The evening world. Newspaper, May 31, 1916, Page 3

LORD CHEER SINCNPETEN SAS CHURGHIL Former Head of Admiralty De- clares Only One Soldier Out of Six Faces Foe. BALACLAVA OUTDONE. Ninth Scottish Lost 6,000 Out of 9,000 in Struggle at Loos. LONDON, May 31.—Lord Kitchener, head of the British War Office, was made the target for the harshest criticism heard in Commons since the beginning of the war this after- noon, when Col. Winston Churchill, former First Lord of the Admiralty, @rose to discuss a motion to reduce Kitchener's salary. Churehill charged the War Office with “grave mismanagement, ineffi- @lency and defective organization.” “For every six soldiers in the British army we have but one rifle levelled at the enemy,” declared the | former Admiralty chief. Churchill criticised the War Office for breaking up seasoned battalions by sending them into slaughter while they had thousands of other troops behind the lines. | He cited the case of the Ninth! Beottish, which lost 6,000 out of 9,000 | infantrymen in the struggle at Loos. “Balaklava, with the charge of the Light Brigade, paled before the deeda of these men,” said Churchill, “Yet the public knew nothing of the man- ner in which they went to their} death.” ‘The Germans, Churchill said, have fn the field 175 divisions or about 3,000,000 men. The French, he said, @re holding elghty German divisions @nd the British only forty-five. Premier Asquith made a vigorous Speech in defense of Lord Kitchener when Churchill had concluded. “The Empire owes an unmeasur- | dette, you told the biennial convent: able debt to Lord Kitchener,” said faghions of women deprave the moral the Prime Minister, “None other | you think that? could have summonel such an “A young man told me ao," an ‘angie AAR ete ce Re DRLz avired. oy motherly delegate front Under Secretary for War Tennant |Gaifornia, “He came to me as to his undertook a defense of Lord Kitchen- | own mother and told me the story of er. Replying to Churchill's criticism hig fall, He blamed it on the trans- that seasoned troops were sent to parent sleeves and the low cut waists slaughter, Tennant said steps had of the young women he knew. He ‘Deen taken to send freshly drilled re- gaid these things had corrupted his cruits to the fighting line, but that mind; that a young mar vazing on from the military standpoint it!modern fashions could think only one ‘would be poor policy to oppose the | thought.” mans with forces all of which} “But perhaps that might be tho comparatively “green.” fault of the young man’s mind, and DUTCH ASK WILSON renin Mecauie't wor meoning ABOUT PEACE PLANS with the realization that at last the | Suspension of the law of gravitation ‘Anti-War Council Suggests a Con ference of the Neutral jin favor of man’s morals had come Governments. to un end and that some one had spoken of a fallen man, Still, fearing that I might not have interpreted correctly Mrs. Burdette's thought, I THE HAGUE, May 31 (via Lon- ).—The following cable message Ywas sent this morning to President “Wileon: “With regard to your address to the League to enforce peace, we beg to ask If the general idea of & conference of neutral govern- ments in behalf of peace would have your sympathy? “NETHERLANDS COUNCIL. ‘The Dutch Anti-War Council send- this cable message was estah- ed at the Hague on Oct. 8, 1914 aims chiefly at the co-operation of tes instead of mutually hostile HWances, limitation of armaments by ational conventions, compulsory tration and the holding of na- 1 assemblies when peace treaties drafted. (PORTANT CLUES TO FEET ARE Clothes Express Women’s hat you wear at intelligence? famous humorists, Federation of W on. spoken with early Victorian diffidenas, if she really meant what I thought she meant. She said she did, and the interview proceeded, BY THEIR GOWNS YE SHALL KNOW THEIR CHARACTER. “Why,” Mrs. Burdette asked me, “should the mothers who have borne though they were daughters walk down the street with gowns so abbreviated at neck and ankle to suggest to other men all that the woman designed- ly expresses who lures our sons down to moral death? Why should they permit their daughters, by their attire, to be misjudged and be robbed of the suggestion of their most priceless gift —their Innocence? Why should Amer- jean women follow French fashions: created, as we all know, for the demi- ANTI-WAR French fashion makers have Ittle use for the good woman, They admit, Canoe Empty: Rector Missing. | oonaps, that she is all right in her AUBURN, N. ¥.. May S1.--A canoe in| Tey "he ane does not buy enough Protestant Kpiscopal | Clothes, and therefore 1s not worth hurch, and John Heald, started for | thelr consideration. ir camp on Owasco Lake, was found drift late yesterday. No trace was found of the clergyman and his com- “But good women should have fash- ions of their own, I don't belleve tn appearing dowdy or queer, but I do ZY bie Pevtend Xe ASCADES Atop the BILTMORE WILL OPEN FOR SEVEN O'CLOCK DINNER THURSDAY, JUNE FIRST Monsieur MAURICE & MISS FLORENCE WALTON WILL HAVE CHARGE OF THE DANCING AND WILL GIVE THEIR OWN WONDER. FUL EXHIBITION AFTER THE THEATRE ONLY THOSE ENGAGING TABLES IN ADVANCE WILL BE ADMITTED Mrs. Robert J. Burdette, native of New York, dele gate from California, widow of one of America’s moat when I sought her for an interview, she asked them of me, and I answered: “Woman's Maker did not make her with clothes, So—I suggest it not irreverently—she might find| it easier to appear before His throne in an ill-fitting gown than before the Federation of Women’s Clubs. asked her in Queen Anne English, | sons and who treasure their virtue as/ THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, Women’s V-Necks and Little-Girl Skirts Lead Straight Back to the Garden of Eden ASQUITH DECLARES OF YOUNG MeN CHARACTER. . Characters, Declares Mrs. | Robert J. Burdette, Who Thinks Good Women | Should Have Styles All Their Own. By Nixola Greeley-Smith. Are you—-a woman—willing to go before your Maker and be judged in) the clothes you have on? Do the fathomless V of your blouse, and that little girl skirt, most important symbol in the shorthand fashions of the hour, express your charactet Do the gown and the this moment indicate your thoughtful , asked these questions of the General ‘omen’s Clubs the other day, Later, | You know, Mrs. Bur- fon that you believe the present day character of young men. What makes — | maist that @ woman's clothes should | express her character—not her lack of |character. To the small number of! persons who are our friends we may express character by word and deed us well as by our gencral appearance, but to the great majority, who only glimpse us in the passing show, we by manner and dress alone. ‘As sailors recognize a strange ves- MODERN FASHIONS DEPRAVE THE MORAL CHARACTER. glve expression to our individual ego; BRITISH PLAN FOR RELIEVING POLAND, Decision Made Known at Con-| ference Held at American j sel skimming the horizon by ‘the cut of her Jib,’ so we classify a woman who clothes and the way she wears them. You can tell what a woman is by the heels of her shoes. In fact, I should say a woman's heels are the most im- portant clue to her character. Look about you in a@ restaurant. Some woman who appears a model of ele- gance and decorum above the table sits near you. But get behind her and you will perceive that she has her! heels wrapped around the rungs of her chair, @ woman cannot have the thoughts and feelings of a lady, no matter how she appears. A down-at-heel woman well as physically. The woman who wears those dangerous atrocities, French heels, is artificial and shallow, I admit that many women adopt the atrocities of fashion less from love of them than from the fear that they in be considered dowdy if they do no “But no woman of position over wishes to appear overdressed, And the only way to be overdressed now: adays is to be underdressod. Perha, 1 have given the subject of the cor- rupting influence of woman's dress special consideration because 1 am the mother of sons," Mrs. burdette nded, | “Have you any daughters?” I asked curiously. Somehow I could not see the mother of daughters taking sv seriously woman's efforts to “deprave No," Mrs, Burdette answered, “I have not. But when you are older you will understaud that when a man is young and his emotions are strong it does not take very much to lure him from the path of virtue. A V- neck, @ short skirt, a transparent |sleeve and the evil is done.” NEW YORK NOT “THE worsrT,” BUT CHICAGO'S THE LIMIT, | "Do you think New York is any worse than the rest of the country in fis fashions?” I inquired hopefully, I always love to hear how wicked New York 1s, But Mrs. Burdette disap. pointed me. “It would be impossible to be worse than the rest of the country,” she answer “There is no worsi And actually, I think the Middle West is the most extreme. Chicago leaves less to the imagination than the rent of the United States. Perhaps New York and the Coast are about tne samme. All this time IT had been yearning to ask Mrs, Burdette a personal ques tion, Looking at her charming white serge suit and waist of Georgette crepe and hand made lace with a V- neck, I pondered what she could gon- sider the proper decollete. “That V you have on,” T sald, halt- ingly, “ls just about like the one I have, Is your dress proper?" 1 hest. ed, then plunged: "“Ig— | “Perfectly proper, perfectly proper,” Mrs. Burdette re- jplled promptly and reassuringly. \"You see our V'w don't suggest any |more than they show They are both I thrilled with pride at this indorse. | |ment, of course. Who wouldn't thrtil after having her clothes passed by the censor—even though she might say to herself afterward that perhaps [at had better change her dressmater right away, “Women should dress so th will not suggest evil to me Burdette concluded t the: Mrs. “But that is not possible,” I object+ ed. “Why should women conside man so much in choosing her attire? x crosses our vision by her carriage, her} It is safe to assume that such) fector of the Ministry of the Interior; is slipshod mentally and morally as! Commission. Embassy in Berlin, BERLIN (via London), May at.— |Germany will not accept Great Britain's counter proposals for the rellef of Poland. ‘This decision, which | had been expected, was reached at a conference at the American Embassy yesterday which was attended by Ambassador Gerard, Dr. Lewald, Di- Prince Lubecki, a Polish leader and representatives of the Rockefeller The British proposals were found to be Inacceptable to Germany, \largely on account of the fact that this country 1s unable to give the guarantee demanded by Great Britain for the simultaneous feeding of Ser- ‘bia, Montenegro and the section of | Poland occupted by Austria as a con- dition for permitting food tor Poland to pass the British blockade. Ger- many is willing to use best efforts to have the system of rationing intro- duced there, but those countries are outside her sphere of control and it would be necessary to obtain the sanction of the Austrian and Hul- garian authorities. Germany will maké a counter pro- posal, renewing features of her first offer providing for importation of food for Polish towns at the expense of the German Government, a guarantee for more adequate rationing of the country population, and an abs lute promise that no provisions will be exported from Poland exsavt possibly the surplus of potatoes, provided neutral commissioners establish the fact that there Is a surplus, ywhere in Poland, ong the front, except a narrow strip a will be reserved solely for the in- habitants and for the needs of the occupying army, including police fofces in the smaller towns and rural |districts where it is difficult to obtain ja direct supply. Supplies for these forces will be paid for at market quotations. The arrangement would run until October, = — After all, every man suspects that woman is @ bifurcated being. All the GERMANY REJECTS IRISH AGREEMENT MAY 31, 1916. — — PEACE NO NEARER, NV PARLIAMENT British Premier Declares Holl- | weg’s Speech Held Out No Hope of Ending War. | TISZA BLAMES ALLIES. Hungarian “Strong Man” De- clares War Will Last While | They Talk as They Do. | LONDON, May 81—The German! Chancellor's last speech held out no | hope for an early peace, Premier As- vith stated in the House of Com- | mons this afternoon, in response to | a query whether the Allies were will- ing to consider peace overtures at the present time. The query was put by Sir Arthur Basil Markham, Labor Member for the WES (MAGIRATION Mansfield Division of Nottingham- shire. Having in mind the recent rumors in Berlin and Washington that President Wilson was consider- ing some ‘tion to end the war, inquired if the Allies were prepared | to accept the good offices of neutrals in an effort to bring about an early peace, The Prime Minister sald the last | | speech of Chancellor von Bethmann- Hollweg before the German Reich- \stag did not indicate that Germany | wan ready to consider peace on terms | safeguarding the interests of the al- Hes, He had nothing to add ,he sald, to Foreign Secretary Grey's recent statement, made in reply to the Gere man Chancellor's speech. THE . Countay 1s AS Bap 4s THES OTIS The peace speech refer Premier ulth was deliv yman Chancellor before the Reich- on April 6, Bethmann- Hollweg that time indicated Germany’s at willingness to restore Belgium inde- pendence, with the proviso that Bel- gium should not discriminate against Germany in the future and declared that Germany would never volun- tarily relinquish to Russia occupled pick 1| CHANCE OF PEACE SPOILED BY ALLIES, SAYS COUNT TISZA PARTIES MAKE UP Parliament for Nationalist Ire- land, With Greater Part of Ulster Excluded. By Carl W. Ackerman. BUDAPEST, via Amsterdam, May 31 (United Press).—"“So long as the responsible statesmen of England and France think as they speak, there is no chance of peace,” declared Count Tisza, Hungarian Prime Minister, and man’ of Austria-Hung- ary, in an interview to-day. Count Tisza was referring to the recent belligerent utterances of Sir Edward Grey and President Poincare, “The intervention of the United States will only be useful when both sets of belligerents are prepared to talk peaco seriously,” he added. “I doubt !f that time has arrived “The German Chancellor's recent statements aro proof of the Central | Powers's readiness to end the war. Peace depends on whether the lead- ers of the other camps are ready to tell the people the truth and take the responsibilities, “It isn't our task to talk pence, We are fiehting a defensive war and are compelled 0 continue for the pur- pose of obtaining necessary guaran. tees of future security, When the war began all the newspapers and the less responsible persons on the side of the allles spoke of annihilating ua and distributing our lands. We never talked about what we were going to do, nor had we, either, the desire or any idea of dismembering other na- tions, Therefore, tt 1s easy for us to make peace at any time, Count Tisza was asked to comment on the practicability of President Wilson's suggestion of a world con- ference at the close of this war with the object of preventing future ware. “That question is more easily put than answered,” he replied. "I hope peace can be made lasting. It is the sacred duty of every one working for a future peace to have in mind guar. anteos of permanency or at least of long duration. “This war is the greatest calamity to the human race and to human in- dustry, It 19 a thousand-fold worse than poleonic wars. It is hor rible! LONDON, May 31.—There is a hopeful feeling to-day in political circles regarding the outcome of the Irish negotiations. It is possible that Lloyd George will make a statement in the House of Commons before ad- journment to-morrow to the effect that considerable progress has been made, although the main difficulty— the exclusion of Ulster—is not en- tirely removed. According to published reports, the provincial Irish members of Parila- ment believe that an agreement 1s practically certain and that the caso of Ulster will be fully provided for. The Paritamentary correspondents of the provincial papers believe that the Irish question 1s nearer solution than is suggested by the London papers. The Glasgow Herald under- stands that a settlement already has been reached on a basis of o Pariin- ment for Nationalist Ireland, with Ulster, or @ greater part thereof, ex- cluded, The leaders of the two parties held a most harmonious meeting yesterday at which, according to the Herald, the chief point at issue was settled, The Nationalists and the Ulatermen shook hands across the table at the conclusion of the meeting, The Man- chester Guardian agrees that the lines on which a compromise can be based have been found. While there is no confirmation at Westminster that an agreement has actually been reached it Is believed that an early settlement Is posstb Sir Edward Carson has called @ mi ing of the Ulster members for to- day, at which he is expected to make a report on the negotiations, —_—. ZEPPELIN HITS TREES AND IS DESTROYED Big Airship Smashed in Descending ‘strong Comment of Berlin Preas on Wil- short skirts do Is to confirm his sus- ions, relieve his doubts, Why not? If we all wore robes buttoned to the chin and skirts trailing the ground, co jman would find some evil suggestion nur faces. The Turk does. That's lwhy he will not permit a woman's |face to be seen except by her father Jand brother and husband. Don't you se, you Would have us all wearing the yashmak—that, your argument, in Other words, leads straight back to the harem?" ‘orhaps," Mrs. Burdette admitted readily, \"but where does your argu- ment lead? Straight back to the Garden of And that won't do, Pp und be- And that seemed to me the togical end of the argument, for we had ev |really to @ moral cross-roads where Jone sign sald “Ten Miles to Turkey" | nd the other said “Ten Miles to Para: | dise.”” Take your ch . The new craft Is fitted with “na | Blocked motors, four armored gondolas, ma- Ne q ARIS, May $1.—Lord Robert Cee jchine guns, small cannon and appara. arte eer maa a ik ybert Coat tus for dropping bombs and dixcharg- | British War Pra MniatoFs BEFi¥ed Ing Gerlas orpadoes, Tk welebs 40| Ree. 32 a Denya Cochin, Pyench Hines ade Minister, as to the. beat. methods ear Veles, the Salan- non Speech. é seed np sala BERLIN, May 91.—President Wil- | ica Front, son's peace formula, made public in LONDON, May 31,—A Central Naws |his speech before the League to E dis- press generally ond 4s idealistic | despatch from Amsterdam says that |forco Peace, has aroused much a German Zeppelin, descending near | cussion here, but th Veles, on the Sulonica front, came in | regards his suxge contact with some trees und was de- | and somewhat vague, stroyed. Tho majority of the newspapers ap- ZURICH, Switzerland, Moy 31—|plaud his reference to the freedom Reports have reached Zurich from bd the se an but were is 4& suspicion a ; @|that in referring to the sovereignty Ri manshorn, a Swiss town - Lake! ce mall nations President Wilson Constance, that @ new super-Zeppe- | way hitting at Germany's course in| lin, 760 feet long, has been geen when | Helgium, The Vossische Zeitung making trial flights over the lake, | points, out, however, that he might The total capacity of the atrship ta | JUSt 48 well have been critlelsing the 54,000 cubic meters, or about double policy of the allies in Gree > that of Zeppelins of the earlier type.| ques? States © oon the tons, Is able to rise 15,000 feet al bas 4 long range of action, vf Ughiening the blockade of Germany. | \ a life has always been happy, he saya, | FINDS NO CLUE TO WIFE, MISSING ELEVEN DAYS MARY HEwierr. Harry Hewitt of Brooklyn Asks The Evening World to Help Him in Search for Her. Search among friends, relatives and institutions having — faile Harry Hewitt of No. 4 Decatur Street, Brooklyn, has appealed to The Eve- ning World to aid him in locating his wife, Mary, disappeared from home Sa ning, May 20, leav- ing him with their four small ebil- dren. For three days prior to her disappearance Mra. Hewitt had been iM in bed and her husband believes her to have been In an acute nervous condition when she left home, ‘The Howitts were married in Brook- lyn when she was fourteen years old and he was sixteen, Their married | and she was devoted to their children. Hewitt Is employed as bookkeeper for William Kornahrens, dealer in house- furnishings at No. 288 West Street. Mrs, Howitt is described as 6 feot 5 inches tall, weighing about 130 pounds, and having dark brown hair and brown eyes, one of which has a brown fleck in the pupil, She wore a black coat, skirt, shoes and stockings | and either a wh r Her hat was of black straw with « brown turkey feather. 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