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MORE SECRET HISTORY. WHITEHALL AND WASHINGTON..
Telephone 29.
President Wion and reading as fol- WASHINGTON URGES BOLDNESS AND lows:-
Washingvon, July 4, 7 p.m.”
From the beginning of the war have been greatly surprised at the failure of the British Admiralty to use Great Britain's great navel superiority in an efficient way. In the presence of the present submarine emergency they are hapless to the point of panie Every plan we suggest they reject for some reason of prudence. In my view this is not a time for prudence. but for boldness, even at the cost of
great losses.
"
In most of your despatches you have quite properly advised us of the salt of aid and co-operation desired from; us by the Admiralty. The trouble that their plans and methods do not seem to us efficacious. I would 5: very much obliged to you if you would report to me, confidentially, of course,
ed:-
ALDACITY.
i though, the daring and successful
THE CHINA MAIL.
count upon the support of the British Navy. I have been assured this by important Government officials,”·
"This is the most remarkable of all the abundan evidence that Ad- mira! Sims was so hypnotized by British influences that he was willing to try to lure the President of the United States into the feeling that
*regardless of any future develop ments, we can always count upon the support of the British navy.'
the
HAPLESS HUNGARY.
140,000 PEOPLE BETADLESS -
FOR A WEEK.
From a lecture delivered by Pro fessor Ferenczi, of the Budapest
to
the
FLYING BY NIGHT.
~SOME CURIOUS-PHENOMENA- AFTER DARE".
resistance
ATKDNESDAY, AUGUSTI
DAIRY FARM NEWS.
New shipment of
FROZEN SMOKED FISH
Selected Fillets 60 cts. per lb.
Finnan Haddocks 50 Selected Kippers 40 Red Herrings 30
Major CC. Turner, writing in the Ascending in the University, it appears that in Buda- Observer, says: pest the prices of foodstuffs have night, either from an illuminated risen enbriously, but the rise in the aerodrome, or in complete darkness, prices of clothing is still more the pilot judges by the feel of his It would be interesting to know exorbitant. From November, 1918 controls the moment for departure wha: British Government officials;
April, 1920,
weekly assured him that regardless of any rations were reduced as follows: from solid earth. As the speed of future developments' United Flour, including bread, from 7.60 the machine on the ground increases, States can always count upon the sup-to 3.60 kilos; sugar, from 0.75 to the slightest pulling of the control port of the British navy. It seems 0.30; fat, from 0.30 to 0.10: but this inconceivable that any Admiral could is not being issued at all at present wheel towards him is restricted by have regarded" such assurance as The majority of the population are the pressure of the air on the tail worth paying the, toils to transmit. unable to pay the prices of 32 to 34 and elevator pluzes. As the
increases the speed Every schoolboy should know that no kronen for flour which are demanded government official in a democratic by profiteers. The tiny bread ration increases, for the tail Rets of government could pledge his country's of less than a quarter of a pound, the ground, and the machine assumes ravy to support another governament per bead could not be issued in March its flying attitude. The pilet knows regardless of any future develop at all, and hence 140,000 people were by long practice the amount of resis
left without bread for a week.
tance to the control which means Hundreds of families, are buddled that the machine is ready to get off. together in railway wagens or other All this occupies only a few seconds shelters unfit for human habitation. Theoretically, it would be possible to The want of clothes, linen, and shoes fudge the right moment by watching HALF CENTURY OF CRIME. is interse. Thousands of mothers the Air Speed Indicator, for each type formerly belonging to the well-to-doof machine has its own air-speed for classes have applied to charitable taking off. It has been done in that THE LATE SIR CHARLES MATHEWS institutions or the authorities for way; but generally speaking, the baby clothes. Thousands of childar pilot relies upon his hands. have been prevented in the cold season "from going to school for want of shoes.
bents.'
"It is to be hoped that if Admira!! Sims has such assurances he will send a copy of the pledge in writing with the name of the important government officials appended there to be filed in the archives of Sops for the Simple."
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THE MONOURS OF WAR. Secretary Daniels presented a let
trek on Zeebrugge came much inter.ter from former Representative Car- Mild have been a different story in of Virginia, dated April 20 last,
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NEWSPAPER SĂRCASTIC.
The new and bold measures sug gested by the Navy Department in the Spring of 1917 were all pronounced
SECOND FIDDLE OUT OF TUNE. impracticable' by Admiral Sims," who reported that the British Admiralty
The operation of controlling the "This statement shows how co
One of our greatest criminal law- declined co-operation because they pletely and absolutely and hopelessly
machine is as simple by night as it MR. DANIELS SARCASTIC.
were unfeasible' or 'impracticable. Admiral Sims was under the spell of
is by day. Naturally however, the yers, Sir Charles W. Mathews, who
The Singapore papers hammer In 1919 the number of deaths identification of locality is not so died soon after be resigned his post away at the traffic problem. The The secrecy under which the Ameri- though they were fually accepted after influences which made him belieye can Navy operated during the war much pressure by the Navy Depart that the British Government could be exceeded that of births by 1,550, and easy. Until sufficient altitude is as Director of Public Prosecutors was Straits Times asserts that "in 99 was litted further to-day by Secretary ment and proved the most effective depended upon more to take care of the number of victims of consump attained and the machine is on its 70 years of age, and was a great cases out of 100, whatever may be that Americation rose from 3.260 in 1912 to 4,611 correct course, concentration of the worker. He intended retire five said to the contrary, speed is the Daniels, says the New York Times of offensive movement against the sub-America rather than
marine.
should depend on her own strong right for 43.9 per 10,000 inhabitants) in attention is required. Ouce this is years go, but consented to remain cause of accidents." and calls for a May 12...
The President believed so strong-arm. It is one thing to co-operate 1919. The mortality among babies done and the steering course deter because of war duties. It was de city speed limit. Meanwhile the Continuing his testimony before the Senate eminee investigating Rearly in new and offensive measures that heartily and upon equal terms with and small children particularly is mined (and it often differs by a few cided that he should carry on imbil pedestrian goes in jeopardy. We That assuming enormous dimensions, the degrees from calculations based upon October next, but, unfortunately, his offer the following suggestion as a Admiral Sims's charges that the navy: the ortitude of Admiral Sims in oppos- the navy of another country. failed to co-operare fully with the ing the really great plans proposed by was the Navy Department's anitude Causes of death being diseases the observation of the ground wind health broke down and he died in a solution. I was sent by a wag to the
before the start) it is only a question nursing home in London.
authorities at Oregon, USA, who Allies, the Secretary read a con- the department led him to send a plain throughout the war. It is quite ano- entailed by poverty.
The negotiations between the of keeping accurate note of the time The stepson of a famous comedian, thought it might be enacted into law..
Pedestrians crossing streets at fidential cablegram sent to Admirali telegram to Admiral Sims in Julyther thing to be absorbed in belief in
whose name he adopted by Royal the infallibility of another country and Ungarische Bank und Handelsgesel and of landmarks Ischaft and a Sime at London on July 4, 1917, Byj 1917."
group of English to have an obsession of its supposed financiers have resulted in an agree
LIGHTS OF HEAVEN-AND EARTH. licence, the late Sir Charles was born night shall wear a white light in front
Educated at Eton, he was and a red light in the rear. superiority. That was, the attitude of
Even on mcorless nights the broad in 4850. ment. The directors of the bank have
Before turning to the right or left, After reading the President's mes Admiral Sims as evidenced by his own convened an extraordinary general features of the country are dis- called to the Bar nearly half a cen
meeting at which the syndicate will certible. The lights of towns and tury ago, and since then he played a they shall give three short blasts on sage and saying that "Admiral Sims's statements and action.
diameter. "This attitude of acceptance of be renamed the British and Hungarian of railways and navigation lights on prominent part in most of the famous horn at least three inches in reply was a long telegram of generali-
When an inexperienced automobile ties of what the British Admiralty was everything British undoubtedly Bank. Ld. and the share capital the coast all help. Added to there. criminal cases of England.
Montagu Williams described him as i
driver is made nervous by a pedes doing." Secretary Daniels continu-counts for his opposition to the crea will be increased from 120,000,000 we now have the aerial lighthouses
tion of an independent American army to 220,000,000 kronan by the issue of at the air stations, and at a few the very best pupil I ever had," and tan, he shall indicate the same, and the thoroughness of his work made an the pedestrian shall hide behind a "He told of a combined sea and and his idea that American troops sent 200,000 new shares. On the com- places on the principal air routes.
With increase of altitude the stars instant impression. In one grear case snd attack to force rack the Gennan abroad should be used as an annex pletion of this measure the total
Pedestrians shall not carry in their A deadly cross-examiner be pockets any sharp instrument which fight flank and deny them the use of to the British army, quoting General capital of the bank including its become more and more brilliant On after another he showed wonderful tree until the automobile has passed.
Bliss as recommending that policy. visible reserves, will amount to a long flight, if the machine carries ability.
may cut automobile tyres. Zeebrugge as a provisioning base. That was the kind of bold and anda. When General Bliss read that Admiral 390,000,000 kronen. Thus English a navigator, stellar, observations can cause of his careful preparation and
dodging automobiles, pede- cious thing the President and the de- Sims had quoted him as advocating capital is now prominently represent be taken to correct the positions: patience, he was always noted for an partment had been urging from our such a policy, he wrote at once to ed in the economic life of Hungary but, speaking generally, these are not suavity that in no way hampered his strians shall not run more than
relentless methods. Humour had not seven miles an hour.. instrument at present only in the capital..
Pedestrians must register at the entrance into the war, but even then, the Secretary of War declaring the side by side with Italian and French necessary. There is, by the way, an
design stage, which, it is claimed.appealed to him unduly, but he never as Admiral Sims said. it had not been truth to be exactly the reverse."
would dispense with astronomical underestimated the power of elo-beginning of each year and pay a nitely decided by the War Coun
navigation, either by aircraft or byquence. His speech on occasion had licence fee of 5 dollars for the There shall ba ships. If these hopes be fulfled, the been so dramatic as to call for critical privelege of living. value to air and marine navigation hents on the ground of theatric-no rebate if they do not live the
ality, bur the criticism was never very entire year. will be incalculable.
Each pedestrian before receiving had been undertaker carlier when surting that while Mr. Carlin was
Unexpected bad weather, at the strong, for his eloquence was ro the Savy Department was urging risking London in December, "1918, sone such bold plan, all of which Admiral Sims had disabused'
present early stage of aerial develop greater than his sound knowledge off his licence to walk upon the streets exactly what the Admiralty has been Sims thought impracticable mind of the view that our navy had A short time ago there appeared ment, is worse at night than by day; law and his ability to seize on every most demonstrate before an exami
ing board his skill in dodging, doing, and what they have accomplish" ed, and; added to the report, your own when proposed and urged by the navyeen of great importance during the a long story in the Japanese papers, it is a risk that should not be run vital point
Sir Henry Hawkins was a great ad- leaping, crawling, and extricating in his answer to the President, wer and had accomplished splendid with promises of exciting disclosures A rainstorm of limited ares does comments and suggestions, based upo
to follow, of how a nephew of Prince not so much matter, for it is soon mirer of Sir Charles, who appeared himself from machinery.
Pedestrians will be held responsible independent thought of the whole refering to the American Navy's plans results.
He told me our navy was small Oyama sold some Siberian maps of passed; but it usually means going in court one day suffering from ap situation, without regard to the judge for preventing the egress of the Get- ments of any one on that side of the man submarines, which, in 1918 were and ineffective as compared with the strategic value to the representa off the course, and sets the compass pendicitis. The great judge knew of
Putting the matter very plainly, successfully carried out. Admiral Sims British Navy, and that our achieve- tive of a certain foreign Power, and needle (or disc) spinning on account this and permitted counsel to make The Admiraty was very slow to cabled: "I have been shown studies ments had amounted to but little dur-bow negotiations were proceeding of unconscious turning movements. his speech while sitting down.
Then sud- These involuntary turns, however, Shortly afterwards came an opera-traffic conditions are becoming a most serious scandal, and we draw adopt the protection of convoy, and of the proposed plans and I considering the war," wrote Mr. Carlin.. "Ifor setting them back It is not now, I judge, protecting them impracticable, and evidently remember that after leaving the "Addenly the story ceased, and had can usually be prevented by observation for the disease, and on New the attention of the Government to Year's Day Sir Henry appeared at the fact that it is playing into the convoys on adequate scale within the sought to discredit the Navy Depariral I told my son, who was withpposed that it was officially protion of the Turn Indicator,
Landing at night is not so diffe it the house of Sir Charles, and brought hands of a dangerous class of agitators who are busy telling the danger zone, seeming to keep small ment's plans by saying: These same ne, that the Admiral should be in the hibited, though no such prehisition craft with the grand feet. The ab- suggestions and many similar ones British Navy and on their payroll, and had reached this office, says the as the layman'supposes. A great many as a present a massive silver frame.
Japan Chronicle.
However, the pilots habitually make better land- "I hope you will make a fresh misses that all laws are made by sence of craft for convoy is even have been and continue to be made by ct on ours?
Admiral Sins's charge that the story was, in due course, telegraphedings at night than in the daytime. start," said the judge, “and begin the the plutocrats who possess motor
abroad by the semi-official news Possibly a contributory cause is the
and who do not care a more apparent on the French coast People of all classes since the begin.
Instead of accepNavy Department refused to send
The linie present was one of Sir soap. what misery and alarm is dan on the English coast and in the ning of the saṛ,”
in the department's suggestions of enough anti-submarine vessels to the agency, so apparently there is no comparative absence of disturbed air New Year with a clean bill of health.
caused to the lower classes. Years I do not see how the necessary great offensive plans, or originating war zone was disproved by the Agbarm in publishing it. The curious near the ground at night. Curiously Charles' most cherished possessioris.
part of it is that, while the American enough there are innumerable in The Camden Town murder was one ago we urged the necessity of a speed military supplies and supplies of food some plan that pumised to stop the miral's own language. Mr. Daniels En bassy made a special request for stances on record of landings made and fuel oil are to be delivered at egress of German submarines, his testified. He read a cablegram from publicity, it was only at this point at night under conditions and in of the most famous cases in which Sir limit at least within a two mile radius be a far better solution of the traffic British ports in any other way within mind was closed, us the above and Sims dated April 28, 1917. stating that the Japanese Press became com small spaces that the pilot would Charles appeared, and he conducted of the General Post Office. It world
that twenty-odd American destroyers pletely silent on the matter. The simply not have attempted by day. it for the Crown in a masterly way.
He loked upon the Mignonette case,problem" than any complex schemes the next few months than under de inany other extracts show, to every
There will presently plan looking toward the great ofen- operating from Queenstown would put story, as telegraphed abroad by light quate, convoy.
however, as one of the most sensa for going up one street and down
all- or now be ships or tankers enough and sive which in the fall of 1915 was the own the submarine activity and keep Kokusat on the 9th instant, is as
tional. In this a captain and mate, another it, down. By the end of May there follows:--
Even without the aid of landing under stress of starvation, killed and Square when you only want to go our shipbuilding plans may not begia most effective for of the sbmarine.
were twenty-eight destroyers and two The American Charge d'Affaires, "Admiral Sins cabled the Presi
flares on the
along an eighth of it. The speeds to yield importafit results in less than
dent that the proper policy to pursue enders at Queenstown. the Secretary replying to the request of the Foreign lights eightech moms.
Office for the return of the maps,chine, it is very remarkable that ate a cabin boy on the high seas. I believe that you will keep these was to adopt the suggestions he had said.
Secretary Daniels also criticized which are alleged to have been stolen the pilot can often see the nature of The baccarat case, the Casement permitted in Singapore are absolutely instructions absolutely and entirely toe to the Navy Department, most
with from the War Department archives the ground he is coming to. In the case, the Goudie bank frauds, the disgraceful. We make no claim to yoursell and that you will give me of which had been decided upon and Admiral Sims in connection
when travelling at twenty miles, even such advice as you would give if you put in operation before Adaire Shawards for attacks on U-boats, ray-and sold to the American Military case of a forced landing not in an Lampson murder case, and the Chap-saintly moderation, but it is a fact Attache, explained that the Embassy aerodrome there are, obviously, man poisoning case are a few of the that we are passed scores of times ing:
part. His devotion to the stage never office, and as for motor cycles, folk were handling and if you were run had suggested them, and he addat
the: we should adopt an organizato "Instead of making his own in. was in possession of the maps, which dangers; but even in these circum trials in which he played a prominent within a quarter of a mile of the post ning a navy of your own.
had evidently once been the property, stances a vast number of perfectl WOODROW WILSON. similar in all respects to the Brits dependent inquiry into reports of our of the Russian imperial-General Staff, good landings have been made. This, induced him to neglect the law and do not seem to indulge is such things
squadron, virtually transfer all naval.ommanders that submarines had been
not worth living and that if you **OWNED BY THE ADMIRALTY." Admiralty Sims's response, Mr. authority to his headquarters in Lo-damaged or sunk. Admiral Sims, bat there was no evidence that they however, is not to be regarded as an one of his greatest gifts was his use until they have decided that life is
had ever been the property of the inevitable circumstance of fiying: For of accurate English. A great traveller, Daniels ctified, was a long tele- don and that he should be given according to the statement issued by Japanese Government. He said that civilian aviation there must be (1) he visited Australia three times, and travel at forty miles an hour the chances of a painless death are far his own headquarters, submitted such they had been offered to the Military appointed routes with emergency knew the Continent well..
Sport always appealed to him, but better than if you trundle along at gram of generalities of what the larger staff.
***He was careful not to say, though reports to the British Admiralty and Aurache for sale, but that halts, (2) the circumstances that lead
Seriously, the British Admiralty was doing. in regard to dis Mr. Daniels read to the ne regarded the Queenstown base and accepted the Admiralty's awards. he had decided that they were value to the forced landing must, so far as his taste was a very catholic one. say twenty-fire.. committee a personal letter from the surroundings as the critical area. the Out of 256 attacks on submarines by less and had notified the vendor to human foresight and contrivance can Once he contested Winchester unsoc- scandal is becoming too great, and cessfully in the Liberal interest. 11 the feeling' among those who have Admiral to Ambassador Page at Lonas rapidly as American destroyers at the United States, naval vessels under call and secure his property. He assure, be overcome.
Before landing it is customary to was in 1886 that he was appointed to walk or Con on August 7, 1917, in which berived the British destroyers were re-his command, in 183 of which cases never came. The Charge d'Affaires
moved to another area, though he there was definite chart evidence at expressed his willingness to return put on the fares carried on the junior to the Treasury, and two years is getting too bitter. It is said in part :----
In this connection 1 have a sug-now makes the preposterous statement a submarine in the vicinity, they were the maps to Oyama, who is accused machine. These burn long enough later he was made senior counsel grossly unjust to the mass gestion to make. I have received that the failure to have more destroy given credit for only twenty-four sut of stealing. the documents from the to cover the operation. Oddly enough, From 1893 to 1908 he was Recorder word, practically directly from theers in that critical area (we had thirty:cessful attacks, most of these being Russian Survey Department when a great many pilots prefer not to use of Salisbury President, that he was much displeased four at that time our of our total of fisted by the Admiralty as resulting in the Japanese occupied Habarovsk, or them. One reason is that on occasion with my reply to his cablegram; that fifty) occasioned the loss of 500,000 the U-boat being possibly slightly
damaged." it did not change his opinion at all; lives and $15,000,000 of money.
water
Channel.
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that he regards me as owned by the HYPNOTIC BRITISH INFLUENCE.
"There are two remarkable and Admiralty and to pro-British that he seriously considered the advisability Significant statements in his cable to of replacing me by some other officer." the President, particularly significant In presenting the text of the Pre- in the light of his later letters and sident's cablegram Secretary Daniels statements: said-
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Reports appearing in the Shang that they are provocative of flerce text of his reply.
by the contracted obscurity. The Department of Justice sub Coming in from an evening fight hai native press indicate that consi- class antagonisms, and that they sequently secured an order from the pilot emerges from almost-com-derable discussion is taking place would not be tolerated elsewhere. Oyama and the maps were handed plete daylight to the gloom of night; regarding the shape of a wonderful We claim reform in the name of the the air seems full of light long after star which shines brightly every whole of the public. It is impera- The request of the. American the sun has set. He sees the ground morning in the North East of Shang- tive-Straits Times. -To-day's return of notifiable disease "He cabled the President that records one fatal case of plague of Charge d'Affaires for publicity has clearly, and lands. He dismounts, bai. Some who have seen the star been denied on the grounds that the and immediately discovers that he claim that it is octagonal, and others "From the day the United States the views he had expressed were which the victim was a Chinese. entered the World War the President in all cases an independent opinion, The two Japanese cases of plague case is sub judice, which will also needs an electric forch to walk that it is hexagonal, but all are prevent the Embassy itself from round his machine. On the earth agreed on its phenomenal appearance. Several native wiseacres see in this kept in close touch with all matters and in the very next paragraph show-reported on Monday were imported.
The return for the week ending securing its publication as any news night la already in full sway.
strange stara prelude to civil war. affecting naval policies and was keened how independent his opinion was in proposing and following up plans when he said it was based upon Saturday last shows three fatal paper which publishes it will be liable for new, bold and audacious methods specific facts and official data which Chinese cases of cerebro-spinal fever. Lo-prosecution; against the submarines. He was have collected in the Admiralty and There were also eight cases of This last statement is evidently
cludes familiar with the cablegram I sent to other Government departments enteric lever (four fatal and two made in error, the Chronicie con Admiral Sims in April, 1917, sug-(meaning the British. He closed the imported), three of which were
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The German submarine U 20, which sunk the Lusitania," was stranded in 1917, as is generally known, near Vrist, on the west coast of Jut«. land, where it has been almost cover- ARE YOU GOING ON A JOURNEY? ed by sand. A quantity of iron hav HAMBERLAIN'S Colic and Diarrhing been taken from the ship, as well Joe Bomedy should be packed in as all the valuable contents and ex- LAB's seneral role all you need to do is to give the prescribed down after esch journey: Chaps of water diet and hull, but this also is soon to be de to adopt si diri suited to your age operation of the bowel more than temperature tend to produce bowel stroyed spurlas, As soon as the and secupation and to keep your bowan B we ther exstor ute de broadle, and this medicine canot be regular) When you feel that you have the system It is sale and sure. Even secured on board the brain of steamship couple of Germen mines get
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der Chinese marines up in German waters, the my own oaviction and hence comply plan proposed by the Bureau of Ord with our request for se independence nance in April, 1917, for a barrage opinion.
2. He also cabled the President:|== across the North Sea, and the earnest desire of the Navy Deparment to run Depend upon the fact, which I be Six Any risk to secure the adoption of dar-lieve to be true, that regardless El any ing and effective offensive measures, future developments we can always
Three Chinese died from in
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