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-J’ • * r THt NM’i • INVESTIGATION DISCL^: ' SPLENDID WAR RECOru 1,100 STEAMERS ARMED Con^reNsional Committee Is Well Pleased With Ordnance Bureau of the Navy—Guns of All Sizes and Ammunition Supplies Have Been . ‘ .• —.—1-——— . - ; T'umislied Allies and Many of Their Vessels Armed. (Vmiplete satisfaction with the work of the navy’s ordnance bu- leau and its preparedness for war is exprt*ssed by Representative Oliver, of Alal)ama, chairman of th6 House naval investigating sub committee, in a statement summa rizing for his colleagues results of the ordnance phiuie of the in quiry'. “The testimony convinced the committee.’’ say® the statement, ’’that the prevalent^ belief and opinion as to the navy’s readiness are well founded.” Many Interesting facts brought out in secret sessions ar6 disclosed by the chairman. Among other things he says more than eleven hundred merchant ships have been equipped with guns and ammunition by the navy since the steamer Cam pania was fitted out March 14 last, and that appreciable quantities of guns, large and small, with ammu nition for them, have been furnished to England. Prance and .Italy. Many merchantmen of the Allies. In addi tion to virtually the whole Ameri can merchant fleet, have been arm ed to fight submarines “The committee was so Impressed ■MirwIgMMlvtrHMinlrji fcy t the ef • fftrteut manner In whteti the bureau had in every way performed the e* traordtnary duty which war I additional machine guns, the bureau wisely conducted a'test of the Lew is machine gun early In April. 1917, < with a view to definitely determin ing Its serviceability. Recent re ports from the war zone indicate that'the gun is giving entire satis faction: ’’Under depth charges, which the committee thinks may be properly termed ‘the terror of the submarine,’ have been produced in^-quantity, and are in use by our destroyers and submarine chasers. ' 7 > - \ ”It was especially gratifying to note that the skill, ingenuity and In ventive resources of the bureau have been productive of new designs de manded by the present methods of modern warfare. Advantage has been taken of every suggestion irre spective of its source. < “The committee was gratified at the executive ability shown by nav al officers placed in charge of indus trial work. As an illustration, the bureau found it necessary to com mandeer a plant producing binocu lars and other optical instruments for the navy. Under the former man agement this plant produced but 168 standard binoouTars in two months, whereas during the first two weeks of operation under navy manage ment it has produced 600 satisfac tory binoculars for the use of look outs and for spotters. • . . “The committee made a special in quiry as to the damage done to tor pedoes at the Bliss works. It ascer tained that no torpedoes or damag-' ed parts have found their way into service; that spare parts for torpe does, such at gyrowheels, had been GIVE lli» OR FIGHT LLOYD GEORGE SAYS GERMAN REPLY IS “NEVER” WILL NOT HADE PEACE •g.” ttys Mr. Oliver, “that the com- ahows a rnmparathH> sthall per mittee dim ted me to make a •um <wiitage were •»rre**f»»l and that wf what was aarertalaed ta *he rhancee of earape. whea a aah- Addr^saing Labor Conference l*re» mier Tells People to Change Their Government if it Does Not Suit v • v . Them—Calls for Voluntary Advtee Chi How to Knd War. . Addressing the final conference of the representatives of the trades un ions affected by the mon power bill’ which passed the hous of commons David Lloyd George, the British prime mfister, gave the government’s reasons for the necessity of raising more men for the army and also referred at length to his own and the recent speech of President Wil son regarding the war aims of the entente allies and the United States. After thanking the representa tives for the spirit in which they had met there was no other alternative for raising men except either by raising the military age or of send ing wounded men back to the front. As to the urgency of raising more aa gyrowneeis. nad oeen I n ien, Mr. Lloyd George said that he tampered with but this was prompt- [ an d his colleagues are on the watch ly detected by the naval inspector 1 tower he did no deny. \ •' t here if mti k should have been done before,’’ said Mr. Lloyd George. “There are men who believe we ought to dot it on a much more sweeping scale. There are a few who aay we ought not to do it at all. and there are some who say both things simultaneoualy. “The government's view la thl.: It would be folly to withdraw men from the Industries one hour sooner then the need arose On the other hand, it would, he- treason 10 the stmte.wtreneon to onr country, to de mocracy end to the muse of freedom if when the need did arise we had not made the demand “I assume that all of yon here | in yonr hearts believe that the war aims declared by tbet greet labor of ordnance and a close watch was maintained upon these articles, with the* result thst the perpetrator of the damage, one Paul Charles Hen nig. a native of Lelpsig. Germany, who had been In this country alnce 1908. has been arrested end Is awaiting trial. “The committee was supplied with fall Information of how many at tache of submerlnee upon armed merchantmen has been awerded off by the ship’s crews using the bat tery with bravery and ItnT.'and wls given the details ef certain engage meats of special Interest The record of attacks on oer merchantmen! alms to which yon have had any response from anybody In Germany who hat got any authority to speak ” Not one. 1 will tell you. another fact which is very signlticantj There has been no civilian answer at all. ’’There have been conferences hur riedly called together. Generals von Hindenburg and von . Ludendorf f were brought back to Berlin but Herr von Kuehlmann baa. not been allowed to speak. Why? IX it meant this: That the Prussian mil itary power is dominant and the an swer which is to be given to dvlliiar lion is an answer which will be given from the cannon’s mouth,. “You might as well stop fighting unless you are going to do it well*, if you are not going, to do it ^iih all your might It is real murder of the gallant fellows who have stood there for three years. ’’You either have got to put yoiur whole strength In to it or just do what is done in the Russian army and tell those brave fellows that they can go home whenever they like. “Believe me, if there are men who say they will not go into the trenches then the , men, who are In the trenches have a right to say ‘Neither will we remain here.’ “Suppose our men wonld leave the trenches would that end the war? Yes, It would; but what sort of an end? “When The Russians ceased fight ing and simply talked ideals and principles with the German army did the German army retreat? No. They took Riga and the islands. “The channel ports are not so far from the fighting line and unless we are prepared to stand up with our whole might, the people who are dominating Germany now will ^^ . 1 i:iw ctiP • KEEP AFTER PLACE B0LSREVIKI IN NEGOTIATIONS # AT BREST-LIT0VSK iEIMANS RECALL TERMS ATTACK AMERICANS Recognised at Council—9L Trotxky Defends Telegrams to Ger mans Bv Command er-ln-Chiefi— Declares Opening of New Confer- .*' ' f swee si to Prevent Fa-lure to ; cure Reasonable Peace. The Central Powers have with drawn their peace terms made pub lic at the Brest-Litovsk conference on December 25, It was announced by Dr. von Kuehlmann, the German foreign secretary, in his speech at the Breet-Litovsk conference with the Russians. Owing to the non-acceptance by all the enemy powers of those terms Dr. von Kuehlmann stated, that doc ument had “become null and void.” Dr. yon Kuehlmann said the first task of the conference was to re sume negotiations at the point where they vfere broken off at Christmas. Referring to the fixed determina tion of the Central Powers not to accede to the Russian suggestion of transference to neutral territory be Teutonic RnkSen .specially Atten tive to Reserve Centers of V. ft. Enemy air raiders are sho nog an increased interest In the American aviation centers, especially those nearest the Lines. During one of the meat recent incursions the German airplanes descended within 200 feet of the ground, endeavoring to make sure that the several bomba which they dropped should hit their tar get. which In most cases were bmlld- ings in which men are billeted. Luckily the German aim at inch close range was poor,, for no Amer icans were killed. Another German machine later dropped a bomb from a higher alti tude at a hangar. The bomb dug a great hole In the adjoining field. At a certain point nearby an ene my squadron descended within 300 feet of the earth and sprayed an an ti-aircraft machine gun position with a hail of bullets, but did not bit any of the gunners. 1 — ♦ ♦ » IRISH MAY AGREE ...... ... ^ said Germany and her allies were dominate the world tomorrow IT wo BOt , **,Uo« to contact olao- allow them. 1 ^ What sort of terms do you think where the discussions Brest-Li to vak althoagh 'bay Y«L VT^ . ..V Brest-uuovaa aitnougn insy were we would get from G«jer.l ,on Hta-; wlUlB , to h „, formBl deoburg If w. Mid U. him Wo want |loni rtrrM OB tnd lhB - * Bmtur- row to clear oat of Betgtam?- Ho lk . —t affix would say la his heert ’You cannot ftirn me out of Belgtam with trade unloa resolutions.* “Hut 1 will tell the answer yon can give him: ‘We emu sad will turn jeon to ths preliminary sd at some place to be after the debets. The Central Powers’ oa Pifhsr 2S were will to itM wltbonl forcible an- that ftt was not the Is tent low marine’ is Mghtsd. before she has ^ roaferemre represent ths ttMMftftPju conviction, to carry to triumph. •iipoUted that thn mary ths hetftlag and investigation ♦The bureau, so far as could be V" 1 * •• f,r * • hl * l| ;| of Justice on which yon can puusibly' ha* fully petlaflsd the 4e-1 "*• *° efficiency of the aaval | mH||« us a settlement of this tetri- meads made upoa it by the vessels operetta* la Koroi^sa waters A them.* ’They have broken his line Aready and If we endure with the spirit of ewr fathers sad the spirit that hs« made the grestneas of tblsipf in* t'eatral Powers to deprive ..f land Its power Its prestige and tte | political ladepeadeocw those nations honor, we shall yet he able to carry ! abirb had lost It luring tbs war. but of po letter from Vice Admiral Hlma com pltmeate the work and spirit of the ordnance department Other offi cers in the war tone, writing In elm* tlay vein, have given like testimony “As a preliminary to lie hearings the committee visited the off Ices of the bursa a and personally esamin- ed late the ergaaiiation and npanp j lion of the administrative details The committee wan most favorably, waadkn ha g haso SS k aanSi^mi dttPdBth dh m llBHi ^Wwn W attw ^Pw^gtt^d I sat loa Inquiry revealed the fart that practically All letters are an- * sue red on the day nf their receipt By a system nf progress reports and foltew-ap methods provisions exists to Insure the actual delivery of aw- tcrial The signing ap of a contract marks hnt* the h* ginning of actios "The or gaa I sat ion of the bursa* ta tin* of ponce has been develop ed so as to make It an organisation for war with the result that it Is working smoothly sad effldoatly aotwltjstaadtag the fsrt that the ei- peadttaree have tacreaeed from ahoat 93.to more then diddL—dyidiL • I l«rrwi»aa«»| The am •powslble for to aiabtaga.” i< per lo la ro il of tb« NOT PORTION OF GURI i*oo hot lie MNHad. At a meet lag In (’olamhla Tues day of the officers of the Third red- bir dlspwie If we art not able to defeat the Gorman facres, if wu are not able lo reelet the military pow er of Prussia, la there aay man here la the poaeeeaMHl of his wits oho bwHevos that one of yonr terase the leas! of them -would he eafocc- lo^tt ■ lM j I -| am not talking about the go- I mauds of the imperialleta. I am not | lathing about the demands of the 1 extreme war mon. who want to grab - " r r ao 1 annex! the earth I the front aim that yoe la your own language and President Wllaeo la hts noble laagnage have been pro claiming la the last few days **las! algbt tbls message was rar lltlral not now loft to it nrt.l Its pointed in confer and report upon mm talking about the moderate da . medl. dtate troops, a com mil tee ap* the legal statue of the orgaaiaatloa reached the cone lesion that l here Is legal aelborlty already existing for the orgaaisatloa nf thane troop* Mter as careful a consideration of the whole axatler as the brief I time sllotled the committee allne ed. It Is stated, the committee con cluded that the gtgte troops do not ‘ cuastltate a portion of the Nation al Guard of this Htate. and are not subject to he drafted Into the service of the Dotted Hta lee aa a part of the aatloaal guard, nor will they fled In the heaos of Tomm out a dtaaeoilng solo I put hi plain ttram. la poeommeol bp a ma)**nty of tbo p^m-i** if feeelon or one trade or < claims to be In Hone wbteh are reel tbot ti g fSSSSSSfTnSSS of tbe priactplee of demoernry - tbni la tbo tttttnj up of a uow auMb crury You and I In tbo past have i This qualified 'fT right of self- of the mauds of the most pacific souls In this assembly Try to cash that check at the !<in.!«-nt>urg bash It will be returned dl*b'*n«)rc«i Whst ever terms are eel forward by aay pact fief orator la tbeeo lands, you will not got them cashed by von Ledeodocff or the haleer unloea yon have the power to enforce them -| felt very strongly that the time had come for restating onr war alms and for restating them In a way that would carry with na all ■ the moderate rational oplaloa of this (land and all* other lands Almost nss of in truly Ini the raatral Powers. In which II claimed that this right already had ftn Maadt Onuvlnud The refusal of the 1 to cons sat to the withdrawal of I heir troops from these ruglene led to the Long Convention Appears to Have a Solution to Submit The Irish home rule convention will hqld its 31st sitting Tuesday. All the proceedings of the grand committee of 20 are now before the convention and a definite, conclusive agreement should. It la believed be reached, and its announcement may* be expected almost at once. Whether or not the convention ■onreeded In bringing the Uleter un ionists into an Irish parliament. Irishmen think proceedings have ac complished a great good la bringing together the aatlonalleU sad union ists nf the south and weet and de termining the principles on which Irishman of nil sections could come together In a; large schema of au tonomy ^ ARRESTED* AS A SPY h"i-e you ftafctiM Mata* prt.tk*. 1 1 tatarrupi .n of th. he fight lag ou the the be liable to bo called for service; *|multsaeously the same idee cm outside of the State of ftoeth Caro lina. except for tbe usual constltu- oaes aa set forth In aril- section ft. subdivision la of the Dnlted Staten constitution, which Despite tbe pressure placed upon the bureau by the demands for more .P ordnance material of xtandard types. f * •• 1 It has been able to develop much ... 9 .... new material, including large depth f rm '*** uUUlT charge*, new submarine bomba, now- einfUtn- ths mme^du-dMB^ l Hfurhot shell*. bomb dropping j ****' »"* sights, howltiers, guns for throwing . .. . . .. . u . 4|| •tu». h„»l«T ordnance on »trcr»ft , f 0 *-^ 1 ' on •nd many other Important de.lan. *•>« were appointed onthe which we feel It unwise to disclose. r wnn*ltt«U. and made much progress on essen- 1 ° 1 ** tlal articles of lesser importance.” “Where there were shortages In the market of various materials the bureau took steps immediately to develop new sources of supply. “Reserves of ammunition and shells have been acquired, and Henry T. Thompson, com mander of. the regiment, recently railed the meeting to consider a number of important matters in eon- nection with the organization of the troops. Matters to be discussed in cluded the amount of the appropria tion to he asked of the legislature. money placed' at the disposal of the! uniforms, etc. Most of the officers bureau, we find, has been spent wisely, and has been obligated prac tically as Aoon as it became avail able. The bureau had for years been preparing for war. Guns, mounts, shell, powder and ordnance •QUlpmetlt in large amounts have been manufactured and held in read iness for eventual use. With the dec laration of armed neutrality guns and ammunitions were promptly placed on the merchant ships of the United States. ' Upon the declaration of war telegrams long held in read iness were put in motion—-without a jar the machinery took up the load placed upon it. There has been no breakdown, no let nn: on the contra^. *ry there has been increased speed and greater momentum. “Deliveries upder war-time con tracts of guns, mounts and acces sories now are being received, little or no delays have been experienced. “The navy’s industrial ordnance plants have* been and rre being ex panded as rapidly*"as' practical with out interfering with their produc tion. The resjltft of much of this expansion will be fot- this spring in Increased deliveries of all types of ordnance material. . . “Anticipating the needs of the naval service and marine corps for who have been appointed attended the meeting. FIND STOLEN MONEY Uaptain Whistler’s Rooms Give Up JjW’i.OOO in riirreiicy The money taken fyom the army hank at Camp Funston by Capt. I^ewis Whistler, last Friday night, after he had killed, four employees and injured a fifth, said to have been more than $62,000, was found Wed nesday hidden in the walls of Whist- ier’F qiinrtprs in the barracks- The money, in currency was found stored in a hiding place. Captain Whistler evidently had prepared for it. Its discovery, it was said, prob ably clokes the case as far as the theory that Whistler had an accom plice^ ... ■» — - Drop Wilson’s Message. The newspaper Les Nouvelles says that a number of Allted air planes last Thursday dropped a thou sand copies of President Wilson’4 message to Congress in occupied areas .In Belgium. to President Wilson and without aajr previous roaxultattoa because there was need for none “President Wilson and myself laid down substantially the same program of demands for the term ination of this war. 9B “How has lhat program been * received? Throughout the allied countries It« has been received with acclaim “The Socialists of France, the So cialists of Italy, as we)l as the So cialists of this country, have In the main accepted them as very fair general demands. "What has ben their reception in Germany ^ I beg you to consider this, especially those who think we are responisble for p"* petuatlng this horror. . I would not have this war. for one second, on my soul if 1 could stop it honorably. “The only enemy comment* has beenq ‘Behold, how England is weakening Go ,t*n and they will come down.’ ■ ‘ . “Again there has been no resopnse from any man in any position in Germany that indicates a desire on the^part of the ruling powers to ap proach ttie problem in a spirit of equity. “We demanded (he restoration of Belgium. Is there one man here who would take peace without the complete restoration of Belgium and reparation for its wrongs?” Dries of “No.” —“What is (lie answer from Ger~ many?” Mr. Lloyd George contin ued. “There has been but one an swer and it came from von Tixpitz’s soul: ‘Never.’ There was a. demand for the re consideration of the wrongs tof Al sace-Lorraine. What is the answer from Germany—-‘Never!’ “When I suggested that Mesopo tamia and Palestin should never be restored to the tyranny of the Turks, what was the answer of Germany. ‘We will go on until they are restor ed.’ ' "Is there a single question laid down by you in your trade union by th* Rue- that further dlornsoAons of Wo are fighting now ngnlnst prt pnuro ho transferred in 8i<>rkh«.im Vilogs Clalttod by n military rusts, which question apparently was still Hemorrury. If |« moons anything, i ponding when the full sitting of the must moan that the people of nil \ pone# conference was called to order classes, nil sortlons. nil trades and yesterday all professions mast merge their prt-1 Th# report of the Wolff Bureau, vlirgee and their rights la common th* Gorman official sows agency, on •loch “ | Baturday’s deliberations at the A vole# And oeattb * Brest-IJtovsh ponce conforonco says “Certainly.* replied the premier. | that at the opening of ths sitting who continued * If any man stand- \ Count Ciornln. Auetro-Huagartaa lag In my place can Dad na honors- ■ minister, announced that the central Me. equitable and just way oat of! powers, recognised the Ukrainian this conflict without fighting It delegation representing the Ukmlne through, for heaven's sake let him repubHr,* hnt that formal recognl- tell mo. My owj conviction Is this; tioa of the Ukrainian republic as aa The people either mast go on or go ] independent state would be reserved under “ A great number of quesiloaa were put to the premier by the delegates regarding the advisability of enter ing into pence negotiations of the permitting of a conference at Stock holm. Mr. Lloyd Geoge. In replying said: “Germany always has been ready for peace at her own price, but that is not a price that we are prepared to pay. The moment the Germans ; for the peace treaty M Trotxky. the Bolshevlkl foreign minister followed Count Cserntn. saying thst sucb conflicts as had occurred between the Russian gov ernment and ttue Ukrainians have had no connection with the question of the salf determination of the Uk raine. concerning which there la no room for conflict between the two •Ister republics. M. Bolubowysch, the Ukrainian port UMh Walter gpoermaaa. being active In Gorman work in this .nuatrp, I sold in hnun formerly bean a I tenant In th* Gorman army. \ brought uad plarod In Jail after milKT'ZiiU* ^ { m * II# was arrest sd In pb-ion of jMfl| firs to a mag atlas at the alien field M Newport Nows. Va^ and II wu that documents found la his him with spy and plots of Captain Hoy Bd. of SHELL YARMUTI The following official oat was given out In i the son Inst night. Ftro wm at Id.lft p. m. and lasted ahoat five minutes, some shells falling Into the town “The Intent police reports stats that throe persons were killed and ton Injured. Thu material damage done was not serious.” Barmouth la la th# North ana. Ill miles northeast of London. It la a dty of some SP.900 Inhabitants with Important shipbuilding and flaking Industries. «ho\v a disposition to negotiate a! necretary of state, accepted * the peace on equitable terms—and they statements of Count Czernin and M. are the terms the labor party Itself | Trotzky and announced that his del- has in substance adopted—there will ' egates would participate in the peace be no reluctance to enter into peace | negotiations on that basis. negotiations.” The premier’s objection to a con ference at Stockholm or elsewhere was that delegates of the German government wodld be chosen. A del egate here interjected: “Not neces- sarllv.'* - Mr. Lloyd George replied to this: “Do not let us deceive ourselves Later in the session the delegates discussed the German claim that the Russian wireless statements issued during the recess * constituted * a transgression of the spirit of the ar mistice. M. Trotzky desired to Trnovr trr what particular the spirit of the armistice had been transgres sed by the communications and Gen- with delusions. You can only make eral Hoffman of the German del - peace with a government. - ff the gation replied: government^does not represent the I “At the head of the armistice people of Germany let them change . treaty stood the words ‘bring about their* governmen.” ‘ a lasting peace.’ Your Russian pro- In the same breath'the premier paganda transgressed this intention challenged his audience to change because it did not strive after a last- ihfiir own government if they were | ing peace, but to carry the resolu- dlssatlsfied and a delegate called ; tiorm r nm-prning civil war Into the out: “Give us an opportunity.” Mr. Lloyd George resumed:“We have given you the best opportunity because we introduced a franchise bill adding 8.000,000 to electorate. You ean have your opportunity whenever you, like. It Is not the government which shrinks from it.” Then he was asked whether If the Germans decided on a government similar to that of the present Rus sian government, England would recognize their representatives. Mr. Lloyd George replied: ”We.will rec ognize the representatives of any government whatever s£t up by the German people.? countries of the Central powers.” N. Trotzky answered General Hoffmann, pointing out that all-4he German newspapers were being free ly admitted into Russia, even news papers which were supporting the views of the extreme Russian reac tionaries. Complete equality had been obfcervcrf. in this respect and it had nothing to do with the armistice treaty. , General - Hoffman retorted that this protest was not directed against the Russian presfi. but against of ficial government (Statements and statements which bore tbe signature of Minister Krylendo, commander In chief of the Bolahevlkl forces To this statement Trotsky replied that the treaty c<uitained no restric tions on expression of opinion by citizens of the Russian republic or their governing officials. Dr. Rich ard von Kuehlmann, the German foreign minister, interrupted M Trotsky, saying: "Non-Interference in Russian affairs is the fixed princi ple of the German government, but the government has the right to de mand reciprocity, in this respect.’ r Answering Dr. von Kuehlmann, Trotzky replied: _*‘On the other hand the Russians will recognize it as a step forward if the Germans freely and frankly express their views regarding inter nal conditions in Russia as far as they think it necessary.” I^eon Trotzky, the Bolshevikl for eign minister, at the conference at Brest-Litovsk said that in order not to leave any possibility in the fight for peace unutilized, the Russian delegation accepted the demand that the negolialiuiiH tre continued at Brest-Litovsk. The chairman of the Russian del egation said that in full accord with their former resolution, the Rus sians desired to continue the peace negotiations quite apart from the fact whether or not the Entente Powers participated. Trotzky said he had noted the statement of the Certral Powers that the basis of a gene»- 1 peace as form ulated in ..their declaration of De cember 2$: was null and void, and added. . . “We adhere to the pHnciple of democrat!/? peace as proclaimed by us.' Send in Your Renewal to the People NOW