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SUBMARINE RAIDS
TURKISH CAPITAL;
SINKS WARSHIPS
British U-Boat Slips
Past Dax'danelles
, Forts and Turkish
Fleet.
Sinks Two Gunboats of Sultan
and n Steamship In Golden
Horn - Transport Also Re
ported Destroyed Raider
Escapes Unharmed.
LONDON, July 26.
A British submarine has eluded ths
TurklBh Warships in ths Dardanelles had
Sea ot Marmora, penetrated Into th very
harbor of Constantinople, sunk two of ths
Sultan's gunboats and a steamship and re
turned In safety to Its base.
Details of this exploit, one or tho most
daring carried out by a submarine com
mander during tho war, were received
hero today In dispatches from Athens.
According to a Mltyleno dispatch, the
submarine also sank In the Sea of Mar
mora ti Turkish transport.
Athens dispatches slate that the sub
marine fired h. tdrpedO at a Turkish
transport at TOphane, a suburb of Con
stantinople, between Galat and Pera. The
torpedo failed to strike the transport,
hut hit the wharf, completely wrecking
Tho Mltyleno dispatch states that tho
torpedo Struck the transport while it
waS discharging troops, ahd it tank
Within a few minutes.
This Is the second time that the Ve
torlc waters of the Golden Horn have
been Invaded by a hostile submarine. The
attack on the transport at TophAne wns
made In the shadow of the beautiful
MamUdlch Mosque.
CONSTANTINOPLE. July 48.
Sedd-El-Bahr. at the extreme south
Western end of the Gatllpolt Peninsula,
has been the scene of fdrlous fighting for
several days, according to an official re
port issued by the Turkish War Office to
day. There have been both artillery and
Infantry actions.
Th text of the official report follows:
"Near Avl Duma there were artillery
duels at Intervals on Thursday night. On
Friday morning we successfully blew up
a mine In order to offset the effect of
the hostile mining operations against our
centre. The tamo day we repulsed an
attack against some trenches on oUr right
wing near Sedd-El Bahr. Also near Bedd-El-Bahr
our artillery silenced a hostile
battery which had been bombarding our
trenches.
BERLIN AMAZED AT TONE
OF PRESIDENT'S NOTE
Continued from rage One
ful classes of voters. The Germans, who
always placed great value In tho friend
ship of American democracy, now regret
fully see Wilson, despite the fact that
he Is a Democrat by conviction, promot
ing th6 Interests of plutocracy, rather
than those of a peacefully inclined de
mocracy. "We understand perfectly that every
heutral state should endeavor to pre
serve the personal freedom of 1th citizens,
but we cannot understand the policy that
cays to one belligerent power: 'The war
doesn't concern us while furnishing war
material to another power In order to
derive the greatest possible profits. The
unanimous opinion of all Germans Is that
we cannot 'accept the American theslB,
which violates the spirit of equality and
the sense of neutrality."
The Lokat Anzelger, which throughout
Jias adopted a conciliatory attitude to
America, today carried a markedly dif
ferent editorial from the one on Saturday
which assured Its readers that the Ameri
can note was friendly, "though possessed
of n certain firmness."
"We especially object to the last
sentence of the American note, warning
us that the loss of more American lives
will be considered 'deliberately un
friendly,' " said the Lokai Antelger. "Wa
reserve the right to determine for our
selves against whom we shall intention
ally be unfriendly. We reserve the right
to be Intentionally polite and considerate
to America, despite a very Unsatisfactory
note, as ions as it seems useful."
Commenting on the note, George Bern
bard in the VossUche Zeltunc says:
"Wo have Confidence that friendship
for American people and the dictates of
humanity Which Germany always has
been ready to respect will not Induce the
Government to sacrifice Germany's dig
nity. We have offered the utmost con
cessions possible. One Iota, more would
be felt as a humiliation by German peo
ple, which stands victorious on all the
battlefields, east and west."
Captain Perslus, naval expert of, the
Berliner Tageblatt, writes:
"The note expresses a determination to
rob ua of the weapon to which we pin
cur greatest hopes In the war on Eng
land. "The British trouble makers have finally
won over President Wilson. The Anglo
phlle press attempts to Incite the Ameri
can people against Germany, but wa don't
give up hope than common sense will con
quer In the United States and that sen
sible citizen will prevent others from let
ting themselves be employed as a, cover
for English property, particularly arms
and ammunition, and thereby possibly
dragging their country into a situation
which, to tay the least, would have to be
called a 'costly adventure.' "
Count von Reventlow in the Tages
Zeltung writes:
"Aeeeptanee of President Wilson's stand
point would emasculate submarine war
fare. The American note talks of an
'Intentional unfriendly act We must ad
mit that far our part we einnot charac
terise this American position either as
friendly or as necessary to the American
Interest
"The tone of the note is not such As
to appeal to the vast majority of Oer
mans, for It directs Its appeal In far too
threatening and MrtmMory & tone. The
note will make & bad impression on ths
forma ii people, for It contains none of
the friendly, open-heartednees of the
German nete and it bmthei an almost
hateful ignoring of ths standpsint of, tba
oerman Government wWeh Germany
docs not need to swallow and does not
Intend to.
One ts of opinio her that net only
neutrfela kv right bt also a great
peopU Missed in a Hgtot for existence.
Kvsir ub4Mk4t wLteh wljl pejrolt
the esfsetiv astftdtwt wt the submarine
war we sMII. of eWbraoe with
pleasure, atyi onUue te vlU the
friendly rfcUtiens with the United States
a highly In the future t in the past.
VMf not at any pri "
Uhi Pt.,t concludes an ediiertsl
?- Thai. I. . boundjur W
tfe IsMKSJUtops n ao .
Muirfarr U Germany's slf-ret n
if.prrviOM "
I', Kiu ritdiig declare that: "We
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,n ' 'trt .MatiM Kiiii it, t.tmdpoitjt a
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WAR MOVES' MfeANIfta
BIUEFM iNTJGKrftETED
Capture of the Slnv protecting
fortresses of PUlttisk nntl RoMti,
norlhenst of Warsaw, officially nn-
nounccd in Berlin today nlid forc
ing of tho Nnrevr Ulverfrom us-
tlolenkft to PultuaK, indicates tuo
Teuton, determination to sweep in
rtpon the Polish capital by drives
from nil fotif potnts of the com
pass. Tho new movement, aimed
immediately at the Bur River, has
as ultimato objective tutting of
tho Petrograd-Warsaw Railroad.
Success in this dosifen would mean
interruption of supplies and rein
forcements from tho Slav base nt
Brest Lltovsk nnd potentiality for
a powerful etroko at Warsaw from
tho rear, adding an eastward
drive to those onerAted from tho
north, west and Bouth.
BRITAIN'S REPLY TO U.S.
PROTEST ON SHIPPING
Lansing Withholds Outline.
Will Delay Sending of
Note Under Way to Lon
don Memorandum De
nied Right of Inter
ference. WASHINGTON, July ti,
The State Department received today
from Ambassador Page, London, the
British Government's reply to the Amer
ican memorandum of Marcn , protest
ing against the British Order In Council.
This denied the right or ureat uruain,
as claimed In her Order In Council of
March 15 to interfere with neutral ship
ments made under tho rule of continu
ous voyage.
Tho British Government Bent to tho
Stato Department two separate memo
randa on the subject of neutral trade, but
It reserved Its formal answer until thlB
time.
The Stato Department assumes that
Great Britain considered this the favor
able moment tor sending her reply when
the United States has Just forwarded to
Germany Its note of Anal denial of Ger
many's right to restrict tho freedom of
the seas.
Secretary Lansing said the note will be
published on Wednesday morning. A
copy will first be Bent to President Wil
son, at CornlSh.
In view of tho arrival of this statement
from the British Foreign Ofllce, tho pre
liminary draft of tho American noto will
be abandoned nnd a now noto drawn up
In reply to the one received today.
The message waB very long, and It was
stated that the London Foreign Office has
I. ad It under consideration since March 30.
Despite Lansing's ratlcence, fears wero
expressed that the British had refused
to make the required concession.
That President Wilson Would stand faBt
for freedom of the seas for American
shipping, whatever might too Its contents,
was deemed a foregone conclusion
Two thousand vessels, first and last,
wero said to have been seized by the
British since war began, and, though
most of them have Blnce been released,
the Government had nothing to show
what reparation- had. been granted to
their owners nnd to shippers by them,
for losses they sustained.
BONES OF SAINT ANN
KISSED BY THOUSANDS
Contlnaed from Tags One
and the blind. And as they passed their
Angers across their breasts and made the
sign of the croea their lips moved In
solemn words of thanks and appeal.
Before the 10 o'clock mass this morning
several hundred Italians participated in
a beautiful procession, made gay by Ital
ian and American flags. They were led
by a detachment of mounted police, and
Michael Manlclnl was chief marshal. He
was mounted on a white horse.
Following the chief marshal came
Bernardo Manlclnl, president of the St.
Ann's Italian Beneficial Society, afoot,
after whom were six little girls In whtte,
bearing a large painting of St. Ann,
draped In flags and (lowers. Another
group of girls carried large American and
Italian flags, ahd then came 100 more
girls, dressed In white. Ths boys, also in
white, were next In the procession, and
the men brought up the rear, many Of
them Wearing sashes of Italian colors,
and bands of the some colors on white
hats. All those In the procession at
tended the 10 o'clock Maes.
OLD WOMAN AND BOY.
A tJ-ytar-Old boy, Christ Kropolys. was
brought all the way from Pittsburgh by
his mother to kiss the reliquary bearing
the bones of St. Ann. The lad has been
suffering from curvature of the spine
since birth. Another supplicant for euro
At the shrihe woS Mrs. Kate Langan, 63
Tears old, ot Wit Belgrade street. Her
left side has been paralysed for years.
She was brought Into the edifice in a
wheel chair. Mrs. Sallle Cleflner, 70 years
old, of Conestoga and Hace streets, who
lost the power ot speech Si years ago,
was another early visitor at the church.
A woman who came to seek the nM
of the BAlnt for her daughter told others
or a remarKaDle cure at Bt Ann's, 1111.
riols. She said she knew a girl there who
had been crippled for years so that she
could hot walk. The girl Visited the
Shrine of St. Ann. she said, and was
oured. The woman who told of this is
Mrs. Louis Lutz. of Oak Lane. If.-
daughter has been lit St. Joseph's Hos
pital tor months, the victim of a nervous
malady.
Miss Anna McDermott. of Atlantic Clly,
stricken some months ago with a my
terious ailment that physicians have not
been able accurately to diagnose, cam
from the New Jersey city to bow before
th relic. Fourteen. y.ar-oM Kusrt
Kelly, of KoT Belgrade street, whose leg
wsa Injured two years ago in a fall on
the ee, was brought In by his mother.
The lad went up the alste ot the cluiroh
on crutches.
THREB MABSBS.
there wr Mures, Masses. 6h at t, Che
at and 4 eoltmh High Mtii it 10
O'clock. At each ths ohUrch waJ rilled
and many persons were Unable to gain
admittance. At their eiese the rstlen of
the Mint carefully Were removed from
the reliquary and theft they Were exposed
at the altar, where the faithful kissed
them and offered their prayers. Fellow,
log the last Mass the Mered pfcrtlelea of
befits remained exposed and throng of
?a, wmtn and children art passing bt
ere them today, offering their prayers
and klselnsr them, while priests keen sen
sunt guard- The rtatt will end with a
solemn bn4ltUm tonight, when it is
aayiptd that lbs church will be ever
erjwded, TM e7 tsdajr l &arge sf
ths . tfatthew 4, Hug. Mr f the
parish, who Ula oj- the Rev.
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PHILADELPHIANS LOST
IN CHICAGO DISASTER
Mother and Little Girl, Visiting
Relatives, Died on Doomed
Pleasure Boat.
Two Plllladelphlans, mother and Child,
lost their lives in tho Eastland disaster
In tho Chicago River Saturday. Verifica
tion of the news reachfed this city today.
They wore Mrs. Nellie Fitsgcrald and
her 3-year-old daughter, Dorothy, of
Fernwood, who wero visiting relatives In
Chicago. The bodlea will be brought to
this city for burial.
Alt Fernwood Is moUrnlng today the
death of Mrs. Nellie Fitzgerald, of that
suburb, and her 3-year-old daughter
Dorothy, whose lives wero lost In tho
excursion boat horror In Chicago Satur
day. The bodies will be brought to this
city for burial.
John Fitzgerald, a member of the
United States Marino Corps In Cuban
wnters, who expected to Join his wife and
child In Chicago when he obtained a fur
lough, Instead will come to this city for
the funeral. He Is on tho battleship
Michigan, now In Cuban waters.
So far as can be learned, Mrs. Fitz
gerald and her daughter were tho only
victims of the tragedy nbt residents of
Chicago. Several other members of the
family, who lived In that city, are
thought to have lost their HvCs When
the Eastland suddenly keeled over In
tho Chicago River.
Mrs. Fltigerald lived with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John O'Brien. She had
been planning for months the visit to her
husband's family In the Windy City. The
O'Brien home Is at Williams street and
Baltimore avenue. Mrs. Fitzgerald was
28 years old.
The bodlea are expected to reach this
city Tuesday night or Wednesday morn
ing. Funeral services will be held In St.
iPhllomaua's Roman Catholic Church,
Lansdowne, where the Rov.' Father
Francis Markoe will officiate at Solemn
High Requiem Mass. Burial will be at
Holy Cross Cemetery.
Tho husband and father Is expected to
reach here some time tomorrow.
M'NICHOL'S ATTITUDE
A POLITICAL MYSTERY
Interest in Mayoralty Fight
Centers About Senator and
Vare's Likely Candidacy.
With the conviction growing stronger
In political circles that Congressman Wil
liam B. Vare will announce his candidacy
tor the mayoralty within the next two
weeks. Interest Is now centring In the
attitude Ot Benator James P. McKlchol.
The MeNlchol and Vare factions ot the
Republican Organization, for the last four
years observing little more than an armed
neutrality,, will either open Immediate p6
Uttcal warfare at the announcement or
the MeNlchol faction will pretend to sub
mit to the Vare candidacy, according to
the belief of politicians.
In the meantime, the Independent party
leaders are awaiting a move by the Or
ganization. The Candidacy of Director
Porter, of tho Department of Public
8afety. is regarded as certain. Many In
dependents refuse to believe Congress
man Vare Will be a candidate.
Senator MeNlchol ventured the opinion
today that September at, the day of the
primaries, is a long way off. tie Ihtl
mated that a policy of "watchful wait
ing" is to be followed by his branch of
ths Organization. Senator Vare had noth
ing to say ot the mayoralty.
Speaker Ambler wilt name Within the
next week the three members of the
"Lexow Commission" from the House. It
is expected that ha win name two Phlla
delphians and one up-8late member. Wil
liam H. Wilson Is regarded as certain ot
appointment from Philadelphia. Al
though Senator Varo has asserted that
tho commission will not be used as a
political weapon In the coming campaign,
he will have control of the Investigating
body and has blocked any chance Ot the
MeNlchol camp using a commission
against him as was done four years ago.
Marriage License Issued in Blkteit
BLKTON, Ud , July M.-Follewlng mar
riage Uas4 were Issued at the eaunty
courthouse today: Leuis O- Carton and
Kathryn Hohberger. Jpseph Miller and
Catherine E. Traeey. Robert W. Rogers
and Mary D- Thompson and William Q.
Hindis and Anno. H. Sehrlver, all of Phil
adelphia; Philip jaMbsen. Philadelphia,
and Alvtrta Porter, BoJUmarts Jesepr,
Williams and Nellie A. Wltdler, Bristol,
Pa : Frank Poildor Oad Anna Abanisie.
Casodtm. N J.; Frd B. AppJetrale,
BrUgstao. and Bdna U. TullU. WUdw4dt
AitdV S. Iehra. rUsias Bun. WCi
tHla Winefesfter and Mary JobMen, Wtf
mtngtoa, Del.; CUffom . Fax!
Myrtle M Pry, Chester; Ueorge
mm. Liberty Drove, end Muty
on. Port tivpusit, Md ; Refer C )P,
Newark. I-1 . and Aitca & BvVM', Jk-
i fit.. Luti . Harry u. st
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Pa aJ Bamttt
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and dnughtcr, Dorothy.
LASTAZIONEDIRIVA
DANNEGGIATAOGGIDA
AVIAT0RI ITALIANI
La Capitolazione della For
tezza di Gorizia At
tesa da Un Momento al
l'Altro La Terribile
Battaglia sul Garso.
ROMA, M LUgllo.
La stazlone ferrovlnrla. dl Rlva e statu
bomhar.data o gravimente dannegglata
questa mattlna da avlatorl Itallanl. La
notlzla e' data In Un comUhlCato Uf
llcialo pubbllcato oggl dat Mlnlstero della
Querra.
Rlva sorge alia testata settentrlonalo
del Logo dl Garcia ed o' formtdabtlmente
fortincata dagll auBtrlacl.
Nulla Bt so ancora dl ufflclale circa
Gortila. 11 comunlcato ufflclale non an
nuncla ancora nulla della. surf, caduta,
mentre da altra fonte si npprende che lo
Stato Magglore austrlaco, rltendo im
mlnente la. caduta, della fortezza, ha gla'
da qualche glorno lasctato la cltta' por
tandosl altrove.
Ecco come il corrlspdndente dello Trl
buna dal fronte desCrlvo I prlmt clnqUe
Rlornl delta battaglia dl aorlzln:
"Dal Mcnte Nero at Monte San Mlchele,
lungo tutto II corso del flume Isonzo la
battaglia contlnua con crescento vlgore e
con sempro magglore flducla net succcsso
degll ltallana. Attorno a San Mlchele
austrtacl ed ltatlana fanno Bforzl straor
dlnarll, e la battaglia contlnua glbrno e
notte, Prolettlll dl cannone attravorsano
le llneo avversarle senza posa. Sembra
una Incessante ploggla Infernale dl prolet
tlll roventl Clio fendono i'arla o scopplauo
con terribile fragore o si spezzano In mlllo
scheggle mortall.
"La lotta Impegnata sul fronte del
l'ltonzo e' sntigunoslsslma E'un vero In
ferno. 11 morale dello truppe Itatlane o'
cost alto come non si o" torse mai vlsto.
Ognl aoldnto di ognt corpo ha chlesto dl
poter partcclpare alia battaglia per 11
possesso dl Gortzla.
"Abblamo vlsto usclr dalle trlncee Interl
regglmentl dl cavallerla appledata o re
parti dl carablnlerl a cavallo pure apple
datl n combattere come la fanterla dal
momento che la riatura del terreno Im
pedlva loro dl opCrare eon I loro cavalll.
Mlgllala.dl glovanl, ch.e facevano part dl
corpl destlnatl n servltll speclalt hanno
chlesto lo specials favore dl eseero lnvlatt
al fronte per poter Combattere. TUttl,
tuttl, nessuno eccettUato sono anslosi dl
parteclparo aite operatlonl ohe si svolgono
dttnrno a Sap Mlchele, operaslont che
Chludono la prima fase della battaglia dl
Gortzla.
15 ARRESTED A8 "3IASHERS"
SENTENCED BY MAdlSTRATE
Fines and Jatl Terms Imposed on
Youths Caught in the Park.
Fifteen alleged "mashers" arrested In
Falrmount Park Were fined or Sent to
the County Prison today In the. Campaign
of the park police, against flirting'. Four
teen ot the men. who range In ages from
IT td U years, Were accused ot annoVlntf
women and girls and the other ot abus
log an officer.
The campaign was begun lato yester.
day afternoon by Captain Duncan, ot the
Woodford guard house. As the full moon
rose over the trees, he and nine picked
men In civilian clothes deployed through
tho park In tho vlclntty of Strawberry
Mansion. They soon were busy making
arrests, as the moon and cool weather
brought out an unusually large CRpwd.
The hearings were held before Magis
trate Boyle, ot tho Mth street and Lan.
caster avenue police station. Robert
Burns, IKK Falrmount avfenue, a witness,
testified that while he was walking with
a girl a. park guard approached and
threatened to arrest htm If he did hot
pay 10. Contradicted on the- stand, ha
declared that ths guards wero all
"grafters and suekcrs." For this he was
giVn five days In the County Prison.
rhe others, who were fined S ahd costs
or sentenced to nve days, gave their
name as Samuel Roeeman. $17 North
Hollywood street! Viator Rosenbaum, Sis
North 6th street! Joseph shannon and
Emit Poemtlng, ot Lansdownei Horace
ganp JS Frikrora avenuei Bdward
0,'t'.i f,u!r Vre.e,i Jonw KMearry.
M Silver street i IrVtn Fox, JTM West
gflmertit street! Martin MeCarty. mm
$8000 tool When ftre Dsiroya Barn
LANCASTER, July H-Te bom f
Henry Itestetter, near Kat PeUrStwrg
has Ikm dtstryd t fire, dreevred iu
th Uaymw, Just after the ttttle were
takait ut tor tke day this totnteg.
KMg in TowJt With Hawe
ri tte- !( ror A h9tn,f tvwH
tottc u ttk ho-.Ht affatrt bu ii
to i Uv.it j(or !,n.j,tt, nVusurr fa Hair a
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FIRST YEAR OF WAR FINDS ENGLAND
SUPREME UPON SEAS; FRANCE FREE
British Fleet Was
Ready Before Con
flict Began Thanks
Due to Churchill.
By ED. L. KEEN
Thest arltelte ate tho first o the
eomprtheniilve tyiett of th$ firil yettr
of the iuat. Thttf will be continued
every day during the week.
LONDON, July a4.-.Enalftnd's greatest
victory In this year-old war was won be
fore the war started.
Forty or M years from now the Oer
mhhs wllllng-when the Rfltlsh desire td
hbrtor the heroes of the Oreat War, they
doubtless wilt erect Imposing statues ot
Blr John French, Sir Douglas Halg. Sir
Ian Hamilton, Sir John Jelllcoe, Sir Fred
erick sturdee and Admiral jonn aa uo
beck. They may even Include Lord Kitch
ener, although If a popular vole wero
taken at the present time, It Is hardly
likely the verdict In lCltchener's favor
would be unanimous.
Out it the English nation should fall
to reCCgnlzo In this distribution of
awards ti certain blond, blUB'Byed Voung
statesman of dandified mien and lisping
voice, Who by the fortunes ot politics
happened to bo the first L6rd Of the Ad
miralty In tho summer of 1914, It will de
monstrate that other forms of govern
ment besides republics are ungrateful.
"Britannia rules tho waves" today be
cause of Winston Churchill. To hlB fore
sight, imagination and nerve Is duo tho
fact that when the war lord threw down
his gauntlet, the British fleet was reads'.
England's command of tho seaB wob as
sured before Kaiser Wllhetm began Scat
tering war declarations through the chan
celleries of Europe.
Perhaps Churchill knew. Anyhow, most
ot his colleagues In the Cabinet didn't be
lieve him. Ho nctiyl In spite of them. Ills
resignation lay on the table, to be takon
up If oventa should prove that he was
wrong.
Early In July the Grand Fleet had
assembled off tho south coast of England
tor Its nnhual play at war. The maneu
vers followed their usual course nnd un
der all tho rules the fleet should have
been scattered a week before July 28, tho
day Austria declared war against Bervla.
Tho next day three days before Germany
declared war against Russia, Ave days
beforo sho declared war against France
hhd nearly a week before Englnnd offi
cially entered the fmy-Churchlll con
verted the prolonged maneuvers Into the
real thing. On the night of July 29 there
waft flashed through newspaper offices of
London ,tho brief announcement, "Tho
British flet has left PortlanU Under
scaled orders." Where It went, the Writer
didn't know ihen, he doesn't know now
nnd If he did, ho wouldn't dare tell. It
Isn't necessary to know. The results are
sufficient. Tho main fleet kept together.
with Superior force ready to meet the
Germans should they come out without
previously notifying Great Britain of their
Intention, With scouts thrown out toward
tho German coast to watch for them and
patrols to guard the coast of England.
There may be some doubt nbout Eng
land's assistance to the Allies upon the
land. There can be rio question of her
services upon the water. Hnr losses have
been heavy both in ships and men, but
hot' Incommensurate with the advan
tages gained for her Allies tta woll ns
herself by remaining "mistress of the
seas." Beside bottling up the German
grand fleet tho one outstanding achieve
ment of tho entire war England spCCdlly
swept the German mercantile' marine
from the oceans, destroyed Von Bpee'e
roving faquadron, pUt out ot business the
German commerce raiders ahd provided
tafA convoy, not only to her own troops
and their supplies across the channel.
bUt td millions of dollars worth of arms
and ammunition for both her allies and
herself across the Atlantic. Germany'
war ot attrition, conducted by means bt
submarines, can never overcdmo these
results, And it Is not detracting from
the praise duo Admiral Bturdee and his
men for their wonderful work Ih hunting
down and defeating Von Bpoe, oft the
Falkland Islands, to say that it was
Churchill who made this feat possible.
There has been a good deal of criticism
ot the British navy because early In the
war It failed to catch the German East
CoaBt raiders, and In mdre recent months
adequately to protect merchant shipping
agalnBt submarine attacks. But It should
be borne In mind that the one big Job of
the Admiralty Is to see that the grand
fleet IS kept intact and ready to meet
the German fleet when It comes out trl a
body It It ever does.
The year did not pass without its Ad'
mlralty acahdalr-an Ugly blot on 4h oth
erwise creditable page. In a ptqUe Ad
mlral Lord Fisher deserted his post as
First Sea Lord. Rather than dlsrtlpt the
navy as ho feared Churchill agreed to
step out. The Prime Minister picked Hal
tour as his successor, but Fisher dldn,'t
like Balfour any mora than he did Church.
ill and refuted to Serve under him. What
ABqulth had been wilting to overlobk as
temperament, he Couldn't forgive When It
became Insubordination. Bo Fisher was
replaced by Admiral Sir Henry Jackson.
Churchill, the man who defeated the
Gorman fleet before It Could lift anchor,
Is still In the Cabinet. The nation couldn't
afford to lose a mail of his ginger. His
Job is "Chancellor of the Duchy ot Lan
caster," which haB to do with the col
lection ot rents or something of that sort
put Only for tho moment.
HIED C. MICHA&SEN
LEFT $50,000 TO WIFE
Will of Contractor Whoso Body
. Was Found In Greek Is Ad
mitted to Probate.
The estate ot the late Frederick C.
M)hieU6n, whose body was found July
li In a areek near Beeahweod, Delaware
County, Is bequeathed to Eva a, Michael
son, hli widow, thi felll, which was
executed February M, and invfllve an s
volves an estate valued at "190,090, and
upward," was admitted to prebate today.
MiehatUon, who was a Wilding con
MeUr, dUajroeared frsl hk home, at
1 North Rdjtreet, early in Tuly. Noth
ifaf Was beard of him until his body was
feUnd.
. The testemeut ot the deaeassd comtuns
a proviso that should his wife remarry
she Is to receive tout one-third ot the
estate, th remainder to to, In this event,
to the elitlortn ot the deeeAM.
Other wills admitted to robat today
teoluds those of John B. Ramagt, wtw
volvtng aa estate of Mei, fclfci oifesan,
M Vast Osair tret. SrchartotU
X. BlUbte, MIT MadUea Square, jawd.
aud John H Keas. J06 AronUogo ave
nue, Mu
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ioib.
OF DISSENSION; GERMANY SATISFIED
War Brought Unifica
tion of French Ideals
and Soldiers Have
Checked'tfoe.
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
PARIS,. July E$."The great wettdWar
Is ono year old this week. What nds
France accomplished"
1 put this question to M. Jean Cruppl.
ex.Mlnlstef of Foreign Affairs, member
of the Chamber of Deputies and of the
Foreign Relations Commission, a man
nhvslcaliy not very unlike Theodore
Roosevelt. He replied!
"Franco accomplished tho defeat of the
n.rmin, in thn Rattle of the Marnet she
stbpped the German drive for Calais and
tho seal eho has kept Germany nailed to
tho (mot for 10 long months, steadily re
ducing her bjTttlrltloh! she has done
many other big thlnga. but the greatest
of all was the dropping ot Internal differ
enceo, her unification of all classes with
one great fixed purpose In VleWt Vic
tory." "Yes," he continued earnestly,, "ouf
word 'union' means something moro than
the harmony of our people; there Is
something of tho sacred In It. This sacred
Union will Inst. France to as one man
with one Idea: final success, cbst what It
mayl Tho war, no doubt, will be long,
but tho courage and patience of our peo
ple will be equal to the task of seeing It
through.
"In short, perhaps the greatest accom
plishment to Franco's credit In the Inst
13 months Is that she has found herself.
,To appreciate fully M. Cruppl'a words,
ono hha but to glance back at the France
of tho years Just preceding the war:
France, the nntltheeltf of Germany, whero
collectivity Is the national passion:
Frahce, tho nation of Individual work
ers and thinkers, where no two people
could be expected to agree on any sub
ject. tn thn nhnmher at Denutlea there arc
a ccore or more parties Instead of two
or three, ob Is tho case In the United
States. The Dreyfus affair split the na
tion Into two hostile camps hnd each
camp Into others with varying optnlons.
The CalllaUx case to some extent did the
same thing.
All manner of pessimistic talk was
heard on cafa terraces and even In draw
ing rooms. A sad fate wan In store for the
land. Surely a revolution was coming.
Another restoration was, on the way,
some said, while others declared a sec
ond Commune could not be averted.
Treason, It seemed, was on all sides and
In high places; among political loaders,
so It was Intimated, one was as bad as
another, or worse If this were possible,
which It was not. The theatre give the
impression that even French home- llfo
was rotten.
The things one saw and heard in Paris
gave ono a. rather gloomy feeling that
Is, If he believed hll he saw arid heard.
One got the idea that patriotism was a
lost emotion In France. Some eald tho
revblutlonarles had the upper hand
among the Socialists, and that tho So
cialists -were running things. Labor,
they said, was ruling capital, and labor
ahd Socialists, by their general strike
doctrine, had their hands at the throat
of the nation. The Gustavo Herves wero
the real masters of the land, and GUstavd
Herve, you remember, editor -of the So
cial War, spent a time tn prison because
he advocated a general, strike or re
bellion among the soldiers in the eveht
France Should go to wor with another
nation.
In short, the world, too busy to go be
low the surrace ot things, considered
Franbe too highly educated. The Indi
vidual had too much sense, too much
Imagination. He could talk but he could
not fight Should a foreign Power jump
on France, Frenchmen would argUe
among themselves What ought to be done,
each man advocating something different,
whllo French troops would rebel and
maybe shoot down their Officers.
Germany Undoubtedly had some ich
Idea. She expected to Arid France un
prepared and French opinion divided, a
great national schism developing the
moment there was serious talk' of war,
or a revolution atter the first success
of French arms.
But what happened? The real France
found herself, Th nation's heart, so
long hidden, was revealed, and to the
last man France became a unit, as m.
Cruppl remarked, nothing hat shaken
unity since.
Tho moment Ihe general mobilisation
order was potted Ih France all classes
rallied to the tricolor. GUstaVe HerVe
tried to enlist. Labor became a marvel of
efficiency and patriotism. Antlmllitarlsts
boosted It, considering it against what
they are against militarism. Socialists
became cabinet members, one how hold
ing a position similar to that or Lloyd
George, Minister of Munitions, In Eng
land. It was tho "sacred Union," one of
France's greatest accomplishments.
Instead ot a revolt In the ranks, the
troops dried the tears of wives, sweet'
hearts and mothers with laughter and
went their way to war Singing.
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wMMtimammmwiMm-
Teutons Believe Vic
tories Prove Their
jLUiitur Tiieories.f
Kaiser Superman.
fcy OAftL W. ACKERMAN
BKRLlN, July Si Germany looks back
upon her accomplishments of the first
yrnr ui hid viae win, BtiuHiactlon. The
Germans beltevo the events of the last i
1J months have demonstrated to the world
that the Teutons are the mightiest face
ot all history, to other country couM
havft wlthstodd tho combination of world
Powers which Germany hat kept btty
...t.u .ur ue,o., uv... u iiu Germans,
and no other country has ever So lieenlr
stirred the Imagination of the world.
Germany has won her claim to a place
In the sun. The German Empire has
added brilliant chapters to the history of
Teutonic might begun under the Hohen
tollerns 6f the Kingdom of Prussia The.
Kaiser himself hat earned for himself
tho title ot William tho Great, which
posterity turoly will bestow upon him.
These aro tho dominant beliefs of the i
German people at tho close of the first 1
year of the war. '
Germany hat shown up the wbrld In all i
Its littleness, and all Kb boastings ot false J
greatness. Only tho Germans themselves &
have Withstood tho test of blood ahd Iron,
tor only tho Germans have gained vie-
torles during the last fateful 12 months. '
Germany believes she has changed the "
wholo future course of history. German '
influence Upon thb futuro of civilization ':
fdr gerieratlone ta como wilt be far be- J
yOnd the Influence of any other nation.
Germany Will not domlnato the World bf
her armed might, but by her virtues,
which haVo given to her a greater capac, ;J:
Ity .for organization and discipline than 411'
tho rest of Europe combined possesses, y
When tho Germans look bock lo lest
August and recall the threats that theri 1
Wero being mddo against them, ahd the ;
penalties that wero Imposed by England, ,
FrnhCO and Russia in advance of ths
trial by battle, the nation laUghe, THi .!
world didn't understand Germany last '
summer, it Is beginning to learn new .
that the Hohenzolleni Empire hat prCi t
pressed during the years since the
Franco-Pruselan war In ways unsuspected ''
by the roat of mankind. There Is hoth,
Ing In the German of today that wasn't
put there by the discipline and study- thai
the world ItnoWB Under the name of Teut
tonlo Kultur.
The ihcreaBlntr rtsriect rmlrl to nrfoft
Kultur Is. hot one of the least victories
the Gefmans declare they hoVe Won M
themselves during tho last year. Nothlnk
came at h greater shock to the Germ&nf
latt year than the way In Which thtlf
Kultur was everywhere derided. The' cohv.
ments passed upon Germany for h
stronjr belief in her owh destiny, as rep
resented by her Kultur caused more re
sentment than anything else that hap
pened In the early days of the war. Th
German Indignation at last changed to
contempt as tho Idea grew that the world
laughed at Teutonic Kultur because the
world had been left so far behind by
Germah progress as to be Unable to Un
derstand the German point of view.
This opinion has grown as Germany has
shown her ability to thrive 6h nilsor'
tUhfcS, ahd to rise to heights ot attain
ment capable of meeting every new task
Imposed upon the nation, Each new vic
tory on the battlefield and In depart
ments of internal organisation has been
regarded ns one more proof that the
Germans really are the world's supermen.
German Kultur Is now firmly believed to
have conquered all opposition and to have
established Its pre-eminence among ad
verso conditions such as never before
have had to be encountered by the as
pirations of any nation In nil history,
.Germany has shown no spirit In the
past year of revolt against hor form ot
government. Democracy nhd absolutism
have been In combination against the
German system of a mixture ot the two.
The rtsUlt Is declared by Germans to be
Uch 6i to increase the faith ot the TCu
tortlc Empire In Its qwn .governmental
methods.
The German pedple believe they 4we
their existence as a nation to the un
precedented capacity for organization and
discipline they have developed during the
last year. The feeling has developed
that British democracy Is incapable of
reaching to the heights attained by Ger
many, and It the Germans had been gov
erned according to the British system
they would now be crushed and at th
mercy Of their foes. The World eald
during the early days ot the war that
Germany would emerge from the con
fllct democratised. The Germans ate
now laughing at that prediction. They
declare the prophecy, must be read back
ward and democracy will have to Ger
manize Itself it it Is to keep pace wltn
Germony'B progress In the future.
Another early prophecy of Germany's
enemies, which Is now being recalled wtla
mirth, wat the one professing to see the
certainty of a German revolution before
the war had gone very lortg. As a matter
ot fact, the Frahco-PrhsBlan war did net
solidify the people of the empire as much
as this conflict has done. All Germany
IS now a unit and has been Increasing
In solidarity from the first phot Prussia
hat not dominated the nation at all, The
Bouth German States have shown' no
Jealousy of the powerful northern nu
cleus ot the empire. The Prussian regi
ments, in fact, have not been the prU
ones of the war. Catholic Bavaria has
been the stanchest supporter of the Prot
estant Hohenzollerns.
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