The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-05-10
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Important
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of the World
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U.S,-TeutOnic Wl:r News

II. S.-IeufOn7C W ~" news
The American steamer Rockingham
has been sunk by Il German submarine.
Thirteen men are missing. Two boats
containing 33 men were picked up, one
by a patrol vessel. One boat contain
ing 10 men was not found. The Amerl-
can steamship Rockingham, formerly
the steamship NebraSkan, was or 4,4OS
tons gross.
The French commissioners were tod
at Washington that the American gov
eminent is willing to send troops 10
France-one of the urgent recon-
mendations they brought to this coun-
try-when the allies believe they can
afford TO spare the necessary ships 1or
transporting an army and its equip
ment across the Atlantic. Marshal
.Jotfrc held long conference with
President Wilson on the question OIL
sending American troops to France.
'We might as we'll wake up to the
fact that the situation is serious.
Thus spoke Secretary of State Lansing
at Washington in the course or Il dls-
cu>SiOn of the plight of the allies,
whose security is menaccd at sea by
German submarines and on LAND by
shortage of fighting men. Lansing sald
that the United States is facing one
of the yravcSt crises in its history.
IF we don't fight the war on the
other side" Secretary Lane said, I'VE
shall have to fight it on this side or
the Atlantic.' Lane, speaking before
the defense council of governors ana
state representatives ut washington
said that the great destruction OF ships
was threatening the existence or Great
Britain and France and menacing the
United States.
The movement to have an American
army sent to fight in France ut the
earliest possible moment took one more
step reward accomplishment. 1t also
developed that the civilian officials or
the government at Washington are al
most in body in favor OF the plan
while military advisors of the war de-
partment stand solidly against sending
any soldiers to France until they have
been thoroughly trained here.
Il was announced ut Washington that
the Hamburg american liners For
toniu and Clara Mennig ut New York
had been turned over by the Amer1-
can government for use of the entente
allies. One ship will go to France and
the other to Italy.
That at least Il brigade of American
troops will be on the fighting line in
France by mid-,Iune is the confident
prediction being made at Washington.
The American oil tank steamer Vac
uum has been sunk. The captain ana
part Of the crew and the naval lieu
tenant and nine American gunnerS are
missing. The Vacuum was sunk by
n German submarine while it was on
the way to the United States, says a
statement issued at London.
The first American contingent to
carry the flag overseas will be mis-
sion Of mercy. This was officially an
nounccd at the war department ut
Washington in the statement that a
large group of Red Cross doctors and
nurses would be sent immediately to
Europe.
Henry Pabst. nephew of the AIilwau-
kee brewer. was accepted by the re-
cruting office of the marine corps at
Salt Lake City.
A two-pound bomb was hidden I'M
der the coat of Wolf Hirsh of kiel,
Germany. when he and a companion.
George Myringcr of Regenshurg. Ger
many. We're arrested in New York.
1t was announced at Amsterdam
that Berlin newspapers published n
police notice stating that citizens of
the United States. Cuba and Panama
hereafter will be subjected to the or
dinances governing enemy aliens
France, which has long recognized
the valOr of the American soldier.
cherishes the confident hope that the
flag of the United States will soon be
unfurled on our firing line" Marshal
Joffre, the hero of the Marine. made
this statement to n group of newspa-
per men at Washington.
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