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WING RING
TIGHTER ABOUT WARSAW
Forces in North Cross Narew at Point Where River
Formed Strongest Bar1ier-Three Villages
South of Capital Taken.

Germans continue to advance toward
Poneviej. in which region as well as
ON the River L.avenna there were COM
bats on July -
ON the Narew front; the Germans on
the night of July % and the morning
Of July "a made q number of fierce
attacks along the east bank OF the
PISA near Seroaska. but failed. suf-
fering great losses.
Between OstrOlenka and Rozan we
repealed determined attempts of the
Germans 10 cross the Naiew at sew
eral points. In the Rozan-Pultusk
ceeded in throwing a portion of their
forces To the left bank Of the Narew
and are now trying 10 consolidate their
positions.
On the left hank OF the Nistula the
Germans made fruitless attacks in the
direction OF riassetchnp on July -.
Between the Nistula and the hug
II attacks stopped the German adj
vance. No further offerSiv, has been
attempted lay the Germans with ne
exception Of attacks ON the Noisla-
vitze-Gor"dlo font. which We re-
pulsed.
On the Bug, the Xlota l.ipa and the
Nniesi'' n. lighting has occurred ca
""pt near the village Of D~obrodu,r.
where a ~sanguindry loCa, engage
men; was fought. The Germans
Tailed N attempts to consolidate their
positions on the right bank OF the
Bug.
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CALLS NOTE PERIL TO PEACE.
German American Alliance FRvOrs
Protest 10 Wilson.

UTICA, July a5.--A committee OF the
German American Alliance of the State
OF New York, consisting OF William Lie
hermann of Brooklyn, Robert Patchke
of Troy and Alexander Oberlander Of
Syracuse. to-day sent to President Will
son resolutions adopted by the alliance
concerning the last note to Germany.
The alliance has been in session here
since Friday last. The resolution con-
Cludcs
"R,s0lusd, by the German American
Alliance of the state of New York In
convention assembled at Utica. n. Y,
ON the twenty third and t~wenty-fourth
DAYS of July, 1915, that we condemn
this autocratic action OF the President
taken without previous consent or Con-
gress as a dangerous usurpation or
mower and a peril 10 our peace: that
we appeal to n peace loving poo
pie oe our country and especially
la the Americans Of German orr
Gin. who are affected most 10y "A rom
0ict with their mother country, TO take
part by mass demonstrations and by
overwhelming attendance at the ma
tlonal peacc congress called to he held
AT Chicago September . and u, l?lJ, so
as to demonstrate to the President that
eNcepting in The case Of u hostile attack
mr. an invasion ~ our country tho Ameri-
can people are determined NOT to let
themselves become involved in war with
any nation"
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"ln the face of this note the paper
says. "GcrmanN. MO whu"'"" Other ne
gotiItiuus she nay enter. has only two
practical alternatives. either to abandon
her submarine piracy, or To- cortinue
it with the know edge that the next
cas-" against the United States will cause
that country TO break or diplomatic
relations and possibly declare war.
"GcrmtHNS choice between these al
tcrnativcs viii show whether the party
represented 10y Admiral Won Tirpi,z or
that represented by Chancellor Won Beth
manufactures has obtained the last
word with the Kaiser.
The note preserves an unruficd sur
face and teens with those friendly COM
plimcnts To- German good intentions
which ia the previous notes seemed so
strangely addressed t. the red handed
Huthuts Of massacre In Belgium and
on the high s,as Hut 4 Arm hand is
felt under TIA" velvet glove, and the con-
trov"rsy has been quietly advanced to
u point at which old presentations can
suffice no longer. We forhcar to SI,ccu-
lat" on the outcome of the note"
The 'dioHi,i. fails to -. what events
"t the U3st two months have Indicated
that submarine warfare against NOR
chant ships is pu>sjhic and practicable
within tn" confines of international law.
me paper rem. KS that there has beer
some dtmiuutiou In tho number Of ships
SUNK. hut lnnk, iu VAIN Tor any falling
OF tu tho conduct Of G"rm- nN's methods.
The DdjiU N'TS ana L'ddcr saws:
notwithstanding the scrupulously
diplomatic Language" used. the note un-
%Goubi"dlS j. Iu uitluitum. The out
standing feature of the note is the fact
that GclmtuN's action forces Washing
ton TO descend from IN" general to Tho
particular. The last clause If the note
utS an rnd t. In" NEGOTIATIONS
The paper says 10 Is impossible. To-
forecast the consequences of the note
1t believes that the natural cpurs, of
WilhclmstIaSsc would he 10 delay and
That IT," United states nigh hc willing
{" Shot Indulgence tpward such q
course
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ITALIANS LOSE HEAVILY.
Vienna Reports GRin. !" \''"cH
ON UobcrdO Plateau.
,s,c,a, cobie De.pa'ch 10 Tur srN

,,,.,,, Cobl, Dtspa'Ch to TuE stu
ytrXSA via Amsterdam. July 90
The following official report OF the "ptl',
tons on the Italian front was 'Ssueo
here to-day
In the region of Goritz the hostile
action during the day was limited 10
artillery firing Night attacks on
the border of the Dohcrdo plateau
,part of the Carso plateau maze
against u positions failed again
with heavy losses TO the Italians.
The following report has been issuen
regarding the naval bombardmeht or 'he
Italian Adriatic coast on Friday iast'
our cruisers and other warshiI~
successfully shellcd the railway on
the Italian coast along a length o.
100 miles. The stations of 'hieuti'
Campomarino. F'ossacesia. Terinol and
Ortona were badly damaged, VINE
those Of san Bendetto del Tronio ana
Grottammars We're set afire. Many
locomotive and wagons were de-
stroyed. In Oytona a water tower
was destroyed, a crane damaged ana
a tugboat sunk.
Two factories At Or,ona and one At
San Vito were badly damagci. The
viaduci near the Termondi bridge
across the Moro was demolished. as
we'll as the barracks at san Rene-
dctto. The somaphorc and cable sta
ton on the Trcmi;i Islands con Ter
lnoli, were DESTROYED.
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WARSAW CONFIDENT.
!tttlc Excitement Caused h, the
t~pprORch Of Grruaus,

'V'''' ""' pfNb"fSN 10 lhh 81
lONDoN. July 25.-The DaiIv Maii'S
correspondent at I'ctrograd t~eiegraphs
under date nf July ~ that there Is
little excitement NJ Warsaw and tat
tho people are fairly confident. The
city is entirely under military control.
The most important fGhting." he
lis still occurring between :.
\Istula and the Bug where Gen. won
Mackensen is irving to blast through
while tine Russians are Offering "A mag
nificent resistance. Two days ago it
seemed hat they lad stopped the Ger
mans who were pressing toward I.ub-
lin. The Germans were reinforced,
however. and returned to the attack
with the result that last night they
were within "A few miles OF the town,
80 that the eventual Russian front may
be along the I.ublin-Cholm railway.
There is a feeling AZ P~ctrograd that
in facing a great risk the Russians
are considering the interests of France
and Great Britain In preference t" their
own. II would be q small matter for
Russia with her vast territories to
give M for the time being n little more
Z Poland. hut it has been clearly rec
ognized by those directing tn" plans
of the allied armies that further re
t!remcnt without fighting would allow
the enemy to transfer large forces 10
the west in order to break through TO
Calais and possibly to Paris"
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PARIS ENTHUSIASTIC.
Press IL Unanimous IL approval
Of the Note.
Npecio, cob,e D,sDoicl 10 rnr So.

Specioi cable DssDaich 10 THE SrN.
PARIS. July 25.-lt is almost unueces-
sary to quote seriatim the comment Of
the French press upon tho American
reply to the German note II is 80 uuani-
nous and expressed To- such similar
terms. the words clear firm and
"dignifed" occurring tn almost all the
editorials. The Temps says Ambassador
Won Bernstorffs prediction that Germany
viii take u month or more TO reply to
the latest note. compared viii Wash
i%ngtou's forecast tina vu- answer viii
he received within a fortnight. shows
plainly that Berlin is in no hurry TO
settle the dispute.
The FiGoTo says:
Tie note cuts shor; all discussion,
being. as it is. IN polite form as cate
royital as possible and containing even
severe criticisms. President Wilson ami
the new Secretary of state have spoken
clearly. and apparently the departure Of
The Notm finds that the reply Is
clearer and frmer than duN of the
preceding notes from Washington.
The JOUrnGI says:
Another pen wrote the note. The note
Of June II still bore Bryans impress.
We are far from indorsinG Bryan's cot
ton wool formulas. Mr.. Lansing ais
a cat a cat and uses the famous word
'unfriendly. even reinforcing II with
the word Deliberately It would he
y mistake, however. to interpret the not,
a. a preliminary rupture. Il docs not
condemn submarine warfate generally.
hut declares that the last Two months
expsricuc. has shown that the German
commanders are able to alternate its
iignrs. an assertion which il somewhat
surprising when the cases If the Ar
mcnian ana the orduua are recalled
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HAND OF BRITAIN
SEEN BY GER MANS
IN WILSON'S NOTE

zone. Americas rejection Of the pro-
Iosals concerning passenger shlpS
breathes any spirit except that of thank
fulness. While there may he further
negotiations. the Germans have decided
on their course"
The BcrIinc. Tdgebidu SAYS
THE him given in the last German
note has been iatly rejected. IT the
United States refuses upon principle To
hear such proposals 1t proves that IT ~
not so much concerned about the safety
OF Americans but FAR more about
paralyzing our submarine activity II
L. a matter of course that our submarine
warfare viii continue in the prescribed
course
The Lokdion:ciocr, which has close
connections with the Government. SAYS
that the view expressed in England that
tho American note ends all further dis
cussion is entirely gruundless. we are
confident that Germany will find Il means
OF using her most valuable submarine
weapon In a manner useful to herself
and rs little dangerous to ucutrals ~
possible says the LOknluH :ciucr. I'VE
have nc interest In rousing neutral coun-
tries against Us. quite The contrary is
the case
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MORE AUSTRIANS GO
TO GORITZ'S DEFENCE
Will Make Desperate Effort to
Hold the IsOnZO
Fortress.
no AID FROM GERMANY
Sp,c CJbis DesDotck TO Tur Srx.

't'''f wv ~ w ''' ''
ROME. july -. 49, Reports received
here from the Italian army h%cadquar-
tiers. as well as news brought by de-
serters from the Austrian forces, indi-
cate that the Austrians are rushing
heavy requirements from Trieste for
the defence OF ioritz and intend to
make u desperate effort to hold the
lsonzo fortress. The occupation or the
latter would open the way for an cN-
tensive Italian advance toward the
southeast, threatening Trieste and the
lstrian peninsula, n toward the nurth,
menacing the railroad to Vienna.
The Austrian Emperor has repeat
eddy begged the Kaiser for aid hut N
vain. The Bavarian troops reported 10
have been sent into ry'ol ar" massed
In tina, region. where ar Italian otcii-
sivo IL expected as soon as Gorit@ falls.
The Austrians are astonished at the
numerical strength "f the Italians ana
realize now. Il IS asserted. h their
efforts to check the advance IF the In
vaders ~ hopeless.
The following official statement from
Gen Cadorna was issued here TINS
evening:
In the afternoon OF June :" two
Italian hydroaeroplanes effectively
aombarded the railway station OF RlNa
cat the head Of Lake Garda)' return
,ng safely.
ON the Carnic front heavy forces
Naiul, attacked our positions in the
Sella di Condogna last night.
H. the Monte Ner' region 'north "t
rnlmino, the enemy made u vigorous
attempt to- check our advance. Three
heavy attacks were lauuched bN he
Austrians against the Luzniha crcs''
but they were repulsed with heaNH
losses.
The operations on the carso plateau
are developing f~avorahlN.
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Then they were suddenly told that
the British army could not advance for
want of high explosive shells. Prac-
tically at the same time they learned
that the British army was lacking in
machine guns. while the hundreds Of
thousands o. men training at home
were perfect in their drill. in the finest
Of physical condition. but without rifles,
aud even where there were a certain
number of rifles there was no
ton for the absolutely necessary mus
kerry practice.
All this We learned when the lat"
Government was no longer able to carry
on under the veil ~ secrecy which
mad for so long buoyed up the British
public In those beliefs which induced
what Buuar Law describes as an UNI
justifahic optimism. With the transit
ton from a party Government to Il
coalition ihcr, came = monetary lift
ing of the lid which had. since the
beginning % the wal, concealed from
view all those troubles which made
the continuance IN Office Of the late
Government impossible.
The stories of the shortage OF NUM-
IONS ana OF Inc fcaSons Tor TINS snort
age have already been told. but day
after day in the House of Commons
some further facts arc half draGgei
into the light The r. suit has been that
tn" public now partly knows what has
been known to a few all along, The
effect upon their minds is not rightly
Described aS 'p"ssimism.' II IL, rather
"A mixture Of anger, disgust II depres-
sion which is all the more powerful
in effect because OF the suddcuncSs with
which the people have realized that they
had for ten months or more been living
in "A FOOLS paradise.
The scandals tha' follow the track OF
was a. inevitably rs do i"ath and de-
siru'tiou ar" AZ present practically con
incd 20 tho past. There is every IN
cllnatlun and desire 10 give the ,pali-
tion Government fair play, but ~ the
game time IL must carefully watch It's
footsteps. for tho English public. AWAY
SLOW to extreme action, is slowly but
very surely growing angcrcd and sus-
piciOus,
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This has been quickly rcruguIa ! 10y
the most alert mind in the present Cabi-
net. When Lord Kitchener was attacked
as being responsible for the shortage
rf the necessary kind OF munitions on
the ground that, as head of the VA
Office, the now admitted shortcomings
OF that establishment should rightly
he put down to his account the English
people. not Yet more than vaguely in
formed as 80 those Shortcomings, re-
sen'ed the attack and the one man in
whom they trusted was more firmly
established IN their confidence than ever.
hut before this Lord kitchcucr's predc-
cessor at the War once, Lord Iialdaue,
who left the War Office To- become Lord
Chancellor, resigned the woolsack aud
found no place in the reformed Cabinet
Lord ilaldane is beyond question one
~ the most "rudite men in Europe, a
man of vast knowledge and wide expert
ence as "A statesman, 1t IL impossible
for any one who has talked with him to
doubt his patriotism. Hut hc has de-
voted all his intellect and diplomacy in
the past 10 the policy OF bringing Eng
land and Germany together in friend
ship, lie has spoken of Germany as
his spiritual home" He has been I e
one man who has striven for an Anglo
German entente, When war came IL
was not surprising that many among
the English people should distrust him.
Since his fall there has been a
strong movement to get him back into
office. Those who have headed this
movement have no doubt been honestly
Influenced by the desire to get back
into the councils of the nation one of
it's acutest and most experienced minds,
"A man who has frequently shown that
he Is a statesman with the rare gift
of organization. Even Conservative or
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LONDON PRESS COMMENT.
Papers Praise WiIson's EIrmuess
In Latest Note, to GcrmRnH.

l"~roN. tuiy ~ ,MnudalD All th,
papers this morning comment AZ lyup'h
ON pr,sldcr, Wilson'S latest note T."
Germany. RI" ton" "f the comments
in tn" main Is laudatorl.
The note goes It. far IN thc wty % a
wsrHiug a. II can -! thu Dujiy NAT.
and sin rcmair : polite, T. goes ~ f,r .u
tho Way Of q protest Is = can without
causing an actual rgptur" N The "otli..al
relations of tho two countries. We do
MOI care &" rroprcsy tho reNt Develop
nou'. !, IS conceivable. hut hy up
means likely. tina, matters VIII remain
TO- some time a they aie
But wha'cN"' napucuS moth NC can
de,rav, from the d~iGn,is. the high
~n'udcducss and the pat Ont skill wi,h
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BRITISH
Occup, herman Wine crater ana
Link u ~ Trenches.

SrC,trl r1blc Dc.pa'ch 10 TnE So.
Io>uoN. ulv @J.-Thc press bureau
to-day gave out the following ofticiaI
despatch son, by Sir John French from
the British army headquarters;
ION the list We rcpu'Scd u ponn
attack on n crater caused by an eNp'o-
sion Of orr mine west of iioogs hn bel
gum. reported in my communidne OF
he Goth. our heavy artillery succeeded
in rilencing u heavy trench mortar as
ssting in the German attack. IN me
evening Of the 23d we successfully cN-
ploded a mine under a salient ~ the
German lines southeast of Iillebeke ana
DESTROYED the encmy's trenches there,
shortly afterward the enemy exploded
q mine "A little further south, whlch'
however, did little damage, Since then
We made some ground, occupying Z
crater caused by a German mine, INK
Ing II to our trenches. On Saturday we
repulsed another heavy bomb attack
upon our trenches around a crater near
HpoEc.'
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Spe''df 'nbfc Bf'p1''h " IHt Sun
BERLIN. via London. July 25.-The
German army which is forcing its way
around Warsaw on the north crossed
the Narew River yesterday between a
point south of Ostrolenka and Pultusk
on a front Of about thirty miles. The
Narew at this point was the strongest
natural barrier standing as an obstacle
In the advance 10 cut the Warsaw to
p,trograd railway.
Southeast of Pultusk. where the Ger
man armies nae air ady crossed the
Narew. an appreciable advance was
made toward the River Bug. while
southwest of Blouic the German forces
pressed forward in the face of Arm re-
sistance TO a line between Nasielsk and
Strzy 70.
south of Warsaw. where the Germans
are rapidly approaching the lvangorod-
Warsaw railway. the villages OF Stanaw.
Ghlska aud Juzgarsew were aiken 10y
stp M.
As the situation stands tonight, there
fore. Warsaw i invested by "A semi
circular line On thr,e sides.
At headquarters the following state
ment was issued
The army Of Gen. Won Bulow en-
gagged in rear guard actions. During
the forward movements oil T. STA.
south Of Eovno and in the region of
Dumhowc. ten kllometers tsiN and A
quarters milcs) northeast of Suwalki.
several Russian trenches were cap
tursd by MS.
The Narew was crossed on the
whole front from n point south OF
Osirolenka To Pultusk. southeast of
pul,usk We are approaching the Hug.
Southwest OF this stronghold. in spite
of the en-my's Arm resistance. we
have cached u line bet wecn Nasielsk
and Strzyzc. Southwest of Blonie
several enemy positions were captured.
South Of Warsaw Stanow, Ghlska and
Juzgarzew were taken by storm,
On tine southeastern front the situa-
tion remains unchanged.
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which President Wilson, acting IN the
name Of humanity and from no merely
national motive. has conducted these
difficult negotiations.
THE United states 1T this hour is the
only champion of the rights of ncutrals.
She Will contend for them without COM
promise and at any cos. That dcIlara-
ton is addressed to-day to Wilhelm
~strassc. but Downing street. in It's treat
mcut of neutral commerce, may well
heed it,"
The DdiiD chronicle under the head
ing ~ Sort Of ~lltimatum" says the
note definitely carries the negotiations
betwccn Washington and Berlin to \
new s'agc. but does not exclude further
negotiations.
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LONDON, July 9.-RcferenCe has al
the feeling OF depression which has
steadily settled over this country dur
ing the past few weeks. Speaking at
the Guildhali one day last week, Bonar
Law, who, until he became II mem
Der of the coalition Cabinet was the
leader of the Cnionist opposition in the
House Of Commons. said Till a short
time ago there was a feeling OF opti-
mism in this country greater than the
circumstances justified, and ! am In
cl,ned to think that now. in some quar-
tcrs At least. there Is a feeling OF
p.ssimism which il just rs little JUST
II d."
Speaking IN the same place this after
noon. Lord Kitchener said 1T IL true
we are in an UNNECESSARILY better situa-
ton now than ten months ago TINS
referred to the question of numbers
of men in the army. but the position
to-day IL at least rs serious as 1t was
then
\ consideration of these two utter
anccs may help toward understanding
the feeling that exists ~ England TO-
day. Borar Law was ~undoubted y rlghI
IN saying that until a short time ago
the feeling Of optimism VAS create
han the circumstances JUSTIFIED, nut
to describe the feeling that has l1tel!
taken It's place as .p<ssimism" is harni,
SO correct.
The public, happy and confident IN
IN rosy optimism inspired by mag
mary victories and believing implicitly
that as soon as spring came tn" alice
armies could break through the Ger
mans whenever they liked were still
content when week after week cr"p
10y without any signs of the grea'
! move" They trusted Kitchener aht
French To know the right moment
was a matter for the military experts
rot for civilians. to decide.
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POPE FOR ALLIES, Is REPORT.
II said to Have Assured Their Car
dinaIs Of Sym pRthy.

ROME July 25.-lt is understood on
excellent authority tina; the Pope held
q lCrg conversation with the Cardinals
who represent England and France on
the occasion of his name day to-day and
informed them In unmistakable language
of his strong sympathy with the Allies.
aroused by a firm conviction that the war
was deliberately provoked by Germany
and Austria.
The audience to the Cardinals lasted
for an hour. Cardinal Nannutelli con-
graduated the Pope on the occasion Of
the anniversary and offered the con-
cratulations of the Sacred College. lie
said that the Cardinals are ready to CO.
operate in the efforts for peace being
made by the Pope and expressed the
hope that these efforts may be fruitful
of successful results,
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TURKEY TO REPLY SOON.
Italy VIII start uostiIitics u De-
mcuds Are Refused.

>ps'idl '0his Hcspd'"h 10 lHE So
ROME. July 25-It is expected here
tina, Turkey will reply within three days
10 the Italian demands for the imme-
diatc release Of Italian citizens who have
been detained IN smyrna and Palestine
and for a formal apology for the ar
h!trary requisitiou 10y the Turkish au-
thoritics of an Italian steamer. The
Italian Government has asked also for
assurances that Turkish officers will not
proceed to l.ibya, where II is feared
that they might foncnt CONSIDERABLE"
trouble.
II the demands are not acCcdcd to
without condition hos,iliti"S Will VI"
Initiated by Italy against Turkey and
neutral Governments will he Informed
Of a war between Italy and Turkey.
which. however, will not he formally
deCla red.
The Foreign Office has been confden-
TALLY Informed that the anti-ltalianism
IN Turkey has been i~ustigatcd by GER
many with the object Of provoking a
war between the two countries to pre-
vent Italian recnforccmcn,s from being
sent to France.