The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-17
FUEL SCARCITY HQ
THREATENS fffICEIC
Of FLEETS Of A!!,Ilg
Raymond b. Price, 81 Aero ;CluA =
America, Says Italy May succunb
For Lack Of Fuel. .-s
NEED OF COAL AND OIL
SUPREME IN irKorn
Lack May So Impair EmexeAy 80
Britain's ships As to Pex11E -
cape of German warships snA CsnSa
seauent Attack on Our SAofes.

SG3W
Washington. June 1s.-'.rf -fu4 bsss
comes Increasingly scarce A. 4 has
fer months past the British Hest next
fall will be so restricted that tns osrsa
man feet can escape. Then, indeed
will hell be let loose on our own un4a
protected shores" tz,s
This was the ornbshelI thrown into
the conference of the national CONE
mlttee of patriotic and defense socieSs
ties Thursday by Raymond b Price
chairman OF the COMMITTEES on sfnv0n&s
lions of the Aero Club OF america
and vice president OF the United States
Rubber company. ~ g
Mr.. Price asserted that the vnite9
States ts facing disaster In the weflAs
war because her people are blipd %
dangers confronting them ana bScaue4
officials of the government arb afraid.
to alarm the people"
He asked that these facts, b weIlI
considered. -
/. italian munition plants ran part
time for want of coal. Germany IN
not worried over the Italian -eKenstv4'
because she knows 1t Is limited ~
lack of coal. Unless we can send Italy
100000 tons of coal per month she car
not long continue her offensive. military
operations -.
ships Not In sight. SA
The ships are not today in sight II
carry that coal to Italy. 1sI
Q. The Italian and French nAvfea are
crippled for lack of fuel German1k
knows this and seeks to destroy c0G&
and oil ships above all others
8. II fuel becomes ircreasingiXs
scarce, as 1t has for monthS past thu
British feet next fall will be 10 ross
stricted that the German feet can els
cape. 49,
T. Germany had her greatest food
shortage over a year ago With ~
ooo.o 900 people IN her captured terri.
torities. almost the. population Of the
British Isles. to use as she can to ti{3
the fertile soil OF food producing Pc
land and Rumania. she is not to -
starved this year nor next nor M
other year as things Tobk TODAY,
5. America must rebuild ana re-
equip the railroads of France and pefai
haps of Russia to win the war, Some
experts say we must, to conqi1Ar Cars
many, send 10000 workmen. mechanics
and railroad operatives besides ~
army of from 100000 to 5.0nD.0no MAJ
to France. A good start even cAnn6M
be made within one year and parha1
two or three years To maintain xsx
100000 men chiefly, In England an&
just across the twenty-ona-nAa wi10
English channel In France. Great BsfS
tain requisitioned e-fouffhceAs 01
tire merchant tonnage of tharprld.
8. During the war nearlyE AtghM
! the merchant tonnage Of the ia t.
been destroyed. This is dou w11
has been launched in the sam@8 brt0@% H
7. II not another ship were q kr01
by mine or submarine from no&on
still could not send one mil nS9
to France and maintain them, yem1
from today.
8. Nobody has yet added Together IT,
total new demands alone for nnAE&
and yet new needs OF appallin hA3I4&S<
tude are appearing every weaN 0ro1
Britain's army of 100000 In y6o>5
1915-1s1s consumed moro me- thai
the entire British nation. 00, 04x
strong In 1913 And yet there 70 ~
enough ships to meet the Hkd1 q
last year when we steadily wet bA0E&
ward. How are we to meet n = neN
demands for cargo space that nr ax4
trance into the war involves? In ilI&
creasing number of ships will AvAH9
able next year. but the add u MI
the next eight months are pitt ~ IN
adequate. England says one th&(
year IL worth six next year. M
9. How fateful are the ne eitf
months. when Italy may succuu whN
Russia appears helpless. when ten tlf
glorious British fleet. the ot1Hsavt2
of the United States for the p1B thN2
years, may be rendered impot ty
Is not clear that lighting fo&5 eu3%
racy' is for America. but par EDf n
case. We are fighting for - VT
lives. KR
who says we have met
obligations? demanded MrZ FY16
Under no conceivable conditts 81
we build all the ships we khx
have during the next eight M ~ M
In opening his address Mr.. s. Ice r.
ferred to the brave task un1 III
In England by Lord Northl ~
bring exact conditions and nlds r.
fore the people and by turr II
spotlight of publicity on Cove n11
workings probably saved hi3N punH
| from disaster. E$
Secretary of War Baker ate ~
conference and made brief %Gddt1
He declared Our hearts AZ No.
must be united II we are to u II r.
war to speedy termination" "a
serted the doctrine of vaity
cheney must be preached o. p&1
ticed by all.
THE work before you men ri
en- today is to appoint yourss
sionaries to spread among all ri
pie definite omprehensionsSf
| problems confronting the m IN
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