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NOT BRITAIN'SP PLAN
TO CRUSH GERMANY
Herr Won JagOw Misguided Sir
Edward Grey. Officials
Hcclare.
PEACE PLEDGE SOUGHT
sD,cjol robis D,spntc1 10 Tar srs

Special Cobie Despatch 10 TBs srs.
LONDON. March 3i-The interview
with Foreign Minister Won Jagow.
printed IN New York, has been cabled
back to London and printed here The
interview mas attracted considerable at
tention among the authorities In Eng
land. and the SrS's correspondent has
been authorized 10 answer y az fol
lows:
Tho hest commentary on Herr Won
Jagow's interview is the following state
ment which appears in Il: Mere phrases
cause and originator
I'VE could really AFFORD to leave Il at
that. There 10 one deliberate We. now
ever. Of which we might take notice
Herr Won Jagow states
We have il now out Of Sir Ed
ward Grey's own mouth that England 's
intent upon complete, crushing and
destroying Germany.
Sir Edward Grey said nothing Of the
kind What he did say was:
IN recent years We nave kiNeH '''
many every assurance that any aggres'
sion upon ner would receive no support
| from US We withheld from her only
| one thing--the unconditional promise &c
stand aside. however aggressive Cor
| many herself might he to her neighbors
| We know now that Germany had pre-
pared for war as only those who have
! planned for war can prepare for 1t. Thi
| 3 the fourth time within living memory
that Prussia has made war upon EUROPE
| and We are determined II shall be thu
| last
What Sir Edward GREY d'd say wa'
! that We mean to obtain guarantee tha
| Gerpranv will not plunge Europe int
| war again In the way In which she ha'
| done so this time. The result OF suci
| a guarantee. which would be applica bi'
| all round the world. would be that al
| nations. including Germany. would b'
| free for the future from the menace o
| an aggressive war.
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AUSTRIANS LOSE rs, 900.
Both side. send Rrrnf"rcrmrnts TO
turpRthians.

AZ -The hattie ~
...-.
tn' '"rP"''''"S '"'''''H'N !" W.
gardcd ns one or IN" most important
developn1ents OF the war Both sides
,,o ,,,,,,,.r,t,s ,botr for,,s and IN.
=.
"'"'' I'M" mas nee" i'"'o"s'" ""''
row stretches over POO miles of some OF
IN. toughest country in Europe
Russian r.enforcrm.nts since IN. bat
Il. began in deadly earnest ten DAYS
ago have certainly been about 100, 600
troops from Pcrcmysl and the Tarnow
., gon, while an authentic despatch from
Bern reports that four German army
corps have entered Austria ON their way
10 III. district What Other reinforce
mouts may have been DETECTED from
East Pruss.n and northern Poland can
not bee as'ortaiued. Tn" four army
corps or ihat part OF them which "ould
y" carried on -" troop trans nave
ALREADY passed through tnGNar' nun
gary.
ne '"Fp",h'Ah mh''e "n" no" ~
'ehnS iI"'n ,n' NaHeI Oh 'he 'hnaN'
hno'e I'uFI' lass 10 NNSHkoW' ara tnIs
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spec,a cob,e D,sou,ch 10 TUX srs

LONDON, March 3l.--The official press
bureaus eyewitness at the British front
sends new version of German aims.
CLEANED from captured German officers.
who say that the Austrian Empire is
To be dismcmbered. part OF 1t going 10
Italy and part of I, to Germany TINS
is the price according to these officers,
arms
u IL said. IN addition, by these pris-
oners. that Germany will insist upon
the annexation Of Belgium TO new
German confederation to include all
Germanic peoples and the Scandina
vians. Antwerp. according to these
views. which are pronounced with great
assurance. is to he made an interna-
tional por;. and the whole of THIS
scheme IS to he brought about through
the offices OF the Pope. The Official
wording of the statement is as follows:
Conversation with captured officers
and the better educated prisoners has
thrown considerable light on the views
of the general situation now held by
the German army.
at is freely acknowledged that Ger.
many started the war, but opinion seems
to he divided regarding her intention t.
occupy Belgium. permanently. The be-
lief IL tina, she would not have crossed
the Mouse IL England had remained neu
trail. but would have advanced through
south Belgium ana Luxembourg, thinking
Great Britain would take IL IN the rlgh'
way as long as Germany maintained
that she desired no territory In Europe
not already occupied 10y German speak
ing people IL ~ admitted that Ger
many's strategic frontier In the Fosge,
must be improved.
The most important point ia th'
views now held is a frank admission
that since Austria has failed so badly
in the present war and has had to b,
bolstered up by the armed strength Of
Germany she viii have to pay for it anC
must bleed
End OF Austria.
The German prisoners hold that th'
Austrian Empire will cease to exist. Thu
Germans will give away some OF its ter
ritory to Italy and will include the Ger
man speaking portion of Austria in TIN
German Empire, and also Luxembourg.
The Germans will welcome tn.
Duchy OF Poland as buffer between
themselves and Russia. and wilt insis
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JAPAN rs INSISTENT.
" tth DcRdiock Near She Threatens
titimatum tO nina

PEkIN. Marcr Il The conference
between The Japanese diplomatic terre-
sen.,t.ves ard the Chinese Government
approached deadlock YESTERDAY over
the question of the japanese demand
Tor extraordinarily Tor her subject,
90 Mauchura /, j. feared that this
threatened dcadlo"t viii become COM
piete At tu-mol row conference and that
he japanese Government VIII resort to
an ultimatum
The situation - REGARDED IN dipio-
matte circles her" Ms the most serious
thar has arisen since the beginning ofthe
conferences ola JtGuu's demands.
President Yuan Shih-kai AMI Lu
Cheng-ils!aug. he Chinese Foreign
Minister. conferred to-day regarding
Chma's position After the conference
il was stated that IN. Chinese cannot,
rcgcde from their position Of refusing
/ this particular demand To- extrater-
'ijpr.aI,ty
NJ n oN. the Jartncsc Minister. not
UNEXPECTEDLY assumed an attitude OF
hrinurSs a. yesterdays conference in
insisting or compliance with this de
, mand aud finally refused to discuss the
question further fle said that II was
, unnecessary to continue the discussion
4 OF articles and g. concerning Man
/ cnurla, and article az the "Hauyeh-
ping group. which already have been
discussed AT several conferences with
'u' result. tho Ch.ue-o Foreign Minister,
. La thcuE-ilsjauE, maintaining his an
willingness 90 l,r"dc 20 them
IN, chinese representatives have gone
beyond tn" twelve original articles to
wh n they insisted at mrs, NAT the
conferences De- confined The SAantuns
rrc,mh." aud four articles 81 his group
h... 3 va. % a
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THREE TURKISH TOWNS
.SHELLED BY RUSSIANS
BiacL sea Fleet Bom bar ds Forts
Near Mouth of n"sphoru.

PETEoGEAp. March 7l-Tn. oa,.ai
statement O. the Russian General stan
Tonight reports that th- Russian feet
Ia ~. Black So9 has h,mhard.d Tur.
kish potts near the mouth Of the Bos.
porus while the army in the Carpath!ans
- making progress The statement fol.
lows
FlgntinG continues on the front
wcsi Of Ni,mcu River 10 the cnNi-
runs OF Eraspop, oar troops made
successful progress on the Both.
They forced the Germans TO fall
back and took 200 prisoners and
Two officers. besides capturing two
machine guns.
Our offensive continues IN m.
Corinthians. We captured thirty
eight officers and l.7i0 troopers on
the .9th. a. well a. Ave machine
guns.
our Black Sea feet homharded
IunGuldtk Kzla Eilim' and Brogh
\ heavy fog IN the Bcsporu,
prevented our warships from con
tiru'ug tho homhdrdmeut
We destroyed more buildings IN
the homh1rdrnent 81 Iungudak,
Kozla k,l,m and Eregli. which the
Turks had repaired after the hrSt
hombardm-ut We sank n steamer
with many sailors She was laden
with coal
Tho aNia-,r> dropped bombs n
spite OF a sharp fuSlladc
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CAR WON'T SAVE CHRISTIANS
Russia Iuabic to send Troop. to
trumiab Missions.

wAsHINGToN. March 3l-Through
Ambassador Bakhmetet the Russian
Government expressed to-day to the
United States Government regret that
& is not in position 10 send Russian
troops TO protect the American mission
aries and native Christians a tru-
mish. in northwestern Persia. Reports
received at the state Department from
consular onicers ana through other
channels have stated that many ma
tive Christians have been killed and
American missionaries threatened in
mob attacks on the missions.
The British and American Consuls at
Tinis appealed TO the Russian com
mander at TibriZ 20 send troops 10
Urumiah, and this appeal was referred
10 pttroErad The Russian Government
felt unable 20 send a large force TO
rrumiah. and believes that 20 send a
small force would only aggravate the
situation
The Turkish authorities At Constan.
tinople haze promised that protection
will he gi'scn the missions by Turkish
regulars.
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SAYS GERMANY INTENDS
TO DTSNEMBER AUSTRIA
Prisoners Tell Eyewitness Italy Will Get Part of Empire
Punished for Failure-New German Confederation
to Include Belgium, Luxembourg and Scandinavia.

on Belgium Joining tn, ,ie!man Ioll-
tional port.
pean confederation of the Germanic
navian countries. The Germans look
forward to the good offices of the Pope.
though the necessity for this is re-
GREETED because IL is not thought that
the pIpal influence II compatible with
the attainment of the pan-Gcrmanic
aims. These views are based on In
spred and highly Colored newspaper
accounts, which are clevely edited out
OF the official communicates"
Regarding the military situation the
eyewitness" says:
The general quiet along our front
has beer unbroken by any event OF i'm
portlnce. The weather has been fine,
the days sunny and the nights illumi-
mated by the moon There has been "A
pretty hard wind however. which has
kept the temperature below freezing.
ION March % portions of our front
were more heavily shelled than usual
while opposite our centre the German
SnipeTs were active. On March 20 i've
bombs were dropped on Essars by n
German aeroplanc only one man was
wounded The 27th was marked 10y
activity on the part of the euemys air
men. who dropped bombs on Sally. Kill
ing two men \ Zeppelin was seen al
night heading northcastward. en-
March ~ bombs were dropped from Ger
man aeronlaneS on Estaircs and Haze
hrouck The damage was slight
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HERO OF OCEAN RESCUE
KILLED IN THE TRENCHES
jain :. Williams One who
Saved Sailors From Wrecked
Oklahoma.

Word vas received by N" Booth Line
Yesterday OF the death in the Hrstsh
trenches in France Of John sydney
Williams, formerly second officer ot the
steamship Gregory and one OF the heroes
who rescued i've sailors from the
wrecked steamship Oklahoma on Jan
uary 4, 1914. The saving Of the sailors
by the officers Of the Gregory, vho
jumped into = raging sea, "as recorded
AZ A heroic event that seldom has been
oqua,led N tales of the sea,
Williams and Third Officer Frederick
David Roberts. another OF the heroes,
sailed for England Immediately after
the outbreak OF the war. eager to enlist
as petty officers in the British navy,
There was no opportunity at the time
so they enlisted as prlvates In the army,
Both men made splendid records Will
Jams Was killed in action about the
nrst OF March.
The death of Williams recalls a thrill
ing story of rescue work. BESIDES Will
Jams and Roberts, the chief officer 81
TIE Gregory. Richard Henry Buck, also
leaned into the water The three men
rescued three men, one or whom died
and in addition towed capsizcd liic-
boat to when three other men were
| clinging, within reach of a lifeline.
The lifeboat had been tossed on the
! waves for eight hours after the Okla
! homa sank. one ship had tried in vai'
! to rescue the sailors Then the Gregory
came upon the boat in u terrific storm
! The boat was capsized in sight of ,h'
! Gregory's crew, and the officers leapo,
| tn the rescue. Roberts got over the sid'
! first. Capt W Y, Aspinall of the Greg
DRY afterward gave this description o
Wiiliams's feat:
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BISMARCK CONCERT GIVEN,

Wherever the German tongue Is
heard and wherever German heart
heats, there year by year the crown or
oak leaves viii be devoted to the indy
ing memory Of Otto Won Bismarck"
thus punctuatcd by storm of cheering
ran the epilogue Of Dr Bernhard Dern-
burg's speech AZ this Bismarck CEN
tenary celebration concert given Al
Carnegie Hall last night, The proceed
ings terminated with the singing OF
"Fin festc Burg Isl uuser Colt"
The hall WAS widely wrca'hod with
bunting Of red, white and black, on
which medalliOns Of the American arms
were distributed
rr. Dernburg IN his speech drew q
parallel between the careers 81 Ahra ham
Lincoln and bismarck In that each do
voted all hs energies 10 bringing about
the unity Of his nation. RrinhHrd
Siedenburg pointed the same moral and
Frau johanna GadsM and otto Gortz
thr soloists, held the same note m their
choice OF songs, krcmscT's "Ddnkgc-
bet was rendered hy the male chorus
and orchestra
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PARIS EMBASSY NEEDS ROOM.
War Business Makes Renting Of
Another suite Necessary.
,psc'o, Coh!- Despatch 10 Tur sr>

rkHIs, March 3l.-The American Em-
hassy has rented a large ground floor
suite IN building adjoining the en-
haSey Offices To meet the increase IN
business due 10 passport work and the
supervision Of internel alien enemy
civilians Forty thousand OF these civil
iaus. scattered in sixty camps from tho
islands off tho coast from brittany 10
Morocco. are regularly inspected by the
embassy.
Army officers who have had expert
ence with Mississippi River floods have
been Of great assistance in the present
work The inspection Of camps for prS-
oners OF war, which never are IN the
same place as the civilians camps. but
generally are near by, has cu'ailcd an
enormous amount OF labor especially
during the recent bad weather, In dis
tributne the money supplied by enemy
countries for clothes and comforts for
the prisoners
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Sydney Williams, the second officer
was over by this time. Kicking of his
heavy sea boots after he reached the
water. he rose from the icy water and
grabbed the second man. who was strug-
Cling fcchly. Back with him came Will
Jams until within reach OF n lifeline,
whore IN" loop vas adjusted and tho
man was pulled in, lie was alive when
they lifted him over the rail, but he coll
lapsed and soon died"
Williams and the two other officers
and CAPT. Aspinall received medals from
Congress for their work The men also
were entertained At a dinner by the
New Work. Press club, Speaking Of tho
rescue Williams aftorNard said
II saw man IN IN" water and just
mad to so after him"
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RUSSIANS SINK ELEVEN.
Mine Layers Destroy Turkish Nr.-
seI.-ESpIosiunsi In Wines

I,o%poS. March 3l.-rhc Odessa cor
respondent OF the pnlu MAJ sends q
despatch announcing that the operations
81 the Russian feet against IN. Ros
po-us were interrupted to-day by a
heavy fog
The feet 'ame close Iushore Yesterday
and bombdrded Eregli AMI I<limN
severely dang ding everything not pre-
yiously destroyed tn Russia mine
LAYERS then sank eleven ships which
were IN the harhot. after which ~"
squadron went on 10 Zunguedak wh"r"
their shells caused two enormous X
blossoms in tine coal mines, while the
waterplancs dropped bombs on IN
por;ant positions
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ca rried an American passport issued to
him here in exchange for a passport he
obtained from the American Embassy in
Paris, when he left there for New York
in January.
Raymond Swoboda mad his Amer.
lean passport vised at the flee
of the French Consul Ia New York on
February ~. yet the word from WASH
ington yesterday was that this pass
sort was not applied for nere until
February &c, the day before the steam
ship sailed. Armed with the passport
that the Consul had vised Swoboda
had no trouble in obtaining his ticket
at the office of the French line. The
state Department has asked the De-
partment of Justice to investigate the
whole matter OF the Swoboda passport.
The earliest trace OF Swoboda that
could be found In New York yester-
day was in the steamship list Of the
French liner Rochambeau. which sailed
from Havre on January and arrived
at New York January i6. The pas
senger record bears the name m. Swo-
boda." The Swoboda who arrived on
the Rochambeau gave his name as Ray
mond Swoboda and swore that he was
American born He said he was born
in San Francisco February G. 1873.
No definite trace OF Raymond Swo-
boda appears after that until February
"a. when no registered at the Man
haitian Hotel He remained there until
February IS. II Is recalled at the
hotel that he was rather dark In COM
plexion and wore "A mustache. Appai-
, entity he had plenty of money. In casual
! conversation he spoke Of his mother as
, English and his father as Russian. He
! had several samples OF oil and expressed
. the hope that the steamship authorities
would let him carry the samples ia
France. where he planned to sell sup
plies TO the Government.
Swoboda registered as l.. r. Swo-
boda or D. r. Swoboda The frsi
initial is NOT clear. a clerk thinks
ne overheard n visitor address him as
Paul" After his name Swoboda wrote
Paris" II became understood that he
was connected with two Paris banks
several strangers called and talked with
him in the lobby.
In the gap of Ave weeks between the
time Swoboda landed and the day he
appeared at the hotel a man appeared
AZ the French Consulate to have his
passport vised. This was on February
10 The clerk who served him noticed
nothing unsual about the visitor.
Swoboda appeared nj the Office OF ths
French line February %, the day after
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Big BATTLE NEAR
ALONG THE USER
Details Of Fighting in Progress
in Flanders Are
Lacking.
FRENCH WIN IN ARGONNE
Noccnal cabic bespaich 10 Tue srs

NDec,o, caJic Despa'ch 10 THE srs
PARIS. Ma rch 3I.-with the exception
OF night flights by French aviators 4.
various parts OF the line. the only ac-
tons recorded in to-day's communicates,
like those OF the past three or four days,
took place in Champagne. the Argonne
sud Lorraine.
The continued lull in Flanders and on
the western part Of the line gives rise
to the impression that preparations are
In progress for some important move
This impression is supported by an TIM
official despatch from Amsterdam. re-
ceived here by way OF London. which
SAYS ,hat important events are pro
crossing o. the Yser River front but
which gives no details Of what Is tho
ratuie Of reese events. The fact that the
censor permitted ;he Transmission ~
this despatch Increases the belief that
the impression OF important develop
ucrts soon To come somewhere between
Champagne and 'he sea : not un-
founded
The afternoon comnulique consls ed
/ only OF the brief announcement
No modlfcatioa OF the situation
mas been reported since the las,
gommu"ique
IL the communicate issued tonight
mention Is made OF the capture of $50
meters OF German trenches In the Ar
rome he'u.pu a, L'ot, a. a. ,.f. ,,,i
Bagatele and Of German counter
attack made this morning ON the
trenches taken by the French M tie
Bois-l"-Pretra. following night Ions
homhardm-ut The Germans regained
q part of the position but soon los, II
again
In the Aggoune there Ne .nc.--
SAINT activity, especially between lie
Four de Paris and Bagatelle The
engagements sometimes brought the
opposing forces so close together
;nat u "m'nenwerfer" struck by one
of our large bombs has been thrown
INTO our lines During tn, night OF
March 3O-3l We TOOK $50 meters -
trenches. capturing several prisoners
and two Underwriters
During the entire night of March
30-3l the enemy bombardcd the
trenches which he had lost on Mdl.A
80 Ia the Bue-le-pretrc. and at the
break OF day he delivered a counter
attack with several battalions u,
succeeded IN regaining ground on
the west part OF the position. bu, by
o'clock he had been driven OUT
again. Thus the ground gained by
us on March 80 Is entirely in our
hands. We captured several prs
oners, including one officer
In ihe region OF Parroy outpost
encounters resulted successfully for
us
Our aviators during night flights
dropped twenty-four bombs on rail
way stations and hivouacs OF the
enemy in tine WocNre. Champagne.
the SoIssonais and Belgium. Dur
ing the day the maritime station AZ
Bruges and the aviation camp AT
GIFTS thetween I.ichterveldc and Rou-
lers' were successfully bomooricd
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CASH REGISTER CASE APPEAL
Government seeks " rit for Review
Of Cincinnati Decision.

WAsIlNGToN, March ~ --Auuouu"c-
mcnt was made at the department of
Justi," to-day that tho Government Win
seek writ of certiorari from the SUI
preme Court Tor review of the de
clsiou of the Court Of Appeals at en-
Ciuudti ordering a r"tr.al In the lower
court of IN" criminal cases against tn,
directors of the National Cash RegiStc'
Company. y conference on the matte.
was held between Assistant Attorney
General Todd aud United States pls-
triCt Attorney Mcpherson OF Cincinnati
NJ. Mcpherson po!ut,d our tuaj no, 10.
ing would h" lost hy refusal Of tn,
SUP EN-" tou't 20. IN, Go'cumrni
would sull have recourse TO new trial
as ordered.
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NURSES SHOOK CZAR'S HAND.
Six Wcd Cross Young women Home
From Russia.

Six Young women OF the American
Red Cross who have been for several
months at Kicfr taking care Of Russian
wounded arrived Yesterday by the
Scandinav avian American steamship Fred
erik VIII. from Copenhagen,
They said they were received NJ Petro-
grad ny the Russian Emperor, who
shook hands with them and thanked
them for coming so long u way ON AZ
errand OF mercy Later the Emperor
visited them al the Ki"ff hospital and
again expressed his appreciation OF their
work,
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filters ACTIVE IN EAST.
German <erOplnnes Drop 10
Bombs IN OstrolcnkR.

LoNnoN, March ~ Gernan aviators
have been active IN the eastern theatre
OF the war within tho last few days.
according to a Reuters despatch from
retro=rad which quotes semi-of'iclal
statement issued In the Russian capita.
The statement follows:
Fifteen German aeroplanes flew over
Ostrolenka Monday, dropping a hundred
bombs AT an isolated house. which they
apparently mistook for Russian head
quarters None Of the bombs hit tho
house, and the occupants We're not In
jured
Near Jedwabno We brought down IN
enemy aeroplane, capturing the officer
and the mechanic