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SUBMARINES
QIIMW FftQTPR BILL DEMANDED
limit uuili
Lloyd George Says We Are On Eve
of Gre?t German Attack Those
Who Know Best What Prospects
Are, Feel Most Confident About Re
sultRace Between Hindenburg
and Wilson U-Boats No Longer a
Factor In Winning or Losing War.
EDINBURGH. May 24. "We are
on the eve of a great German at
tack," said Premier Lloyd Georso In
an address here today. "Those who
know best what the prospocts arc
feel most confident about the result."
In April, said the premier, the out
put of shipping for the first timo ex
ceeds the losses.
"For the Germans as well as for
us, the next few weeks will bo a race
between Hindenburg. and President
Wilson," said Mr. Lloyd George in an
address here today. "The Germans are
straining every musclo to reach the
goal first, on the eve of American
help becoming available for tho al
lies. "I can honestly say, the premier
declared, "that the government ha
neglected no possible means for find
ing out whether thoro is any honor
able outlet of this war,
and tragedies. "
Mr. Lloyd Gqrge's address was de
livered in connection with the conferJ
ence of tho freedom of the vlty upon
him.
America Xeeris Time.
Speaking of the time necessary
for the United States to prepare for
full participation in the war, tho pre
mier said that after all her exertion,
America at the present moment did
not have what was equivalent to
one-fifth of tho fighting strength
which the enemy had received owing
to the collapse of Russia. He added
that it took time to train and equip
armies, and that American help could
not be reckoned on for somo time.
The premier's statements about
the submarine situation were most
optimistic. 'He said in April the out
put of shipping for the first time ex
ceeded the losses.
Mr. Lloyd George was received with
great enthusiasm, tho pooplo rising
and chcc.'ing again ami again.
Adverse CiiviiiustaiH'i'N.
Since lie had taken office, he said.
Great Britain and allies had had to
(U'al with two adverse circumstances.
Tho collapso of Russia had been of
enormous help to the enemy at a
timo when the man power of all the
belligerents was almost to the point
of exhnuslion. The other adverse de
velopment was unrestricted subma
rine warfare unexampled piracy
which tho allies had no right to ex
pect even from Germnny. In the
whole history of piracy, ho remarked,
thero was no example of conduct
like that.
Mr. Lloyd George read a report he
had just received from the admiralty
In which It was said:
"As regards the meeting of ene
my submarines, that is going on sat
isfactorily." That, said the premier, had been
the official language since the be
ginning of tho year.
Itiilo U-lliHit Out.
The naval staff was confident that
the allied navies were sinking more
submarines than the enemy was able
to build. As a means of inflicting
(Continued on Pago Six.)
SHOT 10 DEATH FOR
SALT LA K K CI TV, May 'J I.
Howard H. DeWecse. convicted of the
murder of his wile, Fannie Fisher !
Wee-e, wa- shot to death in tbe slate
prison yard here this morning- at li
o'eJoek. He walked calmly to the
hair and ennitted himself to be
("trapped securely by Sheriff's depu
ties, in-i-tiny that the mnrksinen com
prising the firing squad make certain
of their aim. Ica!h was jiImo1 instantaneous.
Fresident Backs Up McAdoo for Re
vision of Taxes to Yield More
Money for War Excess Profits
and Income Taxes to Be Increased
Congress Balks but Will Act.
WASHINGTON, May 2-1. The ad
ministration will insist on new rev
enue legislation before the adjourn
ment of congress.
Congressional leaders were inform
ed by Secretary McAdoo late today
that the legislation is imperative.
President Wilson already had left a
decision to the secretary.
The secretary's decision was made
utter a day of conference with mem
bers of his staff niid after lie ny.ain
had consulted President Wilson. Al
though opposing legislation now, con
gress leaders have said they would
pass a hill if it were shown that it
wen; necessary.
The republican attitude toward rev
enue legislation was set forth today
by republican Leader Gillette of the
house, v!.t, announced that if a rev
enue bill were necessary the republi
cans would co-operate in its enact
ment. He said ranking republicans
of the senate and house committees
dealing with revenue hail not been
consulted hv the administration.
President Wilson it was said today,
prepared a memorandum after bis
conference last nijjhl with congres
sional leaders in which be said he
was not convinced that revenue lejr
irHation would be necessary at this
session of congress. This memoran
dum it was said, went to Mr. Mc
Adoo and was to have been jfiven out
last niubt if the secretary was not
still of the opinion that the legisla
tion was imperatively necessary.
SENATE FAVORS
V
E
WASHINGTON, May 21. The sen
ate mililarv committee today unani-
ii:ousely went on reVord in favor of
ler'e expansion of the American
army. It ordered a favorable report
on a rc-ohitioii hv Senator Rued of
Missouri deelarini; for an increase of
three million men.
Hv the resolution "the president i
authorized in his discretion and al
such time a he mav determine t
raie i.nd b'in the training of an
additional force of three million men,"
who are "to he called f,(r training at
such times and in such numbers as
the president mav direct.'
Senator Keed announced he would
probably report the bill to the senate
next Monday and endeavor to have
i- fnn-idcred at an early date.
The house military commit lee al
ready has added to the army bill an
admiiii drat ion provision piviuir un
limited authority to the president to
laise an army of whatever size is
needed, . - y
WASHINGTON, May L'4. The
war department nnnoimci'd today
that contract bad been let by the
ordnance department for the estab
lishment of two picric acid plants,
one to cost 7,0(10,000 and be located
at Brunswick, Ga.. nnd the other to
M.st about i J.ono,t:ou tujie heated at
Mttle Kok, Ark.
WASHINGTON", May LM.-Tbree-ouaiters
of the hundred million dol
lar second war land of the Ked
t"rn iv a- found to have been snb
s, ri'n-d when totals were made this
morning nt national headquarter
and optinu-m was felt that there
would be a lare over-ub-eription be
lore ibe drixe end-. The eariy to
tal lodav Was f 7 I. JiiO.S-J'i,
GERMANS READY
E
Hun Preparations Complete and Con
tinuation of Present Calm Much
Longer Hardly Possible German
Morale Reported Much Weaker
Than Before Last Drive.
WITH TIIK AUMKKICAX AH MY
IN FKANCK, May 23. (P.y the As
sociated Press.) German troops
which faced the Americans along; the
Tout sector for several weeks have
been withdrawn and sent to the bat
tle area of northern France. They
have been replaced by the Kihth Ilu
variaii reserves.
IiY ASSOCIATKI) PKKSS, May 2(
'Heavy fighting operations on the
western front Btill are in the stage ot
anticipation. Continuation of the
present calm much longer is hardly
posiblo. Thq Hermans are known to
have completed , their preparations
and the allies are confident in their
abllty to meet the shock ot the ene
my attacks.
It b known the enemy has large
numbers of men along tho front from
Yprcs to Uheims. His artillery is in
position and weather conditions have
been favorable, but the German lead
era are not yet ready to test their
fate. The German morale is reported
to be much weaker lliau before the
attack of March 21.
Airships Kept ltusy.
For more than a week now British
and French airmen have been drop
ping ton after ton of bombs in the
area iinedtately back of, the German
linos. On Wednesday British avia
tors accounted for 15 enemy ma
chines while losing thrco ot their
own. Kaids into Germany continue.
French Make K. 'ds.
PAR 18, May 24. French troops
last night tarried out raids along
several parts of tho front, notably
southeast of Couey, on tho Aisnc
front, in the Champagne and in the
Voyges, In which prisoners were
taken, today's war office report
statos. German raids attempted to
tho west ot No you along tho main
battle front and southeast of Mosull
weie failures.
Thero was fntermitte.it shelling at
several polnhi on the in nt.
British Also Ihiidlug.
LONDON, May 24. "As a result
of a raid carried out by the enemy
yesterday north of Hill 70 (north
of LcnM, a few ot our men lie
missing," says today's official state
ment. "Karly last night tho enemy
a tent i) ted another raid on cue of our
posts in Avcli.y wood but was driven
ot!.
"We carried out a successful raid
shortly after midnight southwest of
I. a Lessee, and captured a few pi is
oners.
"A few prisoners were secured by
us in a patrol encounter north of
tho Ypres-Comlnes canal.
"Tho hostflo artillery was active
last night west of Lens and in the
neighborhood of Glvenchy and Fcstu
bert. Our positions in the forest of
NIeppo section wero bombarded with
gas shells."
WITH THK AMKIUCAX A It MY IN
FltANCK, Thursday, May 2.'!. (By
tho Associated PrcsB.) "Tho day
lias been (pilot on all points occupied
by our troops," says the Atflclal state
ment issued tonight from American
headquarters.
liKTHUIT, May '.'(.-Tlio worl.IV
kniltintr rt'i'orii is cliiimod iy Alr
i rnl Siriiiiror of Oi troil, who vcIit
iljiv won Hie knitlni' foutrt oon-
ouoii-ii ncro iiv tho jtc.i t ro-s in
nliifli moro thnli Toil look pari. In
two li'iir- Mr. SpriniT ..in .li t i . I
21 ini-ho of a miin' sork-lhc lo'
ii Till ln'i'1 ami thrrt'-iiiarl(Trt of Ilio
toot. Mr-. Nntliiin II. .Imitt, lioml
of Iho knitting fliitnn of Iho llcil
I'm, snitl tn.l.Mv tliat Mr. Spriinr
oi'i l'iit lint ni.tT lit-on tfii;itrt.
V
BUT
HOLD-UP BLOW
KAISER PICKS HIM
SLAUGHTERER FOR THE NEXT BLOW RUMANIA EQUAL
issts
r tMJL J. if ;V
,1 ..; ::::
EJST. OTTO VON BEIaOW
(ii'iHTal Olto Yon lolow jtppmrfl to Ixi slatrd by tliV kiilsor Ut lc
idliiu the iiin'l)Hl slimUiitiMcr of (icriiiiiil soldli'i-H In tho I'omhiK IK"1
llv on tho wost fnint. ISflnw onro mniinuiiiliMl tlio "lirlllliiiit'ilofoiiso"
of Moiuisttr. . llo was in cottiinand of hist yetw'h offensive jiuiiiHt Italy.
In tlio iX'iiIiik (ii'riiinn lrlo tills .spriiiK llclow was roniiiunidcil ()
tako Arns which ho tiiiln't.
COUSIN OF KING
AX ATLANTIC I'OHT. May 2-1.
On n mission to thu cniiuTor ol' Ja
iin, I'riiM-o Arthur of ('onn;iuy!(,
:i rou-in of K in lt (It'oro of Kulurul,
find son ol the lliiki of Conniiuplil,
former pivrnmr Licncnil of ('iiiiiil:ir
iirrivcil Iicki todity on u llrilisli
cruiser. Willi Miom; nccouipiinyiii!;
li tin and nllicdcd liy rcprccntntivcs
of tho d('uirl!iieiii of shite, he left
iimnedialely on a special trail for
Washington where he will call on
President Wilson before proceeding
on his journey.
l'riucn Arthur nnd his party were
(alien off the cruiser al the (pinrJMi
tine station by n navy tug on which
he was presented to representatives
of the press.
I am cerliiinlv glnd of the oppor
tunity t visit the I nit fit States' he
said. The last time I was here
was '2 vcars niro when I visited l!uf
falo. "One f the la-l tilings I lil he
fore lcain-j llnulaiid was to review
with the l;itiLr some of your soldiers
pjir-siiiL: (hioiii:li Loinh'U, and I must
ay they certainly made a iuot
inairuil iceul apea ranee. '
The prince, who has seen service
at the front, wore the fiM uniform
of u Krili.-h major, lie 'hears to the
Japiuiese emperor the haton of a field
marshal of the I'ritish army, an hon
orary appointment recently confer
red upon (ircat Hiiljun's far eastern
ally. This will lie his tliii.l visj, to
Japan' on diplomatic missions, JJt j.s
how i(" vea i's of aye.
1 HENERY m
.ON !)()N, May 2 I. - Sir nry .io
(;pii '(n)fi ha areoptcl n ofli-r to
tiftromo porninrtf)r ot tlio Honton
Symphfuiy orclioHllira, arrorilfnt; lo
titis morniti'K Ifiilly.ToN'raitli, wliiili
ays that "lio may lo rfi'ti upon to
iiitrodiH-o lf liiK ijffw Amorlran piililln
many works of tlio Jtrllisli -om
poKfjrn."
Sir Henry will Kiif.-ofil Dr. Marl
Muck, whoin roHlKnatlon a dltortor
of the Itoston .Symp'hony orrlo-Htra
waB accipto'i Man h .'Jl, aftor lila ar
rest In lloaton an an enemy alien.
Ir. Muc k in now Inlcrn.-il for tlio du
ration of tho war.
Sir Henry wan horn In London
ill lMiti, and when 10 yearn old he
came deputy otKanlxt at 8t, Mary'n,
Aldermanlniry. He hecame a con
ductor in lvn, and ainco then iiafl
heen In charKft of Rome of the Kreat
ent oil llextr.lJl of I jli-.l.lll.l,
AS CHIEF
MOSCOW, ITIday, .May 17. ,(Hy
Assoclatod ITeHa.) Ono million of
:i, HlO.dilll Russian war prlsonors held
In Cnrmany and Aiistrln-lliinKary are
total invalids. In Cormany thero
nro I,!inil,oiii) and in Austria 1,'JIM),
OUO. Half of tho Invalids nro tu
horcular ,most ot lliem In the last
Rtacos of that pl.iRiio. Many of the
remainder arc suffering from other
serious contaKloua dlscascn.
Their return to Russia undor pres
ent conditions Is a great prohlem on
account of the lack of food, propor
accommodations and medical assist
ance l'lans aro holnR niado for Iho repat
riation of five million refugees to tho
Russian provinces occupied hy Iho
(lermatis. Somo of Iho refugees are
In Siberia while tlio others are In
Russia.
So far tho (iermnns have shown
great unwillingness to admit them
In largo numhers. Several hundred
thousand already are gathered at the
frontiers hut only small parties aro
admitted, Iho Cermans claiming that
tlio transportation facilities aro lim
ited. SOVIEfDEFEATS
MosmW. May 17. (liy the A
socincd 1 'i'c-.s. ) - 1 1 is ot Ticinlly re
ntited in the newspapers tluit soviet
trnnps have inflicted n More defeat
'n General Semermll's tmnps which
were nd juicing from ManMiuria ti
wnrd Irluitfk, end prevented them
from lal.in t liila. The triiii-i-Nilie-rian
railway is op-riitui',r uiiintcnipl -edly
he! 'iitii JrkuNk and '!adi o--tok
hy the Amur river route.
The ruitntl SiLerijiu -nvM-t nt Irk-u!-k
Im- i-.-iieil u li'-non! mohilizd
tinri rail to nil local sovii-U nnd nd
i e tin; Mo-eow v'ovrrnmeht that the
r.iKheviki liac it critical Mluatjon to
far'c in the 1nin-lhiikal district.
SUNKEN SHIPS DEFY
LONDON. May 24.- Having failed
in attempt: to blow up tho two con
crete laden Hhlpn mink at (ho n
trniKo to (ho ItniKcs canal at Zeo
bniegc, iho (lermiinfl are now en
Kagcd In cutting away tho pferfi In
an effort to mnkn a hnk'o ciioukIi
channel for torpedo craft and other
rsnes larKer than nuhmarlne to
pan out to Jic.i,
PLUNDER FROM
.1 10 INDEMNITY
Economic Advantages Germany Has
Secured By Treaty Pronounced By
Kuehlmann Equlva'cnt to Vast
Sum of Money Economic Control
of Rumania Assured Huns.
LONDON, .May 2 1 Kconomte nd
vun tunes which Germany V.as oli
tallied in tho peaco treaty with Uu
mania are equivalent to an Indem
nity from that nation In tho opinion
of Herman experts, Dr. Von Kuehl
mann, tho German secretary, told tho ,
Berlin chamber of commerce, in
discussing tho Rumanian treaty be
fore that body, tho German wireless
report of tho address shows.
Germany's control, of the coming
Rumanian harvests cause tho food
(mention to tin looked forward to
"with a curtain amount of confi
dence," Dr. Von Kuehlmann declared.
Gorman trado privileges also wero
most important and theso included
the leaso to a German company for
99 years of tho Huclnirest-Czornavo-
da-Constanza railway line, thus Klv-i
Ing ready access to the petroleum
fields and grain centers.
Iteforrlng to tho geographical situ
ation which ollminuled the question
of territorial acquisitions, Dr. Von
Kuehlmann said theroforo it was "all
tho more nocossury to obtain econom
ic advantages up to a limit consist
ent with tho maintenance of Uu ma
nia's capacity for production,"
Two, points, ho indicated, "must
ho taken Into consideration. First.
guarantooin Jlumaniau agricultural
and petroleum production a3 urgent
ly ltnccssary 4r tho ca'Tjii-;? on of
tho war by the central powers and
for tho transition period. Secondly,
(tho important rolo which Rumania
has to fill in providln'.; a thorof.iro
to tho cant, ospeclall as domi
nates tho lower cour-n of t'.ie Dan
ube."
RED X SPEECH
AMNTKIf DAM, May 'J 1. - Com
ment in; on I'reident Wilson's n-cent
speech in New York in opening the
Ked Cross campaign, the Itcrlin
newspaper Vorwiierts, says il is easy
to pick out many pa i ts of I he ad
dros us mere (term an hail in;', and
exiieeiiition, hut that on the! whole
il neeiinilclv reflects the psychologi
cal iniprcvion which the peace of
!re-t Litovk and thai of iCucharcsl
were hoiunl to prodm-e on the other
side of the Aliunde. The socialist
orjiu rails at whal it calls the "al
leged llll-ieltl-lilic-s'' of the ellteiitj-'s
aims, hut says that doubtless Presi
dent Wilson's people will believe him.
The peace tnade Iiv the central pow
ers in the easj, the newspaper thinks,
has ureal I v strengthened I' resident
Wilson's position. Germany is propa
utliii' the idea, says orwaeits, h;il
the speech Was iri"iltit to offset, "the
l'-ritish pence ol tensive,'' hut it de
clares "the trick will not work."
Other of the (leriiian new.-p.ipefs.
Nolle of U hieh pj llil s t he speech ill
full, i oininenl in I lie li -iial ill)Ui '
stfe of "the implicit " of the presi
dent' motive,
"His i-i a patholo'.'iejil ea-c," the
Krcueeitnm: savs.
LEAVES JAP CAPITAL
LONDON, May Much specula
tion has been aroused In Tokio over
the (leparuluro of O. O. WalleuberK,
tho Swedish minister, nnd It promi
nent Swedish residents, according to
a dlHpatdi from the Japanese capital
to thn Unity Kxpres-s dated Thursday.
Allegations of unneutral conduct by
tho minister aro freely made. No
mom hers of tho diplomatic corps were
at the railway station when the Swel-i-h
minister left.
MILLION YANKS
TO BE IN FRANCE
BY JULY FIRS!
Lloyd George's Statement Puzzles
Washington Probably Referred
to Americans On Amiens Line,
Which Exceed 100,000 Official
Statements of Army Now Withheld.
WASHINGTON, May 2-1. Pre
mier Lloyd1 George's statement that
tho I'nited States had thus I'ar been,
able to counterbalance less than one
fifth of the fighting" strength tho
Cerniuns gained for west front oper- r
i.tioiis through tho collapse of Kus
sia, left officials here somewhat
putted ns to the ffcurrs upon which
it was based.
In vii w of tho fact that RocrMnrV
linker formally announced. sime timt
;i!." Miat nmre than ,"00.001) Amfrienn
troops were i;i Kitrope, it was point
ed out that the Hritish irenuer a
statement would indicate that be
tween 2,500.000 and 3,000,000 Ger
man troops had been released from
the eastern front nnd were being em
ployed in the west. Army oflieialH
here y if has never been repciicd
that the German fight ini; iini's in D o
east totalled any such i'imv,
On Amiens Duo.
1 1 w as regarded as proln.ble t!mt
Premi'T Lloyd (Jeore was basing his
staten:ei)t on the number oC men of
the American army in line before
Amiens with tho French J'oreev. '"'o
strength of that American J'oreo has
never been mndo public, but it is
known to be in excess of ono division
and, probably, counting1 nil auxiliar
ies us well us line regiments, reaches
u figure nt lcnst abovo 100,000. Jt
that is true and tho premier bused
his calculation upon- nn American
participation of 100,000 men it
would indicate British information
was (hat half a million German
troops hatheeu withdrawn from tho
eastern front for use in the west.
That figure; however, it is felt here,
probably under-eslimales the actual
German movement.
Million by July.
Whnlever the strength of tlio
American army in France may bo to
day the statement is made in semi
official fpmrlers and has not been
hallenged at the war department that
a million men will have been trans
ported by duly first of this year. Of
ficers here declare the Herman
withdrawal from tho east front cer
tainly could not have been anywhere
like five times that number. The race
between German offensive plans and
the American effort to aid tho al
lies, pictured by IJoyd Heorge, there
lore narrows down to a question of
lime with July setting the time be
fore whichia heavy net increase in
(he man power facing Germany in tho
wc-t will have 1 u made.
WASHINGTON, Mav 21. -Kihju
neer units which were in uelion with
the Hritih army imams I the Ger
mans between March 21 and April if
were companies- p, mid 1). ixth Cm
led Stall's rn-im ers. Colonel John X.
I lodges, comma ndiuu', t ho war de
pa rl men! an no lined today. Colonel
I lodges has been awarded the British
dis( inim .hed sen ice order in rccog
I -ilion of hi- services.
WASHINGTON, May 21. As an
indication of Iho effort bcim; made
I Germany to meet the strain on
her man power, convict battalions
are beitiu' formed, iiecordini; to a dis
patch received by the stale depart
ment today quohnx n. neutral news
paper. Other d rust in measures in
clude the strippinir of nuimimitioti
factories of men and tho substitution
of women, children and prisoners ami
the moving of troops from tho gar
risons nloiiff tho Dutch frontier nnd
from tbe liumnnian front to the west,