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VOLUME XXXIV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1918 NUMBER 21 THE GLORIOl Lieut. Thomas B. Marshall has sent to the Columbia State two clippings from London papers which testify elo quently to the valor of the Thirtieth Division. They are as follows: "It nwas not impossible -at the time to speak more than cursorily of the share of the Americans in our attack of Septem'ber 20, when, on their whole front of about 6,000 yards, United States troops broke through the de fences of the 'Hindenburg line and ca nal tunnel, and on farther right forced the crossing of the canal itself. It would have been a great achievement to rthe most experienced soldiers in the 'allied armies. For Inexperienced troops, as the Americans were, it was a truly extraordinary perfot'mance. "The American troops were South erners, chiefly Carolinians and men of Tennessee and INew Yorkers. All alike went straight into the German defences, which were of a most for midable kind, and swept their objec tives. The Impetuosity of their ad Vance made possible the great advance of the British Ninth Corps on their right. It was the Southerners wic took the village of Bellicourt and Nau roy, where the New Yorkers, recklesE of the intense enemy machine gun flr( on their left, swept on towards Guoy and Mont St. Martin. That some of the latter went too fast and too far you know. Nests of Germans, whc skulked in the ramifications of the tun nel and in various lairs and burrows, were left undestroyed as the advancc streamed on, and these were reenforc ed by other enemy, who trickled south ward through the barrage on the left, Probably, if those Americans on the left of the attack had 'been less whole arted fighters, and could have curb. ~1 their impatience to get at and kill the enemy in front, they would havc had fewer casualtier. But the episod( iwould have been less glorious. "Australians were to follow uip be hind and they' have spoken to me ir terms only of superlative praise of th( way the Americans behaved. An Eng lish colonel, himself the holder of the Victoria Cross, and something of a judge, has made a memorandum of tie BALFOUR FAVORS LEAGUE OF NATIONE Vital Necessity, Says One of Britain', Peace Delegates-Russia's Statut Expected to be Settled at the Con. ference. London, Dec. 6.-(By the 'Associated Press.)-Arthur J. Balfour, secretary of state for foreign affairs, in outlin ing his view on the peace conference today told The Associated Press that he thought the meeting in Paris this month iwould be merely informal and preliminary to the conference of the associated governments at the first of the year, which would formulate all the peace terms. This agreement, he added, would 'be the most important andl longest of the series,, rWhen it was finished the enemy countries would be called in to ratify the 'con clusions reached. MAl,.TiBalfour said the (British govern ment. had not yet made any fixed ar rangements for 'President Wilson to visit E~ngland, as it would be prema *ture to do so until more was known regar-ding the president's own plans. Great Britain would be guided solely by his swishes, Most Important Question. Tire foreign seeretary said he believ ed the question of a league of nations was tire most important work Imposed on the conference. "The prominence Air. Wilson has given the subject is a HEAD AND NOSTRILS STUFFED FROM COLD "Pape's Cold Compound" ends a cold or grippe in a few hours. Your cold will break and all grippe misery end after taking a dose of "Pape's Cold Compound" every tlwo hours until three doses are taken. Jt promptly opens clogged-up nos trile, and air passages in the head, stops nasty dischfarge or nose running, relieves sick headache, dullness, fever ishness, sore throat, sneezing, sore ness and stiffness. Don't stay stuffed up! Quit blowing and snuffling! 1Dase your throbbing head-anothing else in the world gives such prompt relief as "Pape's Cold Compound," which costs only a few out any assistance, tastes nice, and causes flo inconvenience,. Accept no JS THIRTIETH Americans' charge and speaks of it in highest possible terms. The American dead, he says, lay stretched with their faces to the enemy, and 'not in one case (was there a man moving back wards when killed.' The success of the Southerners on the right was per fect, and 'without the gallant fighting of the Now York troops on their left it would have been impossible for the Southerners to have made their ad vance.' (IIe concluded by Baying: "The officers and men did -all that it was hu manly possible for brave men to do, and their gallantry in this action must stand out through all time in Ameril can history." "How difficult the ground was is, per haps, best sliowil by the fact that it was not until after three days' more hard fighting that the Australians suc eceded in finally mopping up all the defences which the Americans over ran at one splendid burst, and othei divisions of home troops on the leff completed the eapture of Guoy and L. Catelet. The American performanec that day was truly magnificent, as their fighting has been on every occas ion when they have fought with -Brit lah troops on this front.-London Times, Oct. 7. "On the extreme right of the Britisi attack the Sixth 'Division and troop, of another English division have driv en the enemy from this ridge of higi ground southeast and east of Bonte brehain, and have captured the ham let of Beauregard. "In the right center the Thirtieti: American Division, comprising troop from North and South Carolina anc Tennessee, under the command o: Gen. Lewis, captured Brancourt aftei heavy fighting, and further to th northeast took Premont, completin a successful advance of over threi miles, in the course of which the, cleared the enemy from a number o farms and woods. "On their left English, Scottish an< Irish troops of Twenty-fifth and Six ty-sixth Divisions, made equal prog ress and captured the village of Ser, ain early in the day."--London Dali: Chronicle, Oct. 9. valuable contribution to civilization, lie declared. "I think a league of na tions a vital necessity if this war i to produce all the good we expect t< come out of it. The United State. would have to bgar a large share It the work it involves. 'It should b( something more than a more instru ment to prevent war. The world f more complicated than we are incline( to think. It would 'be folly to imaginf it possible to constitute a world witt states endowed with equal powers an rights. "But I wish to say emphatically, ir my opinion to devise in concert work able machinery for them is one of the highest funcitons the conference ca deal with." "Safe for Democracy" Referring to PresIdent Wilson'a phrase, "make the world safe for do mocracy," Mr. Balfour said, "I do not think the world can be made safe for democracy merely by multiplying the number of democratic states." Mr. Blalfour explained that he rwar not thinking especially of Germany, but of new states in process of forma tion in eastern Europe. "We must assume that when such a system is created in eastern Europe like that, wrong will be impossible. The 'passions which turise (betwoen neighboring democracies make themr (luite as prone to'under'tako strife as if under other forms or xovernment. Some critics say that the changes that are being made in eastern Europe will Blalkanize Europe, but I look forward( to something different, *It would 'be intolerable if Eufopo and America madle no providon against iturning IEurope into a cock-pit for further wars. "I believe that a league of nations will bo required to superintend and control not only the criminal ambi tions of great 'autocracies but to pre vent any rash and inconsiderate coun tries from going to rwar. It is impos sible to talk about democracy except for countries which have reached a relatively adv'anced stage of civiliza tion. A league could be trustee for those less developed. ~Holding this view I regard a ledgue of nations the greatest work of thenference," RUGE U. S. NAVY IS BEING BUILT Washington, (Dec. 6.-The American navy will number a total of 1,091 ves sels, including 40 battleships and 329 destroyers on July 1, 1920, according to a statement prepared by Admiral Griffin, chief of the bureau of steam engineering, for the house naval com mittee, and made public today. This statement shcdws that when war was declared there were 364 ships in the navy, while on November i, ten days before hostilities ceased, there were 777, exclusively of privately owned yachts and other vessels taken over for patrol service. The greatest increase was 300 submarine chasers. The Increase in destroyers was 41 to a total of 92 and submarines from 43 to 79. Only two eagle boats had been com Pleted on November 1. Ninety-eight others were contracted for, but tRear Admiral 'tylor, chief of the bureau of construction and repair, has inform ed the committee, it became known to day, that the navy department has giv en orders that only 60 of the vessels be eompleted. Keels for 80 of the eagles have been laid, 4but material for most of them has been fabricated. Only two battleships were added to the fleet during the war and only one will be added betlween this time and July 1, 1920, Admiral Griffin said. Six others, however, actually are under construction, and two, the Tennessee and California, are approximately half completed. Work on three others Is yet to be started. Admiral Taylor informed the com mittee that contracts are yet to be placed for 29 ships which have been authorized. They include two battle ships, 12 destroyers, 10 submarines, two destroyer tenders, a repair ship, a transport and a submarine tender. Work has not yet started on any of the five -battle cruisers authorized In 1916, the laying down of these vessels and otber major craft hauing been de ferred because of the demands for de stroyers during the iwar. Ninety-five destroyers authorized during the war are now more than half completed. 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