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great fish had dull golden collar
round its neck and deep imbedded!
THE carp of the dauphin"' said the
seekers to one another-the propheuc
All France knew the story, but never
had the presage showed itself to
crowds. "They seem to make point
of notifying the democracy. at pres
emit" mumbled ancient Jehan Collot,
who. though gardener, has bar sinister
royal blood in his family. He knew
the fish from old. exclusive days
Martyred King Louis XVI. in his
the long life ascribed to elephants.
turtles, eagles, whales. shark and cara
He began with turtles. cutting his ini-
tials and the date on their backs. HIS
tory is silent on what became of them.
Not SO, however, with the carp. which
next won his attention
He caused Jehan Collot's grandfather
to catch him ten young carp. of solid
build, in hand-net. Ten gold collars
were prepared and ready. Ten names,
to baptise the fish, were engraved on
them, with the date. Collared. they
were thrown back in the carp pond.
They became forgotten. but-here en-
tiers in the prodigy-on the very eve of
the great old revolution which behead-
ed Louis they made themselves very
prominent. The day before the Paris
mob took him away. the king stood on
the little bridge, with few faithful
friends. Eight great carp swan before
him in orderly processton-and each
had on it's golden collar, Faithful
lshes!' thus the king apostrophlsed
them. II must go, but you remain,
They did. They have warned every
French dynasty OF trouble ahead.
II. Jehan. saw them. as boy of six
teen. in 1929" affirmed the venerable
Collot Charles X was king. He lived
at st. Cloud. but when he heard that
the carp had come out of the mud, he
hurried in his old black carriage and
six horses. He stood. there, where
madame stands. and six carp swan
past. One year later france lost her
last legitimate sovereign"
The next was Louis Philippe.
King of the French, he lived much
at the Grand Trianon. where I helped
to put in the first hot-air registers.
When I saw the carp come out. in 1847.
I told my wife. Whom did she tell?
Everybody. The king came. Together
we stood on the bridge, and five carp
angry red. Next year arrived the revo-
luton. Three years later, when the
carp again came, 1 said nothing. Louis
Napoleon made his coup d'etat and pro-
NOTED me third gardener"
Did they show in 1902"
TN 1862. madame. Napoleon III
laughed. They brought me luck he
adyenture-the beginning of the end.
knew it, So did Napoleon In 1870.
He did not laugh. The i've swan past.
in lugubrious procession. War and
trouble!'
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RAD1ToN. IN A

of mushroom growers with blind dread!
You understand. they are antique
quarries. Old Paris was built with
stone taken from beneath her. Now.
the mushroom-growers are the only oc-
cupants. Forty members of the syndi-
cate possess private entrances. from
their. own cellars. Tenants of mean
shops on the surface, they are lords OF
long, high corridors, like streets, down
there. 200 steps below the cellars!
Well, boy named Gideon worked for
one Guesclin, in the Hollow street. near
the Tombe Iscard. Planting spores.
down there, he heard far-off rum
bling. It could not possibly be the
subway. There are no sounds down
there.
1t grew louder. nearer. Suddenly. the
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bling pillars, partial cave-ins and I'M
known horrors. They took great balls
of Irvine, to leave a trail. chalk to mark
their way. and powerful lanterns.
told it Sunday, February 10, 1914. Two
miles distant they came to a dome
or crossroads followed with a higher
ceiling than the streets" of the old
quarries. There stood the mysterious
object.
The wagon!
You understand. the thing existed. 1t
was photographed, by magnesium
f1ashlight.
The clumsy vehicle was composed of
a heavy, ancient packing case. on yet
more ancient Quarry-roller, originally
used-who knows when?-to transport
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boy Gideon realized that it was in
explicab BILE, unparalleled, impossible.
Something was coming up the black
ways, like a heavy train. but Earring.
humping with shocks, an echoing as
with the clank of rude steps. The
youth had just time to make for the
stair, when the rumbling became a
roar, the roar a tumult, and there
Numbered past him black shape. amid
a pandemonium of nameless noises!
Guesclin, the boss, did not like the
story But when. shortly, the noises"
reached the cellars of the neighbors.
and all kinds of tales of burglars lairs
were rife, he got up a determined party
to explore and investigate.
1t was a trip of milesf amid crum-
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Sterling Things That Pged the Present Great WrA Legend
Valuable Neces-FSh Supposed Show Themselves When
yred King Louis XVI Said Have Equipped
and Then Placed Them Back the Pondhe Fatal
Pnceio-Wte O Who Wagon
KnQur Tales Believed by Many Paans
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Buenos Aires Growing Wor

goods had to be transferred to lighters
or barges. To obviate this a channel
had to be eXcavated and great dock
basins built These have been con-
structed at enormous cost. and today
ships anchor. as it were. almost in the
heart of the town. One series of docks
cost S3T.00o.0 900. and others are planned
that will cost millions more.
The port has the finest of loading and
landing facilities. 1t has single grain
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council and mayor. It h3s city hall.
facing the Plaza de -Mato. where the
surroundings are just about the same
as those of the city halls of New York
and Chicago. During a visit to the
municipal buildings | found people OF
every class hanging around. and saw
no end of contractors and jobbers and
men with all sorts of axes to grind.
don't know about graft. but / am told
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No structure can be higher than the
width of the street upon when II
stands. and so far the average new
business block is of five or SIX stores
The skylines of the new streets are
even and the effect is delightful. There
are now within the city something like
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Plaza de Mayo like the spokes of a
wheel. These improvements have been
stopped for the moment on account of
the war and the lack of borrowing ca
pacity. but they will surely go on later
The plans for extension are made
upon the belief in the great city of the
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large blocks of stone. It's wooded
tongue was held by something utterly
inexplicable, human figure made of
concrete. rudely modelled over real
bones. dressed in molding blouse and
soft felt hat. such as masons wore =
hundred years ago.
The white face was that of youth.
Lank locks of real hair hung from his
head. A conceited smile was on the
concrete lips. the smile of the .'capa-
BILE young Paris workingman." And he
stood there. as If ready to pull the
wagon, which was full of human bones.
+ 4
1t stirred the explorers deeply. They
were enlightened men, but they were
looking for some noisy rolling mech
anism.
It's the only thing down here" they
said, that could have rolled"
Around about were rusty picks. old
beds of mortar, blocks of dressed stone
signs of interrupted work. as where
masons had fed. never to return.
And when an aged mason of the I'M
foreground inspection told them that
there was a story, though no one of
present times had ever seen the por-
tentous object. they were utterly Il
mean more utterly fabbergasted-
1t dates back to the old revolution.
when they sacked the royal burial
vaults of ST. Denis and scattered the
bones of the kings of France in con-
tempt.
and replaced the bones of many of
the kings But not ALL" said the aged
artisan. which is correct historically.
The riflers of the royal tombs were
good Jest to make off with the most
illustrious remains as trophies. Where
dispose them? Evidently in the cata-
combs. where the trades unions had
long enjoyed safe retreat. Their meet
ing place was in this dome.
They moved the kings bones in that
packing case" said the old mason.
''The greatest kings of France are in It."
Some oTs set the packing case on an
old quarry roller. Some one modelled
the rude working boy of Paris" in
the attitude of dragging royalty where
he pleased.
Now quick to tell It.
Time passed. Democracy was tri-
umphant, yet at war against a kingly
coalition of invaders. Then one night
when the lodge had its meeting they
observed with surprise that the work
ing boy and his wagon load of
kings" had disappeared!
Far off they heard a rumble. It grew
louder. Something was coming up the
black ways, with a noise of Earring,
humping, as of shocks of stone and
wood. Echoing In the darkness was
a hollow clanking of rude footsteps.
Their blood chilled with unknown
horror. and the jar became a roar. the
roar an uproar, as there Numbered past
them in the dome black shape.
THE wagon load of kings" they
cried, and fed.
"Tbe next week" told the old man.
Paris heard Of the republics sad de-
feat in Belgium" Not this war. you
understand, but the other. with the
same invaders.
The dead kings rolled and Numbered
when Napoleon rose and fell. They
were heard for Charles x for Louis
Philippe, for the coup d'etat Of Louis
Napoleon and the war of 1870.
war and troubled" said the gray
haired mason War and trouble"
All this was printed in America Tsb-
ruary 10. 1914.
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much that the people have dubbed them
the Palace of Gold" The avenue is
100 feet wide. 1t Is lined on both sides
with trees and You look down between
rows of green to the great buildings at
either end The street has magnificent
hotels, and its stores compare with
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system. 1t carried several hundred
iniliioi passengers last year ,'s su,
80 , 20. -. u ~ m
Sarr York and its subvays are the
finest every constructed. Take, for in
stance. the tube railway under the
AVehioa oe thaSo rom tue Urea u,
49, ~. ,,5ar.-rn',nJ ,.o.ds IF old
ont1n,, Ino!. I;i.e dnngeon tnnnels II
~ s.rs wider tban ,bose Of New
49,, .The,. Az. ,-.,ilod on aac, side
.i,h ,r.ta ,IasS ga 80 ,rtisticalJy
Ii,rh,aii Tbe sf.t;ons bare u-.us of
49,. III. ,bose of a ,,,;tliorairs.s hath
49, ',.r, s,,,i,, tn. disbursements
- =, -,.,,,,a,l ~. 49,. -. ~, ofYense
=. 10 go IN. r,tas 80 IN cents Of
~. ,,on.,. , ~,
tn s,,,,,as ho,o,o - tha pr;,isb
tho. ucra h,i1+ ~ ayoa,atine the
fro,, har hn.ti,,n Of Tho
tafri, fn,. ,,,o b1nli.s ~ . +i,,e while
10 ,.o,,~.,a ,onst,,,ctio, US NM in
IT, f,st s,,h,,,.,I cost son oon onn Since
80, otbe.s ~. No., h,,ilt nd the,-
III. n,r. -, ,,ir.- fr.;..h. .,,htr,,s Nv
~ HIN Tho cargoe. u.ill % FONT under
~. ,n,n h.In,. ia maj t,,ni,,e.s SO
,;o,s III h.. I,r.Ia,I 81 tbe tlocks
Mo nov ie' " LIZ tooh w
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1915, by Frank 6 carpenter,

O. Copyright, 1915. by Frank q. Carpenter
BuEEOS AIRES
~ EFT me give you some X-ray views
of the giant capital of Argen
III tina. Buenos Aires is growing
Il faster than any city of the
world When I visited it fifteen years
6go its population was 100000. II has
now double that and it is increasing at
The rate of 100000 a year. The Argeu-
tines believe that it Will have two and
one-half millions by 1925. Ii IS already
heck and neck with Philadelphia. II
viii eventually surpass Chicago and Il
will be second only to New YORK among
The great cities of the new world.
II is wonderful how III" town is in
rreasing its area. At the time of my
last visit the surrounding estates had
been plotted out into lots. Those lots
are now covered with hui1dir-S. and
The area of the city has crown to he
twice the size of Paris aud tire" times
that of Berlin. The houses arc low and
they cover much ground. Altogether.
an area of 10000 acres is devoted 70
buildings, the density of population
being about the same that of New
York. The city is fifteen miles wide
and twenty-five miles long. \ motor
car ride about 1t eats up just a bout a S
much gasoline as the trip from WASH
lngton to Baltimore.
say motor car. In the first stages
Of the citys existence every one went
about upon horseback Even the beg
Rars had horses and each was re
ouired to carry a placard tied to his
saddle giving his number. One tray
eler records that he counted eighty
FIVE such bcggars in one walk through
the streets. When | was here in 1895
the town SWarmed with carria geS. Now
it swarms With automobiles. and the
chug, chug. chug of the motor cycle is
heard day and night. The motor cars
have doubled in number within the
past two years. and there now
something like 1000 motor taxica BIS.
which charge about half the rates of
New York or Chicago. You can hire
a taxi for a dollar an hour and ride
four-f1fths of d mile for - cents. The
taxis are of French makes. They go
like the wind and seem to have no
speed limit. They all turn to the left
instead of the right and fly around the
corners without regard to traffic
Buenos Aires has a good street Car
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-06-10
. esses~e~e~ee~eea ea

Washington. June 1o.-iThe Amer
lean note 10 Germany concerning the
sinking OF the Lusitnnia which pre-
cipitatcd Ihe crisis In President viii
sons cabinet and as "a climax 10
which William j. Bryan resigned as
secretary of state was believed here
60 have reached Ambassador Gerard
la Berlin early today. II VIII be
given out tonight for publication to-
morrow morning.
u is understood here that the Ger
man government will not make an
swer 70 the American note until after
Myer Gerhard. the special envoy
chosen by Count Won liernstorff. the
German ambassador 90 outline the
American point Of view 10 the gov
cTnment ni Berlin. arrives and eN-
plains the situation. This. II ~ esii-
mated. viii take nt least a week or
ten days.
The latest note, though couchcd
IN friendly terms. reiter,tea firmly
the demand FOR reparation tor the
loss Of American lives in the sinking
of the Lusltania ana sets forth clear
IS the earnest desire uf the American
government that GeTmany signify her
early adherence to the principles ot
international law-that neutrals be
permitted 10 travel on unarined ships
withou being suhjec To the dangers
ct submarine warfare.
II becnms known today that Just
before She last American note was
forwarded to Berlin u WAS shown to
former Secretary Bryan by actinf
Secretary Lansing at the persOnal di-
rcction of President Wilson. slight
changes had been made Ia the uote
aud the president wanted Mr. Bryan
10 see IL IN iis flnal form.
Pending the publication of the note
tomorrow morning officials would not
discuss itH details. bat Il was declared
IL was u more IN the nature Of an
ultimatum han Was he last note.
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RUSSIANS PREPARE ~ TAKE
OFFENSIVE N GAIICIN

GonoVU. IUUo To i|W I1TlR, -IIN
g. MA dispatch FROM Vienna Co
the Tribune SAYS Information has
been received ther" from Tnruuw,
Gtli,ia. that iho itussinl forces in the
region north of przemysl az" prrpar-
iur new attack upon the army of
General Won MaHkcnHen. They have
abandoned their EFFORTS to strike
southwark aud have turned toward
the Wisink river.
Hotwcen Nisku. which is go miles
northwest OF przcmvs, and rtan"W,
90 the east "f Nisko, m cnrneement
already has occurred. The dispatch
says 10000 pnvariaus were attacked
Dos strong Russian forces retired, leav-
ing about 900 dead and wounded.
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Washington. June iO.--i,oquc
t'"nSaics d.sr1a. head ~ ihe Nilla-
Ihpatn soNcrnmcnt in McNicO
CIV. was dcpoS''d June ninth by
the convention la Session ihcre.
ihr2o4 thasafo. - villa d,lrgaic
from chihuahua, wns elevated To-
Tho pro, i~ionai presidency. state
department Dispatches toid oI the
'lnHgt'
villa hCadquartcrs here said
the nrw executives ruli name wns
Iran'is'o IArgu- ChnSaro and
that hc was civilian who had
icen governor of the state of Vera
tFus dnring the administration
uf President Nadcro. Thc VITA
AGENCY WIS without ad,icc- at the
chnngc nr IT, Igninouncc
The RdNiccs 10 the state dcpnrt-
mcni gave no details. Ciinrxnro
had been n'ting ~ president of
the ROM Ncutiou
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GIHMNNS ADMIT RIsrRENT
Of BALTIC nv AIDING AItNN

Brrliu, June 10. ,Nia Luuduu. 30
D. M The official announcement
from army headquarters today states
that lhe German forces which iuNud-
ed the Baltic PROV iurcs uf Russia have
rrtrcuted The statement snNs that
the German wing auuthoust Of shawl
hnH Withdrawn tu the south towards
the l,cisnrola Zoginio line.
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One Francisco Lagos Chazaro
Latest Gentleman to Be
Elevated TO Chief Magis-
tracy of Anarchy.
0RREG0N AND VILLA
BUSY WITH CLAIMS
0bregOn, Minus an Arm, Ex-
presses Willingness TO Die
for Country; Villa Express
es Willingness for Peace.

/ BY Evening Herald Leased Wirel
Tue son NriS., June tOr-Anierl-
raus aud Germans In the Yaqul
valley were reported to-day Ia
have been -urrounded by force
&c from tour Ia siN EIndrssI In-
dinh~, Ne appeal for AID has
been scnt Ia Nugnlc-. THE In-
di9ns raidcd Ham0Fi, near Em-
pnlmc, a suburb of Cuuymns. ycs-
tcrdaN, taking prisomrr. two NO.
mcn and u"o non whose naiion-
Hiiil was not -tatcd.
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Two Small Fighting Ships
Destroyed This Morning
Off East Coast Of England;
Some of the Crews Saved.
ENGLISH NAVAL LOSSES
TO DATE 6,409 MEN
German Undersea Craft To-
day Mark Up Score of One
British Steamer and Five
Trawlers.

by Evening Herald Leas,d WireI
l.uudon, june 10 GtIe u. M 9
-- The total number of officers .
and men who have persisted Z
= through the sinking Of British q
y uuYnl crnn since the outbreak
= OF the war is G.IOa. according ~ =
a statement made hy r. j. Nc .
= Nnmnry financial secretary 81 =
y The admiralty. In the house ul
= commons this afternoon,
= This total does not include o
. tho men who loH their lives on .
y the mime layer Princess Irene
y ana the British h'ttleship Bul- =
= w1tk. both Of which Wcro blown .
. np m Shooru"sa huUuE .
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ITALIAN ARMY NOW
WITHIN SIGHT or TRIESTE

Gdinc. Italy, June 10. tNa Puris,
3;A5 .. mD-llalinn troops having
occupied Muufalpulc, are within
sight of Trirst
The ocrupation of Mnniuir"nc is
rcglrdcd of great Importance Less
ihun score of miles from Tricyt, lts
possession give the Italians cuntr"l Of
the chicf railway junction of that re-
giou.
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RUSSIANS AMNZED " NUMBER
on s.IItMNN TROOPS

London. June TO- C.ni -. M The
EVcrins Newa has received dispatch
from itH correspondent go Petrograd
whi,h reads.
'''rhe recovery by tho Germans Of
some OF their lost ground in the Bal-
tic provinces proves how numerous
are her spare troops even today. II
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ENGLISH PARLIAMENT WILL Be ASKED FOR NEW
WAR CREDIT Of FIVE HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS
Today;s War
Summary

\ German tacigcal reverse ~
the Bniihr pro,inc,-> at Ilussia ~
indiicaicti by the ofntia state
mcnt today rum Bcrlin. u h.
said the I,usSiaus brought up rr-
inforcemcnt~ la the distract south
of shawl and that the wing az
the German forc- which had
been attempting an encirrlng
movement east of the DubI IA
river was withdrawn.
Iiep1rt- from Paris aud Berlin
Respecting the situation in tile
west show that u ~ctie- uT spo-
rasiir cngagcnicnts u Ia progress.
On each side minur -uCc,'--s-
have been Won. The trcn,h at
tack soulh OF Nrrns. which won
for the allies u long Setion of
German trenches near IIcbuicrnc.
apparently l. not being followed
M.
Unofficial dispatches from
Italian ~otirc~ say the Italian
army which II invading Austria
Ia the dir,otinn of Trent has made
u further advance. The Austri-
ans destroyed aud csnCuntcd -
fortress south at Wo,crcto.
Il,c more British Nc~scls. of
which four were tfawicts, have
been sunk by German subma-
rinc~.
Capture uf the AUSTRIAN town
of Monfnlronc n anrionnrcd in
an official communication from
Rome. General Cndurna. Italian
chicf of sian. report. thnt thc
town was 90 upicd after stubborn
lighting along the Isonlo river.
MunialConc li,'s three miles east
uT the river aud about nn equal
diStnnoc north of tho gulf Tric~t.
u T. sixteen milr, northwest oT
the city of Trir~t. against which
the Italian invasion prc~un,nhl, g.
directed. Possession uf MnnTal-
cone would he uf ~trntcgh im-
purtancc tn the italians. parti'u-
lnrly ~ that point II connected
hy RAILWAYS with Trie~t
NJ various points ninng the
ISoulo river sharp fighting has
a. ourred and several succc~S,~
for the IiHlian~ are annnuucrd.
hut u T. conceded the NU~,rians
sin hold dominating positions on
the right. or west hank oT the
river.
luintcrrI pied su'cpssc~ for the
Nu~trian~ aud Germans Ia Galicin
are ,lnlmrd IN Nicnna. where II
H. auiu the utNuVgI spufH pf flts
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BliYNN's SrATEMENT
Itl3t. AitDI.D AS lNEORTs' \ ATl'

WuShingon. Jrne 10 william D..
gryan'a resignation ns secretary of
state and the circumstances leading
up 10 II still held he center uf lner-
est In washington to-day. oNershaduw-
ing even the dispatch OF another note
to Germany lis effect on the ma
TONS foreign relations ana also its
Political consequences afforded wide
speculation.
Chief attention was concentrated
0n the effect of Secretary Bryan's
personal statement giving he reasons
tor his rcsignation IN that state
ment Mr.. Bryan announced his in
teutiun az a private citizen of sub
hitting to the public for Judgment
his view of what the American policy
toward Germany should be-
MT Rryans statement, some Off
clnls thought was unfortunate. com
ing az time when the discussion
with Germany was In progress some
members of the cabinet had advised
against the issuance of the statement
There was considerable speculation
here today as to who would succeed
Mr. bryan While the president d
not expected 10 make n choice foI
some weeks II was believed that
Robert Lansing. counsellor ~ the
atatc department. who has been com-
miasiOnrd me- secretary of state al in'
terin eventually would receive tbs
permanent appointment
GERMANY Will NOT RFf'FDE.
VIEW or BERTIN PItEss
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BRITISH STEAMER ERNA EoI.DT
SUNK orr IIAItMIiII

London, June 90 ego T.. M The
Brush steamer ltrnn Rnidt has been
tnrp"d"od aud sunk OFT Iiarwich by
% German submarine. The members
Of the crew we're saved.
The Eru1 liuldt was formerly a
German slrumer She WIS captured
by the British and put into r"rlice
by them. She WAS uf l,Uit net tons
ANA eco feet long and was built iu
1908.
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Declaration Which Reached
Berlin Today Re-Iterates
Principles Laid Down Be-
fore; Text Public Tonight.
BRYAN PREPARES A
SECOND STATEMENT
Washington Speculates on Ef-
feet of Nebraskan's Utter
ances; German Newspapers
Make Emphatic Comment.

~ Evening Herald Leased wIrol
y Washington. June io.-For- =
= mer Secretary Bryan " prcpar- =
ing another statement Of his at .
= titude on the situation beween .
, the United states and Germany .
= which he intends to issue for
' publication with the appearance .
, Of the text Of the American note .
, IN Tomorrow mornings news .
, papers. .