New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 24, 1918, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERAL D “ADS” MEAN BUSINESS HERAL BETTER PRICE THREE CLNTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1018—EIGHTEEN PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1876, BRITISH MISSION | 10 JAPAN IN U. 5. Prince Arthur and Party Cross Atlantic on Warship HONOR FOR YOSHIHITO Baton Being Conveyed to Ruler of | Nippon, Honorary Field Marshal in | British Army—Will Visit White | House. An Atlantic Port, May 24.—Prince ‘Arthur of Connaught, son of the Duke of Connaught and Strathern, former governor general of Canada, and a cousin of King George, rrived here today from an English port, as head of a British mission, The mission made the voyage ahoard British cruiser. The party was met by Assist- ant Secretary Long and others. On Way to Japan. Washington, May 24—The mission headed by Prince Arthur, the state de- partment announced today, is on its way to Japan. It will come to Wash- ington to call on President Wilson. The prince’s mission to Japan is in connection with the recent appoint- ment of the emperor of Japan as an | lionorary field marshal in the British army. He is carrying to the emperor a field marshal’'s baion. The mission includ the following: Captain, the Hon. soseph St. Clair, master of St. Clair, Equerry to his royal highness; Lieut. Gen. Sir Wil- liam Pultne OBl K, Gl G, D, 8. O.; Major Theral of Perbroke | and Montgomery, M. V. O., zide to Gen. Pultney; Captain F. Batt, quar- termaster third battalion, Royal Berk- shire Regiment, and four soldier ser- vants. Prince Arthur is a grandson of | Queen Victoria and first cousin of | King George. He was born on Janu- | ary, 1883, and married the Duchess of | Fife in 1913. His sister is the Crown Princess of Sweden. The Duke of Connaught, his father, gave up his claim to the throne of Saxe-Cobu rather than become a German prince. 4 Prince Arthur has served with the British xpeditionary For pa ticipating in the retreat from Mon the battles of the Marne, Aisne, Ypre Neuve Chapelle, Loos and Somme He also was in the offensive of 191 first with his own regiment, the Royal Scots Grays, then with the second cavalry division. In 1916 he was with the fourth army under General Sir Henry Rawlinson and later on the ! staff of the Canadian corps. GERMANY RAISING CONVICT BATTALIONS | “Male Workers in Munition Factories and Troops From Other Fronts Rushed to West. Washington, May 24.—As an | cation 6f the effort being made Germany to meet the strain on manpower, convict battalions are being formed, according to a dispatch received by the state department to- day quoting a neutral newspaper. * Other d ¢ measures are being taken, according to the article, in- cluding stripping of munition factories of men and the substitution of women, children and prisoners, and moving of troops from the garrison along the | Dutch frontier and from the Ruma- | nian front to the west. The latter Jtroops have been described being unfit for intensive action because bf the “soft war” of recent months on the southern front. READY FOR REGISTRATION First District Board Will indi- by her Use Office and Broad Street Site and Second City Hall Corridor. The first and districts are now p: v ready for the national registration day, June 5, when all males, native or alien born, who have attained the age of 21 since the 5th of last June must register Lunder the selective service law. In both distric the registration will be open from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. The first district will register men in the office in city hall and also _in tulsky's block on Broad street, while the second board will have its ration booth in the corridor hall. Volunteer cler neaded by hoth boards, A United State medical corp offi- cer, a captain, is visiting the local draft boards to inspect their method physical examination. He is *hiefly engaged in checking up the men who have been rejected by close- ly inspecting the physical examina- tions exemption are TRAFFIO MEN TO ME Secretary L. A. Sprague of Chamber of Commerce has issued invitation to all traflic managers and shippers in this city, to meet at th chamber next Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, when the matter of high- vay transportation will be discussed. The committee on the Americani tion plan today mailed to 15 citie guestionnaires concerning the work s carried on in those plac It is 4 the an I i i says a dispateh from offices | of | SWEDE ENVOY QUITS TOKI0 UNBER GLOUD ‘Wallenhurg‘§ Departure Follows Charges of Unneutrality * ALLIED DIPLOMATS SCORNFUL Members of Other Embassies Refused to Attend l'unctions to Which He Was Invited—Japanese Asked to Emigrate to Bolivia, London, May 24.-—Much specula- tion has been aroused in Tokio over the departure of G. O. Wallenburg, the Swedish minister, and 14 promi- nent Swedish residents, according to a dispatch from Tokio to the Daily Express, dated Thursday. Allegations of unneutral conduct by the minister are «freely made. The Japanese foreign office has not issued a statement, but, it is added, it is pub- lic knowledge that Allied diplomai recently refused to meet Mr. Wallen- burg or attend functions to which had been invited. No members of the diplomatic corps were at the railway station when the Swedish minister left. Japan-Chinesc Military Pact Signed. Tokio, May 18, (By the Associated Press.)—The military agreement with China has been signed. Being mili- tary in nature it is not like! tails will be announced. arranged to meet the contingenc; possible military action in R Bolivia Invites Japancse Farmers. London, May 24.—A Bolivian pleni- potentiary, Minoza Reyes, has arrived in Tokio to arrange for Japanese emi- gration on a large scale to Bolivia, Tokio to the Daily Mail. The dispatch says that of the Bolivian emissary range for the settlement, as a first step, of 10,000 Japanes rmers in Bolivia to work vast tracts of uncul- tivated land. The Mail correspondent 1dds that an important development in, Japanese emigration to South America is foreshadowed. the mission is to ar- 'WORK OR FIGHT RULE PUTS NATION ON EDGE. Makes Improbable Necessity of Raising Draft Age. Washington, May 24.—The ching character of the new or fight” regulations. under the government proposes to put every man of draft age into some useful employment or into the army. probably wiil not be fully realized | the country until the effects of its oreration appear in every commun- ity Inasmuch every up for determination on its merit the operation of regulation goes fo ward it will become apparent that the scope of the government’s action practically is limitless. As the outgrowth of a pian con- ceived and known as putting the na- tion to work the new regulations probably will be more and more clesely applied as the war goes on, o1 until it becomes nece: to raise the draft age above 31. tary ad- visers are of the opinion now that it net be neces: to raise the age and the manpower of the nation is sufficient if those now of draft age are fully utilized. The first effect of the new regula- tions will be to drive idlers to work or into the army. Moreover it will be the idlers’ own responsibility to cet a useful job before July 1. Then will come determination of what con- stitutes uscful employments, and this, it pointed out, will come in for cleser determination as the war gocs far- ‘work which rea case will come N VOTE ON WAGF Haven, May 24.—Ballots cast members of the trollevmen's union on the Connecticut company's s) are being counted today and a meeting of the joint conference board will be held later in the day. It has been re- ported that the men have rejected the company’s offer at 34 to 40 cents an hour an the request for 38 to 45 cents an hour, but on this point it is stated by officials of the company that no reply has been made by the men. The count of ballots is to determine the at- titude of the men towards the com- pany's offer the answer to be “yes” or “no." REMAINS SILENT FOR YEAR. Eridgeport, May 24.—Ferdinando Laudato of Stamford, indicted for the murder of his father-in-law, Domenic Pompai, on March 20, 1917, was sent to the insane asylum in Middletown to- day by Judze Webb of the superior court to be held for observation the day of his arraignment last yeur when he fell faint the cour Since in a in expected that definite information will be available in about 10 days and §teps can then be taken to procecd =gk plans. { room. Laudato has not spoken a word. Various tests have been made by yhysicians but he has remained speechlegs through them all, he | |+ ENEMY CUTS AWAY PIERS, FAILING TO BLAST PATH IN ZEEBRUGGE BLOCKADE — ot London, May 24 —Having failed in attempts to blow up the two concrete laden ships sunk in the entrance to the Bruges canal at Zeebrugge, the Germans are engaged in cutting a way through the piers in an attempt to out- flank tho obstruction, Photographs taken by British airmen show this and they also show how completely the canal entrance has been blocked. So the Germans have adopted the expedient of removing the piers on the west side of the canal in order to make a large enough channel for destroyvers and other craft larger than submarines to go out to sea. | LINTON KILLED BY SHELL FROM MORTAR Was on Outpost Duty Within Short Distance of German Line, Officer Writes. Mrs. James Linton of Maple street iv in receipt of a letter from Second Lieutenant O’Neil of Company L 102d U. S. Infantry, in which he re- lztes the circumstances in tion with the death of her son, Fussell Linton, ‘who was killed nce in April. The officer pay Ligh tribute to the loyalty and cour- age of the local patriot. Lieutenant O'Neil explains hetween the American positions the German trenches was wooded section of land, at treme end of which was erected a small and strongly fortified obser tion post. This outpost was only a few front line trenches times occupied by the American lines. On the fatal' day Private Linton and another soldier were in of this post, a position of honor and tr ., when a chance shell from German trench mortar landed direct- Iy upon it and exploded. A piece of skell pierced Private Linton's heart, killed him instantly, and seriously wounded the other soldier Lieuten- ant O'Neil adds that Private ton’s body was not mutilated by the shell and he remarked upon the un- ally calm and Serene cxpression on the young martyr's face when he s found. CIVIL CAS) Pending Actions in City Court Are Subjects for Motions and Claims, Several cases will be tried city court at an early date. ments ordered by Judge ames T. Mes- kil are as follows: Monday, June 3, at 2 p. m., Frank Monkiewicz against Rocco Ferrara. Monday, June 3, at 2 p. m., Ernest Necri and wife against Danti Moreno and wife. . Monday, June 3, Gunn Rubber Co. Gold. Wednesday, May 29, at 2 p Budnik against Broni w G Tuesda May 28, at 2 p. m., Abra- ham D. Lipman against Mike Sowa. The cases of Susan A. Kenney against BEdward A. Berdge and Frank Maietta against D, Somnese werc or- J. in that and was at all men from and picked ASSIGNED. in the at 10 a. m, against Harry m., John { dered off the trial list. In the suits of Herman Zahanleiter against Santi Ercoli and John Budnik against Bronislaw Gryk, Judge Mes- kill entered an order that they be stricken from the docket. In the suit of Peter Samarzesk against William E. Fahr and wife At- torneys Klett & Alling made a mo- tion to re-open the judgment. It went over for one week. Order was given for attachment in the case of Barle C. Bacon against the New Britain Trap Rock = Quarry Co., in which Attorneys Cooper & Mink appear for the plaintiff. Similar orders were issued in suits of Stanley K. Green, executor, and the Sullivan Machinery Co., against the New Bri- tain Trap Rock Quarry Co. The plaintifi’s motion to file an amended complaint was granted in the action of the City Coal & Wood Co., against the New Yorx, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. Judge Gaff- ney represents the plaintiff and At- torney Buckingham the defendant. One week in which to file a bill of particulars and to furnish a bond for prosecution was allowed in the case of Rose Tresku. represented by Attorney Pouzzner, against Jack Neimiro and wife, represented by Berman & Ber- man. Pleading or judgment hy default is the claim in the suit of George O’Connell, for whom Cooper & Mink anpear, against represented by Attorney Greenberg. It went over one week. The demurrer in the suit of Louis Shrinkin against Carlson & Torrell was argued by Attorney B. Hun- gerford for the plaintiff and Judge Mink of the rm of Attorneys Mink & Cooper. The action of Isidore Simons for the foreclosure of a chattel mortgage on personal property of John F. Wil- lis in the Hotel Nelson was heard by Judge Meskill. Judge S. Russell Mink appeared for the plaintiff the defendant was not represented. SUIT FOR $230. E. L. Bradley of sult against Waterbury has Michael ezier- ski of this city to recover $150 and $100 costs. Real estate on Gold sireet was attached today by Deputy Sheriff M. D. Stockwell. The writ returnable in the city court Waterbury on the third Tuesday June, brought at in | HIT$200,000 MARK connec- | a| a thickly | the ex- hundred yards from the German | charge | > a | Lin- | Assign- | the | L. | George DI Carmela, | and | is | CITY 1S ABOLT 10 Red Cross Donafions Already Amount to $183,303 (CAMPAIGN ENDS HONDAY of | Several the Smaller Subscribe 100 Per Cent. of Employes—H. & €. Men $7.56 Fach. Today’s contributions to the Red Cross War Fund bring the grand total up to $183,303, leaving less than $17 000 be before Monday | night to make this city oversubscribe its allotment by 100 per cent., and 1 the generosity and enthusiasm every- where manifested, not only will the second hundred thousand be reached, but also there will be something over for good mea . o ing yesterday donation; §1,570 to that account, and today's report was $24,891. Following is the team report for the past 24 hours: to collected in count- ! have added | Today’s Team Reports. Plainville Berlin | Newington | Teams. 0. o. $1,198.00 1,381.00 447.00 1,161.00 | 1,205.00 1,115.00 363.00 2,591.00 | | 00! 0 00 | 1 3.00 .00 09 90 00 00 6.90 | 00 ! 6.00 00 | 00 | 00 | No. 26 ... Corporatior Day" Grand To Total . | ! | Several Concerns 100 Per Cent Perfect | con- | this | | Chairman Bennett gratulated all the | campaign and likew | message of congratulation to the | reople of the city who have done their share. He especially commend- | ed the energetic work of Peter | Crona and William J. Farley, two of | the hardest workers. Mr. Crona re- | ported in turn that the employes of the New Britain Gas Light company | and the Connecticut Light & Power | company have all agreed to give one | day's pay a month for each of the | four months during which the pledges run. The following concerns are reported as having subscribed | 100 per cent of the employes: Barnes & Kobert, Fafnir Bearing company, | Metal Specialty company, Hart & | Hutchinson, Hart & Cooley, Prentice | | warmly workers in se sent out a Manufacturing company, C. J. White & company, Parker Shirt company nd B. Jahn company. Of these the art & Cooley company gets the urels as the men have averaged $7.56 per man, exclusive of the ex- ccutive officers. None employed by the Metal Specialty —company given less than $5 and the true of the B. Jahn company. ew Britain Tool company have sub- scribed 9 2 per cent of its workers | and has averaged $6 per man | while the office and the press room and the iron and brass foundries at the P. & F. Corbin company have subscribed 100 per cent and the press workers have all given $5 or more. In addition to these excellent re- | ports it is stated that both Plainville and Newington have gone over th allotted amounts, and Plainville is wel on its way to double its initial quota. It has also been reported that the contributions thrown on the flag carried by the R. & . girls in last | saturday's parade amounted to $237, | and already $382 has been collected | at the booths. The campaign will continue until next Monday night and from today the entire city will be thrown open to can- vassers, regardless of who they have on their lists. Another important an- | nouncement was that the New Britain chapter of the Red Cross gets 25 per cent. of the city's gross contributions to carry on its work, and if $200,000 is reached, this means the local chap- ter will have $50,000 to help along this good cause. There will be no luncheon tomorrow or Monday, but supper will be served at 7 o'clock Monday evening, when final reports will be made. Tonight and tomorrow, Miss Fran- ces Brady will be in charge of th i girls collecting at Keeney's theater, while Miss Florence Whittlesey will he at Fox’s, Miss Mary Fitzgerald at the Scenic and Miss Hazel Andrews at the Lyceum. Bach will have ten girls to (Continred on Ninth Page) WEATHER. | | Hartford, May 24.—Forc | | ast for New Britain and vi- | inity: Fair ton®zht. Sat- | urday increasing cloudiness i nd warmer. i o N | erd, | man Roberts, | ver { orado Springs | leit, N. Y.; | Cleveland; | Gastonia, N. C.; | New | iori, under: ALLIES PREPARED TO RESIST GREAT HUN BLOW NOW DUE Washington Learns German Division Rebelled at Order to Proceed East Washington, May 24.—A German sia, ceec id Other favor ordered from the e; and fift Ru n wirele. German troop of the division. to the western front, y men were executed and one thousand imprisoned, s dispatch in the vicinity Dvinsk refused Rus- pro- division at to today to the state department. held demonstrations in AMERICAN AVIATORS ASSIGNED TO AID IN DEFENSE OF PARIS FORTY-FOUR NAMES ON CASUALTY LIST Bridgeport, New Haven and Portland Soldiers Slightly Wounded. P Washington, May list today as follow. Killed in action, 4; died of wounds, ; died of accident, 4; died of disease, 0; wounded severely, 16; slightly 1. The list: Killed Captain Frederick delphia; Corpo roclk, Pittsburgl Higby, Elmira, Kowski, Jackson, —The casualty contained 44 names divided 9 il in Action. D. Claire, al Lionel B. Privates Francis . Y.; John A. Shram- Mich. Phil- Roth- Died of Disease. Corporal Daniel L. Johnson, Atlan- ta; Privates Iranklin Brun, Musco- tah, Kas.; Gunnard Erickson, Brain- Minn.; Homer E. Grafton, Springfield, Mo.; John Griener, Lup- embe! Ia.; Joseph P. Morri N York city; Evans Pegue: C.; Elmer H. Prengel, St. Loui Minneapolis; Williams, Line, Ark. Died of Wounds. Lieut. Whitney H. Joyce, Unadilla, N. Y.; Sergeant James L. Yates, Que- bec, Canada; Privates Neil Gallagher, County Mayo, Ireland; John R. Joyce, Crosby, N. D.; Willie Kapitzkie, Con- Tex.; Irvin Q. McConnelee, At- lantie, Ta Frank Opie, Concord, N. H.; Woodruff Perkins, Overton, Nev.; Cariton De Wolf Roberts, Brooklyn. Joseph Dicd of Accident. Aimee D. Genard, Manches- Icugene Paul Wubben, Col- Cadet Joseph A. Bet- tenhausen, 130 North Laurel street, Hazleton, Pa.; Private Patrick W. Joyce, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Wounded Severely. Captain John A. Battin, Waterv- Corporals John J. O'Mara, Chicago: John K. Sullivan, Kingston, N. Y.; Sergeants Cleo C. Hamby, Cov- ington, Ga.; Thomas C. Mitchelll, Southbridge, Ma Privates Harry W. Congdon, South Avenue, Pridgeport, Conn.; Orville E. Gravin, Schenectady; Joseph Giegerich, Flizabeth, N. Paul L. Hall, Junia- ta, Pa.; W. L. Ladyslaw Jablonowsk Edward D. Lawler, Port- Farnest G. Lawrence, John J. Phelan, New Haven; Wyllys Singleton Rudd, Rome, N. Y.; Murray C. Smouse, Cumberland, Md.; James W. Sullivan, Haven. Wounded Slightly. Corporal Bric H. Moody, ville, Tenn. Lieuts. ter, N. H. land, Conn Tipton- CROSSLEY SENT TO PRISON. 3ridgeport, May 24.—J. Harry Crossley of this city and New York implicated in alleged fraudulent real estate deals here, pleaded guilty to cmbezzlement in the superior court today and was sentenced by Judge Kellogg to from two to five years in prison. Crossley had been indicted on two counts of forgery, two em- bezzlement and one of uttering a forged document. The other counts were nolled. FOOD MINISTRY FOR ITALY. 24.—A food ministry is created under a decree promulgated today. Dr. Silvio Crespi, who has been food controller, received the new portfolio, and Signor Nunziate was ap- pointed under-secretary Signor Gei- secretary for marine trans resigned. Salvator Or- appointed to succeed Rome, May portation, ha land has been him. PROMOTIONS APPROV Washington, May 24.—The senate military committee today ordered favorably reported the nomination of Major General Peyton C. March, acting chief of staff, promoting him to full al, and that Tasker liss, chief of brevet. gene 15 by the rank of of General staff, neral to be $3,000,000 TO RED CROSS, New York, May 24.—A contribution of $3,000,000 to the Red Cross War Fund by the Rockefeller Foundation was announced today. ! ! Ipi Picked Escadrille Offered by Chief of U. S. Air Service and Quickly Accepted by France, Paris, May 23.—An American es- cadrille, composed of aviators chosen frem among the best American pilots in the future will help defend Paris against enemy air raids. Offer of this help was made spontaneously by the chief of the American aviation service and accepted by the French government. ‘With the American Army. France, May 23, (By The Associated Press.)—German troops, which faced the Americans along the Toul sector for several weeks have been with- drawn and sent to the battle area of northern France. They have been replaced by the Eighth Bavarian re- serves. “The day has been quiet on all points occupied by our troops” says the report issued tonight from Ameri- can headquarters. MURDERER OF WIFE FACES FIRING SQUAD De Weese Goes Calmly to Death Urg- ing Riflemen Be Certain of Aim. Salt Lake City, May 24.—Howard H. De Weese, convicted of the mur- cder of his wife, Fanny Fisher De ‘Weese, was executed in the state prison yard here this morning at 6:55 o'clock. De Weese walked calmly to the chair, insisting that the marksmen comprising the firing squad make certain of their aim. Death was al- most instantaneous. RUSSIANS DISEASE STRICKEN. Million Total Invalids, Others Afflicted ‘With Illness. Moscow, May 24 (By the Associated | Press.)—One million of 3,100,000 Rus- sian war prisoners held and Austria are total invalids. In Germany there are 1,900,000 and Austria 1,200,000. Half of the inva- lids are tubercular, most of them in the last stage of that plague. Many of the remainder are suffering from serious contagious diseases. WELLESLEY UNIT IN FRANCE. Paris, May 24.—The American Red Cross announces that the Wellseley college unit which has just arrived in France has been assigned to work in the Lyons district, one of the largest wcenters of Red Cross activity. The unit comprises graduate nurse: two experienced social workers, one dieti- tian and one doctor. This is the sec- ond group of college women to under- take work in France, the first being the Smith college girls who began con- struction work at Cricourt until they were driven out by the Germans. WOOD MAY SUCCE London, May 24.—Although the Daily Telegraph reports that Sir Henry Joseph Wood had accepted an offer to become conductor of the Bol ton aphony orchestra the Dai News quotes Sir Henry as saying that he has not vet decided whether he would accept the offer. Sir Henr the paper adds, will not reah a deci- sion until next week. D MUCK. BOY BADLY INJURED. Roger Morse, aged vears, of Plainville, is in the New Britain Gen- cral hospital with serious injury to his head and a badly bruised body, a the result of an auto accident in ainville this afternoon. An automo- bile driven by Mr. Sinsley of Wood- Lury, struck the boy. EVAN WILLIAMS DEAD, N 24.—I1. Evan Wil- tenor, died this morn- ing at the city hospital after an ill- ness of one week. Death, which was cue to hlood poisoning, came while N Williams was surrounded by h wife and children, called to his bed- side when it became known that his condition was critical. Akron, 0., liams, snoted in Germany | | allies | merchantships faster Lloyd George Conf dent Germans Wi Be Broken Agains Iron Wall in Franc SHIPS BEING BUILT FASTER THAN SUN Submarines Being Destroyed Mo Quickly Tham Enemy Can 0 struct Them—Record Made Duris April in Punishment Infiicted Kaiser’s U-Boat Fleet—Race B tween Wilson and Hindenburg. Edinburg, May 24—"“We are on eve of a great German attack,” sa Fremier Lloyd George in an addrg delivered here today on receiving freedom of the city. ‘““Those Wi know best what the prospects are £ most confident about the result.” Speaking of the time necessany. the war, the premier said that, all her exertion, America at the pr ent moment did not have what equivalent to one-fifth of the fighti strength which the cnemy had ceived owing to the collapse of R sia. He added it took time to trg and equip armies and that Americ help could not be reckoned on some time. The premier’s statements about submarine situaton were most opi istic. He said that in April the o put of shipping for the first time ceeded the losses. “For the Germans, as well as us, the next few weeks will be & 1t between Hindenburg and Presiay 'Wilson. The Germans are strain every muscle to reach the goal on the eve of American help becol ing available for the Allies. 4 Haven Sincerely Sought Road to P “I can honestly say that the ernment has neglected no possi means for finding out whether ther any honorable outlet out of this its horrors and tragedies,” he addd Mr. Lloyd George was received great enthusiasm the people rising cheering. Since he had talen office, he Great Britain and her allies have to deal with two adverse cirel ances. The collapse of Russia had been of enormous help to | enemy at a time when the manp {of all the belligerents was almosi i the point of exhaustion. The ot} | adverse development was unrestri submarine warfare—a prefectly exampled proceeding which the all fhad no right to expect even from & many. In the whole history of pirs he remarked, there was no examl of conduct like that. The premier 1 'a report he had just received fi the admiralty in which it was “As regards the meeting of end ibmarines, that is going on factorily.” That said the premier, been the official language since beginning of the year. The naval § was confident that the allied na were sinking more submarines t the enemy was able to build. < As means of inflicting injury the marine was still formidable, but 4 danger which might mean the win: or losing of the war, he declared, allies could rule it out. Not only W submarines being sunk faster than. Germans could build them, but s a whole were construi than the mans could destroy them. He said he felt happier than at other time during the war over prospects of making the most eff tive use of the whole forces of alliance. “We Prussian 4 with is are a rutl de. dealing pot that ut for p der, loot 1d - pillage,” he “Treaties restrain them just as I today as in the day of Belgium. W do not intend to bring the wap td end until their basket is as full can hold.” From the data at present avail he told his hearers, the admiralf] of the opinion that in the montl April a record had been made in struction of enemy submarines. Proof of Conspiracy in Ireland Speaking at a luncheon, Mr, George sald there was no doubt there had been conspiracy fq great rising in Ireland. He s that he had seen the evidence. leaders of the ationalist party,) added, had nothing to do with i WASHINGTON PUZZLED. Premier’s Figures Do Not Agree American Estimates. 24. — Prej statement that s thus far been Washington, May Licyd George’ United States h t. - counterbalance less than d fifth the fighting strength the g mans gained for the west front of atlons through collapse of R left officials here somewhat puz . to the figures upon which it based " the view of fact that Sece (Continued on Ninth P