Morning Oregonian., May 29, 1916, Image 1

VOL. L.VI. 0. 17,332.
PORTLAND, OREGON, 3IOXDAY, MAY 29. 191G.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
KILLED AS
WAITE INSISTS HE
WANTS NO APPEAL
PHYSICIANS LOSING
HOPE FOR J. J. HILL
SAILOR, REJECTED,
KILLS SWEETHEART
bus occupy
FORTS IN GREECE
GERMANS PIERCE
LINES OF ALLIES
HOLLWEG DOORTS
AUTO SOMERSAULTS
PEACE TALK VALUE
CONVICTED SLAYEB WILLING TO
BE PUNISHED, HE' SAYS.
SUITOR ENDS OWN LIFE AFTER
GAINS AT SEVERAL POINTS RE
PORTED TO BERLIN.
SHOOTING GIRL OF 17.
WOMAN
New Man Acquaintance
Injured Also.
CAR LEAPS OYER 10-FOOT BANK
Mrs. Cora, or Clara, Ward, of
Tacoma, Is Victim.
MACHINE LITTLE DAMAGED
Strmner, Wash., Mill Official Un
conscious Hours After Wreck
ing of Machine, Which He
Let Woman Drive.
ABERDEEN. Wash., May 28. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Clara or Cora Ward, of
Tacoma, was Instantly killed and
O. L. Foreman, foreman of a. shin
gle mill at Sumner, Wash., suf
fered a broken shoulder and was ren
dered unconscious for more than seven
hours, when the car in which the two
were riding went over a 10-foot em
bankment and landed upside 3own late
last night.
The accident occurred one mile east
of here at 11 o'clock on the Olympic
Highway where the road crosses a
railroad track.
Pair Newly Acquainted.
Mr. Foreman said- he did not know
the dead woman, only having been in
troduced to her at Tacoma by a friend,
who said she was coming to Aberdeeu.
He was allowing her to drive when the
accident happened. She was pinned
under the steering gear and suffered a
broken neck.
A card found on the woman gives the
name "Mrs. Clara Ward, 1345 South E
street. Tacoma."
The woman had been hired to operate
a shooting gallery here and was com'
ing here for that purpose.
Man Long Unconscious.
Mr. Foreman, did not regain con
sciousness until this morning. He says
he formerly owned . the Enumclaw
shingle mill, but now ' is employed In
a mill at Sumner. He has a wife and
small daughter" in Tacoma. His in
juries are not serious.
, The car was little damaged.
"WOMAN BEGS TO DRIVE AUTO
Victim Is Survived by Infant Four
Mouths Old.
HOQUIAM, Wash., May 28. (Special.)
Mrs. Clara or Cora Ward, who was
killed last night when the auto of O.
L. Foreman, of Sumner, turned turtle
on the Olympic Highway near Aber
deen, made the acquaintance of Mr.
Foreman only a few hours before in
Tacoma, when he was introduced to
her by a mutual friend, according to
Mr. Foreman's story to Dr. R. F.
Hunter, of this city. Coroner.
Mr. Foreman recovered consciousness
this morning and told of the accident
and of his acquaintance with Mrs.
Ward. Mrs. Foreman was in Seattle
and he notified her by telegraph of the
accident. Mr. Foreman is not seriously
hurt, his principal injury, besides se
vere bruises about the body, being a
broken left shoulder.
According to information obtained by
Coroner Hunter, Mr. Foreman, who
recently sold his shingle mill at Enum
claw, has been running a mill for other
people at Sumner. Yesterday he started
. to Hoquiam to look for a location for
v. a new mill. In Tacoma he met Ed
Taylor, a longshoreman - acquaintance,
and asked him to take a ride to Grays
Harbor.
Mr. Taylor could not leave, but told
Mr. Foreman he had c woman friend
who wanted to go to Aberdeen and
asked Foreman to take her. The lat
ter agreed and was introduced to Mrs.
Ward, who was living with her mother,
Mrs. McLain, at Nineteenth and South
H streets.
On the trip Mrs. Ward asked a num
ber of times to be allowed to drive
but wr. Foreman refused. Finally, at
Elma, where a stop was made while
she used the telephone, he consented
1 and she drove from there on to the
scene of the accident. Foreman says
fche seemed to understand driving a
car thoroughly.
in the woman s pocket was found a
card with the address of P. H. King,
Aberdeen, for whom she was to take
employment tomorrow in his shooting
gallery.
AUTO VICTIM IS IDENTIFIED
Fatal Ride. Arranged by Friend to
Save Expense.
v
2 VCOMA, Wash.. May 28. (Special.)
Ider.'.ity of the woman killed while
riding -n'ih O. Foreman, of Sumner,
near Hoqu'.im late last night, was es
tabllshed today as that of Mrs. Cora
Ward, age Zl years, of this rtty. . She
was on her way to Aberdeen to take
op work In a shooting gallery. It is
eaid that friend knew that she was
to take the trip aruJ told Mr. Foreman,
who took her in his machine to save
her expeise. -He took Mrs. Foreman
to SeattU yesterday morning for a
visit with her sister. Mrs. J. S. Kelly.
She did nt know of the accident until
the read tf it in the newspapers.
. Mrs. Wtrd -was the mother of a 4-m'onths-ol-i
baby. She and her husband
were separated, and it is not known
where he is. Her mother, Mrs. Mary
McLean, Ives here.
The Ftremans hive an adopted
daughter, 3 years old.
Nervousness Supplants Indifference.
Doomed Man Attends Itellg-lous
Services and Reads Bible.
NEW YORK,' May 28. A declaration
that he wished no appeal in his be
half was contained in a statement Is
sued from his cell in the Tombs to
day by Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, con
victed Saturday of the murder of his
father-in-law, John E. Feck, of Grand
Rapids.
"I am satisfied with the verdict,"
ha said, "and don't want any appeal
made by Walter R. Deuel (Walte's
chief counsel) or 'anyone else. I am
willing ta take the punishment for my
ill-deeds, and the quicker that pun
ishment comes the better."
Waite's demeanor underwent a
change today, and he lost much of die
mask of indifference which he has
maintained since his removal to pris
on. He slept fitfully last night and
appeared nervous when he arose.
He expressed a desire to attend re
ligious services, and was one of those
who heard the Reverend J. Callahan
preach a sermon on "The Two Thieves,"
at the Protestant service conducted in
the prison. In the afternoon Waite
sent for a copy of the Bible and spent
several hours reading it. The young
dentist also read the Sunday newspa
pers, especially the accounts of his
conviction.
BIG CATCH BRINGS DEATH
Spokane Policeman Has Heart Fail
ure on Landing Trout.
" SPOKANE, Wash, May 28. Arthur
Enqulst, a Spokane Policeman, was
drowned, and Sergeant Alex McDonald
narrowly escaped a similar fate today
while fishing in Deer Lake, 40 miles
northwest of Spokane.
Excitement caused by bringing a
large trout to gaff is believed to have
brought on an attack of heart failure
on Enqulst, who suddenly gasped, half
rose to his feet and plunged into the
lake. McDonald was thrown Into the
lake through the boat's capsizing, but
was rescued. Enqulst's body has not
been recovered.
TEXAS MILITIAMEN REPORT
Only 41 of Original 116 Now Liable
"to Court-martial.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. May 28. Rapid
decreases In the number of Texas
National Guardsmen who did not re
spond to the call to mobilize for ser
vice on the border were reported last
night at Fort Can Houston.
Of the original 118 who were cited
for court-martial, only 41 remain who
still are liable for trial and it is con
fidently expected that before the hear
ing opens next Thursday the number
will be reduced to less than a dozen
$10,000,000 SUIT STANDS
William Guggenheim Wins First
Round Over His Brothers.
NEW YORK, May 28. William Gug
genheim has won the first round in
his legal fight to recover $10,000,000
from his brothers, Isaac, Daniel, Mur
ray, Solomon and Simon, when Justice
Benedict, of the Supreme Court, denied
a motion of the defendants to have the
case dismissed.
The grounds were that "the facts
stated in the action were not sufficient."
WARM WEATHER PROMISED
Straw Hats and Spring: Bonnets Are
In Order Today.
Straw hats and spring bonnets will
be in order today.
Deputy Forecaster Drake announced
last night that all signs point to its
being fair weather once more. Yes
terday the weather fluctuated from
rain to sunshine, it being a typical
April day in the middle of May. One
hundredth of an inch of rainfall was
recorded.
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AGE MAKES CASE CRITICAL
All Members of Family of Rail
road Builder Summoned.
SPECIAL TRAIN TAKES DRUG
Flyer Breaks Speed Records From
Chicago to St. Paul to Carry
Sedative to Stricken Man ;
Doctors Don't Use It.
ST. PAUL, May 2. Shortly after
0:30 o'clock tonight Dr. Biggs and Dr.
Gllflllan laancd the following state-
"C'ondlrlon tonight . lean favorable
and on account of the patient's a are the
outlook becomea extremely serious."
Dr. William J. Mayo aaldl
"Mr. Hill la a very, Very stcls man."
All members of Mr. Illll'a family
have been summoned to bis bedside.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hill, youngest
son of J. J. Hill and wife, arrived from
JVortheote, Minn., late tonight. Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Hill, of Washington,
D. C, and Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Hill, of
New York, also arrived tonight.
ST. PAUL, May 28. James J. Hill,
Critically ill at his home here, passed
a restless, unsatisfactory day. While
the pioneer railroad builder's pulse was
good, his temperature was high and he
suffered considerable pain. Intermit
tently the patient was unconcious.
Members of the Immediate family.
together with the surgical and medical
staff, gathered in SL Paul during the
last few days, kept In almost constant
touch with Mr. Hill's bedside, while
a number of business associates were
on hand much of the day. :
' Prelate Makes Hurried Visit.
Shortly after; 1 o'clock this afternoon.
waiting newspaper men and - others
were aroused sharply when Rev. Father
Thomas J. Gibbons, Vicar-General of
the St. Paul archdiocese and pastor of
the St. Paul cathedral, hurried from
the cathedral, where he had been say
ing m iss. to the Hill mansion.
At the time it was reported that Mr.
Hill had suffered a slight sinking spell
and that members of the family had
been called to the sick room. At 4
o'clock it was said that Mr. Hill had
rallied somewhat.
His pulse was reported better, but a
high temperature continued. At 6
o'clock tonight the patient's condition
was reported unchanged.
Newspapermen Haunt Vlrlnltj'.
Moving picture operators, news) aper
camera men and reporters hauntcj the
ion ft stretciin 01 mac Dusnes ai the
front of the Hill home all day. Louis
W. Hill, president of the Great North
ern Railroad, has thrown open his big
residence next door to the corps of
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sistent Admirer to Leave and
Tragedy Follows.
SAN DIEGO, Cal.. May 28. James L.
Miller. 20 years old, of Seattle, water
tender on the cruiser Pittsburg, shot
and killed his sweetheart, Beatrice
Sherwin, 17, early today, and then sent
a bullet into his head, dying several
hours later. The tragedy occurred at
the girls' home, and was the result,
according to the girl's mother, .of Miss
Sherwln'a refusal to marry the sailor.
Miller had been a persistent suitor
for several months, the girl's mother
said, and Miss .Sherwin had repeated
ly rejected his offer of marriage. A
few minutes before the shooting the
mother heard the two engaged In a
loud conversation and, entering the
room, she heard four shots, and upon
hastening to the spot, found her daugh
ter dead from three bullet wounds.
Miller did not regain consciousness.
So far as 'is known, -Miller's only
relative is a sister, Mrs. A. P. Van
tine, of Seattle.
ELBA CAPITAL BOMBARDED
Austrian Submarine Shells Blast
Furnaces at Porto Terrajo.
BERLIN. May 28. (Via wireless to
Sayville.) Bombardment of Porto Fer
rajo, capital of the Island of Elba, in
the Mediterranean, by an Austrian
submarine, is reported in a statement
ieued by the Austro-Hungarian ad
miralty May 26th. The announcement
says:
"An Austro-Hungarian submarine on
the morning of May 23d very success
fully shelled important blast furnaces
at Porto Ferrajo, on the Island . of
Elba. The fire of the land battery
was without effect. .
"The submarine later sank the
Italian steamer Washington."
VILLISTA CACHE IS FOUND
Mexicans Show Friendly Spirit and
Report Find to Pershing.
FIELD HEADQUARTERS near Naml-
quipa. May 28. (Via wireless to Co
lumbus, N. M.) A VilHstat cache of
machine guns, rifles and ammunition
was unearthed today in a canyon near
here . by townspeople of Namlquipa
witrking under American direction.
The And, which was officially re
ported to General J. J. Pershing, expe
dltionary commander, is regarded as
important, not only because of the
quantity or armament discovered, but
because it reveals a change in the spirit
manifested toward the American troops
by tne natives of this section.
PITCHED BALL KILLS MAN
Palmer II. Ellengsen Drops Dead
When Struck Above Heart.
TACOMA, Wash.. May 28. Palmer H.
Ellengsen was killed near here today
when struck above the heart with a
pitched ball during an amateur base
ball game.
He died almost instantly.
American Is War Prisoner.
OTTAWA. Ont.. May 28. The Over
seas casualties, made public today, lists
Campbell J. Bell, of Fargo, N. D., as a
prisoner of the Germans and among
the wounded William A. Chase, of
Beaudette. Minn.
OR WRONG; AVE SHALL RECKON
0s (COtOM8,A I
Big Force, Unresisted,
Crosses Frontier.
INFANTRY BATTLE REPORTED
Protest on Neutrality Violation
Sent Central Powers.
SERBS LAND AT SAL0NIKI
Entire Army Crosses Aegean Sea
Without Loss; Invaders in Mace
donia Take Possession of
Strategic Positions.
LONDON. May 28. At the French
headquarters in the Balkans it was an
nounced today that Bulgarians had oc
cupied "the Greek forts of Rupel, Drag
otln and Spatovo. and were advancing
from Demlr-HIssar toward Kavalla.
This Information was received here to
day in a dispatch from Athens to the
Exchange Telegraph Company.
The Greek forts Rupel and Dragotln
are.respectlvely, six and nine miles
north of the town of Demlr-HIssar,
while Spatovo fort lies four miles east
of that town. Kavalla. on which the
Bulgarians are said to be marching. Is
a seaport on the Aegean Sea, 55 miles
in an air line southeast of Demlr
Hissar. After crossing the Aegean Sea with
out loss, the Serbian army in full
strength has been landed at Saloniki,
according to a dispatch received at
Paris today by wireless telegraph.
Army Numbers 80,000.
Serbia's new army has been variously
estimated numbering between 80,000
and 100,000 officers and men. It was
reorganized on the Island of Corfu,
which is approximately 700 miles dis
tant by water from Saloniki.
The Serbian army totaled about 300,
000 ir.en at the outbreak of the war,
but this fo.ee was greatly depleted
as a result of an epidemic of typhus
and bitter engagements fought In an
endeavor to check the Austro-German
and Bulgarian Invasion of Serbia and
Montenegro. . The remnant of the
original armies saved itself by retreat
ing through the Albanian Mountains
to the astern shores of the Adriatic.
On reaching the seacoast, the Serb
ians were transported to the Island of
Corfu, off the southern coast of Al
bania, where they were supplied with
new rifles and clothing and efficiently
equipped for further service on the
Balkan battlefield.
Bulgarians Cross Frontier.
A dispatch to Reuter'a Telegraph
Company from Saloniki says:
"Strong forces of Bulgarians, esti
mated to number 25,000, crossed the
Greek frontier at Rupel Pass and occu
pied the Greek fort and earthworks at
the entrance to the Struma Gorfe near
Demir-Hissar. The Greek garrison re
tired without offering any resistance.
"The Bulgarian advance guard then
pushed forward and occupied the sta
Concludd on Pas 3. Column 4.)
WITH THIS MARS PERSON.
DOCr SAY
French Attacks on South Slope or
Dead Man's Hill and Cum
leres Are Repulsed.
BERLIN. . via London. May 28.
French infantry attacks, on the Ger
man positions on the southwest slope
of Dead Man's Hill and on the newly
captured village of Cuinleres. north
west of Verdun, were repulsed yes
terday with heavy losses to the at
tackers, stays the official statement
Issued today at German army head
quarters. The statement adds that German re-
connoiterlng detachments penetrated
the lines of the entente allies at sev
eral points Curing the night, captur
ing about 100 prisoners In the Cham
pagne district.
PARIS. May 28. Occupation by the
French of portions of three craters
formed by the explosion of German
mines in the Argonne is announced In
the official statement issued by the
French war department this afternoon.
Regarding the battle of Verdun, it
reports a lively artillery duel to the
West of the Meuse. in the vicinity of
Dead Man's Hill, and intermittent can
nonading on the right bank of the
river.
In Upper Alsace the French checked
two attempts of the Germans to ad
vance near Altklrch.
CAR WITH 4 SOMERSAULTS
Occupants Escape With Slight In
jury After 2 5-Foot Leap.
GASTON. Or.. May 28. (Special.)
Four persons escaped with only slight
injuries when an automobile plunged
off a 25-foot embankment, turned com
pletely over, and landed right-side-up.
near the Dilley Lutheran Church yes
terday.
The occupants were Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Richards. Elmer Johnson, of Gas
ton, and Miss Nan Hunter, a kinder
garten teacher, of Portland, a sister of
Mrs. Richards.
No one was seriously injured, ai
though Miss Hunter Is suffering from
shock, and Mr. Richards was badly
shaken up. Mrs. Richards summoned
help by telephone from Gaston, and
several machines left here to give as
sistance.
Mr. Richards was driving, and says
that the accident was caused by some
thing going wrong with the steering
gear. v
GERMAN FAITH QUESTIONED
U-Boat Attack - Broke Promise to
America, Says Paris 'Paper.
PARIS, May 28. The torpedoing of
the Italian steamship Moravia, which
was sunk by a German submarine
the Mediterranean May 25, "constitutes
a formal contravention of the German
engagements contained in the German
note to the American Government of
Mav -4." says the Temps..
"Clrman-v tina-pv.r " th newRnnner
adds, "will not fail to seek to justify
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TEPTERDAVS Maximum temperature, 60
decree: minimum, 4s degreea.
TODAY'S Probably fair; westerly winds.
War.
Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg doubta
valua of peace talk. P. ly
French raids provide deadliest Torm com
bat, race 4.
Greeks and Buliarisns fighting on frontier.
Pace 1.
Official reports. Pace 4.
Germans plercs allied lines at several points.
Face 1.
National.
Eastern Oregon lumber mills win rate con
tention. Pace 2.
Internal revenue receipts for year will reach
t.rtfO.CK'O.OOO. .Page S.
Iometlc.
Waite declares he wants no appeal in his
bebalf. Pass 1.
James J. Hill passes restless, unsatisfactory
day. Page 1. -East
and West alligned la woman's clubs
campaign. Paga 2.
Lumber manufacturers convention to open
In Chicago Wednesday. Page IS.
Woman's Clubs aald to sound doom of so
ciety leaders. Pace 2.
Business and finance cautious. but not
alarmed by approach of campaign.
Page 3.
Proposed German-American creed puts
Americanism first. Pace 2
Preaident Wilson's peace speech makes
allies Indignant. Paga 4.
Republican platform likely to ba model of
brevity. Page 7.
Sport..
Coast League results Portland 6-0, Vernou
6-2: Los Angeles 5-JO. Oakland 4-5; San
y-ranclsco 2, Sa.lt Lake 8. Page 12.
Giants' winning streak eyed by all fandom.
Page 12.
Labor Press printers defeat Oregoniana, 6
to 4. Page 13.
Mixed foursomes played at Waverloy.
Page 13.
Willie Ritchie arrives for Gruman bout and
gets big reception. Page 13.
Baby Beavers win two games In Inter-City
League. Page 12.
Pacific Northwest.
Union County Bull Moose return to Repub
lican fold. Paga 6.
Four North Bend blocks damaged by fire.
Page S,
Tacoma woman killed near Aberdeen In
auto wreck. Page 1.
Marine.
British steamer PHotlnla Is due here for
lumber cargo. Page 15.
Portland and Vicinity.
Big circus parade to be held downtown at
10 A. M. today. Page 10.
Washington Is only high school which has
decided to advance' clock. Page 11.
Pastors urge preparedness in patriotic ser
mons. Page IS.
Preparations are made to open Rose Festi
val in Just one week. Page 11.
Agricultural expert pleased m-lth conditions
In Portland district. Page 10.
Woolen industry in Oregon Is brisk. Page 11.
Mrs. Vaughn arrives for five weeks' house-
keeping demonstrations. Page 10.
Benson girl graduates to stage "As Tou
Like It." Page 18.
Appeal of starving Armenians to reach
Portlanders. Page 4.
Prominent wom-n here frown upon freak
fashions In street drest. Page IS.
Theaters.
"The Panning phow of 1 51 . opens tonight
at Helltg. Page P.
Oancer thrills Strand ajdlnce. Pare 9.
W,ld-Vat show on at Lyric. Page 0.
Hatred Only Increased
Is View Taken.
RESPONSIBILITY CAST ASIDE
Chancellor Says Foes Must
"Come Down to Facts."
STUDY OF MAP IS ADVISED
England Declared to Be Coming to
' Realization That Germany Can-
not Be Crushed Sir Edward
Grey's Attitude Questioned.
BV KARL II. VON W1EGAXD.
(Copyright. 1916. by the Press Publish
ing Co. Published by arrangement.)
BERLIN. May 28. (Special.) "After
22 months of ternible war. after sac
rifices of millions of men. dead, wound
ed or disabled for life, after forcing a
heavy debt of blood and treasure that
places a mortgage upon the brow and
shoulders of the present and future
generations,, it Is beginning to dawn
upon England that the German people
are not to be crushed, that the German
nation cannot be destroyed.
1 "Having learned also the terrible
cost to Europe and the world. Sir Ed
ward Grey now declares that British
statesmen never did want to crush and
destroy Germany, notwithstanding the
utterances of his confreres in the Brit
ish Cabinet and the English press to
the contrary, and In the face of the in
ducement held out to the French peo
ple by President Poincare in his speech
of a few days ago that if they only
will endure to the end England and
France will "dictate peace to Ger
many.' "
Thus expressed himself Dr.'von Beth-mann-Hollweg.
Imperial Chancellor of
Germany, when he received me by re
quest made for the purpose of asking
the Chancellor if he would make any
coir.ments upon the utterances of the
British Foreign Secretary In a recent
interview.
The Chancellor was seated . at his
desk as usual, with many documents In
front of him. '
End of American Crisis Plraaes.
As I entered hi private office in
the Chancellor's palace in "Wilhelm
strasse. adjoining the Foreign Office,
the Chancellor arose and greeted me.
Ho said he was gratified that the cris
is with America was ended, and ex
pressed the hope that none again would
arise.
"Do you believe that a press polemic
will serve any useful purpose or bring
us any further toward the end?" the
Chancellor answered when I asked if
ho would give me his views on Secre
tary Grey's utterances. "It forces us
to look back Instead of giving our at
tention to the future which is more
vital and what we should do."
"But Is it not Sir Edward Grey who
Is directing his eyes to the future?" I
suggested. "Is not what he strives
for a peaceful end of the world war.
even if he does ssy that Prussian mili
tarism must first be crushed?"
All Germany Vnltrd.
"I must say I am astonished and
worder how a statesman like Sir Ed
ward Grey can still talk of any distinc
tion and difference between Prussia
and the rest of Germany," replied the
Chancellor. "I am well aware of the
Ignorance about Germany and Ger
man conditions that prevailed before
the war In England as well as in
France, and that ' he English and
French war parties had speculated
heavily upon Internal dissensions in
Germany. But I had thought that the
magnificent and heroic unity of the
entire German peoples In defense of
their home and fatherland had opened
the eyes of the gentleman.
"As to militarism,' let us see. Who
was it that made and followed the pol
icy of militarism in the last 20 years.
England or Germany?" demanded the
Chancellor, with emphasis.
"Just think back of Egypt, Recall
Fasboda. Ask the French people which
nation at that time, through its war
like threats and attitude, forced upon
France the humiliation long known to
them as 'the shame of Fas hod a,' so
keenly and bitterly felt by the
French.
"Recall the Boer War. with the con
quest and destruction of the liberties
of free people and small and weak
nations.
Combination Is Recalled.
"Remember Algeclras. where Eng
land, according to .Sir Edward Grey's
own statement, had given France to
understand that in the event of war
she could reckon upon England's
assistance, and the general staffs of
the two countries began to cotifer upon
plans in that sense."
The Chancellor spoke with more
than usual forcefulness. It was evi
dent that he felt keenly Secretary
Grey's charge that Germany had been
the peace disturber of Europe and re
sented it strongly.
"Then came the Bosnia crisis. It
was Germany, not England, who avert
ed war at that time," declared the
Chancellor. "It was Germany who
made and moved Russia to accept her
mediation proposal.
Peace Opposed by !ir Kdwsrd.
"England, on the other hand, let her
displeasure be known In St. Petersburg
over this peaceful solution. Sir Ed-
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Column 2.)
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