New Britain herald., 1918-01-16
France in Danger of Elimination.

<. w ashington, Jan. 16.-Senator Mc- CllTnber Of North Dakota today gave h%e senate a gloomy picture Of the Fposition of the United States and her aallies in emphasizing his plea for rad ical speeding up of the shipbullding progran He declared England was now bearing the brunt of the war and asked How long can she stand this Strain 2" The United States must T Send 5,O0O,000 troops to balance the \ nlan-power of the Central Powers, he said and 100000 would be needed Ito make the Germans retreat.
 < ssRussia and Rumania are out of the Y war. asserted the senator. 'Italy is N losing ground. France is unable to naake any headway. The wall of op- nosition at the eastern end of the bat 4aee@. line in continental Europe is aaMlmbling Who can say how long sTfEsily can or will withstand the Teu- ionic pressure? Optimistic, indeed, must be the man who will say a sim gle year without additional support. z WitI1 Italy under the heel of the con- X aqueror with France assailed in the s flank, who can prophecy that the |cSantry will not quickly be brought nnder the heel of the same conquer # SA and England's army left to battle a5sfsinst overwhelming numbers? This 2 issgdeIineating two things: First the X tHSsVet situation as it now is, and sec z soffH Ike possibilities of the future; and it is presented with the. hope that we will at least partially awaken sssgessa+ < TeaIization of what is beforesH us,
 sBoasting Will Not Win War"
 Senator McCumber said the idea That pointing out our weakness dis cgsnRaged the American people and Encouraged the enemy was mlstak- erl one and declared that We must now learn the lesson that boasting
 will not win this war" He said he < was tired of hearing argument that Germany would be reduced to sub- Mission by starvation and stated that Inc Central Powers control three fines as much territory in Europe as the Allies The balance of resources held by America, he said, should not b8 considered until there was tonnage to carry men and products across the seas
 f..SNhen the United States entered e war the Allies cried give us ships declared the senator. 'fWe allaved their fears; we assured them We would supply that shipping. We took that duty on ourselves, the most Important, the most vital duty incum- Dent upon us in this war. And VIC have neglected that duty beyond any other, shamefu1ly neglected it."
 fy M s.Kilkenny Shipping Board"
 s"Thev tell us it was because of :, wrangIings and disagreements in the Shipping board" he declared, and added that he believed there was lack of appreciation of the submarine :, menace in the board and that he did not believe any member so unpatriot otit to delay shipbuilding while his per .sonal differences were being sound ed. "W~e eappointed a Kilkenny ship ping board and then went to sleep,
 he said, continuing: "Where is our shipping? Where is 1t coming from Possibly God knows; certainly neither the shipping board nor the navy de-
 partment knows.''
 Senator McCumber recommendeo that the United States stop sending wsoldiers to France now and use al E available tonnage for food for the Al lies stimulate efforts to attempt te produce a ship immune to torpedo
 attack and to make 0 full and ade
 1liate test of reinforced concrete yes
 sels. He said he believed the Allies
 would emrge from the war after se- ,curing the peace laid down by Pres w ident Wilson but was equally "cer-
 tain that unless we come to the sup 5 port of our allies with shipping fa-
 cilfties many times greater than we
 profess, some of our allies will ia
 before we can take their place on the
 battIefie1d'