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COTTON ADVANCES
ON OPENING CALL
Export Situation Holds Ad-
vance Down to Moderate
Proportions

New Orleans, August 24.-Cotton
showed a very steady tone today and
stood at a small advance throughout
the session, although no great activity
was in evidence at any time offerings
were small, shorts displayed a decided
disposition to cover and moderate fresh
buying for long account had more than
usual effect. At the best of the day the
trading months were at a net gain of
10 points. The close was to points
up.
Good cables brought about better
prices on the opening call, the trading
months standing to points up. I'M
mediately after this advance was
Wldened and the gain was we'll main
tanned until the close.
Bullish crop reports from the west
tern belt, expectations of bullish week
ly weather reports tomorrow and pre-
dictions of low percentage of condi-
uon in the monthly reports from the
government were the main influences
inducing the rise. Holding the advance
down to moderate proportions was the
uncertainty over the export situation,
although longs derived some satisfac-
ton from higher spot quotations at
few points In the south.
New Orleans Cotton Futures
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Barrinr Welsh Coal

Cardiff, Wales, August 22.-(Special. }
Considerable interest is being taken in
shipping circles in the Inauguration of a
system of ''barging' Welsh coal to France
and Spain. The barge plan has been
adopted because OF great delays in ham
ding coal at continental ports since the
war, AS some 100000 tons of coal were
exported to France in 1918, the method as
sumes considerable Importance to the
Welsh coal trade. Two sailing vessels Of
$500 tons dead weight each have been pur-
chased and turned into sea-going barges;
these will be towed to their destinations
and dropped at the entrance to the port
to await berthing facilities or act as coal
hulks. Liners can also coal from the
barges or The latter can utilize river and
canal Communications. n
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Liverpool. August Especial 1.-THE
demand for steamships for government
purposes has forced the shipping trade
back on the long rejected sailing yes
sci. Many of these which were chartered
when steamer rates were at their highest,
are now arriving at British ports. The
Mersey river is full Of tapering spars and
rigging not seen for about 50 years. The
"Asio,' just arrived, was butt 60 years
ago, the Staut" is IS years of age the
"Erbrin" under the Norwegian flag just
in from gulf ports, making the journey
in IS days, is % years old, while several
others range from 70 to IS years
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FIRM UNDERTONE
: IN STOCK MARKET
Higher Prices Prevail and
Market Closed With SUBJ
stantial Gains

New York, August 24.-Conditions in the
stock market today offered a striking con-
uast to recent unsettled conditions.
Trading was orderly and ON a more mod
crate scale. but the undertone was firm
/. even when prices showed disposition TO
shade
Speculative sentiment was stimulated
during the afternoon trading by the plea
of Germany through the German ambas-
sador for suspension of Judgment re-
garding the Arabic incident. The entire
I market moved forward to higher prices,
closing with many substantial net gains.
Further engaging trade resources and
favorable railroad earnings, including that
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad show
ing net gain of $4,000 for July. were
among the other constructive factors.
United States Steel was the central fea-
ture, its position making 1t the object of
sundry bear attacks, but at no time did
1t yield more than fraction. 1t led the
general rise of the final hour, advancing
to "A, an overnight gain of 3is, and closed
at its best, or ga above yesterdays low
quotation.
with further spectacular recoveries from
recent declines. New York Aibrake rose
IL points to las, on announcement that
the company had received some more
, profitable contracts. Lackawanna Steel
added to yesterdays advance of 1-3,
scoring the new high price of IS. Crucible
Steel rose 6, to 1874. Bethlehem Steel go
49,. BALDWIN Locomotive to TN, while
many other equipments, industrials and
motors, rose to points. Profit taking
effaced part of these gains at the end.
Railroads again occupied place of
secondary Importance, although advanc-
ing point or more with the speciaHieS
, In the later trading. Rock Island. re-
cent strong feature, declined 1ss to H1s
on reports of a setback in the proposed re-
organization, but regaineS some of it's loss
later. Total sales amounted to $500
shares. steel again rolling up about % per
cent of the whole.
Bonds were mainly firm. although mu-
nicipal and state issues. with Rock Island
debentures were lower. Total sales, par
value, aggregated 81, 10000.
United States 3's and Panama 3s de-
clined " per cent, and United States cou-
pom AS per cent on call.
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Produce Market.

New York, August A.-Butter receipts
2s76; market steady. Creamery extras
90 score. 26c; creamery, higher scoring, 26ls
G27c; creamery, flrsts. 24@25Ac. Eggs
steady; receipts. 1896; fresh gathered ex
tras, 26q27c; extra firsts, 24@251sc firsts,
221aG28iac; seconds. 21@22c. Cheese weak;
receipts, 3132; state whole milk, fresh flats,
white and colored specials, 13@13Nc; DC
average fancy. 12Ac. Live poultry firm;
prices not settled. Dressed firm; western
frozen roasting chickens, zoe; fresh fowls
iced. 1301712c; fresh turkeys. iced. 15Q16c.
Chicago, August 24.-Butter, receipts,
1924 tubs: market steady. unchanged
Eggs; Receipts, 1916 cases; market firm,
unchanged. Potatoes, receipts. AZ cars
market Steady to easier; Jersey cobbers.
60G63c; Jersey giants, 50q53c; Minnesota
and Ohio. 43Q45c.
Poultry steady to higher; alive, fowls,
13E4141ac: springs. 16G17c.
Kansas City. August 24-Butter, cream
cry, &c: firsts, 25c; seconds, 23c; packing,
1911c. Eggs, firsts, zoe; seconds. 15c. Poul-
try, hens 12c; ROSTERS, &c: broilers. 15c.
ST. Louis. August 24.-Poultry I'M
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Montgomery Market

Montgomery. August 24.-(speoial J
Spot cotton was quoted here today as
follows: Middling fair. s.25c strict good
middling, &c; good middling, S75c,
strict middlinE. S.5oc; middling. s.25c,
strict low middling, 7.75c; low mid
ding, 7.25ci strict good ordinary, 6. 75e,
good ordinary, 6.s7c. Market quiet and
steady.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.

efsn New 1ork co;tosn
Z Nav oriesns Cotton Exchanes. NsS
: York Produce E1changs. Associstc
Members liverpool Cotton Assoclation.
Gale Of Cotton and Cotton Seed OH ri
future delivery; Special attention and
, spot cotton for delivery. Corrssponfs
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New York Cotton Futures
Port Cotton Market

New Orleans: Middling S.s7c; receipts
1850; sales. 625. stock. 1924
Galveston: Middling, &c; exports. $50;
stock, l03, SS5.
Mobile: Middiing. ssec; receipts. 2s
stock, 71,253.
Savannah: Middling, $500; receipts
25Ss; sales, 1900; stock, 5S,9S4.
Charleston: Receipts. 81 stock, 1892.
Wilmington: Receipts, Al; stock, 33,056
Texas City: Receipts, 1884.
Norfolk: Middling, S.6Sc: sales, 915:
stock, 40,651.
Baltimore: Exports, 1855; stock. 1162.
Boston, Middling, 9.20c; exports. 81;
stock, 1900.
Philadelphia: Middling, 9.55c: stock,
20ss.
New York: Middling e.3oc; exports, 5000;
stock, 224S25.
Minor ports: Stock, 27,251.
Total today: Receipts, $3.50; exports,
$500: stock, 67S,621.
Total for week: Receipts, 11,292; ex-
ports, 29,29s.
Total for season: Receipts. $3.50; ex-
ports. 100, 5Go
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Rice Market

New Orleans. August 4.-Both the rough
and clean grades of Honduras rice were
steady today, while Japan was nominal
Receipts, rough. 10, 1872: millers, SIS. Sales
1857 sacks rough Honduras at 525u4c: es1s
pockets clean Honduras at 27sa45sc Quo
tations unchanged
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New Orleans Cotton

New Orleans, August 21.-Spot cotton
steady, unchanged. Sales on the spot 425.
to 9rTive, 200; good ordinary, 6s6c; strict
good ordinary, lac; low middling S05c;
strict low middling, S.50c; middling, $50;
strict middling, Sic; good middling, 944c;
strict good middling, oslo Receipts,
1863; stock, 1924
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Poultry and Eggs

Commission merchants pr,,a
Hens-12c.
Fryers-1S02oc.
Broilers-16017c
Guineas--30c.
Roosters-25c.
Fresh country eggs. 1sc: graded, car.
ton eggs, 21c.
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Flour and Feedstuffs

self-rising flour, $40; Tennessee flour.
$500; Michigan flour, s7.10; Idaho flour.
$500; Indiana flour. 500. hard winter
wheat flour, $3.50; shorts, $685. pure wheat
brand, s29; c. s. meal. 7ia per cent, SO:
Creme meal, SIS, c. S. hulls, $40 ton: No. l
timothy hay. s25 per ton; pea green al
falfa: western, SO. and southern alfalfa.
s1s; mixed feeds. per ton. $35; oats. per
No. white. bushel, CSC: Texas oats. 6sc;
corn. per bushel, $l.03; cornmeal. s1.95; per
two-bushel sack; chops. s1.s6.
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Sugar Market

New York. August 24.-Raw sugar
y steady: centrifugal. 4.70c; molasses, 1859;
refined easy. points lower; cut loaf 6.55c;
crushed. 8. 45c: mould A. 6.10c; cubes. $500;
powdered. 5 soc; powdered 5.75c; fine
eranuIated, 5.65c; diamond A. 5.65c: con-
fecffoner's A. 5.b5c; No /. 5.4Oc. Suger
futures were easier earlier today and at
noon were to 8 points net lower.
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Chicago Grain

Chicago. August 24.-Wheat, No. 2 red,
81 .075aQ1. 101a; No. hard, $1.0sih@1 ia.
Corn, No. yellow. soA@S11sc; No, 4 yell
low, S04dS01hc. Oats No. 3 white. $50
S7hc standard. 4o1ad41Ac. Rye, No. 2
nominal; No. 3, 96a9Sc. Barley. 50a6Sc;
timothy $5.5oa6.75c: clover. sS5od1S. %.
Pork, $355; lard, $7.95; ribs, sSaS.65.
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ST. Louis Grain

st. Louis. August 24-Wheat, No. 2 red,
81 1901 .25ia; No. hard, SLIP; September,
81 .00N@1.0O7s; December, 971fd97ssc. Corn,
No. O. Sic; No. 2 white nominal; Septem-
Der. 1880; December, 60tsQ65c. Oats, No,
2, 39940c; No. white. nominal; Septcm-
Der, 361sc; December, S5Ac.
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Bonds


Savannah. August 24.-Turpentine firm
s7lac; sales, 800; receipts. 644 shipments
3d. stock, 1900. Rosin firm; sales, s73;
receipts, $780, shipments, 1887; stock. CT.
csS. Quote: A. B. C. d. $2.s5; E, $3.50; +,
81 50; G, H, j. IS. 10; K, s.3o M 81; N.
N.65; WIG s. IS; WV, $50
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Interior Cotton Market

Houston Middling DC; receipts, 212s
shipments, 1909; sales, 1852; stock. 1905
Memphis: Middling. s.ssc; receipts. 1913
shipments, 1892; sales, 100: stock. 66,13S
Augusta Middling, S.5oc; receipts, 21S
shipments, POL sales. ISL: stock, 63,SS3.
ST. Louis: Middling, s.S4c; receipts 203
shipments, 203; stock, 12,575
Cincinnati: Receipts, 1868; shipments,
3d. stock, 1900.
Little Rock: Middling. s.63c; shipments,
2; sales. 2; stock, 7150.
Dallas: Middling, .40c sales, 800.
Total today: Receipts, 1923; shipments.
$3.50; stock, 221,349.
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Metal Market

New York, August 2.--Copper steady:
electrolytic. 16. 50@17. SOC: iron steady and
unchanged. Metal exchange quotes tin
steady. $50 .5oGS4
At London: Spot copper, fc5 Is Cd;
futures. R66 los; electrolytic. e1T. Spot
tin, ESQ 5s; futures. f151 10s
The Metal exchange quotes lead offered
at $50; spelter not quoted. At London:
Lead. 921 13s 3D.; spelter, Eel.
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worked In her own Jam factory and SO
did her daughter. the future wealthiest
duchess in the kingdom. They used to
stone the fruit.
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Seeking an Outlet for Capital

FROM judge.
Investor-What l want is some stock
that will be n good buy.
Brokers' Clerk-An au revoir or
fare-the- we'll, madam?
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Sugar

Sugar
Granulated sugar, 1925 per cwt. +. O.
b.. Birmingham.
Choice Rice-s5.5o per cwt.
Fancy Rice-s600 per cwt
Extra Fancy--36.5U per cwt
Grits--S2.25 per 96-lb. bag
Sugar is being sold by Birmingham
reailers at from IL to Is pounds for 81.
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Cotton Seed Oil

| New York. August 24.--Cotton seed oil
showed a further substantial advance to-
day on light crude offerings. covering and
| more optimistic financial outlook in the
south Final prices were s to Is points
| net higher Sales, 1l,600 barrels. The
| market closed steady. Spot, 5.4506c; AL
gusct, 5.45@6. CSC; September, 550d5. SIC
October. 544I5.4sc; November, 5.45d5. 46c
December. 5.5oG5.51c; January. 562d5. 63e;
February, 5.74Q57Sc; March, $685.. SIC.
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Future quotations were as follow,
Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, August 24-Cash wheat
hard $1.12@1 .2S; No. 2 red. s1.1101.13. Corn,
No. mixed, 721aG73c; No. white 73c;
No. yellow. 741.r. Oats, No. white. AZ
G43c; No. mixed, 39@40c.
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changed. except chickens, 121kc: springs
lsl-o; ducks. 10d13e. Butter and eggs un-
changed
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Liverpool Cotton

Liverpool August 24.-Spot cotton wa.
steady; good midding, 5.72d; middllng
{. 42d low middling, A. &C., Sales, 60OO
for speculation and exports. 500; receipts
5000; futures steady: August Sad; Au-
gust and September. 5.34d; September and
October, 5.36d October and November
g. 421ad; November and December. 5.471ad
December and January. 5.511xd; January
and February, 5.55Ld; February and
March, 5.59tad; March and April, 5-6sd
April and May, 5.661kd; May and June
s. Tod: June and July. s. 73d; July and Au-
gust, g. 76d; August and September, 6.79d.
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Mercantile Paper

New York. August A.-Mercantile
paper, SA@3N per cent; sterling, 60-day
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bills, S4el.75; demand, $4.65.50; cables
s4.66.25. Francs: Demand, s5.s7; cables
$3.50. Marks: Demand S0Ac; cables Sic
Lircs: Demand, $645; cables, Sc.
Rubles: Demand, s41sc; cables, s4Mc. Bal
silver. 47c. Mexican dollars. &c. Govern
ment bonds weak; railroad bonds firm.
Time loans firm; 60 days. 21s per cent;
80 days, 2%Q3 per cent; six months. $40
311 per cent. Money on call steady. High
per cent; low, 10 per cent; ruling rate,
IA per cent; last loan, per cent; closing
bid, ~ per cent; offered at 2 per cent
Live Stock
Kansas City, August 24.-Hogs: re.
cefpts, 5000; higher Bulk, $6.50@7.4oi
heavy, $3.50 @7.10; packers, $6.80@740;
light. s7oo@7.45; pigs, s6.5O@7so.
Cattle: Receipts, 1900; steady.
Prime fed steers, $9.50@9.S0; dressed
1915 QS.50; cows. $4.50@725; heifels,
$3.50 $3.50; stockers, 1925 @S.50.
Sheep: Receipts. 10000: higher.
Lambs. $S.25@S70; yearlings, s625@
CTS; wethers, $5.5o@6.0O; ewes 1925
@5.75.
st. Louis, August 24-Hogs: Receipts,
800; steady. Pigs and lights, $3.50 %
40; mixed, $7.60@7.S5; good heavy,
s6.75@7.3o.
Cattle: Receipts, $500; steady. Ma
tive beef steers, $5.5o@10.15; yearling
steers and heifers, ss.5O@1o.oO; cows
$4,000 500; stockers, $6.00@S.25; Texas
and Indian steers, $5.25@S.s5; cows and
heifers, s4.00@6.50; native calves, $500
@11.00.
Sheep: Receipts. 1000: higher. Lambs
S7.50@9.00; sheep and ewes, $500
1900.
Chicago. Hogs: Receipts, 10000:
strong; SO 15c higher. Bulk, $6.50@7.40;
light, $7.15@790; mixed. s6.45@7s0;
heavy. s6.2o@7S5; rough, s6.20@6.35,
Figs, $7.00@S.00.
Cattle: Receipts, 1000: slow Native
beef. $6.00@10.0O; western steers, $685.
@s.s0; cows and heifers, $31o@s.75;
calves. $S.50@12.45.
Sheep Receipts, $4,000; steady to 10c
lower. Weathers, $5.65@8.35 ewes, $3.50
@6.00; lambs, $6.75 $500.
English Money
London, August 24-Bar silver, 22Md
per ounce. Money, slaG4 per cent Dis
count rates, short bills, 1901 1916 per
cent; three months, 1904 1916 per cent.
Coffee Market
New York, August 24.-The market for
coffee futures opened at unchanged prices
to an advance of points in response to
steady Brazilian cables, but met a re-
newal of near-month liquidation and
eased off in the absence of any agrees
sive support, closing at, net loss of
8 to points with September selling at
61Sc and March at {. 4Sc in the late trad
ing. Sales, including exchanges. 1850.
August, 6.17c: September, sic; October,
:. 2Sc; November, 6.2Sc; December 6.34c;
January. 6.SSc; February, 6.4Sc; March,
6.47c; April, 6.51c; May, 6.56c; June, $780,
July, 6.64c.
Spot. easy; Rio No. Z, 67s@7c Santos
No. 4. SIC. Cost and freight offers were
steady, ranging from about S45c to S15c
for Santos AZ.
Milreis prices in Brazil were unchanged
Rio exchange on London unchanged al
II 932d. Brazilian port receipts, 74000
Jundiahy, 5000. Minimum temperature in
Brazil. SO degrees.
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Fish

wholesalers Selling Price)
Perch-S1ac.
Salt Water Trout-1101s1sc.
Blue Catfish-7hc.
Red Snapper-9@l0c.
Gray Snapper-5c.
Mullet--514Q6c.
Shrimp-10c.
Spanish Observation-Disclosures.
Sheephead-S0S1kc.
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Dry Goods Market

New York, August 24-Heavy shifting
chambrays were advanced today Nc a
yard. Cotton goods generally were quiet
and yarns quiet. Mems wear was in good
demand for fall. Silks were steady.
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Creamery Prndncts

wholesalers Selling Price,
creamery Butter-291Rc; process butter
N1ec; oleomargarine 14Q23c.
! Fun Cream Cheese-16c; imported
Swiss. Sc; Pimento. dozen. s1.a5.
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Wholesalers Selling PRICED
California Grapes-$2 box.
Lemons-$2. 50Q3. so.
Oranges-$4. 50Q5.
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English Money

London, August 24.-Bar silver, 22%<
per ounce. Money, slaG4 per cent. Dis
count rates, short bills, 1901 1916 pc
cent; three months, 47s@4 1916 per cent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-12
WILL u. s. MAKE BERLIN
KEEP WORD? BRITISH ASK
High Officials Believe Reply to American Note on
Embargo VIII Make Treatment of Bel
qians an Issue.

London, March 1.-THE British re-
ply to the American note suggesting
that Great Britain allow all foods uh )
to enter Germany in return for Ger
many's abandonment Of her submarine
warfare on merchant vessels and her
policy of mining the high seats Is ex-
pected 10 be forthcoming at an early
date.
While the contents of the reply are,
naturally, not known, ii is possible as
the result Of inquiries in authoritative
quarters 10 indicate some points likely
TO carry weight with the British gov
eminent end to emphasize Sir Edward
Grey's reply.
There is a strong feeling in Down
ing Street that the "quid pro quo" put
forward in the American note does not
90 far enough. Officials OF the Foreign
Office point out that since the opening
of the war Great Britain has only
once interfered with the supply of food
destined for Germany, and then only
after the German government, by as
suming control of all foodstuffs. had
abolished the old distinction between
the civil and the military population
Britain Wants Guarantee.
High German authorities have re-
peatedly denied the claim that to cut
off supplies of food from civilians is a
legitimate act of war. Great Britain
il is insisted, never adopted this view
until the Germans by their own act
made it impossible any longer to draw
the line between non-combatants and
armed forces. Furthermore, it Is
added, Great Britain is now invited
by the United States to forego clear
belligerent right on the understand
ing that Germany will abstain from
committing two-but only two
many crimes against both law and HUI
manity.
Authoritative Spokesman of the Brit
ish view lay stress on the "inadequacy'
of this proposal from two standpoints
They ask, first. what guarantee Is
forthcoming that Germany will keeT
TO her agreement. Supposing, they
urge. that an understanding were
reached on the lines suggested by The
United States: Would the United States
secure its strict observance?
1t is asserted by them that Germany
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they get out of hand and "see red"
Their hatred Of the Germans is pri-
marily from economic causes. There's
no shipping and no work, their liveli-
hood is gone and they are starving;
They nave reasoned out the cause and
effect with tn wild, half-savage logic
O: hungry men, and no German uni
form dare venture unprotected IN the
purlieus Of Stamboul. The government
and members of the General staff are
evincing fear OF the popular indigna-
tioA and are being guarded against
assassination. Prominent officers and
Cabinet ministers, if abroad in the
streets, take care 70 conceal their feat
ures in the folds of a bashlik, the
shawllike garment the Turks wear in
the winter.
The heights Of Therapia also have
been fortified in the hope of prevent
ing the allied feet from taking the
channel of the B sporus.
The hospitals, few in number, are
full of wounded and sick. There is a
scarcity Of medical supplies and capa-
BILE surgeons, and also OF food.