Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-03
lTAIN PLANS
D PRINT FULL
BOAT LOSSES
1Ed Northcliffe Assures
u. S. His Government
Will Be Frank
ADMITS HEAVY TOLLS
LONDON, Nav
BY ED l.. KEEN
Vrffed Press StdG Correspondent
(C0pDrioht, 1917. bV the Tniied PrcSgI

'N'4FsHt LONDON, May ..
q America is getting the full and complete
4 I&Ct9 of every news feature of the British
y md of the war developments, except the
f4cttial figures of the submarine losses--.ind
may expect TO receive even these very soon
n The subn,arne menace is the strongest
card Germany has played. but it viii never
win the war.
nAn whose prophecies ana statements OH
the war have come to carry more weight
than those OF any other man in the Allied
teountries-Lord Northcliffe.
4 Lord Northclfe is probably the squarest
facer of facts in England He never lodges.
Today the United Press put sduarciy up
to him the proposition of the gathering
doubt and distrust in America resulting
from belief that British officia dom has not
been frank with America in its statements
Of submarne losses-and possibly mas i'ot
told the full truth regarding the Ailes
successes on the west front.
in regard to the loss Uf Tomas hT
eubmarine" said Lord Northcline. mere
is no doubt that the figures are serious me
Government does not prevent our news
papers from saying So nor prevent Ametl-
can correspondents from saying 80. IN"
Government will. | believe, very soon pun
lish the full facts and figures, as soon as
they can arrange the matter win our
French and Italian allies
~ do not hesitate to say in my news
papers that the submarine menace - W
greatest difficulty we have had so far but
TO pretend that the war can be won o. tHe
submarine is preposterous.
.Certainly there can be no complaint OF
lack of frankness or OF overcensorShlp III
the reports of the United Press ana the
Associated Press correspondents at the
British front. In the early part Oh u'f
war ] was one of the censorshps seNere0t
critics. But ] am convinced that the pre-
sent daily reports of the progress OF we
,I,a hpr.
United States are the frankest statements
made by any of the bellgerents.
'The very fact that the Germans are con-
eealing their huge losses in men ana our
methodical capture Of their underground
forts In the battles around Arras ShouIu
convince Americans that our successes nave
been so great as TO cause them 10 nae
their colossal losses in dead. wounded, pris- |
oners, guns and other booty
when they are winning the Germans are |
frankness itself. Today they are hiding |
even such facts as the capture Of Bagdad
which they have not even yet allowed to be |
published by the Turks. Their reports of
our series of Bagdad and Mesopotamian
victories. which have put the Berlin-Bagdad |
proposition out of action, are merely satircS !
on the truth
..The whole situation of the war is that
IN 1914 and 1915 the Prussians, owing to !
their many years Of preparation, We're sue
cessful in certain areas though they lost
An their colonies and had their ships driven
from the seas Last year was the year of
s4lnal preparation by the Allies, but during
1916 the fight resembled that point in a
tug Of war when neither side seemed able
to pull the other over the line. Today Tur.
key is on its last legs. Austria and Hun
gary are crying out for peace and Prussia
and Bavaria are discontenied.
Through the United Press | have re-
peatedly pointed out at various periods of
the war that in my judgment the struggle
will be long one. l have not altered rny
judgment tyrany that has taken so
many years to. gather strength and has
fortified itself by every possible mixture oi
brute force and science is not easily broken
II was talking today with an American
citizen who left Austria with your amhas D..
eadorial train three weeks ago. He tells |
me that the Prussians and BarvarianS long
ago discounted the entrance of the United !
States into the war, being tically !
ignorant of the speed with which you will !
be able to make your preparations. But, |
on the other hand, the Austrians and Hun
garians greatly regretted having come to !
the parting of the ways with America and |
their newspapers were permitted to say so. !
You ask about Ireland. and I appreciate /
the stimulus that would be given the cam /
paign in America were the Irish question |
Hettled. There is, however, no difficulty be- /
tween England and Ireland, 1t should be !
remembered that the difficulty is between /
the Ulster Protestants and the south and .
southwest Catholics. Mr.. Lloyd George iS ,
devoting a great amount of time in an