another presidential veto. The prohibition bill for the District of Columbia is to be urged at every op portunity by Senator Sheppard, learning the fight for the Democrats, and Sen ator Kenyon for the Republicans. Its passage by the Senate before the March adjournment is regarded as very prob able. , - Senate Democrats will, caucus tomor row" to ehoosea. successor.' to -the- late Senator Clark as president pro tempore. Senator Saulsbury, of Delaware, is the mnet aMUro xnnrllJo try V.a hn'rtnanA his friends say he has enough .votes pledged to assure his election. The cau. cus will also consider the legislative programme. Proposed railway legislation having been shelved for the present by the House, that branch probably wll, do little excpt routine work until after the Christmas recess. President Wilson's vocational educa tion bill, the first administration meas ure to be considered at the present ses sion, will be called up tomorrow and Chairman Hughes, of the Education committee, hopes that it will pass be fore night. The purpose of the meas ure is to help state schools teaching agriculture and trades by meeting teachers' salaries in part and establish ing schools for the development of in structors in these branches. Littleop- position is expected. Chairman Lever, of the. Agriculture committee, hopes to get his cotton standardization bill through this week. This measure, supported by the solid South and many members from other sections, was not reached last session, but has an early place on the calendar. Much routine business will be trans acted before Christmas if Speaker Clark has his way. He has not abandoned his fight for a shorter Christmas recess. STEAMER BRITANNIA SUNK 15; RE MISSING Captain of British Craft Made Prisoner By Submarine. Twenty-Three . Survivors of the Ship Landed at Lisbon Spanish Steam er Bravo Sunk Others are Damaged Lisbon, Dec. 9. (via Paris, Dec The British steamer Britannia 10.) has been sunk by a submarine. The cap tain was made prisoner. Twenty three survivors of the crew have ar rived here, while 15 are missing. ' TWO STEAMERS ARE SUNK AND TWO OTHERS DAMAGED London, Dec. 10. Lloyd's shipping agency announces the following: The British steamer Brittannic of 1,"- 814 tons is believed to have been sunk. The British steamers Harlington, 1,000 tons gross, and Harlyn, 3,459 tons gross, have been damaged. The Spanish steamer Bravo, of 1, 214 tons gross, Jias been torpedoed. The crew was landed. TWO NORWEGIAN STEAMERS ARE SUBMARINE VICTIMS Quimper, France, Dec. (via London, Dec 10. The, Norwegian steamers Mo dum and Falk have been torpedoed, but their crews were saved. Berlin, Dec. 10. (via Sayville). Em perior William has returned from a visit to Emperor Charles The German Emperor, who was accompanied by Field Marshal vpn Hindenburg, visited the Austrian - Emperor in his- cac at Austro-Hungarlan headquarters. GO GR WORK WEEK WEDOToSs SEEN OFF AZORES Vessel in Middle of Steamship Lane, According to Message From Allied Cruiser. ENTENTE SHIPPING WARNED Captain of British Steamer at Sa vannah Tells of Message Re ceived by Wireless. New York, Dec. 10. A heavily armed steamship with torpedo tubes has been sighted about 500 miles north of the Azores in the middle of the steam ship lane, according to a wireless warn ing flashed tonight to merchant vessels of the Entente Allies by a British or French cruiser lying off Sandy Hook. The message, which was first sent in English and. then in Italian, said: "Sighted 7 A. M., December 4, longi tude 27.57, west, latitude 48,45 north, a steamer of about 4,000 tons, 350 feet long and 45 feet beam. Vessel well armed and fitted with torpedo t!es. Had on.e short, broad funnel and two masts. Steamer probably high speed. Take all precautions." BRITISH CAPTAIN TALKS OF MESSAGE OF WARNING Savannah, Ga., Dec. 10 That Entente shipping on the Atlantic is being warn ed of a mysterious vessel, thought to be a German raider, lurking near the trans-Atlantic lanes, was the assertion made'today by. Captain Roberts, of the British steamer HeUopolis, which dock ed here early today to take on a cargor of cotton. . . CaptainRoberts said that-while pro ceeding to" Baltimore for coal he receiv ed his Jfilrst warning by wiresfi fr.on a British patrol boat. On reaching Balti more, he said, he was warned by the British COnSUl theTC ai me xjrmsn consulate nere touay, n was admitted, although attaches were loath to discuss the subject, that warn ing was being given all Entente vessels not equipped with wireless immediately on their arrival here. GER3IAN WAR SUBMARINE SEEN OFF VIRGINIA COAST Norfolk, Va., Dec. 10. That a Ger man war submarines was cruising off the Virginia coast ten days ago was the report brought to Norfolk by members of the crew of the U. S. S. Peoteus which arrived in Hampton Roads late today. : When the German submarine was sighted it was about 100 miles east of the Virginia coast and was headed in a westerly direction. The naval auxiliary and the U-boat kept in sight of each other for an- hour but the submarine made no effort to halt the Peoteus. The officers declined to deny or affirm the story. Vork, Dec. -10. (via London, Dec. 11) Two hundred Sinn Feiners stopped a charitable performance tonight given in behalf of the families of soldiers of Cork. They sang Sinn Fein songs and shouted: "Up rebellion! Down recruit ing!" EPSTEIN IS CLEARED OF CHARGE OF MURDER Jury Returned Verdict of Not Guilty Yesterday Morning. Sister of Leonard Edwards, Who Was Killed by Epstein, Testified Defend ant Was Being Choked When He Fired the Fatal ShofV (Special Star Correspondence). Goldsboro, -N. C, Dec. 10. Hyman Epstein, charged with the murder of Leonard 'Edwards in this city last April, was today declared not guilty' by the jury selected to try- the case in Wayne Superior court: At 10:30 o'clock this morning the, jurymen filed into the court room, and when .questioned by Judge Stacy, who presided at the trial, if they had reached a verdict, the foreman stated that they had. When asked with the formal ques tion, guilty or not guilty," the fore man again rose and with a solemn voice said "not guilty." The. following men composed the jury: W. A. Jernigan, Milliam Uzzell, L. B. Smith, R. Q. Brown, Albert Price, J. J. Aycoek, R. B. Hooks, John Allen, Larry Aycoek, Edward Vail, Ad. Hosea, J. W. -Hosea,- the latter two brothers, merchants of Btikeville. The verdict came as a big surprise to many, but counsel for the defendant w.er,e hopeful of acquittal when Miss Judith Edwards, a sister of Leonard Edwards, and about whom the killing occurred, gave more extended testi mony than at the first trial, andMt is now thought that had she given the same testimony at the first trial the verdict would have been the same as rendered today. .'- following the- verdict this morning Judge Stacy then placed the defendant (Continued from Page One.); Submarine Liner Reaches Home Port In Safety Vessel Arrived at Noon Yesterday Completing Her Voyage From New London, Conn., in Nineteen Days Is Second Trip German Craft Made Successfully. Berlin, Dec. 10, "(via Sayville). The German under-water merch Deutschland, completing a quick home trip from the United States, arrived at noon today off the mouth of the Weser. The arrival of the Deutschland at a German port marks the successful com pletion of the second round trip of this,1 commercial undersea boat to the Unit ed States. On her voyage just finished she made the passage in 19 days, hav ing left New London, Conn., on Nov ember 21 This bettered considerably the record of her previous eastward trip, which, starting from Baltimore, took her 23 days. Her two westward voyages occupied, respectively, 16 days and 21 days. The Deutschland, which is the' only commercial craft of her type that has succeeded in reaching this country from Germany, her sister ship, the Bremen, having been lost on her outward voy age, was torced to make two starts from New London -on this return trip. On her first attempt on Novemher 17 she collided with an escorting tug, and had to put back to port. She was not DELEGATES ARRIVE BY THE HUNDREDS Southern Commercial Congress Begins at Norfolk Today and Lasts Four Days. WILL BE GRAND OCCASION About, a Hundred Addresses Will Be Made by Speakers of Prominence Atlantic Fleet Mobilized for the Event Norfolk, Va., Dec. 10. Hundreds of delegates were gathering here tonight for the eighth annual convention of the Southern Commercial Congress, which begins tomorrow and continues through Thursday. International re--construction the official theme will be discussed by government and state officials, foreign diplomats, manufac turers, exporters and planters. Most of the hundred or more speakers were ex pected to stress the part the United States and particularly South, must play in the re-building of Europe and the re-arranging of the world's com merce when the war ends. Incident to the gathering of the con gress, special services were held in the churches of Norfolk today and tonight, the pastors preaching on "Character the Basis of International Re-Construction." Organizations which have been call ed to meet with the congress include the House of Southern Governors, the Southern Cotton Congress, the organi zation of Southern Commercial Secre taries, the Womens Auxiliary of the Southern Commercial Congress the Na tional Association of Commissioners of Agriculture; the American Commission on Agricultural Organization, a con ference on agricultural immigration and labor, called by Secretary of Labor Wilson, and conference on commercial education In relation to foreign and domestic commerce. Senator Fletcher, of Florida, presi dent of the Congress will open the con vention and will preside at most of the meetings. Secretary of State Lansirtg will speak at the first session after the ad dresses of welcome by Mayor Wynd ham R. Mayo, of Norfolk, and Gover nor Stuart, of Virginia, and Senator Fletcher has made his annual address. Other speakers tomorrow will be John Barrett, director general, Pan-American Union; Comptroller of the Cur rency John Skelton Williams, W. P. G. Harding, of the Federal Reserve Board; Governor O'Neil, of Alabama; Senators Ransdell, of Louisiana, and Overman, of North Carolina, and Con gressman Small, of North Carolina. A feature tomorrow will be a street parade of sailors from the ships of the Atlantic fleet, . mobilized in Hampton Roads for the congress, marines from the Norfolk navy yard, the Virginia Military Institute cadet corps, Virginia National Guardsmen, Boy Scouts and school children. The Virginia Cadets arrived here tonight from Lexington and they marched from the station to their headquarters at the Virginia Lea gue through streets lined with cheer ing crowds. A naval parade in Hampton Roads has been arranged for Wednesday af ternoon when Secretary of the Navy Daniels is to come here to address tle congress. Tonight two scores"warships, includ ing almost every type from the big gest dreadnaught to submarines and fleet tenders, were anchored in the roadstead. In Norfolk harbor were mobilized the ships of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Bureau of Navi gation, the Bureau of Fisheries and the lighthouse service. These vessels in cluded the Roosevelt the ship on which Rear Admiral Peary made his last trip to the Arctic. - Entertainments planned is a visit to (Continued on Page .Two.) Deutschland OS the Mouth of the Weser, badly damaged, however, and was able to put out again four days later, this time without mishap. The Deutschland, on both of her trips, brought valuable cargoes chiefly of dyes and chemicals. On her present voyage she tpok a cargo estimated at $2,000,000 in value and official mail for Germany. WILL MAKE ANOTHER TRIP TO AMERICA IN FEW WEEKS New London, Conn., Dec. 10. The German commercial submarine Deutsch land,. which arrived in home waters to day, will make another " trip to this port within the next few weeks, ac cording to a statement tonight by Paul G- L- Hilken, vice-president of the Eastern Forwarding Company, Ameri can 'agents for the undersea craft. He added that the submarine would make regular trips as long as the war con tinued. He was greatly pleased when in formed of the craft's safe return. "Great!" he declared. "The English would have made a rich haul if they had caught her." Several carloads of tin have arrived at the docks here and shipments of (Continued on Page Two.) Methodist Conference Holds Me morial Exercises to the Late Bishop A. K. Wilson. READ APPOINTMENTS TODAY Class of Ten Were Ordained Yesterday. Bishop Kllgo Speaks Before Au dience of 1,500 In Memorial Church, Durham. (Special Star Telegram). . Durham, N. C, Dec. 10.- The annual bishop's sermon, the ordaining of ten deacons, and memorial exercises for the late Bishop A. W. Wilson, were events of the programme of the fifth day's session of the North Carolina Confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The concluding session will be held tomorrow when the preachers appointments will be read. As a fore shadowing of the announcement, Bish op Kilgo said that a change spoke well for the minister because if he preached Christ and told his congregation of their sins his return engagement would not be welcomed. Otherwise, if the preacher was a good mixer, gossiper and joined in their worldly pleasures his return would be invited. A class of ten was ordained at the morning services of Memorial church, when an audience of 1,500 people jam med the auditorium to overflowing. Those ordained were:H. B. Hill, A. L. Hill, A. S. Parham, R, F. Munns, W. T. Lowe, J. A. Russell, L. F. Pattishaw, W. J. Cunningham, M. D. Cox and J. D. B. House. Bishop's Sermon in Part. The annual sermon of Bishop Kilgo, brought forth the tremendous congre gation that packed the biggest church in Durham and one of the costliest in North Carolina. His sermon was pleached from First Peter, first chap ter, and he said in part: "The resurrection of Jesus Christ re strained the whole universe. Such unique features as the resurrection of our Master could not have occurred and left the universe as it was and let the future go undisturbed. That event was the method used to declare Christ as the Son of God. "If was that shock by wliich He was torn asunder from all temporal and weak aspects and conditions of human life that declared him incarnate. " 'If I be lifted up from the earth I will drag all men along with myself,' signified the death he should die, death not of mortality "but of immortality. "Temporal things have supremacy now but death has the final triumph. 'I have a baptism to be baptized with.' with a heavenly passion to complete. At the ev-iiiing of the last supper when Judas went out our Lord said, 'Now is the son of man glorified.' The death that He died had intent life, great and noble purpose; that included every thing. He tore asunder and left behind all conditions, limiting and corrupting. His resurrection brought him forth and set him forth in his glory. His death naturally defeated the disciples' hopes but they turned when he appeared in all ' mightiness of his Lordship and glory of Heaven. He was their Lord not through the temple, not son of Mary, no longer lowly Nazarene, no more after the flesh, they knew Him in his heavenly, Lordly, majestic selling. After the ascension the disciples had a new Christ,- a new Lord not in any form of weakness but in his great pow er. They began preaching and bearing testimony Of their Master. Paul could stand against any earthly Christ, set aloft every disclosure of his glory, with joy and energy, but he could not with stand the thought of a rislnr extltpl praying Christ. This was too much for him, Christ must never be known in any earth aspect, known only as Lord, above principalities, power do minion, name above every name. The resurrection - demonstrated that there (Continued on rage Six.) BISHOP'S ANNUAL SERMON IS HEARD L LIST OF THE NEW BRITISH Organization Gives Prime Minis ter More Power Than Sys tem Has Ever Known. WAR CABINET MEETS DAILY Lloyd-George, Lord Milner and Mr. Henderson to Devote Full Time to War Problems. London, Dec 10. The official list of the new ministry issued tonight fol lows the unofficial forecasts with two or three minor changes. Mr. Lloyd George, Lord Milner, Earl Curzon, Bon-ar-Law and Arthur Henderson form what is officially termed -the war cabi net, while the others who ordinarily have been designated as cabinet min isters, are called heads of departments. An important point in this novel or ganization is that it concentrates far more power in the hands of the prime minister than the British system has ever known befort. Mr. Lloyd-George's proposals to Premier Asquith were for a war council, of which the premier' should not be a member, although he should have the power of passing on Its -work. Mr. Lloyd-George has not hesi tated to place himself in the position more closely resembling a dictatorship than he was willing to give his prede cessor. To Hold Daily Sessions. The war 'cabinet will hold daily ses sions, directing the prosecution of the war and the freedom of Mr. Lloyd George, Lord Milner and Mr. Henderson from departmental duties will allow them to devote all their time to the war council, the work - of exchequer and government leadership in the house of corrjmons will absorb most of Mr. Bonsr-Law's time, and attendance on .the house rQf lord;?, will necessitate Ear L. Curzon's absence from the council, iq .. that Mr. Lloyd-George, Lord Milner and Mr. Henderson will be the chief directors of the war. ' For -practical purposes, the govern ment will be by a cabinet of four. A meeting of the privy council will be held tomorrow for the sweating in of the ministers. The prime minister will make a speech in' the house of commons Tuesday in which he will de clare the policy of the new govern ment, and a bill will be introduced en abling the members to take their seats without going through the formality of of a new election, which the law de mands when a member accepts a posi tion under the crown. Complexion of Government. The complexion of the new govern ment is 12 liberals, 15 unionists, three laborltes and the presidents of the board of trade and education arid the shipping controller, who have been at tached to no parties. ( Sir Robert Flnlay's renunciation of the pension attached to the office of lord high chancellor, will be a popular" stroke. The lord chancellor draws 10, 000 pounds in office and a pension of 5,000 after his retirement. There has been much discussion over the cost of this largely ornamental office recently. Four retired chancellors are now draw ing pensions. T. P. " O'Connor gives notice of a motion in the house of commons for the formation of a series of commissions in parliament on the French model, for co-operation with the ministers in con ducting the war. The other members of the ministry, who are not in the war cabinet are: List of Ministers. Lord high chancellor Sir Robert Bonnatyne Finlay. Secretary of state for the home de partment Sir George Cave. Secretary of state for foreign affairs Dr. Arthur J. Balfour. Secretary of state for the colonies Walter Hume Long. Secretary of state for war The Earl of Derby. Secretary of state for India Austea Chamberlain. President of the local government board Baron Rhondda. President of the board of trade -SU Albert Stanley. Minister of labor John Hodge. First lord of the admiralty Sir Ed ward Carson. Minister of munitions Sir Christo pher Addison. Minister of blockade Lord Robert Cecil. Food controller Baron Davenport. Shipping controller Sir Joseph Pat on MacLay. President of the board of agricul ture Roward E. Prothero. President of the board of jducation Herbert A. L. Fisher. First commissioner of words Sir Al fred M. Mond. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Sir Frederick Cawley. Postmaster general Albert llling worth. Minister of pensions George N. Barnes. Attorney general Sir Frederick E. Smith. Solicitor' general Gordon H. Ewart, K. C Secretary for Scotland Mr. Munro. Lord advocate James A. Clyde, K- C. Solicitor general for Scotland Thom as B. Morison, K. C. Lord lieutenant of Ireland Baron Wimborne. Chief secretary for Ireland Henry E. Duke. OFF A MINISTERS ISSUED Lord chancellor for Ireland Sir Ig natius J. O'Brien. Sir Robert Bannatyne Finlay, in ac cepting the office of lord high chancel- (Continued on Page Two.) V, MS It J
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