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, WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair and continued cold to-day and to
morrow; northwest winds diminishine.
Highest temperature yesterday. a: lowest a-
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IT SHINES FOP, ALL
VOL. LXXXV. NO. 114.
FLYNN TO QUIT Mfayette fliers given
SECRET SERVICE! u'
TO HEAD POLICE
Chiefs I(osiriiution. Now in 1
Hands of McAdoo, Will
Take Effect Dec. 31.
eign Legion henceforth will nerve under
FIIfST 1JEST TV YKAlfS C1,LOV,n tta" 1,1 ,he American army.
I HlOl JIIjO-L 1 llj.-Yll Acting on a recommendation of Ocii.
I crshlng, the Adjutant-Gcneral hero has
I eomntlssloned twenty-four American cltl-
Hylnn Also Itcnortetl toi,'L,!?.ha.beon..wllh tafayeu.
Wave ricked W. P. Burr
for Corporation Counsel.
IT PAYS 915,000 SALARY
T T nn. :.,.,..
. ... i,
Hoiirst. Mentioned for Citv i
v .
Chnmhcrlniii.
i
William J. Flynn tendered his reslg-,
nation as Chief of the United State-?
Fecrct Service a month ago and It will
take effect on December 31. Mr. Flynn
last night admitted tho truth of the'
report when It was put up to him.
Nothing has happened to spoil the Im
pression that on January 1 Mayor Hylan
will appoint Mr. Flynn as Police Com
missioner of New York. Ho said, how
ever, the commlsstonershlp was not In his
alnd when heresigned.
In handing his resignation to Seer:
buy of tho Treasury McAdoo Chief
Flynn said that his physician had or
dered him to take a rest. For six years
he has worked without a vacation. Alter
the war started and when neutrality
problems were pressing a gTeat deal ofM0VC Ntcessarv One ill Pl'Ose
Iibor was thrown on hlnithat was offl-l
cully outside his province. Since the'
dy of America's entry Into the war this
extra load has been tremendously In
creased, although, as pointed out In
The Sum yesterday, tho Department of
Justice, through Its bureau of Investiga
tion, has assumed a good share of It. Ottawa, Out.. Dec. 22. lniportat:on
Chief Flynn, nevertheless, has been toll- of intoxicating liquors Into Canada after
Ing ions hours with hardly a Sunday to .Monday next is prohibited .and their
htmself. and his doctor has told him ho' , ,' ,. , , , ,
would have to let up for a while or ' manufacture will be prohibited after a
wreck his health. date to be determined later. Premier
When he offered his resignation he j Borden announced to-dav.
19k'? ,t0. ''.I clleve1 ?' rfc' ,t, the The Premier said that there nould be
Administration persuaded him to keep, , .... , ,,
on for a time. Itecently he has set a" instigation and consideration of the
December 31 as the limit. I conditions In the liquor Industry before
the date for prohibition' of manufacture
It Is assumed that If ho becomes
Polira Commissioner he will gat at least
a month's leave of ibiinci early In the
year, during wh,!ch he would rest, and
the Police Department. left In splendid
running condition by Arthur Woods,
ould get ajonr tinder a deputy. Chief
Flynn will probably have another talk
til Xl.vAr..li 1F..1. v,-..
formnl offer Is made or accepted. It is
understood that he would have to have ,
a free hand In the conduct of the dc- I
rurtment and that Judge Hylan Is dls-
rosed to Kive it to him.
Ill (!,. r, fk.n, .,t,, ......i..
-.. ....
"I can neither affirm nor deny what
has been said about the Police Commls
slor.ershlp and myself. I have been In
harness for nearly thirty years and need
rest more than anything else. My
talk with Judge Hylan was at his re
quest. It Is true that the Police De
partment has played an Important part
'n th enemy alien situation and will
continue to do so, and that I have had
considerable experience In this sort of
work."
Rnrr for Corporation Counsel.
William P. l?urr. who managed the
fll's successful fight for SO cent gas,
till probably be appointed to the best
raid job under the Hylan administration
- that of Corporation Counsel at 115,000
year. It was Indicated esterday that
the choice had been definitely made. ;
In flomo quarters the selection of Mr.
Tiurr was construed as n turndown for
MHIam It. Hearst, who had recom
mended Herbert R. Llmburg, a Hearst
sltnrney, for head of the city's law de
partment and who was supposed to be
bent upon hating this appointment made,
lnphlers said this Inference was unwar
ranted. They Insisted that Mr. Llm
"urs did not want to be Corporation
f'ounsel and that when the Mayor's
ra bluet is announced by Judge Hylan It
"ill be found that Mr. Hearst's desires
rave been recognized in respect of an
other Important office.
This assertion revived the suspicion
'hat L. J. O'ncllly. Mr. Hearst's con
fidential secretary, might be made City
Chamberlain. It Is only unverified gos
tp. but it seems to'be taken for granted
that Mr. Hearst's recommendation would
nnt be accepted both as to Corporation
'"'unscl and the $12,000 Chamberlain's
Post.
Mr Hurr Is a Tammany man. When
n"ly 19 years old he was sent on a
rational speaking tour for Samuel J. Tll
oen by tho State DemocratlcCommlttee.
Ulled JoriKt? Hylnn Vraterdny.
He, was a delegate to the Constitu
tional convention of 1894 the only elec
tun office he has held. As Assistant Cor
poration Counsel he carried the gas
flsht up to the United States Supreme
'ouif, where tho SO cent law was upheld,
lie itas In charge of the- division of
franehe 0f the Corporation Counsel's
'no. UN Ideas regarding the city's
Milt to compel tho New Vork Central
'o remote Its West Ride tracks ran coun
ter to those of the Mltchel admlnlstra
'loi. and In 19H ho resigned by re
I'IM. '
Mr Hurr and Representative Murray
Htilbert, who is regarded as a sure
et for Dock Commissioner, were among
J'ldge Hylan's visitors In the tatter's
I; nrly.second street headquarters yetter
iay. Politicians heard that Gov. Whitman
hid recomtntmded Georae Henry Payne,
j'Ubllrlt,' man for the Progressive parly
n 1915 and one tlmo editor of a Bronx
ii e "paper, for one of the two Repub
lican members of the Tax 'Board at
'1,000 a year and Ralph Folks, now eeO
rctary of thn Borough of Manhattan,
or t.io Republican member of the Mu
nicipal civil Service Commission at
V bM- I' wan said that the Mayor
't had told the Governor In Albany
M .Minulav that he would be clad to
havn Mr. Whitman's advice aa to Re.
publlenn appointments on bipartisan
hoard.
II the Payne candidacy Is pressed by
th
governor tne Republican crgsnlza-
C'oaHftued on Bixth raft.
H-f
Twenty-four of Famous
American Air Service, Three Attaining
Rank of
Special lletvalef in Titi- ,...
iJK"?? - Vcc- ;2,T1"! 8t -
utors who o. far have rendered con
splcuous service with the Trench For
Kscadrllle. Thev ulli nft'O ft Un nail
atlon reserve of the United States Army.
Commissioned an Majors: William
Thaw. John F. Huffcr and Victor Raoul
Lufberry.
...9?,mi"L's,oned as Captains : Charles J.
HIddlc. Phelps Collins. Kenneth P. Llt
taucr, Walter Lovcll, David McK. Pater
son, Robert Soublran, Robert L. Rock
well and Kenneth Marr.
commissioned as First Lieutenants'
1 "1 . Baer. Wills 11 ll-,vltu,,,l
,;harles M Jon-s Oranvlll0- A;p0,f0ei;;
J.!?"'! .Iv .nuni1-"- Joseph c. st-him.
George b. Turnure. Jr., Frank W. Wells,
f.j!"!" u,' n"e", S1,ar,es ,c ,j0l",0n'
Charles H. Donal, Jr., and llenrv S.
Jones.
CANADA ORDERS
'BAN ON LIQUOR
Importation of Intoxicants Il
legal After To
morrow. TO STOP MANUFACTURE
cution of War, Says Pre
mier Rorden.
is decided upon.
Prohibition will remain In force during
the war ami for one year after conclu
sion of peace,
T1 npllnn wna trillion llio Trr?iilr"
stated, by' virtue of "the unml-taknble I
mandate" given the Government Decern-
her 17 (tile ilnlp nf Ihn Cinaiflan ele.'.
tlon) for the vlRorous prorccution of
thn wnr aml for employment of all I
, , . . ,.. i
" lei "'Ur.CC
ncc"'r ""''f ... I
ny liquor or Beverage comninmB
more than Z'i per cit. alcohol shall
be regarded os(intoxlcatlng liquor and
banned under the new order. The re
strictions do not apply to Importations
for medicinal, sacramental, manufactur
ing and chemical purposes,
'It is essential and Indeed vital for
the enrclent conduct of the war that
wasteful or unnecessary expenditure
should be prohibited and that all, articles J
capable of bein? utilized as food should
be conserved," said the Premier's state- 1
ment. "It 1b beyond question that the
uso of llquo
llauor affects adverselv the rejl-
lzatbn of this purpose."
Issuance of the order followed cousld
er.ttlon of the measure by the war com
mittee of the Cabinet, It was stated.
Lirjuors purchased on or prior to De- I
ccmber 24 for shipment Into Canada will
be admitted Into thr. Dominion not later
than January 21, 1918.
"DRY" MOVE FAVORED.
Hotel Keepers' President .
Canada Needs Prohibition Norr. '
Toronto. Dec. 22. George Wright,
past president of the Ontario Hotel
Keepers Association and member of the
Committee on the Control of Food Con
sumption, Issued s statement to-day. In
which he satd that prohibition at this
tlmo in Canada's history was a wise
piece of legislation.
"The times Justify the Government in
taking action of this kind," he said.
"The country will heartily IndorFo the
action taken becauso it will enlarge our
food resources and mobilize the full
efficiency, physically nnd financially, of
our people."
-I
BRINGS NEW ANTI-U-BOAT GUN.
Liner's Mortar -eta Shell Fall Like
Depth Bomb.
The first merchant vessel to carry the
new style high trajectory gun Intended
for use against submerged U-boats ar
rived at an American port yesterday.
The rew gun works on tho' prlncivle of
tho mortar,, discharging, not directly at
the object of IU fire, but at a great angle
of elevation, so that the shell fulls upon
the target almost from the perpendic
ular. Tho shell, highly explosive, falling as
It docs, straight down, Is not deflected
aa are the shells from the ordinary na
val gun, but sinks after the manner of
the depth mine and Its searching explo
sion reaches out for the submarine far
below the surface of tho water. Armed
with this gun vessels are now able to fire
upon aubmailnes with a good chance of
success both before and after that brief
epace In which the ordinary naval sun Is
effective. The shot of life latter are
deflected by the water.
Under protection of (lie new and the
usual complement of old style guns were
seventy fir ft cabin passengers, thirty-five
eecond and forty-one third. The passen
gers Included First Lieut. T. D. Smith of
the Royal Medical Corpa and Dr. Woods
Hutchinson.
Mew HaTen Coal Maresaaat Ilea-?.
Boston, Dec. 22, The New, York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
announced to-night that during the
eleven months ended November 30 the
railroad moved ItO.SOS more gross tons
of commercial coal over Its llnea than In
k name nerlorf last wear. Of this in.
crease the largest part baa been In
antaraclte;coal. t, . ,
NEW YORK, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23,
Escadrille Made Officers in
Major.
As Captain for service as Instructor:
Dudley 1.. Hill.
The majority of these Americans en
listed In the service of the Lafayette
Escadrille early In the war and all have
had the experience of actual aerial light
ing with the enemy. Home havo won un
usual honors and received special medals
of valor, especially Thaw and Lufberry,
who are French "aces," meaning they
have bagged at least flvo airplanes. The
question of transferring thete men to a
distinctly American branch nf the ser
vice was taken up while Uen. Joffre was I
here.
It was felt that the loss of their ser-.
vices to the La Fayette Escadrille would
uo compensated by the fact that they
would form the nucleus of a force of
American aviators which Is Expected
now to grow In Increasing proportions
as this nation's huge aviation pro -
erorof,Tcnsnec,att;s.ns of the
French Foreign Legion Is that men Join-
Ing It do not forfeit their citizenship,
Llla 'll;"(,0.re,b""1, f
special American legislation to serve now
as citizens of the United States.
U. S. SHUTS OFF
SPYPOSTROUTE
Scandinavian Ship
rVntt-u
Found to Re Bearers of Mes
sages in Invisible Ink.
MANY LETTERS
. 1T , ,
(.formally Had System 111 Op-'
oration Even Before Amer
ica Entered War.
itrfjl fitimtcft to The Srx
Washington, Dec. 22. Coincident
with a visit to Washington of Byron S.
Newton, Collector of the Port of New
York, for a conference with customs of
ficials and directors of the United States
secret service the Treasury Department
to-day announced tho discovery of tho
operation of a system of regular com
munication between the United States
and Oermany
Austria and European j
neutrals. Within the last two weeks.
accorUIni; to the Treasury Department
announcement, scores of letters wrltUn
, In invisible ink dr eo4 phraaes In the j
, u.
cl011'1' r Personal effects of ships'
nl to and from ScnndlnavUfl
' -.. u.-i.ticu, nneaes and
Norw,,clans for the most part were the
d'- a"'l 20 per cent, of the letters
have been found to be of isnio'on!
character. JiP.c.ous
Several persons are under aUnlll.
In New York and elsewhere as a. result'
of disclosures ma-Jc to officials, and sev-
erals arrests are ,-irobable. Close watch
is to be kept by secret agents of all
transmitter of these communications
who have been traced.
An effectual check has been put upon
the Invisible Ink and code letter system
"""? " ml " Wash-
?f on S'0"'" JVe,n'on ' confer with
nruce "'flaskl. d.rectlng head of the
sreat forc0 of "ecret agents of the I)e-
Partment of Justice, with tho War Trade
K,,u Puss""y wun secret service
j officials of the Treasury. He saw Sec
retary McAdoo and customs officials to
day. More Itevtrletlom .trcrtmr).
The Collector would make no state
inrni lor publication, except that he
was here on ccnei.il port otisiness and
for conference with officials on closer
comroi or snipping and enemy nllens. "" " ' 1 u';"c,c wl" ue reaqy to ronow a policy ot conciliation in
He hald that the pass system worked N1"1'" I'utope.
out for the barred zone about New York "II 's permitted that one mat- think
pleih was woiklng excellently, but that' Mmr ,,v'' Cans la I.ale Spring-. I with President Wilson," the former Pre
other measures were neeessarv. 1 I. it wa rAl t.au'U'a vi. mier remarked, "unon tbe formula nf
probable that he w ill seo the President
beforo leaving Washington to discuss
ccrta n phases of the situation with him.
F.vldence that the channels of com-
,mu.v..i.u,i vrmi uw i entrai Powers ington and roit and Martin factories tne military solution and about the dip
have been open ever Since the t'n'fa.l would nrodnre n stinnlv nf m.rhln. rr..n Inniiitin (.nltillnn" M r.ltt,mv a.ia
States entered the war has been un-
covered, and officials su.pect that much
of the Information which tho, German'
ttu.uiiiiiiviii m Known to navo received
concerning war preparations In America
nas ueen transmitted by the invisible
Ink svstem.
The discoveries were made by cus
toms officials after promulgation several
weeks ago of regulations under the
trading with the enemy act forbidding
transmission of communications to or
from the United States, except through
the regular course of the malls or under
license of customs authorities and the
War Trade Board.
Crerra Searched on Arrival,
When the rules were established a
strict system of Inspection of ships, their
crews and cargoes was begun, and the
dangerous nature of many communica
tions, found on shipboard was Immedi
ately discovered.
Before Incoming ships were permitted
to reach their piers crews were mus
tered and their clothing and other per
sonal effects examined carefully. Shore
leave was given only by special license
and every precaution taken to Insure
against secret passage of letters from
the vessel to shore.
This action, taken suddenly without
notice to the crews, caused the discovery
of many letters which theretofore had
been successfully concealed. Theso were
subjected to examination by chemists
and code experts, and one In five was
found suspicious.
KvMence gathered thus far leads offi
cials to bellevo some neutral subjects
aided by Americans have made consid
erable money by promoting the clan
destine traffic In communications to
evade the British censorship of malls
before .and after tho United States yen
tared the war. These are now subject
to criminal prosecution, with the penalty
or $10,000 fine and ten years Imprison
ment German Diplomatic) Papers "tolen.
GSNEV4, Deo. 22, A vailse containing
diplomatic papers, en route from Berlin
to Berne, was r.tolen yesterday at the
Basel station. The Gorman leaatton at
Bcme Is said to be greatly concerned at
to iobs. e
GUN SHORTAGE
TnT L
M. w,-,
UN (jKlJi KK SOT
Col. Lewis 'Says Ordnance
Bureau Is Obsolete and
Incompetent.
TELLS NEEDS OF ARMY
Ministry of Munitions, With'
"Ho Man" nt Head, Urged
by Armfc Co. Official.
Special Detpatch to Tnr. Scv.
Washington, Dec. 22. The machine
1 gun requirements of the United States
. "-' the stress of war demand
lnat every machine gun of every mod-
ern usable pattern must be manufac -
""' b- 'very gun works In the United
j States, working at full speed with full
complement or operatives night, day ana
i Sunday, from now until the end of tho
war.
This was the definition of prepared
ness for the machine gunners of the
United States Army, Marine Corps, Na
tional Guard and National Army set by
Col. Isaac Newton Lewis, Inventor and
producer of tho Lewis machine gun, be
fore the Senate Committee on Military
1 Affairs to-day. His testimony Indl-
being lived up to and hardly even under
consideration In the war plans of the
Government. The blame for the present
and- probable future shortage he laid
directly at the door of the War De
1 partment, which he said was too per
SEIZED i ineated with "Crozierlsm" to be efficient
i in modern war times.
Bureau of the War Department is ob-
iete, incompetent and utterly Inadequate
, to handle the problem or supplying me "". i.-"i'w y.-.... vance for tne continued liaminering proc-
1 American army with the guns It re- ' tremulous vo.ee. expressing his Indlgna-, eB .,,,,.,, t)l0 i,rltlsl, alld Krencli ex
qulre. Colonel Lewis's testimony was tlon at being accused of complicity In pected to maintain has resulted in vast
supplemented with that of A. I. Borie. j treasonable transactions. M. Calllaux rCsere supplies bavins been distributed
president of the Savage Arms Company. 'hen ro-e. , 1 among the British and French forces,
now engaged in manufacture of Lewis' I will rep y to the accusations of Kecause of marke(1 superiority In
guns for the United States. Great Brit- which am the object, he said, with i ammuntlon whIch re5tR wltl, thl. A,t
alii and France. This company has f as much reserve aml as much self-con- )t expected by (ie,leral Staff officers
large contracts for Lewis guns for the trol as possible. t;,at ,lle (jennanff tiecessarily will have
army and the Marine Corps, placed when . . n.r,i i 1 to move slowly In building up their plans
the emergency of war forced the War oenles iieirnj.i or tenner. , fQr 0(tenC( InEtea1 of ., BPn,.rai dt,8.
Department to accept the Lewis gun, "I am not accused of betraying my perate forward movement the German
which had been repeatedly turned doali eountiy for money. No. But for am-' high command ! expected to proceed
by Its experts, only to be taken up by hltlon." the former Premier continued, methodically by assuming the offensive
both French and BrltMi when the war , And then declared with emphasis : i and hunting for weak spots In the Allies'
opened. "Never have I tried, directly or indir- line to penult local successes.
I , a . . , i.,iinla eclly, to come Into contact with our) The defection of Itussla will result In
j Urates Jlltiistrr oi wnun.oo.. CIlt,mle(, Never have I used subter-j the offence passing temporarily from
ft .he man. o Is not a pussyfooter for
nf a ministry of munitions.'
, announced Mr. IlorU to the committee
""" aiMO tor nis view wun rcj.roi
'we uesirauuii) ui aviumis. mo . .z
psrtment Into two executive depart
ments.
Mr. Ttorle argued that the conduct of the
Ordnance Department was not business-'
ItHr.
"It Is the business system that Is at
fault." .a!d he. "These men are not
business men. but army cfflcers. and
what ton ought to do Is to throw out
tile whole flock and set In business men
to conduct this strictly business proposl-
tlon.'
T1"" testimony of Col. Lewis, who en-
tered the United Statei service thirty-
eight years aco and retired only when
he had reached the limit of patience.,
held the attention of the committee as
a vise. He said
- ' m are n
! ranee, or are going there. Their
equipment Is a disgrace to their country,
They have no machine guns, no artillery,
nothing except what they beg from
'' ranees simpiy, wijue poor rrance is
straining every nerve to keep up to her
own needs. It is up to you to fix the
responsibility.
-We arc not going to have artillery
for ten or eleven months. We will not
hate machine guns for many months.
The much vaunted Browning gun, which
,s Jeelared to be the best machine gun I
'v'r lnv"med, Is only promised for next
centratlon of effort on the part of the
manufacturers and the contracts now
undergoing fulfillment In the Savage
Arms Company, the Winchester, Hem-1
almiwl adequate for the needs of the '
army by the latter part of the sprlns.
lie gave It a hli view that the proper
proportion or macninc guns for the
.American or any other army was 50,000
w-eapons to every million men. This
requirement, he said, was an annual
one, and in order that there should be no
Inadequacy through wastage, wear and
tear, destruction or capture, 'he thought
the army should be supplied with not
less than 75,000 machine guns per mil
lion men per annum.
The point In Col. Lewis's testimony
which evoked the most comment in thn
committee, however, was his statement 1
that finally at the entrance of the United
States Into the war he received an order
for 360 l4ewls guns. He sent, when the
Government paid Its bill, his check to
tho order of the Secretary of War1 for
the total amount of his royalties, which
were 110,889. The check, Col. Lewie
said, had been cashed by the Govern
ment, but down to tho present moment
no acknowledgment of his unnecessary
contribution has been made, The check
was sent In April and cashed In July.
Will Not Accept Royalties.
Col, Lewis proposes to rontlnuo sur
rendering royalties to the Government
throughout the war. He told the com
mittee that his royalties on contracts
now made between the Savago Arms
Company and the Government would
amount to approximately $2,500,000.
This sum he intended to return to the
Federal Treasury whether he was
thanked for It or not.
Col. Lewis took very deflnll Issue
with the statements made by Major
Gen. Crozler before the committee to
the effect that France could readily
spare the guns which were being loaned
to our forces. He said Gen, Crozler's
statement was astounding and could not
be borne out by the facts.
At only one point was the testimony of
Col. Lewis at variance with that of tho
other arms experts from civil ilfo who have I
appeared before th committee. Ha ex-1
pressed the belief that when the United
States adopted the Knfleld rifle It should 1
have adopted the unmodified British
arm. This, he thought, would have per
mitted American rifle factories to have
proceeded without any hiatus or delay
In the manufacture of 10,000 rifles a
mown,
1917. copw-iw. isn, b eft sun
CAILLAUX LOSES
IMMUNITY; ASKS
TRAITOR TRIAL
Chamber of Deputies by
Vote of 417 to 2 Fixes Ex.
Premier's Status.
DENIES HE AIDED ENEMY
Deputy Loustalot Likewise!
Faces Penalty if Convicted j
of Treason. !
Pjvnis, Dec. 22. A resolution was
adopted In the Chamber of Deputies to-
day depriving former Premier Joseph
Calllaux of parliamentary Immunity In
j tho accusations against him for alleged
, treasonable dealings with the enemv.
The vote on the resolution was I7 to 2.
similar resolution In regard to Deputy
r.0uls Loustalot was adopted w ith a
show of hands by the Chamber.
Tho Galleries' to the chamber were
filled long beforolho hearing opened.
Occupants sat In animated conversation
looking; down upon the empty floor of
the House, where the seats of a dozen
members -werp covered with wreaths and
flowers In honcr of their former occu
pants, who had fallen In the war. Al
most all the other seats were occupied
when President Deschanel's bell rang
and M. Palsant, for the Investigating
committee, rose to explain Its findings.
He asked the Deputies to attend with
due lespect the Impending discussion at
a moment critical to the nation.
M. Calllaux entered at this Juncture,
" '
carrying a bundle of letters and docu-
mnf. Deputy Loustalot was next
j0Ucy.
i nave always 10 ine iuu ineasuro
of my powers served my country. The
only reproach any one could maks to
me Is that I have been too reserved.'
The Chamber listened In absolute sil
ence while M. Calllaux reviewed his
various relationships which have been
regarded by his accusers as susplcloua
He denied hating sent Holo Pasha
abroad or that he hart anything to do
with Holo's seeking of funds in the
Flitted States to buy the .oimin.
A for the floi'rrt Uougc. that was a
political affair, he asserted, and then
entered into further explanations In re-
R:lr1 t0 tnc foreign Office documents
bearing on his visit to Home. The ex-
Premier said: ,
"That was altogether a question of
policy. One must remember that certain
of our Ambassadors frequent circles of
high aristocracy, and all high arlstoc-
racles are not entirely on the side of the region northwest of Ithelms, on the right
Allies." i bank of the Mcuse and In upper Alsace
... ., i in the regions of Thur and Doller.
He Charlies Persecution.
M. Calllaux declared he had been ASKS MEMBERS TO STAY HOME.
Isolated during the war and had been
the object of persecution, and that the j nlchllPtU rr- Selrntittm. co.-en-prcsent
uctlon was the result of a con
spiracy among persons that were op- I"" Travel lie Reatrleted.
posed to hlR policy before the war and CAMnninr.r, Mass., Dec. 2. prof.
afraid he would continue It after the Theodore W. Richards of Harvard, pres-
war. It was not true, lie asserted, that
many before the war. His policy was to
reclaim Alsace-Lorraine, he said, but also
peace without annexations and without
penalizing Indemnities and with tho right
of the peoples to dispose of themselves
"One has a right also to think about
"P.n'l It pnslblv was more apparent that
Contluurd on Second Page.
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camps nnd trenches in France.
The arrival of his advance uijcnts
has been noted In the cabled des
patches. That assurance will
help to make Christmas a happier
day for the friends at home.
The festival will be happier,
merrier still if all the stay at
homes resolve to think of the sol
diers' comfort ALL THE TIME.
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of Headquarters Compnny, 30Gth
Regiment, at the Hotel Ansonin,
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tainers will be Amelia Bingham,
Augusta Close, Marie, Carroll,
Violet Mersereau, Limt. Bruce
Dclette. David Hochstein. Lieff
'Rosenoff, the Camp Upton Four
and the aubtn s regimental band.
Read of this and. other coming
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prinm0 wA pbu,htni, AoCam.
RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR GROWS;
LENINE REGIME TOTTERING;
STILL MAY FIGHT GERMANY
ALLIES TO ACT
ON DEFENSIVE
German Drive in Effort to
Break Through Is
Not Expected.
MAN POWER IS OFFSET
I
i England
and France Have
Vast Supplies of Metal to
Check Enemy.
Special Despatch to Tiir. ii
Washington, Dec. 22. Information
brought back from Kurope by American
officials and laid before this Government
permits a forecast of the Allies' general
strategy on the western front for the
next few months at least. The much ad
vertised German drive Is not -expected to
materialize in the .sense of a. sustained
desperate effort to break through on a
large scale.
The GOrmans now have an advantage
In man power on the western front, but
this Is offset, it Is explained, by tho su
peilorlty of tho Allies In ammunition,
enormous supplies of which were made
i Available In anticipation of continued
1 offensive operations against the Hlndcn-
, bU , 'l"6' ... , , .
iUUt'h mnro A mm it nit nn i njnrfv1 few
offensive than for defensive operations,
Arrangements perfected months In ad-
mitteJ here. The general plan for tho
ahu-s win up iu iniiiun on cieienaive
now until America's weight a a. military
' factor increases sufficiently to swing tt
balance of military power the other way.
RAIDS ON WEST FROXT.
Hermans Fall, bnt 1'reneh Achieve
One Success.
London, Pec. ?- -Only a few minor
flerman l-.ilds occurred last night on the
rtr'll.b frnnl In Kmncp. AttnpW wprA en
oast f Moncny-le-Preux and southeast
of Armentiees.
' 'rne French maile a successful raid
( near Moronvilllers, in the Champagne,
The night report from Paris tells of an
ursuccessful (lerman raid this morning
ner.r Iletonvnux In the Verdun sector.
and of artillery activity In the Chcnav
Ident of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science, to-day re
quested members of the organization not
to attend the annual meeting at Pitts
burg, December 2S to January 2. unless
assured they might render an Importnnt
service to the country by being present,
Authorities at Washington, Prof. Rlch-
nnls salil, had asked that this action be
taken because of transportation prob-
Pn"- About 3.000 members usually at-
XrnA ,tno' a,inul meeting which, how-
'"t I'anjnotlieen cancelled officially.
BAZAAR GRAFTER IN TOMBS.
, lionnld I'ui to lie Scntrnrcd
Next Frldn) .
On a bench warrant Issued by Judgo
' Craln, C. Donald Kox, convicted re
cently In the Criminal Court of petit
1 larceny In connection with the Army
and Navy Bazaar, was taken Into court
yesterday and lemanded to the Tombs
for sentence next Friday.
When released on suspended scntenco
i Fox had been told lie would escape
punishment if he succeeded in crillt-
Ing In the army. It Is understood that
he applied and was turned down by
army officials. Kdwin P. Kilroe, As
sistant District Attorney, In charge of
the case, said last night he would ask
for the maximum penalty for Fox,
FOOD AND FINANCES
WORRY TO ENEMY
Austria - Hungary Nearly
Drained of Cold.
i Special Cable Dtipatci to Tns Sr.
, Copyright, 151", all rights referred
i London, Dec. '.'2. Whllo the German
'leaders uro proclaiming complete confi
dence that a tlctorlous pencn Is at hand
the Internal economic, financial and food
conditions iu tho. Central lhnptreu hate
become alarming.
The Austro.llunsarlan National Bank,
which has not reported detailed condi
tions since the war began, disclosed nt a
recent meeting that Its actual gold re
serve Is only 2B4, 000,000 kronen ($53,
000,000 nt normal exelungo), while the
bank has n note circulation of 17,700,
000,000 kronen ($3,640,000,000). This
means only 1 VI per cunt, gold held
ugalnst Its notes. If In this gold "cover"
the foreign securities' held by the bank
are Included tho reserve would bo only
6 per cent.
The food situation In Germany Is
discussed by tho Basel Xachrichtcn,
which says:
"It has aroused such popuUr oxa&per.
atlon that only the nrmisticc on the
eastern front prevented an explosion.
The bopo of obtaining food, from Russia
and of a speedy peace alone .restrains
e disciplined German workmen.
52 PAGES. PRICE '
101 Lost by Torpedoing
of British War Auxiliary
LONDON, Dec. 22. The British
nrmeil k team ship Stephen
Furness has been torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine in
the Irish Channel, it was officially
announced to-day. Six officers
and ninety-five men were lost.
The Stephen Furness was
originally a merchantman of
1,712 tons gross, built in 1910 at
West Hartlepool, and owned by
the Tyne Tees Shipping Com
pany, Ltd., of Newcastlb.
REPORT KRUPP
WORKS AFIRE
Dutch Workmen Say Plant's
Electric Power Station Was
Seriously Damaged.
STARTED FROM EXPLOSION
Maestricht Despatch Indicates
Extensive Loss Says Blaze
Has Lasted 2t Honrs.
London, Dee. II. The great Kiupp
munition works nt Essen, In Germany,
hate been ablze for twenty-four hours,
according to a despatch from Maestrlcht,
Holland, tho nearest neutral city to
Ussen. which says the Information was
obtained from workmen who came from
the huge gun making plant.
A despatch to the Kxchange Telegraph
Company fiom Amsteidam quotes the
f.VJio Uclgc as follows :
"Tho Krupp plant In Kscn Is afire.
Dutch workmen have been ordered to
return to Holland."
The Amsterdam Tclegraaf. however,
prints a despatch froth the frontier,
based on reports of Dutch workmen,
that an explosion occurred In the elec
tric power station at the plant ovtlng to
a short circuit and the building which
housed tho power station was seriously
damaged.
The plant at Kssett, the main estab
lishment ot tho Krupps, the largest
manufacturers In Germany of arms and
munitions, emplo.ted about 30,000 men
before the war. It has been expanded
greatly during the war.
Facts rclatl!!-T to its present size and
the number of workmen nro kept secret
by the German Government. It was re
ported unofficially In October. 1916, that
about 70,000 persons, including several
thousand women, were at w-k tlicie
and that 20.000 were to be adde1 to the
force.
Early this year there was a strike t
the works, said to hate been tim to
lack of food. It was reported 40,000
workers were Involved and that the. au
thorities combated it by sending many
of the men to the front, but little au
thentic Information was permitted to
come out of Germany.
Ussen Is In Rhenish Prussia, about
j forty miles from the Dutch border. Few
I lace. In Germany are guarded more
carefully. No persons unknown to the
Gorman authorities are permitted to
visit the town. '
Tnc plant has heen raided several
times by French and British airmen
notwitliatnnding its formidable anti
aircraft defences. Press despatches last
July said 10(1 persons there had been
killed in a raid by Trench airplanes and
that considerable damage had been !one
to the works.
U-BOAT YARD ENLARGED.
Krnpp Kiel I'lniit quadrupled to
Meet I'nexpecteil Losses.
Gf.neva, Dec. 22. The Krupps re
cently have quadrupled their naval plant
near Kiel, according to a despatch from
Berlin by way of Berne to I.n nuuisr.
This was done ut tho request of the
German Government, for the purposo
of making up losses In submarines,
which, tho despatch asset ts. have been
heavier than the German Admiralty ad
mit. NEW AIR RAID ON ENGLAND.
One Hostile Alrplnnc I Forced lo
Descend.
London, Dec. 22. Another air laid
has been attempted by the Germans
against Fngllsh coast towns. One hos
tile airplane was forced to descend.
TRAIN HITS CROWD; 6 KILLED.
Icllnm Jostled Into I'ntli nf I'rnu-
a.iltnnln llxprrss.
lULTlMfmi:, Dec. 22. Six men were
killed at 7 o'clock this evening at Mag
nolld, Md., as the result of a Penntyl
tapla express hitting p.iit of a crowd
nt the station. Four were killed out
right, two others died tthlle thev
were being taken on n train to this
city and several nune received, serious
Injuries,
The crowd consisted ot contractors'
employees who had been working on tho
United States ii.tvypruvlng ground near
Aberdeen, They wero assembled on tho
station platform, waiting for a local
train. Home started to push forward
when a train was seen approaching.
It wai not the loc.il but the express
train, which could not bo stopped In
tlmo to prevent crashing Into tho outer
edgo of the crowd,
PERSHING AVIATOR KILLED.
Harnlil Alnmorfh of mirth more,
Pll,. Die In tcrldcnt.
Washinoton, Dec. 22. Uen. I'crilng
to-day reported the death of Private
Harold Alnsworth. Slgn.il Unlisted Re
serve I'oips, on December 111 us tho re
sult of an airplane accident. His father
Is Albert Alnsworth, Kwnrthmorc, Pu,
FIVE CENTS kUJ'SSE
Fijihtiiift- in rdrogrud and
"Wholesale Arrests Made
by Bolsheviki.
UKRAINE JEWS RALLY
Jerusalem's Capture Stirs
Important Element to
Espouse Allies' Cause.
KAISKIi MAY BE TRAPPED
Anjrer nt Peace Terms May
Send Russian Armies to
the Front, Again.
Sitcial Cable Despatch to Tub Sin.
'CrPIr9ht, 1917, all tljf ircrrerf.
IxiNpos, Dec. 22. News from Petro.
grad In the last twenty-four houra
shows that disturbances In tho capital
are increasing rapidly and becomtng
more serious. Similar conditions pre
vail In the provinces, and tho country
generally appears to be ncarlng chaof.
Reports coming through Sweden say
that violent cltll war has started over
most of Russia and severe fighting Is In
progress in Petrograd. With these con
ditions In the country, the capital under
martial law, the Cossack victories la
the Don region, the success of the
Ukrainian movement for Independence,
tho Leninc-Trotzky regime Is confront
ed by the gravest problems it has
yet faeed.
I.enlne Grnrts Desperate.
Lenlne appears to bo making a des
peiatc fight to retain his position. Co
penhagen hears that lie Is resorting to
wholesale arrests In Petrograd. Nu
merous cadets and toclal revolutionists
hove been Imprisqned "and Bolshevik,
troops are hunting many others. Large'
number.', of them hate disappeared.
Developments of the last uwk have
greatly changed the face of affairs. It
Is now apparent that while the Bolshe
viki HtlU dominate the northern nnd
central parts of Kuropean Russia, never
theless the power of I.enlne and Trots
ky is waning rapidly, and mat- end any
day. "
The Jews of the Ukraine, who here
tofore hava shown little national con
clousneas, are ullylnr thrmseltei now
Ktth the anti-Bolshevik cause, on ac-
uuul ui mrir nuireu or me roics and
"because the cwiquen of Palestine bv
the British Is causing a general revival
of Jewish national feeling.
floUhet ILl Anury nt Prance.
The Bolshevik leadership In Petrograd
i i- imeiiseu ngains: Trance, alleging
that French IntiiKuo is encouraging
the Ukraine to declare Its Independence.
Reports that the Allies have decided
to acciedit diplomatic representatives
to the Ukraine ate positively denied.
I but the Untcnte nations recognize the
sreat Importance of the Ukraine devel
opment, becanso If the Germans seize
. the Ukraine it will give them control
of tho Black Sea and a direct loute to
j Asia Minor. Altogether the Russian
situation is regarded n more hopeful.
In regard to the peace negotiations
i it is pointed out. that at the expiration
( of the armistice. Germany's' position
will be very embarrassing, because It was
1 extremely dangerous for her to show her
nana and to make excesslte peace de-1
mands from the Lcnlne and Trotzky re
gime when that regime Is likely to fall
before peace cjn be concluded.
Mnj Spur Itnnla to Kljrht.
In her haste to conclude an armistice
that would en.ible her to shift to the
French and Itall.in fiont all the best
of her troops in the Fast, Germany ha
been compelled to r!i-k tho danger of
Inspiring an outburst of Indlsnant na
tlonnl sentiment, which nut- become so
strong th.it th country may make one
moTe great war effort to throw off the
German yoke.
Despite Iminc nse losses of material
and considerable disintegration in the
army, it is pointed out to-day, the
j Russians still possess sufficient supplies,
munitions nnd .irin, if onlv national
sentiment Is aroused and leadership
provided, to make an effective cam-
palKn which, under present conditions
, nnd the weakened Autrn-German forces
on tbe east fiont. might Inflict a great
disaster on tne (Jernians
Although no confirmation has been
received here of tin, reported brenklnr
off of the peace negotiations at Brest
Lltnvsk, netcitheless tho report Is
symptomatic nf the great uncertainty
and tho rapidly shifting conditions,
UKRA IN 1 AN S AGflRESSl VE
Gen, Knledln llcslaneil In I'aTor
of MtrmiK Government.
LoNttON. Deo. 22 -The leslgnatlon of
Gen. Kiiledin nnd his .issociates In tbe
military Government of the Cossacks,
who have been resisting tho Bolshetlkl,
Is reported in a Petrograd despatch t.o
the Times. The purpose of this move M
said to be to permit the formation of a
strong popular Government Gen, Kale
dln explains he has decided lo withdraw
on account of his uiipopuhrlty with the
troops nt the front, who refuse to obey
hlin in consequence of misrepresentation's
on tho part of tils enemies
The despatch does not suggest any
weakening of the Cossack movement,
which Ih represented in other reports as
still progressing
It Is reported from Petrograd that thn
Ukrainian t loops have occupied the
headquarters of all tho staffs on the Rii
manlan and southwestern fronts, seizing
the telr?rapli and wireless s) stems on
the two fronts, which hato been united
under the command of LIcuU-Geu.
Diultll SU'herhatcheff. Ukrainian troops
hate moved lo the borders of Ukralnla,
where they have taken up positions. Or
ders have been git en tonoblllzo all the
Cossacks in Ukralnla,
The Bolsheviki hate refused the de
mand nf the Ukrainian sailors of the
Baltic fleet that they bo allowed to re-,
turn lioce.
Reuters Petrograd coriespondent re
ports that the premises of Hie Ukrainian
revolutionary staff In Petrograd were
invaded by the Red Guard and tho four
members who wrc present at the time
arrested and taken to the Smolny Instl-
r
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