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ALL MERCHANDISE ADVEIU TTSED IN THE TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED you LXXVin No. 26,124 First to Last?the Truth: News? Editorials - Advertisements fritante WEATHEH Show**ra to ?day and probably mmmmmm%J$ cooler to-day; moderate ?hift ing wtnda. -rail Report ??r_ P??e U tCopyright IBIS? The Tribune *.?s*_] SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1918-SEVEN PARTS-SIXTY-TWO PAGES FIVE CENTS " _?***, ?CMr Mexican Break With CubaT?UnedalV^r Move in German Plot to Force Border War i ' . ?i T. R. in Reply To Burleson Blames Wilson President Personally Re? sponsible for Attitude Toward Press, He Says Charges Creel With Political Propaganda Quotes Editorials to Show Anti - Americanism of Hearst's Papers Burleson Says T. R. Fails to Back Charge (Special Di*patch to The Tribune) WASHINGTON, May 25.?The Postmaster General to-day au? thorized the following statement upon being shown the letter of fojtner President Roosevelt dated the ?2d inst., addressed to Sen ttor Poindexter: Y "Mr. Roosevelt affects to disregard the incontestable facts contained in my state? ment published in the papers of the 20th, in which his charges ?we fully met. "The extended remarks in The Congressional Record,' inserted at his request by Sen? ator Poindexter, as a whole are jpirely a rehash of partisan matter which has appeared from time to time in certain newspapers. '"The Postoffice Department is charged with the execution of the laws, at the administra? tion of which Mr. Roosevelt's critieism was aimed. He has failed to make good his accu? sations, but lacks the manly courage to acknowledge it." . WASHINGTON, May 25.?Charges that the Administration has used its powers.to stifle honest criticism, while at the same time it condones anti-Ally ?and anti-American agitation in the Hearst newspapers, were made by Theodore Roosevelt to-day in a reply to Postmaster General Burleson in their tamtroversy over the Postoffice D?part? aient'? treatment of publications. The charges were presented to the S?nate by Senator Poindexter, of Washington. Colonel Roosevelt declared President Wilson personally was responsible for Fostnmt*ter General Burleson's atti lu r. He assailed Chairman Creel, of we Committee on Public Information, Md added: "I deal with Mr. Burleson and his actions purely because he is a repre? sentative of President Wilson, exactly ? is Secretary Baker, exactly as is mi. Creel. Charges Political Propaganda "President Wilson is re.sponsible for ?everything Postmaster General B?rle? lo? and Secretary Baker and Mr. Creel ?? or leave undone. ... I have ??nt patience with the timidity or the ?oily which dares not hold accountable jftf source of power and only venture ;? ??press displeasure with instruments .??Kh which the power is exercised. Messrs. Burleson, Baker, Creel and tneir associates possess no importance Whatever, except that accruing to them ?ecause it is through them that th? Resident speaks and acts or refuses or ??'Is to act." * jn attacking Creel, Colonel Roose *wt declared he "assails publications t. truthfully expose shortcomings *? the Administration, and without re J*rd to the facts, personally and ?rough his bureau, actively upholds ?T* '*,<,n''n'Rtrat,on >n matters such as ?te aircraft programme, in which have *e?n grave governmental shortcom? ings. "This is partisan political propa? gada of the very worst t?rfe," the ?ormer President declared, "carried on With public moneys under the guise of Public work " Attitude Toward Hearst Regarding the Postmaster General's ?trtude toward the Hearst papers, *<mne\ Roosevelt said: "Mr. Burleson has stated that he has weeived 'more complaints' about my writings than about those of Mr ?*?m' In view ?* Mr* Burl?l?on's rec ??d ?nd actions, there is small cause ??or wonder in this. Every pro-German 5** ?nti-American, every believer in a ???We American war and a triumphant wWman .peace, every man who follows *'? Hearst, would naturally appeal for ?jropathy to Mr. Burleson in denuncia ??n of what I have done." ft Citing a number of editorials from ?????st newspapers, Colonel Roosevelt *t is true that since we entered the fat Mr. Hearst has at various times jjjued editorials professing great pa? triotic Mai, but it was at the very time w?*n in other editorials he was attack {***? the allies of America, England and **I>?n, in the most offensive way, and ?* the verv time when he was uphold ?t the Russian Bolsheviki, who had ?**de Russia a traitor to the fr?e na Continued on Page 8, Col. 1 Gregory Urges Care in Invoking Sedition Act WASHINGTON, May 25.?At? torney General Gregory to-day is? sued these instructions under which the new sedition law is to be en? forced by district attorneys: "The prompt and aggressive en-.. forcement of this act is of the high- ' est importance in suppressing-dis? loyal utterances and prevej-rti-ijir' broach of ponce. It is als<vb?-,.g'reat importance that this statute-be ad? ministered with discretion.. Jt should not be permitted to become the me? dium whereby efforts are made to suppress hanert, legitimate criti? cism of tho edniinifjT.ration or dis? cussion of govi--*n,mint policies; nor should it be permitted to become a medium for pfysor.al feuds or perse? cution. T.h?-'Xvide scope of the act and powers conferred,- increase the importance of discretion in admin iste-"insT it- Protection of loyal per soi-s Jfrom unjust suspicion and pros? ecution is quite asiinportant as the suppression of actual disloyalty. "All cases which clearly violate this law should be promptly and vigorously prosecuted, but care should be exercised to avoid unjusti? fied arrests and prosecution." - Half of All Women Voters -HerejEimJl Suffrage Leaders Well Pleased With First Showing in City Women voters of New York City took up the burden of practical politics yes? terday and enrolled with the parties of their choice. Fully fifty per cent of the women eligible to vote went to the registration places to show that they wish to take an active part in the pri? maries next fall. It was a showing which pleased the suffrage leaders, who ; Mercy Fond I For^RedCross ! ?eats Quota _ Incomplete Returns Show $24,307,825 Raised in N. Y. City Alone i Premier Lloyd George Praises Organization Thousands of Workers to Make Collections To-day; Drive Ends To-morrow The nation completed yesterday the $100,000,000 funds sought by the Amer? ican Red Cross, and the city passed its quota of one quarter of the amount, with the end of the week's campaign still forty-eight hours away. Complete reports for the city were not made yesterday, but, on the incomplete re? turns, the offcial count was $24,307, 825, and confidence was expressed that New York was well above its quota. The exact amount will not be known until to-morrow evening, when the workers hold their last meeting in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. G. M. Dahl, chairman of the commit? tee for the Atlantic Division, compris? ing the states of New York, excluding this city, New Jersey and Connecticut, arnounced that the total gifts to the Atlantic Division Fund, outside New York City, amounted to $12,721,203. Sixty-one of the 219 chapters in the division, he said, had gone over the sPP, Buffalo exceeding its quota by more than a million dollars, and New Haven by $78,000. The total for New York State, outside of New York City, is reported as $6,439,233. That for New Jersey is $3,707,025, and Connecticut, $2,574,945. Henry P. Davison, chairman of the War Council of the American Red Cross, yesterday announced the receipt Republicans Block Delay On Tax Bill Special Session Proposal Abandoned When They Reject Time Limit Plan Democrats Prepare To Frame Legislation Differences Develop After Series of Conferences With President WASHINGTON, May 25.?Prospects for a postponement of revenue legis? lation and an early adjournment of Congress again appeared to have van? ished to-night .when Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress failed to agree en a programme presented by President Wilson for a special session after the November elections The Republicans, according to Ad? ministration spokesmen, bioaked the proposal by refusing to give assur? ance that a bill along lines proposed by the President would be passed with? in a definite time. To-night Demo? cratic leaders prepared to go ahead with the framing of a bill. The revenue situation has been con? siderably muddled for several days. At one time yesterday it appeared cer? tain Congress would go ahead with the legislation before adjournment at the insistence of Secretary McAdoo, but the President evolved the plan for an extra session, and up until late to-day THE TIME FOR AN ACCOUNTING HAS ARRIVED .. . ? are not concerned with party .rivalry but believe that any woman's vote is a good vote. Fifty per cent was-a large enrolment, inasmuch as the issues of the election campaign have not been shaped yet in a way to attract great public interest and.many women are still indifferent to party affairs. The women who enrolled yestorilay ! were of two classes. They w^-'^iflJat, the consienitious, who cnraUed -from a sense of civie responsibility, Mid' who said that if women'?^otor?v-wcre really _-jr*^'.\.,?? ?--?.?__ Continu?e- engage 12, Column S ?' ' ' - i of the following letter addressed to Ambassador Page by Prime^ Minister Lloyd George: ?? "My Dear Ambas??!?*: "I feel surej*? I am only echoing the thought of many in this country in writhSg1 to you a word of-grateful eppWciation of what the American 8?& Cross has done in this war. Not 4 only has it made munificent donations to the fund of our own Red Cross, ? but it was one of the first American organizations to begin to serve hu? manity in this war. "The work it has done not only in Continued on Page It, Column 6 it was believed it would , be put through. After a day of conferences between the President, Secretary McAdoo and. among Congressional leaders, Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, an? nounced that negotiations for delay in the legislation appeared to be off. "Everything is off," he said, "and I guess we will have to go ahead with the legislation." The unexpected diff?rences between Continued on Page 11, Column 3 Allied Fliers Hold Up New German Blow Enemy Airmen Fight Vainly to Clear \J/ay For Troops Communications Constantly Attacked Bombing of Foe's Lines Shatters LudendorfFs Plans By Arthur S. Draper (Special Cable to The Tribune) LONDON, May 25.?The attack by German aviators on a British hos? pital camp emphasizes the fierceness of the aerial fighting in France, where, out of sheer desperation, the Germans have committed crimes as black as any they have been guilty of in this brutal war. There is no longer any doubt but that the Al? lies are clearly superior to the Ger? mans in the air. Each day this advantage is growing, one in which the American aviators share. At no period of the war has either side enjoyed such an advantage in the air as that held at present by the American, French and British forces. Slowly Beaten Down It is true that the German flierr, are exceedingly active and daring. But slowly and surely they are being driven to earth. The British are carrying out their bombing exp?di? tions on a scale which makes pre? vious efforts seem insignificant. With the American forces looming up larger day by day, the results seem inevitable. It is highly prob? able that the Allies will have the same supremacy in the air that they enjoy at sea. No leader can estimate the value of bombing. It may be that this great weapon will revolutionize the whole system of land fighting and prove a decisive factor in ending the war. Even now the Allies are bomb? ing the enemy's lines of communi? cation so that Ludendorff's plans are being knocked awry. The Ger? mans are striving desperately to in? crease their output, but they are deceiving their men harder than ever and they are throwing aside all pre? tence of following the code of war? fare. Foe Sees the Danger They know that in their coming push they will be at a considerable disadvantage unless they can thin out the flocks of Allied airmen who hover over their area day and night. What is happening at sea is being repeated in the air. The part that manufacturers of war munitions are playing in the struggle is being de? monstrated daily. Great as Ger? many's military organization is, the recent happenings on land and sea show that the manufacturing genius of America, France and Britain ex? ceeds that of the foe. German military critics are just as industrious in explaining the delay in operations as are the writers on this side of the line. The same argument used by both sides results in totally different conclusions. German critics argue that delay is of great value, as Ludendorff has been able to get reserves from the East, while at the same time the Aus? trian army facing the Italians has re? ceived reinforcements from Rumania. The Germans contend that their air service is superior to that of the Al? lies, and that their !->sses are only half as large as those of the Anglo-French forces. Running through the articles of such critics as Endres, Gaedke, Salmann and von Ardenne there is constant specu? lation about Foch's reserves and the size of 4he American expeditionary i forces. In Dark About Americana Most of the German critics write calmly, but they are guilty of coloring their review? for home consumption. . However, this very exaggeration gives la fair impression of the thoughts caus j ing the gieatest anxiety among the en? emy peoples. The German masses ? have no idea of the number of Ameri ' Continued on next page, Column 2 Mexico Is Striking at U. S., Says Montalvo, Cuban Minister Juan L. Montalvo, Cuban Minister of; the Interior, who came here recently! for his health, expressed ?surprise yes- ? terday when informed that Mexico had ' announced the breaking off of diplo? matic relations with Cuba. As head of the army, navy an dsecret police of the island republic, he said he had re? ceived no advices from Havana on the subject, but was prepared to leave at once for home upon receiving official information that the break had oc? curred. He added that he would cable President Mcnocal at once. After reading, however, the state? ment of General Aguilar, Mexican Min? ister of Foreign Affairs, explaining the recall of the Mexican diplomatic rep? resentative in Cuba, Mr. Montalvo ex? pressed the belief that Mexico was "striking at the United States through Cuba." "Striking at United States" "Mexico," he said, "is actuated with? out a doubt by hostility toward the United States and is striking at il through Cuba. President Carranza has said privately, I am informed, that he favored the German cause in this war ilthough he has never admitted it offi? cially. "General Aguilar^s protestations 01 Mexico's friendship ofr Cuba are in mj opinion insincere. He well knows tha Cuba is acting in cooperation with th* Allies and at the request of the Unitee States, to whom Cuba owes so much in handling her cxpott3. "I believe this severance of diplo matic 'relations is simply a manoeuvr on the part of the Mexican governmen to obtain a greater amount of food am other products from Cuba, well know ing that in the case of sugar, at leasl our output for many months has bee contracted for by the United State and her allies, excepting a small sui plus, which has been available t Mexico and other countries not in th war. It is untrue that Cuba at an time has withheld sugar from Mexic< except as the exigencies of %var and th obligations growing out of it have; forced us to limit our exports." The effect of Mexico possibly cutting; off its exports of peas, beans and pe troleum to Cuba, Mr. Montalvo said.1 would not be serious. The gravity of the situation for the Allies, he thought, rested more upon what dis? position the Carranza government may bhow toward them in regard to the sup? ply of oil from the Tampico fields for the allied navies. Cuba Is Prepared "Cuba is prepared, however, for any? thing the Mexican government may be planning to do," continued Mr. Mon? talvo. "I shall lose no time in getting back home when officially apprised of the new turn that affairs have taken. "Two days before I left Havana for New York, a Mexican gunboat appeared in the harbor and was rigidly searched by my orders. Aboard her we found a German spy and Se?or Ysidro Fa bela, Mexican Minister to Argentina . We made no arrests, however, and after a short delay, allowed, them to pro? ceed. "The report that we had confiscated or stolen Fabela's baggage is untrue We seized nothing; but this incident, I suppose, has been exaggerated by the pro-German propagandists in Mexico : and mads to inflame Mexican senti? ment against us. "On account of this war Cuba has : been obliged to maintain a strict cen i sorship and many suspects from Mexi? co have been taken into custody. We ? have no internment camps, so all we | do is send them back to Mexico as I undesirables. "Much mail in furtherance of Ger? man designs has also been intercepted. \ The nature of the letters seized by us ? aboard Mexican and Spanish steamers | proved beyond a doubt the intense , pro-German sentiment of the Mexican ! government and people, and that Car ! ran'za is endeavoring to aid the Ceh '?. tral Powers in every way. I see onlj | the hand of Germany in this new de i velopment of affairs." America Has Shipped 1,316 Aeros^broad Two Million Men Now in Army, Congress Is Told WASHINGTON, May 25.?There are 1,316 American airplanes in France, of which 823 are combat 'planes, accord- \ ing to the report on the army appro? priation bill submitted to-day by Chairman Dent of the House Commit? tee on Military Affairs. The report showed that there are 3,760 'planes in the United States. In presenting the report Chairman Dent announced that the full strength of the army, including the National Army, National Guard and regulars, is now 2,000,000 men. Mo*re than 200.000 Americans will be sent abroad during Mav, and that num? ber probabl*, will be much exceeded next month, members of the Senate Military Committee were told at their weekly conference with Secretary Baker and his assistants. Huge Army Bill The army bill carries direct appro? priations amounting to $9,583,349,808 and authorizations totalling $2,458,332, 801. Among the items approved are: Ordnance stores, ammunition, $390, 000,000; automatic machine rifles, $237,144,000; armored motor cars, $73, 550,000; maintenance of provost mar? shal general's department, $15,762, 000. The House leaders planned to begin consideration of the bill on Monday Secretary of War Baker to-day en? deavored to discourage the publication of statements on the number of Ameri? can troops in France or to be trans? ported nvthe future, and declared that he would endeavor to make official esti? mates of the strength of the American forces in France from time to time. Warns Against Comment In his statement to the press, asking the withholding of figures on the strength of Pershing's army, except when issued by the War Department, Secretary Baker said: ? "A. good deal of public comment is being made on the subject of the number of American froops in France and the number from time to time in course of transportation. "I want to ask the newspapers of the country to refrain from comment and speculation on this mbject, ex? cept to the extent that official state? ments With regard to ^uch numbers are made by the Secretary of War. I make this request because any pro? gramme of troop shipment necessari? ly depends upon a variety of consid? erations qiiite apart from the num? ber of troops in the country and the available troopship capacity, and I am therefore anxious that the people of the country be not unintentional? ly misled cither as to the- facts at any given time or by speculative pos sibilitim of the situation. - "I will endeavor froi.. time to time and whenever it can be done to state through the press approximate num? bers. My particular request, how? ever, is that such statements be not Continued on next jmge, column U Liberty Motor W^s Delayed By Sabotage _ I German Agents Wreck Ma chinery and Cause Great Damage " By Theodore M. Knappen .DETROIT, May 25.?A German sympathizer the other day threw a keg into the rapidly revolving "club" pro? peller of a Liberty motor being stand tostcd at the plant of the Lincoln Motor Company here, and in a thou- j sandth part of a second a $5,000 ma- ! chine was utterly destroyed. This is ! cnly one of innumerable instances of I a determined and persistent campaign that has been carried on by German agents and sympathizers against the ^Liberty motor. The companies manufacturing the i motor ?iid i*s part3 count the various i manifestations of German enmity to it asorirf of the chief obstacles to the realisation of the original schedule i of production. Literally scores of in- j stances of attempts to delay produc j tion, injure machines and destroy : j plants can be cited. In the great hew Lincoln plant, which i i is scheduled to turn out seventy motors ? ; a day when its maximum capacity is ; reached, the German campaign seems I tj have been most intense and malig- ' | nant. Fire Extinguishers Plugged The nozzles of the fire extinguishers j distributed throughout the plant, which | has a frontage of 3,300 feet, have been found plugged with cotton in such a ! "manner that all of them would have \ been useless in an emergency. The I Lplotters were so bold that after this (attempt had been discovered it was | repeated. At another time more than twenty ! of the extinguishers were found to be ?loaded with a highly -?xplosive gas. | This effort to destroy the plant was i discovered through the chance use of j one of the extinguishers? to put out a : small outdoprs fire. A violent explosion ; followed, fortunately without doing any j injury. An immediate investigation fol i lowed and revealed that twenty extin j guishers had been similarly charged I with explosive gas. I Connecting rod bolts of Liberty j motors -a highly stressed part- have j been found in completed motors so ; filed as to be weakened enough to break after a few hours use. Toels Tampered With .Sabotage of the-most nefarious kind ; has been practised in the making o? : slifrht'.y erroneous too'?, and machine tools have been persistently tampered I with in such ft way as to result in the : crankshaft being milled out of line. Important tooU have been hidden for j weeks at a time and the work of mak : ing or adjusting other tools has been i deliberately delayed.' One bit of de | liberate m ??instruction in one shop de? stroyed $5.000 worth of parts in one evening. Among thousands of workmen it has i been exceedingly difficult to locate the j criminals, and whenever found it ?n . variably has been the case that they ! were among the last in the shop to t be subject to suspicion, because, though j always of German origin, they are al i ways willing and energetic workers } Continued on next page, column U Senators Say Carranza Is Influenced by Teuton Envoy Cuban Issue Forerun? ner of Trouble With America, Belief in Washington Von Eckert Leader Of Propagandists Holding of Troops and Munitions Here Need? ed in France Is Object (Special Dispatch to The Tribune) WASHINGTON, May 25.?Fear of trouble between the United States and Mexico, due to the ac? tivities of German propagandists headed by the German Minister in that country, is frankly expressed by Senators who have been studying the situation as a result of to-day's dispatches from Mexico City, telling of the severance of diplomtaic rela? tions with Cuba by Mexico. Information relating to the activi? ties of von Eckert, the German Min? ister to Mexico, and the army of propagandists under his direction, has been reaching Washington through unofficial channels for some time. Nothing has been given o,ufc by the State Department, or any other branch of the Administration, but the unofficial advices have been most serious, indicating that it was the deliberate intention of the Ger? mans to provoke trouble between the United States and Mexico, with a view to compelling this country to maintain a large army on the border and thereby cut down the number of men who could be sent to France. Perhaps even more important; from the German standpoint, is the fact that such trouble would necessi? tate the keeping here of such mili? tary equipment, rifles, machine guns and artillery, which should be sent to France. Mexico Apparently Frank With Cuba Apparently, from the dispatch from Mexico City to-day, the Mexi? can government is most frank about the reason for severing relations with Cuba. It is due to the fact that Cuba is eager to do her bit in aiding in the war against Germany. The use of the word "afflicted" as per? taining to Cuba, because Cuba is en? gaged in war with Germany, was interpreted here as most significant. The Mexican situation has been the subject of much interested but quiet discussion in Congressional and diplomatic circles for some time. In many quarters it is frankly stated that Carranza has come so much under the influence of von Eckert as to be strongly pro-German, and to 'day's news, as it is interpreted here, confirms some of the fears that have ; been entertained. * Other Senators and Representa ! tives, on reading the afternoon pa? pers, began to renew t_!k of raisin?-*? ; a special force for policing and pa** j trolling the border. - I Break in Relations With Mexico Now Is Thought Possible IBy The Associated l'rma] WASHINGTON, May 25.-In Mexico*?* sudden breaking off of diplomatic ?e | lations with Cuba to-day is se?**, an ! indirect action . against the United ! States. Those here most familiar with , Latin-American affairs profess to sea | in it the, forerunner of more direct j action, possibly an interruption of in j tercourse between the United States . and Mexico. Although without official informa ! tion of a detailed character, it is aa | derstood here that Mexico's real griev | snee against Cuba is the recent inci i dent jn which the Mexican minister to Argentina, Se?or Fabel?, was delayed