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The Washington times., 1918-12-15

will be decided at the peace conference.
The surrendered territory produced IS
per cent Of Germany's mineral wealth, rs
per cent Of her manufactures and 10 per
cent Of her agriculture.
Proceeding FROM the frontier OF the
Netherlands as the river ascends to Swift
erland there are the Rhine Province of
Prussia (Rheinprovinz), Rhenish Hesse
(Rheinhessen), belonging to the Grand
Duchy Of Hesse; the Principally Of Birk-
enfield, belonging to the Grand Duchy Of
Oldenburg on the Baltic. but entirely sur
rounded by Prussia; the Rhenish Pala-
innate, formerly part Of the Kingdom OF
Bavaria, but separated from 1t during the
Napoleonic wars, and finally Lorraine and
AIsace, known under German domination
since 1871 as the Reichslard Of Elsass-
Lo!hringen.
The northern part of the Prussian prov
ince includes the great system of military
railways which Germany built in prepare
ton for the war from 1909 to 1913, extend
ing from the great traffic and manufactur-
Ing centres of the Rhenish Province
Cologne, AK la Chapelle. Andernach and
IutzelC oblenz-to within an hours drive
OF the Belgian and Luxembourg frontiers.
Here were quietly modified in the first
days of August. 1914, the Seventh, Ninth,
Tenth. Third. Second and Eleventh Ger
man Corps for the attack upon Belgium,
their left protected by the Fifth of the
Prussian Guard Cavalry.
Essen, the home of the great Krupp
armor, gun and munition works, is on the
right bank Of the Rhine, twenty miles
north Of Dusseldorf and is in the neutral
zone on the east side Of the river, pro-
vided by the armistice. Before the war
the KruppS employed $4,000 hands Since
the war began they have had more than
100000 on their payrolls.,
There were also surrendered the great
fortresses Of Metz in Lorraine and Strass-
burg in Alsace. Metz was the Ngreatest
fortress. ever created, being over thirty
miles across in every direction.
The importance of the industrial region
Of the Prussian Province, and even that
Of the Notifications of Metz and Strass-
burg, is completely surpassed by the iron
region Of the Basin de Briey, in Lorraine.
which. beginning over the BELGIAN and
Luxembourg frontiers, ascends the Moselle
to within few miles of Pont-a- MoussOn.
This mining region, with an area Of 225
square miles, was cut in two by the treaty
Of Frankfort, which closed the Franco
Prussian War Of 1901. and was entirely
occupied by the Germans In August-De-
cember, 1914
During the war the Basin de Briey has
provided the German ornaments with so
per cent Of their steel. and without it, &C.
cording TO the most famous Dusseldorf
iron masters the empire could not have
conducted the war for three months. This
iron region is restored to France for good
In its entirety.
There you have a few items in the
greatest surrender in all history.
The Washington times., 1918-12-15

the enthusiasts are talking OF distinctively
named continental "airways." We have
the statement from British sources that
serviceable machine can be produced for
S1,4O0. Americans ought to make a bet
ter figure than this. A cheap aeroplane
offers great possibilities Of low cost travel.
Every man will be his own chauffeur;
there will be no tires to replace; gasoline
can be saved by a crow-line between two
points, and no road-maps need be pur-
chased, while the speedeT can go 1t in Sc
cure contempt of police and courts.
We now come to an item in the armistice
that is Of still more unluestioned COM
mercial value. The Germans were re-
CURED to surrender 5000 army motor
trucks. II is learned that these motor
trucks measured on the average twenty
feet long. FIVE feet wide and ten feet high.
The giant army motor truck that would
result from the combination Of these 1000
trucks would be S42 feet long, S5A feet
wide and III feet high.
II the 5000 trucks were placed end to
end they would make q line 1s% miles
long.
These 5000 trucks could pull an aver
age load of ten TONS or $4,000 tons alto
gether. That Is twice the weight Of a
dreadnought battleship. The trucks will
be Of the greatest value to the nations
that receive them, because they are especi-
ally needed for building operations in de-
vastated regions.
OF course the Germans surrendered a
great deal more than the articles men
toned, and the balance was Of Infinitely
greater value. They surrendered all the
territory west of the river Rhine and the
principal strategic points east Of it. This
territory has an area of over 10000 square
miles and a population of 100000.
OF the territory surrendered, 1t is settled
that Alsace and Lorraine shall return to
France. The disposition Of the balance
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San Francisco have form
ed an aero club to be es-
tablished at Lloyds Neck,
L. l." These are a few of
the announcements that
indicate the coming avia-
ton boom.
The French have issued
10000 pilot licenses, and
others in the French army
are eligible; the British
have been credited with
even more. and the United
States has trained them
by the thousands. Already
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Six-Foot Man.
seVenty-eight feet across the wings, TWEEN
ty-four feet high and twenty-four feet from
front to back
A giant aeroplane resulting from the
combination OF all these would make one
1924 feet across the wings, 346 feet high
and 346 feet deep.
However, this way OF adding up the 5000
aeropIanes makes the least bulky result.
II all the 5000 were arranged In a field.
side by side, as they are in actual service,
they would make a line forty-four miles
long. This gives some idea Of the vast
problem Of handling the surrendered aero
plares.
When the Allies get the aeropllnes they
will have something of real practical value
that may have a great effect on the future
OF the world. u is believed that the great
superhuity Of military aeroplanes now on
hand must result in cheapening them and
stimulating popular interest in them for
sport and travel.
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
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AS a Vi
cold fact, the Al
lied representa-
tives had care
fully calculated
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that this was ZEYNI
practically all the N n y
heavy artillery - 49,
that had support wv
ed the great Ger " "a
man army and in
fiicted such enor-
nous losses on
the other side for
four and a quar-
ter years. II was
ascertained be-
yond question =
that the balance
of artillery left to
the Germans S.S
could be OF no -
possible danger W.
TO the Allies.
the Allies,
however, were u
not satisfied with ~
gathering up the
big guns. They
required the surrender
of $4,000 large size ma
chine guns by the Ger
mans. This was a large proper
ton of the weapons Of this type
possessed by the latter. They
had caused more Allied deaths than any
ether weapon in German possession.
The most perfect type of machine gun
fires 300 bullets minute. These $4,000
German machine guns, assuming that they
were OF the latest type, could therefore
fire 100000 deadly bullets per minute.
II helps US to understand how many
$4,000 machine guns are when we know
that the combination gun resulting from
all Of them would be 1T feet long, 14h
feet broad and S71a feet high.
The armistice required that Germany
should give up sixteen battleships and
battle cruisers, eight light cruisers and
fifty destroyers.
composite vessel has been imagined
made up from all these. This assumed
that the battleships and battle cruisers
measure 500 feet long, 81 feet wide and
10 feet from water line to top of highest
mast; that the light cruisers measure $50
feet long, 80 feet wide and 80 feet from
water line to top of highest mast, and that
the destroyers measure 3O5 feet long,
30 feet wide and so feet from water line
to top of highest mast.
The vessel resulting from these would
be 1,735 feet long, 2s1 feet wide and $40
feet high
Such a ship would completely block up
New York's East River. for the Brooklyn
Bridge is only 1000 feet from pier to pier.
1t is, perhaps, more impressive to think
of all those ships placed end to end.
Sixteen battleships and battle cruisers 600
feet long would make $500 feet; eight
light cruisers $50 feet long would make
5000 feet, and fifty destroyers 3O5 feet
long would make 1920 feet.
This would give total Of 25,450 feet, or
The Washington times., 1918-12-15

Inquiry among French aces shows that
some hope that civilian aviation will offer
satisfactory careers" says one dispatch.
@Air mail services plan fifty new lines"
Army airplanes for sale" Prominent
men Of Baltimore, New York. Chicago and
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~ miles But ships at sea require lot
Of space between them and one half the
German feet when it surrendered to the
British Navy was stretched over line
twenty miles long.
The largest battleships have crews OF
upward OF 1000 men, the cruisers about
600 men and the destroyers 200 men each.
This would give 3OSOO men as the total
crews Of the surrendered German ships.
Clause 10 Of the armistice required that
Germany should pay reparation for dam
age done. This has been estimated In
Paris at S6S,O00,00O000, a very moderate
estimate.
This sum In silver dollars would make
a pile 900 miles high, four and one-hat
times the earth's equator, and one-half
the distance from earth to moon.
II the sum were turned into dollar bills,
placed end TO end they would form line
100000 miles long or about One-eleventh
the distarce from earth to sun, The area
of these bills would be 800 SQUARE miles.
or 2i9,200 acres.
The armistice required the surrender Of
1000 aeroplanes, which was practically
the total equipment In this line OF the
German army. This is an item that would
require a tremendous amount OF room
The aeroplanes on the average measured
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one they would make a gun s06 feet long
and eighteen feet across the bore.
Such a gun would be one-quarter as high
again as New York's Woolworth Building,
the highest building in the world.
The average weight of these guns was
nine tons per gun, which would give a
total weight of $4,000 tons of steel The
modern gun develops an energy OF 7s4
foottons OF energy per ton Of gun. For
the 5000 guns we should then have q total
of 35,2s0.0O0 foottons of energy.
A foot-ton means the force needed d lift
one ton one foot in one second. The
5000 guns of the Germans exert force
enough to lift 115,0oS, 100000 tons in an
hour.
A sixteenInch gun has been built that
shoots seventy-fvei miles How far would
a gun snoot with q bore OF eighteen feet
or 10S inches?- II this force could be put
into practical shape 1t would land a shell
nm the DIaDaf Mara
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-10-12
Is 1t Possible To Believe 1t?

There are 100000 in Marylands
of all ages, who did not buy a bond
of the Second or Third Liberty Loan.
This, too, is upon the assumption
ON the side of liberality-tts4fe.t57
none of the people who subscribed
to the Second Loan subscribed to the
Third. This We know, of course, is
not the case.
What can those people who are
able to buy say in extenuation? How
can they ever look a returned SOL
der boy in the eye? What will be
their relation &c those who have
done their part, when we show an
honor roll Of deeds done after the
war?
Following is the cable reply of
General Pershing to the Governor of
the New York Reserve Bank on the
occasion of the Generals birthday:
Il am very greatly touched by
your Fluctuations upon the occasion
of my anniversary, and 1 thank you
sincerely.
The Fourth Liberty Loan will be
a magnificent success if your fellow
citizens put into the subscriptions
the same spirit that your soldiers put
into battle
Can the people fail to put the
soldiers spirit into the loan?
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-10-12

The man who fails to pick the win
ner, believes that horse-racing is a
all right.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-10-12
GASLESS SUNDAYS
ARE TO BE- CONTINUED
Fuel Administration ContradictS Ru-
morS o! Lifting Ban.

Contradicting recent rumors that
the Fuel Administration would lift
the ban on the use of motor vehicles
on Sundays, w Champlin Robinson,
Director of War Conservation, an
nounced yesterday that no such ac-
ton had been taken.
In a statement to II. MLuzius, sec
rotary of the Automobile Club OF
Maryland, Mr.. Robinson urged that
on the contrary, the public be re-
quested to adhere even more strictly
to the request Of the Fuel Admins,
tration. adding that there is more
need for gasoline now than at any
other time since the beginning of the
war
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-10-12
NOTICE TO CITIZENS OF TOWN
AND COUNTY.

We closed the Cambridge Hospital
to patients on account of Influenza.
We have six nurses sick; no maid
and no cook, and still we have quite
a number of sick patients, and few
nurses to do all the work Is there
not white or colored person who
would be willing to help us for a few
days, to sweep, to clean and cook
until this dreaded disease subsidies
Surely our citizens appreciate the
work being done for the sick. If SO,
come and help us.
P. E. HINES, Sec. & Treas.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-10-12
DUPONT Hospital May
Be Opened Awhile

Through the interest Of Mrs. Guy
Steele. the DUPONT Hospital has been
offered to the Ped Cross for use as
an Emergency Hospital for treatment
of Influenza. if sufficient number OF
volunteer nurses and helpers can be
obtained. The details Of the plan
are in charge of Mrs. Guy Steele and
Mrs. J. T. Williams.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-10-12
Governors Son Has Flu

Annapolis, Md, Oct. 11.-Among
the persons in Annapolis who have
been stricken with influenza is Emer-
son c. Harrington, Jr., son OF Cover
nor and Mrs. Harrington. He is
confined to the executive mansion,
but his condition is not serious.
Young Harrington was formerly
lieutenant in the One Hundred and
Fifteenth United States Infantry, but
was retired because of physical dis
abilities.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-10-12
HOWARD GRAY KILLED
in SERVICE OVERSEAS
Captain Alexander Gray, OF EIliott's
Island, Receives Telegram That
His Son Has Been Killed in Service

Captain Alexander Gray, of Ell
Eott's Island, this county, has re-
Gently received a telegram from the
War Department, announcing that
his son, T. Howard Gray, who left
here sometime in May, has been kill
ed in action on the Western front,
on Sunday, September 22nd.
Private Gray was about twenty
four years of age and is survived by
his father and several half brothers
and sisters.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-10-12

We desire to publicly express our
thanks for the many Evidences of es-
TEEN and friendship which have been
and brother, Herbert A Robinson
Mrs. Andrew Irwin, Mr.. Harold Rob
inson 1t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

America to hurry with her war plans.
The applause led Sir John to remark
he had always found in the Allied coun-
tries that the women seemed to hate
the Kaiser and his junkers more heart
ilv than the men. He said it would be
a sad dav for the Kaiser if he should
ever fall into the hands of a group OF
American. French or British women.
Sir John Foster Fraser was fol owed
bv DR.. Rosalic Morton, recently back
from the Balkan front, and Miss Anne
Morgan. who returned from France a
short time ago to raise funds IN oehalt
Of the women and children OF the de-
vastated regions.
II am proud that l am q Eriton,"
said Sir John, "as my country has
borne the brunt of the German otfen-
sive in the greatest battle OF history.
I believe that the German offensive has
now spent itself, and l know that for
every soldier of the Allies knocked
down in this push there are tive Ger
mans knocked down. Although l am a
Scot myself, am most willing to adj
nit shat the greatest soldiers fighting
in the British armies are the English
and they are the ones that have suf-
fercd the greatest losses. Seventy sin
per cent Of the casualties of British
arms has fallen to Englishmen."
Miss Morgan told Of the work organ.
lied by her in behalf of the civilian
population in Northern France. She
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Seaplane, Shelled
By 6 German Ships,
Sinks Submarine
Associated Press Correspondeneel

LONDON. March 10 Under a heavy
attack from three German submarines
and three German destroyers, BRUSH
seaplane recently persisted in her
efforts against another enemy boat
and succeeded in sinking il before
being damaged by the fire of the other
enemy warShips.
The seaYlanc was on patrol duty a.
$50 o'clock in the morning when
submarine was sighted on the surface
with a man standing forward BY the
Gun. Increasing hey speed, the sea
plane dropped to an altitude Of 500
feet and released a bomb.
AS she swooDed around to repeat the
attack shell from the Uboat burst
in the air fifty feet from the propeller
1t was seen that the bomb had made
a direct hit, big rent being visible
in the deck Of the submarine. Just
then out of the mist ahead three more
enemy submarines, followed close by
three destroyers, appeared.
Al six vessels maintained a hot fire
AGAINST the seaplane. However. q sec
ord bomb was dropped on the disabled
U-boat. It exploded fifteen feet ahead OF
the bow Of the submarine. The whole
craft shook and then sank quickly in
pool Of oil, bubbles and wreckage
The seaplane. having no more bombs
and as the destrovers were coming
near, returned to its base.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
German Division
Nearly Annihilated

WASHINGTON. March 30.-Regard-
ing the losses sustained by the Ger
mans in the battle in Picardy, an official
dispatch from France to-day said:
Although as yet our information is
very incomplete, it is certain that the
German losses in The battle of the
Somme have been enormous Prisoners
who were questioned on the 25th re-
ported, for example, that the 88th Divi-
sion Of Infantry was almost annihi-
lated, and that the 2O6th Division suf-
fered heavily. The losses are chiefly
due to the machine guns, which, IN
stalled with determined men in she'll
holes. now down to the very last the
dense enemy formations.
The bodies Of friends and enemies
are stripped as soon as possible by the
Germans and left entirely nude The
booty thus obtained by Selling the
equipment and clothing is collected ana
sent to the rear, so great is the scarcity
Of clothing and leather. The prisoners
when questioned do not conceal them
amazement at The Very small number OF
English and French dead which they
passed in the course OF their progress
Finally they admit the great surprise Of
their commanders in the resistance 0.
the Allied troops. The German leaders
had promised them that all would b.
over in few days"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Paris Again Under
Bombardment by
Long-Range Gun
F ew Casualties Result F rom
the Latest Attack, 1t
Is Reported

Eight dead, among whom are four
women, and thirty-seven wounded, in
Guiding nine women and seven chill
dren, were the casualties resulting
from the bombardment to-day.
Rescue parties at work in the church
which was struck yesterday by shell
from a German long-range gun have
found more bodies. 1t is now known
that fifty -four women were killed
The she'll struck the north side of
the church. bringing down part of the
roof and opening breach twelve feet
high and twenty feet wide. Nearly all
the debris fell inward upon the head
of the worshippers, sixty feet below.
The edifce is now a heartrending
sight. The enormous mass of stone,
in all shapes and sizes, lies in the
middle of the nave, and piled to about
the same height as the altar, which
was not damaged. The side aisles are
Uttered with less cumbersome wreck
ag< and the pavement is covered with
gray dust. All the stained glass win
dows, some of which were of historic
cal interest. are shattered. The church.
although begun in the Middle Ages,
was entirely remodelled in the epoch
of the Renaissance. The beauty of its
musical services, which were sung un-
accompanied, attracted many music
overs.
In addition to H. Stroehlin. coun-
sellor of the Swiss Legation in Paris
who was killed, it is feared that his
wife also is a victim, although search
ers have not yet found her body.
Among the injured are Countess Mo-
rand. Viscount Mol!tor and former Sen
ator Louis Gautteron.
\Pierre Monteux, French conductor a,
the Metropolitan Opera House, sale
last night he believed from the cableo
description the church struck by the
German shell was St. Gervais, on the
west side of the Seine, one-half mile
from the Pantheon and quarters
of mile from the Cathedral of Notrt
Dame. This church, he said, wa!
famous for its singing without accom-
paniment. The details of the arch
lecture given in the cable also CORE
spond with those Of St. Gervais, h,
added
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Sheffield Farms
reduce price Of milk April l

Sheffield Grade OPP G4c) pasteurized is the
popular B" household milk delivered in bottles Re-
duced to lac.
The Bigger Service which Sheffield offers those
who want TO get good milk and economic is sell this
same household milk beginning April LIST at the 185
Sheffield stores for only 10c quart.
1t is done the cash and carry" plan. You bring
your and carry the milk home In other large
cities the public doesn't get this opportunity for
orny and the Board of Health of New York City de-
great credit for recognizing that in the scrupu
safely handled in this way and the public who will
come and get their milk may &C quart and get
not only good milk but safe milk.
Bring your container (have for it) to any of
our stores and get your milk for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Says Britain Has as
Many Dead as We
HaveMen i'm France

There are as many dead English SOL
diers lying in French soil to-day as
there are Americans in Uniform who
have crossed the seas to fight" said Sir
John Foster Fraser. speaking before
the League for Political Education in
Carnegie Hall yesterday morning. Sir
John made his comparison between
British sacrifice and American effort IN
this war to emphasize his appeal for
American reinforcementsi in France.
Sir John said Uncle Sam had only
rolled up his sleeves to take hand
in the great struggle for democracy.
He warned against peace talk at such
a time as the present and against the
insidious efforts of German propa-
gandists to stir up peace sentiment
here.
Don't waste time Sir John con-
tinued. eve have confidence in your
power and your deeds
An audience of more than 1000,
mostly women, cheered as he exhorted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Japan Declined
To Send Army to
Fight in Europe
Unpreparedness Was Rea-
son Given at Paris Confer
ence, 1t Is Now Revealed
[Staf Corvespondence1

WASHINGTON, March 3o-A high
Japanese authority stated to-day that
the japanese government, more than
once approached by the Entente pow
ersl on the question of the possible
dispatchng Of japanese army to Eu
rope, had been obliged to reply mega
lively, owing to the country's unpre-
paredness for engaging in the conflict
on European territory.
Japan was last sounded on the sub
ject at the Paris inter-Allied confer
representing the United States, the
French delegates Introducing the sub
ject. Although they had received no
instructions from Toxic on the ques-
ton, the japanese representatives sub
mitted a statement outlining the in
surmountablc obstacles to such an en-
terprise, and Colonel House concurred
IN the Japanese view.
The subject Of compensation for
Japan was never suggested, either by
Japan or by any Allied government, it
was authoritatively declared, and IN
considering the subject originally IN
the first months of the war the decl-
sion OF the Japanese government was
based upon purely practical considera-
lions relating to transport and sup.
plies.
Contrary 70 the general opinion, il
was stated that the japanese army Is
not completely furnished with modern
euuipment 1t is short Of every ad
junct Of a modern army, from ga
masks to tanks. and possesses yer,
small number Of airplanes. Even /
ships were available for carrying ,
million japanese troops to the Bal
kans or to France, they would lack th'
necessary equipment to make them er
ticient
For the same reasons it would be I'm
n0ssiblc for Japan to send an arm.