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Kipling Finds Another “Fringe of the Fleet”
Doing an Unusual Duty, Forced by Moden
War, in Manner That Compels Wond.
Con;nued "om":‘;":."
gunner rushed forward and made
other signs that they were "on
charge,” and must be tallied and ac
counted for. He, too, was trained In
a strict school. Upon which the lieu
tenant, but that he was busy, would
have killed the gunner for refusing
orders in action. Afterwards he
wanted him shot by court-martial.
But everyone was voiceless then, and
conld only mouth and croak at each
other till somebody laughed and the
pedantic gunner was spared.
They Were All Right.
“Well, that’'s what you might fairly
call a naval crux,” sald my friend
among the stores. “The lootenant wis
right. Mustn't refuse orders in ac
tion. The gunner was right. Emmy‘
cases are on charge. No one ought to
¢huck 'em away that way, but * * *
Damn it, they were ALL of ‘em right!
It ought to ha' been a marine. Then
they could have killed him and pre
served discipline at the same time."
The problem of thig coast resolves
itselfl Fnto keeping touch with the
enemy’'s movements; in preparing
matters to trap and hinder him when
he moves, and in so entertaining him
that he shall not have time to draw
clear before a blow descends on him
from another quarter. There are then
three lines of defense; the outer, the
fnner and the home waters. The
traffic and fish 'ng are always with us.
The blackboard idea of it is always
to have stronger forces more imme
diately avallable everywhere than
those the enemy can send. X Ger
man submarines draw A English de
atroyers. Then X calls X plus Y to
deal with A, who, in turn, calls up
B, a scout, and possibly 2 A's, with
fair chance that if X plus Y plus Z
(a Zeppelin) carry on they will run
into 2 A's plus B plus C (crulsers).
At this point the equation generally
stops; If it continued, it would end
mathematically in the whole of the
German fleet coming out. Then an
other factor, whi~h we call the Grand
Fleet, would come from another place
Grand Fleet a “Strong Left.”
To change the comparisons: The
Grand Fleet is the “strong left” ready
to give the knockout blow on the
point of the chin when the head is
thrown up. The other fleets and oth
er arrangements threaten the enemy's
solar plexus and stomach,
Somewhere in relation to the Grand
Fleet lies the “blockading” cordon
which examines neutral traffic. It
could be drawn as tight as a Turkish
bowstring, but for reasons which we
may arrive at after the war, it does
:;ot seem to have been so drawn, up to
ate.
The enemy lies up behind his
mines and ours, ralds our coasts when
he sees a chance and kills seagolng
civilfans at sight or guess with ln-‘
tent to terrify. Most sailor men are
mixed up with & woman or twoi &
falr perccnu? of them have seen
men drown. hey realize what it s
when women go down choking in hor- ‘
rible tangles and heavirgs of dra
peries. ‘
To say that the enemy has cut
himself from the fellowshlp of a.l
who use the seas is rather understal- 1
ing the case. As a man observed
thoughtfully: “You can't look at ny‘
water now without seeing annnhl
sprawlin’ all across it. And just think
of these words, ‘North German
Lioyd,' ‘Hamburg-America’ and such
mn{. in the time to come. 'l'hev‘
simply mustn’t te™
~ Trawler's New Duty. l
R e T- - R Se o RRN L
~~ He was an elderly trawler, respect
able as they make them, who, after
~ many years of fishing, had discovered
his real! vocation.
‘ “l never thought I'd lke killin'
- men,” he reflected, “Never seemel
' to be any o' my duty. But It ls—
and 1 do'!”
A great deal of the east coast work
. concerns mine fields—~ours and the
[ enemy's—both of which shift as o:-
casion requires. We gearch for and
root out the enemvy's mines: they do
the ke by us. It is & perpetual rame
of finding. springing and laying trans
~ on the least as well as the most I'ke
; Iy runways that ships use-—~such sea
snaring and wiring as the world never
‘ dreamed of. We ure hampered In ‘h's
- because the navy respects neutrals
. and spends & great deal of its time 'n
| making thelr path safe for them. Tha
enemy does not. He blows them up,
because that cows and Impresses
them, and so adds to his prestige.
| The easiest way of finding a mine |
fleld 1s to steam Into it on the edes
. of night for cholce, with a steep m‘
. running, for that brings the hows
' down like & chopper on tle Cetonat
. Ing borns. Bome boats Lave enjoyed
, this experience and still live.
J There was one destroyer (and there
may have been others since) who
came through 24 hours of highly comn-~
. preased life. She had an idea that
. there was & mine fleld somewhare
. about, and left her companions ne
bind while she explored. The weather
was dead calm and she walked deil
mmtely.
Saw Nenutrals Blown Up.
She saw one Scandinavian steamer
blow uLn couple of miles away, res
cued 1t skipper and some hands;
sAwW another neutral, which she could
not reach till all was over, skied in
another direction; and between her
~ Hfecsaving efforts and her natural .u.
- rlosity got herself as thoroughly
. mixed op with the field as & came!
. amna: tent ropes.
’ A destrovers bows are very fpe
and her sides are very straight. This l
CAuses her to cleave the wave with
the minimum of disturbance, and this |
i :‘o:.c had no desire to cleave anything |
] None the less. from time to llmo'
she heard & mine grute or tinkle «r
. (1 could not arrive at the precise 10te
¢ 1t strikes, but they say it is unpleas.
Ant) on her plates. Hometimes she
would be free of them for & long
time, and began 1o hope she was clear.
At other times they were numerois,
~ but when at last she seemed to have
worried out of the danger sone leu.
tenant and wsub. together left the
bridge for a cup of tea. (“In thowe
days we took mines very serionaly,
you know ™)
: As they were in act to drink they
» eard the hatefyl sound again just
® Outslde the wardroom. Both putl thewr
® cups doan with evtreme care, little
fingers extonded (“We salt s If
LM might blow up, too') and tip-
toed on deck. where they mel ilhe
foc'sle also on tiptoe
They pulled themselves together
and asked severely what the [oc sk
thought it was doing
“Beg pardon, sir, but there's an
other of those blighters tap-tapping
alongside our end”
They all waited and listened to their
common cofMin being nafled by Dealh
himselZ. But the thing dbumped
AWAY. .
At this point they thought it enly
decent to invite the rescued skipper
warm and blanketed in ome of their
bunks. to step up and do his further
perishing in the open.
“No, thank you,” sald he Last
time I was blown up in my bunk. too.
That was all right. Se I think now,
too, I stay in my bunk here. It is
cold upstairs.”
Somehow or other they got out of
them, after all. “Yes, we umed totake
minesg awfully seriously In those days.
One comfort Is, Fritz'll take them
seriously when he comes out. Fritz
don't like mines.™
“Who does?’ | wanted to know.
Brings Big Mine to Port.
“If you'd been here a little while
ago you'd seen A& commander comin’
in with a big 'un slung under his
counter. He brought the beastly
thing ingto analyze. The rest of his
squadron followed at two knots inter
vals, and everythirg in the harbor
that had steam up scattered.”
Presently I had the honor to meet a
liertenant commander admiral who
had retired trom the service, but, like
others, had turned out again at the
first clash of the guns, and now com
mands—he who had great ships
erupting at his least signal-—a squad.
ron of trawlers for the protection of
the Doeger Bank Fleet. At present
prices—let alone the c¢hance of the
prying submarine—men would fishin
much warmer places. L
His flagship {s a multimilltonaire’s
private yacht. In her mixture of
stark, carpetless, curtainless, carbol
ished present, with her voluptuously
curv«f broad-decked. easy stalr
wayed past, she might be Queen Gui
nevere In the convent at Ameshury,
Leads Crew of Hard Men.
And the leutenant commander,
most eareful to pay all due compli
ments to admirals who were midship
men when he was a commander, leads
; caggregation of very hard men in
‘@lo precisely what he tells
Cmfi‘ d with him go through
uvmaup ces, because they
lo r a se his language is
vd’:‘tfl Tand nderfol-—what you
n’h& call P%hocanpocuyg\lc.
saw the Old Navy making ready
tofead out the New under a gray sky
ard a falling glass-—the wisdom and
cunning of the old man backed up by
the passion and power of the younger
breed and the discipline which had
‘been his soul for half a century bind
ing them all. ' ;
“What'll he do this time?" I asked
of one who might know.
_ “He'll_ eruise between Two and
Three East, but if you'll tell me what
he won't do 1t 'ud be more to the
point! Ho's mine hunting, 1 expect,
Just now."” 3
Praises Dispatch Riders,
Here is a digression suggested by
the sight of a man I had known in
other scenes, dispateh-riding pound a
fleet In 2 patrol launch
‘finore are many of his type, yachts
men of sorts accustomed to take
chances, who do not hold master's
cartificates and can not be given sea
gu.ng commands,
Like my friend they do genera!
utility, often in their own boats. This
is a waste of good material, Nobody
wants amateur navigtaors —the traflic
lanes are none too wide as it is. ‘
But these gentlemen ought to be
distributed among the trawler fleet as
strictly combatant officers, A trawler
skipper may be an excellent seaman,
but slow with submarine shelling and
diving, or In cutting out enemy's
trawlers. The young cnes, who can
master Q. F. work in a very short
time would-—though there might be
friction, a court-martial or two, and
probably losses at first—pay for their
keep.
Even a hundred or o of them, more
or less controiled by their squadron
commanders, would make a happy be-
Finning, and they would all be ex
tremely grateful
. . .
British Actor-Aviator
Wins Gallantry Cross
LONDON, Dec. 4-—Among the
names mentioned {» the official Gasette
I 8 that of Robert Léraine, the actor
aviator Loraine has received the mili
ary cross for gallantry for attacking a
?:r'dn:." Albauoss at & distance of 16
Captain Loraine brought down the
German Albatross after it had dived
from 6,000 feet to mr his fire. The
British airman swooped down after his
enemy untii they were only 600 feet
from the rround. He same within 46
feet of she German, whose pllot was
wounded, The pilot was a Saxon and
the observer a l’-m..:.n They imme
duulr landed accused each other,
quareled and finally fought to the great
amasement of their caplors,
Robert Loraine is ome of the many
ropantic l\‘hur'\! t‘lrdnon which the
War has produced. He joined the R«‘u,
‘hfl.&(“mn asa nnn,“l':u.\wcm e
wWan shot & w al a
reight of 4,000 Teete DUt returaed to he
British lines with the M buliet
which hit him caught Lis glothes. A
month later he nmrfim the front
Before the war e was well
| knowr. in this country as an actor. He
Rl:y«l the part of John Tanner In
rnard Shaw's “Man and nuurmc‘ .
e was formeriy the hgm of Julle
Opp, now the wife ot Hllam Faver
sham. It was rumored that he was
later to wed Marie Lohr, the Engiish
Actress. but that the engugement was
broken because Loralne would not give
up fiving
Other officers gusetted for the military
cross are Lieutenant J. . Anderson
Tlenne Fifth Canadlan Infanury, and
eutenant A Northover, of the
Twenty-sighth Canadian Infantry
s n—_ —————
Princess War Nurse
oo o be A
. 1 or reh.
dmmd of Au-m. now a Ned
|l‘n- nurse, to Professor Albreacht, &
Vienna physician, is announced.
. Y
Lionel Harvard May
| he Trenches
'Ducendun! of the Founder of Uni
" versity Awaiting Call to
' Flanders.
| CAMBRIDGE. MASS. Dec. ¢—Lionel
De Jersev Harvard, collateral descend
ant { the founder of Harvard Univer
sity, is awalting the dugle call that will
summon him to the trenches in Flan
: Harvard, with his university degree
tuckes aws el America in June, and,
&rriving Londen enlisted He
oined the s of Court Officers’ Train
g “Corps for the British army With
his aprenticeship conciuded, the young
Englishman was married (o 2is doy
i sSweetheart, Miss Mae BRarker
Sharlly afterwardys be received a com
mission in the Grenadier Guards Four
of its battalions are aiready fghting
S Poandars
The ffth, Battallen E to which Har-
ATy s attached, Is still in England
feeding the others whenever gaps have
te be filled Harvard bas written col
efe associates here that he expects to
e In the thick of the fighting bdefore
Christmas,
Sink Kitch . Shi
Submarine Plot by Teutons Said to
Have Been Frustrated by Con
voying Fleet.
ROME, Dec. 4.—Recent activities of
submarines in the Aegean Sea were
due to an effort to sink the ‘steamer
which was conveying Lord Kitchener,
the British Secretary of State for
War, according to a dispatch to The
Glornale d'ltalia from its Cairo corre
spondent.
The dispatch adds that the fact that
the ship was convoyed by numerous
torpedo boats probably was respons. -
ble for the frustration of the German
efforts.
Lord Kitchener reached Rome from
Naples, and went at once to the Brit
ish Embassy.
e s
War Will End Waste,
CEBEVELAND, Dec. 4-~The waste |
of the war and the rigid economy
which must follow was the basis of
discussion of “The Dawn of a Bright
er Day” by Edward James Cattell ve
fore the Cleveland Advertising Cluo.
“Peace will come,” sa‘d the speaker.
“with cessation of manufacture und
use of articles that ‘die’ in use and are
a full waste of labor and time; with
setiled and modern governmental reg
ulation after the war of ecountries
heretofore undeveloped because can
ital would not enter & country in
which there is no legal protectior,,
and with the development of Ameri
can sales abroad.”
- For War Implement«
1
- WASBHINAGTON, Dec. 4 —Cong ~
probably will be asked to broaden .
Scope of the national defense act of
1911 80 as to safeguard more adequnlr—‘
ly military secrets with reference to
torpedoes, Buns or other navy devices
designed by the Navy Department and
turned over to private contractors for
use I conpection with Government ves
sels they have under construction.
In nis annual report, Solieitor Eg
erton, of the Department, calis atten
‘tion to litigation with the . W. Bliss
Company in connection with its con~
racts for manufacturing torpedoes un
der Govesnment dexigns.
' ._4-————:.‘_ —— e
New $50,000,000
New $50,000,
| p
~ Concern for Allies
’ BRIDGEPORT, CONN., Deec. 4.
A new ammunition plant, backed by
$50,000,000, which will compete with
‘lha Remington Arms Union Metallic
r"l:'lrldle Company, will soon be es
tablished in this city, according to a
report cyrrent here
The company, it is reported, has
already accepted several enormous
contracts from the Allies. Wijllam R.
Brown, who resigned from a high po
sition in the Remington Arme U, M
C. Company, is reported to be general
manager,
B —
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Marries, Expecting
SAN FRANCISCO, Dee, 4.—Colonel
and Mrs, W. H. Delaney. of Quebec,
Canada, have just arrived here on their
\wmmm’r trip." The eolonel who Is on
the staff of the R. A. M. C.. the famous
British Royal Army Medical Corps. and
who is assistant director of medical
service at Quebec, expacts to be called
to the fronl almost any time
“Most of us are being sent to Eu
rope, so | thought 1 had better hurry
\m) wedding on before my turn came,’
the colonel says.
On Women's Backs
PARIE, Dee. 4 - Amazing ruses are
being omfilzul by women spies slong
the Austro-Rwies frortier, acrording o
& Geneva dispateh The Austrians are
now h:'uv:’ &l women Yo disrobe and
he seareh Prequantly pisces of -
par on whieh miiiary Wnformation s
Written are fournd siuek on women s |
back and concanied Banedth veneer or
rrarne tie s |
Arabs Raise Holy War
. .
i Cry Against French
BERLIN. Dee. 4 vy wireless to Bay.
¥ille) - The Owersean News Agency
e
It e reporied from Constantinople
that Amear Abdul Malik, grandsen of
the famous Abdul Kadir, Amesr of Al
glors, has calied on afl Arah tribes to
take up the ho'y war againet the
Franch.
“A large number of chisfiaine, with
thelr tribes. responded 1o the call The
| Keneral opinion lzd(hll Abdul Malik wil)
obtain the participation of all tribes
there "
S ——
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6.389 Total British
LONDON, Dec. 4 —~Officers’ casualty
Hsts for a ?nmuru show lostes in the
lmlu:vormy of 558 ki led, 609 wounded
and &% missing - total of 1,004
Bince the beginning of the war the
mmmu ‘hm;g omuunu‘l:“t‘.m. wougd .
12,561, and missing 1, & gross to
tal Ul“”.m N sasi
__FEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA. GA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1915
: . X s e 2 0 5
Although Serbia Is Crushed, Fierce Winter Cam
s ’ 3 1
paign Will Center in Balkans, Declares Cap
. “ Y * r;y E
tain Fortescue—Suez and India Threatened.
“aptawm Fortesque in Riz strategic articles analyzes and discusses
A movementis of the miok Mic 8 f Furope with the nonpartisan
" t of an expart. N - rrespondent has actually seen as much
Ris year as this erpert of fice the United States army and former
military i t the White Mouse un de I'heodore Roosevelt.
By CAPTAIN GRANVILLE FORTESCUE.
Chief Military Writer of The Sunday American.
With Serbid overrun and the road
to Turkey secured to the Teutnn.\*.\!
where will the German armies next
strike? This question is being de
bated In the headquarters of every
division, corps and army of the far
reaching entente line From the
cpen ng of hostilities, except during
the fighting on the Marne, the Ger
man general staff has predetermined
each theater of operations. It has al
ways held the initiative. Still hold
ing this advantage/let us try to dis
cover the point of the next Teuton of
fensive,
Will the entente inaugurate a cam
paign in Macedon'a? Obviously, if an
army competent to the task is thrown
into the Serbian war zone, the next
German attack will be directed
against such an army.
In my opinlon, the German great
general staff devoutly prays to the
war gods for such a denouement.
Should it fall out so, the French and
English would for the most part he
pitted against Bulgars and Turks,
with a corps or se of Teutons, and
thus the burden of casualties which
has been bear ng heavily on the Ger
mans would be lightened at the ex
pense of their opponents,
Campaign Would Fail,
To throw in an army to the aid of
the Serbs at this stage of the opera
tfons would be against the soundest
principles of strategy. What with the
equivoca) position of Greece, the ex
tended line of communications to be
maintained, the absence of a sufficient
military objective, such a plan would
almost be sulcidal.
Unless Germany €uffers from some
vital weakness, which is certainly not
apparent, an entente invasion of
Macedonia now would invite failure.
With the Dardanelleg camipaign be
fore them as an example of defective
strategy badly carried out, it hardly
seems possible that the Entente Al
lles will repeat the mistake of an un
supported force resting on an inse
cure base, &
But we must remember that these
handicaps would disappear if Greece
were to espouse the cause of England ‘
and France. . |
Greece Would Be Big Aid. |
Then a large entente army could bhe
assembled in safety, having only the
cepredations of the submarines to
contend with on its way to the theater
¢ operations, and the Greek army
wonld fogm A strong line of reserve.
We muit keep in view also the pos
bility of Roumania espousing one
eor the other. This contingency I
“ezard as unlikely,
Roumania, unless assured of some
large nd\'nz.n consequent upon the
slightest rigk, will oppose war,
Eliminating these contingencles, is
the present German move, the first
stage of operations having Suez as an
objective. The boldness of such a
plan appeals to the limagination.
Could It be accomulished and a force
thrown across the canal, it would
mean the end of the British Deminion
In India.
i An Effective Plan,
There iz no doubt any objective that
included such a blow at Britain's sov
ereignty would find many supporters
among Germanv's military advisers
It wonld be a blow at the vitals of
England. In the light of world strat
egy. dermany can adopt no more eof
fective plan. Let us examine its
feasibility.
The map shows ve that the best de
fense of the Suez (Manal is the Syrian
desert, (
To transport troops -over such a
waterless waste would imply a per
fection of communications and organ
ization such as even Germany can not
quickly bring into being. |
~ And to extend her lines into the
wilds of Asia Minor would be an un
dertaking of the mcst hazardous na
ture. Just what rallway connections
if any, exist now between Bagdad
and the Alepno-Rayak-Damascus line
it i imbossible to say.
The British Mesopotamian foree
has been making one of the old-fawh.
toned kind of umu&m across this
country and recent r ris state they
have arrived a short distance from
Bagdad
Move Anticipated.
Prom the little data at hand it
seems this force has bheen fighting
splendidly under the most adverse
conditions. In any event, it wonld be
in a position te oppose any advance
on Suez.
It must be presumed that the Eng
War’s End Will Bring Plans
For Another, Says Alfonso
BERNE, Dec. ¢ —-The Argentine
historian, Roberto Leviller, now in
Switzeriand, has given an account of
& recent conversation with the King
of Bpain, which teok place at Madrid
King Alfonso, who disc jssed severa!
questions connected with the war
with great freedom, sald:
“loong before hostilities began it
was dasy to foresee the inevitablility
of the war, but It is impossible to
form any opinion regarding its term!.
nation. Do not imeagire that there
will be anything like disarmament
after the war. On the contrary, when
this war is over preparations for an
other war will be carried on more ac
tively than ever |
“l do not think that the Socialists
and the \mrtta classes of the differ.
ent countries will bring such pressure
te bear on their Governments that
the jatter will be unable to create new
armaments. My opinion Is that the
Soclalists of all coumiries will become
more and more friendly with their
Goveraments, and that their legiti
mate aspirations will be satisfled as a
matter of mfl business policy. They
will also lop. and they will real.
Awe that some of their leaders, who
have preached universal peace have
}Ml‘d and misled them. After the
evenis of this war the Socialists of all
countries will be ow?d to under.
stand that so long s# human beings
retaln thelr human instincts there
can be no better protection for a
country than the creation of arma
lish have anticipated attacks from
this direction ever since the 'first
Turkish attempt last year.
With a base at Uairo, the defense of
the canal is a simple problem.
On the other hand, the German-
Turkish base must be located some
where beyond the desert—somewhere
where there is abundant water. 1
have seen it stated that a pipe line is
in construction over the route where
the supposed line of German march
will proceed. ’l’o count on taking
care of several army corps by this
method would be the supreme risk. 1
lay stress on the matter o( water, but
the same difficulties lie in the way of
supplying such a force,
Serb Campaign a Duty. 1
The evacuation of the wounded, t"le
replenishing of reserves, the unend
ing train of ammunition cars—these
are a logistic problem beyond the
Herculean efforts of Germany,
The present campaign directed
against Serbia I regard in the nature
of a clean-up. It is a duty to Austria
demanded by their alliance that Ger
many help chastise the Serbs. At the
same time effecting a reconciliation
between Bulgaria and Turkey has the
double result of giving the Central
Confederacy the ascendancy in the|
Balkans and opening the ammunition
route from Berlin to Constantinople.
The pla makes the long dreamed of
Berlin to Bagdad a fact.
Besides these future advantages,
the German occupation of Constanti
wople assures a fresh supply of men
for further operations. If an expedi
tion against Suez would insure engag-
Ing a sufficient number of English
and if it conld be undertaken by Turk
ish troops d rected by a German staff,
we may look for a new campaign
here,
Germans to Take Defensive.
But it is reasonable to expect the
Germans to maintain only a defensive
campalgn this winter and to prepare
for the great effort in the spring. Al
ways it must be remembered that a
defensive campaign might involve an
attack wherever the objective de
manded such a maneuver.
A feint might be inaugurated in
Russia, or, if the Allies weakened any
‘part of their line, you may be sure the
Germans would take rapid advantage
of such disposition.
On the whole, it seems that the
coming winter will find Germany re
organizing for the coming struggle of
next spring, and at the same time.
when she finds herself holding the
predominant military advantages, in
viting peace proposals.
Let us ask ourselves what would
have heen the effect if six months ago
the All'es had landed ‘a great army at
Saloniki instead of attacking the
Dardanelles. Then would not the pres
ent defeat of the Allies in Macedonia
have been impossible?
There are a great many übjectlons'
that could have been raised had the
entente alliance taken a strong posi
tion in the negotiations with the sev
eral Balkan States.
Missed an Opportunity,
©n the ground of exvediency, how
ever, it would seem that they cou!d
have thrown an army into the Balkan
theater of onerations last summer and
also strengthened their position as to
preclude anyv pmmihmty~ of over
whelming Serb'a. Such a movement
was dictated by the best strategy.
Granting that operations on the east
ern and western fronts were at a
standstill, it became necessary for the
Allles to anticipate any German in
itiative.
When It was evident that no Balkan
nation could be relled upon, it became
imperative for the Allles to occupy
Macedonia, first as a support to Ser
bila. and, second, in order to effective
ly destrov all communication between
Constantinople and Berlin,
Undoubtedly the entente will try to
rectify their errors by landing a con
#'derable force at Salonik! within the
near future. Every effort will be made
to induee Italy to co-operate in the
new theater of war, while undoubted
ly Russin will, as soon as rifles and
munitions are avallable, bring pres
sure on Roumania.
' The irreconcilable differences of the
| Palkan States make it almost impos
| #'ble to predict what each will do
A During the coming winter we may ex
pect the focus of world fighting to
N eenter In the Baikans,
ments which enable it to use ornn-'
gel force In self-defense And that
organised force must be u‘muyni
ready. Facts are facts, and this earth l
will never become Utopla”™
Discussing the effects of the \ul,‘
King Alfonso said !
Very bad times will come for
South America There will be & rush
of Russians, NMalians, French and Ger
mans now living in South Ameriea
wk to their home lands so help In
butiding up what the war has de
strovyed. There will be no emigration
from Europe for some time to come
Many Spanlards who would other
vise huve gone to South America will
find employment in France and ltaly ™
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| where in the States of N. C., 8, €.,
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Expects Greece Will
Keep Entente Pledge
PARIS, Dec. 4—Denys Cochin,
Min ster without portfolio in the
French Cabinet and special envoy sent
by France to Greece, returned to
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—Come to-morrow without fail—and you will find the greatest values
ever offered in pieces suitable for Christmas Gifts.
—=Sterchi’s wonderful buying power will be of direct benefit to you
in buying whatever you may need for your home and in the pur
chase of your gift pieces, too.
—Come to-morrow. Make your selections. We’ll deliver the goods
when requested. And if you desire, you may have them charged,
too. See our windows.
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Paris to-day. Arrangements were
immediately made for a conference
between M. Cochin and Premier
Briand.
Cochin, it is understood, is confident
Greece will keep the pledges made to
the entente powers. On his return
trip from Athensg he stayed for sev
eral days in Rome, and conferred w'th
members of the Italian Cabinet over
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the situation in the Near East. |
The special French envoy, wi.,
informed that dispatches from A
ens reported the flight of Serhia,
troops into Greek territory without
interference by the forces of Kins
Constantine, said this eonfirmed 1
confidence in the promises of (rec..
not to intern any of the soiudiers o
the Allies.