, 1915-05-15

W. SiNfu UP, 0Il''7A ~ g. -
ing generally armed with guns and have re-
peatedlv tried to ram submarines, so that q
previous search has been impossible. They
cannot therefore be treated as ordinary mer-
rhantmen. The recent declaration made to
the British Parliament by a Parliamentary
Secretary, answering o question by Lord
Charles Berestord, sai that at present prac-
ticalIy all British merchantmen were armed
and provided with hand grenades, and be-
sides, it has been openly admitted by the
English Press that the "Lu3itanla" on pre-
vi0us voyages repeatedly carried large guam
titles of war material. On her present voy-
age she carried 3. 400 cases Of ammunition,
while the rest of the cargo also consiste 1
chiefly of cOntrabund. England, after re-
Dtated official and unofficial warnings, COP
sidered herself able to declare that that bont
ian no risk, and thus light-heartedIy assumed
the responsibility for human life on board a
steamer which, owl & to its armament and
cargo, was liable to destruction. The Ger
man Government, despite its heNltfslt sym
}athy tor the loss Of American lives, cannot
but regret that Americans t 1t more inclined
TO trust TO English promises than to ppy at
tention to the warnings from the German
side"
New York, May 12h-Advices from Phil
adelphia state that President Wilson,
addI essing $1,000 persons, including 1000
newly natuyalized citizens, urged them not
to thIuk and act iii groups, but to think of
humanity first, even before America. Ameti-
ca, he said, must hive the consciousness that
on all sides it touches elbows and touches
hearts with all the nations Of mankind. The
example of America must be q specInl ex-
ample, and must be an example not merely
of renee, because it will not fight, but be-
cause peace is the healing and eIevating
Influence Of the world. and strife Is not.
There is such a thing, he declared, aS a man
being too proud to fight, and there Is such
a thing as u nation being so right that 1t
does not need to convince others by force
that it is right.
London, May 12th.-Field- Marshal Sir
John French, III a report under Mondays
date says: "Our line east of Ypres, despite
repeated attacks by the enemy during the
last week, is substantially the same MS that
10 which We withdrew Oh the night Of May
Bird"
The War Office says: "Duing the fight
ing III this quarter on Sunday the enemy
made FIVE unsuccessful attacks and his losses
in these failures were very heavy. On the
front of the First Army the fighting on
Monday was confined to artillery action"
According to German official statements
there are intim8tions of a strong movement
by the Allies, with heavy enforcement Of
four corps, in the land campaign in France
aud Belgium. The French War Office re-
ports the capture Of many prisoners and
guns during the last two days, and the Ger
man headquarters admits that in the neigh
bourhood Of Carency the Allies succeeded
IN occupying the foremost German trenches.
Attacks and couuter-attacks were continu-
Gus and the losses on both sides were heavy.
The substantial advance already made by
the Allies between Carency and SanscheE is
taken by the military experts in England us
promising that the present operations viii
lie pressed. The Allies are attacking along
n f ont of twenty-six miles.
In the Ca'pathians the Germans are re-
ported rs preparing a further movement
against the Russians in their new positions.
IN the Baltic provinces the Russians have
succeeded in inf citing upon her adyersarios
81 check uenr Miinu. The Russian version
Of the cor dIct il Western Galiciu is different
from The Berlin and Vienna communicates.
Petrograd officially admits that the Russian
right flank has retreated thirty miles, but
states that only one Russian uiyis on was
forced TO cross the Culpathiaus from Hun
gary into Galicio.
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London, May 12yh.-The Bishop Of Lon