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COMMENTS OF THE PR THE REPLY FROM Gi Minneapolis Journal?The German need be, by all tb note is a quibble, an evasion, a petti- to put in the flel< fogging argument about minor de- Louisville Tinn tails. no temporizing < St. Paul Pioneer Press?The an- Either Germany nouncement from Washington that amends as are po: the German reply in no answer and states must take is wholly unacceptable will meet a wm compel resp< responsive echo from end to end of citizens. the country. Louisville Post Omaha Bee?The diplomats of eyery prlnclplo of Wilhelmstrasse must have known (>ourse the Kuis the note would not be satisfactory. (q gugge8t that co . Further correspondence may serve to q( Ufe on thg , ugj relieve a situation that just now HagU0 trlbunal, seems serious. ? tlon by the ver. Omaha World-Heralu.?The situa- America has the tion is delicate, indeed precarious. jn tones than ca Des Moines (la.) Capitol The ^be world. German government's reply is Ions Louisville 11 on diplomatic verbage, but short in fou;ded her iepi specific statement. evasion of the fai Des Moines Tribune?In any event nja waB a peaceat there should be a careful and pains- Jacksonville (1 taking determination of the exact German reply mal status of the Lusitanla. of our ground. St. Louis Post-Dispatch?We must Macon (Ga.) > be Insistent on Germany's compll- doubt that the I ance with law and her cessation with- the brink of a dii out delay or excuse of hostile prac- Germany, tices against Americans. We cannot Memphis N< tolerate quibbling in this vital issue Germans have rai St. Louis Republic?The German jn t^e hope that note ignores that higher and simpler temporarily arrea law that declares "Thou shalt not CUnistances. kill." The people of the United Chattanooga N? States stands behind the President. |B ^y no means Kansas City Star?There is noth- we cannot see in ing in the German note to alter th'5 apprehension that position of the United States as set than a war of w< forth in President Wilson's communi- Chattanooga cation of May 13.? The United "regrets" the dea States government would fail in its pje> i>ut evades t duty to its citizens and the cause of equivocates, treat humanity if it did not stand by the ieaB contempt the terms of its protest. the President. Denver Times?Germany's answer Birmingham (A 10 rresiaenx wiison s note leaves cue , . ... . , dent Wilson will way open for further diplomatic ex- ? .. . , ., swer to Germanv changes. The answer is not a direct ..... . , * , , , ? ? . will put an end t admission of German error, but j,jjng neither is it an abrupt and discourt- ... ' ., . ... Norfolk (Va.) eous retort to a sternly worded in- ~ The German note r^' questioning of faei Helena (Mont.) Record.?The is- dent WJl80n sue is a plain one. but Germany Hlchmond Newfi evades it, and is not going to face it man note mugt bt so long as she can avoid it. ,y wfth deman< Portland (Ore.) Oregonian.?It is than for argumer an evasive plea in extenuation, an upparent play for time while the ob- German) jectionable course is still pursued. News and Courier Seattle Times.?Since we have There can be lil been patient to an incredible degree many desires to r< nothing will be lost through a con- ?he United States, cession whereby the diplomatic rep- enemies already t resentatives of the two governments to add this eounti will find out exactly what are the there is grave dot facts. sires to remain e Seattle Post-Intelligencer.?The United States as r "sacred duty" so clearly Indicated a to continue her fortnight ago by President Wilson against merchant! now becomes all the more sacred a.ul between breaking imperative. States and aband Tacoma News.?From Germany's pitz underset proi * standpoint and from ours, if we were j from certaifftliat in the German shoes, the German , latter alternative, note is a valid and strong document. And that is pi , t. n >kn ........... 1 ! vvtlifh <o nrnoant. r win iuc sinnu|iuiiii ui uic ucunai ( - >-*? ,0 (iiconut; idealist the note is an evasion and have shown that t misses the point. gram cannot be c Stockton (Cal.) Mall.?What this doing grave and i country wants is not effusive regrets to neutrals or w for our loss in the Lusitania disaster, dented disregard modified by a denial of responsibility, tions and of hui but just reparation and a guarantee yon Tripitz progrr that Germany will cease her outrages feet, about a scor< upon the higa seas. have been torped< Sacramento Bee.?The German neutral lives hav government sends empty regrets. The the von Tripitz ] people will expect President Wilson, the torpedoing of with dignity and honor, to stand by the taking of neu the declaration made in the Ameri- tlnue. The Unite can note to Germany. nouncing in its n Freano (Cal.) Republican.?Ger- illegality and the many's reply is most Oriental in its whole German sul skilful procrastination. It is now for merchantmen, did President Wilson to Insist on a defl- many words that Of Vl'Qrfa en Ka aR.? uivc aunnvi. ~- ? ? uo auu Dallas (Tex.) Times-Herald.?Qer- ni?nd that attacks many has spoken. Its words are not and 1,ves should c< welcome to American ears, yet to for the pros American people this duty still re- friendly relations mains: Keep cool and stand by the try and German 1 resident. that these attackf EJ Paso (Tex.) Herald.?Ger- ie whole submarl many's reply is not answer. It does Chantmen be abar not meet one single point in the Ily changed in j American note. # out greatly diminl Houston (Tex.) Chronicle.?the The question is, German note adds to the gravity of Germany, in or< on already grave situation. break with the I Washington Star.?The German consent either to reply procrastinates as to reparat<on revise with an it both in the Gulflight and the Luslta- of fts effectlvenesi ni&ipses. The nation has confidence paign which she that President Wilson will press v;g- against the merch orously for the reparation to which It is the heixht we are entitled. delusions as to h Louisville Courier-Journal ? '?he Granting that th< time is at hand when tho President country among 1 must meet the demands of his coun- | count against her trymen that nothing must happen to , immense resourc trail our majesty before any other would weigh hea majesty, and that the United States granting that the shall lay down to belligerents certain other neutral coi rights and laws of neutrality which doubtedly be gres they shall be required to obey, if other hand, bear THE LANCASTER K -WtA#| that Germany i undersea warfare hai M I 1|U already been of immense value t< 1 Alii j her, the fact that every day it is becoming of greater value to her as th? A | efficiency and number of her subma | If Iwl A |\] Y rines increase the fact that durinj ||lli Jl past months she has undoubtedly been building many more submarine: of greater effectiveness and power e force we are able the fact that with this improved an' 1. enlarged submarine equipment sh< B9- There can be undoubtedly hopes to bring Greai >n such an issue. Britain to her knees. With thes?. must make such facts and considerations before her Bslble or the United 18 likely tliat she will hesitate ir such measures as choosing between a break with tin ;ct for the lives of United States and abandonment ol the method of warfare which ha: After violating | been 80 valuable to her in the pas' international inter- an<l wh,ch she ha? every renson t( ir has the audacity be,leve wUl be 8tlU more valuable t< mpensation for loss i 1 ?n future. itania be left to The I' '8 11 grave and a solemn niomen thus Reeking salva- ^or the people of the United States y laws he flouts. Efforts at false opinions, attempts t< right now to speak S'o88 over the stark facts which con in be heard round front us, are little short of wicked We can all hope for the best. liop< erald. ? Germany j that in some .way the 8tern tria y on a deliberate, whlch 8eems to be in 8tore mfty b< ct that the Lusiita- avoided- But there is no disguisinj de merchant vessel the truth that the note from Berl,n EHa.) Metropolis.? while 11 docs not c,ose every lo?P kes us more certain ! hole> tends to co?flrm the doubts o those who foresaw how difficult, ii lews.?There is no v,ew of tbe fRct8 and conditions inited States is on forth above- would be the arrangin* >lomatic crisis with of modU8 vlvendi. ews-Scimitar ?The An ?u,law Answer, sed an issue of fact | lN*ew York World, its discussion may The only basis of diplomatic rela t the flow of cir- tions between two nations lies in th< mutual observance of Internationa iws.?The situation ,awtasy to adjust, but President Wilson's note to Ger it any ground for many was a formal demand for th? there will be more j re-establishment of international law ords. | on the high seas in respect to tlu Times. ? Germany time-honored rights of neutruls unci tli of innocent peo- non-combatants. Germany's reply if he main issue ami a flat refusal, ing with more or in his note the President said: ? solemn words of ; "Long acquainted as this govern j ment has been with the character ot Lia.) isews. rresl- ' me imperial government, and witl write a ringing an- J the high principles of equity b> ' and that answer which they have in the past beei 0 Germany's quib- actuated and guided, the government of the United States cannot believ* Uedger-Dlspatcli. that the commanders of the vessel! seeks refuge in a which committed these acts of law ts claimed by Presi- lesaness did so except under a mis | apprehension of the orders issued bj -Leader. The Ger-' the Imperial German naval autliori 5 answered prompt-, ties. 1 for action rather ' "It takes it for granted that, a it. { least within the practical possiblli ties of every such case, Hie com r's Choice. nianders even of submarines wer< expected to do nothing that would in ttle doubt that Ger- volve the lives of non-combatants 01 'main at peace with the safety of neutral ships, even a She has too many th0 COst of failing of their object 01 o seek deliberately capture or destruction, ry to the list. Hut j ,.jt confidently expects, therefore ibt whether she de- tliat tJie imperial German govern it peace with the ment %vju disavow the acts of whicl nuch as she desires the government of the United Statc-i submarine warfare. complains; that they will make re> nen. If it is choice paraGon, so far as reparation is pos ' United aujie> j-or injuries which are without oning the \on Tir-; measurer a.nd that they will take imgram, it is \ery far niediate steps to prevent the recur she will choose the ] rence 0f anything so obviously sub versive of the principles of warfart recisely the choice for .>vh|0j, tjie imperial German gov ;d to her. b\ents i ernment has in the past so wiselj he ion Tirpitz pro- an(j go flrmiy contended." arried out without . .... ... . . Germany s answer to this is that? rresponsible injury unout an unprece- I uerman commanders consequent of the laws of na- ,y are no longer able to observe tin nanlty. Since the! customary regulations of the prizim was put Into ef- ,aw- which before they always fol b of neutral vessels lowed." )ed and nearly 200 ! Inasmuch as "the customary regu e been taken. If i lations of the prize law," are th* program continues, ' rules which have hitherto defined neutral ships and the rights of neutrals and non-comtral lives will con- batants on the high seas in time ol d States, while de- war, Germany tears up the wholt ote of May 13 the code of international law aflectint inhumanity of the these rights. The Imperial governimarine warfare on ment thereby refuses to recognizt I not demand in so any law except its own lawlessness this whole method ! We need not concern ourselvet ndoned. It did de- i with the Junker tone of the Germar i on American ships reply, or with the studied insult tc ease. Unfortunate- the United States involved in the repect of continued peated accusations of violated neu between this coun- trality in respect to the Lusitania y, it is impossible Whot Is important is Germany's attii shall cease unless i tude toward the vital principle ol ine warrare on mer- | neutral and non-combatant rights or idoned or else radl- the high seas in time of war. Thh i way which cannot attitude is one of unyielding de Ish its effectiveness, fiance. , therefore, whether There is nothing to mediate be ier to prevent a tween the United States and tier United States, will many. Mediation, like diplomat!* abandon or else to relations, hinges upon due regard foi levltable dimension international law and Internationa g the undersea cam- | obligations. The United Statei has been waging has fulfilled all its duties un antmen of her foes. | der international law. The Gernia' of folly to harbor government says its own command er probable course. [ ers cannot be subjected to "the cus s alignment of this | tomary regulations of the prize law.* ier enemies would ' "The customary regulations of tin ; granting that the j prize law" contain everything foi es of this country j which the United States is contend vinly in the scale; ( ing. If Germany cannot recogniz* ) moral effect upon j them, she cannot recognize anythin; in tries would un- so far as we are concerned. Ther it, one must, on the is no ground of mediation betweei ' in mind the fact law and anarchy. raws. JUNK 8,19^.. = DAHIELS HAS FAITH [ ? IN WAR AIRCRAFT i Airships of Future Will Prove as Destructive as Sumbarines. ? SPEAKS TO NAVAL CADETS. ^ i Navy < Tili-I', However, l)?K's Not Fail , to Appreciate Value of t'ndcr- I i Waiter t'raft. ? Annapolis, Mtl., June 4.? 1'redic- < f tion that war air craft of the not far i I distant future will Oe as destructive t j as the submarine^ was made by Sec) retary Daniels in addessing the grad- f?m i | uating class of the Naval Academv i today. t j "In the European war," lie said. T ATURA I "there have been no surprises, no I -pw ' I Rt J1 rt I i II c v)..tnrlQU .... -- .. I ^1 i-VJUj t . .v?, ..w Wion.im u? _ | feats that could be called decisive. I ^ IOTJS I Slaughter there has been unprece- MON , dented, but the character of battles vr.TTTj e-rpii j that stampeded an enemy by taking YOUR SER ^ him unawares has passed away. The ITANCY ABOTJ' r effectiveness of the flanking move- JXJDGMENT V ment has been seriously impaired. , ' Why? The soaring scouts carry CARRY ALL S1 f messages from trench to trench, and ! l the sudden alarms that resulted in ; t the routing of mighty armies became /\ wm vsi . ancient history when the modern en- BJ1 iBJ I ^1W gine and gasoline enabled man to 1 conquer the regions of the air. "What we have seen in these swift-winged eagle eyes of the army or navy is but the dawn of the com- v,vl, " ' ing day when we shall make the ^ 5 heavens carry our war craft sa easily T ' as we navigate the sea with our!* | dreadnaughts." A V V DEVELOPMENT OF 8UbM 4RIXK?. s j Secretary Daniels spoke of the vj ' marvellous development of the sub- * . marine and added: ^ iK't'SC, |"j< I "Almost daily you are startled to 4 i read of the torpedong of a mighty ^ ]^< vessel by these small under sea >til- ii letos. The submarine's precision <>l jTi aim, its deadliness of execution, :ts -A , f ability to do its deadly work and dis- * i appear in a moment challenge the T r j world's wonder. 4 _ . wrr>w i "It seems only a few days ago that IjAixlLr t! we were wondering if the submarine T ? would become a really important -n s part of the fleet. Today many are I . | seriously debating whether our giant T .'craft will continue to be the back- T it , . ,* ( bone of the squadrons that ronsti- X ^ ' J' . I tute the country's protection. Jjj I "Thn - - " ...v, .uDi vuuKiifss expressed Its T Q. t faith in the submarine by voting the I money to build twenty-six new sub- I Wti li; marines, three of them to be sea- T , going, of a size and power never be- t7?\ _ j fore contemplated. What of the fu- ? JLlKJ : ture of this newest naval arm? lie T _ _ t ' would be a rash man who would, in T t prophecy, limit is possibilities." Secretary Doniels drew a lesson ! from the European war in pointing ' 1 out that the graduates, in order to attain high places of honor, must I /A. possess, in addition to other indis1 pensables, self-mastery. "i "When the war is over." he said. "the man most honored will be the ' ! men who captured the citadel of the enemy. When his biography is writI ten you will And that the naval mill ?? i.tiy it-uuer wno emerges with most 1 glory will be the man who began his | career by capturing r.ml controlling . v , the citadel of his own body and pro- \\ tecting it from the ravages of appe- J title and passion. The men who take I u ^ - , cities, who win sea battles, are the n \j\ ! | better fitted to do it it' they are men \ \ll j who have won the mastery over im- \ - y* - pulse and appetite." J -j Keep Them Out. > It seems, front what can be gatli- \f/y I ered front the newspapers, that lgi . street carnivals have been knocking J f at the door of the city of Columbia, YV' S. ? and that after hearing front the > . business men the council decided not . J to open the door to them. This looks good, and we are glad . j that these frauds are catching it in I i ! a good many other places. People j i are having their eyes opened to the L ? evils incident to carnivals, and they - J are not having the walk over that | they used to have. Greenwood got . ; her fill long ago. and it is not likclv ^ ? ? that she will have any more trouble ' | A I \ f along this line. The shown that many ^]|| i of them have are Indecent, and from i a financial point they are injurious. ???? - 1 To hear the carnival people talk they |B- - , are all good, and their promises of sz3&?m!!? what they will and will not do are nil could asked, wide difference between their prom / mlVI r ises and the real thing.?Greenwood I yuj^W - : A Good Household Naive. , ' Ordinary ailments and injuries are not of themselves serious, but infe< 1 Co^ffamm+t tion or low vitality may make them wJBSHmb" dangerous. Don't neglect a cut, ''sore, bruise or hurt because it's ???? p small. Blood poison has resulted A from a pin-prick or scratch. For all (jrecnvill? Fiedm such ailments Bucklen's Arnica .. * Salve is excellent. It protects and 1 01 ma* b heals the hurt; is antiseptic, kills in- loam nor drill fro t fection and prevents dangeroun com- is perfectly safe 1 ? , plications. Good for nil skin blent- editorial advising ishes, pimples, salt rheum, eczema. . . ? 1 |Get an original 2-ounce 25c box from sers,fy- A arm your druggist. 2 linotype from an * V y 3 ngagement Rings .LLY PEOPLE DON'T BUY AN ENGAGEMENT RING ctY DAY. THAT IS THE REASON THEY ARE ANX TO GET THE BEST DIAMOND THEY CAN FOR THE EY THEY WISH TO SPEND. OUR EXPERIENCE IS rICE IN THIS RESPECT. YOU NEED FEEL NO HESr LETTING US GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF OUR 7E REALIZE HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO YOU. WF ORTS OF RINGS. ION LATH AN CONPANY b+i 1 ! I ? } +1 + [ ? ; + >+-, + f + D THINGS ON ICE. j 1 ?\viicy's ( herniates. f j^s, Butter, Fleisehinan's Yeast, Boiled Ilam and Breakfast Bacon. % al IIOXKY, made l?v busv bees. + . ire u and Canned Yeaetables. r ) i UZED & LUZIANNE COFFEES f j FOR ICED TEA II j ptmi's or Tetley's, they're the best. ? J ii-SARATOGA CHIPS arc tiiii'. :M * * j uulle all the good Breakfast Foods. o i WARDS & HORTEN j| i Wood Shingles Brick 1 | j jL5? ^ wanta p'ne I Leg of Lamb? Hrr * 1 Lamb is certainly nice and 1 tender just now. A good leg of I , I lamb makes a splendid meal. J We welcome new customers t / and ask you to give us a trial if ^ you have never done so. We carry a gfood stock of meats at prices that are law. WBA MEAT MARKET SPEND YOUR MONEY AT HOME. Get South Carolina Custom Hand Ma 1? kJK Harness, Bridles, etc., at factory pric-n* A trial Mail Order will prove our asa^rB| tion. We buy Hides and Tallow at high 7 est prices. Write us your wants and offer WILSE W. MARTIN, w Columbia, S. C. Tip. galley from a lead catter; but, we'll ont- give nini this> tip, It Is perfectly ?afe not know clay from for him to wrjte tJ,e c,utor advising im broadcast, but It , , Mi ? , . . .. him to diversify. And both far'or him to write an the farmers "to dl- mer ant' e(Htor?as we" aB their comer may not know a munity?will be better ofT If each ink fountain, nor a takes the other's advice.