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knitting. knitting. knitting Whole
trainloads OF knitted articles have been
sent TO the front and more viii follow
At this big department stores in this
city are matinee concerts. with an ac-
compartment OF clicking needles by the
women. who are not much h.ujered
thereby from chatting in uniertones.
At the hotels are 6 o'clock teas, like
wise with knitting. Ia the coffee
houses YOU see the prettiest women DC
cupying the window s-a;s-knittips.
knitting. knitting. At every evening
party the chief entertainment is krit-
ting. 1t is. besides tho theatre (Which
IN" Niennose would not forsake even
II the Cossacks stood before their doors) ,
the only dissipation deemed patriotic
and permissible In these cruel days.
Some 5000 'Sanitaetshundo." I am
told. are actively engaged in the Ger
man armies, both west and east, search
ing for wounded that have sought ref
uge Ia sheltered spots, especially under
bushes. In hollow ground. 81. Here in
Austria-IIungarv the number ~ such
useful doge-and ! hear thcy do their
Samaritan work oScellentl} lis rela-
t.',ly small. There * a Dix ~orglnizs-
ton. It IS true, with headquarters in
Vienna. for the propagation. training
and sale OF such dogs. but most OF these
were trained FOR police work only, and
have had TO learn recently their new
lin" OF work.
Still. many have been used in Glllcla
and Russian Poland. whore thickct- and
woods abound and where without the
keen scent and keen Intelligence OF these
animals hundreds OF wounded would
have remained undlscoverod by the doc
tors n bearers ana frozen 20 death.
As II is. many have mo, with thai fate
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07
KHAKI SUPPLY SHORT,
BRITISH WEARING BLUE
Hundred Thousand POStmen's
Uniforms Are Issued to
New Army.

LONDON. Feb. 20-A hundred thou
sand OF the British troops now in the
field or on the way are wearing not tho
usual khaki uniform OF the British
soldier but uniforms of blue cloth, which
was furnished by the Post Office for use
until the necessary number OF regula-
ton uniforms could be supplied.
In order to do this, the Times "a vs..
the Post Office informed the postmen
that they would have to go for twelve
months without new winter or summer
uniforms. BY suspending the issue OF
these postmen uniforms the Post ONCE
was able to hand over to the War
ONCE sufficient material to clothe l00,-
600 men, There was some srumbling
among those who have received the
blue uniforms until they learned that
the postmen had accepted their loss
Cheerfully In order that the cloth might
he used where the need was greater.
The War Office Is now despatch!ng 90
600 military garments "A week to the
military units.
The burden which the war has placed
upon the stan OF the Post Office has
been greater than pa any other depart
ment of the Civil service. There is con-
stantly a huge volume OF correspondence
II parcels for the troops i'm France.
for earrisons in other parts OF the
world and for the men on British YES
sells at sea,
Furthermore, many lines Of commuui-
cation by telephone ana telegraph be-
tween Great Britain aud tho Continent
were destroyed when the Allies were
forced back toward Parts. The recon
struction of these on a larger scale has
been taken up as fast ia the ground
was recovered. The TimcS cites as one
instance or the speed with which this
| work has Urrn undertaken the sending
of "A telegrlplliC order 20 London for
: girdcrS for the reconstruction OF the
railway bridge AZ Amiens half an hour
after the bridge was destroyed. A large
proportion of the tolegrsphers ut the
front are employees OF the Post Oiics.
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SAYS RUSSIA NEEDS NO
AID IN WAR MATERIAL
Swiss Scientist Writes Nation
Is in Best Position
Of Allies.

l.oNpoS. Fob 1H-The V0tHi1Q Post
prints the following from Rorn:
WHITING in the journal d" Generr. a
Swiss scientist who has spent many
years Ia Russia gives sumo interesting
information regarding thar Couutrv's
resources. Speaking Of tho Russian
Governments declaration that 1t did not
require any more ammunition from
Paris. II that Russia could now sup
ply herself. tho Swiss states that this
did not surprise him Mt all.
"Russla's resources In the natter OF
arms ana ammunition he remarks.
"are i~nexhaustihle, n she has no need
OF any one else's assistance. The CEN
tie OF tn" manufacture Is Motobilikha,
where 30. 000 hands arc employed. The
immense factories ut Barantcha turn
out nothing but projectlles. AS for IN.
putiloff works. AT pstrograd. il H. 4
Russian treusot or Essen, and fully
30, 600 men are working thor" day and
might.
NJ Sormoyo, near Niini-N.o' gorod.
rolling stock II made, military trains
and cannon, besides which large French
war material manufactorics exist ut
Tzarltzin, on tho Volga. Then there
is another manufacturing centre at
Rransk, south of Moscow, ia the Gov
ernment of Oycl, Russ!i's war industry
il at present equal II iut superior to
that ~ any other helligeI,ut.
Russia il tine only OF" OF tine great
Powers which need have no fears re-
gtrd.ng her economic condition. She
has abundance Of copper, whicl Is be-
lining Ia tuu short in GrrnUAuN, large
copper mines in the Iral, in siberia. in
the Caucasus and other districts Lead
il found in such quantities in tine Altai
that she need be luupr no lIDplsiDnas
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Pope VIII Lack Guards
IF Italy Enters the War
Entire Vatican Army" Liable to Call to COlOrs and Tn
precedented Situation May Arise. Calling for
Solution by Royal Government.


, for the custody Of the apostolic pal
aces were men over 40 years Did.
When Plus y. died there We're not
sufficient Swiss Guards at the Vatican
for the of the Conclavs and
coronation and by a special concession
of the SWISS Government 100 swiss
Guards wr." allowed to return to Rome
ana resu .- service At the Vatican
In case general mobilization is or
dered in Italy practically all the 200
Pontfiical ~Gendarnies would have TO
Join the colors aud thus The two per
maneut corps of the papal army, the
Swiss Guards. already reduced from 200
TO only about eighty rank and flc. ana
the Geudaimes. viii be TO All intcnts and
purposes disbauded. Nor can the Pope
rely ON the Noble Guards and the Pala-
tine Guards for the protection of his
person and the custody of the apostolic
palaces. AZ the great majority of these
guards viii also br called ~ arms. n
the hundreds of men employed IN the
Vatican. the custOdians OF the museums
and galleries. the lay clerks in the de-
pdrtments aud offices. the gardeners and
cuachmen and C~aretakers, all these VIII
have to Join the Italian army.
such a contingency * unprecedented
in History and without n parallel In
iuternatioul law aud II Will serve 10
prove the anomaly Of "A state within
a state. Strangely enough while the
next smallest army IN the world after
that OF the Pope. existing likewise In
Italy. will not be- affected by italian
mobilization. and not a single citizen
Of the diminutive republic of San Marino
Will be- compelled 10 fight In the Italian
army. the army OF the Pope viii pIac-
tically cease TO exist when Italy goes
to war.
The reason for tits difference between
the two arm'cs * that san Marine is
ltalS's ally while the Holy See, al
though its territory IL only II palace
and "A garden. is considered Italy's
enemy. Officially the Pope ignores the
kingdom OF Italy.
II is a we'll known fact that many
radical changes will follow as IA result
Of his great war. Old nations will
d sappear and new ones Will be formed
countries will widen their national
boundaries and peoples Will change THEN
nationality. while Europe will be re-
mapped. Great as all these changes
will be their historical Importance viii.
however, be less than that OF the great
change which may affect the vatican,
the Oldest Institution in the world.
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WARS HORRORS SEEN
BY CARDINAL BOURNE
Visit to Battlefront in France
and Flanders Covered
Wide Area.

I.oNuoN, Feb 12-Oue % tN- most
historic events Of the war thus ftr was
the recent visit of Cardinal Bourne Of
London 10 the battle front. where hc
was allowed To visit the fighting lin" and
10 see the horrors Of war. PARTICULAR,
in Flanders.
The good feelirg that * SIS between
the military authorities ana the Roman
Catholic ohaplains with tho Brttsn
forces was the cause Of unusual priv
ilegts granted to the Cardinal lie was
permitted to 80 almost wherever he
wished. and ne chose points where the
conflict has ragged with tho greatest IN
tensity. where the devastation and hard
ship Is most in evidence.
one OF the things that impressed the
Cardinal was the easy assurance witch
the men nt the front displayed as 20 the
result Of the war While there may
he doubts us 10 the result a hundred
miles away there Is none in the tight
ing zone. so far ~ the British and
French are concerned.
At Ypres Cardinal Bourne was able
10 see for himself the havoc which the
German artillery had wrought. lie re-
ceived many cruel impressions there. but
nevertheless in q visit to a military
hospital he addressed words Of c%ousola-
ton to the wounded regardless Of ma
tiOnality. The same was the case ~
the Havrc hospital. There he spent
some time in the wards, u incidentally
told one wounded German that suffering
and Illness make an men equal.
q tho bed of Illness he said, the
sold er should forget his enemies, even
the most unjust ana the hardest of
enemies. When the hand liz uuarmed
tho mind should recover its serenity"
The Cardinal went from bed to bed I'm
this hospital. and those who accompanied
him say that his words eXcrted a great
effect upon the wounded He also went
to Ste. Adresse. where he found several
former BOY Scouts known personally
to members OF his suite. one OF them
hobbled iorward on Crutches and said
to him:
"May II please YOU Em'ncnce to pray
for us. FRAY that We shah soon be we'll
enough to rcIoin our comrades at the
front"
The Cardinal VAS deeply touched and
blessed the wounded From Ste. Adj
rcsso the party went to Etrctnt, then To
FrCImp AND finally 10 Roueu. whore on
January 30 he conducted high mass in
the cathedral witt all tine pomp ana
splcndor which DISTINGUISHED the famous
cdiilCe in the past. lie also visited Tho
churCh of 81. bucu, 4 sIurcd building
Of great beauty, aud tine ~. Oucn como-
terry. In an he spent two weeks IN
France and Flanders and SAW more
than any Individual officer could see.
moving from one point to another oNcI
a wide area. Cardinal BOURNE and Mgr
Jackman worethrlr usual attire through.
out tie visit.
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ITALY SENDS MORE
TROOPS TO LYDIA
Government Decides to Des.
patch Expedition Of So
600 Men Soon.
MANY REBEL ATTACKS
spec,al COrr1srondenc. 70 rnx Soy

ROME. Feb. 12-1he situation In Lydia
is growing more alarming daily n
even official optimism fails to deceive
Italians any further.
After Turkey proclaimed the holy war
agaist all the Christians. except tie Ger
mans and Austlidus, the Itdl AZ Govern
iueut decided to withdraw al! the inland
garrisons both at Tripo,i and Cyrena-
lea. and to concentrate" an the troops
in the coast towns. This decision. I'M
plying that Italy was abandoning the
possession of practically all the inland
territory conquered after two years OF
hard lighting. was officially explained
as only Il p~recaut!ou. In fact The natives
OF Tripod. and ~Cyrenaica. with the eX-
Ception of the uomtd Bcdouins and fol-
lowers OF the head of the Scrussi, had
submitted 20 Italian rule Most OF them
had been disarmod and their loyalty
was considered SO certain that native
regiments mad been formed.
As soon rs the holy war was pro-
claimed the head of the SeusuSsl has
tened 20 ASSURE the British Of his 10y
atty lie remained neutral While the
Turks attempted to invade Egypt, but
the natives of Tripo!! AMI Cyrenlica rose
Ike ono man against the Italians. They
Were mystoriously supplied with arms
and ammunition and even with German
money and instead of attacking small
d,~tIcnrnerts and caravans they threat
ea"d and almost succeeded In cutting on
the retreat OF the italian gtrrisons
withdrawn from the interior and march
ing towtrd the coast. The Italians had
to abandon guns and maNlms besides
provisions and stores IN their fortified
inland posts. which they were forced to
~eNaCudte.
keenforoemcnts were sent TO Lydia,
H.. H. "
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"KAISER'S GARDEN" IN
POLAND IS FORTRESS
Capture Of Floral FOrtifica-
lions Costs Russian Army
Many Lives.

NDrttOf ' UT 2" III 49,
LONDON. Feb 20.-The R~"SSEoye
SIoro. Just received, is responsible for
an interesting sideiight of the war,
which it publishes under tn" caption OF
"The Ka!ser's Garden 1t indlcates.
according to the newspaper. the thor
oughness with which the Germans pre-
pared for war.
\ Polish mlgnate living ia tie govern
ment OF SuWalki, Poland, about two and
"A half miles from the East Prussian
frontier. lost his fortune II WAS com
PEELED to sell his estate OF $4,000 acres
some four years ago. II vas thought
that some other local dignitary would
purchase the estate with It's ancient
mansion. hut at the sale "A strange who
gave his name as kleisenberger sur
prised all bidders by running the price
UP to $3.50, 900. which he paid In cash.
The new owner ~ transformed his
estate by "A lavish expenditure Of money,
lie appeared particularly addicted Ia
landscape gardening. lie CONSTRUCTED
new buildings. i%mprov.sed mounds and
little chains Of hills, installed an clab-
crate system OF irrigation bitches. PIT
in many wine cellars II capped 1t al
by erecting "A massive tower.
The article cont.nues that when the
war began it suddenly developed that
tails wonderful garden was nothing more
nor less than "A German fortress. The
mounds were for heavy guns, the wine
cellars for the storing of armament ant
ammunition. and the irrigation bitches
were perfectly arranged trenches for
the German soldiers. 1t TOOK TWO weeks
tor the Russian troops to reduce and
captuIe this floral fertilization at the
cost OF many lives. There was an elab-
crate system OF wireless and wire com
munication from the tower, which was
admirably constructed for observing
everything Within II range OF many
| nl-lnA
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SONS CAN'T DINE TOGETHER.
one ~ Omcrr, other ~ Private, and
Etiquette EOrbids.

LoNpoN. Feb. ~ Wholesale enlist
ment is rcspous bile for some illhort'au
situations For Instance, a woman
writes to q newspaper to know VIVA, is
tro proper thing 20 do under the follow.
INK curious circumstances:
Sh" has two sons ~ l0rl Kltchners
army-on" an officer. the other "A pr'-
waite, ON one occasion she wanted them
to take her g. Il Theatre, hut military
etiquette does not lntrnli' - officers and
p' Yates h"'ng seen together Ia public
Again, the brothers ,aunot mcct then
mothers guests at the DINNER table for
t." an" reason Socially, when In
mutt, they rank alike, but nowadays
uniform Is obligatory on all occasions
Hence the tangle.
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BASEBALL AT FRONT,
CRY OF AMERICANS
LOTS OF ROOM FOR GAME

SD,ciu} Corte, poUd, ace 10 TuE SIS
PANS. Feb. 1s.-Thc correspondent ~
THE Sun with the Foreign Legion at
the front. writing on February i6 says :
\ postcard came from TuiOle to-day
saving tina he is acting a. mechanic
for an American aviator WIKI the III
,eeuth Squadron OF the ROYAL Flying
corps ut marlborough, England. lie
adds that he has been granted ten days
vacation u received $40 advance pay
and tina, the feeding is tine. especially
the ham and ggs.
Fred Stone. "a Sew Yorker, has been
wounded by shrapuel while ON sentinel
duty In the trenches at the town OF
~ Two bullets entered his body. but
Or. Van Worst. who attended him. as
sured IA he was al riRAt.
\ letter dated February - says:
This Is my birthday. Heavy snow
has fallen Strange. Tor only y~'st.r-
DAY AS We were OH cur way To- the
shooting trenches from thu sugar re-
'luery ON the canal. where We had al
taken hot shower baths. ! was think
lug OF writing t. ask you 10 send Us
a baseball outfit. Spring Vas ia the
air, and everything was beautiful. 80
no wonder We all got baseball fever.
Many of the Americans here are col.
.lege men. There are AT least three ~
the rear and .hirteen here. We had
fourteen. but Carstairs is gone. Rock
well * IN the hospital at Mont Mcricl.
IOlinger il a., the depot at orleans. and
SO is Collins. VINO Is still H. Narwich
has Just Joined US again with some
other who have come to III our ranks
Gansun is also At Orleans. Casey has
gone for au eight day rest.
You may think the idea Of baseball
here Is crazy. Va why not The Eng
lish play football in the rear OF the
lines. 10 not forget that this war -
the most remarkable war In many other
ways than its size. IL has been pointed
out often enough hat the firing line
il 200 miles in length, but not mucr
attention has been paid { its width.
Its dopth * 50 comparatively iusigniii-
can't that We can play ball II W vii
when out of the trenches. OF course
shells fall in this village where ! am
writing. VIII, re- We rest, but We can 70
another half mile or SO 10 the rerr
and lie entirely out of the danger one
People are living there again a. bciOr'
the war. They n a. the distant roar OF
cannon. but the noise becomes a habit
Any one who wants a fino r%cproduc-
ton of the front when ilriug is going
on--not a battle but the ordinary Hiring
has only 10 go to some big Coustruc'
tion work In New York, where he vii
aear exactly h We hear every daN
The blasting initiates the cannon. tn
hammer striking the steel grid = give.
the riiie shot. "a steel girder wher
dropped rsprJduces a caunon FIR,
effect. especially through the vibrations
caused. But the most remarkable imi
ation is the hydraulic hammer, tht'
c~ontrlvlncc with which a workman
bores holes In steel. This instrument
exactly initiates a machine gun IN ac
tion II ! ever get back TO New Iorl
l shall Jump whenever | hear one.
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'pF<fuf IOFFtspcNuctt Z - IL SUM
ROME. Feb. Fin case Italy goes
10 war one OF the most serious cniupli-
cations which will follow in the rela-
tons brtw cen the italian Government
and the Holy See will be- Ia connection
with the papal army.
There IL no provision I'M the law OF
guarantees contemplating the eventu-
atty OF war. When this law was be-
fore the Italian Parliament in 1871 Il
member proposed an amendment TO the
effect that an privileges accorded to
,he Pope should be suspended "in case
OF war between Italy and other ma
lions. as also In the case Of war be-
tween foreign nations when italy had
declared herself neutral. and in every
circumstance when such a measure
Shout be necessary for the internal and
external security Of the state" This
amendment was accepted, but not en-
bodied i'm the law. which. y was then
explained. was concerned with tn" rights
or peace aud not with those OF war.
Article 3 of the law OF guarantees
deals with the pontihcal army ~ fol-
lows
The sovereign poutirf can retain the
usual number of guards attached to his
person and employed for the custody
uf the palaces without prejudice 10 the
obligations and duties incumbent on
those guards by reason OF tue laws
iu force IN the kingdom"
The obligations ana duties mentioned
ia this article are those OF every
Italian citizens liability to serve IN the
army and thus the law explicitly pro-
Vidcs that pontitCal guards Canno.
claim seNernption from military service.
IN fact the Pontiiical Gendarmcs. who
ave al Italian citizens. ar" purposely
recruited from men who have served in
the Italian army. The Noble Guards
and the palatine Guards, who are nearly
all Italian citizens. not being on per
maneut dutv AZ the vatican. but only
called for service when occasion re-
auires, get special leave OF absence when
called for service in the Italian army,
During the Tripo!i war many members
~ the Noble and paldtine Guards were
with the culors and several were
/ blessed by the Pope before they were
sent 10 the front. The same rule APP
plies In Toe case Of the POpe's Swiss
Guards. When mobilization was or
dered six months x IN switzerland
about GO per cent. Of the guards had 10
Join the colors. Those who remained
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AUSTRIA TO TEACH
ITS WAR CRIPPLES
Manned Soldiers Will Attend
Manual Training School
in Vienna.
BIG FUND Is RAISED


nj. .,,iom OF
' "
dealing with the thousands OF Austrian
and Hungarian soldiers crippled or
,..t.u. 700 no. e., h.lrc dealt with Nv
.
private '""''E anu o''' """
have already been obtained. Voluntary
contributions have flown in by the NIL
lions
Tn. ,run,clpal government OF Vieun.
affected $1,000 600 in gifts for the r.
~ ,f needy soldiers and Their FAINT
los within n short time. Half OF this
la sin un,xp.udcl This amount was
i,d.n.rd.ut Of IN. weekly sums devoted
hy in. IMPERIAL Government. ~ fixed
ty Luz fo, the maintenance oS wives
and children Of men a, the front.
There also are "A score or more o.
l,rs.. funds o~rranizod fr on war chat
itv ar another. both i'm Vienna ana in
ohio citi,s n, the monarchy. II would
ha , uia,ake to think that tn. peoplA
No , mass are suffering from want.
sueak particularly OF this subject,
ha,,,,sa some If i,s feature show POINTS
Of STRIKING novelty. one OF them is the
provision made for those soldiers who
h,vn lost an arm or their evosight as
, c~orseoueucr OF injuries In battle.
Ahou, n wear ago Count ,ierzl Il chy,
-, Hungarian nohleman, who had los,
an arm in an accident. published a book
here. telling in detail how he had man
,y,d Ia become Viltuoso on
~. violir Th. book. translated. hears
INC Y,mule title. Book OF a Oue-Arm-i
Man" When the present war vas dc
dared CONT Xirhy began to rivo lee
,urcs l,,tn i'm Austrla-TungarN n
,rmau before audiences made mp OF
uhysicitns. orthopedists ana educators
urgin, the proper care OF cripples.
Many persons of means and station he-
came Interested. and now a hig institu-
tt5n has been founded in Vienna. OF
which The school for inValids is doubt
los. the most interesting section.
In the main this IL n manual train
ING school spoclallv adapted to tho needs
OF one-armed soldiers. with Individual
treatment and tuition. according to the
n,tur, OF each case Whether il be tho
lrft arm .r the right secms TO cut little
n.ri,s -, III. results " this scnooi
r,er,thinr is taught that brings money
ernurh for a lyinr-rlrpcutering and
iotr.r,s work tailoring. s%hoomaking,
,,covin- DIR, painting. sculpture
Modelling even plaving on musical in
.trunent. onr-lrmed architect o,
l,,,l r,m. Corl Grosselfnger has beeti
anuolr,rd urlnclpll ~ this remarkahla
,rs,,u,inn The school will have 10 be
much ,ul,rped. an afraid. before thu
rar 10 oyrr
Tbn ty, other sections. tho orthopedlc
section. which is under the direction OF
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WAR RISK RATES INCREASED.
LIoyd's Quotes North Atlantic In
ut $3.50.

IoNDoN Feb. 19.-The withdra val of
several underwriting syndicates. believ-
ing that they have sufficient at stake
for the present and preferring to await
developments, has had the effect of
raising the rates for covering war risks
ct Lloyds. North Atlantic business is
now being done ~ $50 per cent, an in
crease of sixty cents. while for coast
ing and Channel trips the premium gem
orally quoted IL about - $50 per cent,
TO and from India, Australia and the
Far East n great advance has. however.
taken place. A feure Of from $500 t.
SIC per cent. is being asked to cover
shipments on these routes. the reason
given being that one or two German
warships are thought to b. lurking about
them. But it is to be noted that the
State Departments rate remains at 81
per cent.