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RECORD TO DATE
OF LEGISLATURE

summary of the work OF the
Legislature to date:
Bills introduced, 165.
Bills passed and signed by Cover
nor 6. Include II. s. 10, "a. 32 and
S. . and Z.
Bills passed by both houses, 3; II.
1, p, 21, 40: S. 8. 6. 10. IA
Bills passed by House, 20; H. t..
II, 13. Il, Is. IS. 20. 23. is IS, IS.
6S' -. -. IS 50. 1o7. 10. III. 116.
Bills killed in House. "a; II. 2. ;.
6, 1. 26. rs, 81, Al. AZ, As, 40, 52. Sc.
81. sc. 60, &c. s2 Sc. 90. los. lis, 125.
Bills ordered to lie, H. 81, sc and
SO.
Bills killed in senate. !. r. a.
Nlnety-four House bills and five
senate bills are now in hands of
committees.
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Death of Mary e. Higgins.

Brattleboro. Jan 27,--Miss Mary
Elizabeth Higgins. 5s years old. died
last evening In Memorial hospital after
a brief Illness with pneumonia Miss
Higgins was born in Brattleboro March
20, 1851 She was n member of tho ST.
Cecelia society Of st. Michaeis Roman
Catholic Church. She leaves two sis
tiers. Miss, Abbis Higgins and Mis- John
Larrew. both OF Holyoke. Mass
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TELEGRAPH SERVICE STOPS
Communication between Mexico
City and Vera Cruz Broken
since Sunday Night--Evacua
ton OF Monterey Made Neces
sary by Food Shortage.

washington. Jan. 21.-(iereral Villa
te'egraphcd tho Mexico city conven-
tlop .IgcrcY hero today that ne WA
orEn'izirg two new and powerful col
uinns for an active military campaign
20 establish the supremacy Of the con
vention government He also an
nounccd that ho had acquired a. fee,
of aeroplancs and that this first of tho
machines already had .r,.,v,d AZ bio
headquarters in Aguascaliontes.
'ther auNiCcS' 'tccoru'hG 10 Ehriqu"
= iAorehte' saIo the troops "i denerai
'arrcra lorie2' III the service or TN
convention were engaged by the forces
uhuer General Nanai"ro' IN the vi
clhl'y OF 'ludad victoria
AdVices to the state department from
Vera cruz to-day said tolegraphis
communication between Mexico CITY
and Vera Cruz had been broken since
sunday night
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COLD WAVE COMING.

Washington. Jan 27.--The cold yaye
which has covered the central and
northwest states, sending the mercury
down far below zero, tonight was
sweeping eastward with speed that
promised below zero weather in New
England New York and Pennsylvania
Thursday night and freezing tempcra-
lures among the Atlantic States as far
South as the CarOlinas.
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LIABILITIES. Sl75.OO0;
ASSETS. PRICE OF TWO
SUITS OF CLOTHES

tMna,o, y y. Ian. 27--Char,os =
Creelman, descnbins himself as sales.
man, nled petition In bankruptcy g..
da" m which he p.a,,i hi Iahilitie. AZ
Si'WJ, with assets OF Ss' O.. ..,,.r IS.
two suits of clothes
Ills principle Indebtedness /, T., ruu
southern banks and was incurred by ell
dorsins notes FOR lumber company
which was unable to meet its obligatioua.
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Kills Bride and Himself.

Boston, Jan @7.--LinCuln =. NhYnot. an
Insurance clerk ont Of work. shot his
bride of six months and then turned the
revolver on himself tonight. Both died
Within IA few hours
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i5 PATIENTS SAVED
WHEN HOSPITAL BURNS

Nalla Walla, Wash. Jan :7.-.St
hary's hospital was burned to the ground
here to-day, Forty-hve patients, one #
them on the operating table, were
rescued. The loss is estimated at 5000
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OFFICIAL RECORD.
SENATE-MORNING.

Convened at 10 a. m. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Darling presiding. Devotional ex-
ercises by chaplain.
BILLS INTRODUCED
s. 80, by Senator Powell Of Chttenden
CONTINUED on page four)
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RUSSIANS PUSH CAMPAIGN.

There has been increasing liveliness
along the eastern front. The Russians
there are reported to be pushing their
offensive both In east Prussia and in
Poland, to the north of the lower Vis-
tula while the Germans are said to
have been repeating their attacks in
central Poland. In Galicia an Austro-
German force attempted an offensive
which, according to the Russian ac-
counts, did not meet with any sue
cess
Roumania, which has just received n
loan of s25.O0O,0 600 through the Bank
of England. is said to be watching
closely the concentration Of the Austro-
German force in Pennsylvania, which
might be used either against her or
the Russians, who are advancing
through Bukowina.
The loan to Roumania was advanced
by the Bank of England to the Bank
OF Roumania against treasury bills.
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Mrs. a. r. Ryan. mother Of n chill.
dren. was shot through It window and
killed at her home In Altoona. Kans.
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Local Forecastcr John Il Hooper
announced last evening that = cold
wave was approaching and that by
Friday morning there would 81 fall
in temperature OF o5 degrees
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40 BELOW ZERO

Chicago, Jan. 27.--Drivinsr the ,ner-
curry down to now low records for the
season. the cold wave tonight held
the entire central west in its grip.
Unofficial reports from towns near
the International boundary recorded
temperatures as low as 40 dcrr.c. he-
low zero. while In Winnipeg. Mani
toba. the seasons low record marx
was reachcd--36 below
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GERMANS At TACK ALLIES
Severe Onslaught on French at
Ypres and British at La Bas-
see-Russians and Germans
Press Campaign in East Prus-
sia and Poland.

London, Jan. -. $40 y. m.-rhe ad -
vance of the Turkish army. which is
undertaking an invasion of Egypt,
has reached the British outposts to the
east of the Suez canal. where the first
skirnish of the war in this reGion
took place yesterday
The fight. according to the official
report. apparently was "A small affair.
only one British office being wound
ed; but dispatches from Cairo say the
invaders suffered severely from the
machine guns of the British troops
Tho dispatches do not disclose the
size of the Turkish force, but say that
the engagement took place to the east
of FL kantara. which is right on the
Suez canal and is the terminus of the
caravan route from Rafati, the border
station between Egypt and Syria. The
distance from Rafati to El Kantara is
1i5 miles, and, as the British had filed
in all the wells along the caravan
route. the invaders would have had to
carry their own water. Even Eft Kan
tara is supplied by a pipe line from
fresh water stream which runs under
the Suez canal
1t is believed the lighting of the British
forces was with the Arab or Kurdish
horsemen employed by the Turks as
scouts for the main army under Djemal
Pasha. which consists of three army
corps and which Is believed to have
hardly had time 80 cross the desert The
British have strong force with which
to guard the canal
Nothing has been card OF the mill
tary venture which - reported the
Germans were pre- q ing "a Emperor
Williams birthday, unl-ss u attacks
on the French at Ypres am on the
British at La Bassco were intended as
such. All the official accounts agree
that these attacks were very severe ones
but beyond this there is nothing in com
mon between the accounts of the allies
and the Germans concerning the fight
ing. The French communication tonight
repeats the statement that the Germans
were rcpulscd with heavy losses, while
the Germans say the British We're unable
to recapture their former positions
Similar contradictory statements are
made regarding the severe lighting which
Is taking place near Craonne and
Perthes in the ArSonnc and in the
vicinity Of St. Mihiel In all these cases
both sides claim that the battles resulted
in their favor
RUSSIANS PUSH CAMPAIGN.
There has been increasing lvelness
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all her desires for colonization. II
ence.
On the other side, II was known that
In a FranCo-German war the plan Of
he German General Staff was TO pass
through Belgium. That was known
by reports OF the secret agents. and It
was also known that all preparations
We're being made by Germany on the
Belgian frontier. She established an
immense military camp at E.senborn,
which IL situated a few miles from the
BclG!an frontier, where the German
troops were manpuvrlng the whole
year, From this camp they had built
a railroad from Malmedy to Stavelot
by which II was possible 10 convey
very rapidly German troops IN Bel
GUM Itself as far as IIege. The
building OF this railroad was accounted
for by commercial necessities, an ex-
PLANTATION which a rot justified. and
1t met with opposition from the Bel
glan people.
Furthermore, AT Herbesthal. on the
railroad line between Cologne. Aka
Chapelle and Liege, Germany built an
immense station a few hundred yards
from tho Belgian frontier. These I'm
mcnsc buildings were not necessary FOR
tho trade. but enabled tho Germans to
discmbark and embark easily and
quickly cavalry horses. artillery, utO
mobiles and all the paraphernalia OF
warfare. There was also a direct rail-
road limo between dusseldorf and Ant
WDTn Nhlrh nnCGpl Tor N Gptnll Hiu-
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Victor Yseux.

us In our neutrality, as a neutral State
ought TO act? Did We not give TO Ger
many every proof Of loyal fricndli-
ness"
What then was the answer OF Ger
many?
"Germany." answered Won Jagow,
''can reproach Belgium with nothing
and the attitude OF Belgium was al
ways fair"
Then you have to recognize" said
Baron Beyens, that Belgium cannot
give you n other answer than she
has given without losing her honor.
II is with the nation as with the indl-
vidual. and there Is no other rule Of
honor for the nation than for the indi-
vidual. You must recognize IT."
II recognize II as a private man"
was the answer OF Won Jagow, but as
Secretary Of State / have no sugges-
ton to offer"
After such a formal explanation Is II
still possible for Gen, o Bernhardi to
say that Belgium was n member OF a
conspiracy against Germany?
Gen. Won Bernhardi continues:
'Ihcre remains no .onGer any doubt.
and 1t has been proved by unimpeach-
abe documents which nave been pub
l!shcd in the North German Gazette
lNOrddrutschr AN0emrine ZcitunO),
that Belgium long before the begin
Ming Of the war had made agreements
with EnGland in case Britain should
become involved In a war with Ger
many"
THIS statement, which in n few lines
condemns Belgium and takes as a
proved fact what is energe.lcally de-
MED, IL worthy OF some preliminary
explanation for the American people.
When the representative Of the Ger
man General STAFF entered the rooms
OF the Belgium War Office at Brussels
he found there the notes Of two reports
made to the Belgian War Minister by
the Chief of the Belgian star n also
"A report of the Belgian Minister in
l'erl!n to the Belgian Government.
These three documents Gen. Won
Bernhard thinks prove that Belgium
had violated her neutrality and that
!, she was in England's service
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that country and was violating the
rules of international law. II is not
sufficient to state now that the Ger
man Chancellor did hear something
about some convention between Eng
land and Belgium. because ven in the
face OF these same rumors he made
his statement. If he had thought hat
these rumurs were true or even prob
able he would have said so TO the
Reichstag on the 4th OF August. and
would further have said that this
infrinEement Of Belgian neutrality
justified such violation on the part
OF Germany. But ne knew that Bel
gum had been true and loyal, and this
being the case, Il is proved that the
violation OF Belgian neutrality was
carried out with rapidity and without
valid motive, p~rovocation or excuse.
Tho truth Is that Germany knew
what had happened between ENGLAND
and Belgium. The German Military
Attache in Brussels. the Comnandln'
d'Etat. Major Renuer, and the German
Minister in Relrium, Mr.. Won Flotow,
knew OF the conversations between the
English Military Attachc and the chief
Of the Belgian General Stnrf and they
placed no Importance AZ all on thos,
conversations.
The fable invented 10y the German
Chancellor in order now to Justify
TIE violation Of belgian neutrality Is
entirely COntradictrd by what was said
10y the German Under Secretary of
State, Mr. Won .GagoW. on the morning
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Britain In order 20 anticipate a possible
despatch of German troops through
Belgium 20 France.
Il said hat | was sure that thr
Government would not be 'le first 90
Violate the neutrality ~ B"ielUm AMI
I did not be.!cv" that n British
Government would he the first 80 do
so. nor would public opinion hero ever
approve ~ e. What We had TO con.
slider. and Il was q somewhat embar-
rassing question. was what II would
he desirable and necessary for US. as
one Il the g%uardntorS Of Belgian neu-
trali,y, 20 do II Bc'gian neutrality
was violated ny any Power.
For US TO b- the first to violate IL
and 10 send troops into Belgium would
80 10 give Germany, for instance. JUST
hcltion for SEEDING troops into BEL
GUM also. What We desire in the
case Of belgium as IN that %, other
neutral countries IS that their neu-
trality should be respected and us long
as II was not violated by any other
Power We should certainly not send
troops ourselves into this territory. |
am, l.. GREY"
Would Sir Edward Grey have writ
ten such a letter, In 1919. when an
agreement had provided England's In
tcrvcu'.on in Belgium?
Lastly there j. the formal doclara-
tion Of the Belgian Government made
public in Havre on March . last and
published in the American papers on
March Il 10y which the Belgian Gov
eminent declares on its honor that no
agreement has been made on the sub
icct of the intervention of British
troops in Belgium. and that all tho
belgian Minister'S sworc on oath that
such an agreement had never been
proposed to thu Cabinet nor 20 any
one Of the Ministers.
All this is said Of the documents and
what is still stronger than the docu-
ment- are the facts, and the facts
prove that a few DAYS before the Ger
man ult!matum, when the European
situation became serious. the Belgian
Government gave instructions TO .ts
officials in the African Congo for their
guidance in the case of n European
war, and those instructions foresaw
q probable blockade by France and
EnGland as we'll az by Germany. All
this happened on July 9S. lal4, AZ a
time when Belgium did NOT know a;
all what would happen aftcrward and
when II could not believe that our ncu-
trulity would I've attacked ny tho Ger
mans.
Consequently Il has been established
10 all impartial people that the report
Of Cen. Won Bernhardi Is without
foundation and tina he IL not allowed
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enough to enable you to avoid passing
through Belgium"
They are too well fortified" an
swered Won Jaeow. AN We ask Is
hat we may have free passage; that
you shall not destroy your railroads
and that you will give us authority to
occupy your fortresses."
1T is replied the Minister of Bel
GUM. "a very easy matter TO give you
II reply. 1t is this; If, for instance.
France should have asked us the same
privilege and we had consented. would
not Germany have said we acted in a
cowardly manner"
AZ the Secretary Of State gave no
answer to this question. Baron Beyons
continued: Have you anything at all
with which to reproach Belgium?
Have we not for three-quarters OF a
century acted impartially toward Ger
many ard the other Powers protecting
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Intervention was not asked.
III.


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,ro n,, ~ tn G.rr,r Ann, S.,ff ,n-
,to l.f, no Of p,,r,,, r,,,tr,r,y In %,
rr,r,n-G,rr. 49, ,s g., u,,s com
ruric,,od +, MN op,, corccrrod tho
n,as,t,, ~ what military mcosuros
erorld 80 .dou,o i'm casa Garu,rv
-ioI,fcd r.lr,an n~cutr,itv and ma,
the hypothcs,s ~ n French attack ON
GERMANY ,hrouch BELGIUM had also "a
no considered. The Norm German
gazette thinks that tho Be'g!au Minis
'or criticised the p'an of defence re.
ferred 10 hv the two first documents.
lut 'nat Is not the case.
The truth is that in lati a state,
mcut WIS made 10y a Bclclan offc'nl
with this title. What would Belgium
10 in case of a Franco-Gcrman war;"
This report was submitted to Baron
Grcindl. who gave hls opinion on this
work. hut there was no question at al
~ agreements between England an |
Belgium. And thon We might ask
how Il could M possible 10 crlticise IN
1911 an agreement which could only
have heen made IN 1912. because We
have already proved MAT I'm 1905 there
was no agreement AZ all between Eng
land ana Belgium,
After having So carefnllv examined
he three documents referred 10 by
the North German gazette, we as,,
low i Is possible FOR Cen Won Bern,
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] I

The second document referred 70 by
Gen. Won Bernhardi relates now con-
versat,ous between Lieut. Sol. BRIDGES.
British Military Attache at brussels
and tho Belgian chief Of the General
Staff Junghluth on April 20, 1912, In
This document ,he decentralization Of
British troops IN BolGlum is spoken Of.
hut only In cnSc OF the violation Of the
Belgian neutrality by Germany.
II Is stated that the British Gov"rn-
mcnt would effect a Decentralization IN
Belgium even II W. lad not asked for
assistance. But the chief OF the Boil
gian General stan answered that for
this II consent was necessary. The
British Military Attachc objected that
he knew this, hut that being aware
that VI were not able to prevent the
Germans from passing through our
territory England would have landed
her troops In Begun under all cir
cuinstanCcs.
The first thing 10 note about this
document Is hat II proves that there
was no convention between England
and Belgium in 1906, II there had been
It would not he necessary to have
other conversations which would af-
feet the neutrality. II an agreement
had been made In 1906 it would not
hav" been understood that Euelaul
would come into our territory with
Out our consent for on the contrary
this would have meant an aCreo-
would have been a disagreement II
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swords or cutteaus Of which ! me- Q
possessed, and they ara n choose F
tho order they are named. 4--'
swords are accompanied We e. g.,
junction not % ~uns1oath them - -.
purpose of shedding blood .N., . P,
for se.f-d"f'nce or IN dctonys .
country and !tS rights. AMI In the la'
ter case Ia keep them unShcathrd az,
prefer falling with them In their hand.
in the rrllnqulshmcnt thereof s..
folio" Tho" principles. era ~ q
SVre me. WI bring ~ 80 v''fo-v
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Mas hat famous plan OF campaign
which was spoken OF BY the German
Genera. Stam?
Concerning the $50. 900 British troops
which. according To Won Bernhard.s
version. would have 20 he landed at
once IN Belgium 20 attack the German
right flank. they came into Belgian
territory only eighteen days after the
declaration OF war. In the face OF tins
frank and Loyal attitude on the part OF
France and Eng and toward Belgium
Wa cannot fail TO oppose tho attitude
~ Germany. full Of duV,icity which lu
order 10 prevent our preparations ard
retard mobilization led u to think. Ur-
I'll The last moment, that & would re-
spect our neutrality. Bu: IN 1913 the
German plan ~ campaign was known
and IN Belgium people were uneasy
about IT,. The leader Of Tie SoC.a
Democratic party ir the Re!chs'tE m
the cath OF April. 1913. put IN" qles-
.on 70 the German secretary ~ state.
who replied. "Eslsiau neutrality -
provided for by international conven-
ions ana Germany - determined 20
respect those c~ouycntons.' The M-u-
!ster of War Herr Won IIecr.uEcH.
said, Germany Will not lose s!cht OF
TIE fact that tue neutrality OF Belgium
Is guaranteed by international. treaty"
Later on tho &lst of lu,N, 1914 ne
fore tho ~doclaratou Of war, the Ger
man Minister IN Brussels tod our Min
inter OF state that ne was certain that
, tho sentiments expressed the year TO
fore had not changed and on tho 81 81
# 49, "
before the nltimntum tho German Min
i>ter N Brussels told a Eclciau high
uii'cia- OF The Department. OF State that
We knew his personal opinion as to tha
feelings OF security which We had the
right To entertain toward our eastern
nrighhors. All that was said 20 give
us confidence and to retard our moh.ll-
2lt.0n. for Just n few hours after tho
latter conversation referred 20 the ul,!-
matum was announced, giving Us
twelve hours 20 -eply ard EMPLOYING
the same sytem ~ intimidation which
later on the German troops executed
against our poor and defe0celcss civil
population.
II his policy was not loyal, Il had
The great advantage Of being In ac-
cordance with the principles Of Won
Bernhard. according To which tNe
case NJ the state cannot no Judged by
the standard Of individual morality.
and when 4 war Is Judged ~ be favor
able - the interests Of no state 4
remains only TO secure favorable con
d'tion for tho conflict.
The victim u these teachings was
a p"aCcfu' and hard working nation
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is really necessary 20 be German 20
imagine such a situation.
on the other side. the intervention
~ tie British In Begun without our
agreement was justified in 'n,crna-
tioul. law by the situation 81 England
as "A ]Euarautor OF neutrality. The
German author Bluntsch!l in his
treatise on International law Book .,
page 1927 says that the European
Powers cuarautee!ug IN the interest ~
tle European peace the neutrality ~
Belgium have acquired the right 70 IN
t,rvcnc against al Powers WHO should
violate ire neutrality or ;Na indie
Ientcnc" Of Belgium. even when this
Intervention was not asked.
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three documents.
1.-The Document Of 1000.
This is a report OF Gen. Ducarne,
Chief of the Belgian General STAFF, TO
the Belgian Minister OF War. 1t is
dated April 10, 1906. and has the fol-
lowing title: letter to the Minister
Concerning the Confidential Converse
tons" II is a summary of different
conversations which he had with the
English Military Attache, Lleut.-Col.
Bernardiston, concerning the defence
OF Belgium In the case of a German
invasion in a Franco-German war.
one might ask what the occasion OF
those conversations was. In 1906
there was a critical period for Europe.
In which Germany became arrogant
and IN which one could feel that she
prepared TO support by her armies
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w TffAT Gen. won Bernhard
\A/ saId concerning T'lgiun in
w the article Of last sunday
published in THE Sun Is
wrong from beginning to end. A a
Belgian citizen | cannot let 1t pass
without comment and ! feel myself
obliged to explain to the American
public the exact situation.
First. 1t is ridiculous to speak OF
"Bclgium a. a member Of a con-
spiracy' when the German Chancellor
himself on the Ith OF August stated
that he knew Germany In invading
Belgium VAS doing a wrong against
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Bernhard Invented Fable to
Justify Violation Of Belgium
Victor YseuX in an Answer for Belgium Says the German General Is
Entirely Wrong in His Argument Written for Last Sunday Sun and
Analyses Three Documents to Prove His Contention.

ny NICTOR NsEt y, ILL.,. d..
Former President Of the Bar
Conference ~ tntvcrp. Member of
the Central Committee ~ the Nar
association of nrlgium.
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1.-The Document OF 1905.

/ will examine and analyze these
three documents.