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RICHMOND, VA., MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1915. ?TEN PAGES

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Preliminary Answer Con

cedes Many of America's

Contentions.

POINTS TO DIFFICULTIES

IN ACTUAL PRACTICE

Promises Redress Whenever Ac

tion Exceeds Limits of

International Law.

OFFICIALS ARK WKLL PLEASED

Tone Entirely Friendly, and Further

Discussion Expected to Do In

Same Vein.

W A .sir INC. TON, January 10.?Croat

Britain's preliminary reply to the pro- j

of the United States agninnt In- i

terruption of American rominercc by j

the British fleet win made public here I

and In London to-night by mutual !

agreement between the State Depart- I

luent and the British Koreign Office. j

The British nolo concurs In the view

of the Lnlted States that commerce I

between neutral nations should be In- ]

t erfered with only when absolutely '

necessary, and ofnclals here construed i

It as conceding that the principles cx- |

pressed by the American protest wi<re

Just.

T hr only formal comment was this

statement, Issued by Secretary Bryan:

1 his answer being preliminary and

not being Intended as a complete re- ]

pl>. we will postpone comment until

the full answer l? received."

I'lii.vcii'j.n.s

OF f. S. CO\,ni.VTIO\S

lirlefly the British reply, while con

ceding the principles on which the

American contentions ?r?> based, points

out difficulties In actual practice, refers '

to alleged fraudulent practices by ship

pers, and rites statistics showing an

increase, rath<r than a decline, in cer- !

lain neutral commerce. In support of

'?real Britain's suspicions that Ger

inany and Austria have been Indirectly !

obtaining contraband through neutral

countries.

The note promises, however, that

?treat Britain will make redress when- i

ever the action of tho British fleet may

unintentionally excecd tho limits of In- I

icrnatlonal law.

Though officials were reserved in

their comment. It was paid authorita

tively to-night that they regard the

tono of the note as cntlrelv friendly

find believe tint further discussion!

which will follow it. will be carried on

in the same vein

Adinlbslon by ureal Britain of one

?>f the chief points in the American

note. that the relations between neu

trals were those of normal times of

peace and not of war. was gratifying

to officials, who believed the contro

versy now would resolve Itself into a

I rank discussion <>f what were the He

tual necessities which impel interfer

ence by a belligerent when suspeet

that the ultimate destination of a

neutral carpo is belligerent territory.

STATISTICS KlU.AItOCI)

AS .MISI.ISADl.VU

.1.turtles pointed to show thai Amer

ican commerce with neutral countries

contiguous to Germany and Austria

bad increased materially since the out

break of the war were regarded here

fs misleading. It was pointed out

that. In view of the breaking down of

normal trade routes, many noncontra-'

band products had been shipped

through rfeutral countries.

As to the Increase in shipments of

copper to Italy, mentioned in the reply,

It was pointed out that the Italian

ambassador here already had explained

thnt Italy, which previously had ob

tained copper from Germany and Aus

tria. now was forced to import from

the United States, because of the em

bargo on exportation which the helllg

crents themselves had imposed. The

American government contends, more

over. that if copper has reached bellig

erents through neutral countries it Is

the duty of the British to make more

effective arrangements with those neu

tral countries.

Great Britain's admission tha"f as to

foodstuffs and conditional contraband.

Lord Salisbury's doctrine quote,1 in the

American note would be followed by

the British, and that foodstufTs would

be held up only when destined to an

enemy, also was pleasing to American

officials.

WII.I. ,\OT ACCKI'T

CKKTAIJV OK VIEWS

There is every reason to believe that

t'.ie United States will not accept Oreat

Britain's view that :argoeB must be

taken Into port for extended examina

tion. While the statistics cited show

that only forty-flve cargoes out of 773

actually have been taken Into prize

courts, officials hero note that no men

tion is made in tho British note of the

great number of American cargocB de

tained and subsequently released. It

was not tho loss already suffered by

American commerce which brought

forth the American note, but tho desire

to v revent future mistreatment. The

United States also laid stress on the

effect whlclV tho detentions already

made had had on shippers, who hesi

tated to export cargoes on.account of

hazards involved, and what was termed

the indecision of the British authori

ties In applying their own rules.

Officials regarded as novel the argu

ment of Great Britain that it could not

give unlimited adhercnco to. tho rul%

with respoct to conditional contraband

destined for belllgorcnts, because Brit

ain's enemies had departed "from

hitherto accepted rules of civilization

and humanity."-;. ,Tt was suggested

Amorica", com1 /co should not be

forced suttj because of circum

stances t'pvor \v?ilch the American peo

ple could havo no possible control.

As a whole, the British note was ro

(Contlnucd on Fifth Page.)

I

CATHOLICS PLAN TO FIGHT

Inquiry Into AllrgMl Movement to Drive

Them Out of l*ubllc Life.

NEW YORK, Jnnuary 10.?Investiga

tion of an alleged movement by the

anti-Catholic societies and publications

to drlvo Catholics out of public life

has boon undertaken by the CotnmlB

wlon on Religious Prejudice, authorised

by tile supreme council of tho Knights

of Columbus, It wan announced to

night by tho Rev. J. J. Wynne, editor

of tho Catholic Encyclopaedia. An ap

propriation of $50,000 has been made

for tho inquiry.

At the conclusion of Its present

meeting In this city, tho commission

will prepare for a session In Chicago

on March <5, to be followed by meet

ings In other large cities.

Criminal prosecution has already

been ordered by tho Department of

Justice against one widely-circulated

antl-Cathollo publication, It was an

nounced, and others will follow. It

also was said the commission would

oppose vigorously the stand taken by

tho Postmastcr-CJenoral In hlH report,

published In December, regarding the

uso of the malls by such publications.

Colonel I'. II. Callahan, of Louisville,

Ky? Is chairman of tho commission.

FIGHT ON BREAD TRUST

Attornejr-fJenernl of Mloioiirl Will

IIrtii.Salt To-I)njr.

JEFFERSON CITY. MO, January 10.

?Suit to oust from Missouri an alleged

combination to control St. Louis bread

prices will be filed to-morrow by At

torney-General Barker, he announced

to-night. The suit will be dlrocted

against one company, which, it Is

charged, formed a pool and trust

agreement with seven others.

The Attorney-General will charge

that, while these companies have filed

dissolution papers, they maintain the

same plants and conduct business with

the name ofllcers as before a previous

dissolution: that the sire of loaves was

reduced from sixteen ounces to thir

teen ounces, und?r the alleged agree

ment, and that tho combination con

trols sale of 75 per cent of the bread

sold In St. Louis.

PAGEANT AT NEW ORLEANS

Itepresent* Itetnrn of Jnckaon and

Troops l''ri)Di Clialractte Hnttlrflcld.

NEW ORLEANS. January 10.?A cer

emonial pageant representing tho re

turn of General Andrew Jackson and

Ills '.ronps from the battlefield at Chal

mette and the "Crowning of Old Hick

ory',' on the identical spot where Jack

son was received 100 years, ago. was

one of the features to-day here of the

last of tho three days' celebration on

the 100th anniversary of the battle

of Now Orleans and of peace between

Great Britain nnd the United States

Following the pageant, a to deum

and pontifical high mass in St. Louis

Cathedral took place, duplicating the

thanksgiving service rendered after the

triumphal return to the city of Jack

son and his men from their victory

over tho British.

HUNDREDS FACE STARVATION

ItellRioiis Worker* In Holy I.nnd Are

In Serloun Plight.

WASHINGTON. January 10.?Hun

dreds of rellerlous workers in the Holy

I.ind ure facing starvation, according

to reports received to-day by the Rev.

jGodfrey Schilling, of the Franciscan Or

der, commissary general for the Holy

Land In tho United States.

The reports declare the Turks have

turned the Franciscans out of nearly

.'ill of their convents In Armenia, Upper

Syria and Galilee, leaving them In pos

' fr-esnion, however, of their Convent of

! St. Saviour, In Jerusalem, and the Con

j vent of the Annunciation at Nazareth.

I In response to early reports of

i trouble, the matter was taken \ip with

the State Department. Thus far. how

; ever, arrangements for the care of the

j sufferers have been unavailing.

SEES HUSBAND ON FILM

nelgtnn Woman IlffDRfr (lefOKnlin

Illm In Trench.

[Correspondence of Associated Press.]

LIVERPOOL, December 29.?During

a moving picture show here a Belgian

woman refugee recognized her hus

band In a film depicting scenes In the

Belgian trenchcs The husband ap

peared In the picture to be In the best

of health and spirits. As they had

been separated early In the war, and

the address of each was unknown to

the other, the woman tried frantically

to obtain Information from the theatre,

and even wrote to the film agent. But

the name of the place where the hus

band was seen had been deleted by the

censor.

The film company, however, promised

to try to trace the matter through the

camera operator.

AERONAUT FALLS TO DEATH

Drops 2,000 Feet When I'urachnte of

Ilnlloon Kalla to Open.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA., January 10. |

?Ooorgo Taylor, of Philadelphia, an

aeronaut foil 2,000 feet and was in

stantly killed near here to-day, when

tho parachute of his balloon failed to

open while he was giving an exhibi

tion. Several thousand persons wit

nessed the accident.

Tho body struck earth in a ceme

tory within 100 feet of where the body

of Richard Frayne, another aeronaut,

was found two years ago, after ho had

been dashed to death in an accldcnt

similar to the one of to-day.

FAVORS INCREASE OF ARMY

ftnrrl.snn Indorses Chnmlierlaln Illtl

IlaiHiiig Strength to 100,000 Men.

WASHINGTON, January 10.?Secre

tary Garrison In a lettor to Senator

Chamberlain, chairman of the Senate

Military Committee, mado public to

night indorses Senator Chamberlain's

bill for increase of tho regular army

to 109.000 enlisted men.

Mr. Oarrlson points out that tho in

crease sought, while loaving the forces

In continental United States still "very

small," would afford peace, training for

ofllcer with such units as they would

be callcd upon to direct in time of war.

WANT CITY TO OWN

PUBLIC UTILITIES

Workingmen Call Upon Council

to Reject Franchise Applica

tion in Its Entirety.

EX-CONGRESSMAN TO SPEAK

A. M. Todd, of Michigan, Will

Address Mass-Meeting

Wednesday Night.

Following a publicity campaign car- ;

. ried on through the medium of public ]

meetings for the past several weeks,

j the Workingmen's Protective Assocla

; tlon. at a meeting in the I,abor Tern

! plo yesterday afternoon, adapted reno

! lutions declaring openly and without >

I compromise for municipal ownership

I of all street railway and light and

j power utilities in this city.

| Richmond labor organizations bad

before this registered their opposition

| to the form of franchise asked for by ,

(the Virginia Railway and Power f'om- ?

pany. Objections to the thirty-year j

. life and other features of the grant '

! suggested by the power company have

j been raised also by quasl-polltb-al or

; ganizatlons in the East Knd and on

| the Southslde. The resolutions adopt

} ed yesterday by the workingmen, ho w -

| ever, are the first to oppose any form

1 of franchise and to declare in Its

broadest form for municipal owner- !

ship.

WANT CITY TO COXDt.XT |

Mi;iIT A.

POWKIt PI. A NT j

A notf sounded in no other resolu- I

Hons that have so far been adopted,

; favors the immediate purchase of the

j light and power utilities owned in this |

j city by the Virginia Railway and

Power Company, at their present e3tl- j

I mated physical valuation, and the In- j

j crcaslng of the capacity of thi munlci- ;

: pal plant to an excess of 25 per cent

I over the present demand. i

Speeches were made by Joseph W. |

' Stewart, James K. Dickerson, John

| liirschberg, K. C. Davlaon, H. T. Colvln, j

j Jesse Duko and C. K. Kelly. Mr.

; liirschberg confined his talk to neutral

j matters, urging the workingmen to

j qualify themselves to \ote, In order

that they may be In a position better j

to enforce their needs. He did not

discuss the lranchise application.

The body voted to hold a inass

i meeting either In the City Auditorium j

j or In the auditorium of the John Mar

1 shall High School on Wednesday even

( ing. The feature of the meeting will j

be an address by former Congressman

A. M. Todd, of Michigan, on "Municipal

Ownership of Street Railways." The

lecturo will, ba illustrated by 'stereop- I

tlcon slides.

Mr. Davison told the meeting that

Mr. Todd has made an exhaustive Btudy

of municipal traction utilities In Ku

? rope, and Is a recognized expert. The

j speaker will come to Richmond under

1 the auspices of the National Popular

I Government League. Mr. Todd Is at

! present in Washington, and arrange

ments for the lecture were made last

night by long distance telephone.

MAY HIUMi SKVATOH OWES

KBIIG FOIl ADDHES9

A meeting scheduled for Friday

night in Fulton was ordered can

celed as soon as arrangements were

made for the address by Mr. Todd.

The association took under considera

tion a plan to hring to Richmond at |

an early date, for addresses on the |

franchise and municipal ownership

questions. Congressman Grosser, of I

Ohio, and Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, j

Both of these, according to Mr. Davi

son, have promised to speak in Rich- [

mond at any convenient date.

Jesse Duke, who la secretary of the

State Socialist organization, told the

meeting that ho was prepared to prove i

in any court of law that the Virginia

Railway and Power Company Is at i

present supplying a corporation with

electric current at the rate of 1 cent a

kilowatt hour. The residence and In- j

dividual consumers' rate is 10 cents,

less 10 per cent discount for paynir.nt

within ten days. ,

The resolutions adopted by the j

Worklngmen's Protective Association

were prepared by a committee eoni'

posed of R. 15. Greenway, president of

that body, who presided at yesterday's

meeting; N_\V. Sheppard, 11. B. Fair

cloth and II. T Colvln. They were

adopted unanimously.

Ml'XICIPAI, OWN I?lt Sill I'

ciy;i:n apti.y si;mmaiii/,kd

The document Is prefaced by a pre

amble which summarizes aptly and

with considerable point the municipal

ownership creed. It reads:

"The people of our city have been

very .slow to appreciate tho value of

public franchises. The shrewd capi

talist has, on tho other hand, been

quick to note the growing values and

future possibilities of'such franchises.

Ho has been on the alert to get the

aid of politicians to secure privileges

which belong to the general public.

"The city being tho condensation of

ages, city government Is the problem

of the ago; It contains all that is best

in civilization as well as the remain

ing remnants of barbarism. It comes

in contact with our dally lives a dozen

times, while the State or national gov

ernment touches us onco.

"Tho problem of the city is the prob

lem of the future; it is the problem of

monopoly. Diffusion is tho Ideal of

civilization?diffusion of wealth and

power, Intelligence, culture and con

science. Instead of this, we have pri

vate monopoly of wealth, private mo

nopoly of government, privato mo

nopoly of education, private monopoly

even of morality and the. conditions

of Its production. Combination, in

tegration, union are most excellent if

tholr benefits are Justly distributed.

Integration plus (diffusion or union for

tho good of all Is the problem of the

twentieth century.

TEXT OK ItESOMJTIONS

ADOPTED nv WOHKING.MEN'

"Whereas, tho Virginia Railway and

Power Company, operating the street

railway lines, as well as being tho

sole dispenser of electric light and

(Continued on Fifth Page.)

REPLY TO AMERICAN NOTE

SUBJECT MOST DISCUSSED

DijiributiTicjJ&tion$ <%t <3 (ferm&n Com mitfary^ta Hon ^bsssss.**

The Kaiser recently issued an order thnt the same bread which was eaten by his men in the field should

also bo served at his own table. Some membeis of the commissary department, are here seen distributing a

day's rations in bread, coffee, sugar and vegetables. Karh company has its own mess and kitchen. It. is tho

belief of the Kaiser that in order for his men to ke-ep rugged and well they should have only the plainest rations,

and he extends this rule to apply likewise to himself niul the men on his staff.

WILL ATTENIPT TO HASTEJl

LEGISLATE PROEM;

Administration Leaders Apprehen

sive About Completing Work

Before March 4.

FIGHT ON SHIP-PURCHASE BILL

Democrats, Chaining That Republi

can Tactics Have Assumed Form

of Filibuster, Threaten to Demand

Xight Sessions.

WASHINGTON, January 10.?Admin

istration leaders, growing- apprehensive i

about completion of President Wilson's

legislative, program before March 4,

will exert every possible effort during

the coming week to make progress.

Republican Senate leaders have con

centrated their obstructive forces on

the government ship-purchase bill, the

discussion of which they are deter

mined to prolong as much as possible.

They already have succeeded in delay

ing consideration of the bill three days.

The District of Columbia appropria

tion bill next must be disposed of, but

Democratic loaders hellevo a vote on

it can be forced to-morrow, and that

the ship bill can then be -pressed for

general debate throughout most of tho

week. ....

Democratic leaders charge that Re

publican tactics have assumed the form

of a filibuster, and are threatening to

demand night sessions. In that event, j

the Republicans declare It would be

easy to break a quorum and thtis add j

to the delays of legislation.

PHILIPPINE DIM. STII/Ij

UNDEH CONSIDERATION j

The Philippine bill is still under con- j

sideratlon in committee, and to-morrow

Secretary Garrison will present to the ;

committee his views on the proposal |

to enlarge Philippine self-government. |

The House or. Tuesday will vote on

Representative Mondell's resolution for j

submission of a suffrage amendment.

House leaders are planning for another

stirring day of oratory such as char

acterized the prohibition debate two

weeks ago.

Military preparedness will continue

a prominent subject in both houses,

with tho naval and military appropria

tion bills In the House and adminis

tration bills to increase 'the strength

of tho army beforo the Senate Military

Committee.

Both houses will have before them

to-morrow the conference report on the

Immigration bill retaining tho literacy

test, but with amendments to exclude

Africans and to exempt Belgian farm

ers from the literacy test stricken out.

Democratic leaders declare the con

ference report will be adopted. What

tho President will do with the bill, ln?

view of his objection to thu literacy

test, Is a source of conflicting opinion.

fire1iMs"peacock inn

One of Princeton's Quaintest Hostelrle*

Damaged bjr Flames.

[Special to The Times-Dispatch.)

PRINCETON, N. J., Janunry 10.?

Peacock Inn, one of Princeton's quaint

est and most fashionable hostclrles,

was ruined by fire to-day. The loss is

estimated at $10,000.

Several Invalid guests were brought

down by ladder from tho upper floors.

Tho Inn was at one time the residence

of President Wilson.

DEATH OF THOMAS DERM0T

Wna Father of Lady rorlien-Holierliion

and Maxlnc Elliott.

OAKLAND, CAL., January 10.?

Thomas Dcrinot, father of Lady Ger

trude Forbes-Robertson and Maxirie

Elliott, died of paralysis hero to-day.

lie was seventy-eight yeura old. j

iWQMEN IN MASS-MEETING I

CULL FOR END OF WABi

Platform Based on Right of Dlvino

Motherhood to Prevent Viola

tion of Life.

SCENE IS MOST REMARKABLE

Peace Preamble Hailed by Many as

Declaration of Women's Independ

ence?Convention of Neutral Na

tions Asked.

I [Special to The Times-Dispatch.] I

WASHINGTON. January 10.?White

men and womon sobbed and wept If} an

agony of spirit that was an echo of

Europe's present woe, and hundreds

struggled in a seething' mnna to pet

within earshot of the speakers. Iho

huge mass-meeting of tho woman's

I movement for constructive peace called

j on womanhood to end all war, on a

j platform and preamble based on woin

ans right of divine motherhood to pre

vent violation of life.

Jt was one of the most remarkable

scenes ever witnessed in the national

| capital. Por hours before the meet

| Ing, ofliclal women, society leaders,

j homo women, suffragists and all kinds

and conditions of women wnlted for

the doors of the big ballroom of tho

New Willard to open. The rush that

then followed resembled a panic. Still

; tho women came, until tho hotel au

thorities could no longer convey them

I to the tenth floor on the pneked ele

vators. The peace advocates were not

daunted, however, and a striking pro

cession of women, many in silk and

velvet gowns fresh from fashionable

teas and functions, tolled up tho ten

| flights of stairs. In tho crush many

i gowns were torn and injured, and one

| woman had the train of her Imported

! velvet gown torn otY completely, while

. another lost the sleeves of her waist.

1CA1LI3D AS DIOCLA It ATI ON

OP WOMEN'S INDICPIONnRNCH

The peace preamble was hailed by

*nany women present as a declaration

of women's independence. It made tho

plain, unvarnished demand that war

should be abloshed, and made the de

mand on tho ground that women "are

tho custodians of the life of the ages.

We will no longor consent to Its reck

less destruction. Planned for legal

ized, wholesale, human slaughter It is

to-day the sum of all vlllanles,' it de

clares.

"Therefore, as the mother half of

humanity, we demand." concludes the

preamble, "that our right to be con

sidered in the settlement of questions

concerning not alone tho llfo of In

dividuals, but of nations, be recognized

and respected.

"We demand that women be given

a share In deciding between war and

peace in all the courts of high debate;

within the homo, tho school, tho

church, the industrial order, and the

state."

MANY STUIKING PLANKS

IN AIJOPTKI) PL ATKOIt.M

Tfie platform of the movement adopt

ed this afternoon viva voce by the del

egates and mass-meeting asks for a

convention of neutral nations in the

Interests of early peace. Other striking

planks lti tho platform were:

Limitation of armainonts and nation

alization of their manufacture.

Organized opposition to militarism In

America.

Education of youth in ideals of ponce.

(Continued on Second Page.)

START THE NEW YEAR KlftHT j

Knjoy your winter vacation In" tho Lund

of tho Sky?Olorloua Mountains of Wont

em North Carolina. Outdoor ?pnrtn pur- !

Ocularly attractive now nt AMhuvllle and

other celebrated resorts. (Excellent service.

Southern Rwy. Secure IllustrutoU lltera-1

luro und inforinutlon ut 1)07 Kuat Mulu at. J

Rrcslau anil Hnmidleh Badly Dam

aged During Engagement With

Russians In Black Sea.

OXE IS .FORMER GERMAN VESSEL

It Was Tnrued Over to Turkey at

Ileginnlng of War ? Russians

Claim to Have Inflicted Consider

able Damage to Merchantmen.

PBTHOGRAD, January 10.?A seml

ofllcial announcement made hero to

day says that in tho naval engagement

i on the Black Sea between Russian and

| Turkish warships on January 6, tho

Turkish cruisers Breslau and Hamldleh

we.ro badly damaged.

The statement says:

"On January 6, our warships in the

Black Sea engaged tho enetny's cruis

ers Breslau and Ilamidieh, inflicting on

them considerable damage. On Janu

ary S, our ships, exploring tho Hay

of Synope. fired on several Turkish

craft loaded with cargo. Tho same

night Russian torpedo boats bombard

ed two of tho enemy's sailing ships

carrying flour, and took eighteen men

prisoners.

IiAR(;k NDtllKR OF TURKISH

HAHKS ARK DESTROYED

"On January 9 our ships explored the

harbors of Trebizond and Platana,

where they discovered nothing to

arouse suspicion. In the harbor of

Surmench they burned a largo number

of Turkish barks loaded with cargo.

East of Surmench our ships destroyed

four of tho enemy's merchant vessels

and eleven sailing ships In the harbor

of Rlzeh. They bombarded the port

of Khopa.

According to information received

hero, the Turkish mine layer Pelk-T

Shefkot on January 2 entere.d the har

bor of Stenia, In the Bosporus, as

sisted by steam lifeboats. The Pelk-I

Shefket had been badly damaged along

the water line and in the bow, where

a cannon had been disabled. Tho mtno

layer ran ashore, began to leak badly,

and, perhaps, can be considered out of

service for a long time."

An nfllclal communication issued nt

Constantinople on January ?1 said

I two Turkish cruisers had been engaged

! with a Russian squadron of seven

teen units, but that the Turkish war

ships were not damaged.

The Breslau, a cruiser of 4.470 tons.

Is one of tho two German warships

turned over to Turkey early In the

war. The ilamidieh Is of 3,830 tons

and carries 302 men.

TWO FIRES AT GREENVILLE

Klrst Causes Emimated I.on* of *10,

OOO nnd Second of 9R.OOO.

ORHRNVILLB, S. C., January 10.?

The Markley Building, formerly a

hardwaro store on Main Street, now va

cant, burned this morning, entailing

an estimated loss of $40,000. While the 1

firemen wero at work. Are broke out

at the Carolina Mills, destroying three

stores and as many cottages, entailing

a loss of $5,000.

HITCHCOCK CONFIDENT

Think* There Will He Knvornble He.

port on Philippine Illll.

WASHINGTON, January 10.?Chair

man Hitchcock, of the Senate Philip

pines Commltteo, ?ald to-day he be

lieved the bill to extend a larger

measure of self-government to tho

islands, together with tho preamble

promising ultimate Independence, would

be favorably reported at conclusion of

tho committee':* hearings next week.

NEWS FROM FRONT

Nothing Important in Of

ficial Reports From

Western Field.

BRITISH EYEWITNESS

DISCUSSES EVENTS

Lays Stress on Important Part

Played by Artillery and

High Explosives.

BOTH SIDES Civ ATM ADVANCES

Turks Make Stand on Frontier, and

Are Fiercely Attacking

Russians.

Germans Quit Lille;

British Take Charge

NKITIIIOK In the enst nor the

west ?ln the operations of the

opposing forces In the Knropenn

\vmr nIioit material change mo far

as the ofllclal statements of the

Krencli, Germnns nml Russian* dis

close.

A late dispatch from Itoulosrne.

however, declares the Crrmnii* have

evncunteil Lille, and thnt thnt city

virtually Is lu possessloa of the

llrltiNh. Dunkirk linn lieen bom

barded nRnin by Cernion aeroplanes.

Thirty hnmbii ivere thrown, hut the

llavaii Agency nays the victims were

few mill the material ilnmncie uuim

portant.

It also In reported thnt a Zeppelin

and three (iennnn aeroplane* passed

over Knrnea, Dunkirk and Calais on

Saturday nl|$ht, apparently headed

tor Dover, bat late advlcc* ?ny no

hoiftlle aircraft have been flighted

nloDff the EnKltnli const.

In Poland and Gaiicia the Htrug

Kle seems to be one wlilcli embodies

very Hmnll Knlns for n vast nmount

of effort. Nothing; has eonie out of

that territory to Indicate n declsivc

rr?>ult at any point.

The Iirltlnh reply to the Amerlenn

note rrKnrillnK trentment of Amer

ican commerce by the Tlrltlsh tieet

linn been published at Washington.

There la no confirmation of the

report thnt there ha* been n battle

off the Brazilian count between the

Ilrltlsh cruiser Invincible and the

tierninu cruiser Von Der Tann.

Petrojcrnd reports thnt the Turk

ish cruisers Itreslau and tlamldlch

were considerably dnmnReii In a re

cent battle In the Illack Sea with

Russian warship*. The Russians

have flunk a number of Turkish

inerchnut craft.

LONDON, January* 10 (10:06 P. M.).?

The British reply to the American note

occupies the attention of tho British

press and tho public in tho absence of

any Important news from tho Euro

pean battlefields. Tho German and

French official reports of the most re

cent fighting: in the. western field are

almost a repetition of those issued

on preceding days.

A British eyewitness, who has bi*en

tho official historian of events at the

front, lays stress on the Important

part played by tho artillery and high

explosives In modern warfare and

claims superiority for tho allies In

artillery, which is being used to its

full strength.

Front the roast to the River Olse.

where the country Is under water and

the rivers aro Hooded, tho big guns

have been engaged continuously, but

the water and mud prevent the infan

try from coming Into action. Along

the Alsne Valley, however, and through

tho Champagne, district an far as West

ern Argonne, the French aro pushing

their offensive and organizing the

ground gained. These gains have been

made at heavy cost.

GICRMA.NS CI, A111 (J A INS

ix WKSTEnx a it a own

Tn Western Argonno the Germans

also claim to have rnado gains and to

have repulsed a French attempt to

carry their trenches In tho Woevre

and Alsace.

Tho only news from the east Is the

German report that the Russian of

fensive toward Mlawa has failed, their

force having been driven back,

j In tho Caucasus the Turks have

! made a stand on tho frontier near Kara

S Urgan, and are fiercely attacking tho

I Russian linos.

! Seemingly the Russians bellove the

report that tho Turkish cruiser Goo

ben has been damaged, for their Black

Sea fleet, which is superior to the

Turkish fleet with the Goeben, has been

attacking Turkish ports and destroy

ing their shipping.

There is no development in tho near

east boyoiul tho report from Sofia that

M. Guenadloff, former Bulgarian Min

ister of Foreign Affairs, Is leaving for

Rome on a semiofficial mission, the

objoct of which is to ascertain the at*