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TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1017
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ONE CENT ?*
Disaster Near,
Kerensky Tells
Russian Army
Impassioned Appeal Fol
lows War Minister's
Resignation
Country Warned
Freedom Will Fail
'?Sorry I Didn't Die When
Dream Was Growing,"
Savs Justice Head
!'elroc.rad feria I/ondonl. May l.">. f>
l m\.?The loun.il of Soldiers' and
Workmen's nantie? bus just Ksued an
appeal to the arm?, in which it d?v
rjtres that trema-* imperialism I? eeek
tal to destroy rrv<> rot ternary Routa and
pu\s*t the Russian people?. It appeals
U the soldier? to defend Rsnala ?with
?; all their power and di-claree that a aep
?ralf peace i? nm-o-'-ible
m\.? -hat the only solu
rje? of the war most 11 ? ?general peace
,- ? | by common agree
?ettt. that the council is
I st peace by calling for a revo
WoriuMB and peas
pjta .-? :d Austria-Hungary,
but that f-tt.ee cannot be achieved un
!mi the enemy r.t the front is checked.
The MBtfaete r-.ds by begging the
n BOt to renoooee their offensive
and wan? against fraterniiing with
maattatf, which, it says, cannot end
?l ?'?.'?
iV.rcgr* :. Mo| 13 ? Delayed ?.?In an
impassioned appeal to delegates from
?l fror.:, A l ? Keren sky, Minister of
.'.?-..et- mt?t HM I alarming diag
Mk of Resale's Interne] crisis which
irsi cone from ?it ?Acini person linee
?. h it n. The Minister of Jus
',*ho heretofore had made only the
??^ optimistic and reassuring declara
?.nwi.tor.fe.-ied that his confidence had
? ? snd that he feared disaster.
'1 urns to you," ?aid M. Kircnsky
-o the ssldcr.?, "because my strength
?tsssKi. I ne longer fed my ior
. .-un?-e. nor have my former con
I Ihnt ere are conscientious c?ti
Hroa in revolt. I am sorr;,
- two Monthl ago, when the
?e*B of a ? ew life was growing in the
f the 1 people, when 1
?si inn the country could govern
.hout the whip.
"Intoxicated" by Freedom
I rein are going now, it vt-ill be
bli to save the country. Per
upj ? near when we will
yon that we can no longer
amount of bread you ex?
pect, ? .ppiies on which you
hs*t a aunt. The pro?-?
ilige from i.lavery to freedom in
tgoini We have ?
ghtly intoxicated,
sat whs-. -.??* need is sobriety and dis
rould suffer and be silent for
'.lrs nnd obey the orders of a
kited .? ? '.. Von ?
? i pie when
nanded to d Cei vu now -r' I
?
Krprc-afnl?. Public Opinion
?rttion, though a
mini
thei ?Al?lala,
b not unnpresentetive of public
spinie; Petrogn i nt the preeent
time, i nleei then It a quick Infneion
sf a mi ?pirit in the Hrmy and a I ?W
??derst? n dm g of fnedoni among the
?ss-je?, sud urle??.er|
... . ..
tat ne d. ?? la gen? i I Raaaia
t loi ,- i? i ? h the
*sr.
A1' the newspe? ? i
extreme Lefi partier-, publish
?" \ regarding the fraterr.ir.ing of
*? Ru? Ian end ?i?r**?a-n aoldien on
--* fcaesiai ? ? intlng out that
*tk* Gormen soldiers with whom th?
???liant are fraternizing belong to the
???te army that li Aorcely fighting
tphut -.' ? Bl tlsh and French."
War Minister Resigns,
Condemns "Grave Sin"
hitt* H M. (.ui-hlkorT,
. the
? ?
m annou'.rmg hit resignation a"
Jerosx g of tne Conrn '
Ueie-fst?. from the front. M. CiuchkofT
ng lei lu ?n
-? Hi:.'..<: ?
In 'tew of the condition in which th?
I***' of the i.'i.?<>rnm?-iit has \<*a-n |?laced.
V**-- at th- Minister of
relation t.. the army n
I ??m pow? ?
' '*' ai eaten? to ha??* con
. ?
?i? l ?-un m.
*f a'
?
' '
leading t-g ire
-.ear?, and
Isaf " ?? - Wai
a**U .
_T* **an of the revolution he wni
|?pt,' War and Nevy
?6,?.*?"'?*? Since, he has issued many
? * to ?he troop? and the workmen
tm, u?Por- the government and con
Th. en** ***********
*?? following statement was given
'?1 Petrograd by th? semi official
***** IflMj to day:
?J?* f ? the Cssjsntl ?i Weak?
!?? l?gate? >.?? r.llral
? ?Jeiaie.1 11., quetition
. r a .. , I,,... .? .
? .. ?>. 1 ?1
?Hin? an. at;,| ral ?a.
Mutine net tsw
""????> ** a MS-S-fOta ,..HCe .? of
???a v.-.
Afu>lyti? of hunetan txtwoJion
'*? I**<ac Don Levins on page 5.
Joseph H. Choate
Dies Suddenly
At Age of 85
Stricken with Heart Trouble
in His Home
11?re
Was Active as Host
To Foreign Missions
As Lawyer and Diplomat He
Won Tame on Two
Continents
Joseph Ha C'hoate. former Ambassador
to the Court of St. .Tamer's, patriot, die?
tinguisbed lawyer, and beloved ly the
; American people ns one of the grand
old men of the ration, died at hia
horn?, S East Sixty-third Street, late
last night. He was eighty-five years
: old.
He was taken suddenly ill shortly
| before 11 p. m. in his home, and was .
assisted to his bedroom. The family
physician. Dr. William 0. Draper, was
called. Mr. Choatc died at 11:50 p. in. '
Dr. Draper said death \?;i dui to heart
trouble.
Mr. Choate was apparently in good
up to the time he wni stricken.
At his bedside were his wife ami three
children.
Mr. Choate was active in the enter
, tainment of the French and British
missions last week. He was a personal
friend of Arthur James Balfour. head
(if the British mission, and they nw
! much of each other while Mr. Balfour
was in the city.
'I he climax of Mr. Choote'l participa?
tion in the ceremonies war? hi? dinner,
to Mr. Balfour and some of the other
members of the mission Saturday. He
also f^pokc at the City Hall reception
to the British guests, nod likewise wa?
among the speakers at the dinner io
the two missions in the Waldorf-As?
toria last Friday night.
About a year ago Mr. Choate said
his ambition was to live long enough
Io be the oldest graduate of Harvard.
Hollweq to Seek
Peace by Appeal
To Foe's Labor
German Chancellor Will Mak?
Spcecli in Reichstag
I (i day
?
London, May 14 Chnncellor von
Bethmann Hollwrg'.i promise?) peace
gesture m the Reichstag to-morrow is
expected to appeal not only to Russia,
when a separate peaco is hoped for,
but also to the industrial unrcft af?
fecting the whol? Europ?en proletariat.
un Chancellor has ?pent ? bu
?cck-end visiting th? Ceneial llead
?luarters of the Kaiser end Emperor
1 hnrll. ai'd Cow I I n n, the Aus?
trian Foreign Minister, at Vienne. His
pi'cch is announced as ? reply I
-Micial Democrat?, who dornend that
Uerrnany .?-tat? dir war aim.-, but it is
believed that she will attempt to ma
MPiivrpi Rus?.a out of th? war and u:>e
the Radicals a? his instrument.
To-day's new:? of the resignation of
Guchkoff, one of the itrongeil patri
B the B in Ministry, show? how
desperat? arc the conditio
Hollweg t?. i ! I nndonbtedly make a tin'
'ermg uffrr, ploying inte the bends
i'f the Socialists, with their programm?
of "no annexation-, no : lemniti?
en immedia'.i peace.'' !!<? ?nav not go
M far ft? Austria, but even that l not
?mDossihU.
At.ieiica could do much for R
jjst now, not in the way of meter?a I
support, bocous? nffnin arc toe ?haotic
for it, but by giving moral support a"d
< ncourag? nu'iit to stabilize th? govern?
mi Hi and bt Striving to establish de?
mocracy. If tlie American commission
wen present at the moment it could
accomplish much, but th?- delay may
prOT? fatal to its suai
Labor a ? hopeful field to
? ? i beneellor, lot ?t I? ?sorting a
?re on all th? .
ents, end i? fi io bit
- toi th. Arthur H< nder?on, ei i
1.1 tii" memhei ? | he British W?
< ?uncil, hni given h'i .: I rview to a
m Journalist, ?eying thet British
ialmr is as ariMi ur m Russian labor to
? setisfacti ? ?? ?ndlng of the war
*n<i come to an ondentanding with the
(iermans, but Kaisenstu hopelessly sep
them. H? .-!?>? that British labor ;
! is opposed to annexation and '.?rntorial |
aggrandizement.
Rossion labor can still be made a
helpful factor In th? war, bat lot un
I, ss it is tna.le to feel that the Triit? .1
? -..'. - and Cica? Britein have the SOm?
I ?u and ar?- willing to use all
?? obteii ? ? ? ii pence.
Britain Not Counting
On Austrian Peace
London, May 14. -In the House of
i'i.inmons today John Annan Bryce,
, Liberal, invited the government to de?
clare that in no circumstances would it
conclude a seoarate peace with Austria
He believed such h declaration would
hove an excellent effect In Russ?b.
Andrew Honar Law, . ? ? there
had never hi i ? ?' ojei i? ? ius *
asperate peace, but h? eon?ld?nd the
whole ma"' ? '?? ponded on elnnm
****** i.?
"Germany is always trying to ajetacti
: .??if of the Allies," he added, "end It
I might be I don't in the lea-? intend
to suggest it thet no blow would seem
' to fatal to Germany as if one of her
' osrn ?Hie? were detached from the
fight"
GOING AFTER THAT WAIST MEASURE
Allies Prepared
To Furnish Arms
For Roosevelt
England and France Ready
to Give Rifles and Even
Artillery
? |0 ? ->rrr?iprar *-nt r?f T*T* Tnbu: ?!
hington. May 14. 1 he Allies' n-p
lativ?S now in Washington have;
' rmed the President and hi.? mil-1
?lory ndviferi that France atid England
tond reedy to furnish all equipment
for nop fore? Colonel Roosevelt may
be permitted to raise for immediate
service at the front. For this sta>'
ment there is the highest authority.
Th? offer of the Allies, made infor?
mally BOOB aftir the arrival in this
country of the missions, includes every?
thing up to and including field artil
li . .nid mon npeeielly rifle?, of
which, it has. been declare?! in open1
debates in Congress there is no great
supply on bond.
The offer eliminates the objection |
that the t? riding of the Roo.-cvclt divi
i
siou abroad would delay the equipping
and preparation of other troops for
senvee at the front.
The Allies want no American artil?
lery, for their enoerts report that none
of the field equipment of the I'nitcd
army la up to the standard now
i??iuircal by tin? fighting forces in the
field.
I hey would prefer also that the first
troops to land in France be equipped
with the rifles In HM by French or i
Rntish troopr. largely because there is '
an ample stock available, but mainly
because the introduction of a compara?
tively small force at the front, using
a different t.\pe of weapon and d?f
fercnt ammunition, would make for
I . Beieney.
Using the Kreuch or Britieh rifl?, im?
mense ?jUuntittei Of ammunition would
a?, all mm- !? available. Using the
Springfield, thii migni not always be
the CO ?' and the supplying of another
r*. ; - of inn i '"-i ?ouio tend to com
plfcata transport prablen i.
t.b-ecti?>ti ot ine fonigH c\p?it
i?. American artillery lias been a ma?
t. r of mure or lees commun knowledg?
in military circles for some time, but
the fuel that equipment is ready for
such troops as those Colonel Roiscvi.lt
nropOMI to raise has been known to
few.
t'nder existing circumstances the
vsitor hev? been extremely careful
not to ?i" anything that might offend
the Administration, but they have not
failed to emphnaiie the need of France
f.ir men, and the hope of h<ith countries
the former President would soon
be se?n in command of troop- In UN
field._f_
Turkey Seeks Peace
With Russia, Is Report
Rome, May 11 - The "Idea Nazion
ale," organ of the N'ationali-t party,
te a report from diplomatic quar
? .,? 1 arh< | has made overtures to
Russin through i neutial source for a
separat? peace on the basi* of the com
opening of th? strait to Russian
both for \ ?r an?? merchant
\ >-r!s
According to thil report, Turkey also
declares herself ?lisp?- ed to give friend?
ly consideration to th? Armenian ques?
tion and?, suitable recognition to the
principle of nationalitiv?.
British Clear
AU of Roeux;
Strike at Oppy
New Gains Near Gavrelle
Threaten Greenland Hill;
French Guns Busy
DAY'? DEVELOPMENTS
Hiitisii v in all ?>f ROOM and n? 1 -
vanee north "f Gavrelle Bnlloootui
reported about to full.
Bombarilmenl ; find skirmishes on
FrciK'h front.
Italian cannonade jij-ainM Aus- '?
trians prows heavier.
Serbs make progr?s? in Maee?ionia.
Russians forced to retreat in Mes?
opotamia.
London. M;.\ 11. Aft'i twenty-four]
boon of house to house lighting all Oil
th?; village of ReOUJ \s it British hands. I
To-night's officiel report announces the
flnnl expulsion of the Germons, who re-.
sisted "with the greatest determina- ,
tion."
Though Berlin inyi that Hind? nburg '
still retains the ruins of Kullecourt.
crane pondents at the front report that
the Germans arc only holding two
isolated post" on the eastern edge of
the village.
The winning of RoOUS reveal? to an
extent the strategy which ?.encrai
Hoig means to pursue. It is evidently
his purpose to iliive on tnwanl Douul
along th'* Scarp?. Hi greet? ' prog
reos ama ni Moneny, on the south bank
of the river. Roeux, on the north bank,
ths British were unable to lake for a
month. But with British detachments
sweeping aerees th? rood to Gevnlle, I
the Gormen position was left "up in a
the air.''
The ne.\t barrier is Gnenlund Hill,
to the east of and halt" way between
II? and Roen H | hea already {
serur? 1 11 ? ? ? I ? ? f this
. ?? hile th? ??? ru in hold I
P'i.-ite incline, rhi I ? Bnt
i>h geined north of Gnvnlla te dai
- thet thei hi. trying to outflank
the ? a r?-.??.: ?i 11.1 Hill posit ? ?
That the Germans are not yet will
m?.' to admit *ii. -'it'.
gested hv th? Berlin statement that
British attacks faile.l "rieur Fampoux." .
Thi- eviilently refers to the battle
nnuad RoeUX, but Fampoux has been
in Br?Uah aoosOOSion for weeks and is
more than a mile an.l a half M
the preaent Brit lab line?.
Thrusts Made at 4lpp>.
General llaig i- BOO ?xpegtod to
I ? along ' ' ' north -lope of the
Scarp. tech ?o the
?rd to deer out a he? r< msins
ol the ? ?ppj lint l I er? ?>? ?? Brit
to ?h?:.. I hi frontal
ad\ anca en Dea i
of sejueesing tha Germni i out oi I
Obeerven ?>t the front declon that
the Germon eeunter-ettaeki
their former '"erceness" and thai
number of prisoners has been unusually
larg? for the forces involved, indicat?
ing that either the German ma.s at- I
tacks bave proved too ?Xpenaiv? or
Hindenburg Is prepared to retire to
th? QuooJit-Droeout I I
tin th? French front ?he ?Jgj
comparativ? K calm. Th? re etas a live?
ly bomberdmei l :.* i?? ? ?long the
I hen in del DeBMI and in th? ? ham
?agrie and streng Germen rec?anels
iTaed neoi \ suxaillon.
otfinn! mar reporte, drrmnn
West frtm* ln?sc.< cttunoted at
400,000, nvii other unr iteirt on
page f.
U.S. to Get 1,000,00
Tons of Shipping
Built for England
England Agrees to Tur
Over Vessels Under Con?
struction for Her Here
\\"a bington, May 14 It wa?. ai
nounced at the offices of the Bhippii
Board here to-day that Great Bnta
greed lO turn over to I'tiit?
? | try all shipping now huiU
mi- in this country for Kngland. Th
amounts to just over 1.1)0??,000 ton-?, a
in steel ships.
There nrc 'j.onn.nno tons actual!
building now for American owners. B
?peeding construction under power M
quested in pending bills the Shippin
Board hopes to turn out. in a year an
a half ,',?HlO.?l0O tons more.
Uong With the tonnage now- actuall
building for British interests in th
l'ni?ed States the British governmen
nlae ho? bought aim will turn over t
the United States most of the vessel
now buihling for foreign account othe
than British. This Will he done evei
If (ongress fails to give power o
requisition. The British have bought i
greeter part of the tonnage now oi
American stocks owned by foreign." |,
In addition to th? problem of 1'iridini
ship to carry foo?| to the Allie.;, ihi
Shipping Board faces the problem <?
getting sufficient tonnage te trenspoi
anil lustein an Amerieua army in tin
field m France. The tran.port prob
lern must be solved within a fee
months.
a
Ford Favors Big Tax
On Excessive Incomes
Says Rich Must Share War
Burden with Men Who Go
to the Front
. ?
Detroit, May 1 I. "I em heart .
favor of taxing big incomes to raise
funds norestery te eerry en the war,"
declarad Henrj h "ni to dey
"I deploi? WM a-? deeply as any man
can. II MsMeai nie to ?ee so many of
our excellent young men going forward
to battle, and I shudder to think what
their end may be. But they are going
lira-, c'y. and while they are doir.t;
000*1 think big 1 Bl any right
to try to shunt the expense on MUM
on.- alee, and we ought nut to let any
let owe]
?'l ?lon't believe la excessive in
concluded Mr. Ford. "I belie?e
that tho?,? who get them bould con?
tribute a liberal share to the support
of the government."
Berlin Socialist Seized
On Treason Charge
fopenhagen. May 14 A prominent
rrdical Hodallst of Berlin has been ar
on the cJierga of treoeeo m con
?Aith thi ?' leaf
.: ;? strri??' on May Dug.
According to the "'Fokal Anzeiger." of
Berlin, th? G.man authorities are con?
sidering proceedings against leading
members of the part-., including mem
i ? r- of the R?MchsLaf/*for their activi?
ties in this connection.
Wheat Trading
Halted; Price
Falls 23 Cents
Chicago Board of Trade Or?
ders Dealing Stopped
lor Two Days.
exchanges to Confer
On Regulation Plans
Action to Curb Runaway
Prices Expected at Meet?
ing To-day
Il tMie*??fe II T - TrtHji.?;
I Menge, May 14. -Wheat prices took
a sheer drop of 'J3 cents a bushel to?
day when the directors of the Board
el Trade suddenly issued a decree ?Hop?
ping nil new buying for future delivery
for forty-eight hours and simultane?
ously fixing maximum prices at which
traders might s-'ttle July and Septem?
ber contracts et $2.75 and $2.45, re?
spectively.
For a few minutes aft;r this an?
nouncement was made the pit was in a
turmoil of excitement, brokers literally
ripping each others' clothes in their
it imped? te elees up outstanding deeli
of an urgent character.
Then the market of a sudden became
lifeless, as if stricken with paralysis,
and brokers, bewildered by the ?|uick
succession of events which had extin?
guished speculation in the world's
greate.t grain market, withdrew from
the pit, where so many stirring scenes
have been witnessed since the war
started, to discuss the new order of
things.
Conference ?>n I'nces
The two day' cessation of trading,
?t was explained, was to give the rep?
li SOntoUvM of the leading grain e\
changes of the country time to come
here to discuss with the officials of the
local board how, by concerted action,
the runaway tendency of grain prices
can best be curbed. In response to
telegrams sent out Sunday night, rep?
resentatives of the St. Louis, Kansas
C ' ??, Minneapolis, lJuluth and Toledo
exchanges are expected here to-mor?
row fur a meeting which, it is p-c
dietee, will reeolt in Importent action
a to how the grain buslMM of the
country shell be conducted during th?*
rcmaiid'-r of the war.
Meantime th? ? ?change- in nil the
eitles named took action similar to that
of the Chicago Board of Trailo in sus
pending trading in July and September
wheat ??n't at the mine time forbidding
all further trading ... Mav eon and
liny enta n< arell as liny ?meet, except.
?ttlement Ol outrUnding contract-.
i :,,? maximum pries ?"(,r settling
m eon ?ma baud at 1141 '?? and
am? - at T:;'-jr.
!? ?n before tla? ?lircctor? of the
boord took action -ome <af the larger
commission houses, acting independ?
ently, gave notice that they would ac?
cept no buying erden for wheat, corn,
? a it or provisions except to tell or
.lose up existing contracts. Among
the larger concern?? taking this action
?/en I.ogan ? Bryan, Thomson-McKin
iion Company and B. W. Wagner & Co.
Man) employee, it ii sold, noy be left
without positions as a result of the
genenl shutting down ef speculative
open? lone,
Other Trading Stopped
The directors al M prohibited trading
i- indemnities, known also as bids ami
otters, and years ago more commonly
known as "puts and call.-." Thil older
follows :
All IrsnaofHoni in indemnities on May
corn. Mi?', a ii . .,!??! uU ?lelUerie. of \?he?t
exiiirintr tn-ali?y ?re h?-reliy <l?"?-lare<| null
and Void, Bad the tm>er shall refend to the
-'?ll<T th?' lajrrhr?.-?' pria-e of the iiulemnities,
Hint, furtherinor?'. ail trmlini- in inalemiiitiet
i" sraoal ?atlt farther notie? it ?liscon
tinti.al.
Wilson Will Name
War Cabinet Soon
Hoover, Baruch and Willard
Arc Expected to Get
the New Posts
I r m Ttis IM ? ?
Washington, May It. Pneident Wil?
son will name a war 4'abinet within the
next few deys, officials closely in
; auch with the White Hous?s predicted
'o-night. As food controller, it is said,
'he President will game Herbert <'.
Hoover. Other probabl?- ????lectioi
I!? rnard M. Baruch. Secretar-, of Muni
Hon?, and Daniel Willard, D rector of
I ran -nortation.
The more aggrcs-- *'< members of
President Wilson's official family, it i
ki.owu. have been urging him to add
the special war portfolios to th?- ?ah?
met for some time.
-?
U.S. Acts to Clean
Out German Spies
Whole Nation Honeycombed,
Alleged Head of System
Admits
i .. Mej ; i ? igereua
action lor the overthrow of the (ier
ir.an secret sTVice in America wat
begun to-day by tne Federal authorities
on information they said had been fur?
nished by Rudolph Flamindinghe, al?
leged head of the spy system on the
I'uc.vc loa.-t. Hatnindinghe, under
? in I.os Aagttee, h* teported to
hov? given the government agents in?
formation vhicb, ? believed, will
r'suit in th?> immediate nmat of vir
tnelly every Gernun ?eeret service
?pentiv? it-, the Faite.i ?*?.???
a . ai ding to ft di??? si oMei r -, the
? i St ites has been divided into
th a chief ami sub
ordinotee operating tn each division.
Afraid to communicate by mail or tele
graph, members of the alleged spy ring
have adopted a system of codes, which
sie carried bv messenger?
Spy Bill Passes
Senate; Censorship
Clause Is Cut Out
Congress Wrangles
Over Trifles While
War Bills Wait
Indifference and Lack o? Able
Leadership Delay Legis?
lation
By C. YL Gilbert
WASHINGTON, May 14. T?
doing in Congress is becoming
a scandal.
In thirty-nine days since the decla
, ration of war only one war measure,
the $7,000,000,000 loan bill, has become
Il law. Two weeks of the Senate'?
time has been spent upon the espion
; age bill, into which the administration
; inserted an extraneous provision, the ;
censorship section, which was elimi
! nated in the Senate to-day and will un
doubtedly go out finally In conference.
This bad example set by the admin
istratior? has been closely followed by
the elements in the Senate which are
; not in sympathy with the prosecution
| of the war, and by every crank with
i a pet piece of legislation which he
tries to fasten like a barnacle upon
every law that comes before Congress.
The men who filibustered successful?
ly against the armed ship bill have
1 been busy filibustering, in effect.
against the esnionage bill and thus
against the war programme. Nothinr
?more foreign to espionage than prohi
, hition or forbidding speculation in
I feed produffs can be imagined: yet
Le Follette, Gronna, Cummin? and the
, other anti-war Senators spent valuable '
.hours trying to fasten these regu
? latory schemes upon the pending law '
to prevent giving aid and comfort to
! the enemy.
Food Regulation
Measure Is Held Up
Other opportunities and more ap?
propriate opportunities to air these
; uleas will he afforded. Food regula?
tion is one of the big measures to'
come before the nations! legislature
| and Is now being held up by the dila
l tory practices of the men in Congress
who are blocking the \vhole war legis
latht- programme or who share in the
general indifference felt here to th?
necessity of speed in getting ready to
perform the nation's obligations to its
allies.
Legislation for the conservation of
the grain supply by forbidding its use
in ?'.-..iking alcohol,c drinks and for th??
regulaCon of prices by restricting
-peculation may be properly presented
i in connection with general food legis?
lation. Hut this fact did not prevent
the wasting of valuable hours in
thrusting these alien questions before
the Senate in connection with e?pion
sge.
Intelligent planning and an earnest
effort at speed are nowhere ?r! ble.
The Administration block its o'.vn legis
lative programme its vitally necessary
food control, and shipping bills and its
war revenue bill, to mention no others
by insisting upon consolidating it'
censorship bill with its espionage bill.
To attach an alien and disputatious
amendment to a meritorious bill that,
is likely to pass readily, is one well
neegnUed form of filibustering. In a
?rey th?- Administration tilibustered
against its own war legislative pro?
gramme. Some petty personal con?
siderations were more important to it,
a- they are in a thousand things here
a. they arc in the shelving of General
Wood for example than the prompt
and vigorous prosecution of war. The
pro-lierman element and the half-baked
element followed the Administration's
lead and a flood of dilatory amend?
ments poured into Congre??.
Peace 1 labits
Persist in Congress
Fundamentally the trouble is indif?
ference. No one conceives the busi?
ness of the country earnestly and no
one sees that it is done. Congress, in
spite of the dt-feat of the censorship,
is really an obedient agent in the
President's hands, but the President
cannot get results out of Congress by
the use of tactics like those employed
regarding the censorship. Nor is the
fault all here. In spite of protesta?
tions and of occasional signs of awak?
ening, I'otigres?. is bound hard end fast
by habits tunned in time of peace, it
chatters about trifles. It bungles into
parliamentary tangles, as the Senate
an a! on Thursday afternoon of last
week, when, having voted upon a point
of order, it spent an hour trying to de?
cide what its vote meant, only to give
it up in the end without reaching any
determination.
We go r-lowly because r.o one ha?,
taken "this sorry scheme of things'*
down here in hand and made it work,
under the ?train of war time pressure.
Mabie Heads War Risk Bureau
Washington, May II. hdgar Mabie.
i of New- York, an insurance expert, has
i been appointed superintendent of the
j government War Risk Mari?* Insur?
ance Bureau.
President Gets Sweeping
Powers to Keep Food
from Neutrals
Prohibition Section
Meets with Defeat
House Provision for Press
Muzzle Believed Doomed
if Reported
i n,<- Trthuns Kur?4u
\A aehlngton* May 14. Shorn of both
censorship and prohibition amend?
ments, the espionage bill, about which
such a bitter fight has gone on for al?
most a month, was passed by the Sen?
ate to-night. 77 to 6.
The bill covers a multitude of unre?
lated subjects, among the most im?
portant being the embargo po?ter given
the President. This would enable the
President to lay an embargo on arti
cles gjing to neutral countries contig?
uous to (iermany, not only if it were
desired to keep those articles from
reaching Cermany. but to coerce those
countries into cutting off exports to
the Teutonic powers.
So broad is this power that Senator
La Follette feared it might enable th?
President to force neutral nations to
enter the ?var against Germany.
The friend, of free speech and an
unfettered press won a sweeping tarn*
tory. The Administration made n final
effort to reverse the vote of Satur?
day, when thn Senate struck out even
the mild form of press gag amendment
which remained. On Saturday the vota
to strike out this amendment was 3!t
to 38. To-day the vote was 48 to .11
against reinserting the same section.
Lodge Opposes Press Mutile
The most spectacular shift was that
made by Senator lodge, of Massachu?
setts, wlio ?n Saturday voted to retain
the press censorship and to-ilay voted
against it.
"On Saturday,*' ?a.?! Mr. Lodge, "l
voted to keep the amendment in be?
cause 1 felt that sonic protection wa*.
essential to prevent the publication of
military movements an?! keep that in?
formation from the enemy. Since that
time I have examined with some care
the bulletin issued by the so called Bu?
reau of Information. I am not willing
for a hoard of that sort to have the
power to exclude information from the
BO? papers of the country. I do not
care to leave the public and newspapers
at the mercy of that kind of a board.''
SeOJater Knox, who was absent when
tho vote uas taken Saturday, took issu?
with Senator Borah's contention that
the whole ??Jcb of a press censorship
was uneonatitutlonel, but declared ha
did not think the necessity for such a
step existed
Beeide? Senator Lodge, the following
Senators, who on Saturday voted to
curb the press and free speech, today
voted against censorship: Pittman. of
Nevada; Shafroth, of Colorado; Smith,
of Arizona; Smith, of South Carolina,
and Tranimell, of Florida.
One Shift to Favoring Side
There was only one .viteh the other
way. Senator Martin, of Virginis,
Oemorratic leader, voted on Saturday
against the censorfhip, an?l today in
favor of it.
lia- following Senators, who wer?
absent on Saturday, to-?lay voted
agnin>- the ' nsorstup: Oillingham,
Fall, Lewis, rhelan and Knox. The
following Senators, who were absent
Saturday, to-day voted in favor of th?
eenaersbip: Swaneen, Wadsworth, Beck
ham and Nev lands.
Senator Norrls, who on Saturday
vot"d against censorship, was absent
to-a'av. while S.-nators Brady, Warren
and Week?, ?ho on Saturday voted in
fa?*er of eenaonhip, were absent.
Despite to-di>'s victory, c? nsorship
?S not entirely dead. It will have at
lea t a sjssp o: I reath in the conforme?
ht-t\.een the t.n houses, since th?
House hill contain! a eenaonhip pro
v" ion, infinitely wors.?, incidentally,
than the text the Senate druck out
Saturday and refuse?! 'o insert to-day.
It is evident, however, that the real
desire of the House li not to have any
enf'.rced consulship. The House voted
by ;? good sued majority to strike out
?he censorship amendment which had
been reported by its committee. Then,
with many members thinking th? light
against censorship won, and away from
the lapitol, the Administration leaden
: lipped a milder am ?ndment over, de?
spite the protests of Republican Floor
Leader Mann that it was an act of bad
faith.
House Against Censorship
So there is little doub? the House,
should the conferrees hnng in sont?
form of censorship provision in th?
conference report, will reject th? re?
port. Thii i? very important in \i?w
of the personal feeling on the sub?
1'eet among the conferrees of both
louses. All three of the Senat? con
ferr?es voted to-day with the minority
to in?ert the censorship provision.
The effort to graft a prohibition
section to the espionage bill ?s em?
bodied in the amendment of Senator
( ummins. to bur the use of wheat for
liquor, was defeated, after an intens?
sub-surface battle, by a vote of 47 to
37.
Much of to das's time ?res spent by
the Senate in discussing an amend?
ment offered by Senator Thomas pro?
viding for the abolition of all ex?
changes on which foodstuffs ?re sold.
Senator Kellogg, of Minnesota, modi*
fied this by providing that in future
all dealings in foodstuff on such eta
changes should b? boea fide, thai