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Saturday, Sept. 4

DOLLAR DAY

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VOL. 121. NO. 47.J

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J.

b.)

[BY Charles P.

StevraVt. United Press

Staff Correspondent.]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Adminia-

tration officials,saw hardly a chance

today that tbe Arabic Incident will

loom up again as a threat against

continued friendly relations between

the United States and Germany.

It was recognized that explanations

are

yet

to come—that, technically the

United. States

Is

only suspending

Judgment and that Germany's account

of the sinking of the White Star

liner with the Incidental loss of lives

of two American passengers, may

theory, not he satisfactory when

comes.

was

leanjedpn

boWtever, that

relations

|v:

I&Sfinent

and such

relations,

A

it

oa

break

nvas

as

'this

FF»$

United Press Leased

'-. ''--I'V' "I?1

t,

INF

Arabic Incident Which Loomed up as a Threat

Against Continued Friendly Relations,

is Being Smoothed Over.

EXHANATION EXPECTED 10 BE ACCEPTED

1

Outcome Will Probably Result in Better Under

standing Between the Two Nations

Over Submarine Warfare.

each succeeding incident

it

reliable authority.

theadmlnlstratlo&^iaa

not at nny time believed Germany

would

*be unable

was offered obviously in a con

ciliatory spirit.

Officialdom's chief anxiety, how

ever. was that Germany was not

it

ky

in

agreed, could hardly

but be a prelude to war.

The German request that nothing

be done until the kaisen can make an

official report to Washington, was

looked

completely eliminating

danger. If the German govern

ment had not intended to do every

3L

thing possible to satisfy the United

rJS States,

it

was felt certain that it

G. would have

made no such request aa

the one received' by

the

state depart-

from Von Bernstorff yesterday.

'And if

Germany

"dries everything

pos

L' Bible."

it

was stated the United States

will be satisfied there will be no dip

diplomatic break and certainly no

FC« waV. Y-%,

5

Germany's expression of Its attitude

concerning the Arabic case—Its DIS

AVOWAL of "unfriendly

Latest

rey, driving them from Villa Garcia

back -, to

tJie

This battle, apparently the same

one outlined briefly

In

Gksnaral

zone was a fresh, seaprate threat

that the settlement of one contro

versy constituted no guarantee that

another and perhaps more serious

one would not arise Immediately

some

In

natfejierlth- htev-

"The

to make a

satlsfao

lory explanation if she chose to do

.• so.

Tbe president did not want the

United States dragged into the Euro

pean struggle. He was convinced

that the people were similarly averse

to participation

In

war and intended

to accept as satisfactory any reason

able explanation Berlin might make

if

It

announcement, "received the follow

ing instructions from Berlin which

ed

the

In

a

conciliatory mood that its answer

would be unsatisfactory or that there

would-be no answer at all. In such

an event

sisted

was conceded the United

8tates was

eommitted to a line of pol-

which would leave the administra

tion no option but to break off dlpio

matte

said officials,, to make a showing satis

factory to the Washington govern

ment.

Various possibilities were sug

gested:

The attack on the liner might be

denied and its destruction attributed

to striking a mine it might be rep

resented that the Arabic executed a

maneuver which justified the subma

ESTHEE'White

altInSa0ny

Intentions,"

DE

liberate or otherwise—was regarded assured

as having

AN important

bearing on

the future.

Thei

feeling hitherto has been that

Developments Among Our Revolution

ary Neighbors of the South.

WireService]

KL PAPO, Texas, Auj. 25.—villa

forces, ntimbering

nearly ten

thoue

and, have inflicted a decisive defeat

Upon the

Cafranzlstas

around Monte­

Neuvo Leon capital, ad-

VLT^ELCS?R^F«TAS

HA™ ISTSSI!*«5FLY in TOLA en- |500,000 wORth

gagement than in any for several

months. Over

1,000

Madaro. were driven

[By Ed L. Keen, United

ment In

in

the bay

cllffa

German ambassador," Said

his

lie

communicated to the department of

state"—and then followed the official

message.

It was true tliat the German gov

ernment did not profess to know the

circumstances yet of the Arabic's de

struction, but, through confidential

structlon

but

,"

through confidential

channels this information had reach- Charles Ferguson denies

administration—that the

Berlin

admiralty gave Instructions to its

submarine commanders some time

ago, to observe all the rules of war

fare on which President Wilson

AU

In­

in HIS latest note to the kaiser.

It was felt that this was all the

United States could ask.

Starting on such a basis Germany

unquestionably would not find

maneuver wnicn jwuiwu 1 .« ...j.

rlne commander to believe the ship, °V0^®n^C*^ h»t the agree

was about to ram him or attempt ,^ntm?hey SnteredTnto through Min-

Star bow

SFATSSDJSIS 'H^LMTRHTAATKED to

^It'SST^t th.

More than this, an

The War in Mexico

too great a responsibility tp hold the

city with

food extremely scarce.

Such holding he declared, would seri

ously hamper other military opera

tions he

plans

In

the

commanders action would simply be #ecieratlon has refused to ae

disavowed and he would be called to award and has appointed a

account for violating his own

outcome

was

(Continued on page 2.)

that vicinity.

Americans Roach Texas.

LAREDO, Texas, Aug. 25.—A

are reported to I DATTRA^V ^GHWEV cars, bearing

were killed and

the Monierey hospitals are filled to

capacity-with wounded, and private

homes leave been commanQered for

the wounded.

here today.

dispatches to

the state department this

week, fol­

lowed Carranslsta successes

In

spe-

of^Guanajualto,

oM,

1500,000 worth of gold silver and, to

lead bullion

from

THE

furnished transportation

that

region.

At the outset, the Villa forces, un

der

in

from their outer fortifications, hut a

reorganization of the ViWstas result

ed

In

a sweeping victory

urine Monterey, as he regards

to their

homes by United SU ES Conaul Gar-1 J^^ER

Would Recognize Carrania, IMN V~*»

recognize General CARRANZA

It!state

•Vi

Press

gained by the allied

British troops, supported by recent

reinforcements, have ruahed the

TURK« back on Gallipoll peninsula,

capturing nearly half a mile of Turk

ish trenches. A French aviator ha«

sunk a Turkish tranaport.

It

the Suvla

the war

aft­

erward.

Sooner or later, it was the genpral

sentiment, unless the two countries

came to

broad agreement, that

a clash was inevitable.

Testerday's communication, it was

thought, looked as if the way was

being paved for such

a

broad agree­

ment, or understanding.

Much stress was laid on the FAPT

that the note, though it came from

Ambassador Bernstorff, did not, orij,I-

bay

region has been

followed not only by infantry attaska,

but a renewal of the bombardment of

the Dardanelles forts.

Dispatchea here thla

Athens

afternoon from

said the whole

southern Gal­

lipoll peninsula was being rocked by

the fire of big guns. Several of the

allied fleets hsve re-entered the

straits and are engaging the forts on

both sides. The French are attacking

near Krlthia and by ateady gains have

made more precarioua the poaltion of

the Turks near the Dardanellea aide.

INO

AME(J

Paris credita the English marines,

operating the. French with ef

fective

cowith

-operation before Krlthia.

New positlona gained by the British

in the Suvla bay region make it un

neceaaary to keep warshipa stationed

off

to protect the English po­

sitions. The Australians, have ad

vanced therr TWFLFCRTW'LIEYORTD'THS

frontlna the eeaahore and have

atrongly fortified their

LONDON, Aug. IF"

given out by the press bureau today.

"This charge was made by a German

newapaper which alleged a copy of

the order

waa found

If'

was offi

daily reported at Paria this afternoon,

and a British submarine is credited

WITH alnklng four enemy

troop ships

inside the Oardanellea.

Unofficial reports today aaid that

the Russian Black aea fleet haa added

to

the fright In

Constantinople by

that

aud-

denly appearing off the Bosphorus,

s^ndinA

Turkish ships scurrying to

the

protection of the forts. One report

said

Ruasian aviators had

bom­

barded the Ottoman capital, k!llingFor

wounding forty-one peraons.

Arrival of more Brltlah reinforce­

walk­

out that would cripple the production

of war

munitiona

and tie up

a large

portion of the British shipping.

One thousand miners In the Hafod

district quit work today In protest

against the arbitration award made by

President Walter Runciman, of the

The

was P.er.hap.91 tep^'AND thSt'* the'^ove™*

min-

Uy

hands^the

submarine

admir'.nt^lew

event a settlement of the!Whese Intercession ended the strike

incident was considered reasonably

them into

-I-owner.

LloPyd George

severii weeks ago. The men firmly

believe that Lloyd George

will see to

it

tlon

board

lnA

at noon.

is

that the original agreement

It

re­

spected by the operators snd the gov

ernment. They distrust RUNCL^N

whose failure

to settle the RE«NT

strike was followed by a P«RB0"*' ."P"

8TPL|K

concllii-

for *LIovd°George, fhe

MUMS

ring council of minister* met at NLSH today the

*EXTAO,, Serbia

and accompanied by twenty-five Amer eecu ,OME nuarters it waa predict- St. Paul

kans fleeing from that section,

I nown WUHIN forty-eight hours. .Dubuque

I known

I I kan league is to be reconstructed and

KAN IC«YIRA

W^MNOJOS: 2^-ASSUR- that ^MES. No

WA8

BALKAN

KEOKUK, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 25, '15

URKEY

[United

Staff

Correspondent.]

LONDON, Aug. 25.—Important sup

cesses bottfon land and sea have

been

forces

at

the

Dardanelles white the Balkans are de

bating whether they shall join In THE

mawch against Constantinople.

Press Leased Wire Service.]

ATHEN8, Aug. 25.—Hospltois in

Constantinople are so crowded with

wounded from the recent severe fight

ing at the Dardanelles that ships lying

In the harbd" are being used

engagement.

poaitlons.

tq

-—.•—ROUGHING it

[United Pr$I» LEASED

The

British have landed artillery to sup

port these positions and by construct

ing redoubts, have made the Australian

lines almpat impregnable to Infantry

attack. ,,

DEN I ES"THE REPORT.

ably,

8lr-

for her

Is-

that he

In

prisoner's diary."

it

hard,

I 4

«D ordera that no quarter ahould be bandanaah-and has

.• U.. mm A statement

shown the enemy, said

a

!Any walking in

an English

MINERS STRIKE AGAIN.

CARDIFF, Aug. 25.—For the second

time within a few weeks, Great Brit

ain is threatened with a strike of 200,

000 south Wales coal minera,

a

car.E

for the war victima.

Two

divisions of Turkish troops,

sent to Gallipoll scarcely a fortnight

ago occupied an exposed position dur

ing the recent heavy attacks of the

allies and sufTsred heavy losses

AIR RAID ON CONSTANTINOPLE.

LONDON, Aug. 25.—An Athens news

agency dlapatch today reported that a

Ruealan aeroplane squadron bombard

ed Constantinople Monday, killing or

wounding forty-one person*! of whom

eight were Greeks.

SANK A TRANSPORT.

PARIS, Aug. 25.—A French aviator

bombarded and

aank

also reported the

capture by the Brltlah of 800 yards of

Turkish trenches In the northern zone

of operations at Gallipoll, one of the

most important gains at the Dardan

elles,

-V 'HEAVY FIGHTING.

ATHENS, Aug. 25.—Two allied

cruisers penetrated the Dardanelles

yesterday and bombarded the Kasta

nea batterlea with considerable effect.

Dispatches reeeived here today report

ed that a British submarine sank four

Turkish sloops esrrying troops from

Lapaakl to Gallipoll.

Heavy fighting has been resumed st

both Krlthia and

In the

Arl Burnu re­

gion, Mytllene advices eald. The Aus

tralians along Suvla bay captured a

Turkish trench yesterday In

a violent

problem. It is either the brook or a

tin tub.

.jBovemor Has Hopes.

rUnlted Press Leased Wire Service.]

ATLANTA,

Ga., Aug.

Harris

Is

Wire Service

1

SHERIDAN, Wye., Aug. 26.—Just

as gracefully and perhaps as

pleasur-

as she would entertain

royalty.

Mrs. Potter Palmer, social

leader, is

"roughing

itChicago

on

A •MAL»

ranch near here. The only signs OR

society life about

her expelrence Is the

fact that she maintains a French maid

wardrobe—Amerlcah

clothe.!,

regular

5:00

ner

RES

tea.

atatement 'clock,

clock tea

While she might not design

to

do

Chicago or London.

Mrs. Palmer does A lot of it out hers

on the western trails—and enjoys

It,

to say nothing of the riding, hunting

The

Is

"bawth"

the real troublesome

25.—Governor

intimated

today that

he

Is

very, Davenport

the"* BAIKAL situation

Keokuk ..

1

„TUATIO„.

vlaiT"*v

J-'.

was

not discouraged by the jury's verdict

in the Leo M. Frank case that the

lynching was by "parties unknown.

The executive

was understock

to pin

his faith to the special grand JNIT

In­

vestigation to begin tn-Marietito ^Sep.

tember

1 and

to be confident that

dictments will result.

In­

THE WEATHER

For Keokuk and vicinity: Generally

fair and warmer tonight. Thursday

8HPOR'LOWA:

Generally fair and warm­

er tonight except showers extreme

west portion. Thursday showers.

For Missouri: Generally fair to

night and probably1 Thursday. Warm

er tonight and east and south por

tions Thursday.

For Illinois: Generally fair tonight

and

peal for U*IRF a ahort I NNRTINFI toniKbt and south

of the miners held a sho

session today but adjourned the mBet-

wa« stated that no

!agreement had been reached on what

course the miners will pursue If their

appeal to Lloyd George falls.

probably Thursday. Warmer west

portion tonight

Thursday.

portion

R. Weather Conditions.

Generally clear, cool weather pre­

vails this morning throughout the

west, the Mississippi and Missouri

valleys and the northern portion of

the upper lake region. Moderately

heavy rain

falling in the southern

portion of Montana and" light rain

along:the New

England coast and the

lower lake region. The highest tem

perature recorded in Iowa yesterday

was 48 and the lowest this morning

48 The lowest temperature at Keo

kuk Was 9 which

is within one de

gree of the lowest recorded during

past

tiClpatlon in

CE

E DJATTFTR,A PAR

forty-two years

the

SERB|A's decision

will be made La

River Bulletin.

Flood stage. Stage.Change

Crosse

4.4

4.7

6.6

5.8

6.7

-0.2

-0.1

-0.4

-0.4

-1.0

-1.2

..12

18

15

14

20

28.2

Local Observations.

AUG

Bar. Ther.Wind W*th'R

Mean temperature, 58.

Highest, 68.

E.W.MCOANN.

Temporarily to Charge.

ate Cit

[United Press Leased Wire Service.,

BERLIN, Aug. 25. (Via Amsterdam.)

—Russian olalms that the German

dreadnought Moltke, two cruisers and

eight torpedo boats were sunk In a

battle In the Gulf of Riga, were de

clared to be without foundation

offlolal

said the

Turkish trans­

port AX anchor In the Dardanelles

north of Nagara roads, It was official

ly announced this afternoon.

The war office

in

statement issued by the ad­

miralty today.

The admiralty stated that "the Ger

man warships" reported by the Rus

sians to have been sunk, probably

were some old vessels sunk by the

Germans themselves to barricade THE

entrance to the gulf and bottle up

tho Ruaalan squadron. Some of these

vessels had previously been captured

from the Russians.

"Neither a large

ahlp nor

any Ger­

man cruiser waa aunk or damaged,"

admiralty atatement. "We

silenced land batteries near Pernau."

The Russian report that the Ger

mans attempted to land troops on tho

shores of the gulf was also declared

to be false. No traneports accompan

ied the German ships. The German

tosses

which previously had been re

ported by the admiralty consisted of

one torpedo boat sunk and two dam

aged.

CLOSING IN ON VILNA.

BERLIN, Aug. 25. (Via The Hague)

—Delayed only by Ruasian rear guard

actions, General Von Hindenburg la

closing In upon Vllna. The Slave are

again

in

It

believed here, and the Ruaalana will

make their final

etand

BEH+FWI—«*E

forts of Breit»Lltovsk Itself.

Despite the

FIwampy

character of tho

ground around the fortress, thp move

ments to envelop Breet-Lltovsk are

proceeding satisfactory. On the west

and southwest fronts, the

8iavs

have

been driven to the cover of the outer

worka which ARE under attack. On tha

north, the Bavarians have fought their

way aeveral miles esst of the railway

to Blelak and occupy the eastern por

tion of Ballowleeka forest.

Austrian forcea that captured Kovel

are moving northward

in

the direction

of Datln, the Slave falling back upon

the lake district. Press diapatcho, re

ceived

here today asserted that the

Austrlans have taken large numbers

of prisoners.

STILL CHASING RUSSIANS.

BERLIN, (via wireless to London),

Aug

25.—General Mackenaen has

broken through the advanced POSITIONS

of

Brest-Lltovsk

fortress at Dobbynka.

One wing of Mackensen's army la

approaching the western bank of the

Mesna. North of Brest-Lltovsk, the

Bavarians are continuing the move

ment to envelop the fortreaa, and,

after throwing the

Rusaiana

back into

the forest of Blalowieska, have reach

ed Wlerschowlcze.

In the north, the armies under Gen

erale Von Hindenburg,

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

PARIS, Aug. 25.—A French aviator

.bombarded the railway Ration at

Lorrach,

Baden, twenty-eight miles

southwest of Freiburg, yesterday,

icial dispatches

Frost

off­

reported this after­

noon. No mention was made of the

damage

done. Furious grenade flght

Ina

around Souchez and Neuville was

beoorted in this afternoon's official

communique. The communique, HOV^

ever reported no Infantry clashes at

any point on the battle front.

"North of Arras a fierce artillery

duel continued throughout THE night,

said the official statement. In the

region of ROYE AND Lasslgny the

ar

tillery combats continue without ces

sation."

In Iowa.

[United Press I .eased Wire S«JVI(^.L

ST. PAUL, Minn..

Ang.

25R"^-

tramelv light frosts along the Iowa

MSSOTA state line last night were

Reported today. Charles City. Iowa,

reported the lowest temperature at

forty. Last nights frosts did abso

lutely no

damage, says

crop experts.

R*R

[United

retreat after futile attempts

to block the German advance by heavy

counter attacka. Capture of Vllna,

commanding another section of the

Warsaw-Petrograd

is

railway

expected

within a few daya. Both Kovno and

Kovel, the extreme enda of the Rus

sian defensive line, of which Brest

Litovsk was the center, are now in the

hands of the Auatro-Germuns. Grodno

and Bielostok will be surrendered to

Von Hindenburg before many days,

Press Leased Wire Service.]

GARY, Ind., Aug. 26,—Feeling

Gary

was

at high tension today over

the murder late last night of the Rev.

Edmund Kayser, pastor of St. James

Evangelical Lutheran church, who

had since the European war began,

Btrongly championed the German

cause and many times publicly de

nounced the entente allies. Chief of

Police Helntz was today certain that

the murder was an act of rovenge onf

the part of one or several of the many

Slav workers

in

clump of bushes near las home by

August Schultz and the

latter*s wife.

There was a bullet wound LO the

ahtftjlder

JUND-'^NDTHARTLMK~NESK

where an artery had been severed.

Curtain cords were tightly tied about

tho neck and right wrist. Physicians

today said the neck wound caused

death. Evidence pointed to the theory

that several men had attacked Rev.

Kvaser in his bome, and after A ter

rific fight

in

It was known that he feared vio

lence

at the

hands of Gary's Slav pop

ulation for he recontly asked and

was granted permission

to carry a

revolver. After evening services at

his church

he

Von Gallwltz

and Von Scholtz are hurling the Slavs

back upon a line extending eouthward

from Vilna.

"General Von Scholtz haa captured

Knyszyn and crossed

the Narew south

of Tikocyn," said this afternoon's offr

rial statement.

"General Von Gallwitz has captured

the Narew crossing on the Sololy-Blel

oatok high road, southwest of Bieloe

tok. HI® right wing has reached the

Orlankd river, taking 4,700 prlaonera.

"The forces under General Von

Eichorn are advancing victoriously

eastward, fighting all the way.

"3FT

the steel mills.

The minister's body was found

which furniture WAS

broken and scattered about, dragged

him outside and shot htm. The mur

derers chose

a

ters

time when the victim

was alone. His wife

and two daugh­

are visiting Mrs, Kayser's fath

er. Rev. Dr. Koch, in Grand Rapids,

Mich.

Rev.

Kayser has had several bitter

street arguments regarding the war.

HE particularly aroused the Ire of tbe

Slav workers in Gary's industrial

plants, pollco said today, by pro-Ger

man utterances regarding Germany's

submarine attacks on unarmed mer

chant liners. At the time of the re

treat of the German forces from be

fore Paris he became particularly bit

ter in his utterances.

was generally escorted

to his home by several members OR

his congregation.

Blood Hounds U*ed.

GARY. Ind., Aug. 25.—Blood hounds

were brought here today to aid the

police

in

their hunt for the band that

murdered Rev. Edmund Kayser,

whose violent advocacy of the teuton

cause resulted

In

from

even estrangement

some members of his own flock.

[United Press Leased

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.—Alarm

among the financial leaders of all the

belligerent countries at the ceaseless

destruction of

WOAlth

Is

war

but

caused by the

becoming evident. Reports,

however, of secret meetings

In

THE WEATHER

Fair and warmer. Showers to

morrow. Local temp—7 p. m.

62 7 a. m. 52.

German Pastor Would Not Remain Neutral, But I

Strongly Championed the Cause of the

Kaiser and Denounced Allies.

BODY WAS FOUND IN CLUMP OF BiiSfES

Police Theory is That Several Men Surprised Him

While Alone in His Heme, Dragged

Him Outside and Shot Him.

BERLIN

and Petrograd. at which the possibU.

bankruptcy of Germany

AND

JLU®®1£

was admitted, must be accepted with

reserve. The financiers of the war

ring nations do not fear bankruptcy,

In

rather impoverishment.

thej

coming days of peace when the

war

bills must bo paid.

Russia cannot become bankrupt

for no other reason than that France

and England are underwriting her.

Neither is there danger of

German

bankruptcy while Germany has her

state-owned

railways to mortgage aa

a final resort to secure funds for

carrying on the war Nations have

seldom allowed the danger bank

ruptcy to stand between them and the

•prosecution of a war and

It

is not at

all probable that the fear of INSOLV

ENCY

Is

causing uneasiness

In

VV5%«£"«'.

The ground for

In

In

J?

5 •. *I 4.

EIGHT PAGES

200 yards about Rev.

Kayaefs home was roped off beforo

daybreak, so the morbidly curious

would not destroy the scent of the

men who killed the minister.

Police investigation today DEVELOPED

several interesting facts regarding

Rev.

Kayser's life here. His church

and the parsonage were all along

a

the

line of German architecture. Every

thing had A teutonic atmosphere.

A canary brought over

from Ger

many

by the pastor, was found

dead

IN Its cage this

morning.

Rev. Kayser had been receiving

threatening letters ever since he

first began to preaeh

the

The police

teuton cause

as well as the gospel. He

pfofeaaed

he HAD. PO f$aiv WH*F PM

to the police.

A month or two ago

these letters ceased. Several daya

ago he again began

reoelvlng

tbe letters were written

son. It

them.

Most of WEM ware written in Ger

man.

"Move away

or dynamite will

move," read one. Aaothei read:

"Before the

leavea

turn you will be

stretched on the ground.'''

say today

that almost all

by

is

one per­

thought

a peculiarity

In

the handwriting will help trace the

murderers..

%'i4'

Three Presidential Candidates.

[United Press

Leased Wire Service.!

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.—Illinois

Is

today

reared three rods to the republican

presidential lightning. One was Unit

ed States Senator L. Y. Sherman,

whose boast

that he looks like Lin­

coln. The second was James K. Mann,

minority leader of the national house.

The third was Mayor WM. Haie

Thompson, of Chicago, cowboy mil

lionaire and strike sutler.

Sherman

today announced

the ac­

quisition of a campaign manager, W. J.

Calhoun former minister to China ami

the man who managed McKinley S

Illinois campaign. Sherman has the

other Illinois candidates beaten so far,

as

none

of the

others

have acquired

a manager. Mann's boom WAS launch

ed last night.

Mayor's Statement.

ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 25.—Mayor

J. G. Woodward of Atlanta, here

What the War Moves Mean

By J. W. T. Mason, Former European Man

ager of the United Press.

Wire Service]

to­

day enroute to San Francisco, reiterat

ed his statement that

Leo

M.

Frank

KOT what was coming to him.

finance estimates the war is costing

is being raised by loans. Hardly any

war taxation is being Imposed in En

irope The German government has

announced It will fight the war to the

lend on loans and although there is

much urging in Eiigland that heavy

taxes be imposed to relieve the bur

I den on posterity, the cabinet

Is

reluc-

tant to act. a

As soon as the waKends, the pro

cess of

payment must bo begun, for

the interest charges will have to be

met. At present-, they are being paid

lout of the loans themselves, but this

process must ceasa when the soldiers

return to their normal industries,

ir

'the war continues much longer, the

soldiers on their return will find the

chief result of the war has been to

pile debts

on the belligerent coun

tries, which will require the doubling

of present taxes to meet In Interest

!and sinking FOND.

The abject poverty which the war

'is preparing will

ol!,ito

any

the European capltols.

But the belligerent nations have as

vet scarcely begun to pay FOR THE WAR

Almost the WHOLE of the

a day which tha German minister of

be

come

possible. It

J\

-1

felt and

•making economic revolutions

wfll

be-

Is

$

possible the need

lessen this Inevitable distress after

the war. Tather than to guard against

bankruptcy to which tha financiers of

the warring nations are now secretly

I calling

attention.

JSK

I

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VV •.?