New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 20, 1915, Page 10

" Assoclated Press.) la, Feb. 20.—The bf the situation in ilty. of rehabilitat- | of thousands wha bandon homes and p battle areas dur- invasion. Officers pvernment see no ple. should not re- iculty lies in pro- grain for replant- Pm until new crops is task has been government is han- of ‘railway facili- impassable roads. ng sought by the is agricultural re- ave operated in struct the rural ods of intensive h demoralized by rapid succession. 1 the government plish a visitor is pression that no- oing anything that the support of the nd children have the needs of the tion who must be In and in the fight. Necessary. prbia the Associat- flent heard the na- e country ‘“is r the maintenance ‘with its popu- millions, but for e Slav states of If she succeeds, will be added d every one rec- antic a task, even cannot be accom- preme sacrifices. p accustomed to ip, but there are lon persons really rom lack of food by have never been [destitution before. re contented with Iny lives chiefly on i most of the pea- mal times, do not fast days. Help America, liberal h, is not adequate n. Everyone here e for life upon hropic resaurces. jues a loaf of bread itute family, but ufficient in many ces Soldiers. e six , thousand ere now and med- Jtill inadequate. At bspital are a party ‘Wwho were brought ng of the war with ouitch, the Amer- Serbian under-sec- affairs. Madame Iped organize the it Nish and it was the American Red placed at Belgrade. the fact that she ica to seek addi- e the suffering of er name and that s and nurses be- le Serbian people. other American b Serbians—one to Royal family, an- minister in Paris d as a reason for doing for Serbia for Belgium. ity, until 1870 the is at present the e army, there is foreigner can see streets and cafes. are held in strict- all the delibera- the army. There and arms fac- he only one in the ands of men are d day to keep the - Cafes. nstantly marching hing in the streets. nts they sit in the kish coffee or the untry and discuss pf the army or the ttle. h, commander of ho has ben raised ld marshal, is the [He is a fine, soldier- ed as a man of few ‘wonderful military 1 Mishitch is a vet- jrs that Serbia has fifty years. He pomand of the staff Balkan - wars. ke h of ground over have to fight and jn under fire on his o point in his auto- eback. Poor Health. JPutnik, commander- will be remembered ustria while on his that country at the far, is in poor health, 'ment he received hs at the time of his ¥, but it seems more advanced age and last two campaigns im. Press correspondent tation of a colonel ciub, formerly the Turkish palace. He found them keen for news of what was taking place in the other Euro- a:an-!ronts, of which they knew lit- Surprised at Slown Fresh from their own successful strategy and determined offensive in driving the Austrians back, they could not understand the comparative slow- ness of the movements on the west European front. Russia, they know, has many of their own difficulties of | insufficient transportation for her forces, but they cannot understand why England and France with every mode of transport at their conven ence, with an abundance of supplies and equipment of every kind, should {not have made greater headway agalnst the Germans. “We hape some da an officer said, ‘“‘that the allies will have far advanced that we can join forc with them, but at present we ar keeping to our defensive without re- gard to their plans. All our time will be spent in reforming our army which is naturally somewhat shat- tered by the great trial through which it has passed. Now that we have plenty of ammunition and better equipment, it will not again be so easy for the enemy to advance into the heart of our country.” Belgrade Is Safe. “Do you think Belgrade is safe?” the correspondent asked. “Yes, unless the Austrians send overwhelming forces against it. In war. numbers must always tell up to a certain point, but the Austrians will not win without severe losses to them- selves as well as to us. Our courage, and purpose are in no way lessened, as you may well imagine by the fact that we have twice been victorious over the enemy. He began the war, but it is not in his power or ours to end it. We shall stay by our Russian and French allies to the very end. And, indeed, since Serbia h Mace donia as a region to fall back upon, it sems very improbable that she will ever be conquered again as she was once by the Turks.” HOW BRITISH MAKE THEIR EXPLOSIVES s0 now buildings there are a number of em- Described by Writer Who Paid Visit To Factry. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) London, Feb. 20.—How the British ,make their explosives is described by a writer who was given permission to go through a factory' now turning out much of the material used in the British and French shells. The factory grounds are connected by telephones and tram lines, says the writer, and in addition to the of the sheds are First among these bankments. Some highly dangerous. comes the nitrating room, in which a tank filled with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acid is kept in a state of violent agitation by means of com- pressed air jets, shot up from the bottom. Above the acid, a small stream of pure glycerine trickles in. Below the vat is a pool of water in which the vat’s contents could be drowned were mixing to go wrong. The acids when mixed with the glycerine, become nitro- glycerine—ten times more powerful than gun powder and likely to ex- plode at the slightest shock. Fumes Closely Watched. The fumes arising from the tank are closely watched wihle the con- tents are cooled by means of chilled brine, forced through a coil of pipes at the bottom. Should the slightest trace of red appears the attendant must drown the stuff on the second. When ready, the crude explosive runs through lead pipes to another room. There it is allowed to settle in vats, and the surface is skimmed off. If the compound has not been prop- erly mixed, a ring of peacock green appears on the surface of the tank, and the attendants dash out of the building to save themselves if they can. Wash Nitro-glycrine. The third building is devoted to the washing of the nitro-glycerine tb get ri@ of the excess free acid. Two washings are gone through, the first in pure water agitated by compressed air jets, and the second time in wa- | ter to which a strong solution of soda has been added to neutralize the re- maining traces of acid. TUitro-glycerine is now used flor many purposes in the form already reached. But to make dynamite, it is taken to a fourth shed, where finely ground wood pulp and Chilean salt- petre are added. This yellowish soapy mixture is harmless unless fired by strong concussion, generally by a cap of fulminate of mercury, an explos sive that goes off at the merest touch Dynamite Rarely Used. Dynamite is rarely used in torpe- does, because gun cotton is more con- venient. Some forms of it, however, enter into submarine mines. The making of melinite and picric acid and of trinitro-toluol, the terri- ble explosive used in aerial bombs, is kept from the public, while abso- lute secrecy surrounds the making of cordite, lyddite and the mysterious “B” powder. Not even the workmen and the chemists employed in mak- ing these explosives knows the com- binations into which they are mixed for service use. It is said that some of the materials turned out in the explosive factories, which employes and chemists think are absolutely necessary to the production of service charges, are not used at all. They are asked for simply to mislead possible s at the military traitors who would betray govern- ment secrets. RAISED AMERICAN FLAG 10 SAVE PASSENGERS Great Britain Issues Reply Explais- ing Lusitania Incident. London, Feb. 19, (7:32 p. m.)— The British foreign office this evening issued a note in reply to the represen- tations of the United States govern- ment concerning the use of the Amer- ican flag by British ve The note says that the steamer L.us 1s. line tania, on her recent voyage from New York to Liverpool, the American flag “to of non-combatants, crew gers.” Cunard raised the and ve live passen- Left Under British Flag. It adds that, in spite of the fact that American passengers embarking on the Lusitania on her outward voy- age for New York asked that the American flag be hoisted, *“the Brit- ish government did not give any ad- vice to the company as how to meet this request and, it is understood, the Lusitania left Liverpool, under the British flag."” After discussing the Lusitania in- cident the memorandum makes this statement: ‘““The British government have no intention of advising their merchant shipping to use foreign flags as 2 general practice or to resort to them otherwise than for escaping capture or destruction. Belligerent’s Obligation. In conclusion the statement “The obligation upon a bellig: warship to ascertain definitely for it- self the nationality and character of a merchant vessel before capturing it and a fortiori (stronger reason) be- fore sinking and destroving it, has been universally recognized. If that obligation is fulfilled, the hoisting of a neutral flag on board of British _vessel cannot possibly endanger neu- tral shipping, and the British gover- ment holds that if loss to neutrals is caused by disregarding this obligation it is upon the enemy vessel disregard- ing and upon the government giving orders that it should be disregarded that the full responsibility for injury to neutrals ought to rest. Text of Reply. The following is the reply: “The memorandum communicated on the eleventh of February calls at- tention in courteous and friendly terms to the action of the captain of the British steamship ILusitania in raising the flag of the United States of America when approaching British waters, and says that the government of the United $tates feels a certain anxiety in considering the possibilily of any general use of the flag of the United States by Brjtish vessels traversing those waters, since the effect of such a policy might be to bring about a menace to the lives and vessels of United States citizens. t was understood that the Ger- man government announced their in- tention of sinking British merchant vessels at sight by torpedoes, without giving any opportunity of making any provision for the saving of lives non-combatant crews and pessengers. It was in consequence of this threut that the Lustanian raised the United States flag on her inward voyage. Request By Passengers.’ “On her subsequent outward voyage a. request was made by United States passengers who were embarking on board her that the United States flag should be hoisted, presumably to en- sure their safety. Meanwhile, memorandum from your had been received His excellen government did not give any advice to the company as to how to meet this request and it understood that the Lusitania left Liverpool under the British flag. It seems unnecessary to say more as regards the Lusitania, in particular. “In regard to the use of foreign flags by merchant vessels, the British merchant shipping act makes it clear that the use of the British flag by foreign merchant vessels is permitted in time of war for the purpose of es- caping capture. It is believed that in the case of some other nations there is similar recognition of the same practice with regard to their flag, and that none of them has forbidden it. Would Be Unreasonable. “It would, therefore, be unreason- able to expect his majesty’s govern- ment to pass legislation forbidding the. use of foreign flags by Britisn merchant vessels to avold capture by the enemy, now that the German gov- ernment has announced their inten- tion to sink merchant vessels at sight with their non-combatant crews, car- goes and papers, a proceeding hitherto regarded by the opinion of the world, not as war, but piracy. It is felt that the United States government could not fairly ask the British government to order British merchant vessels to forego a means always hitherto per- mitted of escaping, not only capture, but the muchworse fate of sinking and destruction. “Great Britain has always, when a neutral, accorded to vessels of other states at war the liberty to use the British flag as a means of protection against capture, and instances are on record when United States vessels availed themselves. of this facility dur- ing the American Civil War. It would | be contrary to fair expectation if now, when conditions are reversed the United States and neutral nations was to grudge to British ships the liberty to take similar action. text of the the excellency Not Advising General Use. “The British government have no in- tention of advising their merchant shipping to use foreign flags as a gen- eral practice, or to resort to {hem otherwise than for escaping capture or destruction. The obligation upon a belligerent warship to ascertain defin- itely for itself the nationality and character of a merchant vessel before capturing it and, a fortior before sinking and destroying it, has been universally recognized. If that obliga- tion is fulfilled, the hoisting of a neu- tral flag on board a British vessel can- | not possibly endanger neutral ship- ping, and the British government holds that if loss to neutrals is caused by disregard of this obligation, it is upon the enemy vessel disregarding it, and upon the government giving the orders that it should disregarded, that the sole responsibility for injury to neutrals ought to rest.” be VONHINDENBURGTRYING 10 FLANK WARSAW | Germans in East P}l;ssia Locked With Russian Reinforcements. London, third day blockade W Feb., 20, 12:12 p. The of the German submarine ushered in without Great Britain’s retaliatory policy, de- claring all food destined for Germany to be absolute contraband, being defi- nitely promulgated through the for- cign office. ‘The British reply to the | mina OWNER INDICTED | | ument | Assistant Gen- | | “Los Angeles Times” eral Manager Held For Conspiracy to Invade Lower Californ | 20.—Harry | T.os Angeles, Cal., Feb. tant general manager of the “Los Angeles Times” and mu- | lionaire land owner, was indicted yes- | terday by the federal gfand jury herc in connection with an alleged conspir- | acy which had for its object a mili- | tary occupation of the Mexican terri- tory of Lower California. Walter Bowker, manager Californian-Mexican Tand & company, in which Chandler is heav- ily interested; General J. B. Viljoen, a former Boer ccmmander in the war with the British in South Africa, and Baltazar Avilez_a former governor uf Lower California, were indicted eral weeks ago. The charge is that | Chandler and the others engaged in a conspiracy to violate the neutrality | of the United States by recruiting men | and gathering supplies on Americar soil for a campaign in Lower Cali- fornia. All but Chandler previously had been arrested on complaints issued in | the name of the government. Viljoen | who was amilitar:; iser to I r isco I. Madero, late president of Mes ico, during his war against Diaz, w ill at the time of his arrest and was taken from bed to appear before a United States commissioner. The Cal- | ifornia-Mexican Land & Cattle com- | pany owns an extensive ranch which ! lies on the both sides of the border between California’ and Lower Cali- | fornia. ! | Chandler, a of the | Cattle sev-* PROTESTS DUTY ON CHRISTMAS GIFTS Father of British Soldier Objects to Paying Tax on Token of P cess Mary to His Son. (Correspondence of the Associated London, Feb. 20.—The father of a member of the British expeditionary force has lodged a protest with the government against having to pay a duty of sixpence on one of Princess Mary’s Christmas gifts to the soldiers which was sent home by the son. Princess Mary sent a little box of comforts and delicacies to every man in uniform on foreign soil. Many of the recipients sent their boxes home as souvenirs to be treasured in after vears. Although the boxes went out with the army supplies, those sent back were considered by the post of- fice as exports from foreign lands, and consequently the tobacco con- tained in them was subjected to a heavy customs tax. According to the officials, the sixpence must be paid in- asmuch as the Princess failed to ex- port her gifts in bonad. One of the Christmas boxes sent to the front was packed by the Princess Mary herself, who put in a slip of paper asking the recipient to send an acknowledgement to Buckingham palace. The finder did so in words: “Thank you. Pte Fitzgerald, Munster Fusilier: | these Heceived by me, 9780 B Company, Royal DR. HILL Union Defenders Day Observed by L. D. Penficld Camp, S. of V, | Under D. field the auspices of L. mp, Sons of Veterans Defender's Day celebration wa in G. A. R. hall st night at Rev. Dr. George W. C. Hill gave talk on “Democracy”. If the nation is to live up to its standard of democracy it should not turn a cold shoulder to im- migrants, was his point, and he con- cluded by declaring that should democ- racy fail it will be because the people, and not the governments, are at fault. Commander . A. Goddard opened the meeting and Mrs. W. J. Bryan rendered vocal selectior There were other musical selections and remarks Pen- Union held | which were made by Commander F. V. Streeter and Judge John H. Kirkham. T CAPSULES \M | DY Yes'in No increase O n Price, I now reported to be locked with | liver American note regarding the Wilhel- incident presages that such ac- will be taken and, as the doc points out, Great when she takes this ste no objection from neutral tion to meet with countries, | German movements on the northern extremity of the eastern battle front hold first place in the military situa- tion, particularly so as Petrograd be- lieves that Field Marshal Von denburg is trying to flank Warsaw from the north, a task which the Rus- sians think is rather daring and fraught with great risks unless the German commander’s forces are over- | whelming German Rush Checked. The first rush of the the st Prussian frontier seems have spent itself. The Germans Germans over to are Rus. points Kovno lower Lon- this reinforcements at many the Niemen river below to the right bank of the and military experts in it is difficult to visualize An from down position. The crown with decisive River campaign In the land of Bukowina prospects of battle on Pruth Costly to Both Sides. In Galicia the repeated violent Aus- trian attacks against the Russian posi- tions in the Carpathian passes have been costly to both sides, but they have left the alignment little changed. In the west the Germans are ham- mering away in endeavor to re- Aust continues, developing into a the banks of the an an l.cover lost ground and are reported to be keeping the British troops especial- Iy busy to the southeast of Ypres, in Belgium and elsewhere along their comparatively extended front, but, ac- cording to French and British claims, without making appreciable gains. Mary H Armous to This City on April 13. Mrs. John Mrs, rris Visit Gilchreest and Mrs. Willis P. Corbin are a committee from the W. C. T. U. to arrange for the visit of Mrs. Mary Harris Armour to this city on April 13. Mrs. Armour has a nation-wide reputation as a temperance lecturer and an effort will be made to secure the Lyceum. Fail- ing in this, one of the churches will be secured. ThHew EGim U, he eatables for the the ban- will provide Prohibitionists’ | quet to be held here on March 10 and | Mrs. | committee. Gilchreest is chairman of the Considerable business was transacted at yvesterday’s meeting and Mrs. W. H. Cryne, Mrs, S. W. Trader, Mrs, . V. Shephard, Mrs. Dorman and Mrs. Gilchreest gave readings. Miss ILottie Trader gave a piano solo. STRANGE GIRL PICKED UP, At 9 o'clock last evening three little girls brought a strange Italian girl to the police station, explaining that they had found her wandering about the city looking for a place to sleep. In- vestigation showed that the girl 1t No. 5 Kilbourne Court, and ran aw: Millie home. lives Hartford, vy from home. Her name is Scovilli. 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