Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-11
MORE IS TOLD OF
GERMAN TREACHERY
Secretary Lansing Shows Berlin
Backed Sabotage Here.
FOR UNIVERSAL TRAINING.
California Congressman Says It Must
Come-Proclairs Food License
System.

In further disclosures of German
| treachery and diplomatic duplicity
made by Secretary Lansing yesterday
| it is shown conclusively that the Ger
man government was engaged in acts
of war against this country, and was
officially encouraged and directed
sabotage here fifteen months before
the United States entered the world
conflict.
The Secretary of State gave out
three messages exchanged either by
cable or wireless between the Berlin
Foreign Office and General Staff on
the one hand and Count Won Bern
storff. the German Ambassador in
Washington, on the other. Count Won
.Bernstorff is directly implicated by
these messages in German official
plans to injure the United States.
The first of the three messages is
dated January 3. 1916. The American
Government entered the war on April
6, 1917. This message is in the form
of directions to Count Won Bernstorff
from DR.. Zimmerman, who retired re-
Gently from the office of Minister Of
Foreign Affairs, to arrange to de-
stroy the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Britain and her colonies, and the only
concern of the United States in this
particular phase of the matter would
be that the German Ambassador in
Washington was being used to further
plots involving a nation with which
friendly terms. But in the two subse-
quent messages, one dated January
26, 1916, and the other September Is,
1916 violations of the law of ma
tions directed against the United
States were ordered
Universal Training Predicted.
Representative Kahn of California,
the Republican who led the Admins
tration forces in the House when the
army draft law was passed, said new
draft act would have to be passed at
the next session of Congress to reach
the many young men who had reach
ed the age of 21 since May IS, and
that it probably would amend the ex-
listing law SO as to register boys from
16 or II to become automatically
subject to call on reaching the age Of
21 Mr.. Kahn also said he intended
to make fight for universal train
ing law and an act to deal with alien
slackers without violating treaty obli-
cations.
Sixty per cent of the American
boys are being rejected for physical
disability, a percentage that is ap-
pallingp said Mr. Kahn. THAT means
that SIX out of ten young men be-
tween the ages of 21 and 81 are 90
deficient physically that they cannot
be taken into the United States ARMY,
a fact that must be a revelation to
thinking people of the country, though
the proportion of deficient is not
quite as great as was the case in Eng
land Universal training would give
the young men thorough knowledge
of hygiene and sanitation and would
develop race of men strong physi-
cally and mentally"
Food License System.
President Wilson issued a procla.
nation last night setting forth the
terms under which the Food Admins
tration, after November l, would con
troll the manufacture, storage, i'm
portation, and distribution of practi
cally all of the essential foodstuffs
In it he gave warning that any per
\ 6rT,,
violating the regulations laid dowl
would be subjected to the penaltie
provided for in the Food Control bill
All of the great packing and whole
sale concerns which have been accus
ed of controlling the market in tn
food staples are included in the u
censing system created by the pre-
clamation. The President has powe
to extend the regulations.
Among those exempted from regu
lation are packers and distributors {
beef. pork and mutton whose gros
sales do not exceed 100000 a yea
! and the operators of poultry or eg
packing plants whose sales do not e1
ceed $4,000 year. The Food Al
ministration, it is understood, doe
not believe that the operations OF thes
classes would materially affect th
general trade. Retailers doing bus
ness of 100000 or more a year an
included in the licensing provision
The regulations do not affect farm
ers, gardeners. cooperative associs
tions of gardeners, including livestoc
farmers, and other persons with n
spect TO the products of any farm G
other land owned or leased by then
These exemptions were made by Cor
gress
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