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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. Secretary Garrlaon has resigned from the cabinet because President Wilson declined to insist without compromise upon the adoption of the continental ; rmy plan by Congress. The resignation was ten-dered and accepted late Thursday, and with Mr. Garrison, the assistant secretary .4* war, Henry c. breckenridge, also bit the senrice of the govern ment. Today the president tin. is himself personally in charge o1 the administrations plana for strengthening the army and working oat a definite military policy. II" has not selected a successor to Mr. Garrison, and it is regarded as probable that even alter the new bead of the war department is nai 1, the president, who has made ■ careful study of tlu problem, win continue to handle the preparedness plans to a great extent himself. i iry .:.!!■ sons resignation took offefal Wash ington by complete surprise. Even members of the presidents official family were unaware of the see retarj - contemplated action, although one of them said, howerer, that he knew thai Mr. Wilson and Mr. Garrison differed over the handling of the army puns. a new International problem thai is full of danger to the foreign relations of the United States , has arisen in notice to this government that i -many and Austria-Hungary yesterday made a de-i-lar ton to neutral nations that armed beUlgerent merchant vessels will !»• sank without warning hy the trarsbipa rind submarines ol the Teutonic allies. i e notice was conveyed to Secretary Lansing by toun- ii Bernstorff, the German ambassador, and Baton v. n Zwiedinek. the Austrian charge daffaires. Each of them Informed the Becretar; of State orally that bis government is to Issue mcfa a declaration to become effective on March 1. Notes from Berlin and Vienna are to f. How. a dispatch from Ghent to like Echo Beige says that "it the Belgian front, between Xpres and Ar-meatieres, a violent artillery battle lias been in ! progrefi r ten days. Hie Germans are busy . strengthening their lines, bat the opinion prevails thai they have postponed tbe large offensive move ment until the weather la more favorable. Allied airmen are developing unprecedented activity and I . ustantlj shelling camps, artillery parks and niili-tary buildings in tbe hands of the Germans. Camp 1 Hootbulst, il.i dispatch says finally, «a visited I ii iring the last week-by forty seven raiding aviators, ■ who did considerable damage to German military i i perty, teamsbip Orissa sf the PadOc Steam Navl-., Comimny, concerning whose safety anxiety has lieen felt In hipping circles, has put into St. Maaaire, France, ha-ring struck a rock, according r ... m cable dispatch from London printed yesterday r by the New York Times. The tact thai the steamship was overdue had led to apprehension that it t had been sank by ■ Germaa commerce raider. I .• I nlted 81 Ites navy possesses the most effective torpedo In the world, according to an an-aouaeemenl made at a meeting of the naval con-salting board. There was ah* promised by the t? consulting I ■■ . r 1 1 in the near future an aeroplane engine that i- said to represent the last word in 1 engine construction of that kind Swiss papers publish report- thai Bulgarian troops s have Invaded Bouraaaia, opening hostilities between t the two countries. They state that a Bulgarian , patrol which crossed tbe frontier wns Immediately fired anon by Bonmantan troops ami forced to retire, but that reinforcements arrived for the patrol 1 and fighting was resumed.
