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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-04-26
WARNS BRITISH
OF FOOD PINCH
Lord DevOnpOrt Sees Severe
PrivatiOns Due to Depleted
Shipping.

LONDON. April c5.--The British public
was solemnly warned to-day by Lord
Devonport. the British Food Controller.
that the country's shipping was beinG
depleted daily in large volume and that
severe priNations rnenaced the nation De-
fore the next harvest was reached. Lord
Dcvorport's warning was made in the
House of Lords in response TO ques-
tion by Lord Lamington as to what sue
cess had attended the efforts at Volun-
tary rationing and whether the Govern
ment intended to resort to compu!sion,
.If our shipping resources were as
sured." Lord Devonport said. I'VE could
undoubtedly carry on. hut they are not
assured our shipping Is being depleted
every day In large volume, and although
our existence depends thereupcn, II Is
at the moment wasting security Ns
there is no immediate prospect OF our
locked up shipping being released from
its present occupation We have To face
this grim fact
"Cn,css we exercise Sut,icienvE OF sell
denial In the consumption OF bread. |
tell you the blunt truth, We shall not
get through to next harvest without Sc
we're pr!vat!on and all that it involves.
Insisting on the necessity of limiting
consumption to four pounds OF bread per
capita weekly. Lord pevonport confessed
that he was watching the weekly figures
OF national consumption and reserves
with growing anxiety. He went on:
VINO can say when the war Will end
We must be prepared for all contlngen-
cies, even the failure of the present
years harvest The continuance and IN
crease Of the enemy's submarine activity
Is another factor without which our out
look upon the future cannot he com
pletc There Is no margin for risks
Recognzing this | have decided 20 sci
UP forthwith the necessary machinery
for rationing. in order to be prepared tC
deal with the control and distribution
OF the supplies of bread. sugar and any
other food at short notice, II any. wher
necessary.
1T will take some few weeks before
such machinery can he brought into ac'
ton. In the meantime the nation vii
decide for itself whether it will be vo'
untary retrenchmcnt or compuIsion VIII
it's tickets, officials and other acces
sories un-English in character. To VIII
through on the voluntary principle VII
he a national victory OF which we shai
all be proud \ resort to conpuisio'
will. on the contrary. be an admission
that in an hour OF dire peril large
proportion Of the people failed to recog
niae their obvious duty
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President Pledges Nation to
Continue Fight for De-
mocracy to End.
HIS WORD SUFFICIENT
Chairman Dent Announces
That Volunteer Plan
Has Lost.
LOAN GIVEN ENGLAND
$500. 900. 900 Is Paid to Am
bassador by Secretary
. McAdoo.
lis WORD SUFFICIENT
LOAN GIVEN ENGLAND

Events having TO do with the great
diplomatic conference between the
Administration at Washington and
representatives of Great Britain and
Franco yesterday were of the utmost
importance. and, taken in connection
with the preparations Of the United
states for participation in the war
marked some of the most momentous
happenings in the history of the coun-
try.
Marshal Joffre and the French COM
missioners to tho international war
council arrived in Washington and re-
ceived a triumphal welcome from ad-
miring thousands. The French Mar
shall was aston.shcd and abashed by
the warmth OF the reception rendered
to him and his colleagues.
President Wilson in his conference
with British Foreign Secretary Balfour
pledged the United States to no sepa-
rate peace with Germany and promised
tIlal tne ndtiOn Nould Ngnt u tne EN-
with democracy as the goal of victory.
In n statement yesterday Mr.. Balfour
announced that no treaties would ho
asked of the United states in the war
and that the word Of the nation was
sufficient pledge of rs unrcserycd co.
operation in tho fight Of dem 1cracy
against the Germ military world
menace
Foes of conscript,oa i'll tho House
conceded their defeat. chairman Dent
. Of the House Military Affairs Commit
tee announced that the volunteer plan
mad lost. A poll Of the House ny Rep
reseutative Gardner showed 231 votes
for tho "nrscription hill, ll3 AGAINST
and so nOnconmitta,.
Secretary McAdop turned over to
the British Ambassador p, lnited
states Treasury Warrant for 5000 ,000,-
600 the first war loan ~ The Allies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-04-26
Submarine Is Hit at First
Shot From 6-Inch Gun
at Stern.
CRAFT APPEARS TWICE
First at Steamers Bow and
Then Off Her Port
Side.
ALL OVER IN > MINUTES
Encounter Occurs on Annivtr-
sary of Battle Of Lex
ingtOn.
We've Begun to Hit,'
Chuckles Roosevelt.

THE enthusiastic congratula-
tions of Col. Theodore Roose-
welt were extended last night to
the gun. crew of the American
liner Mongolia, who sank a Ger
man U-Boat off the British coast.
Thank heaven!" said the
Colonel. Some Americans have
at last begun to hit! We have
been altogether too long at the
receiving end of this war that
Germany has been waging on u.s."
Col. Roosevelt beamed and
chuckled with pleasure when he
was informed that the doughty
American bluejackets had dubbed
their gun the Teddy Roosevelt"
The Colonels interest in the feat
of the Mongolia was heightened
BY the fact that he is we'll ac-
quainted with Capt. Rice, the
skipper of the ship.
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81 VESSELS SUNK IN WEEK,
10 BEING OVER 1000 TONS
British Statement Shows Greatest Number of Craft
Destroyed Since Government Began to Issue
Weekly Reports-27 Attacks Unsuccessful.

LONDON. April 26.--The weekly state
ment of vessels sunk as made public
this evening reads:
Weekly Shipping Returns-Arrivals,
2,jSs: sailngs. 2.62l.
'Sinkings by mine or submarine, over
1900 tons. 40. including . sunk in the
week ended April Is: under ! 500 tons.
Is. including | sunk IN the week ended
April I.
Vessels unsuccessfully attacked. -.
including / attacked the week ended
April s.
Fishing vessels sunk. 8. including I
sunk the week ended April l5."
The above report shows the greatest
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-04-26
GERMAN SCHEME FOR PEACE7
visit of Turkish Premier Linked
With Offer TO Russia.

CoPENHAGEN, April 25.-The visit of
the Turkish Vizier, Taalat Bey, to Ber-
lin. is regarded as OF the highest political
importance. and according to the Lokdl
dnseiger will occasion n discussion AT
German headquarters OF the situation as
affected by Russian developments, Some
commenters here see further attempt
TO offer Russia terms for a separate
peace.
The fact that Taalat Bey was not
received on his arrival by Chancellor
Won Bethmann- -Hollweg or Foreign Sec
retary Zimmerman caused other OBJ
servers here to take different view.
They express the opinion that the Viz
Icr's trip Is more likely to be connected
with Turkish troubles and IN the nature
OF an appeal for help.
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T. j. HiIrs Estate s6l,l7O,ssO.

ST. PAUL, April 25.--The estate OF the
late James ]. Hill. subject to probate
in Minnesota, in valued at s51 1,179,sS9.5S.
according to a report Of the appraisers
filed here to-day.
The largest inheritance tax ever levied
In Minnesota will be paid by the cs-
tate either tomorrow or Friday. pro
yisional payment of s1,4sa,37o being
agreed upon in order to avoid payment
Of interest pending hnal settlement or
the estate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-04-26
SWEDEN HAS NEW FOOD RIOTS
Even soldiers Participate In DEM
OnstrattOn In stock holm.

CoPESHAGEN, April 25.-New food
demonstrations at Stockholm are re-
ported by tho DdDens Nuhcfer. The
military commander issued an order
forhidding tho Swedish soldiers to at
tend socialist meeting Despite this
order. however several hundred sol
dicrs participated In n great meeting.
Food demonstrations have also oc-
cui :cd AT Upsals, forty-five miles from
Stockholm.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-04-26
CHINA UNANIMOUS
FOR ENTRY INTO WAR
Conference of CoUernors De.
clares for Intervention.

PEHIH. April 25.---At conference of
provincial and military governors. at
which the Premier presided. II was voted
unanimously that China should enter the
war against Germany.
\ canvass shows that Parliament Is
overwhelmingly IN favor of China de
clnring war. but President Ii Yuan
Hung Is still undecided on the question
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-04-26
GIRL OF 10 TO DIE AS SPY.
Convicted In France Of Gatherinu
Information for Enemy.

IT, PARIS. April 25.---A court-marti ial has
condemned to death as "a spy Enilienne
Rose Duclmitiere, a ninetcen-y -year-old
girl.
She vas convicted OF gathering mill
tary information at Geneva. Lyons and
Paris on behalf of \ German by whom
she had been employed As a servant.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-04-26

Washington. for once representing he
vond the fragment of u douh' the whole
nitcd States, greeted him ~upcrlatiyely.
I. was comparable ONLY with such
triunphal marches as TINT ~ Grant
after the surrender. of Dewey when he
returned from Manila Ba}. The British
mission will not hc hurt - have II said
that the demonstration over tho red
capped Frenchman who rode from tNs
navy yard through ~" city to-day ry
ceedod that of sunday whom Mr.. Ralfour
and the British mission arrived. Ths
exclamation is obvious. EalfNur. though
n world figure. ~ a c'viliau. The pano-
rama Of his ihc has been that Of the
statesman,
Marshal Joffro is the soldic- and de-
spite the pactists It is N" soldier who
captures tho Imagination and affection
81 the average kind o' persons who by
the tens Of thousands shouted thsir
heads of along Washiugton'S strNots to-
day. only this morning Mr.. Balfour
himself said that the battle Of the Marns
was the most decisive battle IN history,
dwarHng all OF the fifteen that Greasy
chronicled.
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Surprised ny Welcome.

II was as the victor of this battle and
as tho man who almost alone in France
saw Germany coming. coming IN those
two years before the war aud braved
the dslikes OF HIS own people by obsti-
nately forming an army to meet her
that Joffre came TO Washington to-day
and found the city from tho proudesl
statesman to the last picka ninny at his
feet.
What did he think OF 81 Well, here Is
his oenvsrsstion with Secretary Lansing
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-04-26
Only an Experience.

But that IS a small matter, and !
mention it only because it happened TO
strike me as one of my earliest expert
ences IN this city.
"Of course the more tragic side OF the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-04-26
Many Air Raids Made.

Hostile raiding parties were re-
pulsed early this morning southwest
OF Lens and southeast of Ypres The
fine weather enabled our alrplanes to
carry out many raids again yesterday.
In tho course OF air raids we
dropped bombs with good effect upon
the enemy's railway functions. aero
dromes, billets and ammunition
dumps In one raid large bomb
struck the engine OF a moving train.
blowing the engine OF the line and
wrecking the train. Hostile troops
and transports also were successfully
engaged with machine gun fire,
There was again great amount Of
air fighting. In the course Of which
seven German machines were brought
down and eight others driven down
out Of control.
British Day Statement--In tho area
east OF Havrincourt wood during the
night We captured the hamlet NJ
Rithen, northeast OF Trescault village
Fighting took place early this morn
lCAufsonrI n., Ranrtk 0nusN
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NUMBER OF merchant vessels reported
sunk hy mine or submarine In both
categor!es--l.6 800 tons and over and
under 1900 tons-made public by the
British Government since 1t has issued
weekly statements Of shipping losses.
Tho previous reports were as follows:
90 Tons 800 Tons
over Under Over Under
February IS. 10 sMarch -s...... i -.
March 1...... "a ?'Aprll t........ y y
March H.. n 4April n....... Il
March oi..... Is S,April iS...... y
The report also shows that more YES
sells were successful in evading attack
the figures being 81 as against 10. the
previous high figure during any week
The arrivals and departure Of steamers
from British ports average fairly vel
with those Of the preceding weeks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-04-26
In War Atmosphere.

81 do not suppose that u Is possible
ror you'll am sure II would not be pos
sihlc for mo were ] In your placc-to
realize In detail, in concrete detail. all
that that war means to those who have
been engaged in II for now two years
and half. That is "A feeling which
comes and can come only by actual cN-
perence. We on the other side of the
Nlantic have been living in an at
mosphere Of war since August. 1914, and
you cannot move about the streets you
cannot go about your daily business.
even IL your affairs he n.sassoriated with
the war itself. without having evidences
OF the war brought to your notice every
moment
Il arrived here on Sunday afternoon
and went out In the evening after darh.
and | was struck 10y a somewhat uu-
usual feeling which at the first moment
| did not analysc. and suddenly II came
upon me that this was the first time Tor
two years and a half or more when 7
hal seen properly lighted street. Their"
Is not a street In London, there ia not n
street in any city OF tho United Kingdom
IN which after dark the whole COM
munity l. not wrapped in gloom ex-
ceedlng that which must have existed
before the invention OF gas or electric
lighting
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-04-26

FRANCE DAY CELEBRATED TODAY
ut Cafe Lafayette and Hotel Revoort.
--Adr,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-04-26

GREAT BEAR SPRING wATER.-soc III.
case n six glass stoppsred bottles-Idp.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-04-26
Ntvrlle's Men Advance.

on the French front the fighting con-
tinued the Same ms In recent days, scat
tered. but favorable TO Gen. Nivelle's
troops, The French advanced In Cham
pague, capturing cannon and prison
crs, and beat back n number of Ger
man counter attacks which are as fire.
quent against the French as against
their allies.
According to the German Official state
ment received hero the British made
three attacks on the Scarpe to-day and
were repulsed each time with heavy
lnsSes. The day statement says the
Brfts attacked on "A wide front. but as
n result OF the German barrage fire and
after hand to hand fighting the assault
broke down everywhere with very heavy
losses The official statements follow:
British Night Statement--Our line
has been advanced slightly during the
day south OF the Scarpe Two Ger
man field guns were captured by us
yesterday in the course Of the fighting
in this neighborhood.
Many thousand German dead are
lying on the battlefield we now oc-
cupy.
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TN the course ot tWentv-four hours
the enemy threw eight separate counter
attacks against Gavrellc. in some Of
which 5000 or 5000 men We're employed.
some were broken UP by our guns al
most before they began. others In which
the slaughter was more terrible, crossed
considerable SPACE % open ground be
fore coming under our artillery fire,
when whole bat;alions would seem 10 he
blown to bits In only a few cases did
portions OF their waves come on. to be
wiped out by rife and machine gun fire.
I'm some OF these counter attacks az
many as five or six thousand men We're
employed. with the result that the
slaughter was SO terrible that IL
amounted almost to a massacre. The
phrase Tho dead lie In heaps before
our position has doubtless been used
more often than il was justified. but in
this case it is true In a literal and nat
ural sense. Body lies upon body where
our fire caught the successive waves"
The Germans evidently have not
abandoned hoped of retakinG the lost
ground and to that end are bringing up
fresh battalonS to throw into the battle.
Some Of the best troops from other
parts of the German lines in the west
are being unloaded from crowded troop
trains in the area between Douai and
Cambria, Among these are the Wuert-
temhurgers and the Fourth division OF
the Prussian Guards.
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Continued on Second PAGE.
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Won Hindenburgs new tactics of
throwing his troops forward in unceas-
ing counter attacks regardless OF the
cost in life have been extremely costly.
while the British have suffered even
more heavily than the attacking force or
dinarily suffers
MANY thousand German dead are
lying on the battlefield says Sir
Douglas Haig The number of British
dead or wounded lying IN front of our
lines is unusually high" says the Ger
man War Office.
Reuters correspondent NJ British head
quarters says no fighting in the war has
proved more costly to the Germans in
proportion to the numbers in action than
have the battles of the last three days.
"The reckless manner In which they
have fiuug their troops against our posi-
tons since Monday he writes. "sug-
gests that they are desperately anxious
To check our advance upon Douai.'
Perry Robinson, special correspondent
Of tho London Times at the front tele-
graphs "Rarely If at all in this war
have the Germans suffered as they have
here. The repulse OF successive counter
attacks has assumed the character al
most of massacre The ground is
actually Uttered with heaps Of dead.
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ARRAS BATTLE
WORST OF WAR
Slaughter Beyond Descrip-
tiOn Shown in British
and German Reports.
ALLIES ADVANCE SLIGHT
Ilindcnburg Resorts to Success
>ivc Massed Counter At
tacks in Force.
ALLIES ADVANCE SLIGHT

LONDON. April e5.--The third day o.
the renewed battle of Arras closed with
additional advantage TO the British, won
however, at high cost. All accounts
agree that the battle has become a
slaughter and that thousands OF dead
German and British. strew the field.
How stubborn is the German defence
is clearly shown by to-night's brief re-
port from Field Marshal Haig: Our
line has been advanced slightly during
the day south of the Scarpe."
The great British effort has not beer
in vain, however, for their total oi
prisoners is now 3.02?. of whom Sc ar,
officers, and two field guns, besides man,
machine guns. have been captured. Ir
an attack toward Canlbrai the British
took the little hamlet Of Bithem. nea,
Havrincourt wood.
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reriscope Appears Again.

Continued on THIRD Po0e.
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I 90 Ton.
over Under
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-10
JAPAN TAKES STEPS
TO PROTECT SHIPPING
Steamers Plying Between That Coun
try and England by Way of Suez
Canal to Carry 3-Inch Guns.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
TOXIC. January 10-Special measures
have been taken by the Japanese naval
department to protect japanese shipping
from German submarines While details
of the governments plans are kept secret
for obvious reasons it is understood that
several steamers plying between Japan
and England by way of the Suez canal
will be armed with three-inch guns man
ned by naval gunners. The activity of
the German undersea destroyers in the
Mediterranean has caused some uneasi-
ness in Japanese shipping circles which
has been increased by the news just re-
ceived that the Tsingtau Maru has been
sunk by submarine in the western
Mediterranean. This steamer was yes
sci of $500 tons and was named after
the German fortress in China which was
captured by the Japanese early in the
war.
While there have been no reports OF
German submarines operating in the Pa
cific passengers of the Canadian Pacific
liner Empress of ASIA. which reached
Yokohama from Vancouver yesterday, re-
port that unusual precautions were taken
when the steamer left the Canadian port
tinguished or darkened for three nights
and the wireless was forbidden for the use
of passengers. However, nothing is
known. officially. of any hostile subma-
rines being sighted in the Pacific. Per-
sistent rumors have been afioat that two
German converted cruisers nave appeared
in the Indian ocean. and dispa tch from
the Bombay branch Of the Nippon Yusen
kasha reports sudden rise in war in
surance rates on account of those rumors.
While nothing confirmatory of the exist
ence OF the raiders has been received
the reports have been considered of SUI
ricient importance for the navy depart
ment. to begin an investigation.
The Nippon Yusen kaisha European
liners and those on the New York line by
way of the Panama canal have been in
structed to exercise great caution, and
many warships of high speed, mostly
small cruisers. have been detailed for pa
troll duty in the neighborhood Of Singa-
pore, Penang ands other points me
Indian ocean routes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-10
PRESIDENT SENDS LETTER
FOR LINCOLN CELEBRATION
Communication Will Be Read at the
Exercises in Philadelphia
February 12.

President Wilson, at the request of
Charles w. Alexander, secretary of the
citizens committee of Philadelphia in
charge o the exercises to be held in that
city Monday, in comm emoration of the
birthday anniversary of Abraham Lin
coin. has sent an appropriate letter to
the secretary, to be read at the cele-
bration.
For the third time. Philadelphia is to
commemorate the hosting of the birth
day starred flag of Kansas by Abra-
ham Lincoln in February. 1851, over
Independence Hall. as the civil war was
breaking out. After appropriate cere-
monies. the two national flags, ex-
changed by the state of Kansas and the
city of Philadelphia, February IL, 1915,
Will be unfurled at the first stroke of
IL O'Clock noon, Washington time. by
Gov. Arthur Capper, over the capitol in
Topeka, and by Thomas B. Smith, mayor
of Philadelphia, over Independence
Hall.
In his letter to Secretary Alexander,
president Wilson says, Il cannot refrain
from sending you in anticipa ton of the
twelfth of February an expression of
my earnest and heartfelt subscription
to all that the unfurling of the flag on
that day in Philadelphia and in KAN
sas will mean"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-10
INCREASE IN POSTAGE
ON NEWSPAPERS UP
Item in Appropriation Bill Debated
in Senate-Called Reve-
nue. Producer.

ed fight today on provisions of the
post Office appropriation bill to pro-
vide for an increase in postal rates on
newspapers and periodicals, and for 1
cent postage on drop letters within
cities and towns and on rural routes.
Points of order against these proposals
on the ground that they constitute
general legislation in an appropriation
bill were reserved.
In urging the committee proposal
that the rate on newspapers and pc
riodicals be increased from one cent to
cent and half a pound this year and
to two cents next year, Senator Hard
wick declared that the committee had
shown great leniency to the publishers
on account of the prevailing high cos,
of print paper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-10
LONDON MARKET EASY.
New Loan Sales and Offerings Offset
Counter Influences.
CHICAGO, February 10.-Buyir

LONDON, February 10.-Money was in
increased demand for war loan purposes
today. Discount rates were harder
The stock market closed somewhat easy
on sales made to invest in the new loan,
while offerings in connection with the
liquidation of enemy interests Offset the
effect of a few investment orders in CO.
lonial bonds. rubber stocks and home
rails American securities were unde-
cided pending the clearing Of the political
atmosphere
The war loan is the chief interest in
the financial district. Reports indicate
that applications are increasing with the
approach of the closing of the list. and a
large amount of money. it is expected,
AiIl be taken off the market next week
The officials are satisfied the issue will be
a huge success.
Bar silver, 37Hd per ounce. Money,
* per cent. Discount rates-Short bills,
So per cent; three-month. 81 per cent.