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FRANCE WILL HELP!
FRENCH CANNON READY FOR
ARMY OF HALF MILLION
D.S. PROGRESS SURPRISES
High Commissioner Andre Tardieu
Explains How His Sepublic Can
Help Ameriea Gain Time in the
War Says American Government
Has Accomplished Wonders.
Announcement that France will
be able before July 1 to manufac
ture enough artillery to supply twen
ty American divisions, or approxi
mately 500,000 troops, if the Unit
ed States meanwhile adheres to an
understanding by which ^France
would receive the necessary raw ma
terials from America, was made by
Andre Tardieu, French l\Jgh com-
-missioner to this country. ~
Mr. Tardieu declared also thalt
fthere are in France more Ameri-,
can troops than comprised the
American army at the time the
United States entered the war. At
that time, he said, the American ar
my contained about 212,000 offi
cers and men.
The french official spoke at a | Stwrefary of Navy heclarr* Alii#**
dinner frhtch was part of New York
KRUPPS CONTROL NEWS NOW
Said to Have Acquired the Hnni-
T Official Wolff Bureau
• *r V
* ’' x, /
The Krupps have acquired con
trol of the Wolff Bureau, the semi
official German news agency, an Ex
change dispatch from Zurich says.
They are also reported to have or
ganized a subsidiary advertising
agency with the purpose of obtain
ing control of all large advertising
contracts, which will be alloted, the
dispatch says, “in accordance with
German interests.”
Another development in the move
by the big iron and steel and muni
tion interests of Germany to obtain
control of the leading newspapers of
the Empire which has been occasion
ally referred to in recent cable
grams is the aquisition of the Weser
Zeitung, . the principal paper of
Bremen, and the leading journal of
Dusso|dorf, according to reports re
cently received In London. When it
was announced last July that the
Weser Zeitung was for sale, the own
ers said they would never sell to the
Krupp and Pan German interests.
Evidently thg^ changed their minds.
-The new^owners announce that
the paper’s policy, which was form
erly serpi-Liberal and whole-heart
edly devoted to advancing the over
seas interests of Bremen, will be un
changed. But the Frankfurter Zei
tung. lamenting the change of pro
prietorship, says this is camouflage.
- ♦ ♦ ♦
BEATING THE U BOAT
ONiy
MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND
SOLDIERS WERE SAVED
t
celebration of the Jour De L’Allt-
ance Krancaiae. which warn observ
ed throughout the I’nited States and
t'anada. the anniversary of the trea
ty between France and the American
colonies In ITTt. Jules J. Juaaer-
and. the French ambassador, also
was a guest of honor
Asserting that “secrecy ought to
he a thing of the past, because our
democracies unit to know la order
to via.*' Mr Tardieu said that “Just
as appreciation of the results achiev
ed** by America la Its war prepara
tion *Te a stimulant for effort, nod
nobody baa the right lo refuse to the
A mm Wee people this stimulant **
The cemmlaalnaet reviewed the as
• hat France had deop la
taring ordnance hath for the Unit
•d dimes end far f^reore's
alllee
~We have la the line ^ m
’ sheet I t.oee gene of every
nod every day more thee !••.•••
•soils are teroed out hy our facto-
Arr Winning the Fight
Secretary Daniels said Wednes
day the United State* and the Al
ii as were winning the fight against
Germany's submarines *‘We are
having oar up* and downs.** he Chid.
’ but the fight Is being won **
The results of the antl-*subma
riu# campaign might he described
as pendulum-like. Mr Dualela said,
with the return awing becoming
shorter and shorter, as the altlee
grad nail y perfected their
The Secretary etpreeeed optimism
regarding the n jitiou at the porta
of debar hat too la France Thy ewe
gyctloa there at ftrut had been ~ao
ful.“ ho sold, hot I he rueditioas
have been w..n , improved
KILLED ON TROLLEY
"Wltheol speaking of ehat ue
maoufedu»e for you. nod that m.
aosorul h nod rod gwoo a mouth we j 1
have during The hSM three yooru* r
alien to ear allies la DCereps I iVg.-
••• rifles I % eeo aateomiftr rtflee.
I.eoe m#«hiee gees see eee eOU
cartridges f *Oe as as and I.IeO air
plaoea e e #
*The edepiieu • ilheet any modi-
fleet loo of ear sanees typos of aeos
would •Ortalaly hose aoied mere
tune lo the upsefii of Amortreo
predectloo eed seme dele is mai he
the cooseqeeoce of the improve
meats poo or# leek toe for. atwayw
•M rtghdy at that, aiming at bel
ter resells
Acck*
George he her. uegrm nos loataotly
killed at Greeoettle Meoday mom-
I tog when he ksid hie hand on the
a trolley rot charged
the trolley hasieg
lamped the wire and «wom into con
tact wMh a heosy —tlw oire car-
r?log current to operate the rot too
mills in the anhnrhe The negro see
stfting In the cut e hen the trolley
lumped, hot. going to the raor
form, touched the root roller DDch
erd Mitt, g ohite moo one severely
•hored In the eeam moaner. HsH
• good chance of roc every Tim
man saved hlmeetf hy throwing
hit cwotrwtler la aeatral
"Hut ae we have agreed. II M
that yon should supply and tmne-
port to France the aereaaary raw
amterlals. we etll. eader each
• uaditiooa. he able, la France, lo
deliver le you before July t
enough gnus thoroughly to equip
twenty ef year dlv talons The alt-
nation, therefore la completely
wafe la that
. 4.
“I have cooperated for nearly tea
months, hour hy hour, with every
part of your war organization.’’ he
said, “What you have done la mag
nificent. worthy of your allies, wor
thy of yourselves.**
Alluding to the raising of the na
tional army. - Mr. Tardieu declared
“that no event of wider import l as
ever taken place since tn > beginmag
of the war.” He continued:
••Thus your government will a
clear and courageous view, havo giv
en you the strength of iiimberi. thy
first condition of military power.
In April, 1917, you had 9,524 offi
cers and 202,510 men. You now
have 110,000 officers and 1,500 ' 00
men, and the number of your oien in
France at the present moment is
i.otably in excus of tli3 rsc.Mai* if
y« ur army nine :n whs a^i.
France, he said, has tak.'ii every
necessary measure so th't* America
can complete in France, the train
ing begun here. Regarding avia
tion, American development has
been “beyond all expectation.’• he
declared. He outlined ho*/ America
had helped the Entente also finan-
clally and with shipping food and
fuel—aid which he described as im
mense and conclusive. ‘ Wherever,
on special points,” he addel, allud
ing to his association witi official*
at Washington, “I believe that mis
takes have been mad2, . say frank
ly; the heads of the Cabinet ^r the
heads of your deparUa.Mi’s know *1
from their own exper ; »nce ’
“I have the optimism of the satis
fied? Mr. Tardieu sai(V. discusslug
the situation generally, 'in.' as l »ng
as I shall be .here as the r^eresenta-
tive of 'my country I will ask from
you, every day, a still greater effort.
After forty-three months of war our
needs are huge indeed, an 1 iii erdet
to supply them enormous ractif’c^k
are required of you.**
The speaker recalled that Amer
ica. In ordeF lo equip il« aituf with
guna and airplanes, railed up-:g |%g
Allies for Its immediate peel t, al ibe
mm# time inaugurating a program
•f Americas mggufarturlov ~
*1 have drawn roughly the reeelta
of the military effort ef the I'nlted
Htates for s period lees then ten
months | do wot believe that an Im
partial mas would my that this ef
fort la now completed, but I declare
that any tmpurttal man must admit
Its wonderful extension and splen
did accomplishments.**
Money was the first aid needed by
the Allies. Mr. Tardieu went on,
saying
“But it was not sufficient. Indeed,
for lack of a general organization
of production the United States and
the Allies would have competed with
each other in every factory and ster
ility would have resulted from this
anarchy. But in this respect 1 may
state that the centralized organiza
tion realized for the Allies by the
war industrial board and the srar
purchasing commission is excellent
In every way.
“During .the month of.December
last the high commission declared
the attention of the shipping board
No a crisis affecting virtually se
riously our supply In gasoline and
oil for the first two months of 1918.
“Last January 17, when arriving
in New York, I found thirty-seven
ships unable to sail for France on
account of lack of coal; on January
18 the restriction orders for* coal
were issued by the fuel administra
tion, and when I left New York on
the 2 : 2d, all our ships had coal
LOST OF LIFE IS SUGflT
. 1 ' ?
Officials Agreeably Surprised at
Small Number of Men Lost ift Dis-
aster—Army and Navy Men Anx-
ious to Strike Back 1 at U-Boats
and German Army.
A story of disaster at sea, affect
ing the hearts and hopes of Amer
icans, although they have been
schooled to expect it ever since the
firgt contingent of their fighting
men left an Atlantic port, fortun
ately has dwindled in the telling.
One hundred and one lives were lost
in the torpedoing of the British
troop ship Tuscania off the Irish
Coast at dusk Tuesday evening, ac
cording to latest reports. She car
ried 2,397 souls, including 2,179
States array foresters, engineers,
supply train men. military police and
aero units, and the first meagre
details Wednesday night Indicated
that the death list due to the steam
er's sinking might be approximately
1.000. A later estimate that night,
however, gave 2t7 at the number
of men missing Thursday morn
ing the figure was reduced to 2101
and this la turn lowered to 101!
through Informatloa obtained by cor
respondent of the Akaorlated Ureas
la Ireland confirmed by the Amer
ican embassy
The Tusraaia. a liner of 14.141
was one of a strongly
guarded eqqvwy and proceeding off
the nonbeeet of Ireland when din-
oMor gotrinah her The shore lino
was visible from the starboard aide
throagh the dash of naromlig night
aad N was from this direct loo
the larking eabmartae discharged a
torpedo that found Its mark la the
holler room of the at earner
Apparently rotrlhotlon at ^ earn
befell the enemy eader water boat
According In the teeilmony of Aaser-
►*a officers, a MrHIah dtatrayr
dashed toward the evident kx«' >
of the at tec her and dropped ^
bomba that toon Hod. In the os pros
•fee phrase of the ••hsnsrln* haat*
or *«o the —amp being “done In ”
Many patrol honte aaetsked the do-
ttvofefw to the work of rearne aad
the sort Ivors w ere landed at va-
none Irish sad dretrh ports, where
promp* medics I at teat loo was given
the Injured and the othorn «were
made remfertakls
Mach ml Mf art Ion Is found hy of
ficials m the aaefftrta! arceoats of
the dsotrnrtlon of the Hiitlsh User
Tesraaie hy a German a^t maria*
which showed that a destroyer, pre
seam kip British gave rhaee to the
raider and poaaihiy sank her with a
depth homh
Ho details of the attack had coma
fre^ official seurusu. They are
eeailod eagerly Serree s over the
»irm loan <>f a transport laden 011k
Aasertraa troops Is tampered hy the
growing total of servitors, aad the
dominant easoUoa among army aad
navy men aoe la the desire to etrlhe
hack.
Navy officials ser no cram mi to
"More recently I have found my
self obliged together with my allied
colleagues, to draw the attention of
Mr. McAdoo and Mr. Hoover to the
insufficient arrival of cereals in the
Ametrican ports. I am convinced
that the measures which were im
mediately studied and decided upon
unanimously, will' bring for the next
month a decisive,improvement.”
Mr. Tardieu reviewed what
France Is doing today. “Officers
and soldiers mobilized on January
1, 1918, not including the native
troops from the colonies, and the
workmen in the factories.'* he said*
“amount to 4.725,000 men of whom
nearly 3.000.000 are in the army
zone.
The extent of the western front
is *755 kilometres. Belgians hold 25
English ICS, French SC5, We hold,
therefore, three-quarters of It We
bar# la front of as eighty German
division- that means two-thirds of
the Gc-mvn first line troops, aad
■y V* * # ef tha German re
vs dfti-lnre ’ •
rtnr assume* lu bring overcome. The
Tuscania Incident Is regardsd as an
isolated case, which may. however,
serve to develop additional methods
for repelling the undersea craft. No
detail of the action will be passed
ever when full reports from the Brit
ish admiralty are available
Around the navy department
there was renewed hope of “bot
tling up” the submarines. Many of
ficers believe that a way can be
found to hpld the u-boats within
narrow limits and keep ttie rest of
the sea free except for occasional
raiders which might slip through.
There is no doubt that plans to this
end have - been given great study
both here and abroad.
The weight of American anti
submarine efforts ii yet to be
brought to bear. What has been
accomplished already by American
naval forces has been through make
shift devices and concerted craft in
a great measure. Every week now,
however, sees the near approach of
the day when all the plans and ef
forts of the navy will bear full force
and wide extension of the campaign
will be possible. .
Many devices entered into the bat
tle ^gainst the u-boats, some of
which have been evolved by Ameri-
can inventors. The detection appa
ratus now installed on American
craft is so successful that British
craft are being similarly equipped.
There have been Indications that
the u-boats have learned to fear this
ability of American craft to locate
them at a distance and maneuver to
bring the submarine within range
of a depth bomb. -With a destroyer
in the vicinity the underwater craft
moves carefully far below the sur
face, depending on mechanical ears
wljlch bring ‘ to her .the propeller
beats of the surface vesael;
When a destroyer stops to “lia-
ten.'* unhampered by the beat of
her own engine*, the lurking foe
also stops, to He silent below until
the destroyer no vet on again Huch
details as have come from Europe
lad Irate thaw the Tusraaia was .tor
pedoed hy a single submarine which
slipped under the advance arreaa of
destroyers There In evidence
mt an attack In force
War department eflhrleAs neold
say nothing ns to the destination of
tne Tuscania. It was admitted that
the Americas had been sent tor-
ward by British trans-AtlantJc liners
on .several occasions. There are re
ports that the great White Star Lin
er Olympia! one of the largest.of the
merchant ships, is also being used
in trankport service with other Brit
ish ships.’. % . #
There is no indication in the loss
of the Tuscania that a concentration
of submarines against American
troop ships lines has been ..made.
On the contrary the efforts of the
German high command still appear
to be directed primarily against the
cargo craft hound for British ports.
As the roll of missing from the
Tuscania dwindled, expressions of
amazement were heard frequently
that a crowded transport could be
torpedoed with such comparatively
small loss of life. Army officers
say it must be remembered that the
troops aboard were not seasoned
veterans, not even line soldiers, men
into whom every effort has been
made to instill discipline which
would have stopd them In good stead
in such an emergency. .The fact that
most of them were brought safely to
land is accepted as evidence, how
ever, that there was no panic. Some
jumped overboard, but nearly all
bravely stood -fast to await their
fate.
These soldiers were woodsmen of
the forestry. battalion, men of the
supply train, of the engineer train.
The most disciplined unit aboard un
doubtedly would be the military
police. •
latest official advlcey to the war
department have accounted for all
except 113 of the 2.156 American
soldiers who were on board the Brit
ish liner Tuscania when a submarine
sent her down Tuesday night off
the Irish roast # #
This figure was not final and high
hope* that the loss of life would
prove much smaller were built upon
cabled pres# dispatches saying Jnst
lit men. most of them members of
the crew were missing among the
entire force of soldiers, sailors and
passengers
No attempt was made le prepare
n lief of ’ the lost or missing Only
a few aamee of survivors had b*
received and the Indications wens
that It weald bo Impossible lo an
them pH t***f«»re Friday at
The rescued were land
nl widely asperate Irish and
•retch pons And while urgent In
st met Ions In representative* ef the
mr. •tat* and navy department*
that fall details of the dlaaaisr and
a complete record <•? the saved he
it nl the anrHsm paaMHIe moment
Friday night hod brought only men-
According in the war depart-
amat’e official report the Intel mtee
ing from the ; is? peewons aboard
the Mmr was ?m JTSe Inleal die*
patch pave this recepitelation
Parvisors United •late* troop*
f:P4S. crew pad passengers III,
total 2.1 it
nn hoard. United •tale* troops
S.IAi. crew and passengers 241*
total 2.2P7,
Missing United •isles Imepe
111; crew and piaetapirs »7. to
tel 22#
Officials seen mod I hat pp error ml
tranemiaaton acconated far the dm
crepeacy la this dispatch • figures *a
even and passengers The total eam-
oe board 2!i. according to p state
ment of the Hrttteh admiralty maned
early la the day ea the a amber ef
pcs**ag*r« aad crew anrvIvors prob
ably should have bees 144 I act end
of 141:
Virtually ao story of the alahlag
•f the Taaraala has ranched the gov
ernment through official chaaaela
Dispatches from'the embassy at
and other sources so far
have been roaflaed to terse state
ments and announcements of the
number saved.
Press accounts consequently have
been read with more than ordinary
interest by every one. Army offlcera
are proud of the way the troops
behaved.Ttie Tuecania was a part of
a large convoy ami immediate relief
was at hand.. There has been no
mention in official messages of re
ports that a convoying destroyer
sighted ami pursued the submarine
that made the attack. The destroyer
probably was British and British ad
miralty reports on the incident will
be awaited with keenest interest.
On board the liner were engineers,
military police and replacement de
tachments composed of former Mich
igan and Wisconsin National Guards
men and three aero squadrons, one
of which was recruited almost en
tirely in and around New York City.
Members of the other two squad
rons came from nearly every sec
tion of the country.
Secretary Baker issued the fol
lowing statement;
•‘The sinking of ,'the Tuscania
brings us face to face with the losses
of war In its most relentless form.
It is a fresh challenge to the rivii.
ized world by an adversary who has
refined but made more deadly the
stealth of the savage in warfare.
We must win this war, and we will
win this war. Losses like this unite
the country in sympathy with the
families of those who have suffered
loss; they also unite us to make
mbre determined our purpose to
press on.
“As rapidly as details *come in,
they will be given to the public, in
order to relieve anxiety where pos
sible. and notice will be sent as
promptly as possible to those whose
sons and brothers have been added
to the nation’s heroic dead **
Every American soldier loaf on
the Tuscania, having dependents,
was protected by government insur
ance. Many had applied for volun
tary insurant*, wfcirfc la baaed In
4»uuau up so fin.###, and all are
severed by govevaa^at com peg
Goa payable la a widow, dfil
wtdawtd mother This automatic
soraacu aagaecates abeot $4.2## aad
b paid al *be lot* at shout $2; a
9m r
DANIELS DENIES CLEMENCY
TRANFOIITJS SIM
UNITED STATES SOLDIERS ARE
LOST IN ATTACK AT SEA
Nashville's (’ommander Reduced for
Firing on Italian Mubtnarfne
Lieut. Commander Ernest Freld-
rlck, who when in command of the
gunboat Nashvil)e fired by mlatake
late last summer on an Italian sub
marine In the Mediterranean, was
ordered reduced 30 numbers by the
Naval Court which tried him, It waa
learned today, and the sentence waa
approved by Secretary Daniels, de-
Tf C | t n t . h . at |J; he °? v ' Cmuuil Uner Tnrtaate, WMh Over
ernment officilly Interceded in be- —
WEDDED NEAR IHUNI
half of the officer and the Naval
Court made a unanimous recom
mendation for qlemency.” One mem
ber of the sub crew was killed. The
Government immediately expressed
its regrets to Italy.
It was shown at the trial that
when the Italian submarine emerged
the Nashville broke out a signal
#nich should have broughf instant
recognition from a friendly warship.
No reply being made the Nashville
opened fir, killing 1 man. The sub
marine commander then signaled his
identity. Commander Frederick ex
plained at the trial that he acted
under explicit instructions from the
Navy Department. '
The Naval Court spread on the
records an unusual request for clem
ency on the grounds that the offense
was largely due to the fault of otlw
ers and. moreover, that Commander
Friedrich's action Indicated uncom
mon zeal and Initiative.
The Italian Government took the
same stand. An attache of the em
bassy In Washington called on Sec
retary Daniels and expressed the
hop* of his Government that no pun
ishment would be meted out In
stances of the kind were not unus
ual In modern warfare, the attache
said. and. In fact, both British and
French war vessels had fired on v*«-
wd* of their allies under similar
circumstances. Mr. Daniels declined
to Interfere with the sentence of the
court
FIGHT THE SLAVS
Kai
Fort e|
Arm)
Official telegram dispatches f
Jnaay •sinrday. any that the greeter
pert of the Heumeaian army Mmlg
engaged la fighting Messina
•he er# ..wrruanini Mo|«Ss*is sn4
Heeearahla ehit* •slahevihl t
are roaceatratlag la He koalas
24 hear* fighting the
dmerarnd the Math Messiaa dtvl
• hbh attacked Gelaies. taklag
than gees aad eerreaaded
«: termed the ttgbih ResMan SB
mn •kick attacked the •••ter of th«
Moldavia* front This dlvie
in reepanae tn an appeal f
Heaaerehma rapnhHt k la effwtally
declared Henmeila asm trasps there
tn prevent the devastation nl the
•sentry hy hands nl Maeeiea*. end
a be wcceptsd Kishinev the t
Jassy Hallway and depots ft
shlch Koaameie dress
righting b ta
tha Me* me a las and tha
ever all HeaaaraMa. as far ae the
Dniester Mlver
2,000 Guardsmen From Wisconsin
and Michigan Goes Down While
Under a Heavy British Convoy of
Destroyers.
The Cungrd liner Tuscania, car
rying 2,179 American soldiers, has
— * •
been torpedoed and sunk off the
Irish coast, but offlcal reports late
Wednesday night said 1,912 of the
officers and men have been saved
and indicated that the list of res
cued might prove even larger. The
troops, composed chiefly of detach
ments of Michigan and Wisconsin
National Guardsmen, were traveling
on the Tuscania, a British vessel,
under convov of British warships.
A brief dispatch to the War De
partment from London early Wed
nesday evening announced the dis
aster and reported the landing of
only 1,100 aurvlvors. Thla waa
made public shortly after 10 o'clock,
and for more than two hours It was
feared that probably 1,100 men. In-
luding members of the Unor'a crew,
had gone down.
A hen a message came to the
Bute Department from (be embassy
al l^oodou saying at 11 o'clock,
l.$12 of the Americana had been ac
counted for the Joy of the oCftciab
almost swept away the dletrogg oe-
Moaad hy the earllor new*. The
first 1,10# survivors were landed at
nrne and Hun raAs two widely
per*ted Irish porta, aad thb. coo-
pled with the evident fade that res-
ooMpa worn at
rise to hopes tha
1 hoard the
Injured hy the
la fad all effWtaJ
► ap late no
of the attach aa the
ed that M eerorrod c
lag. ae the first
Lead** at 2
the
atev el
re* mm 1*14 >f M
returned la the White
CALLS FOR MATS
laryB
up tha War
I M oeuld h
defluitety oh*!
uatll the Met i
fellows
AMI fur a
^ Make a bridge of ships to
Fraere.. was the meeeeg
seal Furs king aad every
comauad.. delivered le
can people hy Maj
er. chief censor of
lag's staff, la an
tloaal Proaa Club “Build sht
let every woman aad child la the
land think ships.** said he. “We
(night to bo weaiiag little met*
ships la our buttonholes, ('hlldren
ought to play with toy ships
“Would you have the men fight
Ing In France think that you had
forgotten them—you in your com
fort at home? Would you have
the lives of such men sacrificed ll!
because you have not concentrated
your efforts on the thing that mean .
most to them?
“Toward our ship yards for the
power they fear during and after
the war the German staff strains Its
vision. Build, build and continue
to build ships. Make a bridge ol!
ships to Pershing.”
WILSON ASKS POWER
Wants to Reconstruct War Machine
to His Notion
. Almost coincident with Secreta
ry Baker’s reapearance before the
senate military committee for cross
examination upon his recent state
ment of what America is doing in
the war, the administration answer
to congressional agitation for a war
cabinet nd munitions director was
given by introduction in the senater
of a bill transmitted by Presidem;
Wilson, which would give the pres
ident blanket authority to reorgan
Ize and coordinate all federal de
partments, bureaus, agencies, offi
cials and persons.
THE AURANIA TORPEDOED
Submarine Attacks Gunanl Uner
Round for America
The Cunard liner Aurania, 13,
4tons, was tor,*<loe by a Ger
man Bjbmarioe within the last for
ty-eight boors, while bojad to
United States. *• was learned from
officials of the i*uaard line today
Although badly damaged hy the
rtpk>»i*a the th i* •*» pgfl sufck
aad la helipved to
way horh lo port.
•ore of govotomeg
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tad Sixth Wisconsin Infantry.
Wisconsin and Michigan ***
except thoee In the Aero
who probably were recruited
all parts of the country. Neither the
'dispatch to the War Department or
to the State Department referred to
the fate of the members of the Tus-
cania's crew. Undoubtedly many of
them were saved, and when all re
ports are in officials hope that the
loss of Ufa will be remarkably small.
The liner, which is not a regular
transport, was under convoy and the
warships apparently were quickly
alongside for rescue when the tor
pedo struck .
The State Department’s dispatch
gave the number of soldiers on board
as 2,173, six less than the War De
partment’s report. It told of plans
promptly made for caring for the
survivors. The State Department is
sued this statement:
“The latest advices received by
the State Department from the em
bassy at London regarding the Tus
cania is that at 11 p. m., February
6, the latest information was that
1,912 officers and meh~Un y the Tus
cania were accounted for'out of
2,173.
“The ambassador has sent an as
sistant military attache and another
army officer to Belfast, Ireland.
Representatives of the American
Red Cross and the Y. M. C. A. also
have gone with full power to spend
all the money needed. The ambas
sador further reports that the lord
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