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The sun., 1918-02-06
BRITISH SHIPS
TO HELP CARRY
100000 ARMY
Bakers Estimate Is Based
on Guarantee of English
Cooperation.
HE GETS MILLION TONS
Plan Of Joint Transportation
Kept Secret Except to
Few Officials.
spscidi Despo,ch 70 Tar srN.

WAsiirNGro%, Feh.s 5.--aecrctary
Bakers estimate ~ 1900. 900 additional
American troops IN Europe this year Is
based on The British Governments guar
antee OF 100000 tons Of additional
Transatlantic shipping for the tnted
States Army The British offer. which
only recently has been accepted. eN-
plains the dtscrepanc, between estimates
on available shipping made By Mr. Baker
and by Senate. Hitchcock and others in
the Senate.
The news OF the British offer. which
so far has been available only to a few
outside the Presidents Cabinet. probably
will he made known to those Senators
WHO have been unable to see how the
shipping needs for 100000 troops could
be met.
II was this Governments desire to con-
ccai the facts until later. bu. the per-
sistence Of the inquiries from the Capt.
tol has caused the alb: :ndonmcn. OF this
plan.
President Wilson ,coi, up personally
the shipping problem tonight and at "A
conference with l.. y. Hurley. chairman
OF the shipping Board. went into the
great problem of procuring tonnage for
the movement OF American troops and
supplies overseas.
cussed. including the progress of the
Government building programme. plans
for obtaining allied ships for transport
ing soldiers and negotiations with the
Eurupea n neutrals for tonnage to release
American vessels for transatlantic ser
vice. The President was particularly in
terested in the proposal 20 OBTAIN addi-
.tional ship. by reducing imports prob
ably oHe-half.
\ full realization Of the extent to
which Americas troop movement to
France depends on tonnage has come not
only TO this Government but to the Al
lies as we'll. \ big American army
! ia substantially ready to go. but before
Il Is sent the War Depa rtnent wants
to he assured IL cap be supplied. Ships
are available TO transport the men: the
problem is keeping them furnished with
materials with which TO fight.
4 million men on the fighting front
will require. according to the host csti-
mates available, from four to seven
millions tons Of shipping in continuous
! between tyAnsrica and, Europe. The
United States can lay its hands On about
-four, million tons now 'had expeets 70
build during the year anywhere from
three 10 Elk million tons more.
The President was told by Mr.. Hurley
that bad weather in January cut con-
s.ruction OF comma ndeered ships fully
60 per cent. The Shipping Board's piars
for building UP a great shipyard work
crs' reserve and for obtaining more
work out Of shipyard labor at prescn.
engaged we're outlined.
The Allies are drawing less and less
on America for munitions. as every
month they are increasing the volume Of
their own manufacture. This releases
tonnage both for the movement Of food
stuffs and for use by the American n
forces
The sun., 1918-02-06
T. RS RELAPSE
PUTSHIM IN BED
Colonel Resting Easily After
Another Operation for
Deep-Seated Absccss.
CANCELS VARIOUS PLANS
Patient Brought.tO. Hotel Here
--&Hopes to Be Around in
Few Days.

As result of an operation performed
az Sycamore Hill a few days ago, Col.
Theodore Roosevelt. was removed 20 the
Hotel Lansdon. Fifty-sixth street and
Fifth avenue, yesterday afternoon -
lie might be under the personal care of
his physicians.
The operation was fo- a deep seated
absccss that was the result OF a tropi-
cai fever contracted during the Cubao
campaign and augmented by his Brazil
ian trip four ySars ago. Las, night
Mrs. Roosevelt reported by bulletin :hat
lie was "restihg easily" and it IS UNDER
stood he will be up and around within q
few days.
His sudden illness resulted in the
cancellation OF a speech the colonel was
20 deliver at an important meeting OF
the Vixilantes last night. and the ar
nouncement he would nc unable TO
speak at Boston tomorrow night be-
fore the Chamber OF Commerce.. W fill
his speaking engagements next week ~
Des Mo!nes. Milwaukee and Detroit.
F)vrr since the Spanish American war
Col Roosevelt has suffered nt intervals
from fever contracted in one II the
camps During his trying Braz'lian cS-
ploration trip It developed into nalis-
nant form. This caused a deep abscess
which has troubled him more or less dur
ins the past four years.
Several days ago. when the old
trouble showed itself again, DR.. Walton
Martin OF ST. Luke's Hospital was
called. With other physicians n consult
tation was held and an mediate opera
ton decided on. When the Colonel was
told he at once took the matter UP with
his family and consent was given 20
have the operation performed. This was
done by DR. Martin. assisted by several
other surgeons.
After being kept in his bed for few
days the Colonel. with his usua! v!gor
and grit. insisted he was all right again
and got up. However. lie soon found
that for once he had overguessed his
strength and as the resul, Of the ursings
Of both Mrs. Roosevelt; and his physi-
clans l,e consented 10 be taken yesterday
afternoon TO the langdon so that he
might he under their direct care.
All OF the Colonel's engagements for
the next ten days have been cancelled
and while IL Is probable he will be well
enough to leave his bed within the next
few days there is little likelihood his
physicians will permit him TO engage In
any Of his usual strenuous activities for
two or three weeks at the earliest;
The sun., 1918-02-06
Reds Commander in Chiefs
Staff Arrested and
Mohilev Occupied.
POLISH ARMY ACTS
May Be Operating in Con.
junction With KOrnilOff
to Help Allies.
YALTA Is LOST IN SOUTH
ScbastOpOl Threatened by De-
sccndants Of GeMghis
Khan.
POLISH ARMY ACTS
YALTA Is LOST IN SOUTH

LONDON. Feb. 5.--The long expected
definite military movement against the
Lenine -Trotsky regime and the Holshs-
Wiki seems TO be taking definite shape At
last In addition to the tendency of the
provincial Governments to split or into
separate republics" such as tho Tx
raine and F!n!snd. there is a broader
movement which seems to be directed
primarily against the Boisheviki
In the south Se',astopol Is threatened
by Tartar forces, which have occupied
falta, while in the west the Poles have
occupied Mohiiev. which has been for q
long time the headquarters of the Rus
sian army. thir,y-n,e miles southwest
OF retrosrad, ana have captured tb.
Bolshevik Commander in CHIEF. Kiev
apparently has been retakcn by the
Ckrainian forces.
In the Crimca and the Caucasus
regions Of Russ.a there are nearly 1000.
900 Turko-Tartars. They are descend-
ants OF the Tartar warriors. who in the
middle ages swept over Asia under the
leadership of Genshis Khan and
threatened Europe There has been
much intermarriage between the Tartars
and Turks. Cossacks and other races.
Advancing on sebastopoi.
The Tartar forces after occupyinx
ialta. In the government Of Taurida, are
advancing on Sebastopol. nussia's chief
fortress and naval base on the Black
sea, according to despatch dated
saturday, received by the Petyograd
Ersnina Post from, sebsstopo.
are ss: s..sinr Ssspassn tssl IA. % , n. .r.r:
sailors and soldiers.
Troops Of thS Sfsvolutionary army A,
M'ask hAfa captured the town Of Nitjin.
according TO. a headquarters despajch
They are now advancing on Kiev.
Gen. Eerkhovski. who held tho port
lol'o or War Minister during tho Eeren-
SIX! regime. has been arrested, charged
WIN counter revolutionary activity.
wireless despatch received at Her
IN from Kiev saws that the Poles hay.
occrpicd Moh!lev. the Russian mai,
headquarters. and have arrested Enriru
kryienko. the commander IN chief Of the
staff. @'''''
TEe message adds that tho I,olsheyik
uprising AZ Kiev has been suppressed by
the Ukrainians. -
NJ. Holubowicz. chairman OF the
.krsinian peace delegation. has been an.
pointed Premier Of the Ukraine.
The Berlin Tossische Zeituno say,
,ne troops OF the Rada have occupied
Nharkov and that tho Ministry<of Holu.
powicz contains no Bolsheviki.
In reply TO despatch announcinr. tia,
inc central Ra1A AT EtAv Ind .;,.,,
ously risen against the authcr,tv OF The
SOVIET the Black Sea Fleet and the
Soviet OF Seba stqpo,, according to the
Eolshevik Telegraph Agency, have de-
cIared their fidelity 10 tho peoples COM
missioners
The sun., 1918-02-06
REICHSTAG MEN
FIGHT WAR AIMS
Independent Socialists De-
nOunce Deceit and Demand
Peace Without Annexation.
WASHINGTON GETS TEXT
Manifesto Calls on Masses TO
FWstrate Militants' Plans
and End War.

AMSTERDAM, Feb. S.-The Tele.
graars frontier correspondent says the
measures taken by the German official,
against the strike leaders IN Germany
evoked great discomfort among the Ger.
man soldiers In Flanders. The CORE.
spondent adds that In many cases the
soldiers have melted Belgian Iaborers
forced by the Germans to worA. 10 "a
on strike.
A Berlin despatch received here to.
day quotes the "Mittag Am Zeituns" AZ
saying with regard to the strike In Ger.
many. that work had been resumed with
out exception in all the armament fac.
tories and that In other large concern,
the men were reported 10 he rcsumino
their duties. The despatch added that
there had been no distnrhances.
The sun., 1918-02-06
What Soldiers Say
of "Sun" Smoke Fund
EsLIE C. BARBER, Company

T I.ESLIE c. BARBER, Company
/, Sixteenth Infantry, some
where in France, writes to a SUN
Tobacco Fund contributor:
"A soldiers blessing hereby
descends upon your head. The
'consolations for existence ar.
rived on schedule time, and, be-
ing a member Of the first division,
have learned among other
things to he grateful for and to
appreciate American tobacco.
May the new year set down '365
good days to your account"
Several other soldiers post
cards, each containing a blessing,
are printed on page s.
WARNING! THE SUN TO.
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza-
ton or publication. It employs
no agents or solicitors.
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Spec.a, Dcspatch 70 TIE srx.

WAsIIINGroN. Feb. The state De-
partment has received tho text of the
pamphlet Issued and distributed in Ger
many by the Independent Socialists in
their campaign TO arouse popular feeling
against the German Governments mill
taristic policy. Tho pamphlet was
signed by the Independent Socialists in
the Reichstag January 10. and has now
been published by the Social Democrdten
Of Copenhagen. II follows:
ITO tho men and women Of the labor
classes: We have reached turning
poin, in history. The Governments war
aims are now brought to head at Brest-
L!tovsk /, has been perslstently In
sisted in the past that tho German Gov
ernment wanted only to protecAthe en-
pires borders and had no intention of
making anneXattons. No true thinking
man can longer believe this statement.
The sun., 1918-02-06
VENICE Is BOMBED AGAIN.
No One Ii Killed In Latest Enem,
Raid.

VENICE (Monday). Feb. 4.---It was
believed that the enemy had decided to
respect tho remaining art treasures In
Venice, but his policy OF terrorism was
resumed last night. The siren sounded
soon after midnight and the alarm con-
tinued until daylight. Several bombs
were dropped.
a number OF bombs fell into the water
at the eastern end OF the Grand Canal
One fell near the Church of santa Maria
del Giglio. another In the Gale Furlain
and three on the Lido. Fortunately no
one was killed.
The sun., 1918-02-06
Kaiser COvcts Ruasian Lands.

Germany desires annexation of Rus
sian territory. Faithful to democratic
principles. Russias sOc,alistic Govern
men, has made n proposal that Poles.
lithuanians and Let's should decide
through a free referendum after troops
are withdrawn whether they wish to be-
come an independent state or whether
a ia ri Of either Of tho two countries. Con-
,rary to this. the German Government
demands that the Russian delegates at
Brest- -Litovsk shall acknowledge that
those countries havo already parted
from Russia and simultaneously our
Government refused to withdraw tho
troops from these districts Immediately
after peace conclusion or Russian demo-
bilization.
"1h.s nearly caused the peace neGo-
tiatiops to strand. Tho Russian Govern
msnt replied as expected: T.at n de-
cision taken In the presence OF foreign
troops cannot be regarded as rejecting
the true desire OF the population.
ut is true that negotiations have been
resumed, but Germanys population IL
exposed TO great danger. no less ,than
that Of Russia. II Germany should sue
csed In a peace of might against tho
Russian people this would be fatal to
Russia and Poles, Lithuanians and Let's.
but still more fatal to ourselves. The
consequence would be n postponenent of
The sun., 1918-02-06
Newspapers on Sale

In order to meet the public demand for news
papers an ample supply of them is provided at the
newsstands in all subway and elevated railroad stations
and railroad terminals and in the principal hotels and
restaurants. If any newsdealer fails to supply his
customers they buy whatever papers they want
conveniently and comfortably in these places.
A further list of places where newspapers can be
purchased will be found on page of this paper.
The sun., 1918-02-06
As TRANSMITTED.

AS TUANSM1CTED.
;hink there is 10 harm in stating
that I regard the recent proposals OF
President Wilson as an apprcciabe
approach 10 the Austro. Hungarian
point. OF view. and that to some
OF them Austria Hungary joyfully
could give her approval. But she
must first lay down this principle
that in so far an these propositions
concern her allies. whether in the
case OF Germany's possession Of Bel
gium or in the case of Turkey, Aus
tria-Hunsary, faithful TO her en-
Gagements tu fight to the end in de-
fence OF her allies. will defend the
possessions of her allies as she would
her own. That is the standpoint OF
our allies. in regard to which there
Is perfect reciprocity.
1t is this declaration, obvious
programme. and to Bulgaria's ave
ro, cs,, e,,,k -
The sun., 1918-02-06
AND TARTARS STRIKE
TOBREAKBOLSF1E WK RULE:
ENSIGN KR YLENKO CAUGHT
CZERNZN REFUSED TO BACK
THE KAISER ON BELGIUM
Austrian Minister'S Speech Which Is Causing Storm
in Berlin and Sofia, Was Garbled by Germans to
Give Directly Opposite Meaning.

LONDON Feb 5The most important passage the which
Count Cernin the Austro Hungarian Minister delivered
the Reichsrath January "a which creating
Austrian agitation in Germany and Bulgaria. distorted
change completely its meaning the version which
Bureau permitted to % England and America
Following the versions speech
reference to President Wilson's proposals:
The sun., 1918-02-06
1920 U.BOAT VICTIMS
ARE NONCOMBATANTS
Bonar Law Tells Commons Of
British Death List.

LONDON, Feb. 5.-German C-boats.
according to q reply given to-day by
Andrew Bonar Law. Government leader
In the House OF Commons. have done
to death :Ll20 non-combatant British
men, women and children.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Representativc
Miller. who recently visited the battle.
front In France. told the House to-day
he believed German submarines were
tSing destroyed about as rapidly az
Germany can build them.
Mr.. Miller said during the last ten
months three tlmes as many submarines
had been destroyed as were DESTROYED
during the previous two and a halt
years.
The sun., 1918-02-06
LIMIT BREAD TO
H0TELPATR0NS
Two Ounces, Three Thin Slices.
Set for Restaurants and
Dining Cars, Too.
NEW FOOD BOARD ORDER
"Fifty-Fifty" Plan Will Allow
Sending Of Much More
to the Allies.
NEW FOOD BOARD ORDER

A two ounce bread ration for patrons
of hotels restaurants and dining cars
was ordered yesterday by the Food Ad.
ministration in Washington. This allow
ance is about that now observed ineEng.
land.
\ telegram to tho Federal Food Board
Of New York. received yesterday. in.
cluded the following:
y Portion Of bread or rolls should con-
sist Of not more than Two ounces and
not more than this quantity should be
served to any one at any one meal
Rolls should weigh not more than one
ounce each. except that when corn, oat-
meal. bran bread or rolls is served alone
portions may consist Of rot more than
four ounces.
You will note that all hotels. res
taurants. dining cars viii, come under
rnw batting regulation. announced In
the press February /. but hotels and
restaurants have led the van of food
conservation and can do more. News
dispatches from Germany are convinc.
ing evidence that food Ia going to win
the war. Show the country that you arc
more willing to do your part in this &C.
complishment.'
The hotel division OF the Food Admin
istration announced the following pro.
8rAmme rOr notels, restaurants and din
ing car. to be put into effect immedi-
ately: Monday and Wednesday. wheat.
less: Tuesday. meatless: Saturday. pork.
less: one meatiess and one wheatless
meal each day.
Three thin slices of bread ordinarily
weigh two ounces and a roll and a half
weigh about the same. Many places
have long been serving less than the Of
ficial two ounce bread ration. but one
could get more IL he asked for II.
This despatch also came to the Fed
eral Food Board Yesterday from Messrs
Whtmarsh and Hallowell of the Ma
tional Food Administration:
"Once more let US emphasize that OBJ.
ject OF nifty fifty plan is to reduce con-
sumption Of wheat so that more can
be shipped TO the Allies also to prevent
boarding or purchasing more than rea.
sonable supplies
The sun., 1918-02-06
~ DELlN Erred,

So far as these propositions con-
Germ her allies. whether in the case
OF German possessions. Belgium or
Turkey. Austria-ilungary. faithful
to her engagements. will 60 to the
.extreme IN defence OF her allies. She
will defend the pre-war possessions
OF her allies as she would her own.
BY removing the comma between
German possessions" and "Bcl1ium," )"
inserting "of' and dropping the I'M
portant adjective "prc- -rur" Count
Czernin was made to say that he would
defend Gcrmary's possession Of Bel.
gium. This il the very thing he EN-.
rhatically d!sclaimed. lie definitely.
Gissociated Belgium from German pos
sessions and declared that Austria
would defend only the prc-war posses
sions OF her allies.
Y opposed to the German militarist
red war aims programme, which is
The sun., 1918-02-06
PALACE IN BERLIN ATTACKED
bomb Thrown hy strikers satur.
l1S-Many Are sts. Made.

Special Ca6'e Despatch 10 TITS SrS from ths
London Times
ropyr0h' 1915: all rights reserr.d.
DEENE. Feb. "a bomb was thrown
into tho Imperial Palace by strikers on
Saturday. according to telcg rams re-
ceived here from Berlin. Twenty-Five
arrests have been made.
Attempts are being made in Germany
to attribute the strike to foreign agents,
whose purpose Is to weaken the army.
The sun., 1918-02-06
Potato as wheat Flour Substitute.

BosroS. Feb. 5.-Because or the
scarcity In this State of the so-calied
dark hours." proportion of which
must be sold with wheat -four. State
Food Administrator Endicott to-day
ruled that until further notice potatoes
may be sold az wheat -four substitutes.
four pounds of potatoes being reckoned
equivalent to one pound of other SUBJ
stitutes.'
The sun., 1918-02-06
Polish Army Raised At Last,

ot tho many attempts to form q Poi.
ish army only the las, has been success.
ful When Poland was overrun BY the
Germans and Aus:rians formal announce
ment was mado that ar autonc,nou,
Kingdom was 10 be set UP under ths
suzerainty Of Germany and desperate
EFFORTS we're made by the German lead.
ers To organize fighting force of Poles,
put enlistmenfs werc ridiculously few,
and the attempt finally was abandoned.
The strong element in Poland which
has always believed that tho fate OF
their country was linked with that of
Russia and not with tho Teutopic
Powers attempted abou. two years ago
to organize separate Polish army to
fEht under the Russian flag. but lack cf
any assurance OF tho unity Of such :,
force brought the attempt TO nothing
although large number OF men were
enlisted.
After tho revolution in Russia last
March this attempt was revived IN q
modified form. and when the Allies de.
clared themselves for the Independence
of Poland II began TO take concrete form
At great congress held in Petrograd
In June the project of forming a seps-
rate Polish army out OF the 500 900
Poles serving In the Russian ranks was
enthusiastically approved. and when the
Lenine-Trotzky Government began the
Systematic disintsgration OF the Rus.
sian army this movement received q
great impetus.
The sun., 1918-02-06

Go to Ptnshusst. y. E.. Ly. \. Y 1908
Broadway. Phone 3sH Mad. Sq,-.idr.
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On solid Foundation.

The formation OF Polish legions IN
France and the United States, with the
approval Of both countries. put the plan
Oh solid foundation ani recruiting in
Russia proceeded rapidly a few weeks
ago 1t was announced that the Polish
army in Russia was ready for action,
either alone or In conjunction With the
Allies, and It was reported that sot,io
Polish troops had gone 70 the Ukraine
to cooperate either with the l'krain!uu
forces or those Of Gen. Xa,edin, COM
n,ander Of the Cossacks there. II is
more probable. however. that they hayo
Joined the army OF Gen. Korn!loff, 49,
ganixcd on the much broader principle
OF the defence OF Russia and the rescue
Of the country from the Bolshevikl
The record Of the Poles rs fighting
men for hundreds Of years places them
In the first rank. and so far a. known.
they have no sympathy for the Boz
shry.K va%arics. Polish national .3eiiuE
Is very strong, cven to-day. and tine
people rcaillr th' 3rinr necessity TO-
proving on the battlefield thci. r.cht
10 na,!oahcoi They S,ch a place 4.
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Inasmuch az the Fuel Administration
had no further facts than those which
had failed to convince Mr.. McAdoo In
the morning, II found itself In the awk-
ward position Of being asked to put
forth u statement which In effect would
say "thc order which We issued some
time ago IL still In effect"
Mr.. McAdoo. who does not favor shut
downs. but believes rather IN speeding
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