, 1916-01-19

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per but by sincere friendship ana ties of
blood" Emperor Nicholas, III these words
addressed TO one of his nrmies on the Rus
sian front during the week preceding the
Russian Christmas, once more replied to ru-
mouls OF a separate peace III Russia when
from time to time have run throughout the
country and even reached the men III the
trenches. The Emperor after visiting the
armies on the southern front reviewed those
of General Alex Evert, Commander-ln-Chlet
of the forces in be west. The troops passed
in review before the Emperor, the various
companies shouting Il salute IN unison as
they passed. All cficers wearing The Cross
of ST. George took places beside the Empe-
ror. Emperor Nicholas then addressed the
officers saying, Il speak to you most heroic
representatives of our Army wishing 10 deep
ly and sincerely thank you for your mighty
vulour and heroic efforts IL the present cam
paign. 1 beg you to pass to your men my
words thanking tbem also for the heavy
strain they m~anfully endured which all Rus-
STA and ! personally value" Emperor Nicho-
las then gave his assurance ass quoted above
that he would not make Il separate peace,
and afterwards again rode in font adj
dressing the troops. General Evort called
for cheers for the Emperor, saying 'for the
highest welfare Of our national leader our
dearly beloved Emperor, hurIab." Cheering
continued long after the Emperor had dis
mounted and departed from the field III his
motor car. The following day Emperor Nj
cholus inspected the army corps commanded
by General Kulopatkin, the hero OF the
japanese War.
Petrograd, Gan. 14tb.-The following Off
ciai communication was issued to-dny; West
ern Russian) front: There is nothing to re-
port. Caucasus front: During conhots we
-. ao,t,,ol C,o,o 4bon Q00 maj on1 f0nT
cannon and IA quantity of munitiors. A Kurd
detachment, which ATTEMPTED an offensive in
the region northwest Of Ardjich, fed west
ward.
Hamburg, jan. 14fh-Al street Sc vice
and yehicular traffic Ill this city is tied mp
owing to unprecedented floods caused by a
west storm blowing water from the sea back
up the Elbe river. Many cellars have been
flied with water and the streets in the lower
portion of the city are flooded to a depth of
80 inches. The storm reached lis height at
IL O'Clock Thursday night.
London, Jan. 14th-Copies of correspon-
dence seized from Captain Franz Won Papen,
recalled German Military Attache at WASH
ington, when he reached Falmouth on his
way to Germany, have been turned over to
the American Embassy for Transmission to
the State Department. They show that Won
Papen made frequent payments to persons
charged with the responsibility for blowing
up munitions works and bridges in the Uni
ted States. Won Pnpen's cheque stubs, bank
book and letters from his bank, Herigg Nation
al Bank of Wasbingto show about 500 Items
many of which had to do with routine ex-
Ienditures. Others however reserved pay
n.ents to various persons who had figured
prominently in the activities Of German
agents in America, and to at least one spy
who committed suicide in a cell in an English
prison. One entry shows that Captain Won
Papen gave 500 to VanHorn arrested in con-
nection with blowing up of a Canadian Paci-
tc railway bridge at St. Croix, Maine.
Berlin, Jan. 15th.-(by wireless to Saville)
In it's reply to the British Government in
the Baralong case, the text of which was
made public here to- day, Germany takes the
ground that Great Britain no longer desires
to observe the requirements of Internation-
oil law in regard to German submarines and
breuks off negotiations Oh this subject. 4n
addition to announcing its decision to take
measures of reprisal as made known yester-
day the German Government rejects Great
Britain's proposal for examination by a neu-
trail Board of Trade of the Baralong incident
and also of three cases in which it is charged
that Germany violated international law in
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