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was the first of the Balkan states to
do 1t. War-stricken Serbia followed.
SO it happens that the two great Slav
states now have diplomatic repre-
sentatfves in Washington. A vague in
timation is made that something might
be accomplished through negotiations
here which would enable them to agree
on a future policy. The obstacle Is
the lack Of any evidence that the Bull
garian minister is backed by the Bull
garian government.
X y
Under the policy adopted by Presi-
dent Wilson. in which the American
people acquiesce. the point has not
yet been reached where. because the
United States Is at war with Germany,
a declaration Of war against Germany's
allies also is thought necessary. and
Congress has not been asked to de-
clare q state of war with Bulgaria.
Physically, there could be no war be-
tween the United States and Bulgaria.
but the state Of war could be declared
and the Bulgarian minister sent home.
The unitsd vnnn has no minister dim IN
lomatic representative to all the Bal
kan states, but since the war opened
his presence has been confined to Ru-
mania. He Is now at Jassy to which
the Rumanl6n government removed oe-
for the German troops took Bucharest.
The continued presence of the Bull
sarian minister in Washington affords
q basis Of diplomatic Intercourse
which later may develop into definite
propositions. But the President Is not
likely to entertain proposals for a Bull
garian peace unless 1t should be the
kind Of q peace that will be satisfac-
tory to the allies. That would mean
that II Bulgaria wants peace her first
move should be to withdraw from the
tria. So far as the United states is
concerned, encouragement might be
given to Bulgaria without committing
this country to the solution Of the
Balkan puxzle. which IL involved in
the remakinE Of the map Of Europe
that must follow the great war.
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Of Greece's importance to the allies
that England's proffer Of Cyprus was
rejected.
1t seemed as though Bulgaria's op-
portunity to even up the score with
Greece lay in aligning herself openly
ability 1t did lie there. but German in
f1uence proved too strong. Whether
British diplomacy blundered as badly
in Bulgaria as elsewhere in the near
east. as has been asserted, may become
q question for controversial historians
to bad diplomacy by the entente allies
or to other redsons. Bulgaria allied
herself with Germany and with her
old enemy. Turkey.
A German loan of $1o0,ooo.000 was
the visible evidence of the alliance,
but back of this was the undoubted
promise of Germany to restore at least
garian statesmen would not expect
Turkey to yield what she had got
back as a consequence Of the second
Balkan war. but Macedonia. and prob
ably the territory taken by Rumania,
doubtless was included in the bargain.
both in Rumania and Greece at that
time, and since both of those coun-
tries then were neutral, one of the dis
closures Of the future may be what
Germany also promised them.
In the first stages Of her entrance into
the war, Bulgaria, through her army.
was able to be Of some military serv-
ice to the central powers. She was also
of service to her own aspirations In
reoccupying the Macedonian territory
that had been taken from her under
the treaty of Bucharest Nevertheless.
there have been many reports that the
Bulgarians were tired Of the war, and
especially tired Of the German mill
tary overlordship.
Authenticated reports have been made
Of the desertions Of large numbers Of
Bulgarian troops: that Bulgaria was
control, and that her Statesmen viewed
with uneasiness the state Of future vas.
salage which 10 inevitable should Ger
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

MISS DULCIE FROM DIXIE. By Lulah
Ragsdale. Frontispiece by C. H.
Tafts. New York: D. Appleton &.
IN THE GARDEN OF DELIGHT. BY
L. H. Hammond, author of ''The
Master-W Word" etc. New York:
Thomas Y. Croweu Company.
THE PoWERHoUsE. By John Buchan,
author of The Thirty-nine Steps,"
etc New York: George H. Doran
Company.
RIMRocK JONES. BY Dane Coolidge.
lustrations by George w. Gage.
New York: w. J. Watt & Co.
SEA PLUMBER. By H. de We're STAG
poole, author of The Gold Trail"
etc. New York: John Lane Company.
THE HORNETS NEST. By Mrs Will
son Woodrow. With illustrations
by Paul Stair. Boston: Little.
Brown 6 Co.
JAP HEBRON, A Novel Written From
the Ouita Board. With an intro
duction, 1.-The Coming Of Jap Her,
rom" New York: Mitchell Kenner-
ley.
SALT OF THE EARTH. By Mrs. Al
fred Sidgwick. New York: W. J.
Watt & Co.
MIR. CUSHING AND MILE. DU CHAs.
TEL. BY Frances Rumsey. New
York: John Lane Company.
FOOL DIVINE. BY G. B. Lancaster,
author of THE LawBringers." etc.
New York: George H. Doran Com
pany.
sILVERHEELS. BY Gabrielle e. Jack
son. author of capt. Polly" etc.
New York: George H. Doran Com
pany.
CONTEMPORARY DR. AM ATS TsS
SERIES THE SORCERESS, A
Drama I'm Five Acts. BY victorien
Eardou, authorised translation from
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other consideration. until 1t closes in
an illumination of complete success.
just as an adventure should. Peter
Kyne appears to be on pretty familiar
terms with Mexico and Its people. He
stands right next to the way the Mex
leans have of doing business and pur-
suing pleasure, next to their political
vagaries and their short shrifts toward
revolutionizing. ALI Of these local idio-
syncrasies he works deftly and con-
vincingly into this rapid transit adven-
ture Of life in that kaleidoscope land.
PEGGY OF ROUNDABOUT LANE.
By Edna. Turpin, author Of Happy
Acres" etc. Illustrated by Alice
Beard. New York: The Macmillan
Company.
A book for girls by writer who is
unmistakably ON terms Of intimacy
with the girl family. The Galatians
Miss Turpin has allowed US to meet
the Galatians before-supply the chief
figure here in Peggy Callahan. And
one comes across other old acquaint-
ances-Annie Lewis. and some Of the
Happy Acres" folks. Peggy Callahan
is a host in herself. a little whirlwind
Of activity-keeping house, taking care
Of sick mother. working like a Turk
at her lessons. and able to whip gen.
orally messed-up things into shipshape
in no time at all. Being Just a little
girl. she is able to make play Of some
of this grown-up business. And one is
delighted to find out that, along toward
the end Of the story, some things do be-
gin to come Peggy Callahan's way. 1t
would be too unutterably bad to have
no real childhood at all for this worth
while girl. The story develops over in
Georgetown. the west end Of Washing
ton. with the public school. and the
Callahan family as the medium of Peg
gy's activity. A bright story, filled
with the stirring projects OF a group Of
busy children, with the stout-hearted
Peggy at the heart OF its many ad-
ventures
DESTINY, A New Thought Novel. By
Julia Seton. NJ. D. New York: Ed
ward J. Clode.
This novel fs designed to deliver a
message-the message, one concludes,
that thought transcends matter: that
spiritual planes are reached through
the power that one achieves over the
mere circumstances Of time and place.
The medium of this doctrine is a story
Of love-of circumvented love-whose di-
verted tide sweeps the heroine into a
realm Of peace lying above the common
vehicle mars the passage OF this de-
liverance, leaving the reader pleased
enough with the story, but a trif1e be-
wildered as to what he is expected to
gather out Of it. The authors own We
hement conviction has had q tendency
to make her incoherent-to make her
thesis unseizable.
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and story hours for children showing
the need for and method Of saving are
ia be arranged. All exhibitions and bull
1etin boards are to be kept up-to-date.
With the exception Of the Public
Library Of Washington. the plan of
library publicity Is still in the embryo.
At Washington, however, an exhibition
which occupies the whole fine arts sec
ton Of the library is now going on. One
case shows the need Of the allies for
wheat and flour. On the walls and in
the cases posters are displayed bearing
striking mottos and facts regarding food
conservation. The colors in the posters
are beautiful and the subjects most ap-
propriate.
One particularly good picture is that
Of girl stirring a bowl Of corn meal.
The Inscription reads: ''If you cannot
be soldier in the trenches be a soldier
in the kitchen and at the table" Numer-
Gus bulletins of food facts are on dis
play and may be obtained at the library.
and the whole collection is generally in
structive and interesting. The Takoma
branch library has also done a large
share of exhibition work, most Of which
was material produced by the efforts
Of girls and boys under fifteen. During
the summer a drying machine was in
stalled in the branch library, and was
used to dry most Of the vegetables
raised in the community. So far. under
the able leadership Of DR.. George F.
Bowerman, and with the splendid CO.
operation Of the Twentieth Century
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The HeckIer.
vEyuLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN -
W In . temperance address IN K>u

vEyuLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN enaR
W In . temperance address IN K>n.
kakee:
I'VE temperance people should malso
no rabid, exaggeratsd or false ela3mA
With the truth We can win and 0AaSlY
win. Inaccuracies only harm M.
"a Temperance lecturer 0noo Eu1o1
up his hair and roared:
EVERY glass Of beer, . man 0Sau1D
shortens his life one week
Question: shouted stout eo0e
faced chap In the gallery. pueotso0r
"'Well what's your question ff3eoAp
said the lecturer.
".Did understand you to ~. GeA
that every glass Of beer . maA fa1na6
shortens his life q week
"sThats what said. WAyr
"'Oh, nothing said the 0tout A1AA
only I've been doing . little 0e0t3
arithmetic, and ] ind ought - hNNA
BEEN dead ESQ ysass agose
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The Funny Germans.

~ov. ARTHUR cAPPER Of Kansoo
VI was talking about 0ermanys -
ply to the papal peace note.
The kaiser's claim that he's alWayo
been an angel OF peace" he sald, -
the funniest thing In modern hi0tes1s
The kaiser, who's been all his life the
bully and blur Of Europe. to caIl hin~
self now q peace ansell
Those Germans are the funniest.
naivest people going. A man once said
to a German barber:
"Can you really recommend this
hair growerr
Tho German barber answered: Yen
%hat Vi. 'fa head q nsi9 rrs so, M Ssa
he removed his hair, for II was viz.
and added, And now look how bald
was before began using it?"
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acted promptly and the second Balkan
was was on. The first had been against
Turkey; the second Was in the interest
Of Turkey. since it divided the allies.
The Bulgarian army was unable to
withstand the combined attacks of the
Grecian and Serbian armies. When
the day was darkest for Bulgaria,
Rumania. her neighbor to the north.
took advantage OF the situation, and,
by mobilizing her troops. was able to
possess herself of a large section of
Bulgarian territory fronting the Black
sea. Rumania's action was as cynically
selfish as had been Russia's a generation
earlier in taking to herself the rich
portion of Rumanian territory known
as BeSsarabia.
Attacked on all sides, Bulgaria was
compelled to sue for peace. Her hu-
initiation was accentuated in the treaty
of Bucharest. While She still retained
a part Of Macedonia. she lost nearly
everything that had been gained in
the first Balkan war. Even Turkey
got back some Of the territory which
had been yielded to Bulgaria. The his
toric hatred between the Bulgars and
the Greeks was deepened by the re-
suits Of this war. for Greece obtained
virtually all that she coveted. and much
that Bulgaria desired.
After the treaty of Bucharest some
effort was made to rehabilitate Bull.
garia industrially. French capital went
into the country under favorable con-
ditions. and some peaceful progress
was made. Agriculture, which is the
leading industry. began to revive.
Though the population had been re-
duced through the war losses. there
was still a compact nationality. Ap-
parently there was nothing for Bull
garia to do but to accept the inevita-
BILE. At least. there was no chance Of
making further war. No concealment
was made. however, Of the real feeling
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the French by Charles A. weisesse,
with an introduction by the tranos
lator. Boston: Richard q. Badger.
MORE POWER TO YOU, F1fty mn.
torials from Every Week. By Bruce
Barton. New York: The Century
Company.
THE CINEMA MURDERS A N0vel BY
E. Phillips Oppenheim. With 'front.'
ispiece by II. Weston Taylor. Bos.
ton: Little. Brown & Co.
SUNNY SLOPES. By Ethel Hueston.
author of Prudence Of the Par.
sonage." etc. Illustrated BY Arthur
William Brown. Indianapolis
Bobbs-Merrill Company.
THE BROKEN GATE, A Novel BY
Emerson Hough. author OF The
Man Next Door," etc. illustrated
by NJ. Leone Bracker. New York;
D. Appleton q Co.
KELLY OF THE FOREIGN LEoIoNp
Letters Of LeEienAairs R1ssau ~
Kelly. To which L. AaasA an M.
toFfcal Sketch Of the Foreign LSg1oos
New York: Mitchell Kennssisy.
THE BRITISH NAVY AT WAR. By ~
University Of Glasgow. Bogeo0S
Houghton Min1in Company.
THE wAYsIDE FLOWERS OF SUN.
MERs A Study Of the C0nspie0o1s
Herbaceous Plants BlooniAg UpsA
Our Northern Roadsides During The
Months Of July and August. By
Harriet L. Keeler. Illustrated BY
Mary Kefter. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons
THE WAR AGAINST WAR; ADA tAe
Enforcement Of Peace. BY Prof.
Christen Collin. Christiania Unis
versity. With an Introduction BY
William Archer. London: MAcmi1.
Ian & Co.. Ltd.
GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS. -
Olive Hyde Foster, author Of Cooke
cry for Little Girls" etc. New
York: Dufield & Co.
AMERICAN SOCIAL PR0oRDse
sERIES-THE CITY WoRKEAso
WORLD, In America. BY Mary
Kingsbury Simkhovitch, director Of
Greenwich House. New York: The
Macmillan Company.
THE JUNIOR PLATTsBURG MANUAL,
BY e. B. Carey. captain, y. & In.
fantry. and o. o. Ellis. captain. q. 8
Infantry. With more than $50 ils
Illustrations. New York: The Cone
tury Company.
THE BATTLE OF THE sOMNE Dy
John Buchan. author OF Green.
MANTLE" etc. With maps and illus.
trations. New York: George q.
Doran Company.
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The Sarcastic Critic.

~ ARL VAN vECHTEN. q New Yeek
" music critic. said. at dinner:
1.-THE average opera-gosr u Of Nrs. A..
torbilt's type. When Mrs. Astorbilt -.
turned from the opera the other evening.
her husband said:
Been to the opera. sh7 What did yeu
hear"
what didn't hearr said Mrs. Astue.
bilt. 7 heard that young Junior ehA6d
is pleading for exemption on the ground
Of having dependents, for Il seems hlD
millionaire wife depends on him. ! heard
that Cortland and Bleecker Ruthven got
drunk last night at q pAcifist banquet, and
q cop ran them In; ! heard that co,,at
Falcon Is no count ut all. and % LIOkt2
Golde has thrown him over. heard@
but said Mr.. Astorbilt, Out
Don't interrupt me- said his Wtfo. z
thought you wanted to know what I
heard?'
$50 do, but
well, heard
"'No. no' said Astorbtlt, impatisut1R.
What wanted to know was. what opesS
you heard
Oh said Mrs. AstoFbilt. a. shs began
to undress. 7 don't REMAINDER. Let n
see|I saw the name on the peuS1aRa
but, no. don't remember"
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Club, the Washington Public AbraSy ~
proved very successfully the posoiee1ls
ties Of such an institution for aiding ehao
work Of food conservation, ana the noxe
few months will witness the adoption Of
the plan in at least the majority OF
libraries over the country.
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ULGARIA'S peace attitude is the
u latest aspect OF the Balkan puz-
~ Gle. The Balkans always are
~ nresentinr a puzzle whether in
Evening star., 1917-11-04

F THE total 100 units of food
produced in the United States
seventy units are needed for
home consumption. AS the
Evening star., 1917-11-04

When Billy Geary. down in Mexico.
cabled for the wherewithal to develop
his Mexican mining claim Stuart Web
ster betook himself and the where
withal for this adventure straight into
Mexico in hot haste for the succor of
Billy Geary. From this point OF de-
that allows no stops for meals nor any
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-16
ESPICnPAT, SYNOD
 WILL OPEN TODAY

Little Rock, Jan. 15.-Everything is in readiness for what promises to be enc of the most notable church gath erings in the Southwest when the pro- vincial synod of the Episcopal church meets here tomorrow. Bishop Futile of St. Louis will be the celebrant of the holy communion and will preside. The Rt. Rev. w. T. Capers, bishop of West Texas, will conduct the op- ening sermon.
 Following a luncheon in the Y. M. c. A., addresses of welcome will be made by Governor Brough, Mayor Fay Tor, the Rev. Sam Campbell, president of the Little Rock Ministerial alliance, and w. B. Smith. president of the Lit tie Rock board of commerce.
 After organization the afternoon will be devoted to addresses and discus sions on religious education, under the leadership of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Wise of Kansas. The Rev. U. k. Gard iner of New York, secretary of the general beard of religious education will deliver an. address in the evening on Religion and the Home," after which there will be an informal re, ception to visitors and guests.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-16
5. ]. M'CARRA BUYS
 ]. \. CRAWLEY STORE
Receiver Claud Clegg Authorized to Accept Offer for Stock, Accounts
 and Fixtures.

Claud Clegg, received in the suit Of Mrs. Frankie c. Farrar vs. ]. Ii. CraWley, filed 2 report yesterday with Ju ge John M. Elliott, and was all ohHriAed to sell the stock, bills receiv able and fixtures to s. J. McCarra who had offered SG11.93. MT. Cleee recommended acceptance of the offer
 The receivers inventory showed nerqhandise of S491 60. bills receiv able Of s215,09, and fixtures worth S349.1o. The receiver reported havine made sales aggregating S225.73. leav- ing assets valued at $611.93, and rec commended acceptance of the McCarra Offer because of expense of disposine of The goods at retail
 Recelvership proceedings were in stlluted last week by Mrs. Farrar wh sued to recover S9G0 claimed to be que cn notes, and for $20o the amounr oH note executed by Crawley, and "hlGh she expects to pay as endorser
 D. H. Well filed an intervention de clarlng CraWley to be indebted tc him for $50, the amount of ten. day lean granted on Nov. 30. 1916, and which, he alleges, C;,,'v:ny has moi raid.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-16
THE TEST THAT TELL \ Is the Test of Time. Many Pine Bluff
 People Have Made This Test.

Years ago this Pine Bluff cit zen told in a public statement, the bane- fit derived from Doan's Kidney Pills. The statement is now confirmed the Testimony complete. Instances like this are numerous. They doubly rrove Che merit of Doan's Kidney Pills. Can any ne Bluff reader de- mand more convincing proof? It's Pine Bluff testimony-ir may be in- vestigated.
 F. P. King, salesman, 160 w. 18th St., Pine Bluff, says: My kidneys didn't act as they should and l had backaches and pains through my Joins. Doans K dney Pills fixed my kidneys up in good shape and remove the backache and pain." Statement given arch 31, 1911)
 OVER TWO YEARS LATER, Mir King said: "I haven't felt in need 0: a kidney medicine since I used Doan's Kidney Pills about four years as ! for have been practically free fl on kidney weakness"
 'Pr ce soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's l.lLaey Pills-the same that MT. King has twice publicly recom- mended Foster-Milburn CO.,, Props. Euf''t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-16
[. E. SECRETARY TO
 SPEAK HERE TONIGHT
Carl Lehman Will Discuss ''Endeav0r Work and Study'' at First
 Christian Church.

Carl Lehman of Birmingham, Ala, field secretary for the Southern states fo rthe Christian Endeavor societies, will arrive in Pine Bluff this after noon, and will deliver an address this evening at the First Christian church at 7:30 o'clock on practical "Endeavor Work and Study"
 Arrangements for the coming of MT. Lehman and for this talk by him we're completed by the Pine Bluff Christian Endeavor union some time ago. and it is expected there will be large gathering of the members of the local societies and others to hear MT. Lehman.
 The Christian Endeavor union, at it's regular meeting Sunday evening. at the First Christian church, elected the following officers to serve during the ensuing year:
 Fred Hogenson, Christian church, president; Miss Willie May Toney, First Presbyterian church. secretary treasurer; Miss Emma O'Donnell Christian church, corresponding sec- retary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-16
PINE BLUFF MEN ON
 ROAD MEET PROGRAM
Maj. W. U. ParkCs and Judge James Gould to Address State COnyen-
 tiOn at Little Rock.

Mai w. J. Parkes, county road en- gineer. in paper on That Road; Now That You Have It. What Are You Going to Do With It." and Judge James Gould, in a paper on Are Inn proved Roads an Asset or a Liability to the Property That Is Taxed?" are the two Pine Bluff men who will take part in the program features of the annual convention of the Arkansas Good Roads and Drainage association. day. ,I,
 An attendance of about 1,GOO dele gates from all sections of the state is expected at the meeting, as mat ters of more than ordinary import ance, especially at this time, when the legislature is in session, are to be dis Cussed.
 President H. |. Holderness, of the chamber of commerce has appointed the following delegates to represent that organization: fe~sas e
 Judge w. T. Woodbridge. chairman S. H. Russell, .. A. I.inaker. Dr. 0. wv. Clark. Dave Well. Tom L, Brum- melt, Creed Caldwell I. F. Magee z. A. Newton and D. B. Niven. County Judge L. E. Cheek has named the following delegates, who will represent Jefferson county at the conventions:
 Maj. w. J. Parkes, Hugh Humph- reys. Clayton Gould, J. H. Pilkington A. F. McNeil, J. M. Henry, R. H. Will Hams, c. M. Nichol. F. M Reeves, J R. Parsons, T. E. Gulledge, C. w Butts, George H. Adams, Fl. l. Holder ness. Simon Bloom, w. w. Taylor W G. Key Peter Winter, w. w. West B. L. Wiley, E. B. Stokes, E. B Bloom, Creed Caldwell, D. B. Niven I. F. Magee, c. A. Newton. R. carna. han, E. w. Freeman, w. N. Bridges J. M. Barrett, John w. Gibson, Jr. D. E. Tucker and T. M. Phillips.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-16
NEW SCHEDULE FOR.
 TWO MOVIE HOUSES

O. c. Hauber, owner and manager of the Hauber and A Muse U theatres made an announcement last night which he thinks will be pleasing to moving picture theatre patrons of Pine Bluff, as it will give them op- portunity to drop in" at the Hauber at any time and see the whole per formanqe," and will provi1e better afternoon program MT. Hauber's plan is this:
 The AMuse-U program will be com hined with the Hauber program iN the afternoon ard exhibited at the Haube at the same price of admission, the A Muse-U remaining closed until 6:30 D. n1., except on Saturdays, when the usual afternoon matinee will be given at the A-Muse~. The Hauber will open at i D. m. and give continuous performance, closing at 10:30 p. m, The A -muse~U will open at 6:30 every evening, except Saturday. when it will operate as now-matinee from 1 to ! evening from 6:30 to 19:30.
 By this arrangement, MT. Haubel points out the hours ot labor of the ope. ators and cashiers are decreased while the "show hours" are increased by three. He believes everybody will be pleased.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-16
WAR SUMMARY
Associated Press Summa

Associated Press Summary
 The Russian offensive in the Riga region having abated to such small propol tions that neither the German nor Russian communications deal with it, Rumania continues to the only theatre where vigorous operations are in progress, altho there are indica- tions of the possibilities of another biz battle on the Macedonian front in the near future.
 There have been engagements in Mesopatamia with both Turks and British claiming the advantage.
 The Teutonic allies now are in full control of Vadenia. six miles south west of Galatz, and Galetz is unde, fire of the Bulgarian artillery. After the occupation of Vadina, which was the last town south of the Sereth held by the Russians and Rumanians, tae Russians made vigorous attempt to 'dislodge the invaders, but were put down by the Turks.
 ', Further attempts by Germany te bring about peace have been arred bs the reply of the entente allies te President Wilson's note, in the opin. ion of Dr. Alfred Zimmerman, German foreign minister.