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WARNS SIR A. HERBERT
ship WILL Be STOPPED
Letter Just Before lie Sails
Says German Raider Will
Search Him.

Sir Arthur Herbert, who sailed for
England yesterday on the Nicuw AM
sterdam, received an anonymous letter
just before sailing. telling him that the
ship would he stopped by "A German
raider and that he would be searched.
The threatened search was described by
the letter as "A measure ~ reprisal for
the holding up by The British author'-
ties Of capt. Won Papen, ths military
attache of the German Embassy. who
was recalled.
Friends Of Sir Arthur aid yesterday
that the anonymous letter gave the in
formation that "A German raider was
being sent out especially to stop the
Nieuw Amsterdam and to force Sir
Arthur 20 undergo 4 thorough cxamina-
ton.
Lady Herbert and their only son,
John. left New York on the Noordam on
February Z.
The son was m from liai-
ward to Join the colors and yesterday
word came that he had been gazetted to
a commission ~ Secon Lieutenant of
the Royal Horse Guards and tina, lie
had already Joined his regiment.
Lady Herbert was formerly Mss
Helen Gammell OF Providence. She j.
president Of tn. British-American War
Relief Committee OF 200 Fifth avenue
and in the founding OF thai commit,e.
she was assisted by her husband. who
has been active in his country's interests
ever since the war began. He has fig
ured on the Foreign office retired list
as "A Minister flenipotentiary who rep
rcsented his sovereign At various Euro
pean courts.
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BRITISH TRADE FOR
. TARIFF AFTER WAR
Chambers Of Commerce Favor
Restrictions Against
Enemy Nations.
SEND KING MESSAGE

IoNpoS. Feb. 2a.--Thc congress Of
delegates of all the Chambers Of Com
mercc IN the United Kingdom except
Manchester to-day sent a telegram to
King George announcing the support OF
the ngress for any measures OF sac
riice which may be adopted by rarlia-
ment in order to secure victory for the
British rmy
The congress adopted a resolution pro-
viding for preferential trading relations
within the British empire. for reciprocal
trading relations between Great Britain
and her allies. for favorable treatment
~ neutral nations aud for restrictions
10y tarif and otherwise against trade re-
latiOns with enemy countries. 80 as to
make " impossible TO return t. The con-
ditions existing before the war. This
move TO abandon the traditional free
trade policy met with some opposition in
debate, but finally was approved prac-
tically unanimously.
Reginald Mckenna. Chancellor uf the
Exchepuer. attended the meeting ON be-
half of the Government. lie told the
executive committee Of the congress that
the Government was not committed Ia
the old economic policies, adding that 1t
had been shown by the war that these
must lie readjusted To new conditions.
The congress adopted unanimously a
resolution declaring that the war has
shown that the strength and safety "f
the British Empire lie In its power To
produc, It's requirements from it, ow
soil and it's " factories rather than
In the possession OF values which may L.
exported and exchanged for products and
manufacturer of foreign countries"
A resolution moved by the Rirnin;-
ham Chamber Of Commerce to urge tn"
t.AxupT nan tn fnk.s SfafS Inv, tho 'hfN-
lection OF British Industries aroused
much discussion because o. tho use OF
the word protection" This word vas
finally replaced by asking that steps be
taken "to foster and safeguard British
Industries.
Sir Aigernon Freeman Firth. president
| o! the Association Of Chambers Of Com
merce II the United Kingdom. presided
| over the conference. the object 81 which
, Is To- discuss proposals for tn. regulation
OF British trade and commerce after the
war.
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BIG GUNS INVINCIBLE.
Port Doum umOnt M Match for Ar
tiIIery. >ay. d.-rman Report.

sDfffit |ftff 'Nlf' " ~
LoNpoN, March 1.-The Rotterdam
correspondent OF the DAILY Nail says:
The ho.inisch. Zeitun9, after describ-
In how the attack on Fort Doua umont
,uortn Of N-rdun) was preceded by 4
terrific Commandment, asserts that the
German heavy artilleI: was inNincible.
The guns. Il says. smashed all the
modern obstacles and batteries which
had been carefully prepared for a year
and a half -Four shots were sufficient
10 make the fort ripe FOR storming, 4.
curtain of fir. from heavy guns ollow-d
the Herman attack and prevented the
French troops from retreating, thus ac-
counting for some $4,000
French prisoners.
The koeMische /eitung's war corre-
eroudeui b.iui" Nerdun t"lrgraphs that
under cover Of . heavy snowstorm the
German artiil.rymeu Aired on a fortified
rPugc OF hills between Douaumont and
fr1iic d" T.?r". The smoke. he says.
showed many fires within the French
lines. West % Douaumont severe in
fanny fighting took place. The French
infantry confined It's efforts to defence
OF the actual lighting line and seemed
powerlcss against The German heavy
guns.
the CORRESPONDENT says hat he saw
ArcS break out III Nerdun itself"
The NicNr. Rottcrddmsche COVrdnt.
beginning it, %articl" with the proverb
"Nr r-ws H. good news" says:
"Ti, scarcity Of Information this af-
,auo j. good news. in the present
circumstances. for IN" defenders OF Ner-
dm. The latest news SHOW that north
ea~l Of \"rIuu IA. Germans are on the
defensive. proving that the French have
received great announcements
Tn, Germans hero ar" not 80 en-
tlusius,ic or "a iDyiul as the crowd in
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SHIPS COMPANY NOTABLE.
Niruw Amsterdam sails With

The Holland-Amcrica steamship Nirlw
Amsterdam sailed yesterday for Fal-
mouth and Rotterdam with one ~ tho
most notable companies that ever has
departed from this port IN February.
even in ante-beilum days.
Mrs. John Aston, who will land a, Fal-
mouth. said she had agreed to ,ssis,
the welfare department 90 the National
civic Federation by getting information
that would help It's work in foreign
countries.
Other voyagers are Ir. 4. Van A..
sand BakhuSz zen. consul-,icn-rtl % 'H.
United States from Holland Mrs. Viz
tor Anderson. Walter Van Re- ~>s.la-r
Kerry. Miss Edith Bird. NJ. and MIS-.
William I'anCodSt clyde. Ir. Nr AID
Mrs. =. r. Courtney. Alden pdt ison.
Mrs, /. t. Havensyer. Sir Arthur Her
bert. Eugene Kelly. Mr.. and Mrs / q.
Lamont. John W. L"ggctt. Mr. and Mrs
Isaac Lewis. Herbert Nicholson NJ and
Mr.. f,igerton Pope. : Sak>, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lionel Smith Gordon, Countess TOD
stoy. II. r.. Nickers. pr. II. r Warden.
MFR. and Mrs.. Pennington Whitehead
and Mrs. f. May Whitehead.
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AMERICAN ON MALOJA
TELLS OF HIS ESCAPE
Only Panic on Doomed British
Liner Was Among Crew.
He Says.

LoSpoN. Feb. e9--Raiph Foster Of
Kansas. the only American passenger
Oh the steamship Malota, sunk OF Dover
on SUNDAY. told his experience to-day.
lie said that he was walking on deck.
forward, about 10 20 o'cloc on Sunday
morning when h, heard a slight report.
~ thought II was a CUR firing a blank
shot" he continued. until ] saw debris
falling. The conclusion had been 10
slight that ! then thought Unat an acct
den had happened 10 some other ship
near by. The only panic was among
the 1AfscarS Of the crew and among some
OF the children. who had become sep.
arated from their mothers. Ar officer
told me that one child who vas on deck
over the poin, of the explosion was
blown to pieces"
Mr.. Foster expressed the belief that
German boats have been sowing mines
of Dover. The disasters in the vicinity
Of Dover IN the past two Sundays he
considers az Indicating that the subma-
rit.s we're laying mines in the night
to sink liners sailing from British ports
on Saturday.
II rushed back Immediately toward
the stern Of IN. Maloja." said MIR. Eos
ter. blu, before | had taken n dozen
steps IA. ship began to list and 7 started
~ - ~ WI NffNt ANN"' NV oN'h ~
luttcl to my cabin. II was so full OF
peopl" most of them ~lascars. that I
saw u was likely to he Swamped, So !
went below for "A lif-belt. | put on my
oyercoat and n" ii"b.lt and also took
my passport.
"Ry this t!ns-hirdlv three minutes
after the e~xplnsi"n-the passageways
below We're iwaSh returned to the
litchoat and tried To- help shove II clear.
Two ~ the whit. crew OF the steamer
w.r. standing by to lower the boat. but
only a steward and myself were making
any efforts 10 push IT off from the ships
side. w. could not get the o a clear
~ the railing on account, Of the heavy
list of IN. vessel.
"Evcrybody then piled out Of the life
boat. Most II them Slid across the deck
and into tn" water on the other side.
tn" deck w.s Inclined to such a degree
that We could not stand. grabbed at
an oar and SID down the deck into the
water. TIN" waves wcro 30 strong that
found could no, win in them, and
WIS washed sack against the side Of tho
snip
"Fiuall, MANAGED 10 reach a cap
ned boat , r"w feet sway and crawled
onto IT,"
Ny. Foster was p,cncd M ny a British
destruNe'.
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TURKS REPULSE BRITISH.
surprise Attack In McsopOtnm mia u
heckrd.

CoNsTANTISorIE, Feb, 2o,-rhe Turk
ish War office issued the following
statement to-day:
Mesopotamian front ON tn. night Of
February ~ the enemy attempted a
surprise attack against our positions
at Felahie. II was easily repulsed.
On February 20 the enemy attempted
to land In sloops a battalion against
our left wing. He was prevented
from doing 80 by our fire.
Caucasian front There ~ nothing
important to report.
Dardanelics iruni Between Fcbru-
AIRY - and ~ enemy w%arshipS bonn
hardrd at various hours the Anato-
liam coast. On each occasion they
were compelled by our coast batteries
To Withdraw without having obtained
any results.
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y. \. Men on Nrckle nhurR.

LoSpoS. Feb. oa.--Among the pass~n-
gers on board the iceland Line steam
shin M-rklenburg which struck "A mine
on sunday m her ~hH to Rotterdam,
were two New York diamond dealers.
Sampel kap'an and Aaron F'insteir.
n. men escaped from the sinking
liner and got into a small boat. in which
they drif,ed for several hours before
.hev were rcs"u. by the steamship
Wes,erdijk Of tina H"ll. nd America
Line. They viii return to tho United
states On the next liner.
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81 GERMAN SHIPS
SEIZED BY ITALY
May BE- Prelude to War
Decentralization Bit
ter at Portugal.
THREATEN REPRISALS
Special Csbie Despofch TO Tur suN

f.oNpoN. Feb. 29.-Thc italian Gov
erninent has taken over thirty-four OF
the thirty.seven German merchant ships
informed in italian ports. according to AN
announcement made to-day In the House
Of Commons.
Doiiv NeWs telegraphs:
"pOrtugars seizure Of the German
ships informed In Portuguese ports has
greatly angered the Germans. who ap-
parently intend making II an excuse for
sinking every ship irrespective Of ncu-
trality.
'Georg Bernhard, editor of the Ios-
sischc Zettung. writes IN that paper:
without doubt the seized ships.
flying the Portuguese flag. will be used
bv the Allies. especially England. 10
bring foudstuffs and munitions. The
Portuguese flag il NJ longer to be re-
garded neutral. but even II otherwise.
these ships are still German and We
nave the fullest right to sink our "
ships.
THE same thing is probably happen
Ing in Italy. There Is a danger hat a
considerable part of our shipping in
neutral harbors will pass into England'a
service. including those In American
ports.
England is preparing so replace the
armed trading ships which she lost by
unarm.d ones al Germany's cost. This
the kernel Of the submarine problem.
Soon the provisioning of England fros,
Argentina will begin.
Now or never we have the posi-.
bility Of dealing England the death blow
\ deadly blow can be dealt her IL We
request all neutral States to remair
away from English coasts from "A Ger.
tain date. Otherwise We have no re.
sponsibility for neutral shipping losses
The greatest risk we "a take Is TO allow
this opportunity to pass"
The requisitlon OF the German vessel:
may Indicate the course OF action which
the italian Parlia ment. meeting to-day
| will adopt toward Germany. The pos
| sib.li'y of war between Italy and Ger
many has been an interesting subject o.
discussion IN England and Frame 70,
some time.
The italian Government has not ye'
decided what course to pursue In regarc
TO Germany. according to recent advice,
from Rome. but the Italian people IL
general are eager 10 declare war.
The seizure OF the ships may he &
forecast Of "A change in the attitude Vi
the Government toward Germany.
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RUSSIANS REPULsE GERMANS.


~I'rrRoGRAp. via London. Feb. ca-Tho
Russian war Office issued the following
- statement Tonight
Al arbouuo,ka and north of the
Ponoy itsh railway We drove back the
Germans md advanced. Between
lakes Ilsrn and Medumskoc advanc-
ing German attachments reroiled be-
fore our fire.
In the Black Sea a Russian de-
stranger dispersed a CONVOY proceeding
on tho coast a
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HINT RINTELEN HAS
CONFESSED TO PLOTS
British Reports Indicate He
Has Acted to Save High
German Officials.
Special Cdhie DespIt~h 10 The SrS.


LoSrnN. Feb. c?-The British author
tiles have been making both In this coun-
try and In the United states a thorough
investigation of the activities of Lieut.
Capt. Franz Won Rinteleu, the German
prisoner of war who was taken off the
lr.- \osrd,u. on his WAY home after
having su.u, , l,rp, amount II mon, V
.u Au.ri,. ..,klr. ,n hammer IN, en-
mort. IF murulnu ]suppli,s tu tn, Allies.
'rh,v t,v. l.,rr,I ina, Enr Ku,,len
I,I J.,.,..f ~ $1,000 uou .n IN, Trans
.,l.,,t. T,tt,. ,,un.,y IN S.v York
art ma, ~, ,,,.I am s,no 400 90 various
ZOO. ~, 81 r,.,. pmurl,. and browns
an, vt,b ia, ain, ,f arg tuiz.uc , couu-
~, r,,n,n,br, IN N.,.-n His aim ap-
,,,,.,n, 49,. g., .uhr,I TN. United
go, o.. ,,h N.>..n ,uI nm.
~ t.,,rL ,, ,b, Am, ri,.n
" a,a .,,r,
,'o,c' """'"' w t' .r,Ii a..
''''"''e ~ H"''''' Va -. 49,.
" '''N''''' ~ ,N'"'' '''"' '"" '
10 iiiElillh ana '''''''
IN" foregoing h'sP"''l "'N"S,"''
suIiriS" among Federal o'n'Ias mere
Tn" query Was raised whether VA" orI =
ism officials could haN' obtained any ~
formation from Won ElnteIen hnlse'''
Il l,S been learned that the EritSn au-
rt"rl'icS nav" spent hI'h ll"' d"'s-
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N. Y. GOLD SHIP FIEES RAIDER.
Nauban. with AI.5OO. 1000 I'd,
Escapes NOrwr. ~ REPORT.

BUENu~ NYRrs. Fen - Officers Of
the LdTport q Hole liner Varban,
which arrived here to-day. say tina, they
received warning shat , German raider,
probably IN. Meow. was within twenty
MILES ~ the Nsubau when the latter was
urdrin- Ru.nos .ANr"S. Tn" Nauhsn
had gold on board for Argentina She
received orders at Rio DO .Taneiro TO
make a vide Ietuur from her regular
course.
Tho Nauban sailed from New York
on February : for South American
ports. touching At Barbados on Febru.
AIRY II. Sh" carried. according TO re.
port. som. sl.5uu.n 600 IN gold for the
Argentine
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EuS"ur Ni"rs, 3" years old. of az
S"roiul uN"uu', Whu Mas taken to Rcl,v-
N,h, 'iuSpital "t saturday, February T.,
suffering with ANTHRAX. was reported
Yesterday Ia l- out Oi danger. lie Is the
first anthrax patient to he cured by tn
Eicllorn serum. irs, FoInsl and r.. \,
Dojson attended him.
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range and power and were successfully used in bat
tering the great Russian fortresses in the Austro-
German drive. They battered down the powerful de-
fences of Warsaw and Brest Litovsk.
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ONE Of the great Skoda guns, which the German
General STAFF is bringing up to aid in their
attempt to capture Verdun. These giant pieces, con-
structed at the Austrian army arsenal, have great
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THE German official statement Of yesterday announces that the new
l drive made against Verdun from the east has resulted in the
capture of the villages of Deppe. Abaucourt. Blanzee. Watronvilc,
Manheules and Champion, which are all connected by IA highway run
ming north and south. Wa,ronvile and Manheulles also are o n the rail
way running south through Commcrcy.
On the northern front of the fortress the arrow indicates the Cote
du Poivre, extending from north OF Bras toward Iouvemont, where the
Germans who occupy the northern slopes are falling back. the French
occupying the first crest.
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Col~, Ell and WaitcuwNl. both at
itchrI to the Swiss General Stuff, were
arrested recently, TIL" information they
are accused of having revealed to the
Austrian and German attaches CON
o,-lIcd the movements of French troops.
one of the officers * said 10 have had
"a RUSSIAN cipher message translated and
10 have sent the translation 10 the Ger
man General stan.
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vIERECKs MOTHER SEARCHED.
British Get Letters written ny
Editor Of ..The Fatherla nd

THE Hague. Feb. IL thy MALL Mrs.
Laura Viereck. mother Of George Syl.
vester Viereck. editor Of the Fdtheridnd,
stripped and searched by British au-
thorities at Falmouth and The Downs.
Passengers on the Dutch iner Nieuw
Amsterdam. which brought Mrs. Niereck
from New York. said that she almost
collapsed as n result OF her experience.
several Americans were also said to have
been forced to disrobs for examination.
Til. search Of Mrs. Viereck probably
was due to Information Cabled to the
British authorities from This country.
The British authorities made a thor
uuch examination of the clothes worn By
Mrs. Niercrk. specially Of her skirt and
coat. II was learned Yesterday tina, "A
number Of letters. some In English and
some in German and containing some
English wuSds. were found,
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FRENCH SKATER
GERMAN DRIVES
Defenders Like Stone Wall BE.
fore Fierce Onrushcs
in Verdun Battle.
COLUMNS MOVED DOWN

pARis. Feb. 80 (Delayed).-.After
seven days OF unparalleled lighting the
battle OF Nerdun seems to have reached
"A breathing space with the French left
and centre still occupying approx!-
mately the line Nacherautille-l'ouau-
mont. where the French made their
stand last Friday.
The Germans attacked this line furi-
ously. bu, they found that the battle
had entered a new phase. The French
divisions holding the advanced trenches
bore IN. brunt Of the ,;.rmau assault.
giving ground only foot by foot. often
resisting even after they were sur
rounded. But when on Friday the Ger
mans. advancing even more rapidly than
before. struck tn. observation-disclosures
mont line they found fresh troops await
ing them and their most furious attacks
were repulsed.
ON Saturday morning they returned TO
IN. assault with crack regiments. The
famous Brandenburgers swept up the
hill on which WAS the advanced fort OF
Douaumont and captured the position.
The French 10y a splendid counter charge
swept the Germans on the mn. les
,erday ~detachm.nts of B"randenburg"rs
who still resisted were being systemati.
cally eliminated from the neighborhocd
of the fort.
Meanwhile on Friday night the French
forces ON the right had shifted their
position. The loop of advance trenches
which extended from the p.atsiu "hereuil
III. BATH. was being waged to the
Wo.vre plain was evacuated and new
positions wer. taken on the buns along
the eastern edge OF the plateau. TINS
movement vas carried out without IN
%,erruption from the Germans.
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AS their battaiions advanced upon
us. they were in serrieh masses, by files
of twenty. The shrapnel from our -
milliinet.r guns and the projectiles from
our heavy artillery fell among them and
YOU could ~" the great gaps. a. II Il
mower had passed with a soyfhe, Then
high explosive shells. which hurst on
contact. fell, and limbs shot into the air,
We were 30 clos" that pieces Of their
torn flesh fell among NJ. Eventually
we reached MOncourt and took shelter
for a time in II wood. Although 1t was
three o'clock in the morning. the burst
ing shells made II Az clear AZ day, Civ
ing the battlefield the aspect of a fairy
scene.
s.From behind us the French artillery
fired INTO the German masses. the Ger
man shells flying over our heads toward
the Douaumount section Then our ma
mine guns. placed In batteries every i've
Yards, began to play and We saw the
dead In groups upright, where there was
not room to fall
40 you 10Y about the trick we
Mayed on the Germans In Caures
WoodsY' WAS the question with which
q French soldier who had been IN the
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Frruch Prepare to Counter.

btOcn bUrIp"HV w
In the process the French positions on
the east ~ the plateau were o"nt SllchtlN
backward east of pouau'nont to ,"IidliS
the new line.
This entire operation may he sum
married. by saying that the French re-
tired from the are to the chord OF u
circle. this chord being about eighteen
kilometers tnearly twelve miles, IN
length. The Germans followed me
French cautiously. Yesterday there were
outpos. engagements near the villages OF
bla ME. and Moranville. following when
the tried an attack On the ne"
French positions on Hin 25o' They were
repulsed. 49,.
There Is every reason to believe 'hi'
tho battle il far from concluded. Doubt
lass both sides are now bringing up
fresh troops and strengthening their
new pos,tions. II IL possible that the
Germans will shift their attack from
the front TO the sides OF the Nerdun
salient and may even attack from st.
NUhiel toward the northwest. Whatever
they may try II is certain that hence
forth they will have to Withstand ter
rible counter attacks Of French reserves.
which seem now to have entered the
battle IN force. These reserves might
have been employed much earlier.
The situation In decidedly better from
the French point OF view in the opinion
Of the Paris newspapers, The German
attacks are having less effect and the
French are replying to them with more
effectiveness.
II is the opinion OF French observers
that the German forces engaged In the
Verdun operations, which were estimated
AT the beginning of the attack a week
aro Yesterday at 500, 900 men, have been
increased to more than 10000.
II have fought since the beginning OF
the war" says u soldier who has re-
turned to Paris. and who was present al
the fighting at Ornee Il saw the sham
bles at Suippes and Souain. They were
| no,hing IN what saw last week. Ths
enemy advanced and We retired under
| orde re-. but W. killed them by the dozen
II was 40 terrible that ], who have
watched my comrades fall around me
almost with indifference, shudder AS my
.-..,.v rapulls those SrenpS