, 1915-07-14

ENRNo " OA-RN oAC0h OIL
men, TO enquire what servants of the
State, whose negligence and incompe-
tence have endangered the safety of the
Empire. still hold office. The Bitterness
between newspapers and partisans angers
Mr.. Asquith, menaces the national inter-
ests and invites summary suppression.
Lord Kitchener, in a telegram to General
Botha conveying his congratulations on the
mastery conduct of the campaign and his
brilliant victory, added, eve will warmly
welcome South Africans who can come over
to join U.S."
Advices from Cape Town state that the
terms of surrender of German Southwest
Africa were signed by DR.. Seitz, the Impe-
rial Governor of the colony. They include
all the property of the Government of the
protectorate, besides the entire military
force comprising 204 officers and 1856 men,
with 81 field cannon and 20 machine guns.
The following are recent victims of Ger
man submarines: The Russian barque
Marion Lightbodk, the Russian steamship
Gamma, the British steamship "Ellesmere",
the "Clio' presumably an italian steamship,
and the Norwegian steamship "Nordnaes."
An Admiralty statement gives ten mer-
chant vessels as having been torpedoed dur
ing the week ending July 7th, with a total
tonnage of $1,000. During this period the
arrivals and sailings at and from ports in
Great Britain numbered 1869.
The Evening Standard" identifies the
German battleship which was sunk in the
Baltic by q British submarine on July End
as the "Pommern."
Dispatches from Milan state that the
Italian armoured cruiser "Amalf," which
was recently torpedoed in the Upper Adria-
tic sank in 8 minutes. Seventy of her COM
plement of $50 lost their lives.
Advices from Sebastopol state that nine
Turkish vessels, all with cargoes of coal for
Constantinople, have been sunk by a Russian
warship off the coast of Zunguldak. Rus
sian torpedo boats attacked a Turkish sub
marine off the Bosphorus, the submarine dis
appeared after the bombardment and her
fate is unknown.
British comment of the German Note to
the United States describes it as audacious
end hypocTiticai, while French comment says
that it dlssipates any remnants of belief in
the uprlghtness OF GermaDy's principles.
German MINER is unanimously appro-
batory and anticipated American apprecia-
tion OF the Notes conciliatory proposals,
which are regarded as embodying excessive
concessions and affording an opportunity to
tho United States to put into practice its
appeals to Germany's humanity, by stopping
the trade in munitions Ali German publ
cations expect that the submarine warfare
will continue.
New York, July 12th.-Mr. Bryan praises
the conciliatory tone of the Note and the
evident desire of Germany to reach an
understanding with the United States. The
comment of the standardization Press
IS similar, but other newspapers, regardless
of the section of the country or partisan
affiliations, are condemnatory Of the Note
and regard it as unresponsive. The United
States demand for q disavowal Of the sinking
of the "Lusitania" and an assurance
against a repetition are not mentioned, but
instead there are proposals of privileges to
the United States alone, which are unaccept-
able in substance and antagonize the inter
ests of every other neutral nation. There
is no expectation that President Wilson will
even consider Germany's assumption to grant
terms for ocean traffic and to impose Ger
man rules of war upon the world. The pro-
posal that vessels for other nationalities
should fly the American flag under the Ger
man proposal is regarded as fantastic, there
being too many objections to specify. The
American popular idea is that Germany has
rejected the United States appeal to Inter
national Law, thus raising the question of
American policy towards it's rejection, and
the expressions of opinion would Justify
President Wilson in any stand taken.
London, July 13th-The attacks by the
German Grown Prince in the Woeyre region,