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x FALL BACK AS
RELIEF ARMY
British Force Ottomans to Abandon Positions at Sheil
Said-Cavalry Used Effectively in Move to Aid
Beleaguered at Kut-E l-Amara.

ground ant the haze, sometimes dis.
solving into n mirage. tended toward In
visibility. Turkish cavalry tried to en-
velop the British right. hut the artillery
turned them. Their infantry could not
be dislodged. Tn British intrenched for
the night where they stood, Mt distances
of from 200 to 700 yards from the
Turks"
Den. Ayimer is still twenty miles awa,'
from Gen. Townshend IN his beleagured
troops at K~ut-el-Amara, and between
them is n Turkish army believed TO hc
superior ~ number 10 both.
tndisgulsed anxiety Is felt In military
campaign. although the tone of the state
ment of Austen Chamberlain, Indian Sec
rotary. in the House OF Commons to-day
regarding the opc- atoms was optimistic.
The whol. matter, II Is believed, singes
on the ability of Gen. Townshend AMI
Gen. Aylmer to get In communication
and range a plan for concerted action.
No word has been received from Ger
Townshcnd. so far az known TO the pub
lc, for two day
Mr.. Chamberlain told the Commons
that Gen. Aylner has halted AT Sheik
said. a small village about twenty miles
below kut-el-Amira. lie has been de-
layed. however. the Secretary sad. more
BY the unfavorable weather and by ths
necessity OF 90 ring for his wounded thar
by the Turks.
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FORD PARTY AT ODDS
WITH DUTCH PACIFISTS
Friendly. but Don't Agree
Either on Time or Terms
i'm Peace Effort.
SPECIAL 'ab'e B>spo'c, from re '~orre,pond
ent 81 Tur SuS. |

Soecai 'ab'e B>spo'ch from re 'orre,pond
ent 81 THr sus.
THE HAGUE. Jan. 1.-THE members
OF the Ford peace party are making
vigorous efforts to gain the friendship
Of the Dutch Anti-War Council, which
heretofore has held aloof. thinking that
the Ford pilgrims are not representative
Of the neutral nations and are therefore
unable to accomplish anything
DR.. bresselAuys. secretary OF the
Dutch Ministry of Justice and president
of the Anti-War Council. met the news
pape correspondents TO-DAY following a
luncheon gwen to the members OF the
council by The Ford party He cS-
planned the councils plan 10 call n
neutral conferem e.
The Ford party. on the other hand.
wan, TO urge peas upon the belllgsrents
Unless the Anti War Council III Holland
backs the Ford mission. 1; can accom-
plish nothing. ao ording to well Informed
H~ollanders.
The American delegates will meet on
Thursday to elect Ave delegates who ave
10 remain here and five a~l,ernaies. Re
sides William Jennings Bryan. Jane Adj
dams and Henry Ford, the names 81
Frederick Holt. the Rev. Charles r
Aked. Judge Ben Il. Lindsey and Mrs
May Wright Sewall are prominently
mentioned.
The scandinavian delegates win pub
,ish the names Of their delegates and
platform tomorrow The platform is TO
declare against annexation Of territory.
As the Ford pilgrims favor auu.Nat.ou.
trouble Is expected.
Til. party will go 10 amsterdam to-
morrow. A mass meeting Will Ice held
there.
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RUSSIANS UPSET TEUTON PLAN.
ms Hastily E~vacuatins Bases
Prepared for Offensive.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE extreme cold Is
reported to have been the CHIEF FACTOR
thai brought, the Russian offensive In
eastern GalicIa to a temporary hal'' Inc
temperature in tine zone OF lighting der-
patches say. has been for a CONSIDERABLE
perlod 20 degrees below zero.
Official reports from both sides agree
that the last twenty-four hours nave
brought no change In the situation. ber-
lin adyices state that German military
critics expect an early renewal OF tne
Russian attacks on the lon battle nne'
which stretches from Czartorysk IN
voIbynia TO the Bessarabian frontier.
According to the Petrograd corre-
snondent OF the Morning Post the recent
Russian attacks upset German plans TOT
renewed offensive In the spring.
For months past" he says. 'they
bay We been accommodating immense stores
for a spring advance at Vladimir
VoIynski and at Kovel, building cnor-
nous storehouses Of corrugated iron
Allied to the roof with military materi al
'.The Kovel magazines are now being
ha stily moved back to Cholm n me
Vladimir Volynski stores tn Sokal. the
Rourss Gasettes Dvinsk correspondent
say. the Germans nave also begun to
a~vacuate P~oniewesch. In the Balkan
nroyinces, moving their stores In motor
~lorries to Shawl, Libau and even into
Germany
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ORDER JAMES HOPPER
TO FIGHT FOR FRANCE
War Office Authorities Say
American Author Is a
French Citizen.

SAN Francisco. Jan. Thames NJ.
Hopper. novelist and short story writer.
who is now In Paris, has been ordered
10 Join the French army. according to a
cablegram received from him by his
father-in-law, Joseph A Leonard Of this
city.
The c~ablegram adds that the French
War Ofhce has officially declared him
to be II French citizen and liable for
army service. Mr., Hopper asks that a
certified copy OF his marriage certificate
be sent to him. but as the original was
lost In the earthquake here nine years
ago. this ann be produced.
Mr.. Hopper's father was Irish and his
mother French. lie was born In Paris.
Under French law "A child OF foreign
parentage BORN In France is regarded as
French until he Is 81 years of age. when
he has the choice OF r%esnainin "a French
citizen or taking the nationality OF his
father, II he fails to exercise his pre-
rogative at that time he remains a
French citizen and IL subject. like other
French male citizens. to military service.
James Hopper In IA well known short
story writer. lie has written many foot
ball stories and stories OF adventures In
the Philippines. lie was graduated In
1900 from the University OF California.
after which he went to the Philippines
as n school teacher. After a short time
In New York he ven back to the Philip
pines AN a member OF the island constab-
ulary, where he picked up material for
more stories. Then he returned to San
francisco Just before the earthquake and
worked on the San Francisco can unsil
he had developed u market for his short
stories,
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ONLY ONE TAX ON AUTOS.
I hat pRid by MAKER, Not Annual
Levy. NcAdOO Explains.

WAsHI%GTuN. Jan ll-Secretlry Of
the Treasury NcNdoo issued a state
m"rt this afternoon making II clear tina,
the lItomou.i, tan he had recommended
10 Congress As an instrument tlity for
financing the national defence pro-
grummc ~ not t. be- levied annually on
automobile owners Nj. McAdoo's state
mru' lu part follows
The suggested tax 81 hor>e-prwer Of
motor ears refe-s entirely to a tax on
the automobile before IT caves the fac
tory, "a b" paid by the manufacturcr
and by him only. To- the Federal Govern
Wrat, For instance. an automobile WI
q 20 horsepower engine would he taxed
Slu M tn" hands O: the manufacturer
yearly TAXATION Of automobiles
aud motor cars simila" to the license
taxes Of states and municipalities is
contemplated. nor has IL al any time
been suggested that a Federal tax h..
imposed on automobiles already ~ usr
10y private owners
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YUAN SENDS TROOPS
TO CHECK REBELLION
Large Forces Despatched to
Isolate the Province
Of Iunman.
Spec,sI Cabie DespatcA 10 Tns sux

LONDON. Jan, 1.-THE Shanghai core
respondent OF the Tim'S teleSraphs:
The situation In The province of Yum
nan il Obscured by the censorship. That
the movement there is regarded as SER
GUS ~ shown by the fat that large
bodies OF troops have been despatched
for the purpose of isolating Nuunan and
preventing IA spread Of the revolt to the
adjoining provinces.
The whole provincial force, under
the command OF the rebel leader, en-
Gov. Tsai Al. Is believed 10 he SAT. from
attack for the winter months, In the
meantime the situation In kwel-chuw
and Sze-chuan. provinces bordering Yum
nan on the north and cas-, respectively
Is uncertain,
"Kwang-tung. the province In which
Canton is located, IL VIGOROUSLY op-
posed 10 Yuan-Shik-k'ai, but in the
Yangtse Valley 100000 troops are said
TO he loyal to the ruler
Reuters lIong-kong correspondents
telegraphs that revolutionary activities
are continuing in kwang-tung. lie tells
OF "A aid on a custom house at Ktch-
eung. near Yinein. by 100 armed rebels
on January &.
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stated What good is property to me
IL l have to hang my head In shame"
His fnal words were of disappoint-
ment at the exclusion Of Ireland from
the bill.
IA an Irishman.' he said. Il say
We ought to be ashamed to be sub
jected TO such a reproach. Ireland has
not lone half 30 well rs England In
recruiting. and II 10 a great mistake to
go on telling her she has O ~splendidly
when she has not"
Here he turned TO John Redmond and
appealed TO him TO consider whether
even nov Ireland might rot be included.
says Irish VIII Feel Ashamed.
Il believe in my heart that when the
hour Of victory comes. as certainly
II will come. we who are lriehmen will
feel ashamed when we remember that
we expected others TO make sacrifices
from which we provided our " sx-
clusion."
Augustine Birreil. the Irish Secretary.
replying to Sir Edward Carson. said
The Government never contemplated
the application Of the bill to 1reland
for they could not hope to establish In
Ireland those appeal tribunals wherein
the success of the bill in Great Britain
depends. ireland has don wonderfully
we'll. but I say DO not rush her
Irish loyalty is a plant that has to
be we'll watered, well nurtured. never
pulled up by the roots. II before the
war any one had told me that ella
would do what she has already done
I would have stared at him in wild
surprise and whispered You don't
know what you are talking about
who. remembering Irish history.
dares say Ireland has not done amaz-
ingly well?"
The schism in the Labor party was
sharply revealed at the outset OF the
Speaking to-day when William Craw-
ford Ande rson. a Labor member, rose TO
move the rejection OF the conscription
Measure His motion was sharply an
swered by VIII Thorne. general secre-
tary of the Gas Workers and General
Laborers Union. and Social Democratic
member. who notified the House that
Mr.. Anderson was not speaking In the
name OF labor.
Mr.. Anderson was severely heckled in
the course of his speech. After declar-
ing that the military service bill was
the first step toward universal industrial
compulsior. he predicted hat II II were
passed the Government would find its
hands full dealing with the strikes h
followed. He did not wish to see strikes.
he said. but II the Government persisted
in applying compulsion 1t would meet
with disaster.
Questioning before the debate revealed
the fact hat any young and able bodied
members OF the o who had not at
tested would be subject TO the pro-
visions Of the bill and forced into the
service. This statement was made BY
the Premier.
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SAYS U BOAT FORCED
RESCUE OF VICTIMS
Vienna Declares TOrpcdOed
Liners Captain Was Not
Allowed to Flee.

BERIIS, via wireless 20 Sayville. L. /,
Jan. 1.-THE overseas News Agency in
q statement issued to-da! establishes the
fact that the Italian liner Porto Said,
which was torpedoed in the Medlterra.
mean last month with the loss OF seven
lives. was sunk by an Austrian sub
marine. Heretofore It had been iinpos-
sible to determine the nationality of the
submarine which attacked the Porto
Said. Reports from Vienna assert that
the steamer tried to ram the submers-
ible. The statement is az follows:
with reference to the sinking OF the
Italian steamship Porto said by an Aus
tro-Hungarian submarine:
Vienna reports that the submarine
ordered tho steamship to stop. The
Porto Said first attempted to escape.
then ran up a white flag and halted.
When the submarine approached the
steamship the latter suddenly steered II I
the submarine In order to ram her. Al
that junc'ure the submarine opened FIRE
and hit the steamship. which then came
to a halt and lowered boats.
The submarine ceased firing. drea
up TO the steamship and observed that
the persons IN the boats wh!ch had nut
OF from the Porto said we're making
for the coast without attempting 10
rescue those swimming In the sea. The
submarine halted the boat contain.ng
the captain OF the Porto Said. The cap
tain was told hat he would he shot II
he did not save those struggling In the
water.
"On the steamship were found two
persons. one OF whom was wounded.
They we're taken of IN n boat from the
submarine, n after the wounded per-
son had been bandaHed both were
handed over to the captains BOAT II
wal not until after this was done tina
the Porto Said was torpedoed.
Meanwhile the submarine. while still
giving assistance. was shelled by a hos.
tile torpedo boat and Il yacht
The sinking OF the Porto Said was frs,
reported December II. 1t was aid thai
100 or her crew and passengers were
saved.
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FOOD ECONOMY URGED.
Germany Warns Against Extra va
giant Use of bread and Corn.

BERLIN. via Sayvilie. Jan. l1.-An OFF,
e'aI proclamation was issued by the Ger
man Government to-day, according TO
tire Overseas News Agency, warning
the people against extravaganza In the
use Of food, particularly bread and corn
stocks.
Statistics made public on November
ls" says the statement. showed there
were sufficient bread and corn stocks In
GERMANY. but since the Government In
creased the rate of distribution at the
beginning Of the second year Of the war
IT, Impression arose that stocks were
superabundant.
Many are now only provided with
sufficient stocks and therefore careful
use Of the stocks is necessary. The Gov
eminent therefore abolishes the distri-
bluun order Of last August and reestab-
fishes the original plan OF distribution
while maintaining. however, sufficient
bread rations for hard working people,
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REBELS DISLODGED.

Tn" Far Eastern Bureau here recciN ed
yesterday the following cLblcgram from.
Pekin:
Government troops have dls,odgrd
the rebels from positions which they
had occupied in Yunnan The rebels
are now split up INTO several parties.
none OF them strong. The Governor of
kwang-si has directed a Gordon of
troops under his command to operate In
conjunction with the YuunHu Grvoru-
ment troops for the suppression of tho
rebel FORCES. These operations occurred
after several previous defeats inflicted
by the Government forces,
"Thc reported assassination of ten.
Tuan Chi-tui IL a canard, Gen. Tuan
Is in the vest best OF health, The Toxic
report that President Yuan Shih-kai
had suffered n paralytic s'rok. j. also
without the least foundation. President
Yuan, Notwithstanding his onerous re-
sponsihilitics, looks remarkably we'll, and
tho palace physicians report that his
health leaves nothing b DO DESIRED"
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AMERICANS BARRED
NOW FROM BELGIUM
Germany to Refuse Passport
to Any Territory Occupied
by It's Forces.
STRICT RULES PASSED.

WAsuuNGroH. Jan. rI.-Tnformatioi
concerning %stricte~ regulations put int
operation by the German Government
regarding tho issue and vising Of pass
ports for use In German territory had
been communicated to the Amcricat
Government by Count Won Bernstori
in a formal note to the state Department
Under the new regulations pass
ports will not be issued to Americat
citizens for admission to Belgium a
other enemy territory occupied by Ger
man forces. aud citizens of this countrf
applying TO have their passports vise(
for US" in Germany a~e required to pro
duce their certificates II naturalization
II they are of foreign birth. OF, IL thei
are native born Americans, their certifb
Gates of birth.
In the case Of Americans whose M,
tionality was formerly that of any Il
the countries At war with Germany. 4
Of Italy. the wise will he granted onl1
after special permission has been eiyel
BY the German Government. This ruiz
applies also to women who before mar
rage were citizens of an enemy country
For some time, Il was stated to-nigh
at tie German Embassy. tho Gcrmal
authorities have been refusing to issut
or wise passports for use In Be,I'ut
and other foreign territory controlled bS
Germany except where special perr1iS
sion has been obtained from the au'
thOr.tics IN Berlin.
Il was suggested IN embassy circles
that the regulations requiring the sub
. mission Of certificates OF uaturalizatio
ot birth were inspired hy the fear thai
, persons horn in enemy countries and
only recently resident IN the United
states might apply FOR American matt
uralization solely for the purpose of SPY.
Ing IN Germany. II was stated thal
where legal birth certificates could mo-
he obtained. the German Government
would doubtless accept church recorde
OF birth .
The new regulations provide furthet
tina. passports mus specify whetheS
they are to be used on journeys to Ger'
! many or across German territory.
They also require that passports vii
he vised for travel TO Germany only u
the reasons of the trip are unobJection.
able and necessary, In h case or trips
! desired for business purposes the Ger
man Representatives are required To az
1 certain whether the object sought cannd4
be achieved through correspondence ans
visits to relatives "r friends are permits
ted only m the ease Of urgent necessity
The necessity Of thc trip is TO he exc
planned by the applicant for the wise.
! A passport to be used for admissiol
to Germany must ne specially vised fof
every "trip across tn" German borden
The applicant for such wise Will he care'
fully examined by the German officials
before the wise j. affixed. An a~pplicatio1
for "a wise mus, b. mad. IN person and
the German representatives are required
To see that the photograph on the pass.
port IL that Of the bearer aud that the
passport agrees with the facts. only
in exceptional cases can the appearance
81 the bearer when applying FOR the vis<
| be dispensed with.
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Stecta, Gable ne 'paich 10 THs srs.

LONDON. Jan 1.-The authorized
British correspondent at headquarters
In Mesopotamia t%eiegraphing under to-
days date describes the Turkish re-
sistance { o the advance Of the relief
column under Gen. Aylmer advancing
up the Tigris to saw Gen. Townshend's
army at Kut-el-Amara as being OF the
most stubborn sort. The correspondent
adds:
Tho Turks have abandoned their
positions at Sheik Said on both sides OF
the river. and the British are advanc-
ing"
Referring to the fighting last week al
ready reported. he says
British cavalry On January { got
behind the enemy's right flank trenches
and accounted for a whole battalion.
II took $50 prisoners and captured two
guns. The British infantry casualties
were severe.
There was fighting on both banks Of
the river on January :. The British
came under a heavy rifle and Maxim
gun fire at a range Of 100 yards. The
Turkish trenches were well concealed.
The fiatness and uniform color cf the
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|@LUSITANIA'S SKIPPER
HERE ON WAR ERRAND
Orduna Brings In Also a Chi
cagO Clergyman and a Ford
Peace Pilgrim.

Can't. Paddy Dow. former commander
of tho Cunarier L~.usitania, who few the
American faS over her tanrail on MS
way TO London and declared later that
he was proud OF Il and would even ny
IN. Irish nag II II protected his snip ar
rived last night from Liverpool as .
messenger aboard the Cunarder Orduna.
He has been In command or the Mhure-
tania, carrying troops TO the
and admitted that he was mere on al
m!ralty ~usiness the nature OF wn,cn
NE said he could not tell, II !s suspected
,h,, he will be a sort OF mlddleman in
the shipment OF munition cargoes from
his mort. He said he had made ten
trims TO the Dardanelles, o..
'The Rev. DR.. Forbes Mitchell OF 81
pauIs Episcopal Church, fyde iark,
cnrc,ro who has been visiting MS
mother. Bishop Mitchell OF Aberdeen
and later spent six months IN France
and England. said that he mad TAXED
with Gen. Galliani. French minister vi
war. He quoted the General as sas'ns
,ba, the French were happier than al
any time since 1871. now that the sus-
nanse vas over, and that they wouio
s,h, IN the end Or Mitchell said also
~. the French were not against the
ND vidual Germans that they hoped 10
,rea from the letters or miii-
tarIsm. and that they believed they were
sghtink for democracy and against the
divine right OF kings.
The Germans were slowly bleeding e
death, There would be another Christ
mas in the trenches. E~nsland's new
,nDons were not 80 much needed fo'
,r,,ned,ata service, the doctor said. AZ
,hs,, would be as a standing army aftei
Inc war. and there was a fear In SOM
European quarters that England mig
become arrogant when peace came
A Ford peace pilgrim. Mrs, Grace az
Graft of Portland, Ore. came bacK 10y
the Orduna. She SAID she "aS .
| voter, but not a sunrag'st or s~uHraket.e
Sh. rsS,,sed 20 comment on the missior
NJ the party. Illness impelled her Il
return.
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IRISH PARTY ENDS FIGHT
ON THE CONFUSION BILL
Redmond Announces Withdrawal of Opposition-Sir
Edward Carson Attacks Exemption Of Irishmen-
Labor Sharply Divided on Asquith Measure.

MO Jan. li.-At the opening OF
the debate on the second reading Of the
Military Service Bill In tho House OF
Commons this afternoon, John T.. Red
mond' Parliamentary leader Of the Irish
Nationalist party. that the
Nationalis,s would put forward no
further opposition to the passage OF the
measure Having made their protest
ana having observed the overw helmins
majority In favor Of the bill, he stated
In his speech. there would be no more
demonstrations on the part Of the Ma
tionalists.
The Nationalist leader admitted that
there wa no doubt. even IN the minds
OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. that the meis-
ure was approved by the greater part OF
the British people.
The Morning Posts Dublin CORE
spondent reports that owing to the am
Guilty with John Dillon and other mem
bers OF the Nationalist party over the
compassion bill. Mr.. Redmond will very
probably retire from he leadership OF
the Nationalist party.
Mr.. Redmond entered the HOUSE di.
rect'y from a meeting Of the Nationalist
party to make the announcement Of his
party's return to the support Of the Gov
eminent. He explained its position,
cited the figures which showed that ex-
elusive Of the Nationalist votes the ma
Jority in favor Of the bill at the frst
reading was 10 to 1. and concluded with
n wish that the bill might be passed
very rapidly. or the l05 members Of the
House who voted against the bill on the
first reading sixty were N~ationalists.
Attacks BilI's Opponents.
Following Mr. Redmond Sir Edwart
Carson delivered a strong defence Of
the bill. scathingly denouncing its op.
ponents. The obligations which Grea'
Britain had assumed. he declared. coulc
not be fulfilled unless II became a law
The Dardanelles and been abandoned
because OF lack OF men. n the expedi
ton he characterized as admirably con
ceived in the first instance.
Serbia he continued, had expected
much and received little until IL was tot
late. and the reason was not unwilling.
ness on the part OF the British Govern
ment. but the fact mat 1t could not pro
cure men.
What matters injury to industry OF
Industrial compulsion." he demanded. 'as
long as we win What will anything
matter II We Loser
He then d%erisively invited the op-
ponents of the Government to take
charge OF the country and assert that
the opinions OF Lord Kitchener and the
General stan Notwithstanding. the
people would he fools to bring the
slackers into the ranks by force.
"Conscription OF property l would not
shrink from II II were necessary to raise
funds In this way TO win the war" he