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The Washington times., 1918-01-21
AUSTRIAN PEACE STRIKES
SPREAD, CAUSING KAISER
sTo SEND GERMAN TROOPS

ZURICH, Jan. 21.-General strikes,
declared Friday, are spreading
1frouRhout Austria Leaders OF the
TTJoyement have issued a manifesto
demanding assurances that peace ne
Rotiations be not frustrated through
.stcrritorial demands OF the pan
Gtrmans-"
At Budapest the entire railway.
tTamway, and underground services
have stopped. Thirty-one strikers
1ueetings were held. At Cracow the
sliops have been closed and the pub
lie forbidden to congregate on the
streets at night. The strike move
I1Snt Is spreading to Bohemia and
5IoldaviH-
Emperor Karl summoned the mayor
OF Gratz to Vienna, but the mayor
talephoned TO the palace that the
situation at Gratz was too serious
sor him to leave"
BERNE, Jan. 21.-Germany has sent
IalEe forces OF soldiers into Austrian
Industrial centers with orders to
shoot down rioting strikers and to
force them back into the factories,
According to information received to-
aay from the Austrian frontier.
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Ministers sIaIr~

On Sunday night former Cadet
Ministers Kokoshkin and Shinglror,
who were recently transferred to
Hospital from the fortress OF SS. Pc
ter and Paul, were killed by band
of sailors and workmen. Their as
sassination, together with the ami
nlositIes aroused by forcthie closing
doWn Of the constituent assembly,
haB brought about the most intensely
Bilker feeling between the Right and
tn4 Left parties.
a delegation Of constituent as
senbly leaders who called on Nicholai
Lltnine today in protest against the
Rslsheyiki action were told by the
BolshevikI leaders that permission
Would be withheld for them to as
ssiAbie anywhere and that instead OF
Sheir conference a national convention
would be formed by the forthcoming
Soviet congress-
All newspapers containing detailed
acsounts Of the constituent meetings
were conhscated today.
Lenine himself introduced the pis-
solution decree IN the assembly and
IN ninety-minute speech lauded the
SOviet deputies as representing the
hffhest power Of democracy IN the
world. He said he considered the
NEST resolute action which the de-
cree proposed as the only means re-
znaining-the Russian people other
wise were doomed.
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Agreement :
IS FORMALLY
ANNOUNCED
BY BERLIN
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Noday.-ins!sted II was only interven-
Sionscf the BolshevIki delegates theul-
selves that saved their political op-
ponents from violence at the hands Of
She BoIshsviki troops.
Tho final act of the assembly was
ne Sorma! proclamation OF Russia as
o democratic republic The speech
Of former Minister TsereteIH was
dramatic He was constantly inter
Supted, many times with violent
abuse. The concluding peroratIon
was a pathetic appeal to all that the
revolution be permitted to bear fruit
an, the formation OF q government
which would show a solid front OF all
glasses OF the revolutionary democ-
fasy.
be- SOviets in Control.
The Bolsheviki and social revolu-
Eionaries OF the Left, together with
others who favor a pan-Russian
Workmen, soldiers, and peasants con-
Eress to take the place OF the con-
sti1uent assembly, were working hard
today to achieve this sort Of q law
giving body. The Soviets completely
control the situation, and will un-
doubtedly carry through their pro-
gram complete.
sWhat happened the constituent as
selzbly simply represents the struggle
now going on everywhere" said the
Bolsheviki minister Of agriculture, H.
KsIegayeff In an Interview with the
United Press today. The Right
parties cannot remain alone and exer-
else power in the constituent assem-
bly-for the people do not recognize
them. The people are behind the So
Vets Should the parties Of the Right
challenge the authority and power OF
the Sovists-it simply means an ex-
tension of the civil war now raging.
II was reported today that the
peoples commissaries desire to take
the Brest-Litoysk negotiations out OF
the hands OF the presen: delegation
hah6ngh they assert their adherence
to.the conditions of the armistice.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-21

government with the object or includ- ing a general commercial agreement.
 "A very clear statement Of the character of these negotiations was made on March 12 to the Dutch parlia- ment by his excellency. the minister of foreign affairs of Holland As ap- pears from the statement the discu- sicl proceeded cn the basis of two fundamental propositions, namely. thst the United States and the allies should facilitate importation into HOl land Of foodstuffs and other commO- dities required tO maintain their eco homie lie and that Holland should r7stcre her merchant marine to a normal condition of activity.
 'lt was the task of the negotiators 10 develop specific application of these propositions which would be ac- Ceptable to the governments concern d
 Early in January, 1918. the nego- tiatoTs cane to an understanding that was embodied in a tentative agree meDt which was submitted to the gov ernments concerned in order. that if acceptable it might be ratified CT if unacceptable, cOlnter proposition might be made.
 The negotiations becoming pro longed the Dutch delegates proposed. in order that their ships might sooner be put into remunerasive service. that Dutch tonnage lying idle in American waters should. with certain exceptions, be immediately chartered 70 the United States for periods not exceeding ninety days This pro posal was accepted by the United states government and on January 25. 1918, the Dutch minister at Wash ington handed 10 the secretary Of state of the United States note ex- pressing the terms of the temporary chartering agreement and his govern ment's acceptance thereof.
 This agreement provided. among other things. that 15O.0e0 tons of Dutch shipping should. at the discre- tion of the United tSates be employed partly in the service or Belgian relief and partly for Switzerland on safe conduct to Cette, France. and that for each ship sent to Holland in the serv- ice Of Belgian relief corresponding vessel should leave Holland for the United States Two Dutch ships in the United States ports with cargoes of fcOdstuffs were to proceed tO Hol- land. similar tonnage being sent in eN- change from Holland to the United States for charter as in the oase Of other Dutch ships lying in the United Stctes ports.
 The agreement was explicitly tenn
 
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Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-21
BAKER EXPLAINS
 NEED OF SECRECY
Secretary of War Addresses Members of Rainbow Divi- sion During Tour of Inspec- ton in France.

WIFH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, March 20.-(By the As sociated Press)-Secretary of War Baker continued his inspection in the zcne Of advance today in a cold raIh, over heavy reads and under generally uncomfortable conditoins. The pro gram included visits to certain divi- sional headquarters that had not prev ously been inspected and conferences with various high officials.
 In an informal address to the Rain DOW division. officially known as the ;2nd division, the secretary took oc- asion to explain to the army, as well ls to the people of America, the req sons for the military secrecy which ,epriyes the soldiers and the people t home of news of each other during he present stage of the preparations.
 Would Confuse Huns.
 While was at home I saw a good leal Of the Rainbow division,' said he secretary. Then, one day. it vas gone to France. where is drapes hat curtain of military secrecy that must be drawn unless we choose 10 acrifice the lives of our men for the ake of publicity The enemy's ela- lOrate intelligence system seeks at ny cost to learn the strength. the pre- aredness and the character Of our roops. Our own intelligence service ssuIes us that knowledge by Ger many of the complete conduct of our rmy in France which some assume o exist does not exist.
 At least, we would make him work for his information and spare pains to keep him as confused as possible.
 If we were to announce the identitl nf ch unit that comes to France then we would fully inform him of the number and the nature Of our forces. Published details about any division are most useful to expert military in- offices in determining the state Of the divisions training and the probable assignment of the division to any section.
 Praises Courage.
 But now it is safe to mention cer- tain division which were first to ar
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Great OfenSiUe By TeutOns Soon
 German Threaf
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WASHINGTON. March 2O.-Renew al of German talk of great west front offensive this spring is ascribed in Of ficial dispatches from Switzerland to day as due to the desire of the German general staff to confuse the allies as to Germany's real intentions.
 The German press, says the dis patches, has been attempting recently to convey the impression that the great offensive. so often heralded against the Franco-English front would be postponed and perhaps even would not take place. Today on the contra ry an inverse tendency is to be marked in Germany. Hindenburg and Luden- dorff in an interview which they re gently gave to the newspaper cores pondents at German headquarters let it be known that the hour of the at- tack was not far distant and the the French had dug their graves with their own hands. These words were under stood to denote that the offensive had been decided upon, that it would be soon and it undoubtedly would be aimed against the French.
 Promise Attacks Soon
 "The reports which Germany is spreading may have a tendency in the idea of the German general staff to un settle opinion and upset predictions by the circulation of the inaccurate infOr- matiOn. is necessary in any case tC note .hese different manifestations.
 "A dispatch from Berlin to the Bas Ter Nachrichten for March IS empha sizes the name of Gallwitz, whose presence or the French front between that of the crown prince and that oi Duke Albert of WurttembuTg has beer mentioned by the German communique Their armies must be about 35O.OOt strong in the Verdun-LuneYille sector This army. which is an attacking ar my and whose head is famous as ar artilleryman of. the highest order. says this dispatch, will probably not delay long in assuming the offensive. The ceaseiessly increasing artillery activi- ty in the sector is besides a highly characteristic symptom. It is probable that the army which operated against Italy now forms a part of the GallwitZ army group.
 Predict Allies Ruin
 Tt is well to compare this dispatch with the article that the military cor respondents Of the semi-official Nord deutsche Allgemeine Zietung publish ed on March IS. Tn this article enti- tied When Win The Offensive Be Nader one reads this sentence:
 "'It is very probable that the many divisions that are now assembled on
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lne tormdl replyt which proved unac- ceptahls although under other condi- tioas, it might have served as a basis for further negotiations. The presi- ient's proclamation was issued im- mediately authorizing the navy to take over the vessels which will be equip ped and operated by the navy depart ment and the shipping beard, the Dutch crews being supplemented by American civilian sailors and naval reserves
 Compensation will be made to the owners as required by law.
 Although the ships have been taken over without any fornal agreement. the United States proposes to carry i5ut sorupulously the terms of the original pact, so that Holland shall receive ample footsteps and will be protected in her colonial trade by having sufficient tonnage 10 maintain its commerce.
 Dutch to Get Food,,.
 In statement outlining the nego- tiations which pTece2d 2ded the requisi- ticning President Wilson pointed out that the permanent agreement with the Dutch government had been block ed by Germany despite the little king dcm's acute need of fOodstuffs. for which the agreement prOvidess. A temrorary agreement then was nego- tiated to tide over the emergency and that, tco. was held up by Prussian diplomacy.
 Although the reason never was formally expressed" the president said. it was generally known that the Dutch ship owners feared lest their ships should be destroyed by German submarines. That this fear was not wholly unjustified has unhappily been shown by the recent act of the German government in sinking the Spanish ship Sardinero outside the danger zone, when carrying a cargo of grain for Switzerland. and after the sub marine commander had ascertained this fact by an inspection of the ships papers"
 For two months the proposed agree ment lay in diplomatic pigeon holes without action and meanwhile. the president says, German threats have grown more violent" The final pro posal to Holland was transmitted on March 2. and set last Monday as the time by which a reply was wished. Failing to receive a favorable reply. the United tSates proceeded to requi- sition the ships as dictated by mill tary necessity.
 President Wilson authorized tonight the following statement:
 For some months the United States and the entente allies have been con ductinc npoofiafione with fhp Dutch
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WILSONDLSCUSSES WAR WORK

tinued if the department heads and the president find the exchange of in- formation and ideas profitable
 It was stated after the meeting to- establishing some other central gov ernment body to meet continuously day, that no plan was discussed for and deal In a specific and scientific way with matters touching more than one phase of government war mana cement The conference itself ex- poets to deal only with the board aspects of coordination and will leave details to be carried out by subOrdin- ates in direct dealings with each oth- CT
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his capacity as director general of railroads; Edward N. Hurley, chair man of the shipping board; Bernard Baruch, chairman of the war indus tries board Vance c. Mccormick, chairman of the war trade board. Food Administrator Hoover and Fuel Administrator Garfield.
 Each discussed general problems confronting his department. and spe- cial consideration was given to ship building and rail transportation and coal production and distribution as af- fecting those questions. Another con ference will be held next Wednesday and 1t is understood they will be con
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WASHINGTON. March 20.-Indus- trial war production was discussed to- day at Q two-hour White House con ference between President Wilson and heads of six big war agencies. r. was the first Of a series Of meetings which may be held weekly in the future and was considered especially significant in view Of recent advocacy in con gress and elsewehere of a central in- stitution to coordinate different kinds of war activities
 Besides the president. there were Secretary McAdOO, acting mainly in
Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-21
CEDDES GIVES FACTS ON SUB
 LOSS IN YEAR
First Lord of English Admiral ty Says Losses for Twelve Month 6,oO0,OOO; T els About Shipbuilding.
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LONDON. March 20.-One of the most important statements made to the country recently was the speech delivered in the House of Commons to- day hy Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, first lord of the admiralty. He appeased the demand which has become general recently that the country should be told the exact amount of shipping loss es and he also announced the appoint- ment of Great Britain's foremost build CT, Lord Pierrie, as controller general of merchant ship building
 Lo-d Pierrie will not hs member of the board of the admiralty but he will have direct access to the premier and the war cabinet His appointment it is indicated, will be received with the greatest satisfaction.
 Sir Fries speech was q simple statement of facts, with no oratorical sentences. but he was listened to more attentively than the most elo luert o-- stors in thegov erninent.
 Denies Hun Claim
 The amount of tonnage sunk in the last .welve months was 6,000,0O0, said Sir Eric, instead of 9y500,O0O as the Germans claim.
 The total allied and neutral tonnage is now s2.0O0, ,OOJ. Sir Eric stated. the fact that it is at this figure being largely due to the new construction by the United States and the seizure of German ships.
 The output of new tonnage, contin 1ed the first lord, was very low in 1915, and reached it's lowest point in 1916. This decline had been coincident with the increased output of munitions and before the intensified submarine war began Great Britain was 1 1,300,009 tons to the bad. During the last quar- ter of 1917, said Sir Eric, the allies were averaging 100,000 tons monthly of making their losses good and were then replacing 75 per cent of their lost tonnage.
 Many New Yards
 At the present time, the first lord went on, forty-seven ship yards with 209 berths were engaged on ocean-go- ing merchant vessels. The ship yard work. was completely disorganized dur ing the first two years of the war from various causes, he explained, but nev- ertheless there had been an enormous accomplishment by the ship building industry The output for the last quar- ter of 1917 was z2O,0eO tons as against 213.g00 tons for the last quarter of 1916, while during the last quarter of 1915 it had been only 42,000 tons.
 When the controller of construction took ever the ship yards there were fifty large merchant ships in various stages of construction upon which work had been stopped for lack of suf- ficient material or of labor, said the first lord, and in many cases they were congesting the ship yards.
 It was well within the capacity of the allied yards and even of the Brit ish yards. Sir Eric declared, to make good the worlds losses if given an ad- equate supply of men and material. In the fourth quarter of 1917 the for eign construction was 512,000 tons, he stated, giving a total output of 932, ,000
 EoO
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WILSON ORDERS SHIPS TAKEN WHEN DUTCH TOS|GN AGREEMENT
Nearly One Million Tons Added Merchant Marine of AL lies for Use in Shipping Foodsus and Caring for Neither lands Colonial Trade Well Supplying Relief to Bel gians; Expect Renewed Sub Activities by Teutons.
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WASHINGTON, March 2oUpon in restoring
  equitioned all Dutch ships American Britain taking In ports probably
  allied Most of them will  President taking
 
  s hours  onins Every effort made  and REIMBURSE OWNERS
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WANT BRIDGE OVER CHA

GLOBE, Ariz.. March 2O.- Richard Crane. secretary to Secretary of State Lansing. who is now in the San Carlos Indian reservation. will be visited by a large delegation of Globe and Miami citizens tomorrow who will explain to him the need of a substantial bridge over the Gila river near Manches.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-21
EXTEND MANIAN ARMTSTTCE

gniloman, leader of the conseTva- tives ar Rumanian premier. He is said to favor peace with the Central Powers.
 The resignation Of the Averesco cabinet was reported recently, and the appointment of M. Mar ghiloman was forecast. Rumania has concluded Q provisional peace with the Central Powers.
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FLYER KILLED AT KELLY FELL

Lieutenant Johnson, who was an instructor and said to have been an exceptionally skilled pilot, was starting on a cross country flight when something apparently hap pened to his engine and the plane dropped directly to the ground.
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I7 BRITISH SHIPS SUB TOLL

eleven merchantmen were unsuc- Cessfully attacked
 The losses Of British merchant men in the last week are slightly under the losses of the three pre- ceding weeks when during each Of these periods eighteen vessels were sunk by mine or submarine.
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LATE RETURNS PUT
 LENROOT IN LEAD
Republican Loyalty Candidate Ahead of Thompson in Vot- ing for Senator at Wisconsin Primaries.

MILWAUKEE. Wis, March 20. = or less complete returns from every county in the state sustained the lead of Congressman Irvine L. Lenroot, the loyalty republican candidate for sen ator. in yesterdays primaries.
 Related returns today gave him 2326 more than James Thompson, the La Toilette candidate.
 Thompson did not concede defeat
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LONDON. March 20.-The ad- miralty reports the loss by mine or submarine of 17 British merch- antmen last week Of these II were 160O tons or over. and six under that tonnage.
 Two fishing vessels were lost
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SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March 20
 The tenth flying fatality at Kel- ly Field here occurred today when First Lieutenant Walter J.. John son of Jersey City, N. J.. was killed when his airplane fell 1900 feet.
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IIN hsNIHW IHlstu WITtl
 BERLIN, March 20, via Lon don.-The armistice with Rumania has been extended until midnight of March 22. it was announced in today's army headquarters report NEW RUMANiAN PREMIER.
 AMSTERDAM. March 20.-A Bucharest dispatch announces the appointment of Alexander Mar
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lCnntInned on Paee Twol
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The Washington times., 1918-03-03

their armies exactly wherever they
choose.
Germans Tire
of Poison Gas.
A detail Of military interest oi
some Importance in the past weeB
has been the efforts which are belns
indirectly made by the German gov
eminent to re-estabIish the eonven.
tion prohibiting the use OF poison
gas in war. They are working
through the Red Cross, and their mo.
tives are obvious.
1t was they VITO first introduced
this abomination in modern war not
quite three years ago, when they sent
flood Of yellow chlorine drifting
down toward the allied trenches, in
April, 1915. 1t took the allies by sur
prise, and the Germans very nearly
succeeded in breaking the allied line
with it at the point where the British
and French armies then Joined north
Of Npres. The line was only saved
by the heroism and terrific losses of
the Canadians.
For a long time the Germans en-
joyed a complete superiority over the
allies in the form OF attack, but the
superior civilization Of the allies in
this. as in every other experiment
tried in this war. not only caught up
with them but passed them. The al
lies today have not only better gas
(more deadly and less easy to detect
and resist, but a better protection
against gas than the enemy, and their
superiority insthis is rapidly increas-
ing.
Such are the reasons and the only
reasons for the German move, and as
its motives arc as perfectly clear as
they are crude, II win not succeed.
The belief that the Germans ever
voluntarily abandoned the war move
ment I'm the West is part Of. veEy
general error into which the present
writer fell in common with most 9TH
ers when this novel Development. Of
trench warfare first appeared. That
error is the conception that this new
The Washington times., 1918-03-03
.CAMOUFLAGE BOYS
: DISGUISE WILLARD
7. FOR UNIQUE BALL.

The large ball room at the New
Willard Is a quaint French village
The small ball room Is a sunny stree
In Italy. Both bathrooms are camou
tagged beyond recognition
A band stand has been erected Il
the center OF the French street. Tn
street Is lined with booths wher
fortune tellers, photographers. ant
artists will hold forth during th'
evening. Novelties will be on sale
Also a limited number OF camoufag'
costumes. A street cafe where cool
soft drinks will be served in tru
Partisan style by charming maids
A short performance here and there
Supper downstairs.
And the dancing.
Don't be surprised to see a cannon
walk of with a bar maid. or a trim
French officer his arm 10 a broom
or one OF the lamp posts dance Of
with a gypsy fortune teller.
This will be the camouhage ball =
the New Willard next Wednesda;
evening for the benefit OF tn
Neighborhood House. All OF the al
ranging and decorating has beer
planned by the camouflage corps. nov
the only one in America, stationed
the American University Camp =