New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERAL HERALD “ADS” MEZ BETTER BUSINES — PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1916 —SIXTEEN PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1876 BRITAIN INTENDS TO CONTINUE POLICY ERMANS SMASH ON | IN VERDUN ASSAULT | Believed She Will Remove Hostiles Mhiser's Forces Batter Down | French, Taking Fort Douaumont LONDON MAY BE AT STAKE Battle From American Ships as in the Past. London, Feb. 26, 1 p. m.—Pursuant to instructions from Washington, Am- bassador Page made inquiries today concerning the removal by men from the British converted cruiser Lau- rentic of thirty-eight Germans, Aus- trians and Turks from the American steamship China off Shanghai. The | matter is still under consideration by the British authorities and there are no indications what reply will be given. It is understood the action taken | was in accord with the policy of the British government adopted early in the war for the removal of reservists of hostile nations and of other aliens regarded as hostile to allied interests. In well-informed circles here it is believed there will be no abatement of this policy. Now Raging of Momentous Importance to England, Major Gen- eral Lloyd Says, As Its Success May ] Open Road to Paris, Berlin, Feb. 26, via m It is officially ort Douamont, one of the fortifi- cations of Verdun, was taken by storm vesterday afternoon and is now firra- 1y held by the Germans. The official announcement is as fol- lows: The armored Fort Douaumont, the northeastern corner pillar of the per- manent main line fortifications of the stronghold of Verdun was stormed vesterday afternoon by the Twenty- fourth Regiment of Brandenburg Int fantry and is now firmly in German hahds.” London, 11:51 a announced that Tokio, Feb. 26.—In reply to an in- terpellation in parliament today the foreign minister, Baron Ishii, said the government was investigating the re- cent report that the British converted cruiser Laurentic had held up the Japanese steamship Tenyo Maru off Shanghai and had removed nine hindu revolutionists. The Japanese press protests that | the action reported to have been taken by the British cruiser was in viola- tion of international law. WHKIRDY OR BULL FOR REPUBLICAN LEADER Choice Lies Between These Two As Result of Meeting. Fort Douaumont lies four miles northeast of Verdun, It is one of nearly a score of forts circling Ver- dun, and is tuated just to the north l)f the railroad running east from the | of Metz. ®Douaumont is one of a cluster of seven forts protecting Verdun from the east. Forts De Sauville, De Ta- vannes and St. Mihiel lie directly be- tween the position conquered by the Germans and the city of Verdun. The conquest of this fort was made by the right wing of the huge attack- ing army, which has scored the great- esx advance in the assault on the French positions. Douaumont is somewhat to the east of what has hitherto been the principal line of progress, being situated four miles cast of the Meuse river. The main force of the German at- tack as indicated by the previous of- ficlal communications was being exert- ed southward along the Meuse, The selection of a chairman of the republican town committee simmered down to two candidates at a meeting held quietly last Wednesday evening, and the present choice for the place | lies between William N. McKirdy and George W. Bull. The committee will | meet again next week and a final de- cision on the selection is expected. Both of the above mentioned can- few precedents in the war. The French | didates stand h;lsih :n the ranks of war office has expressed confidenee the,G..0. P, in this city. Bach has a that notwithstanding the admitted |Strong following in his ward and it great strength of ihe German drive | iS certain that considerable stress will | at @%rdun and its protecting fortresses\| Pé brought on the other members of | would be able to hold out. - These po- | the committee by friends of each man. | Sittons form what Fas been regarded | From present indication McKirdy as one of the greatest strongholds of has the inside track for the place, but Eurame. It 15 tno strongest fortress of | Bull's friends are working night and : ; A day in his interests. Some of the France and is of particular import- ) : Shies from the fact that it offers direct | 1eaders of the republican party. show B eiiihtion witn Tarie whicy Iu| = Pondencs 1 fayor Moltiehy because S e swast. | Verdun marks the | of his long connection with the pa.xl;y g siibulai - s he committee. e defenses against direct attacks from | 285 FBEVEE S OF ST IS VG, O. P German tersitory, the most southerly | S*L Meainea considerable know. | : : Sl edge of the inside methods of con- RIS dfoniFhe Rtioton "'Pf,',,""‘,’" M| Guecting campaigns which would prove which Germany touches France. THvaRiebic Fespeciallyiiny raceliof itie Mauburge Last to Fall. coming spring and national elections. : g Mr. McKirdy is employed in a re- rrar o r d oints = : g S s CCnangn f minorim- | Sponsible position at the Corbin Cab- B 50 a& they were along ihie line [100€ Tock company. He restdes on of contact with Belgium and Luxem- | Stanley street and is an active mem- ) 2 A o V. horag. The most tmportant, probably, ber of the Fourth Ward Republican of thes later was Mauburge, which club. A s Four years ago Mr. Bull was elect- was taken by the Germans with sacri- OuL S 8! fices to them estimated at the time, in | ed a member of the town committee $Bicribeor, 1914 a5 between §0,000and | 809 has worked hard i the interests 140,000. Since that date no important of the party. He has served as g chairman of the first ward committee fortress has fallen to the Germans on IO | 5 : the western front. At the same periog | 20d In this capacity he rendered ef a qesperate cffort was made to reduce ficient service. Verdun, and some of the incidents of the fighting which then occurred were KERMANSHAH GRUMBLES of a memorable character. Important Persian Capture Important Achievement. The capture of Douaumont is the nge important achievement since the ifnauguration of the German drive at Verdun—an onslaught which for fury and for weight of men and guns has During the siege of Fort Troyon, fear Verdun, in September, 1914, the commander of the fort ceased to re- v to the bombardment. The Ger- . it was said, believing that the ad been evacuated, approached er to destroy a redoudt. The = nder of the fort then set fire to two carloads of straw inside the structure and the Germans, convinced that their shells had started the fire and that they could easily take the place, advanced in close formation. | The French suddenly brought their machine guns to bear with a deadly fire and the bodies of 7,000 Germans were said to have been abandoned on the slopes below Fort Tryon. Gedman Success Threatens London. A despatch from London of yes- terday’s date says that Major General Sir rancis Lloyd, general officer commanding the London district, in a speech at the opening of a military building declared that the battle of Kermansah, have had the local pur- vefore Verdun was of momentous | poge of putting an end to the activi- spertance to Great Britain as well | tiog of nostile mountain forces and or- | as to I'rance. “Do you realize,” he | ganjseq hands of Kurds, and it is b “ asked, “that a fight is now goINg on | jioveq that they have the broader ‘for a passage to Paris? The result| (oo oe preparing the way for a will hang in the balance until the junction of the Russians with the Teuton is driven back, as I have gre: British expeditionary forces in Me confidence he will be. But if our al- sopotamia. This movement of the lies line is pierced the way Wil be| py gans from Hamadan southwest- open to the French capital, and if| ;.4 to Kermanshah brings them now hgt capital is reached a new com-| {, within 150 miles of Kut-El-Amara, on the Tigris, where Gen. Town- bie%on would be put on the whole adeM1 the war and on our lives and | g, onq's British force is besieged by the beis. A German success on the | rupks. ‘ #rench front would not merely mean | e the loss of Paris but would endar- ger London.” Collapses Un- der Onslaught of Russian Roller.” “Steam London, Feb, 26, 7 a. m.—A Reuter despatch from Petrcgrad says that the Russians have taken by storm Ker- manshah, the important Persian city in the neighborhood of which serious| | fighting has recently taken place. Kermanshah is 280 miles southwest of Teheran and bas a population of about 50,000, The routes from Bag- dad, Shuster. Tspaham by way of Ha- madan, and Suleimaniyah meet there and make the city an important cen- ter of traffic, The Russian operations in Persia, which have culminated in the captur TLondon, Feb. 26, 11:10 a. m.—The | Amsterdam correspondent of the Central News learns that heavy fight- ing has taken place ten miles from statement follows: | Bitlis between Russian and Turkish “Western front: On the night of | troops, the former coming from the Feh 25 an advance by the British | direction of Mush, and that the Turks S e | fought bravely but were obliged to | (Continued On Thirteenth Page.) | retire before superior forces. | German Official Statement. | | 26, via The | Berlin, Feb. London. | | Austrian vessels | that the government I siderea | correspondent PORTUGAL PREPARED FOR EVENTUALITIES Premier Cosa Recommends De- nunciation of German Treaty SEIZED SHIPS ARE DAMAGED | Vessels Taken Over Beca Authori- ties Believed They Might Be Put Out of Commission By Crews—Ex- plosive Apparatus Found i Lisbon, Feb, via Paris, Feb. 26, 4 a. m.—The Portuguese premier stat- ed in the chamber of deputies today that attempts had been made to dam- age seven of the Teutonic ships re- quisitioned by the government and that an explosive had been found on the steamship Buelow of the North German TLiloyd company. . The pre- mier added that he considered in the best interests of Portugal that the ex- isting treaty with Germany be al- lowed to lapse and said that the Port- uguese government was prepared for all eventualities that might arise from the exercise by Portugal of her rights. Sxpected Ships to Be Damaged. Dr. Alfonso Costa, the premier, in answer 10 a question by Deputy Cam- acho regarding the employment to which the requisitioned German and would be put, said t action in re- quisitioning them had been prompted by the necessities of the nation’s econ- omic situation. The requisition, he said carried out simultancously in order to forestall, as far as was possible, at- tempts at wilful damage of the ships which there was reason to believe would be made and which had in fact been made on seven of them. An ex plosive apparatus had been found in the boilers of the steamship Buelow which would have caused an explo- sion when the vessel moved. An ex plosion was prevented, but the ma- chinery was damaged. These acts, he declared, were offenses punishable by the Portuguese courts. Should Denounce Treaty. Costa further said that e con- it was in the best interests « the country that the existing treat with Germany should be denounced and allowed to lapse on June 5, 1917 In conclusion he said: “We are pre pared for all eventualities that may arise from our exercising our rights.” had been Dr. rrman Papers Indignant. via London, Feb. 26, spapers comment on izure of Gorman Austrian in Portuguese harbors tone of in- dignation. the ana <hips na Portugal Is Unconcerned. Paris, Feb. 26. 12:10 a. m.—A Lis bon despatch to the Paris Temps says that the requisitioning of German and Austrian ships has been extended to all those lying in the ports of Portu- gal and her colonies. There are thir ety-seven at Lisbon and thirty-three in the other harbors. The Secolo of ILis bon says that if the German govern- ment wishes to see in Portugal's ac- tion a tacit denunciation of the treat- ies between Germany and Portugal, no one in Portugal will object, as the maintenance of those treaties no longer possible. CANADA BIDDING FOR DISMISSED MIDDIES Seniors and Juniors Offered Kul)lk of Lieutenant to Join Regiments in the Dominion. New York, Feb. 26.—The majority of the twenty-two seniors and juniors who were among the eighty-two mid- shipment recently dismissed from the United States Naval Academy at An- napolis for alleged deficiencies in studies either have been employed or offered employment by ammunition manufacturers, says Philip Daab of Hoboken, father of one of the dis- missed students and formerly a mem- ber of the New Jersey legislature. The training received in the first two vears at Annapolis is regarded as very valuable from a technical standpoint. Representatives of the government are reported to have of- fered the twenty-two seniors and juniors an opportunity to join Cana- dian regiments with the ranks of lieu- tenant. It is not known that any ac- cepted the offer. GHOLERA IN CROATIA Thousands of Victims Mostly Woman 9 Canadian and Children, Fall Before Auxiliary of Wars. London, Feb. 26, 6:45 a. Exchange Telegraph Company’s says that advices have been received in that city from Zurich to the effect that an epidemic of cholera js raging in Croatia, and that its victims are numbered in the thou- sands and are chiefly dren. ITALIAN I\l l(-llll 1 ARMED, New York, Feb. The Napo the nnm Italian steamer o enter this port within the few days with guns mounted, arrived today. The N~ poli carried two 3-inch guns mounted on the poop aeck. She is a freighter. Boiler. | women and chil- | 3 STANDING ARMY OF 137.000. ‘Washington, Feb, 26—The house military committee late today vot- ed for a regular standing army of 137,000 men with a two per cent. allowance for recruiting, bringing the number up to 140,000, which is slightly more than the war de- partment asked. The republicans and three democrats carried the vote. iDU PONT’S EA FOR YEAR $57,840,758 animoth War Business of Powder Company Incr Profits By $52,287,605 Over Preceding Year, New York, Feb. 26.—The E, 1. ’u Pont De Nemours Powder company, which has received enormous war or- ders from the allied -governmenis, earned a total of $57,840,758 during the vear ended December 31, 1915 aecording to its annual report made public here today- This is an jncreas of $52,237,605 over it earnings previous vear. The compan ance for dividend payments comman stock was $55,542,27 3-10 per cent. on the $58,85 that issue outstanding. The E. I. Du Pont company recentiy declared an extra dividend of 22 per cent, of which 19 per cent. paid in Anglo-French bonds to amount of $16,000,000. the the FOE'S DRIVE SERIOUS, BUT NOT DISQUIETING Paris Not Alarmed When Troops Fall Back As Precaution. 2 Paris, Feb. 26, 5:45 a. m.—"Serious, but not disquieting,” is the common phrase which is used today and parliamentary circles regardirg the progress of the Germans in their attaCk against Verdun. Unaffected by the snowstorm, the Germans ham- mered away all day Friday at the French line which, although unbroken at the end of the sixth day of bat- tle, was, however, again rectified as a measure of prudence, the left wing being drawn into Champneuville and the right being brought back a littie south of Ornes. The new front, bare! three miles in length, extends along the heights, offering every advant: for defense and of most formidable hefore entrenched It is in this narrow crown prince is hurling Military observers here express belief that the counter offensive be launched from this line at a cise ard decisive moment and that will drive back across the already covered with the dead bodics of their comrades of the which are being hurled forward in the most bloody assault which this war has yet seen. “The work up there is hot, indeed,” said an officer who has just arrived in Paris from the Verdun battlefield. “They are gnawing at our lines a 1! tle faster, but with no positive ad- vantage for themselves. Previous at- tacks made by the Germans in that sector are nothing to what they are now delivering. 1 cannot, of course, give details, but T can say that we are holding well against their formidable attacks. The artillery exchanges are intense. Our batteries, admirably handled, have changed ground in mas- terly style and the losses to the enemy are really fabulous. Ours are slight, a feeble percentage of theirs The Germans are, so to speak, at the limits of the Argonne and the Meuse heights, the topography of which constitutcs what I might compare to a series of cofferdams. The Germans have been preparing for the stroke for a long time. It was in the region of Com- flans-Etain that they sgathered the bulk of the material for the assault, as they had erected large factories at these points.” WRECK PROBES END xt Week forming one the obsticles amp of Verdun that masses the will pre- space the his Mix Report Expected Early N and Commerce Commission’s Later —Porter May bic. New Haven, Feb. 26—A finding into the wreck of two ex ford 1 Tuesday will probably be made early next weck by Coroner i Mix who closed his inquest vesterday Sceme time is expected to elapse before | the finding of the interstate commerce given out vietims remaining convualescent, Bridecport, ¥eb. 26.- ley, colored Pullman car jured in the railroad wrec day, has now developed paralysis the face and fears for his recovery are entertained. His condition is serious. Berkeley is suffering from two f tured left ribs and an injury to buck near the base of the pine, commission is All the wreck the hospitals are in C. V. Berke porter in- on Tues- icm —— WEATHER. Feb. 26.—For vicinity: Cloudy probably flurrics and Hartford, Hartford and and colder sional snow Sunday ocea- tonigit. of | i | | | | | I | | | | in officiul | it | ground | battalions | | Ttaly | EVADING PAYMEN | Answer on Armed Ships Argumen— | i er Cha crlain - Gives Warning to Waterbury Delin- quents in Letter to Newspapers. Hratford, Feb. 26.—Deputy State Treasurer B. Frank Marsh said satisfied there was [ number of persons in Waterbury REPLY IS RECEIYED TODAY | tiavte ror the imvestment tax who had [ not paid it to the state. The pay- | ment of this tax in Waterbury is next name of Marsh apers today tative and Not Conclusive was a lar; Lans Denies Negotiations With Feb. In the urer Chamberlain, Mr itten a letter to the new. calling attention payment of the tax for neglect. The local | taxes in Waterbury I March 1 and if the holders of the se curities on which the state tax is pay- able are not in the hands of the treasurer on the previous day, at the st, the treasurer will not be able to report them to the Waterbury of- ficials and they will be subject to local taxation. Mr Marsh said Waterbury was pot the only city in the state in the owners of investments had failed to return the amount of their securi- ties. It is believed New Haven and Bridgeport are with Waterbury in the neglect of this requirement In New Haven the tax is payable June 1 and in Bridgeport September 30. Tuesday 2 Treas has w Germany on Submarine Crisis Will Be Transferred to Berlin, Thus ¥z- - | in Waterbury to the noring Ambassador Von Bernstortl. S and penalty 26—Secretar assessment of that replied disarmamerd Feb. today Washington, Tensine G is made as of of his announced the entente allies had the He declined of the reply or government it came, would make all when they wer 0 suggestion for merchant ships the of 3 nature which probably public give tell from saying he the replies received. Although Secretary Lansing declin- | ed to tell the name of the replying | power, it was learned that it was and that the reply was argu- mentative rather than conclusive. It was pointed out that Italian liners gave pledges not to use their arma ment, except for defence, when clear- ing from American water: Will Not Transfer Negotiations. With the apparent quieting down the situation in cor s, the sub- marine crisis shifted back to the gotiations between Secretary Lansing and Count Von Bernstorff. Mr. Lansing said today there was | no intention of transferring the ne gotiations to Berlin, to be conducted between Ambassador Gerard and the | | Berlin foreign office, as was intimatad | in despatches published abroad, and reiterated that the state department had heard nothing more from Ger- many on its request for a declaration that the new submarine campaigr would not be conducted in violaticn of various assurances for the safety of Americans traveling on resisting | plementing liners i While the situation in cong parently, is being held in check by administraton leaders, the statedepar | ment continues to await receipt of certain appendices to the Austro- German notice which are intended to e demonstrate that British armed mer- e ET R chant ships -have used theid guns of- | g fensively against submarines. They | thought the Petrolite was are coming by mail, and Secretary | ship disguised under the Lansing has said that until he has that he fired upon her as an opportunity to study the evidence changed her course, and he the state department would unable | Jieved she was about to ram him, and what its position will | that the Petrolite’ ily furnished provisons mersible. now stands, | Secretary in his deter- | Austria’s communi rights of | reply to the American ships armed | ¢ould not be considered either | able or unacceptable. The - | version of the affair i AUSTRIA EVASIVE IN ANSWER ON PETROLITE of Acceptable or Unac- ceptable. —Austria, sup- Washington, Feb. 2 her request concerning the submarine for more American attack steam- Mediter- formation ress, ap- the | | on Protest against the the American tank e Petrolite in the ranean has informed the | States tr version of is commander an enemy Americar flag; ship he he | to the President Remains Firm. | the situation as it dent Wilson is firm insist on the travel on Lansing said today ation was not protest P mination to American to for defense onl From German sources come Sugg tions that the Teutonic governments | Tine fired upon the tanker, were inspired to issue their new notice | one man in the ergine room, by the American circular note to the | \,\ hen the '(\tv'ohl‘\“ ‘(fm"‘“’"‘l]"" re- allied powers proposing disarmament | {Used to furnish rrovisions the Aus- i 5 | trian commander took an | of merchant ships and the German be- | t’l“ “‘P“t"_“;;v“ ke ‘()'n Im prican lief is that the allies will not accept | the Fetrofits s su rine ; . 4 eld him as a hostage until he got the American suggestion- andibeld Lim s s B9 Acom BrUshisourconjcometham oAt U“,‘\li“?}?élrr:;m.\ available to the tive statement that the British gov-| gopartment have been sent to Vienna | ernment at least has not refected the'| ;5 o ey ither reply is being awalted. American suggestion, but is consult- | ing her allies. The same sources point | out that no British or French mer- chant ships have come into America.. ports with arms since the United DURAZZO CAPTURED States expressed a preference for their | BY AUSTRIAN ARMY | disarmament in September, 1915. The ue is still kept alive, however, by | Ttalian 'rrm.p§ Evacuate Albanian Port the attitude of the Italian government | ¢ and the presence at New York of | On Adriatic Following Capture of three armed Italian merchantmen and | arrival in Boston of the British lines Canopic, which is said to have been | disarmed at Gibraltar before mnaking the voyoge across the Atlantic, American Outer Defenses Wednesday 26, | via that the Rome, Feb. >aris, m.—The 4:40 » repo; Durazzo, an Albanian had troops stationed there, is confirmed. Adriatic by port on Sea, State Department In Doubt Though technically an entirely sep- | arate question from that of the rigat of merchant ships to car defensive armament the Lusitania case remains in abeyance because the state depart- ment fears that the German pledges to refrain from attacking liners with- | out warning may not extend to fur- | | been evacuated the Italian | { i 1, Berlin, Feb. via London, Feb. 26, 12:35 p. m.—Reports from Aus trian press headquarters predicted the the early fall of the Albanian city of Durazzo as a result of the defeat on Wednesday of the Italians and Albanian forces under Essad Pasha, the provisional president. A strong line of outer defenses for the city had been constructed, and the indications | Were that spirited resistance would he ther operations, GERMAN FLEET'S DASH pross trains at Mil- | | | | the sual Activity Reported at offercd | The Austrians and Germans | tackea at daybreak. The were soon ejected from their positions { at Bazar Sjak Shortly afterward the Italians on the southern bank of The the lower Arzen were forced to aban- {hat Emperor | 400 their positions, The Austrians crossed the river and proceeded south- William arrived at Wilhelmshaven on | ward. and inspected the | At noon a decisive action east of warships there. He conferred with | Bazar Sjak drove the Italians from the commanders of the North Sea | strong positions. The same fate was fleet, the Zeitung says and departed f suffered by the defenders of the same evening. | Bianco, six miles east of Durazzo. | By evening the entire outer girdle | of defenses was taken. The attack- | | Kiel at! ks for I defenders Canal Base and Brea cedom May Soon Come. Copenhagen, London, 12:42 Zeitung Denmark, Ieb. 26, via p. m. Wilhelm- shaven states Wednesday morning a Sasso reported unoff that Emperor William had arrived at the German front north of Verdun, and supervising the | attack that fortress, There has been no previous intimation that he had departed from the Verdun sector of Wilhelmshaven, which is more | 200 miles distant. There hate heen unusual activity on German fleet, which speculation whethey North contemplated. It was ially this weelk early | o . ers, advancing to the inner line pos tions, established the fact that the Ttalians were embarking their troops w hurriedly. on CHICAGO MAYOR GUARDED, than Chic 1ob \ 150 i the result of threats tha been Mayor William as asked Chief’ of guard, it he vnst his life Thompsosn 1 Hea krown Ve made Hale Policc reports recently the part of has given of 13 the | ag rise [ into to o dash avl oy e today body anm Sea was which | | Lansing Says It Is Not Either | in-~ United | the | be- | captain voluntar- sub- that a| ana } there was an accept- that the subma- | injuring and that American of state the | - GONGRESS BENDS WILL OF PRESIDE \Overwhelming Majority in Seng - and House Suppomng Him FEW PESTS BUZZING AROU Senators and Representatives Oppo Any Action T Might Embare Chief Exccutive in His Diploma Negotiations With Foreign Powel Washington, ¥ of eb. 26—The qué warnd | Americans off armed merchant shf pen developments in the sl controversy bhetween | United States and Germany wi | President Wilson, backed by his | tire cabinet, still unshaken in his p sition that there should be no abridg | ment of the rights of Americans the high seas, an overwhelming | jority in both house and senate | parently were determined that action should be taken for the pré ent that might embarrass the exee tive branch of the government in diplomatic negotiations. A few of the more ardent adw cates of legislation that would wai Americans off armed merchantmg however, continued their activil { but even most of them admitted the was no prospect of action unless @ | velopments occur to make a ruptu | of relations with Germany immine; i enator Lewis, of Iilinois, democraj ic whip of the senate, today notifig Senator Gore that the supporters 4 the president were ready for the Gon resolution to warn Americans again | sailing on armed merchantmen ome to a vote at any time, “We have made a thorough can vass of the senate,” Senator Lewl aid, “and are convinced that. th will be a safe majority against @ resolution tion congressional action continued in abeyancé today, ing further marine a Waiting for Germany. state department today awaiting a response from Gel many of its request for assurance that her announced intention to sim armed merchant ships of the ene: thout warning would not aff previous pledges regarding the col | duct of submarines warfare. It ha | been rumored that the Central Powan would postpone inauguration of the new policy from Feb. 29 until Apm May The state department had expecto a joint reply by all the allies and thi receipt from only one was a surprig to officials. Secretary however, 1 | | The was st} the aftair 0 | or 1 Lansing made it cleas that he did not conside difference of opinio any of the governments i in the submarine negotiationi garding the principle involved. New Conditions, New The department considers that thd German and Austrian governments | their memorandum clearly inferred that their intended action was a | parture from the recognized prineld of international law, which # deemed necessary because of chanj conditions. 4 Secretary Lansing considers th had the German and Austrian govers ments been of the opinion that theis] action was not a departure from ins ternational law they would have I8 sued no memorandum, but would have proceeded to carry out their intention {and attempted to justify them laters Secretary Lansing said he was uns able to announce at this time whether | the United States would enter into & | discussion of what might properly be i considered defensive armament. He indicated, however, that such @ dig cussion would properly be entered into, adding that the question had not been raised by Germany at this timel and that the state department com siders an announcement on the sub= ject would be premature. FEAR MORE POISONERS Police Investigate Threats That Jean ¥ between “ volved reg: Laws. i Crones’ Act Will Lead to ther | Outrages in Chicago. Chicago, Feb, —Threats that anarchists are planning to do more poisoning were investigated by police !| toaay, ult of a meeting of [ anarchists last night at which speakers the act of Jean Crones, accused of peoisoning soup | served at a banquet recently given Archbishop Mundelein. “The act of C s, said Loughman, one of the speakers, “will lead to more poisoning. When one | man throws a bomb, another man gets the nerve to throw one.” re here lauded as a John LANDERS AN INCORPORATOR. { (Special to the Herald.) Washington, Feb. 26.—G. M ders of New Britain, Connecticut, named as one of the incorpo of the Playground Recreation Ass: | ciation of America, in a bill introduced Representative Gardner of Massa- government Other England country Lan- ie and | chusetts to give charter to that I well known people and elsewhere thr included in the The association the establishmer | velopment a federal organization in New the of is or incorpora- zanized to de- and cities | are | tors promote and in public childr States. | reereations for the of the United