THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
'ON FLAG DAY
WILSON TELLS
WHYWE FIGHT
Extraordinary Insults and Ag
gressions of Imperial German
Government Left Us No Self
Respecting Choice But to
Take Up Arms in De
fense of Our Rights
Military Masters ot Germany
Denied Us Right to be Neutral
Filled Our Unsuspecting Communltiee
With Vicious Spiel and Contpiratorf
They Are Themeelvet In the Grip
of the 8ame 8lniter Power That
Hat Stretched Itt Ugly Talone Out
and Drawn Blood From U When
by Our Arms Kalterlsm It Cruthed
Our Flap, Shall Wear a New Lustre.
Washington, June 14.-Presldent
Wilton delivered a notable speech
bere In commemoration of Flag Day
in which be again outlined the posit
tion of the United States in regard to
the world war. The address Is In full
as follows:
My Fellow Citizens: We meet to
celebrate Flag Day because this flag
which we honor and under which
we serve is the emblem of our unity,
our power, our thought and purpose
at a nation. It hat no other char
acter than that which we give It from
generation to generation. The choices
are ours. It floats in majestic ellence
above the hosts that txecute those
choices, whether In peace or In war.
And yet, though silent, it speaks to
tit, speaks to us of the past, of the
men and women who went before us
and of the records they wrote upon
It We celebrate the day of its birth;
and from Its birth until now it hat
witnessed a great history, has floated
on high the symbol of great events,
of a great plan of life worked out
toy a great people. We are about
to carry it into battle to lift it where
It will draw the fire of our enemies.
We are about to bid thousands, hun
dreds of thousands, it may be mill
Jons, of our men, the young, the
strong, the capable men of the na
tion, to go forth and die beneath It
on fields of blood far away, for
what? For come unaccustomed
thing? For something for which it
hat never sought the fire before?
American armies were never before
ent across the seas. Why are they
tent now? For some new purpose,
for which this great flag has never
teen carried before, or for some old,
familiar, heroic purpose for which it
baa seen men, its own men, die on
every battlefield upon which Ameri
cans have borne arms since the
Revolution?
These are questions which must be
answered. We are Americans. We
In our turn serve America, and can
serve her with no private purpose.
We must use her flag as she has
always used it. We are accountable
at the bar of history and must plead
1n utter frankness what purpose it
it we seek to serve.
It is plain enough how we were
forced into the war. The extraordi
nary insults and aggressions of the
Imperial German Government left us
no self-respecting choice but to take
up arms In defense of our rights as
a free people and of our honor as a
sovereign government. The military
masters of Germany denied us the
right to be neutral. They filled our
unsuspecting communities with vicious
eples and conspirators and sought to
corrupt the opinion of our people in
their own behalf. When they found
that they could not do that, their
agents diligently spread sedition
amongst us and sought to draw our
own citizens from their allegiance,
and some of throe agents were men
connected with the official Embassy
of the Cerman Government itself here
(n our own capital. They sought by
violence to destroy our Industries and
arrest our commerce. They tried to
incite Mexico to take up arms agalnBt
ug and to draw Japan into a hostile
alliance with her, and that, not by
indirection but by direct suggestion
ifrom the Foreign Office in Berlin,
rrbey impudently denied us the use
of the high seas and repeatedly exe
cuted their threat that they would
tend to their death any of our people
who ventured to approach the coasts
of Europe. And many of our own
people were corrupted. Men began
to look upon their own neighbors with
suspicion and to wonder in their hot
resentment and surprise whether
there was any community In which
hostile intrigue did not lurk. What
great nation in such circumstances
would not have taken up arms? Much
as we had desired peace, .it was de
nied us, and not of our own choice.
This flag under which we serve would
have been dishonored bad we with
held our hand.
But that Is only part of the story.
We know now as clearly as we knew
bef::rs v.'a vr.j ur- e'ves fnsnged that
they un n t our cn r.iloj. They did
not (rir'ns!.-! cr do Ire his hideous
v,-ir or wish tl.a'. vie fin i d be" drawn
Into it; i.nl wo cro vaguely conscious
that we r.ro r.rh'.iru the'r cause, a
they wl'l scmo day see it as well
as tur own. They are themselves
In the nrlD of tlio same sinister powe
that has i.ow at last stretched Us ugly
talons out and drawn blood from us.
The whole world is at war because
the whole world is in the grip of
that nower and is trying out the groat
battle which shall determine whether
it is to he brought under its mastery
or fling Itself free.
The war was begun by the military
masters of Germany, who "rcvd to
be also the mastrs of Austria-Hungary.
These men have never regard
ed nations as peoples, men, women,
and children of like blood and frame
at themselves, for whom governments
existed and in whom governments had
their life. They have regarded them
merely as serviceable organizations
which they could by force or intrigue
bend or corrupt to their own pur
pose. They have regarded the entailer
states, in particular, and the peoples
who could be overwhelmed by force,
as their natural tools and Instruments
of domination. Their purpose has
long been avowed. The statesmen
of other nations, to whom that pur
pose was incredible, paid little at
tention; regarded what German pro
fereors expounded in their classroom
and German writers set forth to the
world as the goal of German policy
as rather the dream of minds detach
ed from practical affairs, at prepos
terous oiivate concftDtlont of German
destiny, than as the actual plans of
responsible rulers; but the rulers ot
Germany themselves knew all the
while what concrete Dlans. what well
advanced intrigues lay back of what
the professors and the writers were
raying, and were glad to go forward
unmolested, filling the thrones of Bal
kan states with German princes, put
ting German officer at the service
of Tnrkev to drill her armies and
make Interest with her government.
developing plans of sedition and re
bellion In India and Egypt, setting
their fires in Persia. The demands
made by Austria upon Servla were
a mere single step in a plan which
compassed Europe and Asia, from
Berlin to Bagdad, fhey hoped those
demands might not arouse Europe, but
thev meant to press them whether
they did or not, for they thought them
selves ready for the final issue of
arms.
Their plan was to throw a broad
belt of German military power and
political control across the very centre
of Europe and beyond the Mediterran
ean into the heart of Asia; and Austria
Hungary was to be as much their tool
and pawn as Servla or Bulgaria or
Turkey or the ponderous states of
the East. Austria-Hungary, indeed,
was to become part of the central
German Empire, absorbed and domi
nated by the same forces and In
fluences that bad originally cemented
ths German Btates themselve3. The
dream had Its heart at Berlin. It
could have had a heart nowhere else!
It rejected the idea of solidarity of
race entirely. The choice of peoples
played no part In It at all. It con
templated binding together racial and
political units which could be kept
together only by force, Czechs, Mag
yars, Croats, Serbs, Roumanians.
Turks, Armenians, the proud states
of Bohemia and Hungary, the stout
little commonwealths of the Balkans,
the Indomitable Turks, the eubtlle
peoples of the East. These people
did no wish to be united. They ar
dently desired to direct their own
affairs would be satisfied only by un
disputed independence. They could
be kept quiet only by the presence
or the constant threat of armed men.
They would live under a common
power only by sheer compulsion and
await the day of revolution. But the
German military statesmen had reck
oned with all that and were ready
to deal with it In their own way.
And they have actually carried the
greater part of that amazing plan Into
execution! Look how things stand.
Austria Is at their mercy. It bat
acted not upon Its own Initiative or
upon the choice of Its own people
but at Berlin's dictation ever sine
the war began, its people now de
sire peace, but cannot have it until
leave is granted from Berlin. The
so-called Central Powers are in fact
but a single Power. Servla Is at its
mercy should its hands be but for
a moment freed. Bulgaria has con
sented to Its will and Roumanla is
overrun. The Turkish armies, which
Germans trained, are serving Ger
many, certainly not themselves, and
the guns of German warships lying
in the harbor at Constantinople re
mind Turkish statesmen every day
that they have no choice but to take
their orders from Berlin. From Ham
burg to the Persian Gulf the net is
spread.
Is it not easy to understand the
eagerness for peace that has been
manifested from Berlin ever since the
bnare was set and sprung? Peace,
peace, peace has been the talk of her
Foreign Office for now a year or more;
not peace upon her own initiative, but
upon the Initiative of the nations over
which she now deems herself to hold
the advantage. A little of the talk has
been made public, but most of It has
been private. Through all sorts of
channels It has come to me, and In all
sorts of gulces, but never with the
terms disclosed which the German
Government would be willing to ae
cept. That government has other
valuable pawns In Its bands besides
these I have mentioned. It still holds
i valuable part of France, though with
lowly relaxing grasp, and practically
tho whole of Belgium. Its armies
press close upon Russia and overrun
inland at their will. It cannot go
lurtlier: It dare not go back. It
w!she3 to close it bargain beforo It
it too late and It has little to offer
for the pound of flesh it will demand.
The military masters under whom
Germany Is bleeding see vesy clearly
to what point Fate has brought them.
If they fall back or are forcod back;
an Inch, their power both abroad and
at home will fall to pieces like a
nouse of cards. It it their power at
norae they are thinking about now
mere than their power abroad. It it
that power which is trembling under
their very feet; and deep fear has
entered their hearts. They have but
one chance to perpetuate their mili
tary power or even their controlling
political Influence. If they Can secure
peace now with the Immense advan
tages Mill in their bands which they
have up to this point apparently
gained, they will have justified them
selves before the German people: they
will have gained by force what they
promised to gain by It: an Immense
expansion of German power, an Im
mense enlargement of German Indus
trial and commercial opportunities.
Their prestige will be secure, and with
their prestige their political power. It
they fail, their people themselves will
thrust them aside; a government ac
countable to the people themselves
will be set up In Germany as it has
been in England, In the United States,
In France, and in all the great coun
tries of the modern time except Ger
many. If they succeed they are safe
andGermany and the world are undone;
If they fall Germany Is saved and the
world will be at peace. If they suc
ceed, America will fall within the men
ace. We and all the rest of the world
must remain armed, as they will re
main, and must make ready for the
next step In their aggression; If they
fail, the world may unite for peace
and Germany may be of the union.
Do you not now understand the' new
Intrigue, the Intrigue for peace, and
why the masters of Germany do not
hesitate to use any agency that prom
ises to effect their purpose, the deceit
of the nations? Their present partic
ular aim is to deceive all those who
throughout the world stand for the
rights of peoples and the self govern
ment of nations; for they see what
Immense strength the forces of jus
tice and of liberalism are gathering
out of this war. They are employing
liberals in their enterprise. They are
using men, in Germany and without,
as their spokesmen whom they have
hitherto despised and oppressed, using
them for their own destruction,
socialists, the leaders of labor, the
tbinken they have hitherto sought to
silence. Let them once succeed and
these men, now their tools, will be
ground to powder beneath the weigbt
of the great military empire they will
have set up; the revolutionists in
Russia will be cut off from all succor
or co-operation in western Europe and
a counter revolution fostered and sup
ported; Germany herself will lose her
chance of freedom; and all Europe
will arm for the next, the final
struggle.
The sinister intrigue is being no less
actively - conducted in this country
than in Russia and In every country in
Europe to which the agents and dupes
of the Imperial German Government
can get access. That government has
many spokesmen bere, in places high
and low.- They have learned discre
tion. They keep within the law. It la
opinion they utter now, not sedition.
They proclaim the liberal purposes of
their masters; declare this a foreign
war which can touch America with no
danger to either her lands or her in
stitutions; set England at the centre
of the stage and talk of her ambition
to assert economic dominion through
out the world; appeal to our ancient
tradition of isolation In the politics of
the nations; and seek to undermine
the government with false professions
of loyalty to its principles.
But they will make no headway. The
false betray themselves always In
every accent. It la only friends and
partisans of the German Government
whom we have already Identified who
utter tbese thinly disguised disloyal
ties. The facts are patent to all the
world, and nowhere are they more
plainly seen than In the United StateB,
where we are accustomed to deal with
facts and not with sophistries; ' and
the great fact that stands out above
all the rest is that this Is a Peoples'
War, a war for freedom and justice
and self-government amongst all the
nations of the world, a war to make
the world safe for the peoples who live
upon It and have made It their own,
the German people themselves in
cluded; and that with us rests the
choice to break through all these
hypocrisies and patent cheats and
masks of brute force and help set the
world free, or else Btand aside and let
It be dominated a long age through by
sheer weight of arms and the arbitrary
choices of self-constituted masters, by
the nation which can maintain the big
gest armies and the most irresistible
armaments, a power to which the
world has afforded no parallel and in
the face of which political freedom
must wither and perish.
For us there is but one choice. We
have made It. Woe be to the man
or group of men that seeks to stand in
our way In this day of high resolution
when every principle we hold dearest
Is to be vindicated and made secure
for the salvation of the nations. We
are ready to plead at the bar of
history, and our flag shall wear a new
lustre. Once more we shall make
good our lives and fortunes the great
faith to which we were born, and a
new glory shall shine in the face of
our people.
ASTOR EMPLOYEES BUY BONDS.
He Aids the Scrubwomen to Subscribe
to Loan.
New York. Vincent Astor has
made it possible for all employes of
the Astor eetate from the least to the
greatest to buy at least one Liberty
bond on the Instalment plan. Even
the scrubwomen In the Astor office
buildings have subscribed to the loan.
(Mr. Astor has sent out a circular to
Astor employees telling them that in
cases of enlistment they will be kept
on the payrolls.
SEEKS AMERICAN COAL.
Spain Trying to Break Her Trade
Agreement with England.
Washington. Word has reached
Washington that Spain is trying to
get around the agreement with the
British Government by which she
obligated herself to transport Spanish
ores and other commodities to England
In return for Welsh coal. So as not
to be under the necessity of fulfilling
her her agree ment with England,
Spain is now understood to be trying
to obtain coal fmm the United States.
YACHT CLUB OUSTS KAISER
Atlantic Also Drops Prince Henry
From List of Members.
New York. The Kaiser Is out of
another American yacht club. So Is
Prince Henry ot Prussia, his brother.
The latest club to take back the honor
ary membership to these royal person
ages Is the Atlantic Yacht Club. At
a meeting Wllbelm and Henry were
retired unanimously.
The question of getting rid of the
Kaiser came up at the club's annual
meeting in March.
GERMANY AS
FOE 10 F
EH
Wilson Declares Germany Has
Left No Choice But War.
STERN WARNING TO TRAITORS
He Shows Up Germany's Scheme For
World Domination Has Made
Puppets Of Her Allies, Whom
She It Bending To Her Uses.
Washington. America is at war
with Germany because that country's
"extraordinary insults and aggres
sions" left America no choice but to
defend Itself in defense of Its rights,
as a free people, and of its honor as a
sovereign government
Bare-headed, with a heavy raincoat
buttoned up to his throat and with a
Secret Service man holding an um
brella over his bead, with the rain
beating In his face and the wind at
times almost blowing tbe sheets of his
address out of his hand, President Wil
son, In a storm such as this city has
not seen for years, stated the reasons
why this country Is at war with Ger
many in a remorkable Flag Day ad
dress which he delivered to about 2,000
people at the grounds surrounding the
Washington Monument.
The Intrigue Of Peace.
His address had been very carefully
prepared, was marked by an aggres
sive ring and an emphasis of attack
on the German government that has
never appeared before. Mr. Wilson
repeated the suggestion in his recent
address to the Russian government
that Germany foresaw Its coming de
feat, saying today that the German
government "wishes to close Its bar
gain before it is too late, and it has
little left to offer for the pound of
flesh It will demand." He solemnly
warned the American people against
the "intrigue of peace" which Ger
many Is engineering both in this coun
try and abroad, and he gave notice to
the traitors in America who, having
learned discretion, now carry on their
Intrigues within the law, that no man
or group of men will be permitted to
stand In the way of the vindication of
every principle that this country holds
dearest and makes secure the salva
tion of nations.
In Raging Storm'
Never, In the history of, the flag, has
Its birthday been celebrated as it was
here today! Shortly after 12 o'clock a
terrific hail storm, accompanied by
lightning, one stroke or which killed a
man, swept over the city and made it
almost Impossible to carry out the pro
gram for the open-air meeting In the
Monument grounds. Arrangements
were about completed to hold the
meeting at the building of the Pan
American Union, which faces the
grounds, but when President Wilson
heard of the proposed change of the
program he forbade it, stating that he
would speak on the grounds "rain or
shine." Mr. Wilson unselfishly sacri
ficed his own comfort, feeling that
many people who could attend the
gathering in the Monument grounds
would be disappointed if the meeting
were held In the Pan-American build
ing. Accordingly, shortly" before 3
o'clock, he entered his car, accom
panied by Mrs. Wilson, and drove to
the grountX The rain was pouring in
torrents, but, undismayed, Mr. Wilson
left his car and, protected only slight
ly from the downpour by an umbrella
held over him by one of the Secret
Service men, he walked to the stand
that had been erected, where Secre
tary Lansing and a number of other
distinguished men awaited him, many
of them in raincoats and all of them
trying to keep off some of the rain
storm by umbrellas. ''
Secretary Lansing Brief.
Secretary Lansing's introduction
under the circumstances was natural
ly brief, for conditions did not conduce
to oratory. Several thousand people
stood in front of the stand under um
brellas and several hundred more sat
In automobiles whose curtains were
drawn to keep out the rain. At the
President's request Mrs. Wilson did
not leave the car. Mr. Wilson smiled
grimly as the rain beat Into his face.
Mr. Lansing Introduced him briefly. "I
have the honor, ladies and gentlemen,"
he said, "to introduce the. President
of the United States and the Cora-mander-ln-chicf
of the Army and the
Navy." Mr. Lansing himself is a
graceful speaker and he had prepared
a brief address for the occasion, but
this address must remain unspoken
unless, Indeed, some future occasion
offers.
It is not Improbable that the major
ity of the thousands who stood before
the President under their umbrellas
beard nothing of Mr. Wilson's address.
He read It, nevertheless, word for
word, and was occasionally rewarded
by little outbursts of applause from
the Ingenious few who, in some way,
found it possible to clap their hands
and hold their umbrellas at the Bame
time. But Mr. Wilson knew that he
was addressing not the uncomfortable
few thousands hidden from his eyes
under the umbrellas that covered
them, but the hundred millions of
Americans who will read his address
and will find Inspirations in his words.
KILLS WOMAN IN AUTO PARTY.
tarmer Thought Members . Were Try
ing To Steal Hit Hogs.
Springfield, Ohio. Mrs. J. Elmer
Redelle, wife of the president of the
Springfield baseball club, was shot and
killed by J. M. Hlnkle, farmer, who
thought members of an automobile
party, of which Mrs. Itedelle was one,
were attempting to Bteal his hogs.
Hlnkle Is held for investigation and,
according to officers, admitted firing
Into the automobile as it was speeding
away fr tm near bis place.
RED CROSS WEEK-HELP THE WOUNDED
0VERSUBSGR1B
(CopyrUht.)
GERMANS
RAID
L
DO
AGAIN
7 Persons Killed and 437
Wounded.
NO MILITARY DAMAGE
Retidentt Of the Poorer Sectiont Of
the City Were Victims Many
Infantt Being Among
Them.
London. In a swift and deadly raid
on the city of London Wednesday Ger
man airplanes took a heavy toll in kill
ed and wounded. Other places were
attacked, but so far as is known at
present by far the heaviest losses oc
curred In London town Itself.
The casualties as officially an
nounced number 534, including 97 kill
ed and 437 wounded. Fifty-five men
met death and 223 men were wounded.
Sixteen women and 26 children were
killed and 122 women and 94 children
were wounded.
The German squadron consisted of
about 15 machines, and the downtown
section of London was their chief ob
jective. Many bombs fell In the East
End, where buildings were destroyed
and others badly damaged and scores
ot persons fell victims to the explo
sions. In one instance alone 10 children-were
killed in a school and 50
were Injured.
British airplanes ascended Imme
diately the signal was given that hos
tile machines were coming, but the
Germans remained at a great height
and flew swiftly, and evidently the
British fighters had difficulty in the
pursuit, for the loss of only one Ger
man machine has been recorded.
Others are reported to have been
brought down, but there is no official
confirmation of this. The anti-aircraft
guns of London seemingly were
unable to reach the Germans.
While a great many small business
houses and the homes of the poor in
the crowded districts suffered great
damage. Field Marshal Viscount
French, commander of the home de
fense, announces that no damage of
a military or naval nature was done.
Mr. Bonar Law also announced a
serious munitions explosion at Ashton-Under-Lyne,
a few miles from Man
chester, In which a number of persons
were killed or injured. This explosion
had no connection with the air raid.
The Official Report
The following report of the air raid
was given out officially this afternoon:
The first bombs were dropped on
the eastern outskirts of London at
about 11:30 A. M. Numerous bombs
fell in rapid succession in various dis
tricts in the East End. One bomb fell
in a railway station, hitting an incom
ing train. Seven persons were killed
and 17 Injured here. Another bomb
fell on a school, killing 10 and injuring
about 50 children. A number of ware
houses were damaged and fires were
caused.
"A few bombs also wore dropped
near North Foreland and opposite the
banks of the Thames, four persons
being injured.
"The air raid over London lasted
about 15 minutes. The raiders, were
engaged by. guns of the East London
Defenses and a large number of air
planes of the Royal Flying Corps and
Royal Naval Air Service were sent up
as soon as the enemy was reported off
the const. Several engagements took
place In the air, but the results at
present are uncertain."
SUNK WITH 190 MEN.
French Passenger Liner Sequana Tor
pedoed In Atlantic.
Paris. The South Atlantic liner
Sequana, with 550 passengers on board,
has been torpedoed and sunk in the
Atlantic with a loss of 190 men.
Among the passengers was a detach
ment of the Senegalese Rifles.
The Sequana, formerly the City of
Corinth, was owned by the South At
lantic Navigation Company, of Paris.
Her gross tonnage was 5,657. She
was 430 feet long, and was built in
Belfast in 1898.
CONSTANT NE
ABDICATES
THRONE
Crown Prince to Leave Country
With Ousted Ruler
TROOPS READY TO ACT
Abdication Forced By Entente Allies,
Demand Pretented By Their
Representative Backed
By Troops.
Athens. The fall of Constantlne I,
King of the Hellenes, has come.
In response to tbe demand ot the
protecting powers France, Great
Britain and Russia he abdicated in
favor of his second son, Prince Alex
ander.
Forced By Entente.
This climax in the affairs of Greece
was brought through the agency of the
French Senator, M. Jonnart, who has
held poBts in several French Cabinets
and who arrived at Athens only a day
or two ago on a special mission as tho
representative of France, Great Britain
and Russia.
M. Jonnart had previously visited
Salonikl and other points and he lost
no time in getting into conference
with the Greek Premier, Alexander
Zaimis. The demands ot the powers
respecting the abdication of King
Constantlne also specifically eliminat
ed Crown Prince George as bis sue
cessor, tbe Crown Prince being Includ
ed among those Greeks in official life
who' were considered strongly pro-
German.
To Leave Country.
Both the former . King and Prince
George, it was announced by Premier
Zaimis, Intend to leave the country
immediately. It Is' reported that they
will embark on a British warship and
proceed to Switzerland by way of
Italy.
It is presumed that Prince Alex
ander will take up his kingly duties
with full acceptation of the ideas
which the protecting powers desire to
be put into effect In the government
of Greece during the present war. He
is 24 years of age and has been free
from anti-Entente proclivities.
Troops Ready To Act
Affairs in Greece, which several
times since the outbreak of the war
had seemed on the verge of a settle
ment, recently have taken on an aspect
of uncertainty that it became neces
sary for the powers to act with de
cision. M. Jonnart was selected to
proceed to AthenB for the purpose of
laying before Ihe Premier the aims
which France, Great Britain and Rus
sia had with respect to establishing
unity of feeling among the Greeks
and greater security for Ihe Entente
forces engaged in operations in . the
East. While he informed tho Premier
that troops had been placed at his dis
posal, he appealed to that official to
use his Influence toward a peaceful
settlement. The troops, according to
M. Jonnart's instructions, were not to
land until the king had given his
answer.
JAPAN WILL SEND MISSION.
FIVE GERMAN SHIPS RENAMED.
Sailing Vessels Christened After
Famout Clippert.
Washington. Five German sailing
vessels seized on the Pacific Coast
and put into service by the Shipping
Board have been renamed for famous
old American clipper Bhips. They
were the Stelnbek, Kurt, Dalbek, Vln
ner apd Ottawa, now named respect
ively Northern Light, Dreadnaught,
Red Jacket, Game Cock and Flying
Cloud.
Thorough Discussion Of Far East
Problems Expected.
Washington. Japan will send a mis
sion to the United States. The mis
sion will have broad powers, especially
in diplomatic consultation, and is ex
pected to leave Japan during the first
part of July.
Viscount Kikujiro Ishu, for a short
tie Minister of Foreign Affairs, will
head the mission. Vice-Admiral Take
shlta, who is well known In the United
States, heads the naval section. The
army section Is headed by Major-Gen
eral Sugano. A number of officers of
lesser rank and attaches will accom
pany tbe mission.
The mission is regarded as' offering
an unparalleled opportunity for a
closer understanding between the
United States and Japan through a
full discussion of the many complex
questions of tbe unsettled Far East.
PERSHING AND STAFF DINED.
Guests Of British Government In Lan
caster Houte.
London. Maj.-Gen. John J. Pershing
and 18 members of his staff were the
guests of the British Government at a
(-formal dinner In Lancaster House,
which Is a Government building devot
ed solely to purposes of state enter
tainment of distinguished visitors and
was last utilized for the diners of the
Imperial conference a month or more
ago. There were 30 other diners, In
cluding eight members ot tho Cabinet,
LIBER
mi
3.000.000 American?, i
nii)H
ndiiun s tail,
"TRIUMPH FOR DEMOCrJ
'Unmistakable Expression Of i I
cans' Determination To Ci
wr ia owui toneiuiion"
Sayt McAdoo.
Washington. The American ,
have responded to the
... - ... 'Ul
can ror iunas to nnanee th. ...
r
an over-Buuscnpuon in the tin!
wv LiiDeny ixan oi nunc proporl
million join in ruling WarChg.1
in me country s ringing anst
the call, the dominant nnt. ...
nil
voice of the small inventor,
money talked the last day of tbjt
paign in eioqueni terms, n, i
for a widespread roaming i ...
VI UK
rage man with the average it?
was more than realized in Uit
tude that flocked to the bantu ti(
day.
Secretary McAdoo, announce
nver-KUbncrliitinn nf tin. nff,-i..,
Liberty Loan, said lie iliit .
fhprA wniilf! hp nnnthor frfa.:.. ..
remaining three billions author
Congress before this fall.
"Triumph For Democracy."
Npprpiarv niPAfmn unnn..j
- ........mum
over-subscription of the loan li
following statement:
"The Liberty Loan has bett J
subscribed.
"The success of thin loan b j
genuine triumph for democr;ct.
the unmlstakublc expression oil: I
lea's determination to carry this t
for the protection of American r. I
and the re-establishment of tm.l
liberty throughout the world to m
and successful conclusion.
"I am deeply grateful to the 11
ers, the business men, the o:
America, the patriotic orniii
and the people generally, til
whose cordial co-operation ui j
thuslastic support duress could :
have been won. It lias kmei
spiring campaign and it his kl
glorious finish."
KAISER ANGRY AT GREEK tt.f
Promisee To Restore ConiUr.J
Sayt Berne Report
Berne. A telegram from B
says Emperor William has ilk
the following messAge to one in
Greek diplomatic reprenMti.1
abroad for transmission to Irl
King Constantlne:
"I have heard with wrath of I
famous outrago committed ij :
common enemies upon youudr
your dynasty. I assure you that'
deprivation can be only twjrrl
The mailed fist of Germany, ntq
ther aid from Almighty God, ii
store you to your thro, of wkxij
man by right can rob you.
"The armies of Germany ui -'
many's allies will wreak vengwl
those who have dared so infoln. I
lay their crlminol hands on ?
hope to welcome you in Geraul
the earliest opportunity. A tj
pnrriinl erpetlnrs from
"VOIR W1LUA1 1
SKULL CRUSHED BY TREE
University Of Virginia Stud
Killed In Texai.
Charlottesville, Va.-A mm
pelved here from San Antonio.
told of the death of John Hi
lette, a medical student at i
versity of Virginia, follitt
member of a picnic party
Park, New Brunfels, TeM
whom were seated at a tW
a (riant npPAH trpP. WhPO,
warning, a big limb fell, sirlUS
lett on the head, cruslunn n
PnllPtt and Auirust l. W
the university last month to
irmv Avlotlnn f'nrn?. T
abouF completed their prtH
training and expected to rem-
commission within a mom-
TM
TO LET U. S. WARSHIPS
Uruguay Will Treat Them
Belligerents.
U.nlMn TTrncllflV. Til
decide Friday that if Ami
ships visit Uruguayan porn
be treated as non bellilff1111
In Sympathy With Aim
Although Uruguay decrw -
1..11111 In ha war between I"
States and Germany '
sympathy with the .c.h
unttea states. v - ,
i-,n 4. ,ij ho nermi'1"
main In port only 24 hourt
be limited as to the iw
they might take on.
" ... ....T7r,nMf
18 KILLED IN Mum.--
Sixty Injured When Pr"
Collaptei.
lans. cignieru u- - w
tnl011 I1
persons have Deen
ruins of the munition fc'
collapsed Thursday. The
..ncioH hv the hrpaklng ' ' ..
porting the third floor '
ing, in which u
work.
MAY
GRANT AMNESTY T" f
.at
nouncement In Coml
Chancellor Bonar Law
t!ii1i Go'
L,onaon. me - .( ir
considering the granting
to the Irish prisoners srr
time of the rebellion l"" BJi
cellor Bonar Law made in
ment in the House of i
lng that the
would be made known n"
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