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B stablished 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, Dec. 20, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year.
|lson considers 1
Problem in Russia;
Bttuestion Already DisBbssed
by President j
W and Statesmen.
BiO DEFINITE POLICY
B YET AGREED UPONj
^ angled Affairs in Troubled Coun-'
^Hry to Be Among Early Subjects '
^Taken Up at Preliminary Meeting |
!hich Will Come Before
Peace Conference.
lington, Dec. 18.?The Rusoblem
already has been taken
President Wilson with French
en, it was learned here yester-!
1 the determination of a defin-!
cy on which all the allied
ss and the United States may *
rill be one of the first things
ken at the preliminary meet-J
tich are to precede the peace1
ace.
a's plight and the attitude to
>ted by the victorious asso-j
lations is recognized as one'
nost serious problems of the
ice. Every proposed solu:ar
is said to have been blockhe
unanswered question of
ualified to speak for the Rusjovernment
at Omsk, of;
le United States and other j
ents have expected much, is j
;he hands of a dictator and
> factions: The entente na- :
e not given up hope that the i
ithorities may yet evolve a ]
rm of government for Rushis
has not been accomplish- :
md none of the allied gov-, i
Iments has recognized the Omsk i
officially.
rince Lyoff, who was premier in
Kerensky, and Boris BakhmeRussian
ambassador in Wash;on,
appointed by Kerensky, as i
I as Prof. Paul Miliukoff, Kerens-!
i foreign minister, are on their i
s-to Paris with other prominent
nan. to do whatever they can to ,
the allies in the solution of th? :
lian problem. But whether they! 1
esent the' people of Russia at!
time is a question which it is
ately admitted can not be anssd
here.
Iince Lvoff h*s recently been in :
hington, where he discussed the
ition :n his country with Presi-J
Wilson and Secretary Lansing. I
it from according any recogni-J
to the soviet regime at Petro j
, the United States some timej
called upon all civilized nations j
indemn the Bolshevik reign ofj
ir.
IIS stated tnat in cuiisiueriug<
her a joint expedition should be'
to deal with and thereby inter-1
with Russian internal affairs,1
representaives of the United
?s and the allies must decide
. I i
her the Bolshevik movement is
a serious menace to civilization
justify extraordinary steps to!
pate it.
aid him in the conference withi
Lllied leaders, President Wilson I
[aken a corps of Russian experts'
Ilim to Paris.
STRANGE HAPPENINGS.
ire are strange happenings at
cmse theae days.
jjplitfctiair -tor a washwoman,
fee already-hid' one, ' it'v cook
to hire and'got in on time to
breakfast next morning, and a
>ffered eggs for sale at seventyUtifa
o /invan An Worlnofl^QV
Bwftd not need the eggs.
HMING FOR CHRISTMAS.
MB Coma Phillips is expected in
BHHille to spend the holidays with
ffiw. A. Harris. Miss Coma is
with the yoong folks of the
MgfffSchQQl and they will give her
QHflftn welcome.
NEED OE MEN FOR
SERVICE IN FUTURI
Officer Recommends In
crease in Permanent
Enlisted Strength.
FIGURES BY LANING
FOR HOUSE MEMBER
Naval Committee Told of Desirabi
ity of Making Personnel Number
More Than Two Hundred Thousand
Men?Necessary in
r.a rrvin or Out Policv.
Washington, Dec. 18.?Legislatio
authorizing increase bf the perms
nent enlisted strength of the nev
from 111,000 men to 217,000 wa
ecommended to the house naval aJ
fairs committee today by Capt. I
Laning, acting chief of the burea
of navigation. This would includ
175,000 seamen, 24,000 apprentic
seamen and firemen in training, 12
000 in'trade schools in training, an
6,000 in the flying corpsCaptain
Laning explained that thi
large increase of men is needed t
carry out the policy of the naval bt
reau of operations, as read to th
naval affairs committee by Rear Ad
miral Badges last Thursday of ma!
ing the navy of the United State
ual to the most powerful maintaii
ed by any nation of the world. \
"Unless an increase in the^persor
nel is authorized," Captain Lanin
said, "no exnansion nroerram can b
carried out The navy was terribl
handicapped by a lack of men eve
'efore the United States entered th
tvar. Ships were only half manne
and, as fighting units, were almoa
lifeless. It was not until early thi
year that the number of men becam
sufficient/'
Captain aLning also emphasize
'he need for more officers in the reg
ular navy and submitted a pian b
whichv they might be obtained. I
provides that permanent commission
in the regular navy be given to tern
porary commissioned officers of th
navy and of the naval reserve fore
upon their passing examinations, an
tfso that the naval reserve officers b
retained in the service as long a
they are needed.
Chairman Padgett objected to th
plan, saying it would break down th
present system of obtaining officer
through the naval academy. The ir
centive for going to the academ
\vould be lost, he said, if the me
ould get commissions without goin
through the four year course at Ar
lapolis.
"If the navy depends upon th
fnr ita nffinnrc " Ponfoi
.VMUV??J AV* A VU vlllV/V/i 7 vwy W?1
aning replied, "it can never get th
quired number. Only 600 officei
re graduated yearly from the schoc
while there will be a shortage o
' .000 as soon as the temporary corr
missions are revoked."
UNITS RETURNING
FROM OVERSEA
General March Announce* Addition
al One* Designated.
Washington, Dec. 18.?Chief o
Staff March announced today the a:
signment to early convoy of the fo
lowing organizations number abou
1,500 men -and officers.
'-"Headcjnartefs, 39th brigade coa!
arfaifery; 173rd, 158th, 801s?/149tl
35th^aefo sauadrona. lfr2fnd arid 111
trench mortar batteries and con
panies A. and B. of the 26th eng
neers.
RODNEY IS HOME.
Rodney Stephens has been mui
tered out of the service and is i
Abbeville shining the light of h
countenance on our people and ri
gretting that he didn't get to g
over. Rodney promised our So
Bill a German helmet, so two bra^
boys are disappointed over th:
peac*.
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^ FEEDING OF EUROPE
THE BIG PROBLEM
^ Economic Questions Discussed Prior
to Peace Conference?When Pre^
miers Lloyd George and Orlando
Arrive Question May Be
3 Settled.
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e Paris, Dec. 17.?Economic ques.
"ions are coming prominently to the
e ront in the discussions now going
on KoViinH fho <u>pnpq nreliminarv to
gl - - r" " "
the assembling of the inter-allied
conferences and the peace jeongress.
' The main point hinges on the appointment
of Herbert C. Hoover, the
t American food administrator, as director
general of relief for all the
Allies and th? United States,
n ?.
An amendment to this has been
g
^ suggested from Allied quarters by
which an inter-afllied commission
would control for the period of one
ear the distribution of raw materni
,
:als to various countries,
e!
! American Position.
S
J T^e American position is that emJ
ployment of Mr. Hoover to head the
t [ relief work should not be compiic-1j
ed with the large general question
I of raw material. The question of
J raw material is regarded as more
S! or less connected with the policy
adopted at the Allied economic conference
in Paris before America entered
the war. This policy has not
oeen adopted by the American Gov,f
ernment and the present trend of
3. opinion in authorized American quar1
irs is against its adoption.
[t The American plan for relief was
rented in writing to the recen
it nteeting 6f the Supreme rWar , Coun1,
l?cil iff London, but- ikefioh on it was
hhpostpdft&L The arrival of Premier
i- Lloyd George "itwd Premier Orlando
j. in Paris next Thursday will again
bring these premiers together, this
time with President Wilson, and the
deferred relief project again will
3~ come up for discussion and decision.
n
is HOME FOR A VACATION.
?- Miss Sarah White is at home for
;o the holidays. She has been most
n pleasantly employed in some of the
re departments in Washington, and
is while enjoying the big city, is glad
to be home.
?JT OE CHRISTMAS,
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i)WU~
TROOPS IN GOBLENZ
Principal Hotels Taken Over for Billeting
Purposes?Third Division
Passes Through Coblez Headed
by Band on Gallant
Chargers.
Coblenz, Dec. 18.?Approximately
10,000 American troops have arrived
at Coblenz since the advance guard
reached here a week ago. A large
number of these troops have passed |
hrough the city, while considerable j
forces will remain here temporarily.
The people of Coblenz got their
irst glimpse of American airplanes
oday, several of the machines flying;
er the Rhine toward the bridgeead
boundary and then returning.
The officers and clerks of the Third;
I 'rmy arrived here tnis morning, fbl-j
.ved by trucks loaded with equip-J
[ ment and office supplies. The largest
! hotel in Coblenz, overlooking the'
j Rhine and the two bridges where
est of the troops cross the river, J
been taken over as quarters for!
2 Third army officers. The head-;
/i..rters of the Tird army are estab-'
.hed in a government building ad!
joining the hotel.
By noon the Third army was in
communication with the back areas
>y telephone, telegraph and wireless.
During last Sunday various detach ants
of infantry and artillery pass3d
through Coblenz on their way to |
join the divisions east of the Rhine.
Church-goers viewed the marching
troops with much interest. Later in
the afternoon the Third division,
which .had.been along the Rhioe south
of Coblenz, marched through the
city beaded by ? Jpand, each musician
mounted oh a grey horse. The
Third division crossed the Moselle
th of Coblenx, where it has taken !
up a position along the Rhine in supoort
of the troops within the bridgehead.
All the larger hotels here have
leen taken over by the Americans
for billeting purposes, as well as
many of the public buildings, which
are being used as offices.
J. R. Blake, of Greenwood, was
in town a few hours yesterday.
STILL' BELIEVES' IN
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
President Sees No Reason
for Change in Convictions.
NO LACK OF UNITY
ON FREEDOM OF SEAf
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Great Britain and United States Be
lieved to Be in Accord?No Disposition
to Jeopardize Safety
of British Empire by Reduction
of Fleet.
I
Paris, Dec. 18.?After four day:
jf gathering views of leaders ii
France, President Wilson's closes
advisers said he has seen no reascft
o change his belief that the founda
tion of a league of nations is insep
arable from the actual peace treat]
\;tself.
These advisers say that the presi
lent in explaining his definition o:
the freedom of the seas," will reas
sure Premier Lloyd George that h<
has no intention of demanding a re
duction of the British navy to a poini
involving the unsafety of the empire
but will emphasize his feeling thai
the plan of a league will strengther
the empire.
King Victor Emmannuel, who is
expected here Thursday, already ha*
been fully advised of the president's
olans through conferences wit!
Jount Di Cellere, Italian ambassa
lor to the United States, but the
president will take the opportunity
to make personal explanations to the
king.
The hope is expressed by those surrounding
the president that the exchanges
of views will clear away any
partial misunderstanding which may
exist in regard to Mr. Wilson's attitude
and prepare the way for the assemblage
of the conference with complexities
removed so that it will be
ready to deal with principles and any
outstanding differences of opinion
that,remain. In all his conferences the
president has taken opportunity to
express his view, it is said by those
who are authorized to speak for him,
that no one nation is entitled to assume
the role of master or dictate the
manner or the conditions or the representations
of others.
There is some indication that considerable
headway is being made in
this direction and that the members
>i the American mission are now seeing
their way clearly. All express the
conviction that delegates will enter
the conference in a spirit of accommodation.
ouiue uuut;icuiicius axe iiiceipicised
as showing intentions of regret
because the acceptance of President
Wilson's points in a general way prevented
some nations from achieving
their own objects which might have
been gained if Germany's collapse
had been made even more complete,
In reply, it has been made plain tc
those wi?Tf whom the president conferred
that the United States govern
ment does not consider the war a
victory of arms alone, and that victory
would be incomplete without an
organization of nations to guarantee
world peace.
A BAZAAR.
The Sixth Grade of the Abbeville
High School wiU hold a Bazaar Saturday,
Dec. 21, in "the old Cottor
Mill Offioe, next to the National
Bank. All kinds of pretty Christmas
gifts and good things to eat will be
sold. The proceeds will go to the
Red Cross.
THANK YOU!
The Exchange conducted Dec. 7th,
by the Busy Bee Canteen was a decided
success. The receipts were $62,
The ladies of this canteen desire to
express their thanks and appreciation
to all who made ..contributions
to the exchange.
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IMEXICANSITUATION
;| BEING CONSIDERED
_
England May Insist-on
j a Stable Government
- Down There.
j UP TO UNCLE SAM TO
> MAKE THE CLEAN-UP
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- Mexico's Oil Fields Not Being Man
aged Properly?German Sympathy
is Strong?United States Keeping
Close Tabs On the Situation.
s Washington, Dec. 18?The proposi
ed league of nations may call upon
t the United States to settle unstable
1 conditions in Mexico.
This development was foreseen
- here today by men in touch with
7 Mexican and American governmental
affairs. Great Britain may even ask
- that a stable government be estab- _
f lished in Mexico without waiting the
- creation of a league of nations, some
i of these believe.
The recent Tampico clash, though
t of a minor nature, the raid on the
, Hibler Ranch, the outlawry that
t makes travel in Mexico unsafe, and
i above all the squalor, poverty and
lipase long rampant in that coun- >
j :ry are assigned as reasons for a
i j clean up.
>1 The United States is keeping close
i caT>s on the situation.
Military m^n believe that economic .
1 assistance could not be granted unless
there had been a military clean
1 up for they view Mexico as too shaky.
As for the economic aid it is pointed
out that the United States con'j
suis recently meeting at Mexico City
| agreed upon a recommendation that
I-50,000,000 pounds of flour-and 20, I
nnn nnn .....j. ~-e ? ?
vw,vw puuiiuo. ui ou^ai ue mipur&eu
from the United States into Mexico.
This would be^distributed by districts
and safeguards would be raised against
hoarding.
j The United States and Great Britj
in have overlooked Mexican condij
tions a long time because the world
i war occupied their attention. Bat
j ^hey have literally been paying tribute
to get out their oil from th?
Tampico fields and now it is feared
that Carranza, with his "nationalization"
ideas as to Tampico, will try
to sell these properties to other ini
terests. ?
lj She has long been under the hand
j of the Germans. This attitude changi
ed somewhat with United States A!j
lies victories but in many quarters
j of the country, the ignorant ones
I still sneer at the United States and,
j inspired by the Germans, declare that
'i the United States army is no better
'| than the punitive expedition which
! went in and out of Mexico not long
'1 since.
it
! Great Britain has looked, askance
j at Mexican matters for a long time.
( But, because of her close alliance
J with the United States in the war
i d because of her pressing oil
J r.eeds she refrained from pressing
| for a settlement of the situation
ti there. ^
i Now, it is said, she is preparing
to have Mexico brought to a better
condition of affairs.
A strong American guard has bee?
j kept along the border. Many organ!
izations that left for foreign service
| did months of border patrolling duty.
Jj LIEUT. NEUFFER IN NEW Y^RK
| Dr. G. A. Neuffer received a tele(
gram Thursday morning from Lieut,
jotflob A. Neuffer, Jr.*, saying he
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nau just arriveu in new xuiiv witii a
shipload of soldiers from overseas.
Lieut. Neuffer received a shell wound
, in the foot about the middle of Octo
ber and has been in a base hospital
, in England until ordered home,
i It is not known when he will reach
, home but it is hoped by his family
i and friends that it will be in the near '
future. ' i. '
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