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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-21
LIVE STOCK PRICES
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 21-Hogs =
Receipts, 5000; lower.
Cattle-Receipts, 1900; higher.

INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 21-Hogs -
Receipts, 5000; lower.
Cattle-Receipts, 1900; higher.
Calves-Receipts. 500 steady.
Sheep-Receipts. $50; steady.
Steers-PI ne Gov. -ed steers. 800
and up, s17O061S.75; good to choice
steers, 1900 and up. $3.50 q Il 25
good to choice steers. 1850 to 1900.
$15.00G16.00; good to choice steers,
soc to 1000 lbs, $4,000 1900; fair to
medium yearliIgs, S9.75@l2.O0.
Heifers and Cows-Good to choice
heifers, S11504 14.0G; common to fair
heifers, IS 00G10.00; good to choice
COWS. $10.0O612.00; fair to medium,
S10.254l125; Gamers and cutters,
$6.50@ $50.
Bulls and Calves-->;ood to prime eS
port bulls. $11.50; hood to choice
butcher bulls, 1926 q $11.O0: COM
mon to fair bulls, $500 q 800;
common to best veal calves SHOT,;
common to best heavy calves,
s7O091200: stock calves, $50 to 45Y
pounds, $10Q1150; good to choice
Nights, sl6.1v0 1915.
Stockers and Feeding Cattle-Good
to choice steers. 700 pounds and up.
sl1.00Q1200; common to fair steers.
under 700 pounds. $1,000 HOO; good
TO choice steers. under 100 pounds,
s1100@12.00; common to fair steers,
under 700 pounds, S9.00@1050; med
ium to good heifers. $S50Q10.O0:
.ledium to good feeding cows. $S.0a0
$50: springers. sS.00G $50.
Hogs - Best heavies, s19.250 1915;
medium and mixed, s19.50d 1890;
good to choice lights, $1990@20.00:
common to medium lights, s19.S5@
1890; roughs and packers, $4,000
1850: light pigs, $17O0G1S.75; bulk
of sales, s19.50@19.90: best pigs,
$1,000 a 1885, common to choice
$16.30Q1675.
Sheep and Lamos-Good to choice
yearlings, s13.00@14.00; common to
fair yearlings, s1O50@12.75; good to
choice sheep. $1,000: bucks, leo
pounds, $9O0Q1O00; good to choice
breeding ewes, S14004 1900; good to
choice spring lambs, $4,000 1925;
good to choice wool lambs, $4,000
1900; common to medium lambs,
s10.00@1575.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-21
City Statistics
Deaths and Funerals.


CONWELL-Jerome B. Conwell, IS
years old, died Tuesday evening at the
home of his son, Edward Conwell, 215
North Twenty-frst street. He has
been a resident of Richmond for many
years and was born in Cambridge
City. He is survived by one son, Ed
ward. Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at o'clock from
the home. Burial will be in Cam
bridge City. Friends may call at any
time.
CLAWSON-Oro Clawson, 80 years
old. died at the home of Rev. M. Lew
engood, about two miles south of
Fountain City Tuesday evening. She
is survived by her husband, Ernest
Clawson and one child. Funeral SER
vices will be held at the Christian
church Thursday afternoon at 1870
o'clock Burial will be at Spartanburg.
Friends may call any time.
FOUTS-Mrs. Mary E. Fouts, II
years old, widow of Henry Fouts, died
Wednesday morning at her home
south of the city on the Fouts road.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs.
Walter Kitchell, and one sister, Mrs.
Crane Funeral services will be held
from the home Friday afternoon at
O'Clock. Burial will be in Elkhorn
cemetery.
RUMLEY-Howard Brumley, "a
years old, died at noon Wednesday at
the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Josiah Brumley. He IS survived
by his parents, two sisters, Laura
Stanton and Eva Lee, and two broth
ers, Roscoe and Benjamin, Of Indiana
polls.
CRAFTON-JamesC Grafton, Is years
old, died at Logansport, Ind, Mon.
day. He is seurvived by his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Grafton, of Rich
mond Funeral services will be held
from the home, % Bridge avenue, on
Thursday mornin gat 10 o'clock. Bur
ial will be in Earlham cemetery.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-21
FRUIT & VEGETABLES
Corrected Daily by Eggemeyer's)
VEGETABLES
SELLING PRICES


Wax beans, 10 cents per pound !;
new cabbage, sc pound; green beans,
10c a pound; spring carrots, sc a
bunch; spring beets, sc pound; cauli-
flower, 15@25c head; cucumbers, sc;
egg plants 20@25c; kohlrabi, 10c a
bunch, leaf lettuce, 15c per Id; head
lettuce, trimmed, 20c ID; unt-immed,
zoe a ID; leak, 10c bunch; Bermuda
onions, sc ID; parsley. sc bunch; man.
goes, zoe doz.; home grown tomatoes.
&c ID; tomatoes by the bushel, $1.00
and 1925; Jersey Sweet Potatoes,
12hc ID; turnips new, SC h.; water
cress, sc bunch; artichokes, zoe each :;
celery, sc; potatoes, new, 4c lib. or COO
peck; Swiss Chard, sc bunch; Shives,
Lima beans, 25c quart; Shelled beans,
15c ID; okra, 40c ID, corn, 25c.
FRUITS
Calf cherries, 60c ID; watermelons,
75c each; peaches. 15c h.; apples, new
10c ID; lines, soc per doZ.; oranges,
soc doz.; huckleberries, zoe pint; ap
ricots, Zoe h.; cocoanuts, 15c each !;
California plums, zoe pound; Goose
plums, 15c quart; Honey Dew melons.
soc each; Malaga grapes, Csc Id;
home grown sugar pears, 10c ID; Cal.
Bartlett Pears. zoe ID. home grown Tip
Top Canteloupes, 20c to 50 C. Green
Canteloupes, S5c basket.
MISCELLANEOUS
Eggs, 40c per dozen; butter, cream
cry. 55c; country, Acc per pound.
PRODUCE-(Buyine)
Butter, 32c; eggs, 33c; old chickens
zoe; frys, 25c Id.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-21
Commercial Club to Take
Up Light Plant Needs

A committee appointed by Howard
Dill, president of the Commercial club,
will meet at the Y. M. G.. A Thurs,
day noon at 1915 o'clock for lunch
con and to consider the necessity Of
added equipment at the Municipal
Light plant. The members of the com.
mittee are Charles Jordan. Walter
Reed, Ray Shively, DR.. F. S. Ander-
son and E. H. Cureton.
The matter of needed equipment at
the city plant effects the entire city,
both industrially and commercially,
because of the vital place which the
boiler capacity of the Municipal plant
takes in the heat and light supply OF
the city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-21
Three Wives Sign Waivers
so Husbands Can Serue

The wives of three draftees have
signed waivers releasing their hus-
bands for service. These women are
Mrs Harry McMinn, Mrs. Paul Chris
TOPPER, and Mrs. Thomas Wood Each
family has little girl. Harry Nc
MINI, South Twenty-first street will
go to Camp Sherman between the 26
and 81 Of August. Paul Christopher,
West Main, will go to Valparaiso Aug.
% and Thomas Wood r. B. B. will go
to Camp Sherman.
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EAST BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 21-
Cattle-Receipts, 100; steady. Calves
Receipts, 500; steady, $7O0@19.00.
Hogs-Receipts, 500; strong. Heavy.
5O@1O.75; mixed and Workers.
S5Q2O.90; light workers., $4,000
2O5O; stays. s12.O0@1500; roughs.
s17.25@17.75; pigs $4,000. Sheep and
lambs-Receipts, 200; steady; lambs.
$1O.OOQ18.OO; few $1S.12 IL. Others
unchanged.
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Labor Meetings

The Federal Union, composed of
men who are not classed with any
specified craft or are not skilled me-
chanics, will hold it's meeting Wednes-
day evening in the Bartenders hall in
South Sixth Street
Painters will hold a meeting in Lu-
ken's hall Thursday evening
Machinists will hold a meeting in
Vaughn's hall Thursday evening.
Molders will hold a meeting in
Druids hall.
Woodworkers will meet in Vaughn
hall Friday evening.
These meetings will all be open
meetings, and everyone who has
signed up, and all others who can be
classified are welcome and expected to
meet with their respective crafts.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-21
LOCAL QUOTATIONS

Paying-Oats, 60c; car corn, $1.75;
rye, $40; straw, $3.50 ton.
Selling-Cot1on seed meal, $3.50 q
ton, $500 cwt.; tankage, $4,000 q
ton, $i75 a cwt; oil meal. $3.50 q
ton, 1925 a cwt
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y(By Associated Press.)

PARIS, August 21.-The new French
attack by General Mangin on 20
kilometre front threatens, according
to the latest reports, the fall OF Noyon,
which slowly is being outfanked.
The attack, while lacking the ele'
ment of surprise, has overcome the
carefully prepared positions of the
enemy. On his advanced lines the
enemy had a formidable array of ma
chine guns, forming a shield for his
real line of defense. Thus, he had
two zones of combat. The new Ger,
man defensive plan has been com
pletely undone and the enemy has
been forced to seek new positions for
defense.
The German army has lost its lib
erty of action says Lieut.. Col. Fabry,
military critic of the Paris Oui, land
this plainly has been brought about
by the entente high command"
The new offensive, it is believed
here, will give the French complete
control of the valleys of the Disc, ALL
cite and Aisne in the quadralateral OF
Ribecourt, Noyon, Bichancourt and
Scissors. Much territory, filled with
strong positions, however, is yet to be
won. The strategy of General Man
gin in first clearing the enemy's shield
of machine guns before the big attack
forces the enemy to rely now on
picked divisions.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-21

TOLEDO, Aug. 21.-Cloverseed-
Prime, Oct. $17.32; Dec, $3.50; Mar,
$1742.
Asike-Prime cash, Oct, $3.50;
Dec. $685. March, $3.50.
Timothy-Prime cash, $3.50; sept,
Oct. and Dec, $3.50; March and April,
$495.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-21
MASKED men ROB
BANK AT BYRAN7

PORTLAND. Ind, Aug. 21-The
Farmers and Merchants Bank at Bry-
ant, Ind, near here, was help up by
three masked men during the noon
ho-- today and robbed of between
$4,000 and $4,000. The men escaped
in an automobile which was waiting
in the roadway.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-21
PRODUCE MARKET
UNCHANGED.
NEW YORK STOCK LIST

NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-The closing
quotations on the stock exchange
were:
American Can, 4612.
American Locomotive, 665s.
American Beet Sugar, 6SA bid.
American Smelter, 7SA.
Anaconda, 66A.
Atchison, S5H.
Bethlehem Steel, bid s311.
Canadian Pacific, 1914.
Chesapeake & Ohio, 57A.
Great Northern Preferred, 50.
New York Central, 72B.
Northern Pacific, 50 bid.
Southern Pacific, 81.
L. S. Steel Common, 1111a.
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No white. s205@2.10; No. white,
$1.9542.00;No white, $l.90@1.95,
No. 2 yellow. $1.90@1.95; No. 8 yell
low, $1.S5@1.90; No. 4 yellow. $1.7S
q 1872: No. 2 mixed, $1.S0@1.S5; Ear
corn-white. 1850 200; yellow, $1.75
also; mixed. $1.60@1.70.
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MAR K TS

lambs, choice and prime, Sl7o50
1925; medium and good lambs, $3.50
@17.65; culls. s10Q14; feeders $3.50
@17.65; medium and good, $13.15 10.
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CHICAGO. Aug. 21-Corn-No. 8
yellow. s1.7S@1S1; No. yellow. $1.70.
Oats-No. 3 white, 70 1-4@73 IA;
standard. 70 1908 IL.
Pork-Nominal ribs, SPACES; lard,
$2662 1-2
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BOY BITTEN BY HORSE.

OXFORD, O., Aug. 21.-Roy Colgate,
six year old son OF John Colgate, liv.
ing on a farm east of town, was ser
iously injured yesterday when he was
bitten by q horse.
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Red Cross Notes

Work has been sent in from Foun-
tain City, Whitewater, Milton, Chester,
Hagerstown, Bethel, Economy and
Cambridge City.
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PITTSBURG. Aug. 21.-Hogs - Re-
ceipts 500; market steady; heavies.
S2Oa2010; heavy Workers $1,000 q
s2l00 light Workers. s20.25 q 2040;
pigs. s20@ 20.35.
Sheep and Lambs-Re ceipts 1000.
market steady; top sheep $1,000; top
lambs $500.
Calves Receipts 100; market
steady: top $1S25.
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GRAIN QUOTATIONS
CHICAGO GRAIN RANGE

CHICAGO, Aug. 81. - The range Of
futures on the Chicago Board of Trade
follows:
No trading in wheat.
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Thirty-three American telephone
girls, all speaking French, were in one
detachment that recently arrived in
France
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PICKING ROVE POCKET.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-With the
immediate objective of accomplishing
what officers here term the picking"
of the Roye pocket, the advance OF
the Frsnch between Inc Disc and
Aisne; .vers has passed in the opinion
Of ny observers from the realm OF
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CINCINNATI, Aug. 21.-Hogs-Re-
ceipts 1000; market strong; packers
and butchers s19.75G20; pigs and
lights. $14G19.5O.
Cattle Receipts 1900; market
steady.
Calves Market strong; $1,000
$17.75.
Sheep Receipts $500; market
steady. Lambs-Dull: s5@1S50.
u. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS,
CHICAGO. Aug. 21-Hogs - Receipts
1900; market strong; top $4,000;
bulk of sales $1S.25q1970; lights.
e1925@20.OO; butcher. $4,000 1895:
packing, $17.90919.1O; rough. s17.40
@17.S5; pigs. good and choice. $3.50
1880. Cattle-Receipts, 1000. Cal
yes-Higher Sheep-Receipts 1900
market slow: ewes. S1l.254 1925:
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-04

money XII my owns AL added. ana
IN spend them Us at
Mot Ia Bayonne. you won't, res
piled the recorder. p,This town ii
going to be known throughout the
length and breadth of the unitad
States % the sbuualess town that
II the chief and i have ANYTHING 10
say about the matter
Whensasked his occupation Brodsks
said he was retired tealnstcr.'s Hs
explained that some one had rilled
him $500 and that he had immediately
retired
we have no place Ia Bayenne Tor
gentlemen of leisure the recorder
uentsnn feAle that
he can't be happy unless he's loanrs
had better 30 TO Palm Beach, whefs
they ten me resting IA dne art All
the rich mems sons III Bayonne have
enlisted in the army. We tlaye,7o,s0O0s
inhabitants IN this town and out Of
that number there are perhaps so
buns. Aweek from today there won't
be one bum left,
After iecttring Brodsky further thu
recorder fined him y26.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-04
Anti-Loafing Jersey BailiWick
The Dream. OF 4 Chief 81 Police

New York, March 29.-Just as soon
as the weather gets warm nough; Chief
III Police N. i. Reilly 81 Bayonne IN
going to wear a laurel wreath Id
Mace Of his blue flannel cap with The
gold braid. Distinction has come Ia
him. He has the honor Of having
bagged the first rich idler III the state
Of New Jersey.
Arraigned before Recorder Cain IN
Bayonne, with nine Others, the male
factor Of wealth said HE was Aren't
bald Brodsky, n years of age.
:Brodsky. said Recorder Cain,
You have been arrested under the
new altiIoafing law. Our worthy
chief Of police Informs me. and / have
no aso to doubt his word, that yol,|
II afflicted with & maIady, one OF
the symptoms Of which is q general
Discrimination to toll. Also / am In
formed that when you were arrested
you had in your pistol pocket i roll
Of $42s. What have you to say for
~yourseifg
Guilty on both counts said Brod-
sky, defiantly. MY time and my
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-04
Buleson Recommends Taking
Over Washington Telephones

Washington, March 3l.-Postmastera
General Buries0n's proposal, now be
fore congress, to take over and oper
ate the national capitaiss telephone
system heralds the frst venture nv
the government in municipal public;
utilities.
Declaring that service here repre-.
SCENTS grave failures ID modern com.
~nsunication, Postmaster General Bur
lesson offers to establish adequate Ia.
scilities = ct reasonable rates"
The postmaster generals proposal
came as the climax 0f IN attempt w
the telephone company to increaseits
lsatesgand reduce it's service, giving as
reasons the extraordinary demand nut
upont by the governments war ac.
tiyities.
Re1ards Time as opportune.
IA his annual reports to congress-
the postmaster general has repeatedly
recommended government operations DE
Interstate telephone and telegraph
lines as part Of the postal establish
ment. Evidently he regarded the time
|OppOrtune to propose that IL congress
would give authority the post once
department would make q start BY
operating the localseyetem on surplus
revenues Of the postal service and
without Increasing rates or reducing
pay Of employees. Expense Of opera
ton he estimated, can be reduced
easily by one-third under government
control. The entire revenue collect.
Ing and accounting systeEn. he said,
scan be practically displaced under
postal methods and the work reduced
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-04

Dewey and Won Diederichs in
Near Approach to War in 1898

mea war. This statement Admiral
Dewey repeated, SO as to give ii em
phasis, whereupon Captain Hintze. be-
ing much offended. according to his
own testimony. turned on his heel
and withdrew.
The riechstag debate did not bring
out two facts, of which Admiral Dew
ey and his captains were cognizant,
when o Diederichs and HINTS were
striving to create trouble in Manila
Bay The first Of these was that Won
Diederichs had gone SO far as to strip
one Of his vessels for action; the
second was that Won Diederfchs had
taken occasion to ask Sir Edward
Chichester, commander of the British
ships In the bay, what he would do
in case the German opened fire on
Admiral Dewey's fleet, and that Sir.
Edward Chichester made this reply:
What shall do il you open fire is
a secret known only to Admiral Dew
ey and myself.
Rut another fact that escaped the
reichstag discussion was one funda-
mental TO the entire incident, and one
referred to as failing to come to the
knowledge of Admiral Dewey until af-l
ter his memoirs had been written and
published. 1t is substantiated BY no
end of circumstantial evidence, and
affords the only rational explanation
that has ever been given OF Won
Diederichs' presence in Manila Bay in.
June. 1918. Briefly, this is the ink
At was SO long missing: Germany
had for some time sought possession
OF the Philippines. and had offered to
purchase the islands. Although the
Filipinos were In a state of constant
unrest, Spain chung to the archipelago
for sentimental reasons Then came
var WITH the Emitted States and
many urged, as a reason why Spain
should part with the islands, that she
might be defeated andlose them by
conquest, The offer to purchase was
renewed and accepted. Won Dieder-
7hs was dispatched with = feet 10
take possession and declare himself
governorgeneral OF the Philippines
under imperial German rule. He an
rived too late, found Dewey in pos
session, considered the probabilities
in case he should attack the American
admiral; hoped to get the latter in
volved il q false position and to win
at least the nentrnlitynf h Britiah
commander. vas disappointed all
around. and finally sailed quietly
aWay-Christian Science Monitor.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-04

substantially 4 NE AZ maintenancsI
md sdevelopment.ss 3 sSS
ssThe use ofs these great facilities 81
communicating by electyiclty.A said
Mr BlrIeson ia ~ letter to Vice Presfss!
dent Marshall SsiH woefully restrfcteds'
among the masses De the penplleMexeah1
here In Washington. EHryice should
be provided at reasonable cost, II:
fact, Mt as low cost aH eficient ServSs
ice permits, 3 . that the largest num-,
may use az
Average American Rats % Cents
9TH conciuaion cannot be ESCAPED
sthatAprivate rategilaklng Is reHponsis
BILE for the out-0f-date and inade0uafes
telephone service and for its8resrits
Ing breakdown froin congesli0n q.
Rtraftc inssWashington. And fhel0cal
company proposes relief only bysdeI
sstreying, through higher rates. even
more ok the existing trRfac 81 tina
city
Referring to the telephone system of
the entire country, Mr.. Burleson dis
CLOSED sit costs the American u & much
to send his communication over the
wires. mile for mfla, as IL c0nfs him tO
ship 4 on at freiGht on tho railway
Comparing toll line rates In scOntts
mental Europe and America, MI. Bur
leson gave congress ngures "a show
that the average American rates for
100 miles is SO cents. against 20 ceilts
abroad $l.80 Tor 500 miles, As against
37 cents abroad: $40 Tor 100 miles,
as against a9 cents abroad: 1s.0Of
800 miles, as against 46 cents abroad,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-04

The world in general, as well as the
United States in particular, has long
been in possession of some Of the.
truth concerning the incident in Ma
Mia Bay, in June, 1898, which came
within a hairs breadth of precipitat-
ing war between the United States
and Great Britain, on the n side,
and Germany, on the other, but the
number of people who have been in.
possession of all the truth about: the
matter. or have learned the complete
story up to this time, is very small.
Admiral Dewey confessed to United
States Senator William Alden Smith,
Of Michigan, that he himself had only
partial knowledge of all that was be-
hind Won Diederichs' conduct up to
the time the American admiral's rec
objections of the affair were given to.
the public in book form. Dewey had
defeated the Spanish fleet on May Il
after which he proceeded to establish
a blockade. A larger feet than his,
flying the Imperial German flag, was
for some time known to be lowering
in the vicinity. although it was made
to appear as il dropping into Manila
Bay quite incidentally, a little later.
The date when that feet, under COM
mand of Admiral Won Diederichs, made
an open confession of its presence is
now definitely known to have been
June IL. When the American admiral
whose suspicious were aroused BIZ
peculiar conduct on the part Of the
Germans, inquired Of the German ad-
rniral why a naval force superior TO
that. of the United States had been
sent to this point, won Diederichs re-
piled, s.Sir. I am here by order of
the kaiser. Whereupon Admiral
Dewey informed the bearer OF the
message i snbsthce. that Ger.
many was seeking u the American
feet was ready.
On the appearance OF Admiral Dew
ey's book, his version of the Incident
up to this point became a subject OF
discussion in the reichstag. 1t is in
teresting to note that this was in
March, 1914, a little less than five
months before Germany provoked the
world war. Looking over a summary
at the proceedings now, it appears
much clearer than it did then why the
German government headers were SO
solicitous Of correcting the alleged
erroneous impression caused by AID
miraI DeWeyss aocpnalt ,of the affair.
AT the time OF the reichstag discus.
sion, Germany was no doubt planning
IN early attack upon France through
Belgium. was probably only awaiting
an excuse for it, and hoping to carry
through her purpose without inter
ference from Great Britain OF any
serious display Of sympathy for the
victims on the part 81 the United
States.
The point that appeared to be most
annoying to the German government
k4aders was Admiral Dsweys plain
warning to saptain Hintze. then act
ing bis dag lieutenant to Won Dieder-
icha, md later ID become German
minister in Mexico. that he would
Are On hehrst vesseldisregarding