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f - : = KEIIOIC WOMEN OF FRANCE. Dr. Aloiizo Taylor. My words are not powerful enough to do even scanty justice to the most heroic figure in the modern world, and of ages past?the woman of France. Of the healthy men who are engaged in the military service in France, practically all are engaged either in transportation or in the manufacture of munitions, leaving the agriculture absolutely to the women. Not only this, but they have stepped into the place of work ani* I ? nntr Oa/>t?An (if maiSyOU cau SO ill LI/ amy Otv I.XUU vr? France today and see women ofmiagnificent. noble womanhood hitched to the plough and cultivating the soil. All of the agriculture rest upon their shoulders. The home, always an extremely' efficient home, maintains a few old men, the wounded, and ths PRESIDENT BEING S* URGED TO SPEAK. Hp Should Define Present War Problems so as xo Head Off Posslbnty of Germany's ?*v Offer to Disrnpt Allies. Washington. March 17.?Official here admit that now is the time for a new and tempting peace offer from Germany. They "believe that such an offer wil! be only bait to lure the entente. and the United States into a V Brest-Litovsk. So strong is the belief that the president is being urged by some of his advisers in foreign affairs to declare ana define the new war prob. lems which confront the United States and to summon the country to their solution, in advance of any proffered temptation from the other c!fle of the battle 'ir.e. No one tonight would pretend to know what the president will do. It is authoritatively stated in quar* ters close to him that he will not for the present go before congress. There are a number of indications that th? president is studying a broad program into which enter the following factors: 9 President Studyinsr These Factors. 1. Should the T'nited States by its silence invite a new peace offer from Germany? Such an offer is recog ruzed :n advance as notning but an effort to disrupt allied morale and / fisrhtine: spirit. Apparently the president has not decided whether it is better to quit this game or again to try to beat Hertling and Czernin at it by * makinsr a declaration of war aims and r>eaee policies which will disrupt the central powers more than anything thev can SaV will disrupt the United State* 2. Has the Russo-Japanese situation so crystallized as to permit the United States to take a definite stand? 3. How far should the president go in admitting the deficiencies in the "United States war preparations and summoning- the manufacturers, ship nmiaers ana rramers oi somiers to hasten the completion of their tasks. What Germany Says. The prediction of the new peace offer from Germany is based upon an editorial in the powerful government oreran, Germania. Describing the peac*' with Rumania as a just punishment for the little country's disloyalty, "Megalomania, and '"most unscrupulous do 1 icy of force." the editorial then ."f sa vs: "If th^ chancellor in his latest sneech delivered his last warning to the entente, our enemies will do well to realize that tho ronsessions we arc readv to make will not necessarily liolri eoo I in every future military situation. , In vi*?w of the consideration with wll i.'1*1 TV i; '\;\r * "WH^OTl fTO:>t?ff PtCmier Czernin of Austria in bi-j last t>v-"- i -> consideration in which he *>* ' !' al'ied statesmen it is r^d'--* that Czernin may now cowrt < v*fh tb? nr^ouncement ? of y. h < '-concessions*' may ho in detail. The b< ~t ::i":stration the change - ? - : nr. - .. " !. I i > :4 .SIS:,' : v - ' :- :&&&' ?N F ^ I I ' tubercular. Uncomplaining, with high js devotion, with an attitude that i amounts almost to religious exalta- j j tion, the woman of France bears the 1 burden. j Now, conditions being as they are, ' does it lie within the heart of in3 American people to preserve and hold to every convenience of our life at 1 i the expense of adding an additions! j burden to the womanhood of France? j | This is the exact question that is in- j j volved in our substitution of other j cereals in place of wheat. J 2 I r> The women of France must be en- ' abled to hold up the morale of the |; French soldier until next spring. The ;1 morale of the house decides the mor- jf - < 11-- ?u:? ii? l ; aie 01 ius suiiuer in iue ltguutig mio i { We can do this by giving to them the i i greatest possible freedom in their J s ? j 1. j food supply, and of this, wheat is the j chief factor. * ' ! > r j of heart on the part of the admin- c : istraticn towards Czernin, however, is T i ir (contained in this reference to himjf made today by a prominent official: Czernin Strangled Rumania. j e * ^Ti "i r'Vt?%v? n a If ** V% /v on wl I it was i&eiiiiu nnu^cu, oci.vi, ^ ! "who negotiated the peace by which 1 Rumania was strangled despite Czer- a nin's fair words." c ! I 1 This is what is meant by consider- j i 0 I ing that a new peace ofi'er would but J f . lead the entente into a Brest-Litovs':. \ c j The very discussion of peace, admin- j n , istration officials here a<>ain insist,! t | tends to slow down war effort. All of ; s those who are willing to talk say to- ; it-.i ? ?m ii.. ?:11 ' uay uiai nu jjeaue aciuaii; win >;? ; i possible until German military autoe- ; a | racy, now revelling in its triumphs ; a : on the east, is crushed. ! j j There is also evident here a grow- j j ing belief that in the fact of the pres- ; t | ent military situation the sound doc- j o trines of the president, even though t showered on every Teuton village an.! ^ e I form nrill fall rtn rc rtAflfpriPrl tfi 5 ' 1 | peace of justice by the thunder of the 0 triumphing of the German military ! e : machine. ! f: ' There are others who confidently u believe that the president has struck n j and consistently maintained a note 0 i powerful in its appeal to all German ( Hhoralc Thoro aro oviHpnpfc to thr* o ( ? " i ?ffect that the more radical of the lib- t orals are dissatisfied with the results' o in Russia. There is no lack of evi- j r -lence that Russia is accepting the $ German peace only through force. : i Persons who hold these opinions be- f lieve there is still a great opportunity ri for the president to bring the German people to their senses by appeal- ! ing perhaps through Russia, rather1 than again directly to the Teutons r j.1 1? ' ? luemsei ves_ , ,) Ki German papers quoted here have a!- : ready shown the pan-German fear oF p 'he democratic spirit of Russia and g ;ts essential liability to lean toward-.' r hp United States rather than Ger- j qmany. j z Action of Soviets Hopeful. j Tt is generally admitted that the* 0 Russo-Japanese situation has not yet s reached that stage of development j, which would permit of the president's 0 acting on sure ground. Elements in ^ the action of the Soviets are regarded as hopeful. Chief of this is the de-; j( termination of tho congress to raise ' . i O an army. A revolutionist army, it i^ j recognised, would he a constant stum- 1 y bling block in the part of German ' ^ a ?<: ? Dnc-c-io >10 thnt npn?i_ i peiieu iitiuu v>i IUI.io.U, t . tration either military or economic. j " There is also a distinctly more op- j o timistic feeling here as to the att.it.iule icAt ,?<-] nut in thess ' wi |^i (mn. , dispatches some davs ago. the entente J nations have in effect guaranteed that r Japan's occupation of Asiatic main- ; land territory will not be permanent, e Dispatches from Tokio received her? f j today nre taken to indicate that the n j imperialistic ambitions of .Tapan. if 7 j she had any. have been cheeked in v I this manner. T'.e semi-official admis- v t ; *n that .Tapan !< lor'.{'i to act without a j *he a;nroval of the ! mteu mmos it-.- v : ;h - -tha* she will need fi- j i .nawial aid from this conn try arc- c ?> ;i ) ', ?; j*i. -> ? '"*. *\}y 2! ' IW'' 10 t ' I of the I'n'ted St:**. ti J These db:>at< ' -i tVe fac^ fi j of information /.;;! 'he "Vrawhi ( vvn KEFOIOJ PIIESS HOPELESSLY AT SEA. .lohn K. Aull. Columbia, March 17.?In order *o ;et a clear conception of the political ituation in South Carolina today, an.l ;> understand fully how completely he Reform faction has that situation n its hands, it is necessary that reent developments in connection wit a he Tillman-Lever fiasco and the rculting stampede in the anti-Reform anks he viewed in the light of the ampaign of 1913, when Tillman delivered his eleventh-hour stab against Mease, forsaking the party which had lar-cxrl Vii-rn in nOWfir ill 1S90 and v'pt hi n in power tot twenty-two ears. The anti-Reform press is hopelessly it sea today without the slightest possibility of being able to right itself nd to rally wholeheartedly to the 11 r?r>r?rt ^natnr Tillman, and with ^ w*. N/^*4V.V?. >ut the possibility, now that Tillman las definitely announced his canclilacy, of being able to get its forces ;olid!y behind any other man. The eason is not far to seek. The antireform press has never had any love 'or Tillman. The Columbia Stat:* vas established in 1S91 for the avowe-J >urpose of fighting him. There is not i. that in 1912 3 SlldUf ? KJ JL UVU*/V VMMV ?. rood portion of the anti-Reform )ress would have been delighted to ;ee both Tillman and Blease defeated, ind the Columbia State set a trap for Tillman into which the senior senator valked and out of which he came very learlv not being able to extricate him. ;elf. The conspiracy failed, however. and Blease was re-elected gov:rnor. Tillman was also re-elected 0 VioyvI ?trne,ele. but enaior, mici ? . uuiu ie had forever alienated from himself he faction in South Carolina politico vhich he had formerly led, and which lad made him governor and United States senator. In the hour of their leed he had failed them and gone over o the enemy, upon the invitation of Tr. William E, Gonzales, then the iditor of the Columbia State and now ninister to Cuba. , Te Columbia State has been writing i series of editorials during the past everal days in an effort to extricate tself and the anti-Reform faction rom tbe meshes in which.it has bn ome entangled. It has not yet been ble to muster up sufficient courage o come out boldly and declare for Senator Tillman for reelection, but it s holding its nose and gr)"'ng its eeth and making grjimaces, which re pretty sure si^ns that it is making n earnest effort to swallow the bitter ill. "To avoid confusion in future." says he State, "to print and keep the recird straight, it is well to say now hat whatever oppositicn has developd to the reelection of Senator B. R illman li a itc nrifin in fhA PTOtlfi f South Carolina politicians and votrs who call themselves the Reform action or Reform party. It has been inderstood and openly said for many nonths that the Reformers would set ut a candidate for senators in 1918." The records show how utterly withut foundation in fact the underlying iasis of this statement is. The recrds show that the opposition by tha >afnrm faction to its former leader, lenator Tillman, had its origin in fhe lliman-iionzaies tarme-up or mz or the Columbia State lias never detied that on August 23. 1912, and Augst 24, 1912, its Washington corre'vvndent. Mr. P. H. McGowan, receivd from its editor, Mr. William JE. Jonzales, three telegrams, somewhat f the tenor as follows: "Tillman wrote private letter to 'erguson, in Spartanburg, which is ex ere arraignment. Bleas/e 'lctoows ontents of letter and is sure to strike 'illman will full force of his organ: ation on Tuesday. If we could get - hole letter published Tillman's gains n .Tones' side would conteract losses ure to be sustained in present status, leep Tillman from "knowing; source f information. Place facts before im and beg for whole letter." "If correspondent fould set cony o? ?tter. the matter in it could be sent nt from Spartanburg." "Tillman's letter must strengthen ones' lines and cause Blease losses, 'lease will fight Tillman, who will rnmenf is firmly in the saddle and an carry out its policies with the full :nr?ort of national sentiment even if hoso policies should savor if inipeialism. Entente diplomats hero rontinue to vpress with much fervor the hope hat .J\r rr,'> resources will be used to :nko ;i demonstration in force or. thn 'u:ton easvrn flank. The president*.'? ?/-?!* ? r* ??/.! * r-.'s\r\ cr.ri M?.-. in 1 r\ I 'J ^ 1 . I r* ' M . . U j ' V" l \ ' i ' rj uv/eloping no faster than the building of structure of some sort or. " -hpo: finch centers in Mi's-tow. The final df< ision in the v .-..*, it \r ontendtv: h?-r- . will rest on whether I JIft? ?* y*.'i . ? c;?r ?c{ *o Kran^e i men th* German lino ^ > > G< mnmy consolidate? her ecnv.ost on t:i': east. ' get many .Tones votes." Governor Clease showed by affidavits that, he had never seen the ' Ferguson letter, and declared that when the editor of the State wired that "Blease will fizht Tillman" he wired what was "willfully untrue." But these telegrams bro> Vi forth the eleventh-hour stab from Tillman. That is the record as it as written, and cannot now be camouflaged. The Reform party has not suflered by Senator Tillman's deflection. The sufferer is the senior senator himself, who must by this time realize that one canno*: with impunkv desert the peo I?le who have made h.m with the Oil pectation of finding as loyal support in the ranks of those who have a!| ways fought him. The Lever attitude and the "Lever questionnaire" must have brought this truth home very forcibly to Senator Tillman. , ! With Sentor Tillman's chances for re-election gone glimmering, as a result of the opposition to him in the ranks of the * ti-Reform party, interest cenf ux >n Mr. Lever's attitude and T/ *er's chances, if hs j -A? i.i. - ? siiuuiu ,uier tue race, wiucu is not regarc jd as probable. Mr. Lever's position at present was pretty fully given away by his "questionnaire." He is in a receptive mood, with a "strong desire not to antagonize the desires of Senator Tillman," but wanting to succeed Senator Tillman if he is advised from down here ?n South Carolina that Senator Tillman cannot be re-elected. This attitude has not appealed to either faction, and has weakened the support which Mr. Lever would have had, had he boldly made up his mind for himself as to what his "duty" was in the premises, instead of flirting with the Tillman. vote as a self-constituted apostle whose "duty" it may be to run for the high office of (United States senator in order to "save the State." It is pointed out with considerable force that Mr. Lever mi^ht do well to judge the temper of the voters of SoutS Carolina by their action in me past, and to recall to his mind that it was only six years ago that a chief justice of the supreme court resigned his office to make the race for governor in order to "save the State." The former chief justice sacrificed himself without avail, and when lie was defeated the anti-Reform faction, forgetful of his sacrifice, showed him the same lack of gratitude which has beecharacteristic of it during the entire political history of this State. The condition of Senatoi Tillman's health will not permit of his making a campaign, and he has stated that he will not do so. except through the newspapers, assigning as a reason, however, that his duties will not permit him the time. This situation will probably increase the activity of tho anti-Reform faction this year to abolish the county-to-county camcampaiun. They may succeed, but it will avail them nothing, because Mr. Blease will be able to reach the people and to state to them his position * TT. on every issue confronting tnem. m is opposed to the abolition of the county-to-countv system, but whatever action is taken in regard to it he has stated that lie will endeavor to make a speech within the hearing of e try man who desires to knew the truth. The present political situation in South Carolina has been shaping itolc for thn rnst four years. It is the natural result of the "ring rule" of Manning administration? of the bitter partisanship and extravagance of a bureauracy which loudly proclaimed that it would know no factionalism. With a free ballot and z. r*air count, the Reformers will sweep he state this summer all alon'sr tft^ line. 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