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PRESIDENT PRESSES CONSCRIPTION PLAN Writes Letter Explaining Selective Draft and Urging: Its Adoption. Washington, April 19.?As one step toward meeting opposition in con gress to the administration's army plans, President Wilson today sent a. letter to Representative Helvering 01 Kansas explaining what is meant by AM J Av?*iAr>oinr* AO mDtfl OC1CVUVC Ui itil d.LIU CA^i CSOiiJg camvot hope that the "bill drafted by the war department would be passed. The letter said: "I welcome the inquiry of your let ter of April 19 because I have real ized the truth of what you say from my own observations, namely thai what is meant to be understood by the selective draft, is not generally un derstood throughout the country. iJJhe process of the draft is, I very clearly set forth in the grafted <bv the war department Ich I so earnestly hope that will adopt tout it is worth tate the idea which under 1 a little more fully. easion the other day in an he people of the country . the many forms of pa ce that were open to them phasize the fact that the t of the service was by no only part and perhaps, aji sidered, not the most vital r object is a mobilization ol productive and active forces nation and their development hiVhPst rvoint of cooDeratioh efficiency and the idea of the^se -tive draft is that those should be chosen for service in the army who can "be most readily spared from the prosecution of the other activities which the country must engage in ane to which it must devote a great deal of its best energy and capacity. "The volunteer system does not do this. When men choose themselves they sometimes choose without due regard to their own responsibilities. Men may come from the farms or from, the mines or from the factories or centres of business who ought not to eome but ought to stand back or the armies in the field and see that they get everything that they need and that the people of the country are sustained in the meantime. TMitnninla /if flua 90lM>tiVP dT3 ^ 1 UC pi 1UV41/1V Ui v?.?v in short', has at its heart this idea, that there is a universal obligation to serve and that public authority should choose those upon wbom the obligation of military service shall rest and also in a sense choose those who shall do the rest of the nation's -work. The bill if adopted will do more, I believe, than any other single instrumentality to create the impres sion of universal service in the army Photos by Matzene, Chicago. Miss May Valentine, Charming duction "The Mikado," Chautauc* \ ? ! and out of it and if properly admin- ; istered will be a great source of stim- j i ulation. "Those who fee] that we are turn ing away altogether from the volun- { tary principle seem to forget that some 600,000 men will be needed to fill the ranks of the regular army an-tf the National Guard and that a very ' great field cf individual enthusiasm j lies there wide open.'' j The presiaen* and administration \ leaders in congress are confident or j the ultimate enactment of the army ; bill without material changes. The j j fight probably will begin in the sen- j ; ate. Chairman Chamberlain of the ! | military committe submitted his fa-J : vora-ble report today. nnllitior otfontinn t/-v tVl P far-t j AllCi vaiuiig awibuwvu >. kj that the selective draft has been reo-'! I ognized by "a world in arms" as the ! | "only adequate and effectual'' method of raising an army, the report says J the bill provides through means ot recruiting the regular army and the ' National Guard for absorbing more than 600,000 volunteers. "Thus happily," it says, "the bill, while establishing and placing the j national dependence upon the almost univprsallv aDDroved system of draft, j at the same time accommodates itself ( to such volunteer spirit." Plenty of Ko^m. I It says the opportunity for a voi j unteer army is greater than ever De fore offered in one piece of legisla tion j ? I J "The volunteer method has never' I proved adequate and effectual for na j tional needs and will prove far less i so now," the report says. "History i shows that much to our detriment we I ! have begun our wars with this inade- ! ; quate and ineffectual method and have brought tliem to a successful conclusion only by resort to a sys-' om on nroner Drincinles. The! I * j I volunteer -method failed this nation in {the Revolution and it was only tne I material aid of France that gave U3' i our independence. It failed us in the War of 1812. It failed the Confea-J eracy in the Civil war and that gov-J ernment to its advantage was quicR j er to perceive that fact than our own. | It likewise failed the federal govern ? vAlnntoTiriir V?flviriPr Tiractl- . IJLiCliL auu IU1UUIV4 *4*5 Uv . ?0 r r~ cally ceased by the end of 1862 was succeeded the following year by the first of the draft acts. It failed us in ; the Spanish-American war, for the force then called for was never ob tained. "To render military sen-ice to the j nation is a higher duty than to con tn its financial suDDorf". Fun daraentally considered, therefore,1 military service is the highest duty or the citizen and is in no sense to be regarded as voluntary offering.*! The report points out that England and Vivacious Director of the Orchi Coming Here Soon on the Big Red| Weeek in Newberry was compelled in this war to turn to the draft system in a struggle "whicn involves her life,- as indeed it mav ours." It points out her sacrifice or her little regular army and says she was "shoved to the brink of calami ty" and chose the other system, "in the face of an enemy who does not thus Impede hrrnseit to a system Daseu on dominant^national principle." Only then, the report says, was an effec tual force raised in Great Britain. Chairman Dent of the house com mittee formally presented during tne day the report of his committee 01 fering the bill in amended form au thorizing the presf lent to call for vol unteers in increments of 500,000 ana providing for the selective draft oniv after the volunteer plan has miie-i. Representative Kahn of California, ranKiug nt;>puuiiv;aij uicmoti house committee, who will be one ot the administration's chief spokesmen during the fight in the house, had a long conference with officials of the war department. What "State of War* Is. Exchange. A "declaration of war" by one na tion against another is an outright announcement that one intends to M-aco war on the other. The declara tion is formally sent to the enemy's government. Ususally the responsi bility for the war, such a case lies with the nation declaring it. The United States has engaged In four foreign wars, but never has declared war in any of these cases, nor has anv nation ever declared war against the United States. "State of war'' was declared to exist in 1812 with Great Britain, in 184*6 with Mexi-co and in 1898 with Spain. A declaration of indepen dence 'brought on the war of 1776. "State of war" means that the country recognizing such a condition believes it has been attacked, war is being waged against it, and it is nec essary for national defense and se curity to fight back. Recognition or a "state of war" places the responsibility for the war and its consequences upon the other nation. So Submarine There. Berlin, April 19 (via London).?It is officially announced that there is no submarine as yet in the Western part of the Atlantic. I The statement follows: "The Ren ter telegram regarding an attack l>y a German submarine on the American destroyer Smith can "be described only as a frivolous means of attribu ting to Germany the opening of hos 1 in font nn submarine is vet X XX iuvvi ? ? in the Western half of the Atlantic. lA/kirkh Dliuc Cnr tho Prn. Cdll d VVlllVll I iajo i VI UIV I IV Dath Chautauqua Program. May 8 to 16 WILL (OFINE ACTIVITY TO LEGISLATION FOR WAR f Washington, April 29?Democrats \JL LiiL/ I1VU?V X il V uuv u j iuv.u w ^ agreed to consider at the present ex tra session only such -war and gen eral defense legislation as may be recommended by the president. National prohibition, which is be ing urgci by its advocates as a nec-; essary measure, may be included un-; der this list, -but unless the president, recommends it as a war measure it! will not be taken up. i It also is possible that rivers ana! harbors bill embracing such proposed j improvements as are deemed essential! by the war department for the na-! tiona] defense may be passed, i'ne ; caucus refused, by a vote of 77 to 71, i to approve either $33,000,000 or a j $15,000,000 waterways bill, both oi ] which were proposed by Chairman j Small of the rivers and harbors com-! mtitee. ; The caucus agreement was reached only after a bitter fight over prohibi tion and after several 'New York city members had withdrawn because of the adoption of a resolution providing for consideration of a measure to authorize the president to prohibit the manufacture cr sale of liquor dur ing the war. Such a measure was in troduced in the house today by Rep resentative Howard of Georgia. ! A-mi/* crraat <inn1anco this nrntmsal. I ililiiU V^uv u>f VMAM X-- - Jl f made by Representative Dicker of Missouri, was carried, 87 to 60. Then the New York Democrats began to protest and walked out. Several de | clared they would not be bound by the caucus. ? : A hasty conference ot leaders fol lowed with the result that Democratic ! Leader Kitchin offered the substitute | finally adopted. j Opinions differ in the house as to , whether the president will recom mend prohibition as a war measure | One of the plans suggested by Secre ! tary McAdoo for providing rwar rev | enue was to raise the tax on liquor. ! ! .4 SPARTANBI RC WELCOME FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS Spartanburg, S. C., April 14, 1917.? Plans are under way for extending ! a real Spartanburg welcome to the hundreds of delegates that are toi attend the State Sunday School con-! vention in Spartanburg, May 1, 2 ana The entertainment committee, with L. W. Perrin as chairman, Is busy at work securing homes for at least 1,200 out of " town delegates, j The duty of registering and assign ! ing the delegates to their homes is i placed upon Horace L. Bomar, chair I man of registration committee. As J such a great attendance is expected, the delegates are requested to regis ter in advance of the convention by sending to ;Mr. Bomar their name and I check for one dollar as registration j tee. This will facilitate the work of the committee, it is said, and the dele ""to -a-iii makp sure of havins: a home reserved for himself. Spartan burg expects to furnish free enter tainment to all registered delegates. It 19 announced that the conven tion headquarters will 'be the First Baptist church. The general ses sions of the convention will be held i in this church each morning. The j night sessions will be held in Con-; verse college auditorium, that will seat at least 2,500 people. In addi- j tion to offering the auditorium for the , convention, the Converse coliege au thorities have requested the privi-: lege of entertaining during the con-j vention all former students of that i institution. I Within one week all necessary ar- i rangements will have been complet-! ed, it is believed^ for making this the J greatest Sunday School convention j ever held in the State. ! lT. S. COl'NTEN A N E S NO ENTANGLING ALLIANCES High Officials Determine This (io* era men t Shall Retain Entire Free dom to Fight Germany as Lon? and Energetically as She Pleases? Whatever Agreements Are Enter ed Into Must be Flexible. Washington, April 17.?The United States will enter no entangling alli ances. Agreements there will be, but they must be flexible. In the midst of the maze of diplo matic negotiations with the entente allies for America's most efficient prosecution of the war agamsi uer-| many, high officials of the government i tonight declared that, whatever ar- j rangements may be made for the co-, operation of Germany's enemies, this government shall retain entire free dom to fight as long and as energet ically as she pleases. Efforts on the part of some members j rrfAeo crnvo r n m on t officials. I Wl tUiifjltoo, , both here and elsewhere, to bring about a formal alliance between tfte United States and the entente for the duration of the' war met with slight encouragement among the members of President .Wilson's official family. Following the cabinet meeting late today, it was stated that the attitude of this government could properly be i summed up as follows: The United States was not drawn into the war because of any alliance. She entered it to fight for "the prin ciples of humanity ana umu muse principles have been firmly re-estab lished nothing can stop or alter this government. There has been no wa vering at any point and there will be I none. Whether the entente allies have made any movement toward bringing about an alliance with the United States for the period of the war is un known. Widespread discussion or me coining of the commissions from the entente nations has touched largely upon the probability of some form of alliance with the United States, but officials-.* of: th? government- say no definite proposals have been consid ered. From Jail to Fatal Plnnge. {Columbia, April 19.?Carl Ander son, a white man, aged about 35 years, sustained probably fatal Injuries to night by falling off the high Seaboard trestle near the corner of Lincoln and Rice streets, this city. 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