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SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1917
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ONE CENT
;-|* la New
fork (ilr
pane Carrie?
German Peace
plan to Russia
Cr0J5? Border with Pro?
posal* Outlined by
Hollweg
Way Day Riots
Feared by Berlin
Threat? and Appeals Are
Made to Keep Labor
Loyal
>
taxier. .hsiTCil
maatt that he ha? lcarred fror
aaaaY'.e ' ?(-. ed
nl Demokraten.'" of Co
pajagtri. Is ti?? ? rasan pen??
maatt?] to Ki.?-'*? The proposal, the
jttsfrr1-" allege?, wt? formulated
XffAtGf -t mnl-Tity group
agg % ronrcr--r.ee be-??-,in Philip
t-talsVmann and Imperta" Chancellor
ml?*"'
j-r?'-r,-, Vr eeeded
- Rus
-Wgfui 's ? ff"r!
lurVh-tlTi, April 27, ??
.
?rnstional Focialls: Hureau,
mm[aai mtta this afternoon t-i make
__gjjt'*- - Boclallet peace
I here, M, -
li?st weir.her of the Danish
n-rror
JMay Day Uprising
Feared in Germany
i P? misa and a
"-cnt have
? npation of May Day
fcssdert, . rnment evidently
.' the lnbor trciuh!?
;h?a ihr I eeki. will be re
The
?re alternately I
(?jolin-r the i
.
?nenl can reach
lasen the proun*!-- discon
I
. hie COUnSI
- keen
stanY.t -
Hi* 1? ?H
** Cl?S?' -
?
ltd #rg*-r
? r, head ?.'
'.'*a> ?iep? - , ?
t!*U'.y st its mocthpieer of CO
the Reichstag,
*?ufh tie press, in evoking 'he
"h?ow ef Hindenbuu'
-lenls to the werken
tant * f?tr inde.? of th? i
l.roener'n Appeal le, Worker?
-
?K plscsnier!
^fi;r? He say ?:
*? anaj nee Is arm
-*M M* ,iiurgV
1**f' How dure you defy Mi
a* will be a
*t\>**i'.a
??tos sr?. among ua,
?su-wlnded people, ami
*t't*'e ? itrike muht be brandod be
aatloa m traitors to the
?*?rlsnd and to thi
leinten to tl
*Y,o ,;,- ., when n
PtSeesaunds bias to work. We arc
? far from the ?roal. The nation'?
*k?c? I? at ?take."
? ?n sa-iren? befo---, the main coir,
Jjj**" ft the Reichstag Groener He?
rs who ha I
^.ru?, ir, (iertnany hud be? n hypno
*** *t'A did aol know what they were
?
^**y ?ai.ted ?'? ?irmot,?trate |
?*?r?me-,i when ?I had failed. It
"?* kypaetism of the meases. The
2*K*n ?ho straek on Monday hardly
r**?/ they had done n-> On Tues?
' ?"?"? one had returned to his
"2JJ- sud on Wednesday a political
JJJJf? had cotnp about. Wp hold
am.2i j*1 ,n"*mmstorv matter ?van
Tj*?i in from abroad.'
i-***?*'""! that -'nkes rea?e in the
?Jf?- ?Ut, 00 th? other hand, the
J??" Bunt have mou*'
lie? IL* "? th*y m"y m*??*"" known
jjf??ires and complaint.. That
?S** *?H mi by the ap?
ta flT?* ?*" '*bor representatives on
Sta? organization, and they will
^ tr-oth*r mouthpiece in the auxil
*? ?s*tes |a?
l*"* Labors Demands ""Mastaaaa"
ixJ****< m juitify.ng hi? imperative
-*5T_i _ *" ce??ation of the
gJ?HUist the so-called Leipaic pro
Isnal rv*Rd ,hp tolefrum to the lm
^.' 'hanccllor, demai.dmg that he
m%aA,,r*CVA' * deputation and listen
*? il,**}. de,n?'"l*'. including one for
?L^0ihl?e ?nd the creation of a
??7 "Uncil on the Russian stvle.
||(>**tor* which had completely
l?l?^ Jie situation. These demands.
?S4 ,?D"*' Greener, *?-ir madne??
"*d sat****' uP?n the inexperience,
ft-t n*1?"?''; and honesty of th<- work
"H?i,r* ,h'M be no more strike? and
% tu*J.???ssly prosecute wire-pull
"k? y,,?"'1 these political traitor* to
*?Ww" ? d *'th the fuU '
? kW. ,r|l Groener is r
-f?'?? ssid.
faxt, iS*^Tk} eemmittee <?' th?
***?' federation, m h lettn to
SUFFICIENT GROUNDS FOR SEPARATION IF THEY ONLY KNEW IT
(.roener in reply to Field Marshal von
Hndenburg'? recent letter on the
strike. . a\ I :
"We expect witn certainty that the
promise of measures for safeguarding
the food supplies of the population of
in the industrial districts will
he fully carried out, thereby removing '
trongesl cause for anxiety among;
T'lknig classes
"Furthermore everything must he
avoided tending to lead workers to be
lieve their ? -, full apprc? ?a
eiation and consideration. Inadequate
. having regard to the cost of liv
nee? harshness in enforc
ing the auxiliary service law and at
tempts to restrict or nullify rights
guaranteed to workers by law are apt
continually *o pire riso to conflicts.
I nfortunately many employers have j
not abandoned the method? of treating ;
?heir workmen, which, even in 1
peace ti.pe. caused dissatisfaction and
sharp conflict*?. Everything must he
done to maintain the efficiency of the
army at home." I
German Newspapers
Appeal Against Strikes
\- r:) 27, Ml the Ger- |
man newspapers veal to the
ngmen not to allow themselves
? ? fee! by strik ?
to leave their brothers!
by cl
and supplijn, !
em? * comes the offi
? ; < hancellor von '
Beth m ?g, addressed formal
- the Federal state--, but really j
ibor, and containing both appeal1
and a stern warning against further!
rence with the munitions work.
The Ways and Means ?onfrnittce of
Reichstag indirectly second; the
? ommunicat ion to the (
army, thanking the heroes ..f Arras
and ? battlefields and ,
olid ipporl o" the !
country in v difficult hour.
V ? foUl hig
miners' unions warns theii mei
airain I and regrettable ae
t ?on ? ati ?factory
conditions and the failure of sons
municipalities and local authorities; to
ipplementary
rations. "Don't permit yoursel*
ragged into
say
? ithei ?:!'?. ' s
ikiUpi ? s great combine ?ut
war industries ?a necessary ;.:. 1
imminent to supply men for the si my.
This ?j government any ie -<i
? d j., tor ?ending to the
?nunition workers who yi
' -it ion. The announcement je
large numbers of
erly exempted from ?
? to keep important
tries working mus; now be sent to
tiie fron*. Thi'V veil! i.? repla?
men obtained under the military ouxil
er\ .ci- law and women.
? e*a papefrs markedly evo! ' any
to the Swedish labor ?-o.i.
evidently concluding that the)?
' ? ? I example.
Vienna Socialist Organ
Makes "May Day" Appeal
terdam, Anril 27. The "Arbeiter
Zeitung," Socialist organ of Vienna.
- to (he worxmen who c?l?br?t?
Ma) Hay t.. retramc work on May '.'i "in
older to manifest our unshakable
?iiirity v\ith the working elaSSOS of th
whole world and our determination to
rebuild 'the international' which has
been disrupted by (he war."
German Troops Downcast
Minister of War Says Dis?
couragement Is Only Fleeting
? nhagen, April 2". Genera! von
Stein. German Minister of War, admit?
ted during a discussion of military
? ? Ke ? h-tag commltte? y< --
terday that field post letters {rom sol?
dier.? at the front ahowed a certain
amount of discouragement. This, how
ever, ?.?.a? ?.nly a passing sentiment, he
? ..plained, mi?l la general the spirit of
the troop? was good. In a war like the
?Id not expect an un
. stream of victories, he ?aid.
?ral von Stein's i ?-[.<.i' - consid
? red to have influenced the committee
in sending through Field Marshal von
burg greetings and assurance?
of solid support to the army, which the
Radical Socialis* members of th?- corn
alone refused to sign
Th?- committee rejected n Radical So
? proposal to establish a commit
parliamentary control to super
.nduct of the war. During
on Herr Stueiklein, a So?
cialist member, complained that men
? nt to the frOBl a? a punishment
and ?hat this method was used regu
latlv as a threat. H? produced ?
?>f a compapv order in ?ubstan'ietion of
his assertion.
French Advance on the Aisne;
Guns May Herald Joint Drive
Germans Abandon Rifles and Flee as British Continue to
Rain Blows on Positions in Front of the
I .indenburg Line
SB] ?.: ? h rue r
London. April J7. While the Fren
and British armies continue to pre
the exhausted Germans at vital poin
of the Hindenburg line, between G
??relie and Roeux in the Scarpe Valle
and along the Chemin des Dames ai
the Moronvilliers sector, Nivelle
1 guns on the uplands of the Aisne t
?lay boomed out in a growing chori
which the (iermans translate as ti
prophecy of n new offensive. Artillet
on the British front also is developir
a renewed intensity, which may si?,
nify a simultaneous effort to advan?
with the French.
Paris reports a big gun due! nort!
west of Rheims, somewhere nea
' 'he Cerman occupatio
i,f which constitutes ?? disl net menac
of the French and af
fords the enemy a fine platform for th
relentles?? bombardment of the city a'??
the cathedral.
What lighting there was during th'
day v\a.- caitied on by Nivelle':
troops. Tenaciously as the German:
are rooted to their line :,long th?
Chemin des Harnes, the French an
battering wider gups m thi? line, all?!
to-day forced further progress both If
the neighborhood of Cerny and Hurte
bise Farm. The flat failure of the
C-erman counter attack? on Thursday
opened the way for thc--c advances.
French Take IM Cannon
The extent of the French pressure
may be judged by the fact that Ni?
velle'? troops have wrested 130 cannon
from the forces of the Crown Prince
s'lice April 16. The combined total of
guns captured by the Allies since the
Storming of Vimy Tidge has reached
and it is unofficially slated that
the toll in prisoners i? now nearly
SS.000 Co: mans of all ranks.
srvera at the front declare that
because of the sanguinary nature of
the lighting the number of casualties
inflicted on the Germ?n? cannot b<
computed on the usual basis of. five
killed or wounded to one prisoner. It '
is estimated that on the ATsne alone
the Crown Prince has lost between ?
200.000 and '.35,000 men.
Last night the British renewed their ,
; attack on the twO-and-three-quartT- i
mile front between Gavrelle and Roeuv, ;
and succeeded in bending the German
I line back somewhat. Further south i
Haig's men attacked along a consider?
able front on the Arras-Cambrai road
and captured several important points.
Still further southward the British
dashed from the village of Harj-icourt
and captured the strongly fortified
quarries to the past.
The British official repoit -ays: "The
enemy fled, hurriedly abandoning rifle?
and equipment.''
\i?elle*s Troops Vd.anre
On the French front the night aras
marked by attempted German incur?
sions into the French trenches between
Xanteuil-la-Fosse and Sancy. where the
line starts up over the Craonne plateau,
and by French advances in the Cham?
pagne. At the nose of the wedge Ni?
velle has driven into the German lines
near Moronvilliers the French surged
forward over several trench elements
and occunied a point of support o::*t of
the Mountain - Without - ? - Name. A
French raid in force was organized ir.
I.e Pr?tre Forest, where German d.
fences ?voie destroyed and prisoners
captured.
Marked activity in the air indicates a
renewal of the Franco-": it ish drive,
Yesterday the British lieatroyed
, German 'planes and a captive balloon
, and shot six machines to earth. Six
British machine.- ar. missing. The
French brought down nine l.ermmi
'planes. Berlin declares the Allies lost
eleven 'planes and two captire balloons.
?Description of aerial fighting on
W*ti front and other ?ar urns, on
' ?'age ',.]
23 Russian Generals
Removed by Guchkofl
War Minister Ousts 114 Com
manders; Workmen
Recalled
Petrograd, April 27. As a result o!
the visit of War Minister Cuchkoft t?.
the southwestern front, twenty-three
generals, including some general? o*
I division, have been replaced. On a!!
' fronts no fewer than one hundred and
fourteen officers holding headquarters
. commands have been removed.
Workmen in munition factories who
were sent to the front under orders i
??ued under the Romanoff regime for
I participation in atrikes are being re
i called. The Ministry of Finance ha.<
enlisted the services of Gorky,
Andreeff and other writers for propa?
ganda work._
Americans Warned
To Leave Juarez
: -
hi Peno. Tex., April _!7. Mexican mil
I itary officials at 6 o'clock this evening
I closed the city of Juarez to all Ameri?
cans for the night and warned Amen?
icen? in the city to leave.
, Ne ?eason was given for the order, '?
and American officials are investigating
to see if it has to ?10 v. ? th a possible
Villa attack on Juarez or is mended to
keep Americans from learning whs'
miiii.nv pr?parai ens ?-.ia-j mide
[a the ? '
Gives Up $10,000 Job
To Shoulder a Gun
St. Louis Agent of New York
Broker to Fight for U. S.
at $18 a Month
St. Louts, April 27.- Carlos 8, Giee
iey, St. Louia representative of F. H.
Rollins & Son?, New York brokers, has
given up his $10,000 a year position to
fight for I'ncle Sam at 118 a month.
He will go to San hrancisro to serve in
the coast patrol.
Greelev departed tor ( hicago yester?
day after attending a farewell dinnei
given in hi? honor at the Planters' Ho?
tel by friends. Greeley's friends hope
to raise sufficient money to buy a sub?
marine chaser and present it to the
government.
Balfour Is Told
U. S. Sentiment
Is for Home Rule
Officials Inform British
That Irish Settlement Will
Arouse America
Washington, April 27. The lush
Home Hule question, it became known
to-dny, has been ?li?cu?sed at the con?
ferences between members of the Brit?
ish commission visiting this country
and American troverr. n.nt officials.
The subject is a n,o?t delicate one,
and the United States has no intention
of seeking to suggest even informally
an opinion on the conduct of Great
Britain'" internal affairs. However,
American officials have frankly told
members of the British commis-ion
thai a strong element in the United
State? undoubtedly believe? that real
friendship between the two nations
would be greatly strengthened by a
satisfactory settlement of the Irish
problem.
Because of the discussion of the
nroblem since the arrival here of For?
eign Minister Balfour and his col?
leagues the speech in Parliament to?
day of Premier Lloyd George, in which
he spoke of the necessity of bringing
he ?poke of the necessity of making
Ireand a friend and comiade. (The text
of his address will be found on Page 3).
The interest In the question here is
great, not only became of the large
number of citizens ef Irish birth cr
descent, but because of the strong fi I
ing that no nation v.i"h which the
United State? is joining forces should
have unsettled a question inquiring the
right cf self-government.
The position of the Rriti.ih jroveii
nient is that a satisfactory settlement
of the problem ii earnestly desired aui\
that every effoi" a ill be made to ?lis
?over a remedy.
Whether it will De possible to get the
opposing elements in Ireland to agr-e
on an arrangement mutually satisfac?
tory is uncertain, but the efforts in thst
direction by the British government
will be pushed more vigorously than
ever as a result of interest in the prob?
lem in the United State
Slackers Not Wanted,
But This One Enlisted
Jersey Youth Breaks Relations
With His Name
A heavy-set young man walked into
the army recruiting office at Newark,
\. J., yesterday and told the officers in
charge .ie wanted to enlist.
"What's your name?" asked the lieu
t? nant.
"Slackei." was the reply.
"Nothing doing," shot back the of
f.cer; "we don't wan' any slackers
here."
The man later explained that he was
Andrew Slacker, of Middleton. Sussex
lounty. N. J . and that he wanted to
break off diplomatic relation? with his
t ame.
He was accepted.
. I Tale of Tanlac Testimonials
I low do qua? \ medicino obtain ihe super-grateful te?nmomali ?hit thou?
at yam from the columns of certain eatv consoenced newspapers?
Samuel I lopkint Adams in 1 he Sunday T ribune bare? the In. ky meihodi
ol Tanlar, one of the moil alcoholic of the various advertised cure-alls.
Don'l miss Adams's las? mating slo.v of how ihr Shrrvrport. La.. Ad Club
pnl I anlar on the griddle. Remind com nr .?drain lo-dav ?-ou ?ant to?
morrow's Sunday lubune.
She ^un?ai} ?Tribune
Cabinet Moves
To Prevent A
World Famine
Convinced U. S. Must Sup?
ply Ships and Food
Speedily
Growing Danger in
U-Boat Successes
British and French Missions
Show Wilson First Ameri?
can War Step
R'aeaingtan, April J.. Kvidence of,
riov m?? success for the German sub
marine blockade ha- forced the prob- I
lern of supplying the B?tante quickly
with food and other necessities sharply
into the forefront of the American gov?
ernment's war programme.
Aroused by information brought to
this country by the British and Fj^nch
war missions, President Wilson and his
Cabinet gravely set about to-day to
launch with its full force as speedily as
possible their campaign to break down
the hlockade, planned by the Admin?
istration, as the nation's first physical
stroke against Germany.
The food problem occupied the Cab?
inet meeting almost to the exclusion of
all the other important war questions
before the government. Afterward it
was indicated that the recent German
submarine ravages were considered so
successful that the United States must
marshal its resources immediately to
put more merchant shins in commis?
sion, to heln devise some means of
fighting submarines, and to insure a
greater yield of foodstuffs to offset the
increasing destruction of food cargoes
in the war zone.
Fear of World Famine
Member.? of the Cabinet took to the
meeting a great quantity of informa
'ion given by the visiting mission?,
including a plea by some members of
the French commission that America
must act quickly if the world i? to be
saved from famine. Recent deelara
? tions in the British Parliament were
: reviewed as supplementing this ***i*
dence. There was no attempt to con?
ceal the impression that the food
problem had taken on an aspect mak?
ing it incomparably the most pressing
, question facing the I'nited States in
? its efforts to stem the progress of its
enemy.
There were indications to-night that
more energetic measures might be ex?
pected to speed up the work of re?
lieving tne food situation in the En?
tente countries.
Acceleration of the Shipping Board'*
nrogramme for p. great rteet of wood>'it
ships to carry foodstuffs is regarded .is
certain. To increase the tran?atlant it*
tonnage the board also is striving to
put the German and Austrian ships in* >
service as quickly as possible, and to
transfer to foreign trade as many j
practicable of the coastwise and Great
Lakes steamers, and more energetic
steps than pvvr in thRt direction are
looked for. Karly action on food con?
trol legislation is foiecast, and there
probably will be more urgent appeals
to the farmers to develop agricultura!
resources to their utmost.
French Viens of Food Shortage
Of the foremost purposes of tiiH
I'lii.ch mission, revealed late to-day
authoritatively lor the tirst time, is to
impress upon the American govern?
ment ?.rid people the serious food sit?
uation in Europe. Members of the
economic section of the mission be
!ii>v<? there is serious danger c? a world
famine.
The economic section of the mission
is prepared to submit evidence that all
! the world is -seriously threatened with
famine because? of tl.e withdrawal of
men from agriculture, the lack of fer?
tilisers and the ?(?-rangement of trans?
portation facilities
The mission believes it a fallacy te
h--une that ?ven peace would greatly
alter food conditions, for those now on
, the verge of starvation will need great
. quantities of food before they can pro?
duce it themselve?. It is felt the se?
riousness of the situation is greatly in
??reased by the almost universal crop
failure.
On the military side it was said that
while definite ascendancy over the Ger
; man war machine ha?! been established
' by the Allied forces in France, both in
personnel and equipment, and eventual
; victory was in sight, many months of
bitter lighting still were ahead.
This was the expressed vi.?- of mili?
tary experts attached to Prance's war
commission as gathered by officers of
the American General Staff to-dav dur?
ing informal conversations at the War
Department. The French officers dis
cui?ed the situation most frankly.
Much of what w?.s said was strictly
confidential, and information as to the
immediate military situation of the ut?
most importance was freely giren under
that seal.
What _ ranee Needs
Members of the mission in confer
ence with various officials in'
them to-day that the thing? France
needs most from the I'nited States are
money, food in quantities, fertilizers,
? ?.a!, steel, oil and transportation
equipment for service on both land and
sea. especially a great number of ships
to carry materials from the new to the
old world.
The Frerch visitors spent virtually
the entire day exchanging views and in?
formation with representatives of the
American government. The ground?
work for joint conferences of the Brit?
ish. French and American representa?
tives was laid during a talk between
British Foreign Minister Balfour and
Ren? Viviani. head of the French con
ferr?es.
Marshal Joftre and the military con?
tingent under him discussed army prob
Kms with officials of tne War Depart
nent and War College experts. Most of'
the facts communicated by the visitor.
were of .1 highly confidential nature
M. Viviani devoted the ?'ay to con?
ferring with American officials, receiv?
ing callers and visiting tli?. I'nited
States Supreme Court.
Draft Bill to Pass
Both Branches of
Congress To-day
Roosevelt's Army
Plan Defeated in
House-170 to 106
Commission by Wilson in Regu
lar Forces Suggested?Mann
Votes for Conscription
v-.ie l'n'.i.m- Barsauj
Washington, April 'J7. Tneodore
Roosevelt's only hope of leading an
irmy to France is for President Wil?
son to appoint him a brigadier or major
general and assign him to the command
of exis'ing forces, or else forces to be
raised under the selective draft act. If
he is to go with the first contingent he
would have to be assigned to a brigade
of regulars or particularly good Na?
tional Guard regiments.
One hundred and six members of the
House of Representatives voted late to
c'ay in favor of permitting Mr. Roose?
velt to raise a division for service 'n
France, while 170 voted against it. This
vote was by tellers, and therefore not
a record vote, but if a rollcull is de?
manded to-morrow the vote is expected
to be approximately the same, with
loth figures slightiy increased.
The Senate will vote to-morrow on
practically the same amendment, ex?
cept that the Senate amendment pro?
vides for four divisions of infantry to
be composed of volunteers who are over
the ages specified in the selective draft
leature of the bill. It is expected to?
night that the Roosevelt amendment
will be beaten in the Senate as well as
in the House.
"Nick" Longworth, son-in-law of the
Colonel, was the first man to go
through the tellers in favor of permit?
ting T. R. to raise a, division. Not far
behind him was Miss Jeannette Rankin.
In the debate on the Roosevelt
amendment - which, of course, did not
mention Roosevelt's name, but permit?
ted the raising of a division of volun?
teers Republican Floor Leader Msnn
came out squarely for conscription as
against the volunteer system, to the de?
light of many ef his friends, who had
feared that he might join some of the
other Illinois member? in opposing con?
scription.
"We cannot make exceptions," said
Mr, Mann. "Those who are for an
efficient, businesslike system in raising
an army must vote this amendment and
all other weakening, complicating
amendments down."
Repr?sentative Swagai Sherley. of
Kentucky, one ot the Democratic lead
declared he would 'avor the giving
'?i Roosevelt by the President of a
commission in the forces already or
ganised, so that he ",;ght go to France.
He must oppose, however, this entering
ivedce for the volunteer system.
The view expressed by Mr. Sherley is
expressed privately by many members
of both houses. They think it would
be a splendid idea tor Colonel Roose?
velt to be given a major general's com?
mission, or perhaps a brigadier's.
Then he could be sent, with the first
division to go to France, either in com?
mand of the division or in command of
one of the brigade?.
Allied Armies Lose
10 Per Cent a Month
Figures Are Given to Amer?
ican War Officials by
French
Washington. April 1?. American
army experts obtained from the French
mission to-day many facts and ligares
applying directly to pioblems to be
considered by the United State? in tail?
ing its army, and ?which are i.
garded as military secrets.
Statements cf the Frenchmen fully
confirmed conclusions reached by tin
General StstT after its long study of
losses in all armies actually engaged in
Kurope in an effort to learn the pro?
vision they must make for maintaining
the fighting strength of an army at the
fion*. 'I he terrible toll in dead,
maimed and prisoners, computed on
including Russia's enormous
losses in captuied, amounts to 10 per
cent a month of troops at the front.
Half of these are permanently out of
action, and were it not for the con
letaat stream of recraita going forward
, every day an army of 1.000.000 men
1 soon would fade away.
Of the wound??! or ill sent to the
rear great numbers recuperate and re?
turn to their regiments. With a med?
ical corps service working at .highest
i possible efficiency haif of the entire
loss of an army is recoveied to active
duty, but the p?o?.?--' lakes mole than
tar?e months.
Abruzzi to Head Mission
Italy Will Send Marconi Here
with Other Experts
Rome. April L'7. Although the Ital?
ian mission to the I'nited States has
not yet been officially appointed, it?
chief members have already been de?
cided upon. They include the Duke of
the Abturzi. cousin of the King and
admiral of the navy, who will be the
head of the mission. Senator William
Marconi will also be a member.
Senator Tittoni. former Minister of
Foreign Affairs, was also expected to
join the party, but has found it impos
?ible to go. The mission will include
well-known military, naval, financial
and industrial experts.
Senate Measure Make
Conscript Ages
21 to 27
Conference Will
Give Final ToucJ
Senator Calder Show:
Volunteer Plan
Has Failed
i raes The t..> aas I ?
Washington, April 28 ? Saturday ?.
t The Administration army bill carryin
| the selective draft, with the age limit
! of men subject to draft changed froi
, nineteen to twenty-five, inclusive, t
! twenty-one to twenty-seven, ?nclusivi
j will pass the Senate to-night. Th
? House will pass very much ?he jam
bill to-day, except that the ages suh
ject to draft probably will be left a
twenty-one to forty, leaving the quei
i tion of the maximum age limit to b
I settled in conference.
In other respects the bill will be ver;
| much as it came from the Administra
j tion, despite the radical amendment!
made by the maionty of the Hotm
I Military Committee, >d by Chairmai
! Dent, successor *o Chairman Jame'
i Hay, famous for his small armv figtv
' against Secretary Garrison, whicl
drove the latter oui of the Cabinet
Mr. Dent is slated for a sweeping d?>
j feat in the first big tight he has led
when the House votes to-day on th?
Kahn amendment, which strikes out th?
1 volunteer featute and substitutes th?
; selective draft.
La Follette Takes Floor
Near midnight, when the Senate wai
; about to adjourn, after a day anc
'? night debate, Senator La Follette tooV
| the floor and announced his inten
I tion of speaking. He has pending
' amendment-, to strike out the draft pro
vision and to submit the question o.
I raising an army to a referendum.
Mr. La Follette denounced attempt?;
j to rush the army bill through Congres?
j without what he thought was proper
?discussion. He praised the volunteer
system, and urged that men who would
form a draft army should have an op
, portunity to vote on the draft featur?
? by referendum. Enlisted men should
be better paid and adequate provision
1 made for their dependents, he declared
Criticises Root Appointment
He criticised the appointment of
I Klihu Root to head the American mis
j sion to Russia. He said that some of
1 the refugees who have been released
'rom Siberia who had previously sought
| asylum in the United States, but en
| countered obstacles placed in their way
I y Mr. Root when he was an official of
this government might understand how
; they should take his advice.
Mr. I.a Follette made a final plea that
t'ne I'nited States exert its great influ?
ence to bring the war to an early con?
clusion, but said that it should not be
drawn into an agreement with the Al?
lies that would prevent it from making
a separate peace with Germany.
Senator La Follette concluded his
! speech at 1:55 this morning, after
. having spoken 21-? hours, and the
Senate lecessed until 10 a. m.. when
debate on the measure will continue.
The House adjourned soon after 11
o'clock until 11 o'clock this morning.
Within a fortnight after the bill is
? signed the military census will be in
operation throughout the country and
the construction of the sixteen great
training camps will be begun. Regia
tration will be through town, county
and postofticc- districts, and on a given
- date every citizen within the required
i ages must present himself under pain
of a heavy penalty. The initial incre
i ment of 500,000 men may be obtained
' through the use of the jury wheel, and
a stiff course of training is prepared
for them, as well aa for the increments
; to follow.
New Vork's new Senator, Mr. ('alder,
? made his maiden speech yesterday in
favor of the conscription plan. He de?
clared that tiiik about "raising 1,00?hum
? volunteers overnight is nonsense."
Says Enlistments Show Failure
"Enlistments in the regular army
??nee April 1, given by states, indicate
the failure of the volunteer system."
; he said. 'The regular army on April 1
required 18-1.898 enlisted men to bring
. it up to full authorized strength. After
twenty days of enlistment? all over
i the country, a greater part of this
! period being after war was declared on
?April fi, the regular army had gained
only 25,842 men. The figures of recent
date do not show any appreciable in?
crease in the rate of enlistment.
"It required twenty days to raise
one-seven?n of the quota for the entire
country. At that rate it would take
140 days to complete the quota, er
nearly five months. This is only the
quota need .d to bring the regular army
to full strength, and it takes no ac?
count whatever of the National Guard
and the new army which is planned in
th's bill. It aus'ains completely the
argumen* ?hat the I'nitedStates can