, 1918-05-02

Iermah o-poat bases. 3-Stephen
link should be sent home by a declar.
Belgian roads. The Netherlands oov.
eminent refuses to permit GERMANY IN
take these materials through Dutch
territory for military works.
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The Guatemalan national assemble
has declared that Guatemala occupIo,
the same position toward the Europesn
belligerents as does the United States
which in diplomatic circles is cops,t.
cred a declaration of war on GERMANY
and her allies.
The rapidity with which American
troops are being sent across the Allan.
tic is heartening the allies and dem.
onstrating the intention of our govern.
ment to put in the field the greatest
possible force in the shortest possible
time. Many of the men are going by
way of England, and the fact that they
are being transported across the Eng.
AASh IA III cdlCty has aroused tn6
Germans to such an extent that their
naval authorities have had to apollo.
gtze for the inaction Of their fleet.
1t is not permitted to tell how many
men the administration proposes to
send to France before the end Of the
year, but 1t is SO great that when Di.
rector General Schwab and the ship
ping board we're told by General Goe-
thals the amount of shipping he would
require they were staggered. Mr..
Schwab, however, believed the esti.
mate could be fulfilled If certain steps
could be taken to hasten the deliveries
of ships, these steps including the re-
duction of some Of the requirements
Of the navy so that the steel can be
diverted to the uses Of the transport
fleet.
In Washington 1t is understood that
as rapidly as ships can be provided the
soldiers will be sem across, whether
they are fully trained or not. 1t Is re-
ported the draft will be accelerated by
calling 100000 men to training next
month, a number far In excess of prevt.
Gus estimates.
In line with the present policy OF
speeding up and making efficient all
war preparations is the appointment
of John d. Ryan. the copper magnate,
as director of aircraft production for
the army and the reorganization OF
the aviation section of the signal corps.
General Squier hereafter will devote
his attention to the administration OF
signals, and Brig. Gen. William l. Ken
ly is made director of a new division
of military a%eronautics. Howard Cof'
fin retires from Craftsmanship Of the
aircraft board but remains a member
Of the advisory commission OF the
council of national defense.
The reports on the alrplane situa'
ton made to. the president by the
Marshall committee and by assistant
secretaries of war were not made pup
lie, but 1t is admitted that they SUD
stantiated the report Of the sehats
committee that the program had COZ
lapsed.
$780,
Both houses of congress have passeu
the Joint resolution to register for mir
itary service oil males becoming t"eI'
ty-one years old since June D. III.
The lower house adopted an amehu'
ment putting the newly registered me.
at the loot of their respective clssse'
and sustained the military commute.
In refusing to exempt those who nav
entered medical or divinity schoO'
since June 8.
The Chamberlain bill to turn seur
tionists over to military tribunals !.
trial by court martial met lts %s
when President Wilson decialeu -
firm opposition to 1t n othei
thorfties said II was unconsttuuona,
1t was, of course, introduced Oeen '+.
of charges that the department Oh ~
tice has been lax In combating n'
propaganda. but these charges arc =.
futed by the department, when
ports 1t has secured at least JIM thA
yictions in the last year, DESPITE
~inadeouacy of federal laws w" ma
sabotage and disloyal utterahceS' i've.
number M ocouittals has been relau''
ly small.
IN last
The senate devoted much TINE ar
week to debating the oyermah y" actlv.
the coordination of government doIlr.
tiles and 1t gained supporters .mons
senator Chamberlain being anon
those who declared he woulu sber
1t. In opposing the bill Senator 10
man of Illinois found oppottun n,su.
make a bitter attack on various nOrs,
bers of the cabinet n Oh
Creel.