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KEXT STEP tflLL M)T BE DEO.AKA'iiO.i x)F WAIJ 1'robideLi, i lans to Ask Po?,*v lo Pro tect Amenvan Li>es.?'Then Wilson Will Use Military and .Naval Forces to Guard citizens and Ships 01 Tins Country at Sea. (By U. R. Sartwell.) Washington, Feb. y.?The latefui lie AI 1U IUV, V.UUUUIV1C; 'J ? tween the limited States and Germany ^ ill not be a declaration oi war. This decision was reached at a meet ing of I;2C.-idei:t Wilson's cabinet to day, which reviewed in detail the del icate international situation confront ing the nation. Still waiting for tn^ "overt act'' that will force this coun try to move, the president and his aa visers tonight let it be known that tjte following course has been decided up on : When the president is satisfied thai "American lives and 'American ships'' Lave been destroyed on the high seas ia violation of the submarine pledges formerly made by Germany, he win lay the matter before congress. He will not suggest a declaration of war, but will ask authority to use the military and naval forces for the pro tection of the lives and rights or Americans at sea. He will then proceed to use the military and naval forces for this purpose, leaving the next move io Germany. This would result in & "state of war," but would leave the actual declaration to Berlin. It was stated unequivocally tonighi that the president is determined thai responsibility for a physical clash be tween the two na'tions must rest with Germany, and that the United State# shall under no circumstances force tli* issue. Thi3 determination is in lint with the earnest endeavors of the ad ministration to prevent any act which could be construed as an offence or affront to Germany during the present diplomatic break. In carrying out this determination, it was stated tonight, however, the president will see to it that no move offending the honor of the nation, or transgres'sing the rights of its citizens shall go unpunished. Members of the cabinet reported th& machinery of the government fully prepared to carry out the program laid down by the president. They would not say, however, what plans had been made for protecting American mer chant ships in their voyaging if th# dreaded "overt act" forces the presi dent to put military forces of the na tion in motion. Naval officers of high rank oppose the establishment of na val convoys for merchant ships, de claring that it would prove only part ly effective and would operate to dis tribute widely the unit3 of the battle fleet which they assert should be em nlftwnJ an n etroorotin 11 r> if On tVl fc. question of armin? American mer chant ships for their own defense, all cabinet members and the White Houss A 5-oasse A* beauty. 8; beginning I Corree DUi iWl IW Low, cornf* Unnsui you can m o Ci"rT 3 V ?no nr"* v 9 H A. w Vij Sminf* ; enviable car IT!i a same chassis cars aaw aae Five-passenger Tccrirv Seven " Two " Ro^dol a tonight preserved complete silenco.! ihey ueclared that the matter restea1 oil the instructions to shipping lines* 1 that they have Uie right to resist un-i lawful attacks at sea. After the cabinet meeting Secretary j of state Lansing and Counsellor l'oih., [ of the state dei-artinent, conferred at; iCngth and it was unuerstood that the> j uiseusseu the arming of merchant ve&- ; i.eis. ljinej'. Counsellor i-'oik visited Secretary of the Navy Daniels, but both declined to riiscu-s the question of arming ships. It was looked upon ay ^i^nilnai't, however, tiiat Secretary 01 v\ar Laker today ordered work rush-, ed on lour and six-inch lieid guns tc the exclusion of other armament 01 - tiers. Secretary Laker said he haa i orl 110 rnnnocf-^ fnr <nm<j fn hp mnillli. ed on merchant ships. It was pointed out, however, that these four and sia. inch field guns if mounted on navj carriages would be proper weapon* for merchantmen. >o Overt Act Yet. With all eyes in 'Aaskington turn ed toward the submarine area ot death and destruction, administration leaders declared tonight that no sin gle sinking so far reported had fur- > nished the "overt act" necessary 'to; Torce the president to act. It was* pointe'd out, however, that either a single great catastrophe in the nature 01 a violation of American rights, ui ! an accumulation of minor violation:* such as those already reported, would j prompt the president to again lay the matter before congress. Conservative ; ! administration advisers said tonight ( they believed the president would go to the capitol with the matter within. ! a week. Meanwhile, the State departments i concern as to the departure of Ambas sador Gerard and his fellow-Ameri- j | cans from Germany continued. Am-' j bassador Willard, at Madrid, and Min- - I ister Egan, at Copenhagen, were ln ! structed to ascertain the reasons for | the delay in Gerard's movements, and I his failure to communicate with the i j state aepartuieui. ;\o wuiu uas ucuu | received from Gerard direct aince i Monday, February 5. . "I am very loath to believe," said j Secretary Lansing today, "that the 1 German government is intentionally ! holding Ambassador Gerard on any | excuse whatever. I will be very much | surprised if such a course has been ! taken. The department has made in j 4Ulrica Liiiua^u tuc muuotci j (now representing Germany here) but j so far knows no reasons for Mr. Gei- '< : ard's delay in leaving Berlin.*' , ' ! In order to reassure Germany as to I the treatment of German subjects in 1 j the United States, the department to- i day forwarded informally to Berlin 5 | copies of statements guaranteeing 1 i German subjects protection for their ( i property and funds, and disclaiming < ; any intent _to seize German war-bouna { ; ships here. : i Investigating Sinking. Official investigation of the sinking :?i?rer Clialmers Touring aves you $180 if bought tos vlarch 1st $1250. Price to t m style. Fall stream lis* > big. With a short turn 3rtable seats with high ba j! power capacity. AH i ;ed or ask for. All the c, ubIgss you go in for ra iad safe aed sensible from end ii. nay ouciciy. sssenger Chalmers Roadster, advances in price $189 March 1 ! reach your final decision. Present Prices l $1090 Sr- en-passenger Sedan 1350 Seven " Limoo ;er 1070 Seven " Towa (All price* f.o.b. Detroit) VROLINA AUTO O hone 172 Newberry, 5. C of ships involving Americans was con. turned today, it was stated here tha investigations had determined that thn children 01" Mary J. O'Donnell, of Phil adelphia. \seie not Americans, it \vu. asserted that their father was an un naturalized alien and the children, al though born in the United States therefore were aliens. The childre? were lost in the sinking of the linei California. A report from Consul Kro.-> at Queenstown sot form tiiut George Washington, t;>e supposed America'! negro io::t on the Turino, was a L>ru ish subject. 'iheie were no Ameriean.-j * ii the it.riuo, Consul l'rost reporicu. The first resist of the i e.ice propa ganda conducted by William Jennings i-iryan and his followers made its ap pearance in congress todav. Repre sentative Callaway, of Texas, a per sonal follower of the former secretarj of state, introduced a resolution pro posing a constitutional amendment to vest the right to declare war in the peopie of the United States rathei than in congress, where it now rest*. The amendment would provide for a referendum vote of the people of the j entire country on the question of go- ] Ing to war. Another indication of a desire in the house to avoid war appeared in 'a speech by Representative Moore, ol Pennsylvania, who declared that "per nicious and lying" reports from Lou don were responsible for concern ovti the situation of Ambassador Gerard 1 "England has Oone crazy with de light ever since President Wilson an-: nounced a break with Germany/' h6 said. "I am not quite ready to believe every pernicious and lying report that comes from London now as to induce ment for us to go to war. Efforts have \ been made?desperate efforts?ever j since uie president was nere satur day, to prove that we must go to war. j We have had headlines galore all with a view of stampeding the house and the country into an act of war. I am satisfied that most of the people of the country want peace?peace, with hon or?of course." CHAUTAUQUA TO REACH NEWBERRY IX MAI j The Redpath Chautauqua writesj from Chicago as follows: "In arranging our 1917 circuit the tentative date assigned to Newberry i is May 7th. We feel that this date j will meet with your hearty approv- j il and will insure a record-breaking success for the Newberry Chautauqua. "We believe we have this year the best program we have ever produced. j md we shall take pleasure in for- : warding to you within the near tu- ; :ure a complete outline of same. Trusting we may he-.ir from you! 300n regarding the opening date men-1 ;ioned above, and thanking you for <rour cooperation, we are, "/Very truly yours, * "REDPATH CHAUTAUQUA.' j Vv it Q> Car. A lay. & img rrice Si Roomy, radius. p * Ipt 1 - \N\ \ te Ik:; ?> ?\ ,'J vfcNVJ , * U m* $ S\\VN .*. %<? llt^ I# tiu i cks. die energy speed you emg. to end. An built oti the sL Sec both $1850 - 2550 2550 LOOKS LIKE STEP NEAREK THE EM) Viscount Relieves Teutons Arc Des perate, Approaching Economic Exhaustion. London, Feb. S.?Viscount Bryce c^aVG iu t'ie Associated i'less tuday bis views 011 the current phases ct the war, and the prooalie eilect 01 .. uic'i .ua s acuuus. oyeaiviui; ul CIcMiiai.y : > C?(;CilU'iitiOlI OL u iir Zijlica ami t-ijo iisciuiv e lO iiOt.U'iiis tic oiiin. "rihis is tiio first uoiiiiiic sictj tiidc brings us nearer peace. I ioo-s ii've the beginning or the end. i/p til; now many thought the outcome ot the war might end a drawn gan?e but the German government, reeo nizing approaching economic exhaus tion and the growing scarcity of sup plies, h.is become desperate and ii? resorting to desperate measures see ing no other hope or success, it is said, throwing over every remaining restraint of law and proclaiming ]r-> contempt of neutral opinion.' Made a Mistake. "It undertook the invasion of Kou mania in the belief thac victory mert wouid startle the world, wo'.ua ap oease discontent in Germany and en able it to dictate peace cm its own terms. When the German armies scored success in Roi;mania the Gei man government thought the time tor dictating peace had come. This wa* its calculation. But the offer was made in a way which showed the terms were to he terms imposed by a conqueror, which would enable her tu retain most of her iil gotten gam?. She ought to know tne ames could not possibly admit such terms, wnen the allies unanimously rejected the offer because they knew it could noi secure a durable peace but woula merely give her time for resting till she was ready to resume her attacks, the German government grew despez ate and determined to try desperate expedients. Hence these submarine threats, which almost amount to a declaration of war against neutrals, j "We need not be surprised, for the whole conduct of the German govern ment has been of a piece. They be gan .by invading Belgium, an innocent country with which they hai* no quai rel, merely to gain a military advan tage. They slaughtered thousands of innocent Belgian civilians, men, wo men and children. They drowned in nocent passengers and crews of pas senger and merchant shi; s, many 01 them neutrals, 1.200 on the Lusitamu alone. They stood by and tacitly ac quiseced in the plan of tlieir Turkish allies to exterminate the whole Chris tian nation of Armenians with un-! heard of cruelties, when they con la have-stopped the massacres by warn ing the Turks to detest. Instead, they have been conferring honors on tht bloodthirsty ruffian Enver, Turkisu war minister, the principal author or the massacres, and now they arc carrying into slavery many thousand' peaceful Belgian workmen. No Peace Till Victory. "All these acts show absolute disre-' gard not only of international law and treaty obligations, but what is far! worse, scorn for the first principles! o? justice and humanity. This is what made us in England feel that no peace! can be made with such a government' until it has been defeated. It has put: itself outside the pale of civilization! ana tne lmeresis ot civinzauon re-1 quire that its methods be branded by! defeat. "Xothing less than defeat will do. Nothing less than defeat will show the German people that they must get rid of such hulers. 'That we in Eng-i land have been hoping is that neutral i nations, especially people like Amen-! cans, which so often have shown re spect for justice and humanity, will understand what it is we are fighting for. It is not a war for territory or trade, like so many wars which have gone Deiore u. it is a. war iui- ubk-i dom and for right, a war to enable' mankind to enjoy enduring peace in1 the future." Lord Bryce when asked why he] thought the German action toward neutrals had brought peace nearer, replied: "Because the German government has itself declared that this unbrid-ea submarine warfare directed against neutrals as well as belligerents to be; its last resource. If this fails, every thing will have failed, so they ten us themselves through their newspapers That is why they say they were drfv- j en to it. If this does not succeed th6 war is finished. "We in England do not believe the German submarines can do us more harm than they have been doing al ready, although neutrals undoubtedly will suffer more. If there is to be a contest of endurance we are confident that we can outlast Germany and w? are prepared to endure all that is necessary for the sake of success in a righteous cause. It is not vemrennoe against Germany that we are fighting for. We want no revenge upon the German people. 'We are fighting for the future security of the world/' When Lord Bryce was asked con- j cerning President Wilson's course in severing diplomatic relations with Germany, he said: Has Strong Position. "The president seems to us, if 1 raav venture to express an opinion, to have action with patient caution and moderation which greatly strength ens his present position. He gave the German government every chance ot returning after the cases of the Lusi tam'a and Sussex to better courses but when shfi repudiated the promise she! gave after the Sussex he perceived the portentous gravity of the situa tion and felt that no self respecting neutral nation could possibly submit to the claim of the German govern ment of the riglit to destroy the lives ana property of neutrals in the wa> contemplated." "What difference would America's* coming into the war make?' Lor.i Lryce was asked: "it is not for us to express any opinion oil a hat America s uuty ana policy require,' he replied. "That la entirely a matter for America; but you want to knovv what (Llie.ence u in:. In maice, i personally nave neve; downed that thj entrance ol America wjui i 1;C a most init.orient factor an-a \vc??iiij liaiuraiiy tend to .n n ten tne v. a r. "Apart li'L'iM such mil tary ami na val strength as America mi~Iit Lrmg and aj:art from the prodigious finan ci.;l rcoourv os Aiuer.c.: commands, ho-a- great would be me moral effect produced by her action. The German, would feel that success had become impossible for them and also that when tne time comes for them to yield they would be yielding not nicely to the force of belligerents but to the outraged conscience of mankind represented not only by bel liserent people but also by the great est of neutral States. Not even -Ger many, strong as she has shown her self, can fight the condemnation oi" the civilized world."' tVAil AEtVS I> JilUEF FOB lil'SY KEADLiii^ It is understood in Washington thai the German government is forwarding io ihe united Scates a proposal that the two governments discuss methoua of avoiding war between them. The harvest 01' the German submarine campaign from reports received Sat urday increased the toial loss of ton nage by 22,'J il tons. Four British, anu three Norwegian steamers are tn*? latest victims of the U-boat blackaae measure. The British tonnage total ed 15,795 tons and the Norwegian b,~ 476. The British steamers lost were tub Mantola, Lullingtoa, Beech Tree ana Japanese Prince. The Norwegian steamers sunk were tne Solbakkeu, Eilavore and Havgard. The largest in tonnage was the Mantola, whicn measured 6,S26 tons, and the smallest was the Havgard, of 1,100 tons. British forces retained their hoiu on the new positions east of Suili> Saiilisel, 011 the Somme front in France, despite German attacks. Tne latest offensive movement of the Ger mans was preceded by a heavy ar tillery bombardment, but the Britisn maintained their line successfully. Artillery activity has been marked north of the Somrne and along tac Meuse, in the Verdun sector. South of Kut-el-Amara. in "Mesopo tamia, British troops have taken ad ditional trenches from the Turks. On ly artillery engagements are report ed frcm the oilier theatres. The Swiss legation in Washington has been informed that Amgassador Geravd, his staff and fifty Amerkaa Citizens would leave Derun oaiuruay night by special train for Zuricn, Switzerland. Arrangements have been completed for the departure from New YorK 'A'ednesday next of Count von Bern stcrff and his staff oil board trie steamship Frederick VIII for Chris tiania. The total number of vessels de stroyed in the period of U-boat oper ations from February 1 to 9 inclusive is said to be eighty-nine, of whica twenty-one were neutral vessels. Dur ing that period, it is stated, more than 1,100 vessels arrived at or sail ed unharmed from ports of the Unit-: ed KinKgdom. A Hungarian inventor has succeed ed in perfecting a wooden-soled shoe that, is flexible. To grow roses successfully indoors !' is nece?sary to provide clay loam md a sunny location. Telephoi < 50c per Mo If there is no t farm write for o telling how you n small cost. Add, SOUTHERN BELL TE AND TELEGRAPH C "His 'vHi'e's *;<>?>(] Name. At the Arcade Wednesday, Febru ary 14 til. Mary Ellen, a sweet, simple country girl, comes to New York io become a great singer. She stoi s at a fi nished room house, expending lie/' savings 021 useless iessons, for her voice is only mediocre and the pro fessor, a s. auip who desires to receive the iiiga remuneration which s\e foolishly oner a i:i her desire io be come; a prima dona. liiJijj >> t;..iiiCi w.v, imj sun ui j~uui t. :iiiI!i :.a.ie. is a <I:sa:>^.ointixieiit to i :.s lather. who resires to make hiiu a fa..ia.n oi industry lirio himself. .Bul Many is a ne'er do well who seem* a ;ie ro do nothing but run up debu. He goes to a friend, Dr. Cameron, for aid, fearing to approach his lathe*, and meets Mary Ellen through a flii taticn. Immediately a love afiiair eu sues, which soon results in marriage. Returning to his home, he tells hi* mother about his sweet girl wife aiw she tells him to return to eolith while she breaks the news to father. When he hears of his son's act, Weatueruy is enraged and believ ing Mary to be a gill of the street*, he visits lier and tries to buy her on. She. however, spurns hlT money ana he changes his tactics. He tells her tnat she has proven herself worthy or his son and that he will give a party :u honor of their marriage. Leavinsr the house her engages th? services of Silk Harrington, who promises to bring along a number 01 smart Tenderloin friends who will pass themselves cff as society. When Mary arrives the night of t&e party she falls into the trap Weather by has set for her, and bulieveing tliac these men must be Harry's frienaa and gentlemen, she allows them to in fluence her to drink and soon is act ing foolishly. nVeatherby goes for Harry, who has returned from college, and brings him. to the hotel. Seeing his wife s condi tion, Harry is forced to believe he hau made a mistake and denounces her. Before they leave, however, Harry's father leaves Mary a check for $10. 000 if she will promise never to see his son again. She crumples the check in her hand when the truth dawns upon her, but Silk Harrington sees her drop it to the floor and plan* to use it. Returning home, she attempts sui cide, but a friend who lives across the hall calls Doctor Cameron, who lives in the next apartment, and together they save her life. Learning she is a. rtranger in New York, Cameron takes her to his country home to recuper ate. Harry now plunges into business to forget and liis father is happy. Mary gradually recovers her health, but her faith is shattered and she wants to go out into the world and have a gooa time. Doctor Cameron argues?but in vain. Finally he decides to take her sightseeing. Taking her to iv cheap dance hall, where she sees tht broken men and women, he tells hei that is the price that must be paid. Lastly he takes her to his mission on the East Side. He then tells her his story. He too had loved and lost ana in his pursuit of forgetfulness he haa discovered the wonderful solace for his sorrows?that of brightening the lives of others. Mary tells h:m that she, too, wants to do this work, and she enters his mission. Meanwhile Harrington has tried to pass the check. Harry is summoned to the bank and he learns the truth, about his father and Mary. Returning home, he tells his father that in order to secure his forgiveness he will have to return Mary to him. When she is located. Mary does not want to forgive, but eventually the dormant love awakens and she re turns home, where she is welcomed as the son's wife. SUBSCRIBE TO T-HE HERALD AND \"EWS. :>n Farms nth and Up i elephone on your ur free booklet lay get service at rest DEPARTMENT LEPHONE COMPANY