Sherbrooke daily record, 21 février 1917, mercredi 21 février 1917

[" roo Kecord Established 1897.SHERBROOKE, QUE.WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1917.Twentieth Year GERMAN DEFIANCE OF AMERICA; WILD SCENES SHELLING OF U.S.CITIZENS LATEST (ty |f W YORK Germany Appears to Expect War and is Making No Effort to Avoid it.U.S.Consuls Arriving in Switzerland.Legislation Being Prepared at Washington to Cope With Situation.Food Problems in France and Germany Engage Attention.Berlin Children to b§ Sent to Country.GERMANY\u2019S ACTS AGAINST STATES ACCUMULATE.(Canadian Press Despatch.) Washington, Feb.21.\u2014The sinking by gunfire from a German submarine of the Norwegian steamer Dalbeatie, with two Americans aboard, was added today to the State Department\u2019s list of Germany\u2019s illegal acts which are slowly accumu lating and testing the patience of the government.Consul Frost reported from Queenstown that after the ship was sunk last Saturday the men were rescued, but their lives were endangered by shell fire before the crew had gotten away in boats, and by drifting about at sea for nearly eighteen hours.After the Cabinet meeting late yesterday there was no indication that President Wilson had made known what his next step would be or when it would be taken.At the State Department it was said the situation remained as serious as it could be without war.Real interest was displayed in the British Embassy\u2019s announcement that between February 1 and 14 less than one per cent, of the vessels entering or leaving British ports had been sunk.Women of Tenament Districts to Parade Wall Street and 5tir A«e.GRAMOPHONE CONSTANTINE RECORDS SEIZED UNDER CONTROL Ex - German Ambassador\u2019s Party Were Taking Home Large Stock.GERMAN DEFIANCE OF AMERICA (Canadian Press Despatch.) L/ondon, Feb.21.\u2014The German press, according to reports from Amsterdam, is looking for war with the United States.Count von Re-ventlow, in discussing the question, ia reported to have said: \u201cIf President Wilson believes he has to declare war, this will without doubt be done with such a great and clever use of the tom-tom that at first a so-called wave of enthusiasm will go through the whole population.But the question ip, what will remain when the wave has ebbed and subsequent weeks and months show that things this time are quite different from the Spanish wrar.The more effective German submarine war will proceed in the meanwhile, and the United States will have to recognize that neither a declaration of war nor energetic measures have removed the difficulties at home or abroad.\u2019\u2019 Count Reventlow then criticizes von Bernstorff's farewell message to America.\u201cWe cannot say,\u201d he writes, \u201cthat this effusive talK of a heart overflowing with iriendship is opportune at the present moment.It looks as if the Ambassador lost his sense of the proper perspective.\u201d or private, foreign or domestic, in order to enforce compliance with or to prevent the violation of the obligations of the United States under the laws of nations; and it shall be lawful, and he is hereby further empowered to employ such forces to enforce any or all other obligations imposed upon the United States by the law of nations, by treaties or conventions to which the United States is a party, or by the statutes of the United States.\" BELGIAN SHIP REACHES U.S.U.S.CONSULS ARE ARRIVING IN SWITZERLAND (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Feb.21.-Reuter s Zurich correspondent says American consuls from Germany begun to arrive in Switze-land, Tuesday.The consul General at Munich and also the Con-euf General from Warsaw arrived there during the evening, says the correspondent and the main party Is expected later.U.S.AND AUSTRIA (Canadian Press Despatch.) Vienna, Feb.21, via London \u2014 The Inquiry of the United States regarding Austria-Hungary\u2019s attitude in connection with Germany\u2019s submarine warfare is concerned vague in official circles.It is stated that the reason for this is that the notes mentioned in the American communication wore not intended to tie the hands of the Austro-Hungarian government in the future, but dealt, entirely with cases that had actually occurred.(Canadian Press Despatch.) New York, Feb.21.\u2014The four-masted bark L\u2019Avenir, commissioned five years ago by King Albert of Belgium as à school ship, but since the war an ocean tramp, is here taking on a cargo for Melbourne.Her captain, Lauwerelnze, with other i officers and pupils, went ashore when J the war began and took part in the | defense of Antwerp.When Antwerp fell, the captain and some of his men fled to Holland and were interned.They escaped by virtue of bogus passports, the Belgian skipper says, and succeeded in returning to the ship.GERMANY CUTS OUT RED TAPE IN FOOD CONTROL U.S.GETTING WAR LEGISLATION Washington, Feb.a1,.\u2014Secretary of State Lansing and Attorney-Genera'.Gregory today asked the Senate Judiciary committee to paas immediate ly a hill which would give the Preaidert power to handle the present international situation without recourse to war.The btU empowers the President to employ the land and naval forces of the nation to \u201cenforce compliance with and prevent violation of the obligations of the United States under the Taws of nations.\u201d Briefly, such a law would mean that the President couM employ -this comrtry\u2019s army or navy in engaging In any trad» or commerce with any brillirerent country as long as international law, as understood and agreed to by this government, is not violated by any such trade or com-mpree.If this bill passes it is understood the Preetdrot will not go before Congress at all.unit*» some nut should occur which wouid fore.» him into a request for a declaration of war.The MU urged by Lansing follows: \u201cBe it.enacted by the Senate and House of IteprsHflirtatt res of the United States of America, iu Congress assembled, that it shall be lawful for the President, of the United States, and he is hereby empowered, to employ the laud and naval forces thereof to detain any vessel, public (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Feb.21.\u2014Further vigorous I measures for dealing with the food situation in Germany have been outlined in a statement to the Berlin press by Dr.George Michaelis.The new Prussian food commissioner, ac-: cording to an Amsterdam despatch j to the Bxchangf Telegraph Company-Dr.Michaelis aaid he had come to an agreement with Adolph VonBato-cki, president of the Food regulation board and General Groener, head of 'the Army Feeding Department, that I food questions must be dealt with in the speediest possible way and that red tape restriction should ! be ignored.The Prussian minister has been empowered, to act, apart from the Prussian cabinet and has been given considerable authority to ! penalize recalcitrants.: Amonv other things he has been authorized to close mills and baker, ies which disobey orders.HUNS CLAIM CHAMPAGNE SUCCESS WAS CONSIDERABLE (Canadian Press Despatch.) Berlin, Feb.21 via Sayville.\u2014The ground captured by the Germans in the champagne in the vicinity of Hill 185, south of Ripont, last week, was a well fortified position which dominated a large amount of surrounding territory and formed one of the pivots of the French line in the Champagne, says the semi-official overseas news agency.\u201cThe French show they arc troubled by the loss of Hill 185\u201d says the News agency.\u201cThey have made repealed attempts\" to recapture this ground, hut their attacks have broken down with heavy losses.\u201d ROUMANIAN FRONT DEMAND MADE FOR INTERVENTION BY PRESIDENT WILSON.SERIOUS CONDITIONS PREVAIL.(Canadian Prese Despatch.) New York, Feb.21.\u2014The women of the New York tenements have taken the food situation in their own hands and planned a series of public demonstrations to convince the mayor and city officials that something must be done to reduce prices.One of the wildest protest meetings the city has ever known broke up early today after making arrangements for a great parade of women and children to march all day through Wall Street and at night through Fifth A venue.An appeal was sent to President Wilson and a committee was appointed to demand that the city appropriate $1,000,000 to be used immediately for buying and distributing food among the poor at cost.Impassioned speakers called upon the poor of the East Side to organize, and pledged the financial support of the Hebrew Trades Union.The capitalists were blamed for the high cost of food, on the ground that they were amassing wheat by sending to Europe.\u201cWE'WANT BREAD.\u201d New York, Feb.21.\u2014Crying \"We want bread, we want bread,\u201d more than 300 women, bareheaded, scantily clad, stormed up the steps of the City Hall here yesterday, demanding relief from Mayor Mitchell from the | high cost of food.Some declared ] their families were starving.MANY CARRIED BABIES.Many of the women carried babies, their faces showing the pinch of hunger, in their arms.The women were headed by Mrs.Ida Harris, president of the Mothers\u2019 Vigilance League, and Marie Ganz, known as \u201cSweet Marie.\" They came from the Rutgers Square tenemant district, where pushcart peddlers have been steadily raising prices until che women declared they are now utterly unable to feed their families.\u201cWe are starving, we want bread,\u201d was the constant cry raised by the women as they surged about * the entrance of the City Hall.At noon a delegation of women had gathered in front of police headquarters, demanding to see Police Commissioner Woods.At the same time the police received word that 2,000 additional women wei'e forming in Rutgers Square to march to City Hall.Walking quietly across City Hall Park, the women were at the very steps of the building before they were noticed.They swept up the steps en masse.The doors were banged shut in their faces, and wild cries and im-| procations followed.A swarm of police reset ves aud l plain clothes men appeared.They drove the women down from the | steps.Marie Ganz then mounted the i steps and addressed the women.FINALLY ADMITTED.Shu urged them to remain in the street and especially to do nothing that would give the police an exeuse to errest them.With this the crowd quieted and \u201cSweet Marie\u2019\u2019 and Mrs.Harris were admitted to the building as representatives of the protesting woman.Mrs.Harris declared she represented no political organization of any kind.\u201cI represent no one but mothers,\u201d she said.\u201cMy husband is a watchmaker.I have three children and we just manage to rrt along.But other mothers who can\u2019t get along come to me with tears in their eyes and auk me what to do.\u201cWe were promised a public school ! in which to hold a protest meeting next Tuesday.By that time, though, hundreds will be starving, bo we j determined to march down here to {see him.\u201d ] Mrs.Harris was told that the mayor was not.In his office, but was promised that he would meet them Demands of Allies Have All Been Complied With.ARMS SURRENDERED AND GREEK SOLDIERS WITHDRAW FROM NORTHERN TERRITORY.(Canadian Prêts Despatch.) Curia, Feb.21.\u2014(Correspondence of the Associated Press)\u2014Complying with the demands of England, France» Italy and Russia the last Greek soldier of the regular garrison of the Island of Curia has left for the Pelo-penessus.A force only sufficient to police the island remains.The disarming of Theiesaly also is complete.Not an army rifle remains north of the Othrys Mountains.The demands of the Allied powers contained in .j their ultimatum of December 14 th \u2019 have been satisfied in full so far as (Canadian Press Despatch.) Halifax, N.S., Feb.21\u2014 The German party on board the Scandiaav-ian-American liner Frederick VIII., held here by the British authorities, for examination, seems to have a singular love for gramophone music, its various members had laid in a very representative stock of records ranging from grand opera to rag time.They will not be allowed to take these records to Germany as authorities regard them as contra band.Tne Germans contend they want the records for the music ,\t,\t.\t,,\t.\t\u201e______, in them, but the immigration offi- ^