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Ki MO CENTS T^nty
tfitorial Correspondence
The Great
Obsession
WASHINGTON, Woy 19.
jeell I? to ??? ?",'Vr ' rr 'V'' "*r
| pj sr'- come to thit? place,
tila BliB?BphfTT| aaly to he oh
lil al lae He. tai cannot
fr,?y fe? *> ' ? ?I re am. They are
aaMtt?! fra? '
Jit??-*''
TW '?f- ?'? ? ? e -
?aktti la a manner b< baffling that,
'' B?t d?-*P*ir n'" ' ' for'-1
""^ g, rapt by th?
^ajative e*1*'" '" * ' ' * wo'(-" ?*?'?
ice?. Character latioi
?te.
"f?, poisib- ty of Gerrai ? Inaing
?ir ?r* '?*' ' :,,1(* ?"''"*?*-"<'
?ftr* tl",'r T rw ?** - Potentially,
^t po? er ful nation in the ?rerld -,
I ?jritig Itself te art at all -
^ i, |f ?t vr-c BB economic BTob
aaaat a ssatter of tariff a It li die?-1
?&ti. ***?' ?* tnp r*ane I
\j ne*or. abstractly. Nobod>
... ter itnag ne It
I,, ?render? ?hy Bierj one else j
j??? ?et
-.-, ??*.*?. "It a - a? af i
? ?ment?"" more," .* '? ha might as
S || talking ???-.hable *?-.
aajrry ef ?bl SBl ra-i atiaa of heat
^r-rrf ? : srs he- re.
pether M J **Beg?BB?ng about I
??jtrteber 1, ?' ?* ' r,r ? matter el
ti dei'h ??th England." After a
^ and I paaaa, he add?:
?isd ae ?re debat ^ ? I er lo ;
,-*d iteel ai weodea sh r " Then he
,??, up tbt ' the urgir
?jDjan ? are hoard meets
. fr Bjath? " ard ha i -
f. yew d
I "Set! z." ' ?he an-^rr "We can't
*. gaythiag m e. '' s horribly de
? I
?li it ?nil eoBifort y*"i eny la I
intht other, "we rir*? not doing any.
.tag, either.-'
Tit?i* are real ron\err.*tioii?. They
?at place rot in th? '.of drs-pair,
??? lobodv :- despairing; aal in the
BJ tf p?r.tc, for aabady ii panic
??.nrt?; not in the darkness of doub\
jKiuH ?rery one can sec at !ca;t a
?Bl ?my.
li?***" we I? ready to Bd
?i?!-*rthi**g w the spell of inaction.
.?liplmtie*" ? are. (?Tered with
t'x.m ind voluble, eagerness, only
re? in re\er in two places alike.
-UtM tal?, frankly," says a nicm
BT erm Advisory Commission. "We
,t pitaired to act, but look at thi--."
le sMi a large glass ash tray to
Nak a little matchbox across hi?
eu blotter.
T? ire the matchbox. The ft-h
m7 I? the people. The matchbox
?fit ta be pulling the ash tray, bat
aa't. It ha? no power of its own.
tuto ??.*. to be pushed. It move.?
cr 10 fast as the ash tray propels
That 1? th. situation. We ?ait to
?lushed from behind."
5 i? dear to him where the power
?Id come from?as clear a? a
Inkitm m mechan-.cal t:ai.?mission
????h that crystal idea one goe? and
I ?ftito a member of the Defence Coun
*i srhich 1? above the Advisoy Com
?mon.
ae i? enormously indi*"*:,an* "Anv
?A* he fa*. . "who insinuates that
?mr. li inertia or any lack of will to
*t hi th< t the Whit
????t mu;* have 1 - flghl with me.
?rBot put the blame where it clearly
?"?aa?;?? Coag?*t ? ot know we
R it war I* tita there day after day
?fjilirn" ov. ? \;*.al war measures a? if
**J aere matters of petty dornest.c
?httei. la ita tenderness for Mr
Wrelt ii bald up the draft bill
w?eeks. W> are ready to ac* We
??st only the power. Congre.i with
HI it. It withhold? even the power
?Boney. ]t has not yet appropriated
?*???" for the .hips. Think of that!"
??iitle.r to the Council of National
*?ntt where the power ought to com.?
and ?o you go up the great
J ?*d talk to Congress. Their an
??y fairies to avoid in the approach.
?s tan not tell **hat you are go.ng to
?t?tit. Ru* abo\e the noise of ?epa
"*? ??ploiiore there is the clysmu
"?r of complaint.
?V.? >? <??, k... talking: "They put
'??to tit?, do ?hey ? Well, you can sav
*?*'Congress that it ia prepared to a<
S? loon a? the Administration.
"* '<? thouiand committee?, know?
gill wanta and ask? for it. < on
**** ?ay act even sooner It may have
***?? the war over and run it. W'c
P*6Js] only a plan on which to act and
*? information that properly goes with
' W*6 ate aeked to sit blindfolded
?*? P.*s eitraordin.rv law? without
**??*?U?t*
reasot.? why. We do not know
PJ t? going or,. We do not know
T*-,"r the ntu.tion Is critical or
J* serlou?. Wr are askew to giv?
"?r. po?er, alma*.? more power, but
?*? >? no coordinated war program m ??
ne know 0f and no record ?f re
P ?,ro*l*.e?d with the power already
PJ64 Let the Administration tell
^tn*t fr.nkly what the situation
?Sd ?hat it needs, instead of send
-6 la?v? to be p.?aed a. written,
-- ??-?? |'m-rru ga If *?*. J 1 *. I ?. IJ ,
? ?er in.tance. aa the un American
j? **?. which it took u
?*?*>?*.*? time to kill
-. -...lame, aa tr.e un American
B*V?*"' *h,rh '** ,ook u? ?"?""?ral weeks
bC TOO go down off the hill and
m ? th? other er
SE ** -n? other end of Washington.
***? fna **? th* firit proPM" ?fl*?"??! >ou
???ii" Cm*ym** h** ?" ??1'bi, too
not att for WkI:, ,,f ,nforrnH,lon
?a. e**n'* 't have the information?
^> *1 the truth withheld? Why >. it
^ ?I upon Congre.? tnd upon th.
?M itt avinttiun," you don't
HOW COULD SHE GUESS IT?
know." sax.s th" proper official. "Our
allic.? won't let us-. \\"c have been try?
ing to persuade them that the Aneri
-.;.;. kind of truth.
.-ncr it is the hotter in this crisi?
but the y cannot believe it, or. at least,
the risk of heartening the
eae**r*r would be too great. The Britiah
Commission has protected st our givng
out as much a? we have about the
'. U-boat situation."
Another perfect 'nitration!
Lach group has its pet scapegoat.
the charge that the Balfour
commi?sion. by its dread of public
truth telling, has inhibited action on
i x- part of the Adrn;::.?tration, you
taktS unawares by any
. thing. Roosevelt, man of action, he
?vhose romantic cause the newspapers
: have supported be is most bitterly
upbraided for keeping his country
! from getting into the war. Ile held
Up the draft bill, on which everything
lise waited.
In the same breath is mentioned
ry. You have to think. Greg
; ory is the Attorney General.
"Has he delayed our getting into
X' aft" you ask.
He has. He wrote the crazy censor?
ship paragraph? of the espionage bill.
I And, once he had xviitten them and
, iut the Administration's ( ?. K. on them
?nd sent them to ( (ingress, the Admin
on had tu land lack of his
I stupidity anti see it through!
This is serious]*! and tragically said
Iff the Attorney General's oxvn associ?
ates. Once the official ? '. K. had got
on Mr. O re gory'* stupidity, even by
; inadvertence, the Administration was
i poxverlers to act.
That will finish thin picture.
7,000,000 Killed
Since War Began,
Says Henderson
British War Councillor Estimates
Net Total Casualties Exceed
Britain's Population
London, May li1 The number of men
killed m the war thus far was esti?
mated at 7,000.000 bjr Arthur Hender?
son, member of the War < ouncil, in an
address to-di.v Bl Richmond. He esti?
mule,I the total eaaaaltiea of the xvar
: to be in SSCSSt Bl the Population of the
I nited Kingdom. TI., population of
tv:e Cn,tid Kingdom, according to the
el 1911, xxHs ir,370 5,'to.)
Mr. Henderson said that after nearlv
three x.ats of unprecedented military
. ?' ? Oicre xxas no imm?diate prospect
n' nu end of hostilities. The severe
character of the war and its. prolonga
I tion had tempted ?onie pernons, he said,
te sall waj peace should not be at
tempted by other means. He would tell
- them, he ??ni I: xxac because the
challenge thrown down by Germany in
j I'M J still beW good He declared the
? lust of WOrld domination which dic?
tated the p'licv <>f aggressive military
action on the part of Germany contin?
ued to be suppoited hy the Orman
Fmperor and bia I'rusaian adviser?, and
that until the great act of liberation
had been fully achieved the Allies could
not falter.
? - a? -?
Catholic Clergy of
Germany Ask Peace
Amsterdam. May 19. ? The
"Deutsche Kirchen Zeitung*" states
i that the Roman Catholic clergy of
i ,.i ir.in y has inaugurated a power?
fully organised peace movement.
Russia Gets Ready to Fight;
"Iron Discipline" for Army
Kerensky Announces No Resignations of Officers
Will Be Accepted ; All Generals Go Back to Front
?Government to Prepare for Defensive and Of?
fensive War?Declares Against Separate Peace
Petrograd, May 19. The new Rus-I
sian government to-day began to get |
? ready to fight.
Minister of War Kerensky declared
I that he xvould enforce "iron discipline"
in the armies and that he would accept
no resignation? of officers. Ho xvarned
all deserters to return to the colors by !
May 28. All generals have gone to the
front.
The government insued a declaration
that it would devote its attention to I
reorganizing tho army and providing
for its needs, both "for defensive and
| offensive purposes." It declared cate- ,
I gorieally against a separate peace and]
said that it would not permit Germany
to overwhelm the "vVeptern powers and
then throw its whole strength against
Russia.
The declaration stated also that the
new government was working for a
general peace and reaffirmed its sup?
port of the declaration of the Council
i of Deputies against annexations and
indemnities. It did not, however, fur
l ther define .his phrase, interpretation
! of which may become the cause of fric
i tion with the other allies.
One Ominous Feature
The single ominous feature of the
j day's action.? was the refusal of M.
! Miliukoff, fermer Foreign Minister, to
' accept the Ministry of Education be
I cause his presence in the Cabinet would
involve a responsibility for the pro- ;
?cted foreign policy of the admini?
tration. He consider? this policy dan- |
perous and likely to compromise Ru?
? Ma's relations with her allies.
The government and Democratic
parties have agreed to distribute the |
portfolios of the nexv Cabinet as foi- j
I lows:
Premier and Minister of the Interior
PRINCE LV0FF.
Foreign Affairs TLRKSTCHENKO.
Commerce and Industry -KON'OVAL
OFF.
State Controller GOPNEFF, Social
! ist.
Labor SKOBELKFF.
Justice FEREVEIKZEFF.
Food and Supplie. PlESCHEHnX
OFF, Socialist.
War and Marine KEBEN8KY.
Finance SHINGARf >1 1\
Foots and Telegraph:! -TSF.RLTrl.LI.
Ways i.nd Communication? N'LK
RASOFF.
Kducation MANITLGLF.
Professor Grimm is appointed min?
ister for affairs concerning the toa?
i ?tituent a??embly, and Prince Shak
| hovsky, Secretary of the first Durna, is
Minister of Pubic Aid.
Order to the Army
Minister of Wht Kerensky has issued
the following order of the day to the
army:
The country is in danger. Esch on*
! must do what he can to avert tho
' peril. No request to be allowed to
j resign, made by officers in high ?
? command with a desire to escape re- !
! sponsibility at a time so grave, will
be accepted by me. Deserters are en
I joined to return to the army and
Seat by May 28. All infraction*, of
this order will ne severely punished.
It xxas in addressing the Congress of
Peasants that M. Kerensky announced
his determination to introduce "iron
discipline." He made an impassioned
appeal for support in restoring the
morale of Russia's military forces, and
bit tOteci xxas greeted erltl enthusias?
tic applause. Aft'-r lie had completed
hi.s address th" delegates unbraced tho
minister and carried him on tat t
shoulders to bis BOtOfBObile.
Kerensky'h Address
Kerensky saul in part:
"We must before cvciything eonaoli?
(late tl.e eiv.c liberty the revolution
gave IIB, and xve sha!l not. de this I?
euch aeea not do lu- dot) to lu.? coun?
try xvith complete Belf-Saeria.ee. Let U:<
show the world xxr know not only how
to destroy bi.t fllao bo? to rreate.
"Soldiers, sailoi and efleer . I call
on you to make a last, hi roit effort, I
am your servant. 1 !?-.-? nie to -how the
xxorld that the Russian army is not a
demolished temple, but i ttroag ami
formidable, capable of making itself
respected and of defending the tree re*
I public of deraocratic R >.
"It may .ippear straaga that I. a
[civilian, who xxa? never a ?oldier. have
undertaken the hsavj :.? i si restoring
diseiplias in tht anny, but I accept it
beeaost I understand mat tins disei?
plias is based on your duty and recip?
rocal respect. I have never known what
this discipline is, but BBTerthelea* pro
poso to introduce an non discipline
into the army, und I am .?ure 1 shall
succeed.
"This is necessary not only at the
front but also in the interior of the
country in order to bring the lihorty
which ha? been ponqucn-d into the con?
stituent assembly. Th, greet national
connel, iavested x?uh sorereign author?
ity, will show that it dees not B
repeat tl.e ?ad events of the levolution j
in 1S0S, when the BeaSBBts eoBi
the land, but were not able to keep it
la their hand?.
"I am shortly going to the front Al
lott me, therefore, to sur m the trenches
that the ROSSian peas,-.:,S wish to have
the land which belongs to them and
that no foree shall take it from them.
Rut also allow nie BO say that the peas?
ants demand, in order to achieve this
object, that every BBS shall do hi? duty
in a spirit of self-sacriiice."
Has Confidence in Army
M. Kerensky told representa! :\ i ? of
Petrograd soi IIobcow Bewaaepers to
day thal at trat eoaeirieed thal o I -
'return from the frOBl he ??.,,-,!,| I,,. m
a po- Um to completely dieaipets p. *?;
impreai ??? > reg g tha osa?
?ditiofl of the Russian army.
"I have no doubt whatever." he ?dd
i,|, "that the army ef free Raeaia will
know how to fulfil its duty te the
fatherland and also that the father
?laad will do *rvet*fthiiif poasibl* to
! support 'he army Bfitb all its moral
I and material ressorti
1 i.. profisional Government to-day
I ordered the retara te their hean
all nu" of non-Slavic erig?a ?iho were
i mobilized by the former h dmr
ition for defence work at the front and
bellin* 'he tiring Imp.
The Council of Wo-kmeri'? aid Sol?
diers' Delantes passed a resolution of
? confidence in the new coalition govern?
ment.
Provisional Government's d?c?
laration of /?o/iry. and other Rus
sum ne? ?. on Pane J.
Marines Will
Go to France
With Pershing
Colonel Doyen to I.ead
Regiment of Picked
lighting Men
Force Abroad Will
Number About 40,000
Guard May Be Selected
for Second U. S.
Kxprdition
i IW TV -i
Waahiagto?, Hay l8, With Ma
jot GOBOral PcTShiag'l exped?? mnary
force <-,f fttnei-ieaa raf-alari ?rill ;?<< a
Kgini r? p)| tnarwie t.
Counting the ntne volunteer regi?
ment.?, of BBginaar-S HOW being recruit
ct| for t'liru .I-:.*.> Mirica abroad, the
total ]?rd forc-s of the Cnite.l Staten
which it i-. aapectad arlu be afxatratlag
in Tratiie i.r Belgian this summer
will no? he fur fren jn.ooo men.
No definite Agars t ave i.een or aril]
h" given out. Hu? it i l.im?n that
ti I division of regular army BMB will
he i.tt,r.- than 28,000; the marines will
be tp.-te than !.':,"i itrong and tin
engineers upward of 12,600. rho far?.
? ? . ragissefll alas going acre ? a II
be moro than 1,000, The -trength af
tlte naval force now operating in lu
ropean waters has no1 boan rerealett
l?n\eti tn I cid NsriatM
Ih'- reginent. af narin? ?-?.ill he
? t )?.? conn mil ttf Colonel ? inn i. i
I Doyen, who has been ni the cn.-'
for thirty f"ur \e-iri. The man m the
Will bp the p;eKcd tif-hrrr? of the
corps, marine? tgrha hi snric?
during the ia -1 two -reari m Haytl,
Doniaga ?n.i t aba. They have baoa
engaajae* very raeoaUy in at-Mai tigbt
inj? Bad are a*, fit as, if not rnorc M
than, tin* regular?" of the army.
l'encra! Per hine and his stall ?rill
???iii for Kurope ahead " the troops, a
there is much to he done an the other
?ida trApave t'ne way foi Anal training
of the force, and for the hupe army
the Unitor Btate . which i; porparing
to pour nero?? tho BOM after il S
rapidly n? BOB BBS be trained and
equipped.
For obvious reasotis, no information
as to the time of the American com?
mander's departure or his destination
will be made public. When Rear Ad?
miral Sims, commanding the destroyer
force, was sent on his important mis?
son, the fir?t word of his errant! came
from London after his arrival there.
Pershing Works on l'lan
When General Pershing leave?, overs*
detail of the organization and equip?
ment of hil troop? will have been
worked out. Me will know exactly
what preparations mu?-t be made and
what use is to be made of his division.
Presumably be will have wide discre?
tionary powers to cooperate with com?
manders of the French, British and
Belgian forces.
Colonel Doyen has been on duty in
WaahiagtOB two years as commandant
of the Marine Barracks. He wa.? in
charge of the marines on the Hancock,
stationed in Dominican water?, in 191-1,
and previous to that he served on the
wet roast and In the Philippines. He
?ras gtaviaated Irosa the Ualtod State.
Naval Academy in Ml, and wa* a class?
mate of Major (icneral Commandant
George Barnett, of tho Marino Corp.*.
He malua! the rank of colonel Janu?
ary 16, 1909. He was horn September
!. 1860, in New Hampshire.
Cuard in Second Expedition
It may be said that up to now the
War Department ha? not decided upon
the number or character of the troops
which will be ia the second American
expeditionary force. The regular army
has been so broken up, divided and sub?
divided in order to train quickly the
new increment.? that not a regiment,
battalion or company can be spared,
nach loss the e-fleet i
It i? gossiped about the depart?
ment that the best traine! regiments
of the (?uard may be honored by place?
in tho second '?*? peditionarv force. New
York State regimen.?, several of them.
come in this classification.
The first units of the selective draf.
army will not be s-tit on foreign ser
\ice before the spring or summer of
1618.
Krom the office of the provost mar?
shal general to-day clerk? began to
?.?ml out tn- aoeaaaary blank, which
are to be used by local au'horuies
evervwh. re on JOtM .*> IO Ngiator the
,0,000,000 nen antweaa ti igt - ? ?
twenty-one and ti rty-one from whom
?he Oral '?"".. :??*''' I i SB are to be
tah? t.
ta* I Bil lag the (.uard
In all parts of the country, also, ?tate
of*.i als redoubled thor ?arts at re?
cruit, ng the National Cr.iar,i to war
strength. Authorization, reached them
? BinaltaaooBsly aita the ?inning
of the army bill. The War Department
unfolded new dements of ita plan for
the Cuan!, disclosing the department.,
in which each division will be trained.
A ?imilar table of geographical dis?
tribution of division? for the new le
leetive army also was given out. It
follows closely IBS 'me? of tne National
Cuard divisions. Kor purposes of dis?
tinction, the War Department has
r..imrd the mw forets the National
Army. A concurrent resolution to have
pntitt.l 1,260,600 copie, of a document
containing the selective draft bill, the
regiatration rule? and President Wil?
son's proclamation was adopted during
the day by the House.
(Plane for regittia'ion vnder draft
law deecribed on page la)
Wilson Names Hoover
Food Administrator;
Asks Sweeping Powers
HOOVER OF BELGIUM
?. I T OOVER of Belgium" is a title at significant of a great work well
| jj done a: "Kitchener of Khartoum." For more than two years the
simple American mining engineer hai held dying Belgium in his
cr of Belgium" is a title as significant of a great work well done
as ''ti tehener of Khartoum." For more than two years the simple American
?bjiag (tij*ineor ha? held dying Belgium in his arms.
There probably will be further honor? bestoxved upon Herbert C. Hoover
before tnis war ends. Xone will compare with the name by which he is
known all over the world?Hoover of Belgium.
The man xxho fought back the starvation that threatened that unhappy
? .'...n aras horn in We-t Branch, Iowa, August lil, 1ST I. He was graduated
from Lclaed Stanford University in 1S95 and immediately began his pro
fe- o? i-f mining engineer, working first as a laborer at $2 a day.
1!" t. is rapidly and became wealthy through his development of gold
mines m Australia. Later he was engaged in exploration in China, xvhen the
Borer rebellion broke out. He and his xvife xvere among those xvho defended
TieB'tsia during the siege.
Ft Ott that time until the outbreak of the war he liv?d in London, car
r**iag Bl mining enterprises in Burmah. Mexico, Australia, China, California
a'.il Rossis. W'ith the war came the call Tor him to head the ( ommission for
Relict In Belgium. He gave up all other interests and put his whole soul into
thia *r*r**h
V? one save himself will ever know the difficulties which he was obliged
to f.c. He hud to feed mon and women and children on painfully slender
| ,. ,,; . He had to clothe them when clothing was scarce. He dealt with
!'leniish and French refugees and with Prussian, British and French officials
with delieatt tact.
A ?not. as war was declared the cry was sent up for him to regulate the
food ic.ourccs of the United States. For some time he refused this position
?j a thaaUeta, hopeless post.
"I don't want te Le food dictator of the American people," he said on
stay '?'? "Iho man who accepts such a position will die in the barbed wire of
tht Aral ??pt trenches."
Germany Wants
100,000 Tons of
Argentine Wheat
Request Believed Plan to
Balk Allies; U.S. to Make
Embargo Inquiry
Buen?* Ayr.-*. Ma.- 10. It is report-[
od that the.lerman Munster has askc.
,he maister of Agriculture to place at
? du?oeal .00*000 tons ,,500 000,
bushels of wheat, to be exported at
opportune moment. It is believed
"L that this ,s merely an attempt to
"event the Entente Alhes from utt?
ing the total stock ready for exporta
non. _
T... IV.' ir.? n'.rtau'i
Washington. May 19- J? *****
,o the necessity for the Argent tot
wheat emb.rgo will b. made by *.
?jBited States and it* allies, it was
wrne.l he? to-day. The inquiry ?ill
ICI x?,n .11 possible diplomacy
^^rerye'.rttoaxWoffeiicetote'
Louth Am.ncan countr,. but if it
! ?bou Who found that the embargo U
I lot necessary such retal:otoryStePs-.
I^neml.,-..- coal, oil and other com
mod,.- Argentina mu.?have
?rrav be reoortoi to by the ?m*X\
Bt?t*at known here that the Argentine
J r. I. -hort but at the same
;whtat " . ?rable surplus from the
, t-.me a c0^1^/*,' ? lstlil on hand
?nU'Xr?:Btto. h? a sufficient supply
i^^S^C^governmenti
-n?id lav no abiolute embargo against
Wl1 shipment, to Argentine ports, but
??t ?behoved a request.to Am*rtc*n
I ?.??riera would be ?ufflcient. A pro
! S empowering the Pre?. !,nt to lay
' embargoes was written into the e.
plonaKe bill, now in conference, at the
request of the Administration. I
Britain Using
A New Method
Against U-Boats
Has Proved Successful So
Far, Says Food
Director
London, May 13. Kennedy Jones,
Director of Food Kconomy, expressed
the belief that the German submarines
were beginning to bo mastered, in an
address del;', (???eil at Kdinburgh this
evening on the necessity of economy in
food consumption. Mr. Jones said:
"We have been able, thanks to the
ingenuity of the Admiralty and the
courage and skill of our Bailors, to
make attacks by a new method on the
Gansai l-boats, which io far have
been attended by success. I think that j
success will continue. It would trump
another trick, ana might produce an
larger termination of the war than i
those in high command allow them?
selves to hope for."
Mr. Jone? added that the necessity
for compulsory rationing had not yet
arisen, and that the country showed
distinct signs of obeying the food con- ?
troller's injunctions. He continued:
"We have had luck with wheat con- ;
signments. Our supplies of wheat and
wheat substitutes, with the poanble ex- j
ception of oatmeal, give leis cause for
anxiety than they dia six weeks ago."
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Berlin Knows We're There
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German Papers Announce Ar?
rival of American Flotilla
Amiterdam, May 19. All the German j
papers print the news of the arrival of
the American destroyer flotilla in Eu- !
I pean witera under a ?ingle headline, j
The "Local Ameiger" heads the item: j
"Now the Americans!''
Will Ute Them Only
Against "Selfish
Minority"
Price Regulation
To Protect Farmer
Hoover Outlines Plan
for Great Volunteer
Organization
irrem Tha Tribun? BumuJ
Washington, M.y 19.?Herbart C.
Hoover ha? been asked by President
Wilson to become United State? food
administrator. He has accepted en
condition that neither he nor bia as?
sistants receive any pay for their ser
vices.
If Hoover becomei food administra'
or?a softer word than dictator?he
will have ?weeping power, under the
legislation now contemplated. But, It
wa?, announced in the nam. of th.
President to-night that this govern
ment ha.? no intention of interfering
with the normal processeB of food
production and distribution.
President Explains
Why He Asks Control
President Wilson to-night made this
s'atement on the general subject of
food control:
It ii very desirable, in order to
prevent misunderstandings or alarm.
and tu a?sure cooperation in a vital
matter, that the country ahould un?
derstand exactly the scope and pur?
pose, of the very great powen which
I have thought it necessary in the
circumstances to ask the Congres! to
put in my hands with regard to our
food supplies. Those powers are
< very great indeed, but they ara no
| greater thaa it Aga nrnnei np flssaSBf
to lodge in the other governments
which are conducting this momentan?
war, and their object i. stimulation
and conservation, not arbitrary re?
straint or injurious interference with
the normal proc?s... of production.
They are intended to benefit and as?
sist the farmer and all those who
play a legitimate part In the prepara?
tion, distribution and marketing of
foodstuffs.
It is proposed te draw a ah.rp lia.
of distinction between the normal
activities of the government repre?
sented in the Department of Agri?
culture in reference to food produc?
tion, conservation and marketing, on
the one hand, and the emergency
activities necessitated by the war in
reference to the regulation of food
distribution and consumption, on the
other. All measures intended directly
to extend the normal activities of th.
Department of Agriculture In refer
ence to the production, conservation
and the marketing of farm crop? will
be administered, as In normal time..
through that department, and th.
powers asked for over distribution
and consumption, over exports, im?
ports, prices, purchase and requin
tion of commodities, storing and th.
I like which may require regulation
during the war will be plaeed in tha
hands of a commissioner of food ad?
ministration, appointed by the Presi?
dent and directly responsible to hiss.
Objects Sought
Through Legislation
The object? ?ought to be a.rved by
the legislation asked for arei Fall
inquiry into th? existing av.tl.bl.
itocks of foodstuffs and into the
costs and practices of the various
food producing and distributing
traders; the prevention of all unwar?
danted hoarding of every kind, and
of the control of foodstuff, by per?
sons who are not in any legitimate
sense producers, dealers or tradera;
tha requisitioning when necessary
for the public use of food supplies
and of the equipment neceuary for
handling them properly-, the licensing
of wholesome and legitimate mixt?
ure, and milling percentage?, and the
prohibition of the unnecessary or
wasteful us? of food..
Authority is asked alco to eetab
!Uh price?, but not in order to limit
the profits of farmer?, but only to
guarantee to them when necessary a
minimum price which will insure
them a prout whtre they are asked
to attempt new ctop., and to Bacar?
the consumer against extortion by
breaking up corners and attempt? at
?peculation when they occur by fia
ing temporarily a reasonable price st
which middlemen must sell.
I have asked Mr. Herbert Hoover
to undertake this all-important task
of food adraim.trator. Ha haa as
pressed hi? willingness to do so on
condition that ka is to receive na
payment for his services, and that
the whole of the force under him, ex?
clusive of clerical assistance, shall
be employed so far as possible apon
the .ame volunteer baaia. Ha haa
expressed his confidence that this
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