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4 IRISH PLAN REVOLT • ^ A . UPRISING PLANNED FOR EASTER SEASON OF 1918 GERMANY WAS TO HELP . • j: ■ • , ' ■ >• . ? U. S. Secret Henricc Amain I^eaders. ami (German Kepresentatlve in New York and Halifax—Many Im portant Papers are Captured an Thorough Study Will Be Made Be fore Disclosing Contents.' A aecond Sinn Fein rebellion, planned for next Eaater, the anniver sary of the Dublin riots of 1916, 1 as been frustrated through the ac- tivitiea of-the United States Secret Service. • German gold was to have played a part in the 1918 outbreak,*just as it did in that of 1916, and the pre liminaries which were to lead up to the actual outbreak, were ready to be put Into operation when the American Secret Service brought about the arrest of three men, two of them Sinn Feiners of note, and the other a German subject who, ac cording to Secret Service data, was designated by Hernstorff to look after Germany's “interests in Ire land” after Hernstorff was ordered cut of this country by President Wilson. as a result of the arrests the United States government is said to be in possession of the official Sinn Ktlmreport of the 1916 Dublin riots, and other data which Chief Flynn admitted would prbve of great value. He did not Indicate the natuae of this Information The fact that another Sinn Fein outbreak had been arranged for and that several of the Instigators were -^i nltlml n the plan, sailed on the Atlantic tr€ha- port liner Maumee on October 17, "hipping as a mesaman in the crew under the name of ‘Francis Conlln.' Upon his arrival in Halifax,, the British authorities having been noti fied of his departure by the United States Secret Service, he was appre hended. A United States Secret Ser vice agent Is now on the way to Hali fax to aid the British government In the prosecution • of McCarton as a fugitive for his complicity in the Dublin riots, and for his activities In America since the early part of the present year, r-v '‘'Meliowes was arrested at 10 o’clock Monday night, October 22, in company with another man at Fifty- first Street and Second Avenue. Mel- lowes, upon his arrival at the office of the United States Secret Service, frankly admitted his identity in spite of the fact that he had already pro cured a seaman’s passport under the name of ‘Patnck Donnelly’ and in tended to sail for Ireland at his first opportunity. “Papers found upon the person of Mellowes and in his room revealed the full history and details of the days preceding...and_succeeding the 1916 Easter Monday rebellion. “The associate of Mellowes is one ‘Baron Dr. Max von Recklinghausen,’ a German subject, and an engineer of ho little ability. Recklinghausen has been the intimate associate of Mellowes and McCarton- and other Irish Sinn Feiners for some time, end is mentioned as an envoy left here by Count von Bernstorff upon the latter’s departure for Europe. He maintained two residences, one on the west side and one on the east side, at Beekman Place, close by the Queensboro Bridge and com manding a clear view of Hell Gate and the Eaat River, “Recklinghausen was also asso ciated with a group of Turks in one of the several houses occupied by the conspirators at -Beekman Place A short time ago an endeavor was made by Ahmed Shukrl, Abdullah Hamdl, Nlkolakai Aghnitus, and Djavad Kyaub to leave on a neutral vessel on s mission the nature of which finally prevented their sailing, Mhelr, <lap»«- to Ireland, became known when ret Service agents, acting under the personal direction of William J. Flynn, chief of the service, brought General * Liam Mellowes. one of the ‘leaders of the 1916 outbreak, and a German who gave his name as llaroa Mas von Keckllaghaasea to the federal building la New York city, sad had them listed as federal prisoners At the same time It was awaoaared (hat Dr. Patrick McCar- ton. another of the Siaa feiners who figured la iht Dahlia riots, had been tskea lata custody at Halifax, the Canadian officials acting on la for- mstloo tele*• Ai>h«*'i to them by Chief Flynn Other srreeis are to follow The only names made pebik la coaaectloa with the Hina Feta plot, hatched ta this cos a try, are thoee contained ta Chief Flynn* s state meat Other persona art cofccenitd, some C»f I ham AMertraa citUeas of Irish origin and a few sebjerta of the kaiser Mellowes and McCarton are said to have enjoyed the closa friend- ehtp of several well known Now York agitators, among them at least one Justlro of the Supreme Court Mel- Ictwm admitted that this lodge was one of his iniUaates He and Me- Canon are known to have seen much of a number of men who have boon mentioned ta refoat revelation* made public by Secretary laiaalng and other high government officials. llaroa voa Keckllaghaasea. a blonde-haired German who has spent a great part of his (Imo. In recent years, la the Calted States, seemed indignant when taken to the federal tuldiag The Secret Service agents say the llaroa was ofteo referred to by Sinn Feiners In New York an “the envoy” who wns left behind by Bern- ulqrff _to represent Berlin In Sinn Fein conferences Pf, McCartah whA referred to by local Sinn FYincr* an the 'ambassador of the Irish Re public to the Cnlted States.” Mel low «*a was dubbed a “general ’ Mellowes and von Recklinghausen were arrested on Monday night and McCarton was taken into custody at Halifax on the arrival there of a steamship on which he. under an as sumed name and using a fraudulent seaman’s passpprt. had shipped as a messman. Mellowes also had a frau dulent seaman’s passport under the assumed naipe of ^ Donnelly. That passport is now in ‘possession of As- s st int United States District Attor ney John C. Knox. “Gen. Liam Mellowes, one of the recognized. heads of the Sinn Fein rebellion in Ireland on Easter Mon day, 1916, was arrested Monday night by agents of the United States Secret Service. “Mellowes prior to the Easter Monday rebellion spent three months in an English prison. He says he was charged with sedition. Upon leaving the prison he went directly from the jail to Galway, and short ly thereafter organized and headed, as Gen. Liam Mellowes,. a force of Irish volunteers numbering seven hundred-odd men against the Brit ish forces then in Ireland. “After the defeat of the revolu tionists Mellowes was forced to hide, and, finally, got to New York in De cember, 1916, on the steamship St. Paul, having shipped as a coal heaver. “On February 23 of this year New York newspapers printed a dispatch describing the arrest of Mellpwes in England. On the following day two newspapers carried statements of prominent Irishmen and Irish-Amer - leans to the effect that Mellowes was .then in New York. At that time he was already under the eye oP ttfe United States Secret Service, and subsequent developments and con tinuous surveillance revealed that he was associating with Dr Patrick Me Carton, known to his Sinn Fein as sociates in America as the ‘first am bassador to the United .States of the Irish republic.’ ‘Dr. McCarton ar rived In the United States In the ear ly pafft of 1917 being a fugitive from Justice for hla compllcllv la the Sinn Fein rebellion la Irolaad. *-McCarton and Mellows* had fre- ’ nasnt meetings, and K was evidently 4-d that they shenld attempt to get hack le is ae tar as ascertained by the Secret Service. v - * “Reck Hag hausen stoutly denied any knowledge of or rempltcity In the activities charged against him. but papers found la his room sad upon his person show definitely that large sums of money had gone for ward to France for German pur- ponas. sad also that he Was a heavy Investor la German war bonds. Considerable literature sad pa pers of latemst to this government vert taken la the raid of the gear- ters of Mellowes sad Rerklinghsua- ea. sad It will he some time before ITALIANS HARD HIT GERMAN TROOPS REINFORCE AUSTRIAN ATTACKERS , BERLIN REPORTS GAIN Rome. Admits Loss of Positions— Teutons Claim Ten Thousand Pris- oners and Vast Stores of Supplies —Move Against Italy Is Effort to Bolster the Austrians Into Another War Winter. One of the year’s biggest drives set in Thursday with a carefully prepared, terrific Teuton attack against the Italians for which every available Austrian and German sol dier and every available Teuton gun have been quietly concentrated for weeks. German direction, German men and German material are in prepon derance. * The attacking front is on the Julian battle line, and extends from Flitch southeastward via the Tol- mlno sector to the northern edge of the Bainsizza plateau, a total dis tance of more than thirty miles. Berlin officially announced Wed nesday the capture of the foremost Italian positions in each of these three vital sectors. * The Rome war office In Its daily bulletin asserted that the blotje-wlll find the. Italians “steady and pre pared." The immediate aim of the offen sive Is to crush In the dangerous wedge Gen. Cadorna has driven into the Austrian lines, a wedge which for months has threatened to sep arate the Austrian Isonso and Careo -Tfcuntni — Ylf Tart mod Laibach But there art other motives bn hind this surprise campaign, motivea of transcendent political importance Before they are discussed It la nec essary to go Into the situation oa the two of tho main fronts, the weet and eaat. for the three battle llnee are to-4ay cloesly inter dependent la the went the French through their whirlwind advance north of the A lane Wednesday, la whkh they Uink more than l,tM prisoners. Including lit officers, ominously attended the pistol point of tlMLf wedge threat aM tba rimfflTittTTr nf thin pto plvo1 be thoroughly detailed and a chroao- |r"*J”** or ***?• ktttr.1 .t.iommi mmd» I*** 1 ? • UM . ^ * cU ’ # "Mrt'srtoa ••• I»nnrlif4 •••*• S* O time ib April of this year tf 8 J Doaleavy of Tb# New Y'Trh Evening Mali, in whkh interview ho was quot ed at bontlDlk of his official ca ps tty here la America la behalf of ^:nn Fell and t'laa aa-Gael activi ties la Ireland ** When questioned by aa official of the government Mellowes la report ed to have said that he took aa ac tive part la tho Dahlia riots of I9tf. and when asked why he was sseklag to return to Imland. replied that he »** going buck for tho ’ Easter sports nf 191 * Haw hs managed fo deceive the customs authorities and procure a seaman’s passport under the name of Donnelly was not disclosed la order to get that passport he swore that he was sn American citizen and that he was born la New York In 1(193. He was bom in Ireland. Me- Garten Is si so said to have claimed American citizenship to get his pass port under the name of Conlln. A few weeks ago The New York Tribune prlnlart inurvlews with Ar thur Griffith and Karaoun de Valera, leaders of the Slftn Fein organiza tion In Ireland. When asked If the Sinn Fein was in sympathy with the German cause Valera is quoted as re plying! “England Is In bcctipatlon of our country. Until she removes her troops Ireland and England are In a state of war. While we are in a state of war England's enemies must be Ireland’s friends.’’ ^ When Griffith was s asked the same question he replied: “I am not .pro-German. But Ger many in the enemy of England and England is my enemy. You, may draw your own conclusions.” That German agents have been busy in Ireland trying to bring-about a second outbreak against England is common report, and more than once it has been said that German cargo submarines, of the Deutsch land type, have landed machine guns and ammunitions in out of way Irish sea Inlets. These reports, however, have not been officially verified, nor have they been denied. FRENCH STRIKE BLOW INTO GERMAN LINES Surprise Attack Net# 7,500 Prisoners and Some of War’s Most Important Gains. / l* V ' V ''S^ , * 1 While the Allied troops were T>h»- ily engaged In consollrLUng-» posi tions won Monday in Flanders the j French forces of General Petain struck a mighty and unexpectecY blow against the German line north east of Soissons Tuesday morning and ma(fe some of the most Impor tant gains of terrain since they threw back the army of the German crown prince which was besieging Verdun. The stroke was made over a front of about six miles, from the east of Vauxaillon to Pargny-Filain. Under rainy * and generally unfavorable weather conditions the French push ed forward all along the line aided by audacious aviators who flew over the German positions using their machine guns, and penetrated the Uetman line at one point to a depth of two and a fifth miles. Numerous Important positions fell one l>y one into the hands of Cien. Petain’s men and in addition ' more than 7,500 (Germans, an enormous amount of war material and 25 heavy field guns were cap tured. The greatest depth of the drive was in the center of Upe line, where the village of Chavlgnen waa cap tured after a violent struggle which reaulted In the enemy fleeing pell mell. Some of the best troops In the army of the German crown prince were engaged In endeavoring to hold hack the onslaught, but their efforts were unavailing under the enthusiasm of the French to win poeltiona which would place them more advantageously to preee on later toward Laon. For about a week the French ar- iU)ill H ka4JMML*aalia»4aaM* l a l |as9 Into the German Use la front of them In preparation for tha drive, and when It was started sad havoc already had been wrought by the guaa. la addltloa to tho prisoners taken by the French, the Germans suffered heavy caeaaltiee LOAN SURGES UR THREE BILLION RAISED AND. MAXIMUM IS EXPECTED FIGURES BY COUNTIES Liberty Day IVovoe Banner of Loan Campaign and Officials are OpU- mistlcally 1 looking for Over-Sub scription—South Carolina is Fur nishing Her Part, But the Work Is Still in I^rogreHd. ^ \ Liberty Ix>an totals have flashed past the $3,000,000,000 mark and are headed for the $5,000,000,000 maximum with every indication that by continuation of the relentless campaign the latter figure would be realized when the books close Satur day. Although unofficial estimates from the T2 federal reserve districts do not total to the figure, officials Thursday night expressed th«» oon- vlctioi\, that subscriptions were past the $3,500,000,000 mark. “Victory for the second Liberty x>an is In right,” Secretary McAdoo announced upon his return home Tom a trans-continental tour in bA- lalf of the loan, “but it has not yet been achieved.” Compiled from estimates submit ted by local committees and federal reserve bank headquarters, the total unofficial estimate of subscriptions as announced Thursday night by the treasury department was 93.209.- 000,009 'This sum Is regarded by many officials as ultra-conservative. Official reports of subscriptions turned In to the federal reserve hanks Increased approilmately $400.- tfi m — v 1 ** t* Han Fran* . ro*e worti of unrecorded HARD WINTER AHEAD Mmm Owl Hard- Mill C« ♦ «»» PRAISES CHARLESTON YARD Pennsylvania Congressman Impress- f ed With the Navy Yard. ... i “Charleston has the materials and through the recent railway improve ments, has the fuel. If she has the labor there Is no reason :why she should not have one of the best navy yards in the country,” said Con gressman J. Hampton Moore of Phil adelphia Tuesday ‘after, inspecting the navy yard. “The situation is excellent, and no better spot could have been’* found 'for a cantonment at which to train men.” NITRATE PLANT LOCATED Sheffield, Ala., Wlps Site for One of the PUnt« Authorized. ^Sheffield. Ala . at a site for one of the nitrate plants for which Con gress appropriated f'-’MOO.CLOO, annnunred Tuesday br the war de partment. The rite le oe the Teneeeeee Rtv ec near Muscle hope to bold the French at bay. But one more Freerh blow like that of Teoaday, accompanied by e final British drive le FleBdeiak end thOa hope may he shattered and inraku labif* dlsastar. aggravated by the la setting winter which they hoped wosld save them, emy overtake the Teutons. la every Allied qurrter the view prevails that what the Ger mans consider e ‘sure thlug bet” la their most dangerous military gam ble of the war Merlin announced a ret I remeat oa a wide front north of Riga. Thin Is aa operation whkh they could well afford since It shortens their front materially and the Gulf of Riga la theirs, enabling them to land aa army la the Russian rear the mo ment the Muscovites threaten aa at tack 1 From a closely posted diplomatic ourre. the following outline of the Central powers plan of action was obtained:: Haunted by sinister forethoughts of a combined Amerksn. British and French spring campaign In the west nest year. Germany had set her mind on one thing—the elimination of Russia. Italy worried her little. Hut to meet the Armageddon In the west she must have the bulk, if not all. of her huge army now In the east Capture of the Gulf 'of Riga, with its tremendous military possibilities, was to be the first step in a final onslaught on Russia. Food riots in Autsria-Hungary be came, and are becoming, more fre quent, more violent, daily. The pogco movamoat grew—and Is grow ing—hourly, while the cleavage be tween the Germans in Austria and the other races in the Hapsburg em pire is widening at a rate alarming to Vienna and Berlin. Never since Brusiloff’s 1915 drive had there been such imperative, such pitiful need of action, of a big blus tering military triumph. Germany more lately with the success in Bal tic waters; enough to compensate weakening spirits for the reverse at Verdun and in Flanders. New Aus tria demanded hers. Hindenburg first refused flatly. Promptly the controversy, originally confined to the two military high commands, spread to the political high priests. “If we can’t have Ger man troops and ammunition, we must have peace,” was the hint shot from the, Danube capital to Wilhelm- strasse. ‘ Then began Austria’s pres sure in the peace term question. Count von Czemin openly called Dr. Michaelis weak and vacillating. He demanded a clear-cut statement that Germany will give up Belgium. Hit in her sorest spot Germany stopped, listened, and yielded not In the peace term question, but In the matter of. helping Austria in a mil itary way. The present'drive is the Vesult. Several nights ago. as Dr. von Kuehlmann sped homeward* # rom Vienna after a one-day’s flying* r in his pockets the bargain thepe^was unloosed and on the Tolmkro front the initial bombardment from the Krupps and Skodas > fulfilled the terms of that bargain. Austria has bees won ovey^for another winter campaign ann will not raise the Bel gian question slain, that is, not for the present. ante 4*1 Homs of the prospects which the German people are called epos to face the coming winter are offtrtalty saaoeaced la Gorman newspaper* hs OpMonrs: Thors la only enough shoo leather for the see of minors, firemen, canal workers sad a few allied trades The mass facts re of leather footwear for tho root of tho pops lot loo will eodh be •sapeaded They will have to gdt along with wooden shoe and <i<<h uppers • There le n Mg shortage !n* vege tables and no hope of nny material improvement In the ‘freak vegetable supply The turnip must again he one of the main stays of Germany (hie winter, nlthoagh to a loan degr* • an last year. | Tha fan! problem has not hot solved despite all the efforts made for lie solution nad the city popala non may aspect to notice the resells of this Cart keenly. Tho railway administration of Hex nny announced that railway travel will not he allowed without epeolal perm lesion ^Soldiers la the home t umps are limited In their week-end furloughs and Hntardny and Sunday tripe of mothers end sweethearts to see hoys In tho comp are rat down in order to reduce transportation. , Finally, after the fashion pistes foi winter are out. the government hss decreed thst the women's skirt must be msde with s reduced* ms terisl, which results In thelV being msde shorter and tighter. COTTON MONEY IN BONDS Louis and Kansas City. Districts said to bo soar their minimum am Atlanta, Minneapolis, San Franelseo and Dallas. *;Th0 erroneons Impression pre vails in many sections that no over subscriptions will be accepted. Snk- scriptions for 50 per cent, of the amount subscribed above $3,000,- 000.000 will be accepted, Secretary McAdoo has announced^ Hence If $5,000,000,000 were kubscribed $4,- 000,000,000 worth of bonds would pe Issued.” It has developed that the full total of the country’s subscriptions might not become known definitely before November 1. Working under heavy pressure, the several thousand agents have sent South Carolina's Liberty Loan well beyond the $13,000,000 mark. It is expected that the amount will be carried to $16,000,000 and pos sibly $17,000,000 before the end of the week. 'The total amount rent ed to the central committee is 392.965. Fairfield and Horry share equal honors. Fairfield has already over scribed her allotment by 5 per cent. Horry reported an 8 per cent, over subscription. Beaufort came forward during the day with $50,000. W. R. Richardson reported that the ma rines at Paris Island had subscribed $150,000 to the loqn Greenville passed the million dol lar mark. • Spartanburg Is working I ard and Is expected to reach the million class. , >« v No report has been received from terkeley and Williamsburg counties. The following shows the subscrip tions by counties. fr.WS;H3.3H0. The total official returns and estimates follow: Official (estimated 1000 o Boston $ 337,000 New York .. 995.000 FMteMp%te . 03.100 'love land 334.170 RMteMi .. as.754 AlliH .... 10.Ill < blcsgo .... 330.410 81 Louis ... Kansas (Tty . Mteg Hen Fraartsro •••too 31,034 34.010 73.347 ftlttetl t 3»j0.900 l.t»: ’■ 300,00# iss.oao 00.000 435.000 135,000 100,000 190.000 05.000 100.000 Two Fanner* Sell 200 Bales and In vest $20,000. ’ Being unable to serve their coun try on tho field of battle, two farm ers of Chester county decided to “do their bit” in Some other way. So recently, they sold 200 bales of cot .ton for which they .received $20,00.0 and put the entire proceeds in Lib erty Bonds. The following letter received from Mr. Robert Gage, chairman of the Liberty I^oan committee in Chester county, tells the story: “We beg to advise that McCandless Brothers, R. F. D., Chester, have re cently sold 200 bales of cotton and took $20,000 in Liberty Bonds. These young men are just above the draft age and felt tlrat if they did not 'go across they would come across.’ “This subscription came direct from the farmer and I feel the in formation may be of value to you helping others to take similar steps Abbeville ., Aiken Anderwon Banit>«*rg Barnwell ., Beaufort . Calhoun . Uharleatoa , Cherokee Cheater .. Chesterfield Clarendon Colleton .., IHIlon D Fair field . Florpsee Oorgeto* Oreeovtlle Greenwood Hampton . Horry • •, Loo SOLDIER KILLS IMSELF Dillon dun its Suicide The black cording mill of twooty uzd t A 1 Camp Sevier. fus Kearsey, Company F; 119th fantry, whose home is In Dillon, committed suicide at Greenville Tuesday morning at Camp Sevier by rutting his throat with a razor. Kearsey appeared at roll call Tues day morning, and also at mens, though ho stated that ha was nick and did not eat anything.* He was found about ten minutes after mesa la a dying condition. He enlisted In the National Guard inly 39. thin year, hit age at that timo being given aa OMBtPdfljOl. Hla nearest Uvtag relative la hla . Sarah G of tho Thteli •••.93.035,543 03.300.000 ‘*ThO returns which make this lota) of estimated eebsrrtptlotM are saofflcial end the treeserr I meet diligent hour and Saturday night, tho clooe of tho drt«#. is asrsseary and Is nrgsd a poo oil Uhsrty l^oon mltlees throughout tho roualry that a great star aoborriptl— may ho re* ported. Secretary McAdoo la a statemeai niAfitisg the retails of hla trip urged I ho BattoO to root to oo with out let up tho vigorous campaign In order to reach or earaod the 95.000 deelred So for oe America la roncemed. See ret ary McAdoo said, “tha second great battle la our war with the kaiser le represented by the e*r«in<l liberty Loan The battle will within two days Will It ho a vic tory for freedom and democracy, or will It be a victory for the kaiser and autocracy* If is for the American poopie^p aBftwor *«ilA day* iht ghlrioUc army of Liberty Ixma workers and loya riilaens of this greet republic have been vigorously bombing the strong hold of the American dollar Every willing dollar has come forward aa< Joined the ranks of the patriots. Le every reluctant dollar come foreran and surrender before October 37. “Now Is the time to go over the top If there are any trenches In America manned by the forces of In difference greed or treason they are backed by the kaiser and hla hosts of autocratic militarism. We must smash trenches in this Liberty I^oan campaign and destroy all that is within them so that there may be no obstacles in the way of greater vie tories for succeeding Liberty loans. “America has It within her power to win a swift and enduring victory, a victory which will open the way for ihe resistless sweep of America’s armies and restore the rule of jus tice and liberty throughout the world.” Mr? McAdoo^ said there was no question that “the heart and soul of America are in the war” and that the soldiers were showing a won derful spirit. . “They are willing not only to give their lives if need be,’ Mr. McAdoo said, “but they are lending their money to the limit of their ability on the btfwls of their government. now wait expectantly to see wpetner the civilian population is agoing to back them up with the need ed equipment, arms and ammunition which, coYnbined with their valor, will make victory against kaiserism and rpilitarism certain. The result of the nex| two days of the Liberty loan campaign will give them their answer. “In the days to come after this horrible war is over and you are ask ed by your children if you bought a Liberty bond will you be able to an swer, or. if you answer, will you have to confess that you did not do that much for the gallant American sol diers and sailors who fought and died that your life and liberty might be’‘saved* \ hope that when tha children of America put that question to their Talkers no man will bo unable to look them In the fgee and any that he lent none of his money to safe for with re- Uherty day la the va- I 138.000 300.00 700.000 110.000 19.400 SO.uoo 100.000 3.BOO.900 130.OHO 155.150 30.000 03.4*10 44.0«»«i “"TTlvOPe 03.150 08.000 40.000 SI9.79fc 135.000 70450 1.035.000 303.oao 3.700 I If.000 5.500 11- 190,000 999.000 75.0s# 14 309 17.000 115.* ** 234.900 913.750 99.000 OOOjOOO# jSBSSf 1.900.000 4s »«# mm 301.350 ‘ 195.000 419.000 •I 1J03.005 38.000.000 UNBEI ARMS Of At Isa* 39.000.000 me# are tear ing arms in the war :: • -o mm the side el the world Alllee sad 10,- Ote.ooO oa tha rids of the rsotral according to lalari war do- compllatlsas from poh- reports la varioss cosntrios, figures do mot Inclade naval raise the total several millions Against Germany's 7.0S0.000,- Austria’s S.OOO.Oog, Turkey's 39C~ H00 and Bulgaria’s 300400. are ar rayed the following armed forces: Kusria. 9.000,000; France, O.Oimi 000. Great Britain. 5,000,000; Italy, ’ 1 Japan 1,000, I | ilc<l States, more than 1,000,000; China* 541,000; Roumanla. 320.000; Ser bia. 300.000; Belgium. 300.000; Portugal, 200,000; Montenegro. 40,~ <•00; Slam, 36.000; Cuba. 11,000, and Liberia, 400. San Marino and Panama also have small forces under arms. Military experts do not regard these figures as entirely accurate, but believe they represent in round numbers the comparative strengths of the contending armies as publish ed recently. The war department has many confidential reports on the forces of the Allies, and considerable data concerning enemy armies, but this information irf not made public for military reasons. ARMY TO GO IN SPRING War Department Hays Nationals Leave in the Coming Spring. 'fhere is little prospect that Na tional Army divisions will be ready for transportation to France before next spring. When they are ready to move, availability of shipping to carry men and supplies will govern the rate at which they can then be sent forward. This statement was made at the war department in connection with publiahed reports that the National Army would be on the other side In February. It was pointed out that the task of the United States is to furnish troops fully supplied and with their own lines of communication leading hack to the United States. The force can not be allowed to become an ad ditional strain on the supply lines of the Alllee In any way. The war department has forbid den tho pahHeation of any informa tion landing to shoe the pm grain that la bring made or which Is ea- pected Otrict ordari have beam give# te praammt m