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Show WAR BULLETINS Paris, Oct 5. According to Wolff s agency the grand duchess of Bleck-lenburg-Schw erln has renounced her German nationality She is the czar's cousin and a 6lster of Grand Dukes Nicholas, commander of the Russian armios, and Michael. Her new name is Grand Duchess Mikallovieht. Her social activities during the last few cars have been confined to the American Amer-ican colony in Paris and the Itinera. Clash on Congo. London. Oct 5 9 12 p. m Letters received in London by commercial firms with iuteroBts In the Belgian Congo report that French and German Ger-man traders have clashed in a number num-ber of places, with some fatalities. The Belgian government, the letters let-ters add. has placed guns on the boats on the Congo In order to re sist German attacks. Inspiration Drawn. London. Oct 26. 3: 2:1 a m The Chronicle today prints prominently Lincoln's Gettysburg address with the comment: "This same hope that the present war will lead to a new birth of freedom animates the people of England today." London. OcL 6, 2 06 p. m. George T. Marye, Jr., of San Francisco, the recently appointed American ambassador ambas-sador to Russia, has been in London for several weeks, studying the most: available routes to the Russian capital capi-tal He haB finally decided to leave here next Saturday by way of Flushing, thence through German and then across the Baltic to Stockholm, Stock-holm, from which port he will Bail direct to Petrograd. Special facilities facili-ties have bepn promised to Mr. Mnr-ye's Mnr-ye's party by the various governments govern-ments through whose territory ho will pass. |