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>Y E A T H E R "Rain tod.iy. colder at night. To? morrow fair. Fresh, strong winds to northwest gales. I nil K?|x>rl SO l\i??- 14 ^o\*mr^ First tn I.t -?&%? \ i.wvi No. J.j.tiiM; lop.rlght I91* ? The THhune Afaa*n ) First to Last ? the Truth SATURDAY, ??rtlmne CIRCULATION Over 100.000 Daily Net Paid. Non-Returnable News ? Editorials ? Advertisements MAIU II 24, 1917 ONE ?CENT eZn CUy Former Czar Imprisoned at Tsarskoe-Selo Palace To Be His Jail Until People of Free Russia Decide His Fate Silence Follows Sad Farewell to Citizens Rasputin's Body Disin? terred as Ex-Ruler Is Turned Over to Jailers Fetreffred, March S3. \ ? .... R a*mat Between the depose. 1 per and the freedom he used ui> wifly ? lofty ' nee, coated over (.;vtr pgioi - - iti -pikes to shut off the b.irrirr, at every fgrds arour.d the pah??.?' park, blut-coated sentries pnce with fixed i . bsvonet?. At-J beyond them ?g the! country that knowi Nicholas KomanofY ! ao more. At Mohilev on Wodnesdoy Nicholas ? nid ferewell to his nrnsy, to hi? peo- ! f-?t ., . : be r .I banner -?freedom ll ?'? i orer his head as he : ^geodl >. ?,a then , * i sympathy nothing but ? likncc Teetordey : ? uho had been a Csar rtacheu Taai Ucad. opsnros ,ive Here, on . the red (log also waved, . uN'ichcr. wag driven to hi.? prison. Rasputin's Body Exhumed And?. the former Emperor, in Om us Solo, as he -as being -tortcd into exile, the body of Ra?; r of the Park Forces, ?rhoce gctifity had overthrown t?ie Ciar an?! end? I the was being reBioTol "elsewhere." : ri picture from dm shs I volution. "Tester-lay Nicholas Romanoff under i strong guard," eg] ? the "Re Volis" to-day, ""Thus the firel pa tie trsg led. The ?oice? ef i'.wards who wan tie dangr-? to ari?e from sneh ? have ictn silcaeed. after -he ?a;. - ?l{ o'" | and gilrrm. ' ho 1 -????? d uni poi their former Red flac- floated prondly i>\c; the ?ray t The. must have told such to the former Knipcror. who OBI the a* ?afcied ll tead. the thun rseilloiee1 concluded the ? i he song showed the better than any ?ord? ? ile in Huss.a had An? (omine Waited in Silence "Ik . re wee a little that. ?hseed . h< would Bad here, ?nidit familiar sui and ??son** bii -oldier.?, &c:r- sympathy in ?? Bief? ? that th? irasy hod not ?Offo'.t? !.. '?'..-.., t< ". S otmatt eaee, ** went to his prison. To-day ther? ?sit I a his ' I ? *o the old days. All ? ?, ??"?'' the former Kmpcror. a Pheaer .?. tlsred ? *** -he ? k of Nicholas Ro ?woffi work and Ufe. Lei e the t"nd" ' We must l ?Or, unworthy Emperor. Breathe **fr ??ly when he m the horizon of 1 l)n?Hg(r BflBsreea sad ' P' tor : for Tsarehos a, *'? former Dowager Erepreei .? block of ?i,*1'' **?dly ?etehing ?ture a\*? '"?'' WMM _.?"*? Nicholas a- . - end J^!- ' occupant? .L , elo, ii.clud 2 ? " laates-in-t t_V I?? \ "" eZ? fi*tn" | monk and ? I ? . . ?T.iav and n the 'he Ouma. ? diaUly .i. dor an?' falace, AN-iandra ? was i ._,. Bend ?J*?? ?*??? *?? rnorehel .**"? , ?? The r ? fnm h**;r A , I rail 4a* ..?:*?? for ? ?d?ky ? - ?i mis ?, ,a-iori of til**'* "' ' '?M**? '-* ?- ?!__>"? ?,.. l.~- A" THE DIFFICULTY OF KEEPING PACE WITH EVENTS Sunday Will Tone Down Slang During His New York Campaign Many of Evangelist's Emotional Effects To Re Discarded. Son Says?Legitimate. Wholesome Theatrical Per? formances Will Be Immune trom Attack in Revival I ? ? Buffalo. March 23. The Rev. Wil \ Bandaj will eliminate much < and emotional anper.1 froi hi? sermon- hefoie he begins hi.- r< ininnaijjn in N'ew York City. II mn. (ieor^e |f, Sunday, who is also hi bogil ? ..?< r, made this announce ment to-day. "Mr. Sunday is u.-..nf* jug! as l'orcefv ?ape as ever," he said, "but he i moderating his slaiif?: somewhat, bo canee be ."eels that it is need less wide ly than formerly. He is also eattin? out many of his word pictures whirl make for emotional abandon. Re Aadi that it is just as effective to keep hi' ? ice just ghorl of the ' joint." " \i*aipsi i'.xii Theatricalg Sunday will not attach mate and wholesome theatrical enter? an bis New York campaign. Re? ports thai Broadway theatre managers (ieiiunciation by I. in ?I the ??? -.lav to a discal Ihe \? I orb itage. "I'm dead against I?. boo comedies, hellish burleequee and ??,. ati i. ais of all bind "Hut I am not again?? i? rood show, though I haven't seen oi.e sine- I was rted. I don't know what kind of New York is Betting, but I'll not -.- then* onions the] deeerve it, "There's a lot of roo?! stuff in seme plaj -? I remember seeinfr Den man pson in 'The Old Homeetead.' ] Thompson .I man and r i show was a peach." ked if "The Old Ha? ton;'' still nas popular in New Yor On being told that the old favori still drew well at suburban revival but that <-e\ and problem play? at musical comedies ?ven- more ofU found on Broadway ami its immediai vicinity, he Bald: "Well, I don't know what BCS plaj t.u- I guess 1 wouldn't like on Problem playa may be all right, bi? ll .??- my problem*. Musi ?B line and ennieily, dean c doesn't give the devil much of :i than? i I don't unou how they're put togetha ! on Broadwav. Ue/wl at M??ne> fur Preacher? '?Theatrical managen wha i game squarelj and don'l ?i Jeaus need not fear that they will be put out of business by me. Th? cabareter ?i worthj et h.s hire. ! heai i Caruso v< or s few minutai angua* 100,000 ?? y? i Chaplin g< i;. There'- an awful bowl, though, if a preacher of the goapel gats a feu greenbai k - " Sun Ii ? ementi will flay theatricals of un-Christian typa Cabaret -how*. tango partie-, tea : limitar re? cial activities, but the evangalial will t...t resort to personalities or particular j places ?.ml i "Consaienca arill torture the indi* | viduais who are defying ' hriat ' g in the devil'? business." he ex ??| don't have to call name- " . ntr over the Kmperor is . ge to Petrograd to ennounc this fact to thl .' " An hs'onishi:.; f.f thl ' bolas tiiwaril ? h of Tsarskoo-Selo, v. hie lived entirely upon imperial favor, we :.? k of oublie interest. Iiurin?* i . of three miles aloni? the palac ? the correepondeat saw no ? \le*.andra Denied I ?c of 'Phone In regard to the conditions undei Nicholas v.,-. boiag held in thf palaee. ofticers declaied they kii<'\?. nothing. < eacerniag Alexandre an<i ? tier members of the fan folios i rmi given: All .i children are in boo e ith the measl?--. for which reason ?\lexandre ha?, i.o* i'l'ni entolde the palac foi two ??a;.re, So lar as ig known, no ordei bas boon seaed preventing bei from Walking about the ??rounds. She has been forbidden to us?, the tele? phone end telegraph, or have any earn? munication with the OBtoidc Two hundred adherents tiiid court iei of the former Emperor are endei gi i ? here. They are held in th? l.-. mneaium, s big bui Idinj t1 ? ? itj I'hII. where tiie commission o o Acers end soldiers who ere now gd ministcrm** Tsorskoe-Selo has 11 quai toi Kaiser Has Severe Nervous Breakdown Physicians Urge Homburg Cure Says 1 .ague Report London. March 23, I'nva'e messagCI have reached The Hapuc that Kmperor William i- suffering fron, n severe nor? \.,?. breakdown, an Exehange Telegraph tch from Th?- Ragne reporte. ?he Eseporor'i physician ;ir> said to have ordered big* tg ' ikl the CON at ilombur?*. l ? " . *? -: Germany's Readiness to Hfjht the United States By Car! W. Ackerman A Senr?, of Krm.ir?\.?l)l-* Articles Brought Out of Or many f*y If?"1 Well Known War C orrrsponi-frnt Beginn lo clay if) Ihr I ribunr Page 5 Bombardment Insurance for Buildings Here Policies for $10,000,000 Arc Taken Out by Owners with Lloyds of London . L? .1' ?a bi ?m c broki n aaid ? I ?lay that millions of dollars' wurth of "hombardrnrnt" insurance had been placed in the .11 district ' 5vithin the I pal or. of open hoatilitiaa witb Goraaany, A eoBservnl ata pal the total of suck riaka al more '.han ?in.oco.ooo. Practically all of the insurance wa placed throuj-h New York brokers with the Lloyd* of London. Inaursnce la-* i in most of the states of the Union pre Pencan companies from 1 I ing? such risks, a result London is about tha only rnarkel when? such ns'irance can be obtained. While a large portion of the insur ! anco ?ritten im.* he. 1 plaoad on office , buildings, merchandise stores and ware brokers laid that amonjc the largest risks taken bad heen those placed mi Mitl plants and met:il work? ing factorisa. Outside tha nsetrepoli t.-ih district ? socially m i'onnccticut. Now .Jers? _, and Pennsylvania, several risk-? have been written on mu ? in I'larit-. Policies of thi type covet the hold i?i- against practically all arar lus*..mil include ?Baurrection, civil upriaiaga, bombardments, -trik??s and ona. Under bombardment are m cludod attacha by air, land and ?.?ater. , It. London they have been railing it i -?/.ei.p" insurance since the war begun. I The Lloyds m taking the ni.uiant" have made it a rule not to insure a j building for much more than %SSOj000i The ra'i * charged vary fron. M ? to $1 per 1100 Of insurance taken out. and *ne tern of mo?t policies is six rnontl suranca company will take ' ' I?or.th or les. tit.le, but , ?he rate il much hierher that, if the pol ?Cy were BUlde OUt for the m:? month-' period. At the office "i' Frank B. Hall <* Co., .?? narine and im? insurance brokers, il -?a* *;, ;d that the State Superintend? ent of Insurance recently ruled that the ira arene? compon los in thi? eouli not handle this kind of business. The Hall company has placed a considerable amount of "bombard? ment" insurance 111 the metropolitan district. The manager af BTileox, Peck. Brown i*,- Croab] laid; "I ihould eatimate that ' the amount which has been placed dur m-r thi ... ,t ?ess than 110,000,. war inaurai charged by th? Lloyds er? riaka ia the United Stats that the London COmpanj unes not bc '.. ? "i .... I IBgor of at? tack in th?? next few months. In Lon don, where dangei .if aerial attack i? : alwayi to b< I with, the rate? : are much higher than tho-e quoted here. Baltic Reaches Liverpool With $8,000,000 Cargo The UT te Star liner Haiti- has ar r'ved aafoly al Liverpool, aceordiag *o a di?p.?trh rrcir.'il a' tha local office? of the Im??, o Broadway. C?ptala J. R Ran?oir.'* d .1 not .,- imv hostile *tibmnrtne or I ih.? Baltic sailed fr.'m Now Jforl on !'*. ?.? Ith ? ? ' ? ron p???eii -mrs f""i ? cargo of foodstuffs and munition! valuad al Boarlj J?-.?mo.000. 11,, 1, | caai among bei 1 Brat tsbm issscnget?. 7 Americans Drowned on The Healdton Captain Says Ship Was Torpedoed in German Safety Lane Illuminated Name Served as Target 19 Men Perished When Boat Capsized; Expos? ure Killed One v March 2.' \ cans were drown- a the American -?amer Healdton ?us torpedoed without warning by a German -ubma linc off the I'utrh roast Wednesday lives w' to !'- ' togethei Captain Charles Christopher, who grrivod bore to-night with all the survivor-, including six other Ahiiti cans, declared that the ship had been -unk within the safety zone proclaimed b; <.? r many. The Americans who perished were: W. CHANDLER, second mute, Brook? lyn. C. V. HUDGINS, third mate. Norfolk, Va. WALTER I JOHNSON, third engineer, Hoboken. EMER1 LEVEAUX, oiler. Hoboken. GEORGE HEALEY, second moi,. San 1 'rancia o. S. W. SMITH, able seaman. ( hicago. JOHN W. STEINER, cook, Pittsburgh. An illuminated sign on the side of the American steamer, bearing the words, "Healdton, New York," was di? rectly ri iponsible for the torpedoing, in the opinion of Captain Christopher. The ! . ! as a target for the submarine, the first torpedo shatter eg the sign nnd pi i 'he engine room before it exploded. Second Torpedo Ignites Oil The .-hip's boa' si leiag lowered when g -ernn?l tornedo stroch her aft, ng the oil tank? abl?se with a \ -t ricken ship lurched under tin* eoneueeion one of reboal ?? ? pels? i. Of its ?:punt? onl;, one was ever soon a? Th? ?? to the sarfacs I immedial ?n. Por twelve houi surv ? ted in th;' open boats, m elad and exposed to bitter ??I ?now storm?, until ?hey were ? rawler, One man died sarvlvorg were rescued. They erere landed et fmnidon and ' . iter brought :o this port. The lifeboat which rapsi'.ed when the Healdton went down was brougi Ymuiden to-day ui'h ?i NoiWOgiaa, the sole survivor of the twenty men in the boat. 1'" tras taken ?o the hospital ired and his leff.i trozen. After 'he boot eapsised he laaaaged to right il and keep alive un? til he iras picked up by ?'? "rawler. Ship Captain's StOrj < .,<??. i bristopher said: "If we had not shown our lights we might ? iped I I S:lj o'clock Wednesday evening-, with e nod breeze end choppy sea, I was in the cabin when aroused by e terrific con 'ii All the lights went out. and I rushed on deck in my ihirtsleevee to top ti i - '. n< -. I founrl that a tor? pedo had gone through emidehips a? BOt where the ship'? name was illuminated brightly, wrecking the en? gine-room. The light dear!] erved as a target "The lifeboats were made ready and equipped for lowering. I rushed back to the cabin in the dark and was us? able to grab a coat and the ?extent When a second explosion shook the ship. This time it had been torpedoed a1':, letting the tanks ablaze. The burning oil ran in a!l directions, ne gting a quick getaway. I found that my boat. No. I, apparently hav? ing been <ut from the tow line prema bod eapaised eoor the ship, and none of it? oecupants were - "Meanwhile the Healdton was set? tling ?lown fast by the stern. Ore or (WO poor fellows in the hunkers n? ver came up, gad I expect, they were killed there by the explosion. I just i.ad time to jump into So. 2 boa*. All Over in TwOBtj Minutes 'The submarine came up once and looked at the linking ship. No sigas could be seen on the submarine, which immediately dived under water again. In twenty miaatea it was all over. "Then ;>''' twelve hours in open boats insufficiently clad and exposed to bitter he I and snow storms, until i bad np by th?1 trawler Jo4.i There ? - Spenigrd in my boat d been burned off. He died of exposure. "A, ? . my calculation were well within th-? so-called safe channel when th< ? was tor pi ?I? "d." The boat. w:th thirteen men. includ? ing the captain, was sighted on Thurs icr traa 1er Java, which mod te Tmniden erith the ship ked men. All were terribi . i exposure. Once .ird the trawler ??ome of the sur ? deck in a faint from . 'ion. The '?ther American?. be?nle- t'ap Chriel from the Healdton eren 0 ". Willerap, Bret \<-v. York; Berman H. Parker. : lelphig; .1 eagia? ? i Moo York: i. n ? i ? ret < ngiaeer, F'hiladel Y. Swensoa, second engineer; ??. ee Till; i.KI I M1IIIIK ? ? ? \ a I . ' .r lha ? i ? i. *l>? ll MB N? ? Tork -_d.U ?a German Bread Ration To B? Cut on Apri Reduction of 25 Per Cent dered; Fodderless Cat Killed; Potatoes Shor Amsterdam. March *:>. Wheat become so scarce in Germany ths bread ration is to be diminished fourth beginning April 1, accordn d ??patches from Berlin. The annoi ment is said to have spread sur and consternation throughout ? ;i I | The potato ration will be five po weekly, and the meat ration wil increased by tSS grams weekly. I it of cattle in Germany are r ?lauj-htered owing to the -hurtas fodder, it is said. "The reduction is a very painful s.iyi the "Rhenische West \ ?sehe Zeitung." The Cologne "Volks Zeitung" re duces a semi-official statement w contains the following: "It should not be concealed that new restriction means a great sacr and can only be borne bv a people for the sake of the highest aims bear even a heavy burden and have a firm confidence that their ndurenCB ?/ill be rewarded fore long by a glorious peace." The "Volks Zeitung" says editoria "If the measure is absolutely ne ??ais it must be accepted, but it n be -'ated that for many the limit: the bearable are thereby excee Lven now it is only with great d?pi? tions that the industrial populati of ihe towns manage with the bt rations." ?a -? Britain to Restrict Hoarding of Foe Controller to Institute Sevi Measures Next Week?Brea Price Increased Bj UrraUl s. DltAI'KK [By ClBle lo Die Tntjui? J London. March 2'A. Regaining M : day, bread in England will cos? shilling i .'4 cents) a four-pound 1 th" highest price since the Orim Wa>. ?hen it sold for a shilling t : pence. The new price represents increase of 120 per cent over the p War price. Next week -?oveie restriction? to p vent the hoarding of food will go i by order of Lord Devonport. Fi Controller. Though a condition proxiauting famine as regards po -t*. there seems to be an abi dance of o*h>?r vegetables, such as r liage, *prouts. turnips, onions and c rot*. Difficulties of regulation are larg. responsible "or the high cost of food?*. Fish and meat, in some cas have almost, doubled in price since t beginning of the war. but eggs i again coming within the reach of m< est purse?. I'heeee and butter are t ceptionally dear. The sugar probl? lemains unsolved, but under the m order it is now possible to purchase .??mall amount without ordering oth commodities. Noticeable changea aie appearing tiie restaurant menus, fewer dish being served and all the prices i creased li is no longer possible to o lain a second helping at any of tl famo'j ? placeo. Thou-;1? the lubaaariu? campaign still causing a limited amount of priv - on and worry, it must become fi more successful before Britain is wor.? ?han economical!? embarrassed. ? Spain Offers to Take U. S. Relief to Syrii Willing to Bring Away Refugees Says Proposal a*??a>] Washington, March 23. Spain ha offered to carry the American relie supplies to Syria. The cargoes fror the American Committee for Armeniai and Syrian Relief now on board thi Des Moines and the Caesar at Alexan dria probablv will be carried to Beiru in Spanish vessel?. The question ha: been referred to the committee foi ion. Turkey is now willing, even anxious to hav?- this country feed the starvinj i ,i. hut reports her inability tc obtain permission from her allies. Th? B himself recently e\pres*ed his regret personally to Ambassador Elkus After discharging the relief supplies at Reirut it was the intention to bring away one thousar.d or more American rofugooa, Tha Spani?h government, it is understood, is ready to do this also. The [i??? Monies and 'he l'a??ar. with large cargoes of relief suppiie*. have been at Alexandria for more than a mon*h. awaiting safe conduct through l.ermanv's war rone. Despite the fad ?hat thev are United States navy ?.,... hound on a mission of succor, the permission has not oeeSi forthcoming. Turkey has sought it from her alliea, dermanv and Austria, in vain. I?R. MM Mr** KIM1SM l?t 4 iKMI 1 trtatad i?> 'he itom-.cn. ? A.; Wilson and Cabinet Project War Plans Socialists Come Out in Favor of War Measures One Faction. Opposed to Kx treme Pacifism, Advocates Universal Training The ?. appear?*?] mi the So? cialist parties of Kngland. France and t'ermany at the outbreak of the war ha? now torn n?under that organization in the Cnite.l State.-. While one wing i of the party still remains pledged to extreme pacifism, the other met at the Hot? 1 Latham yesterday and drafted resolutions advocating universal mili ', tary training on the ground thst "to refuse to resist international grime il ! to be unworthy of the name of Soctal ?-t." Among the signers are ?harles Ed? ward Raaaell, ( harlotte Perkins (ill man. Leroy Scott, I'pton Sinclair, Will? iam I.. Stoddard. .). C Phelps Stokes, William Knglish Walling, Robert W. Hruere. William .1 t'hent, Walter K. Kruesi and Charlotte Kimball Kruesi. The resolution is in part a reply to the statement -sued by the National F.xecutive Committee of the Socialist party several weeks ago. Seemed Pro-lierman Document 'This aeemed." a statement is->ued at yesterday'?) meeting said, "so much of a pro-German document to many party members that they protested. To-day a number of the protesting element, ] which indorses the stand of the Presi? dent and desires to support the govern ; ment, i*med the inclosed document as : a counterblast to the manifesto of the executive committee." "We, the undersigned." the resolu ! tion begins, "being Socialists and ? strongly opposed to the attitude of the , Socialist party with reference to war ! and national defence, dwesire to ex? press our opposition publicly and to invite other Socialists who may feel as we do, to communicate with us. 'We feil tha' the present opposition of the Socialist party to universal milt ! tary training and national defence )3 contrary to the interests of demorracv and contrary te the hitherto accepted views of the International Socialist ' movement." Hiilquit Is Qaoled The document then quote? Mori,'. Hiilquit. who said in January. It It: , "The Socialists 'rankly acknowledge 1 that under existing conditions each na \ tion must be prepared to defend its ' integrity and independence against the rest, of the world, and must maintain a strong military organization for that purpose " "So," it continues, "Meyer London, the Socialist Renresentative, correctly : expressed the Socialist view when, a year later, he told Congress that 'the Socialist movement everywhere recog? nizes the right of i\ nation to defend ' itself.' "We are pacifists, but not at any cost, and believe that Vie s.?crifire <>f integrity and of general public andpri .vate self-respect is too high a price to pay for neace. We do not confuse peace vitTi the nreservation of indi? vidual lives, for to do so usually in? volves intolerable egotistic materialism, setting at naught the ultimate ideal of sacrifice for the cause of libertv Are Anti-Militarist? "We are anti-militarists, and fear both professional and volunteer class armies, and believe that people who govern themselTOO should be prepared ' to defend themselves against all who ' would interfere with their right? to i liberty ami self-government. Univer? sal military training affords the only lafc and democratic basis for national defence. A nation should neithe, ?top i's responsibilities to ?av some present suffering nor bask behind : bulwarks rai-ed and defended by others. "It ii? our presen? dutv to the cause of internationalism to support ourgov ? rnment in any sacrifice it requ.' deforce of MOSS principle? of interna? tional law and order which are SSOOO* tial nhke to Socialism and to civiliza? tion." Lamont Urges Big Credit to Allies ' icsgo, March 2:',. Tnotv.as W. La? mont. of .1. P. Morgan <fc l'o? in an ad dr<as delivered to-ni(*ht before invest ment bankers of the Middle West on "America Financially Prepared," re? viewed financial conditions in this country. He said, in part: "Fortunately, in a financial way. our country is in a state of complete pre? paredness. There is no sign of pan.? and no possibility of one. The com ' munity has paaged through all the ap orehen?ion of impending war withou* a "A- a ?olid and unshakable basis we .-.ii enormous stock of gold. Tho.-,e same Allied nation? that have in the last three years bought from America nearly **T..')??).00O.<)0?) of our foodstuff?, raw materials and manufactured good* have In the -ame period shaped us in gold over $l.a?i)0.000,i)00. bringing America's s*0ck of the preeious metal up to a ;igure unprecedented for any country namely, $3,160.?OOO,0OO "<?f America's exports for 1910, to? talling almo?t $5.0OO,O4)O,O?X). approxi ? mately ?4.UO0.00O.00O were ?old to Krig l land. France. Russia ar.d their posse. Siena In the two years previous these ?ame countries purchased from Amer? ica $3,5?lO,000,0<.?i of good?, making to ; tal purchase* for the three vears ap? proximately *7.5O4),?iOO.OO0. "Il the same period we have granted credit to thise countries of -omething less than f'J.OOO.OOO.OOO. These figure? -how how the trade of these countries has been of enormous \aiue to Amer? ica, and would more than warrant ex? tension of continued credit, even if the Fr?tente had not been fighting our bat? tle? for us. a? I believe it has; even if we aere not about to cast our lot in with then. Military and Naval Co* e rat ion with Entent Deemed Probable $5,000,000,000 Loar To Allies Talked I National Defence Coun Meets To-day; Munitio Exports to Increase b, Tha Sam tt el l*t*f?Y?l Washington, March '_'". Men m ?it war 5vere discussed to-day a long 4'abinet mooting to which h? of departments carnoil reports I reparations already made .?tilers contemplated. "Mails 'lieing taken up hot55??on Presid \\ ila"On ami the individual t'abi members. The exact measure of Ameri participation in th?? war is not pgetod ta bo rev su led until after President addresses! Congres-*, 1 until% public sentiment crystalli So far as is kn<>5vn no political 1 ; Mat with the Kntente Allies is c timplated, although military as \ as naval cooperation is possible , th?? govornmeiu will he unsparing I oth money and supplies for Allies. Send Troops Abroad. Perhaps W Retirer an army will be sent abr. .n case of war with (?ermany is one tlie questions left to the future by Administration. It would take mi months to train an army for such 1 vice, and many things may happen that period. But this possibility is i .rig taken into consideration, and government propesea U, be ready foi as soon a? practicable. Detailed plans requiringCongrcsaio I action are expected to be complete wl" Congreai areota aa April 2. Pr ' to that time tha Democratic and I ! publican leaders of the Senate a House will be here and will hold ci j ferenccs with the President and mi I bers of his Cabinet. Speaker Clark S Roproaeatativs Kitchin returned Washington to-day. Defence (ou no I Meet? To-dav The Council of National Defence a ! its advisory committee have been call ? to meet tu mema morning This coi , eil, with the advisory committee f*f m I prominent in almost every line of e ! dBarer, is expected to play an imp? tant part in the conduct of actual w? 1 fare. Through it. an<j through in? 1 vidual? and organizations, many pre fer? of help and cooperation have cor from all part? of the country. The industrial plans, now being c ordinatrd by the Council of Nation Defence, include the mobilization 1 ikillod and unskilled labor for tl manufacture of munitions in as lar) 1 quantities as possible, and also for tl continuanc* of all necessary industrie Secretary Wilson, in cooperatmn wit the 4'oinei| of National Defence, hi these plan? "roll under way. Just how much mcr-ey will b.? aske of Congres* has riot been revealed. | movement il well under way for fur rushing the Kntente Allies with a enormous loan, < ither in the form 0 erad ta or money. It also is under stood that the supply of munitions fo the Allies will be augmented rsthei than diminished. Massachusetts I'reuarea After the Cabinet meeting the Pre?i dent saw Governor McCall of Ma??a chusetts for an hour, and was told ol preliminary preparedness measure! taken by New England states, ano offered complete cooperation. Thi Massachusetts Legislature has appro' priated $1,000,000, which Governor Mc ? 'all said trill be spent largely to pre? pare tl ? state's National Guard fol quick service. Ha will see Secretar? Baker to-morrow. Conferences 01 the legislative pro? gramme will be?*,m at the Capitol ear'? next week. Secretary MrAdoo, Repre? sentative Kitchin and Representativa Hull are expected to talk over tha fiscal situation before next Wednesday, the tentative date set for a me.-ting of the Democratic member? af the Way? and Means '. nimittee, the revenu? raising body of the Hou?e Various mea?ures for pro-..ding addi tioaal revaaua aie being considered, in? cluding the possibility of resort to ad? ditional taxes on whiskey, tobacco and other specific articles. A mass of data relating to income tax h.is been pre? pared by experts, showing th? ?ffott of various possible extensions of the law. Five Billion loan Suggested Suggestions placed befoi. the Pie? ? dent to-day included the posibihty of floating a loan of I5.00o.0oo,' 00 for tha Kntente nations. The proposal made by Governor Harding of the Federal R? serve Board, in a recent speech at New York, that the government lend the Al? lies $1,000.000,0011 was thought to be in? adequate by some of 'he I'r? *ident's advisers. The bunks of th? country, it w?s pointed out. are in a position of strength to-day never before approxi? mated m their hi?tory. The latest re? port of the Contre.... jt the C "renu* -fl