Father forecast;:
4
worth Carolina Generally cloudy
!ht and Tuesday; probably lo-
fains: somewhat colder tonight.'
south Carolina Partly, cloudy to
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PRICE FIVE CENTS,
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Ktate Uepartmeni oenas juue
Notice to 1 oreign Legations
--Germany's Action
FRENCH SHIP ALLOWED
CLLAK Wlltl LU1N
Question Now Is Will Other
Neutrals Allow American
Ships So Armed to Enter
Their Ports Government
Orders Airships For Coast
Patrols.
(Kv Associated Press.)
Va?hins'on, March 12. Fcnal no
tice tuaL -1I1 1 iLtiii 011110 uai rising
the Gorman submarine zone a:o to
carry 'arnuMl guard for the protection
of the vessel and the lives of persons
on board." was sent by the State De
partment today to embassies arid lec
tions in Washington of all foreign gov
ernments.
The following is the text of the com
munication as made public by the
State Department:
"In view of the announcement of the
Imperial German Government on Jan
uary 31. li17. that all ships, those of
neutrals included, met within certain
zones of the high seas, would be sunk
without any precaution being taken for
the safety of the persons on board,
and without the exercise of visit and
search, the government of the United
States has determined to place ,upon
all American merchant vessels sailing
through the barred areas an armed
guard for the protection of vessels and
lives cf the persons on board."
The notification, it is expected, will
be sent to Germany by the Swiss le
gation here..: - - v'
Whether other neutral governments
w;i! admit American armed ships to
their ports is a question for them to
decide, but it is not expected that ob
jections will be made. Holland Is the
only neutral known to have barred
armed merchantmen.
State Department officials did not
fi?h to make it clear whether it was
mandatory for all American vessels to
kve arms or whether. they, might sail
without them if they so' desired. Pre
viously the Xavy Department under its
policy of silence as to such testions
iad also refused a ruling.
The Xavy Department's position is
tot it will equip with arms all ships
whose owners apply to it. ...
Purchase of sixteen non-rigid dir
igible air ships for coast and harbor
Patrol work at a total cost of $649,-v.-aS
announced today by the Navy
Apartment.
The Curtis Aeroplane Company was
awarded three for $122,250; The Con
nectirut Aircraft Company, two for
'4,00(1; Tlu. flnndvoon Tim i, PnhW
wwvijvtti A 11 V Ot. ItUUUl
p lur $.jou,uuu; ana me
J- Goodrich Company, two for $83,-
-' DeliveriPS will hoirin within 19fl
airships are the first of such
W 'o he bought by the Navy under
fe receilt $".,000,000 appropriation for
inw r-.i i "7 f!" De bU leeeeedings instituted by Mrs. Mary Gop
fwr 2 1- fe,ct in. duimeter or 50 Tnaw against her son, Harry K.
"'f-.u uner a win no oniunnon
OVer all will l-io onninnorl
"'i radio communication and 100
rse powor motors capable of mak
js a continiious flight of 16 hours at
es , a' !l and a maximum speed
miles an hour for ten hours.
in" nir1Kibif.s will be able to oper-
i "u.n.o auu aii5ut uii
La
Ha. -.; m Kuoa weamer.
innssion for clearance of
the
1 1H int... T i. , .
rn..
m.st belligerent merchant-ii
, ...,,,; in an American nar-
r i
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iifr
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jj( ' " i 'may
Ii'lllll'tmnnt
granted by the
wViifVi nil orl fhat
KOChpmhnon ;
ar . VfT'-1, flying usual' routes,' was
merchantman, entitled to
h ' ,,r,,e precautions against u-
ij'nd
'i a l A (' lr
oubt-riiy the Rochambeau ruling
ill Jo;
ad to
a general policy of arming
; at th fore. It was thought
fet of
s, nt into port largely as a
thi
js government's policy and
' tba
?;Ht n itn' J. .. ..
'tis a armament is aiiowea,
W mea that other entente mer
antmen win follow suit..
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Former Ambassador to Ger
many Left Cuba for Home
This Morning -
(By Associated Press.)
Havana, March 12. James W.- Ger
ard, former American ambassador to
Germany, and a party of 54 sailed1 for
Key West at 10:40 a. m. today on the
steamship Governor Cobb. Mr. Ger
ard was escorted to the dock by Wm.
E. Gonzales, the American minister;
Gulliermo Patterson, assistant secre
...y of the Cuban State Department;
Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Wittcn
myer, the American military attache,
and the captain of the port of Hav
ana. TENNESSEE JURY SAYS
EX-JUDGE NOT GUILTY
(By Associated Press.) . i
Memphis, Tenn., March 12. Jesse
Edington, former judge of the Crimi
nal Court of Shelby county, was ac
quitted of a charge of having accepted
a bribe in the report of the jury re
turned to the court today. The jury
was ready to report yesterday, lut
Judge Thomas Harsh held ,the repof
dayand refused: to "accept jit
Cbirrt convened today. .
Edgington was impeached and re
moved from office after af hearing be
fore the Tennessee Seriate last year.
The indictment in which he was tried
charged that he accepted a bribe of
$1,000 from an agent for an out-of-town
brewing company just before he
signed a modification order in connec
tion with an injunction affeGting cer
tain liquor interests.x This .charge
was one of the personal issues on
which impeachment' proceedings were
based.
LUNACY HEARING '
TOR HARRY THAW
Jury Drawn Today and Hear
ing Started in Secret in
Philadelphia
(By Associated Press )
Philadelphia, Pa, March 12. The ju
ry of six men drawn by the sheriff of
Philadelphia county in the lunacy, pro
1 naw, naa its nrst siumg iouay. xu
proceedings were secret. Thaw was
not present, nor was District Attorney
Swan, of New York, or his representa
tive. Thaw cut his throat January 11, af
ter his indictinent in New York on
1 t HTU:in 1U MnT.r
. . ... ..i, xj mi
criminal cnarge. vvuue mc icw
WAY
lYork authorities were pressing for his
r A-vfa r if inn .Mrfi Thaw instituted t.hft
cauouiuv"! i"'"' .
Mr vi-v antvmritioa
are not taking any part in the lunacy
proceedings on the ground that to
do so would be to admit there is some
question as to Thaw's sanity.
TO HE AR APPEAL OF
L. & N. ON OCTOBER 2ND.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March, -12. Appeals of
officials of the Louisville and Nashville
jRailr6ad froin" lower court decision re-
quiring them to submit testimony of
campaigns in the Interstate commerce
Conimision's investigation were set for
hearing in the Supreme Court on Oc
tober 2, by an order announced today
by Chief Justice' White.
DECLINES REVIEW
OKLAHOMA OIL CASE
(By Associated Press )
-Washington, March 12. The Su
preme Court today refused to review
Oklahoma proceedings annulling a
deed for valuaenaands near Sa-
pulpa, Oklseurefljyi-the Prairie i
Oil and Uas company iruui umc
Carter, af one-eighth-blood y Creek In
dian. The ruling, attorneys for the
oil company said, would affect titles
of other Oklahoma land owners who
bought or leased Indian lands before
expiration of a five-year Federal stat
utory restriction.1 . ' .
Search for Victims of the Tor
nado That Swept Indiana
Town Continues
DEATH UST STOOD
. 19 EARLY TODAY
Hundred Homes Demolished
and Two Thousand Damag
ed Many Freaks of the
, Big Wind
(By Associated Press.)
New Castle. Ind..' March 12 Tho
death list from the torn-ado which
swept New uaatle yesterday afternoon
was 19 early today and searchers
were still digging in the ruins for
other victims. A score or more per
sons were reported missing.-while the
hospitals were crowded with several
hundred patients. The property
damage will reach at least $1,000,000.
One hundred homes were demol
ished and approximately 2,000 were
damaged.
A complete list of the dead and in
jured and the extent, of the property
damage cannot be coinpiled for sev
eral days.
The. known dead are:
Everett Dunlap, Price Skelton, 24;
James Neilis, Gray Davis, Mrs. John
Davis, Davis, 4, son of Gray
Davis; Orville Davis, 6, son of Gray
Davis, Mrs. Archie Fletcher, Mrs.
Alice Williamson, Miss Opal Razor, 12
son of W. T. Razor; Newton,, Ber
nice. Day, 8 June Day, $; Mrs. Mary
E. Williams, Mrs. Vera Higgins, Ethel
"Waterman; William Lowery, one un
identified, man believed to be Ray
Davis.
A citizens committee sworn in by
Mayor Watkins patrolled the streets
and guarded the wrecked homes until
the arrival of Indiana National
Guardsmen, who were ordered here
by Governor Goodrich.
The tornado struck the city from
the est after leveling the rolling
mills of Blue River valley.
It swept through the entire width
of the city to Sixth and Twenty-fifth
streets. The first homes in the path
of the twister . were leveled, after
which the wind apparently ? aised
sugntiy. takinsr the roors ' rrom me
streets, where it again dipped, sweep
ing- practically every house before it
to Twenty-fifth street. The greatest
damage was done in the south section
where a great, siany of me factory
employees' reside and several thou
sand were homeless through the night.
Two hundred special officers were
sworn,, in by Mayor Watkins and a
strict patrol was maintained.
The "death list was all in the south
eastern part, where the wind appar
ently struck low. One fire occurred,
M. M. Mintch losing his drug , store
and his home.
The tornado cut a path from 300 to
500 feet in width through the city for
a distance pf 18 blocks. It entered the
city limits near the southwest boun
dary line and worked its way in a
zigzag manner north for two blocks
and then eat. It turned south near
the eastern limits and left the city in
a southeasterly direction.
The moans of dying and the
screams of persons less injured who
were pinned un(Jer the ruins of their
homes were heard on every side.
Most of the dead were taken from
homes that were completely demol
ished. Many escaped injury by rush
ing into cellars.
The tornado played many freak
acts. On a number of streets every
house with one exception was leveled
to the ground and in one block every
second house was wrecked and the
other homes escaped untouched. En
tire roofs were torn from houses and
carried fot squares and one house
was picked up and carried a half
square and set down again prac
tically unharmed.
The three New Castle ambulances
were supplemented a few hours after
the catastrophe by three ambulances
from Muncie. The Muncie machines
were filled with doctors and medical
supplies. Muncie also sent a large
squad of police to assist in the rescue
work.
The State fire marshal wired the
local gas plant to shut off its supply
as a safeguard against fires from
broken pipes in. the ruins.
The order threw most of the city
into darkness as the electric current
to all of the southern portions of the
city was cut off.
Communication with nearly all vil
lages was broken off but the reports
from persons coming into New Castle
in automobiles were that at least sev
eral persons had been killed in the
vicinity.
It was reported three had been
killed at New Lisbon, three at More
head and three at Mount Summit.
The entire city responded to Mayor
Watkins' call for assistance. Hotels,
lodges and private homes and lodge
rooms have been thrown open to me
homeless; No church services were
held last night and all of the churches
were opened to care for the unfortu-nit-GS
'
Freaks of the storm and narrow
escapes were "numerous. The Indiana
Rolling Mills was demolished. C. W.
Mouch, president of the company, was
in the office at the time. He, with
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Newhouse, rush
ed into the large vault where the
books and records were kept. They
were Uninjured. - Two-freight ars
( Continued on Page Eight.)
Had Sent Up Her Flag of
. Mercy When 'Undsea;
Craft FirstApper
SHELLED BEFOREll
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HIT BY
Disaster Occurre Jlvpff th
Southern End? of Ireland -All
But One pf Crew Afe
counted Fora-'" . ' -- -
V: :'
T. A 1,1. 3 -n - . V
aoauv.iaicu ' r ss I
gwuiuiw bigudi. . .-'w:';- - -
I he submarine submerged but half i
an hour later the Storstad,; which had!
not resumed her voyaged was torpe-,
doled without warning as she lay sta -
tionary in the water wltif air, the crev
on board. She sank at"I2:10.
The crew, includingrhe 'American,
has been acounted for in its entirety,
London, March 12. Tue sinking of.1,u "7- wl.li6eri?a' B"na 3 V
the Norwegian steamship Storstad In ! Par.18' arch- 12.) -.Laden
the service of the American commis- with cigars cigarettes and-ahow-sion
for relief- in Belgium, occurred red u?n by the ; hospitable
in latitude 51.20, longitude 11:50 (inf?Tss -9 f the "t Yarrow
the Atlantic off the southern end-o J prisoners arnved In Zurich today.
Ireland). 1 j They had arrived at the German fron
, , . " , - ... tier at, Linden yesterday after a con-s
JThe submarine fired about nfteen ; tinuous trip of 52 hours from tha
shots at a range of 3U to A miles., The prison camp at Brandenburg.
Storstad stopped and ho sted the.Bel- The sailors although- emaciated
but the fourth engineer died of ex- i were Americans and not to bring dis
posure before the men vwere rescued, j credit on America by yelling to temp-
, ': j tation to kick over the traces.
CONTINUE PROBE
ri
Detectives StUatiprk
Philadelphia Intended
Damage to Navy
(Rv Asaof lnt1 Presa 1
jin
EG 0 PLOT
Philadelphia. March- 12. Govern-'able
ment agents today continued their in-1
vestigation into -ih& activities of per-
sons under arrest charged with smug-1;8
Eling ship cronometers from-he Ger -
man auxiliary cruiter.sjlriterned at thei
PhflelpftfaW
sons suspected ;bf having had avhanaana ine snip s aoors were so construct
in the alleged violation of the customs i ed as to cut off all light when they
laws. There are reports that the Fed
eral authorities have' discovered a plot
with many ramifications to damage
property at the Navy Yard in event of
war. Government, officials, however,
will neither confirm nor deny publish
ed reports that explosives have "been
smuggled oh board the Kron Prinz
Eitel Friedrich: The two ships, it was
stated, would be searched today for
explosives.
. Albert K. Fischer, his wife, Helen,
and Henry Rohner, head' of a whole
sale grocery concern here, are out on
"bail charged with smuggling the cro
nometers fropa the two German ships.
Government agents are not sure that
Rohner had knowledge of the alleged
smuggling scheme. His friends de
clare L'e had been persuaded by Fisch-
er to permit his motor truck to be used J Qf which they are badly in want. Their
for bringing boxes from the Navy)chief interest at first was in some
Yard when Rohner's employes deliver-j thing to eat.
e groceries. to the interned ships. j Between bites the Yarrowdale men
Many papers and documents taken j told of the severe treatment to which
from the Fischer home in the suburbs I they had been subjected to( in the Ger
are being examined. It was said that man prison camps at Neutralitz, Dul-
the Fischers are distantly related to
the Hohenzoller family. Mrs. Fischer
is also said to be related to Koerting,
the German iron master. The arrests
of the Fischers and Rohner have given
impetus to a movement started here
last week to have the interned German !
cruisers removed from the Navy Yard.
It is declared that in the event of war '
the 750 interned German sailors would j
be a serious menace to the Navy Yard, j
THR0ESDF STRIKE
Cars Being Manned by Strike
breakers and Row Started
This Afternoon
(Bv Associated PreSS.)
Washington, March 12. Practically !
one-half of the street railway lines of
the Capitol were being operated to-
aay Dy striKeureai. AUC ,
nair, ownea Dy anumer cuijuyniy, was
running as usual, with the regular men
who had come to terms with their em
ployers. Recognition tt the Union' was
the chief question.
Services on the lines under the
strike, while infrequent, was being
maintained without disorder and the
" -i i J ' j t i.
company expressea us-cunuaence mai
operations would return to normal in
a few days.
The first activity by the strikers was
shown on a busy corner near the pat
ent office this afternoon. Dozens of
the strikers rushed cars and disabled
thenTbyv removing figures, others with
chalk wrote striking slogans on the
sides -of the cars while they were
stalled. Although large numbers of
police were hurried to the corner the
strikers appeared ,tq have it all their
own way and so long, as no evidence
of violence, was done the police made
no arrests. . Tfaffi'c. was" delayed.
WASHINGTON IN
Released From German De
tention Camp They Ate
Now Safe On Swiss Soil
j i mm , - m mm m m - mm m - m m m mm mm - - i - - - - m -
ILLTREATED AND
HAD LITTLE TO EAT
Suffered Much From Cold and
Lack of Food German 1
Guards Abused and Beat
Them, They Declare
t . . r rt : i i , r
from their imprisonment and serious!
lack of food since their arrival in Ger
many on December 31 are in 'fair con
dition and confident that with a nor"-
J mal amount of food they will, soon
be themselves again. The party was
met.here by United States Consul Gen
eral Keene who greeted' them briefly
j and asked them not to forget that they
I the men were distributed among
several hotels until instructions shall
have arrived from Washington. Their
personal effects were lost when their
ship was lost and their wardrobes
have been only partially replaced by
makeshifts which render them for the
present, a decidedly motley crew.
Nevertheless their stories were told,
not in a tone of complaint but in a phi
losophical way.
The sailors said that they were con
vinced that the raider which sank
their vessel was the "Ritz of Bre
men." They describe her as a brand
new vessel of about 3,000 tons, cap-
of. 18 knots, equipped with one
Junne two, masts, one false .fttnneL !
1UUI u rapm urmg
a,?d wh.e il?uslf h.lc aa
i hldden by the Sldes of tn shlB-
'The funnels had adevise by which
ithe German steamshipr Lien
were open. The ship's sides were also
so constructed that portions of them
could be automatically dropped and
j raised
The impression that the boat was
new and built for raiding purposes
was heightened by the fact that she
was equipped with steel cells below
and although looking-like an old tramp
was really an armored cruiser .
The sailors said that the Yarrow
dale, although ordinarily capable of
only ten knots had to make 14 at
times to escape capture. She was
carefully mined so that "she could be
destroyed at a moment's notice.
With their immediate needs, such
as board and lodging, provided for,
the next attention to be given the men
will be to supply them with clothing,
; men and Brandenburg, where they had
been successively interned after hav
ing been brought into Swinemunde on
the Yarrowdale and where they, as
Americans, they said, were apparently
singled out from all others. During
their stay in Germany, they reported,
they had subsisted on one allowance
of soup daily and had made their Ions
journey to the border on one such
"meal." There was hardly one of
I j t livy wxji v J vtWAUiU; A-A. OVA JlUt IT.lt
the fist of a German camp guard and
the squad of five soldiers -which
brought them to the border had exer
cised the privilege of-abusing them up
to the last possible moment.
j The men tell of the terrible suffer
j ings they underwent during a period
I of severe cold weather in Germany,
i due partly to lack of fuel uuc more to
ufte absence of the shoes and clothmg
which they had lost. Since their en
trance into Switzerland at; Roschach,
they say, tliey have been royally treat
ed. The party, includes all the Ameri
cans detained except one seaman nam-
or! Rnlloat rf a TPi-emnTi rgnoHian fom
i1v Puin.inr tn ava hoon wn i
r Massachusettes, who was V held in
i Brandenburg. They were -accompan-
ied by Qne Brazilian and one Spaniard.
DATES FOR SOUTHERN
CONFERENCE CHANGED
(By Associated Press.)
New Orleans, March -12. rThe date
for the Southern conference in New
Orleans to discuss plans for the colo
nization and sale of the cut-over tim
ber lands of the South, has been set
forward to April 11, 12 and 13, instead
of April 17, 18 and 19, according -to
the announcement made here yester
day by the committee in charge.
The change in the date for the con
ference, it was stated, was made nec
sesary by President . Wilson's calling
an extra session of Congress for April
16, which would prevent a number of
prominent members of Congress and
government officials from attending
the conference on the dates previous
ly announced. - . ,
WILL PRESS VOTE
ON THE TREATY
Democratic Leader Confers
with President About Co
lombian Treaty '
m -1.,
(Bjr Associated Press.)
Washington, March 12. Senator
Martin, the majority floor leader, an
nounced at the Democratic caucus
today that an effort would be .made
to get a vote at the special, session
of the Senate on the treaty with Col
ombia providing a payment of $15,
000,000 for the partition of Panama.
Senator Martin conferred with Presi
dent Wilson this morning and it was
understood the announcement reflect
ed the President's wishes.
No attempt was made in the caucus
todays to bind Democrats to support
the treaty.
The Republican conference devel
oped strong opposition to the treaty
and although ho attempt was made
to bind Senators, leaders expressed
confidence of its defeat.
SHIP'S OFFICER
GAVE BOND TODAY
.. . a , foH Pp.,,
? nJEl Ti s vLht offi-
berifels. convicted ;at -Florence. taTFed-
eral Cburt Friday bri charge of sinking
their ship and sentenced Saturday to
a year in the Atlanta Federal prison,
today made bond of $6,000 -each, pend
ing their appeal in the case.
-X- -K -X-
NO DECISION TODAY ON THE -X-X-
ADAMSON ACT.
-X- V
-X- (By Associated Press.)
.X- Washington, March 12. The -X--X-
decision upon constitutionality of
-X- the Adamson railroad law wTas -X-fi-
today again withheld by the Su-
preme Court.
X-
-X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X--X- -X- -x- -x-
CHINA MOVES STEP
NEARER ENTERING
EUROPE'S WAR
FREE SEED CONE,
REPORTS GOVT.
Hundreds Apply fr tn
Wherewithal for Planting
Home Gardens.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 12. Since the
home gardening movement began
throughout the country as a means
to meet the increase i?)st of foods,
the Department of Agriculture has
been swamped with hundreds of thou
sands of requests for free seeds.
Officials of the department say that
unfortunately they have no seeds to
distribute The free seeds provided
by Congress are distributed by mem
bers of Congress themselves direct
and this year's supply of about $200,-.
000,000 worth was long ago exhausted.
No more free seeds will be available
until late in the Summer.
PRESIDENT WELL
AND BACK AT WORK
(By Associated Press )
Washington, March 12. President
Wilson had completely recovered to
day from the cold which kept him in
bed most of last week, and this morn
ing held two conferences, the first
with Senator Martin, the new Demo
cratic, leader of the Senate, and the
second with Secretary Lansing.
While the President's cold had
been pronounced cured, his condition
was so weakened that he went to bed
again during' the morning. He will
see only the most important callers
- for several days. ;
Officers Advise Government
to Mobilize the American
Navy In Full
CONSENT OF WILSON
NECESSARY FOR IT
Germany Renews Request
That United States Sign
Protocol Amending the
Prussian-American Treaty
Swiss Minister Bears Re
quest (By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 12. Mobiliza
tion of the complete fighting strength
of the navy has been recommended
by naval officials. The approval o)
President Wilson is required before
orders can be sent calling out the re
serves, assembling the naval militia,
and releasing all active officers now
on shore duty for sea service.
Immediate, graduation of the first
, class of Annapolis would be included
in the plan in order to make up as
far as possible the threatened short
age of officers.
In addition to mobilization of forces
already enrolled in the militia or to
serves, an active recruiting campaign
would be necessary to supply all shfpa
of military value with full comple
ments. Officials believe they would
have little difficulty in obtaining tho
men if mobilization were ordered.
j to; $SrSSSl.S5f
tocol amending the Prussian-American
treaty of 1798 so as to exempt all Ger-
UJ.CLLL 1CS1UCUI.S 111 .VW VUVuv V- . v
frdnv arrest 'gf:&tpr&iMne-dalvi'f9t
and reserving '"to all German shJp& iii
American ports the right to safe con
duct to home ports. It is the game
protocol that Ambassador Gerard re. t
fused to consider before leaving Ber
lin. The Swiss minister,- Dr. Paul Rifc
ter, called at the State Department
today by direction of the German for
eign office with a copy pf the, proposed
amendment to the treaty. He was
unable to see Secretary Lansing. The
matter will probably be given due con
sideration by State Department offi
cials, though it is realized that such
an amendment, though the adminis
tration favored it, would not have
much prospect of ratification in the
Senate.
House of Representatives of
Flowery Kingdom Favors
Rupture With Germany
BRITISH AND RUSSIANS
MAY LINK FORCES
That Seems to Be the Most
Likely Outcome of the Fall
of Bagdad Activity, Con
tinues on the Franco-Belgian
Front Paris Reports
' French Gains Today
Without political importance at
tached to the capture , of Bagdad by
the British, the military results of
the notable event are of even greater 1
immediate interest, pointing to the
possibility of a comparative speedy
linking up of British and Russian
movements against the Turks in this
far-away field of war.
The conditions which General
Maude found upon entering the city j
of Calipha and the status of his sup-
ply arrangements must, in great meas
ure, affect any plans for a; further ad- .
vance. Given the .assurance, of ade-
quate supplies and replenfshments it
seems probable that- he will not - rest
content with holding Bagdad, but will
attempt a further move up the Tigris.
This river s . is navigable . for : small
steamers northward on 'its course as
far as Mosul, nearly 250 miles away,
favoring the" transport arrangements
of the British force. The measure
of Turkish resistance along this line
will be affected in no small measure
by the rate of progress of the Rus
sian columns moving towards Meso
potamia from Persia. . .
These columns operating from'
Hamadan and Sakkiz, yare "Btill far
short of, the points where they stood .
last spring when,-the British werel
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