New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 17, 1917, Page 9

SHIPS, HORE SHPS - JELLIGOE'S APPEAL * First Sea-Lord Tells How U. §. May Fight U-Boats London, April 17.—Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, former commander cf the British grand fleet and now First Sea Lord, said in an interview late Yesterday that' anything and every- thing in the way of small craft, from destroyers to tugs, would be the most ~useful comtribution which the United States could make tol the war against German submarfnes. The First Sea ,Lord asserted that the best hunting ‘ground for raiders is in this side of the water, as the possibility of Ger- man submarines operating- on the American coast is almost negligible unless they have a base on that side. “I have no desire to minimize to the Amierican people,” said Admiral Jellicoe, “the serious situation prevail- ing as a result of the illegal use of aubmarines by the Germans. Neither s it easy for us to take them into our onfidence and tell them what we 1 ' are doing to cope with the evil with- out providing the Germans with use- ful information. No methads existed in the past for fighting the submergtd . submarine, and the new inventions and processes for that purpose take time to develop. e are giving your ‘ravy -all the information in our possession and, knowing its record, we have great confidence that Ameri- can 'inventive genius will supplement it «vith valuable contributions. + “As far as the feeding of the allied Populations is concerned our! efforts must be concentrated on saving ton- hage while bringing in the necessary supplies, in order to minimize the effect of the submarine warfare. As You proHably know, we have bought s large quantities of wheat in Aus- tralia, but as the round vovage takes four times as long as that to America the bringing of this wheat takes four times as much tonnage as the carrying of American wheat to the allied powers. We therefore require all the -wheat we can obtain from America and Canada, 3 Food Situation in England. “Our food situation is by no means ‘as desperate as the Germans want to believe it is, but on the other hand it is' more serious- than many of our own people realize. Our shipping suffered very little more in March than during the first month of unre- stricted submarine warfare, and other tonnage sunk during that:period was { on much the same position. There is no very marked method of com- bhating the evil. What has been ac- jcomplished is the result of i#fiventions ~and processes which take time to de- velop, and the government is well aware of the fact that immediate re- sults could not be expected. “The increasing armament of our mercantile marine has made subma- Xines (far more cautious, and more subnierged ajtacks are taking place. " Of course, this has one advantage, in-/| | asmuch as the raiders must depend upon their torpedoes for such attacks, ana, being able to carry only a limited number, must, return to ‘port sooner ‘than . when they made their attacks ‘from the surface. Your navy depart- ment knows just how many subma- rines we have sunk, but the exact pumber of U-boats whi¢h have actu- » PRESIDENT WARNS AGAINST TREASON ‘ashington, April 17.—President Wilson has issued a proclamation calling the attention of aliens and citi- zens to the acts which this country holds to be treasonable, and warning them that the laws for the punishment of treason will be rigorously prose- cuted by the federal government. The proclamation quotes what the Ameri- can constitution says regarding treas- on, what the criminal code of the Cnited States contains by way of fed- eral law against treason, and sum- marizes the acts which the federal courts have held to be treasonable. Far-reaching importance attaches to the direction of the warning to allens, and the declaration that “resi- dent aliens, as well as all citizens, owe sllegiance to the United States,” and therefore are equally subject to the laws against treason and like crimes. At war the United States is in a very different position from a neutral. Bomb plotters now may be gripped with an iron hand. Not only are con- spirators themselves subject t6 heavy penalties, but any one, even a German resident, who has knowledge of treas- onable acts and fails to make known the facts to the authorities may ' be sent' to prison for séven years and fined $1,000 for misprision of treason. The president’s proclamation fol- lows: ““Whereas, All persons in the Unite States, citizens as well as aliens, should be informed'of the penalties which they will incur for any failure to bear true allegiance to the United States; - “Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wil- son, President of the United States, hereby issue this proclamation to call especial attention to the following pro- visions of the constitution and the laws of the United State * “Section 3 of Article III, of the Con- stitution provides, in part: Treason against the United States shall con: only in levy- ing war against them, or in ad- hering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. THe Criminal Code of the States provides: “Section 1—Whoever, owing al- legiance to the United States, levies war agains¥ them or ad- heres to their ' enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, fis guilty of treason. “Sec. 2.—Whoever is convicted of treason shall suffer death; or, at the discretion of the court, shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined not less than $10,000, to be levied on and ‘col~ lected out of any or all his prop- erty, real and personal, of which he was the owner at the, time of committing such treason, any sale or conveyance to the contrary notwithstanding; and every per- son so convicted of treason shall, however be incapable of holding any office under the United States. “‘SBec. 3—Whoever, owing allegi- ance to the United States and hav- ing knowledge of the commission of any treason against thgm, con- ceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the president or to some Jjudge or justice of a particular state, is guilty of misprision of ‘treason and shall be imprisoned not more than seven years and fined not more than $1,000. ‘Sec. 6—If two or more per- United FOR BENEFIT OF ALL IN UNITED STATES to overthrow, put down, or to de- stroy by force the government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to force to pre- vent, hinder, or delay the execu- tion of any law of United States, or by force to seize, take, or pos- sess any property of the United States, contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined not more than $5,000 or impris- oned’ not more than six years, or both. “The courts of the United States have stated the following acts to be treasonable: “The use or attempted use of any force or violence against the sovernment of the United States, or its military or naval forces. - “The acquisition, use or dis- posal of any property with knowl- edge that it is to be, or with intent that it shall be, of assistance to an enemy in their hostilities against the United States. ‘The performance of any act or the publication of gtatements or information which will or supply in any way, aid afd com- fort to the enemies of the Untied States, The direction, aiding, counseling, or countenancing of any of the foregoing acts. “Such acts are held to be treason- able, whether committed within the { United States or els@where; whether | committed by a citizen of the United | States or by an alien domiciled, or re- siding, in the United States, inasmuch as resident aliens, as well as citizens, owe allegiance to the United States and its laws. ‘ “Any such citizen or alien who has knowledge of the commission of such acts and conceals and does not make kown the facts to the officials named in Section 3 of the Penal Code is guilty of misprision of treason, “And I hereby proclaim and warn all citizens of the United States and all aliens, owing ‘allegiance to the Government of the United States, to abstain from committing any and all acts which would constitute .a viola- tion of any of the laws herein set forth; and I further proclaim and warn all persons who may commit such acts that they will be vigorously prosecuted therefor. “In witness whereof I have here- tnto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. “Done at the City of Washington, this sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty- first. \ “WOODROW WILSON, “By the President: “ROBERT LANSING, Secretary of State.” BOYCOTT ON TISZA Apponyf} Andrassy and Karolyli Wash Hands of Hungarian Premier for Refusal to Discuss Reforms. Budapest, April 17, (via Berne to Paris).—Angered at the refusal of Count Tisza, the Hungarian Premier, to take up voting and other reforms in parliament, a powerful op- position, led by Counts Apponyi, Andrassy, and Michael Karolyi, has broken completely, and, it is stated, finally, with the government leaders, NEW BRITAIN : 2 { BECAUSE—by that date we will have left so few sets of the Britannica that the last set will be sold before people writing for information can receive literature, make up .their minfl'.‘ : get their orders to us. ‘ 1 want this one of these cash price. this Do not blame us if you suddenly realize that what we have been telling for weeks has come " frue, and that you cannot get a set of the “Handy Volume” Britannica, paper, at any pricg. printed on genuine India For weeks we have been adverfising that we ‘must soon stop selligg this great library of authentic, reliable worl -facts because we can- not get any more sets from the publishers. 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Itis so close, the sets remain- sons in any state or territory or in any place subject to the jurisdic- tion of the United States, conspire —_— protection of the mercantile marine, ‘but they cannot end the submarinb menace by merely keeping the U-boats beneath the water. We want to end the evil by destroying the boats and we mean to do it. The so- lution of this problem offers plénty of score for the inventive genius ,of both navies. ‘“Zeebrugge forms another of our problems. It is difficult to deal with now, owing to German occupation and fortification of the Belgian coast. lly never retarned to port in known " only to the Getman admiralty, which, / naturally, does not give us this infor- ‘mation. Against a submerged attack a host of small craft forms the best protec- ~tion.. We can use everything from destroyers to tugs of any size. The danger of showing a periscope when the submarine may have a bomb dropped on it, or be rammed, is one “hich our enemy does not Jike to face. But ‘these craft must be used in the soné where submarines operate, and such a zone is hardly likely to be ex- and announces that from now. on it will have nothing.to do with Count Tissza, politically or gocially. The op- position leaders say that they intend to begin their boycott by refusing to attend the charity meeting patronised by Queen Zita, in which Count Tisza is active. That the governmeqt is still in con- trol, however is indicated by the fact that the meeting planned for April 29 in front ¢f the parliament building to discuss voting reforms has been pro- hibited. . Count Tissa's only answer thus far is a speech to the workmen's party in which he stated that further voting It behooves every man or womtan, boy or girl : at all interested in this wonderful, practical, educa- |, tional work to send in the above coupon at on‘ee. Remember—the entire set (29 volumes) are _yours to use and enjoy while you are paying for them. You only have to send $1.00 with the order” and $3.00 a month (for the cloth binding) fora - tended to the American coast. | “German submarines cannot 2&‘- ate over there effectively witho#t a base, and I am sure that your mag- " pificent navy will have no trouble in patrolling the Mexican gulf coast, on _ which a base might exist, while the entrance of Cuba into the war on the . side of the Allies deprives the Ger- J mans of the best place they might ‘| have obtained for such bases. Seas Sowed With Mines. “I have already warned your navy department that submarine mine lay- ers may visit your coast, dunip their cdrgo and return. But the lamage-| they do will not prove extemsive, as ‘each boat carries only about thirty mines. These mine. layers have dropped mines everywhere about our ‘coast. The exact figures at hand of ‘the number we have swept up and de- oyed would astonish you. *It cannot be denied that - naval _gtrategy has undergone a vast change Las the result of the illegal use by Ger- gany of submarines. Of course, it 4§ undeniable that their use - has changed naval warfare. Their advent as a fighting weapon has made a coast blockade of an enemy’s coast gmpossible, and has added to the diffi- culties we face on account of the nat- ural features of the German coast lirfe for cither attack or defense. 1“The most striking feature of the chance in our historic naval policy re- peiting from the illegal use of sub- marines and from the fact that, the enémy surface ships have been driven from the sea is that we have been empelled to abandon a definite of- gensive defensive, since our only ac- tive enemy is the submarine engaged in piracy and murder. “We must give our mercantile fleet a measure of protection which would not be dreamed of if the Germans merely used their U-boats for legiti- - mate naval warfare, and so many of our smaller warships must used gor this purpose, that the ‘tip and * raid becomes a possibility, while ' oub own blockading efforts suffer. It “This again brings us back to the ; fmportance of small craft for the a fact which we have to face, and the destroyers maintained there have made our work of guarding the Straits of Dover more difficult. mans in their ‘tip and run’ raids, dur- ing which they have committed ad- ditional illegality and the inhumanity of, bombarding open towns, have the great advantage of choosing the time destroyers can attack a patrol line you No naval officer, even before the war, ever believed that it was the business of a capital ship to stand up against a land fort, as land guns always have greater facilities for finding the range ‘than a gun mounted in a ship. “Tip and Run” Game in Was- “But the fortified Belgian coast is ‘The Ger- of attack, and when as many as thirty may gain some idea of the number of vessels we need on guard ‘con- stantly to stop every raid. We have met them more than once at night, but it is difficult to insure that the meeting shall not find us in consid- erable inferiority, owing to the dis- persion necessary to a watching force. | “In conclusion I cannot do better than quote from your great author, Captain Mahan. In his volume ‘The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future,’ he wrote: % ‘To Great Britain and the United States, if they rightly estimate the part they may play in the great drama of human progress, is en- trusted a maritime interest in the broadest sense of the word, which de- mands as one of the conditions of its exercise and its safety the organiza. tion of a force adequate to control the general course of ‘events; to main- tain, if the necessity arise,_not arbi- trarily, but as thbse in whom interest and power alike justify the claim to do s0, the laws that shall regulafe maritime warfare.” : “And agailn: ‘War, once declared, must be waged offensively, aggressive- ly. The enemy must not be fended off, but smitten down. You may then spare him every exaction, re- linquish every gain, but down he must be struck incessantly and re- morselessly.’ reforms. were unnecessary and that the prolongation of parliament, for which the opposition was clamoring, Wwag not meeded, because the only question of importance that could arise was that of peace, and that was in its preliminary stages. At least, he said, it was not a question for the parliamentary body to touch. The breach comes after a coalition between the government and opposi- tion was attempted, and which, when it proved vain, wag followed by a strong effort to dislodge Count Tisza and form a coalition cabinet headed by Count Andrassy. SPORTDOM SPARKLETS (Continued From Eighth Page), and it was his effectiveness at infight- ing, or perhaps the local lad’s poor defense, that earned him the honors. Free Lance, a stallion, by imp. Alvescot, out of Merry Heart, and winner of the Latonia Derby in 1912, was killed in' a terrific battle with Ralph, another thoroughbred, also a stallion, at Bashform Manor, the home of George J. Long, his owner, near here, yesterday. Mr. Long, it was sald, had refused $20,000 for the animal, which, according to horsemen, easily was the champion three-year- old in his Derby-winning year. ‘Welker, ‘Cochran, the boy billiardist, of Chicago, defeated two opponents in beginning his work of exhibition at Daly’s Academy yesterday. The youth first met Francis 8. Appleby, of Co- lumbia University, in the afternoon, winning by a acore of 300 to 154. Cochran’ averaged 20, while his best run was 66. In the evening Cochran played more brilliantly, decigively defeating William Dawson by 300 to 73. Cothran had an average.of 25 and a high run of 98 and an unfin- ished run of 110 carroms. ~ DICKINS CONNECTICUT BOYS IN FARMERS’ ARMY Stato Food Suply Gommit Considers Eniting Youts (8pecial to the Herald.) Hartford, April 17.—The proposi- tion of enlisting boys less than mili- tary age in a junior agricultural army is being considered by the Connecti- cut committee ar food supply. This was disclosed at a conference of the committee with the county agents from all parts of the state, held yes- terday afternoon at the committee’s headquarters in Hartford. The county. agents and some of the officials of the county leagues about twenty-five in all, met at the invitation of the com- mittee for the discussion of plans by which all agencies interested in the agricultural welfare of the state may co-operate to increase the food crops raised in Connecticut this summer. There was a general discussion and the committee members were much interested to learn the ideas and / ON’S Sets can be seen and orders left at: : 169-171 Main Street lit’ni}ed number of months. BOOK STORE ideals of the county agents and to find out from them what work has already been undertaken in the state along increased food production lines. ‘Wehen the. proposition of enlisting boys less than military age in a junior agricultural army was ad- vanced, the committee members were able to tell the county agents that ar- rangements had already been made for a meeting of high school princi- pals, the heads of the larger grammar schoals and the headmasters associa- tion of the state; to take up this very question. This meeting is to be held at the state capitol Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. mittee members and Governor Marcus H. Holcomb hope to have a detailed scheme ready to present. Another matter taken up was the proposition of urging the owners of large estates to curtail as much as possible this season in the matter of non-productive accupations, to free labor for productive work. committee last week made public a request that such a course be followed. There was also a discussion of the proposition of making use, in coun- ties where .1t is not done, of penal labor. Plans of this kind have worked out satisfactorily in Litchfleld and Windham counties. Other ques- tions taken up included some new system: of farm loans and possibili- ties of fixing prices. Na final action was taken on any of the propositions discussed, the meeting having been v By that time the com- ' ‘The food ' | called merely for the exchange of ideas. David Stone Kelsey of West Harts. | ford, editor of ' the “Comnecticut Farmer,” has volunteered to assist in the work of the Connecticut Commit- tee of Food Supply. Food for Thought, C. P. Stearns of Andover, owner of Pine Grove Farm, has offered the use of fifty acres of tillable land to the | state through the Connecticut com- mittee of food supply. Have vou a home garden? not? ~ \ 1Every acre of crops will help. v OPEN NOSTRILS! END ™ -"A COLD OR CATARRH ' How To Get Relief When 1 MNu_eth‘dUp. 4 Robert Scoville of the Connecticut ! Committee of Food Supply represent- ed Governor Marcus H. Holcomb’s newest war emergency comittee_at a . conference of reprgsentatives of the Mayors of 100 New York. and New England cities, held Monday at the ‘Waldorf-Astoria, New York. Count fifty! Your cold in head or catarrh disappears. Your clogged nos- trils will open, the air passages of your head will clear and you can breathe’s freely. No more .snuffling, hawking, mucous discharge, dryness or head- ache; no struggling for breéath atd night. Get a small bottle of Ely’s Cream There’s health in the hoe. Superintendent R. H, Crawford of the New Britain Boys' club, who has successfully conducted boys’ gardens in the Hardware city for several years, has called on the Connecticut Commit- 0 SR Balm from your druggist and apply & willingness to help in any possible| .. 0% 0%, tragrant antiseptic cream way in the more-food-crops campaign 5 eile. It traten throuatt in Connecticut this year; He promised ' IR your nostrils. pent 5 ganize | every air passage of the head, sooths b % fhow By, Dount freon ing and healing the swollen or ins among his club boys and have this arge * cultivation | flamed mucous membrane, giving e B o instant relief. Head colds and catas e i e yield like magic. Don’t stay stuffedeap. l and miserable. Relief is sure, o Make: Connecticut self-sustainips.