Show N NEWS RE REVIEW VIE IV OF THE HE PAST WEEK I First American Shot in the Great War Destroys a German U FIRED BY LINER MONGOLIA Destruction of Shipping by Submarines Submarines Submarines rines Now Threatens England I With Food Shortage Shortage Great Great jl Britain Gets Money From Uncle Sam i iBy i iBy By EDWARD W. W PICKARD Americas America's first shot In the war war with Germany many was fired on April 19 lD It scored a direct hit and destroyed aGerman aGerman a n German submarine The Time shot was fired by the gun crew on the American liner Mongolia when a U-boat U attempted attempt attempt- ed to attack that vessel In the Irish sea The first shell smashed the periscope and after other shells were sent there thero was an explosion and the submarine did not rise again Capt Emery Rice hies of the Mongolia l told of the Incident ent enton on a arrival I In an English port It is Interesting to note that the gun that got the U-boat U had been named Theodore Theodore Theodore Theo Theo- dore Roosevelt by the gunners The destructive work of the submarines submarines submarines sub sub- marines is causing Increasing anxiety Jp in hi Grew Great At Britain The latest I t weekly report of the tRe admiralty shows show's a ti hula JUU h U larger number of ships sunk sunIe than did any previous report and on Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day Lord Davenport the British food controller solemnly warned the BritIsh British BritIsh Brit Brit- ish public that severe privations menaced the nation before the next harvest barvest was reached This aroused the Lon London on press to gloomy co comment ment the burden of which was that the submarine submarine submarine sub sub- marine blockade was the most serious feature of the war now and that if Great Britain was to be saved from starvation and possible defeat something something something some some- thing must be done mighty soon to counteract it This something obviously obviously ob ob- is the turning out from the time shipyards of a vast an and continuous stream of of tonnage tonnage- but though many ships are being built bunt the shortage of skilled labor renders it impossible to construct anywhere near the tho number required The Tile great British navy avy Is powerless to relieve the situation No Noone Noone Noone one over there seems able to suggest any solution of ot the problem ex except ept to tobe tobe tobe be careful of the food supply and prepare prepare prepare pre pre- pare for tor the worst The food question Is serious else else else- where It was responsible in large part for tor th the strikes in Germany and andIs andis Is the chief cause of demonstrations that are alarming the Swedish gov gov- In France meatless dinners except Sundays and holidays began holidays began We Wednesday and already In the United States the hot hotels ls and clubs are cutting cutting cutting cut cut- ting down their menus Plans for larger crops and more farm tarm labor In America were carried nearer to completion during the past week One notable Incident was the departure of students of ot the agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural college of the University of lff Illinois to help raise Canadas Canada's wheat crop They are are areto to be well weIl paid and the Dominion government will give to each of them a homestead of acres On a moments moment's th thought such a movement movement movement move move- ment as this must win approval for tor a bumper crop In Canada will do the civilized world as ns much good as one ono in the United States and the Dominion Dominion Dominion Do Do- minion has been depleted of labor Great Britain Gets First Loan I Speedy work is being done In the way of supplying the Immediate nee needs s of the allies of the United States In Inthe Inthe the first conferences with tl the e commis commis- commissioners commissioners commissioners' from England and France the government was told that the most urgent of these needs were money moUly ships and food It was waB agre agreed d that the first allotment of the loan would go to Great Britain and on Wednesday Secretary of the Treasury Mc McAdoo doo handed to the British ambassador ambassador ambas ambas- a treasury warrant for Arrangements for disposing of the immense bond Issue are practical practIcal- I ly h completed ted and France and Italy and Russia Hussla will get their hell share soon Most of the money it is understood will be he expended in the United St States tes The Time commissioners agreed that next nest to supplying money money America could give ghe the best help by continuing to furnish food and nud by finding the vessels yes yes- ves vessels sels f for r I Its s transport to Europe and they were pleased with the plans for building g a great fleet of wooden ships General Joffre however howe expressed the hope that In tho the near future a large contingent of American troops would be on the fighting line un under tinder er the Stars and Stripes holding that the moral effect of f that would be tremendous All of ot the time commissioners concurred concurred In the time statement that they were here not to attempt to to dictate to our government government gov gov- but to 0 a advise vise and assist it to the best of ot an and with their wealth of experience exper President Wilson In a conference with Ir Balfour voluntarily olun gave assurances assurances as as- urn that hat the United Stat States s will fight until It achieves es victory and thereupon the head of the British mission mis mis- slon sion d declared that the entente allies would seek seck no treaty of ot all alliance ance no signature of the entente pledge not to tomake make a n separate peace with Germany Germans Resist Desperately This Is the last and deciding push for we ve soon shall be able to tOI hol hold out no longer reads the diary of a German German Ger Ocr man officer who was captured last Monday and t that seems to be be the opinion of the German commander commander- J Jn In n. n chief ju judging ging by the desperate opposition opposition tion thou he Is 15 putting u up un against t the drive of the allies ames in northern France Resuming Resuming Re Re- suming their pm part of tile the offensive at atthe atthe the beginning ng of the week the British hn have fe hade r progress especially est especially es es- t along llong the time roads fr from m Arras and amI Bapaume to Cambrai In the time semi semi- open fighting their heavy howitzers were of little use but their field guns an and machine guns were handled with wonderful skill and rapidity and the Germans suffered enormously ly Von l HIndenburg threw his reserves Into the battle with whit a prodigality that astonished as as- his adversaries and time the Teu Teu- tons gave ground slowly and made re repeated repeated re- re and fierce counter-attacks counter which however were of ot little avail avaU and left the ground covered with their slain Tho Time German Gennan line thanks t to the astounding numbers of men Von Yon HIndenburg has been nb able e to bring up Is still unbroken but it Is isbn badly ly battered battered battered bat bat- and Is being pushed back further further further fur fur- ther and further toward the frontier The superiority of the British In the time theall theair all air was demonstrated on Monday In Inthe Inthe the Ule most spectacular manner The Themen Themen Themen men of the Royal Flying corps met the theair theair air squadrons of tho the Germans at nt an altitude of feet and put them to rout destro destroying ing 40 of f their airplanes airplanes airplanes air air- planes with tJ the e loss of but two of their own machines The Time young oung Brit BritIsh British ish pilots then carried out a n series of daring bombing raids The be French devoted much of the week to destructive ve artillery fire In 1 preparation for their next part in the I see saw that Is being carried on with such skillful operation co-operation by Halg Haig and NIvelle and by Thursday their infantry Infantry try was again In action On the Italian Mace Macedonian onlan and Ron Rou manian fronts little of moment has tins taken place In Mesopotamia the British are arc still sUll advancing but the expedition ex- ex expedition ex I from Egypt that Is moving up through Palestine has found the time re- re enforced Turkish forc forces s holding a n strongly position ext extending from Gaza Guza toward Beersheba Portugal Portugal gal having de decided to t take a more ore active part in the time conflict In Europe has sent a n large contingent of troops to northern France There has been some Iome stirring activIty activity activIty ity recently In the neighborhood ne of the Straits of Dover Two British destroyers destro destroyers de de- ers encountered n a flotilla of six German destroyers and after a n furious combat put the foe to rout The German German German Ger Ger- man boats were rammed and torpedoed torpe torpe- and raked raced by gunfire amid at least two of them were sunk stunk Time The The British vessels suffered severely but were able to return to port Wednesday morning a n German destroyer destroyer destroyer de de- flotilla bombarded Dunkirk but was ns driven off oft by the time coast batteries batteries butteries bat but teries and the allied patrol boats One French torpedo boat was sunk Russian Situation Dangerous The Time course coure of events In Russia Is being watched with renewed anxiety oJ The Time German and Austrian Socialist pence peace propagandists have taken from one of President Wilsons Wilson's addresses lie phrase of a ua peace without victory victory vic vic- tor tory and are arc using It with some ef ef- The and the delegates representing representing rep rep- resenting the tho various classes in the councils are as firm as ever against concluding a separate peace pence but they do not find the masses of uniformed people easy to control Germany is reported to to have started the expected ted movement to cut off Petrograd from the army a large arge naval and military expedition having left Libau presumably presumably presumably ably for Pernau or Reval and at such I an an Inopportune time timed m a a great many I Russian soldiers are deserting These I deserters are arc peasant soldiers who ar are hastening to their homes In fear that there will be a distribution of lands of ot which In their absence they will not get get- their share The old agrarian trouble is coming to a hea head and despite the assurances of the time authorities that It cannot be settled until the time constituent constituent constituent assembly acts the peasants aro In many localities taking the matter Into their own hands bands As for the time threatened German offensive offensive of of- the Ume leaders of the new RusIan Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian Ian government assert that It will be bea ben a n good thing for Russia even eyen If It the enemy should occupy Petrograd for forIt forit It it wi will l unite the na nation on in determination I tion to fight tight the war t to the finish n and d nullify tl the e efforts efforts' of the So So- The Russian Baltic fleet and army anny sent a wireless ess message to the allied fleets saying they were were In complete complete complete com com- readiness to defend free Russia 1 President r sf nt VU Wilson S has selected tho the members of a commission that will visit Russia to pay this nations nation's respects re re- respects re respects to the new government and Ellhu Elihu Root has consented to be Its chairman The Time other othe members will be Edward T. T Hurley Daniel Willard and t Oscar S. S Straus Spain Warns the Kaiser On Tuesday Spain sent to Germany a note concerning submarine warfare with the warning that Spanish patience patience patience pa pa- tience was nearly exhausted The Time Imperial government consented to a parley for the mitigation of the difficulties difficulties cui ties which have arisen In Spain King Alfonso has trl tried tried- diligently t to preserve neutrality but it seems as ils If his efforts were doomed to fa failure 11 ure Turkey l having severed se diplomatic relations with the time United States the the rep representatives of the the- two nations started for home Reports that came from Europe durIng dur dur- during I ing the week told of a n revival of o-f the attempts to oust Hollweg Bethmann-Hollweg Bethmann Hollweg power because of his support support of the plans of f the Socialist for u peace without annexation and i Indemnities The pan Germans cons conservatives con con- I and nd liberals all are opposing opposIng ing the be chancellor In this But G Germanys Germany's Ger Ger- r- r many's foes should not count too much on such demonstrations any more moretha titan than on the time strikes there e for there Is no reason renson to believe any finy of them portend portend por por- ten tend time the overthrow of Prussian autocracy racy the racy the e one one thing probably that can cun bring the time war to an early arly con con- elusion Mayor Thompson of Chicago suc succeeded s on TI Thursday Ulsda In attracting some attention to himself He Issued a printed statement on the the food shortage short short- ago age In which he the attacked conscription argued for a ban harm on food tood exports ports and assailed the ale war policies of the admin admin- Ih The same V day tiny he ime evinced a disinclination to extend exten to Marshal Joffre and the French mission an Invitation In In- invitation Jo visit Chicago saying saying- he thought some of the time people might norbe not nor be wildly eni enthusiastic about It Mayor l Thompson hompson Is overly careful about the stability of his Teutonic political fences for Chicago Is decidedly enthusiastic en over the pr proposed posed visit by the French commissioners and will give th them m a splendid welcome Plans for fOl the event are arc bein being made the mayor being being Ignored I The Wisconsin senate gave a l lesson to disloyal citizens b by expelling from membership Senator Frank of Milwaukee 1 a n Socialist t for refusal to retract alleged disloyal y l. l statements made by him on the floor of the senate At the hour of writing It appears certain that the government g selective conscription bill will be passed l h b both houses of houses of congress Agreements Agreement's were secured in both senate and und houst- houst that assured a n vote ote not later ater than thull I midnight Saturday |