The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, November 01, 1917, Image 9
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IRISH PLAN REVOLT
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UPRISING PLANNED FOR EASTER
SEASON OF 1918
GERMANY WAS TO HELP
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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«
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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
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03.150
08.000
40.000
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135.000
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I If.000
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190,000
999.000
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17.000
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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