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Miss Daileys neck was broken. She
was picked up unconscious and taken
into the home OF the Rev. Nelson II.
Chester, near by. Little. who at first did
not appear to be badly hurt, was also
taken to the clergyman's home.
Dr. Eustace G. Butler Of Caldwell
gave first aid in an effort to resuscita.e
Miss Daley. but she died twenty minutes
after the accident Little. whose con-
dition grew worse rapidly. was removed
in an ambulance 20 Mpuntains,de Hos
pital In this town before his father,
Mayor Little. who was attending a re-
organization meeting of the North cald-
well Council arrived At the scene Of
the accident. At the hospital an N-ray
photograph was taken to determine the
extent OF Littie's injuries. His hip IL
crushed and he Is hurt internally
Norris's face was scratched and he
was badly shaken up.
Roth of the girl victims were pupils IN
the East Orange High School Miss
Dailey's father IL assistant renting man
ager of the Equitable Building In New
York.
The driver OF the automobile which
stood In the path OF the sled was Russell
Dustin. 10 years old. The machine was
from a Caldwell garage and Dustin had
taken II TO the home OF William II. os-
borne on call 10 go to East Orange
with Osborne and his family. Dustin
said that on account OF the rises In the
hill he did not see the sled approach as
he crossed the street. When he realized
the danger he stopped his machine. but
II stood across the street and blocked
the passage OF the sled. Dustin was not
arrested. but will appear for "A hearing
to be conducted on Monday.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS
OF ALBANY EXPEL 40
Charged With Following the
Creed Of Mrs. StPtSOn In
stead Of Mrs. Eddy.

ALBANY. Jan. THAT forty members
of the FIRST Church OF CHRIST Scientist
in this city We're recently excommuni-
Gated was admitted tonight by John
NJ. Turner first reader OF the church.
The number includes several persons
prominent in Albany society. Among
them are Ms, James W. Cox. Miss May
$ Brewer Mr.. and Mrs W. Lawyer
Hanes and Emery l. Wendell.
IAN can say" said Mrs. COX to-
night, "is that ! was one OF the forty
dropped from the church, and ] was
told that the reason for my being
dropped was that I did not lead "A con-
sistent Christian life. What that means
am sure | do not know. We are not
followers of Mrs. Stetson. That poor.
dear woman has been terribly abused
We are Christian Scientists and fol-
OF irregular practices are too silly to
discuss"
When questioned In regard to the mat
ter Mr., Turner said
Those who have been dropped from
membership arS followers of Mrs Au-
gusta f.. Stetson. who was excommuni-
Gated by the mother church In Boston
for practising science contrary to the
rules laid down by Mrs. Eddy and the
mother church. Mrs. Stetson visited
Albany shortly before her excommuni-
cation. Since she was put out OF the
church three OF the local practitioners
have been dropped. and now large
group OF their friends have been sus-
pended on charges of non attendance
having irregular meetings and other i'm
prophecies In the practice OF Science
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HDtc'a' cob'e D,spuch 10 THr Su~.
LONDON. Jan. 1.-The Peninsu ar and
Oriental liner Persia. with 5I1 er-
sons on board. was sunk Thursday in
the Mediterranean near Alexandria
Egypt. Four .ifeboats got away. each
capable of carrying about fifty persons.
In the absence OF official reports IL il
presumed that about 31l persons lost
their lives.
Robert Ney McN-ely. oA his way to
assume the duties OF American Consul
Nicely. a newspaper man. were among
the four known Americans who We're
on the steamer when she left London
December Is FOR Bombay. The others
were Charles II. Grant of Boston and
a schoolboy. Edward Rose of Denver.
Col. Edward Rose was booked FOR
Gibraltar and is supposed to have lett
the steamer before she was sunk.
The Admiralty received late tonight
a list OF those saved
The wife OF Col. Give Bingham, son
and heir of Lord Mersey. has received a
wireless message from her husband. who
was aboard the Persia. assuring her OF
his safety.
Robert +. Skinner. American Con-
sul-General here. this morning in
structed the American Consul a,
Alexandria to Use all means possible in
ascertainRg the fate OF McNeely and
Grant The Consul was also instructed
to obtain the fullest possible repor,
Of the circumstances surrounding the
sinking of the Persia.
The Admiralty officially announced
this evening that the Persia was tor
pedoed by submarine.
Lord Charles Montagu. on his way
To assume the post of inspector OF me-
chanical transport vehic.es. was among
the passengers on the Persia. His
name appeared in the list of New YeaI
honors published Yesterday, he having
received the Star of India for his ser
vices in the war
Among the passengers, who included
quite a number of prominent persons
we're several other British officers who
not being in the active service list
were booked as ordinary passengers.
! At the offices OF the Peninsular ant
/ Oriental Line it was said that the Persis
carried an unusually large amount o
mail, but had no munitions on boa d
The steamship officials had received onl,
the most mcagre information up TO thi
evening, but enough to establish a fea
that the loss Of life had been very heavy
The Persia, which left London Decem
ber IS and Marseilles December 26. car
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PILGRIMS "INTERNED."
Ford Pacinsts Wait In military
CIub to Avoid la nish ReS~Iiers.
Special Cabhs Despdfck from the Correspond.

Special Cabi, D,spafch from TIE Correspond.
enf Of THt srS.
CopENIAGrS. Jan. what is left OF
the Ford peace party went to the Royal
Shooting club las; night to celebrate
New Years eve After they had nm
ished their dinner and wer" listening to
various peace" toasts word came from
the American Minister that II would be
best for them to remain safely within
the club until the tumultuous crowds
In the streets scattered and went home.
II was not exactly an order interning
the peace pilgrims. but II was such
forccful BIT OF advice that the results
were the same. Word got about that
the pilgrims were having peaceful
celebration AT the shooting club, which,
BY the way. In the stronghold OF Danish
militarism. and the jocose Danes. on the
lookout for any means of New Years
amusement. revealed such "A strong in
clination to cheer the party back 10 its
hotel that the police had To interfere.
So. for three hours after the peace
dinner was over, uniformed patrol
men guarded the doors OF the shoot
ing club while the peace delegates waited
for the crowds to leave the streets This
they did at about II o'clock. and the
pilgrims under police guard. were es-
cortcd back to their hotel.
The pilgrims had been all but absolute
prisoners. Evidently the authorities
feared that the crowds might make
trouble IL any of the paciiiists appeared,
SO they kept them locked up. The tenn
porary restrainment was in fact so
severe that the newspaper correspond
ents had hard time getting away to
the cable office.
Copenhagen had not seen such wild
New Years eve for many year
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FORD Is BACK
FROM PEACE
PILGRIMAGE
Arrives on Norwegian Liner
and Will Land This
Morning.
HAS NO MESSAGE
AFTER VOYAGE

The Norwegian American liner Ber-
gensfjord. bringing Henry Ford to these
shores after III health had forced him 'o
abandon his peae ship, arrived at
Quarantine at midnight last night
shortly after 10 o'clock last night she
passed Fire Island and made her way
to the anchorage. where she will wait
the coming of the immigration nspec-
tors this morning. She should dock at
her pier at the foot of Forty-ffth street.
Brooklyn. about p o'clock this morning
Mrs Henry Ford and her son. Edsel
Ford arrived yesterday afternoon from
their home at Dearborn, Mich. to meet
the pacihst Oh his arrival They were
accompanied by several friends from
Detroit and went direct TO the Hotel
Biltmore. There Mrs. Ford and her son
registered privately and gave nsiruc-
tions that the location -: their apart
ment should be kept secret. Although
the hotel officials admitted that they
were guests and would receive message
for them the Instructions were lived rp
to and no one saw the automobile man
ufacturer's family during the day.
Mrs Ford and her son, with one or
two friends, viii go to the Bergensfjord
this morning II is expected that
Mr.. Fprd viii leave tn" ship At
Quarantine SO as 20 avoid a crowd At
the landing. lie will go immediately -
the Biltmore and will probably start TO-
his home some time during the after
noon.
The peace pilgrim sent no word las,
nigh, from his ship beyond expressing
thanks for good wishes and saying that
his health was 80. X" To the numerous
inquiries that were sent to him by wire
less he replied that he mad nothing TO
say at the time and that II he decided
later to make any statement 1t would
be to the newspaper men who meet him
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THREE LITTLE GIRLS HURT,
BObsled Crashes Into n Tree NJ
bloom nrld.

BLOOMFIELD, y. j., Jan. Three
children were injured in a coasting acci-
dent on the Belleville avenue hill In
Bloomfield to-day as the result OF n
bnbsed colliding with :".e. The In
jured are katherine Smith. years old,
knee cap fractured Bessie Smith. 10.
three fingers OH tight hand fractured ,
Edna Bohr. 3. scalp wounds. All were
taken to their homes and attended by
DR.. Frank W Lockwood of Fast Orange
The sled was travelling at IA lively
clip and when half way DOWN the hill
some boys stood in the path OF the sled
to frGhten the coasters. Edna i5ohr.
who was steering. became confused and
ran the sled TO one side. In so doing
she los, control. causing the sled to crash
into the tree.
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5PASSENGER SHIPS SUNK
IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

Since the beginning, early in
1915, of the Teutonic submarine
campaign against all allied ship
ping, nine large passenger steam
ships have been sunk. OF these
five were destroyed in the Medi-
terranean. They are the follow
ing. with the number of lives lost
Nov. S.-Ancona Italian). 2O9.
Nov. ll.--Firenze Otalian). 81.
Dec. 2l.-iasaka Maru (Japa-
nese), none.
Dec. 24.-Villc de La Ciotat
(French), 80.
Dec. 30.-Persia British. about
800.
The other big ships sunk in
the submarine campaign were the
following:
March 9.-Tangistan British,
81.
March 2S.-Falaba British, III
IL American).
May 7.-Lusitania (British),
l,l57 Il5 Americans).
Aug. l9-Arabic (British). 80.
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Vessel Sunk Off Alexandria, Egypt. S. Consul
Robert N. McNeely Among Passengers-Only Four
Small Boats Get Away-No Munitions
Carried by the Ship

r!ed ?il passengers and 27o crew. total
Of 5li. Sixty-one first class and eighty
three second class passengers. including
eight children. boarded the ship at Lon
don. This number was augmented al
Marseilles 10y thirty-tve first class and
thirty-two second class passengers. In
addition there were thirty IN the steer
age.
A message 10 ILoyd's stated that the
Persia had been sunk at o'clock Thurs
day afternoon off the Island Of Crete.
Later information received by Mr.. Skin
ner established the scene Of the attack
at a point near Alexandria.
IL was in these waters that the French
steamship vile de la Ciotat was sunk
December "a BY a submarine said to be
flying the Austrian nag
II the present appearances are v.ri-
fed the Persia's loss will rank next to
the Lusitania's among the passenger
carrying vessels that have fallen victims
TO submarines. The Persia is the first
L. and -. boat TO be lost during the war
don the company held its annual meet
ing. Chairman lnchcapc. in his report,
remarked on the growing anxiety caused
by the enlargement OF the zone of sub
marine activity and on the indebtedness
OF the company TO the British navy for
complete immunity from casualty for
It's ships Then he added
''Of course. We cannot tell when disas.
ter may overtake. us"
The scene Of the sinking. the seas he.
tween Cret, and Alexandria. has re-
Gently become the graveyard for num-
Der OF fine ships, only few weeks
ago the American tank steamer Petro-
lite narrowly escaped the guns OF sub.
| marine there
The Persia was bound for Bombay.
The Suez Canal route to the Orient was
abandoned few days ago by the Japan
Mail Steamship Company for the much
longer but safer route around the Cape
OF Good Hope Recently English UNDER
writer's have trebled insurance rates on
all cargoes passing through the Suez
Canal.
! The fact that only -four boatloads OF
survivors got away from the Persia is
taken to Indicate that she sank within
n few minutes. =
No Munitions or Troops Aboard.
officials of the line stated positively
that there were no war materials aboard
the ship and that no troops were on the
vessel
She was one OF the large feet of liners
operated by tho Peninsular and Oriental
Line between England and points in Tin,
Far East, Her displacement was 1874
tons, slightly smaller than that Of tht
Italian liner Ancona, torpedoed on NO
vember !. She is the trst British pas
senger ship Of any size to suffer from
submarine warfare in the Mediterranean
She was 499 feet long, 20 feet wild,
and registered from Grccnock, Scotland
where she was built In ''oo. Her com
mander. it Is stated at lloyd's. is II
= bradshaw.
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CIOTAT NOT WARNED.
Her Captain Says She Was Tor
prdOcd without Notice.

MARsEILLEs. Jan. TELLING the story
of the sinking of the French steamship
Vile de la Ciotat in the Mediterranean
on December "a her commander, Capt
Lcveque. who arrived here to-day. said
no warning was given by the submarine
lie continued
The lookout s'ng out Look To IN"
stlrhoard of the bow " | had hardly
turned In the direction indicated when
tine vessel was shaken by the eNplo-
sion -
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WARNING TO AMERICANS Z
Lafayette Passengers Get Ni~sives
ON Eve of sailing.

Richard Harding Davis in oGble
despatch to the New York Times this
morning says Americans leaving B,r-
d"auX for New York on the Lafayette
received letters similar 20 that said to
EaNe been received by Charles Frohman
who was among those lost when the
!.us.:an'2 was torpedoed. Mr. Frohman
IL said to have received the day before
the I.usitania sailed an anonymous let
ter warning him that the liner was 20
be torpedoed,
PARIS. Jan. Among the passen-
gers booked to sail to-day on the French
Liner Lafayette from Bordeaux for New
York were MIR and Mrs, Henry Clews.
Serge Diaghileff and the members of the
Russian Ballet Company, Edna Wallace
Hopper. Donald Harper and Miss Fet-
ridge.
There were eighty In the first cabin
and seventy five IN the second oi bin.
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CALIFORNIA SNOW SWEPT.
IIeav lest Ever Exprrienced-I,OO 1000
COnvicts Have u "DOttle."

SACRAMENTo, cal, Jan. THE heav!-
est snow storm ever experienced In Sac
ramento and the most general ever felt
in northern California swept this section
to-day.
Three inches Of snow covered the
streets Slcighs were hurriedly requisi-
toned and soon appeared on the main
business streets,
At Folsom prison. twenty miles from
Sacramento 400 convicts battled in the
snow. For several hours the convicts
disported themselves like schoolboys
Citrus growers report snow caused
little damage as II fell from the trees In
"A few hours. New growths on young
trees may be slightly nipped.
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WAS STATE SENATOR.
Consul n Lawyer aud served In
North Carolina LcEisla ture.

RALEIGH, y, c., Jan. l.-ARobert Ney
McNcely was a State Senator when he
was appointed to the consular service on
October is last. lie had been in Lers-
lative for several years, lie was grad
uated from the State University ten
years ago and won the Shepard Bryan
prize for a thesis ON law. to which pro-
fession he was admitted in 1907,
senator McNeely offered the first
statewide primary bill last year and led
the fight for rural credits This put him
in line for Congressional honors and he
was regarded AS "A candidate To succeed
Robert Page. bassador Pages brother
Consul McNeely Is 80 years old and
unma .ried.
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NINE. BERNHARDT A GREEK7
Marriage In sos Delays Passports,
hut She Wins Her Point.
Special Gable Despdtch to THE Sun

PARIS, Jan. 1,-LInfrdnsiOednt says
that Mime. Bernhardt has fully recov-
cred and is preparing for her London
performance Th" paper says a friend
OF the actress went to the prefecture OF
police to get passport. but difficult
ties arose out OF the prefccture's state
ment that Nine, I'ernhardt In legally
"A Greek subject owing to her marriage
to Demala.
When the objection was carried TO a
higher authority the difficulty naturally
was easily surmounted
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and 10 heir to the bulk of her estate.
Il is said he will get about $500, 900
when he is -. He retained his Amcri-
can citizenship.
Young Rose. who i "a student at Eton.
left to spend the holidays with HE
father In southern Spain
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ROSE HEIR TO 100000.
SchOOlbOy Passenger On Persia In
herits BiR Estate.

DENVER. Jan i,--Edward A, Rose
one OF the American passengers on the
liner Persia when she left London, for
merly lived In Denver. He was adopted
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That any of these principles were ~
lated officials are unable ~ yet 10 sly,
That four hoatlutds Of passengers were
able to get away from the ship in safety
may or mas not. IA the opinion OF the
state Department., show that the vos-
gel was warned
II any passengers persisted tho fear D..
that the submarine commander dtd not
give ample opportunity for escape. bat,
following the example of the commander
who attacked the Ancoua, torp,dord tha
vessel while persons We're stIli ON hoard
on the other hand. it is Thought pos
sihle IN view OF the statement IN NJ
Skinner's reports that IN" Persia wa
"approa ching Alexandria AT IN" nm" -
the attack, that the captain ot TN" liner,
seeing his destination near AT hand, at
tempted to make II run for II when
warned by the submarine 10 haul 1" Il,
that event the liner, II torpcdoed white
still fleeing. had lost her immunity
l'ppermost perhaps IN the minds "f
ofihrals Is the fear expressed by som" of
them that the attack Indicated refusal
OH the part OF the Austrian Nimi AT.
to abide by the concessions OF tine Aus
tran Foreign Once.
II was recalled that the AdmudllF
stoutly defended the attack on In" Az
coma despite the fact, as disclosed In tn"
Austrian reply. that tho commander Wa
punished for not safeguardnc proper.
the lives OF the passengers on board
II was also recalled that for soma
time after Germany manifested "A dis
posltion to grant the demands "i IN"
United States in connection with th"
German submarine warfare and until
the Kaiser personally directed IN" re-
moval OF Admiral Won Tirpltz, head of
the German navy, the Berlin Admiralty
WAS working AT cross purposes with the
Foreign Office.
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MoNrcLAiR. y. j.. Jan. IA tragic
sequel TO a New Years celebration by
sex,et OF Young people occurred to-day
at Caldwell when two young girls
met death In coasting accident and
boy was probably fatally injured. A
fourth member of the party was slightly
hurt.
The dead are Helen Van Deventer, /,
years old who lived with her mother.
Mrs. Adaliue \. Van Deventer. at 125
Park street. East Orange. and Winifred
Daley. IL. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis II. DALEY. jsl Central avenue.
East orange.
William Little. Jr., 10. son of Mayor
and Mrs William NJ. Little of North
Caldwell. snin Mountainside Hospita,
seriously injured and little hope is held
out for his recovery. Alfred Norris. l?
a Princeton University student. was
slightly hurt.
The party OF six young people gath
cred at the home OF William Harold Van
Wart In Arlington avenue. Caldwell, on
New Years Eve for a Weekend party.
Young Van Wart is student at Prince
ton. home for the holidays. and Norris
Is his classmate. Besides Little and the
Van Deventer and Daley girls there
was also in the party Miss Ann Swift.
II years old, OF East Orange.
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NukuHtN NP"Ml l-Soutnern HAIIWsy:
DraN ing room compartment Pullman for
Augusta daily beginning Jan, Sd Section
dr,i wing room compartment pullman for
Aiken. n. Y, Onice--26< Firth ANs-Adr.
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Path Blocked ny Auto.

This morning coasting expedition
was suggested as part of the entertain
ment, and the young people proceeded
to Hatfield street, one OF the steepest
thoroughrares In the mountain town.
There was crowd on the hill when
Van wart and Miss swift started down
on a small sled. The others seated
themselves on bobsled. Little steered
and behind him were Miss Van Deventer.
Miss DALEY and Norris in the order
named.
The hill is a long one and the foot
cannot be seen from the top because OF
"A couple OF rises. As the sled carrying
the quartet neared Forest avenue. go
ing at the rate OF nearly mile a minute.
Little saw an automobile standing III
the middle of the road. The young man
made an effort TO turn the sled so II
would avoid striking the car. He sue
ceeded in this, but because OF the smooth
surface OF the hill he was unable III
bring the sled back TO straight course
and il crashed into a telegraph pole.
Norris was thrown from the sled by
the sudden swervng. Miss Van Deven-
ter was hurled against the pole and her
skull was crushed. She died Instantly
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Break Nearer Now. Unless
Satisfactory Explana-
ton Comes.
AUSTRIAN Z BOAT
BELIEVED GUILTY
Confidence i'm Adjustment
Of Submarine Issues Is
Jared.
CONSUL SKINNER'S
REPORT Is MEAGRE
Wilson Notified of Sinking
"Details Awaited With
Concern.

wAsHfSGroN, Jan, Great concern
Is manifest in official circles Tonight
following receipt OF official confirmation
of the torpcdoing OF the British liner
Persia in the Mediterranean.
Overnight the atmosphere h/As changed
from one OF supreme confidence In an
early adjustment OF the submarine war
fare dispute to one OF extreme anxiety.
Although officials are rot prepared 70
believe that the attack on the Persia i'm
plies repudiation by Austria Of her
concessions and assurances. II is realized
that unless a satisfactory explanation is
almost Immediately Forthcoming from
Vienna the two countries will be neNrer
a diplomatic severance than ever before.
That an Austrian submarine was re.
sponsibe for the attack is not for = mo-
ment doubted despite the abssnce OF de-
tails on that and other important points
The submarine activities in the Mediter-
ranean in recent months have been
almost exclusively those OF Austrian
submarines. There are, however, other
important considerations which mus, ba
weighed before the United States can
decide on its course OF action.
skinner sends word.
Confirmation Of the attack came in
the form Of two brief cablegrams from
Consul-Genersl skinner at London The
first reached Washington before noon
II read
LONDON, Jan. I.-P. and -. liner
Persia reported sunk by submarine
while approaching Alexandria. Rob.
ert \. McNeeiy. American Consul AT
Alden, going I" post. left London ~
passenger. Nearly all On board per.
ished. SIMMER.
Several hours later another yabl,graIu
was Received from MIR. skinner. stating
that s'Nty-one first class Passengers ami
eighty three second class passengers
boarded the Persia AZ London. At MAJ
seilles. II was set forth, the ship picked
up thrty-iive first class passengers and
thirty-two second class
At the time the ship was torp.do".
the despatch said. the be-, Information
tended to show that l6l passenger wrir
on board. Four boat loads. Mr. Skinner
said succeeded in leaving the vessel
safely. Besides McNcoIy a, me TIM.
the ship sailed from England there w-r"
on board two other Americans, Charles
H. Grant. who was gong tu Eombdy.
and boy. Edward Rosc. The latter
was bound for Gibraltar and Is assumed
TO have disembarked there.
There was no other despatch received
at the state Department up to- late
hour tonight. With the information ,n
hand II is imposs bile for tn" Depart
ment to judge accurately whether an
American lives we're lost. although their
presence OH hoard AZ the time ~ the
attack would justify the United states
in taking action II II were shown that
the submarine violated the principles "
International law for which the Unit, d
States has been Cuut,ud.nG.
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Like the Arabic Case.

In many respects, indeed. the state
Department fnds in the attack OIL the
Persia what APPEARS 10 he a parallel 10
rho attack on the Arabic, which. oominS
at n critical stage OF the controNerSv
over the sinking of the Lusitania, would
doubtless have forced break between
Berlin and Washington had not Ger
many quickly come forward with d.
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