Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-06-10

| AoNDON, June 9.-(1O:l5 D. m y
| me resignation Of William Jennings
Bryan and the nature Of the Amer.
can note to Germany, which brought
It about, transcend in interest al else
bearing on the war The London m.
pers give Mr.. Bryan's letter of resig-
nation and President Wilson's reply
the most prominent place. These are
followed by long dispatches from their
American correspondents and articles
on mr.. Bryan's career. which EN-
phaslzes his advocacy OF settlement of
international disputes by arbitration
ana draw the conclusion that the note
must be very strong to have brought
about his retirement.
America stands firm or similar
phrases, are the most favored head
ings, and also the test of editorials
commenting on the latest deyelop-
menus IN the American-German rela-
tiOns.
Even the news that another German
submarine had been sunk and the an.
nouncement by Mr. Balfour, first lord
or the admiralty, of change In the
British policy respecting the treat.
ment or German submarine prisoners
mad to take second place In the days
events.
This change in policy has been ex-
/ pected for some time. When Winston
! Spencer Churchill, the former first
lord, announced on March that pris.
oners rescued from German subma-
rines would not be accorded the "hon-
Orable treatment" extended to other
prisoners, number of the members
OF the house of commons expressed
their d1sapprOval and anticipated the
repr1sals which the Germans took
against the British officers imprisoned
in Germany. Steps will be taken
through the American embassy to in
form the German government of this
change in the British policy, in the
hope that British officers suffering
solitary confinement will be given the
same treatment as other prisoners.
Another important announcement in
the house of commons, which attracted
much attention, was that of the
premier, who stated that the casual
ties among the British expedtionary
forces on the continent and in the
Mediterranean amounted to more
that quarter of a million men, A
little less than half of these casual
ties occurred since Arril II, the ,iate
of the last statement Up to that
time the monthly average OF casual
ties was about 17,400. but the fighting
in Flanders and the Dardanelles in
the seven weeks to the end of May
brought the average for the ten
months of the war up to nearly 10000,
or more than $50 daily.
There are still the casualties suf-
fered by the navy and the naval di-
vision to be added to this total.
So far as battles are concerned,
that in Galician holds the center of the
stage. The capture ty the Austro-
Germans Of Stanisla,i shows that the
offensive against the Russian left has
been successful and that the Russians
have been compelled to fall back to
their defenses on the Dniester
In eastern Galicia, along the rest
of the line which follows the Dniester
and thence eastward from Przemysl
to the lower San, they appear to be
holding their own and are counter at
tacking
In the Baltic provinces the fighting
continued with varying success, first
the Russians and then the Germans
gaining the advantage
The French have at last, according
to the German admission, become en-
tire masters of Neuville and are con-
tinuing their attacks in this region,
as well as to the southwest or Arras
and in the Woevre