New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 16, 1917, Page 5

) ROOT WOULD SHoOT TRAITORS AT DAWN . Russell Lashes Unnamed Senator For Disloyalty to America New York, Aug. 16.—Elthu Root and his associates on the American Mission to Russia, completed a busy day yesterday by attending a rousing patriotic meeting at the Union League club last night. Greeted by a distingulshed audience at a meeting presided over by Charles E. Hughes, Mr. Root made an impas- sloned plea for the New Russia. He 2lso denounced German agents in this country, who, under the guise of American citizenship, are seeking to undermine American institutions. “There are men walking around the city tonight,” sald Mr. Root, amid tumultous applause. “who ouglht to be taken out tomorrow at sunrise and shot for treason.” Charles Edward Russell. the social- ist member of the commission, was equally vigorous in his denunciation of American traitors who play the Xuiser's game. He was particularfly severe in his remarks concerning an unnamed member of the United States Senate, whom he accused of the rank- est disloyalty to his country, and whose acts and utterances glve ‘great comfort to the German agents in Rus- sia. The members of the commission had been the guests at two other meetings during the day, the first at the City Hall, when tliey were wel- comed to the city by Mayor Mitchel, and the sccond time at the Chamber of Commerce, where they were greet- ed by scores of the most representa- tive business men of the city. One each occaston Mr. Root told at some length of conditions in Russia and reiterated his faith that the Rus- sian people will emerge triumphant from the crisis through which they aro passing. The remarks of Mr. Root last night on conditions in Russia were similar to his gpeeches made previously dur- ing the day. But last night he went further and uttered a solemn warning against the traitors within our gates. Would Rise If Truth Were Known. “I want to say a word—not too many words—abaut the situation in America,” said Mr. Root. “I feel that there are still some Americans who do not quitée understand why we are fighting, why we are about to fight. If they did these pro-German traitors who are selling out our coun- try, who are endeavoring to make us unsuccessful in the war that we have undertaken, who are endeavar- iAg to make out actions inefficient, who are endeavoring by opposition and obstruction, in Congress and out of Congress, to make what America does in preparation for the war so ineffective, partial and incompetent, that when our young men go to the firing line in France and Flanders they » will meet defeat—if our people all un- ' v derstood why it is that we are going into this war they would rise up and crush these traitors down to earth. (Great applause and cheers.) “They are doing their work under false pretense; they are professing to be for the country and they are lying every day and in every word. They are covering themselves with the cloak of pretended Americanism, and it we are competent and fit for our liberty we will ind them out and get at them. (Applause.) And every one of us can help, not by talking to each other about what we hear, but by cartying to the authorities charged with the pursuit and detection off traitors all the information we can gather. ‘And understand, and I hope they will understand, it is only a question of time. (Applause.) We are only a democracy; we have not the swift de- cision and competent action of a mil- itary autocracy, but we cannot be fooled or played with too long. ‘Would Shoot Some Editors. “There are some newspapers pub- lished in this city every day the ed- itors of which deserve conviction and execution for treason. (Applause.) And sooner or later they will get it. The American people are not gaing to see ther young men led to death through the machinations of these ill-concealed friends of the enemy of our country.” Mr. Root then in graphic phrase pictured Germany as the arch ene- my of the American democracy, cit- ing case after case wherein Germany wauld have questioned the Monroe Doctrine had she dared do so. “We are going to fight,”” he con- tinued. “We are going to fight that our old men and children shall not be murdered and our women outraged, . that our opportunities in life shall not be cut off, and that our people who have lived with no political superior for these hundreds of years may not be reduced to a condition of vassals. And it is no easy thing, we have got to suffer and to endure. “It is no business in which we should be concerned abaut little trifles. We may not like this or that or the other thing that a public officer does. The main thing, the great thing, is to do nothing that will retard or divert or hinder the exercise of the full power of the American people in this mighty conflict, and to do everything that we can to add to that power, and press forward to the accomplishment of the great and necessary object of winning the war. (Applause.) Russell Denounces Senator. Mr. Russell was even more bitter in his attacks upon the German prop- aganda in America. His remarks on the unnamed senator were: “Disloyal American, disloyal Amer- ican that disgraces the congress of the United States; traitor in disguise that has taken the oath of allegiance and goes to the senate of the United . States to do the dirty work of the kaiser. (Great applause). Oh, could I have taken you by the throat and iragged you to Petrograd to put you up there in the Field of Mars on a Eunday afternoon and let you see the 1 | result of your work. For then you ' would have seen these miserable, fawning, slimy creatures that take the dirty money of Germany, some of them—shamed I am to tell you of it— some of them with American pass- ports in their pockets. “You would have seen that disloyal senator going from crowd to crowd upon that field and repeating your ! words of treason, quoting you; quot- ing what you say in the senate of the United States when you intro- duce a resolution demanding that the Allies shall state their terms, within three weeks those words will be re- peated by the agents of Germany. When you introduce a resolution in congress looking toward a peace con- ference within three weeks those words will be repeated upon the fields of Mars. IO T | “That, disloyal senator, is the re sult of your work, and every word that you utter in the senate of the United States in behalf of peace or in behalf of treason, every one of them is a poisoned dagger plunged toward the heart of your country. (Applause). » “It is terrible work, traitor, thai you are doing, for upon your work hangs the possibility of the loss of a million American lives and twenty billion dollars of American money. *‘So. then, nothing is so dreadful nothing is so appalling as to see a man that calls himself an American, arising in the congress of the United States to preach this most polsonous and perilcus doctrine of disunion at this time. Instead of any sucn thought ag that, instead of even the alluring terms of peace, when there can be no peace, instead of any doc- trine of holding, of hesitation, what is required now absolutely for the safety of democracy, and the safety of the liberty of the world is absolute union, absolute standing together and absolute spirit of sacrifice to the last drop of blood if that is necessary, ab- solutely evervihing we have.” (Ap- platse). HOLLAND FAGING ECONOMIC RUIN Mission to America Reticent Re- garding Engaging in War Amsterdam, Aug. 16.—“If we fail to persuade the American govern- ment to permit a continuance of the supply of grain it will mean misery and economic ruin for Holland,” unanimously declared the members of the official Dutch mission who are expected to sail for the United States this week and who were interviewed in a body by the Associated Press. ‘Whether such an eventuality would ultimately force Holland into the war the members of the mission did not care to prophesy. This, they contended, depended on the capacity of the Dutch people to bear privations and on unforeseeable circumstances, but it would manifest- ly render Holland's position most ser- jous and would make her more than ever dependent upon the Central Powers, to whom she would be NEW BRITAIN D port division agreement in her favor, but in view of German labor short- age the coal supply was likely to be further reduced. Holland would like, the delegates said, but doesn’t expect to get, the full ration of 75,000 tons of grain monthly from the United States. They declared there were practically no stocke in this country and that at the present rate of consumption the new crop would last only two months. The bread ration would soon be dras- tically reduced if the food situation did not improve. ROMANOFF FAMILY GOES T0 SIBERIA Hay Be Located—a—t Tobolsk, a Lonely Section Petrograd, Aug. 16.—The semi- official Russian news agency an- nounces that the deposed emperor and his family were removed trom the palace at Tsarskoe-Selo and that it was reported they were being trans- ported to Tobolsk, Siberia. . The provisional government firmly refuses to reveal the destination of the family. No one except the local military and officials especially sent from Petrograd witnessed the -start, and, according to a statement made to | the Associated Press by N. V, Nek- rasoff, Vice President of the Council of Ministers, the accounts published in the only newspaper which reported the incident were imaginary. It appears that the scheme was to remove Nicholas before dawn, but the train arrived at Tsarskoe-Selo several i hours late, Nicholas was very depressed in ap- pearance, but Alexandra, who was seen walking for the first time in sev- eral months, seemed lively and pleased at the prospect of a change in surroundings. In view of the need for special pre- caution, the guard on the route from the palace to the railroad station was not composed of any single unit but of delegations of ‘eleven trusted men from each battalion of the Tsarkoe- Selo garrisons. An hour after the train arrived Nicholas appeared on the steps of the palace, dressed in a colonel’s uniform, with a khaki blouse and with no decorations. With- out lifting his eyes from the ground he entered an automobile, accom- panied by Prince Dolgoroukoff and Count Benckendorff, formerly Court Marshal, who thus far have shared the captivity of the fallen ruler. They were followed by Alexandra, who was accompanied by Countess Naryshken, her close friend and formerly Lady of the Court; all of the four Grand Duchesses, with their maids of honor, and finally by Alexis, formerly heir | to the throne, at whose side was the gigantic sailor Derevenko, the protect- | or of Alexis since his birth and his constant companion and playmate. Guards Still at Palace. In order to kgep the start secret as long as possibfe the train was not drawn up to the station platform but was kept on a side track some obliged to turn to get grain, as well as the present essential coal, neces- sarily in exchange for equivalent con- cessions, and in which case the Amer- jcan aim of stopping Dutch food ex- ports toward Germany would still be defeated. The principal spokesman of the mission was Joost van Vollenhoven, managing director of the Nether- land® bank. He hinted at the con- clusions Holland would reluctantly have to draw regarding the overseas trade for the future, she having hitherto always reckoned that she could safely lean on that trade, no matter what happened to her Eastern supplies. The members of the mis- sion, however, in no wise anticipated such a failure of their efforts. On the contrary they were hopeful of success and said they would leave no stone unturned to achieve it. Joost van Vollenhoven said he thought America, where the rights of small states had been so cham- pioned, would not do anything to de- prive a small state of the possibility of maintaining a free existence. As to what Holland was prepared to concede for the privilege of pro- visioning this country the members of the mission spoke guardedly, but their remarks justify the deduction that the Netherlands would be agree- able to the chartering of part of her mercantile fleet. The one anxiety on this had was lest Holland should be wanted to do anything calculated to embroil her with Germany, hence the wish was expressed that any such ships would be employed outside Furopean waters. Mr. van Vollen- hoven expressly stated that the Neth- erlands government would welcome a scheme like that of taking over the Belgian relief shipping service. Dreads Wrath of Germany. The members of the mission em- phatically declared that while Hol- land’s supplies of the products of her soil to both sides were automatically decreasing, it was impossible to alter the present fixed division, arrange- ment in the sense of a smaller per- centage going to Germany and larger amount to the Entente coun- tries, as this would immediately be branded as unneutral by Germany and would expose the country to the greatest dangers. The only possible course in this direction would be to reduce or cease exports to both groups of belligerents. Van Vollenhoven expressed the opinion that in view of the Rumanian and other supplies, the severing of the Central Powers' food imports from the western neutrals would not disable the Teuton countries. He said that disablement only was to be achieved if it were possible to ¢ut oft oil, copper and similar vital supplies. Regarding the pending negotiations with Germany on the coal question, the Associated Press was assured that Germany was not aiming at a departurs from Holland's present ex- tance away, to which Nicholas and his party went. The public was unaware of the transfer until late last night. In order to keep up the fiction that Nicholas was still in the palace the guards were retained around the park and special vigilance was shown in keeping the people away. Many rumors are current in regard to the motives for the removal of the imperial family and regarding its destination. The semi-official news agency says the demands for Nicho- las’ transfer were due to fears of the authorities that attempts would be made to liberate him in connection with a counter revolutionary move-" ment, A prevalent theory is that the finding of the letter in which General Gurko, formerly commander on the southwestern front, expressed loyalty to the deposed emperor and of plots to effect the escape of Nicholas caused the Council of Deputies to demand his removal to a safer place—either To- bolsk, Siberia, or Kostroma, which was the original seat of the Roman- off family. Mr. Nekrasoff said, how- ever, that all stories to the effect that the removel was connected with the Gurko affair or with sttempts to lib- erate Nicholas were untrue, the trans- fer having been decided upon last month. Arrangements were made to keep it secret until it had been exe- cuted. FUND TO PROTECT GIRLS, Mrs. Humiston Leads Organization of New York Women. New York, Aug. 16.—To give moral and financial backing to Mrs. Grace Humiston in her search for missing girls, 50 women, who met yesterday morning at the Biltmore hotel, or- ganized a woman’'s committee to be known as the Ruth Cruger Emer- gency Fund. “Our immediate task,” said Mrs. ‘William Curtis Demorest, who had called the meeting ‘‘is to obtain for Mrs. Humiston the support of the women of this city in investigating the causes and conditions of specific cases of missing girls whom the po- lice have been unable to find. The committee’s work has the approval and co-operation of Commissioner Woods. “Although we shall immediately take vigorous means by a public ap- peal to raise an emergency fund of $50,000 to make it possible for Mrs. Humiston to begin her work at once, the work of the committee does not stop there. Any young girl in dis- tress or the father or mother of any such girl may come quietly to any member of the committee and be sure of full sympathy and of whatever di- rect assistance we can give. At it§ discretion the committee will present these cases to Mrs. Humiston for in- vestigation. “Mrs. Humiston will carry on her work for the next six months in close dis- | AILY HERALD THURS DAY, BT AOGUST 16, 1917, 2 YO A X T RRT XY R MISS KATHERINE STINSON, IN AIRPLANE, TO RACE BARNEY OLDFIELD IN AUTO { New York, Aug. 16.—Barney Old- field, the weteran speed king, claims | to be the champion automobile racer | of the world. But it is admitted on all sides that Louis Chevrolet and Ralph De Palma are his closest rivals. {To determine who is the fastest driv- | er these three will meet at Sheeps- | head .Bay Speedway for the champion- | ship and a large .purse. The cars which the men will drive are equal, and the tests will result in a falr race to determine who is the most skillful driver. In addition to the three cornered automobile race, Oldfleld will race while Miss Stinson will drive one of the latest model government air- planes, a type which is now being constructed for use in France. This race will be over a two mile course and promises thrills galore. Miss Stinson is one of the most accom- plished aviators in the country and is confident of covering the distance in less time than Oldfield requires. The other day at St. Louis, on a mile dirt track, Oldfield lowered every record from one to fifty miles in his ‘“Golden Submarine.” Barney's sub- marine idea 1is the outcome of sev- enteen years of dangerous racing. Tt is a car that is covered completeiy with a thin gauge armor plat and Miss Katherine Stinson in a two mile | go Oldfield will drive his automobile | can be turned over at the rate of ninety miles an hour without danger of injury to the driver. “I have always had the idea of the shell covered car,” said Barney. ‘“The thing is turning over, and I consider that I have been mighty lucky to go through seventeen years knocking around on all kinds of tracks without a fata] accident. “The athlete that makes a bid for fame in these days must be willing to take chances with his life when- ever the acid test is put to him. A that makes racing dangerous | = a u 1T t o Not Litera creature would have peace, and we would be trampled under foot by alien vaders. rights will soon have fight for. missioner, urging him treason that is constantly spoken) the streets of your city by you called soap box orators. | of you who, like me, cannot go ab] | to ‘SOAP BOX TRAITG FEEL TEDDY'S Ily, of Course, B Amounted to Same Now York, Aug. 16.—Pacifists, 15, I. W. W.s, soap box or pro-Gterman newspapers and all would accept a peace brought | by any other means than a oi defcat of Germany by force ot were under hot fire by Col. Roo! guns at the Harvard Club, West Forty-fourth Street, last nigl N The Colonel attacked vigol upon a wide front, and was chi epeatedly by the Harvard Plat ers and several hundred others heard him. ‘if we followed the advice of itterly despicable pacifists, Soc . W. W.'s and a whole raft of se " sajd Col. Roosevelt, We would deserve it. for its ion unwilling to fight no righ “I shall write to your Police Q to stop It is the fight, to see that officials her | against the traitors in this count i G “I am sick of seeing newsp! printed in German here, and I sick of some that are printed In lish. Such treason is talked and ten in America as would cause if thors to be shot at sunrise were 1} tered in Germany against the Gel overnment. If a man loves an | country so that it interferes with i certain number of alibis go, but there | is always one point in ‘every close race where you must take a chance, and often a desperate one, and that is where the winner is made. “I have always said that I will re- tire before the Grim Reaper gets a good swipe at me, but every spring the ‘speed bugs' find me getting up something else that might be more ! sensational and thrill satisfying ror | the fans.” | In the accompanying pictures N(\.\‘ 1 1 is De Palma, No. 2 Oldfield, No. 3 Chevrolet and No. 4 Miss Stinson. caic] ment. At the end of that time shall be able to decide whether the results of her work warrant our forming a permanent group for the we | 1 co-operation with the police depart- ' protection of girls in the city.” The committee needs money to pay the expenses of investigators whom Mrs. Humiston must have in |order to enlarge her work. She will [ receive no pay. Checks should be made payable to the Ruth Cruger | Emergency Fund, No. 110 West For- | tieth street, or to Mrs. Felix Adler, i chairman. { Americanism, let him be put @ this country. The man who &l our Allies is a traitor to the U States. “If ever there was a holy wai is one. The world could not Ji | der Prussian rule, and we are ing to save humanity from an ence of that kind. Until the G people separate themselves from ! Government, I am fighting the man people. Let them repi their Government and I shall st out the hand of friendship. ) they support it as they are doim is foolish to differentiate betw! brutalized government and tho hold up-its bloody hands. “When we get flve million men the other side, the death knell @ Hohenzollerns will have stguck.. Cross? Fine! Liberty Loan? G Y. M. C. A.? Splendid! Raising tatoes? Three cheers! But, let vou, what really counts is men “Let every man who is fit mi his mind that if he does not use means in his power to do his fi part in this war, he is going to | |a lot to explain to his children grandchildren.” Speaking of America’s money | tributions to the Allies, Col. Roo | declared the lending was due all credit of a pawn broker. IN Q OUT of 11 BIG LEAGUE CITIES From player to “fan” Fatimas are thc champion. At the ball parks in 9 out of thc 11 Big League cities, Fatima's sales are considerably ahead of any other high-grade cigarette. These men like Fatima’s fine flavor. They like the comfort to throat and tongue. But most of all they are glad it is not necessary to “keep score” on the number of Fatimas they smoke. “Forg FATIMA A Sensible. Fatimas are so sensible that you, too, will stick to them. Logatt e Myors Tobaceo G Cigareftte