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"SCRAP OF PAPER"
SAYS LONDON PRESS
Hcspcrian Attack Regarded as
Brutal Reputation of Won
BcrnstOrff'S Pledge.
Sp.c,ai cobie D<.poich TO Tar st~

LoNpoN, Sept. b. Although expressed
I'm IA variety of ways the comment ~
London newspapers this morning on the
sinking OF the Hespcrian centres around
the assumption that the matter directly
concerns the United States,
IT IL said tina, the submarine con-
mander probably was " that
there were any Americans ON board, but
# he had been aware of the fact that
there was zone among the passengers
the act would nonr the less have been
A defiance nf the United States-a
prompt and brutal reputation OF Count
Won Bernstorff's pledge that no more
liners would he attacked without warm
iuE.
The Times says tahr tuo news can
nowhere have been re- cived with II
greater sense OIL disillusiorpent than
in Washington the DuiIy Tcicgrdph
gays in effect:
Eve can trust the American nation u
draw it's own conclusions, The action
is a significant contrast to the promises
30 recently made
The Ddiiy Chronicle believes that the
destruction of the Hespcrtan does more
in fact than violate The principles laid
down by President Wilson, for II abb
solutcly repudiates the undertaking
promised by Count Won Bernstorff,
The DdiiU Frprcss says hat Germany
has thrown another SCRAP OF paper into
Americas face, and the Ddiv NeWs
says:
"in commenting on me Arabic case
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NO MUNITIONS CARRIED.
Hesperian Had No Troops Aboard
ON LRst Trip.

MONTREAL. Canada, Sept. 1.-THE AL
Ian liner Hesperian sailed for Montreal
from Liverpool on August II with pas
sengers. but no war material was en-
tered on her cargo manifest and she
had no troops on board. She was not
expected back again, as II was believed
the Admiralty intended to commission
her as "A troop ship. Her name does
not appear on the advertised s~ailings
from Montreal for September. The AL
Ian Line officers here have information
that all on board were saved. The Liner
carried 740 passengers.
The Hesperian Was one OF the fleet
OF transports which conveyed the first
Canadian contingent and also carried
troops on various occasions, but had
not recently been used as a troop ship.
Andrew A.. Allan ~emphatically states
that the Hesperian at the time she was
torpedoed was a passenger ship. not
a transport, and had no troops and
no munitions aboard.
Capt. Main, her commander Is one
OF the Oldest and most experienced navi-
gators crossing the Atlantic. having been
forty-tWo years at sea and almost that
long In the service OF the Allan Line.
He formerly commanded the Corinthian.
On his last trip he brought over with
him his son. a private in the Glasgow
Highlanders, who had been wounded In
France and was on furlough.
Seamen and port officials are greatly
gratifed that the Hesperian has not
gone down and attribute her escape Ia
the captains skilful navigation.
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PROMISE SOON BROKEN.

BALTiMoRE, Sept. 1.-THE American
will say:
Germany has broken every phrase
OF the promise less than a week after
u WAS made. 1t will be useless for
her TO throw the blame on the sub
marines commander. He knew what he
was doing-kuew hat even II he sent
the liner and every soul on board TO
the bottom of the sea he would be COM
:londcd. not condemned. by his Kaiser.
AR Germsny's promises made only
to be broken? Was Won Berns;orr's
message to this Government but an
other scrap OF paper? England so de-
clared when that promise was given and
IL looks as II England was right"
The Sun will say:
at will not do to plead a mistake on
the part OF the submarine officer in
charge. The German government does
not tolerate such pleas when the mis-
takes OF its Generals or naval officers
initiate against itself II knows how
TO have it's orders obeyed and the COM
manders of its submarines are not likely
TO violate instructions.
Germany must show her plighted
word il something more than a scrap Of
paper to he disregarded at the pleasure
or convenience of the commanders of her
submarines
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After the war is over and the facts,
instead Of the fanCirS We now receive,
come over We will ind that a handful
ct INSCRIPTIONS men like Grey and
sauith and pelcasse and foincate
made this war against the Will Of the
millions. We ought to hiss and hurl
sIrh demons to the abyss of hell
Henry Weissman of New York, chair
man OF the general committee. in alIud-
ing TO the torpedoing Of the Hesperian,
said II verified his suspicious that news
nsper reports which declared That the
United states Government had won a
great diplomatic victory in the Coutro-
yersv with Germany over the sinking Of
Transatlantic passenger ships were not
true. He said
What OF the stories We have read Of
the supposed agreement between the
German and American Governments on
the conduct OF submarine warfare?
When they were published ! had serious
doubt of these stories conccrning the
success Of the policies OF President
Wilson. Now 7 know they were untrue.
"If the Hesperian has been torpedoed
serious conditions confront US, The
danger is greater and "A new hysterIt
may arise
The business OF the convention will
i. transacted AT a meeting in Med!uah
Temple tomorrow morning. W. !.
Bryan will speak at the afternoon meet
ing. There Will he many speakers at a
rally 10 be held tomorrow night at
Federal League Park.
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AMERICAN NEWSPAPER
COMMENT ON HESPERIAN

Extracts from editorials in leading
newspapers on the torpedoing Of the
Hesperian. are AS follows:
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 1.-The Pablo
Ledger will say editorially tomorrow
That the Hesperian was not sent to
the bottom, that few more names were
added to the heavy human toll of the
lives OF non-combatants. was not the
fault OF the comm nder of the sub
marine. The offence was az great In
intention az II there had been.
What explanation does the Ambassa-
dor propose to make? What apology
does the German Government propose
to offer for this latest outrage? II does
not appear that the commander OF the
Hesperian had even the opportunity to
escape, much less offer resistance.
THE Hesperiau was some hundred
miles southeast of Fastnet when she was
t~orpedoed and probably at least half
that distance from the nearest land.
What assurance Of safety was there for
her passenger I'm small boats, especially
after dark? Ia this regarded even In the
perverted logic at Berlin as not jeopar-
dixing their lives? In what way. judging
by this latest exhibition of 'rightfulness'
has Germany modified her methods OF
submarine warfa: ? Where is the great
diplomatic triumph of the Administra-
ton that was celebrated so ~jubilantly a
few days ago."
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A TROOP SHIP
She Had Been Carrying Canadian
R~eservists to England.

The Hesperian was built in 1905 for
the Allan steamship Company OF Que
bee by A. stephen d Sons. Ltd. of Glas-
gov. She is one OF Ave sister ships.
the Bavarian. Corsican, Nirginian. Tu-
nissan and Hesperian. The Bavarian
was abandoned after going aground In
the ST. Lawrence River several years
ago.
The Hesperian IL a ship OF 1890
tons gross. She was 1853 feet long
ana had a beam OF COS feet, Her route
Is between Montreal and Liverpool and
she sailed from Canada on August II.
Since the war began she has been en-
gagged in carrying Canadian reservists
across to England. with other war sup
plies. Capt. Main. her commander, is
n OF the best liked men OF his line
and recently a song which was dedi-
Gated TO him gained a good deal Of
prominence.
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JUSTIFICATION e.

CLEVELAND. sept. 1.-The Leader will
say tomorrow
THE big rifle mounted on the deck
OF the British steamship Hesperian. tor
pedoed of the south coast OF ireland
by a German submarine, makes anything
in the nature OF a Hesperian case im-
possible. Even II the dusk might have
prevented the commander OF the sub
marine from seeing the gun at the stern
Of the Canadian liner, he doubtless knew
that the ship had long been armed. II
was enough to make sure OF the Hes
pertains identity.
"But the Hesperian was armed. and
that fact justified the course taken by
the German submarine. II he had at
tempted TO make any examination OF the
British steamer, or TO warn those on
board To take to the boats, his own
vessel might have been sunk by a single
shell. lie had TO strike without notice
exactly as II his target had been "a
battlesbip.
so there can he no Hesperian case
betU cen the United States and Germany.
1t is an interesting but not dangerous
incident of the war"
The Wddchtcr aud A%H:ei1cr;
Even according to Geographic re-
ports the Hesperian had British
Canadian soldiers and guns al board,
thereby becoming an army transport
II the soldiers were wounded ones, the
Hespcrian should have flown the Red
Cross mag. Dispatches do not mention
that this was the case, so Germany
seems t. have been we'll inside her
rights as "A 10 lligeTent.
"And s.lCe no American lives we're
lost II L. a matte between the bel
ligereuts alone. which does not concern
America at all
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q labor employment bureau would have
10 be organised. This IA one of the
things I shall bring before thu Secrs-
taries Of Labor and Commerce when I
am In wasbinpton mi. veek Thi,
...m. - .a =. $500, 40 -
,,ra,y .a,,.sa.o- =, nr.n.nNn.
a. = - -
.no !" snIpIne"' vi war "a
NE o'i on -
ny Ie.'er Wnicn nj. Arcnosio car
- ooos no' c~ontraoict Count nern-
10TH, Tor ms people ana the great pulk
W ,noso who rnake Up our %
sarian races are entirely dinerent types.
Inc sreater part OF oerman Worfnen
IN All TANKS are educateo. Iney reao
ana oiscuss matters can Dc EASILY
reacheo' not 80 with the many races
and the great Ignorant mass Of our
peoples PROMISES OF beuer wages and
Easier employment u De MADE ana
.ne,f positions IN aiding the enemy must
"e rougn nome 70 them.
Where there are a nundred OF Ger
maj born working in the factories there
ere thousands OF Austrians. Remedies
Tor reaching those races must amer
snc there ~ no conspiracy IN an open
attempt TO call out the Austrian citi-
aens at Bethiehem and elsewhere. such
n proposal as this was the letter OF
which the World says a Photographic
copy was made ana It's contents csDied
10 the state Department at Washins-
ton. II Is to prevent the letter from
peing censored or CARRIED that snaIi
ask Secretary Lansing for an oppor-
tunity to explain
Dr. Dumba denies that Hungar1ans
were TO be sent into the munltioh ana
tteel works TO embarrass their output,
but on the contrary he emphasized that
a great ulk or the men employed al the
bethlehem Steel Works n IN
steel construction plants were Hungari-
ans or mber or other races OF AUS
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MANY DEAD IN BARI FLOODS.
R~scu- work Rendered DiMcuIt
by Lack Of Pumps.

ROME. Sept. Owing to interruption
OF the rallroad communications and the
Cougested telegraphs the fun extent OF
the damage done by the Bari floods is
yet unknown, The number of bodies re-
covered 50 far is thirteen. Tho injured
PERSONS are most numerous IN the lower
parts OF tho town, which is still under
water, The rescue work Is rendered ex-
tremeiy difficult by reason of the lack
Of pumps.
Pumps are being sent to Bari from
laramie and Brindisi Meanwhile the
territorial troops are rescuing the occu-
pants Of the Hooded houses and pro-
viding shelter for the homeless The
damage to the countryside is extensive
besides in Ban, In the neighbnrh0od OF
Naples and especially in the towns and
villages on the slopeS Of the Nesuvius,
where mud torrents devastated the
fields, Vineyards ana orchards,
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The Allan Line steamship Hesperian.
CoxtiW usd from First Page

that a warning was nc, given and that
a submarine was not sighted. j. ".
Brockington. a passenger. 10 N OF the
many survivors who attest this fact. II
Is supposed hat the submarine, II II was
a submarine. had been lying In wait for
q victim and as soon as the Hesperisn
was sighted approaching man1uvred
quickly to strike and having discharged
the torpedo submerged n ned.
Az Of the passengers pay the highest
tribute to the efficiency Of the crew ana
the coolness Of Capt. Main.
American Saw No Submarine.
The two American citizens on board
were employed As ships stewards. one
Of them named Dallas OF Buffalo said
he was sure no submarine a been
sighted. Some of the passengers say
that after the boats had put on and left
Capt. Main and his officers on the
bridge the captain called to some OF the
crew To return. They refused to do so.
Tit vessel was hit near the forward
engine Dor and quickly went down
t~hirty-nve feet by the BOW, one story
told by some Of the passengers Is that
tho explosion threw the wireless APP
paratus out Of gear M that for this
reason Capt. Main had to use rockets
- uisIess si6nhih AIteF n snOT lapse
OF time one Of the operators climbed
into the rigging and managed to re pair
the wireless, after which IS O &" sig
nals were sent out and s%traightway an
swered.
The irst rescue boat arrived on the
scene about one hour after the ex-
piosion and Immediately set about taxi
ing the passengers from the lifeboat.
One OF the Canadian passengers was
Bugler A.. Royle. He said that a con-
cert was kim place in the saloon
when the explosion occurred and every
one dashed onto the deck to get a place
In a lifeboat. One Of the boats was
hanging by the stern when Royle reached
the deck and 1t was apparent that it's
ropes had become damned and that all
the occupants had been thrown into the
water. Later Royle saw another boat
In the same condition. its only occu-
pant being a small child whom he lifted
out and put In another boat
Many OF the women In the steerage
had gone 10 bed before the explosion
and had to leave the ship with very
scanty clothing. There was apparently
more OF a panic In this part OF the
vessel than any place else. although
eve here the people by no means be-
anne manageable. The stewards
helped the women put on life belts and
started them toward the deck.
Ronald Whiteway of London said that
the ship vas struck on the s~tarbosrd
side.
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ATTACKS BY u BOATS COST
LIVES OF 1869 PEOPLE

A TOTAL of 1869 lives have been lost through the attacks Of Ger
I man submarines since they began their undersea warfare against
merchant shipping on February 18.
OF the great number of merchant vessels destroyed, only the
Nebraskan and the Leeanaw flew the American flag; in each case the
crew was saved.
The chief interest of Americans centres in the loss of the Lus-
tania, with the death of ia Americans; the Faaba, in which one
American was among the drowned; the Iberan, in which another
American lost his life, and the Orduna, which was attacked by a Ger
man undersea boat without warning while westward bound with TWEEN
tytwo Americans aboard, but which escaped through superior speed.
On July 20 the British Admiralty announced that a total of 1850
lives had been lost through the sinking Of British merchantmen and
twenty-five lives lost through the sinking of neutral vessels. The list
Of ships sunk follows:
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hope that she was is none ,a, ,,.
sincere because built on uurcr,,'
ground. IT she was truly It 'r,ns,os,
then We will have little to say. IL s,
mounted a 4 inch gun aft We will b,,'
nothing TO say
But II brings home To the pres.t,..
and every citizen the great uucs,io,
preparedness. This country Is mn, .
have any sense of security until this VA,
IL over"
The Tribune.
"Thc Allan Line steamer Il,5v
carrying passengers from Liy,rr,or
Montreal. was torpcdoed without ,,,
ing Yesterday morning, seventy mia,
southwest Of the Fastnc; Liplt r.
American Consul at QuceustoNn ro,o..,
that there we're ono or two Amer.
on boar I'd. thus apparently putting ,b,
attack, SO far as the United St,iss
concerned. into the sam class a. IN,
attack on the Arabic.
The consul's despatch calls a''er.o.
to the fac that the Hespcrtan r,--.,'
a ~ inch stern gun. Eut m,-sty
carrying such u u for defensive ru..
poses n not having used " 10 alta,
the submarine would not DEPRIVE m.
liner OF her rights under ~iu'crn4,,rsl
law ~ a merchantmen.
Berlin has even more reason tina,
Washington has FOR moving To- c,I m,
sorry exhibition OF perversi,y and Inc.
iciency in the execution Of q p-,.
m to which Germany has Solennly
pledged her word"
staats-Zeituug
Judging from the reports al hand d.
this writing. the torpedoiug yesterday 81,
the Allan liner Hesperian will n,rdIs
give the tat Department in Washing.
ton occasion for diplomatic ncgotiati on.
with Berlin.
Judging from a consular Telegram 70.
ceived In Washington The" presulup' .u
may be safely entertained that the lies.
perian, under the ipulation uf inter.
national law. was TO he regarded not a.
n harmless passenger ship hut as u wa
craft, for the despatch says that III.
liner, despite the fact that su. had
criminally taken passengers aboard. Wa,
armed.
Doesn't il appear to bc about tina
for Washington to warn American Ell.
Gems Of the dangers mat menace them
aboard British passenger ships
herman Hcroid.
"Thc attack on the Hcspcrar VII
scarcely afford u tingo"s the 'rssus
belli' some of them are actually banker.
ing for. While nothing is st.d bo..
the vessel being warned. ~ WAS oy'tsn,y
attempting to escape beside, = Iad O.
gun mounted on deck. These ,rrIr.
stances will undoubtedly be su!I.,u %
relieve our Government ~ IN" r"a.sst
OF writing new notes OF putting uey
questions to germany"
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SUBMARINES Nv PERIL"
q R~cNentlow Lnmcnts Conces-
sions Made by Germany.

berlin, via Amsterdam, Sept {
'Monday) Count Won Reyentlow. the
critic of the Dcutsche TAPES
scttmg, to-day again comments upon
Ambassador Won B%ernstorn's pledge to
the United States regarding the Gcrman
submarine
The British Admiralty" SAYS
lterentlow. will issue new instructions
that will absolutely after conditions OF
the submarine war, The danger Of So
called passenger ships ramming sub
marines viii Ice increased u hundred
fold and II may therefore be- difficult to
hnd crews 10 man our submarines"
Tho kr.ns:ciiuHD says 1--WE are
filled with anxiety and disappointment.
The failure to use our best weapon
against England will he Interpreted as
iHtXplIcabls weakness"
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KEPT FROM MOTHERS GRAVE.
BeIginn Womsn's children watch
Burial From Guarded Frontier.

lhkis, sept "a woman died last
week In the Belgian town of Koewacht.
The cemetery of this tow is situated
in Dutch territory, just across the from
tier. After the church service the coffin
was carried TO the border. where Ger
man soldiers took II and handed Il, over
to some Hollanders, The latter pro-
ceeded with the burial.
Behind the bnrbed wire fence that
marks the lelgian-Dutch frontier stood
the dead wo1nan's children, weeping AS
they watched foreigners lower their
mothers coffin into the grave. The
strong arm OF the military kept the
children from crossing the border line.
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woman Leader speaks.

Miss Florence King. president OF the
chicago Women's Association "t COM
merce. said: u
"In time Of war let rs prepare Tor
peace. In warfare incompeients are
intolerable. lnefficiency Is iataI, war
learns quickly what peace IS SLOW 10
le,rn and we as women, should Apply
the efficient methods OF warfare W '"s
promotion OF peace.
I'VE are landing on the Drink OF a
nrerinic.. with the progress OF com
,nercialism unusual intercourse requires
unusual regulation. Closer industrial
relations between nations are oouhd 10
give rise to disputes =.
"A Fundamental rule OF equity IS
For every wrong there Is a reH'edN'
Thi. should apply AS well 10 lh'erha-
tI,r,, affairs Ar to national affairs.
Mrs Schraeder then introduced the
Rsv MIR B.rkemeier, an imposing hS-
ure with "A commanding voice. lie r.
ferred 10 the Sermon OF the Mount mo
quoted the scriptures briefly. lie saId
the Tim. had come for a change IN the
programme ~ the meeting, that the du-
dlence had seen the lightning ana no"
was to hear the thunder.
The whole world seems TO nav" gone
var mad the speaker asserted. 'Ihe
CHRISTIAN nations Of Europe are fight
ing the wurlu : mort Hu'''"'' ""'' 49,
I'm our " country We hear people
rl,morinr for war. The influential
of the United states are in
citing the people to war.
lie was interrupted by the hesrtiest
applause Vet given and continued
But the world has not yet become a
slaughter house. The God fearing
reople who are not interested IN spec
ulation and war munitions do not want
war Nuety-nine cut of every one nun
dred are the friends of peace. The PLAIN
people across the Atlantic don't want
war. The poor Russian and the God
fearing German IN his nome, singing
Die Yacht, am lIheln,' want peace.
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ST0VALL NOT AN ALARMIST
I. :. Minister Denies SnNiuG swiss
nid soon Enter WA,

>peoi0' rant, beSp0t'h ~ I~.
PARIS. sept 1-SwiS~ paper u.H Y
a scml-ufIrIHl statement Pr. H. p
that various American nov -r. ,,'. e..
gently printed articles cor.Cr g r.'"
iuE lruurts sent by MIN s'," -.'. '
Washington rcferrIug iu '"..
early participation W the ".r
The American representa- N.
erlaud promptly visited tH. st
lltlcal department, druN'uL ir .. [
such information and assert & z
ARTICLES ~ question were ,.''r tu'
founded.
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DENIAL PASHh DISAPPEARS.
IL Suspected of Plotting Arab Re.
volt Against SOnnu Turks.

ROME. Sept. b-Djemal plsha, who
had fallen into disgrace owing to the
failure OF the invasion OF Egypt, and had
been transferred to Bagdad, has mystic
rlously dlsa ppeared
II Is suspected that he in in hiding
somewhere in Arabia, where IL IL he
lieved he Is plotting for an Arab revolt
against the Young Turks
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AMBASSADOR NOT FOUND.
Count Won BerDstOrn Fails 10 Ap-
pemr ut IsumI Places.

Count Won ~Rernstorff, the German AM
bassador, could not be found yesterday
either in New York or at the German
summer embassy in Cedarhurst, l.. l.,
at one OF which places he usually passes
the week ends,
His secretary arrived at the Ritz
Carlton Hotel late last night and entered
the Ambassadors apartment, He as
serted that he did not know when Count
Won Bernstorff would come to New York.
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Two belgian Towns Bombarded

PVV'"' =" "''P"''" '" wv
LONDON, by wireless from Havre,
Sept. 5.--The following official state
ment was issued tonight by the Belgian
War once
There was a feeble display OF
enomy artillery during the day.
L%empernisse and Rsninghe being
bomba rded There were no infantry
engagements
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trisn embassies, IL Is declared he has
shown himself not to be entitled To an
American passport, to be presented as
evidence Of his being deserving of treat
ment AZ a neutral. 1t has been sug-
sested that his passport may be with
drawn.
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The World.

Last Wednesday Ambassador Won
Berustorrf gave the American Govern
ment solemn assurance that Atlantic
liners making no effort 10 escape and
offering no resistance would not he tor
pedOed 10y German submarines without
warning or without providing for the
safety OF uon-comhatants,
Yesterday the steamship Hesperian.
bound from Liverpool to Montreal, was
the victim Of An explosion from with
out, the assumption being hat she was
attacked by II German submarine.
$50 evidence yet at hand precludcs
the possibility that the Hesperlan was
struck by a floating nine IN the dark
ness instead Of by "A torpedo.
1T Is necessary 10 suspend judgment
and await fun Information. Let US
nope that the whole truth will throw n
more favorable light upon the sltua.
ZION.
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We wrote that Germany faced "A choice
between retreat and war. She chose
retreat. Her de'ision has not been re-
tracted and the word lies with America
unless America has done with words %