April 27--American Red Cross ships a large consignment of supplies to the Russian Red Cross at Petrograd. The Drink Question [From Truth, April 7, 1915.] Sir Topas Port, in angry sort, A scowl upon his forehead, Relieved his chest, of wrath possessed, In words distinctly torrid; His brows were raised, his eyes they blazed, His nose inclined to florid. "Disgraceful state! That we must wait For guns and ammunition, Because--Great Scott!--men play the sot And ruin their condition. Low, drunken swine! If power were mine, I'd teach 'em their position! "I'd close the pubs and workmen's clubs-- What says that Welshman feller? All drink tabooed? Alike preclude Mile-Ender and Pall-Maller? Good-bye! Can't stay. I must away Post haste to stock my cellar."