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Means Trial Verdict
May Come on Sunday
l;Ft:C'k1%HlpGF. JONES.

CONCORD, y. C., Dec. 14.-There
waS so little prnsrrcr ln-night OF The
trial of CASTOR r. Means. for the muir
der Of Mrs. Maudc y. King. being COM
plcted tomorrow. ihai-cminSel asked
the court whether 3 verdict returned
BY the jury IN Sunday would b" legal i.
Superior Judge Cline ruled thai it
would. anil the genera! heller WAS that
SATURDAYS session would be prolonged
into the night in The hope of conclud-
ing the trial Without having 10 al
journ court until Monday.
Three lawyers addressed the jury TO.
day and Il fourth wa$ in the midst nf
his argument when court adjourned.
After his adArr*S is rnElrlrtrh io-mor'
row the final argument for I'll" State
will BE- midr. Then will comr ar&ll-
mcnts OF Instructions 10 The jury ant!
Judge Clinn'i charge 10 HE jury. and a
review IF the evidence.
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FAIRMONT.


FAIRMONT. W. Va. Dec. l4.-The
whole source OF the fuel scarcity and
trouble lies in lack Of motive power or
The rlruns Of transportation In some
way declared State Fuel Administrator
!. Walter Sarncs At the meeting Of the
Central West Virginia Coal Operators
association held here today. He said
that It was not an inadequate supply
"r cars. but The difficulty lies In getting
the cars moved from one destination to
another.
G. H. Jenkins. the president Of the
assuciu,inn. presided. William VI. Con-
rad, of Washington. n. G.. ono OF the
secretaries "f the American Min!"c Con-
grrSS. was present and gave q talk. Mr..
runrad secured number Of new mcm-
hers for the congress- while here. The
consolidation Coal company has long
hccn associated with tho American con-
CrrSs but other coal concerns here have
not been identified with the organlZa-
ton until this Time.
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been considering ways and means OF
once moro trying my luck to get back
to Blichty. hut SO far opportunity hao
not been ono OF my woocrs.
I5n0 words cut out by the censor)
laid my plans carefully. and week
after b"lt"d.
Everything seemed bright and serene.
I never saw {; soul night nr day to check
my progress. Mind you. I was awtully
careful how | went. But after four
days misfortune in tho shape OF Ger
man patrol got me. and l was marched
back to 4 detention room to live on
bread and water for three weeks. How
l got through those three weeks is still
mystery to me.
There were times when felt as weak
and exhausted that I thought should
have gone tn sleep and never awakened.
The diet Of bread and waiter was varied
every fourth day. when Il cup of coffee.
50 called. was given To mr for break
| fast. and Il plate Of soup for dinner.
The bread supply on these occasions
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me. It was n dirty night. II was tho
first uimc W" had had rain for weeks.
md with fnllinE into the ditch and the
rain. | waA feeling very uncomfortable
though happy.
Somehow / thought that this timc /
should got clean away. ] mado quito
sure that was no: being folinw"d and
then went ON the march through tho
Whnlu might.
The rain tunblcd dnWn. tho wind
whistled thero was lightning. and the
thunder seemed In clap in my ears Rs
If in applause. | cnt steadily on until
dayhrcak. and then l lay down on a
moor, absolutely drcnChcd. took Off
my clothes to dry them. and then waited
until eleven o'clock ut night.
"Knew I Was Safe"
knew only too we'll that II I was
seen my doom was scaled. I was still
wearing the camp uniform, with tho
hugo stripo. As soon as darkness fell I
crossed river. Then on tho next night
cnmo upon tho main failway limo.
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PROBE Of THE
NAVY PLEASES
MR.. DANIELS
Gen. Crozier Declares Short
age Of Rifles Has Not
Hampered Training.

WASHTSGTON. Dec. l4.--Congr"ss
to-day extended it's investigation or the
aduinistratiun's war preparations 10 the
navy While tn: senate military COM
mittec continued It's army hearing Inc
house naval committee unanimously de-
ctdcd 10 begin Immediately a general in
ouiry into naval affairs and appointed Il
subcommittee headed ny Representa-
tive oliver Of Alabama I" conduct II.
1t was officially announced that. the
purpose Of the naval investigation would
be to scrutinize past md future rNn"nni-
lures and policies and /" secure greater
coordination between congress ana thr
executive departments in tn" conduct of
the war. Hearings probably Will begin
Monday and most IT them arc expected
10 be behind closed doors t" protect the
navy's secrets.
Secretary Daniels heard about the
commIttee's action ~ h. left cabinet
meeting He said liz was pleased. and
that the more it found out about what
the navy had accomplished tho better
congress would be satisfied.
Crozier on tho Stand.
Major General Crozicr. chief Of ord
nance, WAS before tn" senate military
committee for the third day of his eH-
animation regarding delays IN pr"vid-
ing wrauOns for the war army. He was
on the stand for four hours answering
questions which it was deemed inndvis-
able to discuss publicly. and gave much
detailed infurn,a ton. Supplcmcntlng tcs-
.timouy yesterday as Ia shortages i'll
rifles. machine guns and light artillery
Tho general vigorously reiterated his
assertion that existing conditions will
not interfere with Americas fighting
capacity abroad or Of training at homo.
He will H.. recalled Tomorrow for fur
iher examination regarding heavy ar
lillcry.
Machine Guns.
Til" machine gun question was given
mitch attention i'll to-day'S session. Cen
aruI Cruzer's part in the. old controversy
ever the Lewis machine gun was touch
I'd lID0n in view Of his statement y"Sttr-
day placing upon Secretary Baker per-
sonal responsibility for tho machine gun
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knew whcrn I was then. and was
nblo 10 get my bearings properly
swan n river with my clothes tied IN
n bundle on my shoulders. md got
across between ono and two on the
Saturday morning. WAS snunterinE
along tho bank with my clothes under
my arm when ! heard someone coming
along. This was the first tmo I had
been disturbed. and as I was only three
kilos away from the frontier I ran like
IL man with the scent of freedom In his
noStrils.
For three hundred yards or so I went
as quickly as could. paying no heed to
The furze and thorn pricks at almost
overy step, and when I thought I was
out Of danger sat down. 10 dress.
Not until then did I become aware Of
the bruises on my fcet- legs and body.
I was literally covered with thorns.
which were very painful.
I dressed without hearing any more
sounds, and at once continued my Jour-
ncy. During the whole time from leav-
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RAliaf IN Ohio.

COLUMBUS. o.. Dec. 14.-An end n
lakc coal traffic and Improvement i"'
TRANSFORMATION facilities in the last -
hours has been followed by general
distribution Of coal throughout OH"
according to information furnished Gov
ernor Cox by the Ohio federal fuel ac-
ministratIon office today. Coal origin.
ally consigned to the lakes, but now be-
ing diverted to domestic use. will NOT
last long, but Immediate benefits viii
be In the release Of cars and adjustment
OF the railroads following the strain
Of the past month. an official statement
declared.
1t was apparent today that differ
cnccs between Dr.. Garfield Of the fed
eral fuel administration. Washington.
and Governor Cox ended yesterday.
I'VE are not concerned about the con-
trovcrsy." declared the governor this
morning. 'Dr Garnclds statements
Yesterday were very manifestly made
without any understanding Of the facts:
What we arc after is coal-not contro-
versy."
Absence from tho Columbus office OF
(cont4nusd on PsSs 6ixtsSn)
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LONDON. Dec. li.-The milltaF!
correspondent OF the times. in se's-
eral review OF the military Situatioh'
estimates that there are now about
15n German divisions on the weStcr''
front and ~ on the eastern front. DG'
that apparently all ucn between IL
and So years old arr being wIthura"n
from th,. latter poin: for service ID
the west.
The writer concurS in the opinion
that the Germans probably wlll tr:
10 settle matter, in the west before
Russia RECEIVERS and America is ready.
hoping TO deliver decisive blow this
winter or in the spring. The Central
powers, ne declares, are seriously De-
set BY want and the exhaustion OIL
their reserves, so that 1t may be nee
essary for them 10 strike very quickly.
At any rate, in his view, half MIL
lion fresh fighting men must be ex-
pected On the enemy side in the west
with corresponding increase III
guns and aircraft.
The correspondent does not think
this will be sufficient to insure a VIC
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British Ship Goes Down
Off U. S. Coast; Crew
of 81 Men IS Rescued

AN ATLANTIC PORT. Dec. 14-The
foundering at sea OF the British steamer
knight OF the Thistle was announced in
a radio message received tonight from
n steamer which reported she would
land ciehty-four survivors here tomor-
row. The message contained no details
VI tho wreck or the rescue but 1t was
thought probable that the Knight OF
the Thistle went down during one OF
the series II terrible gales that have
swept the north Atlantic during the
mast week.
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Allied Naval Council
Created By Entente

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-CreA-
tiou of an allied. naval council to
coordinate the naval operations OF
all the nations at war with tho
Central powers was announced to-
night In o cablegram TO the navy
department from Admiral Benson
at Paris.
Members of the council, est1b-
ushed In accordance with tho plans
of the Iuter-Alued conference, Will
report to their respective govern
nlents with recommendations Tor
action.
The council will be composed OF
tho minister Of marine and CHIEF OF
naval STAFF Of each country, In the
case Of the United States, Secretary
Daniels and Admiral Benson. AS tho
meetings must be held in Europe,
flag officers designated by their
governments will represent the
members from both the United
States and Japan.
Tho Ad1niral's Message.
Admiral BensOn's message WIS MAD
public by Secretary Daniels tonight
follows:
1T has been decided to create nav;
allied council IN order To insure u
closest touch and complete cp-oimratlc
between tho allied fleets. The TASK
the council will b" 10 watch over tn
conduct of the naval war al
TO ensure cu-nrdination Of effort
sen as we'll as the development OF u
fconanued on Page S1xteen)
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LANE, BRANDE|S
ORHUGHES WILL
Be RAIL BOSS
President Also Considering
the Possible Selection of
Secretary McAdoo.

wAsHIN TO n, Doc. IL
Major. Brockhart Of. the iowa
State Railwa- commission Of rau
govccnIner. ownership Of rail-
roads. today before tie JOINT cor
gressional railroad committee.
IF our government had taken
over conrtol of railroads IN 1916,
guaranteeing return5 to stocShold-
ers on 4 basis of their 1915 earn
tngs, whtca Was . lear year for
railroads" said he. 1--WE would
now have had a surplus Of over
$500, 900. .oco for tie fiscal year m
the Ucitea States treasury"
Statistics wore presented to
show that public owned railways
and street railways not only FUR
nish service 1T less cost hu. also
pay higher wages than those
privately owned.
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Lloyd George Predicts
Victory for The Allies
SOLICITOR GENERAL DAVIS ROASTS
DRAFT OPPONENTS FOR NEAR TREASON

through tho country that tho gov
erpmeut considered incumbent to
hoax and refute them. he then
recited history to show that the na-
ton had madc use OF compulsory
n:!l'tary service in times Of emer-
gcucy and declared that those who
seek to impair the country's defense
by opposing the draft law should
be Elvcu the ,nadmum punishment
provided by tho act.
Harry Weinberger, OF New YORK,
asked for the dismissal Of tho
Judgment against his chectaA
Emma Goldman and Alexander
Berkman, on the ground that tho
government had failed to prove o
conspiracy to violate the law.
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BANK DIRECTORS CHOSEN.

WASHINGTON. Dec 14.-Dircctors Of
the. Pittsburgh branch Of tho Cleveland
Federal Reserve bank were announced
tu,!a:. by the Federal Reserve board as
follows
!. H. Mc,lon-T w. BroWn.' and For
lnrr l.;,nk Examiner D"Canp all OF Pitts
hur..h chosen hy the Cleveland bank:
and =. II. Given and James D. Gallery.
both of Pittsburgh. chosen by the re-
serve board. Mr. 'DeCamp will be man
aser and the branch will be opened
next week
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WASHINGTON, Dec. l4-solicl-

WASHINGTON, Dec. l4.-Solici-
tor General Davis, appearing today
for the government in tho cases be-
fore tho supreme court to test the
constttutionality of the salective
service act declared that the acts
Of those who prey upon tho minds
Of the ignorant to evatle tho Law,
approached treason. Argument Of
the cases was concluded today. but
no Indications were given when a
decision would be handed down.
MT Davis characterized as "frtv-
uous" tho arguments made against
the laws constitutionarty and said
it was only because these arRu-
meats had been spread broadcast
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ARTILLERY DUEL5 RAGING ON
WESTERN AND ITALIAN FRONT 8

ROME, Doc. 14--A1ter attack
ing oil day on tho line betweon
tho Brcnta and the Piave, the
enemy was only able to mako On
insignificant gain yesterday at
ono point, and this at On In
mense sacrifice, tho war office
announced today.
The almost negligible ground
gained by the enemy WIS north
of tho line Of Monte Solarolo and
tho head Of the Calcino valley.
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WEST VIRGINIA TRACTION RATE =.
CASE 7DBE HEARD RERE DEC. z

city OF Bluefeld against the Appa-
lachian Power Company, relating to
street car service.
J. X. Anderson, chief engineer Of the
commission, has gone to Clarksburs
for the purpose OF Investigating COM
plants from the city and citizens there
regarding the gas shortage. He will
also make similar investigation at
Morgantown, from which place COM
plant was received here to-day. The
commission was notified to-day that
The city council Of Clarksburg last
night had passed a resolution empow-
ering the mayor to proceed with ac-
ton to have tho Clarksburg Light &
Heat ComRany's franchise revoked, as
an act Of retaliation against the failure
of the company to supply sufficient
gas
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REFUSED SUFFRAGE
VOTE FOR JAN. 9TH

WASHINGTON, D: c., Dec. IA
Majority. Leader Htchin sought unan-
imous consent OF the House to-day to
vote January 7 on the constitutional
suffrage amendment, but Representa-
tive Walsh Massachusetts,, objected,
and that ended it for the time being.
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LOCOMOTIVES
RUSHED HERE
To MOVE COAL
State Administrator Barnes
Declares Lack of Motive
Power Is Serious.

NASHVILLE, Tenn- Dec. IA.
-Southeastern railroads have
been called upon by the Rail
road War board to furnish twen-
ty-five locomotives to the Nor
folk and Western, Chesapeake
and Ohio and Virgintan roads to
expedite the movement OF coal
from West Virginia and Virginia
mines to aeaboard for water
transportation to New England.
The locomotives, 1t was learned
here today, are to be started
eastward at once.
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Irish Soldier Writes of the Bay the Germans Treatment Prisoners

ing the train to reaching the frontier
ncvcr saw anyone. It was practically
moorland all the way. with little Bit
of tho land cultivated hero and there.
(200 words cut out.)
kept on walking. always watching
and listening until three o'clock in the
morning. at which time I thought
should be we'll into friendly territory
However. I was taking no chances. [
continued until four o'clock. and then I
saw four girls. spoke to them In
German.
"Ja," they replied in chorus Then I
knew that I was safc-a free man-and
felt distinctly happy. These girls
took mo to house and gave me coffee.
and. afterwards showed me the way to
the polio station. There reported my
self
The next day the British consul FRO
vidcd mo with food and clothing. and
dispatched mo to England.
(Tho End) n r.
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BY
Ru1EMAH ROBERT DUBOIS

RtHsman Robert Dubois, Royal
rrish Rifles, waa rnAds q German
prisoner In the carly days OF tho
war. He had experience for two
1eArs and seven months Of enemy
prison camps. and has written a
tnr1l1t1S story Of what happened
during that ttIne, leading up to
his escape and sAfo return to Ire
land
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Yrernh 6tateruaak.

PARIS, Dec. 14.-Iieavy artillery
fighting occurred last night in the
Champagne the war office announces.
The communication follows:
-There were violent artillery actions
In the region of Maisons do Champagne.
East Of tho Suippcs and in Alsace. SOUTH
west OF Carney, we raided enemy
trenches successfully"
ION tho remainder Of tho front there
is nothing to report"
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shortage. IL WAS hrnLght' out that only
n f"w hundreds If machine guns have
been furnished tho trimming camps and
that for many weeks after the. National
army got into training som" Of the
units were INSTRUCTED with charts in
stead of weapons.
In the National army rant0nmcnts
about half ui the men, have not yet re-
rrivrd rifles. General I'rnEirr said in
training ii was not necessary To have
rifle SnppIi,S At IN" maximum.
As Il general policy nf rQnirping tha
American forces. General Erozicr in
formed The cuIn,uittre that the depart.
mcutS primo effort is tn insure an ado
Gda.n supply II al equipment for tho
American overseas forces
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TIE wEATHHA

WASHINGTON, Doc. 14-YofecAst!
West Virginia and Western Pea1syl-
yania-Fatr Saturday and Sunday, not
much change In teunperaturo.
ohio-Pair Saturday and sunday;
warmer Sunday.
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toouttaued Prom 4hn1sdAy.)
Planning TO E1cape.

In spite Of the kindness OF the old
man to whose farm was hired out"
as a farm hand. for some time I had
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LONDON. Dec. 1i.-Thut steady
prorress toward the desired goal ls
heing made by the allies despite
some untoward occurrences. is the
f1rm conviction Of Premier Lloyd
George. he said today.
1t is because Of this fact. the
premier said. that he would regard
peace ovcrtures to Prussia at the
moment when her military spirit
was drunk with hoastfulness as n
betrayal OF tho trust Of himself and
his collea CUES.
The premiers words were:
TT IS because I am firmly CON
vinced that despite some untoward
events, despite discoufaGlng ap-
fContinusd ON Page 6ixtesn-)
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STEADY PROGRESS SEEN
BY BRITISH PREMIER
Peace Negotiations atPresent
Time Would Be Betrayal
of Trust.

Notwithstanding untoward oe-
currences, the allied forces in
their warfare against the Central
powers are making steady. prog
ress toward victory and peace pro-
posals to Germany's militaristic
party, which at present is drunk
with boa STIFFNESS, would be be-
trayal of tho trust.
Thus, in forcetuI form, the Brit
lsh premier, David Lloyd George,
has summarized the situation in
the world war from the viewpoint
Of himself as head of the British
government and of his COL
leagues.
The premier said 1t was folly
to exaegerate the situation Gre
ated by the events in Russia and
the possibility of, the release OF
hundreds Of thousands Of the enc
my to attack Great Britain, France
and Italy, but that if Russia had
decided to abandon the struggle,
the American democracy was TAX
ing It up: Germany, he added,
was gambling on the failure of the
United States to transport her
army to Europe, and the future OF
the world depended on the efforts
of Great Britain and the United
States to increase their output Of
ships next year.
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PAN HANDLE :
LAST QUOTA To
LEAVE ON 10Th
ORDERS RECEIVED
BY LOCAL BOARDS
Wheeling People to Give SOL
dier Boys Great Send-off
Next Thursday.


At 4 late hour last night DR.. John L..
n,ck,.v chairman Of the Ohio county
;.., ,, ,,n,;in., trln-
u'"'' ''"''''
gram from Br"cklnrldEt JONES' '"''' VI
the military department VI West Eir-
..i,,;.
A|o'''t' ''''''' w. ,''''
: Wheeling. W. Va.
Your board will rnIrain for Fort
e, ,-or,.i, ,b, r.,,.,irLcr of
,,,,
its quota. hrpr"Nliha'"I! i'''a n.y.
on IN" hl'r''''"'' " N'''''H ';,,
ccmhcr a. iES"" ~ ''"''
|. menl orders [" Slllil'''ht ih"h WIN
nltcrnatcs. I" c"TnPi'lc your d.'"'''
Order m"hlIiZatl"h aI 'l''N '''
the morning "I IN" tw"nli"lh. Dr
| tailed instructions ana S'he"u1e Will
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On tho nghting fronts there has been
everywhere Il great decrease In tho &c
.tivity of the infantry, but artillery
duels OF hugo proportions continue BE-
tween the British and French and the
Germans in France, and the Italians
and Austro-Hungariaas on tho Italian
front.
To tho east OF Ypres tho Germans in
q local attack have captured British
front limo trenches on front of three
hundred yards, while tho Germans. ac-
cording to the Berlin official communi-
cation, have repulscd q British attack
in the Cambria sector east or .Bulle-
court launched In an endeavor to re-
capture lost positions. The Germans arc
carrying out a heavy bonbardment In
the latter region.
The big guns are doing most OF tho
work on tho Italian front, where The
Italians still are barring the way OF
the Teutonic allies toward the plains
In Thursdays fighting tho enemy in nt-
tacks between tho Brenta and Piare
rivers again made an insignificant gain,
but as on previous occasions only undcr
huge sacrifices Of men.
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German 8tnteuenh.

BERLIN, Dec. IA (via London)-Brtt-
tsh troops endeavoring 70 recapture tho
trenches they had lost to the east OF
Bullecourt on the Cambrai battle front
were beaten back yesterday, tho German
general satff announces.
On the front OF Duke Albrccht, in
Eastern France, tho French artillery
fire Increased
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Fair Saturday and Sunday, Not Much
Change in Temperature.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-03
Washington Goes Dry.

Washington, Nov. 2.-Washington
went dry Wednesday night with a
mildly hilarious celebration, in which
Halloween merrymakers contributed
most Of the noise. Some saloons had
closed their doors during the day
and many others, including the bars
OF several leading hotels, closed long
before IL O'Clock, the hour fixed by
the law passed by congress last win
ter. The law forbids the manufac-
ture, sale or giving away of intoxi-
eating liquor in the District of Column
bia. It also prohibits drinking in pub
lie places, but does not interfere with
the bringing in Of liquor for personal
use.
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Kill Only 200.

Thirteen million persons have
crossed and recrossed the seas during
the three years of the war, and only
$500 of these have been lost, Premier
Lloyd George told the House of Com
mons in lauding the work Of the
navy. OF these only 200 have been
lost through enemy actions. "The
navy has also SAT- guarded the trans
portation of 25,0OO,OOO tons of ex-
plosives and 81, 900, 900 tons of coal, :"
the premier continued. "The navy
the anchor of the allied cause; if il
loses its grip the hopes of the alliance
are shattered"