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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1917.
RUSSIAN ARMY IS
RECREATED LVOFF
Leader of New Government De
clares Changes Not Usual in
Hundred Years Have Taken
Place in Hundred Days.
Petrograd, July 9. A staff corre
spondent of The Associated Press
was received this morning by Prince
Lvoff, premier and minister of the
interior, who made a statement for
the information of America on condi
tions at the Russian front; measures
whereby America can assist in the
struggle against German domination;
internal and diplomatic problems and
the, influence of the revolution and
the-war on world problems.
Prince Lvoff began by declaring
his unshaken optimism, that notwith
standing grave difficulties to be faced,
Russia is marching toward recon
struction and stability and that the
war is developing toward victory.
"Regarding the war," continued the
premier, "say that the latest action
of our army inspires in me full hope.
I am convinced that the new advance
is a prelude to much greater suc
cesses. The advance thoroughly re
futes the pessimists who unanimously
predicted that an offensive by our
supposed disorganized troops was
impossible.
, Russ Army Recreated.
"This is no gradual reconstruction
of the army, but the first stage of a
complete process of recreation, which
is almost miraculous, proving, in my
judgment, that the troops are infect
ed with a gtnuine revolutionary and
crusading spirit and the conscious
ness of a mission to save Russia and
influence world events in the direction
desired by all progressive men.
"Naturally, I am aware that not
everything can be done by enthusi
asm. I give you frankly the good and
the bad side.
"The good side is the army's supply
of munitions and othei necessaries in
which we are markedly better off
than last year, in fact, guaranteed for
the immediate future. . ,
"The bad is the transport facilities,
which still are serious. These are an
evil heritage from the old regime.
Even with stable political conditions,
the creation of efficient transport is
a problem of years. Our great hope
of speedy improvement lies with the
Stevens Railroad commission (the
American commission), from which
we expect much."
Machinery It Needed.
Asked whether the United States
could improve Russia's own manu
facture of munitions by sending ex
perts, Prince Lvoff expressed the
opinion that it could not, declaring
that the problem of the employment
of American aid in Russian work
shops was too complex, but adding
that American munitions machinery
was highly desirable. , 1
"With regard to American help
generally," said the premier. "I lay
down no specific program. It will be
simplest to say that all conceivable
-,,ir!in mii4 wanted in everv do
main. But the key to the solution of
all our military ana economic aiincui
ties. is transport amelioration, in
which it is impossible to do too much.
Russian Taxei Heavy.
"I hope also for further American
financial support. I am unable to say
what form this will take, presumably
' hut on this subiect. our finance
minister, M. Shingaroff, in his dis
cussion with tne nnanciai memoers oi
the Root commission will no doubt
produce a practical program which
America can help realize. America
hftM note that we ourselves are
ready to bear the heaviest monetary
sacrinces ana nave ucuj .u
mnrf drastic measures resnectins tax
ation, on property than any 'of the
other bel ieerent powers and arc
ready to go much further. A"
"Anions our other economic prob
lems the most vital is food. Here
again the central question is trans
port and if America helps in this we
can do the rest ourselves, as the total
stock of food' is sufficient for both
the army and the civilian population.
Our winter croos were very good;
our spring crops were injured by
drouths, but by the end ot July we
shall know our exact position, and
unless there is especially bad har
vest, which we have- no reason to ex
pect, we are absolutely secured against
hunger tor tne rest oi ine year.
More Farm Machinery.
"For next year' crops arises the
problem of an increase in the amount
of agricultural machinery, and we
should be grateful if 'America sub
mits a plan to help in this matter on a
comorehensive scale."
Prince Lvoff proceeded to discuss
the interna! aituation, declaring tnat
this has had a marked influence on
Russia's ability to carry on the fight
in the war with vigor.
"I am glad," he said, "to see last
weeks marked signs ot amelioration
Tel America that I have dailv evi
dence of the rallying of all tne ra
tional elements of the nation around
the coalition cabinet. The irrational
elements, such as the anarchists and
BolshevikL are in such a minority
that there is no reason to fear their
getting the upper hand. Their pres
ent excesses ate merely a last desptr
ate reaction against their conscious
ness of this. ,
, "Note that though every week there
have been loudly advertised plans to
Overthrow the government by force,
there has not been one attempt to
execute the plans made. Furthermore
I may deny the rumors of reactionary
and revolutionary agitation and the
threats of Jewish pogroms, of which
there is no sign whatever.
' Likes Provisional Government.
"On the whole, the nation is satis
fied with the provisional government,
because the government, though
hamoered bv srave military and din-
loraatic preoccupations, has already
successfully carried through internal
reforms which embody the traditional
aspirations ot Russiaa progressives,
Do you know that within i few weeks
of the ezariiti' downfall the govern
ment released a liberal five fold pro
gram, giving complete liberty of per
son, speech, press, meeting and je
ligion, and going therein further than
most progressive democracies in tu
rop or America?
Although these tremendous re
forms were pushed through hastily in
the absence ot legislative machinery
not one of them has been subjected
to serious criticism even by the
avowed anti-government factions.
Perhaps America knows of this, but
locs she know that we have also
. executed a comprehensive scheme of
minor economic, financial and social
1 coviifTrcne
r.o.Lovjwfcir.
reforms, which has been unanimously
approved?
Changes in Towns.
"I refer you, for instance, to the
complete democratization of the
country, local self-government in the
towns throughout the country, with
the universal and equal suffrage for
both sexes regardless of qualifica
tions, the special feature of which is
the establishment of a smaller unit of
ocal government, in which is abol
ished the inequality between peasants
and the other classes, thus eradicat
ing from the Russian law the ancient
and degrading distinction of 'the
privileged classes;' the reform of the
military courts and of local courts of
justice, with the admission of women
to magistracy and legal profession;
educational reform, including a new
university in the city of Perm; sec
ondary school reconstruction, the re
form of the backward parish elemen
tary schools; the democratic income
property tax, with the proposal for
the reform of succession taxation; the
organization of peasant home work,
which is an important factor in our
village economy) the mobilization of
the ration's technical knowledge for
war purposes; many church reforms,
among them the election of the high
est prelates by . popular vote, , and
preparations for a ecumenical church
council, aiming at the abolition of
state despotism in church affairs.
Hundred Years' Advance.
"Through these reforms Russia in
hundred days has advanced a hun
dred years."
With regard to recent disorders
and separatist agitations the premier
declared that local disorder was still
sometimes serious, but that no single
disorderly movement was sufficiently
large to threaten the governments
stability and there were signs, that the
TWO INQUIRIES INTO RACE RIOTS Governor Frank O.
Lowden, of Illinois, who has instituted a rigid inquiry into
the race riots in East St. Louis. Major-General Thomas H.
Barry, commanding the Central Department, U. S. Army,
already has a federal inquiry under way.
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excesses of the factionists injured
chiefly the factionists' cause.
Prince Lvoff went on to declare
that diplomatic relations with the al
lies were much improved, that, not
withstanding three months of stagna
tion on the part of Russia's army and
the critical attitude of her democracy
to the allies, the program of mutual
confidence was unshaken.
"That," explained the premier, "is
the result of our new democracy,
which is absolutely frank and truth
ful. I am convinced that it means
a new era of international relations."
U. S. Ship Nassapequa
- Sunk by a Submarine
London, July 9. The American
ship Nassapequa was sunk on Satur
day by a German submarine. The
crew was landed at the small island
of Sein, twenty-eight miles southwest
of Brest, France.
The Nassapequa,1 3,193 tons gross,
was armed with guns manned by
naval gunners and was owned by the
New York and Porto Rico Steamship
company. It sailed on June 18 from
the United States for France with a
general cargo. It was commanded by
Captain A. H. Strumm and had a
crew of thirty-one men, of whom ten
signed on as American citizens.
Tailor! Electric Aid.
With th .Id ot an electrlo cutting ma
chine on tailor can cut forty toldlcri' unl.
forma at on ttm, and In on day do th
work of on hundred man working with
ihara.
At th prcnt tlm. thr are manr n!
tallorlnr eitabllhmnta filling ruih ordart
for ault for th government. They art
working twenty-four hour a day, with
two ehlfts of workmen, In order to turn out
th work on time, Th ault ara mad ao
cording to itandard mauremnta and then
I no thane to deviate from th regulai
le. Popular Bclenc Monthly.,
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Bee Want Ads produce results.
CONTROLS EXPORTS
OF FUELAND FOODS
President Issues Proclamation
Which May Be Followed by
Sixty-Day Embargo on
Food Shipments.
Washington, July 9. Government
control of American exports, author
ized in a provision of the espionage
act, was ordered put into operation
July 15 by President Wilson tonight,
with the issuanc. of a proclamation
requiring the licensing of shipments
to all countries of the most important
export commodities.
In a statement accompanying the
proclamation the president declared
the government's policy will be first
to givi consideration to American
needs; next to meet as far as possible
the requirements of the allies, and
lastly, to supply the neutral countries
wherever practicable. It is made
clear that every effort will be made
to see that no supplies reach the cen
tral powers.
Fuel Comes First.
The commodities named in the list
put under control are coal, coke, fuel,
oils, kerosene and gasoline, incluling
bunkers; food grains, flour and meal,
fodder and feeds, meats and fats; pig
iron, steel billets, ship plates and
structural shapes, scrap iron and
scrap steel; ferro manganese, fertiliz
ers, arms, ammunition and explosives.
The inclusion of foodstuffs in the
proclamation lends color to state
ments that the administration is con
sidering the advisability of a com
plete embargo for sixty days on all
food shipments to give the country
time to ascertain the amount of its
supplies and to give allied and neu
tral countries an opportunity to pre
sent a full program of their require
ments. Urge Immediate Embargo.
The president in his statement said
the government was trying first to
ameliorate present, food conditions
and conditions that are expected to
arise between now and the next har
vest. Many officials, alarmed at the
wheat shortage and the heavy drain
the allies and neutrals are making on
every kind of American food supplies,
are urging an immediate embargo on
food shipments.
Through control, of coal and fuels
the government intends to take a
firm grasp on shipping. An arrange
ment under negotiation will give the
but of neutral vessels as well. Ships
now on runs not regarded as neces
sary to a successful conduct of the
war will be forced into trades con
sidered more essential, and vessels
now held in port through fear of sub
marine attack will be required to go
into .service. '
Iron and Steel Control.
Control of iron and steel was made
necessary by war demands on the
iron and steel industries. A shortage
of steel in this country is threatened
because of the large amount that is
being diverted to munitions manufac
ture and the construction of the gov
ernment's merchant fleet. Japan's
$oe& Able Assisdanh-
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Mother Nature and Father Time
made diamonds oat of carbon. Bat
pshaw! Look what their method
does with tobacco. Two years
of it make VELVET. f4v
For VELVET is matured by two full
years of ageing in Nature's way. The
result is that mellow, aged-in-the-wood
smoothness that no other smok
ing tobacco possesses. '
You can't get that smoothness in any other
way. .
I !S&2w l0 Tint v S MataJ-liiMHl Bag. . ' , ' ' , pHHir!
American and British governments
control of not only all allied tonnage,
heavy purchases of steel plates for
merchant shipbuilding made neces
sary that plates be put under control.
At the same time this action gives the
government a weapon with which to
force Japanese tonnage into the trans
Atlantic trades.
Specific regulations governing food
exports and shipments of other com
modities named in today's list are ex
pected to be issued by the president
in a few days. Even if a complete
embargo is not placed on food ex
ports for a time, it is known many
restrictions will be made. The Ex
ports council, comprising three cab
inet members and the food admin
istrator, are drawing up a program to
be submitted to the president imme
diately. One argument advanced by advo
cates of a complete embargo on food
shipments is that the neutral coun
tries and the allies have presented en
tirely different statements regarding
the amount of foodstuffs going from
the neutral countries into Germany.
It is argued also that the neutrals
cannot be treated all alike, as varying
conditions obtain in Holland and in
the Scandinavian countries. The
president declares in his statement
that this government has no desire to
do any injustice to neutral countries,
and intends to co-operate with them
in adding to( their necessary supplies.
Bee Wants-Ads Produce Results.
Shuberts Purchase Cox
Theatrical Property
Cincinnati, O., July 8. Theatrical
property in virtually every large city
in the United States was sold today
by the widow of George B. Cox to
Messrs. Lee, J. J. Shubert and Joseph
L. Rhinock. The amount of money
involved was not disclosed. Mr. Cox,
who founded the Shubert theatrical
enterprises, was one of the largest
theatrical owners in the country.,
Iowa, New Note.
Woodbine Sixty thousand dollar In
Liberty bonds, 868 member of the Red
Cross branch, and 16,000 contributed to th.
Red Cross fund, and thirty-eight young men
enlisted and training in different army
camps for war services, are contribution
for the world-wid war from Woodbln and
Its vicinity.
Sixteenth and Farnam Streets
Announce Their Annual
July Clearance Sale
Beginning Promptly at 8:30 A. M.;
Tuesday Morning
A SALE that presents the unusual opportunity of making money by spending
it Just a hint of saving opportunities you will find throughout the store.
" 30 Women's Suits,
$5.00
Women's Wash Waists,
69c, 89c, $1.95
Women's Wash Skirts,
Choice 75c
, Women's Silk Suits,
y2 Price
Summer Dresses,
Formerly to $16.50, $9.75
150 Trimmed Hats,
Ghoice 50c
Trimmed White Hats,
' $2.50
Girls' Summer Dresses,
Were to $8.95,
$2.75 and $4.95
Women's Bungalow
Aprons, 50c
Women's Silk Coats,
l2 Price
Women's Silk Skirts,
$3.95
100 Summer Dresses,
$5.00
Summer Dresses,
Formerly to $25, $13.95
100 Trimmed Hats,
Choice $1.00
Summer Parasols,
$1.59
Girls' White Dresses,
Were to $13.50,
$3.45 and $5
July Clearance Reduction on Infants'
Dresses, Creepers, Underwear and Hats
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faced
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