26 JANUARY 1918, Page 2

America's determination to subordinate everything to the war has been

shown by the decree of Mr. Garfield, the Feel Adminis- trator, suspending. for five days from Monday the work of all but war industries east of the Misaissippi. Mr. Garfield's object was to remove the congestion on the railways, which impeded the export of war materials and the supply of coal to Atlantic shipping. In New York alone, six hundred thousand people were thrown idle, and millions were affected in the Eastern States. But the decree was obeyed, with little grumbling. The President declared that it was necessary to I he prosecution of the war, and his word sufficed.