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Show MACKENSEN IS SENT TO REORGANIZE TURKS London, March 26. Field Marshal August von Mackonsen, of tho Germany Ger-many army, according to adlspatch from Bcrno, has arrived at Constantinople Constant-inople to reorganize tho Turkish army. Tho possibility of American participation parti-cipation In the war on the sldo of th-3 allies was dismissed as a minor "matter "mat-ter by General von Stein, Prussian minister of war, in nn Interview with tho Berlin correspondent of the Budapest Bud-apest newspaper A Zest, according to a Berlin dispatch to Router's by wfy of Amsterdam. General von Stein said ho did not know whethor tho American fleet would support tho British floot, but that thero could be no question of an American continental army in tho near futuro, ho addod: "Our military situation on all fronts is good and justifies our best : hopes. It appears that tho onomy Is preparing an offensive, but wo shall resist ovon a stronger attack, not only at tho front but also at homo. What may happen then we do not know, but como what may, wo shall confront ovorythlng lmporturably. Our sufferings aro great and our elcriflccs gigantic, but It Is just In theso things that tho groatness ot n nation finds expression." Tho radical Socialist organization In Gormany, which, after having been road out of tho regular Socialist ranks, now Is forming a now party, has Issued a program domandlng, amothor things a speedy peace and no annexations by any belligerent. The lnfluenco of tho now party, though It Is considerable among tho working classes in a fow of tho largo cities, is absolutely nil with the government, gov-ernment, and Its domands on parliament parlia-ment aro not apt to accelorato peace jQ by a day. Tho old Socialist organ- Ization, on tho othor hand, Is "patriotic" "pat-riotic" nnd cannot be oxpoctcd, un-dor un-dor tho leadership of Phlllpp Scholdo-mann, Scholdo-mann, to waver In Its support of thn government as long as tho attitudo of the ontente allies toward pcaco negotiations remains unchanged. |