New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 13, 1917, Page 1

# PRICE THREE CENTS. ,2 ‘Lzhen they returned today. & & B} ii . Ings and dwellings where all 3 It was estimated that the loss to “[LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ‘ITHERALD BEST OF ALL ‘ NO PLOT SEEN BY Two Missing, Nine Injured, When 260,000 Pounds of Powder ~Are Exploded . . "HOMES WRECKED WHILE OWNERS SEEK SAFETY .1 Official Statement Issucd by Company Says Accident Was Responsible— | Deliverics Not Interfered With— « More Spectacular Than Harmful— ! | Detonations Heard As Far As ! waukee is a first class NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEA BETTER BUSINE | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1917—TWELVE PAGES. CRUISER STRIKES IN THE. PACIFIC Milwaukee Stuck Fast in Mud— May Not Be Refloated WAS SALVAGING H3 Series of Accidents Comes to Climax When Battleship Tries to Rescue Submarine—Vessel in No Immedi- ato Danger. Eureka, Calif., Jan. 13—The United States Cruiser Milwaukee went on the shore near this point today. waukee was aiding in an attempt to sal¥age the submarine H-3, which went ashore several weeks ago. Tugs were sent to the assistance of the Milwaukee, which was said to be in ‘no immediate danger. The Mil- cruiser, as- signed to duty as tender for coast tor- Poughkeepsie. 5 New York, Jan. 13.—While official Information was lacking, it appeared -today that there was no loss of life in "the series of powder explosions . lasgt night at the plant of the du Pont ! Powder company at Haskell, N. J. i About a dozen employes were injured. ' No estimate of the damage was given by Haskell officers, who said state- ments might be forthcoming at the company’s headquarters at Wilming- ton, Del. Only powder was being manufac- | tured at Haskell. After nine explo- mlons. within ten minutes, ton after ,.ton of powder flared up until the “blaze burned so brightly that it was visible at points many miles away. | Several of the explosions were heard Bas far north as Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Haskell residents who fled from the scene found their homes wrecked In other towns the deputy sheriffs spent the public build- glass | "} panes had been shattered. ‘1 night guarding banks, glass alone would amount. to % hundred thousand dollars. g The death of Mrs. Peter Gould, an % elderly woman who lay ill at her | home, was attributed to the shock. I; "here, were reports later in the day i, that there were two other deaths. several & ‘Wilmington, Jan, 13.—An official [ “statément by the Du Pont Powder ‘company regarding the explosion at its Haskell plant says that two men are issing and two are seriously injured. vfseven other men suffered slight in- Jury < fhe statement says the accident ‘was caused by the explosion of a glaz- ing barrel, in which the finishing § touches are put on smokeless powder and that an investigation into the ¢ cause has gone far enough to con- vince the officials that there was no incendiarism or malicious action on the part of any one. The statement further says: i “The explosion burst the piece of machinery apart and it is presumed fragments of metal exploded maga- zines some distance away. Flames from the burning powder ignited a blending tower in another direction & and flames from this, in turn, spread ¢ untll all nine buildings were in- volved in the fire. “Reports to the company indicated that the explosion was more specticu- | lar than harmful to the sudden theory. o “While the amount of powder de- % stroyed—about 460,000 pounds—was | % large, this loss will not interfere seri- | ously with deliveries. ! Tabulations made by the company ' show that the percentage of loss and the number of fires and cause, at . various plants since the making of munitions since the war, has been & email.” P WIDOW GETS COMPENSATION. William A. Caton Was on Tug T. A. Scott, Jr. Norwich, Conn., Jan. 13.—Compen- sation under the law was awarded | today by Commissioner J. J. Donahue | to Susan K. Caton, of New London, | whose husband was drowned when | the tug T. A. Scott, Jr. was sunk by | the German submarine merchantman | ° Deutschland, on November 17 last. The respondent was the T. A. Scott Company, Inc., . | The commissioner found that Wil- | liam A. Caton was an engineer in the employe of the company. He left a "\ widow and five children, only the fivst | named, however, claiming dependén- €Y. $10 weekly for 312 weeks. TROOPS MAY COME HOME. National Guard May Be From Border Duty. ‘Washington, Jan. 13.—Inquiries about the withdrawal of National Guardsmen from the border and Ma- jor General Pershing’s command from Mexico made today by Congressman at the war department renewed re- ports that a military move of that ©haracter would be ordered soon prob- ably next week. Secretary Baker told each caller , that he hoped the militia would be 5. feturned home within a short time, .but could not say definitely what plans Relieved : submarine was not moved. The award is a statutory one of | pedo_ vessels. parts began December 14 when the submarine H-3, coming down. the coast with the H-1 and H-2 ran ashore two miles above the entrance to Hum- boldt Bay, having turned too soon in making the harbor. Her crew was rescued with difficulty. Last Wednesday the Milwaukee, the Monitor Cheyenne and boat tried to pull the H-3 out of the sand. A seaman was drowned off the Milwaukee when a boat upset, but the The Milwaukee grounded inside the first line of breakers at 4:25 a. m,, in a dense fog. Marine experts here said it was doubtful if she could be pulled off. McCulloch Ordered to Ald. San Francisco, Jan. 13.—The United States coast cruiser McCulloch was ordered to go from here to Eureka to | assist the Milwaukee. Boats usually | require eighteen hours for the trip. KEY MYSTERY LOCKED IN DETECTIVE’S HEAD Philadelphia Man Hunter Seeking | Murder Olew Heve Gome . Without | Reticent relative to clues gained at the Russell & Erwin offices as to key 1781, believed to have an important | bearing in solving the ' mysterious murder of Mazie Colbert better known | The Mil- ! Difficulties of war vessels in these | another ; | tical circles of the ESTABLISHED MILK THROWN ONTO FLAMES IN BERLIN Disastrous Fire at Henry Hollis- ter Place on Turnpike WOMEN ‘ IN BUCKET BRIGADE Fair Sex Assist Men in Quelling Fire Until New Britain Firemen Arrive After Record Run—Livestock Res- cued. Fire, supposed to have been caused by the explosion of a lantern used in thawing out frozen pipes about a steam engine and boiler, destroyed the large stock barns on the historic Hen- ry Hollister farm in Berlin today at an estimated loss of $10,000, seriously menaced other buildings. and - was checked only after aid had been sum- moned from this eity. The amateur fire brigade, equipped with milk cans, wash boilers and other make-shift ap- paratus was greatly handicapped by a limited supply of water and a brisk breeze. The main barn, landmark for more than a quarter of a century as well as widely known for many years &s the home of the late Henry Hollis- , ter’s famous herd of registered Jersey | cattle, was'a mass of flames and i doomed before organized fighting of the flames had hardly begun. The house was on fire on. many spots, trees in the yard were burning | briskly and the roof of another nearby barn was in flames when asslstance came from New Britain in Chief Robert M. Dame, his chauffeur, Ed- ward J. Woods, and Fireman Edward Carlson of Engine Co. No. 1. Chief Dame took charge of the fight, organ- i ized nearly a hundred fighters into a bucket brigade and, after half an hour’s ficht, managed to save the house and other apparently doomed buildings. All that now remains of the big stock barn this afternoon is a mass of charred and smouldering embers. Col. Jarvis Leads Fight. In the fight the contents of several extinguishers brought in Chief Dame's car, several from the estate of Col. Charles M. Jarvis, milk from the farm dairy and a limited supply of water from house and barn pumps were used. Until the arrival of* , Colonel Jarvis, representative . from Berlin in the legislatuire and “ widely known in the manufacturing and po- state, was in charge. Alexander Bruce is owner of the as Grace Roberts, the “perfect mod- el”, and the sensational suicide of ) Bernard W. Lewis, Detective Oscar D. Brown of the Philadelphia police de- | partment left New Britain last night. | He was uncommunicative relative to his destination although stating that he would undoubtedly get in | touch with his superiors before mak- | ing any important moves. Local au- | thorities believe that the relationship of the key to the crime is important and that it has played only a superfi- clal part as yet. ° BANK ANNUALS Burritt Savings Bank Incorporators to Meet Monday—Trust Company Stockholders Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the incor-‘ porators of the Burritt Savings bank i will be held Monday afternoon at; The principal business | to come before the meeting is the | election of the board of directors. It is probable that the old board will be re-elected. On Tuesday morning at 11:30 | o’clock, the annual meeting of the stockholders of the New Britain Trust company will 'he held. The following trustees will' in all prob- ability be re-elected: W. E. Attwood, L. H. Pease, A. W. Stanle W. L. Hatch, W. H. Cadwell, G. 8. Talcott, M. C. Swift, F. G. Platt,. G L. Damon George P. Hart Frank J. Porter, Isac D. Russell, Howard S. Hart, Charles F. Smith, D. A. Niven, Chas. | J. Parker, N. P. Cooley, B. A. Haw- ley, Charles B. Stanley, F. G. Vib- | 2:30 o’clock. Platt, H. H. Pease, R. R. Healey, E. H. Cooper and Philip B. Stanley. Election of officers will be held at the meeting of the directorate of the morning. A successor will be chosen | for the office of vice president made vacant by the death of the late David N. Camp. TFIFTEEN NEW LAWYERS. Successful Candidates for Admission to State Bar. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 13.—Fifteen | young men were announced by the | State Bar Examining Commission to- day as having successfully passed. Sixty took the examinations. Those who passed were: Hartford County—George Cutler, Max Goldenthal, Joseph P. O'Connell, Frad J. Rundbaken, Moses J. Slonim, Maurice P. Wrenn. Fairfield County—Jonathan Grout, David W. Price, Samuel N. Schnee, » |last ani } berts, Carlisle H. Baldwin, Howard L. | New Britain National bank Monday ! property, having bought it about two years ago from the Hollister estate. Until his removal to Berlin he was for years head farmer for Commodore Morton F.\Plant at the palatial estate at ‘Eastern Point, one of the show places of New England. The bitter cold weather of the past few days had caused the pipes to freeze in one corner of the barn about a steam boiler and engine used in the cutting the corn, running churns, etc. According to the statement of those employed at the farm, there had been no fire in the boiler today because of the frozen pipes. This morning Mr, Bruce started to try and thaw out the pipes, using a lantern in the work and leaving it hanging near the boiler while he went to the home of a near- by neighbor. Risks Life For Animals. As he'was returning he saw the en- tire side of the barn near the boiler burst into flames. The discovery was made by Mrs. Bruce in the house at about the same time. The alarm was given, Mr. Bruce lending his first ef- forts to getting out the live stock, a pair of horses, about twenty cows and six hogs. He was scorched before the al was released. By this time the flames had communicated to the hayloft and the building was a furnace. Help was being summoned from nearby farm houses. Colonel Jarvis was one of the first on the scene and turned his efforts to direct- ing the work, of saving the house and other barns. Word was sent to Captain Eugenc T\. Barnes at fire headquarters with a request for-aid. Chairman Babcock of th esafety board, following unsuc- cessful efforts to locate Mavor George A. Quigley, gave permission for Chief Dame to go to the scene in his car, taking several extinguishers and Fire- { men Woods and Carlson. It had been learned that there was no water supply for one of the motor pumps, should it be sent. With Chauffeur | Woads at the wheel, the trip of be- tween five and six miles was made) in less than eight minutes. Women Firefighters, The arrival was in the nick of time just as the framework of the stock barn collapsed, sending showers of sparks high in the air and causing the roof of the house and end of another barn to burst into flames. Water, milk, braoms and shovels were Wed against the flames. Women aided the men in the amateur water brigade. Historic trees, even older landmarks than the barn, were burning briskly between the barn and house. Several of the neighbors, to whom the tr were old acquaintances, used blankets and other material to protect the trunks and lower branches. Firemen Carlson and Woods used the contents of the extinguishers with Willlam P. Zeley. New Hayen County—Harold G. Green, John J. O’Connell, Edward L. Stephens, Alexander T. Taks. the war department had. New London County—Traver Brisco, deadly effect in the fight to save the barn nearest to the one burned. The heat was so intense from the burning (Continued on Second Page.) ALLIES’ MASK OFF, SAYS THE KAISER, IN PROCLAMATION don, 4:45 a, m.—The follow- ing proclamation by the em- ! Amsterdam, Jan. 13, via Lon- I peror to the German people has been officially published in Berlin: “Our enemies have dropped the mask. After re- fusing with scorn and hypocrit- ical word of love for peace and humanity our honest peace of- fer they have now, in their re- ply to the United States, gone beyond that and admitted their lust for conquest, the baseness of which is further enhanced by calumnious assertions. 'Fheir aim is the crushing of Germany, the dismemberment of the pow- ers allled with us and the enslavement of the freedom of Burope beyond the seas and the same yoke that Greece Wwith gnashing of teeth, is now en- during. “But what they could not achieve jn thirty months ot the bloodiest fighting and un- scrupulous economic war they will also fail to accomplish in the future. Our glorious vic- tories and our iron strength of will, with which our fighting power at the front and gt home German: man and . woman, has born all hardships and:dis tress, guarantee that also in the future our beloved fatherland has nothing to féar. Burning indignation and holy wrath will redouble the strength of every LAWSON RECALLED IN LEAK INQUIRY| House Empowers Committee to Compel Answers from Witnesses NEW SUBPOENA ISSUED No Onc Connected With Imvestigation Wil B¢ Permitted to Evade Querics —Wall Strect Journal Manager to Be Called Again. ‘Washington, Jan. 18.—A resolution to empower the rules committee to compel witnesses in the leak inquiry to answer all questions in relation to the investigation, was adopted with- out objection today by the house. The resolution applies to both of Representative Wood’s resolutions, so that ‘na person, whose name had been connected with the investigation will escape testifying. Lawson probably will be the witness called. James R. Reilly, managing news ‘editar of the Wall Street Journol will be asked for more details about how his reporter learned that brokers’ Drivate wir had advised Wall Street of the coming of the peace note on December 20, The resolution specifically provides that witnesses shall be compelled to 8ive all the information they have Wwhether hearsay or otherwise. This whether it is devoted to fight- ing, to work or to suffering. We are ready for all sacrifices. The God who planted his glorious spirit of freedom in hearts of our brave peaple will also give us and our loyal allies, tested in battle, the tull victery over all the enemy lust for poweér and rage and destruction.” LITCHFIELD GASTLE DESTROYED BY FIRE Summer Home of Mrs. Na- - than C. Scoville Burned Chapinville, Conn., Jan. 13—The gray stone mansion of Mrs. Nathan C. Sceville of New York, one of the show places of Litchfield County, was burned early today. The loss on the house is placed at $175,000 and as | none of the contents was saved there probably is an additional loss of up- wards of $100,000. The house fur- nishings included many works of art, rugs ,paintings and tapestries. Robert Scoville of Néw York, a son, had come here for the week end and had attended a barn dance at Ham- let Hill Farm. the home of W. B. Rand, a neighbor and upon return- ing he saw that the house was on | fire. The caretaker, E. Bozele and his wife were awakened, but while adjoining property was saved the progress of the flames in the mansion | could not be stayed. Daylight found only the stonewall standing. The ‘Scoville mansion, three stories in height, built in 1894 and used by Mrs. Scoville as her summer resi- dence, was architecturally a modified design of a European castle. It was an attraction to visitors in this sec- tion, and many hundreds each sum- mer drove from Lakeville, ten miles away to see it. Robert Scoville was of the opinion that the fire started in the fireplace of the large chimney. It had gained such headway that he had to rush into the house to wet the caretaker and his wife out. Mr. Scoville was unable to estimate the loss at this time, even the figure of $175,000 on the house being mere- ly an approximation. The insurance is considerable. Simsbury Horeestead Burned. Simsbury, Conn., Jan. 13—The St. John homestead, built very many vears ago. in the northern part of the town, was burned today. The loss was $6,000 with partial insurance. Mrs. Edward St. John and her son left the house only with difficulty. The origin of the fire is undetermined. : It stood near the tracks of both the ! Central New England and New Ha- ven roads, but had been covered with sheet metal for protective purposes. FIRE BURNS, UP $400,000. Freeport, Ill., Jan. 13.—Two fires here today caused damage estimated , at $400,000. Division offices of the Tllinois Central railway and the com- bined freight houses of the Illinois Central and the Chicago and North- western railways were burned with a loss of $150,000. The other fires de- stroyed the plant of the Rawleigh- Schryer company, makers of gasoline engines, the loss being placed at $250,000. 4 A e WEATHER. Hartford, Jan, 13.—For Hartford and vicinity: Snow, warmer tonight. Sunday, probably snow. plovision was included to compel answers particularly by Thomas‘ W. Lawson. .Lawson has been subpoenaed to re- appear. , Lawson, in a telegram to Chairman Henry signified his intention to be here; Monday. Representative Bennett said that he would insist on recalling Bernard Baruch, “with his books” and also upon a thorough investiga- tion of messages sent throwgh the lo- cal Western Union and Postal Tele- graph companies offices on December 20. today THAW’S RELATIVES PLAN LEGAL BATTLE Indications Point to. Attempt Prevent His Extradition to Philadelphfa, Jan. -Althongh they were without definite ‘informa- tlon it was the .general opinion of local authorities today that relatives of Harry'K. Thaw, who. is in a hospital here recovering from self-inflicted ‘wounds, are planning to fight extradi- tion proceedings for his removal to New York to answer to the indict- ment charging him with kidnapping and assaulting Frederick Gump, Jr., of Kansas City. Following a conference here last night of representatives of the Thaw, family, H. T. Scott, counsel for Oliver Brower, who is in jail here awaiting requisition to New York in connection with the Gump charges, said that the courts of Pennsylvania might want to know “whether Thaw's attempt at ?u(cide was not an evidence of insan- ty.” “The courts of this state,” said Scott, “have a right to know whether a prime facie has been made out against Thaw in New York.” Thaw passed a comfortable night and his condition is steadily improv- ing according to news from the hospi- tal early today. MURDER SUSPECT HELD Prisoner of Huntington, Ind.,, Police Admits Staying at Hotel in Colum- bus, 0., Where Girl Was Slain. Huntington, Ind., Jan. 13.—W. H. ‘Wells, twenty-seven years old, of Kan- sas City, formerly of Huntingten, was arrested here early today for suspect- ed conndction with the killing of Mona Simon in a room of a hotel in Columbus, Ohjo. He also is held on charge of embezzlement filed at Kan- sas City. Wells admitted, according to the police, that while in Columbus he stayed at the hotel tn which the girl's body was found and that he registered under the name of Van Brunt. In Well’s suitcase Chief Banter found two blood-stained handker- chiefs. Stains also were found on the collar the man was wearing, but Wells contends these resulted from a slight cut on the nec! Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 13.—A charge | of first degree murder was filed today against Welton H. Wells, former Kansas City broker’'s clerk, under ar- rest in Huntington, Ind., for alleged connection with the murder of Mona Simon in a hotel here yesterday. * TRIED TO MAKE HER DRINK. Husband Shot After Long With Wife. Denver, Colo, Jan. 13.—After a five-hours struggle with her husband to prevent him from forcing her to drink liquor, Mrs. John Lawrence Smith today shot Smith to death in their home in a fashionable resi- dence district here. Mrs. Smith is the divorced wife of William A. Moore, a Denver attorney. She is 43 years old. Smith, who Struggle e S S A, formerly was a chauffeur in the em- ployee of Moore, was 33 years old. PENS OF EUROPE UPHOLD ENTENT Neutral Editors See Little Hope of War B Brought to Conclusion But Consider All Reply to President D Wilson’s Note Complete and Dignified. MORE INTENSE UNION OF TEUTONS FORECAST BY BERLIN JOURN European editors disagree, as is to | be expected, on the reply of the En- tente Allies to President Wilson’s note | requesting Information as to the ob-! jects of” war of the belligerents. One effect the reply of the Allles will have on the Teutonic peoples will ‘be to solidify them and to unify them even further for the prosecution of the war, German editors believe. The document is also considered an af- front to President Wilson, Many Swedish journalists believe the answer represses all hope of peace while others do not consider this the result. What comment is at hand from the Spanish press favors the Enténte. The only editorial opinion thus far obtained from Italy comes by way of Paris. Naturally, it praises the note. The Journal, published in Geneva, Switzerland, . considers the reply “firm and dignified.” English opinion is discounted for obvious rea- sons. { Comment received by. cable follows: 4 today German Press and pure sentiment. “With ¢ cision’ 'says this paper, “the governments explained’ their and proved the necessity of thed order to obtain & just and peace. They alsa defined gress which considers not ' restitution of invaded territon reign of Europe on historic b conformity with the principl tiopalities, which guara growth of progress and I Italian Press | Considered Step Fo! Rome, Jan. 12, Via Parls,'§ 1:05 a. m.—The Allies’ reply dent Wilson is regarded as worthy step toward the discus ! peace by the Corriere D'Italia ! it is a statement of the preels the Allies wish to reach throu The Tribuna says that the Al sented in their answer & Europe drawn according to' ness and justice in contrast map emanating from the spirit of conquest.” s It congludes its comment b ‘Will Unite All Germans. Berlin, Jan. 12, via London, Jan. 13, 7 a, m.—The German press, although expressing indignation at what it con- siders slurs on the Central Powers in the reply of the Entente to President iWilson and although angered at the peace conditions, finds consolation in the belief that the note will serve to weld together all classes into an unconquerable determined whole. Papers like the Tageblatt and the Lo- kal Anzeiger says this is sxpected of the Allies’ reply and almost ignore the second German note, which was pub- lished siimultansoualy. The pan-Ger- man - press considers the German communication of great importance and hails it as a sign that the lerd- ers of the Ceéntral Powers are fihally coming around to their view in regard to Belgium and otler conditions. The entente’s specify delineation of its aims Is accepted in general with re- Hef as finally eliminating all guess- work and allowing everyone to see just what is at stake. The extrav- agance of the aims, according to the Lokal Anzeiger, binds Central Europe a thousand times closer together. The Tageblatt thinks that the note, in- stead of being a heavy blow for Ger- many as predicted , really that the note is worded in such as only used when the mathematically certain of it. 4 Swiss Press Considers Note Since Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. Paris, 11:26 p. m.—The Jou | menting on the Allies® reply. dent Wilson, predicts that will make the most favo! sion. “Its language is firm. nified,” says the Journal, “an of sincerity, : It is instinct of justice. The Al ‘thelr position ‘possible clearness and it is Germans to Teply. s Sees Allies’ Causc S London, Jan, 13, 10:25 a. Manchester Guardian conal Prd the first thing striking, any '@ reads the two replies to ‘Wilson’s note received from ligerents fs that they make tHS | which the American note excitel i exceedingly foolish. * T Th newspaper believes’ it j found to the advantage of ti » makes | that their terms are fully defi things easier because it will serve to | ¢y the disadvantage of Gern arrange all differences of opinion. This paper believes that the reply unites “at one stroke such opposites ! Guardian, her say was indefinite. “The German note," e “avoids all defin as the socialists, who are desirous ot | hoth in its accounts of the Dl averting any rejection of overtures, with' the moderates, who favor a busi- ness peace and with the annexation- ists, who insist upon the total defeat of the enemy.” “The enemy's demands,” continues the Tageblatt,” are foolish and sense- less and such that no German could consider them for a second. The note is ‘an affront to President Wilson, in that it presents obviously impossible conditions in the face of his stated belief that the aims of the two groups of opponents are mnot irreconcilabls and absolutely barricades every way to peace.” The Cologne Gazette says: “The answer which our opponents have given to our peace overtures precludes any further advances on our part. ‘“Nevertheless it is useful to dispel the cloud before the eyes of neutrals when our opponents continually con- ceal their war lust and desire of con- quest.” in its proposals for the futur characteristic lack of humer: plains of deportation of clvill our territory as though | never had enslaved a Hel Frenchman of breaches of tional law, such as the deel London, which was never ra England’'s starvation campalgn was and is a reprisal upon ti marine campaign initialed an with commerce and humanif many.” Referring to the German neutrals the Globe says Ch Von Bethmann-Hollweg “has | all the world proof of ) the which still fills the rulers with irresistible evidence of for beating them to the dust Referring to Germany's d her actions in Belgium the W ster Gakette says: Swedish Press. | Editors in Sweden Differ in Opinion, | London, Jan. 13, 6:45 a. m.—The Swedish press in general agrees that ! the Allies’ reply to President Wilson ! destroys all hope of peace, according to a Copenhagen despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company. The Stockholm Ridningen is the most op- timistic. This paper considers that even if the Allies’ peace offers are ex- treme there is still hope of a com- promise because it is expected that Germany will now also publish her peace terms. The Tidningen calls attention to .the phrase in the Allies’ reply demanding free economic development states and gays that it indicates that | the plans for an economic war against | Germany after military operations have been abandoned and leaves the | way open for further negotiations. The Dagens Nyheter considers it Ger- many's duty to continue the negotia- tions, as by merely saving that the Allies’ terms are impossible “she will not be playing the game."” Spanish Press “Dignified and Pure.” Madrid, Via Paris, Jan. 13.—The Imparcial says that the Allies’ reply was inspired with the most dignified but Germany which could shade of such conduct, and can do it is proof that her id the subject of treaties and i tional ‘morality have wholly 1t The Chronicle devotes an ed article this morning to a plea spect for the rights of neutral complained that some of the 3 newspapers “‘write habitually @ trals with a studied Insolenee. must be ve eign office general way of nan-belligerents, says: “It is particularly necessu) show consideration for Ameri the matter of sea rights.” French Press. French Editors in Scoffing Paris, Jan. 13.—The new Al and German notes are greel ridicule® by the French press shades of opinion. the Germans and Austrians clared they would not reply the Ch o embarrassing to t After defending® the interosts and ¥ many and has supplied her. _ “There is no power in tya‘ The ¥igara ] refasal. of the Allies to consider yroposal but that on reflection | concluded it would be better remain quiet “under - the sn blow of our note.” “They have roplied,” (Continued on Sccond Page. say®