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Bryan Viii Refer German Re-
quest to President Upon
His Return.
HOLDS STATIONS USED
ONLY FOR WAR PURPOSES
Kaiser's Charge Declares Commercial
Messages Are Accepted-War
Declarations Received Here.

Breaking OFF Of diplomatic relations be
tween Austria-H Hungary and France wa.
officially reported today to the State De
partment by Ambassador Penfield al
Vienna.
of war on Montenegro also has been re
ceived by the State Department.
Haniel Won Haimhausen, charge of the
German embassy, conferred with Sec
retary Bryan today on wireless an6
cable communication between America
and Europe.
The charge had previously requested
that the State Department permit code
messages to be exchanged directly be-
tween the United States and Germany
which now are barred by the military
censors in England. through which coun-
try all cable messages must pass to reach
Germany.
The charge was also desirous that the
German-owned wireless stations at Say
vile. L. l.. and Tuckerton, N. j., be per-
mitted to work with Germany, free from
censorship, thereby placing Germany on
an equality with England and France,
which are using their cables without re-
strictions for transatlantic correspond
ence.
A disposition was shown at the State
Department to justify the apparent dis
elimination against the wireless by an
article in The Hague convention which
provides that such methods Of communi-
cation may be barred where the stations
were erected for purely military pur-
poses on neutral territory and transact
no commercial business.
The German contention is that the pro-
hibition does not apply for the reason
hat tot in hnU haa
doing commercial business.
Secretary Bryan promised Charge Hahn
hausen that he would take the subject
up with President Wilson as soon as pos
summer embassy at Newport to await
his answer.
Wireless Controversy.
Secretary Bryan has transmitted to
Great Britain formal representations
made by Germany on the subject of
cable and wireless communication to
and from neutral country. such as
the United States to belligerent coun-
tries.
Germany sought permission to send
coded messages through London to the
United States. AS the American gov
ernment acts as a channel of communi-
cation in the diplomatic dealings of one
belligerent with the other. the message
was transmitted to the British foreign
Office without comment by Secretary
Bryan.
Should Great Britain continue to pre-
vent Germany from sending cable mes
sages through London to the United
States it is believed Germany will make
a vigorous effort to have the United
States remove it's censorship on Ger
man-owned wireless stations.
The Secretary of State said that the
German government, through its charge
d. affaires, Mr.. Won Haimhausen. had
taken up the question of the censor
ship established by the Navy DEPART
United States.
That the State Department is con-
sidering the relation between wireless
and cable communications as. affected
Continued. on Second Page.l
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ENGLAND DENIES HER INTENTION
OF PLACING BARS ON AMERICANS

officers on the continent that the Brit
ish government had issued strict or
ders forbidding the landing of for
eigners on British shores until further
notice during the present war crisis.
An order in council signed by the
king was published in the Gazette Au-
gust 5 limiting .he entry of aliens to
certain ports. so that they could be
subjected to examination. This order
was not intended in the least to keep
out Americans, it was stated, and had
had no effect on tn. landing of Amer
leans here. 1t was pointed out that in
the few instances when the cases of
Americans had been referred to the
authorities the requested permission to
enter always has been granted.
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AMERICAN REFUGEES ARRIVE
FROM PORT OF BOULOGNE

NEW YORK, August 1.-THE Dutch
steamer Potsdam. from Boulogne. one
day overdue. reached New York this
morning with more than 500 passen-
gers, many Of them American refugees
from Europe, who left SO hurriedly
that they were unable to bring their
baggage. Because of the crowded con-
ditions the ships officers were unable
to give the correct classifications of
those aboard, but there were said to
be 22S in the first cabin. o92 In the
second cabin and 29S in the steerage.
To the suspension of the Imperator's
sailings was attributed the congestion
aboard the Potsdam. Among those
aboard was julius P. Meyer, first vice
president of the Hamburg
line.
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LONDON, August 12.-It was off,
cially declared here today the only
steps taken by the British government
to prevent the landing of foreigners
in the British Isles were those pro-
vided for by the sections of the alien
restriction act the object of which was
to safeguard the country against aliens
from countries with which Great Brit
ain was at war.
This declaration was made after the
report had been received here that Sec
retary of State Bryan had cabled to
the American ambassador to investi-
gate reports from American consular
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GERMAN WARSHIPS ARE CRUISING
IN PACIFIC WATERS OFF FRISCO

tains of several vessels making port
last night asserted positively they had
seen both the German cruisers Leipzig
and Nurnberg cruising in radius of
thirty miles of the Farallone Islands
yesterday. The Nurnberg was sup
posed to be in the far east. At 2:30
pm. yesterday the British bark Col
ony spoke to the Nurnberg twenty five
miles south of the Farallones. her cap
tain said. The captain of the fishing
tug Henrietta also reported sighting
the Nurnberg at the same time and
place.
Capt R. e. Carey Of the fishing tug
Pedro Costa said he had seen the
Nurnberg and the Leipzig at pm:
sufficiently near the Nurnberg to read
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The Potsdam sighted no war vessels
on her way across.
The British steamer Auscnia, from
Glasgow and Moville, with 1875 second
cabin and 1T steerage passengers, ar
rived at New York today. She steamed
evsry night with lights out, but saw
no hostile war vessels on the voyage.
The steamer Danube, from the West
Indies. in today. reported sighting a
British cruiser outside of Antilla, Cuba
Capt. Plunkett of the Danube said
that martial law prevailed In Kingston
when he sailed and that all news was
censored. Four naval reservists, he
said, were taken from the Danubes
engine room just before sailing, and
four other men, not engineers, were
substituted.
The four engineers will be kept at
Kingston and placed aboard the first
British war vessel that enters the port
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her name on the stern. At this time
the Nurnberg and Leipzig were about
thirty-five miles apart, the Nurnberg
being within five miles of the Faral-
lones. which are thirty-two miles due
west of San Francisco harbor.
Capt. Anstruther Mann of the British
bark Colony, which arrived at this port
today in ballast from Cruz Grande.
Chile. reported that he passed close to
the German cruiser Nurnberg about
twenty-five miles south of the Faral-
lone Islands yesterday. Capt. Mann
said he was in communication with
Capt. Schoenberg of the hostile war;
ship through a megaphone. and that
when the German learned the sailing
vessel was without cargo he was given
permission to proceed to San Fran
cisco. Three British warships. the Ca
madam cruiser Rainbow and the sloops
Shearwater and Algerine are supposed
to be in these waters.
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Military Activities Explained.
The military position at iege, also
along the Franco-German frontier, where
the opposing outposts are in touch. and
in Alsace, where severe engagements
between a French invading force and
the German defenders recently were
fought. is explained in a dispatch from
the French foreign minister received here
this morning. He says:
'Rumors regarding the loss of the
forts of Liege by the Belgian troops are
entirely false. Only small groups OF
German soldiers entered the town itself
under cover of darkness. All the encir-
cling forts, twelve in number, are in
tact
Small unimportant engagements have
occurred along the whole line where the
French and German armies are facing
each other from Belfort, opposite the
southernmost part of Alsace. to Liege In
Belgium In these encounters the French
cavalry has always maintained its sd-
periority over the German mounted
troops, while our artillery has been
splendidly served.
Keep Mountain Passes.
"Our troops have kept the crests and
passes of the Vosges mountains and they
dominate the heights of Alsace.
"A line between Thanh. Hwenty-two
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/ miles southwest of Kolmar, Alsace) and
Altkirch Uhe first position occupied by
the French army after its invasion of
Alsace) is held by our armies. This line
runs slightly to the rear of Muelhausen.
THE French government Indignantly
denies that there was any violation OF
German territory by the French army
before the declaration of war
German Cavalry Operations.
Ten thousand German cavalry, with
gatling guns and followed by infantry,
are operating between Tongres and St
Trond.
Hostilities have begun between Ger
man cavalry and the Belgian cavalry out
posts in the Hesbaye district. This dis
trict is to the west of Liege and north OF
the Meuse and forms parts of the prov
inces of Liege, Limburg and Namur.
The Germans have begun a systematic
reconnoitering of Hesbaye in order to
discover the positions of the Belgian field
army. Their cavalry patrols are follow
ed by infantry detachments.
Great Battle Thought Near.
The German cavalry is reported to
have been nearly everywhere repulsed
with loss. These engagements are re-
garded as a prelude to a German often
sive movement TO the north ofntiege. 1t
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and other weapons, with which they re-
pulsed several charges of the German
Uh1ans.
When their. ammunition was ex-
hausted the women barricaded them
selves in the houses, from which they
poured boiling water on the German
soldiers In the streets. The correspond
ent says 1000 Germans were disabled
by wounds or sca1ds.
Children and old men shared in the
defense of Herstal and Friday the Bel
gian colors still fioated from the fac
tory building,
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NO GERMAN WAR NEWS
or VIEWS COMING IN

Germany end Austria continue
today to be cut eff c~or! tho rest
of the world b. cable ccnmuni-
cation, and cTort- TO get into
touch with those countries by
wireless e~c proving futile.
The consequence IS .ha. news
of German activity III the var is
being sent through English.
French ard Russian cable and
telegraph lines.
In these circumstances prac-
tically no news giving the Ger.
man and Aust.ian point Of v.ew
is beinS received.
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WOMEN USED SCALDING WATER
ON 1000 GERMAN SOLDIERS

PARIS. August IL (via London).-Ao-
oording to a special newspaper dis
patch, the woman workers in the Bel
gian national arms factory at Herstal,
Just outside Of Liege. defended their
village against the German attack.
The men were away. serving in the
army, and the women. according to the
correspondent. swore that the German
troops should not take the factory.
They armed themselves with reyolvere
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MINE LAID BY KAISER'S WARSF4LPS
BLOWS UP GERMAN DESTROYER

LONDON. August 12-The Copenhagen
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
1T is ascertained that the German tor
pedo boat destroyer which was reported
to have been sunk by the explosion of
one of her boilers off South Gedser Au-
gust really was destroyed by a mine
laid by German warship.
THE Danish and Swedish steamers. 1t
is reported, ceased running as result
of Information that the Germans had
laid contact mines in the North sea-
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LONDON August 1a-The German army is being detached
from position before Lege and advancing through the heart
Belgium general The body of
the German cavalry engaged forward all along the
allied great battle expected within the
two or three days
Important cavalry with gatng guns attacked
Tuesday regiments French Lancers Teon twelve miles
The the enemy first but
later retired before strong renforeements.
Fighting has been resumed the front from St Trond
odogn The German cavalry attempted for Ger
troops following, but stopped by the Belgians
GENERAL FIGHTING ALONG FRONT
dispatch from Paris says it announced officially that
the French and Germans have taken place along
the frontier Longwy and Longuyon French
and Virton Belgian territory the southwest of Arlon
German cavalry also the north of Montedy
the Franco-Belgian frontier.
dispatch from Maestricht Amsterdam thence London
says terrific artillery firing heard throughout the morning
the direction of Tongres the north of Lege The
felt in Maestricht.
The second attempt of the German army build pontoon
bridge Hersa Meuse according
patch from Maesht the Teeraaf today The bridge in
tended for the passage Of artillery several pieces of which
being Liege and others Namur.
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GREAT BATTLE IS EXPECTED
WITHIN THE NEXT few DAYS
Engagements Resumed Over Wide Territory French
Lancers Routed Near Tnlemont- -Belgians Bring
Sudden Halt to Plans Of Kaisers Troopers.
SNAPSHOTS OF EUROPEAN CONFLICT.

A Dutch dispatch says terrific cannonade was heard
this morning from the direction of Tonges north of Lege
reported yesterday that divisions of German
airy with artillery had arrived there.
Belgium today again the of outpost fighting
between Belgans French and Germans.
The German commander at Liege denies the loss of
10000 in his effort to take the forts there.
On the subject of Lege the French foreign minister de-
all the surrounding forts intact and that only small
force Of entered the itself under of
darkness.
Brussels dispatch says the bulk of the German
leaving Lege and advancing toward the French frontier
through the heart of Belgium.
French foreign minister describes the French posi-
Alsace good the troops occupy the cress and
passes of the Vosges mountains
Belgium anticipates attempt by Germany to
Dutch territory and has requested Holland to state her in
tentions regarding the resistance breach of her
traty.
Sveaborg the great Russian fortress in Finland awaits
bombardment battle the commander has ordered all
civilians leave there and also Helsingfors
Paris reports Montenegro occupying Tarabosch
overlooking Scutar Albania where fighting between
Montenegrns and Turks occurred during the Balkan
Considerable of English gold to be deposited
Ottawa Canada facilitate payments without running the
risk Of shipping money the Atlantic.
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Battle at sveaborg Impends.

~
The Russian commander of the fortress
Of Sveaborg, Finland. has ordered all
the Inhabitants of that place and Helsing-
fors to leave, as a battle or a lombard
ment is believed to be imminent.
An effective blockade of the Montene-
grin coast has been established since yes
terday by the Austro- Hungarian fleet.
according to an official announcement.
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READY TO OPEN
PANAMA CANAL
United States Will Begin Busi-
ness Saturday, Four Months
Ahead of Time.
COST OF THE WATERWAY
NEARLY S4OO, 900, 900
Ten Years Since This Government
Decided to Start Work-Interest-
ing Data on the Isthmus.

More than four months ahead of the
date set when the board of consulting
engineers in 1906 estimated that 1t
would take until January, 1915. to
complete the Panama canal along the
lines then under way, the United States
government finds itself ready to begin
business next Saturday in selling
tickets of passage to ships of all ma
tions through the new gateway
Preparations for the official opening
are being fastened. Orders already
have been issued for all craft to re-
main outside the channel in order not
to impede the steamer Ancon, which
will be the first vessel to make the
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WEATHER.

Fair and cooler tonight: Thursday
fair with moderate temperature; gentle,
shifting winds, becoming north and
northeast.
Temperature past "a hours: High. 92.
at . pm. yesterday; low, 13. at pm.
yesterday
Full Report on Page Thirteen.
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Maj. Parker Seeks Vengeance,

Continued on Fourth Page.)
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CONTINUED on -Eecopd PaSe,l
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Continued on Fourth PaEe,l
The Washington times., 1914-08-17
REPLY OF EMPEROR
|NH|S own WRITING
Wrote Acknowledgment of the
Presidents Note Sitting in
Garden With Gerard.
Copyright. 1914. by United Press Association.
BY KARL H. Won WIEGAND.
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

THE HAGUE. Holland, Aug. i7.-Em-
peror William wrote his acknowledge
ment OF the tender of mediation made
by President Wilson in his own hand
and turned 1t over to Ambassador Ger
ard. 1t was a courteous acknowledge
ment Of the receipt Of the tender OF
good offices. But 1t made no promises.
The Emperor received Ambassador
Gerard in the palace garden last We'd
nesday. The ambassador. who is ex-
tremely we'll liked by the Kaiser, was
greeted with a handshake. Then the
Emperor offered him a chair at table,
which was covered with war maps and
dispatches from the front, and the two
men conferred for over an hour,
The Kaiser was solemn, earnest, but
confident There was a characteristic
charm and frankness in his manner,
there was mono Of the hurly-burly of
war. There was no hurrying and no
aids de camp rushing in with messages
The Kaiser was not interrupted during
the conference.
The scene Of the conference was pic
turesque. The big table had been placed
under a tree. and commanded the en-
tire vista OF the palace garden. The
Kaiser. In the uniform of a field mar
shall, listened carefully to what his Wis
itor had to say. He weighed the ut
terances Of his visitor. breaking in now
Finally the Kaiser seized a pen and
wrote the answer to President Wilson
He reiterated the declaration that he
had always sought peace. and had en-
deavored to prevent the war. He placed
the entire blame for the war on Rus
STA Then he thanked the President for
the offer, which he asserted would be
carefully considered.
The Washington times., 1914-08-17
TAKEN
T00BTA|N WAR TAX
Wilson Confers With Senate and
House Chairmen as to Meth
DDS to Follow.

First steps on the part Of President
Wilson to determine the burden of
taxes which the people of the United
States must assume as a result OF the
European war, were taken today when
he held an extended conference with
Senator simmons, chairman of the SEN
ate Finance Committee, and Congress
man Underwood, chairman of the house
Ways and Means Committee.
Although no definite conclusions were
reached, these facts stand out as a
result of the conference:
/. That President Wilson will I'M
doubtedly send a message to Congress
asking the imposition of a special tax
to meet the deficit caused by the enor-
nous slump in import customs as re-
suit of the war.
2. That this special message will be
sent to Congress within a few weeks.
perhaps, or maybe not until after the
fall elections. depending on the extent
to which the present funds in the Treas
ury, amounting to about s14o, Wo,0Oo, VIII
hold out.
8. That the tax to be imposed will not
be confined to the period Of the war,
but must be borne by the people Of the
United States for period OF several
years after the war is over.
1T must be remembered, significant
the White House, that after this war
is over TIE industries Of the Continent
will be paralyzed, and that it will be
several years at least before the normal
production Of European factories Is re-
sumed. Until the normal production Is
restored, the imports to the United
States must suffer"
Senator Simmons explained that the
President will hold another conference
with the two committee chairmen, and
that Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
will be in attendance. 1t is assumed
that before this second conference takes
place the President will lay the whole
matter before the Cabinet at tomor-
rows meeting.
One alternative to the war tax plan
which, however, would be temporary at
best-would be for the Government to
sell the Panama canal bonds which II
has been holding in the Treasury. This
proposition, however. has not been def
nitelv considered
The Washington times., 1914-08-17
Public Ownership Is
Foreseen by Socialist

Socialism bears the same relation
to social evolution that a modern
threshing machine does to the old
fashioned fail. or that a twentieth
century express train bears to the
stage coach of two generations ago"
said Elmer L. Rogers, in an address
last night at Socialist headquarters.
Socialism was not possible" con-
tinued Mr.. Rogers. until machine
production had evolved from hand
production. and the next step in the
evolutionary process from competi-
ton to Socialism will be public own
ership."
other speakers were the Rev. Mar
tin O'Donoghue, ID. NJ York, Wenzel
Mkt, J. W. Rfchman, A. B. johnson, j.
+. White. j., l. Pierce. and Louis
Kopelin. H. B. Henderson presided.
The Washington times., 1914-08-17

CARL SCHURZ vROOMAN,
The new Assistant Secretary of Agri-
culture, who was indicted into office
by Chief Clerk R. M. Reese, today.
Present were the chiefs of all the
divisions of the department. Secre-
tary Houston made a welcoming ad-
dress, to which Mr.. Vrooman replied.
The Washington times., 1914-08-17

naval establishment at weiheiwei. So
it is pointed out. Germany remains
practically alone among the European
powers in north China, with Kaochow
in commanding position at the en-
trance to the China sea-
China has long sought to have this
territory restored, thus re-establishing
her territorial integrity in north China.
Exempts United States.
Japan's constant avowed policy has
been to secure the return Of Kiaochow
to China, and 1t is now declared in au-
thoritative japanese quarters that
Japan has no territorial aspirations
whatever as to Kiaochow; that her sole
purpose in securing its restoration to
China is to preserve the territorial in
tegrity of China, and at the same time
to remove the menace to peace caused
by the presence of a remote alien power
in a powerful stronghold on the China
Sea.
The Anglo-Japanese alliance was the
decisive factor in bringing about the
present step by Japan. This alliance
was originally made in 1902, was often
sive and defensive in character, and was
confined to events occurring in the Far
East. Later the alliance was enlarged
So as to take in events occurring in
India. where the mutual interests of
Japan and Great Britain were in
volved. On July Is, 1901, the alliance
was extended for ten years, and also
much enlarged.
One important addition, affecting the
United States, was in Article ", which
provided that neither of the contract
ing parties was obliged to so to war
with a power with whom a treaty of
arbitration was in force. As the United
States has treaties of general arbitra-
ton both with Great Britain and with
Japan. this new Article " excepted this
country from the operation of the An
alliance.
1t is understood that the recent ex-
changes between English and japanese
officials has brought out the view Of
Great Britain that her special inter-
.sts'' in the Far East as referred TO
in the treaty of alliance. were being
by the operations of Ger
man warships against English warships
in Eastern waters, and by the general
conditions growing out of Gcrmany's
strong military position at Kiaochow
Japan was quick to accept the view of
her ally.
The Washington times., 1914-08-17

Rock. straight. out from Fietcher's. The
water is deep and swift. and the pool
bears its name because the fish are
known to congregate there. CD Middle
Rock. above the Chain Bridge. 1t -
well to arrange to a have boat taken
up on the flood tide, as 1t Is impossible
to make Roadway against an ebb tide.
CD The Hens and Chickens" off the
point Of the powerhouse near Fetch
er's; water 70 to 80 feet deep and very
swift Care must be exercised. a. Near
the ladder. at the Chain Bridge. op-
posite the branch on the Virginia side
80 Opposite the point OF Analostan Is-
land. along the bend Of the river. Water
about thirty feet deep. 90 Near the
Thurston steel plant. at junction OF Po-
tornac and Eastern branch. % The tt
dial Basin. Boats and bait may be oh
tanned at the Speedway boathouse. az
the western end OF the basin. 90 The
Dyke between Alexandria and Mt. YER
non. Boats may be obtained near car
station. 90 OccoIuan. above the bridge.