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FRENCHMAN WAS FIGHTER.
Ni~sundrrstood "NoN of Matches"

spectral '"rre' pond' noe % TIM 50.
LONDON. July 9.-The French irnu
BUII'itH. the newspaper which ~ C.r,u
lated weekly among the soldiers IA the
trenches. tells the story Of AZ English
soldier who went to a shop IN a French
town hchiud The lines to buy a hoN ~
matches. lie did not speak French and
he did not know that the Shopkecp"r had
been a professional boxer
"BuN of matches said the English
man, making The motion Of striking a
match and holding it To- his pipe.
Tho shopkrrper, who did not know
English. caught the words box and
match" and Immediately siEuiicd in
French that he was willing Ia acvummo-
date tho unexpected demand. He led the
Euglishmau out Of the shop and squared
to defend himself
At tins moment an English officer who
spoke French came along and IN a few
minutes explanations were made The
soldier got his box Of matches as "A gift
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SDecial ,ortcspond.nc 20 Tmr SLY.

LONDON july s.-The standard prints
a despatch from its correspondent in
zurich describing the recent peace DEM
onstration in Vienna by women in front
OF the Emperor's palace. The despatch
in full follows.
Neutral travellers from Vienna. on
whose reliability no doubt can be cast.
relate the details of a very remarkable
peace demonstration which was held in
The Austrian capital On Sunday, June
q, In the early hours OF the afternoon
and In the very heart of the city before
me Emperor Francis Joseph's palace.
known as the HofburR. The aged EN-
peror, II should he explained. il In resi-
dence during the summer at the palace
OF ~Schoenbrunn, situated on the out
skirts Of Vienna. but 1t is his habit to
drive daty In a carriage and pair this
old fashioned repugnance to motor cars
Is insuperable) through the western
suburbs OF the capital, along the busy
Marlahilierstrasse and "A stretch OF the
Ringstrasse to the Hofburg.
Here he transacts state business
with his Ministers and military advis-
ers and rcturns TO Schoeabrunn by the
same route late In the afternoon. So
many people see the Emperor coming
and goi-g da'ly at exactly the same
hours that his movements are well
known. The peace demonstration be-
fore the Hofburg was timed to take
place in the afternoon. when the EN-
peror Is always In his apartments over-
looking the inner courtyard OF the
palace. without any preliminary warn
ing this extensive courtyard was In
Naded by "A throgg of women belonging
to the working classes OF Vienna.
They poured through the srchway
facing west and through the archway
leading from the kohle-strassc and
in huge number they swept in from
the adjoining NolksGarten. a popular
public park BsfoIv any ne ia authority
knew what was happening this I'M
mense ohlong courtyard OF the imperial
palace Vas packed so closely w,tr
women that II was impossible even for
a single iudivi ual to md a path among
them They We're jammed tightly on
every available square inch of ground
and there was an overflow of them al
all the approaches. Many OF them were
dressed in deep mourning for the hus-
bands and sons lost at the front in this
terrible war. against which they had
assemble TO demonstrate. No sooner
was the palace courtyard full than al
the women began a heartrending wall
w want peace. We want our men &c
return. We want bread and work. W,
want peace
The authorities were very much per.
picked. and remained inactive pending
some dennite decision from the Empero.
himself. Mountei police came up In
great haste rom the Schotten Ring. bu
any kind OF advance against the tightly
packed women could only have resultec
in terrible loss OF life. and their com
mander hesitated TO take this RESPONSE.
bility on himself. II the courtyard itsel
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The writer predicts that when Con-
gress meets a bill forbidding the ex-
portation of munitions Will be intro
duced. He does not believe that the
bill will be enacted into law. because
the President will be sure to veto IL.
But whether II obtains a small or a large
support. he says, will depend on Great
Britain's action. He declares that the
situation will not be met merely by de-
claring cotton contraband. ana makes
the following suggestions
The British Government should hrst
nut itself in "A right position with
American legal and official opinion by
placing cotton on the contraband INST
II should then purchase from the South-
ern cotton exchanges the amount OF COT
ton that normally would have gone 10
the central empires. This would involve
the outlay Of some sloo,"o", IT
Great Britain then bought up on the
same ante bellum basis the normal ex-
norris 10 Holland, Denmark. Norway.
Sweden and switzerland another $50
100000 would cover the total expense,
The cotton so purchased would have TO
he stored away by the British Govern
ment and could not be sold to British
spinners until the end of the war.
"If these purchases" he says, were
used simply To take the place or a sim
lar amount tndl OtNtINlst Nouiu nave
been imported to the British mills. IN"
cotton growers would gain nothing ana
the whole purpose of the plan would be
defeated.
II: must be both intended and re-
earded as compensation for the disturb
ante and not as a profitleSs diversion OF
so much raw material from one coun-
try to another. Ii must Ice the Offering
! from the British Gov rnment TO the
American planters and must have moth
ing TO do with the current flow OF nor
NAL trade.
a price Of 10 cents a pound such
an could without difficulty
be negotiated. The British Government
would then be in a position To deal with
all shipments Of cotton TO neutral coun-
tries adjacent 10 Germany. BY means
of highly effective precedents established
I'm the civil war the Government would
have acted with businesslike generosity
and could expect to receive similar treat
ment in return"
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BRITISH WON IN EAST.
India ~ says Turks Lost Eu-
phratcs Positions.

Speri1i Cdble Despafc1 10 THE suN.
IoNpoN. July 22-The Official Press
Bureau tonight made public the follow
ing report received from the India
As. a result OF actions fought In the
vicinity Of Sha,ba Al the end OF the
second week OF April the Turkish
force which was threatening Basra
from the west hastily retired on Suk-
hessheyukh and Nasiriyeh. on the
Euphra;,s River.
Since then they have been intrench-
ing themselves IN a series OF positions.
With the view ( d~islodging the enemy
from these positions a force was DIS
patched by water from kurna via the
Euphrates and Hamar Lake.
L. spite OF very determined re-
sistance on the part Of the Turks our
force. skilfully sunrorted by extern
porized gunboats and launches. forced
their way TO the Euphrates.
one regiment was able 20 outfiank
the enemy's gun position OF the right
bank and this fell into our hands, to-
gcther with seven Turkish officers
ard cighty-three regular soldiers, as
well as a number Of Arabs. Suk-
h~essheyukh has been occupied by our
local Arabs. 1t L. submitted that u
casualties were l09. including twenty
five killed.
The Turks have now retired 20 a
strong position below Nasiriyeh. from
which place they AVE- made several
attempts to dislodge our force from
its advanced positions All these ef-
forts have been easily repulsed.
In an attack launched against tho
enemy's flank on the 24th cot Aprilb
the Puujahis encountered unexpected
resistance and suffered considerable
losses.
The operations are sim progressing
Repeated reports published In Con-
stantinople OF British defeats At lrak
are devoid OF foundation.
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TURKS MASSACRE 10000,
Slaughter Of 10000 More Ar
menians Ordered. Is Report.
>pecia, CabIe Dcspatch TO rHE ST..

f'fb hNf
P~ETRoGRAp. July 22-The NOroc
vremvd publishes wha puiports TO be
the details of the massacre by the Turks
of Armenians which exceeds in number
any record in history, In one section OF
the article il IL said that the Turks after
m%assacring wholesale the population OF
Bitlis collected 5000 women and chill
dren from the surrounding villages and
drove them to the banks of the TlgllS,
where they shot every one ot them They
then Killed another thousand which had
escaped the first slaughter.
Four battalions, 1t is said. have been
sent to the Mush Valley with orders to
destroy every one OF the 10000 Arme-
mans in that district. The slaughter has
already begun. it Is reported. All the
Armenians in the Diarbekr region have
been killed.
The cause OF this massacre or series
OF them was the charge that the Arme-
mans were plotting a pro-Russian rero-
luton.
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.MARCONI ENTHUSIASTIC.
Inventor. III London buying sup
plies. Praises ItaA,'. Army.
SPECIAL cabie De,pa'ch 10 rar sr>.

SPECIAL '1bhe Despnich 10 rHr StN.
lsoSpoN. July 2S.-William Marconi 10
m London buying war material for the
Italian army. Although he ranks only
~ a suhalteru Marconi H. u member "
the engineering stan of the army. "A
member VI the committee ou electrical
equipment for tho navy and chairman
OF the inventions committee
In an Interview printed this morning
iu tho Daily Mai he expresses himself
enthusiastically regarding the ardur OF
the Italian soldiers. and says that the
entire nation is united and prepared 10
MAX" any sacrifice. The country. he
says. is fun of soldiers s,ill In training.
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CONTINUES.
Rome announces Progress On the
Entire lsOnsO Line.

SHf''H 'dN'' pfNtdt'h 70 NV NlN
ROME. July Continued progress
90 the souzo regiou - announced In the
follow ns oil ial rcIor from Gen. ca
doruI. issued hy the War Once here
This evening
our offensive continues to develop
alurg the entire l~o'z ~ front from
Nnut, Nero 20 the tarso plateau.
Austrian attempts to Isolate our
i' pou the l>ouZo bridges have
failed. We nave everywhere man
t.tu'u our original positions n have
mHdc noteworthy advances at several
~I"i'ts. capturing 500 additional plis-
ouors and q quantity OF supplies.
Aerial "Reminiscences have devel-
uitd the fact that the Austriaus are
rushing large bodies of reeuforco-
mems To- the front.
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BRITISH SEEK
|PLAN T0AVERT
COTTON SLUMP
GoyernImcnt Desires tn Buy
Export supply. but Keep
Price Up.
Ion = SEES
SELFlSHNESS HERE

vAsHiNGroN. July 22.-It became
A-orn here to-day that the British Cow
nment Is earnestly considering the
! nation with which IL will be confronted
\. the present cotton season advances to
l.. gathering and marketing Of the
american crop.
Efforts OF the British authorities are
! ne directed toward working cut some
reans by which the unfortunate develop
rects OF last year, when the price fell 10
|, cents. can he avoided. II is desired 10
|cr.e some plan by which the American
.oaer may be assured of not only
|,elity to sell his cotton but also getting
y fair price FOR il.
40 definite steis have. been decided
! vet. but 1t is likely that some %
,l be made in this direction within
h. next sin weeks. The question Is
keaer consideration not only In London
BIT at the British Embassy here. which.
h reason of its familiarity with the
! iuation as regards The American cot
TN crop ana cotton export industry ana
b. association with the financial in-
|~trests and the State Department. is ablt
h supply valuable cooperation toward
b. end IN view.
The British authorities are understood
IA be convinced h with proper
y e,hods even the large crop now re-
Eored FOR this year can lee absorbed.
Fhile 1t : admitted that the conditions
he not normal 10y any a the feel
BIZ in London Is that. by consei yd;ive
kHion and patience. methods can bc
X ylsed by which depression Of the cot
h. growers interests can be avoided
Willingness TO proceed slowly in the
Il .posal OF the oncoming crop is re-
h. led In British quarters as the first
||rguisitc for a successful absorption OF
he product without a collapse OF tn,
'tIc,.
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TURKEY TO WAR WITH ITALY.
DctRins citizens aud conflict IL
Now Relieved Inevitable.

Spfcidi 'rbis Dsspnfc6 fo TuE StN.
ROME. July 22.-Tac pttoi 10 Gov
crum'ut. ~ spite OF ..oug representa-
tons from tho Italian Government. las
decided to imprison Italian citizens In
Turkey Zoo concentration camps.
n * supposed from this fact that Tur-
key believes a breach OF Italian and
Turkish relations IS but a matter OF
short time.
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CHRISTIAN WOMEN EXPELLED.
Turkish Authorities 1T BurIa In

PARIS. July 22.-An Athens despatch
saws that the Turkish military author
titles have ordered all Christian women
and children In the town OF Burla, on
the Gulf of smyrna, 10 leave their homes
and to go into the interior
No reply has been received by the
Greek Government to representations
mad at Co|nstantinople respecting the
persecution OF Greeks in Turkey. Some
OF the newspapers are urging an ener-
setic policy in dealing with Turkey.
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HEIGHT DOMINATING
GORITZ Is CAPTURED
Italians Take Podgora Hills,
One of Chief Dcfcnccs Of
lsonzO Fortress.
ADVANCE FROM PLAYA

Spscidi 'dh'c D,sp1tcL 10 THr StN
LoNroN. July 22.-Thc Douy Notrs
correspondent at Milan sends the TO-
lowing from n SccoIo
"The great battle Of the lsouzo has
reached it, NTH day. The progress 81
the Italians is unchecked. They are
c%onvcrging on Goritz 10y /, double At.
tack from rlaNa on the north and from
the Carso plateau on the south. IT,
ierCest resistance is being met east e..
PLAYA. where the Italians. ~HdVancinE
from that city. succeeded to-day 90 cap
turing a commandiig position aud 10
storming a fort.
The heights Of rodgora have been
taken. The Carso BATH, Is at it, height
There the Italians have captured ~
more lines OF trenches. and have taken
anothcr thousand prisoners, making =
total of ncarly 1000 IN the last Tires
days.
New bridges are being thrown across
the lsonzo and great masses of tr'o,
are taking up positions on the caster,
bank
The correspondent adds that l.conidos
Bissolati. ono of ltal,'s best known So
cialist politicians. and one OF the great
est advocates Of the war. has been
slightly wounded IN the battle of the
lsonzo. He II a sergeant iu an iufan-
try regiment.
From the correspondent nf the same
paper AZ Rome 10 is lcaruci that lt3tiau
forces operating northeast 81 GorIiG
have advanced about a mile toward Ter.
nova.
Reports from Austrian sources 'cpre-
sent the position of tn" Nustri,r~ at
%';oritz as piccarious. The railway So
| ttpuS rturtf bg nj 1ty.I Is B.. e4.t .ri
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Conner for Military Use Alone Il
New German Law.
special cable Despafch 10 Tnr suv

LONDON, July 22.-The correspondent
of theDmip Nal At The Hague has tel
e~graphed that the recent German order
communicating all copper Tor military
use has been followed by an order pro-
hibiting the use OF the metal for any
save military purposes. Manufacturers
and electric appliance companies have
been ordered to report the amount OF
their stock on han
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OrTowA, July 22.-Last nights cas-
ualty list contains the nance OF two
k!l,ed In action, i've wounded ard miss
ing and one dead of wounds. Lieut..
Charles II. Alderman OF Peterboro, ont,
Ia among the severely wounded.
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TO DEPORT GERMAN CONSUL.
Denmark says lie Tried 10 Free
Zeppelin CrcNs.

loNuoN. july 22-A C~openhaeen
despatch says that the Danish Govern
m.ut has decided 10 depogt the German
Cousl At Gomprecht. who has beer N
prison for three weeks for attempting
20 secure the release " interncd Rep
pc,iu crews.
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TEUTONS TRAP RUSSIANS
AND INVEST

them our gratitude by fresh deeds.
iod aud His powerful help are with
Us. tud We carry IN ourselves that
faith which j. the earnest of victory.
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In the Southreu Area.

The Turks on sunday attacked
some newly captured trenches In thu
French section and were repulsed with
ease.
In the British section there has been
continu 4 progress daily, although the
work has been merely consolidating in
some cases. We have been EXCEEDING
the trenches won on the 18th and
18Th. on Wednesday a small re-
doubt was captured with ~insignin-
cant loss.
\ successful attack was made on
part Of "A communication trench held
by the enemy and a Turkish machine
gun opposite our left was Knocked out
10y the French artillery.
In both sections the eneiny's artll-
lery has been very active.
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pared with the advantages accruing
therefrom."
The Times his morning gives prom
inence to an anonymous article pur-
porting to give the American poin, OF
view respecting the cotton question n
suggest!g a solution. The writer rep
resents Americans a. being totally un-
persuaded OF the correctness OF the Eng
lish view. and adds that he is certain
that Great Britain. while following the
present course. is heading straight for
a very sharp difference Of opinion with
the citizens and Government OF the
Tinted States.
such a development ought, II pos
sible. to Ice avoided" he writes. "lf
the present trend of opinion is Above TO
mature II mearrs an inevitable disturb
ance of American sentiment that can
not be to Great Britain's interests. 1t
means that the United States may be
hampered and weakened in dealing with
other issues from other quarters. u
means that while the VAR lasts there VII!
be diplomatic friction and that when II
is over there will he an aftermath oil
resentment and the presentation oil a
bill OF damages
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DERIDES VIEWS OF L. S.
london standard Says srIf-ln'
irrest Rules Americn ms.

SDecdi Cdbi. Despdtch TO THE ST..
toNDoN. July 90 CFriday)-The
iaSddrd has a long article and editorial
: morning insisting that cotton be de-
AIRED contraband Of war. 1t incl
'ntally declares hat the United states
not necessarily friendly to England
uufriendly to Germany.
The newspaper contends that It's de-
and for declaring cotton c~ontrabaid
justified by international law
hericau presidents. II sees every
liability Of "A serious clash OF views
u America IL the existing state OF ar
-'s continues and repudiates h view
al America is inevitably friendly to
at Britain or that American rela-
fs with Germany are strained.
II auuoys Americans to have their
Sns ilpWned.' says the standard,
I'D also "a have their arguments de-
IA bat they will not fight on thar
md unless war is absolutely forced
Nn them There Is not h smallest
'ular thirst for Gernan blood. only
dth~r pathetic wish that Germany
'-li DO Little more careful OF Amer
<" amour propre.
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w. rho other hand. there Is ana
'e o.l bc a strong feeling against
Bland on the contraband question
s0Ill have existed in any case TOT
. average American, baked OF MS
prot's. f. more savage than a me
y robbed OF her cubs and Americans
~ as uelllgerents consistently nave
''' 'pugh shod over In" rights OF
'ui's. are always timely regarding
Interference, however legitimate
\ thor trade"
ne ar'l.'. condemns the vaci!latlon
i'ta' Br'ain In the cotton question
-ar.ng mat it IL full! time to take
ne action II says:
make cotton contrab band now
~ entail panic and loss In the
va states and our legal rights have
| = Viewed With "A full recognition OF
lat I'm other words, We shall
10 gy ID money for our want OF
".t'u as We have already paid for
300! But such sacrifices as those
Ia ia purchasing that part or the
"Nan cotton output as would other
- to Germany will be small COM
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ALLIES ADVANCING,
SAYS GEN. HAMILTON
All Turkish Attacks Fail in
Dardancllcs. Commander
Declares.
AIRCRAFT Gun SMASHED

>psci1i Cdbie Despntoh 70 THr stN
loNpoN. July 22.-Sir Ian Hamilton,
commanding the allied land forces on
the Gallipoli Peninsula in the Dardan-
in a report published tonight by
the Official Press Bureau, give the fol-
q OF recent operations:
Northern section Operations.
4 raiding party rushed a trench
in front OF our line on sunday night
ard all the enemy fed except one.
who was killed.
An anti-aircraft gun was located
and hit with the second round from
one OF our guns. The fifth round
blew ii into the air.
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old Plan Recalled.

Il was recalled to-day that early last
ks... when the Treasury Department and
! group OF American bankers were earn
tstly cadeavoring To find some means OF
ka,isgying the tremendous gold debt
kvel by the United States to England,
was proposed TO put the cotton crop
h. as security againS, it. This sugges-
+ 1D was rejected by the British.
It was fully appreciated that 1t would
B. a very good proposition from the
int of view OF immediate interest OF
Pc British, but the fear that caused
: rejection was that later. when the
tr.ce OF cotton had risen, the British
Togld be charged with having taken
vantage OF the United States by TAX
? The cotton crop AT a low figure and
ks,.ng II again after the rise.
\ desire 20 avoid a situation which
Mould lay the British open to a sim
Ia charge this year Is the predominant
f2,ive behind the present movement re-
barding cotton.
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inrurr Purchases Expected.

! may he said there is every reason
h believe that British purchases of cot
n vii. be quite as large as. and per-
Aps larger. IN the next twelve months
an during the last year II l. under
hood that the chief desire of the British
! l,horlt.es at this time .s thei efore 20
ka,isty the cotton grower that he need
ave no fears that there will be a ire
hsndous slump.
II is not represented that the British
BIZ al work on "A new policy Of altru-
tsn in which the interest OF the .Ameri-
cen cotton rover is TO be the prime
Ior.ideration. 1t is simply that the inn
t@ouancc of avoiding a situation which
rll heigh,en the already considerable
Sentiment against Great Britain in the
rI'h is fully appreciated by the Brit
j. Government. The authorities in Lon
.0l have in many ways become con-
E.CcG that the interests Of Great Britain
r8ulu. be in danccr of suffering severely
fai as relations with the United
s..e~ are concerned # a chaotic cond.-
M s produced in the cotton States as
b ,,.ult of British policy.
For these reasons the British are un-
stood to be DESTROYS of keeping cot
@ prices at a reasonable level. They
.lye made their problem. therefore,
a~ct.cally that Of the American cotton
.uping and cotton financing interests.
re hope is generally entertained here
lat some plan meeting the interests OF
kU,a sides ultimately will be developed.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-05-25
NEARLY MURDERED
i. =. IN RICE FIELD.
Dispute Over Water Privileges
Results In Chlnaman Being
II Battered With Hoe

ing Sung, Chinese was found in
ditch in q rice field on Kamehameha
Nv road, Kalihi, shortly after seven
O'Clock last night by two other Chi
nese. He was covered with blood, had
n nasty wound in the head, and the
lobe of his left ear was missing. When
found his nose and mouth were Just
above the water in the ditch. A blood
stained hoe, the kind used in rice
cultivation was found nearby.
Ung Sung was taken to = neigh Dor.
ing house and the police summoned.
We was rushed to Queen Hospital in
the patrol wagon and late last night
was reported seriously but apparently
not dangerously injured. - ,
AT haif- past seven O'Clock, yNg Sung,
with blood sfneared face, rushed ex
ritedly into the police station and
stated that he had, been SETON by
four men in a rice field on Kamehame,
ha " road and beaten up. The men
had sticks and knives, he said, and
only after he had repeatedly yellet
- all in!'' did they suffer him to go
He claimed TO know, nothing about
the circumstances under which ing
Sung sustained his injury.
lie was held for investigation and
the detective department.; got busy on
the case. but had not succeeded in
CLEARING up the matter last night.
Ny Sung says that he was going tC
get water for his rice when attacked
The dry spell has caused a ~ Of frir.
ton among the rice field Chinese al
Kalihi and the police think that il
WIS n disDute over the use of water