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JUNKERS PLAN FOR
Von Jfydoltrnnd. "rnorowned
. Kins; of PrusslH," Orjrnniz
inj? (lie Attneks.
WOULD DEFY NEUTRALS
Special titbit ti;.ipalcl lo Tuit Si v.
Ixi.noon, March 24. The correspond
ent of (lie Unlly Mall at Pontarller, wur
the Kranco-Hvvis frontier, telcs;raiih :
"Dr. von llethmann-Hollweic's old
enemy, the Prussian Junker von lleyde
brand, who is called the 'uncrowned
Kin of Prussia.' It stated by lr. Pet-
hrueck. Minister of the 1 titr lor. to be
servatlves to rouse the country and the
Tlelchstag against the Imperial Chan
cellor. The Conservative argument Is
that the war could be finished In a
month by ruthlessly destroying every
"hip of neutral or allied nationality ap
proaching the English coast.
"Dr. von llcydcbrand'e partisans have
been organizing a monster petition call
ing for the ruthless pursuance of tha
submarine war. Irrespective of neutrals.
"Dr. Delbrueck, In the I'mtittechf
fahrOucAcr, reminds the Chancellor that
he was obliged once before to trounce
v.. iivrf.i.....,.i !.,. in
the Reichstag when the Crown Prince.
applauded their warlike speeches." I
The Item correspondent of the Daily
Mall nays i
"Owln to the iel.illst threat to ex.
.Mr. ..,..,cr vi "itlon by a neutral. It Is of Interest to
the organizer of an attempt of the Coii.,htar fl 8c,ent9
pose the true political situation In (ler-l"
many If public debate on submarine
warfare Is provoked by lr. von Heyde-J
brand and llerr ltassermann. the
tlonal Liberal leader, the latter has con -
sented that the dlrcuslnii shall be In
secret before the Itudget Ctmimlsslon.
The socialists Introduced n motion oe-
mandlng an early peace guaranteeing I
the commercial, territorial, polltte.il In
ttgrlty and Independence of the Clerman
Empire."
NO REICHSTAG DEBATE.
, n -
" "
(ions to He Meld in t urner. . : ", ,"" , "
H.mm. via tendon. March 21-No1 "as thJy tad U'enhWdX af
open discussion in the tlelchstag of the I Marvh. If th reduced numW o tln
eitenslon of the use of submarines will Lf th Tml Idle of Tphl Thad b er ntta ned
oe pcrmiucu ns im icsuu oi a leeisiuu
to tame tne submarine resolutions ny ine nxed It would have made a vast differ
standing Commltle- for ItegnlHtlon of ence in supplying the needo lioth of the
rarllamcntaiy ltuslness. population and of the Indispensable cat-
Thls committee, which Is mide up of i tie.
th. senior niembeis of the various par-1
ties in the llclchMHg. .ec.t.r.1 the tenia-
tlve consent to their course of the rep- 1
lesentatlves o( the Conservative and N-
":ir""- wh,ch -'voae.l
Th f(A.lnn f Um it n it..
of submarines will probably be dl,cus,el
in camira during the deliberations ot tne
Budget Committee. 1
PRINCE P0NIAT0WSKI COMING
...
Winner of Trench War Honors
Mall
. ,.r Vrw T-rr,.. , -njl .JU that ,ho,e engaged in agr,
freciat table Ut.galtf. lo Ta. Sit. "ltur; ' JJ un al.owarce of ..2
Mils. March 23. I'rlticc l'onl;itowki ' i,--";r'J W month ter head and
sail on Saturday on the IMwgniriallu f w popalatlon 2.rf gramme-.
for New York, v liere he will r-nwlfl J
for about ten days. He will then rt-,
turn to France. i
r-nuiln-'
Prince Pontntowskl and Ills two eons.
Stanlslaj. and Caslmlr, volunteered for
service In the Krench army at the out
break of the war. Kor a time, being
nvor tliM nirn fnr .mtivn urfliA .it Hi
front, the I'rlnov workeil nt drilling I
troops, oig.iiiUIng transports and other j a more Important Item, It was 25 per
tasks, but later went to the front, where cent, or even hlcher.)
he rendered service which result' d In , "Tli" srent errrr.- then In the man
his being decorated with the War Cross. ,is,.npt of the cereal fupplv was that
Lftter he became connected with the the r.tfht solution had been' foural too
Ministl-v ut War, wlieie he devoted
much of his time to work on aviation. . . : " zzz
His two eons lire st'll at the front ,
l,rInceM l'oiilntowsk. was M.i Kliza
beth Helen Hperry of Stockton, Cat. i
I
SEES INSULT IN BRITISH VIEW.
Representative IJliieraon lleaents
Remarks on Milk Shipments.
Wasiiinuton, March 23. Charging
Lord Hubert C-cil. Hrltish Mlu'etcr of
Blockade. Insulted the integrity of many
Congressmen In a statement made on
March 2(, In uliiih he called the milk,
agitation In America dishonest and In-'
sincere, Itepresentatlve Ilmersou of Ohio .
urge-1 the Hous' to adopt his resolution
taking relief tor staivlng German In
fants. 1
"I resent an attempt of any lord to,
brand an dishonest ami Insincere the
efforts of Anierli an citlt-ns to serve the
cause of humanlt." said Mr. Kmerson.
"AH the arginnenta which Lord Cecil i
ran ruais'liul to show ahere the babies,
of GrrinauN, Aiistila-llungary anil lo-1
land are not starving, or should be al
lowed to starve, are of no vsluc what
ever, as the fart Is that the bibles
actually are ntnrving for lack of milk."
He quoted Judge Hen Llndsey of Den
ver, Mrs. Samuel Untermjer, the Arch
bishop of Chicago, Mrs, fritz Achells,
Dr. Henry J. Wolf, Call II Hchurz. Dr.
Willy Slyer and others to show there
Is an actual shortage.
SEES SUDDEN END OF WAR.
V, g, Commerelnl r.nvoy Predicts
(rent Trade Actltlty Here,
WwilNOTON, March 23 A. It. Itald
win. commercial attache at the American
Kmbassy In London, him repotted to tho
Department of Commerce that manufac
turers and business men in Knglund,
France and Belgium are beginning to
reorganize their forces, with a view to
meeting conditions which will lesult at
the cud of the war.
"Many competent observers in Kurops
believe the war will end with great
abruptness" said Mr. Haldwln In his'
leport. The result, he added, will he,
that the vast amount of Industrial ac
tivity ll" .,,,.-,.., . ..If lll.liniUil
of 'Aar supplies will stop suddenly and
a very embarrassing period of teadjusf
ment will lollow. Mr. Haldwln urged
that American munufactiners mid ex
porters get read to handle the trade
that will be offered to the I'liltcd State.
A delegation of Itusshm iluam lfis and
commerce expert", who are engaged In
an effort to convince American iniinu
fncturera that Itussla offers a splendid
field for cxten.slcui of foreign trade, will
shortly arrive In Washington for con
ference with the foielgn trade authori
ties of the Department of Commerce, '
The delegation will be headed by It.
Martens of the Martens Shipping, tm-1
porting and Knulneeilng firm of I'ctro-J
Ciod,
DINNER THEIR FUNERAL.
Chinese (ini rrniir Invites Fur
Has Them llebenileil as Thry Nal,
lyiNPOK, March n, The novel method
of punishing plottiui: enemies by Inviting
them to dinner and beheading them as
they were dining is rndlted to the Gov
rnor of the province of sin-kliing. China,
A Rculer despatc h from llruinptsl Miya
the Governor, upon learning; of a con
piracy among army ofjlcern to kill him,
Invited ten' of the plotters to dinner and
had them beheaded ns they sat at thl
table.
GERMAN OFFICIALS LATE I
TO ACT ON FOOD PROBLEM
HniMiti Soiantiofo Sov rialnv
-S. UVIVIIVIOVQ UIIJ A'l'AMJ Ski M. IllUlllg Al.tV UUIUVIUII
Caused Much Unnecessary Distress Working
Population Faced Actual Want.
Special Corrtiiiomtmct la Ties ttn.
LoMion, March It. The food supply
of the Herman people has been discussed
., u,i, i .,.. i
nt length In article recently printed In
Tin Hun. These articles Included ex-
tracts from Herman newapapera. in
which actual condition were revealed ,
i.vi...n. i . ,,. ...ihnrii.iu-.
.. .
ner than any accounts written by more .
or less biassed Individuals. However, an I
Uic facta contained In these accounts j
-,.i,... i .i .,kii.
.... . ,
to say on the subject, and much atten
tion Is being paid to a pamphlet Just
published In tlerlln by two noted scien
tists. Prof. Kuczynskl and Prof. Zuntx.
The pamphlet contains a graphic and , 000,000 tons which had formerly been
detailed history of the food supply of ' "" fodder must be reduced to 12,
the Herman people with respect to the j 000.000 tons. Instead of this being done
nur. A translation has been prepared
by the Lonctl.
Uermany, It would appear, was far
from slow to recognize the Importance
of the food problem, both as regards man
and beast, but nevertheless delayed tak
ing active measures until the danger
point had actually been reached.
, J" Member. 1914, and January,
191". "'ere was, na usuul. a decline In
the number of pigs." aay the Clerman
writers, "and this won greater than the
avenge owing to Increased slaughtering
le less proline hretdlng caused by I
the agricultural crisis. Meanwhile the
Government had determined that more I
Na-'l'lgs must be slaughtered, and on Janu-I
, ary 2.i recommended all communes of 1
I more than 5.000 Inhabitants to buy up a I
' reat number of pigs. The price of pigs. I
" io oouoie inai or peace
time, and the recommendation of the
Government was only half htartedly car
ncri out.
"On April 15 a new census of pigs
was taken, showing a drop since Decem
ber I of 35 per cent., and It seemed to
the Government that the reduction had
proceeded far enough. In the latter
,...1 . . ,. . . -. 1 .
'" '7"' "unng -. nowever,
six months earlier and had remained
"As It s
great quantities of grain
and potatoes were given to pigs and no
very considerable gain In meat attained.
while the other cattle suffered and par-
tho hor-. which already In
natai f tniivt. 1. ........ - as a s i .
have been sufficient for their reedOn
spue or me unuually great demands of
the war horses: and through this reck-
( less usage the store of oat. had by De-
eember I been reduced by one-half.
thai ih (I.-.,-.,,,,.,,!. . , ., .,
wx Goxernmet.t look the supplies
or Hne.it und re into !tK nwn bands
i"r WW., mm these retrench-'
"' J?1"- J?"n reirencn- -fills gieat rise a price forced the
" ,W('.?, uMtr.t. tn l ebruary mass ..f the people to buy the cheaper
"' .5 u ,h?. rr'!" ,orf r''ll'' of food and also to buy smiller
ins allowance of 22..
grammes was
reuueeu io :uw. tin time
of !ece thf average cotvumptton per
head Is Sfu grammes. t.o that fie peo
ple had now to deny themselves 1 1 per
cent, or ineir accustomed nourishment
and for the poor, with whom bread la
GAG RULE UP TO-DAY IN!
rkPMnnDRTIP PAITmiC
umuuunniiu unuuuo
Miiy Combine Tariff and Nov-'
cnuc Measures to Hasten
Passape.
W.tsillMiTOV. March 23. .dm.nitta
tlon 'eaders In the House set themselves
tn tlv task to-day of relieving the legis
lative Jam which threatens many of the
meat urea Included In the President's
programme.
A meeting of the Ways and Means
Committee was held to discuss speeding
up legislation. The same problem will
be taken up by the Democrats of the
House to-monow night.
The necessity of Invoking a gag rule
or throwing o vet board some of the bills
generally recognized ns Administration
meaJuri-s gives promise that the major
ity council will not be an altogether
harmonious affair. There aie many
Democrats, who do not llko the ld(a of
passing legislation under the upui of a
mle throttling debate, and there is a
iwslblllty of a majority spilt.
The Ways and Means Committee prac
tically reached a conclusion that the
tariff commission bill and the revenue
measures by which It Is proposed to
meet the added expenses of prepared
ness shall be lumped In one measure,
An entirely new tariff commission bill,
which meets the approval of the commit
tee, pjobably will be presented to this
House.
HHpiesentative Kllchln, majority
lead'-r. was also instructed 'to take up
with tile President the question of a bill
for the protection of tho newborn dye.
stufTs Industry In the l.'nlted States with
the Idea of bringing such a measure be
fore the House. The House Is to take up
the Immigration hill to-morrow. What
Is to be done aflerward depends on the
action of the caucus.
selM More Wrstchrstrr Hands.
WiiiT Plains, N. Y March 23. Rob
ert A, I'etteson, Comptroller of West
chester county, has sold a $409,750 issut
ol Westchester county 4 per cent, bonds
for 1414,305 to llond & Goodwin. The
nrlre Is within two nr Ihm. tw.lt,
what was paid for the reeent 11,000,000 I
Issue 01 county bonus.
I', S, Legation Chancellor Held,
Paiiis, March S3. Bulgarian officials
have arrosted the chancellor of the
Ameilean Legation at Sofia on a charge
of bribing a police official to Issue cer
tain passports, aocording to a despatch
tccilved hefc to-day. His release has
been demanded by the American Min
ister, (irn, NnkhnmllnntT In Disgrace,
PrTBooBAn. March 23. According to a
Remi-oltli.ial news agency Gen. Rukhoin
IlnorY, former Minister of War, has been
removed from the Council of tho Umpire
by Imperial ukase. Gen. Kukhonillnoft
waa charted with tha responsibility for
the shortage of munitions.
in kSnrlinrr RirrVit finlnfinn !
(late. When one the need wan thor-1
ouhly readied lite measures taken were .
"ceiiem. mat mo Hour rations at nils
time were not more Kcneroun veil In
,he ,lMur, of n wlw precau,011. llm, ,e
prce 0f flour nevertheless remained so
nign may be attributed to the tardiness
th which the tlovernment had taken
ov'r ,na 'uPPUca of corn
"Germany produces moro potatoes
,nan any other country In tho world, but
the crop of 1914 wan below the aver
and It was clear that In spite of
curtailment of IndiiMrlul consumption
((alcohol, starch, Ac.) 22,0(111,000 tons
muM ,10't ,,e ,,, r(i,cr as thev '
Zll I tl.ne of peace for l"
had to take the place of other fond-1
stuffs that were lacleir.
"Kor this purpose It was calculated
that 20.000,000 tons ought to be kept
In reserve. To attain this end the 22.-
during the Mrft months of the war the
use of potutoe us fodder actually In
creased and whi even mistakenly en
couraged by the Government.
"A ery low maximum prlfe a
fixed for potatoes, which encouraged
waste, and, as In the case of cercnls, u
serious depletion of the stores obliged
the Oovrrnment to change Its policy. It
decided to secure 2,000,000 tons for the
use of the poorer clnsjcs In town and
appointed a 'Helchsstelte fur Kartoffel-
besorgung to deal with the mattei. In
buying the maximum price holding i;d
In any particular d'mrlct would be laid
and In addition a sum to rover slo-age.
loss by rotting. Ac.
-ji -ag hoped that th. addition I
tax would be .n Inducement to tho
fR, mv , Bfn aj would hinder the
UM cf potatoes as fodder. r-.'HUi
imtely the farmers were nut ti wlllln?
to sell as was expected, and the Gov
ernment was only able to obtain about
a tenth part of the quantity It had re
Klved to buy.
The ultimate result of the delay tn
securing supplies for the poorer classes
WH HIl MlLlfMliin
was an ever Increasing initalo famine
om, C0rrwl)On(1ing rise In prices. In
this matter again ha-l the Uovernmint
V1 Xl ""V I'" T' ,f
T,,0,e lf.,nt0 "Uppl' ,,:,,wn
'" consequence, would have been
,i.": ,
"Kor the first six months of the war
the condition of the food supply .is
not Us favorable than In time of
peace. Later on, however, as the cereal
u....nl.. t..ta,, r ,,, .hn.l f,il .1 I,t'.,i4
uon wl, nti ,f ,1(K,r(.r ,..1W.,,
'"" ,r. or Vent o
1, " t The' ,,r re ,.f re
,h, Vn 1 tan i.'v C l rl-en 11
JnTVr Ma' " M "p'cVn"
HCall UrfHU -
January. 1!G4. ajid Ma. I ! 1 1. With
other food prices had rlM-n on .in
fMav. ISIS.
"This Is. however, misleading, in that
certain foods--c. K.. lentils, semolina
. u... ... . .
certain foods--c- K.. lentils, seniolln.i
. . '. "
h "r;
thitn , tlnK. ,lf ,.Ci,,.c. H ,., ,akll1l?
t,lM tn, arcoynt, .,M ax.rajc rife In
,ioe, n. :,; ,r ttl m4. be estimated.
This gieat rise
quantities
"Hrletl,-. the hltuntlon from February
or March onn.ir.l na one of enforced
moderation, with health giving results
to hundreds' of thousands of overfed
people, but implUig for the masses a
weakening of their working capacity
by hardship .which amounted to actual
wnnt , few months of such rondltlors
might do no great luini, but iln-lr long
tontliiiiaiice noulil thieaten the tomti
with grave danger."
MID VALE DAILY MAKES
CUEI T C TAD AMP nnnnn
jiijjLjjO run UIid UUnro
Nations Will llennn After
War. Official TelN House
Committee.
WASHi.NfiTO.v, March 23 The enter
prise of American manufacturers in
meeting the demand for munitions of
war was reflected to-day in the testi
mony of W. P. Barha, vice-president of
the Mldvule Steel Company, before the
House Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr. Harba explained how tile Helhle.
hem Steel Company had developed Into
the manufacture of field artillery and
ammunition and outdistanced all ilvals.
The Mldvale company, he said, had fol
lowed a different line, devoting itself
to the manufacture of small arms and
howitzer shells,
"Within five and a half months," Mr.
narb.i told Ihe committee, "the Midviile
rnnniany built a plant at Fddvstone for
the manufacture of rifles for the Kngll.h
army. We arc working on a contract
of upward of 100,000,000 ami employ
thero 15.000 men.
"We figured that Die piesent war
would result In the development of
Uench lighting, renulrlng howitzer work,
and shciped our plans accordingly, in
this respect we weie right. Theie lias
been a great demand for high explo
sive howitzer shells and we have added
S00 men to our .Mldvaie planti working
on these. I won'l tell you how many
millions of dollars our contracts for the
manufacture of high explosive shells In
volve, "The shells vary from two to twelve
Incite". Some of them weigh a thnusninl
pounds. Vou can see that r takes a
cood many tons of 1ne1.it in m.u . .1...,,.
sand a day. Wn tun make enough to
heev an entire army corpa supplied."
"What nre you going to do with these
extra plants when the war ends?" asked
Representative Callaway,
"I believe that tho countries now at
War will reiirm Immediately," replied
Mr. Itarba. "Tho equipment ihev now
have will be ready foi the Junk pile
when It Is all over. The life of a uotil
gun. for example, is very short, Tho
weaker countries will nlwi , obliged
to arm to keep pare with the others.
"If, however, theie should lie nothing
for us to do In that way we will look
for loniethlng else the woild over. We
will uae what machinery we can and
scrap the icsl if necessary."
Horseman Loses Commission Snll,
LoMion, Mai ch '.'.i. A verdict and
Judgment for the defendants wiih found
to-nay 111 i lie suit ror co.ooo ($100,000)
of Alexander Pergusbon against Philip
Itiiuclman of Waller Runciman & Co.,
and Fraer Goodbody and Cyril Renett,
both members of the Haltlc Fxchangc.
FergusHon said that the C0.000 was
due him hn commission on 11 contract for
the sale of 40,000 horsea from America
to France,
THE SUN, FRIDAY,
COLUMBIA CROWDS
DEFENCE MEETING
Urn. Wood mid Mayor Mitclicl
Urge Large Attendance
at l'lnttsbtirg.
HALL IS FAU TOO SMALL
Columbia University didn't have n
building large enough to accommodate
the students who thronged tho prepared
ness meeting In Karl Hall yesterday
noon to hear Major-Gen. Wood and
Mayor Slltchel expound their views of
the kind of militarism the t'nlted States
needs and to urge a full attendance at
the liattMhurg training camp.
Karl Halt was designed to hold not
more than 500 persons, but twice that '
number of boisterous, undergraduates i
crowded Into the auditorium long before '
the scheduled time of the meeting, und ;
close to 2,000 clamored for admission ,
nfter Harry A. Fisher, graduate man-j
ager of athletics, constituted himself
sergeant at arms of the meeting and re- j
fused to nllow more to enter.
Were It not for a spiral stairway lead
ing from the rear entrance to the plat
form Gen. Wood might have been forced
to battle his way through the mob and
give a physical example of the value of
preparedness;. Prolonged cheers greeted
the speakers.
CotnpuUory military training for
every man was the theme of Gen. Wood's
talk and he asserted that this training
should accompany the right to vote. He
was seconded by Mayor Mltchel. who In
turn made a plea that Congress should
take dellnlte steps to bring about a prac
ticable til.i., for military training. The
M .i.uir brought Ills plea nearer home,
too, by urslim that Columbia turn out
the biggest division nt the 191fi camp, i
'The question Is." Gen. Wood said.
"are ou students going to help or not?
If jou arc touting to help are you com- ;
Ing prepared? Willingness is a good .
thing, but you need training. We plan
to build up a reserve of 50,000 otllcers. i
This may seem a large reserve, but re-
nu'inber that In the chil war there were
200.000 .ifllcers in the Meld.
"We aie entirely unprepared for war.
All the countries are. organized except
China and the I'nlted States. If you uni
versity men consider your country worth
defending ou inu't train yourselves.
A ii) one In authority who cnd;i nun Into
war untrained and undisciplined Is
guilty of murder.
"Vint cannot go in a more healthful
tvit than IM.illl.lnir Thri-f. Is mi IU.
sipition at Platlsbuig and no immoral!
.iinditlons there. I hud seMlal college
presidents, some of whom had sou
pre.s,'iit at the camp, who looked Into
thoe conditions.
"We should make citizens of out peo
ple. Aliens grouped tog thrr. speaking
their own language and reading their
own dialei iifwepap'is can only be
made citizens by making them render
the same suric at the same time. It
is this spirit which makes Frame sil
peib. It Is lime we did soni'thlng tor
tills cnuntn. We need a spirit like
tn.it in Switzerland.
Major Mltchel epla lied Hie illlly
loutine of the Plaltsburg ucampiiient
and extolled Its aiUaulagcs. Likewise,,
ue iook occasion in ucny to ins l Olllni
bia audlti'is that loose morals were
i-.iinpuut In ilie camp as had beep
Hiaigd by Clialtrnve. the student mag
azine established at Columbia a month
ago.
"For college men there couldn't be
healthier or more plea-nut life or one
that makes for bitter morals." said the
May .ii. "I have never seen 1.5011 men
living umler cleaner conditions or ani- J
tiutul with mote patriotic spirit To-j
day we aie without national defence
In an mlern.itloiMl ciisls, Tlieie Is no
greater question before the countiy now;
tlia-i tli.it of budding up our defences i
without wading for futuie years.
"In oi out of Cnngrts" tie u at
present no plan for t .c upbuilding of
oinpl. le preparedin ss. 'n,,. best we
haw riKhl now a.e tne summer . ampsi
for the Hauling of reset vc olllcers. I
believe that no villi lent plan will be'
adopted until we get u gum-rat citizen
training that exempts no man The
Is'ople of rh's iiniiilry aie ready to (.up-1
irt sin n a programme, for on my recent '
tt p lo the conference of majors at St. I
Louis not a single number of the eon
fiiinie raised objection to this plan"
JAPAN TO RENEW DEMANDS. I
,
liilnn's Iti-fisiiin to II em I n itr
pnblli' Causes Action n Toklo. 1
Tokio, March 23.--Following the ottl-'
clal anpotincdni'iit th.-u chiim will con-,
tlnue tt be m republic a note reiterating '
the deinanilK of Japan conrernlng .Inpi- 1
peso dln-ctlon In certain Chinese Int'-rnai
affaiis has been drafted and will 11011 be
sent to the Chinese Foielgn Ofllce. I
The twenty-one demands of Japan, I
presented to Vuan Shlh-k.ii 011 January 1
IS. I SI.", Included Japanese control of I
various lailioads. the coiisenl of China
to the transfer of German rights In
TsIiik-Iiio 10 Japan, the grant of various
privileges lo Japanese subjects, the ie
fuhal of China to lease or icde any part
of China lo a third Power, the employ
ment or Japanese ns advisers In political,
flnaiM'lal and military affairs of the cen
tral Government , the grant lo foreign
Power lo build railroads In South Mun.
churla and eastern Inner .Manchuria
only with the consent of Japan.
''cptHhlc ns President,
Pkki.x-, March 2.1. Chinese revolu
tionists are not opposed to Vuan Shlli
k'al remaining President. They revolt.d
because they favored a 1 epiibllcin foim
of government
"We have not revolted against Vuan
Slilli-k'ai is President." Tang Chi Vao,
for liter Governor of Yunnan province,
said at Viinnan-l'ii, "but we are bitterly
opposed to either him or his son as
Kmpi roi "
RUSSIAN LOSSES IN MILLIONS,
Jewish Writer I.Ives l'lKure
Says Itiice I 'curs Germany,
Ilorls Schumachei, corref-poinlcnt of a
Jewish newspaper of tills city ami a
mcmhei of tho Ford peace party, at rived
yesterday by the tScandlliavlan-Ainei lean
liner United Slates with figures of Rus
sian lossea in 1813, which, 'he said, had
been compiled at Pctrograd and had not
hitherto been published In America, He
nays thnt there were killed In battle,
3X7, HIS ; deiiil from wounds, ltnviOO;
dead In hospitals, 27l,17."i; wounded,
7:1:1, Ills ; missing, Including cupttiicd,
U54.M.1.
Mr. Schumacher said that the teport
Unit the Jews of Russia were disin
clined to light was false They feared
German domination, hit said, more than
the continuation of Russian rule,
lie said IS.IS.-. .lewn had died In bailie,
II. alt fiom wounds ami s,K22 In hos
pitals, the wounded wrier el.sSI and Ihe
missing .'11,321.
The eoriespondenl said that his
ligtiics showed that from the beginning
of the war until about a month agu the
modality among the Russian olllcers had
been tremendous, 43,318 being killed In
lialtte, 1 .1,534 dying of wouniUi and
15.103 flying in linslptals. The wounded
who recovered were 17,150 and the miss
ing were 10,438.
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STR ASSBURGER WINS
NAVY LEAGUE FIGHT
"Seven Seas Magazine." With
Ihilio anil Helm, Its Kili
tors, Dropped.
MHKii srrr is stakted
Halpli 11. Strassburger, the former
naval lieutenant w-ho has been lighting
to have the Navy League of the United
States dlawclnte Itself from Srotl Dubo
and Charles D. Helm, editors of the
flri'eii Sens .V 1130 sine, the league's or
gan, won .1 complete victory nt it meet
ing of the directors of the organization
nt the Holel Manhattan yestcrdav.
According to Mr. Strassburger. the di
rectois voted not only to discontinue
"all claim of lelatlon" between the league
and Messrs. Dabn and Helm, but alo de
elded to cut the leading strings which
bound the Culled Slates Junior Naval
League. Inc., lo Its vatent, the Navy
League.
The Junior Naval P.e'crve leieived
public notice a few week." ago when It
developed that It had been enjoying the
services of Al Ilium and other sub
scription collectors of "We Bos" fame.
llobcrt L. Hacon, diiectur of the Navy
League, and Henry II. W,i-.d, vice-president
and acting president of the Nnvy
League, who made nil Inqulty Into the
Junior League's affairs, attended the
meeting.
When the s,iefinl organization com
mittee, consisting of Ml. llaion, .1. Fred
erlik Tains. Unbelt W. Neer and Clin
ton H. limine, submitted Its report on
the arrangement whereby the Sri-rn
Sen Mayailnr nets half of every I
membershlp fee In the leasue it was
found that the committee was In aaree
mcnt with Mr. Starssburger The direc
tors then rutllled the committee' repot t.
After the meeting Mr. Stnis-burger
said:
"1 wish to correct any impiisslon
which, I am told, may have gained some
currency, that I hive made any (barges
of fraud or bad faith on the pait of tne
league The step I took was In the in
teiesl of the league Itself and to further
the cause of naval preparedness "
Verterday'it decision leaves the Navy
I.... .11. .., ,.i- rall.-l.il magazine.
ttelatlntis with some other periodical!
may be eSteblished. It is also believed
that one or two liisi.ses among tliei
orllceis of the leagua will be aiinounceii
soon.
Among those present yesterday were
Mr Want. Mr. Wlnthrop, Henry It. Joy,
Mr Tarns. Mr. Strasi-hurcer. Iouls
Hay. Mr Neeser. .Mr. llralne, Mr. ltacon,
Charles A. Fowler and I-ouls ,. Oborne
Mr. Strassburger appealed m the
Yorkville police imiit yesterday to press
a eharge of criminal llnel ac.ilnst ;
Me-nrs Dabn and Helm Mr Strass. ,
burger all'ites that Palm and Helm 1
made statement to several morning
newspapers charging him with being In
tli employ of the German Government
with the object or trying to inn tne North Dakota. Itainsayer. Ohio. Kick
whole scheme of "preparedness" m Uu 0,tl, nhlo. Itodenberg. Illinois: Sloan,
country.
Helm was the only defendant In court
and Magistrate neuei auyouiuen me
hearing until April 6, when a formal I
lonipi.ilnt will be leady. I
The attack of Helm and Dabo, Mr. ,
Mtrussourger says, is rue resuu ui an.
notion begun by him on March IS to
have them nuke an accounting
money turned over to the seifn sens
Jtliir by the Nbvv League.
.Mr. Strassburger will as!; the t'nlted
States District Court to-day to direct
Mr. D.iIhi and Mr. Helm to submit a bill
of particulars In the f25fi.OOu slander 1
suit which they have begun against him ,
DEFENCE, MAYOR'S MAIN TOPIC. !
I'osiniaslershlp (Inly Inelilenlal,
lie ay. In While llnnsr Talk. ,
Mavor Mltchel said yesterday that In !
his talk with President Wilson at Wash
Ington 011 Wednesday he had only Inci
dentally discussed the Poilntastershlp
situation In this city. He said that he
had no candidate of his own and men
tioned none.
"Did you oppose Joseph Johnson'."'
"Why, you know," replied the Mayor,
"Dial I am opposed to him, but I'm not
going to discuss that,"
"I went to Washington primarily tn
try and give the President, who, I
know, Is greatly Interested In the re
sult of tha St, Louis conference, a cor
rect Idea of the attitude of the people
of tho middle West on the question of
defence, mid to assure him that the I
views of a few rtltal, reactionary poli
ticians ns expressed III Congress are lint
a tiue Indication of the fceilng-e of n
majority of the people,"
DENOUNCES REVENGE POLICY.
I.lnyil Georae Says nllonal Honor
Im Aliine Trade Plans.
Apicial I'atilt 'faprtfri to Till. M
I.o.nihjs', March 23. David Lloyd
George, Minister of Munitions, speaking
111 the House of Commons to-nUlil, said
that Great lliitnlu's first object must
Im the succiwsful conclusion of the war,
to which everything ilso must "be (sub
ordinated." Mr. Lloyd Oeorse's speech, was In
reply to a if quest front Sir Henry Dil
zlel for a declaration of Hrlllsli policy
al the forthcoming allied economic con
feieiidi at Paris. Sir Henry urged tli.it
Ihe Hrltlsli delegates to the uinference
lie empowered to decline that lliltlfh
Irmle rrlatlmw could never again lie the
same ns before the war.
"If we ate to organize trade fori
generations to come," Mr. Lloyd Geoige'
replied, "It must be done deliberately j
and carefully. It Is not merely a ques
tion of tariffs. If we lose the war
Hie setting up of any fiscal system,
whether free trade or protection, will
be wretched consolation, There are
tilings bigger than lineal questions, things
which go in the very root of human
life mid liberty every thing that consti
tutes Ihe aelf-rcspect of men,
"We must not subordinate huiniui llb
eity, honor, self-respect and the civiliza
tion of mankind to any trade volley.
When we consider trade the first thing
to be done Is to obliterate any Idea of
revenge, Let uh do the best for the
inillloitM ot people of this country, but
I do not think that we cm ever hsve
the same conditions as befoie the war,"
HOUSE PASSES THE HAY
ARMY BILL 402 TO
Gardner's Amendment to Hasten the Creation of a Re
serve Is Adopted 204 to 198 Kahn
Proposal Defeated.
Wabhinuion, March 23. The Tlay(
a 1 my bill, Inctcasing the regular army
to 1 10,000 men and providing for the
leorKtuilzatlon and federalization of the
National Uuatd, passed tho House to
night by n voto of 402 to 2.
After tho struggle to amend the meas
ure by enlarging the standing army
had failed, the opposition to It dwindled.
Not even the "little army men" nor the
avowed pacllisls of the House were
willing tu have themselves recorded
agalnrt it.
Itepiesentntlvc llrltten eif Illinois, a
Itepubllcau, voted III the negative be
cause, as he said, he tegarded the
measure as entirely Inadequate, and
Itopiesentatlvi' lamdou, the New York
Socialist. Joined him. piesumably be
cuiwo Mr. London objects to anything
that might r.ivor of militarism.
The bill was not put tlirouKh the
House altogether In the form In which
It was approved by the Committee, on
.Military AITalrs. Two Important pro
visions were modified or strlckeui out.
The amendment nfteied by Itepresenta
tlve Gardner of MassaehUHctts, designed
to hasten the ircatlon of a teserve of
men trained In the regular attny, waa
tidopted by a vote of 204 to 19. The
committee's provision for the erection
of a plant for the manufacture of ni
trates by the hydroelectric process wai
eliminated by a vote of 224 to ISO.
Menl Test on Kahn Proposal.
The real lest of pteparedlicssi so far
us It Is Involved lit tne House bill,
came with the voto on the amendment
offered by Ilcplesentatlve Kahn of Cali
fornia, the ranking Itepubllcau of the
Military Affairs Committee, Incieaslng
the regular army to 220,000 men Irn-tead
of 14U.O0 men, as provided by the Hay
Ida 11.
This standing aimy proposal was de
feated by a vote of 191 to 213. The roll
call disclosed the extent to which senti
ment mi the proposition varies In differ
ent, regions of the country.
Defections In party ranks over the
question wre almost balanced. Thlrty-
four Itepubllcaiis voted against the
laraei at my and thirty-three Democrats
voted for It. The loll call disclosed the
fait that practically all of the Atlantic
coat llepie.cntatlcs, Irrespective of
party adulations, were in favor of the
larger measure of preperedness and that
Democrats and Itepubllrans alike In the
middle Western States wete opposed
1 1 it
duly one New llnclirul Itepresenta
tlc. McGlllicuddv of Maine, was against
the Kahn amendment. With the excep
tion of ItcprcM-mntivc Martin, the Lou
isiana Progressive, Itepiesentatlve Mon
tague of Virginia was the only member
front the solid South to vote for It
The New York delegation, with the ex
ception of Itepresentatlves Fitzcerald
and London, and the Massachusetts and
New Jeisey delegations arrayed them
selves solidly behind the Kahn amend
ment The Missouri delegation, with the
exception of Representative norland.
Democrat, and Itepresentatlve Dyer, Re
publican, and the Kansas and Nebraska
and Texas delegations were Just as
solidly against it. In Pennsylvania the
vote 011 the proposition followed party
lines.
II t i 11 Ii 1 1 en 11 s iitnlii!.
The Republicans who voted against
the larger army wcie-
Anthony. Kansas. P.rowne, Wis
consin: Campbell. Kansas; Cooper.
Ohio; Cranston, Michigan; Davis, Min
nesota. Dillon, South Dakota; lch.
Wisconsin. Foss, uhio, eireen, Iowa;
Itaiigen. Iowa; Helgcsson. North Da
kota, llolllusworlh. dl'.lo. Klukald,
Nebraska. La Follitte, Washington
l.lnberg, .Minnesota. McCraekeii. Ida
ho. Mcculloch, eiluo. MiKenle, Illi
nois. Mieker, Missouri, Mondell, Wy
mil lis, Moii.it v , Olio. Morgan, dkla-
I noma. Nelson. Wisconsin: Norton.
Nebraska. Steillng,
Illinois: Timber-
' i.,ii(.. Colorado: Towner. Iowa. Woods,
Iowa, and Young. North Dakota
lleniiierals For.
The Doinociats who voted for the
i.h mr standing aimy were;
Holland. Missouri: ltrucknev. New
York: Iturke, Wisconsin; Caldwell,
New Vork, Carew, New York; Coady,
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Kaltey. New York: Flynn, New York:
Gallagher, Illinois; Galllvan. Massa
chusetts; Hammlll, New Jersey; Hart,
New Jersey; Mutbert, New York;
Loft. New York: McAndrows, Illi
nois; McDermott, Illinois; Maher, New
York; Montague, Virginia; Oglosby,
New York; Olney, Massachusetts;
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ten, New York: Phelan, Massachus
etts; Kiordan. New York: Scully, New
Jersey; Hmlth, New York; Stone, Illi
nois, and Tague, Massachusetts.
The most Important modification of
the Hay bill was Ihe Gardner amend
ment, the purpose of which Is to provide
with ns little delay a possible a reserve
of men who have been trained In the
tegular nrmy. This provides that "after
the expiration of one year's honorablo
service any enlisted man of the regu
lar army whose company, troop, battery
or detachment commander shnll report
him proficient and sufficiently trained
may. In Ihe discretion of the Secretary
of Wur, be furloughed to the regular
aimy reserve under such regulations as
the Secretary of War may prescribe, In
which event he shull not be eligible to
reenllst In the rervlce until the expira
tion of his term of seven years."
The enme provision Is embodied In the
Senate bill and It Is eissumed that the
action of the House to-day wilt make
certain the adoption of the short term of
service wtr?i the colors Instead of the
term of three years, which lias hereto
fere been the rule.
In the final voting an 'amendment was
offered by P.tj'resentevlivc Anthony of
Kansas, designed to equalize the pro
motion of officers in the different arms
of the army, und It wiih defeated by 11
rising vote of 160 to 108. the division
being almost entirely along party lines.
Compromise Kipectrd.
The passage of the Hay bill by the
House leaves the question of the meas
uic of preparedness to which the coun
try shall commit Itself still undecided.
The Senate has yet to act upon the
Chamberlain bill, which provides for n
standing armv of approximately 17,000.
A compromise between the two measures
will probably be adopted In the confer
ence committee.
The effort to incorporate Into the liny
bill a provision prohibiting the use of
the militia In suppressing strike dls
orders was resumed to-day, Represen
tative Keating of Colorado, the advocate
of the prohibition, succeeding lifter sev
eral efforts In presenting an amendment
which was hld to be germane. This
amendment sought to forbid the use of
the National Guard bv the 1ed.rl l!nv.
! eminent In settling disturbance's arising
j out of controversies between employers
arm employees. 11 was oereateq by an
overwhelming vote.
Futile efforts wete also made by the.
Democrats to retain In tho army bill
the provision for the establishment of
hydro-electric plant for the manufaitute
of nitrates from air. This was charac
terized 11s an effor" to promote a South
ern waterway project.
Representative Lever of South Caro
lina modified the paragraph sevetal
tlrnc. finally proiwslng the appointment
.of 11 eommlsidon to make an lnvestl .
. tlon of the proposal and tu leisirt to
Congtess, but this me: no moro approval
than the first piovsoii, authorizing the
Secretary of Wa- to undertake tho erec
tion of a plan!
Repre-entitlves l.enioot of Wisconsin
and McKenzle of Illinois made an un
compromising light, and the House
finally sustained thm.
! ZEPPELIN CRITICISES AIRSHIP.
, Tells l.ciiislator Ills Own Kind Is
Imperfect Tests Iniiiriivrmrut.
IloTir:i;0A.M. March 23. Count Zep. .
pi. in. the inventor, according to advues
ifioui Ik-rltn, leccntly addressed tin-1
Prussian House of Deputies, saying that
jhlt. airships were far from perfect and
I mi that account a certain percentage of
losses must be looked foi.
I In criticising his own Invention he
'aid that the Zeppelins should have a
greater carrying power and should ols-i
be able to ascend to even higher altitudes ,
than Is now possible. He said that he1
and h! assistants are now at work on 1
some new motors which will greatly lin-'
ptovc the aircraft
LOG BOOKS OF BRITISH
CRUISER FLOAT ASHORE
Itccorils of II. M. s. 1 uiniii'f.
land Found at l.onclt Sm
After Iieporfs of Flriii.
Noarot.K, Va March . : s v s
books from the llrlt'slt cm 1 ,., y,(t,
land weie found to-day on 1 '.,,
near the coast gu.iid st.n 01 ,r r,
comlcomlco, N. '.
Kach book was mailied l i
Cumberland, Atlantic Squadron t.
cause of the Isolation ot Lne st w ,, ,
tho books camo ashoiu diia n- t,i
what they contained could t.01 1 . m,.
tallied to-night.
One of the bookti evlduitly ,t u.vi
to enter reports and happen 1 gs 11 t .
engine rooms. An i ntiy shine j j.
there were 150 men in the engine fotv
There were a numbei of entries -i in
tues and names of e-itles, rq, , .,.
atnpton, Liverpool ntid nt h ;
ports, which are believed to be ,
The Cumberland, the .u miji
cruiser Sydney and .1 mli v,
cruiser have been off the Virg 1.1 ,,;,
at Intervals for nianv mm the T
appeared soon after the Germ 111 tasr
Kltel Frledrlch entered this pot a r,i
ago and came back alter the K 1, t
Wllhelm reached here last p '
The vessels did not i-how no ,(S1
until tho Hrltlsli liner Appam 1 a ,
Hampton Roads with 11 Gem , , ,,, t
crew aboard on February 1 The s- dr r
ond Cumberland were repot i I tis c n
Ing gone on a hunt for the ,
raider Moewe, which capttiied t ie
pam and which also was reported ,
havn been convoyed by the ,emv
cruiser Roon.
The Sydney Is known to have p.
Havana for coal, which is i oris . 1 . ,. 1 U1
usual In view of tho fact 1 . (- th.
Hrltlsli fleet on this eo.i..t has
foro been supplied with fuel f . , 0;
Hers or at Halifax.
Life guards arid nt'U" pn e ,0,,
the coast report h.iMi.g Ik-.i' ai,
tiring iit sea seveial oajs na
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member of the Royal Filing si- e
Parliament, was fought "in w 1 ,
specified pulToke of dis-u .lit ,w ,
Government. It reultci ma
errrment triumph, .Mr. Ilatris. t .
tlon inundate, receiving 7 .'i', 10
3,71 1 cast for his opponent T! r,
son Howies
Mr Howies eh.t cpionii j
recruiting grievances of r ie
men. a mow stringent bl . ka .- 1
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