Whose limbs were rounded youth, too supple, warm,
To hold the measure of the street-made pace.
Music and marching--colors in the sky--
The crowded station, then the train--farewell!
For all he had the glance, exultant, shy,
That seemed to marvel, "More to see--to tell!"
Yet with his breathing moved, hid by his coat,
A numbered, metal disk, strapped round his throat!




American Reply to Britain's Blockade Order

By William J. Bryan, American Secretary of State


_With the publication on April 6, 1915, of its note in reply to the
British Government's Order in Council, proclaiming a virtual blockade
against commerce to and from Germany--printed in the April, 1915, number
of_ THE NEW YORK TIMES CURRENT HISTORY_--the American Government rested
its case. The text of the note to Great Britain follows:_

WASHINGTON, March 30, 1915.

The Secretary of State to the American Ambassador at London:

You are instructed to deliver the following to his Majesty's Government
in reply to your Nos. 1,795 and 1,798 of March 15: The Government of the
United States has given careful consideration to the subjects treated in