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>T3IBER 3#. NEWBERRY, S. C* FRIDAY, TWICE WEEK, $1.50 A TEAR. bhj/IIs On Neu JF^i'o March 1 ~Df0ci/1a'n+ A/fnleps RinairiCf / f JL # ^C/ViV'?V -j ? ized, Urging\Them to Aid rian Mission of Philadelphia, May 10.?An appeal to W new citizens to attune themselves to [ the high humanitarian ideals of the United States was the keynote of Presiripnt Wilson's sDeech at the great i meeting tonight. B The stenographic copy of Mr. WilI son's address in full follows: H "It warms my heart that you should give me such a reception, but it is B not of myself that I wish to think tonight, but of those who have just become citizens of the United States. Tcis is the only country in the world which experiences this constant and repeated rebirth. Other countries de dend upon the multiplication of their own native people. This country is constantly drinking strength out of new sources by the voluntary association with it of great bodies of strong i men and forward looking women. And so, by the gift of the free will of in| dependent people, it is constantly being renewed from generation to generation by the same process by which it was originally created. It is as if humanity had determined to see to it that this great nation, founded for the benefit of humanity, should not lack for the allegiance of the people of the world. "You have just taken an oath of allegiance to the United States. Of allegiance^ to whom? Of allegiance to \ no one, unless it be God. certainly not of allegiance to those who temporarily represent tJ':is great government. You have taken an oath of allegiance to a great ideal; to a great I body of principles, to a great tope of | the human race. To Land of Freedom. "You have said, "We are going to A America not only to earn a living, not only to seek the things which it is more difficult to obtain where we were ? born, but to l':elp forward the great enterprises of the human spirit,' to m let men know that everywhere in the I world there are men who will cross I strange oceans and go wihere a speech ft is spoken which is alient to til:em, H .TrnAHMnor tTlot Xl'nQTDVOr thp ?:r>ppph XVUV/ *? J>U^ VUC4V IT UU.W < Vi vu V there is but one longing and utterance B of the human heart, and that is for 1 liberty and justice. And wibile you W bring all countries with you you come with a purpose of leaving all other countries behind you?bringing what is best of their spirit, but not looking -over your shoulders and seeking to perpetuate what you intend to leave in them. I certainly would not be nnc pvpn tn snsrsrest that a man cease to love the come of his birth and the nation of his origin?these things are very sacred and ought not to be put out of our hearts?but it is one thing to love the place where you were born and it is another thing to dedicate yourself to t!':e place to which you go. You can not dedicate yourself to Amer ica unless you become in every respect and with every purpose of your will thoroughly Americans. You can not: become thorough Americans if you! think of yourself in groups. America' does not consist of groups. A man ! who thinks of himself as belonging to! i a particular group in America has not yet become an American, and the man wi:o goes among you 10 xraae upuu j your nationality is no worthy son to; live under the Stars and Stripes. Brotherhood of Xen. "My urgent advice to you would be j not only always to think first of Amer- j ica, but always also to think first of. humanity. You do not love humanity if you seek to divide humanity into jealous camps. Humanity can be welded together only by love, by sympathy, by justice, not by jealousy and (hatred. "I am sorry for the man who seeks to make personal capital out of the | passions or nis ienow men. ne na? lost the touch and ideal of America, for America was created to unite mankind by those passions which lift and not by the passions which separate ^ and debase. We came to America j vkifhpr ourselves or in persons of our! ancestors to better the ideals of men, to make them seek finer things than they had seen before, to get rid of. ' Citizens With The Old \ppeal to Recently Naturalin Prosecuting Humanitathe United States, i things that divide and to make sure j of the things that unite. It was but an historical accident no doubt that ' this great country was called 'The, United States' and yet I am very I thankful that it has the word 'united' j | in its title; and the principle of oeek' ing to*separate group from group, in-' I terest from interest in the United i States is strictly at its very iieart. Beckoning Hope. ! "It is a very interesting circum-1 i stance to me in thinking of those of I 1 you who Have just sworn allegiance (Continued to Page Six.) ITA1 TO ENTER CONFLICT SAID TO BE DECIDED UP(? J i ? Geneva, May 12.?The correspondent at Rnmp of The Journal de Geneve says he is able to affirm that Italy's , j intervention in ti':e war has been abso-1 lutely decided on. i I j "The government," the correspondent adds, "shortly will take steps which will leave no doubt abour i Italy's intentions, and when the cabinet appears before parliament, May ; 20, that body will ratify an accomi plished fact." ? MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED IN NEWBERRY SPLENDID AND ELOQUENT ADi DRESS BY DR. CURRELL. j Pays Fine Tribute to Lee?Excellent Dinner by Daughters?Good 3Iusic?Crosses of Honor. I Memorial day in Newberry this year was observed on Tuesday, May 11, instead of May 10, in order that the ; Daughters might the better prepare | the dinner for the old veterans which fcas come to be an important part of the observance of the day by the Newberry veterans. It is always a pleasj lire for the ladies to prepare the dinner and it is enjoyed by the old sol-1 i diers. And d':e dinner is always one of the kind that the Newberry women know so well how to prepare. It was served in tihe store room in the Mc- : Caughrin block. The tables were beauj tifully adorned with the many pretty i , ? . ' ' ^ : jxx . jp ' L.]jj _Photo by American Press Association. THE STEAMSHIP LUSITANIA AS ENGLAND ON Hi flowers from tfte gardens of the city i and the old soldiers were served by i ( the matrons and maids of Newberry i as uitry jiuuw su *vcn uuw cu oci ?c. | These little tender and loving atten-; i tions are appreciated more tfaan the t dinner itself. t The past, as it were, rose before! J these old boys like a dream, as ifcey |k mingled and talked of the days and fViOf r\T*r\ T"? A TYIAra TVl ATT ^ tut: uun-ix ^ uv xuuig. i utj i could hear the sound of preparation | J and the music of tfoe drums, and the * bugle call, witl'a its silver notes, sound 11 (Continued on Page Five.) i1 A11 Responsib IOvi Rvif 10] vy/l jl// it/oi German Foreign Office E At Loss of Lives on Lusitar ing Civilian Populatio Berlin (\ia London) May 10.?The, following dispatch has been sent by | t!';e German foreign office to the German embassy at Washington: "Please communicate the following to the state department: The German government desires to express its deepest sympathy at the loss of lives 1? * l-* ~ T nfifonio T* r\ rQcrtAnci_ UI1 UUd.rU II1C uusiiaina. i uc i bility rests, however, with the BritislT government which, through its plan of starving the civilian population of Germany, has forced Germany to resort to retaliatory measures. "In spite of the German offer to stop the submarine war in case ti. e starvation plan was given up, British, merchant vessels are being generally armed gith guns and nave repeatedly tried to ram submarines, so that a previous search was impossible. "They can not therefore be treated as ordinary merchant vessels. A recent declaration made by the British parliamentary secretary in answer to a question by Lord Charles Beresfora said t'?at at the present practically all! British merchant vessels were armed and provided with hand grenades. "Besides it has been openly admitted by the English press t)..at the Lusitania on previous voyages repeatedly carried large quantities of war material. On the present voyage the Lusi tania carried o,*uu cases ui. aimuuuition, while the rest of the cargo also consisted chiefly of contraband. "If England, after repeated official: and unofficial warnings, considered j herself able to declare that that boat TKrnTC.A TRS W PAY NEUTR Washington, May 11. ? Germany t/':rough. Ambassador Gerard, today, notified the United States that sub-! marine commanders had been specifiodiiv instructor? not to harm neutral ! vessels not engaged in hostile acts, and i that Germany would pay for the dami ages to such in the war zone. ! Neutral ships, carrying contraband will be dealt with, tJ:e announcement says, according ^ to the rules of naval warfare. If neutral ships are accil dentally damaged in the war zone, Ger-j i I . : . 1 , ! I ! i ' | I - *: V^t>" L ~ ~ ~^ ^ I she appeared leaving for ! ;r last trip. nany will express its regret and pay 1 iamages without prize court proceed- J ngs. The German government justifies ts submarine warfare on the grounds hat England is threatening to starve he civilian population of Germany by j )rohibiting neutral commerce in food- j and nfjher necessaries. In previous communication Gernany has disclaimed responsibility for iny harm that might befall neutral vessels venturing into the war zone. The text of the announcement ca)led by Ambassador Gerard, which vas issued by the German foreign of I I ility Rests \ k Government xpresses Deepest Sympathy j lia?British Plan of Starvn Forced Retaliation. ran no risk and thus light-heartedly assumed responsibility for the human life on board a steamer, which, owing to its armament and cargo, was li-J r?r?:??? : A \ / ' ft""* ' !;E\v ><~~ **. : . : - v ., .^zziLr'^ - - ,.~rt>Z"s*~ ' "' .. .'X -Jr-?<vv ^JT: - ' : *Mv<?s < :M<Sfe;^SsSS8*': . v:^::': odgv TOl '- ' * * '?'.'^i^v^vr.1 ^%^S?niByifn-'lT!-! !?! : Mv!v?K? ^.\OTQfy^ |.''|.|.|.jU? W&*?ioo^ytcici; Photo by American Press Association. IT TYPE OF GERMAN STJBMAE able to destruction, the German government, in spite of its heartfelt sym-, pathy for the loss of American lives, j can not but regret that America felt more inclined to trust to English j promises rather t):an pay attention to thp warnins from the German side. ! (Signed) "Foreign Office.'' j LLLINUNES3 ! IALS DAMAGE fice, is in tfce form of a circular as follows: ''First?Imperial German government naturally ibas no intention of causing to be attacked by submarines or aircraft such neutral ships of commerce in the scene of naval warfare, or definitely described in the notice of the German admiralty staff of February 4, last, as having been guilty of no hostile act. On the contrary, the 7 i most definite instructions, repeatedly1 have been issued to German war ves- J sels to avoid attacks on such ships under all circumstances. Even when such ships have contraband of war on board, they are dealt with by submar- ; rines solely according to the rule of international law applying in prize warfare. "Two?Should a neutral ship nevertheless come to harm througi'a German submarine or aircraft on account of an unfortunate (*) in the above-mentioned zone of naval warfare the Ger? ? it-ill n rncorvAfll v llia.Il gU > Ci L Miil uaivuvi recognize its responsibility therefor. In such a case it will express its regrets and afford damages without first instituting a prize court action. "Three?It is the custom of the German government as soon as the sinkin? of a neutral sibip in the above mentioned zone of naval warfare is ascribed to German war vessels to institute an immediate investigation into the cause. If the grounds appear' thereby to be given for association of such a hypothesis the German navy '< places useii m coiumuim_<a.i.iuii ?nu the interested neutral government so, that the latter may also institute an investigation. "If i'.:e German government is thereby convinced that the ship has been destroyed vy *jreriu<iu ?ai vcsscia iv , will not delay in carrying out the pro- i visions of paragraph two above. In ( case the German government, contrary to the viewpoint of the neutral gov-! ernment, is not convinced Dy me re-, suit of the investigation 8be German i government has already on several c-> j casions declared itself ready to allow the question to be decided by an in-j ternational investigating commission' according to chapter 3 of The Hague j fAnronfiAn of fl^fnhpr 18 1907. for the peaceful solution of international <iis- j putes." I ?(*) indicates word missing in text < Merchantmen Must Not President Comvletes Americi mands Cessation of Subrrn With Noncombatant Washington, May 12.?The United States in a note to be sent to Germany tomorrow demands a guarantee that there will be no further subma - II ihijp . "".II* ' : . .. * . 11 i " .. !?>::':V,*':::'.':v :::. v:;::!.v.::. Y+'?-:**y-w.'- ' ' y;y: ' . .-.-Z/. i I'XwXw! X'i'/Xvlvi'/.WvX !vi?ivl! \\ " ! '.<w.*.*. ! :*>r; >:*:::v!f:::::*:::< '...>. . A*' " s,.'',XvllwSMfr ' * Iv'vXv.v v ' . v. \! ! ^ivw35WvXvX*X . 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V? o r a hnnn tVlO POT1- i i pico aau axmc nu?v, v?.v* ters of this concerted movement, begun by the Germans in anticipation of British attack last Saturday. The French, farther to the south, wasted no time in opening on tihe German lines witJh artillery and later in handto-hand combat gained a very con- \ siderable amount of ground, most of which they claim they still hold. German forces in vast numbers have been delivering furious attacks against the British, wlho claim to have iheld their lines, although at one time they were ; broken in several places. The French report many prisoners ' captured. ' Still in Retreat. The retreat of the Russians between , the Carpathians and the Vistula is 1 still in full progress and til.e Austrians j continue to report the capture of, towns and the pursuit of adversaries, j The Russian official announcement,. though admitting reverses in the Carpathians, gives an optimistic view of the Russian position in the Baltic provinces and at other points. A Cracow dispatch gives tine Austro-German ! losses since May 1 as 165,000 officers ; and men and places the loss to the j Russians in prisoners at 50,000. Throughout the British Isles strong rpraiiafnrv measures have been taken! by the people against German resi-1 dents, naturalized and otherwise. J Ti:ere ftas been serious rioting in various cities and Premier Asquith is reported to be taking steps in consonance with the demands of the people to intern or deport all alien enemies of Great Britain. To Gro to Parliament. The position of Italy has not been : officially defined. A council of minis-1 ters has been held for a complete re-1 a view of the situation with the result! i O-.at the cabinet, according to the cur- j rent report, will take the matter be- j s fore the Italian parliament. j j. The United States' note to Germany, which is ready for transmission to t that country, demands full reparation r for tfce losses sustained by Americans v in the sinking of the Lusitania and r I 1 tMAlotiATia rvf Arriprip^n ! ^ LUr VLUCI ^ ^ j rights, as well as a guarantee against further attacks by submarines on mer- _ "hant ships carrying non-combata.nts. | i , Neutrals T> _ K j. J. 1 3 ue jTLllUCKVU in Note to Germany?Deirine Attacks on Boats Passengers Aboard. rine attacks on merchant ships carrying non-combatants. It serves notice, too, that full reparation will be sought for the loss of more than 100 American lives in the sinking: of the Lusitania and for other violations of American rights in the sea war zones. While no indication is given of the steps to be taken by tee United States in tihe event of an unfavorable reply, the note informs Germany that the American government will leave nothing undone either in diplomatic representation or other action to obtain a compliance with its requests. The document was to have been cabled tonight, but tlie president, after conferences witih Counselor Robert Lansing, of the state department, mada several changes in legal detail 'and. then revised it alone in his study. Tomorrow it will be dispatched, and it is expected to be made public soon after. Xo essential changes were made ia the communication as formulated Sun day by the president and approved by the cabinet yesterday. Ti'.:e principal points in.the note are substantially as follows: Points to Violations. . .1. The United States government ~ ~ 11 ~ f Vi ron'nnc in nw-* Uctlia CLl LCUL1UU IV/ Li-HJ iuiiisuo AUVV dents in the war zone proclaimed 11y Germany around the British Isles, ttfe sinking of the British liner Falabja,, with the loss of Leon C. Thresf:er, in. American; tike attack by German airmen on the American steamer Oush ing; the torpedoing without warning of the American steamer Gulfligiht, and finally the torpedoing wit?^"*1. warning of the Lusitania, with its loss of more than 1,000 lives of non-combatants, among tibem more than Ao Americans. 2. These acts are declared to be indefensible under international law. ? - ? * i. Ttie Lnnea states poims uut iuat u, never admitted Germany's right to do them, and warned tfce imperial government that it would be held to a "strict accountability'' for attack oil American vessels or lives. A strict accounting, therefore, is now asked from Germary. To ^eek Reparation^ 3. The us ial financial reparation will be sought, although Germany is in effect reminded that no reparation, can restore the lives of those sacrificed in tfce sinking of the Lusitanit and other ships. 4. Expressions of regret may comply wii>!i the legal precedents, but they are valueless unless accompanied by OCEAN TRAV EL. [ NOTICE! |: I TRAV3LL3KS intending to; j embark on the Atlantic voyage; jjare reminded .that a state of, |iwar exists between Germanyj: Jand her allies and GreatBritian | [and her allies; that the zone of j |war includes the waters adja- j jcent to the jBritish Isles; that, iin accordance with formal nojtice given by the ImperiaJ Gerjman Government, vessels flying the flag of Great Britian, on ^ of any of her allies, are liable to destruction in those waters and that travellers sailing in. the war zone on ships of Great Britian or her. allies do so at| their own risk. IMPERIAL GERMAN EMBASSY.' WASHINGTON. D C, APRIL 22. 1915.. THE GERMANS' WARNING AD. l cessation of the practices endangernor lii'oc rvf nnn-cnmbatants. 5. The rigtht of neutrals to travel to my point on the seas on neutral or lelligerent merchantmen is asserted. 6. In the name of humanity and inernational law the United States de J - - ? -ii? t ii tia.ii us a guarantee tuac tuese iiguis rill be respected and tibat there be no epetition of tJ'c e attacks on merchantmen carrying non-combatants. 7. The giving of warnings to the (Continued on Page Four.)