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10 A THIS OMAHA SUNDAY SEE: MAKUH 10, 1918. DONAR LAW SEES HOPE FOR ALLIES; RUSSPACT LOSS Chancellor Declares Spih't of -England Not Weakening; Reviews Whole Situation . for Commons. " - 1 (Br Associated Fre.) London, March 9. In his address to the House of Commons today An drew Bonar Law, the chancellor of the exchequer, speaking of the mill tary situation, said that Russia's drop ping out has affected every theater of war, except that in the German col onies, out of which the Germans had been driven, the only remaining force in the field was one of 2,000, of which only 200 were Germans, now wandering in Portuguese East Africa. Roumania, through the failure of Russia, the chancellor pointed out, had been put into a position little less than tragic At present, he said, peace negotiations were proceeding between Roumania and the central powers and it would not be right to go further than to reiterate the sym pathy felt for the Roumanian people, and the regret that conditions abso lutely beyond allied control rendered it impressible to go to its assistance. PALESTINE WON. Referring to Mesopotamia .and Palestine, the chancellor said he doubted whether it ever had been possible to carry out decisive opera ' tions by means of troops transferred by sea. "When we had sufficient tonnage to move troops by sea," the chancellor continued, "we did not have a suffi cient number . of trained troops to move, and now the tonnage position has made it impossible to move very , targe zorces in mat way." VALUE OP OPERATIONS. S WJ V a a,V-f HW TV V T VI g 1111 - Bonar Law continued, had resulted itl a degree of success of which the coun. try could feel proud and of which the capture of Jerusalem was the culmina tion. That event was not the end, he said, but be could not say what the plans were for the future. It would be treat mistake, the chancellor went on, to suppose that tne value of these operations was purely political or moral Great Britain, he reminded his hearers, was a great eastern power and no comoe tent soldier or civilian had ever said it was possible for Great Britain to stand out of the events in the eastern spnere ot operations. At tne same tune no competent soldier ever doubted that it was essential that the western front could have sufficient men to ensure whatever result was obtained in the east. - DISCONTENT IN TURKEY. But there was another advantage, the chancellor continued, and then ne made the assertion . that there was great discontent in Turkey, despite the success of the central powers anh.it Russia. "Then." tia aridcr. "until the British empire was abso lutely defeated it was obvious we could not abandon Egypt Lord Kitchener estimated that the number of troops necessary to save Egypt rrom invasion was tar larger than the total which has been operating in jraiestine aaa Mesopotamia." In his remarks about the Salomki sources in the world. Its value de pends upon the success of our opera tions at sea, which will enable those resources to be brought to the use of the allies. ' Ship Are Disappointing. "We have been disappointed with the results of ship building this month. There is nothing more vital n this war than what is done in two directions the building of ships and the destroying of submarines. It had been anticipated by the admiralty that there would be at the end- of the sec ond quarter of this year new con struction that would more than equalize losses. There is a fear that this is not now possible so soon, but it is not doubted, I think, that it is coming. Mr. Bonar Law said that, from the viewpoint of staying power in the war, once the equilibrium was estab sector, the chancellor said it was not difficult to justify the Saloniki ex pedition, as but tor the position the allies were now holding, Constantine would still be on the throne of Greece and the whole country would be overrun by the Germans, who would h(.ve been able to control the Balkans from all sides. This would have been a great accession of strength, he pointed out, while the Greek harbors would also have been at the. disposal of enemy submarines and it would have been almost impos sible to keep up communications with the east. Turning to the west, Mr. Bonar Law said it might have been expected that but for the Russian collapse the war would have been over a year ago in favor of the allies. What had hap pened in Russia was a terrible blow to the allies, but he asked that it be looked at for a moment from the Ger man point of view. When the war broke out, he continued, Russia was militarily the strongest enemy Ger many had to face. Now Russia had dropped out, but, despite this, Ger many was not a step nearer the vic tory for which she was looking. As to Russia, himself, the chan cellor, thought that from every point of view there was justification in thinking that Germany would not be able to exploit her. The way Ger many was treating her, he contended, could not fail to create an intense feeling of hostility throughout the Russian empire, while the victory of the central powers would mean the absolute loss of any hope of a free Russia. , ! j "It is obvious that the Germans, having captured so many guns, we find that' the Germans have a great superiority of guns; but the power of their artillery has been limited to a great extent by the supply of am munition and 1 believe it is needless to fear danger of superiority in guns any more than in men on the western front Moreover, our overwhelming tir superiority will go far to neutral re the superiority in guns." ' I Chancellor Breaks Down. In referring to the air service, Mr. Bonar Law momentarily broke down remembering that his own son had been killed in the flying service. The house cheered In sympathy with the chancellor. Quickly recovering hin- lelt. Mr. uonar uw resumed, ne spoke of the splendid organization of tne entente auiea lorces on me wr ern front 'He professed some skep ticism concerning the much advertised Gerrritn offensive and declared tht a member of the government who had been with the troops in France had told him that while headquarters ex- Eected an offens,ve, when he got iwertlown the line and talked with brigadiers and battalion commandtrs. who were in daily contact with the enemy, he found that these men did not believe' the Germans would at tack and that the British officers were confident of their own superiority. "So far I have considered the posi tion without taking America into ac count," said the chancellor, w "But America is the last factor that ought to be left out of the account. The United States is nation cf 100,000. C00 people and with the largest re Jr ..., :. : .v, I 1 4. , I I "-, , 'tJ. FORT OMAHA PRIVATES MUST Colonel Nance Orders Enlisted Men to "Douse": Camouflage and Be What They Are ' CUT OUT PUTTEES AND CAPS Gloom reigns supreme at Fort Omaha. Even the monthly visit of the paymaster failed to drive away the germs that have permeated the systems of enlisted men garrisoned at the fort Colonel Nance, who is responsible for driving all the joy out of life, is now rated as president of the "crepe hangers" by the men under his com mand. The cause of the "blue devils" is a recent order: "Cut out the camouflage." This was the substance of the colonel's re marks. In civilian terms an order was issued preventing enlisted men from wearing leather puttees and caps. No more will the buck private be able to receive the admiration of the "fair ones" under the impression that he is an officer. Enlisted men in the future will be required to attire themselves in the regulation canvas puttees and service hat V , ANMIW aOHfiM. 'LA K lished, every week meant inwove ment in favor of the entente allies and increased their ability to bring Ameri can resources to play an important part in the war. Looking with what ne sam be believed to be the facts in the situation he had no doubt what ever that if the allies held together they would be able to secure the re sults they set out to achieve when the war began. - Unless peace and security for the future were obtained and the German people were taught inai war aia not. pay, peace, he said, wouia De deteat tor the allies. "To me all this meticulous talk about von Hertling, the German chancellor, means, is simply ridic ulous" said Mr. Bonar Law. "We must judge the German intentions not by what is being said, but by what ! J - ' 1 1 T1 . I vciumny ii uuing. wnai is tne use in talking about von Hertlinir accent ing President Wilson's principles when at the same moment the Ger mans have taken Livonia, Esthenia and Courland and are making condi tions of peace by which Roumanii is giving up Dobrudja and other parts of Roumania. "It was said to be bv an allv re cently that he had been told the spirit of England is weakening, but I do not Deueve it" GEN. MARCH TO HEAD NEW WAR COUNCIL Body Is Reorganized by Secre tary Baker; Members to Visit Scene of Fight ing in France. Washington. March 9. Reorani. ration of the War council was an nounced today by the War depart ihent, with Major General M?rch, act ins chief of stiff, in th nla merly filled by General Bliss, and with Major General Goethals, acting quariermasier general, ana toward R. Stettinius. surveyor nf nitrrhaea added to the personnel. -It was Stated bur Secretary Bairn- when the War council was first or. ganized that he probably would make changes in the personnel from time to time and also that members of the council would be relieved at intervals in order that they might visit the war zone. The addition of General Gnrfhal and Mr. Stettinius is in line with the policy of having every important divi sion of the department represented in the daily conferences of the War council.-General Goethals, as acting quartermaster general, is in active charge of the distribution of army supplies. The work of securing de livery of these supplies has been largely delegated to Mr. Stettinius. It is stated officially that General Goethals new duties will not result in the appointment of any new head, acting or otherwise, for the quarter master corps. v World's Record Equalled At Philadelphia Meet Philadelphia. March 9. A world's record was eaualled at the Meadow. brook club indoor athletic meet here tonight when C R. Erdman of Prince ton university, won the 45 yards high hurdle handicap from scratch in six seconds flat. The 600 yards iunior Anfateur AtK. letic union national championship was won by ,1 nomas Campbell, of the University High school, Chicago. Liberty Gifts to Beat Kaiser O. K.t Says Uncle .Washington; March 9. Liberty gifts as well as Liberty loans and Liberty taxes now are acceptable to the government . Generous spirited citisens who overpay their income taxes will find the donations accepted. The Department of Justice holds it is legal for the treasury to keep these gifts and an epidemic of pa triotic donations appears to be de veloping similar to that during the Spanish war. . Scores of persons, paying their income taxes-early, have sent a few dollars more, explaining they were liberty gifts. i These receipts will be put with -the $500,000 of "Conscience money." FARMERS' UNION PROTESTS RATE MADEJN TWINE Position Taken That Charge as Applied by Railroads Discrim inates Against Omaha and ,'Favors 0?ner Towns. Washlnf ton ISuro of The OmAhm Bh, llt O Street. Washington, March- 9. (Special Telegram.)--The Farmers Union State exchange wired members of the Nebraska congressional delegation today, protesting against the 23-cent rate on railroad freight binder's twine, f. o. b., factory points, as es tablished by the food administration, on the ground that it was discrimina tory against Omaha and in favor of Kansas City, Sioux City and St. Paul, as they have a 23-cent flat rate. The union says Omaha will have to pay 23.32, this being rate being ap plied from Chicago. The union fav ors a 23-cent rate, f. o. b., Missouri river points, irrespective of factory lo cations, since freight has to be paid on either sisal or finished products. Representative Kinkaid took up the matter with officials of the food ad ministrator, who said that the Union was' mistake., in its asser tion that Kansas City was favored in freight rates on sisal. He lound that freight costs were the same at Kansas City as at factories in the east as sisal comes from New Orleans and that the small amount in Kansas City's favor was negligible, as it does not control the market price. Mr. Kinkaid was not able to convince the food administration people that serious discrimination existed, but they agreed to take up the matter at length before making a final decision, Memorial for Lieutenant Kalk. Memorial services have been ar ranged by Rear Admiral . E. Eberle of the Naval academy in honor of Lieutenant Stanton Kalk, who lost his lite in tne torpedoing of the Jacob Jones, iney will be held in the acad emy chapel, Annapolis, Sunday morn ing. Lieutenant Kalk was an Omaha boy, the grandson of the late Pay master General T. H. Stanton. Hit mother and his aunt, Mrs. T. K. Ken nedy, Omaha, are in Washington and will attend the services. The Navy department today notified Congressman Lobeck that Charles Owen Comp and Curtis Charles Shears, Omaha, and John P. Peterson, Blair, had successfully passed the ex aminations for Annapolis and would enter the Naval academy in June. Congressman Kinkaid today named the following young men in the Sixth district to take the examination for West Point: R. Fred Rebbeck, Gordon: Jennings Y. Castle, Ashbey; Donald W. Swindell. Mmatare. He also named Lorin Doughtery, Long Pine, andllil- ton Nicholson, Valentine, principals to take the entrance examination lor the naval academy. T. V. Golden and daughters of O Neill. who have been soendint. the winter in Florida, are iu Washington for a few days en route to Nebraska. Senator Hitchcock has sent letters to Secretary of Agriculture Houston and Bernard Baruch, of the War In dustries board, ureinsr the appoint- ment ot ur. ueorge Condra, ot the state university, as a member of the potash committee shortly to be ap pointed. Cars to Move the Hay. . Hay shippers of Newport, Neb., who are urging that cars be sent to that station to save the hay crop, have been informed by Senator Hitchcock Dyspepsia Spom Beauty Makes the Dark Rings Around Eyas, Caves in the Cheeks and Ruins the Complexion. How to ' Get Rid of Dyspepsia. ' that relief has been promised bv Sec retary McAdoo and that as soon as the soft corn and cattle situation is a bit better in hand, hay cars will be sent to the section named. John Zees, Omaha, is in Washincr ton in the interest of the Greek claim ants whose property was injured dur ing the riots in South Omaha in 1909, Congressman Lobeck's bill to pay these Greek nationals $40,000 is on the house calendar and should be reached next Wednesday. Mr. Zees was presented to Chairman Flood of the toreig-. affairs committee of the house today by Congressman Lobeck. w. A. Coykendall, formerly in charge of the immigration bureau at Omaha has been called to Washing ton to aid the Department of Labor in classifying the farm labor of the county and also skilled and unskilled labcr available for ship-building pur poses. Joseph A. Breckons, for many years a newspaper correspondent of this city and cecretary to Senator Warren of Wyoming, died last evening at Emergency hospital following an operation. He was born in Pennsyl vania 60 years ago. In 1884 he went to Cheyenne, Wyo., and became edi tor of the Cheyenne Leader. He formed a friendship with Senator Warren of that state, which lasted un til Mr. Breckon's death. As secre tary to Senator Warren he came to Washington about 20 years ago. He had served as clerk to important committes of which Senator Warren was chairman, including claims, mili tary affairs and appropriations. Patents Granted to Residents Of Nebraska and Iowa Patents have been granted to Ne braskans and Iowans as follows: Nebraska William Kelley, Grand Island, well point; Charles McWill iams, Geneva, chimney cowl; Hy. Maxwell. Omaha, envelone. H. Men. tink, Gresham, attachment for har vesters; C Nordenstam, jr., road grader; William Pittman, Minature; nut lock; R. W. Brown, Lincoln, trademark for card games. Iowa F. Adix, Boone, ensilage tamping device; Thomas Connell, Iowa City, damper regulator; Theo dore Crane, Little Sioux, sickle head for mowing machines; Jack Dorman, Township, self-adjusting bearing; J. Eichner, Van Meter, adjusting and locking device for auto chains; George Frost, Des Moines, stock ALFRED SORENSON A Candidate To the Voters ot Omaha r I am a eandidste for the important ofIce of city eommlaaionar, and U nominated, I ahall make vigorous campaign for election. If elected, I ahall perform the dutiea of the office to the best ot my ability, alwaya having- in view an honest, eco nomical, impartial and efficient adminia tration of municipal affaire, ao far aa my power, authority and Influence may o. ALFRED SORENSON. Alfred Sorenaon was born in Virginia. He to educated in Racine college and ia graduate of Harvard Law acbool. He ia a printer by trade and baa been a newspaperman nearly ail of his active -business life. For 18 years be baa sue ceasfully published and edited the Ex aminer. Mr. Sorenaon became a resident ot maha in 1871. He ia a property owner and man of family. He has entered this campaign in all seriousness and believea that he will poll a very large vote. 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