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SATURDAY, APRIL ... 1015.

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ADMIRAL FISKE

LEAVES OFFICE

OF NAVAL AID

Resignation Due to Lack

of Harmony with Sec?

retary Daniels.

CAUSES A STIR

IN NAVY CIRCLES

Bureau Chief Long an Earnest

Ach?cate of Reforms Opposed

by His Superior.

'.From Tha Tribun* Burrau 1

W"ash:ngton, April 2. Rear Admiral

Brad'ey A. Fiske, U. S. X., aid for

?SMaVatiOBS of the Navy Department,

placed in? resignation of that detail

in th? Lands of Secretary of the Navy

Jcserhus Daniels yesterday. The res

Ifaatioa was not made public and ha?

tic*, yo1 been officially announced. It

i? regarded here a? the most significant

osaonitratioa of the weakness of the

Psr els administration that has de?

velop? ,' In the two years of his regime.

It hs* greatly excited naval circles.

W . n seen by the correspondent of

The Tribune to-night Rear Admiral

F:?ke declined to discuss his resigna?

tion beyond saying he had delivered

the document t? the Secretary yester

?jsy. H? explaired that it was not a

res.enation from the navy, and he

would serve in whatever capacity he

BO chosen to serve daring th?

r#m?;rire one year and two months

cf active serv'ce coming to him before

retirement.

Secretary Daniels relieved Rear Ad?

miral Fisk? from duty as aid to-day. lie

?aid tn-night he had not determined

whom he would appoint to the po?t. but

he had asked the advice of Admiral

m a:id would confer with Ad

miral Fletcher, Captain Winterhalter

and other officers as to the best wav of

organizing the new bureau. President

Wilson will be consulted before a final

n is made.

Il ha? been we'l known In Washing?

ton for many months that the office of

a:d for operations had become a great

burden to Rear Admiral Fiske. His po?

sition under Secretary Daniels has

been made particularly irksome by the

er.tir* lack of accord between him and

th? ci\.! head o? the navy. The rear

admiral has preached the doctrine of

prepare?tr.??s to hi? .chief ever sincj? ;

k? cr.ma into office. He has officially

iscd the view that to meet the

requirement? of latter day navai war?

fare -.vith complete efficiency the

United States Navy would require five

eonsecu'ive years of unabated effort

by legislative, executive and military

branch?-- of the administration. He

told this to the Hou^e Committee on

Nava] Affairs as long ago as last De?

cember.

The rear admiral was most definite

in his explanation to the legislators.

He showed them at the time that the

requirements of war both in the mat?

ter of -hips and personnel, to say

nothing of adequately and properly de?

veloped war plans, the lounding out of

the inefficient units of the presently

incorri: the reorganization of

the navy personnel, and an entire re

from ii tew of naval admini.s

was necessary before the navy

to combat any lirst

class naval power on e.-ual terns.

i rjred a General Staff.

Rear Admiral iiske was an earnest

advocate of the creation of a naval

general staff. In this he was out of ac?

cord ? rjr Daniels. The Soc

retary is hi? testimony in December

tnnounced unalterable opposition to

the BOTteri 1 staff scheme. He expressed

the via? that the Secretary of the

Navy wa? the indirect representative

of the people of the United States,

chosen by tue President, who had been

directly chosen by the people, and on

him should rest all tne responsibility.

Rear Admiral F'.^ke took direct and

definite ; sue with the views of his

thief bf-'-rr- Congress.

It is bel evi-d that other requests for

transfer trnm tne various bureaus in

the Navy Department will be forth?

coming soi n. Much dissatisfaction has

?xisn.j an ong the chiefs of the various

bureaus ? -,. r the refusal of Secretary

I>?nu;? to adopt a policy in harmony

?with the r views. This dissatisfaction

i? more or less widespread. Some ?if

those higl in authority point out that

their .... ?i Impaired in enforc?

ing th? aid down by the Sec?

retary of the N'avr.

Rear Admiral Fiske in his testimony

hefor? Naval Committee de?

clared thst il would take five years

to Ret ' DtO eondil DO success?

fully to meet an effective enemy, and

that it wo lid take three years to get

the pen .. 1 up to a standard of

?BKicacy neceaaary for the ?-ame pur

?';v<' Hi i lerted that the United

Sute? had no general plan of naval

develop?.,... independent of those

fr?mp.; ? meet < conomieal exigencies,

?nd that an immediate necessity, if a

coherent plan of naval development

*?? to be followed out, was the cre?

ation of a naval g?rerai staff.

, The r< ir ailiii?al also testified that

'he Unit? . State? was deficient in

Bleat cruisers, haul? emisor?, destroy.

,r* ??id all other auxiliarles. He said

the na- y needid more turget pr,

?nd griaN r efficiency in all branches

of th*- science of gunnery.

In addition to his qualifications as a

PT?ct:rai tu lor ami fighting man, Rear

Almirai Fiske also has attained emi

"???ce as an inventor. Many of his m

?tntioti? are in daily use in the navy

|?-<Uy, and they total fifty-seven. He

* remarked by navy men throughout

' worlii as (,ne of the most compe

. a* ln<i efficient officers in anv service

?tt?i world. He is the author of

"W ' ;> ;" ^ ne01*y **,,(* Practice,"

Pon*1' Times m Manila" and numerous

f/PUisr ?nd technical articles on elec

??Cl|y and i,aval subjects. Ho was

f?.. ent of th* United States Naval

n,tltu> in 1911 and 1912.

Hawaiian Banker a Suicide.

Honolulu, April 12. Mark P. Robin?

ia* ?spuahst and vice-president of the

2*La?**'0"*' I*??'?* of Hawaii, shot

tal? ?. '' himself here to-day. In a

"?*? h?

indicuted that his act was

**?aV??4 k ("1,u III?1. I"1? ?l ? wnn

?^l?? j i' * nervous condition due to

MUST TAX MORGAN ART

Appraisal to Go On, Even if

Museum Loan Is Made Gift.

DesrBtf State Controller William

Beardtaaa, ?peaking yesterday on the

subject of the Morgan loan exhibition,

now in the Metropolitan Museum of

Art. said:

"The collection is now suh.irrt to the

inheritance tax. ne matter what Mr.

Morgan may deride to do. A special

art might remove the tax were the col

)ect:?>:i to pass soon to the museum or

?orne other institution, but our dutv la

clear and wo shall proceed as sooii as

possible to appraise the museum col?

lection. 1 do not know how long the

work will take, but I Jadea it cannot

he finished prior to Mr. Morgan's re?

turn to this country from Kngland.

i belieee," Mr. Beardrass continued.

"that if the loan should now be con?

verted into ? gif? the Controller would

approve a bill to provide for its exemp?

tion. In any event this office must now

go on with the appraisal."

CUPID CALLS MAYOR

TO AID OF PASTOR

Clergyman in Canada Wants to

Get Wife Here?Girls,

Please Write.

Backed up with a letter of commen?

dation from the Bishop of Ontario and

kind words from other persons of

prominence, a cierevman of the Church

at England from Barrie, Canada, has

n?-ked Mayor Mitchel to find him a wifi.

in New York < it v.

When the Mayor replied he had no

means of obtaining wives, but would

be glad to publish his letter, the min?

ister sent the following:

"Dear Sir: This is to thank you for

kindly acceding to my request to nid

?ne in finding a wife, and you may pub?

lish mv want. I desire a well bred,

cultured woman, healthy, cheerful,

preferably not over thirty vears of

age. For publication let me repeat

that I nm an Fpiscopalian minister,

graduate of a leading university,

healthy, vigorous and bright, artistic

and practical, affectionate and very de?

voted where deserved.

"I r-end you credentials that will en?

labie you to attest my position and so?

cial standing.

"01 course, all communications will

he honorably treatod by me as strictly

? tial."

In his letter, which was inclosed, the

Bishop wrote:

"He is in good health, very active,

pluck and energy. He could bo

designated as a manly man. He is

about thirty yeais old and has no ties "

A letter from If. I.. Mackenzie King,

nirector of the Rockefeller Foundation

for Investigation of Industrial Relations

in OttBWS), *o the clergyman, which he j

sent to the .Mayor, ?aid that Mr. King I

liad r??ceived "an exceedingly kind and

generous letter" on the clergymnn's

behalf from her royal highness, the

Princess Frederica of Brunswick and

Luncnburg, which letter was written

"bv her royal highness in her own

hand."

Barrie is a town of G.SOO people, with

several manufacturing establishments

and other industries. r.bout sixty-four

miles northwest of Toronto. It is the

county seat of Simcoe County.

Ai.v .vornan de:iring to communicate

with the clergyman on matrimony may

uddress him at l'ostoffice Box 701, Bar?

rie, Ont.

DEATH ON LAST LAP

OF 30-YEAR RUN

Veteran Engineer Killed by

Train as He Glances from Cab

of Knickerbocker Express.

Charles McConville ended thirty

years' service on the New Haven Kail

road yesterday at the controller of the

electric locomotive which was hauling

the Knickerbocker Express on its last

lap from Boston to Xew York. He

carelessly stuck his head out just as

an outward bound train passed and was

killed ir.st.mtly.

His assistant, Henry Greszer, heard

the body drop to the floor and dashed

to the controller. He stopped the train

and efforts were made to revive the

engineer. After twenty minutes the

train proeeeded to the Grand Central

Terminal, where MeConv.'.le's body was

taken to the emergency hospital there.

The expresa, consisting of seven par?

lor cirs, was due in this city at fiild.

Shortly before 5:80 o'clock the train

was between Woodlawn and William?

1,ridge, running at about ten miles an

hour. The other train was going at

about the same rat??, but the blow wa?

??urricient to snuff McConville's life out

He was fortv-eight years old. married

and the father of three children. He

lived in New Haven, which is also the

home of Greszer.

POILLON SISTERS

OFFER LETTERS

TOAIDSWOBODA

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Charlotte Says He Warned

Them of War and Helped

Both Quit Europe.

"NO SPY; I'LL RIGHT

HIM," SHE DECLARES

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Secret Service Men Begin Their

Investigation of Pass?

port Issuance.

Charlotte Poillon, in whose home at

ZtZ Riverside Drive Kaymond Ralph

Swoboda lived when he tir?t came to

New York, announced yesterday that

she had letters which will clear the

prisoner of Paris of the charge of being

a French spy. These, she declared, she

would turn over to Secretary of State

Bryan as soon as she could consult with

her lawyer.

About the same time a woman who

said she was a Mrs. Andrews 'phoned

to William Hooper, the Canadian back?

er of and sponsor for Swoboda, that she

hatl n friend who possessed letters that

would set Swobotla right with the

W'l-ld.

Miss Poillon repeated her ofTer to

furnish letters that would set Swoboda

free to Mr. Hooper in the afternoon,

making an appointment for him to call

at her flat last evening. On mature

consideration antl after advising with

friends, Mr. Hooper did not make the

call.

However, Secretary Bryan will not

have the pleasure of reading the let?

ters in the original. And Mr. Hooper

will not be deprived of the know'.i dgs

of the material contained in the letters

longer than breakfast time, for, after

he failed to call, Charlotte offered the

documents to several newspaeprs and

finally found a buyer at reduced rates,

lue letters are important only as

corroborating her story that she knew

Swoboda anil had letters from him and

that he was having a hard time of it

in Paris.

Swoboda's Friend? Surprised.

The announcement in The Tribune

yesterday that it was in the home of

the Poillon sisters that Swoboda spent

his first days in New York was a stag?

gering surprise to the men who hn?l

been associated with him here. It,

never occurred to them to ask where .

he was stopping. And none of them

would hazard a guess as to how he

came in contact with them. According

to the story he told them he was stay?

ing "with some friend? he knew in ;

Paris."

Charlotte Poillon said yesterday that

she knew all about Swobotla. For once

in the career of the sisters here they

objected to publicity and were particu?

larly indignant that any one would

describe their apartment as a flat, or

that "any one would be boob enough to

think we'd live in a lodging house."

"Yes," said the larger of the two sis?

ters, "I know all about this man. I've

got his photograph and I've got a bunch

of letters he wrote me after we left

Kurope. I know all about how he feels

about the war and the nations at war.

I'm going to protect him. I'm going to

give them to Secretary of State Will?

iam Jennings Bryan after 1 see my

lawyer.

"Never mind the Poillon sisters. We

can take care of ourselves. I don't like

this being called Charlotte. It ain't

refined enough. I am Miss Poillon. I

don't see whauyou mean by referring

to this beautiful apartment of ours as

a flat. We have three baths and sev?

eral servants. I've got my motor car

and Katherine has hers, too.

"And don't forget that we went to

Europe three times last year."

Seek Passport Evidence.

Agents of the Depar'ment of Justice

who began an inquiry yesterday into !

? lie mHiiner of Swoboda's securing a

j assptrt in New York are expected to

call on the Poillon sifters to-day for

auch information as they may possess.

The officials are particularly desirous :

of learning what basis the women have

foi declaring that Swoboda is not an :

American.

To friends of Swoboda who tele?

s'nntlniie?! an puge 4, column 4

Mrs. Carman Calmly

Welcomes New Trial

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"I Will Be Exonerated," Says Woman Who Will Face

Jury May 3 on Murder Charge?Prose?

cutor Silent About Evidence.

Un. Florence Conklin Carman, wife

of Dr. Edwin Carman, of Freeport, will

be called again to answer for the mur?

der Of Mrs. Louisa Bailey. Louis J. ?

vr-,th District Attorney of Nassau :

County, announced yesterday that he

had moved the case for trial for May 3

, I had asked the Appellate Division

of the Supreme Court to convene an

extraordinary session. Justice Abel M.

Hlackmar in all probability will pre-,

side at the second trial.

While the application remains to be

signed. Mr. Smith said there is no doubt

Of his requc?t for a second trial being;

granted.

Mrs. Carman did not know that she

would be summoned for a second time

to face a jury la connection with the

shooting of Mrs. Bailey in Dr Carman's

Office at Freeport on the night of June

'10 191-1. until she returned to her home

last night after an automobile tour on,

Long Island. She had been out with'

Dr Carman all day, returning to their

home, on the Mernck Road, after 6

o'clock. She wa? met by George Levy,

lier lawyer, who informe?) her of the

turn in affairs. Through him she said

she welcomed a new trial. "I am sure

1 will be exonerated," she said.

Mrs. Carman Pleased.

Mrs. Carman remained in the house

long enough to change her dress, then

set out with two friends in a touring

car. Mr. Levy said they had a dinner

engagement, at Jamaica, and would not

return home until after 10 o'clock.

Since the jury that tried her on an

indictment of first degree murder in

October, i'JH, disagreed, Mrs. Carman

has been enjoying her freedom. Fol?

lowing the trial she was admitted to

$.0,000 bail furnished by friends at

Freeport. In interviews since then she

has repeatedly stated that she woul?!

welcome a new trial.

"1 feel confident that twelve men will |

believe the truth," she is ?'uoted as say?

ing. More recent?is, however, it is said, j

she has expressed her willingness to

let matters Stand as they were.

Regarding the exact reasons for.

Continued on pa?? ?. columo S

Prinz Eitel Ready, Awaits Only Order

to Brave British Cruisers at Sea

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CAPTAIN THIERICHENS, Tilt PRINZ EITEL FRIEDRICH AND THE WATERS WHERE ALLIES* WARSHIPS ARE i

LYING IN WAIT TO SINK THE GERMAN RAIDER.

NAVY WATCHING

GERMAN UNER1

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Rumor of Impending Dasl

Is Denied, but Patrol

Shows Activity.

Orders were received last night b

the Parki-r, ame of the two Cnite

States torpedo boats stationed o!

?.Quarantine, to proceed up the Nort

River. The tiestination of the vesse

could not be learned. She left he

anchorage soon after midnight an,

started up the bay. According to

rumor along the waterfront, she wa

to take up a station near the docks o

the German steamship lines, it beim

feared that seme of the large mer

chantmen tied up there might take ud

vantage of an apparent opportunity ti

slip out to sea.

From Newport News came word tha

the Prinz Fitel Friedrich was ready t?

put to sea. The guard of allied cruisor:

that has been maintained about the en

trance to New York Harbor since thi

beginning of the war was believed t<

be relaxed. Dudley Field Malone, Col

lector of the Port, was taking nc

chances.

All seemed quiet at the Hamburg

American ant) North German Lloyd

Line piers. A tug of the Hamburg

American Line, stationed off the end

"!' .4 pier played the rays of a search?

light upon the steamships stationed

there. The sea giant Vaterland .vas

the centre of the lamp's bullseye. This

watch, with a searchlight, has been

kept up since the vessels were in?

terned. On the pn-rs all was darkness.

Not a sign of activity indicated that

the fears of the authorities of the port

were founded on anything more than

imaginai ion.

Rumors thst German merchant ves?

sel? interned in the waters about New

York m re about to make a dash for

sea with coal for cruisers were laughed

at yesterday at the Custom House. Not

one of them would have a ghost of a

chance of passing the neutrality patrol

that is guarding all exits from the har?

bor, it w.is esaerted.

lkiwn toward the Narrows, lying off

Tompkins?. iile, are the torpedo boat

destroyers MacDougal and Parker. The

gunboat Dolphin is also watching every

steamer thsl passes out to sea. In the

I, iff Whitestone, the torpedo boat

destroy T Orayton is lying.

The fastest German vessel in port,

the Vaterland, has a speed, when

force,!, of not mor" than 2?i knots. The

others run from SO knots down to 1-1.

It was pointed out that their chances

of eluding pursuers anal violating the

customs laws by leaving port without

clearance papers wtsre small when the

relative speeds of the torpedo bout de?

stroyers was considered. The Hrayton

can do MJ8 knots, the Mrliougall 30.50

, and the Parker Ji?..r)5 knots an

hour. Several navy yard tugs are as- I

sisting in the lookout.

"If We Can Fool the Enemj

for Just Two Hours H<

Will Never Get Us," Sayj

GeTn?i". Raider's Officer.

[From a Plavff CorrMporrlrr.! of Tl?* Tr!' u-.f 1

Newport News, Va., April I. Tin

big day or the big night, whichever il

may be, on which the German convert

ed cruiser Prinz Eitel Frieilrich trill

start for the open sea is not far off

She is ready. Only the word of hei

captain or some one higher up in the

imperial German navy is necessary

now to send her out for further con?

quest or a final resting place some?

where on the fringe of that stingy bor?

der called the limit of three miles.

An officer high in authority on board

the merchant raider and close in touch

with Commander Thierichens said to?

day that the F.itel positively would try

conclusions with the British watchers

beyond the Capes.

Strict ord?rs were issued to allow no

one on board the vessel without spe?

cial permission from her master, and

the few visitors who did get aboard

were known to him. The skipper sent

word ashore that a Tribune representa?

tive would be most welcome to the

Eitel, but explained that, as he had an

urgent appointment with a dentist, he

could not remain on the ship to re?

ceive him. It was the finishing touch

to a three days' dental job that had to

be done on the square set, Teutonic

jaw before giving battle to the British,

and, like his ship, Captain Thierichens

d.d not want to meet the enemy unpre?

pared.

"In Bremen by Summer."

The officer, who received for the

skipper is a tall, well upholstered speci?

men of the (ierman sea fighter. His

smooth shaven, plump face, colored

like a peach, broke into a womlerful

smile when the blunt question, "Are

you going to get out?" was flung gently

at him. His largo white teeth, ewn as

the row of rifles that hung in racks be?

side him, clicked as he answered with

half-disdainful but awfully human

tone: "Yes. We will be in Bremen by

summer."

"I suppose you know that there are

four of them outside waiting for you?"

he was asked. a

"What of that?" he answered. "It

woulil make no difference if there were

seven. It was hanier to get in here

than it will be to get out. We heard

seven of them* in one day, and we

were not caught. What more need be '

sai?l?"

Asked if he did not realize that he

w . outnumbered by the enemy, the

officer replieti bv pour.ding h:

good naturedly on the teak rail and

laughing heartily.

"The great big British navy has done

Continue?! on i>??;e 2, ?nluiun ^

Setting the Stage in Paterson

for Billy Sunday

His meetings do not just happen. They are prepared?

carefully staged and worked up beforehand. The whole

astonishing story in The Sunday Tribune to-morrow.

Another lit dutiful Number of the Brawn

<t?tl Green Graphic Section with THE SUN?

DAY 1RIBUNE No Additional Charge.

OFFICERS FEAST AS

SOLDIERS STARVE

Przemysl Garrison's En?

listed Men Faint with

Hunger?Cats at $2.

[By C?l,le to The Tribunal

Przemysl, March 30 t delayed).

Przemysl is a story of an impregnable

fortress, two or three times over

oned with patient, ha^R-ard sol?

diers, starving in the trenches, and

sleek, faultlessly dressed officers liv- ;

ing off the fat of the land in fashion?

able hotels and lestaurants.

It is probable that the supplies were

uncconomically expended, with the re

aalt that when the push came the

situation at once became acute and

the sufferings of all classes, except!

the officers, became general. First the

cavalry and transport boises were ?

conaamed, then everything available.

Cats were sold at $J and fair-sized

dogs at $5 apiece.

While the garrison became thin and

half starved, the mode of life of the

officers in the town remained un?

changed.

Until the last the officers had their

three meals a day, with fresh meat,

cigars, cigarettes and wines and every '

luxury, while their own orderlies and ;

Servants begged for a slice of bread.

While the officers' diet was merely

threatetied with curtailment, private

soldiers were seen actually to fall in

the streets from lack of nourishment. !

The officers are reported to have re-,

tained their private thoroughbred rid?

ing horses until the day before the sur?

render, when two thousand of them [

were killed to prevent them from fall?

ing into the hands of the Russians.

One Russian officer, on entering the!

town, saw hundreds of bodies of beau- '

tiful thoroughbred horses, with half

crazed Austrian and Hungarian sol?

diers tearing into the flesh, with their

laces and hands smeared with blood as

the devours.i the raw flesh.

The Austrian officers showed not the

slightest sign of being disconcerted or

humiliated at the collapse of their I

fortress.

The entire conduct of the siege on

the part of the garrison seems to be

entirely without explanation. The

Austrians had throughout plenty of am?

munition, and they certainly greatly

outnumbered the Russians, yet they

made but one real effort to break out,

this occurring three days before the I

I urrender.

Civilians as well as prisoners are

unanimous in their praise of the Rus- !

lian officers an?! sobliers, who have,

shown nothing but kindness and deli-!

cacy of fee'ing since their entrance

into the ? fortress. This consideration

is utterly wasted on the captured orti

eers, who treat the situation supercili-,

ously and are ??iiite complacent in 'heir

relations with the Russians.

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FOR SUNDAY?RAIN

Weather Man Takes Joy Away

from Easter Paraders.

"For Sunday -RAIN."

Thus does the heart!e?s weatherman

take the joy out of the lives of thou?

sands of maidens fair and some males,

also?who for months have been pre?

paring the hats and gowns that go so

far to make up the gorgeous effects of

the Easter parade. Thus does but ?

wsit! A ray of hope appears. His'

report continues:

"Ijiter in the day, clear"

The sigh of relief is useless. It will

he no weather, apparently, for light

Easter wear, for he adds:

"With fresh easterly GALES."

U. S. NOTE ARGUES

WITH BRITAIN, BUT

MAKES NO THREATS

RYE BREAD FAD LIFTS

GERMAN FLOUR BAN

London, April 2.?Some of the re?

strictions against the use of wheat

flour in Germany for making bread

and pastry have been removed, say?

a Reuler dispatch from Amsterdam.

This step has been taken because of

the increased consumption of rye

bread, which resulted in the use of

an undue proportion of that grain

rather than wheat.

GERMANY ADDS^

REPRISAL THREAT

TO ? SHIPS SUNK

Captive British Officers

Will Be Treated as Are

Submarine Crews.

2 BOATS DESTROYED

FLY NEUTRAL FLAG

Dutch Vessel Loses One Killed

and Seven Missing?Norwegian

Gets Explanatory Note.

The Germana have destroyed

si..- inore unarmed eessels, one

Dutch, one Sorueginn nnd four

British. Fiie terre fietims of

submarines, one possibly of a

mine. One man was killed on

the Dutch steamer, and sfven of

the crew are missing.

While, dispatches recounting

these disasters were coming in

the British Foreign Office an?

nounced that a note from Ger?

man]) had been received threat

ing reprisals on a British officer

for each captive member of a

German submarine crew treated

otherwise than other prisoners

of war. The British reply of?

fered no compromise.

[By Cahl* to Th* Tribune. 1

London, April 2. - News of the ?.ink?

ing of six more unarmed vessels, two

of them flying flags of neutral nations

and four British, by the German.?

reached London to-day. Loss of life

was confined to the Dutch steamer

Schieland, on which one of the crew

was kille?l by the explosion, and seven

of whose crew who embarked in a !

lifeboat are missing. There is a pos?

sibility that the Schieland struck a

mine, though all the others are known

to have been destroyed by submarines.

Both of the foreign boats and three of

the British were sunk in the North .Sea.

The three British craft destroyed in

this area were the trawlers Gloxiana,

Jason and Nellie. They were victims

of the German I'-IO. The second neu?

tral ship was the Norwegian bark Nor.

which was sent to the bottom by the .

U-20.

Sunk by the 1-28.

The sixth vessel lost, the British

steamer Eston, until recently known as

the Southpoint, was sunk off Cape

Finisterre, at the western end of the

English Channel, by the l'-28.

The Dutch steamer Schieland was

blown up yesterday morning at a point

twenty-four miles from Spur Head, on

the east coast of England, at the en?

trance to the Humber. The report of

the killing of one of the vessel's crew

was brought to Hull by the captai . and ,

seven other members of the crew, who

fear that the ship's other lifeboat, with

seven sailors, is lost.

The Schieland was a vessel of IN net

tonnage and was built in 1909. She

was 221 feet long, 33 feet bean and 12

feet deep. Her home port was Rot?

terdam.

German Gives Credential.

The ?leven men of the crew of the

Norwegian bark Nor, torpedoed yes?

terday northwest of the Dogger Bank,

were landed to-day by the steamer

Unita at the HooK of Holland.

They reported that the German sub?

marine burned their ship an?l that th"

captain gave them a certificate stating

that it had been done under the pro?

visions of the Declaration of London.

Captain Simensen of the Nor, accord- i

ing to a dispatch from Rotterdam,

said:

"A.? soon as I sighted the subma?

rine ?he signalled me to stop. I v.a?

ordered aboard the submarine with th?

ship's papers. 1 went and was told

that my cargo was contraband, that'

the ship would be destroyed and that

I and the crew must go n boats to the

steamer L'nita, which had been ordered

to stand by. Her cargo already had

been examined and declared all right.

but the captain had been told that, in?

stead of going to Hull, where he wa?

bound, he must go to Rotterdam and

land me and the crew.

"The commander of the submarine

took possession of one of my boats, in

which he sent two of his crew aboard

the Nor, which he told me was to be |

destroyed. The ship was still afloat i

when I left in the l'nita, but I have

been informed that she was net on tire.

The Cern?an? could not well sink her

because she carried a cargo of seasoned

wood."

Before Captain Simensen left the

submarine the commander gave him a !

document containing the following:

"I have this day, March II, ord? r. ?!

? he captain and crew of the Norwegian j

sailing ship Nor to leave their vessel I

Conllnur'd en y?ie 2, culouui J

forecast Shows Ref?

er nces to P ssible

Action Avoided.

BRITAIN'S POLICY

CALLED ILLICIT

Washington Hopes for

Modification of Present

Reprisals System.

TONE IS FRIENDLY

President Wilson Held in Eng?

land To Be Author of All

Recent Notes.

I By I'?i,c t-, TI ? T .

London, April 2. From an authori?

tative source The Tribune has obtained

a general description of the American

note protesting against the British re?

prisals. It is a lengthy communication,

one of the chief characteristics where?

of is an expression of American friend?

ship for Fngland. President Wilson?

for it is he who, in Fngland, is held

to be the author of all these communi?

cations dwells rather conspicuously

on the long continued peace between

the two countries and remarks how the

two nations have remained on terma

of complete concord for a century.

The note, though firm and precise in

its general tone, is not particularly

vigorous in those parts setting forth

America's objections to the Allies' long?

distance type of blockade, nor is it ag?

gressive in any part. Notably, it faile

to make any promise of drastic action

if America's objections are not met, aa

was stated in a Washington dispatch

to the London newspapers two days ago.

British Precedents Quoted.

The note is a 'egal document con?

taining citations showing the illicit

nature and the illegality of the block?

ade, and emphasizing how the new

Anglo-French policy contravenes previ?

ous international law, including the

rules and regulations always followed

by Great Britain herself. It quotea

British precedents which support Amer?

ica's objections to the policy no'<

adopted.

The interference with America's com?

merce with neutral countries is, of

course, dwelt upon, and it is pointed

out that by all law commerce is im?

mune from interference save respectiig

contraband provedly destined for the

enemy.

The area of the blockade, which un?

der the present scheme is being carried

on at a great distance from all Ger?

man ports, is another important feat?

ure of the American point of view as

embodied in the note. The Tribune

understands that the American govern?

ment hopes to obtain some modification

of the blockade onler which will im?

prove conditions for American com?

merce, and there is one report current

to the effect that the note makes cer?

tain suggestions, but concerning this r.o

absolute information is obtainable.

People Appro?, e Policy.

There can be no doubt, however, that

the note will in no way alter the Allies'

determination upon these reprisals if

for no other reason than that public

opinion would tolerate no abandonment

of the scheme. The public mind is in?

flamed by the Falaba and other similar

cases and does not consider the gov?

ernment is going far enough as it is.

Modifications, however, are possible.

The Order in Council has purposely

been left open in certain respects for

the purpose of making modifications if

any can be made without affecting the

general scheme for stopping German

commerce.

While the note clearly defines Ameri?

can objections and protects American

interest;, it is deprived of any acerbity

by the tone of frank friendliness which

runs through the whole document.

It is generally considered here that

Fngland has a very good case against

American objections in the precedents

furnished by the Civil War. It was

then that America established the doc?

trine of continuous voyages to which

objection is now taken. Concerning

the area of the blockade and opera?

tions far distant from enemy port? it

will be pointed out by Fngland that

American ships made seizures in mid

Atlantic even of vessels en route be?

tween British ports, such as Liverpool

and Nassau.

* ....

LUSITANIA TO DEFY

GERMAN BLOCKADE

More than 200 first cabin passen?

gers and 175 second class will brave

the German submarine patrol of the

Fnglish coast this morning when the

Lusitania sails for Liverpool. The

most notable arriy of travellers to sat

out to cross the ocean since the war

began will be on the big Cunarder.

A careful investigation has been

made of all passengers unknown to.

the line. The pier is closely guarded

day and night, and this vigilance will

be increased as sailing time, 10 o'clock,

approaches.

Richard Croker, who will take hia

Indian bride across for a glimpse of

the "ould sod," will be among th* pas?

senger.?. So will Frederick W. Whit

ridge, president of the Third Avenue

Railway, und Mrs. V? hitridge. Other

passengers include William O'Donnsl!

Iselin and Miss Louise M iselin, Canon

James Owen Hannay, the Irish writer

known as George A. Birmingham; f?P

tain Granville Fortescue, Colonel A. Y.

Barton, of the Canadittn army; Gerald

Morgan, the war correspondent; An?

thony J. Prexel, Lord Castlemaine,

Mme. Lalla Vandervelde, wife of the

Belgian Minister of State, who ha*

been in the United States several

weeks seeking aid for her suffering

countrymen.

There will also be aboard Mrs. Will?

iam B. Leeds, Lady Ross, Lieutenant

Commander S. Takatashi, of the Japa?

nese navy; Mr. and Mr?, l hurles K.

Russell, of this city; Captain D. L.

Hough, Or. Charle* F. Fearn, of Chi?

cago, and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick T,

Blakemar.. of Mount bltaco.