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Evening star., 1915-05-11
ITALY IN THE WAR
BEFORE MAYS END,
So ROME BELIEVES
Hope of Peace, 1t Is Now Con-
ceded. Hangs by a
Slender Thread.
ALL THE RIVAL PARTIES
LINING UP FOR CONFLICT
Paris Has Unconfrmed Report Ger
many and Austria Already
Have Declared War.
APPEAL BY THE KAISER VAIN
Dowager Queen Margherita Said to
Have Declined to Use influence
for the Preservation of
Neutrality.
APPEAL BY THE KAISER VAIN
ITALIANS GET ORDERS
TO JOIN THEIR C0lORS

GENEVA. Switzerland. May II.
Win Paris. ::25 p.m.-AIl Italian
officers and men in Switzerland
up 10 the age Of thirty-four were
ordered yesterday to rejoin their
regiments Immediately.
Austrian and Bavarian forces
are concentrating In the TyrOl.
Automobiles belonging to the
Italian royal family. which hnd
been assembled mt Nonha. near
Milan. were sent to Verona yes
terday for the use of the army.
shipments Of freight from Italy
to Germany through Switzerland
have virtual! ceased. Italian
passenger train service to points
on the Swiss frontier IL diminish-
ing daily.
Evening star., 1915-05-11
President Studying Situation.

Although President Wilson has not
fully examined the complete meaning
Of China's concessions to Japan. he does
not expect that any treaty rights of the
United States with either country will
be contravened. He told callers today
that he did not care to discuss the out
come of the negotiations at present.
and intimated he would make thor
ough study of the concessions with
view to determining their effects.
Evening star., 1915-05-11
Haitien Revolutionists Defeated

CAPE HAlTlEN. May 1I-A battle
occurred today on the heights near
Cape Haitien between government
troops and forces of Or. Rosalyo Bobo.
leader of the revolutionary movemen,
sainst President Guillaume. The gov
ernment forces were victorious.
Evening star., 1915-05-11
Confer on Dominican Finances.

Members of the Dominican Rcpub-
lies special commission are in fire.
quent conference with Secretary Bryan
and his assistants over financial condi-
tions of the island government. They
have discussed particularly the possi-
bility of obtaining from the republics
customs funds. which are collected by
American officials and held to meet for
eign debts, cash sufficient to execute
pending government projects.
Evening star., 1915-05-11
DEBATING THE PROBLEM
WHICH COUNTRY FACES
Secretary Daniels May Abandon
Plan Of Sending Atlantic Fleet
to San Francisco.

After conferences today with Maj.
Gen. George W. Goethals governor of
the Panama canal, and Capt. Hugh Rod
man of the navy, marine superintend-
ent in the Canal Zone. Secretary DAN
iels took under consideration the advis-
ability of abandoning his plan to send
tho Atlantic fleet through the water
way in July to participate in the expo
sition exercises at San Francisco.
Although officials refuse to discuss
contingencies. it is known they are
giving serious thought to problems
facing the United States at the present
time which make 1t. in the opinion of
many observers. hazardous to consider
moving the Atlantic fleet away from
the east coast at this time or in the
near future. 1t is pointed out that if a
crisis confronts the United States on
account Of events growing out of the
European war the place for the fleet is
in the Atlantic. and not in the Pacific
ocean.
Evening star., 1915-05-11
Porter Charlton Trial in july.

COMO, Italy. May 1.-THE trial of
Porter Charlton, who was extradited
from the United States on the charge
of having murdered his wife June >,
1910. at their villa here. will be opened
early in July,
Evening star., 1915-05-11
Canal Conditions Discussed.

Mai Gen. Goethals. In declining to
prophesy as to the navigability of the
canal. July 4. the date set for passage
of the fleet through the waterway, ad-
hered to his previous policy. He main
tains that time alone will adjust the
conditions which cause the slides now
being dredged out of the channel in
Gaillard cut But Gen. Goethals was
able to tell Mr.. Daniels that the mini
mum channel depth now is thirty five
feet.
As the biggest of the vessels it is
proposed to send through draws not
more than thirty feet of water. it is
the opinion of many observers that the
problem is one not of engineering pos
sibility or probability. but of naval
strategy. In other words. officials must
decide whether. in the present circum-
stances. it is a wise national policy to
carry out a program which would
withdraw the naval defenses from the
Atlantic seaboard for considera BILE
period of time.
Evening star., 1915-05-11
ON THE ITALIAN FROM

yin ne aA1fAN N0N-
TIER. May II. via Paris. 40
a.m.-The opinion prevails in
Rome that Italy's participation
in the war is only question Of
days.
Along the Austrian frontier,
where the correspondent of the
Associated Press has been from
one end of the line to the other,
it is universally felt that war is a
question only of hours.
Hangs on Slender Thread.
LONDON, May II.-War be-
tween Italy and the central en-
pircs is now regarded in Rome
as almost unavoidable. There is
said to be only a slender chance
that an agreement will be reached.
Military PREPARATIONS are being
pushed vigorously, and political
opposition to war apparently has
largely died away.
In Paris it is rumored Germany
and Austria have declared war on
Italy, but so far as is known
there is no basis for such reports.
\ Naples dispatch gives what
purports to be an offer of terri
torial concessions from Austria,
described as unacceptable to Italy
inasmuch as it excludes Trieste
and lstria.
Vigorous Military Preparations.
ROME, via Paris. May 11--AIthoush
uegotistions with the central empires
s'iil are pending and there is bare
possibility the influence of former
Fremier Giolitti may avert war. mill
tary preparations pointing to Austria
an inevitable antagonist are so thor
ough and vigorous that CONFLICT seems
unavoidable.
Even discussions among the opposl-
tion parties have virtually ceased. Only
the irreconcilable socialists still on
pose 1taly's participation In the war
and their attitude is believed to he
guided more by desire for consistency
than because of opposition to.a war.
Vain Appeal From Kaiser.
The Agency National saws Emnero,
William has written to Dowaser Queen
Iarsherita, mother of King Victor
Emmanuel. pointing out advantages he
believes would accrue to Italy should
II remain neutral. and urging her 10
intervene TO avoid a conflict with
Austria.
The widow OF King Humbert fs
quoted as having replied to the Ger
faan ruler in the House Of Savoy we
reign one at a time"
Emperor William is reported to have
previously written an almost identical
letter to the Italian king
The Milan Secola asserts that J,.rv
demanded the integrity Of Serbia and
belgium as condition OF its neutral
~ and that this was one of the chief
'@uses of delay in the conversations.
War Rumors n Paris
FAliIS. May II. 7o:45 amt is beinp
p@fSistently rumored in Paris that Ger
many and Austria Hungary have al
ready declared or are about to declare
ar on Italy in anticipation of such
Hetion on her part directed agains,
tAemselTes This report. however. has
received no confirma tion OF any kind
Another rumor current on the bour.s
today was that the Italian governmen,
has signed an agreement with the
allies. Great Britain. France and Rus.
s.a, TO take part in the war not later
tnan May &c. This rumor also is with.
out confirmation.
The opinion is general in Italian par
lISmentery circles, says Milan dis
patch 10 the Petit Journal, that the
eIvernment must make known it's de
ctsfon in regard 10 entering the waI
not iaisT than the last week in May
Evening star., 1915-05-11
Fighting Off the Aerial Invader.

Actually. Parisians now draw amusement
rather than fear from threatened night attack
by Zeppelins. Our correspondent in Paris de-
scribes it in next Sundays Star.
Evening star., 1915-05-11
BUSY GETTING FACTS
ON FISCAL RELATIONS
Reports to Executive Committee Of
Joint Citizens Committee
Show Progress.
Finance Committee Aims to Close Its
Work This Week-More
Funds Needed.

The subcommittee appointed TO collect
facts to be presented by the joint citizens
committee on the fiscal relations between
the District Of Columbia and the federal
government to the congressional commit
tee making an inquiry into these relations
are hard at work in an effort to complete
tive committee of the joint citizens com
mittee in the Office of the chairman, Henry
B. F. Macfarland, last night, reports were
made by the various subcommittee show
ing that they had accomplished a great
deal.
May Is comes next Saturday and the
executive committee had asked the sub
committees to have as much as possible
Of the facts assembled by that day, that
they might be considered in the prepara-
tion of the brief which is to be filed bv
August /.
More Funds Are Needed.
The finance committee. which is col
lecting the funds for the expert and
clerical assistance necessary is de-
s'rous to close its work this week if
possible. and therefore requests that
every one who has not done so shall
send check at once either to its
chairman, r. T. Moran. who is also
treasurer of the joint citizens com
mittee. care of the Chamber of Com
merce. of which Mr. Moran is president,
or to Chairman Macfarland of the ex-
ecutive committee at the Evans build
ing. large number of small con-
tributions have been made but in the
aggregate they do not meet the neces-
stiles of the case.
Larger contributions are desired, al
though the executive committee prefers
that no one person shall give a very
large amount. Gifts not exceeding $50
each in amount will be welcomed Many
of those senling the smaller amounts
wrote that they felt that. as the mem
bers of the joint citizens committee
were giving so much of their time, the
rest Of the citizens, all equally inter-
ested should furnish all the money
needed for necessary expert and cleri-
cal assistance. A woman who brought
"A dollar bill to Chairman Macfarland
yesterday said. Every other citizen
should do the same"
Evening star., 1915-05-11
TUG is SENT TO SEARCH
COVES FOR FLOATERS
Tug Returns to Port With Sixteen
More Unidentified Corpses
Aboard.
SINGLE TORPEDO HIT SHIP
Exploded Inside Vessel, Shattering
It. and Caused, Many Deaths by
Manning and From Fumes
of Gases.

LONDON, May II. fO:35 a.m.-The
sailing of the Cunard line steamer
Mauretania. sister ship of the Lusi-
tania. advertised for May -, has
been cancelled.
Evening star., 1915-05-11
WEATHER

Unsettled tonight and Wednesday with
out decided temperature change; moder-
ate varia Bile winds.
Temperature past twenty-four hours:
High; -. at pm. today; low, A., at
am. today.
For fun report see page IS.
Evening star., 1915-05-11
Cabinet in Session Nearly 3 Hours.

The cabinet was in session Tor nearly
three hours, the longest meeting held in
several months. None OF the members
would deny that the Lusitania tragedy
had been discussed. but all refused abso-
lutely to comment.
Secretary Bryan. when pressed with
questions, declared: I'VE must not dis
cuss what occurs at cabinet meetings.
Secretary Daniels. asked whether the At
lantic fleet would pass through the
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much boosted OF free English gold
market is completely out OF gear.
In contrast to England's attempt to
hoard gold the writer says: New York
at present possesses an abundant sup
ply OF money, and a large aggregate OF
idle funds are eagerly looking for EN-
ployment." He a that ordinarily
American bankers would have invested
in London acceptances. and deposited
with London bankers. but nothing of the
kind has happened. Answering the
question why this is the case he says
that the American banker has only one
reason, and IL is found in the depre-
citation in the investment value of the
sterling bill, the depreciation In the
pound sterling and English credit.
"A tremendous fall has occurred he
adds The structure which has been
the lifewOrk of generations of bankers
and merchants. assisted by the at the
time prevailing British policy Of keeping
aloof of en~tangling secret alliances with
Continental Powers. has utterly been
crushed to pieces, n England's credit
will fall still lower. The reconstruction
time will be hard, for England's eco
monte fabric and the construction Of
London's money market are the result
of her ante-bellum advantages as worlds
banker
"England's depleted resources will not
give her the strength to successfully
Countcract the efforts of other centres.
in particular the efforts of New York.
to gain financial supremacy. The dollar
will surely defeat the pound sterling in
the entire Western Hemisphere and per-
haps in the Far East too
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JAPAN SENDS ARMS
FOR RUSSIAN TROOPS
Will Tax Resources to Increase
Ally's supply Of Mu-
nitiOnS.

TOXIC, Aug. 23,-Japan has decided to
render material assistance to the Allies.
particularly to Russia, by employing all
available resources for increasing the
output of munitions, it was learned au.
thoritatively to-day. The newspaper
KOkumin Shin bun says:
premier Okuma states that Japan
has decided to give greater assistance 10
Russia 10 prosecute the war. He could
not discus details, but allowed 1t to he
understood that this assistance would
take the form of he forwarding of
greater supplies of munitions"
Contrary to the popular belief that
manufacturers in the United States have
already shipped huge quantities of
munitions to Great Britain, France and
Russia, It is said by persons conversant
with the munitions situation that only
a very small quantity has so far been
shipped, And 1t viii not be until about
October |, say these persons, that the
manufacturers will be able to forward
even a considerable proportion OF the
total orders placed.
Russia Is well know to he shorter OF
munitions of every description thar any
other of the chief bclligerents, Very ex-
tensiye orders for everything from shells
to railway pins have been placed in the
United States by the Russian Govern
ment, but only a comparatively few
shiploads have so far left Seattle for
Vladivostok or the Atlantic ports for
Archangel.
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AUSTRIANS MAKE GAINS.
Russians Are RrpuIscd at Many
Points, says Nicnnn.

Special cable DeSpdtch 10 THE Sun.
VIENNA, via Amsterdam, Aug. "a
The War office issued to-day the follow
ing official report regarding military
operations in Russia:
East of Loweve and the pulva and
from Rama to the railway north OF
there fighting is proceeding with great
severity. The Russians are stubborn
ly defending every inch of the ground.
but they have been repulsed at several
points, losing numerous prisoners.
our Transylvaniau troops have dis
tinguished themselves in heavy fight
ing near the villages of Cola and
SuChodol, north Of Rama. Infantry
regiment No. Ga, in storming an in
trenchment, captured seven officers
and 900 men and seven machine guns.
There Is nothing new to report on
the operation before BreSt-Litovsk.
East of Nladova the German troops
have advanced across the lake dis
triCt.
In the Vladimir Nolinski sector we
have advanced our Entertainments to
near i.utsk and the district east of
Iubomil. The Russians here were re-
pulsed.
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THREATEN TURKISH LINE
British Forces at SuNIn HAY Ncn-
ace Communications.

Special Cdbl' Despatch 10 THE Sr~.
LoNpuN. Aug 23.-The DuiiU Chrop-
iclc's correspondent at Athens sends an
account %; the landing OF British troops
at Suyla Bay. which in general is
similar to the account forwarded Sttur-
day by the correspondent Of the Chicago
Ddily N,WS. The chronicles curre-
spondent, however, does not confirm the
report contained in the Chicaso dcs-
patch that the communications between
~Coustautluoplc and Glllipoli have been
cut and that retreat is impossible for
the Turks,
The C~hroniClo'S correspondent does
say that the successes OF the forces
which landed at Suvla Bay seriously
threaten the Turkish line Of commune
cations
But" he adds, "the way in which
he Turkish forces rushed tlt positions
gained by our troops n the nature Of
the mountainous country in which the
fighting Is proceeding seem to augur
further stiff resistance before we can
throw a line astride the peninsula and
thus cut IN the southern Turkish army
altogether. Whether the enemy can
be- bottled up in this a or whether
he will avoid it 10y retreat remains to be
seen
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Opening for American Goods.

financial houses were forced by the
Government to invest in the war bonds
and that the war loans were subscribed
to by prosecuted bankers He point
Government to invest In the war bonds
amounted to $3.50. 900. 900 marks,
whereas the issue referred to was limited
10 1000. 100000 marks. Then the writer
says:
The best answer TO Mr.. Davis's as
sertion that subscriptions were forced
through persecution OF large insti-
tutions Is contained in the following
figures
There was a total of l.lI7.235 sub
scriptions.
Among them were the following
23l,lO4 subscriptions for mounts OF
100000 marks S2j-sJ0).
24l ,SOI subscriptions for amounts of
300-500 marks S75-Sl2D.
453,l+3 subscriptions for amounts OF
600-2, 600 marks Sl5O-s5O0).
A total of 926, O5l subscriptions for
amounts below 1000 marks out OF
l,ll7,235 subscriptions. only 30 sub
scriptions OF above 100000 marks
Cs25O s9O) were received.
The writer of this secret document
further denies Mr.. Davis's statement
that the DarlehnskaSsen tthe new loan
banks established by Germany to re-
lieve the Reichsbank) aid in frenzied
finance and pawning operations. lie
says that the Darlehnskassen. which
were operated first in ls4S and succeed
ing German wars, have been proved
highly successful. and that the Darlehns-
kassen notes are triply secured namely,
by the guarantee of the German Gov
eminent, by collateral and by the I'M
limited liability of the debtor.
The secret document also says:
The Darlehnskassen measure will
rank, to the imperial financial OBJ
server, with the very best emergency
measures that have ever been adopted
during times of stress by n of the
leading nations. The emergency cur
rency issued by the national banks or
the United States at the beginning or
the war were not a better circulating
medium, and certainly the "kriegs-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." are fully az
creditable emergency notes. consider
ing the triple guarantee, as previously
stated, as the emergency notes issued
by Great Britain under the bank notes
act Of 1914.
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RUSSIAN ADMIRALTY
CONFIRMS VICTORY
Germans Lost = Cruisers. 8 De.
stroycrs and DrcadnOught
in Action.
SILENT on LANDING FORCE

LONDON. Aug. 23.-The report NJ an
important Russian naval victory In the
Gulf OF Riga. issued yesterday in Petro-
grad by the President Of the Duma. was
confirmed to-day by the Russian Ad.
miralty.
The account Of the operations as sup
piled 10y the President h Z the Duma, how
ever, differed In several points from that
issued to-day at navy headquarters. To-
days announcement, for instance. falls
To make any mention of a German at
tempt to Ian four bargeloads II troops
at pernov. on the northeast shoulder OF
the gulf. II the rout Of the troops
and the capture Of the barEes by land
levies, an episode %recounted by the
President Of the Duma yesterday.
The Admiralty to-day says that the
German ! sses were two cruisers. eight
TORPEDO boats and one OF the most
powerful dreadnoughts Of the German
fleet which was sunk by a British
Submarine. Yesterday the
rrent to The Duma said that three
cruisers. seven torpedo boats n the
battle cruiser Moltke totalled the Ger
man losses.
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Won BERNsTORFF SILENT.
German Envoy Has Nothing to Sal
Of Ara bic Incident.

Count Johann Won Bernstorff, the Ger
man Ambassador, returned to the Ritz
Carlton Hotel yesterday after an over
Sunday absence. To all queries regard
ing a statement concerning the alleged
efforts OF German officials to influence
public sentiment in America or In re-
gard to the sinking OF the Arabic he re-
piled over the telephone that he had
nothing to say.
Count Won Bernstorff said last Satur-
day hat he did not believe the English
version of the sinking of the Arabic
was correct. but added that until he
heard further he would have nothing TO
say concerning II.
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The document then goes into the mo-
ratoria declared by the British Govern
ment after the war started. and says
Mr.. Davis should remember that
English bankers caused sterling ex-
change TO rise to such "A pitch that IL
would have caused disaster had not
the banking business in the United
States been on as stable "A basis as IL
actually was at that time and had
not the New York Stock Exchange,
under the stress of European liquida-
,ion. closed its doors in self-defence,
Discussing the reasons for the decline
in the rate sterling, the document says
The war has brought England pain
full SURPRISES and the English bankers
ha We had their share. The true effects
OF the new condition Dol London AZ
the worlds financial centre Will only
come to light when the war is over.
Already are the signs of "A success
full dethroning Of the pound sterling
appearing in many parts of the world.
The position of the sterling bill OF
exchange as the worlds medium Of
exchange and that OF the l"ondon
banker as the worlds banker are both
hopelessly undermined by the events
OF the last eleven months.
we nav Gt'll ~ 0A'sbH
system which centred in London ut
terly collapse, mourning thereby i'm
measurable losses u unnuInbered
merchants all over the world.
London has ceased to be a free
market for gold, The sterling rate in
New York Is so low that any one may
figure the expense OF shipping gold in
a most liberal manner. The English
banking community apparently is pro
pared in this instance to recognize the
German submarine peril, for the rec
ognltion helps them to retain their
gold. But at Mr., Dayis's gold export
point from London to New York, |, e.,
4.79A, there Is about 3ia cents per
pound profit in exporting II.
VIII Mr.. Davis explain why, with
exchange on London around t.76, no
gold IL being shipped 10 New York;
There is only one explanation. The
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CAFE FOR OLD SUN BUILDING.
Ground Floor space IL Leased by
T.. u. snIt,mann. Inc.

Space for a cafe and grill in the
three story building soon to be erected
on the site nf THE SrN'S old home on
Frankfort and Nassau streets by the
schultz Realty Company was leased yes
terday by J.. II. Saltzmaun, Inc. The
lease is Tor tweuty-one years at an ag-
preCate rental Of S525. 900. The frontage
of the new cafe Will be- eighteen feet on
Nassau street and sixty feet on Frank
fort street.
L. u. Saltznauu. president Of the
company. said yesterday that IN AN ef-
fort to outshiuo other downtown cafes
IL the matter Of interior decoration more
han $4,000 Will be spent on incidental
flNtures. The SaltZmann company
operates -four cafes in the city. The
rround floor of the new building IL now
entirely leased and negotiations are
pending for the two upper floors.
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favorable next spring for shipping Amer
team goods. such as cotton. by Arch
argel. Ps then there hould he amply
sufficient water in the interior water
ways for transport all over Russia.
Detailed arrangements should he
made as soon as possible. A~rchangel
Is now one of the busiest ports in the
world. ranking almost with New York
in point of arrival of ships. More than
on" iInured warehouses and thirty piers
have been erected since last winter and
four big floating crane have been i'm
ported.
ice breakers will keep Ar"hdngel
open until December, after which ko-
lawd Is used as "A winter port. A
railway through 1.apland to this port is
beng rapidly constructed"