, 1915-01-16

Herr Scavenius, Minister of Foreign AZ
fairs for Denmark, IL discussing Sir Edward
Grey's figures, attributes the incl ease to tie
arrival Of delayed careCe- and states that
later shipments were increased owing to the
eagerness of the Danish dealers to lay in
large stores against unforeseen eyentnalitiee.
Under normal conditions, Denmark receives
considerable imports from the United States
via Germany and England, but these airs
now necessarily coming direct, and more
over all foodstutfs and many other supplies,
which Denmark formerly received from the
Bnltic and Black Sea ports, ceased entirely
with the war and are now being supplied
from the United States.
The Hamburg-American Line has an
nouuced a service between Hamburg and
Copenhagen, win the Kiel Canal. The "Star,
remarks, '"This is All interesting foot note,
10 Sir Edward Grey's reply to Washington"
The London correspondent Of the Chicago
"Inbuhe" reports conversations with %int1uen-
till rel esentatives of several nations, who
stated that the United States is not making
friends, but is rather LAYING up future trou-
Bile, the general charge being that the Uni
ted States is ignoring the moral issues clus~
ing the war and dependent upon It's results,
while making difficulties on trade topics for
those supporting the American view. 1t WAS
repeatedly said that President Wilson has
revealed weakness, degraded the Presidency
and dishonoured American political and nor
al traditions. These oulbuIsts DO not pro-
ceed from resentment OF President Wilson's
protest against the British and French trent
ment Of American trnde with the neutrals,
since every one admits TINT the President
was bound to protect the of Ame-
RIGA. The indictment against the United
States is that it abdjcuted aud igDominiouslv
ran away when great quest Ons of morals and
humanity were concerned, but promptly re-
covered It's sense Of duty and courage when
the war threatened to reduce the profits Of
the copper kings aid otherwise to p~eualiZe
America materially. Europe is han leuiug
against the United States mn innumerahle
persons vii dispute this diplomacy and the
pious aspirations Of the users Of the lal guage
of futility and sham. As matters now stand,
when ptpce comes the United States viii
not have a hand in making it, its isolation
being, as far as Europe is concerned, nemIy
complete, and the maintenance Of It's own
traditional policies IN the Western Hemjs-
phere and its own national security wit re-
Quire its utmost naval and military strength.
Dispatches from VieUnn state that ii has
been ascerlained that on Dee. 20tE The French
dreadnonght "Gourbet' was torpedoed by
the Austrian submarine ono. - IN the
Strait Of Olranto, and then rammed by her
sister ship the 'Jean Bart, which WAS at
tempting to tow her. The "Coul bet" sank
aud the clean Bart was dcckpd ut. Malta,
but the French pretend that Only the latter
was slightly injured, couceo!iuB the loss OF
the "Courbet.'
A despatch from Toxic states that the
japanese steamship "Tnkuju Mmn' reports
by wireless that she has rescued and is
bringing to Kobe 10 of the passengers and
crew of the Peninsula and Oriental Liner
"Nile," which ran ashore on a reef in tho
inland sea OH Monday. 1t is believed that
the "NiIe' sank after being pulled off a reef
near I%waiiiwa. She was en- route from Lon
don to Yokohama and was commanded by
Captain Powell.
London, Jan. 13th-A French of5cial
communiqu4 states: s'From the sea TO the
Disc yesterday there was intermittent can
nonading which was fairly violent at certain
places. On the Aisne, north of scissors,
determined attacks were delivered against
the trenches occupied by Us on Friday aud
Sunday. The enemy yesterday attacked our
positions several times, but we repulsed him
and took possession of more trenches. From
scissors to Rheims artillery exchanges oc-
cured, our heavy artillery responding eff
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