New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 28, 1914, Page 13

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1Y14. This Is The Our August Mark-Down Sale tihs week. Only a few days remain in which to take advantage Last Week closes on Saturday of positively of the reduced prices which are now in effect. During this sale we are making a general per cent. throughout practically our entire stock. on single pieces, discontinued paterns, high as 50 per cent. discount of fifteen In many cases etc., the reductions range as We carry a very large stock of dependable, worthy merchandise priced low at regular prices. Sale reductions from our regular low prices make values which you cannot afford to pass up, if you have any needs to fill in the line of furniture or floor coverings, Remember our sale closes on Saturday of this week. C. C. Fuller Company, 40-56 Ford St. HARTFORD. Overlooking Capito! Grounds Where Quality Is Higher Than Price 101 REFUGEES ARRIVE | -ON STEAMER ARCADIAN Americans Pay $500 Each for Trip From Liverpool. New York, Aug. 28.—The Royal Mail steamer Arcadian from Liver- - pool brought 101 American refugees igto New York last night in cabins de luxe. In contrast to the crowded liners that have been coming from the war zone there was plenty of room on the Arcadian. Not one of the pas- sengers had paid less than $500 for his passage. The capacity of the Arcadian is 350. She is usually run in the Bermuda sérvice in the winter and to Norway in the summer. Some of the passen- gers were indignant at the prices charged by the Arcadian, but others were glad to pay any amount to come over in comfort without the crowds now being packed into the big lin« ers. . Sighted British Battleship. The Arcadian arrived with just enough coal to get her into port. She ran with lights blanked at night. At midnight on Wednesday she *passed the France, east bound, with all lights burning. Officers said they sighted the Gloria, a second class British battle- ship, yesterday at 11 A, M. Edmund Backhouse came on the Ar- cadian on the way to Japan .and C¥ina, He is a king’s messenger, with despatches from the British foreign office to the British ambassadors in Japan and China. He will sail from San Francisco. Mr. Backhouse brought two hand- bags through the customs withqut opening them for the inspectors. They contained the messages and other matter from the foreign office and were under seal. He brought a spe- cial letter from Ambassador Page to Dudley Field Malone, collector of the Port, requesting that he be allowed to pass those bags through the customs. Paid Ten Per Cent Discount. F. W. Cook, who lives in Texas near the Mexican border, said he paid 10 per cent discount in London to get English money for American gold cer- tificates. The highest price paid for passage by one family was paid by Barton Sewell and family of five of New York. He paid $4,500. Mrs. S. H. Pell, who came on the Arcadian, said she had engaged steer- ! age passage on the Baltic, but when she heard of the Arcadian she was quite willing to pay $500 to travel in comfort. Mrs, Pell, who is a daughter of Colonel R, M. Thompson, was in Paris when the war started. Arrested As Deserter. J. Beach of New York, who came with his family, told of being arrested on the Austrian frontier, not as a spy, but as a deserter from the Austrian army. He proved his American citi- zenship. Twelve American refugees arrived here yesterday from Rotterdam on the Holland-American line freighter Noor- | derdijk, booked as members of the crew. The Noorderdijk had no au- thority to carry passengers. They came from Berlin on one of the spe- cial trains that Ambassador Gerard personally conducted. Positive Clearance Of All Summer Merchandise! Profits Thrown To The Winds Assortments Fair.y Complete Wearing Appare! for Both Sexes of a'l ages-suitable for present and early fall wedr. want the room-Fall Arriving. We want you to profit znd we Merchandise Is 3 No Money Down—$1 Per Week SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS If you’re working on short hours our liberal paying policy will help you. E CAESAR \)ISCHSTORE 687-695 MAIN:STREET: HARTFORD WHY ENCLAND 1 FIGHTING GERMANY Haiser Rated Great Britain’s Pledge to Belgium of No Accouat. London, Aug. 27, 10:40 p. m.—The British foreign office issued tonight in the form of a white paper the report of Sir William Goschen, the former ambassador at Berlin, on the rupture of diplomatic relations with Ger- many, The report is dated August 8 and says that in accordance with instruc- tions of August 4 from Sir Edward Grey, secretary of state for foreign affairs, the ambassador called on the German secretary of state, Gottlieb Von Jagow. He inquired whether Germany would refain from violating Belgian neutrality, “Herr Von Jagow,” the report cdn- tinues, “‘at once replied that he was sorry to say his answer must be ‘no,’ as in consequence of the German troops having crossed the frontier that morning, Belgian neutrality had al- ready been violated. Herr Von Jagow again went into the reasons why the imperial government had been obliged to take this step, name- ly, that they had to advance into France by the quickest and easiest way, so as to be able to get well ahead with their operations and endeavor to strike some decisive blow as early as possible. It was a matter of life or death for them, as, if they had gone by the more southern route, they could not have hoped, in view of the paucity of roads and the strength of the fortresses, to have got through without formidable opposition, entail- ing great loss of time. ““This loss of time would mean time gained by the Russians for the bring- ing up of their troops to the German frontier. Rapidity of action was the German asset, while that of Russia was the inexhaustible supply of troops. “I pointed out to Herr Von Jagow that this fait accompli of the viola- tion of the Belgian frontier rendered, as he would readily understand, the situation exceedingly grave, and I asked him whether there was still not time to draw back and avoid possible consequences which both he and I would deplore, “He replied that for reasons he had given me it was now impossible for him to draw back.” The British ambassador proceeded to the Gérman foreign office again the same afternoon and informed the sec- retary of state that unless the im- perial government could give assur- ances by 12 o’clock that night they would proceed no further with the violation of the Belgian frontier and stop their advance, he had been in- structed to demand his passports and the imperial government that his maJj- esty’s government would have to take all steps in their power to uphold neutral Belgium’' and the observance of the treaty to which Gérmany was as much a party as Great Britain. Empire Demanded Move. “Herr Von Jagow,” says the report, “replied that to his great regret he could give no other answer than that which he had given me earlier in the day, namely, that the safety of the empire rendered it absolutely neces- sary that the imperial troops should advance through Belgium. “I gave his excellency a written summary of your telegram and point- ing out that you had mentioned 12 o’clock as the time when his majesty’s government would expect an answer, asked him whether, in view of the terrible consequences which woula necessarily ensue, it was not possible even at the last moment that their answer should be reconsidered. He replied that if the time given were even twenty-four hours or more his answer must be the same, Expressed Great Regret. “I said that in that case I should have to demand my passports, “The interview took place about 7 o'clock. In a short conversation which ensued Herr Von Jagow ex- pressed his poignant regret at the crumbling of his entire policy ana that of the imperial chancelor, which had been to make friends with Great Britain and then through Great Brit- ain to get closer to France. “I said that this sudden end to my work in Berlin was to me, also, a matter of deep regret and disap- pointment, but that he must under- stand that under the circumstances and in view of our engagements, his | majesty’s government could not have acted otherwise than they had done.” Chancelor Excited. The ambassador then went to see the imperia]l chancelor, Dr. Von Bethmann-Holweg, and he found him in a very excited condition. “The chancelor,” says the report, “began a harangue, which lasted about twenty minutes, He said the step taken by Great Britain was terrible to a degree. Just for a word, ‘neutrality’—a word, which in war time had been so often disre- garded; just for a serap of paper, Great Britain was going to make war on a kindred nation, who de- sired nothing better than to be friends with her. All his efforts in that direction had been rendered use- .ess by this last terrible step, and the policy to which, as I knew, he had devoted himself since his accession to office, was tumbled down like a house of cards. ““What we had done was unthink- able. It was like striking a man from behind while he was fighting for his-life against two assailants. He held Great Britdin responsibis for all the terribl events that might happen. Matter of Life and Death. “] protested strongly against this statement and said that in the same way as he and Herr Von Jagow wished me to understand that for l strategical reasons it was a matter of life or death to Germany to ad- vance through Belgium and violate the latter’s neutrality, so I would wish him to understand that it was, so to speak, a matter of life or death for the honor of Great Britain that she should keep her solemn en- gagement to do her utmost to de- fend Belgium's neutrality if attacked. A solemn compact simply to be kept, or what confidence could anyone have in engagements given by Great Britain in the future? “The chancellor said: ‘But at what price will that compact have been kept? Has the British govern- ment thought of that 2’ Greatly Excited By News, “T hinted to his excellency as plain- ly as I could that fear of conse- quences could hardly be regarded as an excuse for breaking a solemn en- gagement. But his excellency was so excited, so evidently overcome by the news of our action, so little dis- posed to hear reason that I refrained from adding fuel to the flame by further argument. “As I was leaving he said that the blow of Great Britain joining Ger- many's enemies was all the greater because almost up to the last moment he and his government .had been working with us and supporting our | efforts to maintain peace between Austria and Russia. Part of the Tragedy. “] said that this was part of the tragedy which saw two nations fall | apart at just the moment when the relations between them were more friendly and cordial than they had been for years. Untortunately, withstanding our efforts to maintain peace between Austria and Russia, war had spread and brought us face to face with a situation which entalled our separation from our late fel- Jow workers. He would readily un- derstand that no one regretted this more than 1" The British ambassador declares he handed a telegraphic report of the conversation to the telegraph office in Berlin for transmission but that it never reached the Britisn roreign of- fice. Declaration of War. That evening Herr Zimmerman, under secretary of state, called on Sir Willlam Goschen and asked whether the call for his passports was equiva- lent to a declaration of war. The am- bassador replied that there had been cases where diplomatic relations had been broken off in which war had not ensued, but his instructions showed if a reply was not reached by 12 o'clock Great Britain would take such steps as her engagements required. Herr Zimmerman said that it was in fact a declaratign of war, as Ger- many could not give the assurances requested. 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He had decided that the news of the dec- laration of war should not be pub- lished until the following morning and for that reason sent only a small force of police to protect the embassy. Emperor Sends Regrets. The next day the emperor sent an aide with a message, in which the em- peror regretted the occurrences and also requested the ambassador to tell the king of England that he would at once divest himself of his British titles. With respect to this message, ambassador says: ‘‘The message lost none of its acerbity by the manner of its delivery.” Von Jagow’s Courtesy. The ambassador speaks very high- ly of the courtesy received at the hands of Herr Von Jagow and the of- ficials of the foreign office. The min- ister sent him a letter couched in the most friendly terms. On the morning of his departure the ambassador and the members of his staff were | smuggled in taxicabs through streets patrolled by strong forces of police and every arrangement was made for their comfort. “They suffered no mo- lestation,” says the ambassador, “such as that meted out by the crowd to my Russian and Freach col- leagues.” A colonel of the guards accom- panied the train to the Dutch fron- tier, and was exceedingly kind in his efforts to prevent the great crowds which thronged the platforms of ev- ery station where the train stopped from insulting the British representa- tives. The reference to the American am- bassador ends the report. report, TEAM TO MEET. Plans Tonight at Y. M. C. A. Signals will be given out and plans for the season discussed at the meet- ing of the High school football team held tonight at 8 o'clock at the Y. M. C. A. The meeting will be open to candidates only. The outlook for the team this year is very fair. Stephen Donnelly, the captain; has been working all sum- mer building bridges on a tobacco farm at Lake Congamond, and will re- turn the night of September 7. Harry Ginsberg, who has been camping out at that lake, has just returned. The team will begin its practice on Sep- tember 9, the day after school be- gins. SMITH FAMILY REUNION. Sixty-five descendants of Georga Smith, one of the original settlers of New Haven who came from Plymouth Mass., attended the annual reunion of that branch of the Smith family held in Burlington yesterday. A num- ber of people from New Britain were present. The officers elected for the | coming year were Edward P. Baldyin of Burlington, president; Benjamin Page of Harwinton, vice president; J. Minor Baldwin of Harwinton, treasur- er, and Miss Alice Baldwin of Har- winton, secretary. ENGINE STRIKES AUTO. Hartford, Aug. 28.—The condition the | N. B. H. S. Football Players Discuss | 183 MAIN STREET, | land progressive of Mrs. Frank Donahue of New York, who was injured when an automobile in which she was riding was struck by an engine at a railroad crossing in Simsbury, last night, was reported to be favorable, at the Hartford hospital. It was found necessary to amputate her left hand at the wrist, | see that Murphy and his kind EASTERN MILLINERY CO., NEW BRITAIN, CONN. . Stggrs ONLY ORE ISSLE I NOUSE PLATFORM Eimiration of Murphy and Barnes [ PIMGSSWG Sfmfl. Utica, Aug. 28.—The 600 word plat- form, called an ‘““Address to the Peo- ple,” adopted by the progressive state conference yesterday says that there is only one issue this year—"to are not once more replaced by Mr. Barnes and his kind in the halls and corri- dors of the state capitol.” It was largely written by Wiliiam H. Hotchkiss and was approved by Col. Roosevelt. In part the platform follows: ““We, about to enter upon one of the most crucial campaigns in the history of political freedom in Ameri- ca, hereby ratify and confirm our na- tional and state platforms adopted in 1912. “The time is not opportune to write new platforms in this state. The first need is to get back into the hands of the people of the state the power over their own political and governmental affairs which has long been denied them. Until this is secured all dis- cussion of social and industrial and political justice through law or through improved constitutional pro- vision is idle and futile. Machine’s Menace Revealed. “The gathering of the Barnes ma- chine in force at Saratoga has re- vealed once again the menace of the tyranny and oppression in the shad- ow of which 9,000,000 men and women are now living. Men talk of the demoralization and corruption { of Murphy and the Tammany regime in Albany. “It was Barncs’ bany against the fierce fight at Al- onest leadership wlicies of Gov. Hughes which guve us Murphy Albany and the gigantic evils which u; | have folowed in his train, Once rid the state for all time of Barnes at Albany and Murphy at Albany Wil 80 by the very force of circumstances, “Mr. Murphy is an effect. Mr. Barnes is the cause. “We bid godspeed to the progres- sive democrats who within their own party are fighting against the rule of the insolent and arrogant Murphy. To the progressive republicans, denied by the deliberate circumstances of the rimary law from making common cause with us, we bid godspeed in their struggle against the cunning and astuteness of Barnes. “It is one of the crimes of politi- cal lawmaking that the natural union of these great elements which make up the majority of our popula- tion should be practically prevented by deliberate bipartisan design. There is need now, as in 1912, that the progressive party in the state of New York should hold aloft a standard to which all honest men, whatever their political faith, may repair, Hughes' System Approved. “The genuine and sincere direct primary system proposed by Mr. Hughes gave to the popularly chosen and accredited representatives of each party the power of suggestion of can- didates, granting the same full and fair opportunity to other petitioners in the enrolled membership of the party and subjecting all the decisions to the voters on primary day. “This element of leadership is es- gential and basic in all sound primary legislation. It was deliberately per- verted in most of the bipartisan bills which have emanated from machine sources since the days of Hughes. “We accept the responsibility of leadership and assume the responsi- bility of suggesting to the -citizens of New York a list of candidates who are above suspicion of control by any | other interest than that of the peo- | ple, men who are by character and | abilty eminently qualified for the po- | sitions for which they are suggested. | “The issue rests with the people. | They must say whether or not the | slaves of machine rule in New York 1l have their shackles stricken off, | just as were the shackles ‘of the | slaves of fifty years ago. “To that issue we pledgé onr seal, our hearts and our hopes.” - Don’t Poison Baby. : leep, FROM "WHICH THERE IS ht hfir ohilmnn have ese drugs lucy will produce the gMLEEP NO WAKING. Many are the children who have been killed or whose health has been ruined for life by paregoric, num and m;?hhle, are prohibited from to anybody is: “A ous doses uces stuj smell of medicines of medicine to be given to your of what it is com CONTAIN NA! of Chas. H. Fletcher. ‘without labelling them *‘ poison.” nd_produces sleep, but which (&gum- prod wor, coma, convulsions and death.” The and containing opium are dinfinhed, and sold under the names ,” ¢ Cordials,” Sootén;“nfiSyrups, etc. You should not permit any ren without ggg‘ or your ph; medicine which relieves pain a each of which is a narcotic product of opium. either of the narcotics named to children at all, ot" The definition of *‘ narcotic know 5 ASTORIA DO! TICS, if it bears the signature Genuine Castoria always bears the signature of Better Than War News No better opportunity than right now (tomorrow) to pur- chase a good suit of clothes at litt'e money from The T. W. 0’Connor Co.--Sale of good clothes closes in a few days.