Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-08-03

denburg, and he'd thank us for the In
formation. The best time to tell the
enemy about any military program Is
after that program has been carried
out and put into effect.
Germany announced her forty-two
centimeter guns by hauling them up to
the battle line and firing shells of hith-
erto unheard of ealiber into Belgium.
After the guns were built and placed
and in operation she encouraged the
press In clarifying the results. The
Germans are a nation of press agents,
but they never let publicity tamper
with a government secret.
"Of course the public wants to know
what we are going to do with the $780,
100000 which congress has appropriate
ed for the aviation service. Well, it's
safe to say that we will spend that
money and probably much more on the
air route into Germany"
Allen sIackers, Attention.
Alien slackers of the United States
will have short shrift under plans
which took shape rapidly In congress.
Supporters of measures designed to
force the slackers into service declared
THAI legislation would be under way
eekgAeoors In The meantime the entire
problem was put up to the state de-
partment for an opinion. II the de-
partment delays IN advising congress
as to what effect the legislation will
have internationally congress will move
ON Its own initiative.
Senator Chamberlain, chairman of
the military affairs committee and au-
thor Of the resolution which would
draft alien slackers without interna-
tional Formally, declared that his com
mittee would act on the measure OF
once The bin had been In the hands
of the state department for several
days, and Senator Chamberlain expect
ed q report within a day or two. He
said:
1.-THE bill cannot be held up. We
should act and act at once If there Is
any unnecessary delay in getting infor-
nation from the state department we
will act without that information"
rood Reserve FOR france
The Red Cross war council has ap-
proprtated s1.500.O00 for foodstuffs to
be sent to France as an emergency re-
serve for use next winter by either
American forces or civilian populations.
The action was In response to a plea
from Major Grayson Murphy, head Of
the Red Cross commission In France,
saying:
"We must begin to prepare for the
coming hard winter, and you cannot
possibly send us more than we need of
the following: Twenty four-ton motor
trucks, $4,000 yards of flannel, CON
densed milk, -four, dried or preserved
vegetables, corned beef, canned beef,
preserved fruits, shoes, blankets, knit
ting wool and heavy white cotton sheet
ing"
Supplies Will be purchased for the
Red Cross by the Commission For Re-
lief In Belgium, and special arrange
ments have been made for speedy ship
ment They will be transported to
storage places In France by a new Red
Cross feet Of motor trucks.
Demand For Engineers.
It developed In a recent debate that
not more than half the ordinary ap-
pYopriations could be expended upon
certain government work because
there was such q demand for govern
ment engineers In connection with the
war preparations. Perhaps that ac-
counts for a river and harbor bill of
less than $30yOOO,OO0 instead Of double
that sum.
Ranked Deep.
Scarcely anything has ever so ranked
a majority of senators as the fact that
a few men-self appointed for the most
part-got together and decided upon
what kind of a food control bin should
pass. Several senator's referred sheer
ingly to these men as leaders"
It recalled the days when the big
Etx" Of the senate ran things their
own way. Tho Big Six were A1drich.
Hale and Allison. with three others Of
their choosing.