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Attacks in West Presage
' Grand Assault by French
and British
RUSSIANS ON OFFENSIVE
T.ON'DON, Jan. 30 The nttaclm am!
talilltiR of (lie Anfflo-Kionch forres nil nlmiK
. tlto western front mny be accepted nt llio
preliminaries to Hip spring offensive, in
the view bf certain military cierH.
Belief was expressed hero todnji by war
critics that the Allletf are feeling- out the.
t& qernian lines for the vvcnUost liolnt. The
V possibility exists inai n. unuuio imeiwiva
mnv lm ntlemnted. the Urltlsh carrying
out one drive and the French troops the to rnl I up his resolution, but It Is Benernlty
other, I understood this Is merely In order that he
Activity Is reported all along the west . may mnke n long speech on the ponce nro-
rn front from the N'nrlh Sea to the Swiss Rrnm in general
V.'
Britain Only Bar
to End of Combat
Conllnneil from 'rtite One
Wilson 'lertnanjs lnis;rnee Hint lt vlll
Ingness to conclude ,iince now Is not l'e
rnute of Impend iik defeat Is not rrRiuileil
by the Adnilnlptratlon ns pultlni? another
Mr In the way of peace The enemies of
the Teuton powers cannot effectually dis
pute the statement In the tinofllclnl ersloti
of tho note. It Was (minted out, to the enact
that the central Powers nre not crushed,
and have lot crushed the Knlente
tlvery effort will now be concentrated on
I.otnlon 'to try to win nver the Urltlsh llov
eminent n n serlnus nnd unblnaeil con
s deration of 'he 1'restdenfs suwillons.
made In his nddiesx to the Kehnte This
will bo done throuRh every potwllilo channel
but there will be no direct diplomatic ei
changes for the present nt least
The greatest embiirtassment to the I'reil
denfs plans tlirenlcticil today HRht at home.
Tho orstnnlaeil opposition In the Hetmle
planned to fire another hroiulslde Senator
t'nmmlhs has Blven notice that he Intctidn
EVENING LKDGKR-PiniiADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY
! nnB t7TZZ7, ,w,xi r,
UMMAiN UlUWIN ntUNtlli
30, 1917
' border.
Tho heaviest fighting has tftfcen place
on tho Somme and Verdun fronts, but thern
have been vigorous trench raids on the
Pranco-Melglan frontier, In Artols, on the
Alsno lllvcr, In ('hampagno. In tho Woevrc
district. In tho Vosges end In Upper Alnce.
Operation" ar tx-ins carried out on the
eastern front similar to tboso In the west
ern arena of war. Pewpita storms and
cold weather tho Russians are attacking
- ivnd carrying out reconnoltcrlng encounters
along the line. Hoveru lighting has been
on tho lower ranges of tho Carpathians, on
jthe bordors of nukovvlna nnd Moldavia.
The second gieat eltv.t of the Urltlsh In
Mesopotamia to cut through to Ungdnd Is
now In full swing PlRpatches from Basra
(tho British base) reported today that
heavy fighting Is In progress on both sides
of the Tigris River nnd It Is believed that
tho British are aiming to Isolate the Turk
ish garrison ni. Kut-el-Amara. The Brit
ish troops on tho southern bank of tho
Tigris, having fewer obstaclos to overcome,
'are making better progress than those on
tho northern bank. An olllclal war office
statement Issued Monday night sulci that
about two nnd one-half miles of Turkhdi
trendies had been captured. Heavy losses
' .were lnnicted upon the Turks.
If the British nro able to capture and
hold Bagdad ft will put an end to tne Oer
man dream of a trade route from Berlin to
tho Tersian Gulf. Much of tho lino has
.been constructed and surveys have been
made for nil of It Bagdad Is about 110
miles northwest of tho prosont lighting.
TEUTON ATTACK BROKEN
AT VERDUN, PARIS SAYS
PARIS, .Tnn. HO.
Infantry firo stopped a (lermnn attack
on u French trench In the legion of 111)1
SOI today, the odlclul statement declared.
The War Olllco reported Intermittent can
nonading on the remainder of the front
and three enemy airplanes brought down
in air combats.
IIKRMN". Jan. SO.
Unsuccessful evening attacks by French
forces against positions on Height 304 won
last night by CJcrmnn troops were reported
in today'H olllclal Statement.
Elsewhere on the western front the state
ment described reconnolterlng engagements
In the Artols sector and a tempo! nrily
lively artillery combat between tho Ancro
and the Somme.
From tho JIaecdoninn front the report
detailed clashes In the lowlands of the
Oerna bend and the Struma, being recon
nolterlng detachments.
"No important events" wcro reported
from other fronts.
-ALLIED COUNCIL MEETS
IN CZAR'S CAPITAL
PKTROGRAT. Jan. 30.
The first session of the Allied Council of
"War hero today hns already created a
stimulating effect on public opinion. The
conference is along tho line of similar
councils held In London, Paris and Rome,
and' the programs adopted In those capitals
will be ratified hero and perhaps enlarged.
Economic, diplomatic and military meas
ures will be discussed.
LONDON, Jan. 30.
The thinl of the Allied conference seek
ing co-opcratlon of nil forces of all the
Entento nations was In progress today at
Petrogrnd. Particular interest attaches to
it. In the view of military experts here, be
cause of tho recent indications on the Riga
front of a new strengthening of Russia, and
boc-iute the Czar's forces and those of
Rumania liavo apparently stopped further
(German progress in Rumania.
At' the conference ICngland is represented
ty Lords Revelstroke and Mllner (the Int.
ter one of Lloyd George's War Council) ;
Trance, by General Castclnnu nnd Minister
of Colonies Doumergue, and Italy by Gen
eral Landerchl and Senator Sclaloja.
The Hoi nil resolution, seeking to put tho
(Senate on recorrl in rfnttlrmlnir Its bile
glance to the Monroe Doctrine, will not be?
called up as lung as the Senate keeps nt
work on npprnpiintion bills, If a general
pence debate Is stilt ltd. however, he Is ex
pected to press the resolution.
51 'AON OFF A GA INST
. NO-VICTORY PLISA
rKTnoriRAn. J.m SC.f-'erglii fHuo
noff, ex -Foreign Minister, who has Just
been appointed Iiulu!i Ambnssndor to
Loudon, commenting on President Wilson's
Senate speech In nil Interview printed In
the Russian newspapers, volwl the
view already taken by most prominent
Russians, that Pi evident Wilson's efforts
to prevent a repetition of the world war
had his full svmpath.v and particularly
commended tho Idea of a peace league, but
Bald he failed to see the practical vttluo of
the speech ut this time.
"I must sny," snld M. Saitonoff "that 1
cannot boo from reading tho speech how
President Wilson hopes to realists his idea,
which Is by no means new. It Is im
possible to" understand a pence without
victory. It Is quite impossible to return
to tho status tpio ante."
M. Pazonoff mentioned n tho terms with
out which the Entente Allies could not con
sider peace these:
"The restoration of Belgium nnd Serbia
and tho rottirn to Franco of Alsace nnd
Lorrnlno.
"Tho ceding of territory to Italv
"The freedom of Poland nnd Rumania
"Russln's domination of the Dardanelles
and frco ncccss to tho sen "
Referring to the development of Russian
trade, ho snld :
"America and Kngland have declared sev
eral times their Intention to develop trade
relations with Russia and to Increase their
export of gooda to the Russian market. All
talk by our enemies that we shall find
ourselves under the economic yoke of the
Ilnglish nnd French has no bnsis. II Isn't
the custom of the Hngllsh nnd French to
oppress tho countries to which they aro
exporting goods. Germany's dream of
economic domination In Kuropo Is a lost
hope."
M. SaKonoff's statement of minimum
pence terms is not ns Inclusive ns thnt con
tained in the Allied reply to President Wil
son, which culled for Indemnities to Bel
glum and Serbia, as well as their restora
tion; the liberation of Slavs, Rumanians
nnd Tcheco Slovaks, ns 'well as Itnllatra,
from foreign domination nnd the enfran
chisement of populations "subject to tho
bloody tyrannj of tho Turks " Tho note to
the United States did not mention specifi
cally the control of the Dardanelles by
Russia, but declared tho Ottoman empire
must be deprived of Its Kuropeun possessions.
JORGE MITRE SEES PERIL
IN PRESIDENT'S PLAN
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MISSIONARIES CONVENE
TO MAKE WAR AID PLANS
Thousand in Convocation Proparo for
Reconstruction Work in Countries
Greatly Affected
PITTSBURGH. Jnn 30 One thousand
delegates, representing foreign mission or
ganlzations from eery part of the country
and from far-away India, Egypt and the
Soudan, aro gathered hero today in a great
missionary convocation. The meeting is
under the direction of the board of foreign
missions of the United States and will con
tinue three days.
The purpose of tho convocation is to re.
adjust methods of forelim mission work m
that they may meet new conditions estab
lished through tho great world war. One'
qf the nujor aims will be the accumulation
of pledges to a big fund to be used In
financing the work of rel'ef and reconstruc
tion among tho war suffurers In the foreign
countries which will be conducted by the
church
Presiding will be the Rev Dr. V. D.
Anderson, secretary of the United Presby
terian buad of foreign missions. Among
the speakers will ho Dr. J Campbell White,
president ot the umvers ty of Wooster ; the
by. Dr Robert E. Speer, secretary of the
(board ot foreign missions of the Presby
terian Church, and W. U Doughty, author
and educational secretary of the layman's
missionary movement.
Dy CHARLES P. STEWART
Special to the Ecmtng Lttlotr
BUUXOS AIR MS. Jan 0.
Frank belief that extension by Americu of
the Monroe Doctrine policy to all nations
as suggested by Piesident Wilson's Senate
speech would cause that doctrine to lose
Its American force and character was ex
pressed In a signed edltoriul today by Jorge
Mitre, editor of 1m Nacion. South America's
lending newspaper.
Mitre- is recognized na one at the most
brilliant of. South American unalysts and
publicists.
"The threatened hypertrophy of the Mon
roe Doctrine's principles are not new." Mitre
declared, "but hitherto lacked authoritative
suuuion."
"In the past," the editorial continued,
"the tendency of the doctrine has been to
maintain and strengthen the democracy of
the Americans by keeping them uimrt from
the ambitions of Kuropeun I'ow'crs, Ue
i uuso It has been concrete, based on a geo
graphical fact, God knows how munj uppe
titis It has thwarted.
"A real alliance could not have been more
effective. Probably South America has not
fallen into Kumpean hands simply be
cause of the doctrine. But if it is 'uni
versalized,' tho principle is bound to lose
Its American fonu and haraeter "
TAKES STEP IN SENATE
TO DEFINE WILSON NOTE
WASHINGTON, Jan 30. Senator James
Hamilton Lewis, Democratic whip of the
Senate, today introduced n resolution de.
sigutd to ciurify Inti iprctations of tho
President's peaco uncage to the bellig
erents. The resolution dc. lares that "it Is the
bense of the United States that the addles1)
of the President of the United States de
livered to the Senate on the twenty-e ond
of January, 191T, does not propose the abol
ixhmeiit or limitation of tho. Monroe Doc
trine of America in its effect or application
to uny part of the western hemisphere,
nor does it propose to send the army or
navy of the United States or any military
or naval power of tho United States to any
foreign territory except when necessary to
preserve the peace of the United States
or to protect the just rights of America
or an American whero tho tame is as.-.tiled "
It was generslly understood In tl.,. Sen
ate that the resolution bus thu approval
of the Administration and that It is in
tended us a counter-nioe to the llorah
resolution proposing that the Senate re
affirm its faith in the .Monroe Ductrine
and Washington's warning "against en
tangling foreign alliances."
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AGAIN IN LIMELIGHT
Latest Verdun Assaults Revive
Interest in Heir to Kaiser's
Throne
WISER AND SADDER MAN
tly'KAHL II. VON WtEQAND
fCoppHeftf, fJI?, hi; nfrnintloiinl VH ffrrurr)
N'U.W YORK, Jnn mi
With Hip terrible Somme '.inltle "slllliit
In mud and blood," ns the Herman charac
terise its end, tin? "tug-of-wiir" around Vei
dttn Is temporal ily again moving to the
foreground In the western theatre of win
I'rowlt Prince Frederick William has an
swered I lip most recent French nnult with
it smash north nnd northeast of Vet dun
The drlp occurred oh n Hue bitwcen time
and five miles between the Avocoiirt Wood.
nnd thmd MnhNt Hill
The rwrte by the Crown Prime nppemcil
to be rather unexpected .itnl somewhat of a
sut prise The Allies had "counted out
the (Icrnmmi around Vmlun Hut Hie
frown Prince still Iuih a "puni h ' left 'lli-.
drive brought him again th.. Wooii-muIc d
hr-nghl "304," which the Frtn h wieit.-il
away from mm some lime -ign strati uh . 1 1
the Trown Prince's smu-li .tgaliiMt I In
Frcneh Utiei west of the Alm.-o Rler may
he retarded ns of greater Millie Hi. in Hi.
Frereh drive against Hie iletm.in lliu e.i-.t
of Verdun Without necessarily tiuhlng
Inn great Importance to Hie two hard "Jolts'
that either t-ldo tlellered to the other. It has
agiln focused puhllc attention upon tin
Herman Crown Prince
Like many other Ihlngt. Herman, the pub
lic hero hns a very dlstotted picture- nf Hie
i lei mini Clown Prince I am asked the
inovt absurd qucstloni about him nnd mntiv
other persons and condition In Hermntiy
Blind passion and prejudice has wholly
Warped the mental vliloti of those who sec
In Herman nothing but "Huns" nnd "bur
barlRns," Tho snme Is true of the radical
pro-Hermnn in their viewpoint of Hreut
Britain and everything British. Facts havo
little bearing on tho reasoning of either of
these two radical partisan parties
PFMNV13 CHANdED BY WAR
Crown Prim o Frederick William or
merely "Wllhelm," as bo wrote across tho
little picture he gave me In the field of
himself, has changed considerably during
the war. "Tho stupid nnd wholly unneces
sary war," ns ho characterized the great
conlllct to me, has not passed over his
head unheeded It has left Its mark upon
him. Crown Prince William, who will In
nil probability become- Kmperor William
III, has been through a hard and bitter
school of experience Always buoyant,
lively nnd boyish for bin years, the Crown
Prince has become much moro sedate, quiet
and rellectlve. In nppoaranco alone he Is
tho some boyish figure. He looks twenty
six or twenty-seven, iathor than the thirty-
two thnt ho Is
The loss of many closn Inllmnte friends
has been a shock to him and the rngged,
jugged rent In tho ranks of his own troops,
among whom he Is most popular, have more
than once brought the mist to the eves
of tho future Umpcror of Hermnny. Kx
cept when In Hie Intimate clrclo of his
staff nnd ulte. tho Crown Prince has' be
come very reserved, almost reticent.
The Crown Prlnco Is not unpopular In
flermnny, as Is so generally assumed here.
The Herman peoplo do not lay the blame
tor the war upon his shoulders Inheriting,
ns he does, the impulsivo temperament of
his father, the Crown Prince, nevertheless,
hns never been the firebrand or war baiter
that he has been considered abroad. Cer
tainly the war has made him a sadder man,
HAS LITTLR INKLUI5NCR
Politically, tho Crown Prince never lias
had much Influence, perhaps less today
than ever. And yet 1 have never talked
with a Herman statesman or political leader
who had snner and moro liberal views on
matters political thnn Crown J'rlnco Wil
liam. Young William's mind does not inn the
direction of the army to the exclusion of
everything else.
Neither does that of tho much older
Crown Prince -Rupproolu of Ilavaria. Ex
cellent Boldier that crown Prince Rupprecht
hns proved himself to be in holding the
Somme line against tho combined Fieneh
and Kngllsh onslaughts, I had the impres
sion that he would be professor of com
parative folklore, his great hobby and
study, with an occasional vacation to chase
the elusive deer through mountains and
valleys.
No blame for the failure at Verdun is
attached to Crown Prince William. Not
once In Hermany have I heard a single
expression that would Indicate that popu
larly the frown Prlnco was held In any
way responsible. That responsibility Is
placed quite upon other 'shouldors. The
Crown Prlnco was merely cairylng out as
commander. of the Verdun army orders that
came to him. the making of which aro
chielly In the hands of the general staff
and Its chief. The Herman people, knowing
that, ure In no wuy disposed to lay the
failure of the plan at the door of the
Crown Prince
The Crown Pi luce has worked hard in
the school of war. It has been a school
of experience, sometimes UlRer mid hard.
Ho hAS learned more in these two and n
half years than probably ho would have
duno In ten years in tho peuceTuI theoretical
school of war
At the beginning nf the war It could
perhaps have been said that the Crown
Prince was moie or less nominally in com.
innnd That Is true no longer The Crown
Prince enmmandt- Any one who dounm
that should he around his hcadquaitcrs
a wlillc. of course, uiuuys, us does every
commander of a dlvo-iou, a coriis or an
hi my, lie has the immediate advice and
co-operatlan of a inllltury adviser in the
person of his 'chief of staff" The latter
always in a member of tlia Hiund Ueneial
CROWN PIUNCK WII.HELM
Tho heir tu the Ooirrnin throno has
been thiintreil Rrwttly by the war.
lie ha be 'ome much sadder ami
more sedate, uccorilinit. to Knrl II.
von Wiorxand.
StiifT and directly responsible to Its chief,
now tllndenburg.
Unlike many other gcnernls who nVnccn
trate Ibclr entire mind, time nnd energy
upon the wnr, the Crown Prince endeavors
to keep In touch with political affairs nnd
to devote a little time each day to their
study
Voung William von Hohenstollern rends
moro and Is better read than any other
Herman general or statesman t have met.
Especially Iiub he n broad view nnd gooil
understanding of things non-Hermaii. HI
reading Is not conllnod to Herman books
or publication. Al no other ni my head
tpmitors does one find quite so manv for
eign newspapeis, magazines and publica
tions ns nt that of the Crown Prince. IIo
sincerely tries to get the "other fellow'.
viewpoint," ns he expressed It to me.
Tim Crown Princes headquarters is in
a French town of perhaps liOOO iiiliabltunts
nnd "two bathtubs," an he Inugliingly told
me lie lives In a small but prcttv villa,
lie gets up early: In fact, so early that I
usually was late for breakfast with him.
If he Inspects some of the troops lying in
reserve nearby, he I ides one of his favorite
chargeis. If ho goes to any part of his
front lines and he does Hint often he
rides In a big military car as far as lie
can without getting under tile French gun
and then walks. No small part of the duty
of the chltjf of staff and his personal adju
tant Is keeping .voung William from going
Into danger. That Is no small undei taking
with tho Crown Prince, who hns a penchant
lor visiting his men In tho trenches
In tho evening the Crown Prlnco usually
Invites several members of his stnff to dine
with him. The meal Is plentiful but simple,
lie keeps two "meatless days" After din
ner, If the Crown Prince Is not too tired
and there 1 not Nome big operation on his
lines, there mnv be an hour of music, of
which he Is very fond
The Crown Prince Is very fond of horses
nnd dogs. Ho has two Immense Russian
deerhounds in the lleUI with him They
ure like greyhounds, but much inrgei.
if the Crown Prince retains the views ex
pressed to me In the various talks 1 havo
had with him and carries nut his Ideas
of government, neither Herman)- nor tho
vvoild need worry about the future so far
as he is concerned
SWAP T. It. FOR KAISER,
HAMILTON HOLT PROPOSES
Would Rather Give Germany Taste of
Moose Medicine Thnn Organize An
other Africnn Trip ..
NEW YORK. Jnn. 3(1 Colonel Roosevelt
was the subject of an unexpected discus
sion at the twenty-second annual meeting
of the Now York Federation of Churches,
hold In the Hotel Savoy. Hamilton Holt, in
an address, criticized botl'i Roosevelt and
Ilryan for tin ir attitude toward tho League
to ICnforce Pence. Hu quoted Roosevelt ns
having said the league wns "Utopia or
h "
W. P. Fnrnhnm. secretary of tho Church
Kxtenslon Hoard, asked: "Would it be
considered politics If we were to organize
another expedition to Africa and send Colo
nel Rooscvtlt to head It?"
The thing to do. TJolt replied, was to send
the Colonel to Hermauy. thero in rulo by
divine right, an dto bring the K'alber over
here to take a job at, a contributing edl'or.
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tho garage of Whltaker Souder. In West
Mlllvllle, when n tank of gasoline ox
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about the legs. He was taken to the
Mlllvllle Hospital, where his, condition was
regarded as serious Allan Souder, who
was with Huvvlings ut the time, probably
Raved his life by tbe use of a chemical ex.
tlngulsher' The garage was debtroyed, but
Souder saved nn automobllo
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I DELEGATI DELL'INTESA
SI RIUNISCONO IN RUSSIA
La Nuova Confcrcnzn di Petro
grnd Dcstinntn a Cemcntnre
gli Accordi di Roma
UN ITALIANO RINNEGATO
ItuMA. Sii flctiiiulo.
I'll dlspnooio da Petrogrnd diro die brt
luogii coin' nun confereiiza Ir.i delogatl dello
potctizo dell'llitesa, ciinfeteti2il dl cul sol
t.into lerl tera fu data I'nnnuticlo ulliclnlc.
Finorii l.i Russia era statn come tngllaln
Tiiorl da ipiuste iltililolil ill delcgall del
I'lulesn. ma ipiesta volta (-clnhia die si
ilelib.i eemcnlnrc ntielie n l'etrogrml la mag
gloin coordlnasloiie degll sfoMI dogll nlleatl
per uttfiioro la vlitorln Le tllseussloiil die
Ml lerrnntm a Petrogrnd, .dice It dispacclo,
"I svolgornnno sulle stesse Unco f.egulto n
P.irigl, a Roma e n Lotidru. I rnppre
"cnfntitl dcll'Intrsn nlla confereiiza ill. Petro
crnil sono:
I'er la Francla. II mlnlstro delle f'nlonlo
ilastone IWttmergue, cd II genomic fnslol
mm, per in ftrnn Hrctngnn, lord Mllner e
lord Rovelstolte; per I'ttnlln, II iwnntnre
Iitorlo HclnloJ.1 rd II gchernte Ruggerl
Lnderchi Hut km delegtttl portano seco alia cntife
lenzn dl Petrogrnd le decision! rngglunte
nolle conferense dl Roma e dl Londrn.
let I sera II .Mlnlstcro della riucrrn ptlb
bllcnvn II Bguente rnpporlo del genernlo
I'adoi'iin circa In sltitnzlonc nlln frniitO'
llalo-nnstrliicn:
Wnlln frohto del Trcntlno I'attivlln'
del nemlco ncl suol Invorl dl dlfesn e
di mlgllornmenlo del mMssI ill
IrnspoHo o' statn nstncoluta, dall'ot- "
Hvlla" dello nostro battcrle
Sulla' fronte dello Alpl tllulle si sono
nvute le solllo ar.loiil ill nrtlgllerl.i o
plccoll scontrl dl hvnmpiistl durante 1
quail not prendemmo nlrunl pr glonlcrl
IAUSTRIA il Wti.MtlN
.Votlzle da Vienna dlcono die nrl clrcoll
polltlcl nusttlacl si rltlene orn die II prel
dente Wilson fav prince le potenzu del
I'lnlesa Spcclnlmento per nver fntto tllo
vnro die ipicsto linnnn tleflnllo In innnlcrn
csiillclta il loro programma e le loro ospl
rozlonl mcnlro le potenzo leulonlclio si
Bono llmitnte n dlchlnrazloni ill ordlne
assal gene rale.
SI sono nvute nl.Mlnlstern degll Kstcrl
pniecchln petllonl dl popolnzlonl soggctto
nll'Auslria die sono considerate come una
rlsposla dlrettn al pretldcnto Wilson e die
sono In fnvore dell'Aiistrla. IV Imitllo far
notnre die In magglor iiaite ill ipicsto pc
llzlonl sono state str.ippntc il.ille autorlta'
ill polizln. come si suol fnre In Austria, n
die ipilndl non hnnno alciin valorc, speclal
nionto in qiinnto nlcune ill esse vengnno
da parle dl wicletn' Itnllane, e In ipinnto
fnnnn notnre eotno la razze mono nunieroso
della monarchln godono degll slessl dlrlltl
e ptlvilegl delle duo razze doniliiantl. In
(liioste petizlonl manlfatturate dall.i pollzla
austro-ungarlca si fa nolaio die itnll.int,
slovcnl, Hlovacchi, bocml, polacchl e croatl
sono unltl al tedeschl nl nl m.iginrl ier
laglonl dl cvoltizlono Htorlcn (?). ill fc
delln' alia dlnaslla degll Abshiirgn, ill nc
ccsslta' ecnnomlclio c dl Interessl polltlcl
comuul. L'Inlesn. die si propone la dlsso
luzloiift della monnrchla nbsburghese creo
rebbo una condlzlono ill Incoinpatlblllta. trn
le tazze Itallana e slovcna nhitant! negll
stossl dlNtiettl, glnCcho' gli sloven! passe
robbero sotto un domlnio htrnnlero, iiuello
deU'ltalia Lo stesso nvverebbe delle nitre
razze die p.isserebbeio sotto altrl domlnll.
La petlzlono ilrmata dn tin rinnegnto ita
llano, II dr Faldtittl, presldento dello contec
dl Gotlzla p Grndlsc.i, dice:
"La dlcblarnzlono delle pntenze ostill cho'
doe" prima condlzlono per la cessnzlone
della gticrra deve essoio la Ilbernzlnno degll
itilllaul fcoggcttl a domlnio stranlero, ha
eausnto penosa Impresslono tui gli itnllnni
deH'Au.stria cho non possono itppiovarla,
"CIl Itallanl dell'Au.itrla lianno vlssuti
per secoll sotto II domlnio degll Alsburghl ed
i loro leglttiml rnpprcscnt.iiUl non hnnno
mnl Inaugurnto alcun movlmento .separa
tista da "domlnazlone htranler.i" cho non
eslste ne'Mal punto dl vista storlco ne' fja
quello morale. Strnnter.i snrebbe Inveroila
domlnazlone dl uno stato (l'ltnlln) che ha
eslstlto per meno delta Vila dl un uomo ed
II cul governo ha portnto a condlzlonl punto
Invldlablll
"Lontnna da hoi ognl Idea dl separnzlono
delle nostro case dnU'Austrla e lontnna da
not rimnngono lo parole- Ingnnnatrlcl ill
llliernzlonc dl rnzae. Le popolnzlonl Itnllane
dell'Austrln cd I loro leglttiml rappresen
tnntl sarnnno per I'Auitrln neH'nvvcnlre
como lo furono ncl pnsioro."
Piu' vecmente dl qucst.-t del rlnncgato
Itnllnno, die Oggl 1 generosi iiatriottl trlfs
llul u goilzlnnl emlgrall In Hnlln lmllcalio
al dlsprczzo ill tint I I popoll llberl, e' la
protesla del serbo-cro.itl contro la possl
lilllln' della loro ntmesslotie alia Selbla.
I'ti gluinnle dltllerllno da' nollzla die II
generale nilstrlnco li.inkl, uno del pin' co
iiosdutl cap! dell'e'serclto auslro-ungarlco.
din nel 11114 fu terrlbllnienle bntlutq dalle
forze riHHa ItPl'oIonln ed In Hallzlu, o: slalo
collocalo a rlposo. Anclie II generulo Deck
ha dato le sue d!ml:lonl che sono slate
nccettnte dall'lmpcralore Carlo
Apiinintcd TcleRrnph Superintendent
RIIADIN'CI. Pa. .Tnn 30. It was an
nounced at th(. local olllccs or tho Philadel
phia nnd Reading Rnilwny Company today
that Nathaniel W. .lonen, who came here
three ?ears ngo as Inspector nf Irniiiportn
Hon, had been appointed superintendent nf
the Philadelphia. Reading nnd Poltsvllle
Telegraph Company, to succeed tho Into
Clintlis St. Lewis. He will have hH lleud
quarters nt the Frnnklln street station In
this city.
"Pretty I'irc In Newspaper" Costs $S00
VIN'MLANT). N'. .1.. Jnn. no. While O.
Verb'ncclo nnd his wife, of Iiniite nvcniie.
were lu their jnnl their two-yenr-old son
tnmo toddling out and nskrd llieni to come
nnd soo Hie pretty lire in n ncwspapei
The imretits found the living room nllnme
A small amount of wearing nppnicl was
till Hint wn saved when Hie liouie burned.
The loss Is estimated at $501).
LUTHERAN PREACHERS
IN 169TH ANNUAL SESSION
Pennsylvania Ministerium, With 330
Members in Attendance, Con
venes in Philadelphia
The Kvnngellcal Lutheran Ministerium ot
Pennsylvania and adjoining states began
lt"i iTifJtli ntinual convention today In St,
Mark's KVangellcnl Lutheran Church,
Klirlng Ounlen nnd Thirteenth streets. Al
moil the entire membership of the organ
isation, 1)00 ministers, icpresentlng 127,009
communicants ure httendlng the sessions
HcporlM of olllcers nnd vnrlous- commit
tees vveic hettid today. The sessions will be
continued toman ow. finishing the year's
business nt the convention. A report on the
progress and the financial condition of the
flood .Shepherd Home. In Allentown, was
submitted today by a commltteo composed
of flvo lawyers, (J. 12. Schlegelmllch, V.,
Augustus Miller, John'M. Snyder, Edwin If.
Stlliu nnd F. p nitlner.
As nn Judication of the progress ot the
wink In the synod, It wns reported that
while five years ago tho expenses nmounted
In $18,000, the expenses for 1010 aggregated
SHI, 000: In 1012 the trensury held $101,000
for missions, while In 191 G $215,000 was
spent.
Films Ret Mary Garden
Mary narden, the opera slar, jciterilnv
lgneit a contract with Onldwyn Pictures
Corporation to become a screen Rtnr. Mlis
Harden's contract calls for a series of tnn
Hon pictures, the titles or themes ot which
arc not yet announced. Miss Harden will
sail soon for Palis to nrrange for the
designing nnd ranking of her cotttimcs for
her first screen production. It had been
supposed that, Herbert Uunoli had Miss
llni den under conduct for Selznlck Pictures.
uiy Your
Save $1 to $ 1
hoes Now
$
Every pair of shoes In our
stock would cost $1.00 to $2.00
per pair more if bought by us
today. Anticipating the advance
in leather, we purchased heavily
months ago and we are going to
give our patrons this advantage
until March 1, 1917, as per
prices and notice below.
All Leathers
All Sizes
All Styles
. a "8 kjo
$7
NOTICE
On and after March 1st, 15)17, the price of all our
Shoes will be aclviinred, and vc advise patrons desiring
to make this saving to purchase now.
Genuine Cordovan Lace Shoes
Both Top & Vamp of Cordovan $9.00 Value
Worth
Today
$6 to $9
MEN'S
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Today and Tomorrow
Many Opportunities for Timely Economies
Clearance Sales Before Inventor))
Silks .
Weavesyou will want for Spring
and Summer wear priced
Yd below real value
White Silk Shirting A cool, washablo
weave suitable for all tho lieKliRee uses.
Full yard wide. Special price 78c yd.
Georgette Crepe
A wonderful iiuality of pure silk thnt will
stand washing. Shown in flesh and white
only.
10 inches wide. Special price $1.58 yd.
Black Satin
A high lustrous quality suitable for frocks
and waists. ,
2G inches wide. Special price !)5c yd.
' Tub Silks
A quality that is "just right" for washable
frocks and morning dresses.
Yard wide. Special price 78c yd.
Gros de Londres
Plain and fancy Gros do Londre Silks in al!
the desirable changeable and plain
colors.
Yard wide. Special price $1.93
Black and White Figured
Tussor Crepe for Sport
Dresses and Coats
40 inches wide. Reduced from $3,00,
Special $1.G5 yd.
Plain-colored Taffeta Silks
Yard wide. Reduced to $1,28 yd.
Black Woolen Special
1000 yards of All-wool Black Gabar
dine A suiting wejght or light
, enough for dresses.
54 inches wide, Value $2.25,
For $1.38
Household Linens
In face of the scarcity of Linens
and rise in price we are able" to offer
pure Linens at attractive prices.
Pattern Table Cloths of pure linen s
and beautiful designs:
r2 xVA yds,, $3.:i-, $3.75, 51.50 ami $5.25
2 s3 yds., $1.25, $5.00, $5.50 and SG.75
2,ix2l4 yds., $5.50. SG.OO, $G.75 and $7.50
22x22 inch Napkins,
$3.75, $1.23. $3.50 nnd $6.50 doz.
2-1x24 inch Napkins.
$1.50, $3.25, SG.OO and $0.50 doz.
18x18 inch Ilommed Tea Napkins, $2.75 doz.
70-ir.ch pure linen Table Damask,
$1.15, $1.10, $1.75 and $2.00 rfcr yd.
TovJels
Regulation sizo pure linen Huckaback .
Towels, 33c, 50c and 75c each
Guest size pure linen Huckaback Towels,
30c, 35c and 50c each
Decorative Linens
Hand-made cluny lace Centerpieces
and Covers at price concessions of 1-3
oft' regular- price.
20-in. Round Centerpieces, $1,25
24-in. Round Centerpieces, $2.25 '
28-in. Round Centerpieces, $2.75
36'in. Round Centerpieces, $1,75
46'in. Round Centerpieces, $8.50
54-in. Roundj Centerpieces, $9,50
A Showing of Distinctive Stales
Underwear and Negligee
Domestic downs, $1,23 and $1.50
Envelope Chemises, $1.25 and $1,50
Camisoles, $1.25 and $1.30
Drawers, 75c nn(1 85c
Corset Covers 50c and 85c
White Petticoats, $1.25 and $1.50
Odd pieces in French and Domestic Un
derwear much below regular value.
, ALSO
Japanese printed Kimonos in a variety of
colors and designs, . Sl.OO'
The Offerings in Fashionable Furs, Women's and Misses' Suits,
Neckwear, White Goods, Laces and Cretonnes Are Exceptional
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