Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-30

pires good faith. Trotzky warned the
world that Germany and Japan had
agreed to divide Russia between them,
but Trotzky's opinions are no longer
entitled to very serious consideration.
Early Thursday morning two Brit
ish and three French destroyers en-
gagged a force. of German destroyers
off Dunkerque, and when the fight was
over four enemy vessels had been sunk.
One British destroyer was damaged,
but the allied casualties were slight.
The same day Ostend was heavily
bombarded by British monitors and
Helgoland was attacked by airplanes.
Eloquent argument having failed to
bring the Teutonic rulers to their
senses or the Teutonic peoples to
realization of the truth. and encour-
agement and sympathy having met
with no response from the Russians.
President Wilson seems to have de-
cided that action, quick and forcible,
is the only thing that Will bring the
war to close. He cheered up the
country immensely by calling into con-
ference the heads of the various war
boards, who had been named as advis-
ers to the chairman of the war indus
tries board In establishing co-ordlna-
ton. He impressed upon these men
again the need of harmoniZing their
work In order to hurry up shipbuild-
ing, increase shipping facilities and
provide materials for the production of
munitions. The shipbuildlng question
is the most pressing one. and the gov
eminent Is somewhat disturbed by the
uncertain labor situation. 1t intends to
adopt definite labor policy. as did
England. but this has not yet been
formulated.
The matter of ships also came to
the front again In England, and In re-
Spouse to public demand Sir Erid
Geddes, first lord OF the admiralty.
gave out figures on the results Of the
submarine warfare. Total losses to
the allies and neutral nations since the
beginning of the war, he said, were g.
100000 tons, and he admitted the
monthly losses are 10000 tons greater
than the new ships built. To correct
this, Sir John Jellicoe Is to devote him
self to combating the submarine, Lord
Pirrie has been made governor general
of merchant ship building and all avail.
able men in the country will be put to
building ships. Premier Lloyd-George
said that by special effort the deficien'
cy could be made good in British ship
yards alone.
A great help In solving this transport
problem is the seizure of about mil
lion tons of Dutch shipping by the
United States and England. This was
accomplished on Wednesday after the
Netherlands government had refused to
put into effect its voluntary agreement
to restore it's merchant marine to nor
NAL activity. Most Of the vessels
taken will be used In carrying food
from America to Europe. and President
Wilson says Holland will receive am
pie supplies of foodstuffs. in accord
ance with the original pact. Germany
of course, has warned the Dutch thai
their ships now will be sunk. but 4
never has shown much regard for thu
rights of neutral ships outside the pro
scribed zone.
After being assailed In vain by thu
Republicans, the administration bill t.
establish a war finance corporation
was passed by the house Thursda.
with only two opposing votes. On tn,
same day the president signed the bill
which brings the railroads under gov
eminent operation and control until 2
months after the end of the war.
Agricultural interests were relieve
of anxiety by an order of the war dc
partment permitting men engaged Il
planting or cultivating crops to cor
tinue their work until finished, a
though their draft numbers ar
reached. This does not apply to dair
workers.
Wisconsin, smarting under the impu
tations of disloyalty caused by La Fo
lctte and his doings and sayings, vi
dertOok to redeem herself In the sen,
torial primaries. and succeeded In
measure. Joseph +. Davies. backed b
the national administration. easily wo
the Democratic nomination, but Coz
gresham LenroOt had hard task d,
feating james Thompson. the La Fo
lette candidate, for the Republica
choice. The Socialist vote, unexpec
eddy heavy, was cast for Victor Berge
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