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: z : iww,T-r . mi nid'cnv rvn A" MnirXIXf. NOVEMBER - 28. 1915.
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SIX SHQTTO DEATH
Iti LONELY HOUSE
Five Arc Murdered,
Other Is Suicide.
MOTIVE IS NOT DISCLOSED
Some Killed in Sleep. One as
He Kneels in Prayer.
TWO OF VICTIMS WOMEN
JVrw Tragedy of I.l Te-daj
k li.MVu.'ia t dl-crrtrrd laltl
)' trailer) tn pellaer
Jlilk laTewtljatlotB.
t rinM w.r fouad ot la 4tk
1-. a farm . ewuntry r4 lhr
' '- of h'" lolghl.
ILe eg them 4 murdered.
ethl! the attt. spperBlty. committed
fib' Ida after shawling IS. ether.
A farmer end He family were kilted,
whl two farmhand, apparently
.-r. ta wore io 10 d.ata.
imiiii r i:asr.
r ef IN employ., according lo
K eitharttie... V4 ol. while
i other wer ;. U Tu.a-ley
i iM. and ! ka4 iavtf.
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wa,.t Weltjiweae, It yeere e 4.
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Til lh mr4f w.re e"milt4
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af K!a.r.
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f.rmoaa.. t&a ta.tila
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.ai kal waa a fot. Til Baa
.4 ba m?:o.4 tr ",itim caljr
aaa aiaoCa aa 1 tfta Biatt.a for IB '
ao4 v.i4 la ntkMt la laa
taaritlaa-
T03ACCO RULING RELAXED
I'.rttala 1 trl4a to l;-praallooa of
Aswrtraa CotrraaM'al.
rA5ftt'OrOV. N. :l Tfa Amar-
a tm5a.r at Lao loo cabii JCaj
t-iat Cf.al .-it a fcaa )Ui4l la la
tarKa rpfaalatloa raaaoal
f a:t r..tru-tioo. c lha .hijtn.oi t
loira l a.utrat c.i3. la a
Ir.l cauatrua.
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itt.i la aa r.to-hio- e( laa to-
tiftt'iiH. iWarviiy af i'
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LASTS TWO YEARS
ni.i.Ti:n .otxi:ME.r or
r.Tm:u s iiitii m.ci-nuD.
lras" I ollow V k Vmore UHi)
so. of I -alp I:t. A lplMne
i;ojr. lo laoj Towaa.
Am alula kir. V. kmr, I-ny. a
Prtr'r. tormarly cf rrliaa4. Iiaa b
tovn4 at WarU!a. Cat. an4 In
f.w 4a 111 laka lI'M l claim a
mall farluaa Uft by b'a father. Kav.
Alphon.a tailor. rtlr4 mlnl.tar.
ho di4 la rnrllaBi lao yara ago.
Wir Ifia w. f la I'ea'y
fcim. lr. lr.oT ra"i4 lha flrt to
luitioa cf h d'.lb or Ma falb.r.
a hu b a- rurr.4 Nambr 12.
lha rurxilt of work ba ib4 lrarld
coo.id.r.blT a4 Ma rUtl ba4 ol
Irark, cf him. Ila waa lxat4 a
W..ri;lo through a tipajr a4
T.rtlmanl. Mr. IT.or la .n. of four blr lo
Iba .talc. 1U ka4 b adTt-4. ac
cording lo a maa from him. Ibal
fcia ebara waa !'..
itr. Ilrtrr.. a brotbrr-ln-laar e( th
lata Mr. Lllor. In rbaraa of Iba aatalr.
a4 U.l bl Mat ll waa all la
ca.b.
R.. Mr. IToy durlnc M la.l 4a
ll4 at lha r. J. Maaa lloma fr Iba
As. 4. attboucb ba waa car4 for b
bta .ut.r. Mra Holm..
loinf IToy. aiaca Jtln noma,
k.a bn workirc In a number of tUl
lo California. Ila waa trar4 lo Traka
orna lima aso bul kafora ha col4 b
cmmBl-ata4 wiCi ba4 toft for
otbar tltr. H waa lrar4 t:rouh
t:.4IIBC. and flaa'.ly Iba m t'll
loc fclra ef bia lob.r itr.- cuM up
a ilk him at W..nrill. Cat.
3363 RIDE JN CITY LIFT
Orr jon lly l:lralor Tratrla la
JIIW-. on Trt la Ha).
ti;l.fS CtTT. Or. or. ;. ?pa
rtal I Tr Iftou.aod a;(bl burt4r
aa4 aixty-aichl raona. within l'a
ef i'ib o.m. pvtulattn of l!a rlty.
ml la lia Bcw tnur.l.lpil l.tor la
It I bojtt ef opvratioo loiaj.
Tto tor mad Irira and
lra!4 UJ m l., a. .4 KM!
loea f wot.r In operation and carried
a turnun cf Zl rroaa In tne n
an any one trip. Ta r.t..t demand
for la lalr rw. aft.r 3 :e o'clock.
!. hour of cperatloa bring A. M.
U II r. M.
DUM-DUMS CHARGED AGAIN
Half aria .rca AbjIo-I rrtxrh Sol
dirr and Thrralrn llrprlaat.
rriltJN. No. ' '.. I P r Wlr:ea lo
al T The u.r... New
Aay lealcbt ! out Ibo following:
Tret'etJ agate. t the u.a of dura-d'am
but:ta by Cr.g't.h and I'r.ocb ao:dlr
tat beea tl occ Bir by lha Bul
grLa (ai.rnrcint lo lb a.utral
eow.r. The liugarun goT.rom.nl aa.
toic Ibjkl .etua::y It wiil b
forced to make reprlMla."
LIGHTS TO FLASH THANKS
l.ipo-ittoa lunsra Word la Ilag
i:ln-trlral tat Halloa.
HAN rnxSCISCO. No. ST. -Callfor.
aia latta Iba world FaBarna-raclflc
ttpoaitloa. Ota." la aa tloclrlc aiga
igsi reel high aa t.o rijge of tbo
r.rry buildiag. baa greet. d million of
pareona croeeiog tie bay .Inca It waa
reeled nor tbaa a year ago.
Workmen bagaa today tho aubottlu
tioa of tie word Ibanka" for "lavitta."
Tarke tiarpriae llnemlc
A.V14TKRPAM. ta lxndoo. No. :T.
A .jrpri. attack by Iba Turk. ots
It po.iiioa ef lb entente all! near
Art tiurnu on Ibo Oat'.ipoil fcnlnaula
r.eutt.d In l!i carrying by la Turk,
of a mat rial .action of tho a'lied
ireacb.a there, according lo an offi
cial announcement by lha Turkleh
Vr I'fflv. recicd hero today from
Con.taniiBo'p'.e.
CARTOONIST REYNOLDS PICTURES HIS
.
JSfey L0 h&Fr' YLL rv,t aiy I I WHEQUMurTHEA,. . y
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RESENTS CHARGES
Apology May Be Asked
In Boy-Ed's Behalf.
COMPLAINT BEING PREPARES
Needless Things" Declared
Said About Attache.
LANSING EXPECTS PROTEST
Rrmarl of (iotrromrnl Coomrl In
HambarjfArnrrlcgn 'aro la New
York lo lie Made Bals
f Vigorous Action.
TT ASIIIXOTON. No-. 17. Tha Cor
man Kmhay, according lo Information.
today from authoritative aourcea. re
nta Ibo irruMlloni w blrh are under.
food lo haa been mada agaln.t Cap
lain Carl riy-ed. German naeal al
larhe here. In the trial In Federal Court
at Nw York of official of the Hamburg-American
line. Il waa .aid Am
baaaador on Hern.torfT wa preparing
to fit a vltforoua complaint with the
ritale Iepartment at lha conrlualon of
lha trial, a. king at leant for aoma
thing in the nature of a retraction and
poeeibly for aa apology.
I vor af rrooeedlaaa Ordered.
The O.rman ambaaey. It I under
.loud, baa not yet decided Juat what
form lha protect wilt lake. A ropy of
the .tcoog r.rhlc report of Iba remark
of council for tb Government and tha
le.tiniony glten at the trial I under
tood lo bae been ordered front Now
York, ao Ibal official of tha embaaey
may know exactly what baa been said
la iba courtroom.
The ambae.y particularly dealre to
d't.rmln whether Captain Soy. ad wa
Inciui'd. by Inference or tharwl.. In
lb reference mad by Ae.i.tant United
st.t.a I'l.irlit Attorney Wood lo Iba
d.fandanle la the ra.e aa "riding rough
hod over the U era of the L'nited titatc.
treating tkra aa If lb-y were acran
of papar--
Marab Trealoaeal Rewrated.
Il wa .aid by a pereon la clo touch
a Itb official, of the Kmbaaay that It
waa fell Captain Boy-ed had been
bar.hly treated In lha clrcum.tancea
and that too much had bean made out
of hi connection with the race. The
limba.ey wa further dwcrlbed aa feel
lag that Captain tloy-ed had done noth
ing that, under the law. be did not
have a perfect right to do and that ail
thing considered ba bad dona no more
than naval attache of Embaa.tea of
tb entente alllea.
Aa to the form of the Kmbaa.y'a
prolt. It wa ald much depended on
t!te outcome of the trial, fhould an
acquittal resu'.t. tha i:inba. might
feel that, lo making complaint. It would
tand on much firmer ground, a It
could point out. Incidentally, that the
defendant bad themeelve been freed
of the charge made by the Govern
ment. lag ae4lea Tblaga" t barged.
Whether they are acquitted or not.
however, tha belief prtvall In Ger
man circle that Captain Boy-ed name
waa ncdtealy brought In and that
needle.a thlnga wer .aid about him.
It la known tlial "secretary Lanalng
bimae'.f ba for several day consid
ered H probable that the Carman Am
bassador would make a protest. The
State Depart men takes tb position
thai the dl.burslng of fund did not
mean that the naval attache bad done
anything Illegal.
Th department ha complete knowl
edge of all lha evidence which waa se
cured In the case by the Department
of Ju.tlce and the position of Secretary
na f.e &. o.umn 3 i
GERMAN
fi) BASSy
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Tbs -neatber.
II.TtPrn Msilmiito temperature. II
tfesrees; minimum. 32 desre
TOl?A'a rslr; eterly winds.
vtar.
;rnanr bop. iran.fer l..ua of war to
.pl. ruction I. pace I.
Grwrt resumes dilstory tactics with alllea
rectlou I. psse .
Big uns keep on .helling Una before Arras.
feciloo 1. pasa a.
Italisns Isoor enormous lte. In tlfhten-
Ing crtp ob Uortzia. bcctlon 1. page S
Nstional. im. Fcl-miinmer ssts neutrals are seriously
considering peace mote. rcctloa 1.
rsa 1.
Wh.l wiil rolonel ffveeelt do Is punting
Wasblngton potltlnans. beciion 1. pa.
iermsn FmhtMX may demand epoiosy for
"Hnneceessrv ttil'i" wild sbouc allache.
Fectlou I. rg I
security "Le.rua derlsrc Wilson- defense
p:.ns sr Inadequate. Kectlon 1. pace !
Preelaertt snd Mrs. tialt at New York for
footbail game. Paction J. paga 0.
Dcmocrallc members of Consress want Will
e"n to outilna revenue pian, hcctlon 1.
psge Z.
pomeatrc
Lasenns of rsnams-raelflc Ksposltloo point
ed out bec'.lon I. pass 7.
Ari.ona woman Hherlff scorns New Tork
fashions. fection 1. Pes 4.
Root la rcr.ptita candidate for President,
ejection 1. MS -
bis shot to jleath In lonelr New Jersey
fsrmbouse. reeelon 1. page 1.
Cx-Henstor Htephenson writes sutoblocrapby
In wblcb ho scores La rollette. bccllon 1.
pse
bpotie.
Arm defests Nsvy. 1 to 0. Section S.
I'sra 1. "
Non-eonferenro Bajiketball League forms.
(ecuon pace X
orracue eleven srrHee. section pssa I.
tonferenc gridiron all-stara are chosen.
ectmn 2. pas Z .
Malor league clubs bidding for Quins. Sec
tion pace g.
Ags.s rloe i.itnn with Fyrarus gsma In
t'ortlsnd Wednesday, bectloa pssa 1
Stewart eipected to tlww Captain I'lnck-
x r j from Aberdeen, tiectlon -. page 3.
Rucbr nt dead. Stanford Insists. bectton
-. pXe S.
rarlfle ethwet.
Agneultural coliese la fostering Industry.
bectlon I. pas X.
Democrats tie for Regl.ter.hlp of Land Of
fie st La Grands, bectlon 1. pssa 12.
Wsshinston Insurance fraud Is blow to
Lister administration, bectlon 1, pssa 8.
Chebalt. farmer extension school opens to
morrow. Section 1. pace 1
Board of Control splits over retention of
prison fiat fectorr chief. bectlon 1.
So . .
ramfnerrial and Marin.
Hon sell st hishest prices of year, with
trade of large volume, bectlon '2, page IS.
Kmbsrso scelrt TRsltlmoro shipments wesk-
ens wbeat st I blcsgo. Section 3. pas IX
sletsl shares tesd In Wall street trading.
bectlon A psse 12.
((peculators turn from sir .locks to stand
ard Issues. Section "2. page IX
Brirlsh ship encounters tremendous seas off
Loiun.bls bar. bectlon 2, peg i.
retlaad aad Vlrlalty.
Countr records show tao marriage ef flee
re broken, bectlon 1. page I.
gesrrh tor ro-tisnd heir succeeds after to
veers. bectlon I. pjgs 1.
Lescers In Portland business In favor of
nonpartisan Tariff Commission. bectlon
J. page .
Klatnsth lsns new development with pros
peel C railroad, bectlon 1. page .
rlsisl. Mom farm Is tn dire ased of funds,
bectlon 1. pe(e IX
Auditorium plan, ready, and work by Jsnu.
err 1 Is expected, bectlon 1. pace 14.
Visit of Rabbi a. H. Wise recsils hl'tory of
Temple lietb Israel, bectlon 1. I'sce Ia
ftebbl btephen Wis hsa busy day In Port
teod. bectlon 1. pasa 1 j.
ItebM t. S. Wise condemn preparedness.
Section I. psse IX
Ponlsnd E.ks prepsrw procramma for me
morial services. Section 1. page 14.
fcllgbteen tables engsged for dinner dance
and fashion sho. Section 1. page l.
Crowned heed, to ba Invited to Rose Kea
ttval ceremonlaL Section I. pasa la.
B'Bel n'rtth soas with membership csm
pelsn. Section 1. psga 17.
Chsntie. appeals for aid for poor. Section
1. peso in.
Columbia Highway -Thousand Dollar day
Is here. Section 1, page 18.
Drue price rte ar attributed to a sr. Sec-
ti-u 1. pis. 1.
rted Croe. .eal forces prepare for campaign.
bectlon 1. page to.
Station A suspect presses allbL Section 1.
page i".
Muts on Tucsds will open headquarters
for Winter relief work. Section S, page a.
W. a liter report, data and forecast, bectlon
:. pass a.
Three holdups occur In downtown district.
section 1. psse 17.
PONTIFF RECEIVES GERMAN
Visit of Cardinal von Hartmann
Regarded a Important.
ROME. Nor. Z. Pop Benedict to
day received Cardinal Felix ron Hart
mann. archbishop of Cologne, in pri
vate audience
The Importance of he conference was
indicated by the fact that It laxted an
hour and that Cardinal von Hartmann
expressed satisfaction as he was leav
ing the papal apartment.
IMPRESSIONS OF SOME
BATTLE OF SUEZ IS
EARLY POSSIBILITY
Germany Would Trans
fer Issue to East.
HOLY WAR TO BE PREACHED
Visit of Kaiser to Constanti
nople Predicted.
DIFFICULTIES ARE SEEN
Situation, Viewed From Home,
Gives Small Promiso of African
War Cnless Germans Theui
eclves Vndertake Itisks.
BT EDGAR AKSEL MOWRER.
(Special Correspondent of the Chicago Daily
News. By Special Cable.)
ROME, Nit. 25. via London. Nov. 27.
A great battle may be fought soon
alone; the Suez CanaL
A railroad line is now open from
Berlin to El Arish in Northwestern
Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea. Ger
many finally has cut a path to the spot
where it may endeavor to strike at Its
most hated and least vulnerable enemy
Britain. It in no secret that Germany
on several occasions has urged France
to make a separate peace, offering the
most generous conditions in order to
have a free band to deal with Britain,
but each time France has refused.
Turkey ta Play Isaportaat Part.
Now Germany, having taken advan
tage of the allies' blunders to crush
Serbia, Intend to let Turkey hence
forth play an important role in Its
struggle. It battle line at present
extends almost continuously from the
North Sr to the Fersian Gulf, with
little spurs in the Caucasus and near
the uex CanaL Vet, although the
Germans have reached a point whence
Britain can be struck In a sensitive
spot. It remains to be considered
whether such an attack can be suc
cessfully put into effect,
For all their striking successes the
German-Austrlan-Bulgarlan and Turk
ish allies are still sandwiched in be
tween enemies and passible enemies.
Germany. In endeavoring to strike
Egypt, counts either on sending a
strong army of German and Turkish
troop, which, flrut driving back the
British outposts, will block the canal
and invade Egypt, or on the effect of
a general uprising of the Mohammed
ans throughout the entire world or on
both.
Lines ef Sapply Will Be In safe.
The difficulty with the first i that
tbo large number of German troops
which would have to be aent far from
Germany would have to be supplied
over unsafe lines of communication.
But the Austro-Germans are not re
lying wholly upon themselves, in a
short time the Kaiser, "the favored of
the prophet," as he has been named,
.presumably will visit Constantinople
and raise tha cry of a "holy war"
throughout the Moslem lands. The
next point to ba considered la whether
he la likely to get a favorable re
sponse. Let us itemize the situation:
1. India, cut off from Turkey by the
Russo-Brltlsh occupation of Persia, Is
Immobilized.
Arab will Not Reepond.
2. Tha Arabs, lured by British fold
and tha flattering promises of the
British residents, whom the British are
careful to place with each principal
Sheik, and always resentful of the
Constantinople caliphate, certainlr will
not heed a call to arms.
3. Although the young Egyptian
party, with Its headquarters In Switzer
land, nourishes hatred for the British,
this party Is almost wholly aristocratic.
L-luded on Pane 4. Column 1,)
ASPECTS OF THE PAST
' f 1 s .
TWO MARRIAGES
OF FIVE BROKEN
COUNTY RKCORDS IXDICATU
5IARITAL. BLISS lJbCXI"LVG.
From 571 Divorces, 2 79 7 Wedrlinss
in 1913, Ten Months in 1915
Show 621 Divorces, 1498 Wed.
Divorces in Multnomah County total
approximately two-fifths of the num
ber of marriages during the first ten
months of 1913, according to figures
compiled yesterday by T. S. Wells.
Deputy County Clerk, at the request of
a Portland minister, and as compared
with last year divorces are steadily
gaining in proportion.
So far this year there have been
1458 marriage ceremonies in the county
snd 621 divorces have been granted. In
1913 divorces numbered 671 and mar
riages 2797. In 19H the number of
divorces jumped to 686 and marriages
dropped to 1989.
The first ten months of 1914 as com
pared with the Eamo period this year
shows:
1914 1915
Marriages 15 18
Divorces 57 621
CZAR IS REPORTED GRIEVED
Ill-Treatment of Russians by Own
Troops Subject of Order.
BERLIN. Nov. 27. (By wireless to
Sayville, N. Y.) The Overseas News
Agency eayo:
"An order issued to tho Eleventh
Russian Army says that Emperor Nich
olas is deeply grieved at the horrible
deeds committed by Russian troops in
their own country. This order says:
" "The .Emperor lias heard numerous
complaints concerning military persons
who ill-treat the civil population, steal
and destroy properties by fire. The
Emperor recommends that commanders
give heed to these customs, general in
the army.' "
MRS. WHITING HITS BACK
More Kipllcit Information Demand
ed Regarding Cliunges.
Mrs. Iva M. Whiting yesterday de
livered another blow in answer to the
divorce suit brought by her husband,
Dr. Fanford Whiting, when she filed
in County Clerk Coffey's office a "mo
tion to make more definite and cer
tain." Dr. Whiting's divorce complaint had
alleged that Mrs. Whiting damaged hto
practice by warning away some of his
patients. In yesterday motion Mrs.
Whiting asks that Dr. Whiting be or
dered to give the names of the patients
whom he alleges ehe warned away' from
his office.
WATCH IS KEPJ ON CHINA
American General to Remain at Sta
tion, Dcs-alte Promotion.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. The situa
tion in China is considered of enough
importance by tho American Govern
ment to keep Brigadier-General John
V. Morrison, who now commands the
American troops at Tien-Tsin. at his
station until Spring.
General Morrison, following his pro
motion, ordinarily would give way to
a Colonel. Until General Morrison in
transferred to command the Philippine
department next Spring, he will remain
In China.
SPIES PUNISHED BY SWISS
Englishman Imprisoned, Fined and
Banished From Country.
GENEVA. Switzerland, via Paris.
Nov. 27. Peter Wright, an English
man, was sentenced today by a court
martial at Lausanne to Imprisonment
for three months, expulsion from Swit
zerland for five years, and to pay a
fine of 1600 francs, on the charge of
espionage.
This is the 6Sth conviction of spies.
nn nsa Involved 112 persons of vari
ous nationalities, who are said to have
taken orders from a uerman onicer at
Lorrach. Baden.
WEEK'S NEWS.
I
NEUTRALS DECLARED
MOVING FOR PEACE
Two Nations Consider,
ing Congress.
NINIE. SGHWIMMER OPTIMISTIC
Europe Said to Look to Amer
ica for Encouragement.
DIPLOMATS IN SYMPATHY
Wilson Refers Hundreds of Letters
and Telegrams to State Depart
ment, "Which Will Consider
Suggestions Made.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. Two neutral
European countries already aro con
sidering calling a formal , convention
of neutrals to discuss means of ending
the European ' war and three others
have given assurances that they will
participate in such a convention, ac
cording to Mme. Rosika Schwimmer, of
Hungary, one of the women who called
at the White House yesterday to urge
President Wilson to take tho initiative
for peace.
Mme. Schwimmer visited the Swiss.
Norwegian, Swedish and Netherlands
Ministers here today and said before
them the information given the Presi
dent as to the heeling of European
neutral governments toward the proj
ect. She left tonight for New York,
preparatory to taking passage on the
peace ehlp Oscar II early next month.
.Names of Xentrals W ithheld.
Mme. Schwimmer would not give the
names of the European neutral coun
tries sho referred to, but she said all
of the foreign ministers abroad upon
whom she had called had manifested
strong desire to learn what the Amer
ican position would be.
It had been indicated, she said, that
various previous peace plunB had been
rejected because of the fear that par
tisan influences might bo suspected.
She thought the present movement,
urged by the women of tho world,
would be free of that suspicion, and
indicated that the European neutrals
believed the United States sho.ild take
the initiative both as the most im
portant of the neutral powers and be
causo Its great distance from the scene
of the struggle made for impartial
action.
Popular Congress Is Certain,
The neutral Ministers here were told
today, Madame Schwimmer said, that
regardless of whether a formal confer
ence of neutral governments was
called, a popular congress would be
held in some neutral European capital,
which would draft a plan for peace
and formally present It to each of the
belligerents. The Ministers showed
sympathetic interest, she said, and
promised to do everything possible to
aid arrangements for the trip of the
peace ship.
The hundreds of letters and tele
grams sent to President Wilson during
the past few days in the women's cam
paign to induce him to take the initia
tive for peace have been passed on to
tho State Department, which tonight
issued a statement saying tho sugges
tions they contained would receive "the
attention of the Department."
Telegrams Are Acknowledged.
The statement follows:
"The Department has received, by
reference from the President, several
hundred letters and telegrams urging
the United States' co-operation with
other neutral governments in calling
a conference of neutral nations, which
would constitute a voluntary court of
continuous mediation, invite sugges
tions tor settlement from warring na
tions and in any case submit simul
( Concluded on Pai;e 4. Column .)