, 1915-01-23
Censored at Jnmaical.

4 FAR ~ ~ 'A'D "N'''f~ON - A1'ANA Y
deem is disliked, and Mr.. WlIIinm Watson
has published a sarcastic poem Ola the sub
ject.
The Treasury Order reserviug British capi-
tai for home nee0s is generally approved.
The "Daily Chronicle" queries whether the
veto upon foreign investments should be
absolute, since the present Investments
should be protected in deserving cases. The
United States is now the chief source of
capital.
Despa ches from Madrid state that Queen
Victoriu's c|onait,on is critical and that
Prince jaime and Princess Beatrice have
cought the fever.
A despatch from Rome states that The
Pope has issued q decree appointing two
dates for special services and pray ers for
peace in every Catholic Church, in Europe
on February seventh, aHd elsewhere on
March twenty first. His Holiness expects
Catholics throughout the world viii receive
Communion on Pence Sunday and that hey
will be in their respective places on ia Sc
Sundays, when a special prayer composed by
himself will be said.
A despatch from Petrograd states that
Isaac Khan, the Persian Minister to r ls,ia,
explains the Persian situation thu "rhe IN
tegrity OF our territory was guaranteed 10
HF ~ J 'SSFtI thA 4ANCNtt4 uiitl III 4ADlNitN
the Gar, roilerating his promise, sud: IL
wish you 10 tell your Government that we
will not take a single foot of your territory.'
We have protested against the Turkish
violation OF our territory and Will continue
to protest. The Turkish garrison at Tabriz
now consists OF two regiments, bat it is pos
slb!e and even probable that Turkey will
send through our province OF Azerba i'm,
INTO the Caucasus, large numbers of troops,
because our country is not fortified and the
frontier between Russia aud Persiu is the
only unfortlhed Russian frontier. For this
reason, the use of our country by Turkey is
even more obviously expedient than was the
German violation of Belgian neutralitv.
Belgium could offer resistance. whereas We
are unable to do so. Russia knows. how
ever, that we are not c|ulpable. The Russian
Press has demanded that we expel from
Teheran the diplomatic representatives. of
Germany, Austria and Turkey, but this we
will not do, because it would constitute a
breach of neutrality AMI would Justify the
Turks IN treating us rs a hostile country,
whereas now we are perfectly sure that no
matter what the result of the war may be.
Persia will remain independent"
Washington, Jan. 2Orb.-England has in
formed the United States that she Will not
assent to the "Dacia's" carriage of cargo to
Germany or Holland before her status has
been declared. The British Note does not as
sert the right of Great Britain to interfere
with ships purchased and transferred to the
American flag in a Legitimate way. The OBJ
lection to the transfer of the "Dacia" is That
1t is not genuine, the British Government
believing that the American purchaser IS
acting for German principals. 1t is expected
that the United States will accept the issue
raised for making a test Of the transfer Of
the interned German vessels to American
ownership, and the officials are of opinion
that the Court will liberate the "Daeia' upon
the genuinensss Of the transfer, in view Of
the evidence already submitted.
President Wilson is reconsideripg his
plans to attend the official opening Of the
Panama Canal, not liking to be absent SO
long during the war conditions. and he 10
considering the substituting of a railway
trip to the san Francisco Exposition.
New York, Jan. 2Oth-Messrs j. PAMor-
gan and Company have been appointed Great
Britain's agents in connection with the pur-
chase of supplies by accepting bills, thus
obviating shipments of gold. England's ere
dit NAV reach OuL huu1ro9 noUl;,o IN