Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-02

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partment stand ,solidly against send
ing any soldiers to France until they
have been thoroughly trained. Fol
lowing the regular Cabinet meeting,
yesterday, it was learned that the
entire Cabinet was in favor OF send
| ing men to France at once.
Russia will not make a separate
peace with Germany. The admins
tration has received assurances, re-
garded by the Cabinet as reliable
that the new. Russian government
will not abandon the war policy OF
the imperial government, but will
put new life into it and put new
blood and more vigor into the strag-
gle against the Kaiser's armies.
! Under the caption suspicious
Neutrality" the newspaper Revlsta'
a weekly of Buenos Aires, charges
that q secert treaty exists between
Chile and Germany. By this treaty,
it was charged, Germany will sup
port an invasion of Patagonia by
Chile, and in return Chile will sup
port Germany's position In South
America.
+; Navy Department officials believe
~
that Lieutenant C. G. Thomas, U. ).
n, in charge of the gun crew on
board the American oil tank steamer
Vacuum which was sunk by sub
marine and nine of his men are lost.
Secretary of the Interior Lane has
received the following letter from
Luis Cabrera, Minister of the Treas
urv of Mexico. "All MeXicans who
know and appreciate the United
States are now striving to keep
Mexico absolutely neutral in the
present world conflict, which unfort-
unately has extended to America
although / believe that the war be,
tween the United States and Ger
many will actually take place in
Europe and not in America, the
United States can be sure that the
present government of Mexico will
do everything in it's power to make
the United States feel absolutely
confident that there will be no reason
at all to fear from our side"
A Hague correspondent says that
more than half of the munition work.
ers. in the Rhine province decided
to strike yesterday, and that Essen
the home of the Krupp Works, was
completely isolated from the rest Of
the empire so as to prevent news OF
the strikes at the gun works from
leaking out. Strikes also were SAID
to lie general in small towns nea,
the Dutch frontier. One dispatch
gave the number Of strikers at one
million, mostly women and munitior
workers. Significance was attached
to dispatch dated Monday, quoting
the koelnische Volkszeitung as say.
ing that the German Socialist lead.
ers announced they were unable to
assume responsibility for the main,
tcnance of peace and order in Ger.
many latter tomorrow, May Day"
The second decisive step in the
financing by the United States OF
the entente allies was taken yester-
day when Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo concluded an arrangement
to make immediate loans of $780,.
100000 each to France and to Italy
With the $2OO,OOO,OOO already adj
vanced to Great Britain, total of
OO,OOO,O00, or 81 for every man
women and child in the United
States, has been lent to advance the
cause of democracy against German
imperialism.
German submarines in the last
seven days have sunk % Norwe-
gian vessels Of an aggregate tonnage
of $4,000 tons, says dispatch from
Christania. This is the largest total
of Norwegian shipping sunk in q
single week since the war began.
) Serious labor trouble in the Pitts
) burgh, Pa, district doomed up yes
terday when 1000 carpenters went
on strike, their ranks being augment
ed by 300 plumbers laborers. The
carpenters ask Sc for an eight hour
day instead Of S., with double time
for overtime. The plumbers lab
orers ask for an increase Of fifty
cents day.
| The Uruguayan steamship Gorilla
[ has been sunk without warning bv a
German submarine. The crew was
saved. The sinking of steamer
1,ndar 1p,,e .