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Irish Bases
For U-Boate
Part of Plot
Britain Charges Sinn Fein
Planned New Uprising
With Enemy Aid
Trace? Conspiracy
Fomented in U. S.
Bernstorff-Devoy Schemes
Carried On After Amer?
ica Entered War
LONDON, May 25. Germany's un?
tiring efforts to foment revolution in
Ireland with the aid of the Sinn Fein
are laid bare in a statement from the
official Press Bureau, reviewing this
phase of the Irish political situation
since the beginning of the war.
After the abortive rebellion of
Easter week, 1910. plans were made
for a revolt in 1017, but these miscar?
ried because of America's entry into
the war and Germany's inability to
send troops to Ireland. An uprising in
Ireland was planned for this year after
the German offensive in the West had
been successful and when Great
Britain presumably would be stripped
of troops.
Concerning the recent arrests in Ire?
land, the statement says that facts and
documents, for obvious reasons, can?
not be disclosed at this time, nor can
the means of communication between
Germany and Ireland.
Planned U-Boat Bases
One phase of every plan called for
the establishment of submarine bases
in Ireland. In the present circum?
stances, it is added, no ether course
was open to the government, "if use?
less bloodshed was to b? avoided and
its duties to its allies fulfilled but to
intern the authors and abettors of this
criminal intrigue."
The statement from the Press Bu
renu follows:
"The revolutionary movement in Ire?
land which culminated in the arrest of
a considerable number of persons last
week consisted of two closely related
series of activities: (a) Attempts by
the German government to foment re?
bellion in Ireland and tb) preparations
made in Ireland to carry thes? at?
tempts into action. The story of the
active connection between the leaders
of the Sinn Fein movement and the
Germans, as disclosed by documents in j
possession of the British government, j
falls into two part ?the period prior !
to and the period since the abortive j
Irish rebellion of Easter, 1916.
Later Events Concealed
"The events of the first period can i
be told in some detail, biit the second |
period, which concerns recent events, j
permits of no more than a summary, as j
a full statement on the facts and docu- i
moftts in pessess'ron of the government
would disclose the names of persons
who stood by the government ant. also
the channels of communication through
which the German government was
acting and which it would not be in
the public interest to reveal at present.
"The story begins as early in the
war as November 6, 1914, when Herr
Zimmerman transmitted through Count
von Bernstorff a message from
Sir Roger Casement (later captured in
Ireland and executed) asking that a
messenger, a native-born American' if
possible, be sent to Ireland with word
that everything was favorable. He was
to carry no letter for fear of arrest.
Casement alr-o asked that an Irish
priest should be sent to Germany, with
the assistance of the German Legation
in Norway, to work in prison camps to
corrupt Irish prisoners of war.
"This priest was a certain Father
.lohn T. Nicholson, an American citizen
of Irish birth. He reached Germany
safely, and we find him in Janu?
ary, 1915, transmitting messages to
America.
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response to Casement's request that an
excellent impression had been pro?
duced in Ireland. In the beginning of
1916 the plot ripened, and on Febru?
ary 10 of that year Count, von Bern?
storff sent to a covering address in |
Rotterdam a dispatch nigned with the
natoe of Skal, one ci his principal
American agents.
"This dispatch included an extract
from the report of John Devoy, head j
of the Clsn-na-Gael, to the effect that
action in Ireland could ,not be post- ;
poned much longer, since he feared the .
.irrest of the leaders. It had been de?
cided. h<* said, to begin action on
Efltltefn Saturday, an.l he urged that
arms and munitions be in Limerick by
that date.
Bernstorff Fixed Date
I "Later in the same month ven Bern- :
storff, following his usual nractice, sur
i reptitiously attached to a message to
l Berlin passed bv the American govern- ,
?ment a note, fixing Raster Saturday for ;
| the rising and urging the dispatch of (
inunitions in time. On March 4, von:
Jagow i German Foreign Minister), re
i plied that the arms would be landed ;
: in Tralee Bay and asked that the nee- ;
' ?ssary arrangements be made in Ire- ;
land 'through Devoy. On March 14
; von Bern?torfT replied that tho Irish ;
: agreed an?! that full details were be- ,
! ing sent to Ireland by messenger.
"The next day von Bernstorff tele- ;
! graphed the cocle to be used between
, the Germans and the rebels while the
r.rtns were in transit and explained ;
?that a submarine might safely enter,
j Dublin Bay and go as far as Pigeon
House without encountering ftets.
"On March 26 von Jagow replied that [
'the arms would be sent and that a.1
rpecial code word would be used every
right as the introduction to the Ger-;
| man wireless press service. In a mes- ?
I r;.ge from von Bernstorff to Berlin
I the Germans were assured that there j
| were numerous private wireless re
i ceiving stations in Ireland.
Irged Raid on England
"On April 18 and April 19 urgent
! messages were sent from America to I
I Berlin fixing the delivery of arms for
I the evening of Easter Sunday, press- ,
, ing for the landing of German troops
i and asking for an air raid on England
land a naval attack on the English
i coast. These, attacks actually took;
place between April 24 and 26.
"It was declared to be the hope of;
; the rebels and their German and j
i American friends to blockade Irish j
i ports against England and establish
! bases in Ireland for German sub- j
' masines.
"The rebellion broke out a day later j
?than scheduled, on Easter Monday,'
i April 24, but, as the world is aware,
| German support miscarried and it
i ended in complete failure. The report
! of the Royal Commission on the re-1
; belliori in Ireland states:
" 'It is now a matter of common j
I notoriety that the Irish Volunteers had j
been in communication with the au- ?
? thorities in Germany and were for a
leng time known to have been supplied |
with money through Irish-American
societies.
German Aid Admitted
" 'This was so stated in public by
John MacNeil (former president of the
Sinn Fein), on November 8, 1914. It
was suspected long before the out?
break that some of the money came
from German sources.'
"The evidence on this subject in :
possession of the British government
provides the clearest proof of these :
suspicions.
"It became clear very soon after the I
rising that the Sinn F?in leaders again ;
were asking Germany for help. On '
June 17 there was a message from Ber- j
lin to Washington referring to 'A 259 :
of May ?V a message which is missing,!
and saying that Germany was perfect- |
ly ready to give further help if the j
Irish only would say what sort of help ;
they required.
"On June 16 von Bernstorff already
had sent a dispatch, giving an account
of the rebellion, as far as his informa?
tion went, and stating that .tl,000 .
had been provided for the defence of.
Casement. On July 25 he sent a long |
message, giving further news from Ire- j
! land and explaining that the work of j
i reorganizing the rebels was making
?good progress and that their lack of I
I money had been remedied by him.
"On September 8, in a dispatch to
j Berlin, he inclosed a memorandum
i from a person called 'the Inish revolu
I tion director resident in America,'
j which contained detailed proposals for
a fresh rising. Any rising, said the
I Irish revolution director, must be con?
tingent upon the sending by Germany
of an 'expedition with sufficient mili?
tary force to cover a landing.'
"On this occasion the German gov?
ernment was to fix the time and, as
an inducement, the advantage of hav?
ing submarine and Zeppelin bases in
West Ireland was insisted upon. Von
Bernstorff evidently was having diffi?
culty with his tools, for on October 24
he warned his government not to allow
a certain Captain Boohm, then a resi?
dent of Rotterdam, to write to Irish?
men in America, since his letters were
apt to go to the wrong people. Later
Captain Boohm was arrested by us in
British waters.
Irish Here Wanted Action
j "We again find von Bernstorff on
I December 4 attaching a note surrepti
; tiously to a message passed by the
i American goven "?nent, in which he
j mentioned that the Irish leaders in
I America were pressing for an answer
to their proposal of September 8.
"He seems to have followed this on
Christmas Day wit/i a message which
is missing, for on the last day of 1916
Foreign Secretary Zimmermann in?
formed him of quantities of munitions
which it was proposed to land between
February 21 and 25. 1917. He added
that it was impossible to send German
troops.
"On January 18, 1917, Bernstorff re?
plied that his Irish committee declined
the proposal, as without German troops
j a rising would be useless.
j "After America's entrance into the
! war, in April, 1917, the line of commu
j nication between the German govern
i ment and the leaders of the Sinn F?in
I party was broken temporarily, though
3 there was no reason to believe that
? the messenger service between Amer
? ica and Ireland, devised by John Devoy,
was affected.
5 "A clew to the new line of communi
cation was obtained subsequently and
has been followed up actively. The ef
: feet of this new line in Ireland is visi
ible in the speechoa of the Sinn F?in
' leaders during this period.
"For example. Professor de Velera,
i addressing the convention of the Irish
i Volunteers on October 2""*, 1917, said:
j "'By proper organization and re
1 cruiting we could have 500,000 fighting
I volunteers in Ireland. That would be
I a big army, but without the opportunity
| and means for fighting it could only
| be used as a menace. There already
? has been too much bloodshed without
i success, and I would never advocate
j another rebellion without hopeful
? chances of success. We can see no
i hope of that in the near future except
i through a German invasion of England
| and the landing off troops and muni
( tlons of Ireland. We should be pre
; pared to leave nothing undone toward
, that end.'
A Friend of Germany
"On another occasion In January of
; this year de Valera ?.aid:
,"?A8.lon8 HB Germany is the enemy
j of England and England is the enemy
I of Ireland so long will Ireland be a
? Mftku of Germany.'
"F?r some considerable time it was
( difficult to obtain accurate information
? as to German-Sinn Fein plans, but
about April, 1918, it was ascertained
i definitely thai a plan for landing arms
j In Ireland was ripe for execution and
that the Germans only awaited definite
information from Ireland as t? the
I time, piaee and date,
"The Britiffth authorities were able
| to warn the Irish command regarding
i ln6 pr?l>'*,'le landing of an agent or
Gwttmvu, irom a submarine. The agent
actually landed on April 12 and was
arrested.
"The new rising depended largely
upon (he landing of munitions from
submarines, and there is evidence to
ihow that it was planned to follow a
successful German offensive in the
West and was to take place at a time
when Great Britian would be presum?
ably stripped of troops,
l-lehol Plans Seized
"According to documents found on
his person, de Valdr? had worked out
in great detail the constitution of his
rebel army. He hoped to he able to
muster 500,000 trained mon. There is
evidence that German munitions actu?
ally had been shipped on submarines
i rom Cuxhavcn in the beginning of
May and that for some time German
submarines have been busy off the west
coast of Ireland on other errands than
the destruction of Allied shipping.
"It will thus be seen that the nego?
tiations bctwen the eKfcut'wo of the
Sinn F?in organization and Germany
have been virtually continuous for
three and a half years. At first a sec?
tion of Irish-Americans was the inter?
mediary for most of the discussions,
but. since America's entrance into the
war communication with the enemy
has tended to be more direct. A second
rising in Ireland was planned for last
year, and the scheme broke down only
because Germany was unable to send
troops.
"This year plans for another rising
in connection with the German offen?
sive on the Western front were matur?
ing and a new shipment of arms from
Germany was imminent.
"An important feature of every plan
was the establishment of submarine
bases in Ireland to menace the shipping
of all nations.
"In the circumstances no other
course was open to the government if
useless bloodshed was to be avoided
and its duty to its allies fulfilled but to
intern the authors and abettors of this
criminal, intrigue."
Prof, de Volera
Denies Existence
Of German Plot
DUBLIN, May 25.?"The Westmeath
Independent" says Professor de Valera
has sent a letter to a prominent bishop
absolutely denying the existence of any
German plot.
The government's revelations regard?
ing the German plot in Ireland were
discussed here most eagerly, but promi?
nent politicians were reluctant to ex?
press an opinion without further con?
sideration. Both the Unionists and the
moderate Nationalist* agreed that the
charges were extremely grave and re?
vealed a danger from which a large
majority of Irishmen would undoubt?
edly shrink. The Sinn Feiners main?
tained their attitude of skepticism and
continued to deny the existence of any
plot. They dwelt on the absence of
names from the government's charges.
"These charges are terrible," said a
prominent Nationalist to The Asso?
ciated Press. "They will startle the
country, which had supposed that the
Sinn Fein talk was mere rhetoric
"However, the government's state?
ment so far is an indictment rather
than proof. Proof of these charges
would destroy the hold of the Sinn Fein
on the country and reduce the Sinn
Fein element to a small knot of pure
revolutionaries, who have always ex?
isted in Ireland, in association with
Irish revolutionaries in America.
"I confess myself surprised at the
terms of the speech attributed to Pro?
fessor de Valera. Nothing of this
character is to be found in any of his
utterances published in the Irish press,
and had it been known that he would
welcome a German landing in Ireland
it is not conceivable that this associa?
tion would have been tolerated by many
persons who, either as friends or as
opponents, have recognized his position
as an Irish leader.
"I do not attach much importance at
this stage to the absence of names.
The statement is quite definite that
men interned are the authors and abet?
tors of this criminal intrigue. The
plain English of this is that they are
guilty of high treason, and I do not
believe that the government will be
contented with charging these men with
high treason without subjecting them
to trial, and, if guilty, to heavier pun?
ishment than that of mere internment."
Neither John Dillon, Irish Nationalist
leader, nor his associate, Joseph Devlin,
could be seen to-night, but their dec?
laration of war on the Sinn Fein, as
voiced in Mr. Dillon's interview with
The Associated Press, will be empha?
sized in the Dublin newspapers to-mor?
row in a letter which Mr. Dillon wrote
this morning to "The Nationalist," of
Limerick. His letter says, in part:
"Large masses of the youth of Ire?
land have passed under the influence of
leaders who appear to have no well
I thought-out policy and no sense of re
I sponsibility. In the face of such con
? ditions young Irishmen who can keep
' their heads and are determined to re
j sist both stupid coercion and the policy
of the Sinn Fein are capable of doing
incalculable service to Ireland at this
I moment of terrible need.
"Your society at Limerick has passed
! a resolution regretting the introduction
! of party strife into Ireland during the
! present crisis. I did everything in my
i (lower, even to the extent of incurring
! blame and censure from some of my
! best supporters, to avert strife and sc
i cure true unity on the basis of a party
j truce till the conscription menace has
been defeated."
"The Freeman's Journal," Mr. Dil
j Ion's organ, after careful examination
! of the government's statement, says:
i "No one could truthfully describe it as
! evidence, and no impartial mind will
? accept it as justification for "the ex
? treme action which the government has
i taken."
Britain Has Not
Decided on Trial
Of Sinn Feiners
Arthur S. Draper
{Special Cable *?*<?> The Tribune)
LONDON, May 25.?A considerable
chorus is now being raised for an early
i trial of the Sinn Fein prisoners, but
i the government has not yet indicated
j when or how it intends to handle the
? alleged conspirators.
Much interest in Ireland centres in
j the government's recruiting policy and
i various suggestions heve been made
j for the raising of volunteers. Liberal
opinion is represented by this extract
| from "The Evening Star."
"There is no sympathy in this coun
| try or in America with any man or
; with any organization that is found
?guilty of conspiring with Germany.
? 1he thing is so abhorent to us all that
the urgency of bringing these men to
? trial is self-evident. If thev are guilty
i let us know it and let us let the world
know it. But let us see that they eet
fair play in the trial."
The "Westminster Gazette" says:
"Whatever be the policy of the gov?
ernment, delay is fatal to any Irish
administration. You cannot ride a
spirited, restive horse by jerks and
starts, giving him the head one mo?
ment and pulling him back violently
on his haunches the next. If the
chosen policy is to go forward wifi
Home Rule and the reply is to be by
voluntary enlistment?which is the
only natural inference from the singu?
lar proclamation Issued last Saturday
then let that policy be given a fair
trial.
"If reconciliation is the object, it
will not meet the case to give Ireland
something V that English statesmen
think ought to be sufficient for her
It must be something which she her?
self will accept, and if the present gov?
ernment cannot and will not give her
that, it ma* as well Uava th? atutua
U. S. Plans Arrest
Of Several Leading
Irish-Americans
WASHINGTON, May 25. More
evidence than that disclosed in the
British official statement of the
close connection between the Irish
Sinn Fein and German influence la
in the hands of the. British and
American governments, it was stat?
ed officially here to-day. Arrests
are to be made soon in this coun?
try and possibly additional arrests
in Ireland. .
A number of prominent Irish
AmericaiiR, including several here?
tofore known as Irish patriots, are
under surveillance. In most cases,
h was said, arresto will bo made on
technical charges of seditious ut?
terances, with most, of the facts
concealed until the trial.
Department or Justice officials
to-day pointed to the disappearance
of Jeremiah O'Leary, an Irish
American, former editor of the suit
pressed publication "Bull" and or?
ganizer of the American Truth So?
ciety, on the eve last, week of his
trial on charges of publishing se?
ditious matter, as a strong indica
that, O'Leary and others are in?
formed of other charges which
might be brought against them.
quo untouched with the Home Rule act j
on the statute hook."
All British Charges
Of German Plot
False, Says Devoy
In a statement issued yesterday John ?
Devoy, editor of "The Gaelic Ameri?
can," espousing Irish independence,
branded as false all tbe charges mude
by the Official Press Bureau of Great
Britain in explanation of the recen't
outbreak in Ireland, resulting in the
arrest of many of the most prominent
Sinn F?in leaders.
Mr. Devoy denied in toto the British
allegations of his own participation and
sta'tes that he has had no dealings
with official or unofficial German rep?
resentatives since the United States
declared war.
Mr. Devoy's statement in part fol?
lows:
"The statement issued by the Eng?
lish official Press Bureau is a rehash
of old stories previously published and
brought up to date by the addition of
later inventions.
"Lloyd George's statement in Edin?
burgh yesterday that 'there was no
doubt there had been a conspiracy for
h great rising in Ireland'; that he had
seen the evidence, but that 'no taunts
would drive the government to give
away the sources of its information,'
is an admission that the evidence will
not stand the test of an examination
in court. We are to take Lloyd
George's word for it and to condone
his arresting of the Sinn Fein leaders
and holding them in prison without
bringing them to trial.
"And in face of this admission the
Irish people, over whom he is riding
roughshod, are also to take his word
that England is fighting for the free?
dom of the small nationalities. His
statement that 'it is not relevant to
assert that England had treated Ire?
land badly in the dim past' simply
evades the question. Ireland is united?
ly protest i ng*pgainst his action in the
living present and saying nothing of
the dim past.
"Too Ridiculous to Discuss"
"The English Press Bureau begins
with an assertion that 'a German sub?
marine cruised off the coast of Ireland
at a certain date during the present
?month ready to unload (word deleted)
for a new Irish rebellion.' So we are
to believe that one submarine could
carry enough of arms and ammunition
to start a rebellion that would have re?
quired ft large English army to sup?
press and create a big diversion in
favor of Germany. It is too ridiculous
to discuss, and it is no wonder Lloyd
George refuses to give out the evi?
dence. The story is an impudent fake,
supplied probably by a man who has
long been under suspicion, who is not
in the confidence of anybody at either
side of the Atlantic, but who has been
'pulling the leg' of the Secret Service
for some time.
"The 'arch plotter* said to be known
as the 'Irish Revolutionary Director,'
does not exist now and never has ex?
isted.
"Then the statement proceeds to re?
late ancient history, with new trim?
mings, coupling John Devoy, Father
John T. Nicholson, Captain von Papen
and Count Bernstorff with the plans
for the plans for the Easter Week re?
bellion and other things. The English
claim to have possession of several of
Count Bernstorff's confidential dis
! patches, but they do not say that they
I received them from the United States
i povernment. All these relate to things
j that happened before America entered
! the war. There is an outrageous lie
j among them to the effect that Count
! Bernstorff reported to his government
f that he had sent one thousand pounds
j for the defence of Sir Roger Casement.
Denies Bernstorff Sent Funds
"The English equivalent of $5,000
j contributed entirely by Irishmen for
: the defence of Casement was brought
I to London by Michael Francis Doyle,
j the American lawyer who was associ
j ated with the defence, and the receipt
for it, signed by Sir Roger Casement
himself, with other evidence, is still
in existence. No German money what?
ever was ever received by any Irish
leader, either in Ireland or America,
and the statement to the contrary is
the repetition of a falsehood without
a shadow of foundation or a single
scrap of evidence to support it.
"Personally I have never had any
dealings, directly or indirectly, with
any agent or emissary, official or un?
official, of the German government
since the United States entered the
wer, and there is not a scintilla of
evidence of any kind to prove the con?
trary. I repeat there is no plot on
either side of the Atlantic to bring
about another insurrection in Ireland,
but there is an open and avowed move?
ment to resist conscription, partici?
pated in by all the political parties, in?
cluding large numbers of Orangemen.
Press in London
Urges Public Trial
Of Sinn Feiners
LONDON, May 25.?The bulk of
newspaper opinion in London accepts
the statement issued by the Press Bu?
reau as convincing proof of the guilt of
the Sinn Fein leaders and of the prob?
able guilty knowledge by their follow?
ers of the progress of tne conspiracy
Accordingly, the government's action
is indorsed as wholly justified. Some
regret is expressed that evidence of the
latest incidents cannot be divulged as
fully as in the matter of Sir Roger
Casement's plot, but this is not h'eld to
invalidate the case against any of the
men under arrest.
"The Daily Telegraph" thinks the ex?
planation will satisfy any reasonable
person, adding:
"The proof is complete, not only com?
plete but continuous. . . xne K0V
eminent did their duty and public opin?
ion will now demand that the ring?
leaders of the conspiracy be tried and
punished without delay, and that there
shal be no more pitiful surrender to
sentimental clamor for amnesty for the
others The feelin-y which will be
aroused in Great Britain and America
by the exposure of this black treachery
will be one.of angry and contemptuous
I duiguat." [?*, *
Plan to Keep
Congress Free
Of Socialists!
Republicans Propose Coali?
tion With Democrats in
Three City Districts
Combination Urged
To Defeat Hillquit
Scheme, if Adopted, Prob?
ably Will Be Extended
to Buffalo
By Carter Field.
WASHINGTON, May 25.?A pr?limi-j
nary move is under way which probably j
will result in a coalition field of the !
Democratic and Republican Organiza-1
tions against Morris Hillquit, who is a
candidate for the House of Representa- ;
fives in the 20th District, and against;
Meyer London, who is a candidate for !
reelection from the 12th District, both
in New York City. It is also planned I
to have both parties unite, behind Reu?
ben L. Haskell, in the 10th District,]
where the possibilities of Socialistic
and anti-war success are perturbing
the loyal leaders of both old line par?
ties.
In these three districts, particular?
ly, it is believed here, if the Demo?
cratic and Republican parties each try
to elect their own candidates the result |
almost certainly will be that not only
will Meyer London be returned, but
that he will have two Socialist col?
leagues from New York City.
There are one or two other bad spots
in the state, particularly in Buffalo,
but these three districts are regarded
as the worst.
Democrats Appear Favorable.
The Republicans of the New York
State delegation held a meeting this
week to discuss the situation, and it j
was agreed that the best plan would ?
probably be for them to agree to sup- j
port any loyal Democrat the Demo-1
cratic organization puts up in the i
Meyer London district, and in return ;
to ask for Democratic support for the
two Republican members who are in
danger of being beaten by the Social?
ist candidates.
Several individual Democratic mem?
bers, when approached, have agreed i
that the proposition was fair enough, i
especially as there is admittedly no
hope whatever of electing a Democrat
in either the Siegol or Haskell district,
while there is no chance of electing a
Democrat over Meyer London unless
that Democrat has Republican support.
Another meeting of the Republican
delegation will be held in a few days,
at which the proposition will be worked ;
out in more definite form for si^bmis
sion to the Democrats. It is under?
stood that some of the national lead-1
ers of both parties are heartily in I
favor of it, but, due to the absence j
from the city of some members of the ?
delegation and of some of the national ?
leaders, there so far has been no haste '
in pressing the plan and no publicity. ;
Anxious to Beat Hillquit.
The coalition idea may also be ap?
plied to the two Buffalo districts now |
represented by Charles B. Smith, Demo-1
crat, and William F. Waldo, Repub-1
lican. Curiously enough, Smith's dis- j
trict is considered a Republican dis-1
trict and Waldo's a Democratic strong
hold, this being the idea when the !
state was gerrymandered some years '<?
ago by the Legislature. Both men have \
supported all the war measures, how- ;
ever, and the Republicans seem willing
to include these districts in the coali?
tion plan.
The danger of the election of Morris
Hillquit, however, wls the chief in?
spiration for the meeting. It is felt
here that Hillquit's large vote for
Mayor last fall shows the seriousness
| of the fear that in his own neighbor?
hood, which is largely socialistic, he
easily may pile up a majority which
other sections of the district might not
be able to overcome. Members of both
parties in the House feel that to have
Hillquit in Congress, with the privilege
of saying anything he pleased on the
floor, with utter immunity from prose?
cution under the espionage or any
other law, would be little short of a
catastrophe.
The Republicans who have talked
I this plan over do not believe that the
Administration would hesitate to in
| dorse the plan, realizing that refusal
to indorse it would probably carry
\ with it the election of Hillquit to the
j House.
I Two Autoists Hurt in Crash
An eastbound LTniversity Avenue car
pinned an automobile against a trol?
ley wire pole on the Washington
Bridge last night, crushing the auto?
mobile to splinters and seriously in?
juring Dr. and Mrs. Edward F. Hurd,
| of 1853 Anthony Avenue, The Bronx,
i the occupants of the automobile. They
! were taken to St. Lawrence Hospital.
| Traffic across the bridge was halted
for an hour. The roadway on the
? south side is being repaved and eas't
; bound motorists have to use the north
I roadway for about 400 feet from Am
i sterdam Avenue. Dr. Hurd had just
| reached the cross-over and was swing
J ing across the trolley tracks to the
j south roadway when the crash came.
! New Haven Road Stays
i Fried Judgment for $55,000
I MOUNT VERNON, N. Y., May 25.?
i The New York, New Haven ?6. Hartford
Railroad Company intends to continue
! the legal fight against the judgment' of
$55,000 awarded to Oscar Fried for the
j loss of both his arms, which were
I burned off while working on a high ten
i sion wire at Mount Vernon. The com?
pany secured a stay to-day from Su
I preme Court Justice Seeger, preventing
! the plaintiff from entering judgment
i pending an appeal.
For more than three years the suit
has been pending in the courts. There
were three trials, and the last verdict
was for $75,000, which was reduced by
the Appellate Division to $55,000.
Two Naval Officers Killed
NORFOLK, Va., May 25.?Leslie Hes?
ter and Percival Tucker, petty officers
stationed at the naval base here, were
kiUed, and Mrs. H. C. Thompson, of
Washington, was severely injured to?
day in a collision between two trolley
trains. Several others received minor
injuries.
Seaman Killed by Baseball
NEW LONDON, Conn., May 25 ?
Roger Kennedy, of Chicago, a seaman
on the L. S. b. Jouett, died in a hos?
pital here to-day as a result of a fract?
ured skull received in a ball game here
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Women Poor Soldiers, i
Says Female Colonel
Leader of Russian Battalion
of Death Asserts They Re?
fuse to Accept Discipline
Women, no matter how capable they
may be for other things, are not good
soldiers. This is the belief of Mme.
Leona Botchkereva, leader of the
"Battalion of Death", composed of
Russian women who were organized to
try and stem the tide of German in
va-ion when the Russian Army broke
down.
Mme. Botchkevera is in New York
for a few days, pending her departure
for England where she is to make her
home. She reached this country on
May 12, arriving at San Francisco.
Since coming here she has declined,
until yesterday, to give any interviews.
Even when she did see reporters, it
was with the understanding that they
might have only a few minutes.
Through an interpreter Mme. Botch?
kereva said that despite their willing?
ness at the start, not even all the
women of her own company showed
soldierly qualities when brought face
to face with the enemy. As for the
great majority of women, she said
they should put all thoughts of ever
becoming fighters from their minds for j
all times.
Failure to accept discipline and an
inability to understand the absolute
necessity of organization, were the two
chief faults, the Russian soldier
woman found to exist in women.
Mme. Botchkereva said that one of
the first things she planned to do on
reaching England was to set to work
to raise $5tt,000 for the relief of the
women of Her battalion who are still
confined to hospitals in Russia. She is
accompanied by her sister and is under
the care of the British authorities.
Mme. Botchkereva was forced to
flee from Russia when Kerensky was
overthrown. She escaped across Siberia
to Vladivostok, travelling by whatever
means she could though only partially
recovered from wounds received in
f battle. She still carries a small piece
of shrapnel in her back.
Officers' Uniforms at
Cost, Senate Bill Ridei
WASHINGTON, May 25.?The Sen?
ate has added as a rider to the annual
West Point Military Academy appro?
priation bill a provision requiring the
War Department to sell uniforms and
equipment to officers at cost. A similar
Senate provision was killed recently in
the House. The appropriation bill,
passed to-day by the Senate, carries a
| total of $2,289,000 and a provision in
| creasing the pay of cadets from $50 to
S65 a month.
500,000 Tons Wooden
Coal Barges Ordered
(Special Dispatch to The Tribune)
WASHINGTON, May 25.?Chaira?
Hurley to-day announced that th?
Shipping Board had authorized the im?
mediate construction of 600,000 ton? of
wooden barges, to be assigned to th?
New England coal trade between the
capes and Boston. The new barge?
will be of .-?bout 2,500 tons capacity
each, and will be delivered about Sep?
tember 1.
In addition to the newly authorized
barges, the Shipping Board has already
ordered fifty concrete barges und 102
sea-going tugs, and 150 capsule type
! iron oil barges of 1.500 tons capacity
to be used in the Mexican oil trade.
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War Fete at Country Club
SCARBOROUGH-ON-HUDSOK,N.Y.,
I May 25.?Memorial Day will be ob?
served with a Fete de Mai it the
; Sleepy Hollow Country Club here, the
i entertainment being the first of ?
; series planned by the organization for
the benefit of war charities. 0?w?ld
; C. Hering is chairman of the enter
I tainment committee, which has taken
for its war cry, "Frolics over here to
help the boys over there".
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