THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURQ, PA.
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IAFAYKTTE, wenre here."
In these simple words. Gen
eral Pershing gave eloquent ex-
Lpresslon to the thought that
America toduy Is but paying
her debt to France.
The words of General Pershing were
spoken as he stood ut the tomb of
Lafayette, French aristocrat by birth
but democrat at heart, who guve his
own services and fortune to the cause'
of American Independence and was In
strumental In bringing from Frunce the
uld that turned the tide In favor of the
revolutionists.
Those of the present generation who
are not fumillar with early American
history are apt not to realize the mag
nitude of the debt which the United
States owes to Frunce and to the mem'
ory of the gallunt Lafayette. In the
dark hours before the dawn of free
dom for America, France poured forth
her men and money In quantities that
were In those days most Impressive.
It Is not generally remembered that
Franco furnished more troops than
America at the battle of Yorktown,
where final victory was won for the
struggling colonists. In that battle
there were engaged 3,600 mllltla un
der Gen. Thomas Nelson, 5,500 contl
nentnls under Generals Washington,
Lafayette and Alexunder Hamilton and
' 7,000 French under Kochumbeau, be-
sides the French fleet of nineteen ships
at anchor In the York, commanded by
De Urns. Altogether, the total mil-,
Itary, naval ond transport service
which Frunce sent to our aid In the
American revolution amounted to 47.
080 men and 09 vessels of war and
transports.
Gave Money as Well as Men.
France, moreover, advanced to the
depleted treasury of the revolutionists
the equivalent of $50,000,000, without
Interest, a loun or gift which she has
never claimed. Furthermore she
agreed, und adhered absolutely to the
compact, thut she would ask no share
In such territory or booty as might be
Incident to victory. This agreement
was the more remarkable In view of
the fact that England had but a short
time before taken the richest of French
possessions the Dominion of Canada.
And It was almost wholly due to
Lafayette thut this Invaluable uld was
given by France to the new republic.
At the time of the declaration of In
dependence of the United States,
Lafayette was only In his nineteenth
year. Ills life had been one of ease
and luxury. Ills family was among
the most eminent In France. He was
a nobleman with the title of marquis.
He never had encountered those Influ
ences thut usually leud people In the
fight for democracy. But, as If It were
a vision calling him Lafayette saw the
new spark of liberty struck In the
West. The greatest fight of the world
was being fought for the greatest Ideal
In the world.
The youth of nineteen realized this,
and in the fight he was determined to
take part. He mude known his Inten
tion, but he wns forbidden by royal
command to leave France. He escaped
to Spain, and from there nhoard a ves
sel he had purchased himself sailed for
America. He landed In Charleston
and set forth Immediately to congress,
which was then In session at Phila
delphia. Congress at First Lukewarm.
His name and fume hud preceded
him, yet such was the unsettled state
of affairs thut when Lafayette went to
Philadelphia congress was at first luke
warm concerning him. Some of the
members could not sense the zeal and
devotion of a mnn who had come 3,000
miles to fight In a cause not his own.
There hud been a contract signed In
Paris through which Lafayette was to
have the rank of major general in the
American army. Even the wise Frnnk
lln, however, did not realize to the full
the worth of Lafayette at this time,
for In a letter of advice he speaks of
the distinguished rank and family of
the young soldier and hints that on ac
count of the fact that he hud a lovely
wife ond had left such surroundings
at home that It would be well not to
place him In ony danger unless there
Khnuld he some unusual emergency.
When the meaning of the self-lin-posed
mission of Lafayette did dawn
upon our forefathers recognition soon
came. The rank of nuijor general wus
conferred and it proved no empty title.
Washington had gone to Philadelphia
to consult with congress, and he and
Lafayette, meeting for the tlrst time
at n dinner, began tlint friendship as
proverbial as the affection between
Imvld and .Innatliiin.
Lafayette was then not of age, boy
ish In appearance, and had never stud
led English until he began his seven
weeks' voyage across the Atlantic. His
teal for liberty was such and there
wis such fire In his eye and such de-
Much in Little
American artificial Ice factories and
'refrigerating plants consume about
iri.OtMMMK) ton of coal a year.
The Bahama isiairds may bccr.n.e
extensive producers of rubber by cul
tivating the Mexican rubber vine.
At one period no mall reached the
Miners of Spitsbergen for eight
months, but they ure now able to get
the world's news twice a day by wire
less telegraph.
Raleigh Fox, oge seven, who weighs
227 pounds, was seen walking down
the street In Pnttersvllle, Mo., where
lie was visiting, crying because his
shoes bint and bis futher would not
rarry him.
For handling finished brick econom
ically and without breakage, a truck
with an Ingenious unloading body bus
fieen constructed. Instead of being
dumped, the loud Is deposited In an or
derly pile when the steel container Is
turned to n perpendicular position so
that one end est on the ground. The
open-end body Is then pulled uwoy und
the loud left standing.
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termination In his manner that Wash
ington at once welcomed him to his
staff. As soon as the opportunity of
fered the leader of the Continental
army put Lafayette In command of
large bodies Of men and that Judgment
was well Just. fled.
The marquis was severely wounded
at Ilrandywine without being aware of
It for a time, so Intense was his devo
tion to duty. When he recovered he
renewed his activities at the right hand
of Genernl Washington, and lost no
opportunity to serve the nation which
was then coming Into being. He was
with the great leader at Valley Forge,
where he conducted himself with such
sympathy and understanding that he
was goon as beloved by all the officers
as by the commander himself.
The portrait painters of the time put
the generals and colonels of the day
In fine uniforms of blue ami buff, but
very often some of the ablest bud only
nondescript clothes, and some were
even ragged.
WfiHhlnirtnn once remarked to La
favette that to one accustomed to being
with French troops the appearance of
the soldiers of the colonies must Indeed
have seemed unusual.
"I come not here to teach, but to
learn," was the reply of Lafayette.
Enlisted Aid of France.
Part of the yeur 1771) was spent by
Lafayette In France, where he did so
much to get substantial aid from the
French government, which was then
In actual war with Great Britain.
That victory ultimately rested upon
the American standards was largely
due to those uctlvltles In Paris, fur the
coming of the French fleet was a de
ciding factor In the long and unequal
struggle for Amerlcun Independence.
Lal'uyette wus received with affec
tion and admiration by those who hud
so bitterly opposed his going from
France, and ho gained support even
from the powerful Noullles, father of
the Marquise. On Lnfuyette's return
to America Washington sent him In
1781 to operate against Benedict Ar
nold In Virginia. After Cornwall!
came with 5,500 more men Washing
ton showed his conlldence In the young
general by continuing blm In the com
mand. Lafayette was near Klchmond
whuii Corn will lis started for him.
"The boy can't escape me," said the
English general. Lafayette promptly
retreated, made n Junction with 1,000
A two-wheeled cart which auto
matically loads and unloads corn
stalks Is the Invention of u New Jer
sey farmer.
Cast Iron shells, once thought obso
lete, are being manufactured In Frnvce
it the rate or i.wiO.OiKl o day. Tlioy
are more effective ugalnst earthworks
than those of steel.
Metallic sodium hardens lend with
out changing Its color. Two per cent
of sodium will burden lend so that It
will ring when struck; a larger amount
causes It to become brittle.
A complete network of wires, suit
ably grounded, covers a nitroglycerin
factory In Europe ns a protection
ngaiust lightning.
The Ieulsche bank of Berlin, en
joying record prosperity on account
of war Industries In which It Is In
terested, Is paying employees war
bonuses ranging from 30 to 50 per
cent.
An artificial coffee Is hclne made In
Austria from figs, dried cither In the
sun or evaporating puns, ground Into
powder anil then compressed Into tab
lets, to be dissolved In hot wnter when
desired. ,
of the Pennsylvania
troops, and was re
enforced by the ml
lltla from the Vir
ginia mountnlns. With
4,000 men he gave
battle to Cornwollls
at Albemarle and sent
him In retreut to
Yorktown. The sur
render of Yorktown
soon followed, and
Lafayette stood by the
side of Washington
when the British
forces laid down their
arms. He received the
thanks of congress
for Ids part In this
campaign, which
brought triumph at
last to the couse of
American Independ
ence. He returned to
his native land with
the love and respect
of a people who re
vered him os second
only to Washington
himself.
Throughout the
eventful years In
which France was
forming the Ideals of
republicanism on the
ruins of an order
which had passed
from earth the mar
quis was one of the
architects of this new
fabric. To his native
conceptions of liberty
he hod added Ideals
To Lafayette France
M .......
owed Its first declaration '
drown in the revolution. To hi ra also
It owed Its trlcolorcd flog, the me
red. white and blue as that which glor
Ifles our own Stars and Stripes, under
which Mnjor General Lafayette, U. S.
A., fought for the existence of a na
tlon of American freemen.
In the present struggle for the wrest
ing of the world from the grip of an
avid Attlla Americans, British and
French are shoulder to shoulder at the
front. How our General Lafayette
would have enthused and gladdened at
the thought l The quarrel of the Amer
ican colonies, many historians show,
was not with the people of England but
with a Honoverlon king who acted
cgulnst the counsel of the wisest states
men of British birth. The Instinctive
love of fair play which Is implanted In
the Englishman rebelled nt the thought
of a colonial taxation without represen
tation. Lafayette's attitude to the English
was revealed when, while visiting his
uncle, the Marquis de Noallles. then
ambassador to the Court of St. James,
he declined all Invitations to visit ar
senals and shipyards, believing that by
so doing he would be taking an unfair
advantage of a nntlon which was to be
his foe through the stupidity of a rul
er who could not and would not under
stand. His home In Paris after the close of
the war of the revolution became a
place of rendezvous for both English
and Americans.
"Since the war Is over and we have
won It," he wrote to General Wash
ington In 1780, "I have, I confess, an
extreme plensure In meeting English
people. Either as a Frenchman, or a
soldier, or an American, or a mere In
dividual, I find myself without embar
rassment In the presence of that proud
nation."
There could have been no gentler
acts of courtesy than those which he.
did when Cornwnllis had surrendered
at Yorktown, for he had the highest
opinion of the British commander ns
n man, nnd. as he modestly wrote Corn
wnllis, "held him In high esteem."
Long before there were hands
stretched across the sea between this
country nnd England, Lufuyette, tho
American general, wus doing much to
bring about a reunion of the two nu
tlous which are brothers of one blood.
Raise German Tanker
' Five long, woolen inufllers aided In
floating the German tnuker "Gut
Hell," after spending five yeurs on the
muddy bottom of tho Mississippi rlv.ir
off Baton Itouge, says Popular Me
chanics Magazine. When the ship wan
finally floated and towed to a bank,
where an examination cou'd be made.
It wns found that the machinery Was
In fur better condition thun hud been
expected.
A Profiteer.
"I snw you having a heated argu
ment with a huckster this morning."
"Yes," replied Mr. Dubwulte. "I
was trying to Instill a lltle. patriotism
Into film, but he wouldn't see things
my way, so I paid his price."
His Preference.
"I wish to look at soi:ii fountain
pens."
"Yes, Rlr. Now, what do you wish
In the way of a fountain pen?"
"Well, I'd prefer one that throw
a Jet rather than a spruy."
NO DEFINITE PLAN YET
Initial Flight Set For This Summer
General Brancker, Of British
Service, Arranging Plans
With U. S. Officials.
Washington. Establishment of an
air route to Europe from the United
States In order to bring the full force
of American effort In the air to beat
against Germany has been decided
upon aj a definite project by the Brit
ish Air Council, the new organization
Into which all British air service hat
teen merged. This was disclosed b
Major General William Brancker, con
troller of equipment on the' council,
who Is In Washington to discuss this
and other projects relating to air war
fare with American officials.
The plans for an Initial flight across
the Atlantic In August, September or
October of this year are already well
advanced. American co-operation Is
sought and General Brancker hopes
that the first machine to make the
crossing will carry both British and
American pilots. At least three Brit
ish pilots, regarded as qualified for
the trip, are here now and several
types of machines produced In Eng
land have ample fuel capacity for the
40 hours of flying It is estimated the
trip would take.
The attitude of the American Gov.
ernment toward the project has not
bepn disclosed, although General
Brancker laid stress on the fact that
the sole purpose of the trip was to
blaze a new trail to Europe over which"
American aircraft can be delivered
next year without taxing shipping.
Presumably, It arises from the fixed
purpose of the British Air Ministry
to carry the bombing warfare Into
Oermany on a steadily Increasing scale
until not a vital spot In the German
Empire Is safe from Allied raiders.
After Gereral Brancker had made
public his pluns, Secretary Baker said
that no armr aviation officers had as
yet been assigned to work In conjunc
tion with the British on the project.
Successful navlcatlon of the air to
Europe Is to be hoped for, he said, but
no definite plan to attempt it Is now
befove Government officials.
There Is lltt-.e dwubt, however, that
the strong advocacy of the alr-road-to-
the-front plan brought by General
Brancker already has had consider
able effect. The General laid It before
officers of the Army General Staff as
an achievement that could be realized
In the Immediate future. Some offi
cials connected with tho air program
previously had given It serious con
slderaton. Many officers belle'e It would he
wise to Inject an elpr.ient of friendly
rivalry Into the effort to bo first to
make the flluht. Thy argue that
since the real value cf the plan de
pends upon the ability of American
built night bombers nd American
Pots to cross the ocean, the Initial
effort should be partially, at least an
American enterprise.
REWARD ON U-BOAT BASE.
Daniels Offers $1,000 For Information
Leading To Discovery.
Washington. Extension to all naval
districts of an offer of $1,000 reward
for information leading to the location
of tho enemy submarine base on the
Atlantic Coast was announced by Sec
retary Daniels after he learned that
such an offer had been made by one
district commander. Mr. Daniels said
thpre was no evidence Indicating the
nrpsenrn of such a base, but some
of the officers of the Coast Patrol
thought the prospect of reward would
stimulate vigilance on the part of peo
ple living In the vicinity of unfre
quented bays and Inlets.
KEY DESCENDANT FOUND DEAD.
Body Of Mies Alberta Key, Of Chicago,
Found In Bushes.
Chicago. The body of Miss Alberta
Key, 19 years old, employed at a local
bank, was found In a clump of bushes
at Jackson Tark. The police believe
the committed suicide by poison. Miss
Key wns the great-great-granddaughter
of Francis Scott Key, author ol
the "Star-Spangled Banner." Her
father, Bunyon Atherton Key, a for
mer resident of Buffalo, was declared
to be doing special Government work
in New York and Pennsylvania.
TO DEPORT ANARCHISTS.
Measure Passes The House And Goes
To The Senate.
Washington. Without a dissenting
vote the House passed and sent to the
Senate the Allen Anarchist Deporta
tion bill authorizing the Immediate de
portation of aliens subscribing In whole
or in part to the tenets of anarchism.
The measure amends the Immigration
laws, so as to remove the limitation
on the power of the Immigration au
thorities to deport an alien after fivi
yearj' residence.
HOLDS HER POTATOES.
Bermuda Forbids Exports And Fixes
Prices.
Washington. Bermuda, by procla
mation issued under martial law, hu
forbidden exports or potatoes as i
measure to insure the food supply o.
her people, a report received hen
eald. A maximum retail price for po
tatoea of three cents a pound, and i
price of $3.75 a ba"ol, of approx
matcly 160 pounds, for sales In quan
Utv have been fixed
GLEANED OUT MY FORCE IR
Americans Carry Positions in
Front of Cantigny.
HUNS MAKE LYING CLAIM
Battle Is Short, Sharp And Deadly-
Enemy Ordered To Hold At
Any Cost And Many
Are Killed.
American Army in France. Ameri
can Army In France. American
troops stormed German trenches and
machine-gun nests In front of Can
tigny, in the Montdidler sector. Those
of the German garrison who remained
to fight and carry out their orders to
hold the positions at any cost were
killed by rifle and machine-gun fire
and bayonet. The Americans also
took prisoners.
The American artillery put down a
heavy box barrage on the rear of the
enemy positions. A few minutes later
the Infantry swarmed over the top
and rushed the trenches. Some of
the Germans had tried to escape
through the barrage, crashing to their
rear, but few of them got through, for
numerous German ' dead were found
later.
Prisoners captured declare that they
had orders to hold on at all costs.
and this was apparent by the desper
ate manner In which they fought. The
battle was short, but deadly, for the
enemy positions were swept clean of
Germans. The official report sayB
that a ereat many Germans were
killed.
One machine-gun nest containing
eight men, which had been sprinkling
Cantigny for some days, was blown
up by a direct hit from a trench mor
tar bomb.
American Forces on the Marne.
The American troops in this sector
attacked the German line northwest
of Chateau-Thierry during the night
and made an advance of five-eighths
of a mile, driving the Germans back
from a small pocket on the northern
side of B9lleau Wood.
The Americans occupied the Ger
man positions without resistance from
the enemy, the Germans having with
drawn when the short and sharp pre
liminary artillery bombardment Indi
cated that an Infantry attack would
follow.
The Germans carried their material
u-iih them In thalr retreat and the
Amerlcnns, therefore, did not take any
machine guns. As a matter of course.
aleo. no prisoners were taken.
One small salient Is all that the
enemy continues to hold In Belleau
Wood.
Washington. Successful , bombing
of the German railroad yards at Con
fans was reported In General Persh
ing's communique. Artillery activity
at various points, the repulse of an
onmv raid In the Woevre and the
eanture of more prisoners by Amer
ican patrols crossing the Mnrnc also
was announced,
Hand-to-hand fighting between pa-
rni in No Man's Land has made
necessary a change In equipment ot
the American Army that will call for
Increased output of the .4",-ciillbre nu
tn.nnHp nlstol. Manufacturers were
urced bv the War Department to
speed up product Inn, althoush the out-
nut is now about 3.000 pistols dally.
Tlio Germans are sum to nave n
wholesome respect for American pis-
lol fighters, one bullet from an Amer
ican .45 Invariably putting an enemv
nietclv out of business. Men hit
bv shots from the smaller pistols usee'
bv the Germans frequently continue
In action.
HOOVER IN LONDON.
Will
t
Guest Of Britain
Weeks.
For Few
London. Herbert C. Hoover, Amer
ican food director, has arrived here,
he official press bureau announced.
Mr. Hoover will be the guest of the
British nation for a few weeks.
GERMANS DEMAND PEACE.
Demonstrations In Berlin, Hamburg
And Cologne.
London. HeaVlly censored private
messages received in Stockholm lnd!
sate that peace demonstrations wer-
held recently in Berlin, Hamburg an
rnlorrno and that several workmer
were killed and many persons arrest
ed, says a dispatch to the Mornlr
Post from Stockholm. The polico an
military dispersed crowds of demoi
strnnta.
Looting of United States Hos
pital at Tabriz.
CONSULATE ALSO INVADED
Presbyterian Missionary Institution At
Tabriz, Perola, Invaded By The
Moslems Over The Protest Of
The Spanish Consul.
Washington. Sacking of the Amer
ican hospital at Tabriz, Persia, and
seizure of the American and British
consulates thereby Invading Turkish
troops was reported to the State De
partment by the American minister
at Teheran.
If the report as it reached the min
ister Is officially confirmed, the out
rages may be considered an act of
war and settle the long-pending ques
tion of whether the Ottoman allies o
Germany should be formally listed
among America's enemies.
According to the dispatch the Turks
sacked the hospital over the protest
of the Spanish consul, In charge as
representative of American Interests
and In defiance of the Spanish flag
flying over the building.
Consul Paddock and the other
Americans at Tabriz were believed to
be making their way overland either
to Teheran, some 400 miles from
Tabriz or to Hamedan, where they
would strike the great caravan route
leading to Bagdad, from which city
a British force has been sent out to
ward Tabriz. Mr. Paddock Is said
to be much experienced in Oriental
countries and Is regarded as well able
to take care of himself and bis com
panions.
New York. Officials of the Tresby-
terlan Board of Foreign Missions here
Identified the American hospital
sacked by Turkish troops at Tabriz
Persia, as the Colton Memorial Hos
pltal, which was endowed by a Phlla
delphla family by that name and es
tabllshed several years ago through
the Presbyterian Board
The hospital's staff normally con
slsts of three medical members and
11 girls, boarding school teachers and
evangelical workers.
AN 18-TO-45 DRAFT LAW LIKELY.
Congress To Frame Legislation Fol
lowing Indorsement Of Baker.
Washington. With Secretary o'
War Baker favorable to an 18-to-4f
draft age, Congress is likely to frame
Its legislation practically on that line
It may be appended as an amendmen'
to the Army Bill, for It appears thnf
the Secretary Is favorable to ths
method, though Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder Is undertood to advo
cate several changes.
Crowder, too, Is understood to op
pose lowering the draft limit to 18.
but Baker originally advocated In
cluding youths of 19. Now he is fav
orable to Including 18-year-old boys,
saying that their Inclusion would hav
a less disturbing effect upon Industrial
and family relations than would thr
drafting of many older men.
DRAWING FOR 21-YEAR-OLDS.
New
Draft Reohtrants To Know
Their Numbers Soon.
Washington. Drawing for the 21-
year-old registrants' numbers will br
held at nn early date. The date, al
though not announced, is expected to
be around July 1. The drawing wll'
be held In the same manner as the
ork'lnal one, with a few slight varia
tions. TRANSPORT SUNK; MANY LOST
Sant 'Anna, For Malta, Torpedoed
And More Than 600 Perish.
Farls. The transport Sant 'Anna
proceeding from Blzerta for Malta
was torpedoed and sunk on the nigh
of May 10-11, according to the Havas
Aeency. There were on board 2.150
soldiers and nt've workmen, of whom
1,512 were saved.
CAPTAIN SPANG DISMISSED.
Sold Empty Flour Sacks And Pocketed
Proceeds.
Washington. Dismissal of Captain
Frederick C. Spang, of the Quarter
masters' Corps, after trial by court-
martial, for selling empty flour sacks
to civilian dcalors. at Camp Travis,
Texas, was announced by the War
)epartinent. Captain Spang was on
,luty lo connection with the camp buk
ery.
I
AUSTRIANS MAY BE TRAPPED
feutons Making Efforts To Eitabliih
Two Bridgeheads On The Right
Bank For Future
Operations. '
Italian Army Headquarters. The
Italians, with their French and British
Allies, are successfully resisting lln
Austrian onslaughts and are counter
attacking vigorously everywhere, in
addition, there is acute watchfulness
for all enemy movements either in
the Brent River area, the mountain
or toward the plains.
Whether the enemy effort upon
Montello Plateau Is an attempt to
move toward the rear of the fainou
Monte Grappa, key to the Italian
mountain positions, or else to menaee
the Venetian Plains and the city of
Venice, It Is certain that the Austrian)
are fighting desperately to hold what
they have so far attained.
The Italian command feels that
while the first great attempt to ad
vance has been blocked, each day will
bring new efforts, and with eiu'i el
lort the fighting will be more arduous
Mountain Offensive Falls.
London. The fallurt of the Aus
trian offensive in the mountains, the
most critical sector, Is shown ii
Italian official statements. It is be
lleved that the Italians have every
prospect of restoring the positions on
the Plave, where alone tho enemy
scored some success.
The British held the post of honor
In the mountains, and how well they
rose to the occasion Is proved by thi
remark of a correspondent that "tlx
results of the enemy attack succesi
that it was the British who carried
out the most successful offensive.'
The Austrians undoubtedly hoped
to sweep into the plains and crush
Italy, but the latter's achievement Id
resisting the first onslaught Is assur
ance that she Is capuble of defending
ber position.
Tho Germans are not likely to per
mlt the Austrians to slacken their ef
forts. Should the Germans be com
pelled to send assistance, their
strength on the western front would
be correspondingly weaker.
GERMANS SHELL AMERICANS.
Another Of Their False Reports About I
American Positions.
American Army In France. Th'
enemy artillery has been more uctml
on the Tout sector since the heavy I
gassing to which tho Americans tub
Jected them. The Infantry action hi
been confined, however, to an tt
tempted raid, in which only sixty ut:
participated, in spite of the Germail
official statement which said thut the; I
had penetrated the American lines 1 1
Selcheprey.
The Germans have thrown nhon I
six thousand shells along the Ante:
lean front in the Woevre.
Berlin via London. "Between tl
Maas (Meuse and Moselle)," says 'I
war office announcement, "we pen-l
trated deeply Into American positio:
at Selchenrey and Inflicted hear;
Iosscb."
Selcheprey, on the American Tl
sector, is the village In wmcn u
. . . .
flrBt large scale battle between Arnfj
leans and Germans took place prfM
ous to the German drive In I'lcari'
Tho village lies seven miles cast l
the forest of Apremont nnd-10 nii"
east of St. Mlhlel. About' two
one-half miles to the west Ilea XI'
ray, where sliarp fighting took pi
several days ago.
HUN CRAFT BOTTLED UP.
Harbor Of Zeebruqne Blocked 5i"
Recent British Raid.
T .w1fin Ttuontv-nno dermal)
stroyers, a large numoer oi
marines and numerous auxiliary c
are penned In the Bruges canal doo
th result of the recent w
naval operations at Zeebrugi;e, t
German submarine base on the "!
elan Coast. Thomas J. MacNnsu-i
financial secretary of the admlra.'
mmlp nnnouncmcnt In the II"iiSP
Commons to this effect, and paid lf;
tho operations were nioro success
Minn at first had been supposed.
added that the German craft weret'
the subject of constant bomhins.
MEXICO EMBARGOES BULLIO!
Exportation Of Gold And Silver1
Be Prohibited.
Mnii ritv. Official annom'
merit was made that the
Melf
Government had decided to in
the exportation of rold nnd silver '1
.nliitsh. hoonnitn nt similar Tp?'' 1
Hons placed on these metals bv o'j
countries, me uovernmem --,i
tw tha ,lnllv nil nroduci
f Ifnvlftnn Wf11a WftR 1.337l2l I
Ul V " ' .fW
rcls. Of this amount, only 10 Vr'
....1.1 , ...-tn,l It urn a state". I
cause of the shipping shortage.
MORE GERMAN REPRISAL
French Victims To Pay For CM"
ExDulslons.
lltatH
Amsterdam. When reporw -
.inn nmnii tiQva tippn exiiclleu I
China and Interned In Austroli
provou, gays vim udu-
j au. r.ifarhPB I
Zoltung, of Benin, me v."- ,
ernment will collect 10,000 W
tants of French occupied dlstrjc
send them to prison until tne -are
returnod to China and cow.
sated for their losses.