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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26
u. S. CRUISER THREATENED
TO FIRE ON TURKS, is REPORT
Attack Crew of American erchantnan Which British
and French Subjects Were Leaving TrpoI Syria, oueed
by Warship, It's Said-Da nieIs Seeks Explanation.

Oman, commanding the armored
cruiser North Carolina, to report
whether threats of violence had been
made by Turks at Tripoli against
American sailors. Athens dis
patches, published today, said that
an American warship had threatened
a bombardment as a result.
The North Carolina and the Ten
nessee both are at Beirut today the
Tennessee having gone there from
Jaffa after depositing gold. Beirut
is about forty miles south of Tripoli,
where the disorders are said to have
occurred.
One report is that Turkish authori-
ties sought to prevent the departure
of American, British and French
consuls, and that the attack on tho
American crew of a commercial ship
and the threatened bombardment of
Tripoli by the American man-or-war
followed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26
XMAS PACKAGES BY
U. S. PARCEL POST
TOTAL 100000. 900

WAsHIN> TON, Dec. se.--santa
Claus delivered 1oO. .OOO, 900 packages
by parcel rOst during the Christmas
season. according 10 early estimates
at the postofice department today.
with the cooperation Of the post
men and thousands OF sub-carriers
throughout the country every pack
ge that came into any pOstoffice
to late hours last night was de-
nvered. 1t was too early today after
the Christmas rush for the depart
ment to make any official estimates,
but II was believed that the busi-
ness was thirty per cent. heavier
this year than last. when 7o.ooo.ooo
packages were carried by parcel
post.
Department ofieials estimated TO-
day that - . result of the heavy
Christmas business this year the
parcel post carriage for 1914 will
reach 500, ,ooo, GOO packages.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26
Boy Shoots Himself
Playing With Revolver

When playing with a revolver yes
terday Frederick Cetacka, seven years
old, of 319 Bank street, discharged the
weapon and received a slight wound
on the first finger of his left hand.
The bullet merely grazed the finger
and imbedded itself in a wall.
Joseph Pisar. the boys uncle. who
owns the revolver, took the lad to the
City Hospital, where the wound was
dressed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26
Larger Army Plan Off;
MikadO DissOIves Diet

TOXIC, Dec. 26.--Owing to the re-
lection of the measure for an in
crease in the army the emperor yes
terday dissolved the Imperial Diet,
thus upholding the program of the
ministry for military development
When the decision was announced
there was a. great commotion In the
house and cheers from the side.
The Premier. Count Okuma, scored
the opposition for impeding the ma
tional welfare" Failing to find a
flaw in the policy of Foreign Minis
ter Kato regarding China, they cen<
tered their attack on the army. He
denied that the proposals meant the
expansion of the army and militar'
ism
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26
German Assaults Are All
Repulsed, However,
Paris Declares.
ADVANCE IN ALSACE
CLAIMED BY FRENCH
Operations of Armies in Bel.
GUM Are Hindered by
Heavy Fog.
GERMANS ADMIT ATTACK
ALONG BZURA HAS CEASED
Allies Left 5000 Dead on Fled
at Festhubert, Berlin
Reports.

Although stating that further pros-
ress has been made. taday's cornfn =
nieation from the French war Office
lays chief emphasis on the repeated
attacks by the Germans, who appar-
emily have undertaken a series Of v1g-
orous onslaughts In response TO fhe
offensive movement of the allies. Souis
OF these German attacks extended
over considerable sections of ground
involving .arge bodies of troops. bt.t
the assertion is made that all wers
checked. PerceptIble progress III A.
SAGE is claimed by the French.
Reviewing conditions in the east, tfe
French war office asserts that tbs
Germans have been thrust back alone
the line before Warsaw, and that IL
the fighting in the region of Cracow|
the Russians have the advar-aFe
Russian Claims that the attempts Of
the Germans TO cross the Bzura river
In their advance upon Warsaw have
been completely repulsed appeared to
be borne out today by the admissioil
in an official statement from Berlin
that attacks along the Bzura have
ceased. 1t was admitted from Petrc~
grad that the Germans had succeeded
/ in forcing a crossing of the Bzure
at one point, but that later they We're
thrown back with heavy losses
That the allies left 1900 men dead
on the battlefield at Festhubert. ie
asserted In the Berlin official state-
ment.
The Japanese embassy al waehinE-
ton gave confirmation to last nights
I report from the Official press bureau
in Berlin that Russia had coded tn
Z Japan the northern half OF the Island
Of sakhalin. directly north Of Japan.
I in return for some heavy guus. This
southern half of this island, formerly
Russian, was ceded to Japan after
the Russo-Japanese war.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Dec. Acknowledgement
by an American cruiser of the Turk
ish port of Tripoh, Syria, was threat
ened on account of an attack by
Turks on the crew of an American
merchantman, on which British and
French citizens desired to depart, ac-
cording to a report received from
Athens. Incomplete reports say
that the threats of the warship's COM
mander quelled the attack and that
the cruiser subsequently escorted the
merchantmen to Dedeagatch, north
of the Dardanelles, in Turkey.
The cruiser Tennessee has been In
the eastern Mediterranean for several
months and was last reported not far
from Tripoli.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Secre-
tary Daniels today ca led on Captain
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26
Gov. ELECT Whitman
Takes Oath of Office

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-District At
torney Charles S. Whitman today
took the oath OF office as governor
OF New York before presiding Justice
Ingraham, of the appellate division
of the Supreme Court.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26
Savannah Has 500, 900 Fire

SAVANNAH. Ga, Dec. 26.--Fire
that burned for five hours in Savan-
nah's business section today caused
a loss estimated at 100000 Marcus
& Co.'s department store was de-
stroyed, and another store was dam
aged.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26
BY the United Press.

BUENos AIRES, Dec. 2e.-No con-
firmation had been received here early
today OF wireless reports received
from the Chilean torpedo destroyer
Tome that a battle was being fought
twenty miles off Valparaiso between
the British cruiser New Castle and
German vessels. One of the German
ships, it was stated, was supposed
to be the Dresden. The wireless re-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26
Gar Is Agair n Way
the Battlefront

BY the Associate 'ress.
MOSCOW. vii Petrograd, Dec. 26.--
The members the Russian imperial
family, who hi e been here for sew
eral days, have departed, the emperor
setting out for the battlefront, and the
Empress Alexandra leaving for Tsars-
koie Selo, with their son and two
dRughteEss
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26
Russia CedeS
Island to Japan

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-The Jap
anese embassy today received official
advices from Toxic that Russia has
ceded to Japan its half of the island
Of sakhalin SQr aoms heavy guns.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26
REPORT THAT DRESDEN BATTLES
OFF CHILE COAST UNCONFIRMED

port was based upon firing which
was heard by officers of the Tome.
Chilean reports today declared that
the presence Of a powerful Japanese
fleet in the Pacific of the west coast
has been confirmed.
tralian battle cruiser Australia came
into this port today. She had been
on the Pacific coast OF South America
for several weeks. A week ago she
put in to Callao, Peru.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26
Report French
Submarine Sunk

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, Dec. 26.-The Italian press
states, according TO advices to the
Matin, that a French submarine be-
longing to the feet of Fice-Admiral
Lapreyrere has been sunk while at
tempting to torpedo Austrian battle
ships in the Austrian naval base Of
Pola. The crew. 1t is stated. were res
eRsd and taken priHonerA
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26
By the United Press.

BY the Duifeu ffehe
PARIS. Dec. 26.-yioleut Gsrnzn
attacks on Christmas eve, which were
resumed on Christmas day. are re-
ported in the official communiQue
from the war Office today. These a4-
tacks, delivered at Chivy, northeast OF
Soupier and in the region of Perthez,
were repulsed, but the statement to-
day indicates there was little cessa-
ton in the fighting except In Bel
giun, where operations were tinderea
by a fog.
Between the sea and Lys there was
only feeble cannonading because Of
the fog, the statement says, but be-
tween the Lys and the Oise Gern1an
attacks were directed against several
points, and the most desperate fight
ing resulted. At Lyons. French
troops captured a German trsnch
were driven out by the Germans. but
returned TO the attack and retook
the position.
German attacks were repulsed at
Noulettes, Boisselle, east OF Albert
and at Lihons. A violent German at
tack at Chivy. northeast Of Soupier.
was repulsed on Christmas eve. thk
statement asserts. A night attack ia
the region of Perthes was also re
pulsed, the French artillery silencins
the enemy. The attack was agaiss
started yesterday, but was repulsed.
Further progress is reported p
upper Alsaee.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26

Key West Custom-house Cigar.
Made in bond-Govsrnment guaranteed.--
Advertisements
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26

BY the United Press.
BERLIN, via wireless to London
Dec 26.-The claim that ths allies
left 5000 dead on the field after thz
fighting about Festhubert is msde TO-
day in an official statement ISSUED
here. The Germans, Il Is declared
took as prisoners s1e men and 4
officers and captured fourteen ms
chine guns and twelve raiue-throwers
The repulse of French and Ensltsf
assaults on the western front 10 70
ported.
Frank admission is made by tfs
German war Office that the attack
against the Russians along the Bzurs
river have ceased. The statement TO.
dav declares that a successful often
slve is being conducted along tn
Pilica further south, but in the regios
where the heaviest fighting has beet
reported the Germans have ap.
parently ceased in their efforts q
break the Russian line
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26
BY the United Press.


PETROGRAD, Dec 26.-RsssstizsI
constant day and night attacks aionl
the fifty-mile front from the vistui.
river southwark 70 Opoczno, the Rus
sian line before Warsaw continued I
hold today. The banks OF the Bzur
and Rawka rivers. which the Ger
mans have vainly endeavored :
cross. are lined with bodies of ia
enemy.
Massed attacks upon strong Rus
sian positions have been repeatedf
repulsed, but the effortS OF the Ger
mans continue, and a strong eountcr
attack is being directed against the.
lines along the Pilicka river. 3rrts
the Germans are directing their mti
assaults between Sochaczew af#
SkiernIewice the Russians are ei
deavoring TO pierce the enemy's iits
along the Pilicka. Only at one poi
along the Bzura river have the Gea
mans been able to make q crossih4
il is declared here, and with rei1
forcements which have been hurrle
to that region the enemy Is expocte
TO be hurled back. II is genNrally
lieved here that the fighting in "a
land is now rapidly approaching
crisis. General Francois Is end6avcz
ing to resume his march from Mlav
on the north. Following the defeat Z
the Germans in that region II 10 se'
admitted that they are Offering 1&<1
Gus resistance and have partially 9u<
ceeded In assuming an Offensive
only the success Of General Fr&f
co.'s or the breaking OF the Runxi&
J lCsntlzasd On Pass 3 ceisna a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-30
KAISER'S GOOD WILL FOR
AMERICA RECALLED

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-Sir: May
I suggest that Americas provcrbial wish q
for fair play should direct her sympathles
10 that nation which is fighting for her
existence against the most tremendous
odds? What glory can be possibly
achieved for the united armies Of Eng
land. France, Russia. japan and Belgium
I'm warning upon Germany, supported by
n single ally and abandoned by another
Furthermore, no country has during tho
last decades excelled Germany I'm proofs
OF an ancctionate regard for America.
The Emperor conceived and instgated
the exchange between the countries Of
their foremost men OF science he has
sent his own brother 70 foster the tles
OF friendship, and he has at all times
extended the greatest personal courtesies
TO Americans soiourning abroad. There
fore, also on the principle Of ono good
turn deserving another. Is Il too much to
ask that IN It's hour Of need Germany
should seek and find a friendly atmos-
phere IN our country?
FINALLY recent events have demon
strate1 how quickly war cloud will ap-
pear on n clear sky Who knows how
soon America may he In need OF sincere
and unsclfish friend?
FRANZ v. BRrEsEN
NEW YORK. August 25,
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GERMAN GREED SEEN
AS WARS TRUE CAUSE

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
way the Germans talk. write and protest
when the cause OF the acute tension which
has prevailed in Europe during the last
twenty years, and which resulted in tho
present war. IS discussed makes II seem
that they are deliberately trying to I'M
pose upon the American public 1t is GER
tainly the case on the part OF the intellec-
tually developed individuals among them
because they doubtless know the cryptic
and open aims OF the policy OF their Coun-
try. As for the masses, half "A century
OF practice in official clustering and OF
fictitious self-praising stories In regard TO
the high destiny OF the German race seems
TO have taken from their mentality the
power to discriminate between reality and
illusion. This class of Germans do not
mean to lie.
The most absurd and characteristics
Tcutonic claim is that war was forced
upon Germany ard Austria by universal
jealousy when II is the aggressive am
bition OF these two countries that forced
Il upon Europe, This war is the result
OF propaganda made In Germany with
persistent tenacity, under the military and
capitalistic parties for the last forty
years in order 10 create in the German
population a certain artificial state OF CON
seriousness. The league for the triumph
OF the "Pan-Germanism" has been the
canal through which all these most alb
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attitude the American public has taken
in regard to her since the inception OF the
European imbroglio Aside from the fact
that Germany's whole proceeding before
and since the beginning of the war Is
absolutely indefenslble from an ethical
standpoint, a view that has already been
sufficiently elaborated upon and estab-
lished, why should Germany expect any
sympathy from the United States In her
present struggle. fatuously brought upon
herself and a logical consequence OF her
military policy Of blood and iron" pur-
sued during the past decades?
During our war with Spain we not only
did not receive any sympathy from Ger
many or the Germans, but the German
newspapers generally INDUCED In the
most violent diatribes against us. and the
Germans showed themselves TO be utterly
antagonistic to all things American. They
are now reaping what they then sowed.
II Is evident that japan also has not for
gotten the Kaiser's unwarranted inter-
ference in Far Eastern affairs after the
Chinese-Japanese war In 1894.
America and Germany have been bitter
commercial rivals during past decades,
and Germany's business methods during
that period have not always been above
reproach II is necessary TO recall only
the prohibition Germany enforced against
imports Of American meats, the potash
scandal, in which the German Govern
ment deliberately connived at what
amounted to a barefaced reputation Of
contracts made with Americans. and the
wholly uncaled for recent prosecution OF
American oil interests in Germany. What
reason has the United States TO show a
friendly disposition toward Germany in
her present predicament7
The argument has heen advanced that
civilization owes much TO Germany. II
may readily be admitted that civilization
owes much to the Germans. but little II
anything to the German Empire. The
Germans were preeminent in literature
music and philosophy long before the
German Empire was even thought OF, and
II is only necessary to mention the names
OF Goethe, Beethoven. Wagner, Schopen-
hauer and Kant in support OF this state
ment.
Politically the Germans are still in
the dark ages. nearly as much no as the
Russians whom they despise, but who have
nevertheless produced quite as many
great thinkers writer's and composers as
the Germans during the last Nifty years
Does the work OF such Slav opponents
Of culture as Tolstov. TurgenlefI Dos
tolevski. Pushkin. Rachmaninoff. Tschai-
kowsky &C. count for nothing in the
eyes OF the self-sufiicient Germans
Moreover, the English and French are
not Slavs. neither are the Belgians, at
whose unhappy country Germany's whole
military force is directed at present. In
fragrant violation OF the treaties to which
Germany herself was signatory.
EDGAR p. RiIBn.
FISHERS ISLAND, August 81
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ASSERTS ENGLAND'S PART
Is WHOLLY MERCENARY

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str.
Will you kindly quote this from an edi-
torial In the London Times Of August 3,
1914:
When once France ie challenged by
Germany that supreme interest OF the
British Empire comes into play and we
our naval claims"
After columns OF sickening pharisnical
talk about keeping to treaty obligations
with other countries and about honor" the
Times comes out and shows England in
her true character and her true colors in
that one sentence: I'VE can stop at no
sacrifices 10 make good our naval claims "
There you have England's reason for
entering this war expressed by one OF her
own leading papers Are Americans so
dull as not 10 sea through England and
her mercenary motives?
AS for Belgium had she remained neu-
trail. as she should have done and az Il
was Engand's duty 10 SEQ that she did,
she, Belgium. would have had no losses
except perhaps damage to her roads or
crops. That IS what Germany agreed TO
reimburse her for II she remained neutral
Did sh" remain neutral? Belgium's idea
OF neutrality apparently was to allow
French soldiers 20 60 anywhere they
wished through her country 10 attack
tho Germans, but to fight the Germa ms
herself II they dared 10 set foot on her
territory Is that neutrality? God -.
liver MS all from such a "neighbor" as
Belgium
As an American. Jealous OF this coun.
try's honor. am ashamed that ms n nation
we have not the courage and independence
Of even little country like Turkey, which
refused to be hulled by Engla~i, and II
The frantic efforts OF the press In this
city to create the false impression abroad
that American sympathies are with Eng
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SAYS NEWS VIA LONDON
SHOWS ENGLISH BIAS

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: In
THE SUN find the following headings
Twelve Thousand Men tGermans1 sur
render; Report German Desertions' ;
Kaiser Denounced at Home: German
Cavalry Beaten in the Fight at Eghezee" :
"Kaiser's Ships Have Been Cornered ;
"Mutlny on German Ship" &C, &c. Moth
ing but German defeats, assertions. In
competence, lack Of patriotism. lethargy
What glory can there be In defeating
such a foe, especially when he Is 80
tremendously outnumbered In men. money
and ships? II Is just as IL was during
the Boer war when all we heard about
was the dishonesty. flthiness and coward
ice OF the South African Dutch. Then.
az now. these reports emanated from
the same source, London.
But Germans need not despair. Nu-
merical superiority Is not everything In
war. Efficiency, training. physical fitness
and determination are very important
factors and all these the Germans proba-
bly, possess to a very high degree.
Engiand's role In this war will he OF
minor Importance. II is not probable that
there will he any great naval battles,
and the quality OF the British army was
so we'll demonstrated In the Boer war
that II may be considered a negligible
quantity in this war.
Germany has often defeated huge
coalitions. notably under Frederick the
Great. who, single handed. utterly van
quished France. Russia, Austria, Sweden
and South Germany. greater comhina-
tion than is IN the field against Germany
to-day.
The old vaterland will no doubt give
a very good account OF itself
NEWARK, August rs.
BENEDICT PprrTH
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SEES WARNING FOR U. s.
IN THE EUROPEAN WAR

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-Sir: The
cataclysm in Europe gives rise to a ques-
ton Of vital Importance which must be
faced by every American OF sober mind
and ordinary foresight:
Where would we be to-day, with our
enormous coast lines and outlying pos
sessions, IL engaged in a struggle to the
death with Germany or England or
France or any combination OF these In
Guiding possibly Japan?
In less than one hundred and forty
years the United States has been at war
with foreign Powers as follows England
l775 to 1888; France. 1873 TO 1900 Trip.
oil, 1901 10 1905 England, 1912 TO 1915;
Mexico, 1916 to 1913 Spain. 1898.
With constantly growing populations
with increasing world trade, with racial
prejudice apparently undated. there 1,
no reason for any one excepting those re-
siding in a FOOLS paradise to believe that
we shall be free from war In future on
the contrary. there Is every reason &c
think that sooner or later We certainly
will he again embroiled with some hostile
Power or Powers.
In these circumstances II behooves
every sane man in the country TO insist
regardless OF party platforms that the
Washington Government start upon a pol
Icy for cqu!pping this nation with navy
strong enough TO defend its inhabitants
against al comers not policy devised
with childllke vision for the next Ave years
or ten. but for as long a time as other
nations continue 10 upbuild their owl
naval forces. policy to be carried out
, Systematically and continuously, for a
century or more. II the need be apparent
| This is the first and greatest conviction
forced home upon thinking men by the
devastation 80 recently commenced in un.
| happy Europe
In no other way con We tust,re tho q fa ,,
OF our national institutions, our individual
lives, our homes. At no other time thar
the present could this solemn duty be
undertaken more auspicously
Henry Roop.
, PLEAsASrvrLLE, August 81