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TWO TUFT POINTS OUT EUROPEAN WHO LESSONS TO U.S. Warm Praise for Pres’t Wil son’s Efforts to Preserve Strict Neutrality. Obligations of Treaties Should be Fulfill ed'to the Letter. Washington. The United States should draw from tho European war a lesson regarding It* own conduct, ■aid ex-President William H. Taft In an address hern today before the American Har Aaaoclatlon. In discus sing tha charge* of violation of trea ting by European nations. Mr. Taft Bald that thla country should jmt It self in such a position that It could fulfill to the letter tho obligations im posed by its treaties, and he recom mended legislation to that end. In his address, delivered as presi dent of the Ainerl an Har Association, Mr. Tafl also said that the Progres sive Party was departing from "the preposterous nostrum" of the recall of Judicial decisions because It appar ently had become a burden to the par ty- Praise for Wilson. Tn speaking of the European war, Mr. Tnft said that President Wilson should have the warmest approval and alncerest co-operation In Ills ef fort* to maintain the strict neutrality of this country. "Wo nre the principal nation," he continued, "of the Christian world not so related to the struggle that both sides may really regard ns as disinterested friends. It is our high est duly, and the President makes plain his appreciation of this, not to sacrifice and destroy this great lev erage for aticceseful mediation, when the oportuntty arises, by ill-advised end premature Judgments upon the merits We must hold our tongues to be useful to mankind.” Concerning this country's obliga tion* under it* treaties, Mr. Taft said: Obligations of U. 9. “And now (bat we are discussing compliance with treaties and the ef fect of treaties of arbitration and of 1-ace upon the chance* of war, Is It not a good time for us to clean our own house and to put ourselves in a position where we can fulfill to the letter every treaty we have entered Into. We have made many treaties of friendship and peace—lndeed, trea ties with all the World in which we have assured to aliens, subjects or rUizgna of the other party to tho treaty resident 'within our borders, due process of law lu the protection of life liberty end property. But we now withhold, however, from Ibe same authority that makes the treaty the power to fulfill v. Us 1 obligations. A Matute of a dozen lines would put it Into the power of the president to in stitute Judicial proceedings, civil and criminal. In courts of the Vnlted States to punish n violation of the treaty rights of aliens and enable him to use the civil and military executive against their threatened invasion. In our past experience we renltze that mob violence committed through race prejudice against aliens will never be punished by state authority, and there is nothing that a high-strung people —gnd It Is peoples now who largely control the matter of war and peace resent so much as the mistreatment of their fellow-countrymen living un der iho flag of a foreign government that has stipulated nud pledged its honor to give them protection." tn* to the president of such power Denies Such Power. The speaker denied that the grant aa he outlined would be unconstitu tional. Mr. Taft said there were Indications that there had been a distinct falling off In support of the proposal* for re call of Judges and of Judicial decis ions These proposal*, he said, were Incorporated in the platform of the JTogressivs Party, whose leader "felt called upon to declare (hat they were the rock upon which It was founded " “It would appear," Mr Taft con'An ued. “that the party which fathered these proposal* now finds that in stead of being the rook on which It Is found'd It Is. t<> change the meta phor, the rock on which It founder*. Ortalnly It seems wise lo Its leaders to Ignore this part of their original propaganda, an Indication that It has censed to be vote-getting anu Indent has become a burden to any party that assumes to pres* it." Anti-Trust Legislation. Turnlns to the anti-trust legislation of the Wilson administration Mr. Taft analysed the Trade Commission Act and lha Clayton Act. "In so far aa tha field of general In terstate trade Is within the practical range of supervision and regulation." he Mid, “the machinery adopted, it ••am* to me, is as effective aa any could be. M With one minor exception, hs added, the field of illegal and crim inal effort In respect to restraints of Inter-state commerce is not enlarged under the nee* acts, which he char* artertied as in many respect* mersiy declaratory of existing law. 74 VESSELS TAKE U. S. REGISTRY Washington, 0. C-—Seventy-four foreign-hullt vessels, with an aggre gate of 219.5T1 gross tons, have taken American registry since the European war began, according to an official statement toda> by the Depa.fluent of Commerce Great Britain has been the heaviest loser, (] of the vessels previously sailing under the British flag Raven German and five Belgian ■hips complete the llat. Ittty-lIM of the craft are freight ers and twenty are passenger ships. The remaining five are not designated. Eleven vessel, secured provisional registry through American consuls. “You don't mean to say that thla Is the first you've heard of It" "Absolutely.* -Why. It's the talk of the neighbor hood." "Vee, but my wile is sway on a vis- It*—Seaton Transcript CONVENTION IN 110 STOUT Zapata Delegates Cause Chief Hitch in the Carranza-Villa Conciliation Conference. El Paso, Tex.—Advices received here today indicate that the chief hitch In the Carranza-Ville conciliation confer ence at A guns Callentes had been the attitude of the Zapata delegates. This it was asserted, occasioned the ad journment of the conference, which is ordered to re-open today. Zapata was declared to have In sisted on matters to which neither of the. delegates of the provisional presi dent nor of Villa would accede. Zapata delegates were commissioned to re open negotiations with their chief In order that the matter might be ad justed. The sessions of the Joint conference of military chief* have been stormy, according to apparently reliable Infor mation. Officials of the Carranza government at Mexico City were said to have been as insistent against, the elimination of Carranza as "first chief as they were at the outset of the most recent estrangement with Villa. • In the mcnntlrne the order of An tonio Villareal, the chairman of tha conference, has failed to prevent the Indian uprising led by Gov. Maytorena from attacking Naco, Sonora, defended by the Carranza troops with Its inci dental menac e to residents of the Am - erlcati town of Naco. It was learned today that this situation has been the cause of grave concern to the. Villa as well as the Carranza elements. CIPT R. E. LEE DIES IN VIRGINIA Youngest Son of the Confed eracy’s Army Commander Passed Away Last Night. Washington, ‘ D. C.—Word was re ceived here today of the death of Cap tain Hubert K. Lee, youngest son of General Robert E. Lee. tho Confed erate commander, at UppervHle, Va., last night. The body will be Interred at Lexington, Va.. Friday morning. Captain lam was educated in pri vate schools and In the University of Virginia. At the outbreak of the Civil War he Joined the Rockbridge (Va.l Artillery its a private. He took part In numerous engagements and later was promoted to the rank of captain of srttllcry on the staff of his brother, Gen. W. H. K. Lee. Since the war Captain Lee had been engaged in farming. He was mar ried twice Mis first wife was a Miss llu Null and his second wife Miss Ju liet Carter, of Washington. He leaves two children. Captain I.ee was the author of "Recollection* and 1-etters of General Robert E. I.ee.” He was born at the old Lee mansion, now part of Arling ton National Cemetery, October 27th, IMS. JOHNSTON. S. C. NEWS Johnston, S. C. —Mr. and Mrs. Frank McNulty of Columbia, wore visitors here Wednesday. Mrs Ransom i’adget and Miss Hor lenso Budget were spend the day vis itor* hre from Edgefield. Saturday. Mrs. A. P, Lewis spent Wednesday at Hatesburg. I Tho L. T. L. brgun its work Hat urdsy afternoon The following offi cers were elected: President. Jacob 'Smith: Vice President, Albert Mob ley; Secretary, Davl* Lawls; Treas urer. Elliot Lewis; Press Work, El j Hot Lewis; Superintendent, Mrs. Jas. LI White Miss Cera Mobley visited Augusta | Saturday I Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Odum are now residents of Johnston and occupy an I apartment in the Strother home. Miss Antoinette Denny left for Converse College Friday. Claude Deny Is visiting his father, T U Deny. I The marriage of ills* Tvg Turner to Mr. Wallace Ruff on Sunday after noon at three o'clock in the M. E. church waa quite a surprise The an nouncement wns made Sunday morn ing ao many friends filled the church and witnessed tiie ceremony as per formed by Rev. Geo, Hutchinson. Mr. I Ruff Is a promising young lawyer of I Lexington, Va., and to thla city he car irled his bride, where they will moke • heir future heme The bride waa at tired tn a blue broadcloth coat suit with hat to match and made nn at- I tractive bride. Miss Turner is a bright. Intellectual young woman wtth many personal charms and her going lawny is deplv regretted by her many friends. ADVANCE THAW CASE. Washington. The supreme court today advanced for hearing on De cember 7 the Harry K. Thaw extra dition case and the Danbury Hatters case. former involve* the extradition of Thaw from New Hampshire to New York on a charge of conspiracy to escape from Matteawan Hospital, where he was confined after the kill ing of Stanford White. The other case concerns the liabil ity of individual mam tiers of the nat ters' union for $260,000 damage* awarded to Dietrich K, law we for a boycott of hla goods during a strike. SAFETY APPLIANCE ACT. Washington. The supreme court day granted the government's request for a review of the eighth United State* circuit court of appeals decis ion that the federal safety appliance acta do not apply to "transfer” trains moving from one freight yard to an other In a etty. This decision was ren dered in a case arising in St. Louis. In Chicago, it was held the acts ap plied. while In Jersey City. N. J., it has been held they do not. Marie—That's a beautiful gown you lets on." Molly—Do you know that lace if 49 years old? Marie—That ao? Make it yourfflf? [ -Baltimore Sun. IHE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA, Lillie, Heavily Fortified, But Taken by German Armies. iiAdt .w-z ... . ;1L _V : . -1c - . : ", „ . ’ ANOI n£R PRIZE Another beautiful city of Francs has fallen into the hands of the approaching German armies, according to des patches from Berlin. I.IHe, which had for protection one of the strongest forts France had built succumbed to the Germans In a fight of only a few days. It was one of the forts on the first line of French defense, and was an important link In the chain of forts run ning from Calais on the English Channel to Belfort in the south of France. Once the Germans break through this line their dream of marching on to Paris will be so near 'realization that the Parisians will he tn danger of panic. CARMAN MURDER TRIAL IS SWIFT Within Hour of Court’s Open ing, Prosecutor’s Address and Five Witnesses Examined Mineola, N.* Y.—o*l la Coleman, a negro maid in the Carman household, is expected today to tell her story of the crime. Questions put to the tales man yesterday by the district attorney indicated he plans to build about the testimony of the maid his case against Mrs. Carman. Prosecutor’s Address. Mineoia, N. Y. —District Attorney T/PW- J. Kmith Resented the opening stac nient for tho prosecution today at the trial of Mrs. Florence C. Carman, ac cused of the killing of Mrs. lionise D. Halley, who was shot in the office of pr. Ha win Carman at Freeport on June .'!0 last. The prosecutor sketched In some detail Mrs. Hailey’s actions on the dny of the murder. "We shall show,” continued the dis trict attorney, “that the shot that kill ed Mrs. Halley was fired by this defend ant. We shall show that she passed through the kitchen, out through the side yard a moment before the shooting and that she returned through the kitchen immediately after It. We shall show further that the motive was Jeal ousy and suspicion of her husband. Dy the Woman Slapped. “To prove this we shall call a woman whom Mrs. Carman slapped on one oc casion when she saw her husband give her money while the pair were In the physician's office. Also Ve will show Why and how she secured a telephone Instrument or mechanical eaves-dropped* so that she could psy upon her husband, of whom she was Intensely jealous.” ,r Wo will show somethings about Oeo. M Levy, this defendant’s counsel.“ Mr. Stntlh continued. "We will show how she cnlleil this lawyer in the day after the murder and consulted him. We will show that before this defendant had *»ven been suspected she began to pre mie for her defense. In First Degr*. After we show all this, gentlemen, we shall expect you to bring in a verdict of murder In the first degree.” Mrs. Jennie Duryee. mother of the victim, was called ns tna first witness. So swiftly did the case move that within nn hour after the convening of court, the district attorney had made his opening address to tiie Jury and five witnesses had followed one another in rapid succession on the stand. Pres’t of France in Midst of Fighting * " >\* : • feu— V ; •VfjjSp vjyiH Jipjy Jfjfjy Is AT GENERAL JOFPRE’S HEADQUARTERS. Klrwt picture of President Polacare on fht filing line. He 1* her* shown at General Joffre'a headquarters watching the operations of th* tat tar's armies. General J off re la shown with bis arm extended. MANY INJURED AT LAURENS FAIR Laurens, S. C.—Scores of people ware injured, many of them seriously, here today when the grand stand at tha Laurens County Fair collapsed, precipitating between 500 and 1,000 spectators to the ground. I,DITHERS DN LOAF'S SIZE Richmond, Va. —Members of the Na tional Association of Master Bakers who opened their annual convention here to day are debating whether or not they will have to raise the price of bread or reduce the size of the loaf because of the higher cost of flour in consequence of the Kuropean war. More than a thou sand delegates are present. AUSTRIANS RETIRE UNDER SERB FIRE Paris, 1:45 a. m.—A despatch from Nish, Servia, to the Havas Agency, says: "In the region of the Save, near Mitrovitza. the enemy, after a brisk artillery fire, attempted unsuccessful ly to capture the Servian posflion at Preklet. From tiie heights of Dejamia the Austrians bombarded Topzider and the banks of the Save and the Danube and also sought to cannonade the vi cinity of Semlin, but were forced to retire before the Servian fire.” RECEIVES BOMB PROTEST. Washington.—President Wilson to day received a protest against the dropping of bombs by German air ships from F. Hopklnson Smith and other Americans who recently re turned from Kurope. It was under stood the president would take no action on tho ground that the United States had no right to Interfere. COMBAT HITS SIDE OF CASE Hearing Resumed Before Inter State Commerce Commission in Matter of Request for Ad vance in Rates. Washington—Today’s hearing be fore the interstate commerce commis sion on the application of the eastern railroads for increased freight rates was devoted largely to a cross exami nation of President Willard of the Bal timore and Ohio on the relations of that system to the Cincinnati Hamil ton and Dayton. lvouis D. Brandeis, special counsel for the commission laid stress on his question on the Baltimore and Ohio in vestment of more than $20,000,000 in the Ohio line and its assumption of obligations of a like amount. The witness said the Investment represent ed only an Interest charge of $1,000,- 000 annually and insited that would not have affected the present situa tion of the line. Taking up statements filed by the carriers to support their plea Clifford Thorne, appearing for several state railroad commissions and shippers as sociations, asked Mr. Willard if it were not true that the yeaTs picked by the railroads for comparison were the only years that would show that result. The statement compared fig ures for 1910 and 1913. Mr. Thorne read figures for 1913 and several other years both before and after 1910 which showed earnings on new cap ital. Mr. Willard did not challenge the figures read and his cross exami nation closed. JUD6ES iSUTUML EXHIBITS BEGIN WORK Messrs. J. 0. McAuliffe, L. E. Blanchard and J. C. Lamar Started Work Tuesday at Noon. Messrs. J. C. McAuliffe. D. E. Blanch ard and J. C. Lamor are the judges of the agricultural exhibits at the Geor- Kia-Carollna Fair. They began their work about noon Tuesday and had not completed It up until the time for The HtFald to go to press. It Is expected so be a close mce for first prise be tween several clubs. JAMES NELLING KILLED BY SOUTHERN ENGINE James Nelling. a 13 year old nqgro boy, was killed Monday night while trying to hop on a Southern railway switch engine at Thirteenth street and Kailruad Avenue, The boy fell be tween the wheels and his body was cut In two. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS' CIRCUIT. Washington. Justice Mcßeynolds, the new associate Justice of the su preme court, was today assigned by Chief Justice White to the seventh circuit, comprising Illinois, Indiana Wisconsin. In this assignment he succeeds the late Justice Lurton. Un der modern practice a Justice seldom holds court in his circuit. LEGAL NOTICES LIBEL FOR DIVORCE. STATE OF GEORGIA. RICHMOND COUNTY— I.ula Bare vi. Geo. Barr, in the Su perior Court—Libel foe Divorce. Ths defendant In the above stated case. Geo. Barr, is hereby required to be and appear at the next term of the Richmond Superior Court to be held In and few the County aforesaid, on the third Monday In November. IH4, then and there to answer Plaintiff in her ac tion for divorce, as in default In such appearance the Court wil: proceed there on as to Justice may appertain. Witness the Honorable Henry C. Ham mond, Judge of aatd Court, this Slth day of September 1914 GKO B. POURNELUE, Deputy Clerk. Superior Court, R. C. H. A. WOODWARD. Petitioner’s Atly. 8J5.29010.i0 5,000 German Prisoners, Within Wired Enclosures of Camberley,, Again Hopeful oi a Soon Exchange These Men, Civilians and Soldiers, Are Separated, Each Having a Stockade of His Own, Respectively---Were Permitted to Keep What Musical Instruments That They Had With Them ---Are Now Playing, Not a German Air, But An English One. London.—The 6,000 German prison ers, within the wired enclosures at Camberley, today took on revived hope of soon being exchanged. She sun shone brightly all day and the psychol ogy of the sunlight was apparent to all the onlookers who came over the sandy roads in motorcars, all kinds of horse drawn vehicles, bicycles and afoot to peer at the impounded subjects of the Kaiser. “They ain’t so cheery when its raining,” said the officer of terri torials who walked about the camp with the writer. The civilians are separated from the soldiers, each class having its own "stockade" with several lanes of wire and rows of arc lights and sentry boxes surrounding it. The two camps are on a hilltop, so sandy that even heather seems to grow upon it re luctantly. In the civilian camp today were about 2,800 men, most of them growing beards, all of military age, garbed in all kinds of clothing. Among them at least a score of sailors wore their ship clothes. Many bore signs of being careful about their dress even in such handicapping conditions. Some were taken off ships, many were arrested in England and a few have every appear unce of having a good-sized wardrobe. Some of thdfee men have been prison ers for seven weeks. None knows what has gone on in the world since he entered this camp since no news papers or other sources of information are available. British War Song. This afternoon over half of the civil ian population were listening to the strains of as singular a band or or chestra as ever assembled. The men were permitted to keep such musical instruments as they hapepned to have with them. The British officers say there were some excellent musicians among them, including several violin ists who delight the camp in its quieter moods. But today technique was swal lowed up in volume and about 60 in struments, including cornets, horns, drums, violins, triangles and three ac cordeons were vigorously at work, playing, not German airs, but “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary,” the Briton’s most poular war song. The humor of the thing appeals to tiie imprisoned Germans who always applaud this selection vigorously. The repertoire of this peculiar band or ot. chestra is increasing but I was told that it avoids all German melodies. There must be more psychology in that though the officers said they had playced no taboo on German songs. ANOTHER RUMOR SAYS KRUPP WORKS TURNING OUT 56-CENTIMETER GUNS - Is Hard to Believe, However, it Must be Remembered That a Siege Piece of 42 Centimeters, Existence of Which Was Doubtful Before War, Has Become a Convincing Reality, ' Which Even After the Outbreak Was Looked Upon as ) Object of an Interesting Fable. The Hague.—To the rumors that the Krupp works at Esser. are building 66-centimeter guns, has now been add ed another—the claim that the same plant is turning out 66-centimeter pieces. While it is hard to believe this, it must be borne in mind that a siege piece of 42 centimeters, the ex istence of which was doubted before tlie war, has become a convincing re ality, as has also the Austrian 30.5- centimeter piece, which even after the outbreak of the war was looked upon as the object of a very interesting fable. To be sure a 30.5-centimeter (about 12-inch) gun was not in Itself a nov elty. But that the Austrians would be able to make such a piece mobile for field purposes was thought out of the question. The same process of reasoning was applied to the German 42-centlmeter or 16^4-inch gun. A mathematical relation of cause and ef fect in this Instance, the ability of steel to withstand the shock of the propelling explosion, and the weight which such a machine of destruction would have, led to the conclusion that a 16V4-lnch gun while possible could not be transported easily enough to permit its use in the field. Neverthe less, it was shown that though the German 42-cartlmeter gun weighs about 26 tons, transportation difficul ties had been overcome largely with the aid of motor traction and other de vices. Increase in Weight. Since the increase in weight of a 66-centlmeter, or 22-lnch, gun over a 42-centimeter gun would not be very great, and since the Increase in a 60- centimeter or 23 >4-inch gun over a 22- lncher would be an almost negligible quantity, the existence of such pieces need not be doubted in this respect If it. is possible to move over ordinary roads and across soft fields a 26-ton piece, it is not unreasonable to expect (hat a gun weighing 35 tons would of fer no new transportation problems. The case Is one of increase in motive power instead of new aspects in trans portation. No attention need be paid to popular rumors making the rounds in Germany that the new pieces are designed to bombard the English coast from the coast of France. The extreme flight of the 12Vi-lneh shell has recently been given as about 12 kilometers for ths • krumbahn” or high trajectory pieces, and 16 kilometers for those having a flatter course. Sines the Increase In calibre from 16 *4 to 23H does not nec essarily mean a proportionate length ening of range. It is not at all likely that the English const cities opposite Calais and other channel points will make the acquaintance of the "Brum mers”—as the Germans have come to call their large siege pieces. Would Find Their Usee. The 54-om and 60-om pieces, should they actually exist, would find their uses, and these as mere or less well informed circles £ ore assert, would consist of >me naval base on ' TUESDAY, UUTOBER 20 In another part of the camp one or two good acrobats were amusing groups of onlookers and a few -were wrestling. But even in the sunlight there were hundreds of men silently walking about or sitting alone think lng'of—what? The camp of soldiers reevals all kinds of uniform as varied in fcharae ter as those seen in the civilian camp. The sunlight seemed to have a less en livening effect upon these men who hav been nearer the fighting, have seen their comrades dying and know some of the temper and character of the fighting across the Channel. 2,000 Strong. There are over 2,000 soldiers in this camp. They appeared much less rest less than the civilians. Most of them lay about in small groups. There was no skylarking, no wrestling, no leap frog, no acrobatics as in the neighbor ing camp. There have been no at tempts at escape, no attempts to com municate with outsiders, according to the officers. It would be useless any way. The prisoners’ camps are sur rounded by two rows of sentries even in the day time, the outer row to keen back the curious. The tents, the food and the camp equipment are substantially the game as those of the British soldiers a few miles away at Aldershot. The pris oners have all been listed, ready for exchange when it is deemed advisable or when the diplomats have cut the necessary red tape. The soldiers, strange as it may seem, excite less sympathy than the civilians, perhaps because imprisonment is considered a regular part i <St their business, because they have not been detained so long, or because they have had more excite ment to help them pass away their time. Whatever tiie reason, it is no ticeable that two-thirds of the onlook ers loiter around the civilian camp. "What can I give you for your cour tesy?” asked the writer as he left the officer who had escorted him around the enclosure, at the same time reach ing in his pockets for cigars. “Oh, you might put a half-crown in the box at headquarters for the Prince of Wales' Fund,” was the reply. BASEBALL AND POLITICS. “Now it is suggested that we have municipal ownership of baseball.” “Do you think we could elect hon est umpires?” the channel which the Germans hope to establish during the course of this war. It is maintained that Calais has been decided upon as the best locality for such a base, and that the great activity in the Krupp works is in a measure due to this. , There is an authentic report that in this establishment over 46,000 men are busy day and night turning out war material. While a large percentage of this force must be employed In sup plying current demands of ammuni tion for the field pieces and replacing losses in this arm, It is only reasonable to assume that this huge force could In part be employed in the making of new and larger “Brummers.’i That the works are turning out new additions to the 42-om equipment is known, for only a few days ago six new pieces of this class were taken to the vicinity of Antwerp. Heavy Piece. It is of some interest to know with what the French oppose these heavy pieces. According to an article In the Berliner Lokal Anzeiger of September 28th, the French use a 27-om mortar'- smaller than the Austrian mortar piece—and a 120-mllllmeter and 150- millimeter flat trajectory gun. In ad dition there is a 138-millimeter guu of older pattern. To facilitate com parison, the Austrian, French an* German equipments are given in a ta ble of millimeters: Austrian motor-battery piece, 805 millimeters. German siege mortare and howitz ers, 420 milimeters. French mortar, 270 millimeters. French fiat trajectory piece, heavy, French flat trajectory piece, lighter, 120 millimeters. French fortress piece, old type, 138 millimeters. German piece, said to be in course of of manufacture, 560 milimeters. Germa piece, said to be in course of manufacture, 600 millimeters. As already stated, the 66-om and €O-om pieces of the Germans have still to prove their existence, but the ru mors concerning them are too persis tent to be Ignored, especially when it It remembered that even the 42-om piece was looked upon as a myth un til it was brought Into action at Liege and other points. Between the French mortar of 27- om caliber and the German 42-om there is a difference of 15 centimeters, while between the much-heralded 56- om gun and the original "Brummer" there is one of only 14 centimeters. It must be admitted that in view of these proportions even a 60-om gun seem* possible enough. But whether or not . the Germane tre actually building gU' J a piece has for the time being no bear-J lng on the fact that their heavy artil lery lias l>een a surprise to the armies of the Allies and that a few additional caliber inches must be to the Krupp works merely a matter of mechanical , detail in view of what was achieved In the building of the 42-om mer." ..... ,