New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 24, 1917, Page 5

TRUST CRY RAISED -AGAINST RED CROSS Independent Organizations Charge Goercion at Indignation Meeting & New York, July 24.—Confronted, as they thought, by the alternative of becoming auxiliaries of the Amer- ican Red Cross ot being forced out of existence, representatives of . in- dependent war relief organizations brought charges ofl coercive methods against the Red Cross yesterday. Representatives of 75 of the inde- ”Pflndent relief organizations, consti- tuting all of the societies not affiliated with the larger associations, met yes- terday afternoon at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel to consider plans for co-ordin- ating relief work, and the speeches made by some‘ of the: delegates showed resentment over the situation. Not all of the representatives were opposed to working with the Red Cross, however, ‘and several of them snnounced xrankly that they were in favor of accepting an ‘agreement for centralifing velief! work offered : by the Red Cross co-ordinating commit- teg, of which Robert 8. Lovett, head of the executive committee of the Union Pacific raflroad, is the chair- man. 5 One delegate to tha meeting, said toy ho g woted physician from Boston, : n by asgerting that in ms mithd the Red Cross organiza- tion was attempting to establish a ‘charity firust.” and was followed as a speaker hy the national chairman ¢? another organization who com- piained that representatives of the Red Cross had sttempted to dictate the, manner in° which funds should oo m\lretzd. ‘ The greatest grievance seemed to ceter about. the charge that the American Red Cross would, by as- suming control of the Red Cross clearing house, be in a position to exblude many of the indepéndent or- gahizations from the privilege of p ing their relief supplies without cost, as they have been doing ¥n to (ha present time, The practice before the Red Cross began to extend | its activities, and before the United States entered the war, was for each of the war relief organizations to send what ‘@bdods it collected to, this clearing house, from "where it was lopded on steamships and carried to forefgn ports withoat dharge. Reach- ‘ing, the. country which it .was in- tehded, the sup;firg! were ‘carried on the railroads without cost to the shippers. + however, the delegates to the meeting yesterday were informed by NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, some of the speakers, the intention is | mittee of congress on mendnures in to accord free transportation only to the supplies sent by the Red Cross, or by its auxiliaries, and there was a stir when one of the women present announced positively that General Pershing already had put such an or- der into effect. Red Cross Favored By Pershing. “No free transportation for any supplies save those of the Red Cross and the government,” was the way the alleged Pershing order was re- peated to the meeting. As the Amer- ican general is not in a position to dictate the policy as regards ship- ments of relief supplies, it was sup- posed that this means that the war department had issued an order to this effect. A resolution was thereupon adopted by the delegates to question Judge Lovett as to the situation when the representatives of the Red Cross and the independent relief organization meet in his office tomorrow afternoon. “Judge Lovett will be asked if the Red Cross will withdraw the privilege of free transportation from organiza- tions that do not become auxiliaries of 'the Red Cross,” said Frederick H. Allen, géneral chairman of the Fed- ganizations, last night. “If it is true zations’ that do not accept the tetms | proposed by the Red Cross, it will meéan that these associations will have to accept, or go out of existence. It costs a great deal to ship goods across the seas at the present time, and the organizations could not afford it. “I,do not remember who it was that made the statement at the meet- ing that General Pershing had an- nounced that only Red Cross relief supplies were to be accorded fre transportation. But it was made, and, of course, some of the representa- tives of the’ organizations wanted: to know where they stood. “It was decided, through the adop- | tion of a resolution that if the situa- | tion proved to be as reported and the | Red Cross refused to grant free, trans: portation, that the allied governments be asked by cable if they would not continge to assist in the free: trans- portation of the shipments of the in- dependent war relief societies.’ WILSON OBJECTS T0 FINANCIAL ADVIGE Declares Against Congressional ‘Committee on Conduct of War . ‘Washington, . July 24.—President ‘Wison announced last night that he would consider the full enactment of legislation looking to a select com- The Curran DryGoods Co. 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M. at, yd Hats that sold at $1.98, One grand clean 50 c 10c You will find other Big Bargains on Tables in every Department in the Sttore that will inerest you. eral Council of Allled War Rtlief or-; that this privilege of free transporta- tion is to be withdrawn from organi-, the conduct of the war “as arising from adack of confidence in myself.” In a lettér to Chairman Lever of the house agricultural committee, the president declared that section 23 of the ffood administration bill contain- ing the senate provision for a joint committee on expenditures in the con- duct of the war “would if enacted into law render my task of conducting this war practically impossible." Earlier in the day it was announced semi-officially " that tHe president would oppose to the uttermost the substitution by the senate of a three man board of control for the one: man control carried in the house bill. No reference was made to this, however, in the president’s letter to Chairman Lever. Administration senators who were belieyed to have secured the tacit consent of the president to the substitution were surprised at this announcement, which, however, seems to have been vitiated by the executive attention devoted to sec- tion 23 in the presidents letter. Cites Lincoln’s Case. Mr. Wilson wrote to Representative Lever in response to a letter promis- ing to hastén the food bill through conference and asking advice on the war committee provision. The presi- dent’s reply follows: 1, “I am very much obliged to:you for your thoughtful courtesy in stating to me the circumstances of the present action on the adminietration bill, and I am particularly obliged to you for |. calling my attention tg section 28. I deem it my duty to express my opin- ion about that section and fts jeffect upon the whole administration of the war very frankly indeed since : the public.interest manifestly demands that I should do so. “Section 23 is not only entirely for- eign to the subject matter of the food administration bill in which it is in- corporated, but would, if enacted into law, render my, task;of conducting the (war practically impossible. I cannot elieve that those who proposed this section scrutinjzed it .with care or analyzed. the. ejects which its opera- tion would necessarily have.. The con- stant supervision of executive action which it contemplates would amount to nothing less than an assumption on the part of the legislative body of the executive work of the administra- tion, “There is a very omnious precadent in our history which shows how guch a,supervigion would operate. I .refer to the committee on the conduct of the war constituted by the congress of ithe administration of Mr. Lincoln. It was the cause;of constant and dis- tressing harassment and rendered Mr. Lincoln’s task all but impossible. “I am not, I beg you to believe in any way questioning what might be the motives or the purpose of the members of such a' committee, I am ready to assume that they would wish to co-operate in the most patriotic spirit, but co-opération of that kind is not practicable in the circum- stafices. The ' responsibility < rests upen the administration. “There are abundant existing means of investigation and of the effective enforcement of ‘that responsibility. I sincerely hope that updn the recon- sideration of this matter both houses of congress will see that my objec- | tions rest upon indisputable grounds and’ that T eould only interpret the final adoption of section 23 as arising from a lack of confidence in myself.” + The president’s announced refusal to acquiesce in any co-operation be- tween the legislative and the execu- tive departments as provided in sec- tion 23 is regarded as the most omi- nous note yet sounded 'in the storm which has beén gathering at the cap- itol over the attttude of the president toward congress and the obvious lack of co-ordination: of ‘éxecutive agencies responsible for the tremendous war expenditure IRISHMEN READY FOR CONVENTION Flrst Home ' Rule Sessmn to Be Held Tomorrow d Dublin, July :24.—Arrangements for the Irish convention, .which tomor- row will begin, an endeavor to solve the Irish problem, are now complete. Henry E. Duke, chief secretary for Ireland, and Sir Francis Hopwood visited Trinity college here and in- spected the convention hall and com- mittee, rooms. They expressed them- selves as much: pleased with the ar- rangements. . Various bodies in Ireland have chosen their delegates to the con- vention. They constitute a group which is representative of all ele- ments of Irish life, except the Sinn Feiners and O’'Brienites, who have refused to take part in the gathering. The nominations made by the gov- ernment have not yet become known officially, but many of those who ac- cepted the government's ‘invitation to act as delegates have allowed the fact to become known through the press. They have been drawn from all par- ties and clasges. Some of them have been chosen to strengthen the labor representation, in view of the refusal of the Dublinrand Cork Trades Coun- cils to send delegates. The decision to exclude reporters from the semsions of the convention and to prohibit the publication of anything comcerning the proceedings except the oifficial reports has gone unchallenged, except by William O'Brien. It fis considered that the deliberationss of the convention will be freer if *they they are not em- barrassed byspartisan newspaper com- ment. Although rthis consideration does not apply’ to the foreign press, it is stated that .foreign journalists would be bound by the same rules as the representatiives of British and Irish newspapers.and would be permitted to use only ithe official reports of the proceedings., Sinn [Fein Asks Our Aid. Washinggon; , July 24.—~Two coms e JULY 24, 191 7. 0 \3\)\“:\‘ ot Packageq of !"our, 109 B used thh propcr care, four Tungs=tone : St‘yh (one IQG package) should play 1,000 records When playing Victor Records, carefully lower the sound box and place the stylus or needle upon the smooth outside rim of the record and 'gently push into the record groove. Manufactured exclusively by the Victor Talking Machine Company, Camdes, N. J. New Victor Records demonstrated, at all deuers on the 1st of each month ‘Warning: The uso of the word Vi wmm-memw fitfli Vict qumwxmm.rmmm i i il 01 M’MGMMMM “fihlhr-flua products i11{“"i’!fi'jiu!’jiL"? T [l (l M .J.v,'/u’;[' '«lumllummmllwfi? -‘\'I NI il q,r;p hn ' ~mm|.......m|ummmfimfi‘ifiumwnh | I'M 1“""' il l! munications addressed to the presi- dent and congress of the United States, containing pleas by the Sinn Fefners in Ireland for American aid in. their demand for absolute inde- pendence from England, were left at the White House yesterday by Irish representattves. One document is signed by Patrick McCarter, ‘on behalf of the provis- ional government of the Irish Repub- lic.” The othér is a facsimile of an appeal signed by- twenty-six officers “of forces formed independently in Ireland to secure the complete liberty | of the Irish nation,” urging aid as a fulfillment of the democratic prin- ciples enunciated in President Wil- son’s address to the new Russian re- public. Both are dated at Dublin, June. 18, 1917. One of the letters presented to the president and congress by the Sinn Fein leaders declares that ‘the people of Ireland interpret President Wilson’s communication to the new government of Russia as in effect a declaration of independence for all oppressed natfons.” It says that “the Irish have ever been as jealous of the honor and glory of America as its own citizens,’ and continues: “We believe we have reason to expect as- sistance from yolir great country in fighting the same battle against the same foe as Washington fought. “We. have mo doubts about the good will of .the American govern- ment. and: peoplé;, and, while pre- pared, when the oppertunity arises, to assert our independence by the one force whieh demands universal re- spect, and ® agcept aid from any quarter to.that end, we hope Ameri- cans will see their way to aid in doing for Ireland what they did for Cuba. We feel that they. will insist upon repaying to Ireland,the sacri~ fices and contributions bade by. her sons in the cause of America.” The other letter defends the right ‘of the Irith people to resist ‘‘external aggression, external interferénce, and external control.” PATTERN ARMY ON SYSTEM OF FRANCE Shake-up Deaidod on b Pershing to Co-operate With French Washington, July 24.—The first im- portant resuit of General Pershing's conterences at the Paris war ' office and 'observations on the weéstern front will be a reorganization of the United! States army along the lines of the French units. The reorganization will affect every { company, regiment and division of the present regular establishment and thef militia units that are about to go to camp. ‘The National army, called under We draft, Wwill' be organized altogether along the French line. Orders for the reorganization are now being prepared by the general staff and will be telegraphed te the | various department commanders about the date of. the fleld mobilization of the militia. As a result of the experience of the Clvil war, supplied with lessons taken from European wars of fifty vears, the American army was organized on the basis of from 100 to 150 men to a company, 1,200 to 1,800 ta a regiment, and approximately 28,500 to a division. The War College system of organiza- tions for a number of reasons of a technical nature. System Now Obsolete. General Pershing has been con- vinced by the French general staff that such .organizations were praper under the old methods of warfare, but that the Upited States should do away completely with this system if the American troops are to be of the ut- most service to the allied cause. In place of these units General Per- shing has recommended by cable that the companies be increased to 250 men; regiments-to:3,000 and divisions ‘by eut approximately to 17,000. As. it would be,impossible to expect France to reorganize an army of millions, General Pershing. ' reported that this country should immediately build its system along the. lines al- ready followed by the greater force. ‘When General Pershing’s report was received -officers of the war callege division of the general staff. objected strenuously to an adoption of the French system. Some of the younger officers complained bitterly that the United. States should not throw over badily a system-that was adopted, be- cause it was believed to be perfect. Will Alternate With French. The principal reason ascribed for the change is that American troop are expected to occupy trenches ternately with French troops. Unle the units are in the same size con: fusion would result from the inter- change. In other words, if a French diviS§ion of 17,000 men was with- draws so that an American could take the trench, it would be mani- festly impossible to make the changed Conversely, the same difficulties would arise from attempting to American companies and regin in trenches occupied by French 4 ganizations. As a result of the change 'theré be a general shake up of offie minor commands. In the. | organization a, company is (ed by a captain, assisted by and second Neutenant. = Undér 'the] new system the captain will remain in command, but will probably be mounted and he will have four lieu~ tenants under him. No change is anticipated in the bats talion or regimental commands. A major will command the former and a colonel the latter as under the new system will have almost as many. tropps as a brigadier general now has. A division at present is com-| manded by a major general. vl e Buy an Indiana truck.—advt. $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 and $3.50. SHIRTS $1.00 NOW.