» A 12 PACES Hn a A ttle YEAR 82 NO 135 Russians DEMAND OF WILSO | MADE ON GERMANY The President's Note Seeks Assurances For the Safety of Americans on the High Seas. Are KINGSTON ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1915 ' In The Direction Heavy Losses. And Drive the Enemy. Back Nearly Four Mikes of Przemys! With \ ish Whig [= r Berlin is Informed That United States Must Stand on the -- Second Austro-German Army Driven Back Behind Stanis- Principle of Humanity---Wilson Does Not Recog- Ct 4 3 lau-lemberg Railway---The Russians On Offensive nize Germany's War Zone Pro- . 5 a a at Nearly All Points And Will Hold clamation. Washington, June 11.--The United States in its latest note to Germany, made public last night, formally asks the Imperial Government fof assur ance that measures hereafter will be adopted to safeguard "American lives and American ships" on the high £oas, The alternative in case of re- fusal is not stated. It was this note to which William Jennings Bryan refused to attach his signature, resigning instead his port- folio of Séeretary of State and there by procipitating a dramatic Cabinet crisis, Robert Lansing, secretary of slate ad interim, signed the commu nication, which went forth with the approval of President Wilson and his | entire Cabinet. Friendly terms characterize document, which renews representa tions made in the American note that reached Germany on May 15th after the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk with a loss of more than 100 American lives. After dealing with the eciroum- stances of the sinking of the steam. ers Cushing, Gunfight, Falaba and Lusitania, the hote says: Principles of Humanity First. ' "But the sinking of passenger ships in pringlples of human. ity which throw inte the background any special elrcumstances of detall that may be thought to affect the cases, principles which 1ift #, as the; Imperial German Government will no doubt be quick to recognize and ac knowledge, out of the class of ordi- nary subjects of diplomatic discus- sion -or-of international contro- versy. "Whatever be the other facts re. garding the Lusitania, the principal fact is that a great steamer, primari- ly and chiefly a conveyance for pas. sengers, and carrying more than a thousand souls who had no part or lot in the -conduect of the war, was torpedoad and sunk without so mueh | tho | | Beaman has a right to depend. "It ig upon this prineiple ot hu- | manity, as well as upon the law! founded upon this principle, that the | United States must stand. ; Offer to End Submarine Warfare "The government of the United States is happy to observe that your Excellency's note closes with the in. timation that the Imperial German Government is willing now, as before, to accept the good offices of the United Stateg in an attempt to come | to an understanding with the govern ment of (reat Britain by which the | character and conditions of the war Upon sea may be changed. | "The government of the United thus to serve its friends an the | | world, It stands ready at any time | to convey to either government any | intimation or suggestion the other | may be willing to have it convey, and | | cordially invites the Imperial German ! | Government to make use of itg ser- | vice in this way at its convenience, | {| "The whole world is concerned in | | anything that may bring about even | & partial accommodation of interests or in any w a! Jpitiam te the terrors of | the present distressing conflict. Justice Must be Vindicated. i "In the meantime, whatever ar-| {rangement may happily be made be- | | tween the parties to the 'war, and | sul UNITED STATES SUPERDREADNOUGHT "ARIZONA." Which is nearly four thousand tons héavier than the Queen Elizabeth. . {will be launched in July in the Brooklyn nagy yard, and may yet take a hand in de- Without rushing, she will be in commission early in 1916, and | feating the Germans. will be the bjggest ship in th A Americagy ships; and asks for assur. | { apce that this Will be done." To Be No War Talk. (Special to the Whig.) Washington, DC., June 11.--Until States would consider it a PRvilege Berlin answers, the President and his | Cabinet and the officials who are aid- ing him in every way will assume that the German reply will da friend- ly. There will be nd war talk by any responsible official, and no steps will be taken towards the next move | by the President. it is accepted as a fact that it the German reply is evasive or a refu. sal, there ithe ® Bathing left 10x the President 40 to hdraw Am. : 3 and American Con- atatives from Germany, thus severing diplomatic relations Bryan Attacks Wilson's Note. Washington, June 11.-- While the e Unted States mavy. She wi * Nr At Nt AN [8,000 CANCER VICTIMS, 1 State Wide Campaign Is Started] Against the Disease. i Albany, N.Y., June 11.--Cancer is claiming 4,000 vietims annually | in New York city alene, according to statistics complied by the State] Health Department. The total in| | the whole state is 8,000 annually. To check the spread of the dis- | ease, A: | tion for the | past fifteen years, : | Riggs, State Colm'ssioner of | 8d a state wide ease He ne of the points being driven home by | | the Health rtment authorities | {is that cancer in its early stages] yields to surgery. Hundreds of cases | She ll cost $6,500,000, Two Fishing Vessels Sunk By Zeppeli (Special to the Whig.) London, June 11.--The German | here to-day are enthusiastic over the | his regiment, the Zeppelin which was reported last & | aight bombarded and sank two gmall | aorman 3M.) pbb fshmg boats (he Weitere | and the Daurestina, in the North Sea, off the coast of Holland. The crews were rescued by a Dutch steamer. Zeppelin avoided the British coast: ONE BERLIN PRESS VIEW. Berliner Tageblatt Warns Against Hasty Conclusions. | Whatever may in the opinion of the | President's note to Germany was be- | Imperial German Government have ing handed to the newspaper corre- | { been the provocation or the circum. | spondenits at the State Department | | stantial justification for the past acts | William J. Bryan was passing out at | of its commanders at sea, the govern. | his home a statement attacking the | ment of the United States confidently | communication sent by Mr. Wilson | | looks to see the justice and humanity | on behalf of this Government. | of the government of Germany vindi. In this statement Mr. Bryan de-| | cated in all cases where Americans | scribes the President of the United! | have been wronged or their rights as | States as an exponent of the old sys-| | neutrals invaded. {stem in dealing with disputes be-| "The government of the United |tween Governments, the system that | | States, therefore, very earnestly and | has war'as its cornerstone. Not on- | to prove this assertion are on re-| cord in the Health Department. Berlin, June 11. via The Hague-- The Berliner Tageblatt, whose edi- { torial judgment is usually sound +480 40004994 and sane, cautions against jumping + | at hasty conclusions, regarding Sec- & retary Bryan's resignation, but & | adds: &| "It is no secret that Mr, Bryan, + | whose pacificist inclinations are well # known, did not belong among those 4 in the American Government who #| wanted to bring about a break in POUNDING HARD. (Special to the Whig.) + Athens, June 11.--The Anglo. + French fleet at the Dardanelles 4 thas been bombarding Turkish + forts almost without cessation as a challenge or a warning, and that men, women and children were sent to their death in circumstances un- paralleled in modern warfare. Duty to Speak With Emphasis. "The fact that more than 100 representations upon the principles | of humanity, the universally recog-| nized understandings of internation- American citizéns were among those | a) jaw and the ancient friendship of | Who perished made it the duty of the | 430 Gorman nation government of the United States to i | speak of these things and once more, ' | with solemn emphasis, to call the at- War Zone Proclamation. = | tention of the Imperial German "The government of the United | Government tg/the grave responsi. | States cannot admit that the proela- | bility which the government of the United States concelves that it has incurred in this tragic occurrence, and to the indisputable principle upon which that responsibility rests. "The government of the United States is contending for something much greater than more rights of mation of a war zone from which! neutral ships have been warned to' keep away may bo made to operate as | in any degree an abbreviation of the | rights either of American ship mas- | ters or of American citizens bound on lawful errands as passengers or mer- | chant ships of belligerent national. property or privileges of commerce, | ality. | It is contending for nothing less! "It does not understand the Impe- | high and sacred than the rights of | rial German Government to question humanity, which every government | those rights. It understands it also honors itself in respecting, and | to accept as established beyond ques- | which no government is justified in tion the principle that the lives of | resigning on behalf of those under non-combatants cannot lawfully or | its eare and authority. rightfully be put in jeopardy bx the | "Only her actual resistance to [capture or destruction of an unresist- i capture or refusal to stop when or. ing merchantman, and to recognize dered to do so for the purpose of visit | the obligation to take sufficient pre- could have afforded the commander | cautions to ascertain whether a sus- of the submarine any justification | pected merchantman is in fact of bel. for so much as putting 'the Hves of | ligerent nationality or is in fact car- those on hoard the ship in jeopardy. | rying contraband of war under a neu- This principle the government 'of the Vinited States understands the ex. plicit instructions issued on August 3rd, 1914, by the Imperial German admiralty to 4t§ commanders at sea to have recognized and embodied, as do the naval codes of all other na- tions, and upon it every traveller and § {Special to the Whig.) Paris, June 11.~-Moving eastward in an attempt to seize the Arras- the French have captured trenches at the point Fu in the labyrinth south-east of Neu- i s now hold omly of defences {tral flag. | "The government of the United States, therefore, deems it reason- | able to expect that the Imperial Ger- nan Government til the Jhoa- | slireg ne es princi- plea" Into, Brackies respect of the safeguarding rics lives and very solemnly renews tho presenta {ly in this assertion, but in others,|® for forty-eight hours. tions of its note transmitted to the | Mr, Bryan clearly showed that he|® line despatches to-day said am Imperial German Government on the | fears the possibility of war between | | fifteenth of May, and relies in these [Germany and the United States as| the result of Mr. Wilson's note. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, is- sed a Statement which was inter | preted by Washington to mean that | ##+OPEEIEEEEE084000000009 the Federation of Labor, while .do-| ing everything possible to maintain peace, will stand firmly behind the President fn his insistence that Am- j erican lives shall not be unnecessar-| ily and unwarrantably jeopardized ion the high seas. 1he Italians Have Occupied Ploeken Tonw {Special to the Whig.) Seneva; June 11.--The ItaMans have oceupied Ploeken, an important point commanding the railway lines. It is estimated from Austrian sources that the Austrians have lost ten thousasd men in the recent fight- ing at thi int. The 1 8 are still gaining to. wards Gori which will likely be taken very shortly. SANK A ORUISER. This Is the Latest Tale Coming From Vienna. Vienna, via Berlin, June 11. -- Austrian submarine, No. 4, torpedo- ed and sank a.small British cruiser of the type of the ty miles west of Wednesday. The submarine evaded six destroyers convoying the cruis- er. + + + Myte- + attack by the Allied landing 4 forces on Gallipoli Peninsula is + | % being made simultaneously, but @ | that the result of the action is + | # in doubt. + I + AT THE FRONT. | Bryan's' Son-in-law is Fighting the Turks. London, June 11 Captain Regi- | nald Owen, of the Royal Engineers, {| who wag married to Mrs. Ruth Bryan | Leavitt, daughter of William Jen- nings Bryan, in 1910, has been trans. ferred to the Dardanclles, where he is fighting against the Turks. Captain Owen was attached to the British military station at Kingston, Jamaica, when he married Mrs. Lea- vitt. { United States Demands. Special to the Whig) _ Washington, June 11.--The Unit- ed States note to Germany, made pub- lic "Thursday night, demands the re- spect of law on high seas, tells Germany the United States does not recognize the wa: zone, and that the lives of Americans on board ships must be preserved. 3 ATTACH REVOLVERS 70 DOGS' IAWS Such is Novel Idea Which French Scientists Received, For "An- nihilating" Germans. in great variety for swelling alty lists of the German armies have been sent by patriotic Frenchmen to the committee of scientists which is the military inventions in the diplomatic relations as a result of | the Lusitania case. Although one cannot accuse him of pro-German tendencies, and, on the contrary, al- though he appeared a more un- friendly figure than the philosophic- al president, it nevertheless appears that his practical experience in sta- tesmanship caused him to take his stand against that policy whose con- sequences are hardly to be estima ted." BEAR'S REAL CAMPAIGN, Comences Ten Months Hence When Germany Is Exhausted Paris, June 11.--The Journal de Geneva's correspondent, describing a visit to Russian headquarters, says the Grand Duke's entourage ia high- ly optimistic: Officers declared: "Russia has not yet used & fifth of her reserves. The of able-bodied men have not yet been called upon. Millions of soldiers are still available. We are mot hurty- ing. Ten months hence Germany will be exhausted. Then .~ will be- in our real campaign. 'or . our men fallen She Will replace them. Our resources are inexhaust- ible. 'We can fight for two of three years without the slightest embar- assment, while Germany necessarily is limited." NOT EXCHANGING WOUNDED whe! . Ottawa, June 11.--Much diieuity been * casu. | °™ Lemberg. (Special to the Whig.) Petrograd, June 11. ~{ien. Mack- | ensen/s army, marching on Lemberg {from the west has been defeated | with heavy losses and driven back | | nearly four miles in the direction of | Przemys]. The Russians smashed Mackensen's front in a twelve.hour battle near Mosciska. A second Austro-German army ad { vancing on Lemberg from the south { east has been halted and driven back | behind the Stanislau-Lemberg rail- | way along the left bank of the Dnies ter. In the fighting forth of Stryj { the Russians have taken 2,000 pris | oners and eight machine guns. i "At practically all points our ar- | mies are now: either on the offensive | | or maintaining their positions," said | | an official statement from the War | Office, | The German losses in the fighting {along the Przemysl-Lemberg railway | was extremely heavy. Military men | | check administered to the Austro-| | Germans moving on Lemberg, and declared that the Russians will have ample time to reinforce the armies guarding the city. The fighting along the Dniester, south of Lemberg, was equally fierce, though smaller forces were engaged. General Von Linseng, the Austro. German commander, ig person wit- nessed the defeat of a body of his troops that crossed the Dniester at | Zaravno, A supplementary statement, issued by the War. Office this afternoon, re- ported the capture of more than 10. 000 Austro-Germans in the last three | day's fighting. War Tidings. Two German submarines are re- ported. to have been badly damaged by Russians in the Baltic. They put into Libau for repairs. The Kaid, Belton, of Moroccan fame, is fighting in the trenches with Royal Fusiliers, British Expéditionafy Force. BIG CROWD AT SHOWS. Being Held on Campus Opposite Vic- | toria School. Probably the tent of most atirac- tion at the Pierson Shows Queen's lower campus on Thursday night was the one where many young | ladies and gentlemen had the horo- | scope of their lives unravelled by "Mahja," the greatest of fortune | tellers. Everyone who sought in- | formation gladly received it, and the | { information in the majority of cases | | was true. Those who had their for- | | tunes told were all of the opinion | that "Mahja" was a marvel. | The dare-devil riding of the two | Frenchmen was heartily applauded. | This exhibition in itself is better than any feature ever seen in previous cir. cuses in Kingston. The dog, pony and monkey per. | formance tent drew largely, and { some very clever feats were witness. | ed by the large crowd. ! Friday is expected to be a big day | at these shows. | | { C/PR.'s RUSSIAN SERVICE. | Special Passenger Privileges Extend- | ed to Freight. | London, June 11.--The official an- | nouncement is made from Petro-| grad that the Russian Government! has entered into an exclusive agree- ment with the Canadian Pacific Rail- way, which piovides for a through goods service with North America via the Trans-Siberian Railway and Viadivostock. This is explained at the offices here to be an extension to the freight service of the special privileges granted with regard to passenger traffic two years ago whereby travelling was rendered much more convenient. It will doubtless be a set-off against the loss of the privileges in Austria, includ- ing that of operating C. P. R. ob- servation cars over the state rail- ways; against which, it is now known, strong German influences were brought to bear two years ago. Combine On Zinc Has Been Broken By War Office experienced by Canadian i : § any jill § 1 i E i » | i On |g 2 | | * + STAHL ARRESTED. > fA * + % that # ried guns aboard, was arrested + yesterday, charged with perjury. & FEPEPOPIR PREPS FO GOMES PRO-GERMAN MINISTER. Py Snyder is Not Wanted by Brantford Methodists, Brantford, Ont., June 11.--The ac. on of the Hamilton Conference of the Methodist Church stationing committee in re-appointing Rev. A. I. Snyder as pastor of the Sydenham Street Methodist Church here, meets with anything but approval from the officials of the church. The ap- pointment will not be mecepted by the officials, Rev. C. H. Woltz, Springfield, had been called. While no definite charge has been laid by the members of the board, nor is such a charge likely to be laid, it is alleged that Rev. Mr, Snyder has been taking a pro-German stand in the pulpit. Recently he is alleged to have declared that he had been reading the German official books, and he firmly believed that Britain did not enter into the contest with clean hands. * A Tr Governor Slaton of Georgia, will begin hearing Saturday on Leo M. Frank's application for commutation of his death sentence. DAILY MEMORANDUM. See top of page 3, right hand corner, for probabilities. BORN. KIDD--In Gananooue, -on May 20th, 1915, to Mr. and Mrs. John Kidd, a son--Cecil Henry. ; DIED. : CURZON~An Ringston, Uine e 1915, Elizabeth Hannah Knight, beloved wife of Benja aged sixty-four years. Funeral (Private) from her late resi- dence, 103 Queen street, at 10 am. Saturday. ROBERT LEY min Curzon, SEPP 000