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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
Renewal of Battle Probable.


Official advices from Mexico today
give evidence that Obregon and Villa
are gathering forces for a new battle.
There was nothing more definite of last
weeks encounter at Celaya, where VII
la troops are said to have been de-
feated. Villa garrisons all along the
line are reported moving southwark to
strengthen the main army near Ira
puato.
State Depa meut officials read these
movements as indicating that Villa was
preparing for supreme effort against
Obregon.
Gen. Villas mining decree will not
be enforced until he lis in q position
to give guarantees and transportation
10 the industry" State Department ad-
vices today from Villas Headquarters
a t Irapuato, sent April 16, said the pro-
test of the United States and Great
he had given assurances that he would
modify the decree to avoid possibility
Of international complications.
Provisions of the Decree.
The decree was issued to date from
April !. and provided, with other
things. for the forfeiture of mining
property upon which development
work was not carried on or when taxes
were not paid within a stated period.
In it's summary the department says:
In the departments protest against
the enforcement of the provisions OF
this decree it was pointed out that 1t
would be impossible to put down shafts
and drive tunnels simultaneously on
every twelve and one-haff acres OF the
mining property owned by company
in the territory covered by the decree.
as would apparently be required by a
yfe-I<
of the new law. 1t is now reported that
Gen. Villa has given assurances that
this clause will not be enforced where
impractica BILE
Alfred Tappan to Have Trial.
Consul Silliman at Vera Cruz reported
today that Alfred Tappan of New York,
threatened with execution by Carranza
forces in Yucatan. now is to be tried on
a charge which does not involve the
death penalty. Secretary Bryan in
structed Silliman to make representa-
tions last week.
Villa Preparing to Renew Battle.
Reports to the State Department yes
terday from Irapuato said Gen Villa was
preparing to renew his attack upon Gen.
Obregon. commanding the Carranza forces
at Celaya No details were given of the
recent battle IN which Villa failed to
take Celaya and which the Carranza au-
thorIties claim resulted in great victory
for Obregon.
The Carranza agency here last night
announced the receipt Of the following
from Vera Cruz:
villa reported to have fed through
Irapuato Yesterday with remnant of his
army He is making vain efforts to re-
organize his army, but attempting no
stand. Americans arriving from Tampico
report that no Nillista forces are in the
vicinity.
Gen j. Is. Trevino reports that the
Nillistas have retired from i'll front of
JIbano
believed here that Villas defeat BY
Obregou will result in Angeles now at
tempting to play the leading role for the
reactionaries. Civil authorities. in effort
to help poor. are comforting with local
to regulate prices of neces-
saries."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
WEATHER.

Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday;
mild temperatures: light to moderate
southwest to west winds
Temperature past twenty -four hours:
High. "a, at pm. today; low, 81, at s
am. today.
For full report see page 16-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19
Will Seek Communication.

An Atlanta, Ga. news dispatch says:
Leo NJ Franks attorneys when in
formed OF the decision today OF the
United States Supreme Court. said that
they believed that every means in
Frank S behalf befor. the courts no"
had Deen exhausted They added tina t
they now probably would prepare a
petition for presentation before the
Georgia prison commission, asking Iov
Communication of Franks sentence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19

Hansinlsd On YHsl1th RaxaA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-19

Last Weeks Sworn Net Circulation
Daily Average. 72,Ss7: Sunday, 53.53I.
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crn States, with a superahundanCe Of
natural resources: with a mild climate
that favored their fortunes; with a
valor and devotion that have never
been Xcelled-economic pressure,
quite az much as sheer physical eN-
haustion, brought an end tn the C.vil
war. And the half century since that
wlr has brought a wonderful knitting
together Of all countries into closer
business relations, The cable, the
wireless. the organization of indus
tries, the development of credit facili-
ties have brought countries together
into such maze of interrelat!ons
that each OF them must depend on all
the others.
Take brief survey Of the worlds
trade. Last year 1t amounted To
eighteen billions OF dollars. OF this the
nations now at war had over half,
The United States had l3 per cent. FOR
It's share. This trade was largely
financed through the sale Of securi-
ties and the establishment of credit
relations through the stock exchanges
OF the world. When the war broke
these exchanges closed. Instantly
business was affected, not merely in
the warning nations but in every coun-
The sun., 1915-02-21

try. In the United States We have
had 10 undergo and are st..l under
going broad rcadjus,mcnt Despite
our natural resources and wonderful
crops We have had a period Of de-
preston in this country, three thou
sand miles away from the bat'ienelis
abroad Here j. a Gaping d"mon-
strat.on Of the interdepeudcrce Of ma
t.uus. business has bound them to-
= ther in such an infinite network Of
relations that no nation is any longer
"a law unto itself"
So why shouldn't business. by that
] mean the organized life Of the world.
protect this great new world Of the
twentieth century that il has so large
~ created? And isn't the way to do it
TO provide in future Hague conven-
tlons that the punshmcnts to be i'm
posed on nation that breaks its
pledge to the other nations shall he
these?
/. A refusal on the part Of the other
nations to trade with the offending
nation.
>. \ refusal on the part OF the other
nations TO permit loans to be made
or credits to be established within
their borders by the offending nation.
Here would be economic pressure q
oF the most powerful kind. II would
affect subsistence, armament. equip
ment and every side and phase Of war.
If nations felt that they We're going
To meet the pressure of such an en-
barge as soon as their own resources
The sun., 1915-02-21

We're exhausted isn't It fair to believe
that such days as July 80 and 80 and
August l OF last year Will not he 50
',ke,y TO come again in the calendar:
waite papers and gray papers and
blue papers OF the future would have
TO do with mohilz.ng the great pro-
;eCt.ye reserves OF commerce rather
than those Of the army and navy.
There are those who will argue that
this would constitute virtual en-
hargo and that an embargo has AWAY
proved futile. We shall he reminded
of our own emhargoes in IOhn
Adams administration IN l79i and
IN Nad.Son's administration in lSl2
But believe they are quite beside the
point. Those emhargoes We're acts ot
war declared against nation with
which we believed war was impcnd!ny.
Moreover. they were a hostile act on
the part Of a singh nation. not COL
| ,eCtive decree by a group OF rat!Ons
against nation that had failed 10
keep pledge. And beyond all else
he world of a century ago is not N
world OF to-day.
Commerce has changed IL utterly
and forever Human nature may he
the same as in the days Of the sailing
vessel; but human nature in the ma Q,
| different. Commerce has been weldln :
/ the world together. Al Of its agD nCics
work toward cohesion ultimately. I.
les true that trade r.var.es at times
/ have led To wars, but steadily and
The sun., 1915-02-21

over national defence, that there is
40 occasion for us to beat swords into
ploughshares until the rest OF the
world does It. 3y all means let Us
have an efficient army and navy and
coast dcfences. Eut Il is hard to
believe that ia twenty months Of 'he
Wilson administration these have BE-
come as holp., 81 and hopeless as some
a'armiSts declare. tho twenty prcced-
ing yours under Mckinney and Rnose-
Welt and Tai, should have hu.,1ed in =
more enduring way. In any even,
there will be satisfaction that what
ever the facts, both parties are rcspon-
sible for them, so there can he 10
party advantage over truly patriotic
question.
But this country viii stand for
peace. There is no shadow If doubt
abou, that And she will stand for it
and work for it in the poise and faith
of strength. AS the great neutral ma
tion, the world looks to her for leader
ship. What an opportunity to serve
the world by helping to tahlish peace
On the sure foundations OF intcrna-
tional commerce
The resolution on which the Cham
ber of Commerce Of the ln.;ed States
is to take referendum is as follows:
Relieving that commerce as the or
ganized business life Of the world IS in
terdependent because international
and believing that it can become
great Con.serVatOr of the worlds peace.
therefore, be it
"pC CsoIr-5 IN, ,Na Cham 20 Cn,,,
merCe of the United States that the
next Hague conference bc urged IN the
interest of peace to provide as n PEN
atty for the infraCtlon of rs Conven-
tfon. that an embargo shall he de-
c.arcd AGAINST an offending nation hy
the other s.gnatory nations as follows:
81, Forhldd,ng an offending natiol
from buying or selling within their
territory or in tcrr,or.' under their
control.
80. f.rh.dding an offending nation
from raising money through the sale
of bonds or uf any other forms OF
d bt within their territory or in terri
tory Under their control. BE il fur
ther
"RcSolrcd. That the President and
the board of directors of the chamber
Of Commerce OF the United states he
instructed to take all possible and
proper means at their command TO
secure the adoption hv tho next Hague
conference Of this proposal to applv
the economic prcSsur- of commerce A,
the most efficient, humane and ciy,,
2od means Of insurng the v-vLits
peans."
The sun., 1915-02-21
Herbert Houston Points Out Factor Which Makes the Wor
the Most Effective international Policeman
to Guard Against Future Wars

,ia IS affected by mounting export bal
au,os an economic pressure that re-
suited ~ sma.er trade wiz seem an
astonishing anC alb. ard measure to
adopt unless We are utterly bereft of
Guy senses But ask the cotton grow
RS who had their market cut from
undo, them by war; consider the viz
t.a, moratorium with the exchanges
closed, h"irsIug an incalculaN,c loss
.u ~hr!uNu-r in security values ana
affecting all business. listen to the
poignant human appeal on bundle
days aIl from cuuntrywid" uuem-
p.oymcut. forrcasting bread lines Of
unprecedented .cnGth; at least one
mus, gran, that the shield of Mars
has tw, s.les. And II has always hat
two s.dcs. Iut the FURNISHED side
Is NOT thlj which reflects the ghast.y
image ot war
II "a balance could be rightly struck
!u this country is there any one who
sincerely believes that our interests
would he hes, served by war in some
other country This is quite apart
from any question of humanity or
civilization Let il he a trial balance
OF commerce a.ouc and Il Will show n
heavy debit against war. And an ac-
counting vii, show the same result in
all other countries, IL this he true,
With only current commerce enter
ing into the equation. how stagger-
iugly true it becomes when the piled
up debts caused by war are con-
s.dcreG.
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have come To America for no other
purpose than TO visit her
For near a decade she had a large
and beautiful country place in the
neiEhborhood II New York, where she
spent all her time, without ever COM
ing to town. Ru, for the last four
wears she has had a house in the city
overlooking the lluGs II and nile d
with arr treasures aud interesting
souvenir, including numerous au'u-
graph photographs of 10 al and I'M
pcrial pcrsonages, where she SECS
hut few intimate friends, never aC-
ccpting any invitations to dinners,
1unc cheons or any other form of en-
terlainment That she is, however.
no reclusc Is apl aren't from the fact
that she is often to hc seen driving ON
Fifth avenue, always arrayed in black,
in her victoria, drawn 10y pair of
particularly clever looking ANA spirited
Cohs.
The meaning OF tic stians- tt,c
Of ,"Moonglade" is indicated on the
cover of the book. which shows the
rising moon shedding its slvcry "f-
fulCenCe along the surface of the
gently ripping water, II IS a scene
ever suggestive Of poetry and of ro-
nance, and its relation to Marguerite
de Plenhoel, the heroine of the story,
from the time when she first appears
az schoolgirl at the convent of the
Sacred Heart at Bryn, in y rmandy,
until she becomes, several years later,
the wife Of her Russian cousin, Prince
Bash Palitzin, at plenhoel, her ancos-
tral castle hCm on the storm beaten,
rocky shores Of Rrttany, is frequen ly
brought to the attention and mind of
the reader. In those few years are
The sun., 1915-02-21
Novel With Strange Title From Pen Of
Anonymous Foreign Woman of High Rank

press" Literary anonymities are sell
dom preserved. Those whose books
are successful do not as rule care
to conceal their light under hushel
indefinitely. But ever since the ap-
pcaranCc of that pathetic and roman
tic life story oc Elizlbn,h Of Aust a,
written Immediately a ter the latter =
assassinati n in 1895 n the sho I
space of six weeks, as tribute of
love 10 the memory os her imp rial
friend and In lullgnart reputation
of certain malignant attacks upon the
fair name of that Ill tatcd sovereign
the author has managed to keep ou
Of the lmclight and to prevent her
Identity from becoming known to the
general public, This too IN spite of
the fac. that she has since then writ
ten sev, raj other b oks, the las, on
of which wa "Sn w-Fire,' a "runan a
clef,' dealing with the G urt of Rus
sia and st. Petersburg society
1t may ne surnclent 10 state that
the author, who has made hcr mark in
American and English literature, is "A
foreign lady of high rank and historic
Lineage, a native Of Britta ~, to Wh,l h
she remain. paSSlonatclN attached and
which she has portrayed in her novels
with so mastery hand that the
French Government despite the pro-
nounCed Royalist tone OF her works,
has conferred upon her the Gold Palm
Leaves and Violet Ribbon of its order
de INSTRUCTION Pu' lqu', Attn ugh
for many years pat she has made her
home IN this country, dofing all titles
10 avoid attention, she remains on
terms of afiectionate intercourse with
several of the sovereign houses of Eu-
rope, some Of tho members OF which
The sun., 1915-02-21
300 900 Members Urging Next Hague
Provide for Economic Pressure a Penalty
in Future Conventions

qucradng uAder another name? The
dgnt.ng armies abroad are composites
from different countries-an actual
and q StruCtive international police
force. But no gentle euphemism can
disguise the grim front Of Mars And
isn't such force likely TO become
provocative toward the very war it
is organized to avoid? War breeds
war, as all history shows. The epi-
gram of David Starr Jordan in a
speech at the Economic Club in New
York 'envisaged fact for ii Is true,
as he said, that when every one Is
loaded some one IL going TO explode.
admit that there Is some force in
the reference to which our attention
is often called OF the daring stephen
Decatur going out to punish the Bar
barry pirates But that was really a
stroke of war, and it would have
brought stroke of war in return
had Il been directed against first
class Power. There have been eX-
amples OF similar application of force
/ in recent times. but the force has
been applied by the strong to the
weak. In 1908 Holland seized two
4 Vepezuelan vessels as means To
enforce a claim against Venezuela
Great Britain occupied Corinto In
/ Nicaragua in 1903. and in 1901 France
took the island of Mitylene. These
were all definite acts of reprisal. But
surely no one would seriously urge
that similar nets of reprisal or APP
n,ic,tiops NJ force would he effective
apainst a first class Power.
+. t. ,h ,ooa or,,r,oy IN
Anu N.a' -, onni,.,ro
u'o 80, ,aa,' ant
''''''ou' ,''", 80 Tha ,orcs
worn III ,ne Nh'a'ae go t.. 80 oo,,,
hlP'S u, '"Vu % ,,,
pclllhs anu "o'lu"'ue 80 a,'".
merce' rIco''oili'' ~ 9,
the war VHeSl Vi eNe'S
instead OF nsh'IlE "''h ou''
not hfht ".'h the monty anu ,'
that must hr pel''hu ou',e'a US
would certalhly stop 'he i'ea' to' .'N
ing losses or HE ana even ,he H'or'
heart breaking suherlhg anu uesola
The sun., 1915-02-21

IT y leave the interested reader Of
story eager for more informa-
ton about its characters than
Is vouchsafed by the author is one Of
the greatest arts Of the novelist. Re-
dundancy of detail, exaggera ed at
tention to trfies ana long wlnded,
meandering dissertations on al sorts
Of topics dear to the wri,er usually
IN the guise OF Dialogues We're al. very
we'll in the days OF Thackeray, An
thony Trollope and the other lights of
the early Victorian era, when time was
no object and the literary output not
a hundred -thousandth part of what
II is in this twentieth century. But
there IL no leisure for anything Of the
kind IN the present age of impatienCe,
haste and intense activity; "A ia I
which most of the story wri ers fail
to appreciate.
Many novels that have made their
appoararco during the last Two dee
AIDES dispose the rea ler t. skip pages
by the score as superiiuous padding,
exciting both his resentment and the
fCci:ug that they miEht wei, nave been
omitted with aivantaGe % the s'ory.
1t is therefore refreshing to find
now and again a work in VIII h at
the close of each chapter the impress
sion Is left that the author instead Of
telling too much has not told enough,
and inspires longing f'r more.
"Moonp ade." issued on Thursday by
The IInrpcrs, is novel Of the la ter
description. 1t is the first book that
has appeared in four years from the
pen Of the writer. who pre'crs to he
known on the title page as ",he au-
thor OF The Martyrdom of an En-
The sun., 1915-02-21
ny IiERBERT =. HOUSTON.
Ntcc-rrcsidrnt of Doubleday. Page

TN time of war why shouldn't the
world prepare for peace? OF course
i peace will come, :. on or late, and
3, may be lasting IL II IS wisely
sat' rIardcd At the great convention
of The Chamber Of Commerce Of the
United states, just held in Washing
'ul. ! presented resolution urging
thai the economic pressure of the
wI.d's commerce was the most cfeC-
tive possible safeguard OF the worlds
peace and that its application should
be provided for as a penalty In future
Ha-ue conventions This resolution
Is tp be submitted to referendum by
the Hlt nal chamber to its const!tu-
en- orsanizations, with their 100000
members.
IL would appear to be proper time
70 consider the question, for the great
war IS clearly coming to its financial
stagc. And that is the stage in which
It must finally end. IL yd George is
reported TO have said that victory Will
- 20 the nation that can raise the last
million pounds; and he believes, of
course, that that nation will be Eng
liud
Subsistence, unquestionably, Is the
arh.ter whose decree ends most wars
AUi there is strong reason 10 believe
tho, IL viii end this one, for the long
pure IS usually found To be more i'm
poIHut than the big howitzer. II that
IS 'lI', and history seems to establish
u, why isn't economic pressure the
international policeman to guard the
world against future wars-at least
from such a stupid and unnecessary
w1.' as The German Crown Prince
Property called this one?
II" Hague conventions of 1899 and
lhu-r uf 1907 provided no penalties
!Hr .rfrdCtion. That together with
H." fact that the most imp r'ant OF
'tu failed 10 secure as signatorles
al. o, he nations now at war, justify
resident Wilson in failing TO protest
ta..- alleged violations. But fol-
lag the war there will come an
uH." Hague conference and it vii
,,.c in "a world so exhausted ant
GYH'od by war that there must arise
IN HuI from the nations back OF i
~ r"s.s',hle appeal for safeguards
70. u'r for future protection. Now
-IpIld those safeguards be?
s.. 'Nc powerful, international or
a." |". .en "f Publishing and adver'
..,crosts which had the hoHol
'u crescent, the Associated Adver
,Ihs Of the World, had mem
40 thrce bclligerent countries
.1. Germany and Canada, "a
IN this great neutral country
.luDd Ntrlug that it shon.d hr!n'
'.r! a- the most effective of al
'l.erds, the mighty pressure o
'fUr. r.c.
worth while TO examine brieh'
~. ason9 why commerce can be
,n.. inc best safeguard of peace,
.'g" is a standing proposal for al
M grl'ional police force. Coz, ltooSe
't't lrlod the necessity for such
=" with striking vipor few week
o1o. llut after all isn't this proposal
''r2rod, merely milltarism mas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-01
WILSON PRAISED
BY BERLIN PRESS
National Zeitung Compliments Presr-
dent for Calm Generalship in
Time Of Crisis.

Berlin, Sept. L. eyia London. 1I:20
a. m)-The National zeitung pub
Hshes d leading article today under
the heading, Wilson. BRYAN ami
Roosevelt which = noteworthy for
It's friendly tone aad 9tr the ungrudg
ing admirationf expressed for Presi-
dent Wilson
The article begins by saying that
discussions Of the Arabic affair have
been in d qmeter tone since Count
Won Bernstorff, the German ambassa-
dor al Washington, presented his re
quest to the American government 70
delay action until Germany had had
the opportunity Of presenting its side
of the case. Even the anti-German
news spa pers admitted the justice Il
this request. the article says, aud
there now remains no obstacle 10
friendly discussions Of differences
whi n. while real. are by no means Of
such a nature as to prevent a salts
factory compromise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-01
STATE AUCTIONS
CROPS or FRUITS
New York Begins Experimenting With
a Plan to Aid Both The Producer
and the Consumer.

New York. Sept THE fruit auc-
tions by which the state department Of
food and markets hopes to aid both
producer and consumer began today at
Red Hook n. Y Nearly $4,000 barrels
OF apples were offered for sale.
Another $4,000 barrels of apples will
be offered tomorrow at Garner. \. Y,
and the biggest peach crop the state
OF New York ever knew viii be offered
at auction in this city within a week II
the auction idea is successful it will be
extended TO every type Of fruit and
produce extensively grown in the state.
Preliminary inquiries indicate about
four hundred buyers from all Of the
larger fruit houses Of New York viii
attend the sale and representatives
from st. Paul. Cleveland, Chicago and
other cities have indicated they viii
buy
The state will charge a commission
Of Eve per cent and viii have charge of
the auction, All prices will be a mat
ter Of record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-01
1 Dnadn and
Wilson Talk
On Defenses
Program for Consideration
of Next Congress to Be
Left to the President.

Washington. D. C., Sept. CHAR
man TillmaB Of the senate naval af-
fairs committee discussed national pol
icies today with President Wilson.
Later he said he favored q reasonable
increase in the navy and would sup
port the presidents recommendation 10
congress this fall.
Senator Tillman said he had not de-
cided what increases we're needed and
was willing TO trust the president to
decide.
1t was stated suthoritatively by sd-
ministration officials today that there
is no basis for reports that the presi-
dent had decided to recommend army
and navy appropriations totaIing $780,
000.00
Economy in appropriations for lit
tle-used army posts, navy yards, riv-
ers and harbors and public buildings
will be recommended TO congress by
President Wilson in order TO leave the
money necessary for an adequate pro-
gram of national defense This infor-
nation came today from a high ad-
ministration source