Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1915, Page 1

. x WEATHER. Fair tonight and probab! not much change in temperature; low est temperature tonight ab: light variable winds. Temperature for four hours: (Full report on page 20. Highest, 42, at 2 day; lowest, 29, at 8 a.m. toda: y_tomorror out freezin; CLOSING NEW YORK STOCKS PAGE 20. Che £Zvening Star. Bases oS Aiea ee “From Press to Home { Within the Hour” Last Week's Sworm Net Circulation— Daily Average, 75,119; Sunday, 55,448. No. 20,159. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1915. —TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. ONE CENT. PRESIDENT URGES PREPAREDNESS AND DENOUNCES “ IN HIS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS DISLOYALTY” Wants Larger Army and Navy and - Special Criminal Laws to Punish Intriguers. SAYS U. S. HAS BEEN SHAMED - BY TREASON OF SOME CITIZENS | Asserts Counfry Needs Statutes to Deal With Those Who -- Try to Plant Europe's War Passions Within Its Borders. President Wilson read the following message today to the) Senate and House of Representatives in joint assembly: GENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS: Since I last had the privilege of addressing you on ‘the “state of the Union the war of nations on the other side of the s' disclose its portentous proportiot and sinister scope until it has sw ea, which had then only begun to ns, has extended its threatening ept within its flame some portion of every quarter of the globe, not excepting our own hemisphere, has altered the whole face of intetnational affai a prospect of=reorganization and and now presents reconstruction: such as statesmen Ss and peoples have never been called upon to attempt before. i We have stood apart, studiously neutral. It was our manifest duty to do so. Not only did we have no part or interest in the policies which seem to have brought the conflict on; it was neces- sary, if ‘a universal catastrophe “should be set to the sweep of destructive war and that some part of the-great family of nations'should was to be avoided, that a limi keep the processes of peace alive, if only to prevent collective economic ruin and the breakdown throughout the world of the industries by which its populations are fed and sustained. It was manifestly the duty of the self-gov- efned nations of this hemisphere of econdmic loss and confusion in more. In the day of readjustme' hope and believe that they can be [common benefit, protection and securi | of the people, nation or community’ that “of all the various modes and forms of government, that is the best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safe- ty, and is most effectually secured; against the danger of maladministre- tion; and that, when any government | shall be found inadequate or contrary} to these purposes, a majority of the community hath ‘an indubitable, in- alienable and indefeasible right to re- form, alter or abolish it in such man- ner as shall be judged most conducive | to the public weal.” We have unhes- itatingly applied that heroic principle to the case of Mexico and now hope- fully await the rebirth of the troubled republic, which had so much of which to purge itself and so little sympaths from any outside quarter in the radi- cal but necessary process. We will aid and befriend Mexico, but we will noti \coerce her: and our course with regard {to her ought to be sufficient proof to} fall America that we seek no political | suzerainty or selfish control : Duties of American States. In this neutrality, to which they were bidden not only by their separate life and their habitual detachment from the Polities ef Europe, but also by a clear perception of international duty, the tates of America have become con- scious of a new and more vital com- ity of interest and moral partner- ship in affairs, more clearly conscious of the-many common sympathies and {nterests and duties which bid them stand together. ees There was a time in the early days of our own great nation and of the re- publics fighting their way to independ- erce-in Central antl South America “hen the government.of the United tex looked upon itself as in some rort the guardian of the republics to t th of her a* against any en- Sererehments or efforts at political con- trol f-om the other side of the water: felt it its duty to play the part even witout invitation from them: and T think was undertaken with a true and disin- terested enthusiasm for the freedom of the Americas and the unmolested her independent self-government of peoples. Unity on Western Hemisphere. But it was always difficult to main- tain such a role without offense to the pride of the peoples whose freedom of action we sought to protect, and with- out provoking serious misconceptions of our motives, and every thoughtful u of irs must welcome the al- tered cireumstances of the new day in whose light we now stand, when there 10 claim of guardianship or thought of w orable association as of partners tween ourselves and our neighbors, the interest of all America, north and south. Our concern for the independence prosperity of the states of « South America is not altered. We tain unabated the spirit that has in- spired us throughout the whole life of our government and which was so frankly put into words by President Monroe. We still mean always to make ® common cause of national independ- ence and of political liberty in Amer- ca. But that purpose is now better sierstood so far ‘as it concerns our- It tf known not to be a sel@sh It is known to have in it no taking « e of any in this hemizphere or play- cal fortunes for our own All the governments of Amer- . 80 far as we are concerned, ting of genuine equality and unquestioned independence Put to Test in Mexico. We have been put to the test in the of Mexico, and we, baye stood the ‘est. Whether we have benefited Mex- tc@ by the course we liave pursued re- iiains to be seen. Her fortunes are in her own hands. But we have at least proved titat we will not take ad- Vantage of her in her distress and-un- dertake to impose upon her an order and government of our own choosing. Liberty often a fierce and intract- abie thing, to which no bounds can be set, and to which wo bounds of 4 few! eset. drunk at the Evers American who true fountains of principle and tradi- tiok must subseribe without reserv: tion to the high doctrine of the Virginia bill of rights, which in the great days intwhich our-government was set up was everywhere amongst us accepted as the creed of free men. That doctrine is, “That government is, ‘or ought te be, instituted for the at we can claim that the task | rds but, instead, a full and hon- | be- to redress, if possible, the balance the other, if they could do nothing mt and recuperation we earnestly of infinite service. i ' | What Pan-Americanism Is. ' j The moral is that the states of Amer-| ict are not hostile rivals but co- joperating friends, and that their grow- ing sense of community of interest, alike in matters political and in mat- ters economic, is likely to give them a new significance as factors in interna- jtional affairs and in the political his- of the world. It presents them as very deep and true sense a unit in world affairs, spiritual partners, stand- jing together because thinking togeth- ick ‘common sympathies and Sepsrated they are subject to 1 the cross currents of the confused politics of a world of hostile ries; united in spirit and* purpose ‘annot e disappointed of their} common mericanism, ; none of the spirit of e the embodiment It pire in it. the effect has ft is} ual embodi- ment. of the spirit of law and inde pendence and liberty and mutual serv ice. A very notable body of men recently met in the city of Washington, at the invitation and as the guests of this government, whose likely to be looked back to as mark- ing a memorable turning point in the history of America. sentative spokesmen of the several in- dependent states of this hemisphere | which nature and political fortune | so intimately linked together nestly | reports of tieir proceedings and of the actions of their committees. You will et. fram. them, I think, a fresh con- ception of the ease and intelligence and | advantage with which. Americans of both contments may draw together in practical co-operation and of what the material foundations of this hopeful partnership of interest must consist— of how we should build them and of how necessary it is that we should hasten their building. Drawing the Americas Together. There is, } venture to point out, especial significance just now att I ea n x ing to this whole matter of drawing the Americas together in bonds of hor {Grable partnership and mutual advan- tage because of the economic readjust- ments which the world must inevitabl witness within the next. generatior when peace shall have at last resumed its healthful t In the perform- ance of these taske I believe the Amer- 8 to be destined to play thelr parts together. I am interested to fix your attention on this prospect now because deliberations aref, They were repre-| nd were assembled to discuss the | financial and commercial relations of the republics of the two cont 5 | i ave | { recommend to your perusal the ‘PRESIDENT LASHES PLOTTERS IN U.S. Senators and Representatives and Full Galleries Hear His Address. NEW PAN-AMERICANISM INTERESTS DIPLOMATS Woman Feared and Prepared for by Officials, Fails to Occur. A new doctrine of pan-Ameri- canism, which may be considered as the twentieth century out- growth of the Monroe doctrine. was urged by President Wilson in his address today to the joint ses- sion of the two houses of Con- gress. In it he places American- ism for the western hemisphere above every other consideration, and in words of bitterness de- nounces those of foreign birth who have sought to entangle their adopted country in the Eu- ropean snarl. Running through the address was the theme of preparedness, the President's strongest recom- mendations being used to back he plans and estimates of the Navy and War Departments sent to Congress yesterday. * Plans to Increase Revenue. Cointident with the national defense plans, the President laid down his pro- posals for meeting the added millions of expense, and suggested taxes on in- comes, gasoline, naphtha, automobiles, fabricated iron and steel and on bank checks. He opposed the sale of bonds. {The task of building a merchant ma- rine, he said, must soon be undertaken privately. In the meantime he urged the government control of merchant ships, saying that when trade had thus been established the government would withdraw. In lashing foreign-born President Wilson said: There are citizens of States, I blash to admit, other flags, but welcomed under our generous naturalization laws to the full freedom and opportunity of Amer- ica, who have poured the poison. of disloyalty into the very arteries of our national life: who have sought to bring ‘the authority and good name of our government into contempt, to destroy our industries wherever they thought it effective for their vindictive pur- poses, to strike at them and to debase our politics to the uses of foreign in- trigue.” Special Laws Are Needed. the United born under No federal law uation, thing t exist to meet°this sit- Vilson, because such a ve seemed incredible in islovalty and anarchy,” he added, ‘must be crushed out. They are not many, but they are infinitely ma nant, and the hand of our power close over them at once.” On the subject of pan-Americanism he said: “The states of America are not hostile rivals, but do-operating friends and their growing sense of community interest, alike in natters political and in matters economic, is Ikely to give them a new significance as factors in international affairs and in the politica! history of the world “War Is Disciplined Might.” Speaking of the propo: fighting strength, he “But war has wever been ter of men and arms. disciplined might to fight summons, increase in mere mat- It is a thing of If our citizens are ively upon a sud- must know how and what to ever dew tne modern fighting 18 do do when the summons comes to rend themselves immediately available and immediately effective. And the gov- rnment must be their servant in th matter, must supply them with the training they need to take care of themselves and of it. The military arm of their govern ment, which they witl not allow to di rect ‘them, they may oroperly use to serve them and make their ence secure—and not thei pendence merely, but the |those with whom they hi mon cause, should they Jeopardy independ- own indi ights also © made com also be put in Galleries Are Packed. The House galleries were three hours before the time for dent Wilson to deliver h hundreds of disappointed ones who had packed | mission lined the corridors of the Cap- {tol and stood on the plaza outside to get a glimpse of the President as he passed in. There were unusual arrangements to Preserve orger. Only those who had tickets of admission were permitted to go to the upper galleries and an elus. ive rumor of some sort of a woman suffragist demonstration brought. out tra guards which sprinkle {> amon the spectators and in the ¢orridors {through which the President had to pass. A number of men were placed at commanding positions in the galleries Had Examined Precedents, Officials were silent about the pre arations, but it was sald at the Capitol that word of a plan of some of the more militant suffragists' to make a demon- stration had come to light. It was said unless you take it within your view|that lawyers representing "the women (Continued on Fourteenth Page.) sa munued on -Fift Suffrage Demonstration, | intriguers | failed to get the coveted tickets of ad-| RAISE “THE (7 FuNps y “CONGRESS SHOULD BE FAIR TO D. C. Senator Smith -ot. Maryland Says Residents Ought Not to Bear Entire Burden. WOULD MAKE CAPITAL FINEST IN THE WORLD South Dakota Senator Declares That His Constituen6 Favor Expendi- tures to Beautify Washington. “I believe that Congress should be most fair to the people of the District of Columbia,” said Sena- tor John Walter Smith of Mary- land today, disctssing the situa- tion in the light of the investiga- \tion which is being made by the joint select committee ef Con- |gress on the fiscal relations be- tween the United States and the District. While the committee not yet been announced, it is un- derstood that Senator Smith will be retained as chairman of the Senate District committee. Senator Smith said that in view of the fact that the joint select committee is still a work framing and the consideration of a great |mass of data, he did not feel that | himself for any particular plan of appropriating for the District at this time. “Should Make Capital Beautiful.” “This investigation should do much [to clear the atmosphere and to bring about a fair solution of the difficulties which have arisen over the District of Columbia in Congress in recent years,” |continued Senator Smith. He insisted i 3 ss should deal generou h the National Capital. This should be made the most beau- |tiful capital in the world jand fam sure that we all hope that it will be made so. Never have T heard among constituents the slightest obiection to appropriations made from the federal Treasury for the benefit of the capital.” : Senator Smith said that it would be manifestly unfair to put all of the bur- den of paying for the upkeep of the National Capital on the shoulders of the residents of the District. “The streets of the city are built on a scale that the people themselves would never think of having were it not for the fact that Washington is being laid out on large lines suitable |for the capital of the nation. It must be remembered also that we do all we to discourage the establishment of \{ndustrial. enterprises here, choosing ather to make this a city of resi- dences with the government's business the. central feature. * Of course, this tends to decrease largely the basis of assessment in the District. No man, Senator Smith safd, should dodge or be allowed to dodge his proper taxes. He said that a reason- Bble tax should be levied in Washing- ton, comparable to the taxes levied in other cities of approximately the 8 population. wxgnator Sterling of South Dakota is a strong. friend’ pf the District .of Car my assignments of the Senate have; its report after extensive hearings} he would be justified in declaring | liumbia also. He said that during the |summer he had made several addresses tin his state on the subject of Wash- |ington, the National Capital, ana that jhe had found his: audiences most in- \ terested in the development of the Capital | city. Favors Fixed Ratio. “In no case did the people think of resenting the appropriation of govern- ment funds .for the District,” said Seri- ator Sterling. “In fact, it was just. the other way. The people seemed glad that something was being done for the capital.” Senator Sterling is firmly convinced that Congress should appropriate a fixed ratio of the money for the ex- penses of the District trom the federal Treasury. The indefinite plan of ap- propriating for the District, as sug- gested by Senator Works, the District Commissioners and others, Senator Sterling is convinced, would’ not work either to the advantage of the people of the District or of the people of the| entire country. i jpayment of all the expenses of the | capital by the residents of the District, !| which would be manifestly unfair, and second, that it would hinder the de- j velopment of the city as the National Capitol should be developed.” —E GERMANS MAKE GAINS BY ATTACK IN FRANCE | § | Berlin Announces Capture of 250! i j Meters of Advance French Trench. BERLIN, December 7, via London, 3:06 p.m.—Capture of 250 meters of an advanced French trench in the Champagne district east of Auberive was announced ; by German army headquarters to- day. Sixty men were taken pris- oners in this operation. j Germans Strengthen Lines. 1 1 LONDON, December 7.—A dispatch } to the Daily Mall from Rotterdam says: “Newspapers from south and west Germany, which had been stopped for{ a fortnight, came to hand today, which may mean that a concentration of Ger- man troops on the western front for the expected big battle has been com- pleted. “Undoubtedly troops have been pour- ing into France and Belgium -for a week, but it cannot be learned pre- cisely whether as a precaution against an entente allied offensive, or whether y will take the initiative. “THE DAY IN CONGRESS. 1] Senate: i Met at noon and then assembled | | -with the House to hear President Wilson's address. Houser Met at noon. Representative Cramton of Michigan, arriving tog late for yeuterday’s wholesale administra- tion of oaths, sworn in by Speak- | er Clark. Arrival of Senator Underwood, | former democratic leader of the | House, greeted by applause led | | by Representative Heflin of Aln- | bama. President Wilson read his mes- nage to the joint session of the two houses. FIRM FOR REFORM LAWS FOR DISTRICT Commissioners Will Send Sep- arate Bills Providing Changes Urged in Estimates. . © PROPOSALS DEEMED HIGHLY IMPORTANT “The plan to have the federal gov- 4 : : ernment pay all the expenses of the! Besides Other Things, Establish- District, dd have the people of the i zs District’ pay taxes directly into the| ment of Separate License Bureau jfederai Treasury is Utopian he said. } “I am afraid that it would lead to the | May Be Advocated. Impressed with the necessity for the new legislation recom- mended in their estimates, the District Commissioners will send to Congress separate bills provid- ing for the proposed reforms, the most important of which are abolishment of the board of edu- cation and board of charities and vesting of the powers held by these bodies in the Commis- sioners. Other legislative changes which the estimates recommend in the interest of economy and good government and which are to be sought in separate measures are the consolidation of the water department under District con- trol; establishment of annual in place of triennial assessments, and appoint- ment of the register of wills by the Supreme Court and recorder of deeds by the Commissioners instead of by the President. ‘Will Act as Safeguard. While these reforms may be accom- } plished through the appropriation act separate bills will be introduced as a afeguard, for the Commissioners are determined to spare no efforts to bring about legislation which they deem of | the greatest importance to the Dis- trict vAnother big legislative change under | contemplation which is not mentioned in the estimates, but will likely be sought in a separate bill, is the estab- lishment of a license bureau as a sep- arate and distinct branch of the local government. At present, licenses are handled under the direction and control of the assessor's office. With the es- tablishment of the bureau it also is proposed to make a change In licensing methods and license fees. The changes will be directed toward bringing about an equalization of fees. As regards the Great Falls proposal, the Commissioners have not decided pon a course of action, but they will cither seid to Congress 2 bill recom- | mending this improvement or submit a rporating their views upon be introduced in rela- report in some other bill t ton to this subje —_————_-__—_. Plot Against Bulgarian King. LONDON, December 7.—A dispateh to ly Express from Geneva says thee tusigarlan students have been executed at Sofia for connection with a plot against the life of King Ferdi- nand, Ford Sends Radio to Congress. ON BOARD OSCAR II, AT SEA y wi via Siasconsett, December er oras head of the party of ace advocates now en route to Eu- j bill of particulars. GERMAN REQUEST FOR PARTICULARS REFUSED BY U. 8. Secretary Lansing Declines to Elaborate Boy-Ed and Von Papen Charges. DECISION Is TO STAND REGARDLESS OF BERLIN Other Reasons for Recall Than Those Mentioned Unnecessary, Says State Department. PRESIDENT APPROVES NOTE Copy of Communication Cabled to Ambassador Gerard, Who Is Deal- ing Directly With For- eign Office. Secretary Lansing has replied that the American for to German. government's request the withdrawal of Capt. Boy-Ed and Capt. von Papen, the naval and military attaches, respectively, of the German embassy here, was entirely because of their military and naval activities: Secretary Lansing’s reply to the, German” government's in- quiry, which indicated the Berlin | foreign office intended to contest the withdrawal of the attaches under certain conditions. was de- livered in a long communication, which the German embassy im- mediately forwarded to Berlin. At the embassy all comment on it was refused. President Wilson-has fully ap- proved Secretary .Lansing’s de- ‘cision, and it was said authorita- ne matter what Germany does. Other Reasons Intimated. whether the reply would meet the con- tention of the German government that it should know the reasons for the request for the withdrawal of its of- ficers. It was broadly intimated te the State Department that if the request was based on something else than the de- velopments of the Hamburg-American line’ conspiracy trial or the case of James F. J. Archibald, the American {War correspondent who secretly carried jdispatches for Capt. von Papen, Ger- fen the men. Tenor of Secretary’a Reply. The general impression was that Sec- jretary Lansing’s reply at some length repeats that the two officers have be- come persona non grata because of their military and naval activities, an? that, further, under the diplomatic usages existing between nations, it is unnecessary for one government to do more than intimate to another that the presence of a diplomatic officer is distasteful. Overnight advices from Berlin indi- cated that the German government would withdraw the officers as r quested, although it might press for a The position of the State Department that it will not discuss the facts in the case nor reveal the sources of its information which 1 led to the decision that the ac- tivities of the two German attaches make their presence in this country no longer desirable. Investigation Is Still On. The Department of Justice is still in- vestigating reports that German agents were back of alleged plans for a counter revolution in Mexico to be headed by Gen. Huerta. Attorney Gen- eral Gregory said today, however, that no new information on the subject had been called to his attention recently. One reason why the American gov- ernment wili not furnish Germany with specific reasons for the request for tie recall of Capt. Boy-Ed Capt. von Papen is its determination to keep secret the sources of its in- formation. Reports involving other gation, and theseg@he government does not desire to disclose until it is ready to take further action. Cables Reply to Berlin. men in this ey e under investi- Secretary Lansing also sent a reply to Germany through Ambassador Ger- ard at Berlin. In making its inquiry Germany also used two avenues of communication, the German ambassa- dor here and the American ambassador in Berlin. H While there was no indication today that the text of Secretary Lansine’s communication would be made publ. it can be said authoritative that declares tir American action was sed by the milita nd | nava! activities of the attaches, cou-| pled with circumstances of an accumu- lative nature which are deemed suffi- cient: for Secretary Lansing’s action. These also are responsible. No men- tion was made of Mexican affairs nor did the name of Gen. Huerta appear. Emphasis on Their Activities. The German government was in- formed, however, that an accumulation of circumstances and conditions by in- ference, if not otherwise, connected the attaches with attempts to violate the neutrality laws of the United States. Emphasie placed on the statement that military and naval activities alone were considered was taken to indicate it government's rope, has sent a wireless message to Congress, asking support for his plans to end the European war. ——__+—_—_ President to Entertain Committee. President's President Wilson will entertain the democratic national committee at lunch ‘at the White House tomorrow. All of the members of the committee prob- ably will remain.over after thely meat- ing. today, to-attend. the lunch, : that other German officials were not in any way concerned. B Secretary Lansing is understood to have conferred with President Wilson before dispatching the reply. It was understood the Secretary, thought. that under the circumstances the State De- partment might well inform the Ger. man government of the principal causes of its action, without, of course, going into a discussion of ‘the facts, or: di- «Continued on Fifth a $ tively today. it will be adhered to Neither was there any indication of many would decline to withdraw either | ! decided to close all foreign navigatio: (GERMANS EXPECTE TO LAUNCH ATTACK -ONSALONIKT ARM Joining With Bulgarians to Crush. Franco-British Ex- pedition in Balkans. | | | | |PARIS REPORTS REPULSE | OF BULGARS’ OFFENSIVE | Berlin, on the Other Hand, Insists | the French Were Driven | Back. 1 SERB RETREAT IS IMPEDED Hampered by the Cold Weather. Bad Roads and More Than 40,000 Austrian Prisoners. BERLIN, December 7, via London, 3:05 p.m.—The War office announced today that the French forces in southwestern Serbia, near the Vardar river, have been compelled to rotreat. The capture of Ipek, Mon- tenegro, also is announced. LONDON, December 7, 11 251 a.m.—The campaign against the main Serbian armies having been closed, it is expected Gen. von Gallwitz, with his German forces, will join the Bulgarians in Mace- donia in an effort to crush the French and British armies before they become much stronger. Information from Berlin indi- cates that the German forces en- gaged in the earlier movements in the Balkans have now been de- tached for the purpose of sharing jin the attack on the Franco- British forces along the southern Macedonian.frent. Dispatches from Athens partially corroborate this theory, as it is reported two German divisions are co-operat- ing with the Bulgarians near Strumitza. Bulgar Defeats Reported. PARIS, December 7, 11:50 a.m.—De- feat of the Bulgarians in attacks on the French line at three points at Abo- zarki, Demirkapu and Costmorino is reported in a dispatch from Athens 1 |the Havas News Agency under today’s ldate. The engagements took place De- jcember 5. “The Bulgarians have made a vie- lent attack on the Anglo-French front in the Valandovo sector,” says the Em- bros Saloniki correspondent. An artii- lery duel at Demirkaptou and Valan- dovo between the Bulgarians and the second “French division under Gen. Bailloud continues.” The Saloniki correspondent of the Patris says the Bulgarians, with the co-operation of Germans, are concen- trating important iorces at Strumitza. Serb Retreat Hampered. The Serbian retr. says the dispatch, because of the cold at inte Albania, proving difficult weather nd the bad stute of the roads, and also is hampered by the presence in the Serbian ranks of more than 40,000 Aus- trian prisoners. There are now 100,000 Serbian troops and 20,000 refugees gathered in Albania, the Athens advices state. According to other news sources when the Bulgarians occupied Pri rend the Serbian and Albanian inhabit- ants abandoned the town, having previously destroyed the greater part of their property The newspaper Kairi mans and Bulgar c ed Monastir h that order there by says the Ger- yalry which enter- s been withdrawn and now being maintained a civil guard. 4 Ready to Attack Russians. “Four Austrian monitors are pre- pared to leave Rustehuk. in Bulgaria, on the Danube, to bombard Beni, a Danube port in Bessarabia where Russian army has assembled,” says the Bucharest correspondent of the Temps. “Information to this effect was received here today, and in conse- quence the Rumanian government ha on the part of the Danube which flows through Rumanian territory.” Fighting between strong bands of Albanians and the Montenegrin and Serbian troops is reported in a dispaten from Cetinje, Montenegro, to the Havas agence; The message says these bands are lieved to have beeu organized co co-operate with the Aus- trians, but that they are terrorizing the civilian population, pillaging their homes and assassinating Christians. They also are making frequent attack. on the Serbian and Montenegrin armed fofces. Better Days for Sertians. “Better days for Serbia are coming soon,” says Dr. Me R. Vesnich, former Serbian minister at Paris and recently appointed Serbian minister of finance. in an interview in the Temps. “Ou army, which has been retiring for two full months without respite, is re-form- ing. “This retiremeut was forced because the allies were not ready with sufficient troops in the Balkans. These troops are now landing. They will have the co-operation of the Serbian army of 200,000—I do not exaegerate—200,000. We shall again and again tories sach"as those of Jast pee.