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means defcat"
ON Wednesday Of last week. at what
was perhaps the most remarkable in
terview that has taken place In the
last hundred years between the Eng
lish sovereign and his Chief Minister.
King George announced to Mr.. Asquith
his intention Of abdicating the throne
II ever the war is terminated by an
inconclusive peace.
I According TO a member OF the royal
household the King became greatly
agitated during the interview with
the Prime Minister. King George.
who usually sits in chair by his
writing table during his interviews
with the Ministers. kept pacing up
and down the apartment the whole
time he was talking to Mr. Asquith.
The recent speeches of Mr.. Lloyd
George and Mr. Churchill. which have
been interpreted by their supporters
in the press. notably in the Observer.
as suggesting that without conscrip-
tion the war must result in a draw
and the Present division of opinion in
the Cabinet on the recruiting ques-
tion were the immediate subjects of
the interview between King George
and Mr.. Asquith.
While Mr.. Asquith was explaining
the reusnp NJ fhia ~ ,,,ip
ion THE King interrupted him and
said: III ever this war ends in an
inconclusive and disgraceful peace I
shall abdicatc the throne. I would
never continue to occupy II or allow
one of my children to occupy IT If
such an eternal disgrace and humilia-
tion were TO be inflicted on the British
Empire as a defeat in this war. and
( for us AN inconclusive peace means
defeat" The Kings outburst took
the Prime Minister greatly 10y sur
prise and he. stated that no member
Of the Cabinet anticipated or believed
/ that the war would end otherwise
/ than as complete victory for the
/ Allies-th, only differences of opinion
among them were as to how this end
might be quickest and best achieved.
BUT the Prime Minister'S statement
did not satisfy the monarch. King
George complained bitterly that his
position as "A constitutional monarch
compelled him To act as If he agreed
with the action of his Ministers when
he might regard them. in fact, as
being dangerous To the safety of the
country.
"a king i'm such a crisis" exclaimed
King George, "ought to be n leader.
| must be a dummy, hut ! shall not
allow IL to be written of me that
remained Il dummy in the most crti-
cal hours of this countrys history
The interview then terminated. Ac-
cording to member of the royal
household the King desires To address
"A personal letter To the British nation
setting forth the precise facts of the
military situation and appealing for
absolute unity at this critical juno
ture. But this King George will re-
frain from doing II the Cabinet can
arrive at an agreement on the recruit
ing question and the contemplated
changes in the chief commands at the
front.
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While the news from BERLIN respect
ing the campaign against Serbia 10
scanty II is apparent that the military
operations on the north ar" to he
directed from three or four points The
first objective Is plainly the Orient rail-
way, which runs from Belgrade through
tn" centre of Serbia to Nish and thence
to Sofia and touStautinoplo
The arn,rs about 10 follow the course
of this railway have supposedly crossed
the Danube in the vicinity of Belgrade
and At S"mcndrla. east of that city.
From S"moudria n short branch road
connects with the main line south ~
Belgrade. Tn. Save was probably
crossed Ht Mitrovitza and the priua,
on the northwestern frontier of Serbia,
al n point from which the invaders may
advance rapidly on Ushitze. tho head Of
the Mortva-S Scribe River. which runs
through "A broad valley into the Morava
River Valley, north Of Nsh,
Such. AT least, in the absence ~ all
detailed news, IL the opinion OF the
English and French military critics, who
point out that II Is not improbable that
while the Orient railway is thus the
goal towards which three armies arc
driving. an additional army may bs
striving to march down the Serbian
| side Of the Danube from Orsova.
An Athens despatch to-day said that
| British troops began To discmhark a.
| SalOnica yesterday. This is the first
| news. and II is entirely unofficial, Of
the presence of British troops at tho
| Greek port. rhe French forces are
said to he landing "A mile and a half
from the town and concentrated on
ground conceded 10 Serbia in 1919, npon
which to build warchoYscs, Prom this
point they are cntrainirN a. quickly as
| possible for Gucvghcli on the serbian
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BRITISH KING
THREATENED =
TO ABDICATE
Report He Told Asquith He
Would Abdicate if IncOn-
elusive Peace Came.
TIRED OF BEING A
DUMMY" HE SAID

A passenger returning on the
American liner Ncic York, rhich ar
rired yesterday from Liuerpool, gave
TO a reporter of THE SuN an account
received from an entirely trustworthy
source In London Of n recent stormy
nterrfcD bettceen King George and
Premier Asquith at Buckingham
Palace.
The King, II Is said, declared that
nc 'conld dbdicdte his throne rather
man see the British Government
agree TO an mconclusire peace, be-
cause "tor as an mconclusire peace
means detcat."
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II Congress adopts the recon nnenda-
tion made by the Consulting Board the
navy will soon have at its disposal
the best equipped laboratory for war
purposes in the world. corbining every
facility to further scientific investiga-
tton. with equipment TO manufacture on
"A large scale.
1t was suggested by Mr. Edison that
in the management of the laboratory
secrecy should be the governing factor
Mr.. Edison would have the experts work
in walled city. the institution 10 be
inhabited only by those engaged in the
service OF the Government. lie would
place this reservation in coItnand Of a
naval officer of high rank.
He would locate the laboratory on tide
water OF sufficient depth to permit a
dreadnough. TO come TO the dock. His
resolution suggested that the institution
should be located near. but not in. a
large city. and that it should be of COM
pfete equipment to enable working
models to be made and tcste.l to destruc-
ton. The plan. as outlined in the
resolution. provides that there shall be !:
A pattern shop. brass foundry, a
cast iron and cast steel factory. machine
shops for large and small work. sheet
metal shop. forge shop for large and
small work. machinery large enough to
build submarines of l.auo tons, wood
working shop. chemical laboratory.
physical laboratory, optical grinding de-
partmcn,. motion picture developing and
printing department. complete draughting
rooms, electrical laboratory and wire
less laboratory, mechanical laboratory
and testing machines, explosives labora-
tory. separate from the main laboratory.
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4 EireprOof Plant.

The resolution further provides that
buildings shall be OF modern concrete
construction. with metal slls and doors
wire glass windows and ample fire pro-
lection the resolution continues:
"A naval officer OF rank should be In
charge. He should be especially fitted
Under him should he naval heads ui
broad experience in laboratory methods
and sciences in general-practcal a.
we'll as theoretical men. They should
not 60 to sea. Under them should be
STATS of civilian experimenters, chemists
physicists, &c.
Each sub head should have his corps
of assistants. and with shop facilities
without too much red tape. There
should he at least two and possibly three
shifts OF men. Time should be the
essence of the places Secrecy should
be the governing factor. The place
should be surrounded by n high fence
and guard maintained at all hours, Nc
visitors allowed
Facilities should exist for enabling
the inventor To- ass.st In the development
of the idea he has presented, provided
ne IL a practical man, The investment
| for grounds buildings and equipment
should total approximately s3,0o0,000
The annual operating expenses to be be
| tween 81. 500. .00O and $4,000, 600"
The passage OF the Edison resolution
was the first business of the day afte
| organization had been completed an'
a motion adopted that the board shoul,
be known officially as the Naval Con
| sulting Board"
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: Owing
to my official position as chairman
Of the Democratic county committee
OF Kings county ! ann constrained to de-
cline to answer your questions. as the
committee OF which I am chairman has
not taken any action upon these ques-
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: Prospect
on amendment not very bright.
I can't state what effect President
Wilson'S announcement will have on the
people. don't think the people here
are very much interested In the amend
ment. JOHN HAyGHRAN,
Chairman Republican Committee.
Delaware.
To THE EDITOR or THE SUM No. l.
The popular belief that the equal suf.
frage amendmfnt to the State constitu-
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PAGE THREE

victor or victim on his own yacht.
Frederick flung away from him.
bruised and bleeding. the men who
had undertaken to imprison him. A
swift plan had come into his own
mind. lie heard the crackle Of a wire.
less mast Oh the upper deck. An in.
stanb later he had sprung up the last
stair and closed behind him the door
of this operators room.
At the key there sat youth. the re.
coivers of the equipment strapped to
his ears. The crackle and roar of the
wireless equipment, and the shoppers
on his ears, left the operator unable
10 understand what was said to him;
but he comprehended very quickly the
language of the pistol muzzlc which
was showed against his side-a pistol
which he did not know was empty, but
which he was quite convinced was
wholly unloyely in It's look
Count Frederick bent above him
and scribhlCd a few words on bit Of
paper at the desk, his pistol against
the operators ribs.
Send this,' said he. III you cut
in on anything else I'll kill youl'
Th- operate looked down at the
message.
IS O. S. Grct2horen," it read. IS.
q. S. one hundred and seventy FIVE
miles south by southwest Send Ade.
lima, Frederick. Send Adelina S. o.
S Frederick"
The operator looked up at Frederick
curiously. "Who are your" said he.
'We'rc not sinking. ! don't know
Adclina."
"l'll sink you If You wink" said
Count Frederick grimly. Send! DO
you hear mc-sond!"
Mechanically the fingers of the op-
orator began to tap the keys. out
into the air from the antennae of the
mast sprung the call, IS. o. S, Gretz-
hoitcn Adelina Fred
crick
And even rs this signal this cry for
help went out into the night, there
came another cry from the lips of the
helpless girl covering in the corner
OF the room below. Frederick. Fred
erick, come quick"
(TO BE CONTlNUED.)
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The others scattered like sheep and
left the captives standing there dazed.
yet happy at their deliverance. The
petty officer in charge of the landing
came up to Count Frederick and sa-
luted. He seemed to recognize in him,
tattered as he was, a man of former
authority. How do you do, your hon
orr" said he I'VE came just in time"
Yes, my men, and we thank you.
Who are you?"
Private Yacht Princess, Liverpool
registry, owned by Arthur Wyndham.
He's on board, sir-shall we take you
OFF,"
Certainly, as quickly as possible.
But have you any water in the boat?
We have had none for more than two
days"
The sailor turned toward the speak
er's companion whose garb was scarce
that OF lady, but whose form and fea-
lures surely seemed sych.
DO you mean to say that this young
LADY," he began.
Yes, she has not had bite to eat
nor a drop of water in two days"
Come quick, sir, then. We've a
water breaker in our longboat Have
you anything to fetch along?'
Count Frederick laughed at this
and even Kitty smiled.
You see us as we are" said Count
Frederick I'VE were castaways here.
shipwrecked from the steamer Adler"
oh yes, we heard of that. see, |
sect is most fortunate we came this
way"
How far must that have been from
shore where she went DOWN."
Perhaps a hundred and seventy-fve
miles from her port OF departure.
You're half that distar"e, here. from
where she went down. as near as we
can tell. No other survivors have
been picked up so far as we heard.
How have you got on here?"
Count Frederick shrugged his shoul-
ders. They'd have burned US both
If you had not come. II you had not
seen US we'd have starved"
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SULPHUR AS A FERTILIZER
Experiments Conducted Seem to Prove
That It Is Of the Greatest Value
to the Soil.

In parts of France the residue from
gas works is extensively used as a fer
tilizer. Analysis OF several samples
OF garden soil prove that the value OF
this unusual fertilzing agent is duo
In part to the large amount of sulphur
in II, 40 per cent of sulphur and from
! to per cent OF nitrogen, In the form
OF ammonia or its salts. Experiments
In flour of sulphur are said to promote
the growth of both roots and leaves
and to give to the plants n deeper green
color than they would have without II.
Probably 1t helps to form chlorophyll.
Moreover, some of the sulphur il oxi-
died and becomes sulphate In the
soil.
In this relation. II may be pointed
out that experiments at the University
of Wisconsin have been regarded as
proving that the generally prevailing
theory that sulphur in the soil Is OF
little value for promoting fertility, as
compared with phosphorus and nitro
gen, Is erroneous and that sulphur Is,
In fact, of vast importance. Continu-
GUS cultivation, together with insufl-
cient fertilization, causes large an
nual loss of sulphur which cannot be
compensated from the atmosphere, and
little is brought up by capillarity
from the subsoil. The experimenters,
therefore. recommend the application
of fertilizers containing sulphur to
lands which are frequently cropped.
The failure hitherto to recognize the
great value of sulphur in the soil is
ascribed to faulty analytic methods
employed by early investigators.
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Of Sachio as he heard these words.
He was soldier. and he reasoned
that now in the opportunity for arms
he might win back something Of his
lost favor.
1T is we'll your majesty" said he
81 shall carry cour word at once to
all the different departments. Your
men are but waiting to follow you.
Success will be easy for us now. for
we know all their defenses now as well
as our own. We shall win!"
Eyes" said Cortislaw, 1--WE shall win,
if it costs the life of every man, WON
an and child of this kingdom ! take
charge now myself and trust no more
boasters like certain advisers | could
name. ! grant you your place in your
regiment, once more, Sachio. See if
you can fail in that If your men give
back, I'll have my own guns of the
guard behind them to blow them off
the earth"
BE not too hard upon me, your
majesty! | admit my error in allowing
that young girl to leave our shores
she could have told us the secret had
she liked-all the secret of the Gretz-
hoffen coin. But we shall win yet,
though at greater cost"
''You had your chance, Sachio. You
did not handle the woman. Well,
thought you knew more"
"To handle woman, your majesty"
said Sachio-''who ever knew enough
for that" | confess my fault and
stand ready to pay my share of the
added cost. True, we should have
kept her until we had all she knew.
'Tis doubtful if she ever sees our
shores again. We may see the face
of some American admiral-see their
battleships before our port-but as for
her-never!
"It is enough" said Cortislaw. 1--WE
march. We advance no more clinging
to womans skirts. 1t is our guidons
now shall lead us to their cty's Sc
crets."
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Endless Battle.

Look around today. Lo, here and
now in our civilized society, the old
allegories yet have a meaning, the old
myths are still true. Into the Valley
Of the Shadow of Death yet often the
path OF Duty leads through the streets
of Vanity Fair walk Christian and
Faithful; and on Greatheart's armor
ring the changing blows. Ormuzd still
fights with Ahriman-the Prince of
Light with the powers of darkness. He
who will hear, to him the clarions OF
the battle call.
How they call, and call and call, till
the heart swells that hears them
Strong soul and high endeavor, the
world needs them now. Beauty still
lies imprisoned, and iron wheels still
go over the good. the true and the
beautiful that might spring from hu.
man lives.
And they who fight with Ormuzd,
though they may not know each other
somewhere, sometime, will their
muster roll be called-Henry George.
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got away when she struck he went
on carelessly.
She did not strike" corrected
Count Frederick, "she was blown up
by an accident"
Too bad, too bad-well, well. But
say, perhaps the young lady would
like to change? There may be some
sort of woman's togs in the cabin be,
low. My sister comes aboard once in
a while, you know" And he essayed
a portentous wink aside at Count
Frederick
That will be agreeable, am sure, ="
replied Count Frederick quietly, "and
If you could send down to the young
ladys cabin a bit to eat and a carafe
of water, | am sure 1t will be appre
drink for more than two days, sir"
Nor has he-my friend, said Kitty
Gray, smiling family.
God bless my soul" said Mr.
Wyndham 81 never thought of that
Send you down some wine-send yot
down a brace of stout II you like, !
can recommend tiny father makei
it, don't you see'
Count Frederick, liking his new sur
roundings only by comparison with
those he recently had left, signed tc
Kitty Gray and presently the two, con
Quoted by boat stewards, departed foi
the cabins to which they were as
signed by the owner of the boat. The
latter, whether from his late imbibings
or through the effect of the beautiful
young girls presence, evidently was
what the French call tete montee.
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ever they might be, alike with these
past disturbances and these new ter.
rors. Whereupon with savage shouts
they once more fell upon the unfur,
tunates and made them prisoners
again.
To the left, across n bare ledge of
rock which showed no trace Of it.
there led path whose presence Fred.
erick had not suspected. II was down
this new passageway that the natives
now led Kitty and Count Frederick.
They passed down a steep declivity
covered with trees and at length fourd
their way to the lower beach, whore
after CINE they were joined by 9th
ers who cautiously had emerged from
their hiding places. 1t plainly was the
purpose of all these now to complete
the sacrifice which had been arrested
by the escape OF the victim a few days
ago. They inflicted preliminary in.
dignities upon them, at least. whether
with the intention of hUrrying them
to the sacriticial fire, or of obligng
them to interpose between the natives
and these new invaders-who, as now
all could see also were white people
and hence to be dreaded
Much of these operations was cas-.
lily visible from the yachts deck. Ap.
parently there We're some commands
from the man who stood at the bow.
binoculars in hand. Overheard went
a pair of boats manned by stout oars.
men who swept them quickly toward
the shore.
The man with the binoculars saw
two figures on the beach, easily dis
tinguishable from the savage ones
around them. one was a man, and
the other a boy, at first he thought.
White" he muttered to himself.
"Refugees-castaways of some sort on
this coast. How did they get here,
| wonder? But by Jove! my fellows
are giving the natives all they want.
I'm thinking"
Such, indeed, was the case. The
sailor men plunged through the surf
as their keels touched bottom and
came on at a run, rifles in hand and
firing as they came, with the effect
that half dozen of the savages fell.
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Souuht Information.

AS illustrating the haziness OF con
ception which prevailed years ago as
to what and where the Philippines
were, Dean Worcester tells in his
book, The Philippines, Past and
Present" of a good old lady who came
TO him on his first return from the
islands for a bit OF information.
"Deanie," she said, ARE them Philip
plans you have been a-visitin the peo-
pie that Paul wrote the Epistle to-"
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CHAPTER lxxl.
The Rescue.

Those whose disappearance had
made such havoc in tie plans of a
principality now likewise were upon
the point of certain changes in their
own plans-and counted that any
change must be for the better.
Look" said Kitty as they stood
at the crest of the cliff gazing out over
the white-topped waves toward the
nodding sails of the rapidly y-advancing
craft "A two-master under heavy
sail. Auxiliary, no doubt. What can
she be-"
1T is what also would ask" said
Count Frederick at her side studying
the craft as intently. Whatever it
be, it is our only hope. See, she
seems to have the look of a yacht.
Watch her bows as they rise and see
how her spars rake back. A yacht
but whose, and what nationality
There comes their flag" said Kitty,
British! Well ] wish it were the
flag of my own country, but better
that than none"
I'VE shall be safe enough under the
Union Jack" said Frederick Il count
on good treatment when they find out
who we are"
She turned to him with a curious
look upon her face.
Say rather when they find out who
you are, Count Frederick" said she.
You are a nobleman, / am an un-
known American girl, cast away with
out friend on earth
He smiled at her as though amused.
AN American girl who has had
place in the plans of two kingdoms.
Perhaps you may not always remain
so unknown, if it comes to that"
Look" Once more was her reply
as she pointed to the boat.
4 puff of smoke came from the bow
of the yacht, followed presently by
the dull boom of the small cannon
mountSd there.
"They see our signal" said Count
Frederick. Yes, she'll round to and
send in a boat, no doubt And in
deed such proved to be the plans of
the little vessel.
There were other results of the can
non shot which might not have been
suspected. The natives, scattered
here and there along the beach, in the
forest, or in their village, were seized
with a sudden terror of what they i'm
agined to be new enemy. AS fast
as they could they scuttled for shell
ter in the woods or in the caverns
that lay below the hills, the greater
number finding refuge n the latter
hiding places. OF these, some made
their way in their terror quite through
the series of caverns until at length
they emerged at the crest of the cliff
by a way of the passage which had
brought Frederick and Kitty there at
an earlier time.
These found the summit of the rock
already occupied. The two strangers
who had caused all the turmoil in the
village stood at the summit locking
out at the sea, and waving signals to
the incoming vessel. For an instant
the natives stood irresolute, but it was
not for long. They identified these
two white strangers, whoever or what