Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 14, 1915, Page 4

Jlorwich Fulletin and Goufied 119 YEARS OLD the democratic standpoint is easy to see,” says the Omaha Bee, “for the friends of Champ Clark still remem- ber the dubious deal that made Wil- son the nominee at Baltimore instead of Clark, and the later reward of the man who thrned the trick with -the best cabinet portfolio. Missouri, too, has a lot of democrats who do not approve the president's handling of our foreign relations, his flirting with Subserintinn oyles 1Ze @ week; S0c 3 month; $6.00 a Yenr. Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn., as second-class matter. Telephone Calls: Bulletin Business Office 480. Bulletin Editorial Rooms 35-3. Bulletin Job Office Willimantic Office, Room 2, Building. Telephone 210. 35-2. Murray woman suffrage, his sacrifice of Amer- ican interests in Mexico and the nu- merous other things ‘not in the plat- form."” It is evident that the convention is not needed in Chicago to keep Illinois in the republican column, but whether it is considered necessary for such a reason to take it to St. Louis, re- Norwi ich, Tuelday, Dec 14, 1915. gThe Circulation of The Bulletin Bulletin § circulation of any paper in Eastern $ Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in The has the largest Norwich. It is delivered to- over 3,000 of the 4,053 houses in Nor- wich and read by ninety-three per cent. of the people. In Windham it is delivered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100, and in all of these places it is considered the local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hutgred and sixty- five postoffice districts, and sixty rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every town and on all of he R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION 1901, average..... 1905, average.... a0000000000000at08 0000t sesesseestessasstestsstestsansssseessess December 11..... goessascen: THE NOTE TO AUSTRIA. The text of the United States note to Austria reveals that just such de- mands as intimated would be made have been made of the dual monarchy. No words are wasted, but in a short, sharp and pointed communication Aus- tria is given to understand that by the sinking of the Ancona and the taking of the lives of its passengers by fail- ure to put them in a place of safety, the principles of international law have been violated and by the con- duct of the submarine commander there has been a wanton slaughter of defenseless non-combatants. The note holds that the acts of the submarine commander were commit- ted with a full knowledge on the part of the Austro-Hungarian government of the views of this government re- garding such conduct as is evidenced in the protests against the German sub- marine policy and while it is inclined to belieye that the fault lies with the commander of the submarine rather than a wilful disregard of the atti- tude of this government by Austro- Hungary, it nevertheless takes the proper course in demanding. that the act be disavowed, that reparation be made and that the offending- com- mander be punished. The matter is placed flatly before Austria without any quibbling and it is made plain that prompt action is called for with the alternative that diplomatic relations will be severed. No other course appears to be pos- sible if the rights and dignity of the United States are to amount to any- thing. It is hardly to be believed that Austria will be willing to stand before the world as the sponsor for such a policy, for there is no misunderstand- ing possible of the position which this country has taken or the firm demands which it has made. RAIDING AMERICAN SHIPS. The difficulties of neutrality are again set forth in the action of the officials of the French warship Des- cartes in boarding three American steamships bound from Porto Rico to this country and taking off therefrom subjects of Germany and Austria. That the steamers were subject under in- ternational law to beinz stopped and searched cannot be questioned, but it is a different matter when vesscls are made to give up their passengers when proceeding between neutral ports even though those passengers are subjects of belligerent countris This acticn brings up again the fa- mous Trent case, when the British steamer of that name, proceeding from Havana to St. Themas, s stoppea by a Union warship and Mason and Sli- dell, commissioners of the Confederac: removed. This was supposed to hav been within the rights of the govern- ment authori but as a result of the protest of the British government was obliged to acknowledge that it had overstepped its rights and apolc for the wrong committed. The action of the commander of the Descartes presents a similar It is even a closer parallel to the case where the French cruiser Conde re- moved a German steward from an American ship bound from Cclon to New York at the opening of the war Wwho was placed in charge of the PBrit- issh at Kingston. In that case the protest by this country was recognized by France and the detained German subject was given his release. That & protest is t> be made in these new cases is decidedly timely and it will be interesting to learn what new ground France has for its action, if indeed it has any at all. cas PLACING THE CONVENTIONS. Many bids have been made f next republican national convention, some of which arc alitogether out of the question before a vote is taken. Opinion appears to be divided as to whether it will go to Chicago or St. Louis, and if the latter is finally se- lected it will mean the same city as has been selected by the democrats. The same reason may be advanced in behalf of the Ixtter as was put up before the democrats when it de- clared that the convention was necded by that city in order to hold Missouri in the @emocratic column. It has besn congidered a democratic state and was until it gave its electorl vote in 1908 to Taft, but it is now looked upon as decidedly shaky, and if there is in- fluence to be gained by having the democratic convéntion there whatever advantage would bé gained thereby would be offset by the holding of the republican convention in the city. “What makes r the same issouri shaky from mains to be disclosed. STRONG NAVY NEEDED. When Secretary of the Navy Daniels asks for an appropriation of a half billion dollars for the carrying out of the plan to bring the navy up to a fit standard during the next five years, it will be generally agreed that he does not take a radical view of the situa- tion. Even though his attitude con- cerning the preparedness of the navy has undergone some important changes within the past year and disclosed some of the shortsightedness which prevailed at the time the last efforts were made for improving the naval strength of this country, the lessons which have been gathered from the war now going on make it gvident that the first line of defense cannot be neg- lected with wisdom. The fact that there is a broad ex- panse of water between this and other foreign countries is of much value as a natural defense, but it will be a serious oversight if we do not es- tablish a navy capable of defending our shores against an invasion made under such conditions. Great Britain had a very small army ready for oper- ations at the breaking out of the war, but it had the strongest mavy in the world and nothing else served to in- sure it against an invasion as much as did this strength it was able to show upon the water. It was pointed out in the war col- lege report that Germany and Austria cven are so equipped with transports that they could land over a million soldiers on our shores in six weeks and that Japan cowd place a quarter as many in this, country in two months unless this couftry by means of its navy was able to stop them. While nothing of the kind is contemplated or probable it is nevertheless the part of wisdom for this country to strengthen that very branch of its defense which would have to be called upon first should anything of the kind ever de- velop. TREES ARE VALUABLE. The value which is attached to the cultivation of forests where they do not exist at the present time has been recognized throughout the country in different sections. It means the utili- zation of much waste land and the lay- ing of a foundation for considerable profit in. the future where none has been received in the past. The idea of encouraging the planting of trees for purposes of beautification of com- munities and highways has likewise received constantly increased attention Though the secretary of agriculture and the secretary of the interior through their recommendations have secured from the president a proclama- tion abandoning the Kansas forest reserve ,where experiments have made during the past ten vears in an en- deavor to grow trees on a sandy and barren waste, because the climatic and soil conditions were proved unfavor- able to a successful culmination of the plan, it should by no means put a check upon the encouragement of tree planting in other sections where such obstacles do not exist. It has been demonstrated elsewhere that it can be done and it makes no difference whether it is in the middle west, where western Nebraska is profitably grow- ing jack pine forests, or in New Eng- land, where the forestry associations are urging the planting of trees for future lumber supplies or for decora- tive purpéses, the idea is worthy of serious consideration. Trees provide an asset which every community ovght to fully appreciate for there are dividends of much value awaiting whether it is forest or the decorative plan for | hishway or city that is involved. There is a great opportunity for more trees. EDITORIAL NOTES. It would still be early for a lot of people to do their Christmas shoppins. | The man cessity | tion. on the corner says: Ne- is a good old reliable inspira- The chances are that no one is get- ting larger mail these days Santa Cla: Little time remains for any which mar be considered necessary the leap year rules. The situation in the Balkans looks as if the allies were again engaged in making a strategic retreat. Secretary Daniels declares that the y nceds more men. He takes a | different view now than he did recent- Iy when another pointed out that weak spot . At any rate December has made a valuable contribution towards filling the brooks and reservoirs in antlelpa- tion of handing out a little more win- ter weather. Those who are governed by the dic- tates of fashion realize that there is little chance for a change in styles un- less something radical is brought out now and then. The announcement that Hopewell, Va., will be rebuilt of brick and con- crete indicates that something more than fire will be required to wipe out that boom town. In spite of the horror at the in- stances where pedestrians are serious- ly injured or killed and left in the highways by reckless autoists, the number continues to increase instead of decrease. When this country is informed by its consul at Hong Kong that it is likely to lose its oriental trade, there are those advocates of the seamen’s act in this countsy who now have a chance to recognize their share in such leg- islation. If President Elliott succeeds in pav- ing off two million of the floating debt of the New Haven road without new financing, it will not hasten the divi- dends, but it will be a substantial bit of evidence that he is taking good care of the road’s interests. T than | ! FROM LUCILE’S DIARY ‘While out at the Nodines' in the summer I told Carol that I hoped to have an opportunity to reciprocate her hospitality. I had no idea she would 2ccept such a casual invitation on short notice and I was surprised when she telephoned me a week ago that she would come into town that day and make me a little visit if it were convenient. It was not really convenient, for mother and Cousin Fannie had taken advantage of father's absence on a business trip and had gone out to Uncle John’s farm for a few days, and I was keeping house for grand- mother, but I said that if she didn't object to our simple life to come along. “I've made up .my mind to give a tea for you,” I announced almost as soon as Carol arrived' in the city. “Please don't go to that trouble” she protested. really don't wish you to, Lucile.” “Nonsense, Carol dear,” I said, “I shall love to entertain for you!” “But I just came to do a few days’ shopping. I had no idea of being the cause of any social activity.” “8till, Carol, you—" “If Lucile has decided to give a tea for you,” interrupted David Rob- inson, who had taken me in his car to meet Carol, “you may as well sub- mit at once. She is the most deter- mined youg person I know.” “You'll come, won't you, David?” I asked him. “I suppose so if you wish it, but can you tell me what business a man has at an afternoon tea fight?” “There’'s nothing more' ornamental than a few good looking men handing around tea cups,” I retorted. At breakfast the next morning she said that she hoped I would relin- quish the idea. “Impossible! After you went to bed last night I wrote a bushel of in- vitation cards to a tea in your honor, and Tilly has already mailed them. So, my dear, what will you wear?” “I brought only one dressup gown, but I think it will suffice,” she said. ‘We went upstairs to look at it and I saw that it was distinctly a last year’s medel. “This is handsome material,” was my comment, “and will answer every purpose in the country, but I think if you're going to get a new one it would be nice to have it for the tea.” “I don’t need a new one, Lucile.” “Well, then we can bring this up to date. You can match the taffetas and make the skirt fuller and shorter. Don't look dismayed. It won't be such a lot of work and you know that nothing makes a person appear so middle aged as a disregard of the prevailing fashion. 36w But the next day when she was ready to get at it I was busy, so I suggested to grandmother that she could pin up Carol's skirt to the re- quired shortness. I always like to call on dear grandmother, because it pleases her greatly to help. When I went to call Carol to lunch- eon grandmother informed me that she had gone to lie down. “I'm afraid she isn't very strong, she remarked, ‘for she almost fainted before I got the skirt pinned all the way round. I tried to do it very carefully, Lucile, and I had no notion she would get tired so soon. I'm sure she didn’t stand much more than an hour.” I found Carol on her bed. “I fear grandmother is a little slow,” I said. “Slow!"” she groaned. “But so kind, Lucile, that I couldn’t bear to tell Tll help you fix her that ninety minutes’ standing still was_more than I could endur: ou can finish it easily this after- noon and be ready to go out with David and Lyman, who are coming in the car to take us somewhere to- night.” It developed that Carol did not feel like going in the evening. She said that sewing had made her head ache and she begged me to go without her, as ¢he wished to do nothing but sleep. 1 thought of calling up Louise Erwin and asking her, but I remembered that she would probably not be dress- ed for the street and men hate so to wait, so I went with the two men mysélf to some unusually good mov- ies. I did not see Carol until break- fast “Im quite rested again,” she re- plied to my inquiry. another day's shoppins. “Oh, dear, are you going shopping to-day2” “Yes, why not? Is there any rea- son why I shouldn’t?” “No, no reason exactly. You see I had thought, but, well, it doesn't matter.” “What doesn’t matter?” “Since you insist, I'll confess that I had thought it would be delightful to have some of your delectable Ban- bury tarts for our tea to-mOIrow. They would be a great treat and nov- elty. But of course I couldn't ask you to stay home to make them.” “I can't stay home this morning for I have a coat fitting appointment, but T'll come back early and make the flling for the Banbury tarts this aft- ernoon, and -I can make the pastry and bake them to-morrow.” “That will be eplendid. They'll be absolutely fresh for the tea in the aft- ernoon,” 1 cried enthusiastically but it seemed to me that Carol's answering smile was somewhat bittersweet. The Banburys were delicious. David, who dotes on them, ate nearly a dozen, I know, and all praised them highly. I told everybody that Carol had made them, although it really took her so long that I had to have Tilly help hre toward the end, though I needed her assistance myself in decorating the table and arranging the flowers. “Well, our tea was a howling suc: cess, wasn't it?” I asked _after last guest had disappeared. “Yes, it was very nice, indeed” Carol’s tone was lukewarm. “If you'll excuse me, Lucile, I'll go right to bed instead of playing bridge with the men you asked to return this eve- ning, for I must be ready to attend to my unfinished shopping to-mor- row morning and take the noon train home.” I saw that she was too tired to play an intelligent game so I made no objection to her going to her room right after dinner. It is regrettable that she such a poor constitution. On thinking it_over, now that she has gone home, I am convinced that she scarcely enjoyed the tea at all, although I took such pains to arrange it. But, anyway, I am consoled by the fact that I have paid off nearly all my -social debts. That's a com- fort.—Chicago News. THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Soclety- Servia—"'Slavery never existed un- der the Servian State, and Servian emperors in Europe's youth made pro- tests in behalf of individual liberty the subject of international communica- tions,” says the latest primer of the National Geographic Society, which tells of some early Servian traits that illustrate how naturally this people came by their passionate love of freedom. “The Serb, like all of his Slav broth- ers, has been a believer in the equal- ity of men from his appearance in history. This belief has been main- tained by him, despite his long-con- tinued contact with autocratic Byzan- tium and the Ottoman Empire. ~The empires to the south of Servia were mostly the strongholds of privileged rank and subservient masses, while the sturdy Slavs in the north jealous- ly guarded the rights and the dignity of the individual. “Etiquette at the Byzantine court demanded that the great noble who came into the presence of the em- peror should bow, kneel and kies the emperor's thigh and knee. The man of low degree who reached his ruler's presence had to grovel prostrate on the earth before him. The noble at the Servian court greeted his Sover- eign erect, while each kissed the other on his temple. Even the commoner stood erect before his ruler, follow- ng the ceremonial of kissing the rul- er's hand. “Hereditary titles have played but a small part in life in_Servia, and be- sides the head man of federated clans, the despot, king, emperor or prince— as the heads of the Servians have ranked—birth in a caste has conferred few privileges. “The Serbian has stubbornly main- THE VELVET HAMMER A Good Natured Treatment in Verse of Some of Norwich’s Prominent Men By ARTHUR BROOKS BAKER JOHN H. THE ardent lover likes to hear his tootsy-wootsy speak, and swears that he would lov. the husband, moved by duty or inspired by simple choice, frequently an auditor to his companion’s voice; BARNES e to sit and listen for a weel s but when we say the government should listen once a year, some males will squawk and cackle like a roost BU for when he goes to vote er struck with fear. 'T John H. Barnes is not among that nervous. timid throng, he wants to take his wife along. He frequently has harkened to her counsel and advice, and while it's not infallible, he thinks it's mighty nice. He says the coarse collective male who constitutes the state should hear the mild collective voice of his collective mate. H IS after dinner speeches are a thing which people greet with great enthusiasm when they're full of drink and meat. As judge of city court and in the se: services is quite beyond debate. nate of tho state, the value of h! He pushed along the franchise of the Montville trolley line, a road of great utility and beauti- ful design. T HE City Bible Clasa s very grateful for his to interpret Paul and Job exactly right, laht in heiping o's great on writing poetry, though not for any fee since that would be com= ing gfihar form of truo poeilc art, inspirations of his heart. with John Kendrick Bangs and me, He practices the and puts in flowing rhyme t-e SAYS HOT WATER WASHES POISONS' FROM THE LIVER Everyone ‘should drink hot water with phosphate In It, before breakfast. To feel as fine as the proverbial fiddle, we must keep the liver washed clean, almost every morning, to pre- vent its sponge-ltke pores from clog- ging with indigestible material, sour bile and poisonous toxins, says a noted physician. If you get headaches, it's your Uver. If you catch cold easily, it's your liver. If you wake up with a bad taste, furred tongue, nasty breath or stomach be- comes rancid, it’s your liver. Sallow skin, muddy complexion, watery eyes all denote liver uncleanliness. Your liver is the most important, also the must abused and neglected organ of the body. Few know its function or how to release the damned-up body ‘waste, bile and toxins. Most folks resort to violent calomel, which is a dangerous, salivating chemical which can only be used occasionally because it accumulates in the tissues, also attacks the bones. Every man and woman, sick or well, should drink each morning be- fore breakfast, a glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phos- phate in it, to wash from the liver and bowels the previous day’s indigestible material, the poisons, sour bile and toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening and freshening the entire alimentary canal before putting more food into the stomach. Limestone phosphate does not re- strict the diet like calomel, because it can not salivate, for it is harmless and you can eat anything afterwards. It is inexpensive and almost tasteless, and any pharmacist will sell you a quarter pound, which is sufficient for a demonstration of how hot water and limestone prosphate cleans, stimulates and freshens the liver, keeping you feeling fit day in and day out. Baby's Skin Troubles. Pimples—Eruptions—Eczema quickly yield to the soothing and healing qualities of Dr. Hobson's Eczema Oint- ment. No matter where located, how had or long standing, Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment will remove every trace of the ailment. It will restore the skin to its natural softness _and purify. Don't let your child suffer— don’t be embarrassed by having younr child’s face disfigured with blemishes or ugly scars. Use Dr. Hobson's Ecze- ma Ointment. It's guaranteed. No cure, no pay. 50c. at your Drugsgist. — tained his right to a part in his gov- ernment. Al classes of his nation have posseissed heritary property rights, and the right to trial by jury. From the earliest times, they enjoyed local self-government, and adminis- tered thelr town and village affairs. “The great noble of the Empire was privileged before the law in that he could not be called upon to appear be- fore a court in the morning, never in the afternoon; but this privilege did not give him any immunity from pun- ishment for his crime. “Nor did the Servian Church ever attain the dominant ascendency over its subjects that was won by the Church in other lands. It was estab- lished as a public utility, and its du- tles to the people were closely defined in the old Servian codes. Thus, the monasteries were bound to feed the hungry, to take in the sick, and to give hospitality to the traveler. Moreover, the Doushan Code says:—“The monk shall possess nothing and shall not have in his cell even a needle and thread without having received it in benediction from the Old One” (i. e. the Abbott.) Vhile the Serb has never been the victim of a to strong social organiza- tion, with its attendant specialization of classes, he has been, in many in- stances, the victim of to great in- dividual freedom, of an individual freedom, of an individual freedom that has deprived his State of sufficient or- ganized strength wherewith to repel the foreign enemy. Again, his brave insistence upon this freedom retard- ed the development of his State QOTHER VIEW POINTS Our old friend Cowles, of Farming- ton, the one cent postage chap, is much interested in the Ford peace voyage and is trying to urge Henry to help found the United States of the World. Rather a large undertak- ing, but nothing is too difficult for Mr. Cowles.—Meriden Journal. ‘The republicans of the senate, it is said, will make no partisan fight against the President’s preparedness plans. There should be no_ partisan fight, in the senate or elsewhere. But there is room for an honest difference of opinion on this question on higher lines than partisanship. It may be that events across the water will in- duce thoughtfulness before this session of the congress ends.—New Haven Register. Rhode Island lace makers desire the ising of the practical embargo across - water on cvanide of soda, neces- in the lace manufacture in this country. Certainly one cannot imag- t the Powers of Europe are of the product of the Rhode land lacemakers returning to an en. ny country as war material. It is )t gold lace that is being made, and ven that military materials is not especially important in actual cam- paigning, nowadays. — Providence Bulletin. In the coasting trade we are at home and no one can compete with us, for the business is protected, but the ocean-carrying trade we cannot get and hold till we can carry ocean freights as cheaply and as promptly as can the ships of other nations. President Wilson is bidding for a business that this country cannot do under existing conditions at a profit, and only a very foolish people would do business at a loss for the mere sake of doing it. Let the government as- sume to open this so enticing avenue of trade and commerce and see how long it will be before it will be put on such a basis that private capital will “touch it with a 10-foot pole.” Bridgeport Standard. The cat is out of the bag. George Sylvester Varick—we use all of the name because that is the way George writes it—says in the issue of Father- land of December 8 date: “We Ameri- cans of German blood are for Ger- many because the interests of our country are identical with the inter- ests of German: This has not been the popular conception of it. But then George is a jolly sort of humorist. He speaks jocosely of “the bankrupt En- tentes and its unscrupulous bankesr.” National bonds are usually regarded os unusually safe Investments and, bonds of all the belligerent countries have been sold in America. There is little doubt of the reliability of all these bends, as to both principal and interest, but Mr. Varick, always in -u-nu,:l about v.h’e (‘kr::m a:ndl. will have his merry jest when the s e s 0o i, Fatba Tuesday The irish and Scotch GIRLS MELODY TODAY ONLY COMEDY PICTURES Tabloid Pla_vors 15—PEOPLE—15 PRESENTING McGREGOR'S ANNI VERSARY MV MARY PICKFORD in RAGS !qun.un. 845 RTH BEAUTY PARA- MOUNT IGGEST SHOW IN TOWN HEAT“ ROADW MUTUAL WEEKLY LAST CHANCE TO S8EE THE THE SINS OF THE MOTHER Featuring Anita Stewart and Earle Williams | COMEDIES || Concert Orchestra [ Vasdevile ys M| Mat. 2:30; Eve. 7-8:45 1G VITAGRAPH FEATURE Five Part Drama Act THE NORWICH FAVORITES The TELL YOUR FRIENDS THIRD IN Y. COLONIAL AUGMENTED ORCHESTRA. Colonial--THEATER--Colonial RETURN ENGAGEMENT THREE CHANGES OF PROGRAM IN THE WEEK Comus Players EW SONGS, NEW PICTURES PRICE 10c TO ALL Read The Top Line Again M. C. A. COURSE. BROOKS SEXTETTE OF BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WED., DEC. 1 Sth,8 P. V. TICKETS 76c AT GEO. A. DAVIS’ land is a very entertaining periodical, but it is not to well known as a num- ber of other comic weeklies.—Hart- ford Courant. Stories of the War Resumption of Steamboat Travel on Danube. The resumption of steamboat travel on the Danube is an event of much, economic importance for Germany and | Austria-Hungary. That river s peace times, the great Bulgaria on the one side and the Cen- tral Powers on the other; and by far the greater part of the foreign trade of the two little Danubian kingdoms | has been with their big western neigh- bors. But river traffic has been en- tirely suspended since the war broke ! Not | into the | out—and this for two causes. only did Serbia put mines river, but the Russians sank several old vessels in the narrow channel of the Iron Gate just below the Hungar- ian frontier. This wholly stopped the export of grain from Bulgaria to Ger- many and the Dual Monarchy, and al- so greatly restricted shipments from Rumania as well. rail were made from Rumania, indeed; but not only were the railroads quite | inadequate for the traffic offered, but the Rumanian government pursued a | policy which apeared to be dictated | by the wish to check shipments. The government apparently be- lieved that Germany and its ally were in a position of dependence placed upon Rumania for grain suppiies; hence it was disposed to drive a hard bargain_ with them. Not only were export duties on grain introduced, but | special fees for placing freight cars at the disposal of shippers were charged. In consequence of this pol- icy the greater part of the grain avail- able for export from the 1914 crop was left in the country and is still there. Only recently—after the Serbian cam- paign was well advanced—did the Ru- manian government see that its sys- tem of squeezing the trade for all that could be got out of it could no longer be maintained; and _about a week before the Germans and Austri- ans effected a junction with the Bul- garian troops the Bucharest authori- ties began to relay the onerous bur- dens upon the exportation of g‘r&;n' n | and other agricultural products. view of the- harsh measures enforced by Rumania, however, a strong disposition in Germany and Austria to buy no Rumanian grain at | all, and to buy from Bulgaria instead; | later | Rumanian | but doubtless the trade will come around to taking grain without objections as soon as it is offered on equal terms with Bul- in | highway for | freight traffic between Rumania and| Some shipments by | there is now garian. The supplies to Dbe obtained from those two countries are very large — much larger, in fact, than Germany and her ally are likely to need. Here in Germany, the fact has been estab- lished through official inquiry that the stock of grain in the conutry is ample for feeding the population: hence there is no need for buying abroad for bread-making purposes. 1On the other hand, a big addition to | the grain supplies will come in very | acceptably, as it can be fed to live- stock and thus increase the meat suply. Rumania produces about 6,500,000 tons of grain, of which about 3,000,000 tons represent corn, 2,300,000 tons wheat, and the rest is chiefly bar- ley. Nearly half of the crop has hitherto been exported. The amount now available for export, however, is believed to be at least 5,000,000 tons, after about two-thirds of last year's exportable surplus was left in the | country through the government's re- strictive measures. In Bulgaria, ac- cording to official estimates, there will be about 1,000,000 tons of grain ifor export from this year's crop of which about 200,000 tons represent | corn and the gest chieffly wheat; and | besides these amounts thére are about 400,000 tons of corn and barley left in the country from the 1914 crop. There is thus a possible suply of some §,500,- 000 tons (or more than 225,000,000 | bushels) in the two countries for Germany and Austria to draw from. Other food stuffs can also be obtain- ed from Bulgaria. Before its retent period of wars began the country was exporting about $5,000,000 worth of | animals and meats yearly; and it is expected that considerable quantities of butter and eggs will not be export- |ed to Germany. The resumption of traffic on the Danube will also bring Germany into trade relations with Turkey again. The importance to Germany of this connection is evident fro mthe fact that Turkey's exports of raw materials amounted before _the war to nearly $110,000,000, and those of food products to about $135,000,000. The War a Year Ago Today Dec. 14, 1914. French continued their offensive in Alsace and Lorraine. Serbians reoccupied Belgrade. Austrians reoccupied Dukla the Carpathians, capturing Germans made gains in Russi ern Poland. British submarine Turkish battles Dardanelles, Pro-Germans mobbed in 9000 north- B-11 sank Messudieh in in Rome. 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