New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 19, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL| LOCAL NEWSPAPERS | = NEW BRITAIN HERALD! HERA D "ADS" ME?/ BETTER BUSINE] PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1916 ———QIXTEEI\J PAGES ESTABLISHED WILSON DISPATCHES ULTIMATUM TO GERMANY THREATENING TO SEVER RELATIONS UNLESS RESPECT IS SHOWN AMERICAN LIVES AT SE President Tells Foreign Affairs Committee Leaders Demand On Berlin Is Unequivocal-- Says American Government Will Be G To Continue Friendly Relations If Germany Still Cares to Conduct Submarine Campaign in Accordance With International Law---Demand Is Made for Prompt Reply Although No Time Limit Is Set IGEL NOT IN EMBASSY AT TIME OF CANAL PLOT JFormer Secretary of Captain Von Papen Will Be Held Responsible if His Connec- tion With Plans Previous to September, 1915, Can Be Shown. NOW AT LIBERTY UNDER $20,000 BOND Papers Taken During Struggle in New York Said to Be of Great Import- ance and Are Now in Possession of Federal Authoritics—Embassy De- mands Return of Documents and Letters. New York, April 19—Government officials here faced a unique problem today resulting from the demand of ¥ the German embassy in Washington for the release of Wolf Von Igel and the return of documents seized in his office when he was arrested yes- terday on an indictment charging him with complicity in a plot to destroy the Welland canal. Von Igel formerly was secretary to Captain Franz Von Papen, the re- called military attache of the German which claims diplomatic fmmunity for him. The embassy de- manded the return of the papers seized in his office on the ground that the office is a branch of the embassy. Beventy pounds of documents and « letters taken from Von Igel's office are in the possession of federal au- thoritie: It was reported they were of great importance as throwing light on various German activities in this country during the last twenty months. Although counsellor Polk of the state department upon receiving the request of the German embassy, ad- vised the department of justice to return the papers and to free Von Tgel unless his alleged offense was committed before he became a mem- ber of the embassy staff, federal ngents here sald they had as yet re- ceived no such instructions. The case @rcems to hinge upon the question whether the offense charged against Von Igel was committed before he was employed by the German em- bassy. Tt is charged that the Welland canal plot was organized in Septem- ber, 1914, within two months of the beginning of the war. Records of the rtate department show that it receiv- ed ®otice of the appointment of Von %Igel as a member of the embassy gtaff in September, 1915, one year after the alleged crime. Von TIgel is at liberty under $20,- 000 bail. The hearing in his case is get for next Tuesday. Federal prose- cutors asserted that he would be re- Jeased only upon instructions from the attorney general in Washington. Counsel has been engaged for the pccused man and a diplomatic and lezal battle to obtain his release is expected. Bernstorff Demands Papers. Washington, April 19.—Count Von Pernstorff, the German ambassador, will confer with Secretary Lansing at 11:30 o’clock this morning. The engagement was made at the ambas- gador’s request. It was revealed that the ambassa- dor went to the state department not to' discuss the submarine situation but to malke a further formal demand for the return of papers which a partment of justice agents seizea m Wolf Von Igel, private secr tary to Captain Von Papen, the withdrawn military attache, York vesterday, The department of justice has practically decided to hold Von Igel | unless the state department specific- ally demands his release, on the ground that the crime with which he (Continued On Eleventh Page.) in New BRITISH CABINET AT CRISIS PENDS ODDS; Asquith Says Breaking Up of Govern- ment Will Result if 'Truce Is Not Declared. London, April 19, 9:20 a. m.—In- terest in today’s session of the house ¢f commons was keen, Despite overnight Tumors of a compromise of a patched up truce to avoid tem- prorily cabinet resignations freely predicted yesterday, political tension was still acute pending Premier Asquith’s statement on conscription, which appears to be the root of the whole trouble. ‘Whitehall was humming with ac- tivity this morning with the cabinet meeting and various conferences in progress. A great majority of the political leaders seemed bent on reaching a compromise in the crisis. The Pall Mall Gazette says it is in a position to indicate that there is every possibility of a definite solu- tion or of a compromise on lines which will preserve the coalition from disruption and ' maintain the stability of the government. Pre- mier Asquith is expected to announce that, while the existing situation does | not demand the adoption of general | compulsion, he is prepared to pro- | pose, should further events in the progress of the war necessitate it, whatever measure of compulsion may Le imperative. In the house of commons today Premier Asquith stated that there were still some material points of disagreement in the cabinet, and if they were not settled the result must be the break-up of the government. GRAND DUKE TAKES HIS TENTH VICTIM | Trresistable Russians Gather Trebi- zond in Their Net and Allies Are Rejoicing. Paris, April 19, 5:15 a. m.—Paris received with great enthusiasm the | news of the fall of Trebizond. This event was looked for but it was not thought the Russians would be able to capture the city so quickly. The political as well as the military con- sequences are expected to be most important, particularly in view of the fact that Turkey has lost one of the most valuable parts of Asia Minor at a time when, according to reports reaching Paris, Germany is weaken- ing her forces in the Balkans to carry on attacks on the western front. French military writers state that the plan of campaign of Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian commander, { was a daring one, which at first was icoked upon as foolhardy but now is fully justified. The Grand Duke de- cided to advance boldly to the attack cn this front, where maneuvers of warfare were possible, while the other fronts were still held in dead- Persian front, Grand Duke in this campaign against an experi- enced and stubborn foe, has to his credit the storming of ten cities in less than two months. DUTCH SHIP BOARDED English Crew Takes Possession to De- fend It Against Attack By German Submarine. rlin, April 19, by wireless to Say- —“It is reported from Rotter- dam that the Dutch steamer Kelber- gen, bound to Leith from Baltimore, v compelled, when two days off the British coast, to receive on board a British ecrew armed with bombs, hand grenades and other weapons, in order to defend the ship against an attack of German submarine,” the News Agency says. “The captain of the steamship pro- tested in vain. The Dutch foreign of- fice has been informed of this event.” | ville Overs « part STINDIRREVOGALE | AY RECALL MEXICAN FORCE IF RELATIONS ARE SEVERED WILSON SAYS AS HE TALKS TO CONGRESS President Informs Senate and | House of What He Has Done by Sending Last Word DIPLOMATIC EXCHANGES AT AN END, HE STATES Says History of Past Year Has Shown That Hoves of Germany Keeping Promises to Take Every Precaution to Safeguard Lives'of Neutrals Are Not Justified—Fcels It His Duty to Speak. 19—President assembled in after 1 e'clock Washington, Wilson told congress, Joint session shortly this afternoon, he has given Germany irrevocable notification that the United States will break off diploma- tic relations if her illegal submarine campaign is continued A note, America’s last word, prac- tically an ultimatum, and demanding an immediate reply, presumably was in the Berlin foreign office a the president was speaking. It was dis- patched last night in accordance with the president’s plan to have it be- fore the German government at the same moment he was addressing thc Amertlican congress. The president asked no action whatever of congress. He simply informed it of the accu- mulation of facts proving that Ger- many’s assurances, to the United States are being violated; that the submarine campaign, despite the earnest protests of the United States, is being conducted with renewed vigor in contravention of all the laws of nations and humanity and that he means to sever relations unless it i brought ,within the law. Diplomatic history of the world shows that such a course is almost certain to be fol- lowed by war. The president’s note and his dress to congress are final. April ad- They | vices from mark the end of diplomatic ex- changes. A continuance of the long standing friendly relations, the pr ident made clear, depends alone upon Germany’s conduct. Duty to Speak Frankly. The president said: Gentlemen of the Congress: A situation has arisen in the for- eign relations of the country of which it is my plain duty to inform you very frankly. It will be recalled that in February 1915, the Imperial German govern- ment announced its intention to treat the waters surrounding Great Britain and Ireland as embraced within the seat of war and to destroy all me chant ships-owned by its enemies that might found within any part of | that portion of the high s, and that ; it warned all vessels, of neutral as well as of belligerent ownership, to keep out of the waters it had thus | proscribed or else enter them at their peril. e United States Protests. The government of the United States earnestly protested Tt took the position that such a policy could not be pursued without the practical certainty of gross and palpable vio- lations of the law of nationg, particu- larly if submarine craft were to be employed as its instruments, inasmuch as the rules prescribed by that law, rules founded upon principles of hu- manity and established for the protec- tion of the lives of non-combatants at s could not in the nature of the e be observed by such vessels. It based its protest on the ground that persons of neutral nationality and vessels of neutral ownership would be pxposed to extreme and intolerable , and that no right to close ;\n\" of the high seas against their or to expose them to such risks | could lawfully be asserted by any bel- | ligerent zovernment. The law of na- (Continued On Fleventh Page.) I Juare: Troops Will Be Needed At Home As Prudence Would Require Taking Steps to Prepare for Eventualities In Europe If Von Bernstorff Is Sent Hnme Washington, April 19—Decision of the Washington government upon the question as to whether the Amer- ican forces hunting Villa should be recalled or reinforced for further op- erations today awaited the receipt of further reports from American offi- cers in Mexico. General Funston al- ready has submitted a lengthy report on the situation and additional ad- him are momentarily ex pected. Meanwhile, indications a that the chase for Villa is at a stand- still. The general belief here is that German situation would have bearing upon the impending decisio Should a break in diplomatic reld tions occur. it was pointed out that the troops now in Mexico would be needed at home, as military prudence would require that steps be taken to prepare for eventualities in Europe. It was suggested that inasmuch as the main purpose of the protection of the border, has been acomplished, an agreement for withdrawal might be reached with Carranza on the hasis that if Villa or his bandits again head northward American troops would again cross the international line. the Scott Going to Texas, April 1 cott,, of the army, will go to San Antonio, 7exas, tonight by order of Secretary Baker, in order to get accurate in- formation as to the situation on the border and in Mexico. Secretary Baker ment: “General Scott leaves for San Antonio this evening at 6 request. He will spend several days with General Funston and This trip is made solely for the pur- Major department. General Funston re- mains in full charge of the affairs of his department, including the expe- dition into Mexico. He has the confidence of the department and his dispositions have the department's entire approval.” Concentration of Troops. Paso, Tex., April 19.—Con- firmation of reports that the Amer- ican expeditionary force was being concentrated at three points in Mex- ico, preparatory either for the with- drawal of the troops or the organi tion of a new and more extensive campaign was received here today from Mexican sources. It was said that General had withdrawn all outlying detach- ments south of Namiquipa and that in the neighborhood of 3.000 men were camped at San Antonio, 12 miles west of Cusihuiriachic and that a force estimated at almost double this number was being concentrated near Namiquipa. The belief troops are El Pershing that the American about to leave Mexico is widespread among the Mexi ns in and has completely changed the attitude of the people, who, after the Parral incident gave marked indi- cations of hostility toward Americans. Typhus Raging. Supplementing reports that the po- litical situation in Mexico was of minor importance in comparison with the economic conditions and the ravages of typhus epidemic which has been sweeping through the central ates, an American mining official received ———————— e WEATHER. Hartford, April Hartford and vicinity tonight followed by (loudiness 19.—TFor | man some | | he had tried the expedition, ; chief of staff | issued this state- | return. | | ing the band of Gen. pose of getting as accurate informa- tion as is possible for the use of the | full | | commuters !4 church to fill the lamps b | altar, found was reported, messages today that relief was ur- gently needed if thousands of the peons in Durange, Coahuila, Aguas- calientes, San Luis Potosi and Zacat- ecas were not to perish. These messages stated that there were between 4,000 and 5,000 cases of typhus in the city of Aguascalientes and a similar proportion in almost every city of importance in central Mexico, including Queretaro. The who received these messages the head of a concern with very large interests in Mexico and which in nor- mal times employs several thousand Mexican workmen. He said that as far as the lack of food is concerned, to do something toward relieving the distress of his former employes by sending corn and beans points where the destitution was worst, “T found,” forts were than good. corn to help out former employes, he said, “that my ef- more provocative of ill If T sent a carload of a hundred of my it would be besieged by a mob of thousands and would prove merely the cause of a riot in which nobody would get much of anything. The Carranza officials are making strenuous efforts to send food into the stricken districts and to check the ravages of typhus, but the disturbed conditions in the country are proving a serious handicap. Bandits Dispersed. April 19.—The war de- despatches the North today saying that Gen. Luis Herrera had disposed of bhandits in Sierra de la Silla and Corral de las Piedras. Gen. Maldonado is pursu- Martin Lopez. Mexico Ci partment received from MARTIAL LAW IN HASTINGS DECLARED | Mob of Men Attacks Cable Plant With Guns and Stones, and Militia Is Called. on-Hudson, N. Y., April law was declared Hastings- 19.— feet within the limits of Hastings vil- lage, and state troops were called upon after rioting had among Martial in ef- for duty today as- serious proportions strikers of the National Conduit and Cable company. A mob of men at- tacked the company’s plant with bul lets and stones. The trustees of the village voted to place the situation in the hands of She Weisendanger, who at once summoned to duty the national guardsmen, who began assembling in armories at White Plains, Mount Ver- non and Flushing. Sheriff Weisendanger suspended the sale of intoxicants and closed all s and ordered on duty the dep- s withdrawn last night after the plant closed down. After stoning the shops the strikers and their ‘mpathiz jostled train in the streets and then drew revolvers and fired into the air and at the plant. No one was injured during this attack. A Catholic Sister who today entered fore the deputy who, it shot during yeste took refuge within sumed a sherift wa.s day's rioting nnd the edifice Village President Goodwin plained that the company, which man- } ufactures munitions of war, had de- manded protection from the authori- ties for its $2.000,000 plant, and there are only six village officers. ox- | believed the United States could not remain on Washington, April 19.—President Wilson has sent note to Germany warning her that unless attacks on chantmen carrying Americans in violation of internatio law, are stopped, diplomatic r elations will be severed. The president revealed this fact to Senators Stone Dodge and Representatives Flood and Cooper, ran democratic and republican members of the congressig foreign affairs committees, at the White House earl day. The president said that the note practically is ultimatum, but does not contain a time limit. A deman| made, however, that Germany reply immediately. As the committeemen left the White House they no effort to conceal what the ‘president had told them The president made plain that if Germany still c2 to conduct her submarine warfare, in accordance with accepted rules of international law, the American govd ment will be glad to continue friendly relations. The president went over the situation very thoro ly with the committee leaders and told them explicitl frie terms with Germany if American lives continued to He laid fore them all information in his address to congress. the placed in jeopardy by German submarines. demand for a stop to illegal submarine warfare, dent told the leaders, is unequivocal. Note CUMMINGS CHAIRMAN IN PLACE OF REILLY |11 coie e president wants it of Ambassador foreign office when congre The members who heard the dent outline it did not underst to be an ultimatum in the sen the term is technically used, b considered it to have that effect. Senator Lodge asked the prd | about the use of the word “immd ly”, in that connection to recef communication and to make rej The evidence in the Sussex was referred to and the pr pointed out the apparent sirfilla the accounts of the time and of the attack upon her and th tack admitted by Germany to been made by of her submn | on a ship in that vicinity The president believes the ey in the Sussex case is convincing Last Night. forward last of Copenhaged to be in the Gerard or the G he appears Sent went 1y National Committeeman to Wield Gavel to Open Democratic Con- vention in New Haven, New Haven, April 19.—The selec- tion of National Committeeman Homer S, Cummings of Stamford, as temporary chairman of the demo- cratic state convention in this ecit next month, was officially announced by David E. Fitzgerald, ate chair- | man today. It had been expected that former Congressman Thomas L. Reilly would be the temporary chairman. Mr. Cummings at present Asheville, N. C., on a vacation. will be in Washington on April argue in behalf of former man Donovan in the gressman E. J. after that he range details tion, Delay in making definite announce- ment of the temporary chairman was due to the fact that State Chairman Fitzgerald was in the south for scveral weeks, and upon his return to take up political activities he found that Mr. Cummings was going south requiring correspondence to rrepare for convention announce- rnients. EMDEN HERO ESCAPES is in He one Congre: of the fourth district contest over the seat of Con- | Hill of Norwalk, and will come here to ar- | for the state conven- | House CONFER May Not Agree With Sen: Army ¥ shington, April ation bill, night, went a conference 19.—The passed by thd to the hou probab ure for and, We organi ate last day, where be asked for on the The bill is a substitute bill, he ly approved would produce i serve forces in the | gregating a million men. The bill was hurried senate amid exciting joint session of the two house| been called for today to hear s dress by President Wilson on ternational issues. All duce the proposed increases army were rejected in | sion. The bill differs radically house measure. On that was regarded as virtually a conference would be meas th passed by the as| without record gular army ajf United Stat throug scenes, a Now in Italy and Says He Will Com- mit Suicide Before Submitt ttempts ir quick Imprisonment by British. Syracuse, Sicily, April 19, via Pari, 12:05 p. m.—Lieutenant Kikentsche; of the famous German raider Emden which was destroyed by the Austral- ian cruiser Sydney at Cocos Islands in 1914, arter performing many daring | exploits, has made his escape from Malta, whither he had been taker as a prisoner by the British. The lieutenant now a prisoner here. “L will commit suicide rather than return to the hands of the British, the lieutenant said. He maintains that as Germany is not at war witl fron] LCCO certail asked ADS THE April 19. one hundred the state ava FIF Wit of HUGHES L Omaha, Neb., turns from only 1,800 precincts in ly today, the balloting in ¥ day's state-wide primary ind the following nominations | dent Republican Charle: Italy the Italian authorities cannot surrender him to the British. Hughes; democratic, Woodrow con (unopposed.)