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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-12
U-Boat Warfare Forces
Neutral Hollanders To
Sustem Of Food Control

The Hague. Netherlands, May IL
Nearly all Holland has been put on a
system Of government rations because
of the virtual stopping OF grain i'm
ports from America as a result OF the
ruthless submarine warfare and the
poor crops OF potatoes and other veg
etables. The entente allies had long
since put in use a system of ration
ing the HoIlanders in the matter
OF grain imports but now the halt in
the movement Of all shipping has
caused a virtual cessation of all i'm
ports.
Under the new plan. potato and rye
flour is mixed with American flour,
effecting an economy OF more than
so per cent in the consumption Of
wheat Owing to q shortage of the
stocks Of potatoes. the allowance has
been reduced and potatoieSs days have
been established. The monthly ration
Of peas and beans 20 each person
amounts to q little more than one
pound.
The other prime necessities Of life
that are under direct government con-
troll are being distributed to each
community according TO the number
Of its inhabitants. the local authori-
ties then dividing the supplies among
the individuals.
Holland is beginning TO follow the
example Of Germany in establishing
central kitchens The principle one
thus far put into operation is at Rot
terdans- 1t provides about a quart
OF warm food for q sum equal to four
American cents. when prepared the
food f. rapidly transported TO Il
parts Of the city where distribution is
made.
Food and hunger denominations
cur occasionally. In these Socialists
are active in bringing the needs of
the people TO the attention Of the
government officials
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-12
Thief Corects Wrong
Report Of Burglary By
Putting Ad In Paper

Munich, Bavaria, Nay 13-Affsr n
burglary at a house in this city. says
the Post. it was announced that ten
bottles OF white wine, five bottles
Of red wine, two jars or raspberry
Juice and a basket fun OF eggs had
been stolen
Two days later the Newspaper Fs-
ceived the following Anonymous com
mUnication.
Il cannot allow such erroneous
statements TO 90 unchsllenged- stole
IL bottles OF white wine, not tan. and
a basket that was only half filled with
eggs. You also forgot to say that We
took away eight hundred-weight OF
potatoes.
THE theft was carried out under
the Supervision OF an fnvalided SOL
der. There is no alternative between
theft or death by starvation"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-12
Allies Penetrate Land
Where Wise Men Carried
First Christian Tidings

With the British army in Mesopo-
tsmis, May 1.-THE war in MesOpo-
tamia and along the Persian border
has carried the British and Russian
armies into the country of the Nesto-
rians. or East Syrians. who claim
that the first tidings Of Christianity
were brought to them by the three
wise men OF the east, writes the Brit
ish official eye witness with this
army, Two of the wise men who
sought the birthplace of Christ, are
reported 10 have. been natives OF
Urmia, in northern France. and their
tombs are pointed out in the Church
of Mart Marian in that town
The HISTORIANS are now but a rem
nant of a once powerful community
and are ruled by the Turks. They
dwell mostly between Mosul, Lake
Van. and Ashiret, or free tribesmen.
and the Ryat. or subject people. In
cluded in the Ryats are the Chaldeans
who dwell in the villages of the MOsul
plain and in the chief towns of the
Church of Rome. while the others re-
tain their ancient faiths. Some OF the
HISTORIANS are very warlike. OF those
who dwell along the upper Tiari river.
every man possess a rifle or gun and
carries a ''hanjar." or dagger. The
HISTORIANS is very religious. On sun
days he win not defile his mouth by
utterinE word OF the Kurdish
language, which he regards as vile.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-12
German Plot to Cause
Uprising In India Is
Revealed By Anarchist

number with arms We were 10 attack
Fort William and sack the town OF
Calcutta.
:. The German officers were TO be
kept in eastern Bengal TO train and
raise armies. All the fighting was 70
be confined to western Bengal, while
the three frontier parties hindered
reinforcements.
1--WE had decided to reinforce these
outpOsts from time to time, though
we knew that they would not be able
to hold off the government troops for
IN indefinite period All that We
wished for was time to get together
sufficient men,
That is the extract" said Sir Reg
insld.
i viii now read this extract from
another statement" he continued
The MahOmetans are showing
tendency to side with Germany on &C
count of the Turko-German alliance
in the present war. The Germans un-
derstand that half the population OF
India CMahometans) are on their side
and the other half are not so power
full and that they would gain a FOOT
ing" If one party in this country is on
their side.
with this end IN view probably
they have entered into treaty with
Turkey to the effect that they would
give India to Turkey. Germany has
changed her attitude" very likely for
this reason. and for this reason only
she is not sticking to her terms. 1
believe that the number Of Turkish
spies is very great among the Ma
hometans.'
"If." Sir Reginald concluded, you
could visualize the population or In
dia depicted on a map, the conspira-
tors Will be found to be a small speck
among the millions that inhabit this
land. But small though that speck
may be. ] will not say one word TO
minimize its blackness-"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-12
More Boys Born Than
Girls During War Time
In England Says Report

London. Eng, May 12.-The theory
that more boy babies than girls are
born in war time is supported by the
annual report Of the registrar general
for England and Wales. During the
first quarter of the war the proper
ton rose to 1913 boys to 1000 girls,
and the succeeding quarter was 1914
For the four quarters OF 1915 it rose
1850, 1851, 1045. and 1870. All these
figures, says the report, are consider
ably above any recorded during the
preceding so years, and are within
measurable distance OF the general
European ratio. which for many years
has been considerably in excess OF the
British.
The marriage rate was the highest
on record; the birth rate was the low
est on record; the death rate from
typhoid fever was the lowest on
record; that from influenza the high
est since 1900. and that from measles
the highest since 1896. The average
ages of both men and women marry
ing were the highest on record that
of men was 27.3 years; women, 25.5.
The infant mortality rate WAS the
lowest on record
\ rise in mortality among the aged
of both sexes is noted. It is & feature
that has appeared in the statistics of
other belligerent countries and is re-
garded as a reflex OF the unusual
stress and anxiety OF the time
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-12
CONSERVATIVES
IN GERMANY DE-
HANDING LAND
Cling to Idea of Territorial
Conquest Despite Gov
eminent Denial.
WOULD HOLD TO
MINES IN FRANCE

~ ERLIN, Germany, Nay i3.-The
conservative and other pan-Ger-
- man elements still cling TO their
dream Of large annexations and con
quests. despite all efforts Of the gov
eminent to change their attitude and
TO win them for a peace without ter
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Must Demand Territory.
In a recent session of the Prussian
Diet e Catholic deputy said
After the brutal rejection Of our
peace offer by the entente powers Il
would be ridiculous for us to be mag
unanimous We were willing that each
country should bear its own war ex-
penses, but now our peace conditions
must be different. We cannot content
ourselves with the mere reestablish-
ment of the status QUO but must in
sisL on an indemnity in money or ter
ritory- Our military strength and the
success of our submarine war enable
US TO speak plainly and boldly The
guarantees demanded by the chancel-
Tor for our future safety are insuffi-
cient- We have to insist upon the re-
turn OF all Of our colonies and cannot
lay down our arms until England
our commercial and industrial de-
velopment and expansion again
The National-LiberaI deputy Fuhr-
mann attacked president Wilson's
plan Of an international peace league
and declared:
Wish Peace But
We surely want TO see the whole
world at peace. because in peace alone
we can prosper. but We are going 10
rely on our own strength and will not
submit TO British-American dictation.
Wilson would be simply an English
American alliance for the political
control OF the world. and the COM
mercial exploitation OF all nations for
the benefit of England and America.
We are not going to give up all
of the land which has been won by
our arms. Field marshal Won linden
burg has called the attention OF the
nation TO the enormous economic
tricts Of Briey and LOngwy- Our hand
cannot be withdrawn from this terri
tory. The statesman who would re-
turn from this awful war without
Briey. Longwy, Belgium, CORTLAND
and -Lithuania would be branded by
history as the grave digger OF the
German might and greatness. Our
nation must come out Of the war
stronger and greater than il ever was
before. The enormous sacrifices made
by US on all battlefields do not per-
init sentimental twaddls about peace
without victory and without annexa-
ton. We are perfectly willing to re-
spect the rights OF other nations. but
we cannot commit suicide Just "a
make life easier and more pleasant
for our enemies"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-12
Fishing Smack Sinks
German Submarine in
Battle of 20 Minutes

Paris, France. May 1.-THE French
admiralty has just made public the
story Of a fight in which a fishing
smack sunk a submarine.
According to the report, the smack
was returning to port in a violent
west-northwest gale. when there sud-
denly appeared through the fog =
black mass. which the skipper at first
took for a wreck It was really a
submarine, which, falling to encounter
transport. was prepared to sink
even a fishing boat
The fishing boat was armed with
one gun which the captain quickly
brought into action. Torpedoes fired
by the submarine went wide Of their
mark because of the rough sea
For 20 minutes the battle lasted.
and the submarine sank forever. The
smack was also n sinking wreck. and
her crew only had just time TO jump
into their boats when she went down
The men had the good. fortune 70 be
rescued BY = trswier-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-12

~ALCUTTA, India. Nay 12.-How
German and dissatisfied Hindoos
~ plotted to establish an Indian
republic. or a Turkish-India, after
overpowering the British troops in
Bengal and sacking this city, has just
been disclosed by Sir Reginald Grad
dock to the imperial legislative coun-
Gil at Delhi.
Replying TO charges that the de-
fence Of India act was being used for
purposes not conn scted with the war,
he said:
statement by a young man who be-
came an anarchist at the age OF 10,
and contains all the chief incidents
of his career during the last ten
'sHe has described arrangements for
causing a rising in this country in
communication with the enemy.
will read an extract:
I'VE were extremely anxious to
keep our plans as secret as possible
up TO the last moment, as our success
depended solely on taking the gov
eminent unawares- Numerically we
thought We were sufficiently strong
enough to deal with the troops in CAL
cutta and Bengal
$4,000 Ready for Revolt.
" The only think we feared was re-
Inducements from the other parts Of
India before We were sufficiently
strong. We had expectations of about
$4,000 men joining in the first rising
they were to join US from all parts of
Bengal
The idea was that the Calcutta
party was first to take possession Of
all the arms and arsenals around
about Calcutta, and only when we
were able to equip the whole OF our
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-12
BRITISH ORDER
INF FAIR, ITALY
SHIPPERS SAY
Export of Marble, Oranges
and Silks Are Pro
hibited By Ally.
ENGLAND SAYS
VESSELS NEEDED
By CAAILLo CIANFARRD


~ ONE, Italy. May 12.-Italisn COM
X mercial leaders are greatly per-
~ turbed over the nations eco
nomic outlook, not only for the cur
rent year. but for years TO come.
According to a number OF ner-
chants in the export trade, the recent
prohibition by England Of the i'm
portation Of marble, oranges. silks.
dried fruits and other things IS the
last and hardest blow. not only 70
the italian export trade, but to italian
finances as we'll
Is Severe Blow TO italian Industry.
Since this prohibition went into
effect a serious situation has devel-
oped. Italian exporters would have
accented the prohibition in good spirit
and resigned themselves to the losses
il entailed, they say, had England
step been justified by the exigencies
of war. Instead. many argue the prac-
teal effects of the measure will in no
way help in solving the tonnage PROB
lem nor improving the economic stu
alton created by the war
One of the largest exporters OF
marble here said that the excuse OF
saving tonnage put forth by England
is not plausible In the case of impor-
tations from Italy
while IL is true that England needs
every available cubic foot of bottom
on the market for the importation
from North and South American ports,
and from one or two Of her colonies
of war material, cereals and food
stuffs in general, he said, 1T Is also
true that Italy is one Of the countries
from whose ports the ammunition
and coal carrying steamers return 70
ENGLISH ports in ballast
To Demand Explanation.
'sNow. either England must give a
more plausible excuse for prohibiting
the importation of italian merchan-
disc or we shall appeal to the govern
ment for an explanation OF this IN
expected attitude on the part OF the
ally who has more than any one else
benefited by Italy's Intervention IL
the conflict
Just now there is a tendency either
to minimize OF forget altogether the
fact that Italy saved Europe twice
first. by refusing to join her former
allies in a war Of aggression, and sec
ond. by intervening in the war the
very day the Russian retreat along
the whole front began"
Other economic experts are now
calling the governments attention u
the fact that England's decision. be
sides causing a further depreciation
&C Italian money. viii render more
acute the economic crisis Italy is nov
passing through.
The prohibition of British importa.
lions of oranges and marble will prove
specially hard blow for two Italian
regions, Tuscany and Sicily.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-12

= ONION, Eng, May 12.-Charges
Of German intrigue in Cuba were
~ made here in an interview by
Garcia VsIez. Cuban minister to Great
Britain. He said:
For many decades Germany has
been nursing US assiduously, and IN
til recently there has been q very
strong German colony IN our midst
There are a great number Of rich
merchants among them. trading in
tobacco, sugar, hardware, and con-
Quoting banking business. They came
20 Cuba young, they married Cuban
women, and, like most colonists in the
island. they intended to live the re
mainder Of their days there
Germans Aid ReVOlutiOniSts-
I'VE have recently had a very lively
revolution in the island. in fact, Il
is still going on. The irreconcilaole
party. with grievances against the
government, have been spurred on
continually by German intrigue-1or
very obvious reasons One OF the rev
olutionary leaders. recently arrested,
was found 10 have in his possession
German documents which proved the
extent 10 which Prussian intrigue had
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-12
TOWNS ABANDONED BY.
GERMANS ARE IN RUINS
AND PEOPLE HELPLESS.
British Correspondent Writes of Desolaton Found IN
Portions of France From Which Germans Driven;
Pathetic Stories of Survivors and Ruined Villages
Show Extent of German Cruelty, Claim.

"Becauss we hope 70 escape the
new British attack they answered
The English gun fire smashed up to
death on the Somme. The officers
know we cannot stand that horror q
saTi1ev spoke as men horribly afraid
"Of their hunger there seems no
doubt They begged food of these
civilians, who would have starved to
death but for the American relief
supplies. They killed cats ana doss
to provide themselves with meat
which otherwise they do not taste.
People Camp in Cemetery.
fourteen DAYS ago. said an old
man, who had tears in his eyes as he
spoke, I passed the night in the GEM
eterv OF Vraignes- There were 1Ol5
of US people from neighboring vii
lagos. some in the church and some
in the cemetery. They searched US
OF the women were stripped and
In the cemetery It was a cold
night and dark, but all around the
sky was flaming with the fire OF our
villages The people with me Tept
and cried out loud to see their dear
places burning and all this hell Ter
rfbIe explosions came to our ears
There were mines everywhere under
the roads. Then Vraignes was set on
fire and burnt around US. and We were
stricken with a great terror
Young Girls Carried Off
ny three sisters were taken away
when the Germans left said young
girl. She said they were Is and 2
and q. and then. turning away from
me. wept very bitterly
q They are my daughters, said q
middle aged woman. When they were
taken away 1 went a little mad Ny
pretty girls, And all our neighbors
daughters have gone ND from 1t
wears of age, and all the menfolk "
to 80. They have gone to slavery
and FOR the girls 1t IS a great peril
How can they escape2
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-12
German Thedters To
GiUe Performances
For Widotos, Orphans.

Berlin, Germany. Nay 1.-The So
ciety OF German Actors has dscaded
that every theater in the empire shall
give two performances at popular
prices before the end OF the season
for the benefit OF the widows and
orphans Of actors and stage employees
killed in the war II is expected that
the performances viii net at least
$500. coo for the proposed fund
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-12
GERMANS FEAR
THAT WESTERN
TRADE Is LOST
Entrance of q. S. Into War
Seals Doom of German
Overseas Trade.
BERLIN PAPER
SAYS NO HOPE

ERIN. Germany, Nay 1.-THE
Il Koenigsberger Zeitung in an ar
II ticle on the probable develop
lnents after the war. expresses the
fear the oversee trade OF Germany
and Austria-Hungary Is lost forever
The entrance Of the United States
into the war means the total de-
struction OF the German Transatlantic
commerce" the paper says
-sThe Anglo-Americzn alliance has
been brought about with keen eye
10 business and It VIII be permanent
England and America in the future
VIII divide the Central and South
American trade between them An
that German labor had built up in
the western hemisphere during the
last 80 years is destroyed.
Merchant Fleet Is Conc.
The German merchant fleet VIII
never again be what Il was before the
"a Win the exception OF the far
eastern waters, which must be left TO
Japan, the oceans OF the world VIII De
151der the supreme control OF the
Anglo-American combination.
Jointly these two powers lthe
United States and Great Britain IN
of the oceans more tyranically ana
with greater greed than England for
nerlv did alone II England and her
allies can dictate the peace condi-
tiOns. il viii be useless to replace the
German ships lost OF coufiscated in
foreign countries during the war.
smut off from the markets in North
and South America, from Africa Aus
tralia and India. Germany viii not
need more ships than she has left
Is Severe Blow.
From an economic standpoint, the
realization OF the Anglo-American al
lance, long aimed at by England is
the worst blow the central powers
have received IN the whole war Our
whole commercial life will have 70
be reorganized II the war does not
END with a decisive defeat for Eng
land
France, Italy. Russia and all of the
neutral European countries viii suf-
fer as much as we from thu Anglo
American world domination, and there
is no doubt that the continental en-
tente powers viii eventually rsbel
AGAINST the control and curtailmeni
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-12
T links Many Germans
and Austrians in u. S.
VIII Leaue After Wdr

Berlin. Germany. May 12.-"There
is no doubt that hundreds OF thou
sand of the Germans. Austrians and
Hungarians in the United States viii
return TO Europe as soon as the war
ends is the assertion made by
prominent Swiss business man. who.
during the last six months. 'sited all
parts OF America, in an interview
granted to the Zurich correspondent
of the VOssische Zeitung.
L know the Communications and
Austro-Americans well. because my
business takes me across the ocean
every year. the returned traveller
said. They have always been loyal
American citizens and are today as
loyal as ever. although their hearts
are bleeding"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-12
Nep Eton Sport Takes
Boys Into Field Where
Potatoes Are Prize,

London, Eng, Nay 1.-THE most
popular playing field" at Eton today
is the potato field" which has been
specially set aside by the college au-
thorities so that the students may
help to solve the problem Of the po-
tatO shortage.
There is room for so boys to work
at a time, and gardening tools are
provided. The work is voluntary, and
every half holiday from so to 40 boys
can be seen hard at work tilling the
soil
Most towns IN Devonshire are ex-
pecting a shortage OF potatoes, and
there is q general feeling that grow
ers who have supplies are not likely
to send them TO the markets when by
keeping them they will secure an en-
HANGED price a month hence. On
numerous farms are to be still found
acres Of last seasons crops which
have not been dug Considerable
damage was done TO 'cayed potatoes.
turnips and other roots by the recent
severe frost.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-12

been brought to bezF n tAs 49,
ment.
Many Leave for HexfeA
Most Of the German colontst8 9ATa
recently cleared off into Mextcoy cnSy
saw the red light and showed CubA p
clean pair Of heels.
s'Our present army numbers aAcu1
5000 well trained nan. ready 81 .
moments notice to do anything Or 80
anywhere But should the occasion
arise, we could quickly re4so q fight
ing force Of 200, 600"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-12
oNDoN. Eng, Nay ls.-eerman

ONDON. Eng Nay 1z--GeIlndl4
atrocities perpetrated on the
- civilian population IN France
and Belgium were even more ruthless
than was at first supposed, according
10 new information gathered by war
correspondent with the British army.
Writing from the field he says:
= am moved because day by day I
have been visiting the places that
were once their homes and are now
the rubbish heaps which lie about that
great stretch Of country lald waste py
the enemy in the wake Of his retreat,
where there is only silence ana plack
ruin: because, also. I have just been
among these people, seeing their tears,
hearing their pitiful tales, to9cneo Dy
hands which plucked my sleeve SO
that 1 should listen 10 another story
Of outrage and misery
-An they told me, and al 1 nave
seen. builds up into 6 great Tragedy
These young girls, who WepL peIore
me. shaken by the terror OF their re
cried like children, these old women
who did not weep but SPOKE Win
strange, smiling eyes as to LIES great
fronies revealed to me IN ruler
Wv the enormous agony Of life be
hind the German lines now shlIteo
hack a little 80 that these people have
escaped
saws German Soldiers Ensiaved-
at is an agony which Includes the
German soldiers. themselves enSlaved
w-retched. disi1lusioned men, uncer
me great doom which has killed so
many OF their brothers, ordered to DO
me things many OF them loathe 70
90. brutal by order even when they
nave gentle instincts, doing kinO
things by stealth. afraid OF punish
C-Efrf[Rm
fear and hunger.
Why do you go2' they were asked
br one of the women who have been
speaking to me.