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TTTE MORNING- OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1914. RUSSIAN SUCCESSES GONTINUEJHEY'SAY Teuton Reverses Before War saw and Cracow Are Re ported by Petrograd. ' 5000 AUSTRIANS CAPTURED Imitation of German. Tactics Prove Costly to Kalser'9 Ally Berlin Military Critic Says Partial Gains by Foe Possible. LONDON, Dec. 25. Russian successes are reported officially from tbe battle front before Warsaw and from that around Cracow, according: to a Petro grrad dispatch, but without materially changing the general situation in these regions. Especially strenuous attacks have been made by the Germans between Pinczow, 40 miles northeast of Cracow, and Nowemlast Korozyn, at the junc tion of the Nida and Vistula rivers. In this place, the -report says, the Austrlans . imitated the tactics of the Germans and tried to force a passage by sheer weight and numbers. They advanced repeatedly in solid formation against the Russian front in the face of a heavy artillery fire. The net result after two days' fighting December 22 and 23 was the capture by the Rus sians of nearly 5000 prisoners, including half a hundred officers, and the reten tion by the Russians of the left bank of the Nida, wnere they are strongly entrenched. Russians Hold Lines In Worth. To the north the Russians report that they are holding -their own and are in flicting severe punishment on the Ger mans. A series of energetic attacks at Dollmow, Just south of Sochac Sow (30 miles from Warsaw), are reported to have been repulsed on the night of December 23 by vigorous Russian coun ter attacks, while 40 miles further south at Anovolonz, a successful German crossing of the Pilica River was turned into a German reverse by savage at tacks of Siberian troopB, who forced the invaders back again.. The following official bulletin was issued from the Russian general head quarters tonight: "There has been no change on the left bank of the Vistula or In Galicia. The Germans delivered attacks on the day and flight of December 24, prin cipally in the district of Sochazew and Bolinow, but all were repulsed with great toss xo me enemy. ".Fighting continues on the banks of the Pilica." Rear Posts Resist Germans. Among the items received today from the official press bureau were the fol lowing: "Despite the evident stubborn nature of the fighting along the whole eastern front. Major Moraht, military corre spondent of the Tageblatt, says he is inclined to believe the Russians' re? sistance is no new offensive, but is made up merely of rear-post combats designed to cover the retirement of the main armies for reorganization back of the middle Vistula. Partial Successes Possible. "This, he thinks, is particularly the case in Southern Poland and Galicia, where the nature of the terrain behind the Russians is such that time must be gained to permit them to reach the position set for reorganization, even at the risk that tbe rear post troops may not be able to come back. "Despite all this, says Major Moraht, partial successes by the Russians here and there are possible, since they do not hesitate to sacrifice great numbers of men. He doubts whether the Rus sians have any available fresh troops back of their line. "An Austrian report indicates that the Carpathians are being cleared grad ually of the enemy, but that the latter are stubbornly holding their own in Galicia, where Vienna has no successes to report. In the lower course of. the Nida River (Southern Russian-Poland), however, 2000 Russians have been cap- tured. "The Petrograd correspondent of the London Morning Post reports that Rus sia has been forced to give up the at tempt to take Cracow, and must retire to the inner line of defense on the Warsaw-Vistula front." .' The official announcement given out this afternoon in Paris, said, concern ing the war on the Eastern front: "In Russia, on the left bank of the Vistula, the Germans have been hurled baclv from one of the positions which they occupied on the right bank of the lower Bzura, and they have been reinforced at another point. They are continuing their attacks on Sochaczew and are trying to debouch from Boto mow. To the east of Skierniewlce their night attack was repulsed with "heavy losses to them. They have launched -several fruitless attacks to the west of the River Rawka and are vigorously resisting the Russian of fensive on the north bank of the Pilica. "In Hast Prussia and near Przemysl, and on the front in the Carpathians, no essential changes have been noted." WINTER PRETEXTS OPERATION Restless Cossacks Only Keep After Turks in Asia Minor. PETROGRAD (Via London). Dec. 25. The Russo-Turklsh operations have been brought to "a standstill by cli inatic conditions in Asia Minor. Here the Russian troops have spread out, covering all the roads and quartering in ine villages in an immense triangle, whose sides converge for 70 miles with the base on the Russo-Turklsh frontier and the apex pointing toward Erzerum. Clad in every variety of garment to keep warm, including Turkish robes and wide, flowing Kurdish coats, the Russians arc huddling in every shelter hut and farmhouse of the Armenians and packing cowsheds, stables and roofs have been 'cut out, so that bon fires may be safely built within. The sound of battle is rarely heard by the main body of troops, who are Winter ing on tne way to Erzerum. Virtually the only activity is on the part of the restless Cossacks, who are forever on the move, engaging In brushes with the opposing cavalry. LONG WAR IS LOOKED FOR (Continued From First Page.) Austro-Hungarian government is spend ing about 500,000 on the Zsolna cholera camp, in order to guard against a pos eible epidemic next Springs Arrangements have been made for doubling the capacity- of the ammuni tion plants in the country. The largest of these, that of the Manfred Weiss concern at Budapest, has heretofore produced more than 2,500,000 rounds of mall arms ammunition dally. This out put has been increased considerably during the last three weeks, and Is expected -to reach the enormous total of 5,000.000 rounds a day. Camps Now Hold 800,000 Men. All . the larger Austro - Hungarian cities have established drill camps. The largest of these is near Budapest, and there some 300,000 men are either be ing trained or are being permitted to recuperate from the hardships of ex tended service at the front. It is said that these encampments contain at present more than 800,000 men, many of whom would have been called to the colors by conscription this Fall and during 1915. Among these reserves also is a large number of volunteers and older landwehr. Though the government has seen fit to keep this news from the foreign and even the home press, it is a fact that recently a m6nitor of more powerful type than the "Bodrog" class has been put in commission,' and that another of these vessels is now being finished in the Budapest government yard. It is understood that two other monitors of this type are Hearing completion and that the keels for others have been laid. Monitors Have Double Armament. The new monitors have double the armament of the "Bodrog" and "Temes" class. They are armed with three, instead of two, long-range guns, and these are" of a' slightly larger caliber than those installed on the "Bodrog." It Is believed that this fleet will be an Important factor in the de fense of that Danube and Save rivers. In common with the German govern ment, that of Austria-Hungary has taken every measure necessary to con serve the military resources of the country. The most Important feature of this Is reduction of the area former ly given to tbe growing of sugar beets. Such lands have been sown with Win ter wheat and rye. - There seems to be no shortage In the chemical and metal supplies needed in war. The correspondent of the Asso ciated Press had an opportunity to see the supplies of metals of the Manfred Weiss establishment. In every avail able space copper and tin Ingots had been stored. These metals are used in the making of brass, an essential ele ment in the manufacture of small arms ammunition. A shortage of saltpetre also has been met, it Is asserted. Formerly this most essential constituent of explosives was largely imported from South America. The closing of the seas to the German and Austrian merchant marine cut off this source of supply. A process had been known in Germany, however, by which nitro acid might be produced by the decomposition of other elements. The product of this is now taking the place of the natural nitre salts. PEACE MOVE IS DENIED ATTSTRO-ITtmGARIAX SAYS REPORT OF REPRESENTATIONS UNTRUE. Agreement With Germany, Honor and Self-interest Prevent Break and Separate Negotiations, la View. WASHINGTON, Dec 25. The Austro Hungarian Ambassador, Dr. Constantin Dumba, issued a statement today de nying as absolutely unfounded pub lished reports that Austria-Hungary Is tired of the war or has made unofficial peace overtures to the allies. The statement said: ' "The Paris press spreads from time to time news that Austria-Hungary or Hungary alone was tired of the war and longing for peace. The latest re port alleges that Austria has made un official peace overtures to the allies through Vienna bankers, on the basis of the cession of Galloia to Russia and Bosnia to SerVia. ' ,'" "The Austro-Hugarlan Ambassador wishes to contradict these rumors as absolutely unfounded and as mislead ing public opinion in the United States. Without speaking of the article of the treaty-of the dual alliance of 1879. ac cording to which Germany and Austria Hungary engage themselves to support eacn otner with their whole armies against Russia and to conclude peace only conjointly, every consideration of honor and self-interest prevents Austria-Hungary from breaking from her ally and entering into negotiations for a separate peace. 'The cession of Galicia and Bosnia could be agreed on only after a crush ing defeat of the dual monarchy-, an eventuality which happily does not cor respond to the aetual situation on the battlefields. It is not improbable that with the authors of these rumors the wish is father to the thought." FRENCH CUSTOMS BACK ALSATIAN TOWNS KEEP YILETIDE LIKE BEFORE 1870. Midnight Mass at Thana la Celebrated With Pomp, and Eminent Sing ers From Paris Are Heard. THANN. Alsace, via. Pnrin rw- SK The population of that portion of Aisace extending from near Altkirch to near St. Die, a strip of territory of about 12 miles, enjoyed today a French Christmas for the first time since 1870. The midnight mass of Christmas eve in Thann was celebrated with exceptional pomp. Colonel Albert Carr, director of the Comodie 'Francata in Paris, ar ranged to have eminent singera and musicians provide the music In other villages sermons in French were preached at all the Christmas services by soldier-priests. Most of their congregations were old men and women and children and French sol diers. Ail the young men have gone to the war. In some cases brother is fighting against brother. There is. however, a general air of quiet rejoicing at the prospect of an approaching reunion with the mother country. In humble homes lhtle French flags fly openly; children who have been taught the German language from their birth now shout "Vive la France!" and many young women who were engaged before the war to be married to Germans are said to have broken their troths, declaring now they only will marry Frenchmen. In spite of the daily fighting, the Alsatians are having a good time, as quantities of food and delicacies are being sent to them from France. . COTTON CARGO IS SEALED French Consa and Lloyds' Agent Permits Passage to Germany. GALVESTON, Tex., Dec. 25. The first cargo to Germany from the port of Galveston since the European war began departed today for Bremen on the American steamship Pathfinder. The cargo is 6550 bales, valued by the shippers at $455,000. Captain Boyle, of the Pathfinder, carries in addition to his other papers an oath from the agents that the cargo is entirely of cotton.' The hatches were sealed in the presence of the French Consul and a representative of Lloyds of London. Both certified that the vessel contained only American cotton and is entitled to unobstructed ' passage into German waters and into a German port. Freight rates on the cotton shipped on the Pathfinder were the largest ever paid out of the port of Galveston. being $3 per 100 pounds. At this time last year the current rate was 32 to 85 cents per 100. V" EMDEN MET DODPil GAMELY. SAYS FOE German Cruiser's Last Battle Is Fought, Bow to Bow , With Australian. VICTOR BADLY DAMAGED Fourteen Hundred Shots Fired -at Conqueror and Flag Is Not low-N ered Until Repeated Demands and Shots Are Sent Aboard. . (Continued From First Ptt.) dummy funnel before going into action. "From what we had read, in the pa pers, we thought Captain Von Mueller, of the Emden, would have tried to show us a clean pair of heels, but instead he held toward us. We were after ward told by some of the German sail ors taken prisoners that when the cap tain of the Emden sighted us he said: 'If she is an Australian cruiser I will sink her.' ' Boys Man Winning Gans. "But, by heavens! they got the big gest shock of. their lives. They did not know we had on board eight gun-layers and a good sprinkling of petty officers who had seen much service in the Im perial navy, and apart altogether from this they clearly underestimated the efficiency of the young Australian boys. It was magnificent to see the way those boys, many of whom are only about 18. worked the guns. They were frantically excited, and every time a good shot got nome they simply yelled with delight, and it tyok us-older hands all our time to restrain them. So far as I saw, every boy on the Syd ney proved himself a real little hero. " 'There goes another runnel, boys!' they would yell, then let go an ear splitting hurrah. 'One or two more like that and she's a goner!' they would shout, as a shell got home on the water line. They never stopped working, though, and the way they kept those guns served was a fine example of true Australian pluck. First Salvo Finds Hark. "But to et back, to the beginning of the action. We must have opened fire at a range of about five miles, and with one of our very first salvos we sent the Emden's bridge flying, kill ing, as we afterward learned, several men and bowling overboard several others. At first the Emden's shooting was pretty good, and after abou,t 10 minutes a somewhat lucky shot carried our rangeflnder clean away. The range finder was of the very latest type, a fairly large, rectangular aftair, which stood on a pedestal on the bridge, and, strange to say, the pedestal was un damaged. x "When the rangeftnaer was carried away orders were given to the gun layers to carry on independent fire, and, judging the range and firing as rapidly as possible, they seemed to get on quite as well as before, if, not better. "The Emden got in three good shots. The first carried away our rangeflnder; the second landed on our deck, pene trated into the after control, where it exploded and did a lot of damage. Al together, there were 12 officers and men in the after control, and only one escaped without Injury of some sort or another. One man was 'killed and an officer and one or two men received somewhat nasty injuries, while the rest were slightly hurt. Emden Shots Damage Foe. ' "The third shell landed on deck, right among the guns and crew, and was the most destructive of the lot. It cost us two killed and several wounded, and most unfortunately two of our gun layers were among the victims. One gunlayer was, of course, in charge of the gun and the other, whose gun could, not be torought to bear at that moment, was helping the men to bring shells along. A fragment of shell caught one -poor fellow in the abdo men, killing him on the spot. It so happened that at the moment a bag of cordite had been hoisted from below, and this caught fire and began to blaze away furiously. Two men, regardless of personal safety, rushed forward, picked up the blazing cordite in their arms and threw it into the sea. "If true, as we have been told by many German prisoners, they fired 1480 shots at us, the Emden's shooting must have been poor, and throughout the action it was very clear that our shoot ing was far superior. The trajectory of the""Emden's guns was far more pro nounced than ours. She seemed to drop her shots on board of us when she got anywhere near us at all, while our shells went far stralghter and appeared to do a good deal more damage when they got home. Armor Stops Shell. "The Emden's shells completely failed to penetrate our armor plate when they struck. They made a dent in our armor, but did not come through, merely bouncing back and falling into the sea. One shell came very near to doing a lot of mischief. It struck the edge of the armor plate within a few inches of one of the wardroom portholes. If it had gone through the port into the wardroom and there exploded, it would have killed at least 30 or 40 men. All our wounded were in the wardroom with the surgeon and his staff. "You no doubt have seen the hole In the port side of the Sydney and the corresponding hole on the starboard side. Both these holes were caused by one shell from the Emden. But that shell did not do nearly so much .dam age as one. would at first thinkr It went out - high above the water ' line and traveled right through the deck, caroming off a pipe and piercing the other side of the vessel without doing material damage. It made two nasty holes in the side, but they were well above the water line and scarcely of any danger to the vessel. "Another shot from the Emden struck us up in the rigging of a mast. If the mast had been fairly -struck and had fallen, we should have suffered more severely and perhaps many men would have been injured or killed. Shell Hits Torpedo Tube. "Now to turn to what we did to the Emden after having swept her bridge away. We got her several times very badly. We shot her fore funnel away. then her mast, then her remaining two funnels, and eventually, when we were getting very close to her, we landed a shell right on her torpedo tube. She was presumably getting ready to dis charge a torpedo at? us at the moment, and we struck the tube when the tor- pedo was actually ready to fire. The torpedo exploded with a loud noise and the Emden caught fire. It was then quite clear that she was pretty well finished up, . and eventually , she was beached on an island some 15 miles distant from Direction Island, where the wireless station and cable-house are situated. "We had kept , up a running fight with her for a matter of 30 miles or so. Of course, there was a lot of twisting and turning all the time. We took a zigzag course in order to put the gun- A New Idea in AILCO iN Portland, Dec 25th, 1914. To Portland Picture Patrons : In view of the Exceptional Location, Large Seating Capacity, General Completeness and Earnest Purpose of the Management of the National Theater We, the- ALCO and ALLIANCE Film Corpora tions, have decided to place all of our big film productions exclusively at this theater. (Signed) ALCO FILM CORPORATION, ALLIANCE FILM CORPORATION. By Geo. H. Grombacher. Followed by "THE TRUTH-WAGON95 XA Five-Part Alliance Comedy-Drama Starring the Portland Favorite MAX FIGMAN Opening Thursday, December 31st, for a Three-Day Run Among Other Pre-eminently Big Plays on Our Programme are "THE TIGRESS," a Drama, Starring 0LGA PETR0VA . . . Jan. 3 "THE EDUCATION OF MR. PIPP," Corn-Drama, . . Starring DIGBY BELL Jan. 7 MAN WHO COULD layers off. and we, of course, maneu vered to prevent presenting our broad side to the enemy's fire. During the time we were fighting the Emden made two huge circles. The first time we followed - her round, and then it was we came fairly close to her. Presum ably, the captain of the Sydney thought she had discharged a torpedo at us, and some say that they could then see the torpedo coming. At all events, we put on full steam ahead and rushed away at top speed to dodge this torpedo. About the same time we discharged a torpedo at the Emden. Emden's Explosive Disputed. "One of the petty officers present happened to be by when the torpedo was discharged. He declared that he felt sure it would not strike because it was not wound to the required distance. He watched it travel. It fell short of the mark and the Emden escaped. As to whether the Emden herself dis charged a torpedo, the party was very much divided. However, as they said, we shall learn the truth when Captain Caulfleld returns from his examination of the. wreck. The captain has. asked that special steps be taken to ascertain that fact and actually what damage was done to the Emden by our fire. "The second time the Emden made a circle the Sydney did ' not follow her round, but instead doubled back and out again, meeting her on the second loop. It was then we got in some very j telling shells, which, to all intents and j purposes, put the Emden out of action before she was beached. The Emden only had one gun in action, but did not pull down her flag until the last. Then the Sydney left and sank the Buresk, the Emden's attending collier." Asked why the Buresk was not cap tured and brought along, one of the officers explained that the enemy had opened the cocks and destroyed them, so that they could not be closed again. The two European non-combatants and Chinese coolies were taken off the Buresk and taken on board the Sydney. After having done this the Sydney re turned to the Emden, which still had her flag hoisted. The captain sig nalled to the commander to pull it down. The request was repeated six times, but still the Emden made no re ply. - Then the captain gave orders to give the Emden another shell. This caught her alight up fore -and aft and her flag was pulled down. Death Scene la Revolting. Then the work of rescue began. The men. who went off from the Sydney to save the injured say that the Emden and the water around were a terrible sight. On'board the vessel the dying and dead lay about all over the place limbs, fragments of flesh and charred arms and legs. It was altogether a most revolting sight. Everything possible was done to save the men, and those who were saved were treated with the greatest kindness and courtesy on board the Sydney. The officers of the Sydney gave up their wardrooms and private cabins to the injured. The injured Germans were treated in the same way as the wound ed British. One officer returned from the Emden in a pair' of trousers and coat only, he having torn up all his underclothing to make bandages for the wounded. - Another story concerning the fight Is to the effect that many Germans jumped ' overboard from the Emden when- she caught fire, and the officers on board shot at them with revolvers from the decks. One feature of the engagement that will "always stand out pre-eminently is its practical one-sidedness from the be ginning to the end and the superiority in seamanship and In gunnery. The achievement is one of which His Majes ty Australian squadron is proud. Opin ion is unanimous that theNhonor victory rests with the able captain whose skill ful handling of his vessel was the sub ject of comment even among the Ger man prisoners. t' "Victorious Captain Commended. "Tour captain is a clever man," was the remark of one '. prisoner as he stepped on board the Sydney, and the Australian agreed that British - gun nery also played ita part. Another version wa-glven by an A Direct JFrom Producer to Exhibitor NOT LOSE," Com-Drama, . . Starring CARLYLE other member of the crew. Receiving a message early in the morning that a strange ship was off Cocoa Islands, the Sydney, then 60 . miles away, steamed - off at top -speed and came upon -the Emden just as her landing party .were about to complete their work of destruction on the island. The i German cruiser was trapped and at last opened fire at a range of about 8000 yards. i "The Sydney, found her range imme diately," said this man, "and started the casualty list. Her work - of de struction, however, was not permitted to be continued. The captain of the Sydney proved a past master in the art of maneuvering. When the Emden's shells dropped short he moved his ves sel closer in and tbe next broadside passed "harmlessly over him. The Ger man ship soon was n difficulty. Early In the fight the Sydney dropped a shot on her opponent's decks, which is re ported to have hurled close to three score men to their death. Finding her mark with practically every subsequent shot, the Sydney completed her work of destruction and awaited the lower ing of the Emden's flag. Meanwhile about a dozen shells had hit the Syd ney's side, but did no damage. The one which struck hEat the beginning of the figh and which was responsible for the casualties, passed through her sides, but did not explode. Chance to Surrender Given. "Two factors contributed toward tire Sydney's small casualty list and her practical immunity from the enemy's fire. These were the skillful maneu vering of the vessel and the poor marks manship of the Emden's gunners. As soon as the Emden was noticed to have been beaten a cessation was made in firing to give the enemy an opportunity for calling a halt, but this was "not done, and the second bombardment, therefore, was necessitated. "The havoc wrought by the Sydney's six-Inch guns was one which the men would like to draw a veil over. Itrwas horrible In Its destructiveness and ap palling in its death roll. Not a few of the men. perhaps, wee blinded for life. There was scarce a foothold on deck that was not marked by the stains of battle. "One of the German wounded told me that the Emden had captured a Rus sian cruiser near Vladivostok the day war was declared and orought her to Tsing-Tau. She left Tsing-Tau the same night and her engines had been working three months without a break. They denied the report that they flew the Japanese flag when they entered Penang. They say they flew the Ger man flag and the only disguise made was to rig a dummy funnel. Wireless Is Intercepted. "Another prisoner said that after the landing party at Cocos had destroyed the wireless station the Emden sent a wireless, to the Buresk. 18 or 29 miles away, to come to coal her. This is the message that must have been inter cepted by the Sydney. "She started at full speed and caught sight of the Emden first at 10 A. M., and directly the Sydnoy came within L range the Emden fired three shots. The Sydney continued on ner course and commenced shelling the Emden, the only damage done at first being the disabling of a boat. The Emden missed torpedoing the Sydney, and before she could discharge another torpedo- the Sydney's guns found her torpedo-room. "Prince Francis Joseph of Hohenzol lern, now a prisoner, said he was in the torpedo-room, which was flooded, and was brought out. as they thought, dead, but ha had only fainted. The Emden had been badly hit in other places and the captain beached her to prevent her sinking." There is one officer and five 'sailors of the Sydney and 60 sailors of the Emden in the Military Hospital here. It is estimated that the Emden fired about 1000 shots In the one hour and SS minutes the engagement lasted,' while the Sydney fired 60(0. The German prisoners left this morning by a spe cial train for detention at Dyatalawa. being joined at Ragama by the other German prisoners. The place where they have been taken is a health re sort in the hills. Film Service ILLS First Release TOMORROW w h 1 1 r y in the in ree A Five-Part Alco, Presenting the Famous Star Mabel Taliaferro Opening TOMORROW, Running Four Days Only DIET IS DISSOLVED Japanese Lawmakers Refuse to Increase Army. NAVAL PLAN APPROVED Mikado Exercises Prerogative and Upholds Programme of Ministry for Military Development. Opposition Is Scored. TOKIO, Dec 25. Owing to the re jection of the measure for an increase in the army the Emperor today dis solved the Imperial Diet, thus uphold ing the programme of the ministry for military development. When the de cision was announced there was a great commotion in the House and cheers from the government side. The Premier, Count Okuma, scored the opposition for "impeding the na tional welfare." Falling to find aflaw in the policy of Foreign Minister fc.ato regaiding China, he said, they centered their attack on the army. He denied that the proposals meant the expan sion of the army and militarism. Naval Increase Approved. The army measure was rejected by a majority of 65, but the House ap proved the naval increase by a major ity of seven. A rescript suspends "the House of Peers pending the election, which probably will be held In March The closing session of the House was dramatic in the extreme. The debate extended all through the day and on into the night. The house was unable to compose Its differences and there was no sign that the debate was ap proaching its end when, shortly before 10 o'clock. It was announced that Em peror Yoshihito had exercised his royal prerogative, dissolving the Diet. Considerable opposition developed In the House of Representatives to the budget for 1915, which showed an esti mated expenditure of 556,000,000 yen, ($278,000,000) and a decrease of the revenues of $40,500,000 xtecent dis patches from Toklo have said there was good reason to believe that unless the House adopted the budget it would be dissolved by the Emperer. Opposition Xot Placated. The Diet was convened on December 5. Karon Kato. Minister of Foreign At fairs. In an address at that time 'ap pealed to the Diet to lay aside politi cal strife, in view of the unsettled in ternational situation. It was the Em peror's wish, he said, .that the session should not be marked by political wrangling. There were Indications, however, that the opposition could not be placated so long as the government insisted upon its programme, and It was evl dent the struggle would center around the question of increasing the army. The proposal to add two or more di visions to the army in Corea caused the collapse of the last Salonjl Ministry and it was felt that on this occasion the army question was likely to lead either to the collapse of the Cabinet or tbe dissolution of the Diet. BAN PLACED ON HORSES ("Denmark Rules- Against . Exports and Buyers Go to Scandinavia. COPENHAGEN', Dec 25. The export of horses from this country has now been totally prohibited, after various MCE of Us BLACKWELL, . Jan. 10 restrictions previously published had not the desired effect. The number of horses which have been exported to Germany since August cannot be given. The statistical . department has been forbidden to answer the question, but In trade circles the figures are esti mated at 100.000. Denmark is a horsebreeding country, but the annual export under normal conditions rarely exceeds 30,000. Despite the huge export there is no scarcity here, and the farmer and the army have all the horses they want. Complaints are made that the govern ment did not put an export duty upon horses when the boom commenced, for without affecting the export such a tax would have brought a large sum into the exchequer. As it is enormous profits have been reaped by private Individuals, who took advantage o Germany's embarrassment. knowlns? that monejr was no object. German buyers have now left for Norway and Sweden, where the export of horses has not been prohibited. LUXEMBURG URGES PEACE Minister of State Invites Swiss Council to Act at Once. PARIS. Dec. 25. M. Eyschen. Min ister of State of Luxemburg, accord ing to the Berne correspondent of the Petit Parisien, recently invited the Swiss Federal Council to offer to mediate between France and Germany with the view of opening peace nego tiations. M. Eyschen-previously .made a similar proposal to The Hague, but his overtures had no encouragement from the Dutch government. The principal argument advanced by the Luxemburg Minister of State was that neither side actually having any advantage it was a good time to talk of peace. Later on, he asserted, when the scale of the war turned to one side or the other. It would be" too late to suggest negotiations to the nation intoxicated by, what might be oonsid ered a certainty of early triumph. Swiss to Demobilize In Part. PARIS, Dec. 25. The Swiss govern ment has decided to order partial de mobilization, according to the Petit Parislen's Berne corespondent, who says that 250,000 men will gradually be released from duty. Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days. Druggiata refund money it PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching. Blind, Bleeding or Pro truding Piles. First appllcatlan gives relief .5(tc aiming s 35c Coffee Manning's Coffee Store Jones' Market Fourth and Alder M