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North Sea will be
on regardless
probably
investigating parties sent on
po‘
ple
to Osowiec there is a desolate inter-
kana at a
flags and the painting
British
and the Russians have had some sharp
ilippus
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Northern Chief Will Give Am-
bassadors Hospitable Recep-
tion—3500 Men Surrender. .
lerlin Announces 50,000 Rus-
sians and 50 Cannon Cap-
tured in Nine Days’ Battle.
Konigsberg Reports Germans
Invest Russian Fortress.
Petrograd Denies Defeat.
FRENCH REPORT
ADVANCES; TELL
OF GERMAN ROUT
Copenhagen Says Emperor Goes
to Heligoland; Submarines to
Wreck Ships Without Notice.
Manufacturer Predicts Trade
Will ‘Pick Up’ When People
Quit Calamity Howling.
MINES ON 8IG SCALE;
WARN NEUTRAL SHIPS
Says American Gol
Don’t Understand SI
Declares Enemy is Steadily
Driven Back During 24-
Hours’ Bloody Fighting.
RERIS
RESSES;
EGATION
>6000 BOX CAR ORDER
GIVES BOSINESS LIFT;
$1,200,000 CONTRACT
FRIENDLY REPLY
ABOUT BLOCKADE
TO CALL ON VILLA AT
CHIHUAHUA CAPITAL
RUSSIAN OFFICER SAYS
GERMAN GUNS DAZE MEN;
DECLARES HELL REIGNS
Insist They Force French to
Give Away Trenches and
Capture 350 Prisoners.
Believed Germany Will Use Air
Craft to Destroy English
Merchant Vessels.
Dutch Government 'Notified to
Send Vessels Around North-
ern Coast of Scotland.
merchant ship without seareh or ven-
fication and without maktmg provison
for the non-combatant crew, then It
is clear from Sir EAward Grey's state-
ment in his note that the war in the
Kaiser to See American
Ambassador About Note
Concerning Sea Blockade
armed, that they have been told to
sail in troupe, that they have instruc-
tions to ram submarines and to over-
England Assumes Food
many-Bound Vessels I
Consumed by Foe’s So
ring for
; is our
'RICES
LMOST
PRICE
ZEPPELINS BUSY
. HUNTING SHIPS
Note Hopes No Misunderstand-
ing Will Occur—Nation Acts
in Self-Defense.
GRAND JURY WILL PROBE
ELECTION FRAUD CHARGE
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Believes Americans Should Stop
Sending Gum and Bullets to
Continue Slaughter.
CHICAGO PRIEST HEADS
AUSTIN PAULIST FATHERS
BERLIN DENIES ALLIES’
CLAIM ABOUT VICTORIES
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GOLFER WHO IS SUED
BY WOMAN SERVANT
German proclamation of a war zone
will continue in force "until the Brtt-
ish government, spontaneously or in-
ducea by neutrain, declarem its redi-
nem to obeerve the rulen established
INDIANA SENATE KILLS
DIRECT PRIMARY BILL
AUSTIN AMERICAN
SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS ARE
OPEN TO INSPECTION
1373. his brother Bob wna,
standing man In 1910 and mi
hostage and forced him to march on
foot have caused his death."
d Bishop of Tournai. at the hands
the Germans who seised him as a
adjudication in the prine
this country and three in
Nebraskan Would Withhold Ev-
erything From Warring Na-
tions; To Offer Resolution.
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mi
jecomeseffectve tomorrow. Themo-
meat a Gs^—■ submarine sinks any
, —"
Grey in Reply to Bry;
given ten minutes in which to leave
the ship
The submarine then attacked a Nor-
weglan steamer but the arrival of the
French torpedo boats compelled the
submarine to dive.
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New Service the——— —— -nd in the
Woman Who Is Awarded $116,000
By Maine Court as (<Heart Balm”
graphs: "The 1U treatment and vio-
lence suffered by Mgr. Wairavens, the
JBy Justin McGrath.]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.--After a
meeting of the Senate foremen relations
oommittee today to discuss the foreign
complications with which the United
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BANGOR, Me., Feb. 17.—What is believed to be the largest
sum ever awarded as “heart balm” has been found for Miss Eliza-
beth Leona Garmong, who sued John Brooks Henderson Jr., club-
man and lawyer of Washington, and son of United States Senator
Henderson of Missouri, for $250,000.
She was awarded $116,000.
“I fought more for the name of my 4-year-old daughter than
I did for the money,”, was all the plaintiff would say after the
decision had beat annqunced by the jury.
FAVORS U.S. HALTING
EUROPEAN SHIPMENTS
UNTIL OCEAN IS SAFE
DIPLOMATS INVITED
HAVRE, Feb. 17.—Il in announced
today that the British colller Dulwich
was torpedoed by a German nubma.
rine Monday night in the channel off
Etretat.
Two members of the steamer are
stin miseing. Others of the crew have
landed safety. They say that they
mw the submarine three times and
that she fired a torpedo without warn-
in, the Dulwich The boat rank twen-
ty minutes later.
DENIES CURBING
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PARIS, Feb. 17.—It is announced
that the German submarine U with
sixteen torpedoes Mink the French
steamer Villeelille off Harleur yea- ,
terday. The steamer tried to escape
but was overtaken The crew was
board from German boats to deter-
mine their nationality and that the
British government has further or-
dered the misuse by them of neutral
only seven neutral vesseis an
Itussian battery.
Into this area the Germans flung
six of their enormous "portman-
11? within two hour. Captain
Vin commander of one of the Russlan
Eerie, dven the following account
or ..nr of the hottont days of battle:
■'By 13 o’clock real hell retsned.
separate shots wete no.lonrer beara.
Th.' terrible din seemed to HhaKe. the
echo away on the distant
----— and
KAISER SEES.
TROOPS BEAT
CZAR’S ARMY
THINKS KAISER
PLANS TO BOSS GERMAN SUBMARINES
SEA BLOCKADE TORPEDO TWO VESSELS
Watertown thoatricain of a few year,
ego, le a chip off the old block. Hle
father waa salutatoran of hle clamm of
AMSTERDAM. Feb. If._Def.
nite reports here been recelved
here from Berlin that the Kalser
will recelve the Ameriean ambas-
ondor. James W. Gerard. at Koen-
Iceberg to dtscuss the war zone de-
ere of Germany
It I, reported the Kalser will
then personally apologize to him
for the hoetile Incident which oc-
curred In the Winter Garden. Her
lin’s principal musie hall, on Feb. 1
Describine this Incident in the
Berlin Lok al Anzetger, Ambassador
Qerard eald he and eome friend
who occupied a box, were convers-
Inc in Engiish, when a man in the
next box arome and In a loud voice
■aid:
"Taiking English in a German
theater must be deseribed as provo-
cation."
Although he was at once in-
formed the party were Americana
he nti» protosted. Finally the en-
tire houme took sides against the
dinturber, who wss then obliged to
apoloixe to the ami aaaador.
CHICAGO, Feb. 17.—C. F Parker.
In charge of purchases for the Illinois
Central Railroad, gave business an-
other cause for optimism today
Besies accepting delivery on an or-
der of 6000 box cars involving at least
$5,000,000, confirming a contract with
the American Car and Foundry Com-
pany for 1000 new refrigerator cars,
valued at 91.300.000. he announced
the road was considering the purchase
of 100 more gondola cars.
“It is all a capitalisation of our op-
timistic feeling," he explained to a re-
porter. “The railroads are quick to
seise upon an indication and we have
not let up on buying Business mon
everywhere are optimistic. The man-
ufacturers of the Middle West are all
confident and that means business.
WASHINGTON, Feb 17.—Carrfy-
ing out his intenton, declared yester-
day. to obey the decree of Carransa
which demands that foreign “special
representativex" shall deal with the
“first chier" personally. Secretary of
State Bryan today ordered J. R Sil-
liman from Mexico City to take sta-
lion at Vera Cruz, Carranza’s cap-
ital
Secretary Bryan will probably also
direct Duval West, the Iatent United
States special representative to Mex-
ico. to recognize Carranza as the dip-
lomatic head in that country. At this
time Mr Went is making observations
in Northern Mexico.
General Villa, who Iw in control of
the greater part of Mexico, made an
interesting move today by adaressing
directly to the mintsters and ambassa-
dora of foreign governments at Mexico
City a characteristic note inviting
them to join him In the North. If
any of them should accept they
would, of course, go to Chihuahua,
which la the capital of General Vil-
la’s present government.
Ths memsages to the diplomata were
sent from here by Sen or Enrique
Horente, Villa’s diplomatic agent. Mr
Horente says that the diplomatic
corps ha, been "given assufance by
General Villa of a hospitable recep-
tion at Chihuahua or at any other
city in the Northern States."
The Spanish ambasnador. Don Juan
Eano. called at the State Department
today to discuss conaitions at the
Mexican capital. Reports were re-
cefved from Mr Silliman indicating
(Continued on Page Five.)
tan dominiona Every effort in
mads to expedite the re l seas of
ships on ball only one neutr
sei is now being detatned in thin
try in addition to those awaltn
judication tn the prise court.
"Greet Britain la suffering tro
shortage to shipping snd the r
freight rates as acutely as any
nation The enemy’s ships which
been condemned in the prine i
are being sold aa rapidly aa pe
in order that they may be are
for use
"Your excenlepoy will see, I
fore." Sir Edwrd Grey cnt
"that his majesty’s govrnmen
doing all in their power to IM
the volume of shipping avallab
hops it wtu he rellme thet,6
tention of neutal ships by Ms n
ty'e eovernment with a view 6
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NEW YORK Feb. 17—Virginia
Blackman, aged 20 years, formerly
employed aa a servant in the home of
Walter J. Travis of Garden City, has
started suit fy $20,000 gainst the
one-time champion of the United
States and England, for alleged as-
aault.
She charges Mr. Travis with ill-
treating her and with dragging her
from room to room in his house. Mr.
Travis is now at Palm Beach.
Ish merchant ships
superior of the Paullst Fathers
Austin, Texas.
AUSTIN, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1915--TEN PAGES ,
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by the Paris and London declara-
tions**
ukv and to —
"iwon Bursting ever nearer
nenter, the portmanteaux at
member of the committee said:
“If any naval vessel of Germany
should torpedo an Amherican ship and
kill Americans on board I would ad-
vocate the seizure of every German
ship now interned in our ports. I be-
lieve such reprisal would be fully jus-
tified.”
The discussion at the meeting of the
foreign relations committee was in-
formal, there being only six members
of the committee present. The Hitch-
cock bill to prohibit the export of
munitions of war was the only subject
up for consideration.
But, of course, leading members of
the committee had learned from the
State Department the tenor of Sir
Edward Grey’s reply to the United
States. The suggestion which Sir Ed-
ward made in his ooncluding para-
graph that the announced intention of
Germany to sink merchant vessels
and their cargoes without verification
of their nationality and -without pro-
vision for the safety of non-combat-
ant crews would force Great Britain
to reprisal, was considered as making
a situation of the utmost seriousness
for the United States.
“It is impossible for one belligerent
to depart from rules and precedents
and for the other to remain bound by
them,” was the concluding sentence
of the Grey note.
The construction placed by diplo-
mata and members of Congress well
versed in diplomacy on this warning
of Sir Edward's was this:
To Destroy Neutral shipping.
“Germany in establishing her war
sone and declaring her intention to
destroy shipping in the sone regard-
less of the rights of neutrals has put
herself without the pale of interna-
tional law. Therefore. If Germany
givoe practical effort to her declara-
tion it is not to be expected by the
United States or other neutrals that
they can hold Great Britain to a
course of conduct in conformity with
international law.
of the rules of international law.
The situation of the neutral then,
to use the illustration given me at the
German embansy last Sunday, “will be
exactly similar to that of a person
wandering between the lines of two
armies during a general engagement"
Under the conditions the United States
admittedly is forced to a decision of
vast importance.
Either It will have to warn its mer-
chant ships to keep out of the war
sone, will be obliged to convoy them
with naval vessels or leave them to
go unprotected to court destruction
To keep our merchant ships out of
the North Sea would seriously affect
(Continued on Fage Two.)
I By Frederick Rennet)
PETROGRAD, Feb. 17.—(Special to
london Daily News.)—To the south of
the east Prussian frontier, the Ger-
mans are apparently attempting to
find an opening in the screen which
now stretches across the entire length
of territory from Plock across Lomza
province to Osowiec.
Their attempt higher up in the ex-
zeraumaituaupamthnzaziq
of Suwalki and Augustowo was met
by a counter movement in time The
enemy's main scheme was evidently
direeted on the country to the south
and west of this region The Ruanlans
have drawn the enemy in the east to-
wards their own positions just HD they
did when they concentrated on the
River Niemen. These changes reveal
themselves as preliminary operations
of a great battle Both armies are dis-
posing themselves through a forest
country which comprises marshes ly-
ing under deep snows now beginning
to thaw.
Vast numbers of Germans are gath-
ering behind the Une running east and
northeast from Plock. which now
serves as a hinge connecting General
Mackensen’s army in central Poland
with the new campaign developing in
the north. The German cavalry is
moving in numerous columns near the
railway from Plock to above Chiecha-
now and Przasnyz, where the line
turns due north to the Prussian fron-
tier From Przasnyz for thirty miles
fighting in the middle of this area,
north of Ostrolenka, with German col
umm moving through Myszyniec from
the Prussian border
The Germans are believed to con-
wider their position In central Poland
before Warsaw as a stalemate. Their
tactics in the extreme south are im-
posing on the Austrians the necessity
of urging the German general staff to
send them still more men The Rue-
elan forces recently In southern Buko-
wins have moved north to Nadvorna
and now threaten the right flank of
the German corps which persists in
desperate assaults on Wyzyow Pass
The Austrians now assembled in great
force around Nadvorna have been so
disposed mainly as a warning to Ru-
rived at Rotterdam, reports that a
Zeppelin flew over her decks forty
miles out from Mask's Mghtshlp. The
craft evidently Intended to drop a
bomb on the vessel, the captain saw.
but flying low, observed her national-
ity and so im her alone
Two other Zeppelins are reported to
have been seen flashing • signals to
German warships off,the west coast of
Jutland
BERLIN, Feb. 17 (Wireless to Lon-
don).—The German consul at Rotter-
dam has handed the Rotterdam
Chamber of Commerce a memoran-
dum from the imperial chancellor,
warning Dutch merchant ships that
they run the greatest danger if they
appear in the war sone after midnight
tonight, and declaring that even paint-
ing the national colors of neutrals on
the ships’ sides will not guarantee
neutral ships against attacks by Ger-
man submarines.
The memorandum states that Brit-
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb 17.—
Charles P. Taft, second son of Prof.
William H Taft, leads the Yale fresh-
Sa Germans Cause Bishop's Death.
LONDON, Feb. 11—The Morning
and the arrest of its crew of two of-
ficers and fourteen men by Danish
troops
The Zeppelin, which was sighted
earlier in the day drifting over the
sea in an unmanageable condition,
finally succeeded in making a landing
on the little Danish island it had
barely landed when it caught fire An
explosion followed tn which the craft
was wrecked.
Marked and perhaps ominous ac-
tivity on the part of a scattered fleet
of Zepnelins has been reported dur-
ing the past twenty-four hours from
various ports on the North Sea. Com-
ing on the eve of Germany's deelara-
tions of a war sone about England,
the maneuvers have caused consider-
able uneasiness here.
One of the reports from North Jut-
land states that a number of airships
were sighted flying northward, that a
single Zeppelin was seen passing low
over the North Sea, four miles west
of the Dani si doast, and that still an-
men in honors announced today. ________,____ _
Young Taft, the Charlie Taft of the Post's Amsterdam correspondent tele-
it r ASHINGTON, Feb.
WW The text of the B
" " government’! repl
the American protest ag
British interference with A
can commerce was made I
tonight simultanesly in V
ington and London. The
ish reply is written by Si
ward Grey and is dated Fei
in acknowledging Seer
Bryan’s letter, of protest
British foreign secretary
that Secretary Bryan "desc
the situation produced by
action of Great Britain as a
f ul one to the eommereial i
ests of the United States."
Sir Ed ward Grey they sa
reply that the British go
ment has not interfered in
way whatsoever with any I
that have sailed from the U
States to any countries e
Holland, Denmark, Nor
Sweden and Italy.
It is only "through those cou
adjacent to the theater of way
ths enemy Introduces the aul
which he requires for the cal
on of the war." And of an the
that have cleared from the U
States for those countriea ains
beginning of the war only etg
of 773 have been placed in the
court. Sir Edward Grey saym,
only forty-five temporarily del
steamer, in the national colors of
neutrals
"The investigation of merchant
ships, ineludine neutrala, la therefore
tmpossible without seriously endanger-
inf German submarines," the memo-
randuni soya- "Furthermore Germany
intends to lay mines on a larger scale
In all parts of the war xone. Mer-
chant bhips therefore run the Eteat-
eat risk in steaming alonf the north
coast of Scotland, as recomthended by
the German admiralty."
The memorandum adds that the
mania Hut for Rumania Turkey
would now be completely cut off from
upplies for the allied fleets prevent
anythine reaching her. From Dede-
ngnteh the Black Hee route to Ana-
tolia has been abandoned since the
Rumstann sunk 109 small Turkish coant
trannporta. The Germans and Aua-
trpna still send supply trains through
afiania for Turkey.
CHICAGO, Feb 17.—The Rev.
Father Peter L. O'Refan, for ten
years at St. Mary’s Old Church in
ChichKo, has been ansimned to do uni-
versity work among Catholle students
HIs nuperior - xeeral. Father
Hughes of New York, has made him
Judge W. B. sehgefleld of the Circuit
Court sitting at Parle, UL. instructed
Sheriff McCallister to summon a spe-
cial grand jury to report tomorrow
mornine. the order saying the Jury la
to investigate only thone canes in
which the defendants are confined in
the county jail.
Thia preeludea aa Inveetigation of
the election last November, when
"Unele Joe” Cannon was re-elected to
Congress and whan. accordinK to eir-
cumstan tial statementa on oath, there
waa wholesale buying of votes.
nERLIN, Feb. 17. —It
15 was announced today
— that a tremendous vic-
tory in Eastern Prussia was
won under the Kaiser’s
eyes. The conflict lasted
for nine days and took place
in the Mazurian Lake re-
gion.
Fifty thousand prisoners
were taken, fifty cannon
and sixty machine guns
captured.
Only a remnant of the
Russian army of 200,000
succeeded in escaping across
the border into the frontier
of Russia.
. They abandoned vast
quantities of munitions.
A Konigsberg dispatch
says that the German
troops have invested the
Russian fortress Kovono,
fifty miles from the fron-
tier, at the junction of the
Niemen and Villiya River.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind . Feb. 17—in
spite of warning* in regard to viola-
tion of platform pledges and much
oratory among the Democrats, the di-
rect primary bill introduced In the Sen-
ate by H inear went to its grave thia
afternoon, the vote being 23 to 31 in
favor of a motion to adopt the report
of tho Senate election committee,
which was for the indefinite postpone-
ment of the bill.
In cloning the debate In opposition
to the Mil. Senator Fred Van Nuya.
the Democratic floor leader, severely
criticised Secretar of State William
J Bryn and other "Washington polf-
ticians" for trying tn tell Indiana
Democrate that they should enact a
State-wide primary law.
Senator Maston introduced in the
Senate the Mil providing partial suf-
frage for women, prepared by the
legislative couneil of Indiana women.
The women were jubilant over the
fact that the bill had been premented
by the majority party after such a
long delay.
LONDON. Feb 17.— Reuter*a Am-
sterdam correspondent says an offi-
cial telegram from Berlin states the
American ambassador has received
the following reply from the German
government to the United States' note
of Feb. 13:
“The Imperial German government
has examined the communication
from the United States Government
in the same good will and friendship
by which the communication seems to
have been dictated
“The Imperial German government
la in accord with the United States
Government In that for both parties it
ia to a high degree desirable to avoid
any misunderstanding which might
arise from the measures announced by
the German admiralty and to provide
against the occurrence of incidenta
which might trouble the friendly re-
lations which so far happily exist be-
tween the two governments.
"With regard to assuring these
friendly relations the German govern-
ment believes it may all th* more
reckon on a full understanding with
the United States, as the procedure
announced by the German admiralty
(which is fully explained in the note
of Feb. 4) to in no way directed
against the legitimate commerce or
legitimate shipping of neutraie, but
represents solely a measure of self-
defense imposed on Germany by her
vital interests against England's meth-
od of warfare which to contrary to in-
ternational law and which so far no
protests of neutrals has succeeded in
bringing back to the generally recog-
nized principles of law as existed be-
fore the outbreak of the present war."
(Continued on Page Two.)
Au
LONDON, Feb. 17.—The Cham-
pagne district has for twenty-four
hours been the acene of bloody fight-
ing, sometimes at hand to hand, and
the German forces, according to Paris,
have been steadily driven back.
A continuous series of victories is
claimed in the French official state-
ment and is partly admitted toy Ber-
lin. To the northwest of Perthes,
French troops, suddenly assuming the
offensive, attacked the enemy in a
series of brilliant charges and are re-
ported to have driven them back 800
meters. Bayonets figured prominetly
in the fighting, much of which was
at close quarters. Reinforcements
were sent to the Germans and they
made a fierce counter attack, but ac-
cording to Paris were repulsed with
•terrific losses.
Fierce assaults were also made by
the French at Beausejour, where the
enemy is reported to have been lit-
erally routed. A large number of
bombs and 200 prisoners were taken.
A German attack to the north of Mes-
nil les Hurlub was repulsed.
Berlin admits the penetration of the
German lines in Champagne, but de-
clares the fighting is still in progress.
The sudden taking of the offensive of
the French was forced, Berlin claims
by the repeated German victories in
the district, and is regarded as hav-
LONDON, Feb 17—A dispatch
from Copenhagen to the Exchange
Telegram Company tonight telis de the
of German-
; the Missouri,
; to welcome
nn. the noted
e arrived last
was expected
o'clock train,
vo hours late
tee had to
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Harvard and
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as a forceful
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lecture at the
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COPENHAGEN. Feb. 17.—(Special
to London Dally News.)—From Ham-
burg I learn that the German subma-
rnes.which are to engage in the
blockade of the English coast, have
received detailed instructions Now to
act. Theee instructions state that the
blockade of England given the eubma-
rines the right to regard all merchant-
men found within the blockaded area
for the purpose of conveying anything
to England as enemy shtps engaged in
Illegal operation,.
The submarines are to approach
the maerchantmen if posslble without
being eeen and torpedo them imme-
diately without the blightest examna-
ton regarding their nationality or in
any way concerning themaelves ne to
the fate of the crew ,
Neutral vessels which break a
blockade have no rights at all. accord.
Ing to internationai law, end It le un-
derstood the desire is that the ore we
of the torpedoed ships ehall perish eo
there may be left no evidence regard-
ing the fate of the ships. The German
authonties believe the dinappearance
with all hands of many merchantmen
will produce a most terroriztng effect.
It le reported the Kaiser will arrive
at WiLhelmshaven tomorrow. The
genorej belief is that he le going to
Heligoland to direst the blockade
personally: In n few weeks, the
rumor adds, he mey even go further
than Heligoland
ton to the Met -that if cottos-
eluded from the caleulation tel
of the war haa not been to dec
American exports, but quite the
trary. And cotton, while it la aff
by war, le not affected by BritM
terference with commerce as it
contraband of war and has not
interfered with in any way." in <
words, "the naval operations of I
Britain are not the cause of
diminution In the volume of An
can export.” .
Qmotes From Circular, a
Sir Edward Grey then quel
paragraph in a circular sent out
it by the Department of oms
to the American public, callinea
ton to the enormous increase ■
foreign trade of the Unated wmtB
ports being 3206,000,000 for
month of November or doubu
total for August: Decamber ehn
a still further improvement. e
being 3216,000,00 or $,00
more than for the month of Del
her. Ult. when there wen no M
Sir Edward Grey then states
from Aug. 1 to Nov. to in epite •
"acute but temporary disturbanc
trade after the outbreak of the 1
Great Britain and her anie
till.111.009 worth of goods from
United States as compared with t
805,000 in the came period test
when there was noWar on the •
hand. Germany and Belgium I
only tl.til.999 as compara.
3177,1 36,000. To neutral
the exports of the United State
actually increased.
"The general complaint in yol
cellency‛• note." Sir Edward i
writes to Secretary Bryan. "waa
the action of Grant Britain was
fecting adversely the commercea
United States with neutral couni
The naval operations of Great 82
certainly do not interfere with
commerce of the United state M
way to England and allled coun
Yet It I, the exports to Great M
and her allies during these I
months which have diminlehdi
419.999.999. whereas the Ama
commerce with neutral countrie
Auatria increased by over 5102
999 ’ 7
It ■ fair to infer, the BHtaN
rign necretary states, that a muba
tial part of thio increnne of thw C
with neutral countries waa. In I
“intended for the enemy countries
Ing through neutral porta by M
through which commerce was 1
Vlously unaccustomed."
One of the many mmoonvent
caused By the war is the nerlous 3
age in shipping available for trana
and the consequent result of excu
freight charges
Can’t Be Fairly Sala.
"It can not fairly be mid.- i
tends the British foreign neard
that this shortage is caueed hr Q
Britain’s interference with Md
■ hips At the present time there
tspeclal to Austin American, the In-
ternational News Service end Lon-
don Daily Telegraph.)
rETROGRAD, Feb. 17.—The eu-
preme culmination of the German at-
iempta to rush the Bzura-RawkA line
wa desperate fighting, lasting several
dayw for the ponnesnion of Volya-shid-
10Vxka in a number of battles which
brought into action largo manses of
troope in a comparatively restricted
area the fighting surpassed all other
bnttles since hostilities commenced.
While infantry fighting was going
on at cloae quarters, the fire of 119
derman battertea annumed unprece:
dented dimensions. The Germane
concentrated suecessively on prede-
termined squares of the area under
hombardment Their elm evidently
sue to bring the fire of weveral bat-
teries to bear wtmultaneoualy on one
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