New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 1, 1917, Page 1

N A e % o\ still are missing and probably 2 D “ADS" MEAN BUSINESS [ES N i EWS OFATTCK KepT * WLTARYSEGRET PHILANTEROPIC. _ REQUESTS. IR A Y catot e Pl o Present, American Em- bassy at London Explains; [s22on. 822507 Se 5 v ffi'?mre Seamen Heard BURVIVORS DUE AT LIVERPOOL TONIGHT *! the American oil tank steamer Vaguum ' Consul ‘Géncral Skinner to Wash- Mmuvmonct Without Information Exocept As to " Death of Captain Harria. [ London, May 1.—The survivors of “who will arrive in Lives 1, at mid- ht ‘include Robert Oscar s, W. Lundgren, A. Byl and Ray- - momd Nunez. " Detaifs of the sinking on ‘April 28 of the Vacuum have been received at the ~American embassy. here but cannot be +4.tan naval attache, ° made reports upon them to Washing- n. . b"‘.l‘he American consular ‘ofticials will pbtain’ the customary full affidavits trom the officers and m¥mbers of the créew who have already landed. “The following' ars 3 who have been landed: Yioss of Gusmers. May 1.—First official 1 Confirens " ‘news of the submarine destruction of 2 the American tanker with loss of some pf the ‘American gun Crew Was Te- telved today by the government. Consul Genera! Skinner at London, reportng the deétruction, confirmed . that Lieut, Thomas, commander' of crew, same. of his men, i and some of his ¢rew lost. ¢ s Pending receipt of more Jdetailed A information the navy depart- ment*will not make public the names Captain ~_—~of the gun crew. v #5i ready enMsted and ‘employed by the'{ lonsings, $511; . Stanley Works when the call came, \ % \ Oil Company Without Details. New York, May 1.—Officlals of] the / Vacuum Oil company here, " in re- spone: to a ‘cable to London asking turther details on the sinking of their steamship, today received the follow- Ing. ‘“Harris, captain, unofficially re- STANLEY WORKS TO - PAY SOLDIER BOY! ‘Dficials Decide to Give One Month's " “Wages to, All Soldiers Who Were T° ‘Ideutepant Ashley J. Griffin, com- | manding Company E, First Connecti- tut Infantry, received an official noti- fication this morning from the Stanley Works stating that all enlisted men wWho were in the company’s employ when they rallied to the calors, are to receive & month’s pay at the same rate of wages they were earning when lhey left to enroll. This same ruling will also apply to men who ‘were al- ¥ ¢ “This generous and {patriotic ‘move #h-the part-of the factory officials is greatly appreciated by officers and men alike and this meorning, when- - [feutenant Griffin’called the several Btanley Works men into his office to tell them of the good news, each. of their faces WWM in smiles. In both Com; ¥ and Company I there are a large number of Stanley Works employes. Among the officers are included Lieutenant Griffin of gomunt_l and. Second Lieutenant n Chamberlain of Company T, Bergeants Cedrie Powers, J. F.' Conh- ners and Edward Ogren hre among the Company /I mon-coms to - whom this will apply. z : PEACE RUMOR HITS WHEAT. ;Chicago, May 1.—Reports that the Bwiss minister in' charge of German Interests at Washington, had asked for a conference with President Wil- #son and that the German chancellor’s . peace.terms would be outlined in an address to the Reichstag next Thurs- day, caused a 'sharp drop in wheat prices today. May declined 16 cents to $2.55; July 10 3-4 to $2.15 and Sep- tember ¢ 5-8 to $1.82. '| Deposit. in Mechanic's Sav- SWELL BIG ESTATE Tnventory of Late Mrs. Sarah A. Strong's Wealth, $369,016.93 —— Manufacturing Stocks, Icluding “War Brides”, Alone Total More Than ‘& Quarter of & Million Dollars—Had C. J: Parker and Frederick G. Platt, philanthropist who died several weeks ‘willing most of h fortune: to charitable, religious and ‘educational institutions, ‘have flled an inventory of $869,016.28. g one of the larg- est estates that come before the local probate in a long time. Most of Mrs. Strong’s wealth was invested in various stocks and gold bonds throughout the country, a complete in- ventory of which follows: 100 shares New Britaln Gas 50 shares Hartfora Cily 5,700.00 .. 2,350.00 Stow & 40 shares U. 8. Steel, pfd. 40 shares Standard Screw PILGA ok i ek o 47 shares Stanley Works 40 shares Torrington Co . 30 ' shares 'Pennsylvania e B R e 10 shares Standard Screw 80 shares/ Pratt & Whit- 1,080.00 4,720.00 4,320.00 4,700.00 1,240.00 1,620.00 1,100.00 8,400.00 1,000.00 20, shares nson, To- poka & Santd Fe R. R. 130 shares Bigelow. Hart- 1,980.00 14,040.00 9,500.00, 6,075.00 ing Co. ....... 1000 shares - City Coal Co. ceee 110.00 Lumber 3,600.00 &1 Machine Co. .. ceees 3156 shares ' Waterbury Lamber & Coal Co. .... 94,650.00 76,360.00 8,056.00 #old bond coupons . 165.38 Interest on same .. 1 Connecticut Power Co. bond . Interést on same .... 1 U. 8. Envelope Co. gold bodd .......... . Interest on sam . 1 New Milford Power Co. nterest on same ... 1 Hartford & Springfield Street R. R. bond ..... Interest on same, .... 2 American Paper Goods gold/ bonds .. ... . Iriterest on same .... 3. New Britain Gas Light Co. 1 : 1,000.00 .56 17.22 1,000.00 8.89 $20.00 13.08 2,000.00 42.78 3,000.00 39.18 2N.Y,N.H & HLR R. . 1,760.00 34.22 Total of bonds ......$ 19,057.24 Notes “Cash On Deposit. seee:$ 18,500.00 vings * 8,765.61 \ Bank | yings. Deposit in Burritt Savings " BAnk .:. 2,826.90 13,794.60, 13,078.93 4299.55 " 20,247.60 $11.00 Deposit in New Britain Na- tional Bank and cash on. hand brings total up £o Private property ........ ' Grand total ........$389,016.23 A resume of the estate follows: Personal property, stocks, $272,945; bonds, $19,057.24; notes, $18,600; de- posits, $37,756.39; cash in New Britain National bank $20,347.60; private be- total, $369,016.23. HUB 0 ENTERTAIN FRENCH State and City Officials to Plan Recep- tion ¥or Commission—New ' York Invites French and British. Boston, Mass.,, May 1.—Plans for the “reception of the French inission on its visit to this city will be dis- cussed.at a conference of the state and city committees on publi¢ safety tomorrow. . The trustees of the public library haveé asked that the envoy be invited to inspect that institution, , re- calling that it was established as a di- rect result of .a suggestion made by Alexandre Vattemare, a Frenchman, while on a visit to Boston in 1842, / ‘Washington, May 1.—Mayor Mitchel and a commfittee of New Yorkers came here today and invited both the Brit. ish and French missions to visit that | city. H, C. Frick has offeted the use of his New York town house +to the commissioners if they accept the in- vitation. ; % 1,000.00 | RAL EV BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1917. —TWELVE PAGES. STOCKS AND BONDS |GABLE CENSORSHIP |TYPHUS IN GERMANY REPORT FROM SWISS Yague and Unoonfirmetl Rumois of Bmdelmc Reach Outside TODAY PATEFUL MAY DAY GOES 'INTO EFFECT Telegraph Messages fo Mexico Also Subject to War Regulations ARMY AND NAVY IN CHARGE Executive Order Signed n, President ‘Wilson to Prevent Information of Military Value Reaching Hands of .German Government. ‘Washington, May 1.—An executive signed by President Wilson, pro- g for the censorship of cablesout of the United States and of telegraph and telephone lines into Mexico * to- gother with regulations governihg the same, were made public today by the committee on public information. The object of the censorship is to prevent the sending of information which might be of value to the enemy. The committee announced that arrange- ments have been made to put the or- der into immediate effect. “Conferences with heads of cable, telegraph and telephone . comj ies have been held in Washington &uring the week, and plans have been'worked out in-dewil, said the statement. “The personnel previously, selected and the generous and complete co- operation of the various companies, combine to assure expedition and ef- ficlency from the outset.”, ‘The order was signed by the presi- dent under aythority vested in him by the constitution and the con!rtglom’;l resolution declaring the éxistence of a state of war. Enforcement of the reg- ulations is delegated te the war and navy department. - 3 Text of Reguladons, The order dated April 28 is as fol- '8 2 “Whereas the existence of a state ‘war between the United States and Imperial German government makes. it essential to the public safety that no communication of a cl cter valu- able to the enemy or its allies shall be had y ‘Therefore, by virtue of the power vested in me under the constitution and by the joint resolution of congress of April 6, 1917, declaring the exist- ence of a state of war it is ordered that all companies or other persons own- ing, controlling or operating tele- graph or telephone lines or submarine cables are hersby prohibited from transmitting ‘mgasages to points with- ‘out the United Btates and detvar ering messages recelved from such points, except by the secrétary of war for telegraph and telephone lines and by the sécretary of the navy for sub- marine cables. “T6 these departments, respectively, 1s delegated the duty of preparing and enforcing rules and regulations under these orders to accomplish 'the pur- pose mentioned. 4 “This order shall take effect from date.” b 3 The censorship of ~ telegraph and telephone lines will affect the Mexican ‘border only. H . The committee on public informa- tion will provide the clearing house'to regulate activity of the naval and mil- ftary censorship to every department. The cable censorship regulations are {ssued for the, guidance, of the pub- lic The text of the regulations fol- low: Codes—The codes may be used conditioned on their acceptability under the cenmsor- ship regulations in effect in the for- elgn countiies concerned. The name of the code shall be written in the check and be signalled free: *“ A B. C., both; Scotts, both edition Western Union (not including five letter edi- tion) ; Lieber’s (not Including five let- ter edition) Bentley’s complete phrase code (not Including the oil and min- ing supplements) Broomhall’s imperi- a1 commercial code; Bromhall’s im- perial communication code. rubber edition; Mever's Atlantic cotton code 39th. edition; Riverside code, 5th. edi tion; A. Z. Addresses—Must be complete, but properly registered. Addresses may be used where permitted by the'censor- ship abroad. However, code addresses registered subsequent to December 31, 1916 may not be used in messages to and from Ceiitral and South Amerlca. Porto Rico, Virgin Ilands, Hayti, San Domingo), Curaco or in messages trans- mitted “over the Commercial Pacific cable or via trans-pacific wireless. “ext: Cablegrams without text will not be passed. “Suppressions, delays, etc.—All ca- blegrams aré accepted at the sender’s risk, and may be stopped, delaved' or otherwise dealt with at'the discretion of the censor and without notice to the senders.” No information respect- ing the transmission, delivery or other | disposal of any cablegram shall be 1 given' by pald service, and requests made by mail must be addressed to e telegraph or cable companies and ust be passed by the censorship. Telegraphic and post acknowledge- ments of receipt (P. C. and P. C.' P. services) are suspended in all coun- tries. “Information to senders—Any ex- planation of a text word or words, etc., required by the censors from the sender in the United States shall be Jbtained by a collect message from the censor to the sender and by a re- ply from the sender of the cablegram. “Coded cablezrams filed directly at cable offices where a cable censorship is stationed, as New York, Key West, Galveston and San Francisco, should be accompanied. This will' expedite | (Continued on Eleventh Page.) following authorized District Vote to Go Out on Strike. RHINE WORKERS STRIKE. London, May 1.—"“In the Rhine provinces more than half the munitions workers de- cided to strike today,” Wwires the correspondent at, The Hague of the Exchange Tele- graph company. “Essen is shut off from the rest of Germany in order to prevent the slightest informa- tion about strikes at the Krupps works from leaking out.” § May Day has dawned with the armed hosts of Englgnd, France and Germany still locked fast in the most tremendous struggle of the whole tre- mendous world war ‘' But the eyes of the world are fixed for the moment on ! evénts behind the battle line where, inside ‘the closely guarded fronts of the Central Powers, the bursting of 10ng brewing storm of discontent 'is | awaited. - . Extraordinary measures have, been taken by the rulers of the empires to prevent the outside K world from Knowing what is happening within their ‘' borders. No ' German newspaper is allowed to pass into & neutral country, and for the past ien days all persons have been forbidden to leave Germany. . i g "‘Reports from Switzerland, of vagu and lndaflnl'{a authority, assert that the troubled'conditions in Germany have been intensified by a widespread outbreak of typhus, especially in the great industrial regions. The epi- demic is attributed to the growing food. scarcity. : Sécrecy-also obscurés the ‘situation in Sweden, where a great natioh-wide demonstration by the workers was also planned- for today. Since the outbreak of a couple of weeks when rioting took place in Stockholm, the, only news mr:ulM as ment against undue interference. On the fighting front in France 1lit- tle change has taken place for some days. The French are striking -hard in the Champagno and have made some gains but witout materially alter- ing the 'situation. The fighting in Macedonia, which was/resumed on a wide front last week, is still in prog- ress. In Mesopotamia the British* are pushing steadily, forward. s Relative Quiet on British Front. - London, May 1.—“We made & suc- cessful raid last night = north ' of Ypres,” says today’s official announce- ment from the Franco-Belgian front, “and captured a few prisoners. Else- where thére was nothing of special importance.” 'No' Heavy Fighting With French- Paris, May 1.—The French are re- organiring the positions captured in the Champagne and no heavy fight- ing occurred last night. Following is today’s official account: * “South of the Oise we repulsed a German attack on one of our small posts in the region of Barris. /.fong the Chemin des Dames the artillery fighting was rather violent. In the sector between Troyon and Hurtebise, patrol encounters occurred. A German reconnoitering party, which attempted 10 approach our lines east of Hurte- bise, was driven back by our fire. “In the Champagne the night passed in relative quiet in the sector of our attack where'gur troops are organizing the captpred positions. The number of prisoners captured by us in the fighting yesterday and enu- merated is more than 400. There is nothingyto_réport from the remainder of ‘the froht® i * /PAY TAXES IN ADANCE Patriotic Individuals and Corporations Contribute $7,000,000 and Thereby Forfeit $52,000 tn Tnterest. | New York, -May l.—Advance pay- ments of individual and carporation income taxes totalling $7,000,000 were announced today by Willlam H, Ea- wards, collector of internal revenue for the second, or downtown district. The loss of interest ta these patriotic taxpayers was estimated at $52,000, ; Yesterday’s collections ranged from fourtegn :cents to . $2,600,000 ana among the checks handed in was one from the United States Steel corpora- tion. The amount paid was not dis- closed. + Collector Edwards sent out notices today involving a collection of more than $16,000,000. A e ¢ WEATHER. ¥or Hartford and vicinity: Showers tonight. Wednesday fair axid continued cool.’ 5 ago, . LOCAL NEWSPAPE! ALLIES BASE HOPES FOR 'VICTORY ON OUR SHl NEW BRITAIN GUARD IN FIRST STATE REGIMENT HOLLWEG TO MAKE NEW TERMS, HOLLAND HEARS The Hague, May 1, via Lon- don—Dr. Von Bethmann-Holl- weg, the German chancellor will make another peace offer in the Reichstag on Thursday of this week, according to an announcemfent made today by the Berliner Tageblatt. GERMAN PLOT SEEN IN STRIKE OF BAKERS | District Attorney Hears Ru- mor That Aliens Wish ; Embarrass Govt. Chlm,yupy 1.—Acting upon | in- structions from the department of 1uafiea, United States District Attorney Clyne started an investigation of re- 'Dorts that the 'strike of baxers af- fecting nearly eighty per cént. of the city’s bread supply was precipitated by German allens for the purpose of embarrassing. the goveriment. Charges that the rank and file of the bakers in the Uriited States dfd’ not- sanction. the action. of the pres- ident of the bakers’ union in signing the statement, issued at ' Washington by’ the cbnference of labor leaders, headed by Samuel Gompers, to the effect that no strikes would be called during the Wwar except under’ stress of vital issues, were made by Tony ‘Weth, business agent of the striking bakers’ union. president .of .the union 5 but-ihe di s and g the TATK e theérity.” ‘Prospects of settlement today cen- tered in a conference between repre- sentatives of the bakers and the em- ployers in the mayor's office. The strikers insisted on their original de- mands. The striking bakers demand that they be permitted to approve or dismiss foremen in the shops, in- creased wages, shorter hours and im- proved working conditions. Shipments of bakery. products were received in Chicago today from sev- eral nearby Illinois and vnmmn;a cities, but the r¢sponse from con-' cerns in Milwaukee, ‘St. Louis, Cin- cinnati, Indianapolis and Cleveland was limited, most of them asserting that they were unable to provide the supplies required. An added com- plicstion was the strike of the bakery wagon drivers’ union. Although their strike, which. called out about 600 men, affected only the shops already closed by the bakers’ strike the ac- tion, it was said, makes more difficult negptiations for. a settlement. Many small dealers took advantage of ithe situation to run the ptice of br+d up to as high as seventeen cents a loaf. The dealers sald the ly would not last 24 hours more. + . New York, May 1.—A mass meet- ing of New York bakers has been calléd for Wednesday afternoon to consider plans for reducing the cost of bread production and distribution by co-operative effort. “DEAF HUTES REPRIEYED W‘ c Extension of Time For Vetere P g L . "' and Qastellf, §ontenced to Hang For Murder in New. Haven ‘ Hartford, May 1.—Governor Hol- comb today, for the second time, 8ranted a reprieve to Frank Vetere and Joseph Castelli, deaf mutes under sentence of death at the state prison. ‘The two men were convicted of the murder of Castelli’s wife in. New Ha- ven last October and sentenced . té hang on March 5. .An appeal was taken to the supreme court and the governor reprieved them until July 6. DMITS INTENTION “We admit.” 'said Weth, ‘“that ‘the’ NE | HI8 " action ‘18 ‘withéut av-’ State Divided Into Six Mili- tary Districts By Emer- gency Board — Burpee Is Hartford Colonel, . Hartford, May 1.—The first general order for the permanent organization of the Connecticut Hofne Guard was issued today by the mtate military emergency board from lquarters. The ‘arder provides’that the state shall be divided into six military dis- tricts; the first containing the towns in Hartord and Tolland counties;" the second, the towns in New . Haven county, except those in the Naugatuck valley; the third, the {owns in New London and Windham counties; the fourth, the towns in Fairfleld county, except the 'borough of Shelton; the fifth, the towns in ILitchfield county and the towns of Waterbury, Middje- bury, Southbury, Oxford, Naugatuck, Beacon Falls, Seyiiour, Ansonia, Der- by ‘and the city of Shelton; the sixth, the towns of Middlesex county. ‘The. following have been permanently appdinted to command the military districts: Col. W. B. |, Burpee, Hartford; Col. J. R. North, New Haven; Col. E. T, Kirkiand, New London; Col. C.| B. Wilson, Bridge- port; Col. James Geddes, 'Waterbury, and Col. J. Elliott, Middletown. Each district commander ig ‘ordefed to ap- point a district adjitant and if nec- essary a district quartermaster, each with rank of captain, and each to he the regimental adjutasnt'or quarter- master of the infantry regiment in that district. - Infantry companies hitherto en- listed and reported to ‘the, hoard are n.gkned to- the regiments '_d-nIgnugd to constitute the active force or -first line of the Connegticut Home Guard. v First regiment«¥Four compahies- in Hartford, two.companies in. Bristo! and ene-in each ef. the towns of Ber- ¥n,. New Britain, Sipwbury, Windsor ieks, South, . ‘East: Hart- 2drd, Plainville, ‘Farmington, Collins- |. ville ‘Southington and Coventry. Second regiment—Six companies in New Haven, two in Meriden and one each.in the. townsof . Wallingford, Madison, Orange,” Hamder, West Ha- ven and Milford, and one - platoon each in North Haven and East Haven Third Régimént—Three "in |New London, twe fn' Norwich, two in Mystic, two in Stonington '(including Pawcatuck) one ‘each in’ Old. Lyme, Putnam and Willimantic, 3 Fowrth—Eight in Bridgeport, three in Stamford, two. in Danbury, and one enoh in, Stratford; Fairfield, Norwich, Greenwich and Bethel, ; Firth—Three in Waterbury, 'three in Torrington, two in Ansonia, two in Seymour and one each in by, Shelton, Norfolk, Lakeville, Litcl 2 ‘Watertown and / New Milford, with one company in North Canaan and one platoon in Falls Village. Sixth—Three in Middietown and one each in Essex, Saybrook, Port- land, East Haddam and Haddam and one company made up. in the towns of Clinton ‘and Westbrook, and one com- pany in the towns of Chester and Deep, River and one platoon in Mid- dlefleld. 5 Infantry ' companies = will contain nat less than fifty men and at present. not more than sixty-five with three officers. Two officers of the six regiments temporarily appointed by the board have been permanently appointed and assigned. A machine gun battalion is, or- ganiged in the following' towns: Har¢ford, - New Haven, ‘Bridgepart, ‘Waterbury, New London and Midale- fown e o i, Two river patrol companies, one in lartford and the other iniMiddletown are permanently organized. < ‘ Transport companies organized in Hartford and Tarrington, oonsisting of forty-four men, with motor cars and trucks have been accepted. N D S P mfinflm /GAINS IN GOTHAM. New York, May 1.—-Figures avail- able today on the resulty of the:first day of the navy week campalgn de- creed by Mayor Mitchel to stimulate recruiting, showed that 88 men had enlisted in Manhattan and Brooklyn |’ yesterday, as compared with fivd-men from both boroughs on /the previous day. TO BLOW UP OFFICE OF J. P. MORGAN & New York, May 1.~Confession was ] made in court today by Wolf Hirsch, arrested last night with George Mey- ringer, both Germaps, that the pair were on theilr way to blow up the offices. of J. P. Morgan & Co. with a bomb when intercepted by the po- lce. Hirsch, ‘the police -assert, besides being a chejist is a former German secret service officer and a Teserve i petty officer in'the swbmarine - di- 7 } fl-lqn of the German navy, whila the othér ‘prisoner with a’kitcherimah fn |’ the hospital, is an expert telegrapher and a student of finance. Hirsch and Meyringer have been shadowed since the war began. Even in the hospital laboratory where they have experimented they were watched. the police say ,orders having been glven' to the detectives to shoot efther one ‘on the“first attempt to make use: of their bomb- ’ 7 lleved, to explain the ¥ Lord Percy Sayé ‘ ‘truction By U | Speedy Construe (UL S. HAS' GIVEN SOME and Clara Mennig Turned Entpate, One Gofng to Prawes Other to Ttaly—Rhce Now . R German Submarines and | burg-American liners ' Ponto Clara Menaig at New Yorg', h turned over by the American ment ‘for use-for the 'Entente One ship will, go to France' ather to 'Ttaly, \ Lord Eustace Percy, ship @ with the British mission, said thal government had supplied. ee sels. to be used according to tH Ineeds, ‘but refused to ‘indicat _they were or if they were the § German ships. % R : Lord Percy declared th ent rate of British con ships and the present ican rate could not keep the 'present rate of destr submarines. The balance figure in 'the' struggle, sald Lord Percy, 15 the nage the United States can Lord Percy’s announ: the first intimation' that’ conference thad actually L. 5 stated that mission had stpplied t! government ‘with every shipping problem includis of the Allies. The Ame: board, \he .said, haq .| heartient co-operation ; 'est ynderstanding of the situation. . {51 1 “The shipping - lssue,” Perey,. . “dominates every and is . very @grave indeed. ! present British conatrid cstimated ,\merm‘.fi( cons not keep pace p of ‘destruction. Beth mus up very'appreciably if to be kept open,’ The ) solved itself into a race efficlency of the British & can shipyards and the Gl marine.” “ Members of the British and:! ‘war commissions will take problems with the shipp mediatel, y#al‘ salg commissio; lilwoelh American govérnthent plan of ‘apportionment . @€ among the aflies so0 that g be assured of sufficient sup balance, too, will haye to be', for the classes of supplies gént N in order that food and munx ong be furnished in proper D rtie America to Feed the World The administration, within 8 days, will have introduced: gress legislation to give the. and shipping board a firmer the nation’s' shipping so may b€ directed best to country’s interests. The faces the task of feedin and, through the' ship; the export embargo bilt congress, ‘the government a position ‘to determine thg of éxports and the directd shall take. i & The shipping -boar building campaign cont encouraging response throug country, it was said today. tion alreadly i starting in and many new yards will be stimu! steel. . shipbuildi ‘board will let contracts for struction as' well: as. Wood, the(ships to private‘business, for service in transporting urope. . 3 Thursday. the. French leave Washington: for & ern and middle western conferees are anxious'to finite part of their wor: b Yesterday's ' conferences of ' Wilson with René Viviahi, the French mission and eign r Balfour, who| the h party, did much; of America’s tasks in the war Qificulties which: must be oy When Will Troops Go Ab One of the.foremost quest whether this country shall expedition to Franee #ithin g menths, as the French military cers hope, or abide by the army &# eral staff's plan to send no forced the Belgian front until a large arfy has been raised and trained for 6 Viviani and were received today the senate. mier