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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
ADVERTISEMENT.
A Mountain Playground
For the Whole Family

Play golf. tennis. ride. drive. motor nsh
or camp out-do any or AN OF these-or do
none OF thcm--it doesn't matter in Rocky
Mountain Nationsl-Estes Park. Colorado.
You go there 10 have a good time. and you
have 81.
IL you want 70 climb mountains. gigsn-
tic Longs Peak. out-towering them all
invites you: or ~ you want TO Just down
right 'loaf'-there Is no better place In
the country "a which to do ~
II you are fond OF long walks Rocky
Mountain Sational-Estes Park furnishe.
you with 100. 900 pine-scented acres. n
YOU would rather hsh, the two million
native and rainbow trout that are put into
the streams each year insure lively sport
IN that direction.
I wish you would drop ~ az my ono.
and let me tell you about the wonders
81 this Park. the ccOmmodstions. the
hotels. boarding places. ranch houses, the
cost Of living out there. the daylight trip
20 and from the Park. n you 20 Via the
BURLINGTON Route. and the good times
the Riddles can have with the Park burros
II 70 will be more convenient FOR you TO
send me your name ON a postal 7 will an
sNer by sending yOu some mighty interest
ing pictures. maps. and reading matter.
". J. BERGER.
Genl. Agent Passr Dept.
g.. e & - r. r..
1884 Broadway. New York
4A- Md Sc s1?s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
Money Orders Lost.

Checks, drafts. money orders, securi-
lies and similar property are lost or
detained for weeks and months. Bust
ness correspondence relating 10 legiti-
mate and bona fide trade between
neutral countries, correspondence of a
DeTsonai nature, and also certain OFF,
dial correspondence, such AS money or
der lists aud other matter forwarded
by government departments, are de-
tanned. lost. or possibly destroyed.
For instance, the Postmaster General
informs me that certain international
money order lists from the United
States to Germany, Greece and other
countries. and from Germany TO the
United States, sent through the mails,
have not reached their destination,
though dispatched several months ago.
Ii was necessary TO have some OF these
lists duplicated and again dispatched
by the steamship Frederik VIII, which
sailed from New York on April 10. and
from which all the mails intended for
Germany have been taken and held IN
British jurisdiction.
As further example of the delay
and loss consequent upon the British
practice. the Postmaster General also
sends me a copy Of letter from the
British postal administration admitting
that the mails were removed from the
steamer Medan in the Downs on Jan
uary 30 last, and not forwarded until
some time between the I'd of February
and the I'd of March, and that lS2
bags Of these mails "were lost during
transmission TO Holland on the 26th
day Of February by the Dutch steam
ship Mecklenburg The Medan arrived
safely at Rotterdam a day or two after
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
Should Be Unmolested.

Correspondence. including shipping
documents, money order lists and
papers OF that character. even though
relating to enemy supplies or OK
ports" unless carried on the same ship
as the property referred 10. are. in the
opinion OF this. government, to DC re
garded as genuine correspondence"
and entitled TO unmolested passage.
The government of the United States,
in view of the improper methods en-
ployed by the British and French au-
thorities in interrupting mails passing
between the United States and other
neutral countries, and between the
United States and the enemies Of Great
Britain, can no longer tolerate the
wrongs which citizens Of the United
States have suffered and continue TO
suffer through these methods.
To submit to a lawless practice of
this character would open the door to
repeated violations of international law
by the belligerent powers on the ground
of military necessity of which the yio-
lator would be the sole judge. Mani
testify neutral nation cannot permit
its rights on the high seas to be de-
termined By belligerents or the exer-
else of those rights TO be permitted or
denied arbitrarily by the government
Of a warning nation. The rights of neu-
trails are as sacred as the rights of bel
ligerents and must be as strictly OBJ
served.
The government Of the United
States, confident in the regard for IN
ternatonal law and the rights Of neu-
trails. which the British and French
governments have so often proclaimed
and the disregard Of which they have
urged so vigorously against their enc
mics in the present war, expects the
present practice of the British and
French authorities in the treatment Of
mails from or TO the United States to
cease, and belligerent rights, as exer-
cised, 70 conform to the principle gov
erning the passage of mail matter and
to the recognized practice of nations.
Only a radical change IN the present
British and French policy, restoring TO
the United States its full rights as a
neutral power, will satisfy this govern
ment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
TEXT OF AMERICAN NOTE
TO BRITAIN AND FRANCE

tional law and custom are palpably dis.
regarded. | can only add that this con-
tinung offence had led TO such losses
20 American citizens and TO n possible
responsibility of the United States 10
repair them, that this government vii!
be compelled in the near future to press
claims for full reclamation upon the
attention Of his majesty's government
and that Of the French Republic.
The principle being plain and den
mite, and the present practice OF the
governments of Great Britain and
France being clearly in contravention
Of the principle. | will state more IN
detail the position of the government
of the United States in regard to the
treatment OF certain classes OF sealed
mails under a strict application OF the
principle upon which our governments
seem TO be in general accord.
The government Of the United States
is inclined to the opinion that the class
OF mail matter which includes stocks,
bonds, coupons and similar securities
is TO be regarded as OF the same nature
as merchandise or other articles Of
property and subject TO the same exer-
else of belligerent rights. Money or
ders. checks. drafts, notes and other
negotiable instruments which may
pass as the equivalent OF money are, 1t
is considered, also to be classed as mer-
chandise
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
Big Guns Dig Mems
Graves Among Heights
of TrentinO.
VILLAGES RAZED
IN ADIGE VALLEY
Teutons' Action Delayed by
Flood of Wounded Trans
ported from Front.
fRI cable % The Tribune ]

Rome, May 26 via London).-The
Austrian offensive has made no prog
ress for the last three days. IL appears
to have been arrested except on the
southern front, around Rovereto. On
the other hand, the Italian counter Of
fensive has become intensified. with the
result that several positions which were
previously evacuated have been reoccu-
pied.
Some positions on Monte Maggie
were lost and retaken four times, but
eventually had TO be abandoned. The
Austrians are not in occupation Of
these positions, which are being bonn
barded day and night by Italian ar
tillery in the rear. Slight resistance
has been offered by the enemy's in
fantry. The men have to be forced
forward to slaughter by the fire Of
their own artillery, which has killed
more Austrians than Italians.
The confidence Of Italy in a definite
victory is growing, and hope is begin
ming seriously to be entertained that
Trentino will DE the grave of the Aus
trian army.
Rome, May 26.-Reports from the
Trentino front say that the Alpine
troops and Berssglieri are decimating
the Austrian infantry whenever they
try to attack outside the range of their
guns. The Austrian losses are so
heavy, it is declared, that they are
causing delay in the Austrian action:
Communication with the interior Of
Austria is blocked by the transport OF
wounded from the front.
The Austrian troops engaged IN the
battle are chiefly composed OF Tyrolese,
Hungarians and Bohemians. these ma
tionalities being considered best adapt
ed for the mountain warfare. Their
greatest advantage over the Italians
continues to be their abundant supply
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
Platts5urg Men 70 Get Paw.

Employees Of the Southwestern Tele-
graph and Telephone Company have re-
ceived notice that II they are members
Of the National Guard or Naval Militia
they are to receive full pay IL they
spend the required time at a prepared
ness camp this summer, and, in add
ton, will receive vacations 20 which
they are entitled under the general
rules of the company. IL is generally
thought that this sort OF cooperation
with the government will greatly in
crease the efficiency OF the summer
camps, especially in telephone field
work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
United States Can No Longer
Tolerate Wrongs to Ameri-
can Citizens by Illegal
Interference with Mails,
Says State Depart
ment.

Washington. Muy 26.-7he tu'I
tert Of the American communicG-
ton 10 Great Britoin and France
regarding interference Nth neutrd!
mails. ,chich 1cds delivered By the
State Department to the British and
French ambassadors Wednesday,
fOilows::
Your excellency: have the honor
to acknowledge receipt Of your excel
lencv's note Of April 3 last transmit
ting a memorandum dated February 10,
1916. and communicated in substance
TO the American Ambassador in Lon
don on February rs, in which are
stated the contentious Of the British
and French governments in regard TO
the right TO detain and examine parcel
and letter mails on route by sea be-
tween the United States and Europe.
After a discussion Of the use OF the
mails for the transmission OF parcels
and Of the limitations to be placed on
inviolable mail" the joint memoran-
dunn of February IS closes with the
following assertions:
al. That from the standpoint Of their
right of visitation and eventual arrest
and seizure, merchandise shipped in
post parcels needs not and shall not
be treated otherwise than merchandise
shipped in any other manner
"2. That the inviolaoility OF postal
correspondence stipulated by the elev-
cnth convention VI The Hague OF 1907
does not in any way affect the right
Of the Allied governments 10 visit and,
If occasion arise. arrest and seize mer-
chandise hidden in the wrappers, en-
velopes or letters contained in the mail
haps
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
u. S. Did Not Open Mails.

In accordance with this announce
ment, the government Of the United
States. in the case Of the British steam
ship Peterhoff, which had been seized
with her mails against the protest of
her majesty's government. had her
mails forwarded to destination un-
opened.
The same rule was followed by
France. as ! am advised, in the Franco
Prussan War of 1870; by the United
States in the SpanishAmerican War of
1898; by Great Britain in the South
African War, in the case Of the German
mail steamers Bundesrath and Gen
eral; by Japan and substantially by
Russia in the Russo-Japanese War Of
1904
And even in the present war, as the
memorandum of Great Britain and
France states. their enemy, Germany,
has desisted from the practice OF in
terfering with neutral mails, even on
ho. ID belligerent steamers.
This is illustrated by the case of the
French steamer Floride, captured by
the auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Fried
rich, cited by the British and French
governments in support of their argu-
ment regarding parcel mails. In this
case the letter mails Of the Floride,
amounting TO l44 sacks, were forward
ed TO their destination by the com
mander at the first opportunity upon
arriving in the United States. 1t would
seem, therefore, TO be cOnclusively es-
tablished that the interferences with
mails of which this government justly
complains are wrong in principle and
in practice.
The arbitrary methods employed by
the British and French governments
have resulted most disastrously TO citi-
zcns of the United States. Important
papers which can never be duplicated,
or can be duplicated only with great
difficulty, such as United States patents
Ger Inventions. rare documents, legal
papers relating 10 the settlement OF
estates. powers Of attorney, fire insur-
aHce claims. income tax returns ard
similar matters have been lost.
Delays in receiving shipping docu-
Inents have caused great loss and in
convenience by preventing prompt de-
/ livery Of goods. In the case Of the
I MacNf Horticultural Company, OF New
York, large shipments of plants and
/ bulbs from Holland were, | am in
/ formed. frozen on the wharves because
/ possession could not be obtained in the
absence OF documents relating TO them
which had been removed from the New
Amsterdam the 0osterdyk and the Rot
+ terdam
Business opportunities are lost by
( failure 20 transmit promptly bids, spec
ifcations and contracts. The Standard
/ Underground Cable Company, Of Pitts
/ burgh, for example. sent by mail a
/ tender and specifications for certain
proposed electrical works 10 be con-
structed in Christiania After several
weeks Of waiting, the papers have
failed to arrive The American com
pany was told that tho bids could not
be longer held open. and the contract
was awarded % a British competitor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
Agree AS to Principle.

While the government Of the United
States agrees that genuine CORE
spondence" mail is inviolable, IL does
not admit that belligerents may search
ether private sea-borne mails Tor any
other purpose than TO discover wne'her
ttev contain articles of enemy owner
ebi1 carried on belligerent vessels or
articles Of contraband TRANSMITTED
under sealed cover as letter maj;
though they may intercept at sea az
mails coming out Of and gong nv
ports Of the enemy's coasts wnlch are
Effectively blockaded. Inc govern
ments of the United States, Great BTU
ain and France. however, appear TO De
in substantial agreement as to primer
ple. The method of applying the primer
ME is the chief cause OF dinerehee'
Though giving assurances tnat they
consider genuine correspondence TO
no "inyiolable" and that they Will, true
"a their engagements" refrain "on inc
HIGH seas" from Selling and conhscst,
INC such correspondence. the Allied
Governments proceed TO deprive neu-
tral governments Of the BENEFITS oil
those assurances by Selling and con
fscatine mail from vessels IN port IN
stead of at sea. .,.
They compel neutral ships without
lust cause TO enter their own ports or
they induce shipping lines, through
some form of duress, TO send their msl
ships via British ports. or they detaln
all vessels merely calling at British
norris. thus acquiring by force or un-
iusti6able means an illeglal jurisdic-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
BRITISH DEFEAT SUDANESE
Sultan of Darfur Loses 1000 Men in
Battle, British IS.

London, May 6.-The War Office to-
night issued report concerning fight
ing on May % in the Sudan, which re
suited in the defeat of some 5000
troops Of Ali Dinsr. Sultan Of Darfur.
By Colonel Kelley's force. The fight
took place at FL Fasner. The British
losses are given as FIVE men killed and
twenty-three wounded. while the losses
70 the Sultan's force are estimated at
900.
the Sudanese government for a long
time has been truculent. is reported to
have fed with a small number of his
followers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
AMERICAN AIRMEN
DEFEAT FOKKERS
Continued from page |

I'M. unwounded. His machine was hit
nv an explosive bullet as he chased
two Ayiatiks. lie is proposed for cl-
tation IA the army orders. For his
part in the battle Bert Hall has been
nroposed for promotion TO adlutant
and for the military medal. To re
place the two wounded men CLYDE
fBaisley and c. c. Johnson have been
ordered TO ioir the escadriile. Dudley
l.. Hill and Lawrence Rumsey are ready
and awaiting orders. Fred Prince and
Willis Haviland, of Chicago, and Rob
ert Rockwell, of Cincinnati, have been
breveted.
Lieutenant Thaw arrived in Paris TO-
day. He was able to be about and MS
condition IS considered quite satlsiac-
tory. He is being treated at the nome
Of his sister, Mrs. Lawrence Slade.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27

Of artillery, the firing Of which in the
midst of the colossal Alpine barriers
produces an effect similar TO an earth
Eighteen persons were killed and .
score of others injured in an air RAID
today on Barr. on the Italian Adriatic
coast. The victims were largely women
and children.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
Unwarranted Practice.

The British ano French practice
amounts to an unwarrantable limitation
on the use by neutrals of the worlds
highway for the transmission of CORE
spondence. The practice actually fol-
lowed by the Allied powers must be
said to Justify the conclusion, there
fore. that the announcement of Feb
ruary 10 was merely notice that one
illegal practice had been abandoned TO
make place for the development Of an
other more onerous and veXatlous IN
character.
The present practice is a violation
not only of the spirit of the announce.
ment of February Is, but of the rule OF
the Hague Convention upon which II ~
concededly based. Aside from this, it
is a violation Of the prior practice OF
nations which Great Britain and her
allies have in the past assisted to
establish and maintain, Notwithstanding
the statement in the memorandum
that as late as 1907 the letters and
dispatches themselves could be seized
and cOnhscated.'
During the war between the United
States and Mexico the United States
forces allowed British steamers TO
enter and depart from the port of Vera
Cruz without molestlng the mails IN
tended for inland points.
During the American Civil War Lord
Russell endeavored TO induce the Unit
ed States TO concede that "her maJes-
tvs mails on board a private vessel
should be exempted from visitation or
detention" This exemption OF mails
was urged in October. 1862, in the case
of British mails on board the Adela.
ri ~
nounced that public mails of any
friendly or neutral power duly certi-
fed or authenticated as such shall not
be searched or opened but be put as
speedily as may be convenient on the
way 10 their designated Destination"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
Refrains on High Seas.

IS. That. true 70 their engagements
and respectful of genuine correspond
ence. the Allied governments Will con
tinue for the present 20 refrain on the
high seas from Selling and contiscatlng
such correspondence, letters or dis
patches and will insure their speediest
possible transmission as soon as the
sincerity of their character shall have
been ascertained.'
In reply the government Of the
United States desires to state that It
does not consider that the Postal Union
Convention Of 1906 necessarily applies
10 the interferences by the British and
French governments with the oversee
Transportation of mails Of which the
government OF the United States com
plains. Furthermore, the Allied powers
appear to have overlooked the admls-
sion of the government Of the united
states that post parcels may be tre1ted
as merchandise subject to the exercise
of belligerent rights as recognized by
international law.
But the government of the United
States does not admit that such par
cells are subject to the exercise OF the
rights of police supervision, VISITATION
and eventual seizure which belongs 70
bellicerents as TO all cargoes on lhe
high seas" as asserted in the JOINT
note under acknowledgment
1t is noted with satisfaction that the
British and French governments do not
claim, and in the opinion of this gov
eminent properly do not claim that
their so-called blockade" measures are
sufficient grounds upon which to base.
a right to interfere with all classes OF
mail matter in transit to or from the
Central Powers. On the contrary
their contention appears to be that, as
genuine correspondence" Is under
conventional stipulation "inviolaole'
mail matter of other classes is subject
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
Sufficient Facts Cited.

Numerous complaints similar to the
foregoing have been received by this
government. the details of which are
available, but | believe have cited
sufficient facts 20 show the unprece-
denied and vexatious nature OF the in
reference with mails persisted in by
British and French authorities
Not only are American commercial
interests injured, but rights OF property
are violated and the rules Of interna-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
Norwegian Ships to Yield
Mail Without Seizure

Christiania, May 26.-The Norwegian
American Line has decided 10 have
all its steamships which sail between
America and Norway enter Kirkwall
Voluntarily for inspection Of their
mails. in order to avoid complications
arising from attempts to evade the
British authorities by taking the more
northcrly course.
Stockholm. May 26.-There is much
speculation here as TO the effect agree
ments entered into by Danish and Nor
wegian steamship lines with the Brit
ish government, whereby they agree
voluntarily to permit their steamers TO
visit Kirkwall and submit 10 search
without the formality Of seizure at
sea. will have upon American negotia-
tions with England regarding Interior
ence with mail
News that Norwegian line steamers
formally have agl eed to this procedure
has lust been received here, and 10 rs
felt that it may complicate matters
II England chooses 10 take advantage
Of this technical point.
In the meantime the three Scandl-
navian countries are acting IN concert
20 bring pressure 10 bear on England
~ hermit first class mail 10 come
through uninterrupted. Stockholm has
been without American mail for many
dave
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27

by forcing or inducing them TO visit
their ports for the purpose Of seizing
their mails. or thereby obtain greater
belligerent rights as TO such ships than
they could exercise on the high seas
for there is. in the opinion of the gov,
eminent Of the United States, no legal
distinction between the seizure of mails
at sea, which is announced as aban-
doned and their seizure from vessels
voluntarily or Involuntary in port.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27

Athens, May 26.-Exceptional mill
tary activity at Salonics is believed
here to portend Developments OF great
importance. General Howell, chief OF
the British staff. and other officers Of
the Allies who have been on leave in
Athens have been recalled suddenly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
BULCARS RUSHED
TO SALONICA FRONT
Important Allied Activities Ex.
pected by TeutOns.

Paris. May PA Havas dispatch
from Athens says it has been learned
from reliable source that 10000 Bull
carians have been brought from the
Black Sea coast to reinforce the Mace
donian front.