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-lti"W'. Wednesday inUrior. , - v - . - - KHIa. 1 f Mf W SnVVl ?! iTMNl- ? jAW I J) WMU.. ttKnwnu w AS PRMMMMMM W'TISHs MEASURES CONGRESS FftCifIG i DISCUSS IS 10 iCOHIIED ATTACK " SKSIilil MAY AFFECT TRADE A GRAVE SITUATION CO ORDINATE WORK BY TWO FOREIGN ' Situation Regarded Most Seri ous Since Teutonic Subma rine Warfare Began. PROMPT ACTION LIKELY Every Effort Being Made to Es tablish Facts Surrounding Sinking of the Persia. Report That Liner Carried Gun Revives Discussion. Washington, Jan.; 31 Presi dent Wilson started to "Washing ton from Hot Springs, Va., . tonight to take personal charge of the Na tion's foreign affairs in the new e risis Thought ab out by the sink ing of the British steamship Persia with a loss of at least pne Ameri can life. The sitiiatioTi -is TAornvrlo in official circles as being the most serious to confront this govern ment since the submarine - opera tions of the Central . Powers be- Lay Facts Before- Cabinet Today. The President probably will' lay the facts thus far ; established before his cabinet tomorrow.- The destruction of the Persia, following closely upon the crisis precipitated by the Ancona dis aster, may result In the' United States determining to settle : immediately all the questions Involved ' in the' subma rine warfare. " 5'he: subject , is expected to find its way. to the floor of the House and Senate - tomorrow when Con gress re-convenes - after jth . holidays; President Wilson, decided to cut short hU hoaeywjuBu Jtal at once after! telephone ' confer ences with Secretary Lanfjing and Mr. Tumulty, his private secretary i It was found, however, that he couldunot con veniently start until 8:45 tonight. He should arrive at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning'. ' v.; i ' y': ' "r--:. v-:;' The United States is ( represented to night as being prepared and determined to take any action that the facts con cerning the Persia," yet to . be estab lished, may warrants Officials still are trying to view the : situation with an open mind, but It is apparent that they are disturbed by the reports received from consular agens at Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt. 7 ' Every effort will be made to estab lish the truth of the , report ' that the Persia was torpedoed without warning. Secretary Lansing contemplates taking no step until the complete details are known. f - i One Source of Gratification. i Officials find one source of gratifi cation in assurances given by Baron Erich Zweidinek charge of the As-tro-Hungarian embassy,' to ' Secretary Lansing during a conference today at the State Department.: Baron Zweid inek is said to have suggested that judgment be withheld until the facts were known, and' to have expressed: the belief that the' final explanation of the latest incident would be satisfac tory. - -'-! ; He is said to have assured the Sec retary of his belief that, if an Austrian submarine commander - violated ; the principles of international law and the rules of humanity, - his "government would be quick to .take action which ould fullv satisfy: the United States. Baron Zwiedinek also sought infor-i mation for the benefit of his govern ment. . "'vy-,.; r ;: Secretary Lansing today instructed Ambassador : Penfield; t at - Vienna, to make informal Inquiries which t might leaa to the establishment of the iden tity of the submarine which sank sthe Persia- or the receipt' of information concerning the circumstances of the .at tack. - . - - The Secretary acted upon ari indica tion received from - an undisclosed source that no submarines other "than nationality were known to. be -operating near the point where the ' Persia went down. No specific .Instructions w ere given to Ambassador Penfield. He is expected to proceed as- he thinks best and forward any information ob tainable. Officials here are not finally convinced that a submarine was re sponsible for the sinkings of the Per sia, and still see, a remote poesimi ity that the vessel might have struck a floating mine which had drifted to that part of the sea from some adja cent fiel dof operations. 1? 6 Reported to ' Have - Carried Gnu. The report that the- liner twas car rying a 4.7 gun served to .revive conr Kideration of the position r-taken . by the United States in : regard, to armed mercnantmen. In the, .early days of the war it was announced that mer chant shins hfiontHnsr to' belligerents migrht be allowed to , enter . and leave American waters with guns Of six-mw calibre or less, mounted upontheir trns. At that time cruisers of the ft n tral Powers had not been swept from the seas. Later Great Britain and France at the suggestion Of jtbe Cn..e,i Spates agreed that their Bhlps coming into American water : ehouia f'ot be armed, thus eliminating the posj sibiiity of a controversy over .that P"int so far as vessels flying out f ports of the United States were con vince then all war craft of the Teu tonic allies with the exception TOf sub marines, have disappeared : from the h'gh seas. Conseauently, it ia consld in some quarters that merchant men mounting guns even of small cai - li re and astern, might be. considerea nn Plor nrnillim iinnr AifrnW-iiihiF- rcl"cc,'"",n,c"c no rs-Me -?nquences offer- SatwfactoryProgreM Toward rUHLnil rUOfl lllLt 4i RELEASE GERMANS MORE SHIPS Slldi theUnsiates 0 ?mm. . . .wg-i TAIPU mnni nilinn! ill i-riiTi-nin iif-i ii Dcm TiciTirwikirr' cuinc UU V-.- l j I IHIlrlJ hH V hnlHS IN MM II 1 hKKDnhflN urrxW , ioday many, speaks ii.ii muni uiiii u iiviiiLUIiUllinilLm : --. : - - France Will Turn Men Over to ... . . American Consul. ' Response to protest Representation Made by United States Following Capture of Men from .' American Steamers by the Cruiser Des Cartes. Washington, Jan. 3. The State De partment was officially advised today that the French government, in re sponse to. representations made by the United States, had ordered the imme diate release of Germans 'recently re moved from American ships on ,the high k seas -by the French cruiser Des Cartes. " ' ; . ': ; ! . The advices were ; received through the French embassy. " The State De partment also was .informed that the men arrested would be turned over to the American consul at Fort- De France, Martinique, . where '. they : were taken fdetentl6nn "'v; .--?.-r--..:v Four American steamships were held up near Porto Rico last month by the Des Cartes- and .in each case Temoved one or "more -- Germans or- Austrians. Chief Steward Schaade was taken from the Carolina on December $t On the following day the Coaroo was held up by the Des Cartes - which fired- two shots across her bow. . One German and two Austrian members of the crew were taken on boar the De& Cartes. On December .15 the JBorinquiri i was boarded by a partjr -from the French cruiser and the, purser, William Garbe, of Brooklyn, was taken off. ' Garbe,. a German by birth, had . taken : out.' his first, naturalization papers The fourth vessel held ,upt was the Sanyan, f rprf-v Germans, were removed. FOR - MILITARY . TRAINING. One Hnndred . Y. M. C. A. Membels Have '- Enrolled in a Company. . . New York l Jan. . S. One hundred members of the IJastside branch of the Young .. Men's Christian Association have, enrolled in a company for mili tary training. It. was announced today. This Is the first step in a plan initiat ed, by. this branch, and approved by Major Oeneral Leonard Wood, to have the more than 500,000 Y. M. C. A. mem bers throughout the country; formed in ah army reserve. Tib DRUjfKSf ARRESTED. For First 'Time in: History 24 Honrs Pass "Without XHsorderliness. : Portland, Ore Jan 3. For the first time In its history as a city, Portland tonlghtl ended a 24-hour period with out an arrest for drunkenness or dis orderly conduct. If the new prohibi tion law bad been? violated no officer had, been able to ascertain the fact. APPROVE EXTEHSiOH OF TRADE SEI " f Commercial Organizations Vote Almost Unanimously. United States Chamber of Commerce :. Recommends Many Changes for . j Promoting Foreign Commerce - - a of Thin Country. - V Washington, Jan. 3. Recommenda tions for extension and improvement in the Federal Government's foreign com mercial service outlined in a recent re port of a committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States have been approved almost unanimously , by the commercial organizations holding memberships in ,me cnamuer. xo vote was 719 to 6, the 307 organizations participating in the referendum being permitted one to tenvotes .each. In -making public the vote tonight, A-iombcr announced that as a result- It felt committed to work for the- fol lowing t changes in lUtl ilW8U. WVH..- merclal service: t . . - . t An Increase fn Jstaft and apnropria tions for the Washington headquar ters of the Bureau of Foreign and Do mestic Commerce ; appoinjtment of a director of the field service and separ ate appropriations for collection - and exploitation of samples and literature and more XiDerai annointment of five new ' commercial attaches to cover aw, -. Spain, Austria,- Japan and creation of the new posmuu v- - - missipnerand J mlssloners to Australia, New, Zealana, South Africa. British India, Greece, the Balkan States.-East lrid es nda Central Americar renewed efforts a.tard. pro moting commerce; jri', Latin -America, AmericanUaUon -of the consular --service; '-elevation - of eleven-consular agencies to consulates; establishment of X5 consulates where there are now no American consular representatives; Tnr. adeauate and frequent vln- ;Beclion of consular offices. - iV GES ABROAD Heavy Fighting Continues All Along Russian Front. SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS ArtiUery Engagements Continue on French, Austro-Italian "and Dar danelles FrontsNo Change at Salonlkl. Several more steamers have been sunk by submarines in the Mediterran ena but which nation is responsible is not yet known. The London Times re ports that" the British Geelong of the Peninsula & Oriental Line is the latest victim. :. Heavy fighting continues along the Russian front from the Pripet marshes to the Bukowina frontier.. Vienna re ports that the Russians are on the of fensive at various places, but that all their attacks have been repulsed. Artillery engagements and mining and sapping operations continue on the French, Austro-Italian and Dar danelles front. In the Balkans except in Montenegro, where the . Austrians claim to have put-to rout a Montene grin detachment which attempted an advance of the Tara river, there is no change in the situation. There also has been no change at Sa lonlkl as concerns the Entente Allies, who have not yet, so far as is known, replied to- Greece's protest against their fortifying -the district against possible attack Jay the Teutonic allies or an swered Greece's representations con cerning the arrest 'bf the consuls of the Central. Powers and their allies. On the eve of the re-convenlng of Congress uneasiness prevails . among senators and representatives j by ; rea son of the acute situation that iexlstfc OTreeAeirrgdrenTsTesraenT- son - has cut ; short - his honeymoon trip in, Virginia in order to be in the cap ital when the legislators begin to place resolutions before their - respective houses with regard to infringement upon American rights. Close Inquiries are to be made into the sinking of the British steamer Per sia with the loss of at least one American life before' action s is taken in this matter by the American govern ment, which' is represented by Wash ington dispatches as ..being determined to take any v step warranted by the facts elicited. , Wants Judgment Withheld. The Austrian charge d'affaires at Washington has asked the Washington authorities to withhold their judgment until an explanation of the sinking of the Persia is forthcoming and is said to have given assurances that - if an Austrian submarine was at fault the Austro-Hungarian government would make . amends. It " is expected . that ; the submarine warfare of Germany and-Austria and Great Britain's interference with neu tral commerce will be the subjects of particularly interesting debates in 'Congress, and also that the question of nationaj , preparedness wiu early be taKen up. -; , ' . CHAMBER CONVOKED. Greek Deputies Will Assemble January : 17, Week Earlier Than , Intended, j. Paris, Jan. 3 A- dispatch to the Ha vas Agency from Athens says: -- i "It is announced r that the chamber of deputies has been convoked for Jan uary 17, a week earlier than had' previ ously been Intended.: King Constantine himself - will open the session. ."The Greek government through the prefect of Saloniki has sent; an address of -welcome to- King -Peter of- Serbia, The newspapers emphasize the influ ence that the visit of the Serbian king is likely : to have- on. the relations of Greece with the Entente Powers. All the-newspapers say that the situation between the Entente Allies and Greece is -obviously -improving." 78 BOMBS IN HIS ROOM. Of Small Fuse Type, Primed and Ready -v - ,": . for Instant use.: j' 1 New Yorki Jan. 3. After the arrest today of Giovanni Attanasio, 35, the po lice said they found in the man's room 78 small bombs of the fuse type, primed and .prepared for Instant ; use. In ad ditlon " to the bombs, the police said they also discovered a quantity- of dynamite,- sulphur, .fuse, and fulminating caps. , The prisoner was taken to head quarters or .questioning; . ,;fVrv-. A TWO MORE -BRITISH SHIPS j : SUNK IN MEDITERRANEAN JL London . Jan . The . British JU 4 liner Glengyle, t Shanghai to?, London, was ' sunk $ in the Mediterranean ori Sunday. JL - A presumably by, a submarine.., Of JL izo : passengers ana' ; crew on ! board all but. J three " Europeans-! JU and seven Chinese have ' been-! 4 landed. . So far as Is ' known no JL Americans ' were on board. The vessel carried a valuable cargo ! of 14,000 -tons. The steamer was. A 4 valued V at ' 235000 .pounds ,: ster- JL jl ling.. - , ;.: u -;--,..:.- ;-rt ":;:':?. JL The Times learns that the Pe- ! JL nlhsula and -Oriental, llner Gee JL' long," 5,030 ?tonSj has also been Jur JL, sunk- In - the; Mediterranean. All JL on- board the vessel were saved. JL Many Vessels ot British Registry ,Be . ing ComnUssioned a Transports ' . of Food Supplies to the IJnited Kingdom, ' ,' -l ' London, Jan. J3.--f.The governnient is taking stringent measures to see that the prevailing shortage In ships shall not interfere : - with" the shipment of food and other . necessities to ports in the United Kingdom. .Vessels are be ing requisitioned right and left for' the shipment of .wheat from the Americas and In' shipping circles It Is reported that the admiralty Intends .to call In the British ships trading between for eign porta.. The latter measurers ex pected to-particularly affect British ships trading between South America and the United States, - Shippers here predict that such action would-have a disastrous effect on this trade. - Ship owners in England and neutral shippers regard the Nerbern energy of the government with misgivings and requisitioned, wheat ships are receiving 13 shillings, compared with the normal rate of 15 shillings. The-first hint a vessel receives. that It Is to be requisi tioned is the following telegram from the admiralty toward the free end of its voyage: : ' "You are required by the requisition ing (carriage of food stuffs) committee to fix your vessel to load a cargo of 75 per cent whe'at fron the Atlantic coast of Canada, .the United States or the Gulf to the United. Kingdom. You may make your own arrangements as to freights, etc. Formal notice Is fol lowing by letter. . ;,! The owners then receive the follow ing letter from the transport' depart ment pi -tne admiralty: "I have to inform you on behalf of the requisition (carriage of foodstuffs) committee that1 it has been found ne cessary ;to .require your vessel to' be employed in the North Atlantic wheat trade., ; I have thereto given - you for mal notice in accordance with the pro visions of an - order, of council, dated - ' .' t inai oraer. Under this, the requisition committee requires you, under the authority giv en them in -the" order quoted, to ar range forthwith that the vessel shall be fixed to. load at a port on the At lantic coast of Canada or the United States . including the Gulf,, a cargo of which at least 76 per cent shall con sist of wheat . and to" discharge this wheat at some port or ports of the United Kingdom. The vessel Is to pro ceed on its arrival in the United States to one of the above ports to load, as stated. ' "I am also to require you to inform me within a week of this date of the arrangements you have made. The committee rely confidently, upon the goodwill of the ship owners generally and .their j co-operation v in arranging for the supply of such additional ton" nage as the national requirements may necessitate from time to time in the trade now in question, or in any other for .which similar action may be re quired." The last sentence is considered as significant corroboration Of news al ready received by charterers that the - (Continued on Page Eight.) - " - ; ; 1 ' ' EXPLOSION KILLS MANY 22 Probably Perish When En gine Room is Wrecked. Bnrstingof Huge Gas Tank probably Cause of Accident on Oil Tank . Ship Asteei While Moored at a Brooklyn Dock. ' New York, Jan. 3 Two men are known to ,be dead' and at least, twenty Others are believed to have perished In an . explosion that wrecked, the engine room of the Norwegian oil -tank steamer Aatec at a 'Brooklyn dpek : today. .. Ten others were seriously Injured. ; , Most of ' the ' victims were trapped beow decks and those, who were not instantly killed probably- were drown ed by the water that flooded the en gine room through a great hole blown in the side of : the vessel. "': ' ; V The Aztec had Just left ' a drydock and the causeof the explosion is un known,, although. It la believed to h$,ve been caused hy the . bursting -of . a tank of,.10,e00, cubic J"yards ... of-, gas . used in connection wth the oil fuel for the engines. J . , , - , . ,.f For several hours dty firemen work ed to recover the bodies, of : the - victims and - it was finally decided to pump the ship dry before renewing attempt's. Most of the Injured were rescued by Captain A, .F. JBennett, Of the tug Dal zeline. Captain -Bennett said t:he eaw the body pf; a man hurled' into the' air, followed -by,:' a- flame that shot fifty feet high -and -was - accompanied --by- a terrific explosion, - - " The body of a fireman was, blown, on to v the deck of the steamer Roslands, fifty fet away. " . - ' . Th Aztec under "charter . to the Iw ter-Ocean Transport Company of' this city, recently arrived from France and went into drydock.: on December. S4. It was. to.rJh.ave sailed for Philadelphia this -week" to take on a cargo for a return trip to France' , fc ' " t A-' RE-ASSEMBLES TODAY Feeling of Uneasiness Over Gravity of ; Foreign Affairs Prepsrednes Question Will Be Taken 5 - Up Iiiim.edi4eiyr--.!?yj: - Washington, .Jan. 3. Congress" re-assembles tomorrow in the midst of an international situation which rival po litical leaders admitted tonight was one of the most critical that has con fronted the Nation. . Returning mem bers talked of little but . consequences that "might result from the sinking of: the British steamer Persia in the Mediterranean with loss of American lives and the strained diplomatic re lations between the United States and Austria. - Although administration leaders.were uniformly inclined to' proceed cau tiously and to . await nositive infor mation, there was a general feeling, of uneasiness among senators and repre sentatives over the gravity of foreign affairs. Senator Stone, chairman of the Sen ate foreign relations committee, con ferred with . Secretary Lansing at the State- Department and will seek a-conference with President Wilson before a meeting of the committee is held Wednesday to begin N consideration of matters pertaining to the diplomatic affairs of the nation. It seems assur ed that the committee -will take up the resolution submitted by Senator Hoke Smith, calling for an inquiry into ureat Britain s Interference with neu tral commerce and the . amendment by senator Lodge to investigate destruc tion of the Lusitania and other acts by belligerents resulting in destruc tion of American lives. -; . Consider Smith Resolution. "Of course we must consider those resolutions," said Senator Stone to night. "They are on the' calendar and must be disposed of. I don't , know the sentiment of the committee, but I see no ; objection to Congress having all information called for in the reso i in linn urMi H.iur nmi i ri - nr inn' lution of eiiator Smith- otithe amend. - --j talked to Secretary:Lansihg about the sinking or the. Persia but we can do nothing with that until we get all the facts." . . ; Senator Stone also , discussed with Mr. .Lansing the long pending Nicara guan and Colombian treaties, concern ing which there still is possible oppo sition by some . senators,-. Including Re publican members of the . foreign rela tions committee. , The Missouri sena tor 'wants these treaties disposed of one way or another.. If ; it is apparent that opposition is overwhelming,. It Is" pro posed to discover this as soon as pos sible so that further: time may not be wasted inxattemptlhg 'to force their ratification'. Another subject of - dis cussion was the' nomination of Hen ry P. Fletcher to - be ambassador to Mexico. Senator Borah, a member of the committee, will strenuously oppose Mr. Fletcher's confirmation on the ground that no ambassador to Mexico should s be named by the United States until conditions in the southern repub lic are more settled. i Take Up Preparedness Question.' , Although foreign affairs overshadow everything else in Interest for tlffe mo ment, activity on national preparedness will begin at once. Hearings will be held tomorrow before the House naval affairs committee on the annual ap propriation bill, the first subject to be taken up being that of yards and docks Including" the project for a big dry dock at Norfolk, Va. The Senate naval- committee will meet to consider Senator Tillman's bill, for erection of a gpvernment armor plate factory. Thursday the House committee on mil itary affairs ' will meet and Secretary Garrison will appear to. explain his plan for reorganization of the army. ' Other legislation ready for consid eration includes the water power, and mineral land leasing bills- and the farm loan bank bill. This Joint committee on rural credits completed the farm loan bill tonight and the "measure pro bamy wiu pe re ported to both houses tomorrow. Con sideration of the water power bill may begin in the House Wednesday. . WEBB TO .LEAD FIGHT WIU Re-Introdnce Bill for Prohibition Constitutional ; Amendment. . Washington, ; Jan. 3. -The annual fight in Congress for nation-wide pro. hibltion will be renewed tomorrow when Representative Webb, of North Carolina, will re-introduce his resolu tion -1 tor. a prohibition constitutional amendment. The resolution will be re ferred to the " judiciary- committee, of which Mr. Webb is chairman. Baltimore, Jan. 3. The .. Western Maryland railroad ; today Issued an or der, effective at the ' close of "business tomorrow,' placing an embargo until further notice on all shipments of grain to 4hls port ' for export , There are nearly 2,000,000 bushels of grain in storage here awaiting ships. - - JL LUSITANIA NO LONGER "v i CLASSED AS ARMED SHIP i Washington, .- Jan.., 3. Germany JL t no longer contends . that - the Lu- JL sltania. could r be classed - as an JL I' armed vessel, a contention which JL L was .advanced asr a . justification JL S for the ' destruction of. the- ship JL 4 with more than . 10(K American rJL ! lives. Sectetary Lansing die- A JL dosed, today that j the .contention 4 JL has- been abandoned "in the course JL JL of the v negotiations for settle- 'JL the - United- States sand Germany. JL ment vow in progress between ? X. - : . v-. , - JL MANY SPEAKERS HEARD Bryan in Endorsing Lansing's Sugge- tiom for Settling Boundary Dis putes hy Arbitration Brings Hearty Applause. Washington, Jan. 3. Diplomatic rep resentatives here . of the Latin-American republics and chairmen of dele gations to the Pan-American Scientific Congress met today, with Chilean Am bassador Mujica, -president of the con gress, as chairman, to discuss means for co-ordinating the work of the or ganization. Their recorded work was the selection of an executive commit tee and a resolution providing for the preservation of papers read before, the congress, but informally there was free expression-of satisfaction over - the progress being made toward a greater Pan-American unity. , . Speakers before the numerous dlyi sions and sub-divisions of .the congress today included former Secretary .Bryan, John Bassett- Moore, .Albert Santos Dumont, the Brazilian aeronaut; and George E.. Roberts, of NewYork. Scores of papers were read 'at ' the : various meetings and most of them were lis tened to by. large audiences. AH sections of the Congress met to night with the American Society for the -Advancement of: Science, to hear William Campbell, director of the Lick Observatory and president , of the so ciety,' who spoke on the "Evolution of the Stars." - For Unity in Event of War. A plea for Pan-American, unity in event of war. in ' any : country beyond the seas and any American, nation was made by Mr. Dumont, who attracted one 1 of the largest audiences . of the day. -' ' ,'-. : "We should be able in. case of trou ble," he said,. "to intimidate any Eu ropean power, v-contemplating war against any: one of us, not "by guns of which we have ,so : few- but by the Strength: of .our union" 'Llt'eJ''o fa few" years heavier than air machines would - attain three - to four huftdred kilometers an hour , and that- before many years aeroplane services would be established: between ;,the United States and South ; American countries. ; "I believe," he added, , "the aero plane will - knit the various states of the continent into an integrally united, co-operating and friendly combination allied for their Own well-being in trade and commerce, as well as for strength in times of possible war.? Mr. Bryan in his address endorsed the recent-suggestion . by Secretary Lansing that an agreement be entered into by the American . republics for settlement of boundary disputes and the prohibition of the shipment of arms! to, -revolutionists.- iAearty applause from-all parts of the -hall greeted the reference. . Refers to Colombian Treaty. He also spoke of the pending treaty by which the United States would: pay Colombia, $25,000,000 for the par tition of. Panama, expressing the hope that it soon would be' ratified, thus enabling Colombia to join the nations signatory to peace treaties that would (Continued on Page Eight). NFLUENZA SPREADING FROM COAST TO COAST Epidemic Qver Country Pre- sents Grave Problem. v As Higb as 1100,000 Cases Reported in v; Larger Cities and Spreading to Rural 'Districts Wilming- . ton Has 80 Cases? - Washington, . Jan. 3. Influenza is spreading over the United States from coast, to coast In the most serious epi demic -of its kind . ever known, taking a large toll in lives and "causing eco nomic loss by Incapacitating workers in all walks of life. Reports from public health .service officers .made public tonight by Surgeon General Blue show that already thf disease has cre ated a grave problem for; many of the larger cities, :and is spreading to the rural communities. New ' York; - Chicago, " Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Cleve land and; Detroit reported the disease widely prevalent. " Cleveland and De troit each have probably 100,000 cases. Of. the larger cities, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Baltimore,. San Diego, Dallas and Mo bile ' reported no signs .of an epidemic : ; There Is practically' nothing the Fed eral government, can do toward aiding. In suppression of .the, epidemic. It must be dealt with - by - local authori ties and they, In ..turn. It is explained, are almost helpless .without - co-operation from the public' j Surgeon General Blue said tonight he had called for re ports from all parts, of - the country with " the hope that publicity - would tend to stimulate this co-operation. . Some. of -the reports were 'summarize ed by -Surgeon General Blue as follows: Norfolk Influenza prevalent. Pneu monia not Increased. . -.- - Wilmington, N.- C. About SO" cases, mild form.-, ' - -, ; v New -. YoRk Disease -.w widely , spread. (Continued on Page Sight). , Safety of - Pan-American Doc trine a Fundamental Basis for Defense Plans. X - - --'MMSBMSM - TO WARD OFF ASSAULT r. S . Believed Essential to Have Great Forces on Both At lantic and Pacific Washington, Jan. 3. Possibility of a combined attack by two foreign powers to break down the new . Pan American doctrine, evolved from main- tenance by the United States and ac ceptance by South and Central Ameri can republics -of the Monroe Doctrine, is one of the fundamental -bases for the National defense plans formulated by army and navy strategists. They be lieve It essential In the formulation of a National, military policy,- it was learned tonight, to provide against the eventuality of an assault upon the doe trine by either an Asiatic or an Euro pean or even by an alliance of two such "powers, which might hurl forces simultaneously at the Atlantic and Pa- cific coasts. . ' A navy equal In strength to those of . any two world : powers, except Great Britain and an amy prepared to fight for the integrity of the Pan-American idea everywhere in Pan-America is the ultimate aim of the plans of the mili tary experts. - -; Ten "Years Believed Limit. . Ten years is the time the Navy Gen eral Board believes the United States has in which to prepare for readjust ment for world- forces which will fol low the European war. In setting 1945 as the time when the. United States navy should equal any afloat-: which means reaching the two-powerrstand-ard'of the British navy the, board es- iamated' that.much ;ttn wpuld. Jelfipa before the ' slock - of the present war passed sufficiently to permit any of the belligerents to look to South or Cen tral America for colonial development or trade aggression. Plans of the Army War College would be consummated In six years. The army officers take the position that the United States must have sufficient troops and troop ships to land forces in any threatened Pan-American coun try to meet an Invader. All these preparations, It ' Is now known, have been presented by strate gists to the administration as essential to the Support of the Monroe Doctrine, so that the United States may be able to act alone, if necessary, to preserve its ideal of no entangling allies. Such ideals, the military students have stated, impose new duties on the Unit ed States duties that - require some thing more than a policy of mere pas sive resistence. While the administrative branch of the gpvernment has submitted to Con gress a: definite - plan which contem plates an increased expenditure of more than a billion dollars on the mil-: itary and naval establishments In the next six years, all other agencies of the government are acting to unify and harmonize, the pan-American na tions. To students of diplomacy the Pan-American declarations .of Presi dent Wilson in his opening address to Congress; the declarations for Pan . American unity made to the Pan American Scientific Congress here - by Secretary Lansing and the general ef fort for -unity of all the Americas on a basis of friendship and equality, tako on added significance when considered in connection with the administration's preparedness plans. ' " A Significant Factor. - '"'. - The recent announcement that the . ambassadors from Argentine, Brazil, and Chile had been selected by the United States to represent It: on i the commissions provided by the pace In vestigation treaties with France Great Britain and Italy, is regarded as one of the significant factors in this con nectlon. ' - , . Significance also is seen in the dis closure that "an effort to postpone the Pan-American Congress on the ground that -sufficient time had not been given to prepare an adequate scientific pre gramme was met by the statement that the United States was Insistently desir ous of taking, prompt; steps to further the ' spirit of . Pan-American accord, confidence, ' sympathy and mutuality. South" American, capitals uniformly re port that the 7 Congress - Is regarded there as more political than scientific and that approbation of the sentiment of Pan-American, unity is freely expressed.- yi'":s.-.'- vi 7-.-y.-.. y , What - confidential Information the army war-college and the navy general board may ; have gathered concerning the Intentions Of any - certain power or powers Is not being revealed; but there are certaln'mattersof-i general knowl edgetwhich are-known to have entered into the study- of - possibilities upon which the theory of a two-power at- Ltack upon tjjjd Menroe Doctrine was With the military problem agreed upon and ; defined, the two boards of strategists wfereasked what,' In. their opinion, would' constitute adequate na tional defense. Their; answer . was to build a two-power navy and organize a - "Federal army of sufficient size so that; a portion i of It could be used in any ' southern country against a for eign ' invader - without impairing the safety of. the United States itself, v : For Adequate Protection, l u 1 - To accomplish. this, the general board then recommended for the navy: - r 1. Authorization in 1916-17 of 1300. 000,000 In new. ships as against a total investment in fighting equipment now :x .- (Continued. On xage toght.) ' : ' l.i I. ft fi y4 ,1 i 11 ' i i
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 4, 1916, edition 1
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