SCORES TRE KAISER
PRESIDENT SAYS MILITARY MAS
TERS DENIED U. S. RIGHT
TO BE NEUTRAL.
FILLED COUNTRY WITH SPIES
Failed m Attempt to Spread Sedition
—German People in Grip of Same
Sinister Power That Has
Drawn Blood From Us.
W a*!i \gt«tu. June l.'i.—{’resident
W ilo.n iu a Flag da} address deliv
ered here on Thursday declared that
we were furred into the world-wide
war t.> tie- extraordinary insults and
.gri" . ns .,f tin- military masters of
• ieruian}.
Tin- pr. -.. .-nt s address in part is as
follows:
My Fel.oM Citizens: We meet to
• •'..-Prate Hag I*ay ls-<ausc this llag
which We honor and under which we
—f»e 1* the etuhletu of our unity, our
jsttter. our thought and pur|»ise as a
nation. It has no other eliaruder than
that which we give it from generation
■« generation The eiioio-s are ours.
I* floats in maj—stic silence above the
1 .■»•» that execute t li* tse choices
whether in (w-ace or iu war. And yet.
though silent, it to tis -speak'
to us of the past, of tin- men and wom
en who went liefore us anti of the rec
"Td» they wrote upon it. We celebrate
the day of its birth: and from its birth
ui.ul n..w it has witnessed a great his
tory. ha» floated on high tile symbol of
great events, of a great plan of life
worse*! out by a great people. We are
b..ut to carry it into battle, to lift it
where it will draw the fin- of our eu
• t.iit s \\ e are alwtit to bid tfaousamls.
tiuteiretis of thousands, it may !«• mil
lion* of our men. the young, the strong,
the -a|<uh!.- men of the nation, to go
forth ,o. l die Iw-neath it on fields of
t !.«*l far a troy—for w hatV For some
tit.;- ■ thing? For something
"r which it Ins never sought the lire
before? Am* nut imuies were never
•-ef- r-- s, nt m ros. i|. seas. Why are
they sent now? f or some new pur
l*o'e for -a I - li this great tlag has nev
er t-een carried t>efi>re. or for some old.
familiar, heroic ptirjtose for whieh it
l«t» seen men. it* own men. die on ev
ery hiittletield ti|»-n wliidi Americans
have l-.nie antis since the ICevolution:
These are questions whieh must lie
answered. We are Americans. We in
'•nr turn —ne America. and can serve
her with t.o private pur|w*s.- We nitist
Use her flag its she has always Used it.
Wr are accountable at the har of his
tory m l n ti't plead in utter frankness
what purjtose it is wc seek to serve.
United States Forced Into War.
It is plain enough how we were
fom-d into the war. The extraordi
nary insults and aggressions of the im
jwrial •iem.an government left u> no
sclf-rcsjieoting choice hut to take up
arms .n defense of our rights as a free
profile ami <if our honor us a sovereign
government. The military masters of
*iert ny denied us the right to he n< u
tral. They flihsl our utisti»peeting com
munities with viciou» sjtit-s and con
s|.trators and nought tti corrupt the
ojiinion of our jte-.j.le in their own be
half When they found that they could
me do that, their agents diligently
«j*r»ad sedition am-e g't us and sought
•• • raw our own ei-.j-.-ns from theit
■ d. g un - ami some of those agents
were men ronnected with the nflicial
e‘iit«;is.\ of the <o-nnan government it
•elf here in our own capital. Tla-y
so-ighr hy violence to destroy our in
dustrie* and arrest our commerce.
They tried to Incite Mexico to take iiji
an: s : gainst u* and to draw Japan in
to a Itos-ile alliance with her—and
that not l.y imlireetioti. hut hy direct
’-gges-htn from the foreign office in
lb-rim They Impinh-titly denieil us
Mgt> hu and repeated
■y evt ii ineir inrcjn mill iney
would **u»d to their death any of our
propie win* ventured to n|»proneh the
wm «f Kurope. And many of our
own |-s-t>|e were Corrupted. Men l«*.
gain to look uj««n their own neighbors
with suspicion and to wonder in theit
hot resentment and surprise whether
there was any community in which
hostile Intrigue did not lurk. What
great nation in su-di cireumstances
would not have taken up nrui'V M o t,
as we had desired lienee. it was denied
us. ami not of our own choice. This
flag under which we serve would have
lierfi dishonored had We withheld out
hand.
No Efrtnity Toward German People.
Hu! that is only part of jhe story.
We know now as riearly as we knew
l<efor>- we were ourselves engaged that
we are n«<t enemies of the tiertnan |m-o
ple and that they are not our enemies,
they did not originate or desire this
hideous war or wish that we should |„.
drawn into it: and we are vaguely con
scious that we are fighting Ilieirmuse,
as they will softie day see it. as well as
••ur own. They are themselves in tin
grip of the satin sinister power that
lots now at last stretched ps i;g!> t:il
uoa ou! ami drawn htnul from us. The
wh<4e world is in the grip of that |m\v
ec ami is trying out the great battle
Which shall determine wlietl: r it is to
l*e lirougfi* under its mastery or tling
Itself free.
The war was l.egttn by the military
masters of tienuany. who proved to h.
al»o the masters of Austria-Hungary.
These men have never regarded na
tions as people*. men. women, ami
children of like blood ami frame as
themselves. for whom governments e\
Isted and In whom governments had
their life. They have regarded Ihetn
merely as serviceable organizations
which they could by force or intrigue
(•end or corrupt to their own purpose.
They have regarded the smaller states,
in particular, and the peoples wno
could be overwhelmed l>y force, as
their natural tools and instruments of
domination. Their purpose has long
been avowed.
The demands made hy Austria upon
Serbia were a mere single step in a ,
plan which compassed Kurope and
Asia, from Berlin to Bagdad. They
hoped those demands might not arouse
Europe, but they mount to press them
whether they did or not, for they
thought themselves ready for the final
issue of arms.
Vast Empire Planned.
Their plan was to throw a broad belt
of (iernian military power and political
control across the very center of Eu
rope and beyond tin- Mediterranean in
to tile heart of Asia : and Austria-Hun
gary was tn he as much their tool and
pawn as Serbia hr Bulgaria or Turkey
or the ponderous states of the East, j
The dream had its heart at Berlin. It j
could have had a heart nowhere else! j
It rejecti*i 1 the Idea of solidarity of
race entirely. The choice of peoples
played no ptirt in it at all. They ar
dentl> desired to direct their own af
fairs would he satisfied only by umlis
tinted independence. They could he
kept quiet only by the presence or the
constant throat of armed men. The
Herman military statesmen had reck
otied with all that and were ready to
deal with it in their own way.
And they have actually carried the
greater part of that amazing plan into
execution! Look how things stand.
Austria is at their mercy. It has acted.
f'."t upon its own initiative or upon the
choice of its own people, but at Ber- i
Jin’s dictation ever since the war be
gan. Its people now desire peace, hut
cannot have it until leave is grunted I
from Berlin. The so-called central
Iuiwers are in fact but a single power. '
Serbia i< at its mercy, should its bands
lie tint for a moment freed. From j
Hamburg to the Persian gulf the net
is spread.
Why Berlin Seeks Peace.
1' ii nut easy to understand the eng
orne-s for jieuee that has been mani
fe'ieil from Berlin ever since the snare
was set and sprung? Peace, peace.
.. has been the talk of her foreign
office- for now a year and more: not
p.;" upon Iht own initiative, but up
j on tlie initiative of the nations over
! which she now deems herself to hold
the advantage. Through all sorts of
channels it has come to me. and in till
sort' of gnisi s. but never with the (
terms disclosed which tile German gov- [
eminent would he \ illing to accept. 1
That government still holds a valuable ;
part of France, though with slowly re- i
laxing grasp, and practically the whole
of Belgium. It cannot go further: it
dare not go back. It wishes to close
its bargain before it is too late and it
has little left to offer for the pound of
flesh it will demand.
The military masters under whom
Germany N (deeding see very dearly
! to what point Fate has brought them.
If they fall hack or are forced back
an Inch, their power both abroad and
at home will fall to pieces like a
house of cards. If they can se
cure peace nov, with the immense ad
vantages <ti!l in their hands which
they have tip to this point apparently
gained, they will have justified tiiem
selves before the German people: they
will have gained by force what they
promised to gain In it: an immense
expansion of German power, an im
mense enlargement of German indus
trial and commercial opportunities. If
they fail, their people will thrust them
aside; a government accountable to
tlie people themselves will he set up
in Germany a- it has been in England. |
in the fiutcd States, in France, and
:n all the great countries of tlie mod
ern time except Germany. If they suc
ceed they are safe and Germany and |
the world are undone: if they fail Ger
many is saved and tlie world will be at
peace. if they succeed, we and all
the rest of the world must remain
armed, as they will remain, and must
make rendx for the next step of ng
, gression: if they fail, the world may
unite for peace, and Germany may be
of the union.
Seek to Deceive World.
The present |iartieular siim of the |
masters «>f fiermanv is to deceive all
those wlm thronghoir the world stand
for the rights ,,f peoples and the self
government of nations; for they see
what immense strength the forces of
justice and of liberalism are gathering
i out of ihis war.
Tlie sinister intrigue is being no less
actively conducted in this country than
in Iitissia and in every country in Eu
rope to which the agents and dupes of ;
the imperial Cerumu government can
i get a...
United States in War for Freedom.
The great fact that stands out above
all the r. st is that this is a People's j
war a war for freedom and justice and j
self government amongst all the na
tions of the world, a war to make the
world safe for the peoples who live in
it and have in; de i! (heir own. the
tier uni people t!;eii selves included;
::;n! that with i|s rests tile choice to
In . ' through ;. 11 thes* < hypocrisies and
p;. • ' cheats anil masks of brute force
alid help set lilt* world free, or else
stand ; 'idi ai.tl id it be tioiiiinalfd a
long f ge I In ■ High by sheer W eight of i
arms and tin arbitrary choices of self- j
'•i'11-i;I Htcd in;:'.ers ; y the nation
'..'m li can lit:;ilit:;in the I ig-g'est armies
! and the most irresistible armaments—
: a |ower to which the world has af
ford* <1 m> parallel and in the face of
h political freedom must wither
ami perish.
I or ns there is hut one choice. We
have blade it. Woe he to the man or
group of men that seeks to stand in
our way in this day of high resolution
In n every principle we hold dearest
is in in- vindicated and made secure for
■lie salvation of the nations. We are
ready to plead at the bar of history,
and our flag shall wear a new luster.
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armies to work as unit
Plan Which It I* Believed Will Add
Effectiveness to Forces of the
Allied Powers.
Washington. June l.V-An interna
tlooal army stuff and International
nary staff for co-ordination of military
and naval «*perntions will •** ereated
by the allied power*.
The organisation of h hodles la
dmued absolutely essential If the al
lira are to win the war. The nations
fighting in league with Germany have !
practically surrendered their independ
ence t<> Berlin.
it is at the German headquarters i
that the moves are planned, not only
for the German fronts hut for the
Italian battlefields, the Balkans, Asia
Minor and Persia. This unity of com
mand has resulted In movements to
hold vast bodies of enemy troops while
a strenuous forward cm.tpaign was be
ing conducted elsetvlio!*. This scheme, j
It Is felt, must not fr* jM in force by |
the allies.
i- »• sight for the regulation Springfield ritle tlmr is being tested by the (iimrteriun ter's department
of the United States Marine corps, ft—(Jen. Sir Herbert l’ltuner. commander of the Hritish army that made the recent
big drive between Ypres and Armentieres. 3—Scene in the Hethlehem Steel works where Uncle Sam is making heavy
armament for super-dreadnaughts. -4—Alexander, king of Greece, who itas been tdaced on the throne to succeed his
father, Constantine, forced to abdicate by the allies.
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King Constantine of Greece Is
Compelled to Abdicate by
the Allies.
SECOND SON SUCCEEDS H,M
Liberty Loan of Two Billions Over
subscribed by People of United
States—Hope for Russia Re
vives—President Wilson’s
Great Flag Day Address.
Ey EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Another ruler was pushed off his
throne last week, and another nation
probably added to those in active con
flict with tin* central powers. This !
time it is Constantine 1. king of the j
Hellenes, who has lost his crown. Af- t
ter diplomatic intriguing and open
quarrels that had been going on ever
since the war started, lie was forced
by tile allies to abdicate, and his eld
est son. the crown prince, was barred
from tlie succession because of liis pro
German proclivities. Constantine,
however, was allowed to preserve his
dynasty, at least for the present, by
nominating his second son. Alexander,
as his successor.
The abdication of the king was
brought about by Senator Jonnart of
France, who went to Greece empow
ered by the allies to settle finally the
position of that country In the war.
He informed Premier Zaitnis that
troops were at his disposal to carry
out hi* decisions, but appealed to tin*
premier to use his influence toward a
peaceful arrangement. After consult
ing the crown council, the king deeid
ed to quit, and bis abdication was an
nounced on Tuesday morning. Both
Constantine and the former crown
prince have left Greece already.
may mean much to Allies.
If Greece now decides to participate ,
actively In the war. stie can throw into
the field an army of 500,000 men. well
trained lint not sufficiently equipped.
Venizelos, the former premier and
consistent opponent of Constantine’s
war policy, has back of him 100,000
men. and though the army in general
was loyal to the ex-king, it is predicted
the entire lighting force of the nation
will now take up arms against the
Teutonic powers and Turkey. This
might tiring about a decided change in
tin- Balkan situation. With the Greeks
acting with the allies from the south
and the reorganized Roumanian army
and possibly the Russians striking
front the north, the line of communi
cations between Germany and Turkey
might well he cut and the Turks forced
to sue for peace.
Alexander, the new king of Greece,
who is twenty-four years old, took the j
oath on Wednesday. It is reasonable ;
to suppose he will act in accord with
the allies, for he has kept free from all
pro-Gorman activities and seems to lie
acceptable to M. Jonnart. In fact, he
cannot do much otherwise, for the en
tente forcos promptly seized control
of all of Greece. Professedly, their
aim is the restoration of the constitu
tional government of that country. It
was stated semiofficially in Washington
that the Failed States had not taken
any part in the deposing of Oonstan- i
tine and had not been consulted by the
entente powers. This emphasizes the
fact that we tire allies of those powers j
in war. hut not necessarily in diplo- I
inacy.
The purpose of tin* allies was not ac
complished entirely without bloodshed.
A Greek colonel at I.arissa tired on
French cavalry, killing two officers
and four privates. In the brief tight
that ensued GO. Greek soldiers were
killed and Titl. including 51 officers,
were taken prisoner.
Liberty Loan a Great Success.
America's reply to the sneering as
sertions of Germany that tin* war is
Wilson's war and is not supported by
the people of the Fnited Slates came
with a loud sound when the hooks on
the Liberty Loan were closed Friday
noon. It was announced that the loan
of $2,000,000,000 had been handsomely
over-subscribed, and the significant
fact is that it has been taken up main
I.v by tin* individual men. women and
children of the nation, not by the
great financial institutions. This not
only is most desirable from an econo
mic point of view, but is conclusive
evidence that the entire nation is back
ing the government in the conflict
against despotism. It was only ueces
sary that the people should be awak
ened to the real situation, and this was
done with energy and efficiency by the
press and by innumerable speakers
throughout the land.
Renewed Hope for Russia.
Hope and despair concerning Russia
alternately take possession of the al
lies. Just now it is the turn of hope,
and there is a real prospect that the
new republic not only can be prevented
from making separate peace with the
Ti utons, but may even be restored as
a potent military factor. Minister of
War Kerensky is succeeding to some
extent in re-establishing discipline in
the army, and an incident on the Rou
manian front, when three mutinous
regiments were forced to uncondition
al surrender by a large number of loyal
troops showed that most of the soldiers
arc disposed t" buck up the provision
al government. The All-Russian coun
cil of peasants, furthermore, passed hy
a vote of l.ooo to 4 a resolution to cut
off food supplies from Kronstadt if the
town did not immediately join its rev
olutionary forces to those of Russian
democracy, ami demanding that the j
government tit once force the absolute J
submission of Kronstadt.
President Wilson's note to Russia,
defining America’s war aims, was re
ceived with much satisfaction every
where except by the radical Russian
socialists and in Germany, and was
promptly followed by one from Great
Britain which virtually stated that Mr.
Wilson had spoken for his entente al
lies. Of course the interpretation of
the phrase "peace without annexa
tions" is still a stumbling block, for
Great Britain, France and Italy take
the position that the restoration of
“stolen" lands, such as Alsace-Lor
raine. Italia Irredenta and other re
gions. must not be considered as annex
ations. The Root commission, which
had a triumphant trip across Siberia,
is counted on to do a great deal toward
bringing Russia to the scratch again,
and at this writing it really looks as
though she will not yield to the blan
ntsimieuts nt the kaiser nnct Ins social
ist and pacifist emissaries. The great
change in Greece also is looked upon
as likely to influence Russia because
of the effect it is sure to have on the
Balkan situation.
Tin* very weakness of the Russian
provisional government has caused the
German conservatists to abandon hope
of persuading Russia to a separate
peace, fur as Herr Heydehrand. their
leader, says, such a course would be
futile unless the government were
strong enough to combat the sillies
Russia would lie forsaking.
Mr. Root and his colleagues and also
the American railway engineering coni- ,
mission readied Petrograd on Wednes
day. On the same day the Russian j
mission to the United States landed at
a Pacific coast port and started for
Washington. It is headed by Boris A.
Bakhmetieif as special ambassador.
General Pershing in France.
General Pershing and his staff, after
several days of work and entertain
ment in l.ondon. crossed over into
France and were enthusiastically re
ceived in botli Boulogne and Paris.
Tile whereabouts of his expeditionary
force—called by the German press an
American army bluff- -had not been an
nounced at the time of writing.
There were two significant develop- I
ments on the bstttlo fronts of Europe.
Tiu- Italians, resting for the present
from their advance on Trieste, made
a vigorous attack on the Austrians in
the Trentino, gaining some important
posts and again threatening Trent. On
the Belgian front near the seacoast
there was great activity by the artil
lery, seeming to indicate the intention
of the sillies to try for a pash in that
region toward Ostend and Zeebrugge.
The British made secure their gains of
last week and advanced farther east
and northeast of Messines, while .the
French repulsed all attacks further to
tit-1 The sillies seem to have
adopted a new plan in France, making
each drive si battle complete in itself:
they have demonstrated, they feel, that
tlie German military power can be
crushed, and the speed with which this
is in be done depends largely on the
aid given by the United States.
On Thursday it was announced that
the Germans had abandoned important
sections of their front, between Lys
river and Sr. Yves.
Wilson’s Flag-Day Address.
Flap Day. June 14, was marked by
the enthusiasm and solemnity by
which it was celebrated throughout the
country, and also by a notable address
by President Wilson in Washington. Mr.
Wilson again set forth clearly the rea
son why we have entered the war,
forced thereto by the insults anti ag
gressions of the German government;
he drew a vivid picture of the German
intrigues in the Balkans. Turkey. Per
sia. India and Egypt and described the
great German plan to throw a licit of
military power and political control
across the center of Europe and into
the heart of Asia; he told how far this
scheme had been carried toward suc
cess. and where it had been foiled, and
then scathingly denounced the deceit
ful efforts to secure peace that the Ger
man government has been making for
a year because it knows its plan has
failed and is trying to preserve its po
litical power tit home and. indeed, its
very existence.
The president fairly took the liitte
off the friends and partisans of tiie
German government in this country.
They will make no headway, he de
clared. for they anil their thinly-dis
guised disloyalties are known, and the
truth is plainly seen by our people.
“Woe he to the man or group of men
that seeks to stand in our way in this
day of high resolution,” cried the chief
magistrate, “when every principle we
hold dearest is to lie vindicated and
made secure for the salvation of rite
nations."
Japan has been stirred to freslt ir
ritation against the United States be
cause our government sent a note to
China regarding the dissension there
and expressing the hope that tranquil
lity might he established. The Japa
nese assert that their special position
in China is vital and must lie jealously
guarded, and that the United States,
in sending the note without first con
sulting Japan, ignored that special po
sition.
r>erremr\ nun mo
irritation of .Japan was caused by a
bogus copy of ttic American note pub
lished in Tokyo.
Japan is about to send a commission
to tin* United States to arrange co-op
eration in the war between the two na
tions, and to discuss the complex ques
tions concerning the far East. The
mission is to be headed by Yfkeount
Kikujiro Ishii. formerly foreign min
ister.
Haiti and the Dominican Republic
have both severed diplomatic relations
with the German empire. Every little
helps.
Murderous Air Raid on London.
The Germans on Wednesday made
another of their murderous and useless
airplane raids on London, dropping
quantities of bombs mostly on the
East end. Ninety-seven persons were
killed and -K57 wounded. Among the
dead were Hi women and 2(5 children.
The raiders were soon driven off by
British aviators and anti-aircraft can
non. It is a wonder that these repeat
ed raids do not drive the British to
reprisal on some of the unfortified
cities of Germany.
The weekly report of the British ad
miralty showed 3S British vessels sunk
by submarines, the largest number for
five weeks, but still far below the mark
set by the Germans as necessary for
file starvation of England. Among the
victims of U-boats reported during the
week were the American steamship
1‘etrolite, the Leyland liner Anglian
and the South Atlantic liner fequuua.
The last named was carrying Senega
lese troops and P.Ht men were lost. An
American steamship on arrival at an
Atlantic port reported that she had
rammed and sunk it German subma
rine.
In congress the conference report on
the army and navy deficiency appro
priation bill was accepted and this
greatest of war budgets, carrying S-V
o00.000.000 was sent to the president
for liis approval. The administration
food control bill came up for discus
stmt in the senate and was bitterly
attacked by Senator Heed of Missouri
and others because of the power it
proposes to lodge in a “food dictator"
or some other agency selected by the
president. Mr. Reed also severely
criticized Herbert C. Hoover, whom
Mr. Wilson has selected as head of the
food control agency.
NO DANGER FROM EX-CZAP,
Deposed Autocrat Too Weak a Person
ality to Serve as Rallying Point
for Monarchists.
Stockholm.'—The crews of the Rus
sian warships which are anchored off
Kronstadt are demanding that the for
mer czar he delivered to them pending
his trial. They say they have asked
this thrice and that they are not going
to be iaughed at.
The government has refused this re
quest on the ground that there is no i
reason for such notion. Other factions
in Russia are demanding that all of ;
the Romanoffs be looked up in order to
prevent any of the members of the j
family being used as a rallying point i
for those who would restore the mon
archy.
To the question in regard to the pos
sibility of the czar serving ns a rally
ing point, one of the leading Russians
said: ;
“It Is not in the man. He has no
grasp of the situation, no comprehen
sion of men or measures. He does not
seem ts realize what has happened.
He often starts aniazedly when the sol
diers who are on guard address him
not as ‘your majesty,’ hut ns ‘mister’ ,
or ‘colonel.’
“To the officers around him he puts
the routine questions of the days of
his audiences, asking them, for exam
ple. what service they have seen, and
so on, as if the answers would be given
as a matter of course.
“The probability Is he and his family
will be exiled.”
EPITOME OF EVENTS
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!PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO
MANY SUBJECTS.
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j Erief Mention of What is Transpiring
In Various Sections of Our Own
and Foreign Countries
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U. S.-Teutonic War News.
The War department has issued a
call for 70,01 Hi single men. 18 to 40,
! without dependents, to till the regular
! army to war strength before June JO.
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Orders for the arrest of every man
; be ween the ages of Cl and JO, inclus
ive, in the United States who cannot
I show a certificate of registration for
war service,, was issued by I'ro
vost Marshal General Crowder.
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Germany has notified the United
States that she regards the seventy
four Amercaa merchant sailors
brought in by the raider Moewe, as
1 prisoners of war and that they will
be treated as such.
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The submarine chaser building pro
gram is more than a month ahead of
schedule. The Navy department an
nounced that nearly three times the
expected number of 110-foot chasers
; will he delivered by August 1.
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Ono hundred American aviators
from the navy “lying corps have arriv
ed safely in France for any duty that
may present itself, according to a
statement issued hy Secretary Dan
iels. They are the first of the Amer
j ican fighting forces to reach France.
* * *
Secretary Dtniels told the senate
naval affairs commttee that a spy or
j traitor to the government is oper
! ating in the navy department and
j that information is being furnished
Germany regarding America’s war
i plans.
* * •
Shortage of ships for military trans
port service constitutes one of the
biggest problems before America's
war chiefs. That the dispatch of the
new army may have to be delayed
by reason of this lack of transports
is admitted.
• « *
General John J. I’ershing. command
er of America’s first expeditionary
force, has arrived in France. It is
made known that lie will he an im
portant commander, such as Marshal
Haig, co-operating with the French
commander while on French soil.
* * *
The War department lias chosen j
sites for the sixteen cantonment J
camps at which military towns are to \
be built l>y September 1, when the j
first draft troops will be called to the i
colors. Troops from Nebraska. Min- j
nesota. Iowa and the Dakotas will he |
trained at Des Moines.
* * *
President Wilson warned the Amer
ican people in bis flag day address
at Washington that Germany has car
ried into effect the greater part of her
immediate plan of conquest and now
is negotiations a new “intrigue of
peace" designed to end the war while
her aggressions are secure.
Ceneral Pershing and his staff, nnm
herng IPS officers and enlisted men.
the vanguard of America’s first expe
ditionary force, arrived safely at a
British port last Friday. The party
started about June 1. without any
publicity being given their departure.
Oon. Pershing made known, imme
diately upon bis arrival that he and
his officers were anxious to get into
harness at their base in France. The
party was given a great ovation in
England.
General News.
Ten deatl and a property loss of
?1 .tHKi.tioO resulted from the fire at
the American Sugar Befitting com
pany’s plant in Brooklyn, .\. V.
* * *
Final estimates place the number
of miners killed in a tire at the tJran
ite mountain mine of the North Butte
■ Copper company near Butte, Mont..
at 171.
At least 20.000 persons are living in
the streets and parks of San Salvador.
Nicaragua, made destitute and with
out food and shelter as a result of the
earthquake and volcanic eruption.
* * *
Governor Gardner of Missouri, by
proclamation, lias placed a quarantine
on the shipment of stock lings from
otiier states into Missouri until they
nre inoculated against bog cholera
and held for fourteen days.
* « *
The United States note to China,
expressing regret over the dissensions
In that country and a sincere desire
that tranquility he forthwith estab
lished caused surprise and unfavor
able criticism in Jaapn. where the ac
tion is regarded as ignoring Japan's
special position in China.
* * *
San Salvador. Nicaragua, a city of
(Vi.000 pc pulntion. and several towns
anti village's nearby, were partially
destroyed l>.v a violent earthquake.
The casualties were enormous, ac
cording to early reports.
• * *
Judge Van Valkenburgh in the fed
eral court at Kansas City refused a
writ of habeas corpus for the release
of the alleged anti-draft agitators held
in jail there. He said the thirteenth
amendment did not apply in the draft
law.
* * *
Edward W. Dickerson of Grand
Rapids, Mich., president of the Cen
tral Baseball league, has been made
president of the Western league, suc
ceeding Frank C. Zehrung of Lincoln, j
who resigned the position. i
Sail Diego, Cal., has added an aerial
fire lighting machine to its .1 part
merit. This is believed to lie t; ■ first
j fire fighting unit of its kind in th -
world.
* * *
The supreme board of directors •
the Knights of Columbus nmiounc,
■ If appropriation of S1.000.tNNt In rl
order for the establishment and mao
lenam,. ,,f recreation centers at all
■ be principal tinny concentration
j ramps.
* * *
Every railroad in Illinois lias raised
its passenger rate from 2 cents a mile
to 0.4 cents a mi],.. ap{>licnble t■ > in
trastate and inters!: !,, traffle. The . r
der is in compliance with a ruling is
sued by Federal Judge Dwyer of t■
United States circuit court at St.
Louis, which empowered railroads to
increase their passenger Ur.-s on or
before June 12.
* * *
The body o." the 14-month ’ y.
Lloyd Kept, who was kidm m
ids home at Springfiebl. Mo..
8. was found in a well near a •
ed" house, long since ahandoned
the Ozark mountains, eight m
southwest of the city. It is l.eliev
the child was thrown into the w<U
j shortly after being spirited away.
Several arrests have been made.
Washington Notes.
Congress has passed the oou.ikhi.
000 war budget measure. It appro
priates the greatest sum ever voted at
one time by any legislative b«, ly. Its
amount is greater than the total ■ ,,st
of the civil war.
The house tax hill was -ml
| about S'.ummuhhi more by tb senate
I finance committee in decid; .
duce tlie manufacture tax on ■ b tie
goods, patent medicines, p.u •
and cosmetics from 5 to u per e.
* * *
In.juncton against laltor ure - n
der the Sherman anti-trust ‘
supreme court decided in tli-t ss .
proceedings against New Y <
penters* unions, can be secured .>■ y
by tlie government and not by pri\
persons.
* * *
In the belief that the establish?!! nt
of ti federal food administration ' ill
result in lower prices, organized labor
forces in tlie United States has st: t
ed an active campaign for p •-<;
by July 1 of tlie food bills pci . im in
congress.
* * •
Despite the fact that Americ ’s
1017 wheat crop is placed at Wiim
000 liusliels, 10.000.000 bushels tn e
than last year's crop, tilt' ITiod
States must practice rigid econ -
sttys the Department of Agriculture,
if needs of tlie allies are to be tn t
Tlie report states that this country
lias virtually no reserve supply of
wheat.
• * •
Announcing failure of its plan to re
lieve the news print paper situation
and predicting panic prices unle-s tlie
government steps in. the federal trade
commission asked congress to ; r -
ize a government pooling scheme to
insure both an equitable distributi-a
of tiie product to consumers and a f; r
profit to manufacturer.
• * *
Lamb for the table will be almost
unknown if the farmers of the e-tin
try heed the admonition which i
being pressed on them by tiie i xperts
of the U. S. department of agrienl
ture. Tlie experts say ewe lambs
should he saved for breeding pur
poses and only those slaughtered
witch are absolutely worthless for
breeding stock.
European War News.
The death by starvation within
three months of 500 Beigans inli ne 1
in Germany is reported in n semi
official statement given out in Paris.
* * *
The German line in Belgium is
crumbling under the British offensive
there. Evidence of this appears in
I lie announcement by I.ondoti ot a
German retreat on a front of approx
imately two miles in the area south
west of Warenton.
* * •
In response to demands by the al
lies King Constant ine of Greece, who
had reigned over the nation since
1013, abdicated his throne in favor
of his second son. Prince Alexander.
The fallen monarch and his son
Crown Prince George, heir apparent,
both accused of being pro-German in
sympathy, have left the country, it i
said.
* * *
Hamburg. Germany, has just ' !■;
den farewell to the noted chimes
two principal churches. St. Nich<
mill St. Peters, from which tin* h
have been seized by German un -
ties to lie melted into cannon.
* * *
London announces the destruction
hy a submarine of the British Red
Star Line Steamship Southland with a
loss of possibly thirty-three lives. It
is said that five men aboard the shir,
were killed outright and that twenty
eight are ini4;s,I,£**
* ? •
“No man i" the Russian army dar. ■
sneak "f a separate peace. If he did.
h'is comrades would shoot him." d
Hared Nicholas Naekoff. u form.
X,.«- York editor, who just returned
tl, petrograd from the front.
* * *
Nearly one hundred persons w. -.«
Riled and more than 400 injured in i
uid-day bomb dropping raid by lif
een German airplanes over I.on
lon. Ten of those killed and fifty e
he wounded were children in a school
m which bombs fell. A large number
if the killed or injured were women
mil children.
• * •
Estimates show the day’s fighting
if the Wytschaete-Messlnes battle
•>ost the British less than 10.000 men
Herman prisoners put their losses at
?.r).000.
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