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Prf-MUW 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, Feb'y. 14, 1919. Single Copies, Five CeaU. 75th Yw.
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-LOYD GEOKttE
QUITE CHEERFUL
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Say* League of Nations Moves Forward?He
Expects Reports?Commissions
Charged With Various
Missions at Peace Conference
Announce Findings Soon.
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London, Feb. 12.?Progress on the
formation of the society of nations
ras very satisfactory, Premier Lloyd
jeorgc said today in the house of
QUESTIONS FOR 1
I M DECIDED:
Each Country Will Prerid* List of
' . .<, Exp?rtt on International Law . _
V.:/- ; From Which Body WOl Bo
CIwmk Arbitrators When i
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Disputes Ariso. \
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Paris, Feb. 12.?The plan for a ?
league of nations which may now be 1
considered as virtually approved *
by all the members of the special' *
*?* * *" "" 4t\v a cnrtnl] I s
CUIIHHIIVUVU jj/iUT 1UVO ?v* - body
of representatives of the groat *
and small countries which trill govern
the society of nations, meeting t
every-two or three months in a place t
that will be internationalized. The t
meeting place was not indicated in t
-the plan but. during the discussion 1
llr members of the commission spoke <
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of Constantinople or some island. f
Each country- will provide a list of
1 experts on international law from j t
"' >wMoh body will; be chosen arbitra-j i
tors when disputes between nations
" are submitted for settlement. j
v ' If the country which the decision t
of the arbitrators places in the wrong t
does not accept the^ ruling of the c
arbitrators and tjlfeii recourse . in r
arms, not only the?orcea: of the c
other contending party in the dispute c
hut the forces of all other membfers ,
of the society of nations in a position
to help will take up annsagainst i't.
The covenant , establishing- the fl
rules of the society of nations , does ?
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' n?jt make it compulsory for all the ^
attracting parties to go to war to t
help one of their associates.- . r
This was decided when M. Bourgeoise,
in the name of France asked .
that there should be a naval and v
^ natiATu 13
ready to'repulse an enemy attack j.
Whenever necessary and in the pres-j
eat case to keep such force in France!
until possibility of attack from | ^
v- Germany was over. I ^
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This was opposed by the United j11
States anil Great Britain and other i
/ countries and after a long discussion j
s It was agreed that no permanent in-j ?
ternational military should be kept if:
a country should attack in violation j*
f the rules of .the society of nations. ^
/ the attacked . country would employ t:
.her forces Covering troops" waiting P
'assistance from, other members of 0
the society which would more easily
, kelp her,
' No country would'be obliged to go p
to the rescue of another country un- n
justly attacked but all the signatory v
lea to the society of nations would ii
' m compelled to,Join in an economic g
boycott against a. country which
violates its rules and also to main- h
lain friendly neutrality in t*T6r of fi
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OF MARCH ?
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Trvwttry Official* D*clar? Thar* Can 8
rs1 mm_ ? 0 ?. a
" f ? bKiauion or tune ]
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Washington, Feb. 11.?Treasury n
-'v.: officials today reiterated that there h
WO old be no extension of the time
for filing income and profit tax re- 5
torus beyond March 15. This ap- 8
. p^ies alike to individual incomes, ^or- "
poration incomes and profit returns
'.i?d to similar reports required by
the law on that date.
> t . Officials denied rumors reaching
tiie treasury that extension might be q
granted in certaii^ eases for these re- j
' tarns. Additional time may be t
, granted, however, for socalled "in- j.
formation at the source" reports. e
These are required from persons or ^
business interests which paid more j n
than $1,000 last year in salaries and t
wages, rents and a number of other t
specified classes of expenditures. ^
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^ OFF TO MARKET. I
;t
MrpR. C. Ehilson leaves Monday j a
for markets^of the norths where I
- '-yffe gofcs to-buy lh? best- in the way }
' ?f;' of spring goods." '
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:ommons in discussing.the work of
;he peace conference. He said he
toped a report would be issued soon
>y the commission appointed to conlider
responsibility of the war and
inexny outrages.
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The premier in answering.a question
said that the. British representors
es, like the others^ would sign' the
reaty of peace provisionally and .-that
he treaty would be presented to par-.
iament for ratifiefttiOn. If the house
ihooee to repudiate it the house was
ill powerful, he said.
The peace commission on indemnitee,
the premier said, he hoped would
ssue its report soon; ^
The premier declared that'the conference
had made progress beyond
he most saniruine anticipations and
bat it was approaching.an agreement
>n most questions. It would be a 1
nisfortune, he added, if the peace 1
onference deliberations were dismissed
in any parliament before they
rare concluded.
If industrial unrest continues the
onsequences will be grave to trade
nd industry, Mr. Lloyd George delared
. The government, hesaid, ;
rould agree to any kind of an invest
igation into the. causes of the un- 1
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?St. , 4 ;
Special war conditions, the prom- j
er thought, had contributed to fbe ,
rarest Among these cojffifrfop were |
he strain ~oi foUr years of war and"
he fear of unemployment.
The premier said that bills would
>e introduced nejjt week dealing with
lousing, health, the revival of ruial
ife, land settlement for soldiers,
and reclamation and afforestation.
Mr. Lloyd George said there would i
e plenty of opportunities for emloyment
if confidence was given.'
hose responsible for starting iridus-|
ries and unless the cost of produc-J
ion went so high that it reduced the i'
urchasing power of the community J
r put the country out of the world
larket
Discussing housing conditions, the (
remier referred to overcrowding in
lany districts which had been aggra- ^
ated during the war by congregat- ^
ng in (already crowded areas. The ^
overnment would do its best to alle- .
: s t
iate such conditions, and hours ' of i ^
kbor, he said, already have . been:}
txed in industries involving three j j
lillion-persons. t- k
lhtfl? war th? ?r?nicr - mi id..!
00,000,0t)0 tons of gcrods and it was
omputed that half th? cost of the
oods was wages. The difference of
few shillings on a ton of commoity,
like eoal, he declared, might de-1
rire the country of hundreds of
lilliops of pounds and might throw
undreds of thousands out of work.
The premier concluded with an apeal
that the victory won by battles!
hould not wantonly be dissipated in
, few weeks by.increased strife.
LIEUT. KING LEAVES.
Lieut. Allen G. King has gone to
Charlotte, where he has secured a
ucretive position with the Ford Moor
Company, of that/city. Mr. King,
s a fine salesman, and will, make his j
mnlnvoKs a firtt i<1?? man HnFinffi I
he years he resided in Abbeville he < <
nade many sincere friends among
he young people, as well as among;
he older hftads, who regret to know
hat he has left us. >
He writes that he ipust have the'
*ress and Banner promptly in order
o keep up with the times. We are
ending it along with the hope that
ie" will do mighty well in his new,
tome. |
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UNREST OF LABOR
BRINGS MENACI
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Almost m Dangerous at War ItselfAdamson
in . House?Leader of
Labor Party Say* Principal
Amendment Will Deal With
Situation.
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London, Feb. 12.?William Adas
son, leader of the Labor Party in tb
house of commons, speaking today o
the industrial situation, said it m
almost as menacing and dangerous ?
war itself. He said the principal If
bor amendment to the reply to th
.J ^1>a 4<V?a?a rttATvlil* ralo
auu; coa x&uiu vuc uu. i/uv ?im *?*??
to the' causes of industrial -uhreS
"I hope," he continued, "that no ai
tempts will be made to disappoir
the legitimate expectations of th
working people. All sections of th
people should understand that "w
have reached the stage when we hav
laid the card on the table, and .whe
the working classes win refuse longc
to- be treated as cogs in a machin
for mere profit making purposes."
Mr. Adamson said he. regretted n
mention had been made in the king1
speech Concerning pensions, or of th
disposal of government t ship yardi
factories' and other properties o
Which millions had been spent or c
Russia. v i
Mr*- A Hom*rtn nlH Ka smVa tnr th
party of constitution*! laborites. I
referring to a suggestion that tb
present unrest had beienf caused by.
revolutionary group, he said, hi
rroup never would encourage revolt
fcion or unconstitutional action.
The revolutionary elements, th
labor leader said, could exercise lit
tie influence unless there were gene
ine grievances which, they could ei
ploit. Unfortunately, he said, ther
svere many grievances coricernin
tvages and hours of employment an
Fear of more unemployment as we!
is a fear that the government wa
encouraging monopolies which woul
make the cost of living impossible.
3UR)ALS AT BREST
TOTALLED IN REPOR'
Figures Include Men Who Hart D!?
After Being Brought Ashore
From Transports.
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.Tours, France, Feb. ll.__An off
:ial report "has been made of burial
it Brest of American soldiers durini
;he occupancy, of that port by th
American expeditionary forces. Th
igures include the men who died af
;er being brought ashore at Bres
from transports before October, th
nonth.in which influenza was ait it
ieight, and those who died in Bres
mtong the sick and wounded brough
"rorn variou.r, hospitals oji their ^ra;
iome. ;
The report shows Burials prior t
Dctober to have been 1,577, and dur
ng October 1,586. Pontanezen earn;
pras not then open.
In November the burials numbers
and in December 52, of whic]
J 5 were at Pontanezen; in Januar;
*
59, of which 68 were at Pontanezer
prhich in Feburary up to date ther
lave been eight burials, all at Pon
aneren.
This gives a total of 3,365.
Daily admissions to the hospita
luring December amounted to on
in every thousand. The sick durin;
Jie first week in January number,
ind 35?100 per cent. The sick re
ported during the remainder of Jan
lary number 2 and 3?10 per cent.
The average strength of the troop
iuring December was 33,292, an
iuring January 57,698.
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COTTON MARKET.
Good cotton brought 27c. on
the local market yesterday,
' March futures in New York
closed at 32.
HUNS Will REM
I 10 CONSCfilPTK
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? Government to Pat the Army on
feet it* Footing to D?f?ul Frt
tier*?-Hindenbarf, DechmWill
Toko Four Army Corps o
200,000 Men.
i- Be#lin, Sunday, Feb; 9.?Con?
e tion of various classes of men, u]
n thirty-five years of agfe, wall be
v 73? . '
is creed soon, according to ixiforma
is given the correspondent today,
i- thority in this direction; it is
e pected, will be given the governs
e by the national assembly'in the i
t. future and it is, understood that <
fc- tav Noske, who is mentioned for
it post of minister pf national def e
e wiQ. adopt immediately measures
e reestablish the'' army put it
e an elective ^ooqpgi
e Recruiting of volunteers, w
n has been proceeding in hapha:
ir fashion, stimulated by the Sp^rti
e riots, and chiefly financed by pri
sources, has failed,
o Of practical results, it is said,
's contemplated- emergency action t
e been hastened by the. Increasing r
s, ace of Poland and more urgent!
n for forestalling: an expected Bol
if vjk invasion.
To Strik* BolakvrikL
e If the Bolshevik dangerbeeo
n more than a mere spectre, as it
e seems to bev it would . require
a army of ample size %o strike a q
is offensive blow. Both these fr
I-1 aggregaiw. two mousana Kiiome
j and military nien. ingress the opi]
e that it will require a large figh
> force to i defend1 the frontiers
i- regain the territory already "us
t.. ed." ; V'r+%.
?; Field Matvhal Von Hindevft
g has indicated that it would req
d) four well equipped army corps
U; solve the problem on the eatrl
,s border. It is estimated that tl
d, corps would aggregate 200,000 n
The Bolsheviki are now near
nough to the German frontier tc
i able to bombard Lyck, Eydtkuh:
1 Tilsit, Memel and other points i
I* 7
| average long-range guns.
J In addition to the military acl
d *
, tifcs of the Poles, who are renoi
I '
I to becoming bolder every day; (
j many is also forced to reckon
, | the Czechs. Both these fronts
sinow projecting into German tf
j tory.
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e LIQUIDATE BUSINESS
*| AFFAIRS OF THE A. E
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e Edwin B. Parker,.of Hcyuston, Cb
s man of Committaa Namad by
t Bakar.
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y l Washington, Feb. 12.?Appc
; ment of "the United States liqu
0 tion commission?war departme:
Lf> liquidate the business and fir
P cisl affairs of the army in Engl
and France, was announced "todaj
^ Secretary Baker. Edwin B. Pa]
h of Hquston, Texas, is chairman.
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Y | The other members already
'?: pointed are Senator Henry F. Ho
* | of New Hampshire, whose term
'".the Senate expires March 3, H<x
| H. Johnson, of Cleveland, and Br
1 dier General Charles G. Wawes,
^ Chicago, who is now serving i
e the American expeditionary for
? A fifth member may be appointee
1 a later date.
!"l In addition t*o settling all cla
l" of and against associated govi
| ments the commission will be
s powered to dispose of. movable
d immovable properties in France
i England used by the Ameri
i forces and "generally to liqui<
k i ' ' j .e :_i _?_
tne DXismess ana miancjut auau
^ France and England of the Ameri
V expeditionary forces."
Headquarters will be maintai
^! in Paris.
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t; Mr. George White has retui
k from Clinton, where he haB I
fc' spending some time with his dai
t ter, Mrs. Wright.
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[ Duiuyinu DILL j
ADOPTED IN HOUSE I
111 Administration Leader* Finally Win
111 *or Expanaion After Rule#
ConJ&iittee Makes Consideration
of Proposed Legislation
Ef- Possible. . 3
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St Washington, Feb 12.?Adminisr
tration leaders in the house last night
. won their fight .for a declaration by
congress of a policy of naval expan- \
. . sion unless Imitation of world arJilp
p ^ mament is agreed upon at the peace j q
. conference. After an all day debate
t-on the house vd&d 192 to 142 to approve
the new three year building ^
^ program of ten battleships and ten
lent^8COut cruisers anc* immediately at- w
terwards adopted the entire naval ap- r(
3ug_ propriation bill. U
The::vote on the adbptioivof the ^
bill waa 281 to 50. As finally approv- ^
^ ed the measure carries a total of ^
$721,000,000.for the naval establish;.
on I wi
ment during the next fiscal*year, in.
eluding $179,000,000 for the unfin
~~~ ished part of the first three year pro- *"
k gram7 adopted in 1916. ^
Daring the day the house adopted
8 by a vote of 205 to 148 a resolution
w
of the rules committee making the
^ naval expansion policy legislation, in 81
order, thus overcoming a pari jam en- ^
feed tory a(*vanta?e grained .yesterday by ^
Republican Leader Maixn, whose ^
points of order against the program :
had been abstained by Representsma
?f* *
who was- temporarily presiding.
now The votes on the. resolution'and
n" on final approval of th. prop-am ?
were strikingly similar. Neither 81
ontal a,..CTT\ v,
i*r*^ ' on P*"* unes, Dirc vcne
Republicans on each roll call cast ^
the majority of the votes in .opp'oai- p'
and tion. On formal appoval of the pro- C(
gram 125 Republicans with 14 Demo- *><
Urn- * **" * : -v.. __
crats,, an Independent, a Prohibition- y
a "Socialist "voted in'^the nega-.
tive,' vfrhilfe lSt Democrats with 35: V
: Republicans; an independent and a n(
. Nonpartisan cast affirmative votes. ?
One Minor Amendment. ai
j Except for one minor amendment, *c
flen':^he'building program legislation was'
^ ^'adopted by the house as drafted' by w
^ | the naval committee. The amend-,13
^jjiment by Representative Humphreys ai
j of Mississippi (Democrat) provided,
. that construction authorized under ^
tivithe
program could be started before
i June 1, 1920, instead of February'1, be
Jcr- . .
^ jJ 1920, as provided by the original bill, j P(
are j A legislative rider inserted in the, B
. j house forbids the navy department'm
1 j from buying wireless stations or pay-! w
ling for those alreajjy' purchased out oi
" . .of funds carried in thp new bill. This th
| amendment was adopjted after action j th
. F. of the department in purchasing Bta- ( bi
| tions and ship sets from the Marconi to
*?* Wireless and Federal TelegraphCompanies,
during the war had been
entici??4._. . .. ? .
_ Opposition to Ithe new building hi
iii&? pro^am >s voiced again today .byj A
ida- Republican Leader Mann and other|W
nt,"i Republicans and Democrats centered: in
ian- on the complaint that no declaration .in
and | of policy should be made as "a bluff"; tb
r by, designed to influence the peace con-' w<
rker, ference. Supporters replied that J .
[ President Wilson had asked for the el
ap-' declaration and that the policy would ci
llis, I be carried out if the peace confer- li<
injence did not agree to* limitation of ei
mer , world armament. sii
iga-1 Representative Mondesi of Wyom- hi
, of. ing, Republican, criticised the "policy! w
irith' of the big stick," which he said the to
ces.; president was furthering as "neitherhi
i at! seemly nor persuasive." He said the
i peace conference was aware that j w
lims' Amfeiica could build a big navy, so sa
ern-l "we need not try to bluff the diplo- n<
em-j mats." ft
and i ... a
-_d! ANOTHER SOLDIER HOME.
jcan 1 Ernest Pennal, who has been in
jate Camp Custa, Michigan, for some-1
5 jn time, has been mustered out of the g
jcan service, and has returned home. He ^
! is now visiting at the home of hisjm
ne(j I mother, Mrs. Agnes Pennel. jg
Before entering the service Mr.:
I Pennel was one of the trusted em-1 jr
Tied; ployees of Mr. L. C. Haskell. He
leenj has not yet decided what he will doj
lgh- but will likely return ;to his old po- si
; sition. . . Wr*' ' ft
id GEORGE
TALKS OF PEACE
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rititb PHme Minister Girea Imprealion*?Not
Easy Solution?Settlement
of German Western Bonn.
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dtuy Difficult Question to Oe- ^
cade?Problem of Rnatia.
' London,
Feb. 12.?Premier IJoyd
eorge spoke again today on the
eneral peace situation. '
The occasion was brought about
y the Bight Hon. Rupert Guinness, '
nionist, asking whether the premier jyt
?? prepare a to press io tne utmost '
jpsiration from Germany and. also
> make Germany, pay to the full .
ctent 6f her resources. HJe also- rjessed
for more information as to.
le status of the British colonies- at
if peace conference.
"We have had far too much of the
articular panacea which America is ^
ipporting at the conference," said 1
aptain Guinness. "Since the day
I Mahomet no prophet has been Earned
to with more superstitions reject
than President Wilson.**
Mr. Lloyd George began his reply
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9 K*Vrno? fVmf wmaMfin* fl*m
f ~~D ?**/ MV*~
iany was the election pledge given
/ the i government after careful -\h
wisideration by the cabinet. The ' ')
overnment, he added, stOod by evry
word 6f this pledge. .
The premier defending the ^xrosedings
of the peace conference
?d' the government had been de- ?/&
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>ting its time to speeding up agree* <]&
tents. He was sanguine that a com- , .
lete agreement would be reached
v ' }?S
>ncernmg the German western
jundary, but the eastern boundary '?
as a difficult matter. Until the
)mmission sent to examine the qiat>r
reported, the allies would be in
9 position to make demand- upon
ermany. The conference was unlimous,
he said, that Germany had '
irfeited all rights to her colonies.
Mr. Lloyd George contended that
itfy regard to indemnities the Brith
government was in advance of ,
iy* government," as it1 was the first
i appoint a committee to deal with
is inatter. ,
He declared that there had never
sen any proposal advanced at the . v
sace conference to recognize the'
olshevists. Russia was easy to dogmatize
about, but difiScult to deal
ith. He admitted that the horroni
! Bolshevism were so great thai
ere was a sense of disgust when
iey came to deal with its leaders,
it it was useless to blind their eyes -i
i the real facts.
Bif Ar*& R?pr**?nted. .u si
Russia represented in area ore? . . 1
ilf of Europe and: nearly hfttf _
sia and he pointed; out, if -.peac* ?/
ere not made, the whole of
unense territory would be seething
anarchy, disorder and bloodshed;
tere would be no peaee in thi
orld.
The Bolshevists, the premier deared,
were assassins, guilty of the
imes laid to their charge. The al?s
had given the anti-Bolshevik gov nments
financial support- and asstanee.
Much of their equipment
id been supplied by the allies, who
ere anxious to keep the rich terriiries
of Russia out of German ^
inds.
If troops were to be /eent to Russia
ho should send them? America, he
tid, would send neither men, money
5r material, and the work would
ill upon the British and French.
The Bolshevist machinery in Rusa
was ruthless and brutal but thera
as no doubt about its efficiency and
was the only machinery theTe.
verybody in the past who had in
srrered m Kussia had come to griel.
here was no idea of recognizing the
olshevists; it was quite impossible ,
) do so as long as they were pursaig
their present methods.
Young James McCombs is quit# >
ck at his home on Greenville street.
e is a victim of the "flu."