The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, February 13, 1917, Page TWO, Image 2
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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
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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
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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."
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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.
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"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.
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