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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. , i A I.omlon cablegram Of Saturday night said: "Be-ports received In London indicate the Germans are prepared and srill strike soon at the allied llaes in Belgium and Frame and at the allied positions at Saloniki. A Saloniki dispatch by way of Paris nays a heavy artillery duel already is in progress between the British and Austrians near Dolran. This dispatch Bays s general German offensive has , h en Inaugural d along the whole Greek border. A dispatch from Rome -;i tbe Roumanian government i- trying to float I large loan, declined to be pro. paratory to entering the war on tbe allies- side, an action whi.h might prevent a German offensive !n tin- Balkans. There has been a big movement f German troops to tbe western front. The kaiser is . report i d to have gone to that field to prepare for further nc ements." From Washington a dispatch sara: The general view here is that Germany now has yielded suffi-eientlv to leave the president no excuse for breaking off diplomatic relations. It has yielded sufRclently to permit the administration to claim that Germany has been held to "Strict accountability." The i t i 1 t I 1 t J J ] ! I j j j J . i i I j i : . j . | t only particular in Which the German government is proving stubborn is in reality only a quibble over the use of the word illegal. It is recognised generally here that the president would have difficulty in .justifying the forcing of a crisis in the relations of Germany because of a quibble over phraseology nine months after the commission of the act which forms the basis of the dispute and at a time when it appears that the future safety of Americans in the submarine war zone is guaranteed. The question of ownership of the British steamship Appani may remain an open issue until tin cud of the war. with the ship meant inie held in the custody Of American officials at Newport News. Conflicting hums on behalf of Germany and England are being considered by the stale dopuil mont and lie neutrality board. Officials generally are Inclined to the view that tbe ease must be governed by the Prussian treaty of MRS, which grants Prussian prizes free entry to American ports and declares that they "may freely be carried out again at any time by their captors to tbe places expressed in their commissions." A literal construction of that provision, which some officials favor, would permit the Appani to remain indefinitely at Newport News. From Rome a dispatch of Saturday night BSjd: "Bucharest dispatches tonight, reporting that the Roumanian government lias announced its intention of Heating immediately a 0,000,000 foreign loan, strengthened the belief here that Roumania may enter he war on the side of the allies. Coupled with earlier dispatches, reporting the virtual closing of the entire Bulgar-Roumtinian frontier and the massing of more than 500,400 Roumanian troops within striking distance of the Bulgarian and Hungarian borders. Hie news aroused the greatest interest hero." At New York Saturday night paHcesaea were detailed unexpectedly at 11 oclock to every subway and elevated station in Manhattan, The generally accepted reason is a reported threat to dynamite the subway system, though the action is surrounded by much mystery. Special attention was paid by tile police to the intersection of the elevated or subway lines with ereaa town surface lines. The Hudson tunnel stations also were included in tin- detail. George M. Reynolds, president of the Continental ami Commercial National bank of Chicago, who is ill of bronchial asthma at Los Angeles, was reported considerably Improved Saturday Bight. A bulletin issued by Dr. M. L. Moore, the attending physician, said: "If Mr. Reynolds continues in his present ini proved condition he will be out of danger within twenty four hours."
