Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 31, 1915, Page 1

VvOL. Lvi.—NO. 127 NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, MAY 31, 1915 Balletin EIGHT PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is . uole That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Ciréulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population TEUTONS PRESSING OWARD PRZEMYSL The Enveloping Line Has Been Pushed Forward North and South of the Fortress ITALIAN INVASION OF AUSTRIA CONTINUES They Have Met But Little Opposition Thus Far, But Large Numbers of German 'l:roops Are Reported to be Movng to the Southern Austrian Tyrol—Russia Has Taken as Prisoners 10,734 Officers and 605,378 Men—Allies Have Made Gains in France—Constantinople Asserts That the Turks Have Captured Allied Fortified Trenches ~—Submarines Get Three More Ships. In the war , operations are pro- ceeding as for weeks past, with gains or repulses here and there for both belliger: The greatest progress seemingly s being made by the Aus- tro-Ger: the Galician campaign and by the Itallans in their virtually unopposed invasion of Austrian terri- tory. The Teutonic allies are &till pressing hard to er Przemysl. The en- veloping line is declared to have been pusheq further forward north and south of the fortress. Of the prodigious efforts of the Aus- tro-Germans to encircle Przemysl, the Russian general staff asserts that vast numbers of infantry supported by a thousand guns attacked the Russian trenches on a front of 15 miles along the River San and adds: “In spite of the enemy’s tremendous losses, which since May 20 alone have amounted to hundreds of thousands, it would be remature to epeak of the result of this Battie, which 1s of extraordinary in- tensity.” It is officially stated from Petro- grad that the total number of prison- ers taken by the Russian armies and interned in Russia to April 1, was 10,- 734 officers and 605,378 men. On the western line, the ailied troops have occupied German trenches on the Yser canal, and gains have been made by the allies also near Neuville St Vaast, in the Arras region, in the Le- pretre forest and in Alsace. Constantinople asserts that the Turks have captured with the bayonet the center of the allied fortified trenches at Avi Burno and penetrated into allied territory at Seddul Bahr. German submarines _still continue their operations. The British steamers Tullochmoor and Glenlee and the small Portuguese steamer Cysne have been sunk, while the White Star liner DMegantic, from Liverpool for Montreal, was forced to foot fast in the Irish sea o _escape an underwater boat. Large numbers of German troops are geported to be moving to the southern Austrian Tyrol. French Ship Saves British Crew. London, May 30, 10.40 p. m.—A des- pateh to Lioyds from Ashant northern ance, saye the French vessel Dixi has passed there for Brest, having on Doard the crew of the British steamer Glenlee, bound for Cardiff from Aden, which was sunk by a German sub- marine. The Glenlee was a_steamer of 2,650 tons. Bteamship company of Glasgow. She was owned by the Western | CAPTURE OF TRENCHES REPORTED BY FRENCH On Hill 17 in the Region of Pilken, and on the Outskirts of Lepretre Forest. Paris, May 30, 10.28 p. m.—The fol- lowing officiel communication Was is- sued by the war office tonight: “In_Belgium, on the right bank of the Yser canal, our troops have occu- pied all the German trenches on Hill 17, in the region of Pilken. At this place we made about 50 prisoners and captured three mechine guns, later resuplsing a counter-attack. “In the sector morth of Arras the artillery engagement was violent. We attacked southeast of Neuville St. Vaast the large German work called the Labyrinth. The action was very hot. We advanced 400 meters (about a quarter of a mile) and made a num- ber of prisoners, among Whom were several officers. “In the outskirts of Lepretre forest we carried some new trenches and made 50 prisoners. “In Alsace, at Schnepfen-Riethkopf, we repulsed an attack, and in foreing back the enemy carried one of his trenches. We captured a machine gun and two bomb throwers.” TO PREVENT WASTE OF FOOD IN BERLIN. New Set of Regulations for Hotels and Restaurants. Berlin, May 30, via London, 2.55 p. m—With the idea of stlll further pre- venting the waste of food supplies in this city, the Berlin authorities have promulgated a new set of rules to be observed by restaurants in all parts of the city. These regulations become effective June 1 and they are as follows: First, table d’hote meals are abol- ished and in the future only epecial orders will be filled; second, the larger use of vegetables and restricted use of meat must be encouraged; third, less roast meat and more boiled meats must be offered; fourth, the use of fat must be decreased; and, sixth, the use of potatoes must be limited to the low- est degree possible—enly boiled and friend potatoes may be served. Furthermore, the police will intro- duce new regulations for the serving of meals and they will forbid gthe presents in restaurants of neutral newspapers not friendly to Germany. Cabled Paragraphs France Shuts Out Patented Articles of Enemy. Paris, May 30.—The government has promulgated a law prohibiting the ex- ploitation in France of articles cover- ed by patents issued to subjects of Germany and Austria dating back to August 4 last for German patents and to August 31 for Austrian. Communication from Sir John French. London, May 30.—A communication from Sir John French, commander in chief of the British forces on the con- tinent, says: “Since my last communi- cation of May 28th we have made a further gain east of Festubert. Other- wise all has been quiet on our front. Yesterday one of our aeroplanes brought down a German aeroplane in the neighborhood of Moorseele, six miles northwest of Courtrai.” SAW SUBMARINE IN VICINITY OF NEBRASKAN. Mate of Schooner June Rose Makes Report of Sighting Her. Crookhaven, Ireland, May 30, via London, 3 p. m—The mate of the schooner June Rose, which has ar- rived here, reports that members of the schooner’s crew saw a submarine at 4 o'clock last Tuesday afternoom, a few hours before the American steamer Nebraskan was serlously damaged by an explosion. The June Rose was in sight of the submarine from 20 to 30 minutes after first sighting the sub- mersible west of Fastnet. The schoon- er later saw the Nebraskan fying the American flag. United States Consul London has telesraphed here for all available information concerning the presence of submarines in the vicinity of the Nebraskan JUMP FROM BROOKLYN BRIDGE PROVED Philadelphia Machinist Had Picture Aspirations. Skinner at FATAL. Moving New York, May 30.—In an attempt to attract publicity which he thought would enable him to become a moving picture hero, Henry Clark, a machin- ist of West Philadelphia, was killed today when he jumped from one of the highest points of the Brooklyn bridge into the Bast river. Three policemen saw Clark climb from the promenade near the Manhz tan end of the bridge to one of the suspension cables. Before they could reach him, Clark made a dive for the river, 185 feet below. His wife and a party of friends were on a nearby pier watching the feat. He landed on his spine and sank. His body has not been recovered. SEALING STEAMER STRUCK AN 1CEBERG. Her Bow Was Crushed In, But No One Aboard Was Injured. St. John, N. F., May 30.—The seal- ing steamer Beothic, bound for the Labrador coast with more than 200 passengers on board, struck an ice- berg off Trinity Bay last night. Her bow was crushed in, but she was able to keep afloat and no one on board was injured. The passengers were mainly fisher- men proceeding to Labrador for the opening of the season’s operation of the fishing fleet. They were landed at Greates Cove shortly after the acci- dent. The Beothic put back to St. Johns, reaching here this afternoon. TURKISH TROOPS GAINING AT THE DARDANELLES Drove Allies Out of Trench at the Point of the Bayonet. Constantinople, May 30, via London, 8:08 a. m.—The following official statement was issued today ‘We took the center of the enem: fortified trenches at Avi Burnu, morning after a bayonet attack. At Seddul Bahr our right wing penetrated into sections previously occupied by the enemy, while 400 metres beyond one of our aviators dropped bombs successfully on the enemy’s trenches. this ’r_—figcrytgtyrpam'els'%s On Maine Gure: l "iTERESTING CEREMONIES AT MAINE MEMORIAL DED! ration Day. up and broken out by Jonathan Dan- iels, and after this the two boys will grasp the halyards and’run up the international code signal, spelling the word 1915 on_the other, OB Bar s V1Y . ‘Washington, May 30.—Jonathan ‘and Frank Daniels, sons of the secretary of the navy, Josephus Daniels, will par- ticipate in the ceremonies incident to dedication of the Maine memorial 3'. Arlington Natonal cemetery Deco- ICATION The ensign will be run “Maine” on one halyard and X, ITALIANS HAVE BOMBARDED AUSTRIAN FORTIFICATIONS Operations Along the Carnic Moun- tains Delayed by Unfavorable Weath- er. Udine, May 30, via the Ttalian Frontier and Paris, May 30, 5:10 p. m.—Operations along the Carnic Mountains have been much delayed by unfavorable weather but the Itali- ans have bombarded Austrian fortifi- cations on the frontier. They tre ad- vancing along the Fella river besieg- ing Barborgetto, midway between Pon- tebba and Travis. Further south they are pushing along the Baccolona val- ley threatening Bredli pass. 49 MEN LOST WITH g BATTLESHIP MAJESTIC. Crew of 243 and 78 Workmen Perished With Steamer Princess Irene. London, May 30, 9.05 p. m.—Forty- nine mgnof the British battleship Ma- jestic Were lost when that vessel was torpedoed off the Gallipoli peninsula on May 27, according to the casualties list issued ‘tonight. The number of men lost on the steamer Princess Irene, which was blown up in Sheerness harbor, exclu- sive of 78 workmen, is given as 243. Decomposed Body Found at Stamford. Stamford, Conn,, May 30.—The de- composed body of man, who the medi- cal examiner thinks had been dead half a year, was found today in a swampy woodland in the Newfield sec- tion of the town. An empty poison bottle near the body leads the au- thorities to beliieve that he had end- ed his own life. The scratched label on the bottle indicated that it had been purchased at a New Haven drug store. The coat also bore the label of a New Haven clothier. There are no other marks "of identification. Horrors of War. Britain has retaliated for the use of asphyxiating gas by expelling the Kalser from the Order of the Garter. The Kaiser will retaliate by once more mobilizing the professors, and so the war sweeps on from horor to horror.—New York Evening Post. Where Women Are Prized. Citizens of Muskogee, Ok., have offered a reward of $5 for informa- con leading to the whereabouts of Annie Smitowsky. ‘They think a lot of their women down in_ Oklahoma,” White Star Liner Evades Submarine MEGNATIC CHASED, OFF SOUTH COAST OF IRELAND SENT AN S. O. S. CALL That a Submarine Had Been Sighted—A Second Message Said the Liner Had Outdistanced the Pursuing Boat. Reporting Queenstown, May 30, 8.05 p. m.—The White Star liner Megantic, with a large number of passengers, from Liv- erpool to Montreal, was chased by a 1|]epulies Convicted of Killing Strikers NINE PRONOUNCED GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER. SENTENCE IS DEFERRED Shot Into a Party of Strikers at N. January — Fifteen Other at Roosevelt, ., Early Last Deputies Are Under Indictment. New Brunswick, N. J, May 30— Nine of the ten deputies who have been on trial here for a week past on the charge of murder in the fi We are for peace ! Sleep on ! To arms ! Peace, peace Let us have peace! Yet we recall with love and pride Our dead of fifty years ago Who fought on gory fields and died That we might have the peace we know. O sons and grandsons of such Be not a craven, helpless horde; Freedom hatt still her bivoac-fires, And Justice holds the unsheathed sword. To arm ! But let us walk erect, For selfish gain too proud to fight, Yet not too proud for self-respect. MEMORIAL DAY, 1915 We have no lust . For blood, for spoil beyond our gate, For shrapnel-burst and bayonet-thrust And all the savage arts of hate. How do we keep the faith with those Who watch us from beyond the grave, If, sunk in sloth and greed, we pose As careless ‘of the 't they gave ? Blood was their gift, and cruel death ! Brave warriors of the blue and gray, The God of Battles saith Time shall not take your fame away. Be men of might ! Shame on the spineless crew whose sneer Would wither courage at the seed ! We need the strength that will not fear To serve our country at her need. But let us keep Our flag from all dishonor free, Above the sacred fields wheresleep The braves of Lincoln and of Lee. —Frank Roe Batchelder in New submarine off the south coast of Tre- land this morning, but escaped. Considerable alarm was caused here early this morning when an “S. O. S.” call was received from the liner re- porting that a submarine had been sighted. The first message was soon followed, however, by another stating that the Megantic had outdistanced the submarine and that she was 60 miles southeast of Cork harbor. Later a third message was received from the steamer's captain reporting that he had evaded the submarine, that his ship was well to the westward and that he was proceeding on his voyage with all on board well. COMMERCIAL AND POLITICIAL INTERESTS Would Have Been Checkmated Had Austria Accepted Italy's Demands. (Special to The Bulle Washington. D. C., May Aus- tria Hungary’s reason for rejecting the demands of Italy is said to be her view that it would have resulted i an effiective check-mating of both he: commercial and her political interests on the Adriatic and the Mediter: almost as _thoroughly as were Aegean ambitions destroyed following the successful struggle of the Balkan States with Turkey and the establis ment of a Greater Servia,’ letin issued today by the Geographic Society, which di: the Italian demands as reported from Rome. “These demands, the Dual Monarchy contended, were planned to give Italy strategic control, navel and commercial, of the Adriatic, and also that their acceptance by Vienna would have struck a vital blow at the Mon- archy’s future. “As minimum concessions, Ttaly ask- ed the cession of the Province of Trent in the Austrian Tyrol; the cession of Eestern Friueli east to Nabresina; the formation of a State entirely inde- pendent of Austria out of the terri- tories, Triest and Istria; cession to Italy 'of the dominant islands off the lower Dalmatian coast, Curzola, Lissa, Lesina, - Brazza, annd Maleda; the abandonment of Austrian interests in Albania, and Austrian acknowledge- ment of Italian sovereignty over the Albanian port and great land-locked bay, Aviona. These concessions would have changed the status of the Medi- terranean from that of an _Austro- Italian lake to that of an Italian lake. “Such parts of the Dual Monarchy’s coast line as Italy would have left in its undisputed possession is territory that Servia hopes to get some day in the course of her matural expansion. To meet the minimum demands ex- pressed by Rome, Austria must have surrendered her _greatest seaport, Triest, the New York of southern Eu- rove, together with her principal naval base, Pola, at the apex of lstria, up- on whose development the Dual Mon- archy has invested many millions of dollars, and must have abandoned all hope of the strategic value of the Dal- matian coast with the cession to Italy of the large islands that screen it. Deprived of her Adriatic seacoast, her only outlet to free water, Austria- Hungary felt that she would finally sink to the importance of a portless, land bounded Seriva. “Besides Italy’s rivalry with Aus- tria for leadership upon the Mediter- ranean, ‘irredentism’ played a strong part in the determination of her de- mands. Irredentism is the desire of various nations to bring within their boundaries contiguous areas inhabited by the same race, speaking the same linguage and filled with the same comments Dodd Gaston.—Kansas Cily Star. A Y degree, for having fired into a crowd of chemical plant stri in Roose- velt last January killing two and wounding a score of strikers, were convicted today of manslaughter. Sentence was deferred. The jury was given the case yesterday afternoon and debated in the jury room all night and well into today before rend- ering their verdict. The maximum penalty for the crime which the men were convicted is ten years' imprison- ment. One Deputy Acquitted. deputy, John Smith, was last week ordered acquitted by the cour no evidence having adduced to con- nect him with the, crime. The ten deputiés were tried on the of having murdered Tessitore, one of the two shot to death in the clash not known tonight whether v would be tried again on a charge of murder of Carman Patty, the other chemical workers killed. Fifteen other deputies are under indictment for the Roosevelt shooting. In charging the jury yesetrday Judge Bergen declared there was no evidence before the court to convict on a charge of murder in the first degree. The shooting occurred wken a bovy of strikers went to the railrcad station to meet a train on which a party of trikebreakers was reported to be coming to take the places of men who had gone out. The deputies on guard at the plant rushed out as the train arrived and it was charged fired into the crowd of strikers. Artillery Duel Near Dixmude. Havre, May 30, 11:35 p. m.—A Bel- gian official statement says: “During the night of May 28 and the following day the enemy’s artillery was very active. It was praticularly violent to the north and south of Dixmude. Our artillery replied vigorously and suc cessfully. In the afternoon there was fighting with hand grenades before Dixmude. asm that has succeeded in greatly complicating the issues of the present war. Thus, the Germans claim that the Baltic provinces are German, and must be reunited to their fatherland; Roumania, with still more reason, holds Transylvania and Bukowina as ‘un-redeemed Roumania’, and this pre- vents her from reaching 'an _under- standing with the Germanic Powérs Bosnia_and ~Herzegovina are ‘unre- deemed lands' to Servia, while Russia sees in Germany's Polish _provinces Slavonic lands in Teutonic bondage. ‘Italian irredentism affects not only Austria, but, also France. The French paid themselves for their valuable aid to Italy’s cause of unity on the fleld of Solfernio, by enriching themselves With Savoy and Nice. Thus, Italian irredentism looks to lands and coun- trymen lost to France as well as to Austria. The Trent Province of Tyrol was demanded of Austria by the Ital- ians solely on the bases of unredeemed Italian land; this lahd had been Italy's and it was peopled by Italians who have clung to their mother-tongue. Likewise, the coastiands around the Gulf of Triest and around the Istrian Peninsula aere largely inhabited by Italien-speaking peopie, though some of this territory has been in Austrian possession for centuries. Below Fiume, the Austrian coastland is peopled al- most exclusively by Slavonic races. Up to Fiume, irredentism, or the move- ment to deliver fellow-countrymen from the rule of strange peoples, was the main spring of Italian action. Be- ideals. Irredentism is an enthusiasm widely spread in Europe, an_enthusi- L S e~ S yond Fiume, political and commercial rivairies dictated the Italian course.” | Condensed Telegrams Shipyards at Bath, Me., are working at capacity. The British Derby was abandoned for this year. The British warship patrol off New York harbor was resumed. The village of Gilmanton, N. H., was practically destroyed by fire. A number of priests are reported to have joined the Italian army. The Chesapeake & Ohio railread lifted the grain embargo at Newport News. Because of anti-German rioting, the military authorities assumed control in Milan, Italy. Norway added cotton in the raw state to the list of commodities sub- ject to embargo. The $5,000,000 waterway bill passed the Illinois senate. It has already passed the house. Heavy seas forced suspension of sal- yage operations on the submarine F- in Honolulu harbor. Samuel Dickson, one of Philadel- phia’s oldest and best known lawyers, died at his home there, aged 78. A despatch from Cairo reports that the United States cruiser North Caro- lina is aground off Alexandria, Egypt. Plans for raising a fund of $100,000 | for the Italian Red Cross were formed | it a mass meeting of Italians in Chi- cago. Queen Helena of italy put at the disposal of the Italian Red Cross the roval palaces at Quirinal, Milan, and Mantus. The ltalian Censorship Bureau pro- hibits the publication of articles writ- ten in the war zone until ten days after the event auxiliary rec fishing schooner Elmer, ed in Parker's Cove, near Digby, S., were drowned. Serious flood conditions along the Des Moines river, and at Des Moines, Iowa, were threatened as the result of unusuaily heavy rains. Queenie Pateman a seven year old girl injured in the Wednesday night »pelin raid _on Southend-On-Sea, gland, died of her injuries. Helen Boyle, serving a 25-year term the Western, Pa., penitentiary for the kidnapping of William Whitla in 1909, has applied for a pardon. The ed statue of the Virgin on {top of Milan’s ~ celebrated cathedral was remoxed so that it would not fur- nish a target for Austrian aviators. in A vigorous protest was addressed to Germany by the Dutch Government, relating to the air attack upon the Dutch trawler Agravenhage on May 1 The steamer Dorchester, Cambridge, Md., for Baltimore, was rammed by the fishing steamer J. A. Palmer, off Annapolis. Her 43 pasengers were saved. William W. Worden, who was pres- iden elector for Garfield in 1880, and widely known throughout northern New York, died at Saratoga, N. Y., aged 73. Kaiser Wilhelm pardoned five nuns of the convent at Roye, France, con- victed af having concealed a wounded French soldier in the convent last De- cembe: Warren G. Harding, Republican Senator-elect from Ohio, called at the White House and announced his sup- port of the president in the interna- national situation. g William Hartranft and Joe Schatzle, Jr. were fatally injured when the auto in_which they were riding was struck by a Lehigh Valley engine near Freeland, Pa. Mrs. Ezra Tebo, three children and Louis Perry, a well known Adirondsck guide, were burned to death when their home at Tupper Lake, N. was destroyed by fire. Lassen Peak, Cal, was scaled for the first time since the recent erup- tions by Prof. R. S. Holway of tk University of California, who report- ed that the craters are now filled. The will of the late John Cudahy, packer, disposing of an estate believed to aggregate more than $1,500,000, was approved in the Chicago Probate Court. The estate is left to the wiGow, sons and daughters. The British Home Office gave per- mission for the landing of American passengers from the steamer Potddam, New York for Rotterdam, which is be- ing held in the Downs that her cargo may be examined for contraband. Five German sailors, who claim to have deserted the German cruiser Karlsruhe are at- Nogales, Sonora. They wish to enter the Unifed States, but efar if they do they will be in- terned. Their case was taken up with ‘Washington. Captain Herman A. Metz, quarter- master and commissary of the Four- teenth Regiment and also Congress- man from Brooklyn, has retired from active duty and at his own request has been placed on the reserve list of the National Guard. Bridgeport Schooner Grounded. Vineyard Haven, Mass., May 30.— The schooner Mary E. Pennell, Bangor for Bridgeport with lumber, which grounded on Pollock Rip. shoal, was towed here by the coast guard cutter Acushnet today. She was leaking badly. The crew of the Monomoy coast guard station remained on board to assist in keeping the vesse] afloat. It is expected that the Pennell will be towed to Bridgeport after-making tem- porery repairs here. What a Girl Can Do. One of the authorities was asked whether a girl can love two men at the same time. Probably not. But she can give a sufficiently lifelike im- itation of the passion to fool both of the men.—Topeka Capital. Practical Pa. Sultor—Your daughter, sir, is will- ing to trust me; why can’t you? Her Father—She doesn't care how much a ti'ng costs, and I do. —Bos- ton Transe .ut. B 2 i N R e Five of the crew of six men of the| GERMANY’S NOTE HAS NO INTENFION OF Further Negotiations. Berlin, May 30.—Germany withholds its final decision on the demands ad- vanced by the United States govern- ment in connectio nwith the sinking of the Lusitania until the receipt of an answer from the Umited States to the note which Herr Von Jagow, the foreign minister, has delivered to Am- bassador Gerard, in reply to the American note received by the German government on May 15, In its reply the German government declares that it is not its intention to submit neutral ships in the war zone, which are guilty of no hostile acts, to cks Dy submarine or aeroplane; is investigating the circum< it es in_ connmection with the at- 4 on the American _steamers Cushing and Gulflight and that in all cases where neutral vessels, through no fault of their own, have been dam- aged, Germany will pay indemnifica- tion. The reply urges that in the cases of the Lusitania, which Germany alleegs was armed and carried large stores of war munitions it was “tcting in justi- fied self-defence in seeking with all the means of warfare at its_disposal to protect the lives of its soldiers by destroying ammunition intended for the ene: The German government recalls the proposals submitted by the United States government to Beriin and Lon- don designed to end the submarine warfare and the shutting out of food supplies from Germany, which, it de- | clares. fails of their purpose because of the British government to agree to them, Text of Note. The following is the text of the Ger- man_note: “The undersigned has the honor to submit to Ambassador Gerard the fol- iowing answer to the communication of May 15 regarding the injury to American interests through German submarine warfare: 'he imperial government has sub- jected the communication of the American government to a thorough invecstization. It entertains also a keen wish to cooperate in a frank and friendly way in clearing up a possible misunderstanding, which may have arisen in the relations between the two governments through the events men- tioned by the American government. Not to Attack Neutral Ships. “Regarding, firstly, the cases of the American steamers Cushing and Gulflight. The American embassy ha already been informed that the Ger- man government has no intention of submitting neutral ships in the war zone, of no hostile acts, submarine or which are guilty 1 to attack submarines or aviators. On_the con- trary, the German forces have re- peadedly been tructed most speci- fically to avoid attack on such ships. Only Isolated Mistakes. “If neutral ships in recent months have suffered through the German submarine warfare, owing to mistakes in identification, it is a question only of quite isolated and exceptional cases, which can be attributed to the British government's abuse of flags, together with the suspicious or culpable be- havior of the masters of the ships. “The German government, in all cases in which it has been shown by its investigations that neutral ship, not itself at fault, was damaged by German submarines Or aviators, has expressed regret over the unfortunate accident and, if justified by conditions, has offered indemnifica n. Cases of Cushing and Gulflight. “The cases of the Cushing and the Gulflizht will be treated on the same principles. An inve igation of both cases is in progress, the result of which will presently be communicated to the emba The investigation can, if necessary, be supplemented by an international call on the interna- tional commission of inquidy as pro- vided by article 111 of The Hague agreement of October 18, 1§07. Master of Falaba Disdbeyed. “When sinking the British steamer Falaba, the commander of the Ger- man submarine had the intention of allowing the passengers and crew a full opportunity for a safe escape. Only when the master did not obey the order to heave-to, but fired and summoned help by rocket signals, did the German commander order the crew and passengers by signals and mega- rhone to leave the ship within ten minutes. He actually aliowed them 23 minutes time and fired the torpedo only when suspicious craft were hastening to the asistance of the Fa- 1aba. About the Lusitania. “Regarding the loss of 'life by the sinking of the British passenger steam- er Lusitania, the German government has already expressed to the neutral governments concerned its keen regret that citizens of their states lost their lives, “On this occasion the imperial gov- ernment, however, cannot escape the impression that " certain _important facts having a direct bearing on the sinking of the Lusitania may have escaped the attention of the American government. “In the interest of a clear and com- plete understanding which is the aim of both governments, the imperial gov- ernment considers it first. necessary to convince itself that the information accessible to both governments about the facts of the case is complete and in accord. Lusitania in “Navy List” “The =overnment of the Uailed IS NOT DECISIVE Alleges That Lusitania Was Armed and That Sub- marine Was Justified in Acting in Self Defense ATTACKING NEUTRALS Declares That the Attacks on the-Cushing and Gulflight Were Isolated Mistakes—In all Cases Where Neutral Vessels Have Been Damaged Through No Fault of Their Own Germany Will Pay Indemnification—Cites Refusal of British Government to Allow Shipment of Food to Ger- many as Justification of Submarine Warfare That is Being Waged — Withholds Final Decision Pending States procee imption that the Lusitania could be regarded as an ordinary unarmed merchantman. The imperial government allows itself in this connection to point out that the Lusitania was one of the largest and fastest h merchant ships built with government funds as an auxil- iary cruiser and carried expressly as such in the ‘navy list' issued by the Eritish admiralty Had Cannon Concealed. “It is further known to the im- perial government from trustworthy reports from its asents and neutral passengers that for a considerable time practically all the more valuable British merchantmen have been equip- ped with cannon and ammunition and other weapons and manned with per- sons who have been specially trained in serving guns. The Lusitania, too, according to information received, had cannon aboard which were mounted and concealed below deck: “The imperial government further has the honor to direct the particu- lar attention of the American govern- ment that the British admiralty in a confidential instruction, issued in Feb- ruary, 1915, recommended its mercan- tile shipping not only to seek protec- tion under neutral flags and_distin- ishing marks, but also, while thus disguised, to attack German subma- rines by ramming. As a special in- citation to merchantmen to destroy submarines, the British government also offered high prizes and has al- ready paid such rewards. “The imperial government, in view of these facts indubitably known to it, is unable to regard British mer- chantmen in the zone of naval opera- tions specified by the admiralty staff of the German navy as ‘undefended’ German commanders consequently are no longer able to observe the custom- ary regulations of the prize law, which they before always followed. Carried Troops and Contraband. inally, the imperial government must point out particularly that the Lusitania on its last trip, as on earlier occasions, carried Canadian troops and war material, including no less than 400 cases of ammunition intend- ed for the destruction of the brave German soldiers who are fulfilling their duty with self sacrifice and de- votion in the Fatherland’s service Believes=Action Was Justified. “The German government believes that it was actin justified self- defense in seeking with ail the means of warfare at its disposition to pro- tect the lives of its soldiers by dess troying ammunition intended- for the enemy “The British shipping company must have been aware of the danger to which the passengers aboard the Lusi- tania were exposed under these con- | ditions. The company in embarking | them, notwithstanding this attempted deliberately to use the lives of Amer- ican citizens as protection for the am- | munition aboard and acted against the clear provisions of the American law, which expressly prohibits the - for- § warding of passengers on ships car- | rying ammunition and provides a pen= alty therefor. The company, therefore death of is wantonly guilty of the many passengers. Explosion of Ammunition. “There can be no doubt, accordi to the definite report of the submae rine’s commander, which is furthe® confirmed by all other informatiom that the sinking of the usitania is prée marily attributable to the explosiof of the ammunition shipment caused by a torpedo. The Lusitania’s passem- gers would, otherwise, in all humas probability, have been saved. “The imperial government const@ers the above mentioned facts 1 enough to recommend them to the &t- tentive examination of the American | government. | Demonstrated Good Intentions, “The imperial government, while withholding its final decision on the demands advanced in connection with the sinking of the Lusitania until re. ceipt of an answer from the Amer can government feels impelled in con- clusion to recall here and now that it took cognizance with satisfaction of the mediatory proposals submitted by the United _St government _to Berlin and London as a basis for a modus vivendi for conducting the mar- | itime warfare between Germany and Great Britain. The imperial govern- ment, by its readiness to enter on a discussion of these proposals, them demonstrated its _good intentions in ample fashion. The realization of these proposals was defeated, as is well known by the declinatory attitude of the British government. | “The undersigned takes occasion, etc. JAGOW. Another Dividend by Saco Savings Bank. Portland, Me., May 30.—Depositors in the Saco Savings bank, which was closed five years ago, will - receive shortly a dividend of 16 2-3 per cent. The co-receivers yesterday were given permission by the supreme court to. make this payment. Two dividends of 25 per cent. each already have been aistributed. Battleship Rammed Bulkhead. Boston, May 30.—In coming into her ; dock at the Charlestown mavy yard yesterday, the battleship Virginia ram- med the wooden bulkhead and in back- ing ran into and mearly overturned the naval tug Sioux. The tug was imme- ' diately docked fom menaics, P