The weekly soliphone., 1917-05-10
SCIENTISTS TRY TO
 OUTWIT SUBMARINES
Washington Officials Hear Four Hundred Thousand Tons Ship
 ping Destroyed in Week.

 here today with the Council of Ma tional Defense on the part state governments will take in the war that the Federal government had heard 100000 tons of shipping had been sunk in the last by German submarines.
 Later at the state department Sec |retary Lansing, in response to in quiries, said: "It may as well be recognized that the submarine sit uation is very serious.
 The destruction, Secretary Lane said, was not only threatening the existing of England and France, but was alarming the United States Study of inventions to com bat the submarine menace is being diligently pursued in the interior department, he said:
 FIGHT ABROAD OR HERE.
 The United States must build ships as rapidly as possible, he told the delegates.
 eff we don't fight the war on the other side,' he said, i've shall have to fight it on this side of the Atlantic
 Lane declared he believed the war would last several years and that every resource of the country must be brought into play to bring it to a successful conclusion. Many persons thought, said Lane that all we had to do was to issue bonds and that Germany would bow her head in submission. Nothing could be further from the truth. We do not know when the war will end It may not be a one year war. Personally, I believe it will last several years. Herbert C.. Hoover has informed this govern ment that Germany has food enough to last two years, perhaps longer.
 U. s. CAN'T AFFORD TO FAIL.
 Germany has put up the great test fight of history, and she has the advantage of now fighting a defensive warfare. Don't go back home and inspire your people with the thought that immediate action can bring this war to an immedi- ate end. Your people must look to this years crop and next years crop and the next after that.
 we cant afford to fail in this war. Every man in this country is involved in this work and every man in the country is soldier. The French hope to break down the morale of the German armies. Our concern is to see to it that our own morale rises"
 Beside Lane, the state representa- tives heard Secretaries Baker and Daniels, Adj. Gen. Mccain and Judge Advocate General Crowder of the army. Later they were re- ceived by President Wilson. The three secretaries declared the one need of America and the allies now is ships.
 WARNS AGAINST DISCONTENT.
 Lane warned his hearers against |discOntent and attack on the gov ernment Always, he said, there was dissatisfaction with those who are directing war, and he urged his hearers to base their criticisms on facts and not on rumor.
 Baker asked the state representa- tives to cooperate with the govern mcnt in putting into operation the army draft law.
 'In obtaining supplies for the army" said Baker, i've are having to organize through the Council of National Defense and through you all the way back to our raw re- sources. We are raising the great est army in the country's history and the Defense Council has had to go into the factories and back of the factories to the farms for sup plies. We have found there are not enough factories in the country making army cloth to supply our forces. We are getting the help of the country business men and are arranging to supply our armies with all they need as rapidly as possible.
 Do not grow impatient if it ap- pears that things are moving slow ". We are in great need of sup plies and so are the allies. We must care also for the allies needs The army needs guns and so does the navy, but the allies need them as much. You men can do a great service in explaining there is no delay in getting our supplies, but that preferences must be exer- cised."
 / SUPPORT OF DRAFT URGED.
 Baker said nothing directly con corning an early eXpeditionary force but declared:
 Our part on the other side, once determined, is subject to revision. No program can be made up that will last beyond tomorrow"
 The states, Baker said, "can as