Show Declares American Guns bi Won Siege of Ci Czar r tF Forces Without Their Aid Might l Have Hammered t Fortress Until Until Doomsday Says Col Edwin Emerson S 1 4 4 w T YORK yom May tay 21 lt It If If had not vt for or American m n ordnance m to tho RUf Russian lan government ov Col Edwin Pcr t d according to jt according according- to 0 Col Edwin imeri diT In ia a war correspondent In dl J C the tho ethics of or American shipment en of t war munitions to the powers before beCore a n meeting of thA th American Truth Society the the Cort Cart th theatre atre COlon l. l n said Mid that practically pi ta Rained gained by Russia Rus RUB call cally sage o sia sla with he het a at Ier leo has as been with the use use usef-A usef df c t Am ican can cannon cannon Her forces forces' w I 1 rt b been n hammering at tho the gates cates of Pue ot until doomsday doomsday dooms dooms- day he added If r they h had continued to to use Russian made cannon and und It was as not until tho the American ordnance ord ord- nance ance arrived that progress ss began beian to I It l I t D Denounces uric s Untied States The Th rP speaker t Ker d denounced the tbt United i States attitude in tn refusing to place 1 I an embargo on the shipment of oC arms arns rand land and saId ald this was against and and humane principles of Or govern overn- m t. t While bringing the the- nation Into trong disfavor In Jn Germany German and f A A ho hn said Mid the tim allies allies' trl friendship only a gloos glois over over the real feeling tJ ha have hac c President Wilson WilBOn haa has said Mid does docs not wish to to place an emba on en arms shipments because it Obe O b be b. man manifestly unfair to do so aD w wf j the war var is ht on on declared de Colonel cotone of ot our tron T on Other presidents I did not tako this attitude 1 E mt bargos baros many of ot them have been do- do dared while European nations nation were wro Vat nt war and there was never any dip dip- tnt J. J tangle angIe The first of at t these thes hl R was wa h by Washington In 1703 to pro- pro vent shipment to England land Prussia Sardinia and Holland Pr President embargo on Roost Roosevelt declared an shipment of or arms arm to Santo Domingo and Abraham Lincoln took the amo samo action to prevent ascendancy uI to power in Mexico Casualty Lists The official casualty casually lists of ot tho the various arlous countries at nt war as ns compiled b by tho the Red Cro Cross society were wern read rend The They Included b by Colonel Emerson th the official government figures up to about three weeks ago a o. o he saId ald According to these lists Germany has lost a n total of ot men in killed wounded and ancl permanently is crippled while Austria's loss 1088 placed at men mn Belgium lost In Ill and wounded permanently crippled and ami dead a total of or Serbia lost ill III and wounded wound d. d 1600 1500 permanently crippled and 87 d lead dad a n total of or Great Britain lost In mIll and wound wound- ed d. d permanently crippled and amI dead a total of or Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia lost In ill and wounded permanently crippled d and dead d ad a total of ot and antI Franco lz In fn ill and wounded permanently crippled and dead a n t of ot Every belligerent power Is feeling feeling- keenly enlY the tho lack of or munitions and the tl way to bring the war to a n. quick is 18 for tho United States StatE's to shut f ff their source of supply said for Colonel Emerson Our prayers r peace are useless It is like praying to God to put out a n fire while we continually supply It with fuel |