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Show SENDING OF TO Fill ASH) British Officers Make It Plain That Moral Ef feet of Americans Will Be the Biggest Factor By Aaeeciated Praaa. LONDON, May 7. A hostile airplane dropped four bombs northeast of London this morning, it is officially announced. '''"-' 'l'.v The statement announcing i tb airplane wid-resvistr-r. "In the early hours this morning a hostile airplane appeared over the outskirts of . northeast London and dropped four bombs. One man was killed and a man and a woman injured. Slight damage was done to build ings." - By John Edwin Nevin. . Internatienal Nawa Service Staff Cer-. Cer-. respondent- WASHINGTON, May 7. It , hag been definitely decided ' tha American troops shall go to Krauce. The date of their sailing and all detail concerning their dispatch will be withheld. Until they finally take their places on foreign soil no Information regarding what the makeup of the detachment shall be or anything In connection with plans will be made public. It Is considered certain, iiowever, that tha mttial contingent will be mad up of selected units. Roth the French 1 and British missions have emphasised that It is not the sixe of tha force that will count. Rather It Is tha effect that tha Stars and Htripea ara actually on the firing line will hava on the enemy that will count, the president and tha general ataff hava been told. Officials today continued their efforts ef-forts to whip into shape the legislation needed to permit tha administration to take over tha control of all shipping and all shipbuilding- appliances to tha United States. The house begin consideration con-sideration of an administration bill empowering the president to take over the possession of all vessels Interned in American porta and belonging to a na- tin with .which thia country ia at war. ' Thia government tiaa 'already acquired poaaesaion of tbcae Carman veaaala, but apectflc law covering tha taking Jover are desired. The bill provides that the aecratary of the navy ahall appoint a board of survey to appraiae tha ahlpa ao taken. It la expected that when thia and other proponed laws are definitely whipped Into shape the president will personally emphaHize the necessity for their paaauKe., Government work In ' all shipyards is being Impeded because of exiHiinx contracts for shlpbulMfng. With the propoaed legislation In force the president would be able to not alone order work atopped on unnecea-saxy unnecea-saxy shipbuilding, but it woul dal30 be v possible to so co-ordinate all ate! construction con-struction that the shiprarda of the country mould lie kept busy day and ' ! nlKht producing vessels of the type fiat l now la most needed. I latest details of the operation of tha 1 Herman submarines show that they are steadily Increasing- their work of I destruction. Reliable information ' I reaching: the council of national defense i shows that four submarines of the lal-i lal-i est type are passing out from German I waters every twnty-four .tour. Kverything in t lermany Is being subordinated sub-ordinated to increasing the efficienjW of the undersea boats. The German I admiralty, confidential information I which reached here today says, has finally decided that the grand German ' fleet mill b kepi in German watera . i indefinitely now that the I nited States navy Is in :he nar aid its navy ha I reinfirced the entente fleets. As a re- ' j $1x11 the ere a a of the Textou tfenaa MYSTERY TO VEIL I MOVEMENT OF U. S. 1 TROOPS TO FRANCE 1 units are being detailed for suhmirlne 5 work and are being trained as speedily I sa possible. J Actual figures placed before navil i and shipping experts here Indicate that If the present ratio of destruction of shipping can be maintained by the Germans something, however, which officials here believe la Impossible ths reeerve British snd Trench shipping ship-ping would be wiped out within twelve months. It Is knowledge of this fact that has caused the scientists working i.nder i the direction of the navy detriment to redouble their efforts to perfi-ct a weapon wea-pon which will nullify the submarine' vslue as an offensive iapon of J warfare. Pope Still Hopeful j for Peace Efforts i By Asaeeieted Preea. ROME fVIa rarlsl. May 7. rope Benedict, In a letter to Cardinal Gas-i Gas-i parrl, the pspsl secretsry of state, re-i re-i fere to his futile efforts for pescs In . mil snd adds: I "Still, our confidence ia not weak- J ened and we hope that the day la no longer far dlstsnt when sll men's sons of the same Celestial Father will begin I again to consider each other aa brothers" broth-ers" U -Tha jaopa-aswalna, la eadae that flhs t prayers of the unfortunate human family fam-ily may lies more frequently and humbly hum-bly to Jesus" that the cardinal make known to all the bishops of the world i his ardent desire that appeal be had to the Virgin Mary and that from June ' 1 there be definitely Introduced Into the litany of the Holy Virgin the Invocation "Reglna Pacta ora Pro Nobis." The letter enda with a call that "pious and devoted Invocations rlae ! from all corners of tha earth from the humblest huts to the most sumptuous palaces to obtain for . the upheaved world the desired peace." divided Onto-Jlftern areas, each of which haa been subdivided Into smaller units charged with distributing bread and flour to the residents In their territory ter-ritory through bread cards or soma similar plan. A rationing committee composed of Baron Devonport, Kennedy Jones 'and other prominent men would decide what ratlopa were to be established, what divisions there would be of the population into classes and other like questions. Another sdvisory committee commit-tee would handle the finsnce and a further fur-ther committee under Lord St. Davis will control the millers. About 10,000 persons, composed principally prin-cipally of existing officials who will assume the rationing work In addition to their regular dutlea. will be under the direction of Alfred Butt, theatrical magnate, aa chief director. It will take about two months to Instruct In-struct those appointed aa rationers. Thte would be aliout the middle of July, and by then It Is expected that the people of the country will have given evidence as to whether they are going to comply with the voluntary rationing plan. Harvest condltiona and -the amuunt of Imports svailable also ' will be a factor In determining whether Itlie rationing scheme shall be put Into effect. prices which hsve obtained sines the , conflict began in Kurope. was announced an-nounced here today by the xlno eom-Imlttee eom-Imlttee of the advisory commission of ! the council o f national defense. The pt'ees for slab sine, fixed with government approval, are 1 Hi cents a pound for grade A. 11 centa a pound for grade B and cents for grade C. The price of grade C. It Is stated, is protected sgalnat decline. The prices are for rarloada. with freight allowed to New Vork delivery rate points. During the wsr grade A metal haa sold up aa high as'4J cents per pound snd the murket price at the time of making theae prices was 1 8 cents per pound." the announcement states. National Victory Forecast for Australia By Associatsd Prsss. I LONDON, May T. A Melbourne dispatch dis-patch says that It seems certain that the A ui"t rails n elections will give the Nationalists control of both houses of parliament. The perty'a senate candidates candi-dates are leading etrongly everywhere except In Queensland. The majorities In the labor stronghold are enormously reduced. Australia has been the scene of a hlttsr political war aince last November, Novem-ber, when the administration's conscription con-scription hill was defeated at the polls. TTemter-wmhuiT-Morrls TTiiKnes" Was ousted from the leadership of the Federal Fed-eral Labor party and formed a new lalKir party with the announced intention inten-tion of continuing the fight for conscription. con-scription. The dissension in his ranks caused ths premier to resign on Keb-rusry Keb-rusry is, but on request of the governor gover-nor general he Immediately formed a new coalition cabinet. The acuteneas of the political situation prevented Premier Hughes from nttendlng ths recent re-cent Imperial conference In London, and Australia was not repreeentetl. U. S. Professor Invents Tear Gas By Aeeeeiated Preea. P.ALTIMOKK. Md.. May 7. It became be-came known here today that tha lachrymose lach-rymose or tear gas used by the allies Is tha Invention of Dr. Robert W. Wood, professor of experimental physics In Johns Hopklna .university. Professor Wood eent the formula to a friend. Professor Cotton, In Paris and it was turned over to the French war department. Dr. Wood Is a member of the naval ocnaulttng Itoard's subinarlne subcommittee. Profeeeor Woed's plan wse to have the gaa ueed In one big drive nnd overwhelm the enemy, not only the first line trenchee, but all the supporting support-ing lines and artillery aa well. "I eent the formula to Professor Cotton." Cot-ton." said Dr. Wood, "with the Idea of breaking the trench deadlock. The gi.s is benay I -bromide or chlora-cetone vapor va-por It produces temporary hltndnens without permanent Injury and does not violate The -Hegue conventions. The blindness disappears when the ffcpor Is exhausted, but when a man can't pee he can't shoot. "In experiments conducted with the gas In France a French regiment was sent charging down a atreet to a olnt where a tear homh had been exploited and every man waa overcome." Finishing Touches Put on Compulsory Rationing By Asaeeieted Press. LONDON. May 7. Whether the people peo-ple of the United Kingdom will respond re-spond lo appeala for voluntary bread and wheat flour rationing embodied In King George's recent proclamation and in posters and pamphleta Issued by the ministry of food, remains to be seen, but in the meantime the ministry Is working at high pressure to put the finishing touches on the machine which will be established for compulsory rationing ra-tioning unless ths country cuts down on consumption sharply of Its own volition. vo-lition. The rationing of 4i.000.du0 or more people presents artremendous and Intricate problem. Tha ministry, how-, ever, believea that It will be largely solved In the scheme evolved. I Bearing In mind Germany a rationing ration-ing plan, which is aaid to be a complete com-plete failure. Baron Devonport. food controller, haa turned for guidance to the-well nigh perfect organisation developed de-veloped by Herbert C. Hoover, chairman chair-man of the American commission for relief In Belgium. The. main Idea of ,the British plsn is decentralisation. The whole United Kingdom haw t'en Optimism Seen in Russian Crisis By Asseclstsd Press. TENDON. Msy 7. Serglus Saxnnnff. former Russian foreign minister, takes sn optimistic view of the present erlala In Russia, according to a Petrogred dispatch quoting a statement made by M. Basonoff to Professor Parea of the University of Liverpool. Professor Parea . asked ths former mihlster, as one "f the best' tlussisn friends of Great Britain, what attitude the British ought to take toward the crisis. M. Basonoff replied earnestly: ."Keep cool and above all do not treat us ss a negligible quantity, because be-cause we are not. I feel sure you will nnd that this crista will pass off of It-' It-' self." Professor Parea has Just returned to Tetograd from- one of -the southern fronts. H eayg the newa of the revolution revo-lution had a decidedly good effect on the discipline of the soldiers. The commanding com-manding officers all said that tha men i new felt they had something to fight . for and executed their ordera with more ardor. Whatever harm occurred re-- re-- suited from agitator trying to create ' a class wsr. Russian Opposes "No Annexation" Plan By Asseclstsd Press. LONDON, May 7. According to the Times' Petrograd correspondent. General Gen-eral Alexleff, commander In chief of the Russlso forces who witnessed some of the critical scenes last week In Petrograd, Pet-rograd, where he had arrived from a visit of Inspectjon nn the northern front, spoke strongly against the propaganda propa-ganda for "no annexation and no indemnity." in-demnity." Oeneral Alexleff Is quoted aa having aid thla propaganda would be Interpreted Inter-preted at the front aa an advocacy for surrender. The correspondent adds thst General Alexleff appeared to be fairly satisfied with" the results of his tour and predicted fighting on the Russian front In the near future. He said that the great and only trouble waa In Petrograd Pet-rograd and urged the newspapers to take a stronger hand In bringing about order. Zinc Prices for Government Told By Aasaelatsd Press. NKW YORK. May . A seals of sine prices for this government during the WarajiglnBrrnMc04enelosr |
