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RUSSIANS BEAT BACK
FOES AT CARPATHIAN
PASS; SEIZE RAILWAY
Char's Forces Drive Aus-
trians From Heights
After Furious Battle.
Way Opened for Advance
Upon Hungary. .
The) Czar's army tins driven the Aus
trlans back on the helghtn between the
LupkoW and Usrok 1'nsscs, nccordlliK
to Petrogrnd dispatches, and haVo
seized the railway lending south from
(Lupkow Into Hungary.
A new Kusslnti offensive is develop
ins In the region of tho PHIca Itlvcr.
lit South Poland, whero tho Cair's col
umns liavo begun determined nttnckn
ngalnst tho German lines, with tho evi
dent purpose of provenllnB the send
ing of reinforcements to the Carpath
ians. The fighting In tho passes of tlin
mountains continues furiously. The
Austrlans have been ordered to hold
their positions there at all costs, Pet
rograd learns, as tho whole fnto of the
campaign depends upon tho battlci now
In progress.
French aviators sent two German
airmen to their doom yesterday. Ncnr
Dlxmudc, Lieutenant Oarros, of the
French Aviation Corns, cngncod In
Taubo high abovo tho troops, and with
a machlno gun destroyed tho German
aircraft. In tho Alsno region Lieuten
ant Navarro also brought a German
aviator to tho ground.
Artillery duels In tho Woevre and
Champagno regions nro In progress.
Tho French report gains at the forost
of Lo Pre t re.
AUSTIIIA SEEKIMI PKACE
WITH CZAK, SAYS PETllOGllAD
Russia Approached Through Neutral
Channels, Is Report.
LONDON. April 2
The "nines' Petrograd correspondent
telegraphs:
"Tho nussko Btoo prints a note of In
timation that the Iltisslnn Government
linn been npproacliixl through neutral '
channels with overture from Austria '
for a separate pence. It Is added that
this sup Is undertaken without tho
knowleilgo of Gal-many and that ap
parently Austria Is animated by, sincere .
Intentions. These overtures aro bollevcd
to have been confined to fttusln "
Another I'etrojeratl dispatch a
"It Is alleged that Snlsi channels halo
been chosen for mnklnc tho monosals.
and that rtixaln. requested that they
should bo tnndo In Identical tenm In
London and Paris nlno before sho would
consent to consider them
"The Idea of tho Allies concluding peace
with Austria apart from Uennniiy Is
favorably regarded In Influential circles .
here " I
WHAT A RUSSIAN AVIATOR SAW FROM HIS SCOUTING AEROPLANE
ITALY SEES NO HOPE
FOR PEACE THROUGH
AMERICAN INITIATION
AUSTIUANS DRIVEN BACK
AT CARPATHIAN PASSES
Important Rnilway Leading Into Hun
gary Captured by Czar's Troops.
pivrnoanAD, April 2.
By almost superhuman efforts the Kus
lans between tho Lupkow and Us?ok
Passes have driven tho Austrlans back
ward upon tho heights, and have spired
tho railway leading through Vola
Mlchova and Lupkow, southward Into
Hungary, according to dispatches rc
aelvcd hero today. Tho nghtlng was par
ticularly bitter, near Vola Mlchoa, where
tho Austrlans held Btrong positions In
the heights, protected by rows of
trenches on the hillsides nnd wire en
tanglements. To tho east of Vola
Mlchova an Austro-Gcrman force Is being
pressed backward In tho direction of the
Uszok.
Tho Lupkow-Uszok region Is now the
scene of the most despeiatc fighting.
South of tho Dukla, where the Russians
have entrenched 1n tho foothills, tho
Austrlans have abandoned their at
tacks. Both sides apparently nrn await
ing tho result of the great combat for
possession of the Lupkow nnd Uszok
Passes.
U. S. NAVAL TUGS
GUARD PRINZ EITEL
Continued from rage One
launch from the battleship Alabama, aro
patrolling the waters Inland around tho
.T&Rl.-whlle United States coast nrtll-
leryrpen arc guarding tho ship from the
land side, making It practically Impos
sible to get Into communication with
Commander Thlcrlchens to ascertain the
nature of the conference with the col
lector. "Thoy may have moro than us to fight,"
was the statement made by the first offi
cer on the German sea ralffer Prlnz Eltol
Frledrlch, according to reports In circu
lation at Old Point Comfort.
The ofllcer la also quoted as saIng that
the German battle cruiser Von der Tnnu,
with a submarine, on board, Is In the
Atlantic Ocean and was endeavoring to
reach this side. The submarine, ho says,
Is ono of the greatest In the German
navy. When fully stocked the undersea
boat Is capable of remaining away from
its base for 40 days
The Von der Tann. It will be recalled,
was reported as having run the gauntlet
around the British Isles In an effort to
Join Admiral von Snee'B squadron before
the battle at the Falkland Islands.
The American authorities lrtually
established a censorship on all photo
graphs of the Eltel. A newspaper protos
, rapher, who snapped three pictures of
the German vesesl, her officers and crew,
was arrested by the American guard
"When taken before officers his plates were
seized and were thrown Into Hampton
Roads.
The story attributed to an ofllcer of the
Prinz Eltel of the coming of the bit? Von
der Tann to the nld of the auxiliary
cruiser would sound more plausible If It
were not coupled with the statement that
a big submarine Is being carried on the
deck of the battle cruiser. The biggest of
the German submarine craft are of more
than 1000 tons displacement, and the
notion that one of them could be accom
modated on the deck of the bigger ship
seems grotesque, The Von der Tann Is
of 21,000 tons displacement, carries eight
11-lnch and ten 6-Inch guns and has a
speed of 23.1 knots. She Is far heavier
and faster than any ship the Allies are
believed to hae outside the Virginia
Capes. The biggest of the latter vessels,
q far as they are known, Is the Essex, ot
SSOO tons, with a main battery ot It
6-Inch guns,
NEW TORK, April 2 The New Jersey
and Houth Brooklyn water fronts were
kept In a state of feverish excitement to
day over a renewal of reports that the
We fleet of German steamships tied up
In the New York harbor were preparing
to make a concerted dash to sea.
-v Several German shins were observed
coaling, among them the Pisa, of the
Hamburg-American Line, nnd the Bar-
bnrossa, of the North German Lloyd
Line, Some professed to believe that the
German auxiliary cruiser rrinz jjnei
- Frtedrieh was purposely prolonging her
stay at Newport News in order to draw
the British warnalp from this vicinity to
the Virginia coast.
FRENCH AVIATORS BRING
DOWN GERMAN AIRMEN
Air Battles Won by Allies in Belgium
and France.
HA HIS, April i There has been con-
Ptorable. fighting In the air, all of it with
tM.tja to the Allies, according to an
sttletal report
KJ5sd Oarros, the famous French aliv
tnau, jttueKeu a uenpan aviator who
Vtwtuied south of Plxmude and brought
Ibii down, by shorn from his mitrailleuse
, Another German airman was aiiot down
1y AUtor Navarre in the region of the
iMsae
TbM successes were preceded by a con-
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clares Proposals Are Ab
surd and Intervention by
Ambassador Page Would
Be Inopportune.
noxit:. April 2.
Owing to tho failure of Prlnco von Hue
low's negotiations heic to present Itullun
neutrality, and to what seems the Inevi
table Intervention of Italy, German sym
pathizers urc now striving to piolong neu
trality by spreading reports that peoco Is
jet possible with American Initiative nnd
Italian co-operation.
The Glornnlo d'ltnlla, which reprecnts
tho views of Baron Sonnlno, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, printed an Inspired edi
torial jesteidnv nltudlng to theso repoits
nnd to Ambuss. ulor Pagt'A cffoits tow mil
peace. It said tho nllejcd pioposnl for
American Initiative Is absuid, and oven If
such action were taken it would bo Inop
portune, especially so far ns Italy Is con
cerned. Ambassador Pago hn.t made the follow
ing statement regarding these reports:
"The article In the Glornalc d'ltulla has
naturally Interested 1110 Immense!, -ut
of course I iiac had nothing to do cither
dlrectlv or Indirectly with Its publica
tion. Man) Unolllclal persons, whoso opin
ions aro considered weighty, havo spoken
to mo recently along tho lines of tho
views expressed In tho article, but I hao
considered their communications rather
as an expression of their own opinions
than ns the prcfcOiuVdtlon of a practical
plan, feasible in, the present status of af
fairs. The publication of those lcns Is
probably duo to some ono of the. pcisuns
who hae talked to me, and tho publica
tion would seem to indicate, a desire to
make them more practicable If possible.
"I do not know what my Government
thinks of the suggestions made, but I be
lieve that if the suggestion were confined
to speaking a. word for peace It would
certainly commend itself moio than others
which aro liss practical "
The Idea NuzJonale, which is advocat
ing Intervention, commenting on tho
selection of Signer Lulgl Luzzatl as
Italian peaco delegate, snjs tho plan of
American Initiative toward peace. If
well founded. Is doomed to certain
failure. It adds that peaco now would
frustrate Italian aspirations when they
aro nearer than ever before to realiza
tion. The National Ncwa Agency attributes
tho reports that America is seeking to
keep pence between Italy nnd Germany
to Get man Intrigues and cffoits.
According to the lcws expressed by
the Trlbuna, tho whole scheme of Amer
ican Initiative toward peaco Is nothing
but an April fool Joke of unheard of
proportions. It Is denied at tile Foreign
Office that Signor Luzratl has been se
lected as a peace delegate. The greatest
Indignation Is shown nt what Is called a
ridiculous story and a mere fabrication,
sufficiently stupid In Itself to prevent
any common sense person from being
taken in by It.
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FRENCH MAY DROP
TOURAINE CHARGES
AGAINST SWOBODA
Investigators Now Believe
Eire on Linei' Started in
Bales of Cloth Police
Seize His Five Sample
Trunks.
HAVRB, France, April 2.
Sudden nnd startling developments to
day Indicated a complete collapse ot tho
Fiench Government's charge that Ray
mond Swoboda attempted to blow up the
French liner La Touralne. His examina
tion was again postponed 21 hours, nnd
when ho la arraigned It Is probable that
the prosecution w)ll attempt only to show
that lie is a German apd not an American
clllzeh. Evidence that he was responsible
for the fire on the La Touralne may
never be presented.
This Is due, It Is said, to the fact that
the Government commission which ex
amined the La Touralne has altered Its
opinion that the fire aboard the liner was
caused by an explosion, nnd now believes
It was due to the mysterious Ignition ot
three bales ot cloth,
Experiments tend lo show that the fire
could not have been caused by sponta.
neotis combustion, nnd chemists are mak
ing an examination of the charred cloth
In an effort to llnd a trace of Inflammable
liquid or celluloid,
Five trunks deposited by Swoboda with
a Paris Insurance company have been
seized, by the police and searched, The
contents weie found to be mostly samples
of cloth, woolen gloves, socks, specimens
ot leather, metals, preserved meats, pick,
shovels, boots and new French uniforms
While attaches of the United States
Embassy wcro engaged today In verifying
the nationality of Swoboda, friends ot the
n.t n. a11Ia4 ... f.l ......
declaring that he Is Innocent, fM
One ot the staunchest supporters ot
Swoboda Is M. Trescat, a stock broker
nna ousmess associate or 1110 prisoner.
J'liuto I'J lliumpMju
This Is 0110 of tho very few phottnjrnphs that have tonic fiom the wur front showing how n battleground
appears to an airmnn. Tho Xs in tho picture indicate Austrian trenches around 11 Galician village,
of which the Ilussians weie unaware till the nir scout brought hock word.
SERVIANS SINK AUSTRIAN BOAT
NISH, Servla. April 2
Heavy fire from Servian artlllco on tho
south bank of tho Danube sank an Aus
trian steamboat carrying arms nnd am
munition between Zemlln and Pancsova,
Wednesday night, It was announced hero
today. A Servian shell caused the boat
to explode. Fifty men of her crow per
ished. An Austrian aeroplane flew over Kle
dova, a Servian town on the Danube,
Thursday. It dropped four bombs, kill
ing three soldiers nnd wounding several
otheis Two houses were set on fire
The aeroplane left after the raid.
SUBMARINE SINKS
SHIP FRO HI THIS PORT
Continued from Pnito Ono
sunk by n submnrlnc. Accoidlng to a
dispatch from Lisbon, the Ociman sub
marine raiders havo extended their scopo
of activity nnd nro operating off the
coast of Spain.
Tho dispatch stated that tho South
Point had been sunk by tho Ociman sub
marine IJ-2S CO miles off Capo Flnlstcru-.
Tho crew ot the South Point was rescued
and Iniuled .it Lisbon.
From tho Scllt Islands, whore the U-.K
was last reported as operating. It is ap
proximately KiO miles to Cnpo Flnlstcric
Naval expcits In London declared today
that the capability or tho German subma
rines had been underrated.
A diepatcli rccelvtd from Amaterdnm
Bhoitly before noon today stated that a
Norwegian bark had been torpedoed and
sunk In tho North Sou. Eleven member
of hei crow, said the dispatch, weie land
ed it tho Hook of Hollard this morning
l a Norwegian steainci tluit had picked
them up
Tho German submarines are continuing
their activities and sinking sIiIpb nt the
rnte ot ono n da, ns evidenced by the
destruction of tho French steamer Kmmrt
on Wednesday and the Hiltlsh steam r
Seven Peas oij Thursday with a totnl Ios.
of 00 lives.
Tho South Point traded between Phila
delphia and London for a number or
j cars. Captain George W. Now man,
who was In command of her when sho
went down, was ono of the most popu
lar skippers trading here On February
11 the steamship left here laden with a
cargo of flour for relief of starving Bel
gians. It was donated by tho millers
of the Northwest and was ulucd at more
than n half million dollars. This cargo
was delivered safely nt Rotterdam, and
the vessel proceeded to London for 11
leturu caiao to this port While lu Lou
don her namo was chaiiKCd to the L'srom
The South Point was a steel vessel uf
3S.17 tons, owned hv tho .Norfolk and
North Amorlcan Steamshlpplng Com
pany, Ltd. She was built in 1912.
GREY'S ABSENCE HALTS
ACTION ON U.S. PROTEST
British Reply to Blockade Note
May Be Postponed for at
Least Ono Month.
LONDON, April 2.
Nows of the departure from London o,"
Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Minister for
England, upon the eve ot tho presentation
ot tho American protest against tho order
In council blockading German ports,
caused Intense surprise hero today.
As 11 result of the departure of Sir
Edward there cannot bo any reply to tho
Amerlcnn protest for at least a month, as
tho Foreign JHnlstcr probably will ,15
nwny for nbout three weeks. In the nb
senco of Sir Edwnrd, Premier Axqulth
will conduct tho routlno affairs of the
Foreign Ofllcc. but it will require tho
prusenco of tho Foreign Jllnlslrr before
a formal answer to tho American note
can bo drafted. In fact, It may bo well
into May before even 11 preliminary reply
is font.
Although tho notice of Sir Edward's de
parture spoko ot his absence as a aca
tlon. It Is reported on rellablo authority
that ho Is going to Paris, whero ho will
hold n conference with tho French For
eign Minister, Thcophllo Delcassc, and the
ItiiB.slan Ambassador, A P. Ivolsky, over
Important nnd unexpected developments
which have Just nilseii lu this connec
tion Hlgnlllcance Is attached lo Petrograd
dispatches, which say that Austria Is on
tho point of suing Russia for peace.
Prlends of tho Foreign Minister dcclaro
that only Illness or affairs of utmost mo
ment outsldo of England could drag Sir
Edwaid away from Downing street at
this critical Junctmo In Pritlsli history.
Another report In circulation was that
a conferemo ot -various ambassadois
would bo hold In Paris, when tho Near
Eastern question and the future status
of Constantinople would be discussed
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