Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-09-12

SiSting the allies nj. ]. TereStchenko,
minister of foreign affairs In Keren-
sky's cabinet, has been assassinated in
Poltava.
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Seemingly not yet quite satisfied
that Zeppelins as raiders are failure,
the Germans sent feet of five OF
these monsters across to raid England
last week Their coming was signaled
and they were attacked by the British
air defense before they could reach
the coast. One Of them was shot down
in flames over the sea, its commander.
the noted Captain Strasser, and all
the crew perishing The other airships
fed.
The submarine pirates continued
their depredations in the western At
lantic, torpedoing a number of mer-
chant ships and fishing boats and sink
ing the Diamond Shoals lightship off
Cape Hatteras. This aforementioned
exploit may be part of a set plan of
destroying important navigation sig
nails in order to hamper shipping The
doings of the U-bOats, however, no
longer cause the allies extreme anx-
iety, for it is evident they are on the
decline. Addressing the house of
commons, Premier Lloyd George said
$50 submarines had been sunk by the
British navy. and the British admir-
atty announces the output of merchant
ships by the allies and neutral nations
for the three months ending June 80
exceeded the losses from all causes by
296, 1896 gross tons. The American
yards are now turning out vessels with
extraordinary rapidity. The launch
ing of the first one from the great gov
eminent yard at Hog island was at
| tended by President and Mrs. Wilson.
Our war departments army program
was partly revealed to the senate COM
mittee on military affairs by General
March, chief of staff, when he ap-
peared before 1t to urge all possible
haste in passing the bill extending the
draft age limits to eighteen and forty
FIVE years, Concisely stated, the pro-
gram is as follows:
Ninety-eight divisions - 1920, 900
men-to make up troops obtained IN
der existing law.
Eighty DIVISIONS. 100000 men-tO
be sent to France.
Eighteen divisions-720,000 men-to
be held in reserve In the United States
! while additional recruits are being
trained.
An army when completed of 5000
600 men, minimum strength.
Troop movement to France at the
rate of 250,0O0 men month until cold
weather sets in, meaning over 1000 900
more men abroad before the first of the
year.
An expeditionary force of almost q
100000 men in France by January /.
General March told the committee
the United States can end the war by
getting 100000 trained troops, fully
equipped, into France, and he intimat-
| ed that Marshal Foch is only await
ing the arrival of the Americans in
| full strength to hurl the entire united
military strength of the allies at the
| Huns on the western front. This tire
mendous blow. he intimated, was due
| to fall next spring. The chief of stan
said he did not believe it would be
necessary to send the eighteen-year-Old
class to the firing line, but that the
government wants these young men
! trained and in readiness. He said 1t
| would be satisfactory If the bill were
passed Immediately after congress re-
| Sumes the transaction of business on
| August 26 Some of the senators be-
| lieved quicker action would be advis-
| able. Chairman Dent of the house mil
itary affairs committee, clinging to the
| anti and ante-war ideas that always
have animated his actions, shows no
| desire to have the bill considered by
| his committee in time for early pas
| sage. It was stated that the sensible
| members of the committee. headed by
Representative Kahn, probably would
! have to take charge of the measure.
! w ny IHe SII1dl-IDluueu DeDL Is uOI
OuSted from his craftsmanship of this
most important committee remains one
I of the mysteries. Other men connect
ed with the administration and the
government who were pacifistS and
small army and navy advocates, have
seen the error of their ways long since
and are doing everything in their power
! to help win the war. but no such light
| Eliminates the dense mind of Dent
! The house ways and means commit
| tee is still busy with the next revenue
measure. Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo has informed Chairman Kitch-
| in that he is strongly in favor of fiat
war profits tax of 80 per cent, which
he believes would render unnecessary
any increase in the existing excess
profits tax rate, and would also be
found the only way to reach real war
| profiteering. The committee has
agreed upon section that would call
on the president to pay tax of $24,-
600 as his part of the cOuntry's finan-
| ciaI war burden and under which the