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SUNDAY, MAY !.;. 1!M7?s|\ PARTS?FIFTY-EIGHT PAGES
FIVE CENTS gmeVStt
Senate Bars
Use of Grain
For Liquor
Also Excludes Sugar and
Syrup in Amendment
to Spy Bill
Measure Is a Sham,
La Follette Declares
Wadsworth Says It Will
Turn Beer Drinkers Into
Whiskey Drinkers
its?
forbids the use
of gra;r.. ;-.:;*'>- I I in the pro?
duction of ' g liquor in any
form ore ' while the war
|aaj|| ? ited, tT to 25, a
--
Thr?e ?Ol were en amendments to
i. The long debate
c,f- nted a final vc
^xi. . ' ?he ten-minute rule
?fcich had ; isnoui
ron; l
Seaatoi F - oui.. autr.
their the l'o?"tofticc ball,
which mad? no-license states bone dry.
this amendmi i l a
-eil pi amendment for the
ptrio? of the war. He would have
inserted language to make it a crime
y liquid contain
,ng b ' at? eomes.
"If '
?sat aoald meet the ??ame happy late
?h.ch his ai ent to 1
5? nator 4. ummins, au?
thor ' Intent adopted to-day.
?IVN ? ' it il a minute. And
I will be a I! ng lo vote for il as a
lepir?'." rr '.ion if he will intro?
duce it ?a'-" Bui I ii-i not willing to
risk the lefeal of my amendment by
iddiig *>?<-'- ?"? d
fight Cummins's Amendment
Senator '? ork,
ted Beaatcr I'uderwood, of Alabama,
?Mafhtthst -H - aroendmen? u the
i*T0Bnd ths". it would turn :.
?linkers of the countrv inl
irinktn.
"Tlieie is another point,** -aid Mr.
Widi? orth. "**.h>h the Sena'or who
jitr? .uCed this amendment does not
tiB-;der, and thai i? the contention of
lii r. You aTe asking labor to do all
dur.ng this cmerf-cnty. whether
n the ?teel mill or in >h<- co:.l
?he or in the munition -hop, ?. ?
S 'a?oru.g man by -;
?er.' 'hat ?'*? ?-hall not ha-. ?? h i glass
' ? when he is through
1| : ? '
htir
tori
??I an
?. would ?
s r, but
?
dueing
oh ?bit
.
ch wines 1 11 '.s
? it would m be eon
ng of
? ine or cider, :*??
used in tl
m Deatroj Liquor on Hand
led for
, ine?
< alder
h ; rVads worth, Mr. Cum
ild be
lock of
.?ri hand in
The ' amendment
at ade
?? ?
i - . ?.. Im
?.. un
. ar or ?yrup
tor m
any tonn or <f I thai
a*th'.-. ? evenl the
**e ? ! , manufacture
?
It?. [ tioa
?hall ? t I to make unie?
Uvf mai
? dicinal,
u - ? . . undei
lo I bed by
? '
u"uM i anaerve Food Supply
des the amendment of Senator
? ?her modif\mg
i down, the Pro
oting solidly against mak
e *her
*"l?der ? , r> having apparently
?Wdad ,- tl.ey could get en
?rteri. Senator Gronna would have
"?-it,.?- ?'? .. mtni -dir, ??lit with a view to
?till fui rviui the food sup
Ply.
??-r. I,* Folli tte denounced the amend
after the t.ronna
??"?dtfyin;. amendment was voted down.
Ue det-lared tt.at the effect of the
-?enchilen', would be to destroy the
??rket f(,r milUona of bushels of bar
*y which ?HI he produced in the trop
?????ady pUntad.
Barley i? not u*ed for human food,"
"? ?aid, "ard the farmer?? who have
' it will have no place to sell it
i thm amendment pauset. There it? no
?nest uied Id the production of beer.
i* ?mour.? of cor,, ,,w,i ?n its pro?
?'???ion is negligible. The only thing
?"."?nner? can do with tha' bai
" ?*d 't to their hog? "
T-th'i Son Enlists in Army
W??ttington, May IL'. Charlas I'
??n of former Prendent Taft.
*? ?nliitad ai a private in the artil
?OBa* Ttit " 0nly ???n*t-'*,'> Hnt' t,,e
tibenr* ?"", ",?rt*-lt!* W?* necessary.
ttmu *? ?"?other son of the former
?? th * '?'*?*- t0 ?bum admiiKion
a,.L.' army on accoui.' of hit eye
Swiss Cancel German
Commercial Compact
Action Said to Put Into Eff<?ct
Complete Economic
Blockade
Milan, May lt.?-Tha Swiss govern
n-.ert has informed Berlin, according to
tha "Corriera Pella Sera." that tha ra?
cent commercial nj-rocmcnt between
? Hand and Germany cannot h?*
carried out because of the rescinding
of trat.-port?t ion contracts by all
An encan stcamship companies with
Switzerland, Holland and the Scandi
IH state:-. The paper sees in tlm
news the putting into effect of a com- :
pM<? economic blockade of Germany.
The "Corriere Delia Sera'' also
states that the Ameri'-an government
proposed to neutral countries that their
supplies would be assured if they
agreed to su-p, nd absolutely all ex?
ports to Germany, even as eompenss
? changa.
Senate Votes
39-38 Against
Muzzling Press
Clean-Cut Decision Obtained
on Question of
Censorship
. - r i
? m, May 12. Ky -.he scant I
margin Of one vote, the Senate to-day
out the much discussed section
of the espionase bill designed to gag
the press and curb free speech during
the W8-. The vote was an accurate '
if the will of the Senate with re- ,
gard to a censorship, since prior to its
being taken the censorship section has
made so mild that it. would never
gnised by II - original
frameri in -.he Department of Juatice.
It was modified by the Judiciary t'om
ainl has gradually been having
the Senate until
there remained to-day only one ques
Shall the power be given the
ient to prescribe rules a?* to what
shall and what shall not he published?
?*fat proposition was voted down,
Ma- He \nother lioll tall
taken in the commit?
tee of the whole, which means that I
?i roll call can be demanded
when the bill comes up in the Senat"
In sntici) this vote, there
much scurrying on the part of
-orne of the Aciniinistration leaders
frantic sppeall from the White
g over one or more of
-??netors who had voted to elimi?
nate the censorship section.
it (ieveloptd late to-t!ay. however,
that '.he Administration will have t"
more thm oi;c vote to win. n
otie Senat oi oted against strik
? ut the section to-day declared
if another' ballot \t
vote again t the eon
re known to be
ipeeeh side.
it i1" another vote is taken on
? ority again
at ion is likely.
House for the Measure
To-day's action. ,f permitted to
stand on final
leaves the House on record in
of the censorship, and the !
' it, and probably will thro.', -l ,
? on ni' i a conference committee
ttlemen? ? full force
Administration will be exerted
-.o pu*. .. censorship through in some
? ? motion
out the I1 sect'on. which was
S? itor Johnson, of Cal if or
?
.1. Borah, Brande
1 ... ? liamherlaiu, t'urr
.i urti . i ernald, I ra nee, Preling!
Galling? Harding, Hardwick,
n, "i California: .'?mes, of \Va-hin_
. Kellogg, Kenyon, La 1 nlictte. MrKflla?-,
New. No; re. I'a-.-e, Reed, Saul bury,
-,. Shields, Smith, or Georgia ; Smoot,
ami, Thomas, Tow mend, Underwood,
\ ?'?laman, Wl
Noes Brad... Colt, (ullii ? ;<n, 1 letohc-,
. . Hosting, Janir .
Mi .ii'o. K? ndrie] . Ring, K
" ? mber, ?' Lean, Myers, NcUon,
an, Pittman. Poindeiter, l'omerene.
Ran.dell, Robinson, Sbafroth, Shtsppard,
ns, Smith. or Arizona : Smith, of
? -i Sterling Stone, Thompson, Trarr,
. '.'... ib. Warren, Weeks, William-,
Wolrott 38.
The failun ?" ge? a vot- in the Sen?
ate to-day on the espionage bill marks
? occasion in the history of the
S?nate when a ten-minute rule failed
to produce a vote before adjournment.
Saver before has the Senate had two
uecessive ten-minute rule days oi
ame bill.
Turkey Secretly
Discussing Peace.
Washington Hears
I B -a
Washington, May II'. Turkey
rying on a secret discussion with rep?
resentatives of the Entonta powers in
Switzerland, it il understood here. It
was recalled to-day that it was at
such secret conferences in Switzerland
that the Italian-Turkish war was ended
and paace signad befara the world at
?arge uns aware that peace discussion!
were in progress.
The following terms. The Tribune is
nformed, have been Isid down, with
ipport of 'the United States, a
tha utmost that will be granted Tur?
key:
1. The reistablishment of the ca?
pitulation?, denounced since the com?
mencement of the present war by
Turkey, and declared abolished be?
sides in a treaty with l.ermany, ne?
gotiated d'.ring the war.
2, Tha dismantling of the fortifi?
cations of tie Dardanelles, together
?rith their neutralization and free?
dom to the commerce of all nations.
?;. Diaancmbermeat of Armenia
from Turkey, through the creation
of an independent itate. or through
annexation by Russia.
4. Recognition of the independence
of the new kingdom of the Hedjas.
composed of Arabians.
' reation of an independent Pal
estine.
Turkev, it is understood, is see ia -
1 ? radical modification "f these to-wi
The Allie?, however, have no intention.,
it il understood, of reducing them, and (
it is believed their save rit) will fleta]
the conclusion of peace with Tui
British Renew
Drive at Douai
On Long Line
Carry German Positions on
Both Banks of the
Scarpe River
Grip Bullecourt and
Take 700 Prisoners
Thrust Mile and a Half
Wedge North of
Roeux
DA? 'S DIAl.lol'Ml NTS
British attacks on a lillrrn-mil* tronl
(?sin important worL? on hold hank? of the
Scarpe and in Bullrcourl. More than 700
prisoner? taken.
Iicndi win minor success near Berry
au-ha?. Heavy bombardment in Verdun
region.
Gain- made m Balkans continue by Ser?
bian?. Trench and Venizeluis.
Heavy cannonade on Ison*o tront may
indicate coming Italian offensive.
Russmns lemmr offensive in Mrsnpc
lamia and check lurks in Armenian Cau?
casus. British txjrsue lurks norlli of Bag
<!a?l and are active before Gaza, in Pales
tine.
London, May 11'. British troop* to
?lay attacked on a front of more than
fifteen miles, on the Arras battlefield,
established themselves in the village of
Bullceourt, carried a mile bh?I half of
t-trong positions between Roeux and
Gavrelle, secured 1,'JOO yards of tier
man trench B-tndc the Arras-4'amhrai
road and brought in more than 700
prisoners, including eleven oil?rors.
Trench mortars and machine guns were
o captured.
To-day's succesi is the more pro?
nounced, coming just as the German
concentration of men and guns on this
front seemed at the maximum, anil
after a period of fluctuations and mu?
tual loss of position in which it ap?
peared thai Hindenburg might regain
the initiative.
Roeux cemetery and the chemical
works were taken last night These
were German strongholds up to which
?he British had repeatedly charged.
only to be forced back again. The
chemical works lies half way between
Roeux and Gavrelle, at the junction of
the high road between the two places
and the railroad from Arras to Douai.
The cemetery is half way between the
chemical work ai d Roeux.
British Biyond Oppy line
In Ihii region the British were al?
ready well beyond the southern end
of ti? io-called Oppy line, on which
the Germans recently reinstated them
selves nt Presnoy to the north. The
(iei man trenches between Roeux an?)
Gavrelle can !><? nothing more than a
sr.iteh line leading hack into their main
defences between Queant ami Drocourt.
\ the night British report
that Haig's men have forep?j their way
on beyond the chemical works and the
?? and ?t half front, it
? ii.t the Germai
have any well developed field fortifica?
tions between the line of the British
advance snd their Doui-Cambrai sy?
t c tr..
Tin Droeourt-Queanl or Wotan line
is further menaced by the progreai o
the Australians through Hullecouit
'I his village is curiously located right
?in the midst of the old Hindenburg
line trenches, just above the point
where the original I""* hinges on
Queant (ine trench system, whl<
, British already held, flowed through
the western outskirts of the village.
The other cu? straight through I> , ?
coui ' along the main -tie? :.
Evidently the Australians now hold
the western half of the town and are
battling vigorously for the rest of it.
Their iucci to da- sppre? iablj ex
tends the breach in the Hindenburg
line, which they have been holding 01
several days against concentrated nun
t.re. liquid fire, jets of boiling oil and
clouds of gas. Their assault wai de
I livered only a little while after a Gei
man concentration Of several thousand
men. organized for a counter attack
on the tiliches they already occup'cd.
had be ?'?I by British n
art illorj tire.
Kight Machine 4,uns Taken
The capture ,of German tn
la tbe Arras-Cambrai road, on the
southern slope of the Scarpe Valley be?
low llonchy, included the Calvary farm.
a powerful German position, which had
?hanged hand- l?verai timei and had
prove?! particularly troublesome to the
Britl h because of its numerous ma?
chine gun emplacement?. Kight ma
; chine guns nie reported to have beei.
taken in this one spot. Last night there
was fighting i" < n forthci south, where
the Germans threw a flying wedge
against Gillemont Farm, northeast of
llargicourt. They succeedctl in taking
it, but lost it in n British counter at?
tack this morning.
; Th.- Bntish opt to-day were
eimed straight down tha valley of the
Scarpe. on both banks of the little
river, which winds 'lortheastwanl
through I louai, the main British ob
leetive, and the northern pivot of the
Hindenburg defence system swinging
??own to the stronghold of I.aon.
Berlin refers to the British thrust
a having failed everywhere, except a?
Roana, "where the fighting still con?
tinues."
The only infantry action reported
''rom th.* French front was ? spirited
French surpri ? attack near Berry-au
Hio . where a number of pn or.ers were
taken. This point is included m the
sector between 4'raonne and Brimont.
where Nivelle is little by little forcing
up a wedge U th the eventual objec* of
turning the Crown Prince's forces out
of I.aon and ' Rheisaa.
The Get mans teem to have given un
hop? of retaking their lost positions on
des Uaiues, the artillery
f.re there ha- died dow . But a heavy
nade is repartid in the v
aspee ially sround the Aaocouii
Wilson Says People Have Not Realized War
M ISIliX?TOaX, March I'.
Speaking here to da? nt the. dnfi
cation of the Red Cross Memoria
Building, President Wilson said:
It Rives me a very deep gratifica
linn as the titular head of the Amor
''.'in Rod CrMS to accept in the nanu
of that a-sociation this significant an?
beautiful eift. the gift of the govern
ment and of private individuals win
nave conceived their duty in a nobli
spirit and upon a great scale. It it
significant that it .-houl?! hi? dedicate?
to the women who served to alleviate
suffering and comfort those who were
in need during our Civil Wnr, becaus?
their thoughtful, disinterested, self
aerifleing devotion is the spirit which
?hould always illustrate the service*
of the Red ? r"
The Reil Cross ne? . ;.t this time
more than it ever needed hefore thl
comprehending support of the Ameri
' ? an people and all the facilities which
muid be placed a' its disposal t" pal
form its duties adequately and effi?
ciently.
I believe that the American people
perhaps hardly yet realize the sacri?
fices and sufferings that are before
them. We thought the scale of our
'nil War vas unprecedented, but. in
1 comparison with the straggle into
which we have now entered, the Civil
i War -eeins almost insignificant in its
proportion? and in its expenditure of
treasure and of blood, and, therefore,
| it is a matter of the greatest im
. portance that we should at the outse?
> it that the American Red Cross
; is equipped and prepared for the
' things that lie before it. It will be
our instrument to do the works of
i alleviation and of mercy which will
attend this struggle. Of course, the
.scale upon which it shall act will be
( greater than the scale of any other
duty that il h&* ever attempted t?i
perform.
!" . ' m re? ".? tion ? I that
the American Re.i Creas be I added
nr-?: nisation a small body of ni'p
whom it has ?-hosen to call its War
Council not because they are to eoun
-el war, but becatj ?? they aie to lerve
ni tins special v.ai those purposes of
counsel winch ha- ?? become -o impera
ti '<?'-. ? dul| will
tie to raise a great fund out of which
to draw th ? icsioui-i"*- for the pe?
anee of their duty, and I do not believe
that ?I will be nece- ary to appeal to
the American people to respond to their
call for funds, because the heart of
this country is in its war, and if the
heart of the country is in the war its
heart will expr?s- itself in the gif's
thai will be poured oui for these hu?
mane purpo
I say the heart of the countrj
in this war in ini. i ,' would not have
'.?on', into it if ?t-- heart hnd not been
prepared for .t. It would not have
Cone into ?I if it bad not first believed
that her" was an opportunity to ex?
press the character of the United
States. He have gone in witn no spe?
cial grievance of our own. because we
have always said that we were the
friends and servants of mankind.
We look for no profit, we look for
no advantage, we will accept no ad?
vantage out of this war. We go he
cause we believe that the very prin?
ciples upon which the American Ho -
public was founde.il are now at stake
and must be vindicated. In such a
contest, therefore, we shall not fail to
respond to the call to service that
comes through the instrumentality of
this particular organization
And I think it not inappropriate to
say this: There will be many expres?
sions of the spirit of sympathy and
mercy and philanthropy, and I think
that ?; is -? erv necessary that we should
not disperse our activities in those
lines too much; that we should keep
I.av
t h e ut I
of effort, and I hope that most, if not
all, of t'nes, philanthropic at'.- I
this war may he exercised, if not
L.h the Red Cross, then through
some already constituted an<l rspe
i ii need organization.
Thi foi imateuri This
? i war for mer?? spontaneous m
nrim business on every
?i?? of it. and it i| the more counsel
of prudence Uia: in our philanthropy,
?. ^ well as in our fighting, we should
act through the instrumentalities al?
ready prepare?! to our hand and already
experienced in th? tasks which are
goinc to be assigned to them.
There is another thing that
nificant and delightful to my thoughts
.-.bout the fact that this building should
be dedicated to the memory o
women both of the North and of the
South. It i? a .sort of landmark of the
unity to which the people have been
brought, so far as any old qm
which tore our hearts in days gone by
- concerned, and ? pray (iod that the
outcome of this struggle may be that
every other element of difference
among us will be obliterated, and that
some day historians will remember
these momentous years as the years
which made a single people out of the
great body of th'ise who call themselves
Americans.
The evidence* are already many that
?iu< is hanpening. The divisions which
were predicted have not occurred and
will not occur. The spirit of thi? peo?
ple is already united, and when effort
and suffering and sacrifice have com?
pleted the union men will no longer
speak of any lines, either of race or
association, cutting athwart the great
body of this nation. So that I feel that
we are now beginning the processes
which will some day require another
beautiful memorial erected to those
whoae heart?, uniting, united Amer?
ica."
Tax to Force
Cultivation of
Idle Land
Nation's Needs May Bring
(Jon fiscal ion. Lane
Warns
i ? Tbe THfcane 1
Washington, ?May 1-- The Admin?
istration '"ill compel the cultivation or j
utilisation of United states lands j
throughout the country through a
scheme of heavy taxation for idle lands,
according to Cue statement to-day of a j
hifh official. It is said that Secretary!
Lane favors such s plan.
The movement to la* unuaed lands
fore as a result of the
protesl against the pending revenue!
bill. Strong representations hnvebeen
ma?)., that consumption taxes of the
magnitude in the revenue bill will not
.il;, prove fatal to the political future
. party, but will pla?-e
the entire country in an undesirable
of mind 01 I be pros? cul ion of
it is further charge'1 tha'
even I | -call by are heavily
-,i il. through the income tas Increase,
th v will i til! be better off than the
great working snd consuming public,
lor they can nvesl in government
i" free from taxa?
tion.
it : pointed on- that great tract- of
!?:.?] are being held i?lle. in many case
tor purely tpeculativc purposes. These
l&ndi should be brought into use or
heavily taxed, in tbe opinion of men
i rominent in Administration circles.
"Ther.? are 700,000'acre ol land on
?"?i ni . ihich reservoirs are
built, ditches dug and water ready
".huh have nol e! een tilled," Secre- ;
lary Laane said yesterday. "Da you re
that ? in il into crops.
ould add 113,000,. worth of food in
s -mgle year.' Loyalty and patriotism,
as well as economic necessity, demand
and put this land into
feod crop
"These land- belong to private own- !
? i-. an?) if they do not utilize their
property the tun- will not be far ?iff
when our national needs will require
confiscation and government cultiva
t on. No one is eattiled to i hat which
he does not use."
There will be a conference of those
?upporting the land tas proposal hen
Monday, after which it is intimated the
Administration will announce it.s pol
.< y in the matter.
Farm Conditions
In Germany Point
Toward Famine
.msterdam, Maj 12 Ti.e bitter
complaints concerning agricultural af?
fair? uttered during; the debate in the
Reichstag yestcrilay lend interest to
umbie description of conditions
in the Ciermun country ule emanating
from the frontier correspondent of the
Amsterdam "Handel sblud."
The correspondent declares that the
supply o? labor is shrinking continu?
ally, that fertilizer is lacking and
fodder is extremely scarce and ex?
orbitantly dear. Seed and planting
mat?rtela be SUjrs, is insufflcier.', and.
owing to the lack of male laborers.
r.arriruitural operations are much too
.at?? and inadequately performed.
while no proper draft animals are ob?
tainable, even at outregeouily high
pri?es.
The milk yield, the correipondent ,
nddi. ha? fall-n more than one-half
and he quality .* much depreciated.
I? ,s -i mournful sight, he says, to see
?o many fields lying fallow. Owing to
the severe winter, r> e. barley and!
oati have suffered much and are five
?..'?.? behind "orrr.er years. The new
crop, the correspondent concludes,
consequently ?11 he les? than in pre
vious vesr?, the very unfavorable
iprin-, baviag also caused date]
Note from U. S. Brings
Aid for Russian Ministry
Secret Message Delivered at Night Conference
Giving Conditions of a Loan from America Causes
Delegates to Support Provisional Government
Pal s, May 12. A Hava ?iispa
from Aiilai
"The l'etrugrad correspondant of
'?"orriere de la Sera' wires that at
historic night conference between
members of the Russian Provislo
Government and ?he t'ommittee
Workmen and Soldiers, s secret ?I
patch from the American governmi
v\a- read. It dealt with the eondltic
required by the American governmi
for the granting of a loan.
"The reading of this dispatch, sa
the correspondent, decided the rep
ivei of the Workmen's and 9
dier-' Committee to accept the vie
of the Provisional Government
Petrograd, May 12. The Executi
Committee ol the Council o Woi
men's end Soldiers' Delegates has ,1
eided by ?! ' Ote " 13 tO - '? 'i"t to pi
ticipate in the formation of a coaliti?
government, The question will be r
ferred to plenary meeting of tl
4 'ouncil.
II rid? rstood that Ministries
.Munitions. Labor and Relief will 1
created in the coalition government.
Miliukoff Refuses
To Reveal Russia's
Secret Treatie
Petrograd, May 12. At ti i roquai
of delegates representing th<- army i
the field, who nj-e now.- meeting in Pel
rograd, Foreign Minister Miliuko
gave out to-day an explanation o
certain pitases of Russia's foreign po
icy. This statement says:
"Secret treaties exist, but they can
not be ?livulged, for that would be
elation of >??, r< t. which woul
cause injury to the interests not onl
of the R i ?ai demo? i s? y but of ou
allie*, by bringing about a rupture be
tween Ru lie and iier allies.
"nut' allies are in "ntire agreemen
with Russia in holding that the obiec
of the war is to establish the right o
peoples to their free national develop
ment. As to the questions of annexa
tion ami indemnity, the meaning whicl
our allies attach to these words ough
to be precise. lor example, our*al!ie?
insist that those who have laid wasti
and pillaged their countries must pa?
lor the damage they have caused.
\llies llecame Apprehensiie
? ! he Allied countries at first re?
it ,?t the revolution in Russia, but
ntly became apprehen
tst Gern ? mpathies in
Russia get the upper hand. .Moreover,
the disorder which prevails among u
m respect to questions of food short?
age arid munitions is a source of dis.
quietada la them.
"According to authoritative informa?
tion, the situation ;n Germany is criti?
cal.
"Japan -as ,.n .ntentioi* of a'tack
ng !' - 1er thoughts are di
l'ar East.
"T'ie United States is making a loan
ighly favorable tenrts.
ending engi
?rganize the Siberian
railway system and hel|> us in other
technical branch
The ent.re Russian proletariat indig?
nantly reject? the .dea of a ?eparate
peace, -si?! M. Skobelefl, a member of
the Executive Ceeunsittea of the 4'oun
eil of Workmen's and Soldier?' Dele?
gates, in reply to a question to-day con
earning the \ii.t to the front of repre?
sentative- of the council, lie said that i
-oldii?.' .?'ho agrred to a separate '
peace with the Germans Ui?i harm to
I the cause of Russian democracy, ih
airmy, he declared, should be a powei
ful orgaaiem ready to light. It mus
not in- content to remain in th
trenehas, but s|l0uld take the offensiv
snd cany out 'he movements whic
, strategy demands.
Plea to 4 ontinue War
I Si ' nica for the .ontinuatioi
oi the war until German militarism i
irown ".as made by I'eodor I
Roditcheff, Governor General of Fin
land, at an extraordinary -ession of th
Duma. M. Roditcheff >ai?l:
"The alliance of free pel
directed against the oppression of im
perialistn and militarism. We mus
then fore be stoically faithful to it
We have been told that peace wouli
come from democracy, and no one ha
a greater desire for peace than myself
but when the enemy tramples our conn
try under foot the duty of deniocrac;
nnd of every one who desires peace h
?o itruggle against the enemy and driv?
him from our territory.
"Victory is necessary in order t<
establish -ocia! and internal peace
The greater our victory over the enem]
the more complete will be the victor)
of the democracy of peasants and work
raen, for if German militarism is not
overthrown all the work of futur? gen
(?rations will have to be devoted tc
armaments. Our friends, allies and en<
? mu.it know thai Rus-?a adoptee
ire ?dorn in order to overthrow des
roti.^m ?-.lid drive the enemy from our
border as well as from these of oui
allies."
Turning toward the members of the
Provisional ?Severnment, AI. Roditcheff
said:
"All honest hearts among the Rus
sian people are with you, even th?
hearts of those of your opponents who
.-peak against you. You are right to
demand great laeiflces from the people
and to demand superhuman efforts
from us all. for we see 'he efforts and
sacrifices which ;, >u make. Do not
weaken and your mime will be blessed
SI long a? the Russian language is
spoken."
German Socialists
Split Over Russia
Stockholm, M-ay 12. The "Politiken"
print? ? utter from the historian,
Fran;: Aleining. of Berlin, to Presi?
dent Tcheidse of the Russian 4'ouncil
of Workmen ? and Sold'ers' Delegates,
saying tha- the ????rmaii international
Kroup of Socialists declines to share
in ar.v conference at winch the Ger?
man Socialist majority is represented.
lie urges the Russian Socialists to ex?
clude Dr. Albert Suedekum, tbe So
e tal is? Reichstag deputy, nnd hii as
.. vs. Herr Alehring adils tha? he
-pruks al.-o in the name of Ro?a I .
emburg ami Dr. Kar! Liebknecht, both
of v hom are in prison.
Amsterdam. May If Referring to
the Petrograd report that the pea,-,.
terms formulated by the I'ermar. So
cialnts have been communicated by
M. Rorgb.ierg. the Danish Socialist
i-ader, to the Russian 4/our.ci! of
Workmen's end Soldiers' Delegate?,
the executive committee of the Ger?
man Socialt?' patty ha? written to
the Socialist newspaper "\ orwaerts"
of Rerltn. >< follows:
"We have ad been informed what
If, Horgbjerg actually said in Petro?
grad. In the diicunion between M.
Borgbjerir and representatives of the
German So? s iste, peaea "-ithout sn
oexatien, i h naturally includes the
integrity of ? ar country, ares tsken
as the basis of negotiations. This in
no way excludes the possibility of
friendly agreement on the i-ubject of
adjustment of frontiers No one j
would prolong the war a single ?lav
for that.''
Roosevelt's Army
Plan Passes House
A Sign That the
Country Desires
1o Be Stirred
By C. W. Gilbert
WASHINGTON, May II '?''
-iton iiHs no doubt as to the
meaning of the vote in the
Ifoi-e in favor of the Roosevelt amend?
ment.
liai go? ?head 0
' .- o.
? ter pussling its head ovei the
i ni! prepara! i
eountry has voted
for beginning lighting s- s,,,,,i -,. ?(
can be begun.
It has done more than that. I? nas
given expression to its instinctive do
' sire to be stirred ami ?o be led in
1 the great ci ?
This sudden and surpris.ng swing
? of the lower House to Roosevelt
comes from sn impulse of the people.
A few ?lays ago the same body voted
against the emendment. To-day. un?
expectedly even to the closest fl
of the ex-President on the floor, the l
majority turned the o'her way. The
members had been hearing from Their
, constituents. The local newspapers
had raised their voices in behalf of
! raising troops to go to France as soon
as possible. The members changed
sides almost over night under coni
nul-ioii of the i?iea that the way to'
tight is to figh*
Republican! Against It;
Democrats For It
The vote n favor of the amendm-i I
' was not personal, although *he Col?
onel's personal popularity accounted
for some of it. It was not political.
Forty-six Democrats voted for it,
while thirty Republicans, including
the Republican floor leader, voted
against ?t. .Many Republicans who
voted for the Colonel, as, for exam?
ple, William B. McKinley, of Illinois,
hate him more heartily than they do
any Democrat. It was not an expr?s
lion of the volunteer sen'iment. for;
many of the most earnest supporters
of onseription gave their rotes to
the amendment, while many of the
advocates of voluntarism, weie found
on the anti-Roosevelt slat.
('ol)itel Roosevelt stands b"fo:e (he,
country and before Congress as 'ypi
fying 'he idea of getting troops into
the Western front trenches as soon a*
they can be got there. When Marshal
loffre spoke of sending a "division"
to France a' an early moment every
one's mind at once went to Ron
and his proposed division.
And whether or not Presiden- Wilson
acts upon this amendment and calls for
the raising of volunteers under it. to?
?te cannot fail to forward the
dispatch of troops abroad. The will
of the country, it is felt here, is un?
mistakable.
Pressure of Public
Opinion Upon Wilson
The bill which go-s hack to confer?
ence, but cannot be changed there with
respect to the Roosevelt volunteers
leaves it with the President to decide
' whetiier he will call for the rolUBteOM
or not. He may veto the bill. Of he
may ignore this particular provision
1 of it.
But the pressure of public opinion
' henceforth will be definitely upon him.
, That i* one thing that the adoption of
the amendment insures. He is known
to be opposed to the Roosevelt plan.
Chairman Dent of the House Commit?
tee on .Military Affairs had in his pock?
et to-day a letter from the President
to be used against modifying in any
degree tin' conscription plan. Appar?
ently h.- did not feel the necessity of
using it until too late. The letter
' probably would not have changed the
result. The eountry has voted to be
1 represented in the lighting in France.
Rochambeau Beached
In Fight with U-Boat
Passengers Arriving- from
France Confirm Report of
Battle in Bay of Biscay
'.filiation of reports of a battle
between the French liner Rochambeau
and a 4'erman submarine in -he Bay
? if Biscay was given by passengers ar
ving yeeterday team France, who
tated '.hat they had seen the Rocham?
beau beached on the Gironde flats a
their "esse! passed outward bound.
The .-?'i ? rite the ?marine oc?
curred -he night prev,ous to thai
parture, and the big French merchant?
man had evidently run aground to
avoid sinking. Cable dispatches nearly
, two weeks afo told of the engagement,
with the IJ.Haat, which was *?pposed
to have been sunk by the liner's guns,
but did not state that the Rochambeau
had been hit. As far as ?he passenger?
could ?earn, there were no casualties
among passergers or crew.
Th? t.rit repon of the ?inl :g in
midofesn of a large British f. -'iter
in a colliiion was maue
when another British mercha- r
rived m port with her bow plates ily
dented. The accident occurred during
her last eastward voyage about 4
o'clock in the morninfr. wh??n it was I
Still dark.
Senate Amendment Is Re?
stored by Vote of
215 to 178
Conferrees to Get
Together Quickly
Action After Stormy De?
bate?Wilson May
Block Move
?\ ashini ? vote of
.:!.". to ITS ?he House to-dsy. after a
-, debate, rotad to instinct
eonferree* on -h? army bill to restore
the Sena'e amendment to permit Colo?
nel Roosevelt to lead a division to
France.
When the Home action was reported
officially to the Senste. I'hairman
i^'namberlain v.i*hoi.t debate secured
permission to ?withdraw the report
from the Senate and resume confer?
ences on tiie bill.
Tb? House vote had a double sig?
nificance, indicating that the hsrd
fought amendment will stay in the bill
because [| directed the conferrees to
accept ?he provision exactly as voted
in bv the .S*-nate.
In view of the fact that it carne?!
by a heavy majority, including Demo
era??, m the Senate, there seemed ro
?loubt that it weald become part of the
new law providing the great army.
I- is by no means certain, however,
that Colonel Roosevelt will lead his
division to France under its termi,
becsuse the amendment does not di?
rect the President to accept the div.
sion; it merely authorizes him to do
so. All the weight of the Presi'l.'n*'?
expert, advice is sgaiasl il
Wilson Sends Leiter
.lus* before the vote Chairman Deal
of the Military Affairs Committee made
a deeperate effort to read to the House
a letter which he said he had received
from Presiden' Wilson.
Chairman Dent's debating time had
expiren, and one objection sufficed ta>
choke him off. The objection came
Iron- Minority Leader Mann, who op?
posed the Roosevelt amendment.
The President's letter is looked upon
as highly important, because it plainlv
indicates that Mr. Wilson is opposed
to anything savoring of the volunteer
system for the army. Mr. Dent gave
the letter to The Tribune to-night. It
follows:
My dear Mr. Dent: N'ow that the
army bill has been succcsfully
brought oui of conference I want
to express to you my sincere appre?
ciation of the services you and your
colleagues hare rendered in helping
10 bring the bill to a linal considera?
tion l'i'o from any feature that
would - the system of draft
apon which ?I is based.
I trusl that the conference report
may b" very promptly adopted. Every
hour counts in these critical times,
and ?lelav might have very serous
consequences. Sincerely vours.
Signet. WOODROW WILSON.
Ho? the Amendment Reads
The language of the amendment fol?
lows :
The I' .-uie.it n further authnnted to
.n\rr and maintain liv voluntary enlist?
ment, to oraaiii?e and e?iuip not to exceed
iour infantry divisions, t.r n".cert of whlrh
.hall be ?electeil in the manner provided by
I'firaRraph '?', at ?.?-??ion 1 of thl? act; pro?
filed, that the ori*ani'.ati<in of ?aid force
-tall lie the -.in.?' al that of the cotte
?poadins organiiatlon of the reuular army
and provided, further, that there shall be
no enlistments in ?at?! force of men under
tvventy-tive year* of age at time of etl
liitinic. and provided, farther, that no ?ueh
volunteer f? aeeepted in any
unit ?smaller than a iivieleo
The vate came at the end of two
hours' lehnte which Colonel
Roosevelt vas holly assailed and
e?|ually well defended from both sides
of the chamber. Tne debate ranged
all the way fiom references to Pres?
ident.al ambition to the officially cen?
sored utterances of Marshal Joffre.
It was in suite of the Colonel's re?
quest to his friends not to delay the
passage of the act that Representative
Anthony, leading -he debate on the
Republican ?te. moved to recommit
the bill. Cnairman Dent, of the Mili
? tary i'ommitttee objected to any
?hange in the eanfeveneU report, al?
though he originally sponsored vnlun
?
Dent lights Proposal
"U i went .nto that confetence in
eri 'lie Rooievelt
Itnent by a Douse vote of 170 to
iitii. an?l we stoo?l by our instructions,"
said Chairman Dent. "I can't under?
hand how men who voted against the
volunteer system in 'he House csn turn
around and advocate the System for
.iiirri" specisl person.
"If you make an exception you are
going aguirs* your own declaration."
tative Anthony declare?! that
it would be ? to meet the re
?luest far troops immediately hs be
lie ved Marshal Joffie had made of the
War Department unless resort was had
to *ae services of 100,000 patriotic
American?, who stand ready to enliat
;nder the banner of the one great
American competent to lead such aa
army
Ifre," he laid, "has told the War
Department and we know it to be a
fact, de pite ? .- expurgation of his
statements that a force of volur.teere
could be r.ii'ed here, and with one or
two monta .. .i;r.g in this country
could be *?: ibroad. and that after
tour months c-f '.la.n.njf in Kurope they
ciiiiM b. trained and sent into the
tti neb?..."
Representa'ive Sherlev. interrupting,
declared tha- Marshal Joffre had told
him tra.ncd trooos should be sent.
"Is ?he General Staff ?n favor of the
Roosevelt amendment* "demanded Rep?
resentative Button, of Illinois.
Says People Favor Plan
! "1 ?io not know as to that, but I do
I know the American people favor It"
replied Mr Anthony, lie ?.Mad that
Colonel Roosevelt was the on? man for