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ESEA 6 I1- Copyrigh Hart Sc THEI IHome of He MM[. BOTGBAROVA ASKSh -S[NATORS TO 8AY[ RUSSIA : The Famous Leader or the Battalion t of Death Told Senators in the , Marble Roomi that 100,000 g ACmerican Soldiers Would be Sufficient Nucleus v to Raise Great Ru sian Army Washington, .July 15.-Straight toe the United Stat es senatE, Madame Botebkarova, the leader of the Rus- t sian batitalico of decath, carried her y rlea for Ru:-.am today. She spoke to t a numher of Senators in the marble I roo)m aill .aid to them:i Russia <n be saved. Sending 100, 06h aled I ceops into Siberia wout I rouse the eafants to fight for free dthan 500,000 Russians I troops would spring to arms." Trhe fc'irless woman leadler wa; we~a ring her khaki r'aiform, her swori dlangling at her tilc. 11er decorations blazed uron her breast. Hecr straight, a bhack hair, bobbedl boy-fashion, ac cent uat"(d sharply the broad outline of .1 her slavanic face. "All thr-" real heart of' Russia hattes Germ~,any,"' she said. "The perasantr.' wanut Gcrmnyn bea ten andl thIirown out of Russia. Russia can not do it a lone. Won't you hell) ? Will you le*t me go back to Russia without a word to the p' onle t hat A me rica is comting ? "Rugsia is bleeding to death. In 20 years G;erma ny will have Germanized Ruse . German in fluence is not now v rooted out. Germany w.illI make war onl yn .:ind she would dominate thet worldi if :he was allowed to dlominate a Russia. "TPhi a the phychological moment. YOU mutst lend your aid to Russia att once. Dc n't 'eave the Czteeho-Slovaks in F.i'seria to their fate. If Russia perishe(s, so will you. If you (do not assist us now, you are not our friend. I beg of you sendl men and guns. "E.~conomic aid will be useless with- E out military aid. I have been here two onths now and I have made' this y'our government. I received no re.. spo: se. Your people seem to trat this mnatt:.r coldly. I want your help. If I ~'cannot get it I will go back and try . ito see what we can do alone. But we need you'r help desperately. c % Send the 100,000 men. I will throw r V n friends with them. Becau~e Rus- f si ua knows that back of me there is no :political controversy. IThe peasants ii '11 not fear, for they' know me." s(oINA S b b haffner & Marx 1 J. CHA art Schaffner 1V Senator Thomas, of Colorado, asked r Madame Botchkarova would oppose $ r welcome .Japanese assistance in I n. expedition. t "I weuld welcome it," she said, "if 1 lerc were not too many of them. I I h'uld think one-third would be a i air Japanese proportion." - The woman commander said she as quite s':rc she could raise 500,- 1 (a0 Ru~sin troops in and around i ladivostok, if an American force of .00 were landed there as a nu "Theni more and more wouldl gath r," shL predicted, "For the heart of ussia has not perishedl. She is pros rate only because of the treachery of he men higher up." .lhe assailed Kerensky for weak "lHe was a man without a wvill," he declared, "Why did not he arrest he traitors Le'nine and Trotzsky ? Vhy didl he not stop their pro-Ger ian niropa:gandla. She ended oer ide wi h: "G;ive* R'ussia a e~iusee to rhow. her I rong heart still Nt( s.'' AI'AN TO BUIlD AD)DITIONAL. CAl(tOO SHIPS F"OR UJ. S. 'otal Contracts Now Let to .Japanese Ship Biuilders Provide 380,000 TFonis of Shipping Including 50 Cargo Carriers at About $78,000,000 Cost ' Wash~iingthni, J1uly 1 5--The policy C the United States was broadened slay with the ann~ou~lneent by the Jnited States shipping hoard that raetls for 30 addtitional stee'l (argo teatmships have been awvarded to .Jap nese shipyards. TPhis announcement closely fol lows hat of Saturday giving t' n1 arrangement with the government wned K(inngnan D~ock( and Engine ompany of Shanghai, China, wvhereby hat company is to build 120,000 tons f steel ships for the United States hipping board. The shipiniig hoard has al ready hartered 150,000 tons of sh ippjing ronm Japan ana d pu rchased another 27,000 tons. Some of the ships will h~e quippedl with guns and gun crews nd( put immediately into the overseas ervice to carry mesi and supplies to 'rance. Others will be used in the1 oastwvise andl South American tradle, I eplacing and releasing other tonnage or overseas service. Total contracts now let to Japanese hip builders provide for 380,000 tons i f shipping, including 50 cargnone ca1I BLE. Will You and let Try on Suits-i An ext Shirts. able the weathe All oth the sea XNDLER [arx Clothes. icrs. These will cost approximat< 75,000,000 of which about $20,000,0 as been expended. The estimate he shipping board, -which was a Witted to the appropriations comm cc of the house, asked for an ad ional $55,000,000 for this purpo 'he shipping board had also permitt apan to obtain 100,000 tons of st >lates and will now provide 3(6,0 ons for th enew ships. The letting of contracts in both man andl China for the construction hips to strengtHen the fighting pov >f the United States will, it is ieved, have a splendid effect in bii Lng these nations to the cause of 1 oes of Germany, and in setting an< imple for the guidance of Russia ier efforts to come ba'ck to an orgi zedl state and renewv the traditio: riendlship wvith the United Sta which wvill align her among the fig nig forces for the safety of demnoen ind stamp out the threat of Gern lomination over all the peoples wi n her vast domain. Friendships abroad are cemented onmmerce a nd overseas comnmerce ~arried on by ships. The shippi moard is not essentially a dliploma gency of the United States gove: nent, but through its joint coat vith the war trade boardl of a lai mart of the -free commerce of 1 vorld, it hams beenm able to accomipl nere mn a practical wa ythan col ave been done through regular d Oma&tie channels. Ot acr and bigger things are in pr meet through the efforts of the sh )ing buard, undler the leadersh! hairman Edward N. Hlurley, to c< 'ince the nations of the wvorld ofi mselfish motives of the United Sta n entering into tI e wvar and tI here is no tUterior Ocsign to mas he commnerc*e of the world at the< ~ense .,f the sam lce nations IA lII)DECLARES WAR ON GERMA2 'ouncil of State Acts on D~emand P'residlent of Republic Port A u Price, Hla iW, July 15.-'] ouncil of state, acting in accordai vith the powers given it undler1 tew Itaitien copstitutton, has una nously voted the dleclaration of v mpoh Germany (demanded by the pre lent of the republic. 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