BALKAN STATES ON
WAR IN VOSGES RESEMBLES A "MOVIE
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BATTLE IN SKY NEAR
iYPRES DESCRIBED BY
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British Aviatons Defy Shrap
T nel in Pursuit ! of German
.' I Through Smoke Clouds;
By William p. Shepherd,
?.( fort Prin
It .GrrMp)nlpnt.)
j Oopyrlgbt I'Jid py
the Linuea rrew.i
iHeadquarters 01
the! British Army,
Nbrthcrn France. Sunday. April rs.
ftv mall to New
iTork.) It was my
ntlvileKS today to
witness a -wonaer-
fill Instance o the
Buperlortty 01 te
v As a result of the demonstration It
was easily understood why General
Sir John French . stPKS the praises tr
his airmen In nearjy every report he
iwrttea. - . I" ! ..
. At 4:30 this .afternoon a. Oerman.
aeroplane was reported flying over .
Ypres. When it wa sighted It al
ready had pSSe(Hwcll within he
British lines. Front a distant station
Immediately after h field telephone
hid given the alarm two British aero
planes could be seen; rising na on
Us into the sky in (great. wide circles,
j , DUoorars Bis Tvanxmu. .
I iThe German aviator discerned his
eiemies almost at i the moment they
cme In view over tbelr own lines., .He
h'aded back over the German trenches,
niaklng for-the protection of hU own
BU.he led the white ?banr of
stnoke. each bigger (than the 'pursuing
British aeroplanes.! broke Into . view.
The center of each was a ball of light.
They were Germa shrapnel. The
sinokC puffs did not disappear but
hUhg In almost regar order in apace.
It appeared trom ttte ground that te
German, were Puling new . "eecy
clouds in the sky. The British ar
nien were trying tiard to get above
tiie German so they could shoot
v j a - thi. dashed through
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.the haay. hovering smoKe clouds.- tt
. . . v. tv. i npAn1Um were
was as inuugji v v " v
tearing apart a gigantic feather bed.
i IguoTe ' the Germaa Slirapnel.
The aviators Ignored, the .German
shrapnel. Finally! their machines
showed in relief above the German.
Svho had soared back across t!he Brit
ish front to lure the Britlsa within
the "shrapnel fire of his forward
trenches. - "
lit was possible. te courtt 32 German
smoke balls.; each jdenoting shrapnel,
as. the British swung closer and closer
to their foe. - The - German! finally
"tried to circle back) to his own llnee,
bt always a British aeroplane inter
pbsed. and. he vvas forced down toward
tte earth. Finally (he German swung
ajbout to make onle final dash . for
Ijome, tut ''he was now so lowj that he
was i within i range I of thousands of
British soldiers In the trenches.
i j The German machine, now sand
wiched between f life from tfie jaero
planes and the treijichee. turned back
hd flew well into; British territory,
which was accepted as a algn of aur-
. render. ' ' i ' i .
I Still Fursae Taelr Trey. i
The British, aeroplanes Jfollowed
4ntil they saw the German laud on the
ough ground In the rear of the Brit
ish trenches. The .machine was
mushed and the pi llot crushed) to death
lander it, but the (observer Waa only
Slightly brujsed anid was taken pris
ener. I I
I The battle In the sky had lasted
four and one half hours. . ; :
I AH business In Ypres ceased while
.the battle was on.l as it was in full
"view of the positions and the deep blue
4t the sky i was marred only by the
feathery smoke from the shrapnel and
the flash ' of the' flngs of the aeroplanes-
In the atmojsphere. -
Women Will Run ;
I Glasgow Tramcars
Prove Efficient sis ' Coadnetors aad
- "Places of Hea Groing to the rront
; WUt Be OiTea Taem. r-; ";r; f
r Glasgow. May il. So satisfactory
has ' the experiment of employing a
dojen women as streetcar conductors
proved, that the corporation -tramways
committee has decided to employ as
many additional women as would be
necessary to. fill the vacancies caused
y the men enlisting for service at the
rfront. '
It is expected that 409 women " will
be required for thesfe positions. They
will be paid 27 hillings (J6.T5) week
ly, and will be provided with service
uniforms. . . -. -".. .
OBSERVER ON
GROUND
THE BRINK OF WAR
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England Denounces '
T l fit T 1
itetanaiory roucy
sails Oermaar ror Special Treat
ment Accorded 39 British I Officers
Held Prisoners by the Teutons.
liondon. May 1. Through Walter
Hines Page, the American ambassador,
the British foreign office has sent a
protest to Washington to be forwarded
t" Berlin denoiincins the Tetaliatorjf
measures Germany has takeri against
39 British officers as a result of the
special treatment accorded to 39 subl
marine prisoners in England, j
The note explains that the !German4
are humanely treated and j protests
against the close confinement of the
British officers. ; Virtually the only
difference between the treatment of
the German submarine prisoners anij
other German prisoners, ther note says.
Is that the former nre in the naval
barracks instead of in the detention
camps. ' ' . .
The 'foreign ; office still is without
information a to the names of the
British. officers against whom retaliai
tory measures have .been adopted in
Germany, the United States not yei
having obtained the names from Gert
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Teuton Socialists
Ask Disarmament
Sold Conference in Tlenna and Decide
, on Onarantees to Be Secured After
the War Bnds. - J
BerJinV :ay: 'J.'H-The Vorwaerts an
nounces that "at a conference of Ger
man and Austrian Socialists, ' held irji
Vienna, it was agreed that the follow
ing guarantees must be secured aftei"
the war:
' International arbitration courts must
be developed into obligatory tribunals
fOr settling all differences between na
tions. f . I
All treaties and tgreements of states
must be subjected to the democratii)
parliamentary control of a reprssenta
tlve assemblage:
International treaties for limitation
of armaments : must be agreed , upon
with a view to disarmament. '
The rights of every nation to deter
mine Its own destiny must be recog
nized
The fact that Socialists of belliger
ent states are defending ttteir country
In war must, not be made a. barrier to
maintaining the international relation
ship ef all Socialist parties or to active
ity in their International arrangements;
Food Situation in
- Trieste Is Critical
Mayor Xs Said j to Have Announced
That the Bread Supply Was 3Ba--J
hansted in Anstrian City. f .
Konie, May -1. The food situation
in Trieste Is critical, according to adj
vices telegraphed here from the' fronf
tier. The mayor la said to have an
nounced officially that the breaoT supf
ply was exhausted, although that
which has been supplied for the: past
few weeks has -been made by a mix
ture in which wheat waa almost lack
ing. ' j
Since It lsv impossible to obtain
wheat from Austria and Hungary has
refused to permit the exportation! of
any part of the stock on hand, Trieste
is- dependent for? its rood supplies o
shipments coming fi by sea. The
mayor, ;. In . his manifesto, '' is sadl tij
have .urged the people of the city: to
be calm in the face of their privations
and advised them to make potatoes
their chief article of diet. f
Britons Ask More j
War Information
Xiondon Times Tolces Appeal Tnat the
GoTernment Take the , People SCore
Into Xta Coafidanee.
London, May 1. Another appeal to
the government" to take the country
further into Its confidence Is contained
in an editorial In; the Times, which
points out that, except for' local suc
cess, the war situation has. undergone
little apparent change in the past five
months. The paper declares that
changes In the battle line during that
period on both the eastern and west
era fronts hardly would be noticed
by a mapmaker. while official state
ments regarding the . Dardanelles
operations leave much to be desired. - '
"We urge'the government.' says the
Times, "to use every -effort to make
the nation understand how small is the
progress yet attained on land and how
great and manifold are the sacrifices
which still must be faced." i
THE I OREGON
NEWS FROM FOREIGN CAPITALS
WAR IN VOSGES, SEEN
BY CORRESPONDENT,
RESEMBLES
But Mountain Fighting Also
' f Has Many features Like
I That on the Plains,
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Correspondent of the International Newa Serr
. f ice and London Pa iljr Telegraph.
feasle. Switzerland, May 1. I have
just witnessed a vivid picture of" the
war. A German balloon, attached,
probably, to some battery near Alt
kirch, rose several fiundred yards Into
thfe air and swung ilasrily in the light
breeee. when a shell, hurled with re
markable precision from a French gun,
struck It. All we could see was a lit
tle "white puff of smoke, followed im
mediately by a lurid glare. , The bal
loon waa no more, land the: occupants
ef Its frail basket had likewise met
their fate. f , ...
j The guns on either side boomed
away, the invisible battle continued as
violent and as distant as ever.. Be
fore long a bevy of aeroplanes could
be i spied through powerful ; field
glasses. They had come from the
French side and were like tiny gnats
In the sky. . . v
pther aeroplanes, from the "German
lines, came from Altkirch, or from
hiding places on the other side of the
Rhine, and chased the first ones In a
zig-zag line. Below them the guns
thundered away incessantly.
j Xdke a "KoTte" Screen.
It is, to some extent, like a battle
presented on a cinema screen. Puffs
of smoke dart all over the place, giv
ing the screen, life and movement.
They are the exploding shells, whieh
can be easily traced, and now and
then a column of smoke rising Into
the air shows whNere a haystack, a barn
or a farmhouse has been set on fire,
and a small flame, barely visible to
the eye, adds color to the scene.
As we were watching the battle an
other unusual sight-was added to the
picture. A railway train was evi
dently. within range Of a French bat
tery.
We saw the train, start from aJf0101"1 CroBS three were for 'con
village, going In the direction of Alt
kirch. The smoke of the engine formed
a light streak in the valley, f
Soon, light puffs of smoke danced
around the moving train. They fell
before and behind the engine, some of
them to - the rear and others to the
far side of the -train, but still the en
gine kept moving. Would it reach the
next station and get5, beyond, range?
was the question. v ,
We followed it with the eye for fully
five minutes, and . then it vanished
out of the. field of -our vision behind
a slope, as if it sought safety in a
valley.
Warfare in the Monti tains." .
Hitherto, as military experts tell us,
mountain ; war has lent itself to guer
rilla fighting; ' to : constant movements
and attacks, with the inevitable sur
prises. There has been a good deal of
this in the Vosges, but, on the -other
hand, there has been also an unex
pected amount of slow siege opera
tions, laborious approaches and ' at
tacks, and, finally,' monotonous trench
warfare, such as is carried on in the
plains. t
It was not always ' easy to dig
trenches In the mountains. But modern
engineering knows no limits.' "When
trenches cannot be dug, trees are felled
and ranged in long barricades, the
rock' is blasted and .tunnels ' driven
through the; .aides of the hills.
Rxperts, Jwho have been allowed to
visit some! of these defenses in the
Vosges,. declare that both sides have,
during the winter months, achieved
wonders.. '---: . ' f :: 'f X j.-.--?
Huge works have been undertaken
which have made-of each mountain a
separate fortress. It one of these fort
resses is stormed, as, for instance the
now famous Reichsackerkorf, 30 sim
ilar fortresses air around ; about still
remain to be conquered.
German Is Making j
- J Oil From Molasses
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Will Take Out Xateat to Protect Vro.
cess of Manufacturing Xuhricants
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Berlin, May 1. Herr Steffens, a Ger
man inventor, has applied for letters
of patent for the making of lubricat
ing oil from molasses.: He announces
that exhaustive tests of the output of
his process have given satisfactory re
sults. Herr Stef fens' investigations of
the: manufacture . of lubricating oil
were due to the war, which interrupted
the customary supplies from Russia
and the United States. 1
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HAND GRENADES USED
BY ENGLISH SOLDIERS
AS VEAPONS OF WAR
Recent Awards of Victoria
Cross Show the Important
Part These Missiles Play.
liondon. May 1. The important, part
,th,at hand grenades are playing in the
western campaign is made evident by
the fact that of five 'awards of the
spicuous bravery displayed In the
use of these missiles.
Private Edward Barber of the First
battalion of the -Grenadier Guards, at
Neuve Chapelle, "ran In front, of his
grenade company and threw bombs on
the enemy with such effect that a very
great number of them at once; surren
dered." ' -
"When the grenade party reached
Barber," the. report making the award
says, "they found him quite alone and
unsupported and with the enemy sur
rendering all about him." .
Lance Corp Fuller of the Grenadier
Guards won his cross in the samei-bat-tle.
H
"Seeing a party of the enemy . en
deavoring to escape along a communi
cation.; trench," the report says. "Corp
Fuller ran quite along , toward them
and killed the leading men : with a
bomb, i The remainder of the men,
nearly; 60, finding no means of evad
ing his . bombs, surrendered to ' him.
Lieut. Cyril Gordon Martin, wno al
ready j possesses the Distinguished
Service Order Medal, was In command
of a 'grenade-throwing party of six,
and, '.'although wounded, led1 his party
into the enemy's trenches and held
back their reinforcements oyer two
hours." " :';
Private May. of the Scottish Rifles
and Private Tollerton of the Cameron
Highlands were awarded crosses for.
rescuing wound ea men under nre.
"Private Tollerton," according to
the report, "carried a wounded offi
cer, while undet a heavy fire, to a
place of greater safety, although
wounded himself. . He, then struggled
back Into the firing line and remained
there until his battalion retired, when
he returned to the wounded officer and
lay beside hjm for: three days, until
both were rescued." '. . '
Kaiser's "Double Arrested.
Nice( France. May 1.- Captain Welhe
of the; German: navy has been arrested
at San i. Remo, Italy, on charges of
espionage. Weihe is said to be the ab
solute ; double, of the German emperor,
and it Is reported that he has been
charged with impersonating th em
peror In reviewing or addressing troops
or civic bodies on ceveral occasions.
'i Pay $10,000,000 War Risk.
Jondon, May J. British : life Insur
ance companies have paid war claims
of -almost 110,000,000 to relative of
soldiers- and officers killed during the
first seven months of the war.- One
company alone has bad to meet 8006
claims,
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Makea Attack on
Morgan Contract
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Member of British Parliament Says the
Government Mas Given American
rlrm Advantage Over ZTatlon. .
London. May 1-The appointment
last January of. J. P. Morgan & Co.,
of New York, as commercial agents of
the British government for negotiating
purchases in America was criticized in
the- house of commons by John' J.
Mooney. It was -suggested byMr.
Mooney that J. P. Morgan & Co. fav
nnirn tn which thev were in
terested, to the 'exclusion of others,
and that it was disadvantageous to the
British government to give an ex
clusive buying contract , to one finan
cial house. Mr. Mooney thought the
arrangement might be detrimental to
numerous British agents who represent
American Interests in England.
David Lloyd George, cnanceuor 01
the excheauer, said In reply that the
arrangement with J. P. Morgan & Co:
onniti to ndmiraltv and war office
nhiii in the United States, with
certain exceptions, and that the gov
ernment had every - expectation inat
the result would ae satisfactory.
Say' Their. Shells
Are Not Poisonous
Berlin Dispatch Gives Tuton Jteply to
1 British Charges of the Use of As
phyxiating Gaaes. ; : v .- 5
London, May 1. Replying to Brltiln
complaints that the Germans re using
shells the gases from which asphyxiate
thelr; antagonists, a wireless dispatch
from Berllrl'says: ... !
! "The German troops do not fire any
shells, the sole purpose of which , to
spread asphyxiating or f poisonous
gases. ! Such , gases I aa develop inci
dentally upon the explosion of German
shells are less dangerous than those
emanating from ordinary British,
French and Russian shells. j
"Smoke deevloping contrivances used
by the Germans in hand to hand com
bats are In no manner contrary to the
laws: of warfare. On the other hand,
it appears- from official communica-.
tions that our opponents have been us
ing illegal poisonous gas shells for
several months." j
Swiss Must Keep j
: I Their Army Ready
Commander'Says the necessity for De
fending the nation's Heutrallty May
Come at Any Time. - ' 'rZ
P- Bsme,' May "1 Ulrlch: Wine, com;
mander of the Swiss army. Is quoted
In ah Interview in the Tribuna as-eay-Ing
that Tils country's military forces
must be kept mobilized, i Although no
other power; at -present" threatens
Switzerland, he said, an Incident might
occur -on the frontier f at any time
which would compel -the Swiss to enforce-their
rights and thel neutrality.
After describing the military organi
sation of-s Switserland; Colonel j Wille
closed an interview by sajrfng: --
"Supposing . as n mere hypothesis
that any one - wished to violate our
neutrality, they first tnuetvrush us
MAY 2, 1915.
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WAR LEAVES A TRAIL
OF RUIN IN DESOLATE
I POLAND, SAYS BERLIN
Peasants Left There Are
Hopeless, Many Living
Holes in the Ground,
in
Berlin, May 1. A picture of inde
scribable desolation with 5S0O hoses
destroyed, thousands of. peasants
homeless and living in holes In (the
ground," absolute cessation of work
that would provide for a fall harvest
is drawn In reports received from Rus
sian Poland. " j
The retreating Russians, fleeing be
fore the German advance, appear to
have treated their own territory as
severely as they did East Prussia
earlier and to have left It a veritable
wilderness, in whleh disease , is apt to
appear at any moment and starvation
is almost a certainty within a short
time. 7 : .... . .
i Those of the peasants who still re
main shpw utter Indifference to their
condition and are - making not : the
slightest efforts to reconstruct what
has been torn and burned down nor to
plant .crops of any kind. The major
ity of those of military age are away
In the armies or dead and the old and
young left -behind . seem unconscious
of what the results of their inactivity
are apt. to be.
Three-quarters of Poland has been
hit by the war, and damage estimated
at 1,000,000,000 rubles, or $500,000,000,
has been done. Practically all the cat
tle and horse flesh In the country has
been carried off by the retreating Rus
sians. Their destruction of the vil
lages as they retreated apparently was
for the purpose of checking the Ger
mans. i The homeless thousands, - either too
shiftless" or too uncertain of the fu
ture to want to reconstruct their
houses, have scooped out burrows in
the ground in' which they- now live
Without anything approaching sanita
tion. Only in Isolated Instances, where
thetr priests have been able to exert
the proper influence, has any move
been made by the people' to safeguard
themselves against the future.- , "
Belgian Frontier
: Closed by Germans
i .-.
Travel Across Ida into Kolland Pre
vented Walls Troop Trains Are ssov
: ing, Says Bottedam Dispatch.
Rotterdam, May 1. The Belgian
Dutch frontier is still definitely closed.
Even those holding passes have not
been allowed to ; enter or leave Bel
gium. Those responsible for deliver
ing bread to the people living just
across the frontier have been com
pelled to -throw; it from one cart to
another and not-enter Belgium. ;
The frontier correspondents say that
the reason for this Is the great troop
movement,': Trains are running contin
uously between Germany and Belgium,
but no inkling of the Intentions of the
Germans has leaked out.
BATTLE IN THE SKY AT YPRES DESCRIBED
WAR LEAVES A TRAIL OF RUIN IN POLAND
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Top, left to right Transporting wounded Russians i from the ifleld to
.. the base hospital at Warsaw;
ren region of eastern Prussia;
Lodz. . :!
Bottom French motor ; truck
traversing a typical road In the
GREEK AND SERBIAN POLITICAL AUTHORITIES
DECLARE BALKAN NATIONS SOON MAY BE AT
WAR FOR THIRD TIME IN PAST FOUR YEARS
Say Greece, Bulgaria and 1 Roumania, as Well as
Must Inevitably be Drawn Into. Conflict; Ruje
Subjects Are Divided in
By Henry Wood.
(United Preaa' Staff Correapondent.)
N'lsh, Serbia, April 16 (By Mall
to New York--By the middle of May,
all the ' Balkanf states may again be
plunged Into "war for the third time In
less than four yars, - j ,
. This is the Information X have ob
tained from some, of the leading politi
cal authorities of Serbia and Greece.
Greece, Bulgaria and Roumania, as
well as Italy, they said, must Inevit
ably be-drawn Into the conflict, if the
war' continues much J longer. With
equal quietude they declared that all
four countries will enter on the side
of -the allies. j V
A decisive victory for the Rutasians
in the "Carpathians may set the ball
rolling. The Bulgarian states nave
two ends they, feel they must, at some
tlme attain. . -.::-
One is the expulsion for all time of
the Turks from Europe and the divls-;
ion among themselves of what remains
of European Turkey. The other is to
wrest from Austria the provinces of
Buckowlna and Transylvania, v ! .
Bonmania aad Italy In league.
Roumania and Italy, according to re
ports In diplomatic circles here, will
enter the war simultaneously.- For ix
months a secret agreement to that ef
fect is said to have existed between
the two countries. Boumanla's ambi
tions to' take over Buckowlna and
Transylvania, peopled by men of her
own race, are said to be equally aa
strong as Italy's ambitions for control
of Istrla and Trent. - ; :f ,-(
, Until a month ago Bulgaria's posi
tion and intentions were k- uncertain.
On the whole, she was considered as
being more favorable to Germany than
the allies. But v her eyes since rthe
last Balkan war have been on the strip
of Turkish territory Including the city
of Adrlanople.v The report is that
Bulgaria a month ago was assured
that the allies intended to carry the
operations against the Dardenelles to
a successful conclusion at any cost,
Bulgaria then made a tentative Rree
ment, according ito reports current.
Luxemburg People
Are Going Hungry
Orand Xracaess tario'1 ay OPood Mas
Been Vent But Oifta Were Diverted
By taeOermana, . ' r ! ,
Luxemburg. May i.-Grand Duchess
Marie of Luxemburg has sent an of
ficial protest to! Berlin against the
method of distribution of food supplies
which Is said to-have resulted In bring
ing nearly half of her subjects to the
verge of starvation. 1
She states that glf ta of food, money,
and clothes have been sent to Luxem
burg from all parts of the world, but
-..- mil1 iMLrt "of thea i sritts
reacbed the civilian population ghe
also -says that the German army Is
requisitioning provisions in - exchange
tor scrip. - - , -
French Society Is
Decimated
"Tout FarlaA Bocial Begister of the
- Trench Capital, CHves Barnes of 1500
. rarlslans Xllled la Battle. :;4
" Paris. May 1. "Tout Paris," the so
cial register of the French capital, Just
issued, contains the names of about
1500 Parisians killed on the battle
field up to February 25, 116. Included
In this number are the names of 20
generals, 37 other officers, II priests
and 193 titled members. of -the' arlatoe
racy.4 ,:L-- :. " :' " -,- :-V !---- ;
The register also gives In a separate
list the names of 200 persons who fig
ured in the, "Tout Paris" of last year
who are now classed as "undesirable.''
This list includes Germans, Auatrians
and Turks. .-. , -
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German trenches Jn the flat, anrj.
A German battery in action near
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-in the service of the Russian army
eaBtefn war district.
Italy;
sand'
Their Sympa
hies,
here, to send forces into Turkey to aid
In the capture of Constantinople.
The entrance of Bulgaria! into the
scene of action, according td informa
tion. I; have 'received, will remove the
principal ibarrier that halted Greece.
Greece is allied with Serbia and Rou
mania in a treaty to maintain the ter
ritorial divisions ! made by the treaty;
or Bucharest at the- close of the eee
ond Balkan war.
This division has never been sat
factory to Bulgaria and It was the
fear that Bulgaria would attack Gre:
that kept King Constantlne Out of the
war several weeks ago, at the time
when the resignation of .therVenlzelo
cabinet brought public attention to the
crisis in affairs at Athens. I
Greece has large colonies tin Asiatic
Turktey, especially at Kmyrna. In ad?
dltlon, a number Of Islands of th-a
Aegean sea are filled largely with
Greek colonists, i Centuries ago the
colonies by the Aegean- coast of Asia
Minor were part of Greece and restora
tion of them to the mother 1 country Is
one of the Greek statesmen's ambi
tions. f s j
Balers Are rro-Oermaa. .
"This .is the politic aspect In the
Balkans as It has ben outlined to me.
There is an interesting and almost ss
Important a personal side. I -
Three Balkan rulers, the I monarch
of Greece, Roumania and Bulgaria, arr
dynastlcally allied to the families of
the Austro-German - block. iThe wife
of King ConsUntlne of Greece is the
sister of the kaiser, and the Gretrf
ktng himself is known to have pro
German sympathies. King Ferdinand
of Roumania Is a German and a Uohen
sollern.V His wife is a German
princess. Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria
Is likewise of German blood. lie be
longs o the house of Saxe-Cobutg-Getha
and is also a Hungarian noble
man wjth vast estates in I the dual
monarchy. Ills wife Is German.
While history Is full of instances
where rulers have forced unwilling
subjects to go to .war, the present Bal
kan situation promises the reverse.
The subjects, if the statesmen ran.
resent the will of the people, may force
uiiniiiind rmeri into war.-
King's "Tipple" lis
Now Barley Water.
But ill Sorts of Temperance Brinks
Are Being- Served at Windsor Cattle
According to Beport. j
London, May 1. All sorts of tem
perance drinks are being served on
th tables at .Windsor CastleJ now that
King George has put into effect his'
decision that no wirtes, spirits or beer
shall be consumed In any of his houses.
The king's favorite drink, it is said,
Is barley water, made in the ordinary
way by pouring boiling Water on the
barley, letting it boll for a short time
and then straining It and adding a
little lemon. The king Is also fond
of home made lemonade, -
Pleas for cider, small jbeer an4
drinks of low percentages of alcohol
are filling the open forum columns of
the newspapers. -The rector of Exeter
college advocates the cause of cider.
He says: . i f
"If the government determines that
total prohibition of the manufacture
and sale of alcohol Is possible and is
the only means of dealing with the
drink trouble that dlmlniahes our war
efficiency, every patrlotlo cltlaen will
support it. But, such a measure, which
would bar Devonshire, fori Instance,
from Its innocent and Immemorial
habit of drinking elder, might produce
grave discontent and law breaking."
Soldiers Want Flower Seeds.
Berlin, May 1. The soldiers at the
front are asking for1 flower seeds. The
newspapers print letters suggesting
that seeds Inclosed In packages and
sent to the front can be used for plant
ing on the graves of soldiers and la
other ways.
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