TV F A T TT F R fYcKah!. r? n to-day. To-morrow daring Frcih south winds. I ill B_Ff_nrt ?a r*zr 11 '*^ First tn Lt Voi_ IA \ VII No. 25,729 < np?i.?_t Ml?. - The I r ll.nne \??'n I First to Last ? the Truth TIM KSDAY. News ? Editorials * Advertisements APRIL 26, 1.H7 Sribtme CIRCULATION Over 100,000 Daily Net Paid, Non-Returnable * * -y ONE CENT A U. S. Steamer Sinks U-Boat; Mongolia Fires First Shot In War Against Germany Explosion on Subma? rine as Shell from Navy Gun Lands Caught Craft Rising to Surface Had Stern Battery Trained After Attempt to Ram Submersible Failed g r Mongolia, ' - happened ? a 1 -2?> ? 'ni ? ? Ri? .'. the third of his name, v.ns born n 1877. His f.iili; ' ? ever** war since rench and Ivlinn day?. He re nailtic i aining on board the Maasaehuietti sehools'nip Enter? prise and was graduated in 1897. II? then became quartermaster on , ?he St. Lou i a, on which he served ' houi the Span'sh, American War, ? and w 'ied to the Fin- ; fourth officer. In 1904 he re? nn,! entere i 'he pacific ?ervice ' Ifieci on the Minnesota He -? officer of th?? Manchuria,; months later captain of the Mongolia, her .ister -!i p. This was ? I he wa? 'hen the voung : tain m the United States mer chat : Captain Rice has been decorated b; penir of .Inpan for hil courage- i OUI work in saving the li\e- ol shipwrecked Japanese lailors. He was alao chosen to guide the firs! merchant ?hip throueh 'he I'anama Canal, in the celebration which was poitponed be- j cause of ?he xvnr. ? Reichstag, Amid An Uproar, Ends Brief Session Social Democrat Leader Cause? Tumult by De? manding Food Discussion . .on. April 2.">. Adjournment of the Reichstag until May 2 after a brief and tumultuous session yesterday is reported in a Centra! Newa diapalefc from Amsterdam. ? -eidemann. Socialist leader, ?aed regret thai the Reichstag should he convoked and then adjourned immediately. '.eorg Ledebour, the Social Democrats, .-aid that . . not enough. He de d that the Reichstag -hould meet to-?iuy for discussion of the food prob? lem. "Tr,. ' workmen." he mid, | ? iiiion work i tress." Hen Ledebour's words caused .. roar. Permission to con! i 1 wa?- 11 iu . Only the vague I sort of dispal d to come out ol many, und -h?.i*.. <;? Count von Brockdorff Rantzau, -' Denmark, have been lummoned n ?"m ? conference on questions ; ted with ' I according to s ' 'vi>- nhagen . tioiial Agitation for Overthrow Of Hollweg Is Resumed ? openhagen, A] ! he move? ment to overthrow Chancellor von: Bethmann-Hollwog ?i urn -i evident in Germany. The agitation is encouraged i =ensions over -.iiternal reforms,; .1 food trouble*. ; I he Pan German, ? onscrvative and National Libert: harpl.v campaigning against the Soi peace programm? ci-iU.r severelj te .- himself Hi.ii bis administration from Scheidemann I propaganda. The ' .-" says only a strong hand can ? jiitry iron* ?... g "-. the dang . i course. The Liberal organ-* speak of the hopes and fear? that ruthless submarining; ha-? intro? duced and declare that a strong ami d abroad il much needed. ? - the i ;ih' I n nf lin ?i- ? ptcstige on the Kmpci mani? festo, which failed to satisfy an) , Van Bethmann-Hollweg i lie* in th<- fact I nemies ha-.? no points of unit? content. Reporta from re is trouble, too: in the ranks of the So cialiat majority and tliHt Scheidemann ' is having iacreaaing difficulty ii? keep. lag them h al has virtually , been the principal g"- ,:rty. 1 h?- adm . hav? ing no happy time in facing the con ' i end ai.d junker enemies. The < shakinesa of Austria Hungary ii source of concern and the en ?eceive , in time? of trouble from preai ind Pal liument an* this time lack I Too Soon for German Revolt, Says Cambon Agrees with Gerard That Al? lies Should Not Count on a Revolution.? I'ar.s, April 2f>. Jules ?aml.ii eral Secretary t I warfare -vas d? creed, according to th? official statement made public here to I more than 1,600 tons- were sunk and fifteen of less than that tonnage wert en! I the bottom. double given for any previous week Dur;ng the first two weeks of the ruth? less warfare the percentage of loss among ships arriving and departing was 1.04. Las! week it wai I.Oi M has -.' low aa 0.43. get ships in cludes two destroyed during the week April 16, xvl; " the ??mai:?'! ( raft wa? sunk in the week ?i.Jni)- Arn i i l. Nine Ashing .-essels xv ere allO sun?-.. im the other hand, the lia! of ? ? fullj attacked antmen ? l'-boats. Hitherto in any given week never mur.' than nineteen ? ? i" ? i. Ij a! tack? d. ?'. ?h ipi came into H ; S12 cleared. I'u vious report- of .-hips lost l>> m.ne \ ? i Inder 1,600 toni 1,600 ton? Feb. 28. 16 ?. .','. ii :> Mann 11. 13 Match 'Jl. 16 March '_'.**. 18 ' l. I ? it ii. i : 2 18. iy 9 -.-m -. Meet May 2 to Revise German Constitution Foes of Reform Delayed Call? ing of Reichstag Committee Cop ig? ? April 26, 12:16 a. m. ?i man Reichitag Committ? ? 011 of the ( r organisation May 2. The partie? interested in the inime commenceint.it of the reform that the committee would organize yeaterday, but the I s? rvativei and other partiel playing for time delayed the ?election of their rej> reaenl ' he committ? German Socialists Blamed for Strikes Amat? riiam. Ap It i of the Reichatag Auxiliary Service ".re COUI . leader of the ? . lives, 1 elcomed (.encrai ?r's declaration that further st tempt? t?, interfere with mut would be ruthlessly supprcssc?!. t ??unt Westarp inoinuated that money had played a part in the strike and ac euaed the Socialist minority of playing the game of Germany*! eneniei. He denied that the trouble was caused by lark of food. The Socialists indignantly denied the insinuation and placed the blame for th? |tl it on the administration of the Spandau works, the decreaee in th? bread ration and the agrarian policy One speaker declared that the agra? rians, owing to the high pr,co of cattle, fed them with bread and corn, which rker? rouiii IKXXII. DAI I M.MIK X I I Ii lull XX XI ?_?"l ?Latoyeu? ?.r.U liftai Uri.jori.?Ao?t EACH HOURS DELAY Massed German Columns Wilt Under British Blows on Scarpe Haig s Troops Advance Over Battlefield Strewn with Enemy Dead?Fifteen Teuton Aeros Winged? Prisoners increased to 3,000 London, Apri h an? on ti?" bank:? of tbt v.e r.re still locked in the deadlie ' combat of the xvar before the Hinder burg rwitch-line running throufh Queam ami Drocourl the Wotan line, ouldering their wax againit lavaf? ??enera! Ilaig'l ' made a little progreai during the da) on the louth bank o! the Scarp? . ed the hamlet of H11 - hem, east of Treicaul! and beyond th? Havrincourt vV'ood. Since Monda] German prisoners, including 66 of have been captan d. The Hriti.-h nigh! communique en phaaizei the violence of the A( "Many thousand German dead," it "are lying on the buttlefielil ? !ii. h v.e now occupy." In the air the battle is developing a greater intensity. British Sien are cruising for back of the (lerman lin?1? and hai I communications. In on?' of these ih:i!- to-day i bomb dropped ?'n the engine of a mov. ? eleai off l he t rack and wrecking the cara. Hostile col? umn? advancing toward the front and tranaport detachments were at' by airmen flyin?,- low and icattered with machine gun fire. Wherever German mach mes ri-ni l'rit.sh airmen have engaged them. I f! aeroplane raah?Hg t'? the gTOUCd and tWO observation balloons destroyed. Si) British machines are miaaing, The weather eo d bright. German raiding partie- south? Lens ? i, a? wen* thrusts southeast of *? ? main I battle mi the Scarpe valley Here Hin ' denbutg fe? ate menace again and ii reaorting once more to mail attack to cam time for the con it rue! 01 " h i ear defend ?Vround ? ^?ni mg hai particular irward lalienl created j b) the Mr,'; d with I Gel man blood. Apparently the Herman effort I ?? los! pov : , ,i out only ? of sheer exhaustion. The ing ? no longer from the trei protection tha Germana have ?a de tacheU and half-dug ?hallow pits, ant ? their casualties are runnini I h as they did at Verdun. Hun .if ?.orinan dead on the lb Id can ? n plainly from tha nearby heights Often the lighting : .. been in the nature ot a general melee, when neither of the hostile artillen? ? ?.are., to in?. <-t admitted the lo ?iavrelle, the lighting for which, they ??sert, stil! continues. The ren?.' British attacks on the Scarpe were three times repulsed to-day. Berlin announces trat on Monday the French and British lost t ? 'planes, and on Tuesday nineteen more. It is reported that Herman 'plan? now advancing at the head of troops, clearing the way with machine guns. Story m' Destrotfers' Battle an fu lit- ... News af the Battlefronts on r ??- s. Tanlac?and the Twin McDuffies P. C. McDuffie, president of the Atlanta Ad Men's (. !ub. is an iinp.irti.il individual who would of course *ic? er allow either his name or that of the club to be used in connection with misleading advertising. P l M? Duffie as attorney for and stanch defender of that up-and doing quack cure-all Tanlac. is quite the opposite to his austere other self, says SamucI Hopkins Adams in next Sunday's Tribune. Mr. Adams's startling article will interest every Tribune reader and every man who seeks to uphold the standard of truthful publicity. Don't miss it. It's a wise forethought to tell your dealer to-day to save your Sunday 1 ribune. ? Che j-Sim?aij ?Tribune ????? China Governors Vote to Declare War on Germany Decision Unanimous at the Conference Presided Over by the Premier Peking, April _.'?. At a conference of provincial and military governors, at which the Premier presided, it wa? voted unanimously that China should the war against Germany. A canvass ihOWS that parliament is overwhelmingly in favor of China de? claring war, but President I.i Yuan Hung is still undecided on the question. German Flotilla Sinks French Boat Shells Dunkirk and Flees Af? ter Fight with Patrols Par.?. April '.'5. "A Herman de? stroyer flotilla bombarded Dunkirk be? tween 2:16 and L':J5 this morning." says an official statement. "The coast batteries replied, and British and French patrol ships engaged the enemy, who retreat? d in the direction of Oa tend at great speeii. "l'te of our torpedo boars was sunk in the brief action. The enemy's !o?ses .- known." a Earl of Suffolk Killed; Married Daisy Leiter Nineteenth Nobleman of Line Meets Death ?n Action London, April 26. Henry Molyncu. Page*. Howard, nineteenth Karl of Suf? folk and Berkshire, has been killed in action. The Karl of Suffolk and Berkshire ?as born in 1..77 and succeeded his father to the title in IK. S. |0 1904 he married Marguret Hyde "Daisy"? Leiter, youngest daughter of the late ??' ? hicago and Wash? ington, and sister of the late l_ady Curron, wife of Karl ( urzon of Kedles ton. Food Troubles in Sweden Soldiers Defy Orders; Attend Meeting of Socialists Copenhagen, April .'".. New food demonstrations at Stockholrti are re? porte.? by the "Pagcns Nyheter." The Military en napder issued an order forb'dding th< ?oldiers to attend a Socialist meeting Despite this order, however, several hundred soldiers par? ticipated in a great m< ? i d?monstrations h_.*.e alio oc? curred at Ipsala, forty-five miles from Stockholm. < Balfour Seeks No War Treaty; Asks ? Only Co-operation Marshai Joffre, Idol of France, C Ovation at Ce Washington Greets War * with Cheers?lo Meet President To-day Washington, April 25. The \?ar mission to the United State ed by Rene Viviani, Minister tice and Vice-Premier, and * Joseph Joffre. hero of the Mm popular idol of the people of was welcom*d to Washington " ??' 11 h heartfelt enthusiasm. To-night, after being greel American o?oials an?l hailed a' trious friends by thousands of who lined the streets while crossed the city, the commission Ht the home of Henry White. Ambassador to France, as the of the United States (?ovemmen To-morrow the leading membi Viviani, Marshal Joffre and A f'hoeheprnt, wi'.l be received by ?lent Wilson, and later there v preliminary conferences betwec representatives of the Irene? American military and naval chie fore night the Administration wil in its possession at least a broa line of France's view of America ticipation in the war. In appreciation of the French ernment's action in sending t I'nited .States as members of its sion such distinguished citizen?. ! tary Lansing issued this statemei '"It is very gratifying to this gc ment nnd to the people that we ? have as our guests such diatingU representatives of the French Kcj as arrived this noon. In sending who so fully represent the French eminent and people, xve have the best evidence of ?he spirit and f? of France toward the I'nited Si We can assure the French people xve reciprocate this spirit which duced them to send these commis ers and rejoice that the two greai tions are battling ??de bv side t'oi liberty of mankind." Heads Hared at Mount Vernon The leading members of the mis eoming up from Hampton Roads ab the Presidential yacht Mayflower, their first view of the national ?.a from a point on the Potomac Rivet low Alexandria, soon after Mount non had been passed. As the } floxver came abreast the home of Aral President the Marine t played "The !*'ar-Spangled Bann and the Frenchmen lined the rail x heads bared and stood at attention. Soon afterward the navy \ar?l leached, and there the |j ?* 11 y Vil ceived b> a group of American offici beaded by Secretary Lansing. Toe ? letary led the ceremony by shak bands tir-t with M. Viviani and M -hai Joffte and then with the ot officials. Once ashore the party qui ly entered mctor cars and drove acr the city to the residence where members are to be entertained dur their stay here. Two troops of United State? Cava acted as escort for the mission thron the streets and other regulars were e tioned about the White home. Sec Service men are quartered near by. a a searchlight has been erected so tr its ray can be directed upon the c trance to the house. Kvery precauti to insure the safety of the party h been taken. Mr. Viviani took a long walk throui the residential section of the ci;a du ing the afternoon, quietly enjoyii Washington in its springtime garb. Marshal Joffre spent the afterno< motoring through Rock 'reek l'ark, ; the edge of the city. The Marquis ( (bambiur.. t-randson of General Li fayette, called upon several old friend Meanwhile 'ho live staff officer? an technical experts, who left Kortre? Monroe by train this morning, had a: rived and taken up quarters at a hot-. The entire party dined later at th White House. (all on President To-dax To-morrow morning Mr. \ Ivtaa Marshal Joffre. Admiral ( bochepra and the Marquis de Chambrun, accom panic?! hy the ataff officers, ?rill cal upon Secretary I.an?iiig. I-ater Ml Vivian:. Marshal Joffre and Admira < hocheprat will cross with the Secre tary from the State Deoartment to th? White Hou?e, where they will be re c-ixed by President Wilsor.. Then Marshal Joffre will call upon Secretarj Baker and Admiral (hocheprat upon Secretary- Daniel?. Mr Viviani will go to the Capitol to call upon Vice Prcsident Maranaii. The entire party will be guest? of honor at a dinner at the White Hou?? in the evening. The military, naval and financial ex? perta expect to hold ?everal prelim? inary conference? with American offi? cial? during the day. They hope to get down to the serious business of their mission by Friday. No plans for the member? of the commission to visit other citie? of the United Statea hav? yet heen made. No Public or Secret En? tanglement Planned, British Chief Says Trust U. S. to See It Through Thanks Americans, Praise? JofFre and Revels in Lighted Streets Washington. April 2.V Complet? un? derstanding of America's attitude in the war unreserved cooperation in tha fight of democracy against the German military menace without entangling political alliances was expressed by Foreign Minister Balfour, head of the. British War < o ?.mission, in a state? ment to-day to newspaper correspond? ents. "I am toli_." said Mr. Balfour. "that there are some doubting critici who seem to think that the object of the missions of (ireat Britain and Franca is to inveigle the United States out of its traditions! policy and to entangle it in a formal alliance, secret or public. with Kuropean power?. I cannot imag? ine any rumor with less foundation, nor can I imagine any policy *o utterly unnecessary. Our confidence in the as? sistance which we are going to get from this community is not based upon such considerations as those which arise out of formal treaties." The Foreign Minister's statement was officially stated to have been med? as a result of his conferences during the last few days with President Wil aon and Secretary Lansing. It was gen? erally regarded as disposing finally of suggestions in some quarters that the United States might be asked to sign a treaty not to make a separate peace. Thanks People of U. S. ! For Warm Reception "Gentlemen: I am very much oblige?! to you for coming here to-day and giv? ing me the opportunity of expressing to you personally, and through you to i the great American public, how very deeply we who belong to this mission sent from Britain value the kindness, the enthusiasm, the warmth of wel? come which we have received in this capital city of the United States. All our hearts aro gratitied and touched personally. We are even more deeply touched by it as being the outward end visible manifestation of sympathetic emotion in carrying out and responding to a great call, which is the real se? curity for our success. "No man who has had the oppor? tunity which I have enjoyed in the last fe.w days of seeing, hearing and talk ii.g to leading members of your state can for one moment doubt the full de? termination of the American people to throw themselves into the greatest conflict which haa ever been waged in this world. Americans Not Aware Of What War Really Is "I do not suppose that it is possible for you- 1 am sure it would not ht possible for me were I in y-jur place to realize in detail, in concrete detail all that this war means to those whe have been engaged in it for now two years and a half. That is a feeling which comes and can only come by actual ex. perience. Wc on the other aide of th? Atlantic have been living in an atmos phere of war since August, 1914, ant you cannot move about the >treets you cannot go about your daily busi t ess, even if your affairs be dissociate, fiom the war itself, without havini evidences of the war brought to you notice every moment "I arrived here on Sundav ?ifternooi and went out in the evening after dark and I was struck by a somewhat un usual feeling which at the first momen I did not analysa; and suddenly came upon me that this who the fir? time for two years and a half or mor ?n which 1 had seen a properly lightc street. There is not a street in Lon don. there is not a street in any city o the United Kingdom, in which, afte dark, the community is not wrapped i a gloom exceeding that which mus have existed before the institution o gas or electric lighting. "But that is a small matter, and only mention it h?cau-e it happened t strike me as one of my earliest exper enees in this city. Melancholy Li?t of War; Law? Son an Example "Of course, the more tragic sida < war is never and cannot ever be abaei from our mrnds. 1 saw with frei regret this morning in the newspap? that the son of Mr. Bonar Law, oi Chancellor of the Exchequer, wi wounded and missing In some of tl operations now going on in Palestin and 1 instinctively cast my mind be? to the loases of this war in all circls But as an ?I lustraron it seemi to n i impressive. "I went over the melancholy li?t, an Continuad on Paga 2, Col. .