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HIE BEE: OMAHA, I'KIDAY, fiSBKUAKY 32, m. 6 GERMANS HOLD UPPER HAND IN WARFARE OF AIR All American Officers Admit Enemy at Tremendous Ad vantage in Plane Attacks on U. S. Lines. (By Associated rrea. Washington, Feb. 21. The first American-built battle planes are now enroute to France, according to an announcement by Secretary Baker. They are five-months ahead of schedule and were not. due in France until July. They are equipped with Liberty motors. One .of them in a recent test surpassed all records for speed and climbing: With the American Army in France, Feb. 21. Control 'of the ' air'.in" the American sector belongs to the "enemy Any officer at the front will make this declaration all. have made it.. The control is obvious.- German airplanes come and go-over the American lines almost at will. , Every time'the Germans come over their path in the sky ia specked by fleecy-, shrapnel puffs, but the chances of hitting .an airplane, with anti-air craft shells v is '.so. remote that the enemy aviator calmly fly along as "if on a pleasure tour. . Every now. and -then airplanes .on this side attack the enemy. They al ways do this when they get a. chance. But the Boche is rclever while flying and manages to come over, and take pictures, make observation's and do virtually whatever he desires and thin calmly sail home without interrup tion. N early always he is at an alti tude of about 3,000: meters, where he is comparatively safe i;om , anti-air craft fire and knows it. ' ; Officers Admit U. S. Weakness. It is not permitted to name any of ficers of the American expeditionary torcc. It is not permitted to quote them. If both were allowed it would be possible to carry quotations frbm virutally every , officer at the front urging a speedy appearance of large numbers of American airplanes . with American pilots. ; For there is only way to wres! control of the air from' the 'enemy, That' is to fight,him for it in the shy and relieve him of it by force of over whelming numbers. Right now,, if the Germans l.ue.v American airplanes were waiting for them every time they came over' the line, their trips would be less fre quent. Neither v.ould they, dare to attempt such a bol.J piece of -wor.k as when they recently flew over the line in an airplane disguised with the allied red, white and blue bull s eye marking. German Planes. Increase. If-there had been American planes nearby the chances are the Germans irettinfir back home aftr stirri a trieV would be small. And it is extremely doubtful, officers sy, if they ever would, have tried it. .;, ' Moreover, officers say. more and more German planes are appearing in the sky., and in various quarters there is a growing belief that these are the first of the machines which the Germans have .been -building fever ishly, to offset the large r.umber..of expected American airplanes in ac cordance with plans, announced in the United, States. The question most asked from, one end of the American -front , to the other is: . "When are some American planes coming here?"- Des Moines Man Hurt In Montana Wreck Billings, Mont., Feb. 21. Two St. Paul men and another from Des Moines were among those injured to day in a wreck on the Northern Pa cific, near Miles City, Mont. The injured include: J. H. Hanson, St. - Paul, head hruised;-W. R. Millner, St. Paul, scalp wound, and .William Copp, Des Moines, broken ribs and internal iii juries. 1 Four coaches of the passenger train overturned. Entente Aviators Raid Rhenish Prussian City Amsterdam, Feb. 21. A raid by en tente aviators on Treves,.. Rhenish Prussia, is reported in a dispatch from the city to the Cologne Gttette. It says bombs were dropped in various parts of Treves, .causing damage to property. No military establishments were injured. Treves is a city of about 45,000 in habitants on the Mpselle river, "35 miles from the, French bolder. ' .. Two Names Added t To Tuscania Dead List Washington- Feb., 21. Two names were added ..to the roll of known Tuscania dead by a dispatch tonight to the War' department. ' .Tney. are Sidney ,W. ' Bernitt, Marshfield, Ore., and Eugene W. Snyder, Rim' Rock, Waih. Both had been listed hereto fore among, the unreported of the American soldiers on. bdard the liner when' it was torpedoed.' Germany" in Role of ; Dictator to Roumania London, Feb..21. It is asserted that on being asked, by Roumania -that he allqw the proper time for the forma tion' of a new Roumanian cabinet Field Marshal von Macken'seri, then German commander, in Roumania, replied dic tatorily that he, expected the cabinet to be formed 'within, hours, and that it was to include no statesmen con spicuously hostile toward Germany or Austria. ;. . ' ' M uny Candidates Pledge . Salaries to Red Cross Houghton, Mich., Feb. 21. A mu nicipal ticket made up of business men pledged if elected to office to turn over their, entire salaries '0 the Red Cross, was begun in the "copper country" today. Several bujiness men have volunteered to run on the Red Cross tickets BRITISH REACH JORDAN VALE SAYS MAURICE London, Feb. 21. Major Gen eral Frederick B. Maurice, chief director of military operations at the British office, said today there had been no developments on the west front during the last fortnight to indicate that the German offensive was near. 'General Maurice added that the British air predominance hampered the enemy tremend ously in gaining information which was required by him be fore any important battle. With regard , to Palestine, General Maurice said the de velopments of the last week of fered a promising field for fur ther development. "General Allenby," he added, "has advanced in the direction of Jericho and now stands on the last main ridge overlooking the valley of .the River Jordan." Discussing the efforts of the Germans to have the . Geneva convention arrange for a dis continuance of the use of poisonous gas, General Maurice asserted the entente would be glad to give up this gas if it were possible to get any guar antee that Germany would be bound by any promise or agree ment to do likewise. ROSS WAR AT END, : STATES AUSTRIA Premier Assures Reichsrath Petrograd Government Has Agreed to Permanent Ces sation of Hostilities. Amsterdam, Feb. 21. The Austrian premier, Dr. von Seydler, speaking in the Reichsrath, today entered into a long defense of the original treaty of peace with Ukraine and announced a subsequent treaty appointing a com mission to , define the frontiers of Ukraine and Cholm. "The Petrograd government," lie said, "has declared the state of war between Russia and Austria-Hungary at an end, and, so far as human com prehension can foresee, a state of war will not again arise between these two .countries." Premier Seydler said that Ukraine was interested in supplying the cen tral powers with grain for otherwise those parts of the treaty which cm- bodied the concessions of the cen tral, powers to Ukraine would lapse. Transport Great Problem. It must not be forgotten that the whole of Russia, including the Uk raine, was convulsed with a civil war and that the difficulties of transport were extraordinarily erear. Accord ing to information reaching the for eign' minister, anarchy was increas ing in all parts of Russia. "Our aim in all this turmoil." con tinned the premier, "can and will only be to do everything to provide our heroic population with foodstuffs which, by reason of its long privations and its resolute persistence, it de serves. "Responding to German cries for help from bsthonia and Livonia, Ocr- many resolved to march further into the interior in order to save from cer tain-destruction those unhappy na tionals living in those provinces. In full accord with our allies, we decided not to participate in this military ac tion. '. "Our ; aim, therefore, remains what it was before to bring help as speed ily as possible , to the Austro-Htin-garian nationals still on Russian soil." Dr. Von Seydler announced that 20,000 ' prisoners had already arrived from Russia and that negotiations would be resumed with the Petro grad government for the exchange of prisoners. Distrust Russ Peace. Dr.- Richard von Kuehlmann,. the German foreign secretary, at the opening session of the German Reich stag today asserted that the pacific intentions of Russia could no longer be credited, but he said that even to day Germany was prepared to con clude, a peace "Which corresponds with our interests.' He instanced the peace agreement with the Ukraine as an indication of the readiness of the central powers for peace. He referred especially to the advantages which the Teutonic' allies would derive during the present year from the economic treaty with the Ukraine and recom mended the approval of the compact. The orosoects of a conclusion ot oeace with the Bolsheviki is consider ably improved by the conclusion of peace with the Ukraine; by our mili tary pressure, and by the ruin of cer tain hopes that doubtless had been en tertained in Petrograd," said Dr. von Kuehlmann. "Hope can be expressed that we will now attain the goal, but we will not indulge in-joy about the great result of a real conclusion of peace with Russia until the ink of the treaty is dry." . Britain Backs Poland On Peace ir. the East London. Feb. 21. The British gov ernment has instructed its agent at Kiev to make the declaration that Great Britain will not recognize any peace in the east. which involves Po land, without a previous consultation with Poland. ,' NEW U.S. BATTLE Vl ANr.N N W UN WAY T0FRANCE First Consignment Crosses At lantic Five Months Ahead of Schedule; Surpass Speed and Climbing Tests. (By Associated rrest.) Washington, Feb. 21. The first Am erican built battle planes are enroute to France, nearly live months ahead of the original schedule. In making this announcement to night. Secretary Raker said the first shipment, although in itself not large, "marks the final overcoming of many difficulties met in building up this new and intricate industry." "These planes," Mr. Baker said, "arc equipped with the first Liberty motors from machine production. One of them in a recent test sur passed all records for speed and climb ing for planes of that type. Only the 12-cylinder type is being made, as developments abroad have made it wise to concentrate on the high-powered engine instead of the eight cylinder." Optimistic as these statements ap pear, the secretary said they should not be exaggerated and should be con sidered in the light of these facts: Reinforcements Essential. "That after three years of warfare the total number of planes able to take the air at airy one time on either side of the estem front has not been more than 2,500. "That 46 men are required on the ground for every plane in the air, mak ing a total of 115,000 men needed for the present maximum of 2,500 planes. "That for every plane in the air, there must be two replacement planes on the ground and one training plane for every pilot who eventually reaches the front, with a spare engine for each plane." After reviewing the many obstacles that had to be overcome in getting air craft production under way, Mr. Baker said the great problem now re maining is to obtain the thousands I of skilled mechanics, engine men. i motor repair men, wood and metal i workers, etc., needed to keep the I planes in perfect condition, without which the machines turned out soon would be useless and the flyers help i less. American battle planes were not due in France under the original schedule until July. Gen. Bliss Responsible for Document Praised bv Georqe Washington, Feb. 21. Credit for drafting the American document which played such a part in convert ing the Versailles conference to the plan for centralized control of the war is given by Secretary Baker to Gen eral Bliss, chief of staff and Ameri can representative on the supreme war council. Mr. Baker said today that he personally had nothing to do with preparation of the papers and that they doubtless comprised memor anda prepared by or at the direction of General Bliss. No part of the document can be published, the secretary explained for the reason given by Mr. Lloyd George in his speech yesterday enthusiasti cally praising the American plan. Mr. Lloyd George said the only reason he did not read it to the house was that it was "mixed up with the plan of operations." !IIIIHllllllHllIII:iIIIIHTIII'lllMl.ll;llllllllllIH llllllllliri I Storage is I Cheaper Than j : Rent and your household goods, etc., ? 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