Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-26
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Pope Benedict has been informed
bv Papal nuncios in Teutonlc coun-
tries tina, the general strike In Ger
MANY and .Austro-Hungary closely
approximate a revolution. The nun
clos. it was asserted, believed gene
raj revolt to back up demand Oh
the people for peace might develop.
The movement for the overthrow
of Chancellor Won Bethmann-Holl-
veg, halted for time by the adop-
ton of unrestricted submarine war
fare. is again becoming evident IN
Germany. The agitation is encour-
aged by dissensions over internal
reforms, possible peace terms, and
food troubles.
Eight Norwegian ships, three sail
ing vessels and five steamers, have
been sunk by German submarines
The administration fight for con-
scription has been won il the House
of Representatives. With every
probability that a vote on the sub
stitution of the selective draft meas
ure framed by the army General
Staff and urged by the President and
Secretary of War Baker will not be
reached before tomorrow, or even
Saturday, careful nonpartisan poll
of the House, conducted by members
representing both sides of the con-
tention indicates that the majority
for the Presidents plan will not fall
below seventy-fve. 1t may surpass
the hundred mark It may develop
in a veritable landslide for the adj
ministration. The poll shows that
257 members Of the House, 40 more
than a bare majority Of the entire
body will vote for CONSUMPTION.
Isaac NJ. Funk, aged 45, living in
Maryland Park, near Capitol Heights,
Md. was burned to death last night
when fire destroyed his home.
Germany's defensive is not collap-
sing as rapidly as recent develop
ments have appeared to indicate and
the United States must prepare for a
long war which will call forth all her
resources Of men, money, and NUM-
tions. This is the information which
financial readers of the United States
yesterday had as work
ing basis following three vitality i'm
portant conferences out Of which is
sued a $200,000,000 loan to Great
Britain and plans for further and
much larger loans to other nations
of the entente alliance.
The second time in six days, Ger
man mosquito" craft early yester
day morning attacked the French
seaport of Dunkirk, covering it with
a hail of shells lasting ten minutes.
British and French patrol sAps en-
gagged the raiders and drove them to
flight. In the engagement, however,
the German destroyers sank one
French torpedo boat. The German
losses are not kntswn. The Teuton
destroyers are believed to have come
forth from the base at Zeebrugge.
When attacked by the entente war-
ships they retreated at great speed
in the direction of Ostend
Twelve Of the interned German
liners seized BY the United States
when war was declared will be ready
for use within a week, the shipping
board announces. Seven Of these
ships are at New York, the others on
The Pacific coast. Three of the New
York ships will be. used as naval
raining ships. Tie others probably
will be used in the transatlantic
;rade. The Naterland, biggest of
he interned German liners, probably
will be lowed to Balboa to be dry
locked and scraped The government
Try dock there is the only one on the
Western continent large enough to
receive liner of the Naterland's
Twenty steamships, including four
# the largest merchantmen afloat,
With carrying capacity of 100000
;ons, reached American ports yes
erday from points within the sub
marine zone. Despite the ruthless
German submarine campaign,. there
5 no lack of shipping available to
larry supplies to Europe. /
Approximately $4,000 men have
applied thus far and been found to