Nebraska Newspapers

    VOL. XLVII.-NO. 13. 'E:'.'' ?;' v .: OMAHA; TUESDAY MORNING,', JANUARY 29, 1918.-TEN .PAGES. ' V ' wm'iu.j' itff '. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS',
Si
BAKEmsAYsmRMmm abbey new- werlin aroused
t OF201MIONSREABY
Ml ' V : . - 0. ' n
aM W . ..IB
500,000
TO FRENCH FRONT
'EARLY
v Has Million and a Half More Ready to Co All Fully
Equipped and With Plenty jof Artillery; 600
- Miles of American Railroad in France
I ' . k j. . And Transportation Assured. .
-Wmcrton.- Jan. 28.
State troops in France early
. . r ii -
more jeady to go iuhy equipped ana who uio eruuerj iu,auy
ort them this was the answer! Secretary BaV;er today gave
the senate military committee to the charge of inefficiency and
breakdown in the military establishment.
?f BARES MILITARY SECRET.
u Ai the climax of a day's explana.
Hon of all that the military establish
ment 'had . done, . freely fonf easing
' . faolts ' and imperfections in-so vast
: an undertaking, but maintaining that
f out of each deficiency the remedy
' has been found, the secretary of war
disclosed what ? hitherto has been
4 guarded as a military secret, and what
the German people little suspect .
'r - -: ' ; 500,000 in France. 4-s ,
i Secretary Bater told the' senators
' the United States -would have' a half
million fighting men on French-soil
- early this . year, and that 1,500,000
American troops ; in . all would , be
. ' available for foreign duty.
; This great fighting force, probably
. .little expected by the German general
' t-staff itself, will be ' composed of the
' men now with General Pershing, the
32 divisions of troops, "now, in- am
; tourTfntsisn4mp.Jivhe,-United
: States and ready to woye.Secretary
BMter iaid; and by -the; nCxt-lncfe.
ments to;b6 drawn and., trained, this
spring uAder' Vf he ;; iec'tiv' seryite
:.. laWjj; -: -v .:A'M-Tl-,
Allies Supply Guns, v
Elemental "equipment-of the men
from the United-States-is assured ind
the artiUery ; necessary'fo their sup
port will :corhc from" the, British and
French governments, which have such
an excess of prdriance thatnhey have,
on their owflf initiative, Offered' td sup
ply -the. guns ' and save ships, which
would be used.tor their transport -.
The secretary of jvar wentfurthet
- and laid bare facts regarding prepa-,
- rations for the American army in
France which have hitherto been held
as close military secrets or shared by
' 'only a fen who have enjoyed the con.
Jdence 'of government officials. ; , ,.
' t .f dHi hiw hfpn lttifiwn
to newspaper correspondents here in
the capital. bt xo-opera.ting with the
- government ander the voloiftary cen
' sorship they have not until, this time
been gverfto the, public by the newsr
Japf Built ' Big Railroads
Vf 'Ralfr f!irrihed' to the c6m-
mitte'e how ,the ''American afmy hasl
built great lines or ranroaas, vu v.
,. them (600 miles long, up to , its head
France: how ports and
terminals ; have been : constructed to-
s. handle the great quantities or aup
plies and equipment which the army
1 will need on the fighting line. .
' .-All this has. been done by Ameri-
' cans and since General .Pershjing s
. troops landed last" Juei . . ". ,
, Leaning forward and1 addressing
the senators earnestlythe secretary
of war told a story the German gen-
Ci .t,ff rAhaMv would have Riven
rrh :n know lonfr before. - HtH
ForJebra'sfea Faip; cold. ' -Temperature
Omh Jfetrdy .
- - Hr. ': ,,,, ' ,
a m... v
t a.
' S a. ro... .......... 0
, a. m . 9
10' a. ra. ............ I
11 ' a., m
u m..;., .
-i ; p. m. I
. - p. " T
t p. m. j. .......... T
4 p. m. A. .........
5 p. m... T
i p m. 3
' . mi, Mit. int. tits.
;' .Lwegt yestenlay 1 .. S5 6 ' 1
aiaan temperatura "C 44 Sf' -J
Freelpltatloa ....... ...05 .0 .441 ' T
TamMrfttur. and nraclDftadon deD&rtarM
from th normal;" ; .. s .
. i normal temperature ........ .
i Deficiency for the day. ; .
....
.... 17
....!
f. ToUl deficiency slnceMarch 1.
Xormal preetpltatlon .01 Inch
V Excess (or tbe Sar, ........... .01 Inch
, ' ToUl rainfair nca- March 47 InchM
Deficiency ainca March -1. 7.17 Inchea
, Deficiency for con period, 1I"7. .11.68 inchea
. Deficiency for cor. perloill, 11S. .4 nch,
Beporta From Button at 7 P. H.
, Station and Bute , v Temp. High- Rain--of
Weatherr," 7 p. ra. cat. fall.
- Cheyenne, partly cloudy 12 - 2i : : T
- Davenport, clear ; 14 ..14
Denver, clear ......... vJS Ji . .00
' . Dea. Moines, clear 1 14 ,11
Dodge City, clear...... ;14 22 ,0
Laader. cloudy ...'...,-14 -' li '-i. ,00
, Korth PIS'tte, clear.;.., ,11 ' 24.'' .0,0
' 'Omaha, clear .,-,, . .. .05
, Pueblo, clear . ..,..,. - 8J-- it .tO
. Bspld City, cloudy " J ". 14 ..01
Salt Lake, cloudy...., it IS A .49
Santa Fe, tly.cldy.., , 1 V 14 ,40
Sheridan, ptly. ;cldy. ... . 4 ? II -,; .43
. Sioux Cltyr-clear .( - i 4 .44
Valentine, clear ' 4 -.04
, "I' indicate trace, of precipitation.
' -- r-Sndlcatea beloar aero. , , ,
V ;'. Jj. A, WELSH, Metaoroloalat"
SOLDIERS
THIS YEAR
J
Five hundred thousand United
this year and a million and a half
L -.J -1 -ill. m -lMl .
NEBRASKA BASE '
HOSPITAL GOES
TO BATTLE FRONT
Dr. . C. Stokes, Director, Re
: turris From Washington to,
; Speed Up Arrange- t
' . ' ments. : '
;..i .J .u -
The 'Nebraska base hospital 'soon
will he called Into servicers France."
J)i ' A '..gtojke.s.'i director returned
Sundajmlght fcom, Washington, where
he reciiyedysssuraifie from Capfahi j
ljuraap of Red JCross national head
quarters that the hospital unit will be
sent to the battle front at an early
Two physicians of the unit already
have received details for preliminary
service, v Dr. John JS. $otts, with the
commission of "captain, : will leave
Thursday for ForJ Shelby, Hatties
burg, MissT where he will have charge
of the eye; ear,- nose and throat .work
at the base1 hospital there. ' ' , 1
Dr. Abe Greeriburg, lieutenant, will
be assigned in a few days, probably to
Ftfrt Riley. " ' When . organization is
completed, these men, as well as any
other members-detailed elsewhere,
will, be recalled to join the Nebraska
unit r"- . . . 'V (
Final anjangenlents. for the depar.
Cure of the base hospital will be
speeded, up, according to Dr. Stokes
and Gould Dieta, chairman of Omaha
Red Cross cha'pter. " The enlisted per
sonnel is complete ,with . the exception
of a few nurses, wno have not nnisnea
their papers, although they j have
signed for service. V 1
The (unit probably will include 1,000
beds instead of the 500 as originally
planned. Twenty-four physicians,
six civilians, 152 enlisted men and, 100
nurses make up the unit. ; - V
Dr Charles A. Hull. iV receiving
contributions for the hospital, to equip
which $25,000 is necessary. Omaha
chapter gave $7,500; Lincoln chapter,
$2,000, and many chapters 'n the state
gave funds. The ' War department
has agreed to provide much of the
equipment . l , V - - v . A
' Important Meeting' Tuesday.' J
With the questions of nurses and
finances settled, the departure of the
unit probably will await only on the
acceptance of - commissions of the
Khysicians included in the 'personnel.
base hospital will be taken up at a
meeting Tuesday noon at the Univer'l
sityclub. Eighteen: of the 50 hos
pital units named at the same Jime
as.; the Nebraska - corps are now in
France. A number or, the others al
ready are serving in cantonments and
camps.;- ; ,- - . . .-.
A large dinner or .testimonial' of
some kind will be- planned for thet
meraors Deiore ineir aepariure , lor
the front. , - . ,
Gould Dietz this morning received
word that Omaha Amfu!ance" com
pany,, now stationed; at Camp Taylor,
near Louisville, Ky ranked first in
war-risk insurance; policies takerrout.
The company is known as Sanitary
Train No. 309, and ranked 100 per cent.
Sweden Lets Uncle Sam f S
' ." , Use Many of Its Ships
Washington, Jan. 28. A Dreliml-
nary agreement has been reached be
tween the United-States and Sweden.
according to official' dispatches . from
London today, providing for the char
ter of Svedish ships to he United
Statesto be nsed principally in the
South American trade. ' '
" Some of the ships of the Swedish
fleet, now hi American waters will be
allowed to sail with their cargoes,
while others, it is understood, will be
unloaded and put in the service of the
United States., :
Negotiations are proceeding in a
satisfactory mannerarid aN&nal agree
ment is looked forshortly; v"
"Germanif Hananuai-
Title Given Kaiser 9
' By Berlin Newspaper
; (By Associated Preea.)
London, Jan. 28. A dispatch to
the JSxchange Telegraph from
Amsterdam says Deutsche Tages
Zeitung openly calls on the Ger
man people to revolt against the
present regime.
, "We too,' said this Pan-Germsn
organ, "have a judas among us to
day. He appears in .the red coat
and mantle of Germany's hangman.
Who will save Germany from
thfcse ' traitors, but : the 1 German
people.' It is not ''Germans help
yourself and God will help.' "
Although Emperor .William is
not named in the article, the ex
pression . 'Germany's hangman' is
mjeant for the kaiser, says the cor
rfsonpdent. ;v ' v
TWO STEAMERS
TORPEDOED, 14
. ... V . .... .. t . 1 1
PERSONS LOST
Sunk Without 'Warning,, Many
Passengers ' Being in ITheir i
Berths, at .the Time;
; Cunarder Goes Down,;
' r J
4,. ft' (Bj( Associated Press.) ' N ",
' London,, Jan. 28.-The steamship
Cork has been torpedoed. - ' .
Seven passengers and five members
of the 'drew' were Jost,-' 1
The Cork was torpedoed without
warning. The torpedo, struck her
amidships arid 5 it sank in five-' min-
flatly 'f.he' !p4iefigersV were
their .berths' at the time..' The.iurviy':
ors Were landed at a port of western
Englind.-r'.T:;' ' T V:. -;
The Cork, 1,279 ro"sa ti nd
269 feet long, was built at Port Glas
gow in ,1899. It .was owned in Dublin;
; Big Cunarder' Goes, ,:V"
The .Cunarder Andania, reported to
have been' torpedoed, " but " not sunk,
went to the bottom in. spite of the
effort to get it into port, .according
to information reaching the Asso:
ciated,Press today. . , .. . , ' ,
'-First Shot Misses. ,
-The first torpedo missed 4ke steam
er, out the second touna its marK
amidships The captain ordered the
ship abandoned and passengers and
Crew' embarked in the ship's boats,
- After rowing for an hour they were
rescued by trawlers and yaftrol boats
and landed at a north Irish coast
town, y ' ' ' . .
; mere were no Americans among
the passengers, who were booked in
London for the Andania. ,
. THC Cunard line, owners of the An
dania, says that two members of the
crew of the steamer were lost when
the vesselwas torpedoed V;
Oniaha Officer Wins
, .Higher Military Rank
' Word that Morton Hiller of Omaha,
commissioned second lieutenant at the
officers trarnine camp at Fort Snell
ing, has recently been promoted to
hrst lieutenant has come to his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs, Henry Hiller from
Lamp JJodRe where the young officer
is in the bileting division. The pro
motion came through competitive ex
animation in which familiarity with
modern languages was one deciding
factor. -; . ' , j. a . " -'.'; ..." '
,
Archbishop of York to
' Visit America
MOST REV. COSMOS-G. -LANG
The Most Reverend Gosmo Gordon
Lang, archbishop of York, Will arrive
in America in March as the guest of
thr. War Oimmitcinn rf tli P.niarnnat
church, which is now raising a fundi
of $500,000 to carry on work already
begun by its chaplains in camps, posts
and with thd army in France. ,
His' tour of America will Include
the cities -of New York, ; Boston,
Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore,
Cleveland, Chicago,. -St Louis and
Washington,
OBBEY NEW
FOOD RULE,
SAYS ALLLN
Grocers Are Warned to Firmly
Adhere to the Pound for
J; Pound Order Recentfy
; ' ' .Promulgated. (
A'gen4l increase in the orders for
white flour from grocers, and a partial
enforcement of the pound for pound
substitut rule, was the result of the
first day in Omahaunder , the new
nil's' and regulations -of the food ad
ministration. , " v
- Under a proclamation by Presidcht
Wilson and an order by United States
Food Administrator Hoover, retailers
were requested to sll a pound of sub
stitute flour with every pound of white
flour, the ord'r effective yesterday. ,
i Some vgrpcers of Omaha yesterday
wre .rigidjv enforcing the order;
others 'partially enforced it; and
others did nofput it into eff'ct at all.
Thos that partially enforced the or
der said they did so from a misunder
standing of the provisions, reading the
ordfr to mean that they must 'tell 5
per cent of substitutes instad , ofari
equal amount. Othrs said , they understood-the
order but did not put it
into eff9ct because they had not re
ceived official notice to do so. .."
ca wise, iicaiu-uv ui uic vuuwa i
Retail Grocers' association stated that
th grocers had drfferent ideas of the
rulinir but that there , might be . a
standard intpretation of the order.
-The increased orders for white flour
were apparent more 1n the subsurban
groceries than in the downtown plac's
of business. . On" the South Side the
5 per cent.sajjrwere mad, ' a v
A11 state that they, would -put the
new order into effect tojiaT and that
tb pound for.poundfialesl would, b
inisted upon, i Ik 'V;i-tfs.J-s!'f'
That itne hew ruis mean nound for
jioiind 'bd'.ar' ffectiv iinmdiately
were empnasizea last nignt uy vjscar
Allen. County, food. administrator for
Douglas. , , , '.
"These rules mean just whatMhey
siy said Mr. ,AUn.. "A pound of
substitute flour - must ' be sold ? with
every abound of wbhe flour.. Not only")
must, Jhertailcr self in trios" propor
tions; but he will b required to buy
in. the same proportions. i ne oraer
says that .wholesalers can buy. only
70 Dr ceflt of their formbr amounts
and they must resell sto' the..retailr
with A pound of "substitute flour . -for
every pound of white floor,-';.. ' "
'The new ruling became enective
Monday morning,., and ignorance of
the ruhhzs excuses no on0. ' The new
rul's and regulations were published
in all the Omaha papers and were ex
plicit, giving no reason for a misun
derstanding. i- ; -. - :.
s iiiai o V icuv aw"; wii'j i
bakers and stipulates .th amount of
substitut cereals they must put in
their bread immedat'ly. This amount
mutt be increased to 20 per cent by
February 24." v '
-t-
CONGRESSMAN RE AVIS TELLS, :
OF CONDITIONS IN HAWAII; I
JAPS GAINING IN INFLUENCE
; . 4 , ; ---- 1 . '-':, ---
Nearly TwQJuiirred Japanese Familits Started at Hono
': JJuIuJEvery MonrfiThrough the Arrival of "Picture
Brides;" Monclell of Montana, an Interesting ; " ,
Character, Slated for Senate.
' By EDGAR C. SNYDER.
Washington, - Jan. 28.-(Special)
booking out over a" snow-covered
Washington with the thermometer
shivering around zero. Representative
Reavis of the 'First Nebraska district
mentally living over again liisMecent
trip to Hawaii and recalling the balm
mess of its climate, the invigorating
air from the sen and the indescribable
blue of the sk, fell to, talking about
conditions he found nt our island pos
sessions. ' 1 f .
Mr. Reavis was a member of a
party. of 22 senators and representa
tives who made the journey to Ha
waii late laat fall under the auspices
of the Hawaiian legislature, the funds
for the trip "having been appropriated
out of the native treasury.
' The makeup? of ..the party was in the
rands of the present delegate in con-
ess from Hawaii, J. Kuliio Kanania
i.v Die, who is known familiarly in and
aout Wsfvington. as "Prince Cupid.
He was a cousin io the late Kins Kal-
akaua and Queen Liliuokatani. The
trip was in no sense a junket, but a
serious investigation of Hwaiian con
ditions' for the purpose of remedial
legislation at the hands of congress
whenever the national legislature can
give the subject careful consideration.
rfat. "Problem requiring immediate
solution if the island
as, are to- go for
ward to the fulfillmei
erft of their won-
derful promise.-.
1 ' Three . Great .Problems. V'
- "The first and the one that can least
afford;, delay is-the public land ques
tion," said the r congressman, as he
looked , out from his foom in the
AUSTRIAN WAR AIMS
Pirn-Germans Angerea
At County Czerninf8
; A ttitude Toward U, S
, London, 'Jan. 28. Nothing has
so ai.gered the pan-Germans, ac
cording to reports in special dis
patches from Holland, as the state
ment attributed to Count Caemin,
that his speech on peace previously
had been communicated to Presi
dent Wilson. - ' ,
The statement, it was said, was
greeted with loud cheers by , its
hearers, but was received with an
outburst of rage and contumely by
the pan-Germans, whose fury ' it
brought'to a climax, - 1 -
The idea of any exchange of
opinions between Austria . and
Am.nVi li rritiril hltforlw anit
according to Count' ReventloW,1
can only pe regarded as "endanger
ing Germany's life interests." ;
Allusions in 'pan-German news
papers that Count Von Roedern,
secretary of the treasury, ii onext
the four men responsible for Ger
many's position is said to concern
a financial memorandum he is said
to have submitted the emperor..
One report of the Incident de
clares that he wafned the emperor
that the financial situation of Ger
many was such that a .further de
velopment of offensive operations
was inadvisable. , '
It was reported from . Holland
that the nan-Gecmari Kreus Zrf-
I tung of Berlin has been suspended
I r . t. . i 1 I - v
ior puDiisnina a vioicni aiiicie, un
der the heading f Austria Must Be
Abandoned." , ; v ,W
'
LOST VllEff SHIPS
OTIlESiMIIlEO
French ' : Freight ll transport
Drome and Trawler Keshan
Sfrlkeines Off'Mar-J '
- seilles and Sink. - V
"' ; '' .. f .'
:"')"' . (fcAMaetoU 'tittm.) f;:'
. Paris. - Jan. 28. Forty lives were
lpst through ; the' sinking, of the
FrerNreight, transport-Drome and
the trawler Kerbihan, which struck
mines January, 23 within sight of
Marseilles. " The Drome ' first came
into 1 cohtact with a mine and the
Kerbihan shortly afterward . struck
another near the same place. 1
"Aviators mter discoverea otner
mines . in this "region, which imme
diately was swept in an endeavor to
clear them awar. ' ";' :
Available shipping records do not
contain a ' steamer of the-name of
Drome. There is, however, a vessej
of 3,236 tons named la Drome. This
vessel was ouiu jn ew wshp in
1900.and-is owned by a French line.
house office building ove
ver the capitol
grounds, covered inches deep with a
snowy mantle, . , ; ;J:
"The great sugar plantations, which
are yielding financial return of stag
gering proportions, are largely upon
the public domain under leases with
tthe government. Many of the leases
FORTY LIVES ARE
arc about tot expire ana trie planters
are ' providing against thd evil day
through the instrumentality of an an
tiquated homestead law.
''Various inducements are made by
the planters to secure homestead
filings within their plantations. AH the
expense of filing, occupation im
jH"ovements( etc., are paid by ' the
planters, usually under a t contract
that the title shall be conveyed to
them when, the patents are issued.
i"One instance of a planter securing
the title to more than 7,000 acres of
laud was related to us. If legislation
radically , reforming " the homestead
law is not immediately forthcoming
the result will bt that Hawaii will.be
a land controlled by a landed aris
tocracy. '. ; . -''.. " ; ( ,''.'
"Another serious menace to- the
progress of the islands is the short
age of labor best fitted to perform the
tasks of a tropical climate. But a few
years ago, Hawaii was unexcelled in
rice prodnction. .The crop was prof
itable and the produce was generally
recognized as the finest in thex world.
, A The Jap Question. ;t .
Today rice production in'the islands
is little more than a memory. Chinese
labor is 'essential to this crop. No
other Class of labor stems able . to
endure the rice swamfJsVin-this latU
tude. The same is true of coPee.I
(CoBtlBaed m Figa, Twa, Celmnn Two,)
,. ... . . ... . . . . .. ', '.Xrt
GZERNIN'S REFERENCES .
TO U. S. CAUSE GRpt
'SENSATION IN GERMANY
'" - ' ' - , i ' '(''' -''".-"'';''' ,
Emperor William Attacked By Pan-Germans ; Industrial
B.'-turbances Along Rhine Quelled By Troops With r
; ' .Machine Guns; Imperial Treasurer Says Ger- '
' ; many Not iii Condition for Offensive. - i t
'-v' ' .-''V .';. -v.-- -xr"?'.
'...'. (Df Associated Press.)
London, Jan. 28. Count Czernin's speech on Austrian war "
aims and the statement that it was sent In advance to President
Wilson has aroused the Pan-Germans and .their newspapers'
are bitter in theuTdenunciation of the Austro-Hungarian for- x
eifn minister. . ) : .- v '.r) 1 :' , , ..., - . , ,
, , jf MEANS BREAK, IN ALLIANCE. , 1 : ' "
It is declared that the count's action means a break in
the Austro-German alliance and one Pan-German newspaper
has been suppressed for suggesting that German abandon its
foremost ally.f; v 'y1', " ',''
SAYS THE KAISER
FORCED AUSTRIA
INTO WORLD WAR
Maximilian Harden Reproduces
, Real Texts ,pf , President
' Wilson andtlOydieorge i .
Speeches,
t Lftndon,, Jan. 28. Maximilian, Har
den devote 13 closely , pn'h ted pages
in the latest issue of Die Zukunft to
reproducing "the real texts" of the re
eentyspeeches of President Wilson
and PreuHey Lloyd George, i ; (
He says that, thoughtful and con
scientious , men. r should read the
speeches quietly and without prejud
ice and criticise in outspoken fashion
Germany's aVtiott with Austria in the
conduct of the Russian negotiations.
Ierr Harden virtually accuses Ger
many of forcing! Austria-Hungary
into- the war .'.and 1 fays that peace
might have been obtained the first
week at Brest-Litovsk if the Germans
had not posed as conquerors and had
not demanded territory'. If ' i : 1
Referring to President ,Wilson'a
speech, Herr Harden said: ' ?
, "Belief is" atill .firm .that peace- is
possible and , that the cleavage" be
tween the two fighting groups no
longer is so wide that it can be filled
only by new heaps of corpses.
"It will, however, widen into an un
bridgeable gulf if the people again re
fuse v to acknowledge a , changed
world." " : " r..- ' " .''." ',
He pleads for the sanctity of treafv
les, " a reduction4 of . armaments, fbe
right to self-determination of nations,
and favors a reconsideration of the
question of Alsace-Lorraine. ' ':
LATE WAR
BULLETINS
, GET BUSY IN FLANDERS.
'London, Jan. 28. Both the German
artillery and German raiding "parties
were active "last night along the
Franco-Belgian front at numerous
points, according to today's war of
fice announcement. , ,. ; Sri
It reads: ' - 1 ' . J-.'.',' r-
"Yesterday .tvening (the' enemy
raided an advanced post northeast of
I ann.ffiirrV ; Tha hnatil mrtittv
was active last night atdiffefent
pomts soutnwest of garooral." ; ;
REDS FIGHT UKRAINIANS."
Amsterdam lan. 28, Heavy fight-
fTng has been in progress for several
aays Detween uKraimans- ana cot-
sheviki troops, according to press dis
patches reaching here from Ukrain
ian sources.. ' .,. .. .
"An attack was madt" by Ukrainian
troops which attempted to , take pos
session of Lutsk, Volhynia. '-.'."
The v Bolsheviki , commander . an
nealed for, assistance to the Austro,
Hungarian commander of - that ois
trict, who declined to aid him. . ,
Federal Control,
Of Oil Expected
" ; At Early Date
. Washington, ' Jan. 28, Early
L measures lookirtg to government.
control of the 'production snd, dis
tribution of oil were forecast today
. after, a ..visit to the White House
of Fuel Administrator! Garfieldv
Complete plans for Instituting a,
licensing system, it was said, were
presented, by the fuel administrator.
A T
' While trie workmen In Austria sp-- '
parently have returned to' work, Re
ports have been received in Holland
of distur .nces In the industrial die
triet along the Rhine in Germany.1
Few details have been obtained,
but it is stated that troops with ma
chine guns have been sent to Muel.
helm, a manufacturing town on the "
Rhine opposite Cologne. !
CRITICIZE EMPEROR.
Meanwhile pan-Germans continue to
attack leading politicians, . including
the emperor, and , have criticized i
Counit ' von -Jioedern, " the' imperial-
treasurer,, who is said to have fold the
emperor, that Germany is.: not ! W flj",
nancial, condition or-ffeiisive opera.
Hons. j. rsya-' .,vh-; "
Dr. Tori Koehlmann. the 'foreign.' '
minister, has defended ' his course in
the Russian' parleys by ; assailing the,
Lansing Did Not J':'
See Czernin's Speech
f Washlngtonr Jan. 28 Surprise
was expressed at the State depart
ment today at news despatches say
ing that Count Czernm had for
warded to President Wilson a copy
of his speech before it was deliv
eredjn Austria. 5 :; r
: Secretary, Lansing declared ho
copy had been received in advance
of publication nor since. Mr; Lan
sing returned -to his office today
after an absence of: more than a
week from illness.' ' ,4 ;
bolsheviki . government and .its pur
poses.'."- . . ; ''.-- v ' v?; ' (. . v
His efforts, however,' failed to check -socialist
attacks on the government's
peace'attitude toward Russia. . ,ss , -;
; Troops Sent to. Muelhelm.!, ; , '
" London, Jan. 28. Reports" of dls. .
turbancel in Germany are again cur :
rent in Holland and severe outbreaks
are said to have ocurred in the Rhein- . 1
ish industrial districts. ,Troopswith
machine guns hate been 'summoned
to Muelheim on the Rhine opposite
Cologne. ' . . t
, The . Cologne Gazette's Vienna .
correspondent, according to a dis- v
patch, reaching here, says that Count
Czernin,, Austro-Hungarian minister
of foreign-affairs, informed the Aus- y
trian delegation " Saturday that, the
text f his speech on , the war aims
had already been forwarded to Presi
dent Wilson;before its delivery.. , .
This paper' sayg that the statement
has caused an enormous sensation.
and confirms , the belief that Count
(Contlnaed n Tat Two, ColomM One.)
REVOLUTION IN ,
FINLAND; RUSS '
AIDING REDS v
Stockholm, ; Jan. 28. The lonp.
threatened ' revolution in " Finland is
proceeding: in the eastern', provinces, y
according to sparse reports reaching
Haparanda and 'forwarded here.-, "V
.The railway station at Helaingfors '
is reported; to have been occupied by
the Russian red "guard."
Sharp iighting has taken place at , -Viborg."
1 A1:-- i t
Russian soldiers are said to he aid.
ing the red guard and reinforcements ;
are reported to have been sent from N
Petrograd. ; -7---
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