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HOW THE BRITON
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yiew of Tommy Atkins in
the Making and
Development
' SLACKER AND SUPERMAN
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By ELLEN ADAIR
Written Specially for Evi.iixo I,inirn.
LONDON, Feb. 17. Ono of tho most
interesting features from tho humtin
lntereat point of view In tho Urltinli ncvn
papers of today Is the "agony column."
Before tho war It was chiefly given over
to tho Interchange of cryptlo messages
from lovers and ndvortlBemetits concern
ing the loss of old maids' cats and dogs.
But nowadays a Blanco at tho agony
column gives mora renl Inslgbt Into tho
human sldo of tho war than sheaves of
Official communiques and dispatches from
pedal correspondents.
J "Toung lady, fiance killed, will Kindly
marry and gtvo up life to tho caro and
happiness of man blinded or otherwise)
Ihcapaoltatod by the war." This adver
tisement appeared In London's leading
paper only tho other day A novo! could
1 be wrtttoh around such an offer.
"Impecunious Benedict" Is a frankly
hard-up young officer who boldly sets
forth his demands In tho column : "Want
ed prismatic compass, service revolver and i
map case If lying Idle. Sell them to mo I
cheaply and contlnua tho 'strafo-lng' I
process 1" I
Many of the requests come from the
wives of subalterns whoso financial plight
is worse than If tholr husbands were actu
ally In tho ranks, for they havo no separ
ata allowance from tho Government, and
a higher standard of living must be main
tained. Today I rend: I
"Lieutenant's wife three children
earnestly begs help with boy's school out
fit." "To any Patriot Will you gunrantoo
S pounds per month for tho support of
' subaltern's wlfo and little girl whilo ho
flhta for them nnd you?"
PHOD FOR SLACKERS.
Tho newest recruiting notice, which
adornS the London highways and hedges,
has an ominous note behind It:
SINGLE MEN' 1 1
Aro Tou Going to March Too,
Or Walt Till March 27
Tos; tho day of tho Slacker or Con
scientious Objector, a3 ho often styles
himself Is fast pctcting out to a close!
Speaking of Slackers, an amusing Incident
occurred In Margate last Saturday aft
ernoon. A band of fair damsels of "flap.
per" persuasion, who have been carry
ing on the white-feather foolishness vvor
Blnco the outbreak of war, observed a
sturdy-looking young man sunning him
self In a deck chair on tho porch of a
cjcrtaln hotel. Around his kuco was a
carefully wrapped rug, a cigar In his
mouth and a magazine In his hands
Up dashed tho foremobt damsel, nnd
thrust a whlto feather Into the youth's
hand, with tho brief salutation: "Cold
feet!"
The lounger grinned good-humoreUly.
"Wall, ono of them Is. I guess It's burled
lrS3allIpoll," he drawled, and from be
neath the rug thrust out the stump of
a leg.
A&ricwAnD squad" trials.
In evory part of London tho drilling of
recruits, takes place. Passing Hydo Park
yesterday I watched nn old reservist
hand'tntc an awkward squad. He was mar
xjlSusly patient, but tho clumsy antics of
the men, tried him sorely. A perfect hurri
cane was blowing, and every now and then
a shower of sleet would add misery to tho
performance.
"Form fours!" ho was shouting In a
cracked voice. "For God's sake, form
fours t"
There was much shuffling and backing.
and oho recruit In particular seemed qulto
at sea, The sergeant ordered him to come
out and drill the squad just to seo how
much, lie had picked up. anil If "Form
fours!" had penetrated his bucolic brain.
He was soon enlightened. "Form two
thick!" was the order given by the rustic
one.
Yet when actual battle comes these men
'are magnificent fighters. Afraid? t)f
course they aro ' Terrified ! They all
admit it, officers and men alike. Modern
valor 'knows no self-deception. And that
la why downright panic Is so rare. Tho
educated soldier of today deliberately faces
fear and strives for self-mastery. He
knows himself In the fine Socratlc sense.
Hla heroism lies In the overcoming of that
awful panic which falls on every man
when around him Is a roaring holl of tor
ture and of death.
WIEN DEATH HOLDS REVEL.
A certain surgeon major of my acquaint
ance Just home from the front was very
definite on 'this subject. "Tho soldier has
ho 'heroic' Illusions when ho plays bolo
with a Tom Thumb pack under rafales of
fire, and reaches for his mask, cursing the
gas attack that spoils a winning hand."
he said. "Make no mistake about the hor
rors o this war this war of 'birds' and
moles,' of nurder In" tho air and under
the earth; of death mowing and reaping
with monstrous guns, aerial mines and
tombs, cold steel and bludgeons In a
tripping sewer that's partly yours and
Wholly German round the next traverse.
"You hear tell of shellflre and snipers,
f dreadful sounds In the dark, of sights
beyond Imagining when green flares soar
tnd show the unburled dead swaying
lerlly on the wire of No-Man's.Land.
"Goqd heavens, we were said to be
oft! The British know they're degen
rate, Bernard! told hla people. 'You've
n!y to read their own papers. God. what
k shock Is In store" True. But It was
the flower of the Prussian Guard that
vent down under It! Yes, we've been
tried In the Are with blazing benzine.
Vfe've been tried in the chlorine cloud ;
out-gunned, out-manned and hopelessly
out-drilled.
"To make good out there needs Super
men. 'We're enclosed In living tombs, spied
upon from the clouds and drenched with
Steel and flames. Explosions rock the
earth, sights sicken you everywhere.
"And yet we're gay. We love our
jokes. Even the cavalry havo hobby
horses If it's only a bit of garden on a
patch of clay, or the trench newspaper
wjiosa. editor works the typewriter like a
iraacniae-gun, warning sentries not to lire
at the periscope of submarines navigating
the communication trench!
"None of the cry-side there. A bitter
business, with man's life as cheap as a
l!y"B, and all the world's treasure, all the
world's science, lent to crude, wholesale
slaughter. Chemistry, optics, ballistics.
The result is death such as heroes of
Albuera never .faced, nor those of 'com
pact' flahta like Waterloo and Balakluva.
? "THE HOMERIC ORIP."
"And wounds! Wounds In the mind as
well as In the body Lesions I couldn't
took at for tears. Yet these fellows live.
Listen! A lad I know lay out In a cop-
pie far fen days, with only a little pond
of water to drink! He lost both his fet
Xraol glUlJErCV UMb IMK;JMK Willi UJ3 11113.
How's that for the Homeric grip?
"We (Wctprtr are agtuut at the ultra-
inoam raaif. Ttie young squire and sport
-the eiufslt jf the Ascot lawn flames
Jrth us BaycVUufore. V. C." Tbe Ox
Jbrd, street shopman becomes Sergeant
Htleher. the superman of a helI-blasted
41th who aavod "ie nans of fiis vnoie
line. Ceorgo Wilson, tbe ex-newsboy.
scoops (lwu on a mautuoe gun. stays all
the erw. and fling the huge weapon it
v!R3 (a pounds at his officer's feet
Thwt, str.' be says, 'that's U thing 43
taiiii the trouWef"
kiiT iea. they ait go tbroufo it But
--hat fr mum, Ouy tru It nsdtor AoX,
, jtt on rwniute ta fc" U nusK.
HOUSE VOTES NEXT TUESDAY ON ARMED
SHIPS RESOLUTION; SENATE IN TANGLE
Continued from I'ste On
Commltteo membership to ascertain
whether thev could muster enough ad
herents thoro to havo a rule reported this
afternoon for Immedlato consideration of
tho McLcmoro measure.
REASONS Foil DELAY.
Tt was certain Hint wide differences of
opinion In the Rules Committee, tho body
now In sesilon which must pavo the way
for consideration of the McLemoro reso
lution by reporting a special rule for Its
disposition, was mainly responsible for tho
delay In tho vote.
"Immedlato nctlon" advocates harried
the committee to rush n rule through this
afternoon, declaring the Senate's balling
up of tho Ooro lesolutlon ought to bo
counteracted Immediately by a vote of
the House. They were finally appeased
by political arguments. The President's
friends, It was reported, seek Republican
votes on tho question of tnbllng of the
resolution, and nrgucd that few Repub
licans would vote for a strict "gag rule"
necessary to bring such n measure up.
Tho Administration forces thereupon de
termined to find some way of making tho
rulo moro palatnhle.
There wore reports also current about
the Capitol that the House might, with
tho President's tacit approval, vote on
tho straight-out Issuo of tho merits of tho
McLcinnre resolution, instead of on tho
question of tabling It.
! Jtnrh 11 rntirsn was uracil bv the "Im
mediate action" proponents, on tho ground
that tho "supposedly deliberative, cautious
and wise Senato" (ns thoy termed It) had
tabled the Gore substitute without realiz
ing what It provided, and that tho House
would havo to cloar up tho muddled situa
tion. COMMITTEE FOR TABLING.
Tho Houso Foreign Affairs Committee
reported the McLomore resolution with
tho recommendation that It be tabled.
Aftor tho House Democratic leaders had
decided upon a. postponement of tho voto
on tho resolution, vnrlous conferences
wero held to discuss the procedure Mem
bers of tho rules committee, with chair
man Flood, hold an Informal conference
on tho floor of tho House.
Somo of tho members declared that the
business of tho House was being delayed
and embarrassed by the international
Issues.
Speaker Clark called In Acting Chair
man Pou, of the Rules Committee, to seo
If an agreement could not bo reached by
moans of which ail could be satisfied.
PENNSYLVANIA DELEGATION
HOLDS SECRET CONFERENCE
No Definite Action Taken on SIcLe
more Resolution
WASHINGTON'. March I. Behind
bolted doors, In the Ways and Means
Committee room, the Republican members
of the Pennsylvania delegation caucused
today on tho advisability of heading off
a straight-out vote on the McLcmoro reso
lution of warning by Joining with tho
Democrats who do not favor facing the
issue. It was explained that a vote on
tho warning resolution, sucli as has been
demanded by tho White House, might be
headed off by voting agalnHt the special
rule to glvo the warning resolution a
privileged status In the House.
Unless tho special rule Is adopted tho
warning resolution could not be taken up
for consideration for several weeks, be
cause It would go on the calendar and bo
reached In tho regular course of legislative
business. If the special rulo Is adopted tho
warning resolution will take precedence
over ever thing else and a voto can bo
had hi a few hours.
Although no rollcall was attempted at
tho meeting today, several of those in the
conference said that a majority of tho
Republicans seemed to favor a voto
against tho rulo.
Shortly after noon the members nti-
Joumed to meet at 1 o'clock tills after
noon for another conference. It was de
cided to postpone notion until after tho
Rules Committee meeting, which has been
called for 2 o'clock.
Among the Pennsylvania Republicans
who said they wilt voto for a warning
resolution nnd thereby contrnry to the
wishes of tho President arc Representa
tives Warren Worth Bailey, of Johnstown ;
Samuel H. Miller, of Mercer, and Andrew
J. Barchfeld, of Pittsburgh.
DISCUSSION OF U-BOAT ISSUE
AGAIN BREAKS OUT IN SENATE
Senator McCumber Denounces Tabling
of Gore Resolution
WASHINGTON", March 4. Discussion
of the armed merchantmen-submarine
Issue broke out again on tho Senate floor
today as the result of a statement read
Into the record by Senator Lodge, denying
that tho British Government never Issued
a warning during the Japanese-Russian
war to Its citizens to keep oft armed mer
chantmen. '
Lodgo was questioned by several Sena
tors, nnd at length Senator McCumber
broke Into a denunciation of the gag rule
by which the Administration had sup
pressed discussion In the Senate. Par
ticularly ho complained of the recess
taken last evening to prevent a discus
sion of the resolution which he Introduced
yesterday.
"Sooner or later we will have a voto on
my resolution," said McCumbcr. "Public
sentiment will force it.
"In the last analysis Congress Is su
preme, and If It believes the President
has gone too far ultimately It cannot be
prevented by any parliamentary trickery
from letting him know It.
"Tho tabling of the Gore resolution did
not meet tho President's own proposal. If
we take the usual construction of a
tabling motion namely, that it Implies
opposition to the measuro tabled the
Senate voted yesterday that the killing
of an American is not a cause for war.
"Even if that Is but a parliamentary
technicality nnd If the Administration
Senators succeeded in their desire to
sweep away all resolutions, the Presi
dent's purpose has not been attained, for
he did not learn the sentiments of this
body on the momentous Issue which con
fronts him.
"Senators talk and differ on Interna
tional law, but there Is one supreme law
the law of preservation, and the right of
that we must grant to every nation.
"I bellevo that In the present contro
versy there Is so much doubt as to which
contention is right tllat the leaBt this
country can do Is to warn its citizens off
vessels until the issue is bettled.
"And let us always remember Congress
is the final war-making body, the supreme
power, and let us not relinquish or shirk
our responsibilities."
SENATORS SPLIT IN OPINION
OF VOTE ON SHIP WARNING
Lodge and James Uphold It; "Cow
ardice," Says Sherman
WASHINGTON, March i. Leading
Senators commented today on the conflict
ing claims that yesterday's vote on the
Gore resolution was Inconclusive.
Senator Lodge, admittedly the ablest
parliamentarian in the upper house
"The Senate has gone on record as oppos
ing a warning to Americans and against
interference with the Executive and there
can be no confusing of this action, be
cause of technical parliamentary entagle
ments." Senator James, President Wilson's
spokesman "My motion called for the
tabling of the original Pore resolution;
the amendment which the Senator wanted
incorporated, and all other matters af
fecting K then before the Senate, includ
ing the McCumber substitute. That mo
tion prevailed and was a complete vic
tory for thft Administration.
Senator Ciore "Under too rules I could
perfect my own resolution nnd the
amended resolution carrying the warn
Ing to Germany was the one tabled,"
Senator Sherman "Our action smacks
strongly of cowardice, evasion and shirk'
Ing of responsibility."
Senator McCumbcr "1 bcllove that wo
might to do tho whole thing over again
nnd so havo reintroduced the original
Uoro resolution and will ask that It be
voted upon."
Senntor Kern "Tho motion of Senator
James covered tho whole thing and was
a complete victory for the President."
Senator Fall "Tho Senate sent word
to the Kaiser that the Senate may regret
tho deaths of Americans on armed mer
chant ships, but will take no action."
Senator Borah "Yesterday's action
was cvaslvo and compromised the honor
of tho Senate."
SENATE ACTION VICTORY FOR
WILSON, LONDON PAPERS SAY
Think Goro Substitute Obscures
Armed Ship Situation
LONDON", March !. The Senate's ac
tion In upholding Prcsldont Wilson not
only was a groat victory for tho Presi
dent, but undoubtedly will cnuse great
dismay In Berlin, officials nnd the press
declared today.
Some of tho newspapers confessed they
wero puzzled becauso Senator Goro's sub
stitute resolution tended to obscure tho
aimed merchantmen Issue. But they
agree unanimously that tho Senate had
voted by an overwhelming majority not to
interfere with Wilson in his foreign deal
ings. This, nbove all things, thoy said,
was exactly what the President wanted.
The Times said tho vote In tho Senato
undoubtedly would be followed by another
victory for Prcsldont Wilson In tho House
and seized the opportunity to advise tho
Government to deal more liberally with
the American press, declaring Americans
want only the truth to be convinced of the
Justlco of tho Allies' cause.
Tho Dally C'hronlclo said that President
Wilson has been "triumphantly justified."
"BACK IN THE COUNTRY" FOLK
RALLY TO WILSON'S STAND
Hundreds of Letters Tell How the
Firesides Uphold Him
WASHINGTON, March 4. Presldont
Wilson today was communing with tho
people "bnck In tho country." Following
his statement at tho Gridiron Club dinner
n week ago that ho would rather hear from
tho homo firesides than congressional
cloakrooms, there has been a tremendous
response. Letters have come in hundreds
from every section of tho country, from
men cngnged In every business and from
women nnd children.
Today In his Whlto Houso study tho
President devoted himself to these mes
sages. In tho pile was one, written with quav
ering stroke, tho hand of an old man.
It said:
I am 71 years of ago and a veteran
of tho Civil War. but I am not too old
to take up my gun nnd fight for the
stand you havo taken.
It was from the South. '
There was also a long letter from a
mother In Massachusetts.
My two boys are grown to manhood,
it said. I lovo them as only a mother
can. But I am not afraid. I am
proud of tho letter you wrote to Sena
tor Stone and happy that I havo two
boys strong enough to help you, should
you need them.
You ask for news from tho fireside,
another from Indiana read. Mlno Is
cold tonight for my boy has gone 'to
Washington to begin his college work.
I am proud, though, that ho may some
day help you in case the demand
comes to uphold the rights upon which
tho foundations of this country are
built.
There were scores of letters urging him
to warn Americans that their travol on
armed ships endangers the peace of tho
country.
You have Congress over a barrel,
wired one supporter. Now apply the
board.
Several party organizations sent pledges
of support.
LEADING GERMAN PAPER HINTS
WILSON BREAKS NEUTRALITY
English Ordered Merchant Ships to
Attack, It Says
BERLIN, March 4. President Wilson
Is vigorously attacked In today's issue of
the Lokal Anzeiger, which claims the larg
est circulation of nny newspaper In Ger
many. The Lokal Anzeiger questions whether
President Wilson Is not acting In defiance
of sound sense, and actually committing n.
breach of neutrality by his attitude In
the armed merchantman controversy.
"President Wilson's letter to Chairman
Stone, of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, Is undated," cald tho Lokal
Ankelger. "We suppose it was written
before the German memorandum on
armed merchantmen, published February
10, was officially known. Otherwise It
would be In defiance of sound human
sense.
"Wilson states that during the present
war no nation or group of nations has
the right to alter or neglect existing rules
which all nations have agreed upon to
mitigate the terrors of war. The German
attitude in the memorandum relative to
submarine war does not alter any rules.
The memorandum gives Irrefutable proof
that the English ordered merchant ships
not only to arm, but to attack. There Is
no International law which forbids a bel.
Ilgerent to consider as hostile armed mer
chant vessels, which have been ordered to
attack his ships,"
Marriage Licenses Granted at Elkton
WILMINOTON, Del., March 4. Six
teen couples were granted marriage II
censes In Elkton this morning, as fol
lows: James A. Wood and Mary E. Read,
Edward T. Marshall and Bertha V. Berry,
Gene de Giovanni and Theresa Schmidt,
Thomas A. Cunningham and Anna Si.
Borman, Michael J. Lawless and Mary
Speers, William J. SIcCoach and Alberta
H. Maulthe. all of Philadelphia; Glenmore
D, Holmes and Lilly N. Trolllnger, How
River, N. C; William E. Steetz and Helen
E. Hllderbrand, Allentown: Charles W.
Trump and Helen C. Peacock. Norrlstown;
Edward W. Currle and Slyrtle S. Thomp
son, Trenton, N, J.; Dallas E. Goodhart
and Ella JL Schelfel, Reading; De Larme
Schreck and Blanche Sillier, Norrlstown;
William P. Simmons, Newark, Del., and
Slargaret Clark, Stanton, DeL; Henry N.
Hege, Lancaster, and SUsle E. Smith, Leb
anon: Earl Wiggins and Ethel Weaver,
Camden, N. J.J Daniel E. Kemmerllng and
Edna E. Baleen, Reading.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
Att Csftn&ft w&tS-'.t"4 E11a'
FrTrnipU'!1l!5nolfVhp.,tSn' ' C" na MolI'
Jonoph C. Franklin. 3126 N. 17th it., and
. Mary T. Wood. 83 B. Cornwall". '
Arthur S. Howard, Saracuae, Ind.. and ChrU-
Una M. Fluehr. 21S8 H. isth it,
John Ellis, 831 D Lancey at., and Minnie
Parker, 804 Lombard at. "'
julw.T. Fray, 1438 Krankltn at., and Laid.
mllla B. Scnenk. 1438 Franklin at.
Daniel Llndy, 17ZU. Bodlne. at.,
no. at., ai
and Mary
Blitz. 73
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Jacob Fornmn. 814 Hoffman t.. and Dora
Mor. 411 Slegel 1.
Milton Uuiurworth. 4831 N. 13th at., and
Paulina U. Pcaraon. 1143 a. Bzd at.
Connor. 8034 Latooa at.
Julius lloluman, 820. a 6U at., and NctU
inun, asu a qui
1313 N. 11th at.
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The War Today
Infantry fighting for Douaumont
vlllaro continues, according to dis
patches received this afternoon.
Both the German and French Wnr
Offices agree tnat no Important
change occurred on tho Verdun
front last night.
The Germnn War Office an
nounced this afternoon that 1000
prisoners, 115 field guns and 161
machine guns hnvc been taken thus
far in the struggle nround Douau
mont. Paris reported continuation
of the heavy artillery duel around
Verdun, but no important infantry
fighting on that front during last
night.
The German War Office reported
the repulse of a French attack in
the Argonnc and also against Ober
aept, in Alsace, where 80 French
prisoners were taken.
Paris mentioned nn engagement
at Epargcs, 12 miles southeast of
Verdun, where the French prevent
ed the Teutons from occupying a
newly blown mine crater, but re
ported that elsewhere on tho front
only the customary artillery fight
inir occurred last night.
The Uussinns have captured Bit
lis. tho second important city in
Armenia. This gives the Grand
Duke virtually absolute control of
' Lake Van region. His other army
is marching rapidly on Trebizond.
Enver Pasha, Turkish leader, ar
rives at Jerusalem, presumably to
direct a Turkish campaign against
Egypt.
Berlin officially clnims tho sink
ing of two French auxiliary cruis
ers and an English patrol boat by
German submarines.
Paris officially denies that
French cruisers have been sunk by
submarines.
England calls to the colors mar
ried men between 10 and 27, who
attested under Derby recruiting
campaign.
I CANNONI E GLI ALPINI
D'lTALIAOPERANTISU
CINQUE METRIDI NEVE
Un Saluto della Camera Itali-
ana all'Esercito Francese
Provoca Una Dimostra-
zione a Parigi
LA BULGARIA SODISFATTA
TIOMA, 4 Marzo.
II Mlnlstero della Gucrra pubbllcava
lerl sora 11 seguento rapporto del gencrato
Cadorna nulla sltuazlono alia fronto ltalo
austriaca: "Nella zona dl nlta montagna la ncvo,
clio In alcunl puntl e' caduta flno ad
essoro ora all'altezza dl clnqtio metrl ed
ha provocato numeroso valanghe, non ha
fermnto l'attlvlta' del nontrl repartl dl
rlcognlzlono, no" l'azlonc della nostra artl
gllcrla. "N'ella zona dl Gorlzla si o' avuta una
Intensa nzlono dl nrtlgllcrla da parte del
nemlco, cho 0' stnta controbattuta con
successo dallo noatre battcrle."
Telcgramm! da Parlgl dlcono die nella
Camera del DeputatI dl Francla ai e'
avuta una siraordlnaria dlmostrazlone in
fnvore dcU'eserclto. La dlmostrazlone e'
Btata causata dalla Icttura fatta del presl
dento della Cnmern, Deschanel, dl un mes
sag;:lo dl saluto InviatogU dal presldcntc
della Camera del DeputatI ltallana. II
mcsMigglo diccva:
"I mlet colleghl ml hanno umdat o I'in
carico gradlto dl trasmettero l'cntuslnBtlco
saluto delt'Italla ai valoroso eoerclto
francese cho coal' eroicamento combatto
per la libcrta".
"Le annate rcpubbllcane, come lo nostre,
combattono senza tregua per la vlttorla
dcflnitlva che devo segnaro II trlonfo della
clvilta'.
Alia lettura del telcgramma tutt! I
dcputatl nl alzarono In pledl applaudendo
per pareccht mlnutl. Pol la Camera declso
dl comunlcarc II telcgramma all'escrclto
francese.
II Mlnlstro della Guerra, generale Gal
llenl, dlsso nllora tra un altro grande
scopplo di entuslasmo:
"In nome della armate della Jtepub
bllca rlngrazlo la Camera ltallana cho sa
che I nostrl soldatt come 1 suol combat
tono per la causa santa delta llberta' del
popoll."
Un telegramma da Sofia dice che 11
presldente del ConMgllo. Radoalavoff, fa
cendo un resoconto delle opernzlonl dl
guerra della Bulgaria, dlsse che tuttl par
tltl approvano la polltlca estern del gabln
etto e mlse In rlllevo le conqulste terri
torial! complute dall'eserclto bulgaro, ng
glungendo che I! governo non asplra ora
ad ulterior! conqulste.
Eglt rlfluto' dl faro qualslasl dlchlara
zlono relatlvamente all'avvenlre della
.Serbia e del Slontenegro, ma dlsse che le
relazloni della Bulgaria con la Rumania
e la Grecla erano eecellentl e che quest!
due paesl osservavano la ptu' stretta
neutrallta'.
ATTOBNO A VERDUN.
La lotta che I tedeschi hanno impe
gnato attorno n Verdun dlvenendo plu'
glgantesca, Sembra che II kaiser abbla
declso dt glocare la sua carta plu' grossa
davantl alia formldabtle fortezza francese.
La sue legion! hanno conqulsato II vll
laggio dl Douaumont, ma la famterla fran
cese e' stata lanclata a violentl contrat
tacchl, La battaglla non c' ancora declsa,
ma si sa che le perdlte che i tedeschi su
blscono In questo folio tentatlvo Bono
enorml. sebbene quelle dei dlfensorl non
slano affatto llevl.
II nuovo attacco e' stato Inlzlato nel
pomerlgglo dl mercoledl' contro II vlllag
glo dl Dououmont la cul Importanza e' nel
fatto che e' 1! punto dl convergenza dl
tre buone strade. A sud del vlllagglo pero'
II francesl, che nel settore dl Verdun sono
comandatl dal generale Petaln, hanno cos
trulto una serle dl rldotte protette da
crepaccl, Interl reggimentl tedeschi Ian
ClatI all'assalto delle poslztont francesl
furono annlentatl, "squagliatl" dal fuou
terrtbtle delle mltragllatrlcl e del cannonl
da campagna francese!.
Per un buon tratto dl strada 1 cadaver!
si ammucchlavano In tale grande quantlta'
che II passagglo era ostrulto. SI dice che
le perdlte sublte dal francesl, pur non
essendo affatto Insignificant), non poseono
essere paragonate a quelle sublte dal te
deschi. Ierl II general Joffre dlrlgeva
eglt stesso le operazlonl dl dlfesa della
piazza, asslstlto dal generale Petaln. Nel
settore dl Verdun 1 francesl hanno am
massato una quantlta enorme dt truppe e
dt artlgllerla.
NUOVH VTCTORIE RUSSE.
Intanto, mentre contlnua la colossale
battaglla dl Verdun, 1 Ruasl operant!
nell'Asla Slinore non stanno InoperosL
E noto che dopo 1'occupazlone dl Erzerum,
1'eserclto russo si diresse In opposte dl
rezlonl, cloe' verso Treblsonda e verso la
valla del Tlgrl. Ora un comunlcato ufn
ctale emanato da Petrograd dice che le
forze russe operant! a sud dl Erzerum,
hanno occupato la cltta' dl Bltlls, che e'
a 110 mtglla a sud della fortezza gia'
turca. Cost' in meno dl due settlmane
I'eserclto del granduca Nicola ha coperto
ptu' dl un quarto della dlstanza da
Erzerum a Bagdad. A Bltlls I russl hanno
preso al nemlco set cannon! e moltl
prlglonlerl. tra cul un colonnello.
SI sa che anche I'eserclto che opera a
nord dl Erzerum ha fatto progress! ed e'
glunto a breve dlstanza da Treblsonda
che tl aspetta sla attaccata da un mo
taenia all'altro.
SI attends she 11 granduca Nicola .war
cera ora verso la fcrrovla dl Bagdad, che.
Ulsta 110 mitfla da Bltlls. '
FRENCH UNFLINCHING AT VERDUN;
fiEfiMANS ALSO HEROES IN FRAY
"Forward for the Fatherland" Cry of Teutons Plunging
to Certain Death Jbffre's Troops Heroes,
Kitchener's Tribute
PARIS, March 4.
Inspired by the presence of General Jof
fre, tho supremo commander, the French
troops fought at Verdun with the valor of
heroes and swept forward Into the wither
ing Artillery flro of tho Gormans without
a faltering Rtep.
After packing most of their dead on
empty ammunition trains to ho sent Into
Germany for cremation, the Germans re
opened the battle oft Verdun with artil
lery preparation, which tho French Wnr
Oflleo described ns "Intensely violent."
During tho lull In tho fighting tho Ger
mans had strenglhpned their positions by
digging trenches nnd opening up com
municating redoubts so that fresh troops
could be sent to tho front without being
exposed to tho crossfire of tho French
artillery.
INVADUnS BUILT ROADS.
Melting snows and Hoods had turned
the roads behind the Gorman lines to
stretches of qungmlrc. nnd It was neces
sary for the Germans to build ptank roadi
with timber before they could movo their
reinforcements of guii3 to the front. Tho
rond-making had to be cnrrled out after
darkness fell In order to avoid tho flro
of the French "seventy-fives."
Tlirco fresh divisions of troops drawn
from Belgium, Russia and Serbia, wero
hurlod ngalnst tho French positions In
tho now drive. This nttack centred
upon Dounumont plateau at a point whero
the village stood, beforo It was leveled by
tho big German guns Three cross-ronds
converge thoro, giving It Importance of a
high strategic order.
On tho southern sldp of the vlllnga tho
French had constructed a Htrong lino of
redoubts, which commiinded sovcrnl ra
vines. Three hundred yards south of tho
vlllago Is tho slto of Fort Douaumont, ris
ing 00 feet nbove tho level of tho village.
GERMANS MOVE FORWARD.
On Wednesday nlcht nfter the German
guns thundered nil day, the Germans be
gan to move forward, deploying from
Chambrcttes and Vaucho Forest. Tho
masses of gray-clod troops swept forward,
converging upon Douaumont I'latoau. In
tho meantime, other troops were cent
against tho French positions from the
sheltor of Haudromont Woods. Other
German troops, a division strong, ndvancrd
along a little brook, which runs through
tho ruined vlllago of Vaux. These troops
wero exposed mora fully than the others,
nnd thoy were literally annihilated by tho
Btorm of shells nnd machine gun salvos
which tho French sent against them.
The road became so choked with corpses
that tho living could not mnko their way
over the piles of bodies which blocked tho
highway.
It was not until long after darkness had
fallen and the star shells began to light
3300 FRENCH TROOPS
LOST WITH PROVENCE
Only 696 Survivors of Great
Disaster in Mediter
ranean PARIS, March .
Ill making public tho fact that -1000
persons were aboard the French auxiliary
cruiser Provence when sho was sunk In
tho Mediterranean last Saturday, the Min
istry of Marino Indicated today that there
Is llttlo hope that moro survivors will be
reported.
Tho loss of Hfo Is now estimated at
about 3300, Though It was flrst estimated
that 870 persons havo been saved, later
advices said that no survivors had been
accounted for other than tho 60G landed
at Malta and Mclos Islands,
The French Ministry of Marine yester
day Issued nn ofllclal statement denying a
German report that two French cruisers
had been sunk off Havre by German sub
marines. The German report did not
reach the United States until today.
BERLIN. March I.
Two French auxiliary cruisers and ono
English patrol boat have been sunk by
German submarines, tho Admiralty
announced today.
The Admiralty statement did not Iden
tify, tho French cruisers reported sent to
the bottom. In making public this official
statement, however, the semiofficial nows
agency added tho following:
"Paris reports the sinking of tho trans
port Provence which carried 100 men, of
whom 6 90 were rescued."
LONDON, March 4.
A dispatch to Lloyds announces that
the Norwegian steamship Egro, 1S75 tons,
has been sunk In a collision with another
vessel, The members of the crow were
picked up, but six are missing.
Tho Russian steamship Vaslllj VellklJ
1411 tons, has also been sunk with a
loss of eight lives, Including the captain.
The ship was formerly a German vessel
named the Prlnz Gustaf Adolph.- It was
built In 1897.
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Pldaiu h R- M' Oadif Jhkf SIJSO. mi . At dl Stmt
up tho sky with their red and purple glow
that tho fighting reached tho climax of
Its Intensity. It was nfter midnight .be
fore the Gcnrinnn wero able to push their
way lo tho French trenches on the south
ern Bide of tho town nnd then n hand-to-hand
strugglo ensued which caused tne
earthworks to run red with rivers of blood.
BIIAVE BHANDENBUIlGIjnS.
Tho Brandenburg Infantry played nn
Important part In this fighting. French
army officers paid a tribute lo this branch
of Brandonburg troops, who pushed for
ward to certain death Blnglng nnd shout-
"Forward for tho Fatherlnndl
On Thursday tho Prussians were thrown
,,.. n.,i in ncomilin. ihn Brandenburg and
Pomeratilnn rcglmenta having been cul
to pieces, Alost of tho day was given
over to artillery dueling, hut at subset
tho Germans launched Infantry nttacUH,
tho poldlcm pressing forward In maun for
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In llio meantime tho Gormatm began to
unllmber their heaviest guns and monster
shells wero exploding along tho French
front tearing gigantic holes In tho ground
nnd rocking tho enrth with sickening un
dulations, it was afterwatd found that
many French soldiers wero killed with
out being wounded. Army surgeons at
tribute their deaths to tho shock of tho
exploding German shells.
Wounded soldiers who had been on the
northern end of tho front, where tho Ger
ninns havo been shelling the French lines
from time to time declare that the big
"Jack Johnsons" nro toys compared with
the ponderous shells hurled ngalnst tho
French positions around Verdun.
The German losses have been so enorm
ous that tho French military writers con
tinually dwell upon them. On tho other
hand tho French losses while not Insig
nificant, aro In no way comparable with
those of tho Germans.
FRENCH CALLED HEIIOES.
General Petaln, who la assisting Gen
eral JolTro to direct the French operations,
In a special order to his troops compli
mented thcni upon tlinr bravery and
published with the order a moHsngo from
Lord Kitchener, the British Secretary of
War. saying thnt England regarded every
French soldier as nn Individual hero.
A heay force of troops has been
massed nround Verdun by the French,
including tho crack detachments of tho
army. Among them Is the Foreign Le
gion, which Includes many Americans.
Charles Phillips, of Chicago; James Dam
marvllie, of Boston; Edwaid Mouvette
and Edmond Genet, of New York, aro
nmong tho Americans wounded In the
fighting.
CANNON DUEL MARKS
ACTION ABOUT VERDUN
Continued from I'll up One
enemy from occupying a crater caused by
the explosion of a mlno.
"There is nothing to report on tho rest
of tho front except tho usual cannonade."
LONDON, March 4.
French troops, under General Petaln,
havo completely blocked all German at
tempts to capture Pepper Heights, north
of Verdun, by a Hank attack, according
to Paris dispatches today.
Driven out of Douaumont village, Gen
eral Petaln Is making a stand nround tho
strong redoubt less than a mllo southwest
of Douaumont. Here tho French have
repulsed with heavy losses successive
charges by tho Teutonsr who hope to
penetrate tho French front and cut off
the defenders of Pepper Heights.
The Paris correspondent of the Times
estimated today that In tho early fighting
around Verdun French losses In killed,
wounded nnd missing totalled about
30,000. Tho Times correspondent sug
gested that the tnctlcs used by tho Ger
mans and the fact that brigades from the
Balkans arc taking part In tho fighting
tends to confirm the belief that Field
Marshall Mackensen Is now directing the
German operations.
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TREBIZOND MEN A OEM
PETHOGRAD, March 4, '
It Is ofllclalry nnnounced that the nu. I
sinus haver captured Bltlls, Turkish Ar ,
meiiln, nWmt 110 miles southeast of Er '
zerum, near mo southwestern cxtremllr
of Lako Van. Tho city wnB taken by .
sault. ' T ,
tBItlls Is a city of nboul 3B.OO0 Inhabit 5
ants nnd tho capital of the vilayet of tha J
same nnmo. It has numerous mo9,ucs and J
convents of dancing dervishes nnd i 0. .
cated 1700 feet nbovp sea leol.j
The Russian advance In ABla Minor Is
also proceeding with success west and '
north from Erzerum nnd nows ot tho fall
of Troblstond, on tho Black Sea coast Is
momentarily expected. ' ,,
As thoro has been no serious Turklah
resistance except nt Blllcs, since tho fall,
of Erzerum, tho continued forward weep
of tho Russian armies has been retnrded,
according to reports from tho front, only
by tho rugged country nnd the severlt
of tho weather.
In their rctrcnt tho Turks appear t
havo been mainly occupied with attempt!
to savo their guns and equipment, tt
which they wero only partly successful '
ns tho Russians reach an Increasing toll oC- '
abandoned cannon. '"
Tho Turks nro said to bo strengthcnlnr
the fortifications of Sln, which is about.
200 miles west of Erzerum, tho only point
considered hero as likely to bo a serloua.
obstruction to tho wostwaid progress ot
tho Russians, and It is believed Improb
able that tho Turks will attempt to mk
a stand until Slvns is reached. Turkish
reinforcements nro pouring dally Into this
centre
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HUT WEATHER IS TOO COLD'.
Coach Wright Calls Off Practice fit '
This Afternoon
Due to tho low tempcrnturo and tha-
chopplness of tho water. Coach Wright 1
called off tlio varsity crew practice today, '
The junior varsity rcpo'rtcd at tho boat- 1
house this morning and were sent up tfie
river, Wright coaching them from the
bank, When they had reached tho 6lrard
Avenue Bridge, however, t'icy were or- '
dcrcd back to tho slip, as the rouRhneu
1 of the water pi evented them from getting,
any rhythm Into their stroke. ''
Despite imp inci mat 1110 men were,
till bundled up. they were nevertheless la
n half fro 'ii condition by the time they'
had reached shelter. Tho vnrslty showed,
up early In tho afternoon, but were'told "
that the practice had been called off. "W.'
must get tho work In," Wright said, '"bui,
tills sort of wenther will do them morr
harm than good." " ' '
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