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Up to a late hour Mondoay no reply had come, but on its tenor depends to some extent whether the informal peace movement inaugurated 8 week ago can be pursued further with Great Britain, France and Russia. , The inquiry was not a formal one, such as President Wilson's original tender of good offices, but was an effort of an official character to determine whether Germany's reported willing ness to talk peace was based on fact. The chronology of the peace move ment was revealed after a conference of officials, diplomats and others di rectly concerned in the incident. The story of the seven days of peace talk, as told by some of the principals, is as follows: ' "On Saturday, September 6, Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassa dor, dined with James Speyer, the banker, at the latter's residence in New York. . Oscar Straus, American member of The Hague tribunal and former cabinet officer, was present In the course of the evening, as the con versation turned to the subject of peace in Europe, the German ambassa dor said that, while he had no advices from his government since leaving Berlin, he recalled a conversation with the Imperial chancellor there, in which the latter said he believed the emperor would be willing to discuss measures of peace through mediation. Previous to the ambassador's con versation with the chancellor, Emperor William had already acknowledged President Wilson's tender of good offices, but had been non-committal as to its acceptance. Mr. Straus Imme- diatley asked the German ambassador for permission to repeat the conversa tion to Secretary Bryan at Washing ton. Count von Bernstorff gave his consent. Millions in China in - ' Need Because ot Flood Washington, D. C Twelve montns' famine, which only outside aid can avert, faces the Kang Tung and Kang Si provinces of China, which were devastated by flood in July, with a loss of 3000 lives and more than 100,000 homes. Consul General Cheshire re ported from Canton that more than 8,000,000 people suffered losses and many millions would need food until the next harvest. "In many places whole villages have been blotted out, inhabitants and all," says the report, ' "The Iobs of life may never be known, but the suffering caused is appalling. The West river still, at the end of July, is exceedingly high, the fieldB and lands are under several feet of water. Banks require rebuilding, houses re-erecting, fields to be pumped dry for planting. Taxes are remitted and other government aid is given, but even thus, the people, have lost all and stand helpless. "At first we hoped the water might recede more rapidly and fields be avail able for the second planting. This now appears not to be possible. In such event the people face a 10 or 12 months' famine. "This is only the beginning. What the near future has in store only God knows. Help Is needed now. Delay cannot be long if these people are to be saved.!' f ; ... Big Battle in Africa Is Thought Inevitable London A dispatch to Reuter'a Tel egram company from Nariobi, British East Africa, says a strong force of Germans from German East Africa crossed the border at Mohoru and occu pied Karangu, and is now advancing on KlBii. "British forces," the correspondent adds, "have been dispatched from Kisampu and from Port Florence, on the northeastern shore of Lake Vic toria Nyama, to check them. " Spain Remain Neutral. Paris A dispatch to the Havas agency from Madrid says that Eduardo Dato, the Spanish prime minister, made the following statement Monday: "Spain has contracted no engage ment and will remain neutral until the end of the war." ' The correspondent says the state ment was made in reply to reports In foreign newspapers concerning Spain's position, which had led to the belief that Spain intended to Intervene in Germany's favor in case of neces sity. Belgians Attack Germans. London A sharp engagement took place Monday near Alost, according to a Reutor dispatch from Ostend, be tween a detachment of Germans and a column of Belgian volunteers, sup ported by civic' guards with machine guns mounted on motor cars. The German losses were serious, and seven wagon with field kitchen were cap tured. The Germans are entrenching at Orroir, near Renaix. In the fighting at Dixmude, four Belgians were captured and 24 were wounded. German Sees Long War. Rotterdam A dispatch received here from Berlin contains the comment of military writer in the German camp on the situation in the western theater of war and the retirement of General von Buelow. "It la necessary to remind the public," says tha writer, "that the road to the goal !b still long and that we are merely, at the begin ning of making sacrifices and undergo ing suffering." Marooned Explorers in ' ' 'Arctic Rescued; 3 Die Washington, D. C. Eight white men and an Eskimo family, survivors of the wrecked Canadian exploring ship Karluk, are safe aboard the reve nue cutter Bear, after being marooned in the frozen Wrangell Island since last January, , V A relayed wireless dispatch from the Bear here said she was due at Nome, Alaska, Monday. The dispatch told of the death of three of the explorers on the island George S. Malloch, geologist;! Bjarne Mamen, assistant topographer, and John Brady, seaman, believed, to hire been George Breddy. Captain Cochran's report said: "Bear is now returning to Nome with members of the Canadian Arctic expedition. ; .. "All doing well under care of the surgeon. Will arrive Nome Monday. "Party was rescued by schooners King and Wing on September 7. "Malloch and Mamen died of neph ritis. Brady accidentally shot.' There are eight missing persons who never reached Wrangell Island. The Bear reached within 12 miles of Herald Island. Clear weather and heavy ice. Unable to land on the island, but no signs of life." The Karluk was a part of (an Arctic expedition sent out by the Canadian government under Vilhjalmur Stefan son. There were 23 white men aboard her. Captain Robert Bartlett and 11 others reached Wrangell Island, but eight have never been heard from. Stefanson, with three companions, were ashore near Point Barrow when the Karluk was carried out to sea by the ice. They made their way to Col linson's point, carrying word of the vessel's plight to the outside world. Pope Calls Britain Guard : ian of Peace and Justice Rome A dispatch to Turin quotes the Stamps as saying that Cardinal Bourne, archbishop of Westminster, is delivering from the Pope to King George a letter which is filled with sympathy for the British nation, which is described as the "guardian of peace and master of justice." ' The Stampa adds that the Pope asked the Austrian and Prussian am bassadors to give safe conduct for the return of Cardinal Mercier, primate of Belgium, to Belgium. This was re fused, whereupon the pontiff answered that he would remember the unpleasant refuBal. A telegram from the Austrian fron tier sayB that among the killed in the Austrian army were many of Italian birth.' Word from Brindisi says that the United States cruiser North Carolina is coaling there. Servians Press on Heels of Retreating Austrians Nish, Servia It is announced that the Servian offensive continues suc cessfully. Servian troops have crossed the Save at several points and it is said the Servians are being received enthusiastically by the' population of Hungary. A semi-official statement, reviewing the operations against Austria since the outbreak of the war, makes no mention of the capture of Semlin, be fore reported, but says: ' "The Austrians have sent all their troops to the east to stem the advance of the enormous Russian wave. The small total force which it has at its disposal already augurs fresh suc cesses for us." . The statement asserts that in Au gust Austria threw 350,000 men against Servia 200,000 of these at the weakest point along the frontier on the Save and Drina from Ljubova to Shabatz. After Banguinary fighting the tide turned on August 19, the Austrians being completely beaten and pursued along the whole line." Woman Explorer Finds Whole New Mountain New York A mountain 11,000 feet high which Miss Mary L. Jobe, ex plorer and instructor in history at Hunter college here, believes never has been mapped, was discovered by her in the wilds of British Columbia, and a 'report concerning it will be made, Bhe said, to the Canadian gov ernment and to the National Geograph ical society. Miss Jobe has returned from her ex ploration trip, which lasted six weeks, and announced her discovery. She locates the mountain, to which she will give a Cree Indian name, as about 160 miles north of Mount Robson. The topographical survey of Canada ex tends to a point only a few miles north of Mount Robson. Turks Ihought Restrained. - Petrograd Word.comes from Sofia that. Influenced by recent Russian vic tories, Turkey will not risk an adven ture against Russia. Russians .returning from Vienna say the impression that the Austrian reverses mean the investment of the capital dominates the spirit of the people. After the capture by the Russians of Lemberg, the capital of Galicia, an extraordinary council was called. Count Berchtold, minister of foreign affairs, presided. The ship ment of gold to Turkey continues. Frenchman Wins in Air. Paris NewB has juBt been received here ot an exciting air battle in the vicinity ot Troyea. A German aero plane threw several bombs into the city and a French machine arose and gave chase. After a thrilling pursuit of 15 miles the French aeroplane over took the German craft near Piney, where an engagement ensued. The French machine soon gained the advantage in position. Immediately afterward the German aeroplane was precipitated to earth and the two offi cers on board were killed. Princes Reported Dead,. London An Ostend dispatch to the Reuter Telegram company says: "Crown Prince Frederick William and Prince Adalbert, of Prussia, the emperor's third son, and Prince Carl of Weurttemberg are reported to have died In hospital at Brussels." RUSSIAN FORCES ROUT AUSTRIANS Servians Also Assume Offensive and Take Austrian City. Siege of Belgrade Ends Germans Victorious in East Austrians Also Beat Back Russians. London. News from Nish, Servia, that the Servians had captured Sem lin and an official announcement from Petrograd that Russian troops had succeeded In dividing; the Austrian army In Poland, dominate the situa? tion concerning the Eastern scene of war. The Petrograd dispatch BayB: "Tomaszow has been taken after a desperate fight. "The German troops near Myslnec and Chorzele, Russian Poland, have been repulsed with heavy losses. "The Russian forces have taken by assault the fortified positions of Opole and Tourblne, Russian Poland, and pursued the enemy a distance of 26 miles. : Russian cavalry Is still driv ing In the rearguard of the enemy, '"It is announced that the Russian troops have succeeded in separating the left wing of the Austrian army from the troops which were operating around Tomaszow and Rawa, in Rus sian Poland." Telegraphing from Petrograd, the correspondent of the Morning Post sayB: "The Austrian retirement on the Vistula Is being conducted with a sem blance of order, but the case Is differ ent with the right wing operating near Tomaszow. The Austrians here are routed and fleeing in the utmost dis order. Driving in between the two wings, the Russians have cut off this Austro-German army and completely surrounded It on the front and flank. The Russians have summoned this right wing to surrender. 1 "The Russian cavalry has got be hind the retreating army with guns and the situation of the Austro-Ger-mans now Is desperate. To cross marshes and rivers with cavalry and artillery hammering it from the rear 1b more than any beaten army ever accomplished since Napoleon's time. Moreover, the Austro-Germans have lost the bulk of their supply trains and the men must be starving. "The number of prisoners now In Russia is so enormous that it is be coming necessary to send them further afield. A large number are being sent towards Siberia." ' The taking of Semlin was reported in a Reuter dispatch from Rome trans mitting a message received from Nish, the temporary capital of Servia. The dispatch said: "The taking of Semlin has caused great enthusiasm throughout Servia. The people are proud that their army, after seven weeks of war, not only has prevented a powerful enemy captur ing Belgrade, but has Inflicted humili ation upon them by forcing them to evacuate their base of operations against Servia. The victory has had a most wonderful moral effect upon the army and people." Semlin 1b an important town of Austria-Hungary in Slavonla. It Is locat ed on the tongue of land formed by the Junction of the Danube and the Save, opposite Belgrade, Servia, with which It was connected by a railway bridge across the Save. GREECE, ROUMANIA, BUL GARIA FORM ALLIANCE London. Telegraphing from Rome, a correspondent of the Daily Tele graph declares he has learned from diplomatic sources that Roumanla, Greece and Bulgaria have signed- an agreement which may be regarded as a real alliance, under the terms of which these three nations engage to interfere whenever necessary In order to prevent Turkey aiding Germany and Austria in the present war. If Turkey remains neutral, however, these three states will do the same. It 1b reported In Rome, the corre spondent continues, that Berlin has become resigned to the idea of Italian neutrality, but she is determined that Italy shall at least remain neutral un til the end. British Wipe Out 3000. London. The Paris correspondent of the Dally Express learns from the front that in the attack on the -Germans Wednesday afternoon the Brit ish punished the Prussian guard in the severest possible manner. An en tire jaeger regiment of sharpshooters, numbering nearly 3000, was wiped out. "There Is not the slightest doubt," Bays the correspondent, "that but for the superb handling of the German right by General von Kluck, a large part of Emperor , William's forces would have been captured. The allied cavalry did wonders. Prince Kills Minister. Paris. A dispatch to the Havas agency from Rome says: "A telegram from Athens to the newspaper Vita Bays that a violent dis cussion arose between the Crown Prince of Turkey and Enver Pasha, the Turkish minister of war, on the subject of the political policy of Tur key. Enver Pasha, becoming greatly excited, fired two shots from a revol ver at the prince, who was slightly wounded. The prince replied and shot Enver Pasha in the leg. According to another version, Enver Pasha has since died ot the woundB received Russian Corps Defeated. ... London. A Reuter dispatch from Berlin says: "The general staff announces that the Twenty-second Russian Army Corps, of Finland, has tried to force an entrance Into East Prussia by way ot Lyck. The Russians were defeated at Lyck. Lyck Is In East Prussia, on Lake Lyck, 66 miles south of Gumbinen. Britain Gets Greek Base. Rome.--The Trtbuna publishes a tel egram from Brindisi asserting that the Greek government has conceded to Great Britain permission to establish a naval base In Port Mudros, Island of Lemnos. Great Britain can center three naval divisions there. Senate Extends Vreeland Act. Washington, D. C. An amendment to the banking law permuting state banks and trust companies with capi tal ot $25,00 and 20 per cent surplus. or more, to Issue federal currency un dor the Vreeland section was passed by toe senate. SUCCESS Depends Upon Your Training Our courses in Shorthand, Pen manship, Business Training mid Telenraphy will equip you for uccetiftful bosHiatw career. FALL TERM SEPTEMBER 7. BUSINESS COLLEGE. Fourth Street, Near Morrison, Portland, Or. We Guarantee Positions for All ' Our Graduates. . Write Us, No Trouble to Answer. Real Excitement. Though Germany and Russia clash, And France and England go to smash, What care the Newly weds, In Booth, For their first baby has a tooth. 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