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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1915)
QTjAyjSTjjEQNLroRM OF ENDEAVOR IN WHICH A GOAICAN BE SCORED BY KjqfljQ Coos Bay Times Your Paper d k u ,nn mnn u . Cooa By Timea If prowl of Its tltla "The dflla'i rPri "uu " "" umea to IBfeiptoltnmo bJ" dorotln ergla to UoBiotIn the poopuv iHMJrww. ItHtllS J1 MEMIIEK OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A Southwest Oregon Paper That's what tho Coos Day Time Is. A Boat, ircst Oregon paper for BoHthweat Oregon pcopla nnd devoted to Uio bent Intercut of Into great toctloa . Tlio Time nlwaya booata aad BMvar kaocka. I No. XXXIX. Established 1878 An Tho Coast Mnll. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, inisIvE BEftPEO PROFIT Lily Made Mony Producing During war wan 01. Was Often txcuea 1 SPARE MUCH brnious Amount of Grain, Meat and Dairy Goods Can Safely Be Sold L LINES WERE HELPED TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1915 EVENING EDITION TO A Consolidation of Times. Coaat Mall n QQ ninl rwn 1I. .1.-nl.n nut IV """ 'J1"r" ...j mi. wi tnJl. RUN FEBRUARY WORK TRAINS WILL NOT o through until Tiuox bn Demand Was Widely l-orc- en mill Larger Acreage wns i'lantctl Through Country Ev- porN Increased !W Per Cent (WASHINGTON, 1). C. Nov. 10 war litis caused tho Atnorlcnn Her to Docket heavy profits ovon bagh there havo boon BoiiBiitionnl Actuations on Wall street. Figures of tho Dopartmont of irlculturo hIiowb that during tho t year, agricultural exports In- i(d 32 per cent, n Htlinultm llch cniiscd an lncronso 3.1 iiur kt In tlio acreage. Grain oxportB woro tho Highest; Itton the lowest. What Wo Can Sell. The American farmer has a lot tell. In excess of homo roqulrc- kntt, American can spare; 47M0O.OOO ImibIioIh of wlicat. J!5,000,000 busholH of corn, ,000,000 bales of cotton. I'nnnnn IhikIiuih of naiu. 4190,000,000 worth of meat and Ury products. t'lnntrd More. IRcalldng that Europo bought pre of his goods than aver hoforo It iccmcd In a way to contlniio ding; vast supplies, tho aforesnld wtliin farmer promptly planted pe land in order to moot mo her demand. 'Much of this land wont Into put, wherewith to food tho Blei lighting each other on tho it fronts of Europe. Tlio onco t cotton crop of tho South was fretted, becauso a year slnco tho J fer found himself embarrassed too small figures tho crop wight abroad. S"u-n Pei' Cent Tmruor The agRrcgato crops this yenr nro flmatcd at sovon por cont largor m last )ear whon tho farmor ox- Med about nno-tcnth of his to- If half of tho Increased pro- Non Is avallahlo for export this ', tho export total will bo 2G r cent moro than last year, Increased Acroniro Increased acrcngo In sugar bools, 't potatoes, rlco and wfieat net from 30 to 10 por cont; to- ItfO. COril mill vnfa nnrnnfn In. cl upwards of flvo por cont; 'Ji rye and potatoes from throo to "Percent, while flax, bnrloy and "on decreased, " mado a sharp advanco on F'lint of thn wnr. Whtln nrnc. SinrtU Stretch of Railroad at .Smith 1th er lo Connect Eugo"o Willi (ho Unipqun Work trains will not go through to the Umpqua rlvor from Marshflcld until Februnry 1, Bays tho Eugcno Ounrd. This wes tho Information made public by Willamette Pacific officials n this city. It was also in timated that all equipment to bo mov ed from Coos Hay to tho north will bo taken out over tho road at that time. Thero will still romnln n link on Smith river necessary to connect En gone with tho Unipqun, but work trains will havo access over most of tho lino between hero and Eugene nt that time. Work on Smith river wns dolavotl f for u tlnio on account of tho scarcity of piling for tho tntstllng. Ono con tractor gavo up -tho Job, becauso "licit long ones wcro tioedod and an other man )iad to bo secured hoforo tho work could go ahead. Tho Tact that tho rails will ho through to tho Umpquu In sovon weoks will menu that steel will ho I F E A L Lord Northcliffe Thinks Rev olution in This Country Will Follow European War READY POR BUTTLE OlONKItAI. OIIKKGOX 1X FOHCI HflOX JH (JATIlint- :k awxaco GO LET 1 G Says Internal Reflex Action of Great Chanflcs Taking Place Will be Felt WAR HAS AN INFLUENCE ' l'coplo Heading of Hpl'llng of lllood Will Uo .'Moio Hcculy to Itobcl Ivii- gllNhman Hollcitsi Hlcli I'eo-N plo uru to llo I'oorer CIUCAQO, Nov. 10. Tho United States la facing a social upheaval at a. result of the European war, Is tho opinion of Lord Northcllffo. Tho English publisher mado known his vlows to a London correspondent of tho Dally Nows, who Is making n stu .1.. ..f li.tnrinil rniiillHmia In Drnnt rushed across tho Cooh liny IifIiIro i,rtan. Tho correspondent cables mm uihu irom Aorui i.iiko on norm for a dlstnnco of about nlno miles. I T TAX MIT COUXTV TO UUY DELINQUENT TAX CEItTII'ICATlCH O. mid ('. Imnd (Iiiuit ni'il Sonthoiii Oregon Co, HoldlugK lnidvcil Slay llo flood .Speculation Salo of delinquent Inx certificates on tho vast Coos holdings of thoi Southern Oregon company and tho Oregon And California land grant tii0f tho wnr will all of this product Is gonoral- contained at homo, olght por cent crop was exported in tho first f of tho war, and farmers got a ' incrcaso por bushol. Cotton Imii-hik.-u Kli,i. Tbe cotton farmer will share In funeral farm prosperity because 1 rear ! ... i- i - -. mo i-iui ib icss inun ii," 100 hales, comnnrnrt wIMi nvnr '.900,000 bales lnf vnur Alnnc- w 'nls ilccreasod production Is nn retted domesile donmnd which 0Stlnc tho nrlr , , j., t VV XPORTSFROIVbSAN U rnHlVUSUU NUKhASb h Mcr i,,kiM" fci., ,. ,.-.., .., Ust Ten .MimliiH than During All ion SAN'FlUNcVsC'O, Qal..Nov, 1C-, w irom tho port of San Fran- O'er thG toil inniitlm .1 tlltr ...nrn er y "too and a half millions "le exnnrln fr. nil inn i- 6 10 a ronnrt mo.in mil.llr. tn. JJ J O Davis, collector of cus- IJiV"Pt fIg,lrcs for exports wero: j Hen months) $6S,2G3,7tG. , (elve months), fC-1.784. tT- 1915. $8,800,424. I7.p,eni'er 1915. iR.Kfii.fion. aboi.2h h. ":" .:"....- I . ",c urujican war cuhb- Urease becayse of shipments r minltlonR. other nnrninl os- 1 "hewed decrease tho county has been ordered. They are to bo drawn out by the sheriff. A now )aw of the last leglslnturo now makes It possible to foroMoso for delinquent taxes after a porloil of four mouths, whero provldusly it iwas threo years. Tho county will lk ablo to bring Bull to clear Kb "ti tle and may securo possession of the IiukIh. providing the back taxes and ponaltles aro not forthcoming. Lands Aro Liable , A rocent ruling of Attorney Gon oral (loorgo M. Drown Is to tho effect that tho lauds or tho O. and C. grnnt nro llnblo now for dolluquont taxes Rand that tho same courso should bo followed with this as with oiuer jiroporty, tho United States Supromo Court having decided that the land belongs to tho railroad. Hack taxes on tho O. and C. grant In Coos aro said to amount to some- t thing llko ?200,000, and tho lack of this monoy lias badly crippled tho county financially, as is ovldonced by tlio fact that county warrants nro flaw soiling flvo percent bolow par. Thin la nlftn trim 111 tlio CaBO Of Otll- or largo estates that aro delinquent In their taxes. To Draw Ceitlflcatos Tho sheriff of Med ford county has boon advised by tho county court to procoed at onco with tho salo of do lluquont tax certificates on tho O. and C. land grnnt and so baa tbo shorlff of Coos county. Theso certificates will In all prob ability bo purchased by (ho county. According to District Attorney LIIJo qvlst thoy may ho purchased hoforo tbo county gots thorn, by anyone Tho holder, by paying up tlio back taxes and ponaltlos on any certain soctlou of land within this disputed area, may go Into court then to so euro a clear tltlo. Good Speculation "And bo now thero Is prosonted. ono of tho finest chancoB for spol iation tha. I have over aeon in tho county." said Mr. Llljpqvlst today. Anyone with extra monoy in buying up delinquent tux certificates of an certain pleco of land, must pay back taxes and ponaltlos. To securo clear tltlo to tbo land, suit must be brought In court on foroolosuro proceedings. And then If tho original ownors do not appear and tonder back tho mon ey, together with ID porcent Interest, tho buyer of tho certificates geU tho land. Up to Cougtess Tho United States Supremo Court has decided the railroad owns the lands of the O. and C. grant. It Is up to Congress now whether or not these lands must be sold at J2.50 an acre. If bo. it is pointed out that tho railroads possibly would not fiud It profitable to pay back taxes and penalties and sH at ?2 60 fln ac the following: "Tho chango In tho French Cabi net, taken with tho determined nt tack on tho Asquttli government, has quickened tho public pulso with tho Idea of a probablo upheaval in tho Drltlsh Cabinet. "It Is n bad thing to chango horses In tbo mlddlo of tho Btream, but what 'if your borso lies down In tho wa ter?" said Lord Northcllffo to tho correspondent. "This saying well represent tho dlvoreo opinions In England today. i:poctH Tiouldo Hero " 'What Is Amorlra thinking of ub? What do Its cltlxons bollovo tho lssuo bo?' asked Lord Will Order an Attack on tbo Villa Army to llcgliF Thl Evening I Wf AlMtUlfel rr.M tr Ox4 litf TlmM. WASHINGTON, D. C? Nov. 1C Reports to tho Wnrl Department today from Nuco Bald Ccncrnl Obrcgon was across tho border from thero with COOOVnicn. Addi- 'tlonal troops aro arriving and ho hns ordered un advauccf.ou tho Vil la forccB to begin tonlgfit. WILLIS 01 fSHELLS FIRED Battlefield of Champagne Was Scene of Frightful Bombard men From French Guns 0 PRESIDENT ORDERS CIEOROE IIUUKITT RELWATED In to RcNiimo Offlco of AhsInImiiI rostimiHter at WlnitL'tkn, Re- mtllcss of Clit'gcs tllj AmuwIttM l'mi In Contllajr Tlmrt.) WA8IHNaTON, I). CI, Nov. 10. Doflulto Instructions went from the Whlto House to tho Pontofflco Do partmont today lo reinstate Ooorgo Ilurkltt, ns assistant Postmaster at Wlnuotka, Illinois, regardless of what other charges, In addition to that of criticizing tho President for his ougagomont, wero pending against htm. TO FILE PLEAD NG RAVOG IS IT Wreckage Gives Some Idea of the Destruction Which 1 Was Brought About MILLION MEN FIGHTING Northcllffo, and barely awaiting your niiswor bo continued: "In vlow of tbo cheapness of living hi thin country thoy nro receiving rol atlvoly higher wages than tboso of American workmen today. " 'In my opinion theao wages will never bo lower. Tho rich nro going to bo pooror and tho poor richer, and by tho end of tho war England will havo a apeclos or stato socialism. Will Want More. " A million and a half of young 'men who havo bcon through hell for tholr country will como back nd de mand bettor working conditions ns tho prlco of tholr sacrifice Thoy will not put up with ny nonBonso.l Tho situation Is bound to havo an ef fect on your, country, whoro tho dif ference between tho rich and tho poor Is us groat, if not greater, than it hns been. I havo been through your alums In Nqw York and Chicago and 'know tho conditions. Influence or AVnr 1 " Mn addition thero Is tho suhtlo rinfluonco of war. For months your pcoplo havo boon reading about tho spilling of blood. This constant dlot of war Ib suro to bring about an 'In ternal upheaval. Tho American Re' volutlonary war Is tho precursor of tbo French revolution.' " " MRS. H. 8. ACKLES NOW HEEKK $'M .MONTI I LV MAINTENANCE SET SCHOOL LEVI DISTRICT VOTERS .MEET AT THE CENTRAL SCHOOL TOXKJHT Will bo Olven ('banco to I'ast on Rudget for ll 1-ovy E- puclml ,to lio Lowered To definitely sottlo on the school tax levy for 191C and pass on tbo annual budget thoro will bo a meet ting of tho voters of this school district at tbo Central School build ing this evening at 7:30 o'clock, ac rordlug td tho announcement of Judge John Hull, clerK of tho Marahfleld district. Tho' budgot has bcon published several times already and it Is estimated tho tax levy will bo slight ly under what it was last year. Tho budgot callB for an oxpondlturo of something over $40,000 for 1010, It Is understood. CREW REACHES PORT Captain ami Tv.Ontj-fho Men Are Landed IBf AtiocUt! Tnu to Coot tur Tlmet.J CANE A, CRETE. Nov. 10. Two boats from the Norwegian steamer JWacoustn, which wbb sunk by a sub marine, arrived nt Suda Day. ureie. today with tlio captain and 25 Bailors- . . i f Stepson Context Claim on (iroumlH Neither Sho Nor Her Husband Woro Rwldeuts of State Thirty daya havo boon Allowed tho nltornoya or MrH. Walty, Ackles, lor mer wlfo or S. 8. AcklouJSluroiiHod, to file tholr pleadings buforo tho county court In tbo caso wherein s'ho seeks of tho estato 120 u month. Sho seokB tho umouut on tho statutes of Oregon that prov.ldo for a widow's malntenauco tor a year following tho husband's death, whero thoro has bcon no direct provision for thin In tbo will. AgaliiNt Albnwuiro' Hoforo tho county court a fow days ago Harry G. Hoy, representing the four sons, holra of 8. 8. Ackles, con tended ngnlnst this allowanco, on tho grounds that Mrs. Ackles now Uvea In Missouri nnd that Mr. Ackles died a resident or West Virginia and, honco noltbor ono woro residents of tho stato and thoroforo should not enjoy this provision of tho statutes. Lived In Eat.tldo Mr.'Acklos was a rnrmor treasurer or Eastsldo. Ho loft an estato valu ed In tho neighborhood of $2,000. say tho attorneys for his heirs. Thoy further claim that bo left horo and went to Wost Virginia to spend bla declining days with a roii thoro. Ho wont to Missouri last May on n visit and died thero. On tho other hand. John I). Gobs, for tho plolntlfr, contends thnt tho refcldenco or both Mr. Ackles and his wiro woro hero on Coos Day and therefore sho Is entitled to thn $20 a month lor tbo porlod or a year. CALL ON RANKS TO REPORT CONDITION (llf AkIi1 Prrm lo mj nf TlmM.J WASHINGTON, I). C, Nov. 10. Tho Comptroller or Currency today Issued n call to all NatiJiinl banks requiring thorn to report their condition at tlio closo of buslncsH November to. O-' MRS. BURNS, FORMERLY OF NORTH JEND, DEAD Daughter Receives Word From Ukliili, Cnl. About Year Ago Lort Hero for South Mrs. C. E. Hums, until a year ago a resident of North Ilond whero she conducted a harbor shop ' on Shorman avenue, Is dead at her homo In Uhlah, California. Word to this offoct has Just been receiv ed by her daughter, Mrs. S. S. Johnson,-of North nend. Tre deceased was close to CO years of ago. With her in the South was another daughter, Mrs. Roy Taylor, and her husband, C. K. RurnB. A mother nnd otbor relatives aro said tp r-W I Missouri. For Mouths tbo AIIIom Had Hreu Gnthciing Client Quantities of Am munition Ready to Pour Onto (lonnaii Army In Trenches (11 AmikUIM 1'tr.l u Okm Hf TlniM.) CHALONS, Franco, Nov. 10. (Dy mnll.) Thoro was Btill wreck age enough remaining mi tho bnt tlefluld of Champagne threo weeks alter the battle was fought to give Boino Idea of tho hnvou of destruc tion whon It wns fresh attar the advanco. Within u spaco fifteen miles in length by from ono to threo miles In breadth at least a m'lliou men wero engaged on both sides; 20,000 prisoners wero ta ken, and ut least two or threo shells for every ninii engaged was tired. Awful Romlmrdiuciit. That shcot of preparatory shell tiro which hml descended upon K miles of German front trenches had meant a Bwath of slaughter to start with. For throo days, night and day, this bombardment continued. According to tho accounts of Gor man prisoners they could only bug tho shelter of their subtorrnueau chambers under their crumbling par apets. A wall of artillery tiro back or tho trenches kept tho supplies from reaching thorn. In front of tbo trenches tbo continued crash of shrapnel blasts wuu cutting tho barbcil wire. For months tho French bad bcon accumulating ammunition which thoy poured oitt from every calibre of giiu. Havoc Ih Wrought This shell tiro not only killed and wounded Gornuum; not only mndo tho most elaborate tranches: Into dusthcaps but littered tbo field with smnshod German .calssoiiB, transport wagons, clothing, equip ment nnd all tho Impediments or nu army. Thoro was poaco In tho German trouchos for tho first tlmu In threo dnys as tho wave of Fruiich Infantry rushed for tho German trenches. Thou tho French' guns stopped' firing lest thoy kill tholr own men. Many Aro Captured Tho wavo had not moro than 200 yards to go, Estimate tho time thut It takes the uvorago man to run that dlstnnco and you havo tho time It took tho French aoldldni to roach tho wreckage which had been tho Gorman trenches and grapple with any survivors In tho dugouts. In tionio places tho wavo swept on beyond tho trench llko tho tide running up an Inlet. Tho Gormnus hetwoon such forces woro caught In a pair or pincers. This uccouptod for tho prlsonors who wore taken In batches. Thoy woro surrounded by Infantry, with no way or retreat op on to thorn, Klioner Tons of Shells Tho French guim showered tons upon tons or shells upon La Pocho for those throo days. Whon a chamber was destroyed thoy gavo tho Germnns uo tlmo to repair it. For seventh-two hours tho blasts qt explosions woro tearing at that redoubt n hurrlcano of all tbo big calibres from six to fifteen-Inch, with Bomo- smaller ones thrown in fqr good measure. Underneath La Focho at tho end of a French ml no rested it lingo charge of oxploBfvo, That was fired Just before tho in fantry charged. It carried Germans und sandbags heavenward In a cloud two or threo hundred feet high and left u crater of at least too foot In depth and 150 feet In width. Any Germans who survived wero in tho pall of dust from It as the French Infantry ejiarged over tho bare space whore tho barbed wire had been destroyed by guns which wero given this part of tho work to do. In ton minutes from tbe time that the French Infantry loft their tranches thoy weio In full possession of La Pocho, FRENCH REPULSED RULGARIAXS COMPEL Til KM" TO RETIRE AT TWO POINTS Engage In Heavy Fighting In South. cm Serbia Not Far From Greek Ronlcr tnr AuwUtM rrn to Coon ll Time.. SALON I KI, Nov. 1G. After heavy fighting with tho reinforced Rul garlan troops In Southern Serbia, the French woro compollod to re tire at two points in tho vicinity or Grndlsco, 12 miles north or tho Greek border. Tho Dulgnrlan at tack along tho Crona Rlvor wan re pulsed. KING SEEKS OEATH PETER OF SERRIA IS FIGHTING INTRENCHES Ageil Ruler WeaiM Uniform of Pil. vote n"d Hopes to Do Killed In ltntt'o Vh AwixlitM I'mu lo Com liar Tlmr.l SALONIKl, Nov. 10. King Peter of Sorbin, desplto his advanced ago. Is righting with tho Holdlora in thn tronchca, clnd in tho uniform or a prlvato, according lo Iho secretary of tho RiiBslun legation In Greece, who arrived today rroni Western Serbia. tho ngod king socks death, accord lug to thn Russian diplomat, Baying "Whon I am killed, you can Geo or surrender." BIT CDNNEuTO NAVAL OFFICIALS TELL AROUT SHIP AT PROGRESSO Has Nothing to do Willi Iho Fore- clblo Searching or American Stoaiuer Hcecutly Mr AMOfUtM I'rmt lo Coo liar T"",l, , , WASHINGTON, 1), C,, Nov, 10. Naval officials today disclaimed any -connection between tho arrival of tho battleship Kentucky nt Ifrogroso and tho forclhlo searching or tbo American steamer Zulandla at that port by an armed party Irom a Drltlsh cruiser. Investigation or tho Incident Is still under way. FAY IS ON TRIAL REFUSES TO CONFESS OR MAKE FURTH ER STATEM ENTH Flvo Men Today Faro Alleged Ger man Romb Plot in tlio Federal Court. tnr Auotmi riM i. & nr tiiom.) NEW YORK, Nov. 10. Whon thu caso or rivo mnn Indicted horo in the alleged Gorman bomb conspiracy wns called in tho Foijoral District Court today, domurreni woro eutor ed In behalf or Robert Fay and Walter Scbolx, Tho demurrers al lego thu Indictments against theso men was Insufficient. Counsel for Robert Klenxlo, Mnx Hreltung nnd Euglebert llroukhnrat did not ontor demurrers but stood 'on tho pleas or not guilty. Fuy was taken before Attorney Knox a fow minutes again today. Afterward kit was announced ho would not make a confession or any further stato nionlB, STILLlOllG ON VILLA FOREIGN MINISTER HAS NOT DESIGNER Refuses lo Comment Ukmi Event When Pashlug Through El Paso On Way Homo Uj Awotlit.4 I'l.M la Coot llr Time.,) EL P-ASQ, Texas, Nov. 10 Miguel Lombardo, minister of foreign af fairs for Villa, declared today that ho had not resigned mid Intends to pioceotl to Chihuahua. Ho refused to comment upon events since hu loft Chihuahua City over a month ago to represent Villa before thu Latin American conforooa, CONQUEST OF mm sure Appears to be No Chance of Saving Her From Her Invading Enemies ?' IN TAKEN Franco-British Forces Aro Mot Able So Far to In fluence Situation i RIGA AT PRESENT SAFE Germans Not Making Much Prog ress AgalnH tho ltiiKXlnnH In That iVIclnlly Artillery' Duel Re ported at Western Front ANOTHER TOWN IS TAKEN DV RUIiGAHIAXH Ur AmocUIo-1 rrmtt rjMnr tlmM.I PARIS, Nov. 1G. Tito Uul- gni'labs havo occupied To- tovo, which already baa changed hands sovoral times, 4 according to u roport current nt Snlonlkl. NEW YORK, Nov. 1G. noports reaching tlio United States Irom var ious sources ludlcato that tho com plete conquest of Serbia by tho quadruple alllanco within a short tlmo is probablo unless unoxpectod developments occur. Tho Teutonic nnd Vulgarian armlos coutltiuo to papturo largo numbers of prisoners In central Ser bia, while a new drlvo vif tho Bul garians toward Monastlr makes ea capo southward or, any connldorable Sorblau forco Improbable. Moro Aro Captured A thousand moro Sorblans wore captured yestorday. Tho Franoo Rrltlsh foreo In Southern Serbia to far havo boon unable to Influenco tho situation. In tho oast, both Teutons' nnd Russians contlniio to mako local at tacks. Thu Gorman frontal attack along tho Dvlnu Rlvor apparently has failed and Riga aid Dvlnsk seem snfo for the tlmo, In thu Wost, artillery duols nnd some trench righting with band grenades woro reported by Paris. REQUESTS DETAILS STATE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO KNOW AROL'T ANCONA iinriictn AmbaNNador to Af)k tho Ital ian Go eminent for Complete Details or Sinking (pf AuotUIrd rrru lo Cmk tM, Time. WASHINGTON. D. C, Nor. 11!. Tho American govern ment will await tho receipt or the Austrian government's statement or facts concerning the sinking or tho Anconn be fore eonsldorliig whether any rights or AmorlcniiB wero violated. (Ilr AmocUIM )'rm to Co r TIbm.) WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 16. Thu statu dopartmout cablod Ambas sador PonGold nt Vienna to request from tho Austro-HungarUn govern ment comploto details of tho sinking oi' tho Italian steamer Ancona. WIRES DOWN Tho Times' Associated Press roport Is groatly cur tailed today becauso tho Western Union wires havo been down llfarly all day. TO AWAIT REPLY FROM AUSTRIA , ON SAME BASIS SERIHANS TO RE TREATED L1KH RRITISH AND FRENCH (llf Amoc! J7m to Cooi B4f ThRM.) LONDON, Nov. 16. The Greek government Is reported to have de cided that in the event ot a retreat or tho Allies to Grook soil, the Ser bian troops will 1'3 placed on the 'snmo tooting as the British nnd French. Promlor Skouloud lorlginally pro posed to permit tho French and Rrltlsh to reach, tho soa without In terference from tho Greeks, but to border. However, it still rwalM I clearly I for Greece to de(lnn hr posltkm r jir