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DIED RATHER THAN FLEE
French Aviator BotllOt COurted At
tack by Five gro
specia, cable Despatch to THr srS.

PARIS. May EN-. Boillot. the well
known auto racing driver. who became
n member Of the French aviation corps.
was p~atroliing ut & o'clock on Satur-
day morning when he found himself IN
the presence Of five enemy military aero
planes.
His superior speed would have en-.
ablcd him to escape. but he resolved
to fight. lie had just downed his hrst
aeroplane when he received a bullet In
the heart.
Boillot made his debut as a cyclist
racer. but later entered the field of
automobile racing. winning the Grand
Prix In 1912 and 1918. He entered the
French army at the time of mobiliza-
tion az a chauffeur and for a time drove
for Gen. Joffre. Later he entered the
aviation corps. where his daring soon
made him as prominent and popular In
flying az he had been In auto racing.
lie won the War Cross on March 20
for putting to flight two superior mill
tary aeroplanes. and on April s last he
downed an aviatik. He was given the
Legion OF Honor on May 10 last.
Bolllot is officially reported only miss
ing. although his death seems certain.
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RUSSIA TO BACK UP JAPAN
IN CHINA, TOXIC IS TOLD
Agreement Said to Have Been Reached Whereby Gar
Will Aid in Case of Any Interference by Other
Powers-Statement by Okuma Suppressed.

Japan. Next came tho attack on the
cruiser Chao Ho, in which the rifles used
were brought from Japan. Then We
have Gen. Tsai 40 tleader of the rebel
lion) suddenly reversing his views on the
monarchy question after a visit to Toxic
I'M raising the standards Of revolt in
Yunnan.
Accusations Agaimst Japan.
TN the meantime explosives were
smuggled into China by japanese sub
Jects and false and misleading reports
were published by japanese papers in
order to incitc the Chinese TO rise against
their Government. and we actually have
a Japanese going about In Szechuan in
citing the people to rebel"
FROM the start the Japanese have not
concealed their sympathy for the revolu-
tionists. and the press has clamored for
their recognition as a belligerent State.
Abuse of Yuan has been "A feature Of all
the Japanese papers for some time.
Chlna's problem Is TO restore peace
and order without any trouble which
would necessitate foreign Intervention
which in the circumstance would have
to be japanese Intervention. A truce
has been arranged at the request Of
fuan's Generals. and 1t is being used TO
discuss terms. Tho .crux of the problem
seems to have become whether Yuan
will stay or not. The RcnubIic,n are
through with him, but he seems to be
the only man in China with prestige
enough to hold the army together.
The fate to - feared for china ~ the
central Government goes 70 n,eces 10
that the country will fail into a nurr.
Der OF separate military commands. Any
kind OF foreign intervention wound no
better than that. The Renublicans die.
like Yuan. but before expeiIipp him ,bey
have to make sure tha, thev can control
the loyalty of the army. Yuan. sunnos.
ing him ready 10 retire IN nr,va,s Iife
has to he sure tina, he 10 nor rs,Irl,g IN
exile or assassination
'hief Hope Tor China.
Tn, GREATEST hone ,.f, ,s IN. fac. ,ha,
the reyo,utionists arc nos,I, mon ~
character who are anima,ed ~. n,,rio,.
ism and seek tho real good NJ china
They do no, ask for Tho co,rnio,e s,,c.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
COL. EMERSON SUED FOR LIBEL
Action Due TO Charge Gerard Re.
veaIed Irish Revolt Plot,

BERLIN. via London. May 22.-As the
result OF AT article In the Continental
Times. a newspaper published in Ber-
lin in English. $, Seymour Il. Conger,
correspondent here Of the Associated
Press. has brought "A libel action against
Col. Edwin a. Emerson. another Amer
lean correspondent living here.
The article intimated that Ambassa-
dor Gerard and Conger had something
to do with the capture Of Sir Roger
Easement. In the article II is intjmated
that Mr.. Conger told MIR. Gerard of
the plans of Easement, and the AM
bassador cabled them to Washington,
from which place they were commune
Gated to the British.
MI. Conger denies that he had any
knowledge OF Easements plans or heard
OF the Irish trouble until two days after
its inception.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
AUSTRIANS LEAVING ALBANIA.
10000 soldiers Withdrawn In the
Last Three Weeks.

rARis. May CA despatch from
Athens TO the Mdtin quotes IA neutral
diplomat who has r~-r.nt'y returned
from Albania AS saying that in the last
three weeks the Austrians have with
drawn 10000 soldiers from Albania.
Only small detachments AS garrisons
for various captured towns have been
left. II is stated. For example. the
diplomat says. only 400 men have been
retained at Fera and 500 at Berat.
The bulk of the troops remaining in
Albania are now at DuraZzo. II Is
stated that one of the causes of this re-
treat is the impossihility OF keeping
the troops along the front in supplies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
GIVE EUROPE COTTON FIGURES.
~ 4s5.5O7 Bales Abroad 3sO,553
Are american

HPfffi' bfsp"tt" ~ 'NNr
PARIS, May 22.-The statistics con-
corning cotton on hand at various cities
in Europe are as follows:
At Havre. 294.i07 bales, OF which
26i. 953 bales are American: at Mar
settles. $4,000 bales. of which 100 are
American; at Barcelona. 1850. OF
which 42,500 are American: at Genoa,
l27. 900, of which 80. 600 are American.
The following figures are the esti-
mated number at other cities: At
Trieste. 1000 bales, Of which ESQ are
American; at Hamburg. $50. of which
$50 are American at Bremen. 1000. OF
which SOC are American. In all there
Is a total on han of is5,50I. of which
3S0.I53 are American.
The world visible supply Of cotton
on May ) WAS 3,s54.000 bales. compared
with 3,9s5.000 in 1914. The future
American harvest is reported as favor
able hut late.
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AZ SHIPS SUNK IN FEBRUARY.
Great Britain. with ~ Vessels,
Was the Heaviest Loser.

PARIS. May 22.-Thc Bureau Vertfds
has published statistics concerning losses
70 the various mercantile marines during
February on account of the war.
During the month forty-seven ships
of a total tonnage OF 1O5.232 were lost.
The loss of twenty-six ships Of a total
,onnage OF 5s.345 was due TO submarines.
two ships OF 1871 tonnage TO sub
marines or mines. nine ships OF 1915
tonnage to auxiliary cruisers and one II
$50 tons TO a Zeppelin.
England has been the greatest loser.
,wenty-seven Of her, ships OF a total ton
mage of $4,000 having been de-
stroyed. Other nations los, ships as fol-
lows France. seven, OF 25,ooo tonnage
Belgium. four. of $40 tonnage Rus
STA. two. Of +.los tonnage. and neutrals,
seven. OF 10000 tonnage.
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FOUR GERMAN SHIPS SUNK.
Russian Submarines Destroy Three
In the Baltic.

Special CaJie Despatch 10 TuE SrS
LoSpoN. May 22.-The Russian War
office announced to-day tina Russian sub
marines had unk three German steam
ships in the Baltic Sea.
Recently several German steamships
plying between German and Scandi-
nayian ports nave been reported tor
pedped.
The Poiitikcn is quoted by the Ex-
change Telegraph Company's Copen-
hagen correspondent as saying II is
thought that the German steamship
Worms. of t.42s tons. has been unk h
the Baltic by a submarine, The vessel
sailed from Sweden several days ago
for Germany and has not been heard
from since.
Another report states that the Swed-
ish steamship Rosalind Of s77 tons,
struck a mine last night nea Stock
holm and sank. The crew was saved.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
Turks to send TOwnshend and stan
to Sea Of MarmOra IsIand.

LONDON, May 22.-The American EN-.
bassy at Copenhagen. which IL looking
after British interests In Turkey. hai
sent word hat Gen. Townshend and
his stan. who surrendered ut Kut-el'
Amara. will be sent to nm island IN the
Sea of Marmora.
The official press bureau to-day Is
sued the following statement:
Ambassador Page states that the
American Embassy at Constantinople
has been Informed by the Ottoman
Government that Gen. Townshend and
his stan will be brought to Constanti-
nople and probably assigned to the
Island OF Prinkipo, where they will
he allowed full liberty. Most OF the
officers and men are still at Kut and
Bagdad. Some win - sent y Dsmas-
Gus.
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BRITISH FORCES ARE
NOW CLOSE TO KUT
Right Bank Of TigriS Is Prac.
tically Cleared Of
Turks.
special Gable Despatch 10 Tue SuS

LONDON. May 22.-The British Wal
Office to-day issued the following state.
lnent
Gen. Sir Percy Lake reports that
the right bank Of the Tigris Is clear
of the enemy as far as the Shatt-el-
Hal, except for small rear guards cover
ing a bridge over the Shatt-el-Hai. who
are 500 yards below It's junction. Our
main force on this bank has reached
the line of Magassis and Dujailah.
On the left bank the enemy Is re-
ported to be occupying the Sannayyat
position. The weather IL intensely hot,
there having been a trying tempera-
ture for the last few days OF over
100 degrees In the shade.
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GERMAN SUBMARINES BUSY.
Three Vessels sunk While Mines
10 In mage to Others.

LoNDoS, May 2e-The German .Ad-
miralty renewed its submarine campaign
to-day. The French steamship Langue-
doc, the Italian steamer Birmania and
the Italian bark Eruinia We're sunk.
The Languedoc was OF l,6i2 tons. the
Erminia OF l,5i4 tons and the Rirmania
OF l.2l5 tons. The Erminla sailed from
Savona on May II for Philadelphia.
The Greek steamship UNSATISFACTORY
neos. Of 1901 tons. is reported sunk.
The Danish steamer Carla, of 3l5 tons
has been SUM by "A mine of the south
ern coast OF sweden. The crew was
saved.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
$1,000 IN FIGHT TO
BUY FAT IN BERLIN
Notice Of 1000 Pounds for
Sale Draws ThrOng-
Famine in Munich.
Special Cable Despatch to THE suS.

ROTTERDAM. via London. May 22-
The authorities uf Berlin have issued
ar order allowing each person one-half
round Of meat weekly or one-half pound
OF fat.
According 10 a despatch from the Ger
man capital the information that IA Ber-
lin firm had 1000 pounds of fat for
sale resulted in 10000 would-be pur-
chasers surrounding the premises as soon
a. the doors were opened. The crowd.
tie despatch says, INDUCED in "A free for
all fight for fat.
Munich, according TO reports from
Bavaria, Is suffering from "A meat fam
inc. There is no immediate prospect Of
relief.
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DENY CYMRIC BOILERS BURST.
British Insist Liner Was Tor
pedOed without warning.
Special Cab,e Despatch 10 THE srS.

LONDON, May 22.-The British Ad.
miralty to-day issued the following
statement regarding the cause of the
sinking OF the White star liner Gym.
rte
\ German wseless message 10
Washington on Friday stated that ac-
cording to reports from Amsterdam
the crew OF the Cymric. who had arr
rived at Liverpool. stated that the
Cymric was sunk by an explosion OF
the boilers. The suggestion is en-
tirely unfounded. The Cymric was
torpedoed without any warning what
ever.
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sudan Tribesmen Defeat British.

BERLIN. via London, May 1.-THE
Overseas News Agency states that ac-
cording TO Constantinople dispatches a
British force in the province of Darfur.
in Anglo Egyptian Sudan. has been de-
feated by rebellious tr!besmen whom
they were sent to subdue. 1t is said that
two transports of British and Indian
troops were landed at Port Sudan or
the Red Sea.
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loNnoN, May :2.-The Copenhagen
correspondent OF the Exchange Tel..
c'aph Company states hat reports have
been received from Kalmar. Sweden, Of
Violent c~luuonading heard OF that place
~ the Baltic Sea last night. 1t is sug-
gN''"d mat a sea battle was taking
Place between the German and Russian
naval forces.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
BELGIAN QUEEN DECORATED.
Pres. PoincRrc Visits Front, Ger.
man AerOs Ratd District.

PARIS. May 22-President Poiucare
during a visit to the Belgian front con-
ferred the War Cross on Queen Eliza
beth OF Belgium. The honor is given
to her as an expression of the admira-
ton OF the French people FOR the mag
niiicent courage and untiring devotion
TO the wounded which she has never
ceased TO snow under the enemy's IRE
The Presidents visit to the front CO.
incided with the German %aeroplane raids
in the same district which the President
was visiting. President Poincare visited
the hospital at Dunkirk, where thos.
rounded by aeropldnc bombs earlier in
the day had been taken. lie presented
1000 francs ,s20o) to the families OF
the victims.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
VICTORIOUS PEACE
ONLY, SAYS BRAND
French Premier Dccisivcly
Answers Reported Ger
man Overtures.
MAY RE A NOTICE TO L. s.

pass. May 2?.-Premier BRAND in
an address delivered to-day TO the Rus
san officials and members Of the Duma
visiting France declared that France and
Russia became allies only to prevent a
European val and maintain peace.
IN speaking Of the coming peace. the
Premier said that 1t would come after
a decisive victory and would insure
srains, another world war. He spoke
o, the valian; defence Of the French
troops at verlun and predicted final VIC
tory for the Allies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
ALFONSO X A
To Propose Negotiations soon, Mad.
rid Papers Say,

MADRID. May 22.-King Alfonso NAV
take the initiative in proposing peace
regulations very soon. according 10 a
s'in'"nlent printed to-day by the Madrid
Idners.
' +, said that the King will first
'."l'rr y" ascertain the peace senti-
n"n' ~ each OF the warning countries.
-|I then, Il he thinks that conditions
. favorable. he will send to each OF
" capitals Of the belligerent nations
'vo spanish statesmen to make plans
~ a truce.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
FRENCH AGAIN IN
FORT DOUAUMONT


movements was checked by u FIRE
and cost the Germans heavy losses.
In the outskirts OF the village OF Vaux
"a small, operation executed this morn
ing put us In possession Of a German
trench. Al Les Eparges several Ger
man mines have been exploded. but
without causing damage to the French
position.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
RUSSIANS REPULsE GERMANS.
The Failure of Many Teuton At
tacka Reported.
Special cable Despatch to rar srS

P~ETRoGRAp. via London, May 22.-The
Russian War Office issued the following
official statement to-day:
Near Os,roff and north Of Lake Ma
roth on Saturday many German at
ttcks were repulsed. Southwest of
Lake Naroth our artillery dispersed
German troops,
Near k~ostiukhnovka and northwest
of C~zartoryisk the enemy was re-
pulsed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
TURKS CAPTURE MUCH BOOTY,
Win 400 Rinrs md 200. 900 Rounds
In Caucasus battle.

CoNsrANTINoPLE. via London, May 90
The official Turkish statement issued
to-day IL AS follows:
On the Irak tNiesopotamia) front
Capt. Schuetz has brought down his
third enemy aeroplane.
In the Caucasus our booty from
the latest battle Is 400 rifles and
100000 rounds OF ammunition and
other material.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
SAYS GERMANS BAR GERARD.
Lord Cecil Tells Commons Prison
ers Are III Treated.
speciaI CdbLe Despatch 10 Tue sus

LONDON, May GIN the House Of
Commons to-day Lord Robert Cecil.
Minister OF Blockade, declared that the
condition Of British prisoners working
in Industrial camps in Germany was un-
satisfactory.
The American Ambassador. he said,
was not permitted to visit some camps.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23

RoME. May 2c-Licut. Morrone has
been dangerously wounded while fighting
ir the Tyrol. He is the son OF Gen.
l aolo Morone. Italian Minister OF War.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
Identify Greek ship u boat Sank,

PARIS. May 22.--Despatches from
Toulon state that the Greek collier NJ.
ported sunk by an Austrian submarine
last Thursday was the Adamantlos Kor.
ais, of 1919 tons. She was on her way
from Genoa to Barry, Wales.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
Special Correspondence TO THy sr~.

10 " SVN.
TOXIC. April 19.-If China were any
country but China IL might be said that
the pub had broker in two. South
OF the fangtse only one province. Hun
nan, retains Il nominal loyalty to the
Pekin Government. Five OF the chief
provinces north OF the great river are
uisanected and are only kept in order
ny the presence of northern troops. To
reel or a string of unpr~onounceable
names would not instruct readers Of
THE SrN. but what the breakaway Of
the south means will be understood when
II is explained that not a single bank
ing. financial or mercantile institution
or China has It's head Office In the north.
In the south is all the machinery Of
the modern state In the north only an
a~ntiquated capital, an agricultural re-
Rion and a spiritless ~peasantry. All OF
the south Is anti-Yuan and most of the
north is wabbling. with "a pronounced
tendency to come down on the anti
Yuan side. To such a pass has the die
tator come who "A couple OF months ago
was Emperor-elect.
China being China, the cradle and
eternal home of compromise. II Is pos
sible that the south will not assert it's
power TO the full and that the north will
yield gracefully rather than fight to the
finish. II would not I've an easy propo-
sition in an country to get IN emperor
with an army to yield nor to persuade a
group OF excitable revulutionists that
they should accept a compromise. The
factor which helps IL the conviction that.
failing a compromise. Japan stands
ready to intervene.
Many Rumors Aaoat.
Last week Toxic was a ho,bed OF ru-
mors. severely censored to the outer
world. which suggested that the time
for Intervention had arrived. \ Japa-
nese newspaper declared that a Russo
Japanese agreement WAS abou to be
concluded under which Japan would re-
ceive "A free hand In China and the as
surance OF Russian assistance In the
event OF interference by a third Power.
The quid pro quo was Japan's aid TO
Russia in furnishing munitions up TO the
limit OF her manufacturing capacity and
her own defensive requirements. Her
manufacturing capacity is known. but no
one knows what her defensive require
ments are-in other words. no one knows
how many guns n rifles she retains
in reserve for her army OF a million
soldiers.
The Foreign Office denied the state
ment. but the denial did not bear the
name of the Foreign Minister. The next
day the Premier gave an interview In
which he said that Russia and Japan
were about TO enter on "A new relation
ship The private secretary cancelled
the interview on the ground that the
Premier's remarks had been enormously
reported. but did not specify in what
particular. and Count Okuma himself
made no statement.
Three days later came the nnounce
men, tina, the japanese bank had de-
,iGnaI 20 mag ny1r Ia the Dgkln tsOScru-
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Persian Cables at senders' Risk.

The Persian Administration advises
that private kilograms In code or
cipher language to or from Hamadan
and Kermanshah are accepted only ut
risk OF senders. Persia does not admit
any application for reimbursement OF
tolls.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
Queen of sweden Operated On.
Special Cdb.e Despatch { The Sun,

STOCKHOLM. via London. May ga
II WAS tonight that tho
Queen OF Sweden has been operated on
for ear trouble In Karlsruhe, Germany,
Her condition 10 repOrts1 10 b salts
factory.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
Austrian Forces Increased.

The communicate OF the General Stan,
issued early this morning, deals with
the Austrian forces deployed along the
Italian border, 1t says:
ION November Is the Austrians had in
their first line twenty divisions, OF nearly
800 battalions. OF this three divisions
defended the Trentino. The scarcity Of
troops was largely compensated by tn"
large quantity OF artillery and the value
of the positions the enemy occupied.
From November the Austrian troop
began increasing. ON March 10 the
arrivals Of new troops became more fire.
quent. new units being sent to the lower
Trentino. on May Is thirty-eight divi-
sions. about 500 battalions, were counted
along the front. The majority OF these
TROOPS came from the G~alician. Serbian
and Montenegrin fronts. sixteen divi-
sions were concentrated in the Trentino
and were destined to operate between the
Adigo and the Brenta, besides the old
troops who were also left on the spot.
These sixteen divisions include the
old troops OF the monarchy. all the
kaiserjager and Landschuetzen regi-
ments recruited in the Tyrol Mountains
and trained for mountain warfare. Be-
sides the Austrians concentrated on the
Trentino border all the available ar
tillery was taken from the Russian
border.
while II IL very difficult to state the
exact number OF batteries concentrated
between the Adige and the Brenta. we
can say that no fewer than $500 3
Founders are placed or the Lavarone
and Folgaria plateaus. with an mex
ha ustible supply OF ammunition.
From this 1t appears that the AUS
trian army Is making a mighty eror
against us. which we are facing with
the fullest confidence"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
Adigc Attack Checked.

The Italian night official statement
gives news of a fierce attack by the Aus
TRANS upon the Italian positions on the
left bank of the Adige. which followed
a heavy bombardment. The Italians re-
pulsed the attack and the Austrians suf-
fered heavy losses.
Along the res, OF the front the fgh.-
ing was mainly by artillery actions. for
which the Austrians have. II seems to tht
Italians. an inexhaustible supply of am
munition. No advances were held by
the .Austrians at any point.
The official statement is a. follows:
In the Tonale and Adamello zones
there have been small infantry en-
gagements favorable to US.
Between the Garda and the Adigc
rivers there were artillery actions and
small infantry attacks which were
repulsed.
Yesterday there was an intense
bombardment against our positions on
Sic left bank of The Adige. followed
by violent attacks which were COM
pletely repulsed with heavy losses to
the infantry Of the enemy.
Along the remaining front to Astico
nothing OF Importance has developed.
Retween the .Astico and Brenta, in
the Sugana Valley. the enemy contin-
uod his attacks yesterday. supported
by powerful artillery. against our ad-
vanced lines N the west valleys Of
Terra Astico, Dassa Maggie and
Campellc.
Between the Carnia and the lsonzo
there has been artillery activity which
was particularly intense In the upper
part OF the Nontfalcone zone. Enemy
aeroplanes dropped bombs in the La
garina Valley and at Carnia there
were some victims and slight damage.
This morning. during an aerial incur
sion into Portogruano, We brought
down an enemy aeroplane.