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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-17
POPE RECEIVES MERCER
Assures Primate of Sympathy for Bel
gians Under German Yoke.

Rome, Jan I6.-Cardinal MERCER,
Prima,e Of Belgium. was fully assured
,bv Pope Benedict in the course. Of a
long audience this morning Of the
Pontif's favorable sentiments toward
the Belgians and the French population
in the invaded territory, according TO
information received In well Informed
quarters.
his Holiness received Cardinal Mer-
cier in private, meeting. the Belgian
Primate at the door of the private IL
brary. where the conversation took
The Pope is reported to have as
sured Cardinal MERCER that everything
possible would be done to help the Bel
gians. adding that he believed he could
help better. however, by preserving IA
strict neutrality and by keeping the
Holy See outside the influence Of preju
dices. thus strengthening its authority
in a critical moment 70 come.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-17
French Generals DepoSed;
Deputy Wants TO Know Why

Narseilles. Jan. g. - General Gal.
lieni. Minister o. War. bal: believed
General Seryiere. commanding The 18Th
Legion. and General Bernard, Gov
ernor of Marseilles. Of their commands,
according TO newspaper report, as the
result Of a report made By General
d'Amade.
Dcputv Bouisson. Of Nsrseiiles, has
notified Paul Deschanel. President O.
the Chamber Of DEPUTIES, that he VIII
interpelate the government On me Tes'
son for the War Ministers action.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-17
DENIES LOSS OF CRUISER
Berlin Says French Submarine Must
Have Sunk Allied Warship.

Berlin, Jan. I6 by wireless % Say
vile. y. y Reports from Vienna
say the Stefani Agency on January IL
announced that the French submarin"
Foucault sank an Austro-Hungarian
cruiser of the Noyara type" says the
Overseas News Agency.
"Since no Austro-Hungarian ship is
missing. the Foucault must have sunk
a ship of the Entente Powers by mis-
take"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-17
laps BAR CHINESE ENVOY
Unwilling to Receive Minister OF NS''
culture nj Toxic.

Peking. Jan. IG Ext Hioki, Japan
csc Minister at Peking, advised ~
Cheng lIsiang, Chinese Foreign rn ne
ister. to-day that the japanese Impe-
rial court could not receive Chow Izu-
Cbi. Chinese Minister OF Agriculture
and Commerce, as had been planned n,o,
and he suggested that the "'N''''
make later visit 10 Japan. .,
The request for a postponement OF
the minister's trip Is generally re
garded here as indicative Of japan :
unwllingness 10 recognize the 'h'-
nese monarchy.
10 was announced in Peking on Jan.
uary 6 that Minister Chow Tzu-Cni
would leave the capital on January 10
Cor Toxic as special envoy o. Presi-
dent Yuan Shih-kai TO confer the high-
est Chinese order on the japanese
Emperor The Chinese Oreign Onlce
denied that the mission related 20 jap
anese recognition Of the Chinese mon
archy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-17

Presently new situation arose.
Germany no longer found profit in the
submarine campaign because Of the OPP
erations Of the British feet Then
the American protest furnished good
excuse 90 conceal from the German
people the failure OF the submarine
campaign. Meantime, at home, Mr..
Wilson had got himself into terrible
fix, because the long series Of sub
marine crimes had infamed public
opinion, and i had become essential
to his political safety that he get some
kind OF yindication for his German
policy.
Bernstorf Names His Price.
Thereupon Bcrnstorf came forward
prepared TO supply that vindication
but for a price. lie was prepared 20
deal generously. Germany was willing
TO recognize. not American protests
over the murder Of American citizens -
this was mere detail; Germany was
prepared to recognize the United States
a. the champion of international law,
a role claimed for his country by Mr..
Wilson in his notes. But. IN return,
Germany expected that the United
States would yindicate international
law by assailing Great Britain and her
Allies.
This was stiff price. for still. 3
always, Mr. Wilson's purpose was fixed,
but his policy was vaclllatlng. lie sti!l
desired TO keep out of the war at all
hazards. but he was now equally snx-
ious 70 get a vindlcatlon Of his Ger
man policy through a German surren-
der. Unluckily, his involved a new
complication.
The British and French are perfectly
resigned 10 seeing America stay out
of the war. They have accepted Mr.
Wilson's neutrality proclamation as
final; but they are not resigned o
seeing the country. which declined TO
utter a word of protest when the whole
bodv of international law was turned
into scrap OF paper by the uermaA
invasion of Belgium, demand that they
modify their blockade 20 conform to
international .aw. They are not pre-
pared 10 see the United States vindi-
cate international law for the benefit
of the Germans, having openly abdi-
Gated any such mission when TO pur-
sue II would rave been 10 the disad-
vantage Of Germany.
The Condition Precedent.
France and Great Britain are pre-
pared 10 listen TO anything the United
States may say on behalf Of interna-
tional law, so far as 1t affects property
and trade. after the United States has
demonstrated ats concern for that por-
tion Of inter stional law which affects
the lives and ne honor of women and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-17

London. Jan. ia dispatch from
The Daily Telegraph's" Petrograd cor
respondent says: I'VE are indebted 70
prisoners for the most vivid and de-
tailed accounts OF the stupendous oattie
I'm Galicia which marks the openin OF
the new yhsse Of the war on this front;
The Russian shells burst IN and
over the Austrans like shower OF
hailstones. and the Stripa area, eight
miles broad and between two and three
miles long, barricaded with five zones
Of wire, was transformed INTO q desert
Of alternating pits and hillocks, over
which il was impossible 10 move ar1i-
lery. Even for infantry progress was
exceedingly difficult. This scene OF
devastation was Uttered with splintered
nosts. torn and tangled wire, and the
bodies OF dead or wounded Austrianss.
"Such was the effect OF the lombard
ment. which, according to the testimony
of prisoners who have fought on more
than one front has been almost with
out precedent in the war. Many were
buried alive By the fountains OF earth
thrown up By the explosions. and more
were deafened or shaken IN nerves 30
that at present they are little better
than imbeciles."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-17

children and the existence of neutral
iZed nations.
Yet 70 match this British and French
obduracy there is Bernstorif on the
other side offering that moral victory
for Mr.. Wilson's German policy which
is politically vital, but Offering il only
on the understanding that the triumph
is 20 be paid Tor by prompt assault
on the British blockade.
In this dilemma, as IN all others,
Mr.. Wilson has chosen to risk the for
cign danger TO avoid the domestic po-
litical peril. He must have his vic
tory to restore political prestige. But
he hopes, he believes. that the only
thing that will happen will be that he
will write more notes and still more
notes, and that there will be no inci.
aent or accident.
This is the history of Mr.. Wilson's
foreign policy composed OF an infiexi-
bic purpose 20 keep out of war and a
total inability TO shape any course
which did not lead directly OF the war
zone and did not inexorably produce
humiliation without parallel IN Ameri-
can history.
Might Mean Belgian Slavery.
40 American should mistake the view
Of Britain and France "a to a nation
which turned its back on the assasslna-
tion OF Belgium, merely argued for
months ever the murder of its own
women and children and is now about
10 demand in the name Of international
law and as the defender of neutral
RIGHTS that il be permitted TO make
monev out of Germany and that the
British blockade shall be modified so
that 10 may make money, even though
this means the defeat Of Britain and
the slavery Of Belgium and a portion
Of France.
II IL were not tragic il would be
erotesque, an administration that de-
slres 70 keep out OF war at all haZ-
ards, that will not defend national, let
alone international. law, that was on
Us own statement too proud 70 fight"
and was to cautious TO whisper when
Belgium was invaded is now 20 be
dresse up as a lion by Bernstorff and
sent out 20 bid sea power 10 lay down
its weapons and yield.
No American should mistake the fact
as contrasted with the fiction. We will
no. defend or protect American lives
in Mexico, we endured massacre after
massacre on the high seas. but now We
are going out 10 compel Great Britain
and France ito live under the law" be-
cause the German Ambassador has been
able 70 turn to his own advantage the
domestic political difficulties OF the
Wilson administration.
IL Is not SO many months ago that
Mr.. Wilson taught us the New Ma
tionallsm; he is now undertaking TO
teach the world the New International
ism.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-17
URGES MORE WAR DENTISTS
French Minister Will Ask Deputies 10
Create 900 for Army Ise

Paris. Jan. l6.-The Minister of War
soon will submit 10 the Chamber Of
Deputies bill providing for a large
addition in the number of dentists
employed with the military forces.
Under the bill, body OF 1000 dent.
lists, who will rank as Eon-commis-
stoned officers and wear special
badge, Will be created.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-17
ADVERT ISEMEN1S.
HORSES IN WAR TINE
Our DUNE FRIENDS | EAdUE

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-17
Wilson Ten1ptS Foreign
Peril to Save His Party
Continued from page I

on tbe edge Of war with Germany Mr. Wilson although deter
mod 70 av ont Of war utimatum Germany and Ger
I'D hnued
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-17

NibIo, the French believe that by tnei,
control of the strongly fortified a.,
nost,io,s In this neighborhood tney
Loyo ,be uppcr hand. The first line
,,cncbes I'm this district are very cioa''
hu, ,Le French have an advantage ~
nosscssing positions in the rear OF th't'
socond ard third line trenches whlon
ORC ON high ground and dominate tho''
of their advcrssries.
Teuton Advance Seems Imposs'o'e'
A, advance by the Germans wouiu
-, o. be impossiblc against the nhtu
,aI obs,acles and the dcfences "h'e"
~ ~, boen ,mproycd increasingly for SIX
mn,, NH A retreat by the Germans IL
,'n';d.rcd equally as difficult "a iot
MI movement. for. 1t is pointed QUIZ
sbnuId they attempt TO retreat they
would risk the fire of the French ioi'o'
which surround them. ,,, 10
Fntrance TO one OF these POSITIONS -
,hroucb forest in the WoevIe' ~
,,,ears Of a natcar about thirty rect ~
Iorcth. drawn over very narrow gausV
49, nv four horses, on two OF whlch
aro soldier outriders. Men, munitions
and supplics are all carried on tnlS
og-war line. which is about mile iohg'
"Village Negro" reads sign stuck on
q trce the place being so named III
honor Of the black troops H. 10
A GOOD view Of the German lines 10
% no had from the stronghold posltloh'
Which is frequently bombarded. only
, d,v or two ago nearly two huhote"
sb,lIs were hurled at II. Preparations
for all kinds Of attack at this point are
most complete. Tubs Of chemicals
snroving machines and masks for the
soldiers are placed conveniently IN case
~ an attack by ssphyxiating gases.
The French losses in this forward
,osi,ion have been only a very lew
desd in five months. The men are com ,
fortable. except that they are annoyed
st times by mice. They take this Rood
nsturedlv. Cheerfulness, despite their
Lard lot ia evident always.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-17
PRAY Under Enemy's Fire.

Near La Lisiere, IA the comioftaoi'e,
officers quarters are called, - smail
wooden chapel. where services con,
Quoted by captain preacher, are held
ON sunday. often under the fire OF the
German guns. ,-. =.
Prom s.. Die, one Of the largest cit
les IN the Vosges, winding mountain
road. part Of which is exposed TO Ger
man she'll fire, leads to the base OF
crest 1900 feet high. Here IL to DC
seen one Of the best examples OF moo
ern mountain defences. The ascent Is
made by a narrow mule path, carefully
constructed by territorial troops n
short distance up the slope are
trenches protected by a network OF
barbed wire. These are old positions
As an advance has been made here since
November.
On the summit is an elaborate de,
fensive system Of well contracted
trenches Of first, second and thlrd
lines. BlocknOuses equipped win ma
chine guns are 80 arranged that should
the Germans on the adjoining heights
attempt an attack they would be caught
bv the fire from these guns. The ad
vanced scntinels here are aided oy
dogs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-23
GEORGE EXPECTED
TO ANNOUNCE SOON
Thinks There's an Effort i'm Americas
to COnfine Race to Messrs.
Crisp and Hudson.

CORDELE, Ga.-That he had un-
der serious consideration the ques-
ton of entering the congressional
race from the Third district, states
Judge w. F. George.
II am beng urged by numerous
friends to enter the race" said judge
George, and l have informed them
that | will let them know my decis-
ion in the matter within a few days.
That he had held several conferences
with close friends relative to his pos
sible candidacy in the congressional
race Judge George admitted.
Il notice. said Judge George fur
Their, that newspaper reports eman-
ating from Americas express the po-
litical opinion that the race will lie
between two Sumter county men, the
present incumbent. Chas. R. Crisp,
and MIR. T. G. Hudson, since there
will probably be no other candidate
to announce. The purport of these
reports doubtless are in the hope of
keeping other candidates out of the
running
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-23
SOMETHING is WRONG
WITH THE GIRLS Legs
ATLANTA GIRLS ARE SAID TO BE
CONSIDERABLY OFF IN SHAPE
OF THE LOWER LIMBS.

ATLANTA. Ga.-That fully so per
cent of Atlanta's girls are either bow
leased or slightly knock-kneed is de-
clared by style experts and modistes
here. who announce that the spring
skirts will continue to be short and
;hs; some of them will be real hoop
skirts They say that short skirts,
particularly of the hoped and far
ing variety. should not be worn by
Aowlegged girls.
Another type of deviation from the
straight line which they say is rather
frequent in Atlanta is the girl whose
neither limbs are straight at the
knees. but whose ankles are slightly
sprane' outward, giving an impress
sion when her dresses are at her
shoe tons that she is bow-legged,
whereas in reality she is not.
The modistes offer the consoling
further comment, however, that there
is nothing peculiar TO Atlanta alone
about the situation. and that in many
other cities as well the young lady
whose lower limbs are perfectly SYM
merical is the exception rather than
the rule.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-23
LEPROSY INCREASES
IN UNITED STATES
establishment of National Colony Is
Urged Before Committee. More
Five Hundred at Large.

WASHINGTON. D. C.-Physicians
told the senate public health COM
mittee today that there were many
hundred cases Of leprosy in the Unit
ed States and that the disease was on
the increase. Witnesses urged the
massage of Senator Randell's bill ap-
propriating $25O.O00 for national
refuge aid hospital for lepers.
DR.. Isador Dyer, of New Orleans,
in charge of the Louisiana leper col
onv. declared leprosy was contagious,
although only mildly 50, danger q
contagiou being about l to lee as
compared with tuberculosis,
DIR. Dyer estimated the lepens in
Louisiana at 500. Of whom los were
in the colony. He said several cures
had been effected there.
The need Of national leper colony
was so great. he said, tina, She state
colony had great difficulty III keeD'ne
ont patients from other states WHO
moved into Louisiana in order 20 De
admitted 70 the home.
Or. Howard Fox, q Poly'i''ie
Hospital Of New York, ssid there
were SO to roo cases "a New Nerk
city.
More than 500 }epeTS Al large III
the United States constitute n n4ea-
ace of serious possibilities unless taf
proper steps Tor segregation are TAX
en-. in the opinion of physicians
nurses and others WHO testified.
DR.. ]. w. Mexican. American Sa-
perintendent in charge Of the 1epe1
asylum at Chiengmsi, Siam, said the
history of the disease showed that
only by forcible segregation could II
be eradieated and the lives Of its
victims made tolerable.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-23
THE STATE FARM WILL
PLANT LITTLE COTTON
REDUCE ACREAGE FROM 500 TO
FIFTY ACRES, AND SUBSTI-
TUTE GRAIN AND FORAGE.

MILLEDGEVTLLE, Ga.-The state
prison farm will cut the cotton acre
age during the coming year from an
average of five hundred to six hun
bred acres to fifty acres. The re-
mainder of the farm, embracing some
twenty-five hundred acres, will be
planted in grains and other food
stuffs.
According to Superin tendent Burke
it is the object of the prison commits
sion to employ every means possible
to make the state farm self-sustain-
ing by producing its own supplies
as far as possible and to raise just
enough cotton to meet additional nee
essary expenses.
The state farm will devote two
hundred acres this year to velvet
beans, probably the largest acreage
in one tract of the particular crop
in the South. There is a considera-
BILE demand for velvet beans which
warrants an attractive market price,
and as soil producer there is hardly
an equal to the plant.
The new regime which is being in
augurated by the prison commission
insures prosperity and progress for
the prison farm.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-23
SENATOR SMITH HAS NEW
PLAN FOR U. S. ARMY
PROPOSE TO GIVE SOLDIERS
USEFUL TRAINING FOR PUR-
SUITS OF PEACE.

WASHINGTON.-A comprehen-
sive plan for increasing the army of
the United States was presented in
the senate today by Senator Hoke
Smith in the shape of an amendment
to the military bill. The chief feat
ure of the plan proposed by Mr..
Smith involves the preparation of
men in the army for peaceful pur-
suits as well as for war.
The amendment provides that the
regular army shall consist of 25O,-
600 enlisted men, and that this in
crease shall continue until Septem-
Der, 1921. The enlistments shall be
for a period of six years, two years
with the colors and four years in a
reserve force. No men under seven
teen nor over twenty-six years old
shall be eligible for enlistment, and
none shall be enlisted who has not
completed a course in a grammar
school.
The members of the reserve, it is
provided, shall report twice each
year to their postmaster and shall re-
ceive $40 a year while members of
the reserve.
The feature of the plan that seems
particularly appealing provides that
in addition to the regular military
service soldiers on active duty shall
devote ninety-six hours monthly to
study and to receiving instructions
upon educational lines not directly
connected with the military service
but preparatory to their return to
civil life.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-23
CHRISTIANITY DECLINE
IN LATIN AMERICA
SAID TO BE IMPENDING IN RE-
PORT BY COMMISSIONERS TO
CHRISTIAN CONGRESS-.
UNIVERSAL UNBtlIEF EXISTS
TheOsophy, SpirituaIism and Similar
Cults Are Rapidly Taking the Place
of Christianity in Numerous Sec
tons. Women Share SkepticiSm.

PANAMA. complete collapse Of
the Christian faith in Latin-America
was declared to be impending in re-
port submitted to the congress on
Christian work in Latin-America by
the commission on survey and occu-
patton.
The report declared that in the
southern republics practically uni
versal unbelief exists as far as mod
ern learning has proceeded. The COM
mission asserts that the people in
each of the several countries may be
roughly divided into four classes:
A violent anti-clerical party, many
of whom carry their opposition to
religion of every form; the more or
less well-reasoned skeptics and athe-
lists who look indulgently upon reiig-
ion as harmless for women and for
the lower classes, but who are them
selves indifferent to its claims; the
dissatisfied if not disillusioned and
cropping companies of souls who
soon pass on to cynicism and hard
ness of heart" those whose period
of doubt and breaking away is ahead
of them as they are overtaken by
free education"
The report says that surprising
number of the women are beginning
to share the skepticism of their
husbands and that theosOphy, spirit
ism and similar cults are rapidly TAX
ing the place of Christianity in num-
erous sections. In Bolivia alone, it is
claimed, three-fourths of the mem
bers of congress and the well-to-do
business men and nearly all of the
government students are sworn enc
mics of the church. while similar
conditions prevail in practically all
the sister republics.
Reviewing the difficulties which
confront missionaries to Latin-Amer-
lea the report lays the blame for
many of the evil conditions which it
enumerates, and drunkenness in par
ticular. to the influence of many
American and other foreign business
agents who have invaded the south
ern countries.
The commission finds that in re-
cent decades intemperance has in
creased enormously in Latin-Amerl-
can countries, largely owing to the
introduction of whisky. In the larger
cities the use of whisky by foreign
ers is declared to be well nigh uni
versal and to have a most pernicious
effect. Chile is declared to be the
chief victim of intemperance. One
traveller is quoted as saying that
there was more drunkenness in Chile
than in any of % countries he had
visited.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-23

Playing to more than capacity
houses, in fact the people standing
on the sidewalks for hours waiting
to see the picture so great is the in
terest of Georgians in Georgia. the
big Georgia motion picture, 5000
feet in length, began its tour of Geor-
gia on January oath, and will be
shown in Dawson next Tuesday, Feb.
29th, at the Palace theatre.
The wonderful Georgia motion
picture takes two hours to run. 1t
was shown in Atlanta and drew 12,-
600 to $4,000 people to the big At
liant auditorium, 5000 of whom were
turned away for lack of even stand
ing room in the great auditorium.
The picture is thrilling from start
to finish, and there is hardly ten min
utes that some scene does not bring
applause from the audience. An un
usual tribute and one seldom paid to
any picture. Among the thrillers in
the picture may be mentioned
Some of the ThFillers.
LIST. The sensational run of the
Macon fire department, dashing mad
ly through the badly crowded streets,
which the police tried vainly to clear.
End. Dangerous mine blast at ba-
rites mine, near Gainesville, Ga,
when the man who set the fuse
which proved to be an unusually fast
burner, barely got away in time to
save his life.
Among other things are beautiful
and historical scenes, reaching from
Rabun Gap to Tybee beach, showing
the resources of the state of Georgia
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-23
NEGRO REFUGEES
FACE STARVATION
Two Thousand Persons Reported to
Be in Dire Need of Food. Inc
bikes Believed Cut.

NEW ORLEANS.-At least 1000
persons, mostly negroes, are facing
starvation in the back country west
of Newellton, La, as result OF the
flood. and some actually are starving
''Our appeals for relief for the ma
rooned people in the back country
have failed to bring results the ON
ciaIs declared. The federal authorl-
ties have refused to provide food or
boats unless the refugees are to be
removed from the section, and they
say only actual life saving will De
undertaken by the government