The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-10-30


ed by Former President Taft and An
drew Carnegie at a luncheon at the
Chamber of Commerce at Providence.
r. l. president Wilson has taken
the exact stand" Mr.. Taft said, "and
has expressed 1t with admirable &C
curacy."
FOREIGN.
Austria has temporarily lifted the
customs duties on corn, -four and veg
etables.
The Berlin official statement an
n that 10000 Belgians are still
In Antwerp as prisoners.
Germany has had some guns built
Of tremendous calibre, capable Of car
wing twenty-five miles.
Private citizens Of the United
States can sell whatever they please
to the belligerents OF Europe.
President Poincare has signed a de-
cree admitting fresh meat to France
free Of duty until further notice.
Germany plans to mount her newest
and greatest guns along the Belgian
seacoast to force the British fleet to
stay of her shore.
Cardinal Pietro Gasparri has been
selected by the pope to fill the posi-
ton OF secretary Of state, made va
cant by the death of Cardinal Farrata.
The Russian armOred cruiser Pal.
lada has been sunk in the Baltic Sea
its crew, consisting of nearly 600 OH.
GER and men.
Announcement from Bordeaux says
that quarters have been provided for
the Belgian government officials at
Havre, France, where the Belgian
capital will be established.
Heavy rain is again falling over the
entire Belgian-French theater OF war.
This will slow up operations, as the
roads become hard to negotiate and
trenches fill in with water.
In the sinking Of the British cruis-
er Hawke by q German submarine
only one officer and sixty-two enlisted
men of her crew of about 400 are
known to have been rescued.
Open rebellion has been encoun-
tered in South Africa, and a force OF
anti-British Beers, armed with Ger.
man guns and aided by German
troops, Is now In that territory.
The enormous number of Russian
soldiers crowding military hospitals
bases nearer the front has ~necessi.
tated . public appeal for supplies.
Commandments representing all the
Congo free state north OF Bloemfon-
tain have placed their services at the
disposal Of General Botha, command.
er-in-chief Of the forces Of the union
Of South Africa.
The death OF King Charles Of
Roumania, which occurred at his
country seat at Sinai in Walachia.
brings prominently to the front the
question Of the attitude which Rou-
mania Is now likely to assume with
regard to participation in the war.
An appeal to the socialists OF the
neutral countries to join In the wal
on the side Of the allies e in
the newspaper France de Sud Quest,
credited to lone Of the highest socie.
ties Of the socialist party in France.
The British cruiser Hawke, used
for scouting purposes of the German
naval base IN the North sea, was tor.
pedoed and sunk by a German subma.
rine. with . loss OF 1872 lives. OF the
crew Of 544 officers and men three OF.
ncera and ~forty-nine men were saved.
The king and queen Of the Belgians
r ct the headquarters Of the Bel.
CLAN army.
Recruiting IN England Is again
being actively pushed. The require.
ments for service In the infantry have
boen lowered.
An old man Of "a, visiting military
hospitals IN Vienna. ANA speaking IN
Magyar. Italian, Bohemian. Slav and
other tongues to the wounded soldiers,
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