Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-29

demands for the conclusion of a sepa-
rate peace with entente powers goes
without question. owing to the present
frame of mind of the people.
The sufferings of Bulgaria and the
terrible conditions prevailing in Tur-
key have made the conclusion of a sep
arate peace between these nations and
their present enemies extremely desir-
able to the people. The Bulgarian So
cialists have forwarded, by indirect
route. communication to Russian So
cialists voicing their approval of most
recent developments in Russia.
In Turkey people are declared to be
actually starving. while typhus and
other pestilence Is gaining ground
The people are thoroughly weary OF
the mad struggle, say advices, and the
spirit of encouragement is peryadins
the ranks of the army. possibly in q
measure que to the recent reverses in
Mesopotamia and Palestine, though ty-
phoid is declared to have worked havoc
in Turkish ranks. Germans, evidently
fearing some Turkish move toward
peace. are declared to have taken every
precaution in Constantinople to scotch
any untimely demonstrations.
Though German efforts to defeat the
aliles through the medium of her u
boats has been
U-Boats Proving heretofore more or
Peril to Britain. ofnoia,s o ana W
pie of Great Britain. England now is
aroused more than at any time during
the past several months over the in
creased number of singings of cargo
vessels. Last week more than forty
were sent to the bottom, and this is a
grievous blow. coming on top Of an
already long list of sea casualties.
The press of London is more out
spoken than ever before for greater
activity against the U-boats. which
they declare now have 1t in their power
TO decide the victor in the present
struggle unless the British admiralty
moves with greater expedition. One
ration that the British fleet has failed
completely to prove its mastery of the
seas in so far as the submarines are
concerned.
Great Britain. though relying to a
great extent on expected financial and
economic aid from America, is setting
about to at least limit to a great ex-
tent the privations which must be suf-
fered il the submarines are not to a
greater extent curbed in their activi-
system soon may be placed into effect.
that there be greater supplies for the
working classes. In addition to this.
all the flour mills of the kingdom are
troll that the output and prices may be
regulated. Measures are being con-
sidered by the government which will
make agricultural endeavor more at
tractive. the chief features of proposed
measures being fixed prices for certain
products for a period of five or six
years. and guaranteed wages for farm
laborers. 1t is declared that the acreage
of England and Ireland has been in
creased by 900 900 since 1915, and that
CIV md W ha
plant food products on every available
acre in the British Isles. Several Lon
don papers have declared that the Brit
sh government should even go so far
as to withdraw all agricultural workers
now serving with the army at the front.
This is an indication that the British
are firmly determined that the food
scarcity menace shall be lessened to the
greatest possible extent.
With the acknowledged danger that
may come from continued U-boat ac-
tivity. the British government has set
about more diligently to comb the
are declared to have been sunk or cap
tured in recent weeks. The hornet
feet" everywhere is combating the
enemy undersea boats. and in SO far
as possible sweeping up the thousands
of mines which have been scattered by
the Germans throughout the North sea
and it's adjoining waters. That this
work already has been effective is un-
questioned: That it viii be more so
not know just how successful she has
been in reducing the number of u
boats, for reports still differ as to the
number actually constructed by Ger
many That England and France still
have much to accomplish in dealing
with U-boats is admitted In London, as
elsewhere.