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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. Colonel Goetlials yesterday issued instructions for the immediate departure from Panama of the British colliers Klrnwood and Boddam. This step was taken to avoid any question of the good faith of the I lilted States respecting the observance of neutrality ill the waters of the canal zone. The two vessels at once went to sea. The incident arose from Inquiries made by Sir C. Mallet, British minister, as whether these colliers would be permitted to coal Vto British warships In waters of the canal zone. From thia it Is surmised that British cruisers are on their way to Balboa, the Pacific entrance of the canal. In reply Colonel Goetbals Issued bis orders. Twenty nations of the western hemisphere have expressed their disapproval of the effects of operations of the European belligerents in the watets f the two Americas and appointed a commission e" diplomats to formulate practical steps contour plating a more vigorous assertion of the rights of neutrals. The diplomatic representatives of the American republics, most of them under specific Instructions from their governments, urged united notions by the nations of this hemisphere to restore trade and remove some ft the burdens placed on commerce by the Eurojeiin war. The Berlin board ofniealtb, according to information reaching Rotterdam, reported thirty-six cases of cholera in Germanv during Noyember. In Austria, especially in Galicia. cholera is spreading rapidly. Eight hundred and forty-four cases were reported during the first week of November, in which period there were ool deaths. There were ninety deaths in Vienna. In Hungary during th same week there were 532 cases of cholera. President Wilson after a Brief discussion with his cabinet has directed Secretary Garrison to order sufficient troops to Naco. Ariz., to handle any emergencies that mijht arise there in connection witli tlie firing across the American border from Mexican territory. Secreary Garrison later announced ho had ordered Brig. Gen. Tasker II. Bliss to start for Naco with three batteries of field artillery and "await further orders." The Colorado coal strike, in force since April. 1910, has been called off, effective Dec. 10. The United Mineworkers have estimated the number of men on strike at S.500, though the .operators have argued that the actual uuinber of tlmsft who have not returned to work since the strike was called .s much lower than that. Despite tlie refusal of the majbrity members of the house rules. committee to graut Ills request for a hearing on his resolution to direct a special Inquiry into the military preparedness of the United States, Representative Gardner of Massachusetts Is determined to continue his fight for an investigation. President Ban Johnson of the American league announced that the New York American league club might be disposed of in the near future to Col. Jacob Ruppert, Jr., of New York. Following this announcement it was learned that the plan Is to make Connie Mack manager of the team. The Mexican constitutionalist agency at Washington announced the receipt of official advices that Carranza troops have reoccupled Durango, expelling tlie Villa garrison and that a large Carranza force is moving on Hermoslllo. "I wont leave Philadelphia," said Connie Macl of the Philadelphia Athletics, when his attention was called to a report that he might manage the New York American league baseball team next year. Rear-Aduilral Fletcher, commander of the Atlantic Ueet, impressively told the house naval committee yesterday that the United States navy is not prepared to cope with the most powerful navy in the world. He mentioned no country. President Wilson nominated Brigador General Frederick Funston for major general. Colonel Henry A. Greene to be brigader general, and Charles F. Hughes, commander iu the navy, to be a captain. The first general snow of the winter in tlie southwest fell yesterday. Kansas, western Missouri and northern Oklahoma were visited. Iowas agricultural products in 1014 reached a total value of 43S,157,440.
