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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-05
DECEMBER IS
HEAVY MONTH
FOR WELFARE
Demands for Relief Vir-
tually Swamp Workers,
According to Report

The cold weather Of December
brought an abundance of calls for
assistance to the Fargo Public Well
fare, which virtually swamped the
workers, according TO the December
report of the association given out
today.
There were 40 calls for relief. 81
calls and Investigations Of cases, go
interviews in the offices, and 81 men
and women were provided with enI-
ployment.
The reports Of the visiting nursa
and the superintendent of the day
nursery show the usual activity
The report follows:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05
ID. WANTS
TIMES-DISPATCH
CLhSSlt'lED ADVERTISING
standardized ana indexed for Quick

is &c a line line h bnIiy
SIS IA ns FOR FOR % eSnsssS5iys i%ssrtiSas
s!inin,nm OF Iines i Is Moved. Insertions
Minimum charge 20 cents
Count worus TO the Inc and II lines to
nS@s sf, lhs 'arErs! 10 'x 2
yerusemcmt taken for less tham one inch
Acknowledgements With iarscr Ihsn 14-poin.
E2s: MIR %rs Sn,s borders 70, or hrPMen sci
i nSn;d TO anore rates and such aavsr-
Al. "i :, Tsseysd 70 r NJ
M Snlpn MN rsesays proper
NJ. &c. placed in The Too Late to Class.
TELEPHONE.
Telephone your Waal Ads. to Tho Times.
nSea'Sh %Yp S do s Shsn and }O SDsy l
hS taken At office rates.
hsr.ArioNS ioii I'D. WANT AIS.
:, l.'e t"!!"M '"t; es-n."ra!en lrancn ".
Want A4S sie accepted ~ lneim a, inc
reg '' ~ 't roG Gniin are f.Sia above
W We, n'.d Nm, rnarmasy. 2927 W. cary St:
Cnn,'ys $, Turner Druggist. ives, prouG.
K Maranl i,a.ri% r1a sur; S23s a.oxsr Ave
:. Il. l. kuokcr Drus store. .oul West si.tn
.ss DeS s's5s Ass AS Alien ana A Saes a 81
a,5 !9n pf"s P s,oe Go sso 81 4 n1n
."rnc; ttSi bra is! Sure ioi II H. rnI =;
G. V. IL, May * Bro. BROOK Ave aid Clay
E. rnrrant Drus Store. Fou,nec ana Eroad
co, FAST o. ,rorsunE STREET
TirrEle ETcE GO: slI 4. Broad St
Wallis Drug store. i'1th and Marshall
y i b baFTn' 100 ~ & 4 + t,'! s. s.
9, Richardson Drug store. col y. Seventeenth
i; II; ch;idrey. ~ y; Eighteenth ST,
G, turner's fharmncy. Twcnty-first and Main
Williams Pharmacy. Tweatv-n rn ana Mar
S",riInSssr Drug Co. Twen,y-;h!rd and
8. liord's Drug Store. Twenty ninth ana Q
Wood 6 Sehanf Drug Co. Twenty :th
G5a nT H S.s ss s9fs Us St
PARAMOUNT
FaFno'" p shsT,9ScY Iit 21fj sFmoun' Az.
Nedy's Drug store. %orth Ave.
s'eeFSs Di hiGi h'GGe; i'Y "a. NSE'a Ave
4. y: Costly < Co.; i4rv fhird Ave.
A. E oGnsan f'S sIo; aad i s,as #. nd
SOUTH RICHMOND.
:. Branch Office Times pa;eh. 1903 Hull
WooDl;ANp HEIGHTS;
Woodland Heights Pharmacy. siot Scmmes
Charles W. o sWaMsn ok Forest mn Avo
b. NJ Roberts, DRUG store. :eO4 Hull ST
J. A. Black. 2g EiGL Wi'i;. m sh,rr A..
Peoples Drug Store. 1900 Williamsburg
PETERSBURG
Times Disoutgh R-anch. 40 North Syca-
MGR" Street ohons Petersburg s:a
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05
STOCKS REAcT|0NARY
AND TRADING QUIET
Net Changes, However, Were Small,
and lew Issues Showed
Life.
MONEY RATES GO HIGHER
lrregularity in Market Caused by
Differences i'll Opinion on Letting
Japs Have free Hand i'll Sibcri"
aud TO Poor Bank Statement.
MONEY RATES GO HIGHER
ny nRoAuAN WALL.


NEW YORK. Aarca ii-si'ens were re-
ae;!onary to-nay. bu, trading Mas Guiet ai.u
net changes We're not iaryc i'aiawi.i. ior u
Products. international i'ai'er a:,d American !,
VITALITY. United States Steel WAS sold by
PROFESSIONALS. und at ore sine was Gown
The IRE sularity was due TO dine:cuccs OF
opinion over the wisdom ut lStiIpS ihe Iap-
\ The b.ux statement resulted in an .in';e,
diStc h"rn"n!nE u money rates 70 SUN ! III a..
brokers were compelled 4" pay VOL "o"Ne
per cent f"r :'inus: 49,,
!jc.liuE OF StudebllIcr was sase TO I've "a :
largely 4 report t:.at inc government haH
dccisiru u restrict ilc l!:oin; OF materiAi
20 be used in making passc"bsr a',S,A'n',,.a :.
ru:nor THAI !tudchs.ser has several thons.ita
cars icit nvcr from ast season that n;Gs>
I:rssteai tolp. .: tic unitrd states Rub
ecr Company. announced t'.at although the
sonSern S"rne,i - :! STARE @" ,,.. rs aS e.
prc:oi in the mcst iu;@.'". ine reason -
MA: suc!, ;a.sc wuriliHG onri:ni = iesGr"
The same ;hinS IS v1e Of Corn i'r"Iuctg
share on it, common *;och. , J.,
Str-aatr oil SOM. ci til" VS. oil stocks Is
oS" o la,%cs Tg.,, im.,.,ss :, snre thIt
ye!y little now competition viii lee had An3
the ola co"c":ns "ii Io the 'Np!"r.mE. -.
need io- :acIe oil Is argent. and the gov
c-rIncn. WAL ,;n U.".EthtaE rpSFihlC Y IL
ci;i;atc t:!c I;in-l"T iI O: new Netl, IN
,cEio.:S where t.r Tr0oict can he gotten
20 market.
NEW York. March i-Mcrcanrle parsr
s me e siXil-day Ti;iiiis on Sanis SAL;
commercial sixty day bills. st7lie; dcinanG
si..5,.: cables SAG 7-lf; ha: silver, ~
hus"y: abroad bonds. irregular Timc
81. months. bid call money, easier
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05
The Curb Market.

,NI.W IOEN. Narch i-lrrcgular Price
smanff.s marked the opening OK the outside
IN IN smaller y"inne Than for several days
Hast higher priced shares wcr. Uu!nt.r.
500 Aetna Explosives. 81. @gi,: 500 ,;h.v.
r92.ei ,Moi"'s Up z" III; $,t9J United Motors.
-"-s ~ :"is: lr1 tosdcn OIL. ~ q. ~, 500 FED :
crsi OF. - ftaSs: 1910 Metropolitan Pstrc-
.eum, li-l6N >. 25,cic Oklahoma, common.
nHhs; 100 Atlanta Oil. HOP: 600 Hi,:
LL.cGGe' 5-lGml'-: 100 Green Monster. i-Is
H. so JerGms Verde, l-idI@,: Gg'u
"a ~; ~" Success. ?"lo: 200 North amer!
IN $50 "" y mmu n"pcr' ?,rm:-.; loo United
on. 100 IL. 2i.0hl Okla hnmn on rGLa: -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05
RICHMOND LIVE STOCK MARKET
lSelcs ut Union Stock Ynrdsl

RcDort for I r...ai. Va. Mafch Z. 1913
,n Sh ,3 steers. l1,s q Il; medium to good.
ii998id; com mon TO fair. SIlD. Choice hcifers
TO i rnpa qs'F Choice cows, sesSis: medium
OYER 20 20 common TO fair. cGsI. Best
common 90 to fair. 5i?a6t. Bes, heavy bulls.
common TO fair. 10mi2 Hest heavv hots
isst so'H weiEh,. ls'; MI: .lishis. 100
vVos,a Su~s 6hu StaSs, ljI; II. Best sheep.
SSWi9; coninon to fair. GAS Best lambs
hVih: medium to good. l2l.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05

NEW YON't. Maron 4--ilaw Iur,-. s,oaNv
eentr!frSai. 6.G:.. rrol2sscs. nominal. -canc,l.
steady: cut loaf. SOS crushed n, mold 4.
T.ss. cubcs. so: ES%E ,s8pH.rcI g
,owapre,.. $50 fns r-auuiytsd ava da-nond
4. 80: contecii?ncis =. 1al; 81. 7S'
stead: Rio IS. sia santos &c. l.s
There was moderate iurupvr- ie cotton
oil to-day IN liquidation n 0ufytuuL!nr ION.
tracts March sold a 1850 AID Mag ~ a1ra
E'ina! S;as were unchanged 70 10 uoinis MT
mt out. Prime crude. 10 Tho marfcr
Gpy. 1890; July. 500
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05
CHICAGO LIVE s-oCU s,p.,r

CHICAGO. March 4.-lIoEs: receipts. 5000.
unsettled: bulk. Sls.s0arsi6So: light. ;,sis 10
N1co; mixed. si6.l56 si7ec: heavy. sls.7olD
ssiiGsGs; rough. :ls.NQsisN; pigs. ,l:7slp
CA,tls: Teceints. 600 wenk: native steers.
s,,oo'SSh Si'io. stockcrs and feeders s; ,ylgr
A9M .SSows and hcIfers, 1865 a siis
sheep: receipts. Il, coo firm: sheen s,n 10
Si1i9: lambs. siiC1G. $3.50 ''''' q
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS..


bs ME% YORK. March 4-Dry goods markets
prices yet reached worated dress Eoods
Wer: 1uiet.T on IN. primary market because
~ mat mills desired to sell mad been sold
bnFiaps were slotty on pus2ng market
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05
NEW YORK LIVE srocK MAnn1,r

Ne" YORK. March 4.-Bccvcs. steady;
sitoTSlo.25 -
calves lower: vcals. fHras $3.50: tons.
.Is'o calls. $1,000 .l3oo barnyard calves.
S','"' 800: yeariinss. $500 "a 500
H"eep and lambs. firm: sheep sScoSa $500
'aiMbs. SiS"2Gt $3.50; yearl!nrs. .iiooa.i45n
HoSs' steady at sl7.T5 G slsW: pigs. sl7 .25
q slT,5: roughs. $3.50
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05
BOND LIST

AN w5iging Paper SIS ................... S5i2
atlantic C0sst Line As Observation-Disclosures. SIN
e. LII. and y. col, 4s,.....;...;;.... y.
Chcsarcale and Ohio cv. 4i4s............. cot.
i.isEo!t and Myers IS ,................. S3it
I.oTi!ard rob Go. Is [bIdD .............. g.
Ecaboard Air Line adj. as................ .Gi1
srnboard Air Line stamped - taskedl.. .!i>
Southern Railway IS Observation-Disclosures. 81
I. s Rcsisiored .. l5&h (hidi. ..,...,,.. ~.
l.. s. Registered Sc. lalS (tlid) .-........ az
l. * Registered As l:2j tb!db ........... loias
Il 6 Liberty GUS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 80. ?S
u s. Liberty iSt Az Observation-Disclosures. @7.Ni
u S Liberty end a. Observation-Disclosures. aG.aS
United states steel is .........:........ 9S7.
Va. Brown Bros. c;fs CIV. Va taslicd) 4,
Ea.-Car. Chemical LIST IS ODD .......... ~
VR-CaT Chemical cv. Cs (bid) ........ o5':
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05
NAVAL STOKES
- NJ - OK fS.
! II. Ga. March 4-Tnrnentlnc

"a ASNAH. GA. March 4.-Turpentlne
I'm I'm: ", sairH, 3 casks: receipts. II casks:
Pmt,n H., CasEs; stock, .i.5js casks.
barrels shipments. i6i barrels: stock. !o4:;
hsFr res ,iuoie: 4. -: y: 7. g. IL. /, $50
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05
CMICAGO GKAIN MARKEr

today Influenced largely by scarcity OF good
Grades and by reports that the number OF
cars aN"iiah I" was inadequate TO meet rural
oeeds. Futures closed firm n tho same ~
@3tnrda!s finish 20 i.c higher. with March
~. : "NH May l.2ik. oats gained -.c n -,
:" ,.yN Sc. The outcome In provisions va
IN rom !3c decline to 80 advance.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05

Tho forwarding depots of this Com
pany at Richmond and South Rich
mond, Va, will he closed Tuesday.
March 9TH, and no freight to be for
"ardcd will be accepted from ship
pers on that date.
X. c. GARDEN. Agent,
Southern Railway Company.
ADV
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05
Under Peace Bond.

william Lfpscomb and Robcrt Mood
man, OF Highland Springs were pIac-
ca under peace bond OF $50 Tor six
Ho"'hs Yesterday morning. whc,, given
I. he2rnS before Magistrate H. W. Iar-
dy on the charge of using abusive law.
Suage calculating to disturb the 1eacc
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05
RAILROADS
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R. R.
TolnS from WaxhIn-tor ard bs,o,b-D,u,
Atlantic Coast Line

The Standard Railroad OF the south.
EFFECTiIE FEBRUARY II. IyiS
TRAINS LEAVE IllCI5iOND DAILY
For Florida aad south: S:20 A. al nnd
;. fGpr Norfolk: Cos a. ~. 500 A. NJ. 500
FOR y; ", Ry:, West: ego A. n.
900 r.. NJ. 5: 15 =. ST. H.
$50 = ~, 900 a. NJ. $50 A. ~. 500 T.
NJ. 100 r. NJ. ta:t5 r. n. 5.55 T. Al
o-lI u. NJ, S:35 L. M. go
f. -. ~"
Trains arrive R.chmond daily: goo A :,
63% ~ NJ. 80 A. NJ: $40 a. ~. 1870 A. ii
- NJ ~ NJ COS r. 81. 6:i5 T. ST..
Except sunday FSunday only
.ihe "i ARRIVAL ana departure and con.
5"ciiurS no, ::naranteed W"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05

Live poultry In good demand. No hens can
-" s9in or shinrcd. Egg market firm to-
iay. but receipts are increasing and outlook
!owSr Butter market steady. Other COM
hnditi"a about steady. with a good dema nd
which enables us TO clean no daily
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05
WCiMOND GHtIN MARI;I-r.
W hOIcsnlN NMmlMtLONn Oh Even un..c
EfCUNpSD HAY MARKET.
al

HAT-Car Iots ''''
No, I timothy .............. % q an
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05


vance s;o OF appros!maS!y = Her HaiG in The
r,sMing new high, ground ,fo,r ne aea9,om,.
SbSvc 'S saury E' Go S az AND IT, G M
closed hTn, AZ net anyfnSs 81 - TO q
of &c 10 ' e 'GGS urn % hE a
1Lyeruo9 cables, Lyerroo huyng ana a
t nr rm"rs Sow, 9 H- EoGa dg e r ,"
The Initial ngurSs, bu'' af;.r Griar u"rioi
Of hesi,h;!on, the market showed increaaing
Zf,sr ,he eiose OF, i;lvsrgooi lhs demand
enough nroh; taking 20 cause reactions of
10 ~ n9;n! Mr"E 'n qHs %f cr rne s s
light, The. aernar4 from domestic trade
months, and cbUpled with tho hulilsh aver
age OF tn, n"ws from the, goods markets.
inen;s rhtr. was also a renewal OF active
MaSGh saa STg a "a Els II y me 9 m
October 10 %o2S or g to g points net higher.
sVe Of ' ia> ' moSN d EG'H HaT TAI 10"
# y; #;:.: y: II: III. ..|
Spot cotton. steady: riddiimE. aaGo5
NGW yoRKE, March 4, Port r. movement,
i, T e. ;ode syoc ~ n pSraEe' receipts
Total To- we"i;,tN Net .ctciUtg. s,177 bales;
ey rS,; ISL bales, ,. ,,..,,.
80
bales: exports. 2,si..225 bales
KEW oRI.EAss. March New high
records, were mad" on both spotg aud CON
tracts in the cotton lnHvis"t here to-day as
the result OF buying wI.n which de-
welcomed on iN" Orcl. Ing AND mad not sucrt
Itself on IN" close h.Ea.st rrircs h.In!:
reached IN tie las, Few minutes o.: ,-sd-
ing. Hare the acti"c months were O., - -
Jo.ntS over Saturday last quotations The
s sTsn1 %ds IS po 10 to On UP ns
h;sh"&5 nr.tc ~ hall ,eu tU.v Nl:ran. a.
- best stood a "-G2. the hichsst u:ie.
efe- ro"t@d d" ne ioCa :na:'lcr. Tie hus M
wa2 " reSuirrton - ih' mo"nmrnt - last
'ion "f the "cot mari,rt. the ,hrca, b.
March lorEy that 'nrv would dntrsul cot.
ton FOR 'he.r contracts ana 'on'inuch IN
tatis!ac.nry' Won tf"r conditions uyrr Texas
l,t'Ia rain heinz Indicated IN that STAT. on
tho Weather nnT. Reports 81 farth-r 'rc-
EcaEtY throughout the aosetoT %rrvoug
shorts bought covers sIrsriN. Thor %Ar-
times wh-n or"rirrs a'uagort'v wr.. ron
ing chiefly from sn'isa-d longs
Spo, cotton. stead. IS points un S7'e-
or th- spo.. llfI bales, 70 a--lve i95;
bnieo
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05

hECHANlC--A- quito mechanic wants no.
Sitoa vt onC:. Best references Furnished
Nlrc y l.. AcrE,, Einpo-iu. "a
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05
\ AUTOMOBILES.
AUTOMOBILES EOU SALE

X i.iNE-For sale. Kline G-as, 1917 model.
prhcticaHy new. Al condition. A bar
Ea!a; capitol Motor Corporation. 3l3
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05

DRUG CLERK-wanteG FRS; -clan. perma-
iynt position FOR good man Answer
Win references. y man beyond DRAFT ago
preferred. Address Lurrl brothers. pa
E@tNI-!-.-W man 20 farm Good
orrorturiiy for man with small family
Plhce hear city. Apvly by letter J.
ion Eas, Gr7cn Street ' 80 ''
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05

NJ ECHANlCS - Wanted, 6
a-good automobile
mechanics; good wages;
ste a d y work; must be
good, CO m p e t G n t and
steady men with good ref
erences. Smith & Hicks,
Transfer and S forage,
Distributor Of White Mo
tor Trucks. Office and
Garage, 12-14-16 North
Fifteenth Street. Mad
ison o71-972-l7:.;.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05
~ 7T-I-II-l--
PURELY Personal.

VIII not be Responsible for any debts con
rac'ed otherwise than by myself:
=. G. CURRAE.
Will not bc Responsible for any debts con-
tractcd for other than myself
WILLIAM \
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05
RICHMOND rEOnrCE MARKET.
Z. Food hdn!nstrat int License No {; 1875,
(By q K Cur.i" = Goa
Richmond Va. Mach 1913
Live Poultry.

dor poultry should he Killed Crops II
Poultry should Lc ;hoGoG.hly empty a;
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05

USE DANIELS NEW AUTOMOBILES
OPEN closed cars. $50 per hour. Seven
passenger cars. SOD per hour. Phone
Boulevard 90 SOL.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-05
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
CARDS OI, THANKS.

CARD OF THANKS
wish to thank my friends for the Kindness
ana sympathy shown in my recent bcrcavc
mcnt.
T. ENCEI BERG
New-York tribune., 1918-07-30

Congress, at the time of the declara-
tion of war on Austria last December
and on several occasions since then.
In his address to Congress on Decem-
ber 5 the President said:
"rhe same logic (referring to the
recommendation of war against Aus
tria-H Hungary would lead also to a
declaration of war against Turkey and
Bulgaria. They also are the tools of
Germany. But they are mere tools
and do not yet stand in the direct path
of our necessary action. We shall go
wherever the necessities of this war
should go only where immediate and
practical considerations lead us and
not heed any others"
Confidential conferences between
Robert Lansing, Secretary of State,
and Senator Stone and Representa-
tive Flood convinced the congressman
Of the necessity Of Withholding action
when the news was considered in De-
ccmber.
Following the introduction of a res
olution by Senator King in April de-
manding war on Turkey, President Will
SON called him into conference, explain
ing his reasons for opposing the decla-
ration and inducing the Senator to
allow the matter to drop.
In May Secretary Lansing presented
to the Senate Foreign Relations Com
rittee new information or the rela-
tions between the United States and
Turkey, which moved Chairman Hitch
cock of the committee to say later that
war would not be recommended at that
time.
In June the fact was revealed tha.
Justice Brandeis. of the Supreme Court,
had been making a study, at the per
sonal invitation of President Wilson,
CT the whole question of Americas re-
!ations with Turkey with view to de-
termlnlng the attitude which these
United States should take toward that
nation. 1t was rumored that Co]onel
E. NJ House also was taking nart IN
this investigation. -
New-York tribune., 1918-07-30
in said. the figures stood $4,000 for
Ilatar nd ks lQQ fax 4La Ma II ox, iiats

lin said. the figures stood $4,000 for
Ulster and $4,000 for the Nationaiists
After the Nationalists had converted
Great Britain to Home Rule through
forty years Of constitutional action
they had been denied what they had
won, and the Sim Fein had been given
it's opportunity. The Nationalists, he
added now made the definite proposal
to the government that they put into
operation the principles President Will
son had declared the Allies were fight
ing for.
The government could get recruits
by establishing system of govern
ment in Ireland based on the peoples
will and intrustng recruiting to agents
Of the Irish Parliament. Secretary
Shortt, he declared, would no more sue
ceed with his policy than had his prede-
cessors.
Sir George H. Reid moved an amend
ment, gratefully acknowledg the
services Of the men of Irish birth or
descent in the Allied army, but deplor-
ing "the organized attempts made in
many parts of Ireland to prevent Irish
men from joining their English, Scot
tish and Welsh fellow citizens in de-
fence of the liberties enjoyed by all
the free nations and securing the
emancipation of oppressed nationali-
ties"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-30

on January q, 1913 gave out what was
believed at that time to be an indica-
ton that Turkeys allegiance to the
Kaiser actually had begun to waver.
IN referring to the victory of the Brit
lsh over the Turk naval forces of the
Dardanelles, in which the former Ger
man warships Breslau and Goeben were
severely damaged, Mr.. Baker said that
the victory was one of especial mill
tary lmportance' and intimated that
the passing of German domination at
Constantlnople with the destruction of
these two major fighting ships would
mean in large measure the freeing Of
the Turks from German bondage Later
1T was reported the Goeben had again
been put in commission.
Announcement was made some time
ago that Germany and Turkey were in
not dispute over the disposition of
Russia's Black Sea feet. Talaat Pacha.
the Turkish Grand Vizier, replying to
deputations from the Turkish NAVY
League. which pointed out that Turkey
had an incontestable claim to the fleet
said negotiations were proceeding be-
tween Germany and Russia for the
handing over Of the fleet to Germany.
but that the Turkish government had
taken energetic actions with a view to
acquiring it,
Turkeys ambitions in the Black Sea
littoral and in the Caucasus recently
were attacked by the pan German Ber-
I'm newspaper "Kreuz -Zeitung."
"Turkey's idea," said the newspaper
seems to be to gain a dominating DO
sition in the Black Sea, making the
pan Turkish idea paramount there and
creating in the Caucasus strong ram
part between Turkey and Russia Hence
Germany's policy is confronted with
difficult tasks"
-, Turkey has by conquest subjugated
the Caucasian provinces of Ervan.
kars and Batum, which were ceded to
her by Russia under the treaty Of
Brest-Litovsk, and has more recently
made peace with the Ciscaucasian and
Transcaucasian governments
New-York tribune., 1918-07-30

broken with Germany, and has nego-
tated to a successful conclusion with
Great Britain, it may we'll be, it is
pointed out. that Great Britain has
made concessions to the Ottomans
which will be very much better thar.
anything Turkey could hope for or the
assumption that Germany is to be
finally beaten.
Turkey has had two tastes of Ger
man medicine in the recent past. While
she got a share Of the Russian spoils,
it was very small share, and not at
all what she was asking. She was given
territory up in the Caucasus, which is
out of the worlds trade routes. while
the Crimea, which she ardently desired,
was refused her by Germany. The
Huns also refused Turkeys demands
for the Black Sea fleet, seizing that for
themselves. Further, Germany failed
to bring pressure to bear on Bulgaria
to force that country to re-cede to
Turkey a portion of the territory taken
from Turkey in the Balkan wars.
1t may be, officials mere point out,
that Turkey, given hint of what may
be the final disposition of Germany
toward her allies, when she is beaten
herself, decided that there was no valid
reason why Turkey should remain in
the war, staving off Germany's final de-
feat, when by concessions which might
be much easier on both her pride and
territory than those which she might
be forced to make later on she can OBJ
tain peace.
The advantage of getting Turkey out
or the war would be SO tremendous
that the gain through a more complete
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Turkish Empire
in Asia might be foregone. To this
must be added the fact that peace
by negotiations by Great Britain and
turkey would mean that Britain would
nave free hand in Persia, where she
has long shared spheres of influence
with the late Russian Empire.
Would Release Greek Army
Also, the menace of the Berlin-to-
bagdad railway would be removed for
ever. With Turkey definitely out of
the sphere of German influence, the
route OF this railroad would have to
be shifted by GERMANY around the far
end of the Black or the Caspian sea.
through Russia, a shift which one
look at the map shows to be very i'm
practical, so far as linking Germany
to the East is concerned.
AS to the effect of Turkeys move. If
IT really has been made, on the war
Itself, superlatives are necessary to
snow Its Importance. In the first
place, 1T is pointed out that this means
the CONTINUATION of what has grown
to be belief that Germany is unable
longer to furnish any more military
supplies than she needs for her own
necessities. 1t would mean that she
did not have the force to spare with
which to put down this move by the
Turks. 1t would mean that her mill
tary power has begun to wane rapidly.
The Greek army, which has been un-
der organization without active mill
tary participation in the war. would be
released for operation against Bulgaria,
if Bulgaria. indeed, did not decide to
follow in Turkeys footsteps and con-
clude separate peace.
Turkeys action, it, is further pointed
out, would have tremendous effect in
Austria, where it might readily fan the
resentment against Germany into an
active revolt which would result in
leaving Germany to battle with the
Allies alone.