The Red Cloud chief., 1918-09-05

Losses OF allied and neutral mer-
chant shipping during July aggregated
313,O1l gross tons, an increase over
the month of June but n big decrease
from the losses of July, 1917. There
Is nothing IN the shipping situation TO
change the opinion that the submarine
campaign is a Nat failure. Its out
breaks now are sporadic and more an
moving than serious. Among the neu-
trail nations that have suffered from
II Spain Is showing the most resent
ment. and last week II notified the
imperial German government that,
Spanish tonnage having been reduced
10 the extreme limit, Spain will be
obliged. In case Of new sinkings, TO
substitute therefor German vessels In.
termed in Spanish ports. At the same
time, the Spanish cabinet announced.
Spain will continue to observe neutral
ity. There Is n strong pro-German
element I'm Spain, and every hint OF
a rupture Of relations brings violent
protest from the pro-German press
there.
Germany's latest peace offensive,
consisting of speeches by leading men,
was opened by Doctor SOlf, minister
of colonies, who devoted himself main
~ to blaming England for starting
the war and attacking the British in
tcntiOn Il retain the conquered Ger
man colonies. lie also defended Ger
mans course IN he near East. as
sorting that she was merely protect
ing the frontier peoples of Russia I'M
I'll they are capable Of determining
their own national future. The
Czecho- Slovaks he denounced as land
less robber bands" The expressed de
termination Of The allied nations to
defeat the Germans on h battlefield
gives Doctor Solf great pain and
arouseS his bitter anger.
With troops going across the Allan
tic at the rate of about 10000 a
month, with the new draft law about
TO he put on It's passage, and with
war Industries well organized and
ready To operate full blast. the Amer
lean government Is confronted with a
serious shortage OF labor. A million
workers are needed AT once and the
administration intends that they shall
be provided for the concerns that are
making war materials, no matter what
happens to private business. NOnes-
sential industries will be called on to
give up many of their men all idlers
will be put TO work, and wOmen will
be used to release men for war work
that women cannot do. The emergen.
cy Is one that must be met, and those
In authority propose to meet II In the
same spirit in which they have met
the need for a huge army OF fighters,
A general feeling Of satisfaction
pervaded the country when II was
announced that the 100 l. w. W.. lead
ers on trial in Chicago for ~disloyalty
had been convicted. Next on the list
Of alleged d~isloyalists 10 be given q
dose of justice are five Socialists
Victor l.. Berger, Adolph Germer, Ir
win st. John Tucker, j. Louis EHgdahI
anu Within II. hTuSe. Inc CuuTBes
against them are ever more serious
than We're those against the "Wob
blicS."
The house ways and means commit
tee nearly completed the draft Of tn,
SS,000,0O0,0O0 revenue bill, but hat
still to decide between two PROPOSE
lions for the excess profits tax. Ac
|: cOrdlng to Chairman Kitchin thes,
, We're, first: An 8 per cent deduction
In addition to the $1,000 specific ex
emption, with a 80 per cent tax OF
, profits between 8 and Is per cent ~
per cent tax on profits between !!
and 20 per ceNt, and 10 per cent Ia,
on profits above 20 per cent, and, sec
Ond, the same exemption and deduc
, ton, with 40 per cent tax on profit
| between s and 20 per o and 20 pc
cent tax on profits exceeding 20 pc,
, cent.
The committee decided on a Hat II
!, per cen deduction as n minimum Of
war profits. The proportion Of eXces
( profits ana war profits taxes will re
main the same; that is, 80 per cent o
2 business will fall under the war prof
tee fAH IL 1nAfIAl -. IAV IA -.