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ADMIRAL TIRPITZ ILL,
CHANCELLOR RETURNS
German states Dissatisfied
With Governments Ret
icrmcr About War.

AMSTERDAM, MarcN l+.-As u result Of
iluncss of Admiral Won Tirpitz, the MIN
lister of Marine, Chancellor Won Beth
mann-iiollweg has rcturlcd from the
general headquarters. according to Ger
man newspapers. The papers add that
the illness OF Admiral Won Tirpiiz at this
time has caused a sensattun III both
civilian and official circles in Germany.
1t is stated that the Committee on
ForeiSu Affairs Of the German Federal
States VIII meet tomorrow with tho
BaNarian Premier AS president, Since
neither PRUSSIA nor Chancellor Won
Bcthmann-liollweg Il represented on the
committee the meeting Is regarded as
significant.
Gcorg E,ruhald, writing in the
! oSsiSCh' /'lfO1, asserts hat the dtS
cision OF tins committee to hold a meet
lug AT the present time Is regarded as q
sign that the German states are dis
satisfied with the present condition of
affairs concerning thu" a He also
lhtimatos tdat one reason for the meet
ING ~ the desire of the committee for "A
conference with br. q Rethmann-
llollweg on foreign affairs. including the
difficulties with the United States.
Herr Bernhard says the German
people are kept in the dark regarding
foreign affairs and expresses the opinion
that this retlcencc on the part of the
Government must hr removed
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particularly in the sector Of Fix. but
otherwise there is nothing Of import
ance to report In this section.
In the forest Of lie Pretre a detach-
ment OF Germans. who endeavored TO
surprise our trenches at Croix des
Carmes. was received by a fusillade
and compelled to dispense. leaving sew
eral dead or the field.
The night passed quietly on the re-
mainder of the front.
Germans Report Victories In Air
The German official statement Is az
follows:
Generally speaking there was no
change. A small engagement near
Wieltte, northeast Of Ypres, ended In
the British being driven back.
A British aeroplane was shot down
by Lieut.. Immelinann east Of Arras
and one west Of Bapaume. The occu.
PANTS were dead.
Lieut.. Boelke brought down two
enemy 'aeroplanes. which fell behind
the French Zines over Fort Marie and
near Mefancourt. northwest Of Nerdun.
The latter was destroyed by OUT ar
tillcry.. BY these achievements these
officers have put hors de combat their
tenth. and eleventh enemy aeroplanes
respectively.
4 British biplane WAS compelled to
land west Of Cambria after an aerial
fight.
British she'll German Trenches.
The following report from British
headquarters in rance was issued to
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national organization. aud wee CON
pelied to build up our organization viii
a, the same tint raising the funds
do 81.
when the wYr.is over the work ..
reorganizing our Red cross viii legr
Then we will have to start oredui,irr
for the future and applying th' lesson
of this war. have decided 90 de,o'.
my entire life TO this work. The idea
have In mind il to form skeleton Q
yanizations with trained RESERVES VII
can at u moments notice I've taken IRON
their civilian occupations.
The first thing to do WI h" TO seep
together our experienced personnel NE
and women. II would not do. howcys
to keen them idle. so the most s"ush'.
thing for the Red cross 10 Gu SSH - "a
found q number Of hospitals i'r genera
medical and surgical servlc" T7"~" h''.
pltals will lie the centres 10, or pescr
footing skeleton Organization.
Then We will have to Increase ~
membership to u LARGE extent pu.f:
the war We have q%uadrupied the numb,
o. our members. but that stII is o."
enough. Not counting tine eNpehdtGre
O. our new war branches Throughout M
country. the Vienna Central Commute
OF the .AusItldn fNf' Nue. W. NNHf
Gar about fifteen million kroren ~
zoe .OoOD. This money came N during
the Last eighteen months IA the form NJ
! donations. much ~ it from 'he ln'e'
States, which | hereby gratefully a.
, knowledge. We also received qihnt'es
| OF sanitary material from AMERICA az
considering that some Of III" article' 60
no gotten only with difficulty ~ Edtot'
! or not a, all. the American -rs 'e''
| certainly a precious boon 10 on saN''
/ ing soldiers.
I'VE have organized also % H'i''
! depaltment which IS Go.ns ID" Wa''
recommendations for the fu'uf' base
on the lessons of tn. present va We
! intend also to keep our 'c''fdI depo'
in Vienna fully stocked with supJ.'e' ~
| all kinds, So as not to he rit''d ~ ~
distressing situation In which "' '"l.
ourselves at the outbreak OF IN" "f "
short. We are going to orIHulL'' q
members. and make our Red 'fo'' ~
cient in time Of peace. This Is "ld' va
American people should do 'n 'e'
part"
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AUSTRIAN RED CROSS PAID HEAVILY
FOR ITS LACK OF PREPAREDNESS
Efficiency Of Organization Is
10 Be Maintained in
Times Of Peace.
WORKERS TO GET NO PAY

compactness. lightness and Accessibility
tasked to the utmost the ingenuity OF the
who had 10 leave nut q gOOd
deal Of the usual hospital equipment.
These sanitary motor truck outfits have
proved 10 successful that The German
Red Cross soon ordered similar ones
constructed for lie use. Needless to add.
they are standardized to the last detail.
Trsiss Maae Into Hospitals.
These sanitary truck ou,f,s are sta. ,
toned at the terminals OF the railroad
nearest 10 the battlefront. With the rom
tents Of one Of these three truck outfits
a common freight train OF fifty box cars
can In n short time be transformed into
a we'll appointed hospital train. Besides
medical and surgical apparatus. they
contain cots. stretchefs. covers. pillows.
crutches. &c. When q freight train has
thus been transformed into a provisional
hospital rain the three truck Outft IL
loaded on II at its rear. and as soon as
the train is filled With sick and wounded
II In rushed back TO the nearest connec-
ions with an available regular hospital
train. When this is done the motor
trucks are separated from the train.
their contents repacked shipshape. so
tndt the OuNHV tdU lTTtItlcuIdtetN pV Se"t
back 10 the criminal near the front.
| while the nov empty box cars can he
loaded with ammunition or food or used
othe wise independently. And the process
is repeated over and over.
while visiting last summer at the
Gaiician front I saw our poor soldiers.
who had been marching for hours in
the scorching heat. just dying for n
| cooling drink or else for a cup of coffee.
Forced marches do not permit OF much
| rest or catering to the needs OF the
| troops. They simply have to get to a
certain place as quickly az possible.
| There is not even time to look out tor
the sick. Seeing how much human SUI
| fering resulted from this. ] organized
mobile refreshment stations. which. pro-
vidsd with portable kitchens and ac-
cessories. were placed al street crossings
and other points along the route Of the
marching army. Our presence there
was the occasion for a few minutes Of
blessed rest. during which the weary
marcheis were refreshed.
"A similar service was organized COW
erinx all the important railroad stations
Throughout, the Dual Monarchy. Trains
CARRYING soldiers to the front or bring
ing back wounded men stop at these
stations and the men are served with
soup. sandwiches, buttered bread. choco'
lates. cigarettes, and so on. Young ladies'
belonging to the best families in the
monarchy Snow pluck and devotion IN
keeping UP this service both day and
night.
In addition TO the SANITARY organi'
za,ion and to the 'efreshment Vel vice
have been describing We have organized
several other departments. which az
doing excellent work. Among them ar,
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SHARE coNTRABAND DELAYED.
nritnim Scisr~ S~curities-t:Oes w
Further, Fearing G. nccliatiOn.

I.oSDoN, AIarch 1.-THE value nf the
.ccurttes seized Ay the British au-
thorilies from the steamship Noordam
M Falmouth IN about $1,000, 900, and
IL il .heli.vsd that those, taken from
The Rotterdam will amount to about the
same figure. @
In view OF the many seizures OF securi-
ties: by the British recently, surprise N
EXPRESSED in financial circles that the
Government does not place securities
ON the list Of absolute cOntraband. Tho
,.,lnion IL advanced tina, the Govern
mca,t hesitaie~ to do 80 because of "A
projected plan among American invss-
tors IA ~Whons.the @AaNls are shipped to
have the seized bonds, cancelled BY
~nsanssof .Nandamus .procssdtayk and to
replace them by SCRIP.
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BIG BATTLE DEVELOPING
Austrian. Rcpor important Opera
tiOn. on italian front.

VIENNA. VIA Berlin. March h-The
AUSTRIAN War office to-day issued the
following report OF operations on the
Italian front
Great combats are developing on
the lsonzo front. The italians nave
attacked with strong forces, being re-
pulsed every where.
\, the Tolmino ~bIidgehead the
cnemy's activity was limited to ii'"lS
fire. In the PLAYA section the eneinys
attempts 20 destroy our obstacles
failed.
4, the Goritz bridschead two at
,,cks against the Doberdo position
and one attack against the intrenched
bridge ~ l.ucimico failed. az did sew
eral attacks against the Doberdo
plateau.
Near san MARITIME del Carso the
Italians stormed seven times. They
were repulsed with heavy losses by
infantry regiment No. ~
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GERMANS LOSE HEAVILY
IN NEW VERDUN ATTACK

night BY the Official Vress bureau
The enemy exploded two mines thi'
morning. south Of La Basse canal.
the other rear Neuve Chappelle. III
one case some damage was done to a
small salient Of our trenches.
North of Ypres we carried out a
successful bombardment Of the enemys
trenches. Last night near the Yprcs-
ROulers railway u g~renadicrs ana
machine guns drove on enemy working
parties, who attempted work in a mine
crater.
There was considerable hostile at
tillery ACTIVITY to-day west Of Lens.
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FIGHTING HEAVY ON RIGA LINE
Russians Report Artillery \ctiStts
STORM Trench, Bsy"n~t Gcrmans.
SDec,al Cabie Despdtch 10 THE

Dctfu '"p'
lo.poX, Maze, "a Received artillery
activity on the RIGA sector OF the east
ern front. is reported by the Russian War
office ina statement issued to-day. the
statement follows:
Thers has been heavy lighting SOUTH
west, of Lake habit, on the Riga front.
ON a sector OF this front n of u
de,achments entered an enemy trench.
Ia ayoneted the occupants and returned
witaout lose.
Southeast OF the village Of Polka
miep and on the middle S,rypa sector
az ,;alicia our patrols continu" their
onerat,ons with success against enemy
nosts and have made further progress.
In the Caucasus our troops coht'nue
TO force Back the Turks,
The German statement issued to-day
says;
On the Dniester and on the Bes-
sauabian front Russian attacks have
been repulsed.
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BUTTER CARDS IN BERLIN.
system May nc lscd ~,
Meat Distribution.

BERLIN, via London. March lA-More
rigid rules governing food distribution
have been Instituted this week by the
extension OF the card system to cover
butter, Hereafter butter cards viii be
issued on the basis Of i virtual gual .
antee to every card holder fI a quar-
ter Of a pound weekly
II is f~Orcshadowed that there will
soOn he meat cards Throughout, ihc en-
pire such as were introduced IN Bavaria
IL ut week. The authorities find the card
system though, hampered by red tape
the best method Of insuring equal dis
tribution 70 oil.
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ACTIVE ON DUTCH FRONTIER.
Germans Ga%rrisOninR Many Towns
and Increasing EOrcrs.

AMSTERDAM Via London, March IL
Information reaching Amsterdam shuw,
that Germany is tightening It's grip along
the Holland frontier, Many German
places that never before had "A garrison
are now being promoted to b. garrison
towns, Gelderu, Emmerlch and Bocholt
are being garrisoned In other towns
like clcves, which have long been garri-
son towns. the contingcnts of troops have
been greatly increased,
soldiers in the Dutch army whose
families live IN German border places on
In any other towns in Germany are no
longer permitted to visit their relatives.
This order has been in force for two
months,
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BRITAIN ASKS FOR
ARMY OF 100000
New Estimates Provide for
Daily Expenditure Of
$4,000. OOO.
AIR DEFENCE EXTENDED
Special Cdb,e Despatch to Tns srS.

sD,c,al Cdbis Despatch TO THs srN.
LONDON. March lA-Harold j. Ten
nant. Under Secretary for War. intro
duced the army estimates bill In the
House OF Commons to-day. The meas
ure calls for an army Of 100000 men.
at an expense. including munitions of
$4,000. 900 Usl5.OO0. O0O) daily.
MIR. Tennan said that 1t was not IN
the public interest to give the numoer
. of men now serving in the army or III
training. He paid "A tribute TO the Won
dcrful discipline Of the men. considering
their short training period. ana said ,nat
the success of the recruiting sche'he was
an augury OF victory.
Tho Government and the Minister of
Munitions. he said. were considering the
question of single men entering the
munition factories TO escape military
service. 1t was impossible. he said, TO
undertake that every single man IN the
munition factories should be taken be-
fore any married man
Energetic steps are being taken,
{, MIR. Tenant said. TO revise the lists
of those in reserved occupations The
lists Of those in starred reserved
= occupations are being revised ana the
Governments pledge will be faithfully
carried out. Lord Derby will not lei
married men down. Oftcers wouiu De
selected from the ranks. Before they
are gaze,ted they will receive four
months training in "A special corps.
During the present %tnaucial year. M
said. III. 1880, 900 army garments ano
5000, 900 goat skins had been prepared
for tn. men in the trenches.
o. Mr.. Tenant read a message from Sii
Douglas Haig, commander in CHIEF Oh th'
British army in France. testifying to th'
excellent provision made Tor the army
Sir Douglas Haig added
"Ail are In good health and good near
and are confident Of victory"
The Under Secretary for War proposed
to apply the scale of air defence agree
upon for London to the whole country
Great Britain. he said. was now produc
ing monthly as many qualified air pilot
a. she was able TO mobilize from all he
resources in August. 1914. This output
ne said. would be largely increased II
the near future. The supply OF aero
planes. h. said. was now s~atisfactor!
and was ahead OF the supply or engine
and pilots.
Noel pcmberton Billing. the forme
m. mber Of the Royal Flying Service VIII
won election to Parliament on an al
defence platform. made his maide'
speech in the curse OF the estimate
debate. He urged a more aggressive al
policy and argued that the Admiralt.
should order that all existing materia
be employed in faiding German territory
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BY DIR. bella sEkELY.

The American Red Cross has won
the love and everlasting gratitude Of the
Austrian Red Cross from the very begin
ming OF the war. In return I want 10
send a message to the American people.
1t Is this: Lose nc time In so organizing
and specializing the service Of the Amer
lean Red Cross as to enable II effectually
TO meet the strain and disorganization
OF war I know whereof I am speaking.
l e through all the sorrow, the dis
tress. the horror Of unpreparedness. For
the Austrian Red Cross, in contrast to
the German Red Cross. was not prepared
for war. Nobody IN Aus,ria-Hungary
believed that II was probable, or even
possible. Then all OF a sudden the cor-
Hasration burst upon US and We knew.
the Austrian Red Cross knew. that We
had been caught mapping. lie, not the
American people permit their Red Cross
to GO through the same experience. l
hope America will have no war. ! hope
this great country will be spared the
tragedy and misery through which. the
countries OF Europe must nov pass. But
| trust. just the same, that the Arneri-
can Red Cross and the American people
will profit from our experience and pre-
pare In time OF peace for the emergencies
Of war
Count Rudolph Traun. president OF the
Austrian Red Cross and a hereditary
membe OF the Austrian House OF Lords.
said this to me. Then he continued:
when the war broke out the Aus
TRAN Red Cross had no hospitals. only
a handful OF physicians and hardly any,
professional nurses. Looking upon the
Red Gross as something ~symbolica, OF
the brotherhood Of men rather than "A
practical organization TO deal with ac-
iual war conditions. our society had only
y small number OF members. and conse-
queutly a lin.ted income.
All OF u sudden | faced a condition
which none Of US dared to think likely
TO confront W. in our own day over
night our work assumed proportions we
had never dreamed OF. Wounded sol
di.rs came crowding back from the
front. The military hospitals were Allied
Amos, before we knew II, and thousands
OF other wounded men had TO be taken
care 81. This duty fell upon our shout
ders and ours alone. SO We improvised
hospitals in cities. using for This pur
pose public buildings. schoolhouses. bar
racks and private homes. These wer.
all, OF course. put at our disposal free OF
cost. We finished them and organized
the medical stafs. You may GeI an idea
Of the magnitude Of our task from the
fact that at times We had as many a.
% 5000 beds in these improrised Ret
Cross hospitals.
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'It was, comparatively speaking, easy
70 adapt ordinary buildings f"r h"splta'
purposes, but how and where {" get the
trained personnel? Of course there we're
many professional nurses TO he had, But
IN view o! the thousands OF wounded
whose condition required immediate an"
careful attention their number vas ap'
p~allingly Inadequate. We organized
special courses for nurses, and women
and girls OF all classes voluntarily
rushed to equip themsel>es Tor 'hclr
task 81 mercy. Meanwhile Ne did tn"
best We could. hut 1t WAS not the best
that should have been done. Lack o.
preparation and foresight took It's awful
toll in suffering. infection and prevent.
able death. II IL better not 20 think Of
those early days Of trial. except to ORA"
the lesson thrrefrom.
Thanks to the splendid responS"
which the nation gare-especiaiiN III"
women-condi,ions gradually improved
After a while We managed to supply
voluntary nurses ror AL our hospi'"ls
and homes Tor the convalescem Win
the single exception Of the sanitary per-
sonnet piac ei AZ our disposal by the
army we have awaited ourselves almost
exclusively OF the services or women
~ order to make W for the shortage ~
professional nurses. They gave -" good
am account Of themselves and proved so
reliable in any emergency, so Dependant"
IN spite Of the hardships they under
went, tina, in one Of Our larg" hospl-
tails. accommodating loo dangerously
wounded sold i.ls. there ~ not a person
IN attendance who WAS u professional
nurse at the outbreak Of tho war
No one IN the service Of the Austrian
Fed cross hospital receives any pay,
The Gentlemen in charge of adminiStra-
Tive duties ~ we'll as civilian physicians
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FRENCH READY FOR
new GER IMAM DRIVE
Expect Enemy Will Attempt
to Reach Verdun by West
ern Route.
SAY THRUST. WILL FAII.

SPECIAL tdblt Dtspotch 70 ths StN
LONDON, March 1.-THE Paris corre-
ponden, OF the Daily Mail telegtaphs;
There is little doubt tina, the strug-
Gle for ve,dun is at the point OF being
renewed after ~ respite OF three days
For more thar forty-eight hours the
German heavy batteries west OF the
Mouse have been raining hiS explosive
shells with merciless p~rofusion on the
whole area from B~ethincourt to Bourrus
wood.
.'Behiud the lines German m
are already %marshalling for attack. The
kaiser's war machine still works wen
enough for a lapse Of three days 10 be
sufficient to send the 10 tns
rear II replace them by troops from
the home. depots stiffened by officers n
nou-commissioned officers drawn from
other parts OF the front.
These troops are already in line. One
diytsion crossing the open ground south
Of FORCES to take up positions on the
fringe Of the Crows Wood tBois ne
Corbeaux) suddenly round Itself the marx
ot "A dozen batteries. Of French six inch
guns The Germans hurried'y "i'hdre"'
Last Phase Of Battle.
81, seems probable that this new BAT
tie will prove the last phase OF Inc YER
dun eTost. II is significant that the
f,r,ous bomba rdment which IL necessary
as prelude TO an infantry attack. mas
ls,.n confined to the west bank OF the
Mouse. Douaumont aud Naux were LETT
almost entirely alone. =,
.'The conclusion drawn b. the french
military experts and stan oricers "nor'
/. have seen is that the EFFORT the Ger
mans are preparing for will age WIN
the greatest fury from bethincourt &c
Goose. I'M Cote de rOie).
III they succeed IN forcing those posi-
tons the next point OF attack VIII ~
the I,ois Bourrus, two and oNe-haIt m'ict
northwest. and Charny. three miles
north. Of Terdun Were the !,
break through To Ecrdun by Douaumon'
ma vuux, ii would be IA barren victory
they would lose 300.008 men NOR
for The Sake OF An empty musk "hic'
is ALI that Nerdun IL nav.
success ON tAN. opposite SIDE OF I'M
| river. via Goose Hin, might he much NOR
substantial. French forces are holdini
the Lorraine front. All their heavy gun
, and material would then run the RISK o
being cu, on and. enctreied, az the mar
bridges spsnpinK the Meuse "ou'o "
counmandet by the foe 80
~. Gown. -PFaace.lhansed Pls".
+. crIiAoubaAaN nsts :w1s.,he plan frs
drawn. but. taltARSd .;hy the impetuou
crown pr4acc into q frontal attack alont
.Aie Meuse ridge. The French stan
noI fully. aware N M Intentions OF Tn
cne,ny. The precautions taken BY Ger
Peta;n ave a guarantee against a sur
r,tisc. The German divisions may Are eN
pec,ed to repeat the tactics OF Vaux am
Ip~oustrnont and huri themselves in soil
qnasses against the heights OF Dea'
Mans Hill and l;Oose Hill.
The French oihcers In a position I
know, are convinced that they WILL a
on fhe other bank, be rough TO
standstIll."
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TRADE FLOWS TO U. S. BOTTOMS
Increase In American Tonnage In
south American BUSINESS.

Commenting on the increase of Ameri-
can tonnage in the South American
trade. an American shipping man said
Yesterday that foreign owned vessels
which formerly did nearly a. tho trans
portation between the United States and
South America were gradually disap-
p%earing, and that now 20 per cent, Of
the trade Is carried in American, Bra
lillian and Argentine bottoms about Is
per cent. belongs to neutral countries and
Is per cent, TO the nations at war. ex-
ccpt Germany.
Thus. the shipping man said, natural
conditions were anticipating the posi-
ton outlined IN the Alexander shipping
bill.
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TURKISH ENVOY IN BERLIN.
Discusses Ottoman s%ituatiOm With
German OfHciaIa. .
Special cable Des1dfch to THr 81

LONDON March 1i.-The Bern cor
respondent of the DGily MAI tcleeraphs:
"Nabi hey, former Turkish Ambas
sador to Italy, who now resides at 1.au-
Same, is reported To- he IN Berlin dis
cussing the Turkish situation with the
German Government, II is stated that
he first talked over the situation with
Prince Won Buelow. the former German
Imperial Chancellor, when the latter was
at Lucernc.
1.-THE rumor that the Turkish states
man IL instructed 10 notify Germany
that Turkey Will conclude peace unless
four Gcrinan army corps are sent TO
Turkey is probably untrue"
A bucharest despatch says that the
German Minister to Rumania, Baron Won
dem Observation-Disclosures, left to-day
for Berlin.