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ENGLISH FRONT INTACT
WAR TRADE ONLY BOOST TO U. S.
EXPORTS, NOT THE NEW TARIFF
Statistics Show Falling Off Under Democratic Schedule,
While in 1914-15 Period War Munitions Sale
Is Sole Cause of Prosperity
PARIS, Dec. 27.
Parla believe that tho beginning of n.
new German offetiMvo on tho wcatern
front Is only a matter of days.
For tho last week, while their fiuns bat
tered the Allied positions day and night,
tho Kaiser's troops have been foellnR out
tho ground In France, problnc for a weak
spot at which an attack can br launched.
Where this new assault will come la
not, certain. tt may bo stnrcd on tho
northern front. In Artoia or around Ypres;
alone tho Belgian front, where a new ef
fort to reach Calais may bo ntemptrd: In
ChampaKne, whero flcrco battles took
place In the autumn; In tho Arcoune,
where the Crown I'rtncc has tried repeat- .Mules
edly to loose tho French hold on Verdun,
or In the Novon sector, the sector nearest
Paris.
That an attnek will be made at some
point along tho western battle line In
tho very near future Is taken here for
granted. For a month reports have como
that the Germans were sending troops Urnns and manufactures
and Runs to the lines In Flanders and Lead uml innmifncturcs
France. An especially he.ivy concentra- ' Zinc nnd manufactures
tlon was reported In the north, ulotitf the
Belgian coast.
In the last fortnight has come Increas
ing evidence that the Kaiser's troops were
picking the spot at which tho new of
fensive could bo launched. Raids have
been attempted at dltforcnt points In tho
line test raids to determine tho strength
of the allied positions In some sector.
One of these raids took pluco on Decem
ber 21 between Ypres nnd Annentlcres,
where the Germans attacked tho flrltlsh
lines In force. Hut Sir Douglas Half's !
men drove back the Teutons, who gained
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. The Repub
lican Publicity Association, through Its
president, ex-Senator Jonathan Itourne,
Jr., of Oregon, today gave out tho follow
ing statement at Its Washington head
quarters. "Last spring, speaking to the members
of tho Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, Mr. Redfleld said: 'I beg
you gentlemen, not to bo persuaded by
tho dally news columns of tho press Into
the belief that our foreign trade lies
chiefly In what we may call, for lack of
a better name, "war orders," that Is not
so.'
"Hut It Is so, nnd Government statistics
prove It.
"Although war was declared August 1,
1914, It was not until September that tho
Influx of orders from the belligerents bo-
gnu to show appreciably In our export
Sept., 1912, to
Articles. Auc. 191.1.
Horses 13,907,670
."1UC3 ,71, 675
Horseshoes 97,768
Huy 979,390
Automobiles nnd parts 31.S99.364
Automobile tires ,..,. 3,903,507
Aeroplanes nnd parts ....... 91,892
Trucks 3.268.19B
Uumlmim manufactures ... 973.763
8,133,340
t5 1 7. D 3 T,
1.097.S30
i.ontner manufactures 61,507,984
Wool manufactures and rags. 4,547,705
.Menu snoes 11,144,634
trade. Hence, for the purpose of com
parison, let us deal with three 12-months'
periods of export trade In what may
property bo considered "munitions of
war," namely, September, 1912, to August,
1913, a normal period under Republican
tariff laws; September, 1913, to August,
1914, eleven months under the Demlcratlo
tariff law, and September, 19H, to August,
1915, a full year under the stimulus of 'war
orders.'
"Ofllclal figures show that during tho
1912-13 period our domestic exports
amounted to $2,460,000,000. while for tho
1913-14 period they mounted to 2,24J,00O,0OO,
a decrease of J215.O0O.CO0, or a. falling off
at tho rate of about 118,000,000 monthly.
On total exports, foreign and domestic,
there was a falling off during tho 1913-14
period of $270,000,000. For tho 1914-16 period
our domestle exports Increased to $2,978,
000,000. The relation which war munitions
had to our total export trade Is Indicated
In the following tabulation:
Sept., 191.1. to
Aug.. 1914.
$3,177,419
622,443
89.427
790,825
30,866,762
3,278,682
217,071
Harness and snddlcs
Cutlery
Mcdlcnl nppllances . .
Mnchlno tools
Steel bars und billets
Wire, bnrb und other
Firearms
Explosives
"Other" chemicals . . .
Parnflln
Buttons und parts
Tint an Inch of m-nnnd nnd Inst 8000 men. lircnoslUIIM and nittH
according to n dleaatch to I Liberie. I Icnt nnd dairy
The Amsterdam correspondent of the ' Sugar, retlncd .
Central News Agency telegraphs that ' V".'""';'.1 lnm
734, 134
1,127,800
1,223,026
16,051,001
14,272,014
9,919,692
4,200,856
6,230,367
8,478,682
8,928,096
822,962
240.072,818
Austrian troops and another contingent
of Turks have arrived in Belgium. Klght
thousand Austrtans were reported to havo
"'passed through Charlerol on their way
to the front.
The French War Olllce today Issued tho
following report:
"Nothing wns reported during the-night
except In Lorraine, whero our artillery
bombarded tho enemy's work In the re
gion of Bloncourt, Grcmecey, southwest
of Chateau Sallns."
Miscellaneous
products 15G,427,47ti
1,714,936
6,867,090
8.310.49S
Total munitions $606,324,019
"Tho Increase In oxxrt of refined
sugar for the 1913-14 period Is due mainly
to tho fact thnt In August, 1914, Great
Britain bought heavily In our mnrket.
"It will be noted that on the above
enumerated classes of goods alone there
was a drop In exports In the 1913-14 period
of $101,000,0000 from the 1912-13 figures,
while for the 1914-13 period there was a
of
2,724,103
1,137,424
7,085,990
3,837,847
785.895
43,390.571
4,763,572
9,603,909
793,609
1,070,428
1,671,680
12,536,416
7,590,922
7,472,038
3,717.99..
6,244,899
8,953,S60
6,256,166
633,046
181,483,463
138,736,609
4,341,083
4,832.043
7,299,141
$505,348,132
J 1,010,000.00) over
Sept., 1914, to
Aug., 1915,
$82,276,663
18,041,176
3,169,753
2,636,760
85,486,974
6,634,809
3,157,323
9,263,748
3,583,137
28,810,272
8.013,268
26.434,578
90.604,461
32.057,618
22,669,474
18,434,594
1,975,855
5,218,014
34,550,921
21.743,018
18,882,697
11,691,449
71,806.768
28.761.860
11,652,833
1,410,612
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A now movement has becn-started
to mnko him the British Premier,
displacing Asquith,
ASQUITH MAY
YIELD POST TO
LLOYD-GEORGE
Munitions Minister's Criti
cal Speech Starts New
Attack by Cabal
RALLY ROUND WELSHMAN
gain
venr under the Democratic tariff law
Had there been no war there Is small
probability thnt our export trade for
tho 1914-11; period would have exceeded
that of the 1913-11 period. In nil likeli
hood, under tho depressing effect of
IJcmcratlc free trade, It would have been
still less."
LONDON, Dec. 27.
Tho Asquith Ministry was under lienvv
667'607'002 nlt4,clc today. Using David Lloyd-George's
243098241 ' clmrRO "lo late!" ns their slogan, In-
"36'8i6052 ""eutlnl Loudon newspapers havo
fi'ius'non ' launched n campaign for a reorganization
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w. ,iu .uiumiij-. juiy prompi, oecisive
action by the Cabtnot council tonight on
the conscription Issuo can savo tho Prlmo
Minister nnd novornt of his colleagues
from retirement, sovernl newspapers
hinted.
candidate for the premiership In case
Asquith were forced out. Then Blr Ed
ward Carson forged to the front as ft
logical recipient of the coveted post, but
today there Is a third candidate in tho
field in the person or Lord uurzon or
Kedleston, holding1 the post of Lord of
,the Privy Seal In the present Cabinet.
Lord Curzon may ultimately become the
strongest of tho three, owing to ten
dencies which aro likely to deprlvo Ltoyd
George, and Carson of some of their mors
conservative supporters.
If Lord Curzon should win out In tho
trlangulnv contest, which Is being waged
by his friends against the supporters of
Lloyd-George and Carson, Lord Kitchener
would retire from the war umce. juicn
encr forced the Cabinet to agree with
him as to the conduct of India's affairs
when Curzon was viceroy of India. Cur
zon was overruled, and It would be Im
possible for the men to serve In the Cab
inet. Lloyd-George himself, once an object of
scorn nmong the British "upper classes,"
probably will become the head of the Gov
ernment If Asquith Is forced out.
CONSCRIPTIONI8TS ACTIVE.
Despite previous ontlmlstlo reports. It
wns hinted In Government circles today
thnt the Lord Derby recruiting campaign
did not bring Into tho army the num
ber of volunteers needed, Tho very fa.ct
that tho Government has not published
the results apparently confirms this re
port. The Cabinet council, It was gen
erally understood, will be called upon
tonight to meet tho conscription Issue
squarely.
Tho conscrlptlonlst advocates demanded
today that there be no further "side
stepping." Tho Government should not
attempt to ovado responsibility, they as
serted, by submitting the question to a
general election.
On the othor hand, ho anll-oonscrlp-tlonlsts
pointed to the threats of tho
Labor chiefs and tho speech of tho Irish
lender, John Redmond, In Commons ns
Indicating tho danger facing adoption of
compulsory enlistment.
t'nless the situation is met tonight, tho
leaders now In opposition to Premier
Asquith expect to renow the fight on tho
Prlmo Minister In Commons, reopening
discussion of tho Dardanelles and Balkan
failures.
Tho Northcllffo and other leading Lon
don papers have rallied to the support of
Lloyd-George.
AUSTRIANS ROLL GREAT
BOULDERS ON ITALIANS
Artillery Combats Continue in
Tyrol and Carnic Alps,
Rome Reports
LONDON, Dec. 27.
Hugo boulders rolled by the AUstrlnna
down tho mountain slopes on tho Italian
troops In the Rlocameros valley was an
"Incident" of yesterday's fighting In the
The Italians wefe smashed by the
man-made avalanche, nnd suffered se
vere losses. The Italian official state
ment, Issued in Rome last night, says!
"During the day there have been ar
tillery duels on somo portions of the
front, especially In tho Gludlcarla valley,
where the Italian forts In the Lnrdaro
group and the opposing Austrian batteries
wro engaged,
"Intense artillery duels havo occurred
along tho Tyrol-Trentlno front, tho Aus
trian batteries purposely inflicting datn-
nge on 'tho Inhabited regions.
"In tho Rlocameros Valley tho Aus
trlans rolled huge boulders down tho
slopes, causing nevero damage
"Our artillery fire fell among troops nnd
an ammunition train on the march.
"Thero Is nothing new on tho Isonzo
front."
The ofllclal report of the Austrian head
quarters says:
"Italian front Testerdny tho Italian ar
tillery fire was concontrated against tho
bridgehead posltlbns at Tolmlno. Their
bombardment continued throughout the
day. An Italian company which advanced
up tho north side of Monte Attlsslmo was
repulsed."
TENROSE WOULD LEAD PARTY
12,516,830
$1,515,642,730
tho previous
I CANNONI ITALIANI
SEGUITANOABATTERE
LE0PEREDILARDAR0
Le Forze Italiane Sbarcate
Valona Sono Giunte al Con
fine della Grecia, Verso
Argirocastro
GUNS ROAR "PEACE
ON EARTH," ALSACE
CHURCHES ECHO IT
VALANGHE AUSTRIACHE
ROMA. 27 Dlccmbre.
11 Ministero della Guerra pubbllcava
lcrt sera 11 seguento comunlcato utllclale
circa le operazlonl dl guerra sul fronte
Italfano:
"Sulla fronte trentlno-tirolcse e su
quella della Carnla si sono avutl duelll dl
artlgllerla. II ncmlco ha bombardato I
village! abltatl dl Lonalltch ed ha causato
dannl nnche facendo rotolare enorml
mossl dl ghlacci dal flauchi della mon
tagna sopra Loppio a faccndoll cadcrc su
niocameras, nclla vallata dell'Adlge. N'ol
abblamo bombardato numeroso colonne In
marcla e deposttt dl munlzionl.
"Sul fronte dell'Isonzo non vl o' nulla
dl nuovo da rapportare.
"VI sono statl duelll dl artlgllerla anche
In altrl puntl del fronto, speclalmente
nella Valle Gludlcarla. tra 1 fortl dl Lar
daro le nostra batterie sulla parte op
posta." II corrispondento ateuleso del Dally Tel
egraph manda al suo glornnle clio parte
dello truppe Italiane che sbarcarono re
centemente a Valona in Albunia, si sono
spinte verso II sud ed hanno ragglunto II
confine della Grecia, probabllmento nella
zona dl Arslrocaatro, che era stata occu
pata. dalla Grecia quando 1'Italla occupo"
Valona.
A proposlto dl questa nvanzata delle
truppe itallune dl Valona verso II confine
dell'EpIro greco telegrafano da Atene al
1'Agenzla Havas dl Parlgl che 11 minlstro
dl Grecia accredltato presso II Qulrnale ha
cmesto in mouo amlshevolo nl governo
itallano dl splegare gll scopi dl questa
avanzata, II governo Itallano avrebbe
dato al minlstro Coromlllaa splegazlont di
eodlsfazlone della Grecia ed avrebbe chl
esto anche II concorso della Grecia. SI
dice cho le trattatlve continuano sulla
base che 1'Italla rlspettera' 1 dirlttl della
a.vcia nell'EpIro.
Intanto da una spedlzlone amerlcana dl
soccorso per gll albanesl appeuu tomato
dall'Albanla si apprende che 1 greet han
no dlatrutto centlnala dl village! albanesl
merldlonall e che 1 serbl ne avrebbero
dlatrutto altrl 25.
II capo della spedlzlone, W W. How
ard, che e' giunto a Roma, ha dlchiarato
che durante lo scorso anno ben ISO.OOO al
banesl sono mortl dl fame perche' 11
raccolto ando" perduto In gran parte ed
alia popolazlone normale albanese dl tin
mltlone di Indlvtdut si agglunsero 200,000
rifugiati serbl e 20,000 prigionleri austrlaei.
I serbt non avevuno con loro che moneta
aerba senza alcun valore.
LA GRECIA B GLI ALLEATt.
81 hanno oggi notlzte contradlttorie
circa, quello che la Grecia til propone dl
fare In vista dl operazlonl Ul guerra da
parte di truppe auatro-bulgaro o tedesche
contro la base degll alleatl a Salonlcco.
Da una parte si dice che 11 kaiser sarebbe
riusclto a convlncere re Costantlno a
permettere die truppe bulyire operino In
jerrltorio greco, mentre fl'nltra parte si
affemia che il governo greco e' ben de
ciao ad opporsl con tuttl i mezzl a qunl
alasl tentatlvo dl questo genere. 11 re
costantlno avrebbe telegrafato al kaiser
di non poter permettere che truppe bul
sare o turche entrassero in terrltorlo
sreca.
Telegxamml da Atene dlcono che gran
parte della tlotta anglo-francese che
opera-Va riella zona del Dardanelli si e'
concentrata nel Golfo dl Salontcco e si
prepara a cooperare con )a truppe di
terra per resplngere un possiblle attacco
da parte degll austro-tedeschi dalla parte
!1 lernft
COME AFFONDO IL PORTO SAID.
Da MUano glungono partlcolarl circa i
niluramento del plroscafo itallano Porto
Said, cbe In atfondato da un sottomarlno
austrlaco. Bet passeggerl ed un uomo
4e')Ulpa68lo perlrono, mentre ISO per
n furono ealvate.
Un, cacclatorpedlnlere itallano rispose al
ludiotelesrauuita con cui il Iroscafo
iiojnan-Jjtva aluto. ed insegui' per parec-
!-.lq mlgiia U sottomarlno. cl pero' el
al?o? ImroTJ-eodosi i( cacclatorpe-
' bi - d. "" aver aa'vato I pajnesgeti e
ie ffgio eel ptrusafg, ,-atturo
nel p r'- HI Denu un piroscafr
-,a n ,.- 'jto ai affocdaraent
Sa 1 ed nv-eva mutato 11 Otto
Christmas Day in the Vosges
Celebrated Behind French
Lines With Special Services
as Fighting Continues
CATHEDRALS CROWDED
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
ll'imam Philip Slmnw. of the Ullitrd
Press teas the onlu American corrrjpond-
nermltlea to ttair on uitrsimas uav
the French front lit Alsace, where at pres
ent permitted
flu h'retirh front In Alsnee. where at bri
ent the heaviest flohtina in Europe is in
jjroaress. Onlu one other correspondent, the
official representative at all the Knnllsh
newspapers, won the coveted permission.
WITH THn FRENCH ARMY IN AL
SACE, Dec. 27. Under an abominable,
warm drizzle and with thawing snow, ex
cept on tho peaks and high passes, the
oddest nnd most impressive Christmas Al
sace ' t ever known has come and gone.
The id has witnessed few more dra
matic iletldes than In this coveted cor
ner of the war.
While soldiers from the lines forgot the
birthday of Jesus, grimly calculating
ranges in a ceaseless artillery duel and
softly swearing over their misses, happy
Alsatian families, a thousand yards In the
rear, dressed Chrlstmus trees and sang
old-time carols, happy over their return
to France.
While enormous munition columns,
heedless alike of Christmas and Christ
mas eve In the ceaseless drizzle, tolled
across tho Jaru and Vosges mountains,
crowds packed the cathedrals at midnight
Mass, praying for the new-come armies
under the banners of France.
While the great pipe organs trumpeted
"La Dellvrance" and "Le Noel," by
Adam, guns on Hartmannswetlerkopf
boomed an accompaniment like the roar
of distant surf
Belasco never staged anything as dra
matic as this.
On Christmas Kve I watched the bom
bardment of German positions north of
Altkirch. Through the range tinder the
houses of the city seemed only across the
street. The public square was distinctly
visible. It was deserted save for the
passage of a few vehicles or German sol
diers scurrying across eager to get under
cover before the drizzle recommenced.
This was the only place where the Ger
mans were always visible.
A "BULLSEVE" PRESENT
"That last shot was beautiful, magnifi
cent a bullseye to the hair," an olllcer
was saying over the telephone to the dis
tant batteries as we entered the observa
tion post.
While the French guns continued hurl
ing Christmas gifts of high explosives
toward the Germans, some one In the
party quoted the "Peace on earth; good
will toward men" to a young French offi
cer, a graduate of the St. Cyr Military
School in the month when the war began,
but now a. veteran captain, decorated with
the war cross and legion of honor.
"You think man-kllllng and Christmas
anachronisms?" he smiled.
"Well, Americans thought perhaps an
unofficial truce would be observed in
honor of the occasion," was suggested.
"It was a celestial army, not an indi
vidual that rlrat proclaimed the doctrine
of 'Peace on earth, good will toward
men' 1915 years ago," he said. "Cer
tainly, it was the world's most Important
proclamation. Today the French army is
sighting to uphold iL We do not atop
fighting on Christmas because we are
fighting for Christmas for Kris Kringle
for all he represents for the right to
live without the mailed fist forever poised
over our heads for the principle of good
will between neighbors for the right to
enjoy Santa Claus In our homes without
danger.
"It was Germany that violated both
the spirit and letter of the law quoted
by St- Luke, and France and the Allies
will not stop lighting until they punish
her." 0
SOLDIERS GET PRESENTS.
In the meantime the gun barked on.
The men at the front either were too
busy, or were not inclined to. observe
Christmas. They received boxes of deli
cacies and other gifts from the Govern
ment, from their homes or from organ
ization, opened them caaually and
emptied the content into tb'eir pockets
or eUewbtre. Their they Immediately
resumed, the occupation of war
qiir party attended midnight Maw in an
Alsatian town near HartmAntuwellerkopf,
The xul not to roam about after I p. m.
was suspended for the night throughout
that portion of Alsace occupied by the
French. All tho villages had Christmas
celebrations, with trees In public places
and gifts for the children.
The cathedral was packed with women,
children and soldiers. The organist wns
Hutsard, one of the best-known musicians
in Franco, formerly first violinist in the
Pnris Opera House, now a dragoon. The
chief soloist, a blacksmith in times of
peace, is a sergeant. Tho chorus was
mode up entirely of troopers. There wcro
threo generals, one commanding an army,
in tho audience.
As the chimes pealed midnight, tho
I organ burst Into "Christians, "TIs tho
Sacred Hour of Deliverance." Then tho
noldler choir chorused, "Ho Is Uorn tho
Dlvlno Infant."
While the congregation knelt and prayed
and the priest prepared tho holy sacra
ment, tho guns kept on belching up nnd
down tho line ns a refrain to tho organ
song nnd the prayer. They were Inter
preting their captains' "Peace on earth;
good will toward men."
REBEL SENTIMENT WAXES
rX EGYPT AND IN INDIA
Failure at Dardanelles May Destroy
Prestige Among Moslems
BERLIN. Dec. 27.-Rapld Increase In
revolutionary sentiment In England's col
onial possessions In Egypt and tho Orient
particularly India was predicted today
by German officials as a result of the col
lopse of tho Allies' campaign on Gallipot!
peninsula. They said they looked to seo
the Moslems under British domination
rise nnd overthrow their masters.
The belief in Berlin Is that tho Allies
had hoped by n victory at tho Dardanelles
to open the way to Constantinople and
by the capture of that city to shatter the
influence of Turkey among millions of fol
lowers of the Moslem religion.
"It can bo stated," said Captain Lothar
Perslus, the German naval expert, today,
"that tho Dardanelles undertaking is now
definitely wrecked. This fiasco will de
grade, if not destroy, British prestige in
the eastern world."
Continued attack on the Cabinet
from within ns well ns from without
havo weakened tho strength of tho pres
ent Government to such a point that
Impartial observers would not bo sur
prised by scusntlonnl developments In the
near future. Tho Government's loss of
strcngtli Is not with respect to tho alms
of the war, but rather with reference to
tho confidence of tho country In the min
istry's ability to carry out the purposes
for which Britain Is fighting.
For sovernl months Minister of Muni
tions Lloyd-George appeared tho logical
SEVEN LOST WHEN LINER
WAS SUNK BY AUSTRIANS
Italian Destroyer Roscues 160 From
Porto Said
PARIS, Dec. 27. Six passengers and
ono momber of the crow perished when
the Italian liner Porto Said wns sunk In
tho Mediterranean by an Austrlnn sub
marine, nccordlng to Milan dispatches
today. Other passengers nnd members
of tho crew, numbering about 150, were
rescued.
An Italian destroyer answered the lin
er's call for aid nnd pursued the subma
rine several miles, but tho Austrian es
caped by diving. The" destroyer, after
rescuing the Porto Sntd's passenger's onef
crow, took Into port at Dcrna a Greek
steamship that had watched the sinking
of tho liner In tho belief that sho shielded
the submarine's approach.
Senator Will Enter Primary for Na
tional Committee Berth Which
Ho Lost in 1012
United Staten Senator Roles Penrose
will submit his candidacy for Stnlo lead
ership to the members of tho Republi
can party at tho primary election to bo
held next May.
An authoritative announcement was
mado last night that Senator Penroso
would havo his namo placed on tho pri
mary ballot for hln old acnt In tho Re
publican National Committee, from which
ho was ousted In 1912.
Tho position of National Committee
man Is now held by Henry G. Wnsson,
of Pittsburgh, who was elected when
Roosevelt swept tho Stato four yenra
ago. It Is not known whether Wnsson
will be a candidate to succocd himself.
Tho Penroso candidacy will be a clean
cut fight for Stato leadership, provided
tho Varcs and Governor Brumbaugh
carry out their plans to capturo tho dele
gation to the national convention, ns It
Involves control of tho Republican State
Committee.
Penrose lenders throughout tho State
havo been hotter organizing their follow
ing for weeks past, and a completo Pen
rose ticket for tho State Committee will
bo placed In the field.
ALLIES MASS SHIPS
TO COVERSALONICA
Dardanelles Fleet Concentrate
to Protect Base at
Greek Port
ATIIUN8, Dee.
A considerable section of the ,.
fleet at tho Dardanelles has been ,!
ccntrated at Salonlcn. a'
Tho city la under the guns of u ,
ahlps, which nro prepared to ety-oJI,,
with tho ehoro batteries If the Gtra
nnd Bulgarians penetrate Oreek tT?
tory nnd attack at Snlonlca. Tho wc,u,
er nt Satonlca Is very stormy, which i.'
hindering tho work of tho patrol, al)
conBtnntly search for German, Au.tri.
nnd Turkish submarines.
Tho German official statement yea
day respecting tho Balknn theatre nZ'
"Thn situation Is unchanged." The Brit'
Ish nnd French , War Offices make u
mention of any ylevrtopmcnts In u,,
1IUIU.
German heavy artillery n the t-v,
Dorian region continued lo throw lUii.
against tho Anglo-Fronch defense w
tcrdny, nccordlng to unofficial dltjlth,
from Athens, but there Is nothing to la
dlcnto that the expected attack on si
lonlca has begun.
In tho absence of news nf real actlrllr
by cither tho Teutonic or nllled forcti in
tho Hnlonlcn front suspenso In London
respecting tho situation In the BaHnt.
Is reaching nn nculo stage. It is felt thti
tho troops defending Salonlca are on tU
eve of whnt will perhaps proVo to be (m
of tho most Important buttles of tho ur
If tho Germans nro held It means i
partial collapso nt least of their deilni
ngalnst tho Suez Canal and Egypt if
they arc thrown back It means not onlr
the cntlro collapso of thoso deslgni, knt
will In all likelihood prove the turnlnr
point In tho wnr. On tho other hand, if
tho Anglo-Brltlsh forces nro defeated and
driven from Snlonlca tho cause, of th
Entcnto Powers will Imvo received posit
bly its most serious reverse.
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sort than tn nenil a bottle of our U
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them. 2e lo $35.
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Philadelphia's Standard Drue Store
1C18 Chestnut Street
Open eerv dny till tnldnlsht
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One Year Ago Today
British cruisers, assisted by sea
planes, attack German naval base
at Cuxhaven, and do considerable
damage.
Germans pushing preparations
for defense of Antwerp.
German spy seized while at
tempting to enter Gibraltar dis
guised as a Moor.
Italian cruiser joins American
cruisers to protect foreigners in
Turkey.
Hamilton, Elgin or
Waltham Watches
Facts Versus
Fallacies
Fad is a Real Stale of ihings. FALLACY is an appar
ently genuine but really illogical statement or argument.
JEWEL 34T a!
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"""JR. Oliver Wendell Holmes, father of Justice Holmes of the
- Supreme Court of the United States, was not only an eminent
physician, but he was in FACT generally recognized as one of the
clearest thinkers of his day, and a most valued contributor to
American literature.
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It elite u treat pltaeure to make you
thl valueful offer. No matter where you
uoald no you would ha?e to pay the rrtnlar
retail price of f 15 for tbete watches. Jmac .
Uie, then, the opportunity you now have to
buy tho Identical watch here for only IS!
You surely will be happy la the realization
that you bare saved the proportionately
large sum of f juet by taking adrantage
et tb! great (ale.
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THR. Holmes denounced Prohibition and when a second attempt was
-k-made to fasten a prohibitory law on his State (Massachusetts) after
the statute had been tested as futile and repealed, he was one of the
leaders in the fight against it.
DR. Holmes' opinion on this subject was well expressed in one of
flic famnne " Aiitnriof nf fVia T3-an1.4Vir- TVKIo" n(,'n1an -,Trt-. ai-al.-.
"o iiuiuvjoi u iiio ui&aiviaoi xauiG ai uuico, winioui
he referred to French wine with enthusiasm. In reply
to a divinity student's question, whether he believed
in a diet of "rum," the old autocrat was quickened to
say:
-"DUM I take to be the name which unwashed
--- moralists apply alike to the product distilled
from molasses and the noblest juices of the vineyard.
Burgundy 'in all its sunset glow' is rum. Champagne,
'soul of the grape of Eastern France,' is rum. Hock
which our friend the poet speaks of as;
'The Rhine's breast-milk, gushing cold and bright,
Pale as the moon and maddening as her light,'
is rum. Sir, I repudiate the loathsome vulgarism."
BRUNKARDS
ARE RUINED
BEFORE THET
BECOME
DRUNKARDS
T BELIEVE in TEMPERANCE . . But let me tell you there
are companies of men of genius, into which I sometimes
go, where the atmosphere of intellect and sentiment is so
much more stimulating than alcohol that if I saw fit to take
wine it would be to keep me sober. Among the gentlemen I
have known few, if any, were ruined b drinking,"
HpO those who still mistakenly cling to Prohibition
FALLACIES, the above forceful views of Dr Holmes, a
man of deep learning and insight, are submitted for the con
sideration of the thoughtful.
Philadelphia Lager Beer Brewers' Association
The Next Article Will Appear Saluraay,, January 1st
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