It is officially announced that no nation participating in the exhibition propos to change its plans in consequence of the war. An additional proof that the war may not seriously affect the exhibition is to be found in the fact that more than 300 national and international con-Bresses and conventions are to be held there, many dates having been booked up quite recently.
The officials have been notified that German exhibitors are preparing exhibits for the 1915 exposition in spit> of the war. With the exception of a few manufacturers near the border, there have been no withdrawal on the part of German merchants. German architects are in San Francisco at this time constructing the German sections for exhibits. Germany has established a New York office for exposition activities. One of Germany's most striking exhibits will be th: Leichner Fountain, which wil] be shown in America for the first time. It is more than a hundred feet high and apprrs as a great flame, yet the hand can be run through it as safely as through water.
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