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clared q big navy was needed to pro-
tect both coasts at the same time, as
the Panama canal could be made use
less by few pounds of dynamite
There is a growing antagonlsm be-
tween the United States and the rest OF
the world, and the only thing that can
restore this country to foreign respect
is a power sufficient to command it, he
declared.
The speaker pleaded for a navy per
sonnel of 250.000 men. which he said
would cost only as much year te
maintain as Great Britain is spending
every sixteen days during the present
European war.
Instead of the old rattlesnake flag
with the motto. Don't tread on me, he
said, "the United States seems to have
adopted flag with a typewriter on II
and the motto. Don't tread on US or
we will make you pay for it If we can
collect"
Bishop Advocates Preparedness.
Bishop John N. Mccormick of Grand
Rapids said peace could be best pre-
served through adequate preparedness
He said he could see no inconsistency
between tho fact that he had prepared
a prayer for peace to be used in his
district and that he was making an ad-
dress before the Navy League IN faVoI
of preparedness"
Denial of charges that the league and
other defense organizations were being
financed by munitions makers was
made by H. H. Chamberlin of Worces-
ter, Mass, chairman of the Worcester
branch of the league. He took fling
at Henry Ford and former Secretary
Bryan when he said:
When men Of great experience. in
cluding former ambassadors, senators
and others, tell us that we are in need
Of defense, and then when an automo-
bile manufacturer or apostle of grape
Juice comes along and says that these
people are bad or friends of bad men,
whom are you going to believe? Their
charge is founded on slanderous lie
and 1t is a question whether their
ethics are not as bad as their reason
ing"
The annual banquet of the league in
the ballroom of the Willard tonight
promises to be one Of the largest ever
held in Washington. Col Robert M
Thompson will preside. and the speak
ers will be John Temple Graves and
George Won L. Meyer. former Secretary
of the Navy.
Evening star., 1916-04-12
Holds Auction Party and Dance.

An auction party and dance was held
by the social club of the Hebrew Home
for the Aged last evening at Carroll In
stitute for the benefit of the building fund
for the new Hebrew home for the aged
415 NJ street northwest. S. Hitler was
chairman of the dance committee, as
sisted of Miss Mo1lie Lewis. Miss S. Ma
linsky, Miss Rose Herman and Mrs. Eta
Galblum.
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.Toi on the mouth of the Yanet.e with
Ine view of intercepting this party. The
aate OF the China's departure was more
.Iai III, once postponed, but she eventu-
estys ship Laurentic and found to have
on ooard Germans and Austrians CORE
spending to those concerning whom in
.orma.lon as mentioned above had been
receiVed. The Laurentic therefore had
no hesitation in removing then Tho
next ostensible port of call of the China
was agasaki. a convenient place al
Wnlch to transfer to another vessel
proceeding to Manila SSeA
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Souvenir Of Prohibition Meet;nv

omcers in charge of the prohibition
referendum mass meeting held March
at the New National Theater bav.
each been presented by friends with
an engraved silver platter in COM
msmoration of the event. Thew arc
William r. GUIDE. president: r. N. Har-
per. vice president; Charles ]. Colum-
bus, secretary. and John Boyle, chair
man of the arrangements committee
Evening star., 1916-04-12
MASTER BUILDERS FACE
SERIOUS LABOR TROUBLE
Workmen Demand Increased Wages
and Better Working
Conditions.

Confronted with demands for in
creased wages and for changes IN
working conditions which have hc"n
made by carpenters. bricilaycrs ston e.
masonS iron workers. hosting e.
gineerS and other workmcu. uaS:sr
builders of Washington are facirg II
serious situation. This is the time #
year when the building industry is ~
its height, and "A strike would prove
more serious than at any other season.
Some of the trades are asking Tor III
creased wages, while others want in
addition to more money changes ia
working conditions that are highly ob-
Jectionable to the builders. For so.ss
time a series of conferences has beea
under way between representatives OF
the several unions and of the Assoc!.-
ton of Master Builders of Washing ton
the Eulldlng League and the Buildei !
ana manufacturers Exchange. Thonl..
l.. Melton Is president of the first or
SaniZation and James l.. Parsons %
president of the latter two.
The builders already have given in to
the demands of the brckiayers by IN
cteaSlilS their pay three and a third cent,
an hour 10 30 cents The builders haN. &.
offered to give the carpenters an ncrea 81
OF . cents per hour after Labor day bur
the union has not Yet accepted this COM
promise. the figure falls considerably,
below the Increase demanded. Demands
| made by the stonemasons. ironworkersi
ana hosting engineers have been refused
entirely by the builders
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Some of the Demands.

Among the things asked by the stone-
masons is that one of their number be
employed to supervise the erection of all
derrcks and scaffolds on which they work.
The ironworkers demand that they he en-
ployed to handle the reinforcing rods en-
ployed IN concrete work, instead of tabor
ers. 1hey also demand that one of their
number be employed at So a day to give
the signal for lowering stonework in place
The builders declare this work is done
just as well by intelligent laborers al
lower wages. The hosting engineers de-
manded an advance from 62I, cents 10
| 40 cents per hour and have been refused.
| The builders have offered the increase
OF D cents per hour to the carpenters fol-
! lowing Labor day only with the under
standing that the carpenters eliminate
clauses in the constitution of their or
ganlzalon which are objectionable TO
| the builders. One clause provides that
/ no member shall alter any mistake he
| mas made on job make UP for lost
| time. except it be done on the EMPLOYERS
time, under penalty"
Another rule opposed by the master
builders is one providing that unless a
pulioer erects a suitable lookup for tools
| and clothing OF carpenters ae shall he
naple, on submission of proper evidence
| Tor the loss of such. Another prohibits
| any member of the union from sha
| ing any tool or filing any saw in his own
Tune during working hours speeding
ana pacemaking are prohibited ANY
| member can prefer charges against an
| alleged pacemaker
Evening star., 1916-04-12
Scores Already in Competition
for Prizes in Cleanup and
Paint-Up Event.
ONLY TEN DAYS REMAIN
IN THE STARS CONTEST
Quality of Papers Submitted Shows
Effect Of Former Campaigns in
Washington.

only ten days remain in which es-
says may be submitted in The Stars
great clean-up-paint-up prize essay
of Columbia must make hay while the
sun Shines. Scores Of men, women
boys and girls have already submitted
essays in the competition for the sub
stantlal cash prizes that are to be
given by The Star for the best efforts
at describing the benefits of a District.
wide clean-up-paint-up campaign
the material improvement to property
the enhancement of values, tho i'm.
proved appearance of neatly kept. well
painted property and the sanitary value
OF a general battle against dirt, trash
and those unhygienic conditions that
breed flies. mosquitoes, malaria, typhoid
and the like
Able to State Reasons,
That former Observation-Disclosures cam.
paigns have educated tho people OF
Washington in regard to tho reasons
Tor continuing such campaigns is
amply proven by tho essays already
submitted in the great contest. Ever
the boys and girls in the graded schools
know and are able to state tho rea.
sons why such campaigns bring un.
told beneficial results to the com.
munity. A nine-year-old girl in one
OF the city schools. in an essay of less
than 300 words. has told clearly how
the clean-up--paint-up movement i'm.
cooperation in such a Campaign helms
to instill carefulness and neatness in
children. 49,
A bureau chief in one of the most IN,
portant Of the government departments
has described in about the SAND numhe,
OF words the scientific reasons Tor q
lean-up-paint-up campaign, writing in
such a way that while every state
ment was scientifically accurate even
the children in the public schools couId
understand.
Rules and conditions of the prize
essay contest, appearing herewith
show Just what must be done to earn
one OF the substantial cash prizes. 4
$40 each; four third prizes of IS each
and thirty-five prizes of 81 each are
the rewards offered the successful con
testants Desiring to add to the value
OF the ~ prizes, Pennington & Taylor
nave offered, independently, a substan-
tial household stepladder to every one
OF the thirty-five persons awarded one
Of these prizes.
Ihe conditions and rules are few and
simple Every resident Of the District
of Columbia, is eligible to compete for
prize, though only one prize will
be awarded to any one contestant. No
person employed In any capacity bv
the Star will be permitted to compete
Essays may be of any length. though
in case the merits of two ESSAYS ars
equal, the briefer OF the two will he
given preference.
The contest is to close Saturday even.
ing. April %. and essays received after
that date will not be considered.
Evening star., 1916-04-12
Prompt Service

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Program for Judges.

The program of judging announced to-
day was as follows:
Thursday afternoon, o'clock-Judge.
F. Louis Hauptner; Dachshundc. .
o'clock-Judge. G.. Muss Arnolt; blood
hounds. st. Bernards Great Danes, Rus
sian wolfhounds. greyhounds. Eskimo
dogs. o'clock-Judge, George A. F'lam-
mer: beagles. $3.50 o'clock-Judge, Miss
Marian Kennedy: pomeranians.
THURSDAY evening, I:30 o'clock-Judge,
Herman Bennung: Boston terriers S
o'clock-Judge, Mrs May H. McCurdy
collies.
Friday morning, II o'clock-Judge Mrs
c. Halsted Yates: German sheep dogs
Dalmatians. IL o'clock-Judge, G. Muss
Arnolt; pointers. English settlers. Gordon
settlers. Irish settlers. IL oclock-Judge
Theodore Offerman; Airedale terriers
bull terriers, Sealyham terriers.
Friday afternoon, o'clock-Judge. Hol
stein Harvey French bulldogs. . o'cIocl
Judge, Levi Wilcox: poodles. English
toy spaniels. toy poodles, Yorkshire ter
riers. Maltese terriers, toy black and tar
terriers. Chihuahuas. . o'clock-Judge
G. Muss Arnolt; old English sheep dogs
| chow chows, samoyeds. schipperkes. Jap
anese spaniels. miscellaneous. o'clock
Judge. H. B. Kober: cocker spaniels :
o'clock-Judge, Theodore Offerman: pc
kingese. Irish terriers. Scottish terriers
skye terriers. Manchester terriers.
Charles R. Wood bulldogs o'clock
Judge, Theodore Offerman; fox terriers
West Highland white terriers. o'clocl
Judge, Charles W. Barney: foxhounds
Saturday afternoon. o'clock-Judge
G.: Muss Arnolt; unclassified specials
winners and awarding Of winners ro
settes.
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Alleged Work Of Germans.

"I may add for the confidential infor-
nation of the government of the United
States that from actual occurrences and
from reliable information received II
has been definitely established that the
Germans resident in Shanghai have
been engaged for some time past in the
collection of arms and ammunition,
both for clandestine transmission to
India and, If possible. for the arming
Of a ship to play the part of a far east
ern Moewe- His maJesty's government
were able to cope with this activity to
a considerable extent and obtained the
arrest of various German agents caught
in the act of attempting to smuggle
arms out of Shanghai: further, the Ger
mans became aware that his majesty 8
government knew of their plots The
commander-in-chief. China station. re-
ceived Information that owing to this
fact the Germans were planning to
shift the center Of their activity from
Shanghai to Manila Subsequently he
was definitely informed that thirty-five
Germans had planned TO leave Shang-
hal IN the steamship China and proceed
to Manila.
His ma1estys chips were sent to pa-
Evening star., 1916-04-12

ident Of the league, had asked Secre-
tary Daniels II Admiral Fiske might
read the paper personally. He read to
the convention the reply from Secre-
tary Daniels refusing this permission
and the convention hissed.
Col. Thompson caustically contrasted
this action of the navy head with prec-
edents established by the War Depart
ment. He said it was an overriding of
constitutional rights.
Henry Reuterdahl. artist-writer on
naval affairs. aroused tho convention
Evening star., 1916-04-12
Banker Gives Taxation Advice.

Isaac N. Seligman. Now York banker.
told tho convention how a Sane scheme
of preparedness should be financed. He
declared: I'VE must follow the exam
pie Of England and rely neither on in
direct taxation alone nor on the direct
tax alone. Let US have an increase of
the income tax; If necessary. an inheri-
tance tax: additional revenues that
can be easily obtained from the tariff.
from excises and from various classes
of stamp taxes. The exact proportion
need 100000 900 or $500. .o0o'
A dismal picture of the weakness of
the United States Army and Navy was
drawn by Charles g. Curtis of New
for Defense Commission with General
Stats of the Army and Navy" He at
tributed most of tho trouble to the
fact that the United States has no
defense commission to advise the Pres
ldent and Congress. and that the navy
has no general staff charged with the
duty and responsibility OF preparing
the feet for war and clothed with full
authority to direct Its operations"
Mr.. Curtis deplored the Ignorance
and their inability to get at the truth
in technical matters" He paid his
respects to Secretary Daniels as a fail
ure as an executive because he is a
and acts are frequently controlled by
politics, and he has no official advisers
whose opinions he values sufficiently
to follow. Even the President. from
generally disregards the advice of our
best military and naval experts, and
devotes much of his time and thought
to political matters instead of giving
it all to the business Of the country"
Henry L. Satterlee. former assistant
secretary of the navy. advocated board
on which there should be some women
to coordinate all the government
agencies dealing with the matter of ma
| tional defense. He gave q resume Of ali
that has been brought out SO far in the
convention regarding 1.-The Immediate ne
| cessity for national defense commits
sion"
Mr.. Satterlee said Preparedness is an
| awkward word; he preferred ready, ii
quoting from Admiral Dewey's famous
| Fire when you're ready, Gridley." He
thought It would be fine slogan for the
people Are we ready?" or Get Ready
| He said Uncle Sam is now soliloouizins
ITO be or not to be'-ready.
Attacks Hay Bill.
Attacking the Hay bill, which re.
Gently passed the House of Representa-.
tives. as "a menace to the country
and as violation of every recommen-
l S.
Stanwood Menken of New York, presi-
| dent of the National Security League
| spoke on How Can We Best Secure
the Necessary Measures for Prepared
ness?'
He charged Congress with ignoring
the demand for defense on the lines
| Of experts" He blamed the people for
electing Misrepresentation" and said
| that the primary provision for ma
tional security, therefore. must be found
| in the awakening of the individual cit
izens to q sense Of obligation of indi-
vidual service to the state"
The situation requires a surgeon
not faith cure" he continued, "and
promissory note for an army payable
| in four years with bonus Of pork, nor
| by an installment plan for q navy pay
| and Mr.. Daniels shiftlessness render
advisable."
William H. stayton Of New York de-
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Trent Case Argument.

In your excellency's note reference
IS made to the case of the Trent 1
venture to hope that the preceding OBJ
serEations show clearly that tho pres-
ent case is of an entirely different ma
ture to that on which the United States
government relies. At the date when
the Trent case occurred no agreement
had been reached as to the claim put
Forward by certain countries that n
beiiigerent Is entitled to remove GER
tain classes Of individuals from q neu-
trail ship without bringing the vessel
In Tor adjudication in the prize court;
a considerable measure of aRreement
had been reached on this point. In
any case the nature of the persons con-
cerned in the episode of the Trent was
entiseiy ,, different from that of the in
dividuals removed from the China
Messrs. Slidell and Mason were pro-
ceeding to Europe, according to their
contention, as the diplomatic repre-
sehta.iFes or belligerent; at that
| tme the suggestion that the functions
OF a diplomatic representative should
| include the organizing of outrares
| upon the soil of the neutral country to
which ne was accredited was unheard
| OF, and the removal of the penfIeman
In question could only be Justified on
| the ground that their REPRESENTATIVE
character was sufficient to bring them
wlthin the classes of persons whose re-
| fable. was 'u"'i-
The distinction between such ner-
| sons ana German agents whose object
IS TO make use Of the shelter of neu-
tral country in order to foment risines
In British territory. to At out ships for
the purpose of preying on British com
merce. and to organize outraees In the
neutral country itself is obvious.
1T Is hardly necessary for me to .tat.
that 1t Is far from the wish and inten.
| tion OF his majesty's government to
take any action involving an inva sion
OF the sovereign rights Of the United
states government; tho above ohsery..
ions will have made it clear that :,
tho view of my government no such IN.
vasion was involved in the action of HI,
ma1estys ship Laurentic, and FEEL
confident that after the foregoing ex.
plantations in regard both to the pen
erai question involved and to fha
mov91 o. enemy subjects from the China
the United States government will me,
feel disposed further to contend nv.
this action was not JUSTIFIED.
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Integral Part of Plot.

III may be added that subsequent In
formation fully confirms that the
movement of the body of Germans in
question was an integral part of the
plot referred to above.
- do not think it will be disputed
.hat persons of this description must
pe paced within the category of indi-
.iouais VINO may, without any infrac-
tlon OF the sovereignty of a neutral
state, De removed from a neutral vessel
on the nigh seas. The object of their
Journey was to find another neutral
asylum In which they might continue
thelr operations against the interests
OF inns country. The acts which thew
desired to perform upon the soil of the
nl,ed states were such as possibly to
coiiiprofhlse the neutrality OF that
country or to constitute an ofrense
against Its criminal laws. They were
In enect persons whose past actions
ana future intentions deprived them
or any protection from the neutral ia q
uhder which they were sailing
Evening star., 1916-04-12
OUT-OF-T0WN ENTRIES
RECORDED At DOG SHOW
Eighty High BREEDS Arrive From St.
Louis-Program of Judging
Announced.

Out-of-town entries for the bench
show of the Washington Kennel 'tub'
which is to open tomorrow ana con-
tinue through Saturday. are arriving
in large numbers. eighty high-ored
dogs reaching Washington yesterday
from the big st. Louis show that
closed Saturday night. Other entries
arrived Yesterday and today from New
York, Philadelphia and other eastern
cities and are at the Riding and Hunt
Club. street, on the banks of Rock
Creek, ready to take their places and
to display their quality in the tanbark
ring when the judging begins tomor-
row afternoon.
Evening star., 1916-04-12
"No Foreign Policies"

The startling announcement that I'VE
have no foreign policies at the mo-
ment," and that if threatened the United
States would back down. was made by
Henry A. Wise Wood, who was a mem
ber of the naval advisory board formed
by Secretary Daniels. but who soon re-
signed owing to disagreement with
the Secretary's views.
If a Japanese feet conveying troop
transports should appear off the coast
Of California or adjacent Mexico with
the command that we abandon our
Asiatic exclusion policy or fight" he
said, land the canal was blocked. l
doubt not we should instantly abandon
our exclusion policy"
Discussing the idea further. Mr.:
Wood said: with tho destruction of
our citizens while upon foreign mer-
chant ships or upon our own merchant
ships we offer no armed interference.
nor do we offer armed interference
when our citizens while upon foreign
soil are destroyed. their wives and chill
dren outraged. their property confis-
r ed
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of the area in which opposing armies
maneuvre, and an unscrupulous belllg-
erent may inflict the deadliest blows
on his enemy in regions remote from
actual fighting. 1t may be recalled that
a certain Lieut.. Robert Fay of the Ger
man army was reported in the press last
autumn to have been detected expert
menting with bombs designed to destroy
merchant ships leaving America and
operating in the interests of the enemies
of Germany. He was said to have ad-
mitted that he was sent by the German
authorities to the United States express
ly for this purpose. His ma jestys gov
ernment are not aware what degree of
truth there may be in this story. but
numerous incidents in America and else
where have shown that the facts may be
az stated and may be typical.
Interception Important.
TT is then evidently of the greatest
importance for a belligerent power to
intercept on the high seas not only
modified members of the opposing
army who may be found travelling on
neutral ships, but also those agents
whom the enemy sends to injure his
opponent abroad or whose services he
enjoys without having himself COM
missioned them. Practical considera-
tions from the beiiigerents' point of
view have changed and the change
necessarily implies modification in
the precise description of enemy sub
Jects whom il is lawful to arrest, sup
posing such a precise description can
be said to have existed in any binding
form.
'I may add that tho action of the
United States government in forward
ing requests for safe conducts for
agents of states a I war with this coun-
try whose actions had been such that
their continued presence IN the United
States could no longer be tolerated af-
fords a strong indication that the right
to remove certain classes of persons
from neutral ships can. in the circum-
stances of this present war. not be con-
fned to persons embod ed in the armed
ferces of belligerent
Evening star., 1916-04-12

particularly strategy. we have little
clear conception. If we compare the
strategical methods employed by. say,
Germany and us. we are forced to ad
nit that the German methods are bet
ter adapted to produce economically
navy fitted to contend successfully in war
against enemy
Congress Alone Decides"
Admiral Fiske points out that in the
United States Congress alone decides
what vessels shall be built and how
many men and officers shall wear the
uniform" 1T is true he admitted,
that they consult the report of the
opinions of several naval officers: but
the advice of these officers is not so
valuable, possibly, as it might be, for
the reason that it is really irresponsi-
know that it will not be taken very Sc
riously.
The connection between the con-
clusions of the War, College and the
board and the Secretary of the Navy :s
so fragile and discontinuous. that 1t
may truthfully be said that the inf1u-
ence of the war games at our war
College has but a faint resemblance to
the determining force of the krleg-
spiel in Berlin
Admiral Fiske said that "in Great
Britain the development of the navy
has been going on for more than loo
years" He added that "the wisdom of
her strategy has been due largely to
the fact of the close touch maintained
between the civil government, inc1ud-
ing parliament, and the navy; for by
its very construction the board of ad-
miralty includes some of the highest
officers of parliament. the cabinet and
the navy" The German and Japanese
navies, together with the BRUSH, Ad-
miral Fiske called "the most efficient
navies in the world.