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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1915-10-05

peo Sonioftioer, at Siioeierne life
turoe reiie meb @iiifapen for s Gage
efter Sanftbans iaar. men blir Oct
life for folot % FOR meget He9n. iaa
blir oct maaife gob Iioraat enboa,
i9rlie Der ai,erne Hyper inb.
Sorbisrn Strono er meo belle tya-
mullen paa 9ulnne nteo areatlrerne
/ CONNER. Zone @offen er meo
iom SIPlperlfe. Sc bar ga Ell 600
9epemoooe for ale De inloa Barn.
Ser er life mango osoe, iiben leg
ifrep. gn une Wanb aetiI >. no
merof er bsO ipaar al SPrine. Gu
fen Sngebierg Wogbus iioper igiell
meo = imaa garn. Slap Clubbing
er ogioa DOB, lieeiaa arnit Iiferuo
% en- ing Gut Clap St. Neirebe /
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ban bapoe. Senrif Sierne ligger
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2aarbenet, elers bar ban pPret flelr
/ aarepis al Nprcipgbont. Sagne
Wiiobp bar Sprin9, % ipaar bar bun
ligget tiIiengs. Spgelslteren par Ser
/ noele Tiger; men bun bar mi Serie
% Dor pno @resipt hos SeIrrene
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9reipif bar III fprolg Oct patrc so.
tellet neoc / 9pgoen; men leg tror
life BET er aabnet Tor @jpiter cnoml.
Maatte oct gao banl bel; oct er en-
briftig Scar.
Seq minoes life, ON leg bar Tor.
talt at Oisie er gifte: Surjei Sfonle.
bal, aapteln poa "Npresbslen", et
gift mco gnne Sibiua. 8unnleit
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MI n9ite &elg. 3ietil Sfogitao er
gift meo gHctb :. Sergeoalen.
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fisbt 8leip al lin Spieerfor Sorici,
iom er ipaelig o9 fife fan arbeioe ri.
oere MI. San bar miitet Solens
BRIG, Tilnaen er oelpis lam, iaa bon
bar onot for at faa Jig Mao o9iaa
Sna tililut lfnl iea billie til aienote
fra Sobn; ban enifer 9ierne at iurc
berfra, ON oct Dor @ros Billie.
SSorbera Sic.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1915-10-05
Sra Gfer.

Siui wv Hppl WI u uiNbNl "
Observation-Disclosures? - iiaer nof
mango al mine 9piere / Soften.
Sg Oct ifal life unbre mig - iloar
Ieg bar p9ret borte ira "ToIten"s
Spalter bel iioen Worts Wooneo.
Get par oct, Ter Oere, al leg piloe for
Iege life at PLACE "Gecprob-Epiten"
meo altfor meaet Stof; - oa iaa
bleo ieg iaa ultfpr benipnsfulo - iea
glemte mig bort. - Gu er not mangt
"Npt" blepet 9annmelt / oenne lauae
Sioen. Dog mau leg iorioge at liant
lie tamnten enoel al Stllbberne: o.
leg faor treite mig meo, at ON manat
at bette er gammelt for mig, iao fan
bet maolte bape GtpheOens Snteresie
for oere, mine preoe 9piere oeroper.
Ssr't etpar Orb ON @eiret; for
oct bar ipiaet en- nofiaa p9ielltlia
Stole oenne Waur og CONNER. Otter
Snelssningen / Mpril Wtaalleos BE.
%gpnoelie IF ri ingen Nebbpr ier / Be-
gpnoelien at Snli. 9ctte taler 10 Tor
Jig lelp. Iuereoe / Dtoi ltob oct aalt
til; Soroen begpnbtc at iprpffe, o.
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paa Iger og eng. Soo fon tuni,
meo I~terfere &nrnle, men iremoeleS
Ssrfe. Saablesbeoen porte, 10 lpn=
ger Oct leo. "&pnlmer oct life Hean
til ct. Suns, iaa blir oct ct ofoiort
uaar", bar Den glpngie 5alc. Nten
st. Sans foml - llben Hegn. Ga
ifjsnt Safferne ~mangeiteos laa brlln.
lpiooe, % eng % Niger, ionl hapOe
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aloeles f%orfreblet - ioa opaap man
life enonu alt Sdab. Sper Ell Gin,
'om oltfteoe frem / Soriionten, iillate
man meo ip9not Snteresie, - fon-
tie Den filnoe bringe SiPlpen. Selc
Natllren bnlgreoe og teriteoe eiter
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parlo; hos Wenneifer, Spr % Tlon-
ter finloe nlar merle Oct ianlnle.
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oper alt % nllc. - Men iaa bar Oct
pglad ct Settellens, ct Sorlesninaens
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regn. - Sna ff ri aiperlenbe &eall
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brltlle, triite Batter tit after arsil.
lipsiriif 6arpe. Get begpnote at ipi-
re og gro paa ale annter. - Wten
alt blep 10 ioriinfet, Iua SIaattcrl
tlrnoe life begpnoc isr / Iuglit. gu
er man bare miot i Slautten. Ssi
ier oct iii no til at bliue en- %eliia-
nellie al. Wen Ell I'M Sage er font
met til: li9eiom ri paa Soraaret if
Tor Tibet 8een, iaa iaar ri M Tor
meget. Get oil iielben blipc Ell
eneitc rigtia goo Solifinsoas. 6plf
iaar life Ssiet terfet. ga after be-
gpnber Oct iomme Spsrgsmaal at
trGnge fig frenl, iom tnneebe &enne,
itebjerterne UNDER Ssrfen: SfaI ri
/ oisie baarbe, opre Sioer ogiaa iaa
ltaar? -
Geiret bar tiloels peret polbiomt
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toronet o. lpnet % regHet rent iPno.
menalt her opeiter Grammenaoiitrit.
tet. Saaleoes Ssuoas Soc Iuguit,
oa Oct lpneoe iaaoan Der, al Ingen
fan buife noset lignenbe. Spnet log
ba ogiaa neo mango Steber. : 9urig'
iuno LOG oct neo / Glpearbeiber In-
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1915-10-05

Gn rulq NonO ira Gter er oqiua
inlot / ben ariI, iom M paaaaar.
Iet or Claus Nillen Solit ira sang.
luno, - Nor qnmmel. San uopan.
oreoc / 1906 iii gtorbameritn. hoor
ban arbeioebe iom Sernbanearbeioer
peb StiQehapsfuiten. Soften 1911
blep ban 5ormer Canada. Senere
baubleoe ban meo Somter / @omons
ton alberta. Nicu 5ioernc bar ilaue.
% ban ioretrnf al bperue iig iripiaig
al Sen engeIife &egiering; ira otto.
Der 1914 iif ban YtilitPrlooennelie
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-04-06
Capitalist Planning To Make II !
Great Tourist Centre

Capitalist Planning To Make II !
Great Tourist Centre
New York Sun.
The Allies already have reached en
understanding regarding the dispos4~
ton Of the Holy Land Of the Mos"
que Of st. Sofia, in Constantinople. ia
the event of the fall of the Turkish
Empire, according to informatlo0
reaching here from England througa
missionary channels.
The plan, these reports say, - 70
make h Holy Land more accessible
to travellers and to develop it as mor7
or a tourist centre thar it has been
under Turkish rule. st. Sofia, &C
cordIng to the some information, ~
70 become a cathedral of the Russia
church.
British capitalists are representeo
as already looking over the ground III
faIest1ne with a view to h construc~
ton OF trolley lines, the devo1opm"hL
OF agriculture and the construction "
modern hotels. A seaport which Will
pc adapted to the expected inerease IN
commerce Is included in the plan.
me capitalists behind the venture are
SAID to be favorable to. the Zionlst
plan Of populating Palestine WITH
Jews from other countries. Mis-
slonary leaders are Interested IN the
scheme as affording a centre II
christian inspiration and worship.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-04-06

BarOn HirSch set aside Ten
dollars some years ago to ass7-
Jews To cave Russia. He sa,-
agents TO Argentina and they NJ.
a tract Of good bottom land Con-
ing about thirty million aeras
this they paid something Ike
OF fifteen thousand dollars usr $50
league. and the total sum enc
@ he land amounted to NOR. -
two million dollars. The Jewish -
onization Fund has aided in this
and there r now sumething ~
ty thousand Jews in Argentina
Of them are settled in Villages 49,
they own large areas of farming bands
nearby. fney nave social eomnn.r1-
ties and go u to work on the f.~r.
Many of them own their lands ia So.
crafty, and some Of the Villages a.~a
three eF four thousand p~opuat.n
Not a few of these people have
tab1ished stores in different psrtS -
Argentina, and there are nov fag
merchants everywhere. Some ~ -
Jews are quite wealthy. TIL .r.r~
/ trade is largely controlled by trem
| a they have shown the same thrf+
| that is common to their race -hs
world over.
I During nay stay here I have n.ata
| a number Of inquiries as to LANDS ana
| their values. The prices varv oui.a
| as much as they do III the United
States, and they are subject Ia tha
same fluctuations. In 1885 one could
buy real estate in the heart OF Buenns
Aires for less than a dollare q square
| yard, while in the same locality von
would now have to pay a thousand
| dollars a square yard, Farming lands
| fh0t nnfr12 hovo hoon cnt+a,
song q half century ago are now bring
ing q half million dollars a square
league, and lands that once sold Tor
a Few cents an acre are now worth
as many dollars. This is especially 50
in the province of Buenos Ares
where the city of Buenos Aires is H..
Gated.
The most Of the land here Is SOLD by
the hectare of two and One-h8lf acres
[ have before me a list of recent sales
Here is one Of las hectares, near the
MarmoI station, which SOLD for over
$1,000 a hectare; one Of la acres in
the department Of Moreno, which sold
for $500 a hectare and 1900 acres
near Villa Elisa that sold for ab0ur
$3.50 q hectare. Over 5000 hectares
in Bahia Blana recently old for more
than $50 ZACH and 1000 on the banks
of Their liver Egide for 3 similar
dAlOuIll. In Tie pEoVlltce oL &ofCf"1
5000 hectares recently sold for IS
pesos each, and in the department 4
General Roca 1900 sold for 55 pesos
It depends largely on the character
OF the land and upon its location as
to the price. The soil varies as much
as it does in the United States and
some public lands, sold at auction.
bring as low as 1t cents per acre
whereas If near streams or railroad
stations they may sell for several DOL
lars per acre. There are farm lands
near here that are worth $10e an acre,
Many of the great estates are oWres
by families who are always buyln;
lands mad never sell On the Other
hand, some Of the largest land owners
are beginning to divide up their prop
critics. The great colony Of Salllauel1
on the land Of the UnZue and DruSdaI}
Brothers. This colony has a eoioniza'
ton scheme hat embraces 30,00'
acres. It is situated on the boundar,
between the province Of Buenos Ares
and that of the central parnpas.
i FRANK G.. CARPENTER
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-04-06

The famous tinebal1 at Greenwich
IS TO be replaced by a new aluminium
ball, and it's mechanism ~overllauled
and reconstructed. The timebali was
first erected in 1888. An electric cur
rent from the clock was first used TO
drop 1t at ! O'Clock each day in 1852.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-04-06

Joseph Addison, the English essay
LIST, a pseudonym Clio" When
he wrote a manuscript in the city he
annotated It with a co.: when in
London, t." when in Islington.
where he Lived, Il" and when in hts
Office, 90" the whole spelling Clio.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-04-06

A cubic mile Of river water weighs
about 1906, $50 eco tons and carries
IN solution an average of 429, 600 tone
Of solids.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-04-06
ARGENTINE, AT T
u
How South America Will Com
For the Foreigner When
the War Closes

nickel-plated lids, and they are Of
snow-white enamel, like hat of a
bathtub. They are kept hot by steam
pipes land are maintained at just the
right temperature to make the best
soup. They have a capacity of 1000
quarts OF soup. I tasted some of it
and like it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-04-06

Among the most interesting OF such
behts are belonging TO- He
~ y WlII De remembered that
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-04-06

AS to colonies there are a large
number in Argentina, some OF which
are many years old. The first COLONY
from Europe settled ever sixty years
ago and about thirty years ago there
were eighty-five different colonies
which were cu~1tivating altogether Sc
zoe acres. I'm 1895 the colonies num-
eered 7eO, ard many are now being
established. There is one Gerruan
company which has a million acres
by Twenty-Five colonies, with
a Wn1te population Of $1,000. That
company has twelve towns. There ara
also Russian, Swiss. German and Aus
TRAN, italian and Spanish settlements
Sofhe OF n large farmers have div.
ed parts OF their estates, and are sell
ing the land to coIonists. The gouer,-
ment has established a number Of
such settlements. In Chahnf .h.oa
are several Welsh c~alonres. n a Fin
ais colony There is a eolony made
up o. Boers from South Africa. There
LIS eolonies in the Chaco and Fer
iiosa anc IN nearly all of the nrov-
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-25
CANAL CLOSED SIX MONTHS
Employees in Operating Division Being
Given Vacations or Transferred
to Other Departments.

Panama.-Owing to the tying up
of the Panama canal by the re-
cent slide, many employees, mainly
in the operating divisions, are being
given vacations, which is taken here
to indicate that the canal will remain
closed for a much longer time than
was at first expected. Some employees
have been transferred to other divi-
sions.
1t is the intention of Major General
George w. Goethals, governor general
of the canal zone, to force tempo
rary channel through the slide as
quickly as possible and pass through
the waterway a few ships which have
been waiting since the canal closed,
and then again shut off traffic until
all danger of slides has been ended.
This probably will not be less than
six months, according to the best
available estimates.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-25
ROOSEVELT TO GET COMMAND
Former Mayor Of London, Ont, Who
Is in Charge of Organization,
Wires Offer to Colonel.

London, England-Former President
Theodore Roosevelt has been offered
the command of the City of London
regiment being organized here. For
mer Mayor G.. NJ. R. Graham, who
has charge of the organization, wired
the offer to the colonel
There are Canadians here who
fought with Roosevelt in 1898. Sew
eral thousand Americans have already
joined the Canadian forces and there
is a steady influx of recruits from
across the line.
Were Col. Roosevelt to accept a
command with the Canadian forces
there is no doubt that many thousand
of his fellow eountrymen would fol
low his example and ask to serve
under him. Their enlistment would
not affect their American citizenship.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-25
BANKER MUNDA1
Gets FIVE YEARS
JURY FINDS HIM GUILTY ON
SEVENTH BALLOT IN
SIX HOURS.
ATTORNEY HOYNE SATISFIED
counsel for Defense Says Vedret Is
Full Of Holes and Hopes to Win
Out in the Supreme
Court.

Morris, Ill.-Charles B. Munday,
Vice president of the La Sale Street
Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago,
of which William Lorimer was presi-
dent, was found guilty of conspiring
to wreck the institution, and his pun
ishment fixed by a jury at five years
Imprisonment.
The jury was out six hours and took
1--WE ballots. They disagreed on the
penalty, nine standing at first for
the maximum.
Foreman Bermeister said: I'VE all
agreed on the first ballot that the YER
dict should be guilty. Eight of us
wanted the maximum punishment, i'm
prisonment for five years and a fine
of $4,000. One of the jurors sug-
gested that it would be better to
leave the $4,000 for the depositors
who lost their money in the failures"
This verdict is full of holes" Attor-
ney John NJ. Hogan, counsel for Mum
day, said. I'VE will win in the su-
preme court"
81 will fight the case to the last
ulICu, Was lu6 only COIuueuL NJ ull-
day would make after the jury re-
turned
The jury's verdict was: I'VE, the
Jury, find the defendant, Charles b.
Munday, guilty in the form and man
ner charged in the indictment and
tx the penalty at five years imprison-
ment in the state penitentiary."
Maclay Hoyne, states attorney Of
Cook county, who was in the court
room, said the verdict was satisfac-
tory.
Lorimer and Henry w. Huttig of
Muscatine, Ia, will go to trial after
the first of next year, Hoyne said
Fourteen persons were indicted,
Lorimer and Munday being the chief
of them. The indictments charged
them with looting the institution of
almost S2,5OO,OOO and with violation
of practically every banking law of
the state.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-25
U. S. CAN USE ANY PATENT
COURT UPHoLDS RIGHT OF
GOVERNMENT.
Federal Court Renders Decision in
Case of Wireless Equipment
for 5attIeship.

New York.-The arm of the
government may be strengthened
for naval or military purposes at any
time it sees fit and at the expense OF
any individual or corporation to whom
it has granted a patent, according to
a ruling made by Federal Judge
Charles M. Hough in an injunction
and accounting suit brought by the
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. Of
radio engineer.
This ruling was based on an equity
suit filed by the Marconi company
against Simon, who they asked to be
enjoined from infringing on their pat
ent in the construction of radio ap-
paratus for the United States under
contract Simon had with the navy
department. Judge Hough in his opin-
ion says:
1.-THE navy department has en-
| ployed Simon to construct radio ap-
| paratus without which certain war
vessels now approaching completion
cannot go into commission. If Simon
does not complete the articles for
which he has contracted injury to
the military arm of the government
will result. No injunction will be
issued in any way Interfering with
the contract now existing between
Simon and the United States.
I'm time of trouble, at periods when
the arm of the government is in need
of strengthening, the executive may
be left in the exercise of powers per
haps doubtful in law, but temporarily
necessary for national safety by the
refusal of drastic relief and the re-
mission of private ligitants to slower
processes of pecuniary recompense.'
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-25
VILLA MEN CLAIM VICTORY
Battle for HermosilIo in Progress
City Said to Be Surrounded
by Rebel Forces.

Nogales, Ariz.-The battle for
HermOsillo, capital of Sonora, has
been in progress for two days, accord
ing to advices received by Villa Off
eials at Nogales, Sonora, opposite
here.
Carlos Randall, acting Villa COVER
nor of Sonora, said that dispatches
received by him indicated that Gen.
Obregon had been routed near Can,
anea and 300 Carranza dead left on
the battlefield.
Gen. Villa is said to be directing
She attack at Hermosillo. The city
Is reported to be surrounded.
Villa officials were reported to
have confscated copper valued at
100000 which arrived at Nogales
from the Cananea Consolidated Cop.
per Co.
One elderly woman was shot by
soldiers at Nogales in a celebration
A proclamation in which Villa de.
nounced Carranza and the United
States has been issued.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-25
TO PAY INDEMNITY
FOR LUSITANIA DEAD
TOTAL OF $4,000 OR 5000 FOR
EACH AMERICAN Is
INDICATED.
WILL LIKELY REJECT OFFER
DisavowaI of Sinking Will Be Left
to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Liability
Urged, But U. S. Holds Ger
many Responsible.

Washington Through Count Won
Bernstorff, Germany has notified the
United States of its willingness to
pay indemnities for the lis Americans
who lost their lives when the Lust
tania was sunk by German subma-
rine.
Although no amount has yet been
proposed, it is stated the German gov
eminent stands ready to pay $4,000
for each American who died on the
great liner, or a total of $575,0OO. 1t
is doubted If this offer will be &C.
ceptable to the United States.
Germany has not yet shown any
inclination to disavow the act of the
submarine commander who destroyed
the Lusitania. 1t has been suggested,
however, that the question Of dis
avowal be submitted to arbitration.
This proposal President Wilson I'M
doubtedly will reject.
The offer to make financial repara-
ton for the Americans killed on the
Lusitania was made to Secretary Of
State Lansing by Ambassador Bern
storff when the German diplomat
called at the state department last
week.
At the same time he is said to have
informed Mr.. Lansing that his gov
eminent did not think it should be
pressed to apologize for sinking a
British ship transporting munitions Of
war along with passengers.
An effort was made by a German
emissary recently to get father and
mother who lost a son on the Lusi-
tania to sign a statement that they be-
lieved Great Britain equally liable
with Germany for the payment Of
damages.
The agreement presented by this
agent was that England incurred this
liability when it allowed war NUM-
tons to be carried on a British pas
senger ship.
The plan failed when the parents
curtly spurned the suggestion, al
though they are said to have been
promised immediate payment Of any
amount they would stipulate.
The German embassy officials deny
this agent represented the Berlin gov
eminent.
The United States has held Ger
many solely responsible for the loss
of the Lusitania and throughout the
exchange of notes has insisted Ger
many aisregarded international law
when 1t torpedoed the ship without
warning.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-25
BUSINESS IN CANADA
IS GOOD
Successful Crops and Big Yields
Help the Railway.

The remarkable fields that are re-
ported of the wheat crop of Western
Canada for 1915 bear out the estl-
mate of an average yield over the,
three western provinces of upward Of
rs bushels per acre. There is no
portion of that great west of $4,000
square miles in which the crop was.
not good and the yields abundant. An
American farmer who was induced to.
place under cultivation land that he
had been holding for five years for
speculative purposes and higher
prices, says that he made the price Of
the land out of this years crop Of
oats. No doubt, others, too, who took
the advice of the Department of the
Interior to cultivate the unoccupied
land, have done as well.
But the story of the great crop that
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
produced this year is best told in the
language of the railways in the added
cars that it has been necessary to,
place in commission, the extra trains
required to be run, the increased tom
mage of the grain steamers.
1t is found that railway earnings
continue to improve.
The G. P. r. earnings for the second
week of October showed an increase
of $4,000 over last year, the total
being only $4,000 below the gross
earnings of the corresponding week
of 1918, when the Western wheat crop
made new record for that date. The
increase in G. P. R. earnings for the
corresponding week of that year was
only 1851, 900, or less than half of the
increase reported this year. The
| grain movement in the West within
the past two weeks has taxed the re-
sources of the Canadian roads as
never before, despite their increased
facilities. The c. p. r. is handling 1000
cars per day, a new record. The,
G. T. R.. and the c. N. r. are also max
ing new shipment records. The other
day the w. Grant Morden, of the Can
ada Steamships Company, the largest
freighter of the Canadian feet on the
Upper Lakes, brought down cargo Of
476,315 bushels, a new record for
Canadian shipping. Records are go.
ing by the board" in all directions this.
fall, due to Canada's record crop. The,
largest Canadian wheat movement
through the port of New York ever
known is reported for the period up,
to October 18th, when since shipments.
of the new crop began in August,
4,265,791 bushels have been reloaded
for England, France and Italy. This.
is over half as much as was shipped
of American wheat from the same port
in the same period. And, be it remem--
bered, Montreal, not New York, is the
main export gateway for Canadian
wheat. New York gets the overflow
in competition with Montreal.-Ad-
vertisement.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-25
PASSPORTS PORTENDP PEACE
NEW coNsIsToRY AT ROME TO
CONSIDER SUBJECT.
and German Cardinals to
Come and Go.

Rome, Italy-Passports to Aus
trian and German cardinals will be is
sued by the Italian government, en-
aiding them to attend the consistory
at the Vatican in December.
The decision reached by the coun-
Gil of ministers, announced yester-
day, was regarded generally as an
other straw blowing in the direction
of possible peace negotiations.
For refusing safe conduct to Ger
man members of the Sacred College
there was no technical reasor@ Ger
many and Italy being nominally on
amicable relations, though these have
been badly strained by Teutonic sub
marine activity in the Mediterranean.
Influence of Peace Plan.
But that permission would be grant
ed the Austrians to visit Rome was
not expected.
The inference drawn is that the
ministers knew of peace plans in the
Vatican.
The public has been somewhat I'M
certain at what value to appraise re-
ports that the pope is about to re-
nounce his claims to temporal power
as a means of securing the Italian
governments permission to partici-
pate in peace negotiations, and that
Cardinal Hartmann of Cologne will
bring peace suggestions from Ger
many to the consistory, but the cabi-
net councils action gives the impress
sion that the ministers attach some
weight to them.