The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, March 29, 1917, Image 7
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ON A WAR
WILSON TAKES STEPS TO PRE
PARE AMERICAN NATION .
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CONGRESS MOST fiECIDE
SIX MILITARY DISTRICTS
DIVIDE UNITED STATES
Keor^anizatioli of Anny Into Six l>iA-
tricts is a Step in Direction of Full-
Fledged ^‘reparednc^ss for Any
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- Flventunlity—Federal tiovenunent
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to Assume Burden of (iluard Duty.
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. President Wilson took steps Sun
day to place the nation on a war
footing.
By executive order he directed that
the k navy be recruited without delay
to’the % full• authorized war .strength/
ST.uoo. eiiiisted men. Taken in con
nection' wifh emergency naval con
struction already ordered, this means
that tha-president lias exercised the
fulHimit of his legal powers as ,coiu-
mander-in-chief to prepare the navy
for war. •* ♦
For the army the president direct
ed that two nfilitary departments be
created in the Aftantic roast region.
.The or^ux means that.the:task (if or
ganizing whatever army Congress
may authorize wUl be divided among
nix deparlnientaf commanders In-
atead of four in the interests of 8|>eed
and efficiency* in mobilization.
The<tliirU steps was to assume as
a national duty the task of protect
ing American industries from domes
tic disorders in the event of hustili-
fan try regiments, two separate bat
talions and one separate company of
the National Iluard were t ailed ba< k
Into the federal err\ ice to art as na
tional police in important districts.
Hopple men ting 0»e*e troop* n regi
ment of tvnnitylvania gnard and two
^ * "WTm^wr 1 We f w s * ^ *1
rouit* borne from tke border for name
let nnt. were ordered retained in tbe
Muj. (ten. Wood, Senior Offlrrr of
-. Army, in (Vnuniand of S<»utlie^t-
ern ISatHctr at (TiaricMton.
Division of the United States tato
six instead of the existing four mili
tary departments was announced
Saturday bydhe ■ War DUtfartment.
The two' new departments are. the
Southeastern, comprising the States
in the old South, and the Northeast
ern, comprising the New r England
States. - Major Gen. Leonard- Wood
is transferred from command of the
Department of the East td the South-
easterri* Department with headquar
ters at Charleston^ S. C.
Major Gen. J. Franklin B^ll goes
from the Western Department tp fhe
Eastern Department; Major Gen.
Hunter Liggett from the Philippines
to the Western Department, and
Brig. Gen! Clarence K. Edwards from
the ("anal Zone to the Northeastern
Department. Major. Gen. Barry, of
the CentraFDepartment, and Major
Gen. Pershing, of the Southern De
partment, remain in their commands.-
The chauges were outlined by the
-department in the followyn^ state
ment :
‘‘To- facilitate decentralization of
command the United States is divid
ed Jnto six military departments in
place of (he four now existipg r The
new organ(xmtions become effective
*May 1, 1HI7, and comyiriHe the fol
lowing: .
**A —Northwestern Department, to
embrace the States of MaNew
liauipshire. Vurniont. Massachusetts.
Ithode, Island ami (’onnecfh ut, liread-
qiiarrers at BOkton
“IF—Kastern Departm»*nl. to em
brace tbe States of New York. -New
Jersey, - Pennsylvania, Delaware.
MarvtaniF ami Yirgltiia. West Vir
ginia. Dlfttrbt of Columbia and the
Canal Zone and tbe twlaml of Potto
It Ft*.- with (lie island* and key* ad*
ia«« i*t tliefetir Iteadiuaiiert at Uo%*
CITIZENS URIiED TO PLANT I jUll/y RIISHFn
HARDENS TO INSURE F00Di l1,ni i | V ,,UU,
Agricultural Deimrtment ('alia omIeio fleet of u-boat chasers
('itizens. to Adopt Policy of
liaising More Foodstuffs
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^. statement urging that as a pa
triotic duty,city residents transform
thehr yards into gardens and farmers
so diversify their crops as to make
each section self-sustaining was is
sued Saturday night by* Carl Vroo-
mah, assitant secretary of agricul-
ture. ' ... r
The great need in war time, Mr.
Vrobman said, would.be a surplus of
wheat with winch the nation could
feed its allies. He also declared the
acreage ot soy beans and cow peas
should be increased to augment the
resources for protein which in time
of emergency .could .take the place of
meat for human consumption. Two
or three crops of some sort should be
raised during the coming .'summer,
lie said, on every vacant square foot
in the cities. v
‘ If the natioiial’policy decrees that
there should be a big increase in our
acreage and yield per acre of food
cr.ops.” the Statement says, “then the
nation as whole and not the farm
ers as a cfass shopld and must as
siime the major/part of the risk in
volved. The department is urging
each section of the country to be
come as nearly as practicable agricul
turally independent. This- is good
poiity in time of peace and-win be
a vitally important policy in time of
war. when our transportHtion system
necessarily would pc chiefly occupied
with the transportation of soldiers
and, war supplies.
“In view of the apparent world
wide wheat shortage and present and
pros |hm live hij^h pro-rs. In ttu»»e
par% of the country-where spngc
wheal at normal price* T* a* proitt*
able or almost as protltable as oats,
farmer' would do w**|| to seed a pari
”f* Houttieaslern Department to
e mb no r the Stale* of feno*
NEEDED IMMEDIATELY
WAR PRACTICALLY EXISTS
HERMANS PLAN NEW DRIVE
ON THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL
Russia Turns From Reconstruction
the lm|ielllng Foe Who
- . * ^ s
Threatens Fierce Attack
to
Every Action Indicates Arrival of
Emergency Which (.alls for Action
—Naval Militia to Be Called Out—
lletlred' Officers tt» llelieve Active
for Duty at Sea-—Plants to Hindi
Wqrk..
Wit H ppin ion _g£neraL in. Washilig-
ton that an actual state bl war exi^th
between-the United States and G<*r-
many, no statement came, front the
\\ Irtte Holne or any other authorita
tive source as to what the course of
the government will be with refer
ence to the sinking of three? American
mereiiant vessels by (jermau subma
rlnes. %
Biit President Wilson had a long
conference at. the White House with
Secretary Lansing and afterward
went to the navy departjncnt for a
talk with Secret ary Dcniel*. Which
•bore fruit in the issuance of orders
for speeding up work on warships
under construction, the issue - of
bonds to obtain money for thi*^ pur*
pose, the abandonment of tin* eight-
hour. day for government naval con
st ruction. and,tty' graduation of two
duH-es iff midshipmen ahead of time.
•Everything that can be done Is
being done or will be 4»Kie/ % was the
stkteinetff made try Josephus D;»n*
iels. S«*<’ret«r) of thjff Smvy. # ‘‘The
only action tbm«»far taken ba- !•«••• n
the •placing erf aimed guards on
\n»** r i« an ^hlps/ Mr. Daniel* add**!
^ From internal troubles ami: the
problem of reconstruction, the atten-
tten or ilu^slg has suddenly'tH'^n dL
vetted to a new danger nyhlch threat^
ens from without. There now la in
disputable evidence that Hhe Ger
mans are massing great numbers of
troops along the northern / front
ready for gn effort against Russia's
capital. ■/':./" ^;// ' ' a ; '
The country has been apprised of
the new juenaco "by a Series of proc-
lamationa .from its ministers.
Alluding to the military situation
in Russia and the effect of the invo
lution on the ; men at the f ront, Reu-
ter's Pet cog rad corses pondenisay^t
“War Minister Gtitchotf s state
ment that the foe is at the gate is no
mere figure of speech. The slightest
relaxation of vigilance aiid-the ene
my would be at Petyigrad.'’
The correspondent then cautious
ly reiers to* the reperctimve action
xm—t-he—troitpa -<4—the consciousness
/
BREAKS ITS WM
BELHIAN RELIEF MUST STOf
BECAUSE OF FRICTION
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PROTEST DNANSWEKB
Minister Whitlock Baa Been Witlfr-
- drawn-—Hoover ar.d Hit HCaff orw
to IHFoct Relief W ork as Bosk They
('an F'rom the Oat.Hide—Dutch Cit
izen* Take
Workers,
Place of Amertran
Because of the “German gow^ra-
ment's disregard of its written un-
dertakirigs’’, for the protection of
Americans and American, relief work
in Belgium, the stkte 1 department
announced that American Minister
Beand Whitlock hie* been withdrawn
from Uruireels and the staff of the
Wf
than that •IInp I nltc«| stair* •boutd
That the army has been the arbiter
of .Russia's destiny. Which has mani
fested itself* in demands incompati
ble with military discipline and s%ys
that already tlnre is news *fn»m va
rious fronts of the prevalence of-
"se< ond thought*.*' ^ ,
‘/But.'* conthnies the correspond
eni,, “where the men resptHf their j
• hicfs.’and the army is fortunate inljj n
its commanders, it is unlikely that L
persistent •• in .untutored claim* will
he allowed to prejudice the spring
I inti summer campaigns. „
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(..•.d lb.- Pr«.. »bl.b b.. -I- lhal r.^irtrtli.0. l..f»
American ('ommiseion for Relief-In
Belgium advised that they should
not remain longer in German occu
pied territory.
Minister Whitlock, who has beein
kept on Belgian territory chiefly to
aid 4he relief work, wiU xo lb Havre,
the teiiiporary capital of the RelgiaA
government. The places of the with-
\mcric*n relief Workers will
be taken by Dutch eitisena. and t’m
(ommission through that meen* Will
emit Spue from outside buaqs asbepl
tt ran tbe work of raring for ten mll-
al lea*i of their liormal ouu a rvuge Jitttbef a* t»o«i ha^ twy*n d*i el«>l
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bill ibpervi*e tbe fMMbMfif < bt
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after obd will take over ibe ta»k of
JtTiglllM
tbar » i*. r.e
partti enr •au-t-d <onsidt-roble *pe« a- p^ltwatkbl n
tattoo among arm% offb ers. No ex-1
ptaba ion wa» gl%pn and He» retary
tl«* l m-d to rmntbebl. The
•l:ist«-rn •h*p««rtiiic , tit. even as it will
W-iMe-e Obe oeoe ore a titration go***
Into effect. «* iegarde«t as the nmst
ini|M»rt;?n! u( »hi* six because o( its
gr«*H» PconotiiU* development. A* a
general rule, that drpaftment falls to
the comunind of th«* otenior major
general of the army available for
inch ditty.
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TRANSFER SU\ C4HTIL
Intvtcy In Me
.Transfer of fbe Ra*»ian ebpllil
frc»m IVtrof rod to'll* abrlent alle at
•Vithus J» iigoxdrl no bmbit prob
able in Eatebte Hrcleo, which hove
3B l*Td rtuoeb #d*Lrd regarding tile
rtipdb.^ .
The belief to toiindcHl upon tei*ori *
that tVtr**Krad ie* aw^irtbing with
spies: that It Is strongly uniler the
Influence yif tlie |vn>-Ueriuan eje
mVMti; inht ItF real seat of reform
is in jfbaeow. and that such a change
would a|»i»cal sirongly*to |he sentl-
ment of the great mass of Oie p«MT-
ple.
Except in Its lack of communica
tion with, the sea. Moscuw' is h» M to
Im* quite as a« cessihle and convenient
a center as’Petrograd. and it «is re-
•tukes cotiiniand of the East»»rn .de-
bglMmeiRt. Im ing his immedlgtl junior
III'some quarters it was. suggested
that the new Southeastern depart
ment might prove to he the center of
interest should the present interna-
tionaA .situation, develop need for
military operations to the South'
„ Indications were thiwt the adminis
tration planned to await action by
Congress before further warlike pre
parations, are ordered. President
Wilson has authority to direcU that
the regular army be brought up to
full war strength at once, and also
to call out the ( remainder of the Na
tional Guard and the naval militia.
In ’designating State troops* 7 to he
CfiTled out. it is apparent y that the
War^ Department has, carefully sur
veyed the field of' priv'at(* % • enter
prises, which might be assailed iw
event of domestic disturbances;. The
number of troops from each State
summoned to duty bears a direqt re
lation to the shipyards, .munitions
plants and other, industries in that
State, wh ; tie* I military pro
Jection.' .
' The president, follow in gjiis con-
fer**n-with Gov MrCall of Masiig-
ebusetts Fri4lay night ah«PSaturday
with Secrytary Baker, reacheu VHe
con^lusloii tlvai ag the federal gov
ernment Is tiiclijiTua-
tion which creates (he danger **f in-
ferr •! dieor*lerf. i* aisb should a 4 -
gbrte tbe bordeb of provl ting ade
qnf»V** pr*4ertion.
lifter the policy be baa Feawtved
bp#b abd pat Mb exenittab* g *
Mlafe gbd b# petlbt# Kaaufa^t irer
will he railed wp** lb beg* Ik** ry*
•
At ARDS MXM SUPS
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lb rngkibg Ibw award* «b dswiiwy*
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repted the bmtimbm ewttmble «wl
ca* b Ibe three ratapabl*-* ■bbbiil-
Dbg Mire* III lb# iwebiy lowr «#-
defvd. wlbe will be bwlM under tbe
u. rg^bef I gbd. • obgre** ba«lbg
>gHNrlb*bll> anik#n*»d wbly hftreb
IN Her b***ld**r» were tb rubferebe#
wjtb of tb la I* a»*i Ibdlrblwma are
I bat Hbtwvday'a efdera will be *|i»*»
bled t*r eveb trehk I tf factlittea for
«oti*trurut)% k u( Ibe t
fobbd
In awarding robtrart* for the
Iwenly-foar dewtri*yet* ob the tame
day Md* were opebeik the ngvy de
part mctti *- tahli'h*** a prv-ceilejit fog
«|tlirk action. All of the * v****e|«
^ kiUUJLiil duplir4te tbe thirty-live-
knet ty|H* alrtgidy • builcling will be
Intilt 4»n a ha is of ctisl plus in per
cent pro Hi. (‘ontrarta for ten went
to the Union Iron Works. $*:n Fran-
cImo; eight to the Fore Riyer Ship-
htithnng Uomfiany. (juimy. Mass.,
•ind six to William ('ramp and thins.
iMiitadclphiu.
of his grade, Gen. B^ll, who now- garded as much more secure against
a drive by the German army, which
is believed to lie* impending.
Armed Ship Goes 1'liiougli.
.The America^ liner 6t. Loliis, Srst
nimed Ameru ah ship to cross tbe At-
lamic, has arrived safely at her des
tination. Secretary Daniels announcr
Monday*. # ;• d
fc;arned that. Congress also would be
requested to authorize an increase
beyond the S7.000 war* strength
limit for enlisted personnel now ? set.
4dim organization of great fleets of
•submarine chasers will tiiajre neces-
ery the enlistment of ijiany thous
and fnore nien than planned for when
the present ait-was framed. Every
existing ship St^w in the service or
soon to be ^completed couhl be
manned wylh the vT.OOU.
The order to recruit to war
strength was sighed by President
Wildon—wJum~ he-aiMt Mrs. Wilson
eh Bed at Secret^ ry^ Daniels’ office.
It was not made public, however,
nntiUdetalls for «arrying it but htd
|)efp arranged. The rccrulting ser
vice has b« v n running recently with
redorubhd energy and accomplishing
good n sulta.
The p’residrm found l! necessary
to take further measures to 4*onHerve
his own time for official ionf«Tence*
in ennr.rction with fh«» present na-
•lottal emergency. Ue directed tbit
Hereafter only i»*nlvrrn«*s of ihf
m«e*t prv #tpg bntnfe ae arranged for
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BRAND DIKE QHTS
IlMssian* Prefemsl That Nikolas
l.«;»\r Uic \rin>.
The retirement of Grand Duke
Nicholas fnntT his po-,t as command
er-in-chief jof the Russian armies is
officially^confimietr. according to a
Beuter dispateb from Petrpgrad.
Pcdlng the appointmotU of a succes
sor. tfve dispatch rays, Gen M. V.
Alexitrff, chief of the general staff,
will act as Yommamler i'n-ohief.
The retention of jGrand Duke Xich-
blas :>s connqander-inchief was ctui-
•sidered uixlesirahle by the Uussjan
atininter of war. because of’ the
Grand Duke’s connection with the
Romanoff dynasty. .* ‘ v
It was announced several days ajfp
.in a Pefrogratl dispatch to. the Lon
don Titt cs that th% government bad
foumt it ji(s*essary in order to check
mate migehievous propaganda to ap
point i generalissimo, not connected
wl.th the Uorniinof: f .tiiiiy 'r.,» ••m-
peroi bn his alHllcation Iransferfed
the supreme command of. the’ Rus
sian army to Grand Duke Nicholas.
lo the bsvy will Im* done . | do iu*i
car# iw *II«m tt** detail* t«»-«lay Iwf*
dkate* 1)4 a I
that the
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lb l«dt»*>bMi»b rer**ml»* rbartwd by
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that tbs prr.|4wbl wwwH stall him
wetf bf aR tb# #M#rgebry awibwrtiy
srbbVed In bilb lb Ibr vartuO* «‘«ib
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lb prtw'bwd bl ••we** witb Ibr ibbdirtir’
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will br bbwgbl fvbm »*rttwtr auibw-
variwm* »w Hair ta ftuixs *tbbtb lb
••allrd prompt.* apwa *«Mbplrti«Hi af
tbr balls
A targr aambrr bf prbrstrly awa
rd motor rrslt available far ban
a*# may br drama «p»b al anv time
Rrtlrsd batal ofltrrr* bavr bwra al
yvorb.l 1
rwet* bavr brr» made for tbrlr P»ir-
ebsar. ami a telegraph;** order will
mabr them ( governbi*i<t 7 * proffrty
•v«mttbl.
Volunteer crews for the boats have
l»e#Mi enrolle«| among >u< lil'tueii anti
oilier* ul«»ng thv etuuds. (’oinmanil-
! er> of nsval district* are teady to «*a|l
them out and begin putrdl work with
pmcti<*uily no delay.
Many official* entfiliate that with
in four months a fleet ^of 2.oho
patrols and, chasers will he ready for
action. It i* |\dJ|iint D* assemble
the vidutUrers within a rV*w—ilavs to
joumu u hu stio|)vj*»d(» tnn).)« utXoq
of training, pending orders from the
president for complete mobilization
of the navy.
. 7 Recent navy contracts were let
with the uiuiorstandhu: tlmt Ifeb
eight-hour law would be suspended
because of the shoftOKe of skilbul
Tabor. Builders have agreed to con-
strm t the five battle cruisery ami six
scout cruisers recently assigned to
them at. the greatest possible s^pee^l
employing at least Ta per cent, of all
their men on this.work.
The department will meet extra
pay roll and other expenses due to
the.' rjjefidingup. paying, time ^ind a
hail for all work in excess of eight
hours. Under this agreement .it is
hoped to eomplefe the battle cruisers
In three years and the scout‘cruisers
in ’♦‘'•s than two. /V^
'•!>an4els said there was
no present need of exercising the au
thority to commandeer shipbuilding
or other plants b> hasten navy buildi
ing;- T^e builders arc co-operating
ht artily; and^4niilar agreements with
which
the lUMMtgale* to lb** imr|tt»t\ and
nbrlnblMMi again*! war loan*
The rv*rTe»pMn«|bnt eb*». lud**- by
dwrinrinn Yhbl the. rc|Mibii#*ti form
••f government* n«»w I* awn*r**d
H awl* Jb.Mbb Mrm 9
IM Mi fbe \n«y.
F*d’4.» lb# |» Ibe riernttve
tbe bnvy %p ta
itb
been Irnpo-ted on *tbe
“w Ub under ordlbari
Wonld never bate heed
and that Miblater WbMInrk bn* laebi
denied diplomatic prlvllecen aMf
rtmrimt 11 —in ibnt. ibgi
»lwa*
«• me within
•* % cml Jiw jHji
>ehlpn bate
mt few day*.
f"tim?**u»a
•‘nffneked bill
wanting by Oenann eab
flagrant vlotsUob bf Ibw
• b«* wf ib* Gcrama
war
bringing
atrebgtb
* Ilf yirfne mf Ibe nbtbbftty «#
lb tbe pr***d*'W* by tbe pvt wf t’wb
• •e«bcr German! will mat I a we bn
make tbe relief work diffirwii fbr
efbef «4minf*trnf«*r* In bat kawwb
me eb
grw* tnM»»*d Aw
iMMI Ab wl mak
Itf the batwl weveke f**? tbr b«*wl
•eat fbdibt Jwbr tb. tbt;. abd fw#
ether parymaen./ 19 1* brrebf dtreed* 1?*
I Ikal tbe nWtbmHn j awIMwd 9b*®
• iior* kcwdM by
|f* llebeer, will
l heir eflwrte far VWIgiwm 1
era •‘•ab** wetm*
bl H
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11>«*» wa* * mn
•pffbvlmalcly xk.www me
the rewwtfM •Ifrwgtb
Kn* D •wpgbr M* nted It
gbbbl t* »**f*m* tw nen 1 ^
tbf* alt wget tbe cewblrv wrging
thetb •• aid tbe depart meat ta every
wav 9b tbnr eweer te ebteib the
Wihnab m
J^ewibiy
wMb^m*
Tbe fallnwibg
ft tew mm bf Vb# atbtg
tty dlrm t|ob ef *ke
#• HewMod* I
tw wiibdvab
«• Matte
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HLHM SHU HUN
I Her
Tbr Ur*mb fartea abd tbe Get
man* nggtn bate
heavy bgbitag «>n *everal
Ibe frwbt beiweeb lie
the %Mbe nrerw. abd nsaib the
Frea* b bate made advaace* toward
the *trwbbl> defebded towb bf lb
IJwebDb* Areordibg tb the Frearb
war off Ire ^ the French tr«M»p* bate
pw*bed fwr ward over a front wf about
twa aad a
pnpilibba. taking in tb# Iowa of rn»
tres. three mile* Minthweat. and K«-
ftigny l*-Graml. four mile* wnutb of
Mt. Quenlln. tin in* alio were made
*. * 4 r
i SINK 25 VESSELS
m
IVrlin Bc|K*rl* Re«*t nl D«-*frw<4ion of
Mir.iNHi Ton*.
The sinking of 2.7 more steam-
ship*. 14 sailing vessels ami 27 Irawl-
eis. with an aggregate gross tonnage
01 KO.inmi in t)i4> last few daV* Is an-
nouheed by the (fernian admiralty.
11;h statement follows: . * \
“In addition to tht* losses of ships
already puhlishetU In March/ German
submarines during the last few days
sank 27 steamers. H sailing ships
and 27 trawlers, wiMi a total gross
t. .n Da so Of Wi.fTOrt (W. Ma'rrlt a "a ^
Ofniaw KUbn.arin» annihilate.!. (,» w . ere pla<< ‘ <1 . under , Kreat
cannoh. fire, a British biplane in the
, English channel.’*
TACKLES IRISH QUESTION'
British Goveriwnc uh^ 4> Attempt Set
tlement Immediately.
In tjic .coupe of a debate in the
House td Cothmons Thursday night
on a resolution offered by Sir James
Tfenry Dalziel, Liberal, urging the
government to make another attempt
to gettlq tb‘d Irish difficjjlty. Andrew-
Bonar Lau. chancellor of the exche
quer, announced that the govern-
witb wN* tbe
wl'bdra* tb*
• »d r
rrllrf
#fbtb#bt »ad the
ever felt a beevy m«»f
•tv for jh* mtllbm* «f
l»»* brbiwd tb# (Warn!
*•• derided that tb*
•pile all dlfftcwtnee nbtll
Am*-re an parth ipatloa*
pfHialbte *
''For o% er I wo y#wfg It be* beam
the single-mjnded pvrpoo* of thl#
gov*inm«nt and tbe 4-ommlmdeb u>
***■ that the*# t«*n mtlliona of efwfl-
Ians pere fed and. with this end lb
view, the Americans 4*om*erned barm
• ubmltte4| to restri4-tIona forced am
them hy the German authoritiew
which.‘ under ordinary conditions.
wouHl never have beeri tolerated.
.“Immediately after the* break (tr
relations the German authorltfen In
BniHeels withdrew from Mr. Whit
lock. the diplomatic privileges and
immunities which he had up to that
►Fme enjoyed. His course serves to
The ILigue was stopped; he was de
nied the privilege of communicating
with the department of state in
cipher, huiI later even in plain lan-
JT
AERIAL ACTIVITY
l!«»ftl Sid#* R>i*»rt
l«a*t tew
of I hr
Tiert* bar tseef! e*#n "VH-rahle !*ght
ns lb *th eblf. TU# Iterltb war af*
dr* *c ofd*^ibw Ibas-gg yryentc* a. gif -
Iblftbew |<b# Fr—fb gikd ItrtUb..
MlIbHlmMdMb-bnpbb
r- ■«*♦. wdre drttNpb daw's wwt
* ' »r Mfir
Cbb*rwi bvd~MmV< tbygl
wb bibib>bi'H tw bd tb e#fwfm I# tb# *mlw*
bwww
J F ® tuent already Jiad decided to juoke.
ttlier cnntrui ;-or*—foe-m -- ■ t ii ;im attempt. ' '' ' ‘
(eriq.I prqhahly a ill lj4- arHv;«Ni at '
w If bill a week. Conf^encesr with the urew. al*d«ird, including the skilled 01
■ontractors already have be« n called, men-4»f the engine rpotu and gunnery
in ad<lit!on to correspondence with
ebb companies, which ha* been in
i#bgr*4a n.any days. . «
In the e»ent nf iNimpl*-te naval nm-
bilizaliott. three gteps would
revtricthftts' of movements and com-
inunicatUgwi which hampered the ef-
ficiemV^MJormance of their task.
U) tYYese difficulties* the
government hnd commission w«ir»
determined to keep the • work'going
till the last possible moment.
Now. however, a more serioua'
difficulty has arisen. In the course
of the past ten days several of the*
commission’s ships have been attack
ed without warning hy German sub
marines in flagrant violation of the*
solemn .engagements of the .German:
govehvment. F’rotests addressed by
this government fci Berlin ^fltrougjt
the informedtary (B tbe Spanish gov-
erfment have not \ kp answered:
.. “The German government’s dUre-
gard of its written undertakings,
causes grave concern as to the future?
of the relief W4>rk. in any event tt
felt that the .American staff of
the commission can no longer
with advantage to Belgium. ,
“Although a verbal promise has
been made that the member* of tbo
l^rruittrd to
.divisions.
These estimate*, however, do mi*
(ontemptate finding crewy for thi*
■] areat numiu-r of geout patrol'craff.,
011 Id .b# j l*re«iiiiiabiy the young offiewrs lo p* |cotnn9l**iob # will be
taken: Retirwd offtewra .wouM be , gtrduat* d fhU miinth will bb bibd^ t>l9 T ^ c * #rakM
-•iHtmvr* I t<; luty at yards and oth.-r t either Jo CMnimand tb«*-r ewe!* nr t* rr:ii * l|, ' t observabr# of iU.. other
litre tioB*. .r* ita« *ng aeti«*> .off:-11# - relieve -isior* •‘xp**rieta • d ,ui>44*r *• left** k jets has been stfeb I bag
i#f* for se«r duts ; tb# fleet rewerv# [wffleer* bblUeshfb datr foe fbiat d##4rfmsnt #4>uld fc#l WafflMb*
1*0w atoai l.je# »tr>nf b btsbly )pur(■«*•• * ; ^ la brr##«tbc rfipubMblbly for
JVkJbrd wwb. would r ! vi t*» tb*| Frwbbblf mabp bf 9b# wblrwla win 7 * n H 9b### 'AmflflaMl MttMMi Ml
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