St. John's Daily Star, 1915-12-07

              the st john's daily star newfoundland volume 1 3.00 per annum tuesday december 7 1915 pricw one cent no 196 british are not interested in the neutral's peace talk minds set to carry on close attention to conferences ol the joint war council of the •■. holding its first meeting at parisvtoday—expect entente milit ary leaders to decide on attempting some decisive stroke—evidence of change in the balkans where tht greek situation is said to be righting itself—military modus vi vendi agreed , on , ?— very little fighting done on major fronts turks lose a destroyer i i dec 7 peace talk which lates from the vatican swit and scandinavia has been by proposed questions by in the reichstag and by the i ddress to the secret consistory inals evokes no echo here british quite prepar : < iieve austro-hungary is tired war that the of ger th a knowledge ol the heavy ffered on the , different fronts anxious to see an end to it v do not expect the rulers of il powers to make any sug that any british government would onsent to therefore are more interested of the joint war council of vilies which has been formed x h held its first meeting at paris today under the presidency of ifrench and commander-in ifre and hope irom this the • be prosecuted more energeti i that efforts are to be made up the diplomatic difficulties ace the quadruple entente in ans change in balkans c and when allies will attempt ke which they expect will start of the tide only the confer w and they are not likely to public into their confidence - evidence hrwever of some :: the balkans where the brit : french have beating off ganan attacks despite rumours that a withdrawal ionika owing to the greek at : contemplated more troops ng landed and there are signs creek situation is righting it itches from athens report a ivendi has been arrived at with o military questions which were settlement and that greek have gone to salonika to bring |! ml i lorce very little fighting has occurred on the different fronts artillery being chiefly engaged in russia and france and on the austro-italian frontiers the british mesopotamia force has made good its retirement to kuteia mara closely followed by the turks who apparently are attempting to out flank general townsend from the west as the position is strong and reinforce ments are arriving it is believed the place can be held a british submarine last week carri ed out another daring raid in the sea of marmora where it damaged the ismid railway by shell fire sank the turkish destroyer yar hissar a turk ish supply ship and four sailing vessels cute plot of germans to influence his holiness make sure that archbishop of cologne reaches rome to pre sent their views to the pope while cardinal mercier of belgium is detained while en route through german by alicii roue united press staff correspondent special to the st john's daily star dome dec 7.—a political battle of the subtlest kind is seen in italian circles in connection with the presence of cardinal hartmann of colonge in rome and the absence of cardinal mercier of brussels on the eve of the forthcoming consistory 1 aking advantage ol the vatican's pnviicge of sending uncensored tele grams cardinal hartmann already has dispatched a number of messages to berlin it was understood today in these telegrams he is believed to have informed the german authorities as to ihe pope's attitude and the pros pect of action by his holiness in an efforl to end the war germany according to the view tak en here fully realizes the importance of personal presentation of the german viewpoint on various issues to the pope during the consistory it is de sired that the teutonic view toward peace and explanation of ihe german policies in belgium especially as re gards executions in thai country be well presented but there was fear of the effect of the reports cardinal mercier might make diplomatic circles here believe germany therefore insisted that the belgian cardinal travel to rome thru german territory he desired to go by way of france and despite assertions that cadinal mercier afforded every facility for travel through german territory the result is that germany is represented at the consistory while belgium is not that the kaiser hopes pope benedict will initiate a peace movement is be lieved here cardinal hartmann's visit is regarded as a peace feeler it is therefore pointed out that a favor able presentation of the german cause is exceedingly desirable and that for this reason the effect cardinal mercier's presence in rome might have was fear ed by berlin germany is regarded as having shap ed the situation well but whether the pope will meet what is regarded as a teutonic hope for a peace is believed to depend on his conversa tions with other members of the sacred college as well as cardinal hartmann m m ifc pontiff appeals for peace pope benedict makes stirring address to the consistory of cardinals — archbishop of co logne close friend of kaiser expects war to last a year longer jjew york dec 6.—a news ag ency despatch to-day says — pope benedict's allocution to the consistory of cardinals to-day con tained a stirring appeal for early peace great hope is entertained in vati can circles that some definite meas ures toward ending the war in the near future would result from this initiative by the pontiff but enthus iasm was tempered by the skepticism accredited to the german cardinal yon hartmann archbishop of.co logne heretofore he was supposed to be a bearer of a peace mission from the german emperor cardinal " yon hartmann is now said to be far from optimistic having conceded to a friend that peace will be impossible for another year at least the cologne cardinal enjoys such close relationship with the german emperor that his utterance will have the colour of authority turkish warship is sunk british submarine operating in the sea of marmora tor torpedoes turk torpedo boat destroyer a supply steamer and four sailing ships — bombards railroad i ondon dec 6 official)—a re port has been received from a british submarine operating in the sea of marmora describing her re cent activities on december 2nd she fired into and damaged a train on the ismid realway on december 3rd she torpedoed and sunk the turkish destroyer yar hissar outside the gulf of ismid she picked up two officers and forty men of the destroyer's crew and placed them on board a sailing vessel on dec 4th she sank a supply steamer of 3,000 tons and over at panderma by gunfire she also destroyed four sailing vessels carrying supplies the turkish torpedo boat destroyer yar hissar was built in 1907 at oreusot she was 184 ft long 19.7 ft beam and 9.5 feet draft her armament consisted of ont 6-pounder six 3-pounders and two torpedo tubes her speed was twenty-eight knots his holiness the pope r he and his cardinals assembled at a cox sistory ifi ? rome/"and paving specfal attention to thp possibility of bringing aboijt peace in europe . greek king explains reason for attitude toward the entente says he's anxious above all things to preserve his count ry from the horrors of war — declares allied force is too small — is ' confident that greek people do not want to be drawn into hostilities considers the allies are ask ing too much of greece athens saturday via malta and london by staff correspondent of the associated press constan tine king of greece received the cor respondent of the associated press to day and gave him a message for am erica on the attitude which greece has assumed in the world war and the rea sons for the policy which have been followed by the greek government i am especially glad to talk for america said the king for ameri ca will understand greece's position we are both neutral and are together determined if humanly possible not to court destruction by permitting our selves to be drawn into the frightful | vortex of the present european con flict america is protected from immedi ate danger by the distance which sep arates her from the battlefield we too thought that once but the battlefield shifted and may drift again and what is happening in greece today may hap pen in america holland or any other neutral country tomorrow if the pre cedent now sought to be established in the case of greece is once fixed in sympathy with the entente the interview with the king took place at ndon at a smaller place whicji is the king's personal residence and tpe aud'ence lasted an hour from time to time emphasizing the earnestness and sincerity of what he was saying he thumped the table soundly with his clenched fist despite the serious sub ject he was delivering the fundamental cause of the en tire threatening attitude of the entente powers towards greece today and of the painful situation of my country said the king is the entente's own assumption without the slightest rea son therefor that grfece is ready to i _ . tar _________—_- —.. betray the entente to germany at the first favorable opportunity is it rea sonable to suppose such things i from the very outset of hostilities in the near east greece's neutrality has been stretched to the utmost to ac commodate the entente powers for whom we have always felt the keenest sympathy and the deepest gratitude with help of greece the dardanelles operations were directed from greek islands occupied by the allies troops when the serbians were endangered by a combined aus tro-german and bulgarian attack the allied troops landed unopposed on greek soil from which with the second city of greece as a base they pro secuted not only unmolested but aided in every way finally i myself have givn my personal word that greek troops will never be used in an attack on british forces in macedonia merely to allay unjustified suspicions yet despite all these evidences of the good faith of greece the entente now demand in a form which is vir tually an ultimatum that greek troops be withdrawn from salonika that means all macedonia leaving our pop ulation unprotected against raids by bulgarians or all the horrors of war qontinled en pqq $•) king constantine of greece huns don't want recall officers want the u.s to explain berlin foreign office asks american state department on what grounds it desires the withdrawal of boy-ed and yon papen—united states will refuse explanations which are never given in such cases and will insist on the offensive officials being withdrawn—berlin may con test this action washington dec 7.—germany notified the united states today that she desired to know upon what grounds the state department asks the withdrawal of capt boy-ed naval at tache of the german embassy here and capt yon papen military at tache secretary of state lansing received the request from two sources—from count bernstorff ambassador and from the berlin foreign office through ambassador gerard the united states will reply prompt ly mr lansing will not discuss the tacts nor will he give the sources of information concerning the activities of the attaches in connection with naval and military matters to which the state department objected without references to the reasons which prompted the state department to ask the withdrawal of the attaches it is stated the united states will stand upon the established understanding among nations that an intimation that a diplomatic officer has*-nra4e himself disagreeable is sufficient to cajuse his removal it was broadly intimated in ger many's request for information that if united states based its action on any thing else than the developments of the hamburg american line conspiracy trial at new york or the case of james archibald american war correspon dent who carried papers for captain yon papen as well as for dr dumba recalled ambassador for austria the berlin foreign office might contest the withdrawal of the two officers the german position indicates too that the united states is expected to get safe-conducts home for two offi cers if it wishes to be rid of them al tho it is authoritatively stated that germany will make no request for this service : steamer escapes attacking u-boat london dec 6—the british steam i!iip japanese prince recently was attacked by a german submarine but succeeded in escaping from the un dersea boat according to information received here to-day late casualty list tm following • casualty list was issued by the colonial secre tary this forenoon 577 pte james patrick grif fin harbor grace admit ted 3rd london general hospital wandsworth dysentry 2o3*-pte albert roberts bay dv nord fortune bay ad emitted to 3rd london gen eral hospital wands worth enteric 1015 pte cecil j meadus 26 scott street admitted 3rd london general hospital wandsworth debility the following additional infor matio i respecting casualties al reported was also received today 1369r lance-corpl alonzo j i gallishqrv 16 bannerman street previously reported dangerously wounded in shoulder progressing fav jorably alexandria ;; now reported admitted 3rd lon don general hospital wandsworth wounded 969 pte james joseph brace 26 leslie street previously reported sick west mur dos oct 20th now report ed admitted to 3rd london general hospital wands worth dysentry 224a-pte william joseph til ep kelhgrews previously reported otitis media cai ro oct 21 ; now reported admitted 3rd london gen eral hospital wands worth deafness banb of rebels attacks police shanghai dec 6.—a band of thirty or forty rebels armed with rifles and bombs the charper sub police itation at four o'clock this morning the rebels threw four bombs,fof which three exploded one policeman was killed and three wound ed a body of regular troops were brough up quickly and the rebels disappeared one week only a snap i for the ladies in kid gloves j black and colored v f worth 90c & 1.00 pr r^l^s now .... vjvju a special line ■■• greens / jk f to clear at _.- i w see them at once and get your choice best value ever offered bowring brothers limited i have you tried i i our i i rich ginger snaps \ 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