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VOL. xxvIII MANNING, S. C., WEDN ESDAY, MARCH 31,1915 PEACE TALK FAILS! AUSTRIAN CONCESSIONS EIOINOT SATISET iTALIANS ( ALTIVITY IN BALKANS Landon Reports Flurry in Turkish 1 eles-Dardanelles Forts Fived a Upon by Qeen Eizabeth and Aga- F mmnon-Fall of Przemysl Pro duces War Fever In Roumania. fl The Associated Press summarizes a the war situation Friday afternoon v as follows. Friday's dispatches tol- fj low the summary: ' e Attempts to arrange a settlement of the differences between Italy and Austria apparently have failed. A r Rome newspaper says Prince von 7 Beulow, German ambassador at Rome, has abandoned his efforts for h an agreement. Austria's final offer o of territorial concessions is said to have been so far from meeting Italy's a demands that the German ambassa dor did not submit it to the Italian government. In the Balkans there are increas- C Ing signs of unrest. A Bucharest dis patch says the fall of Przemysl has Increased the popular demand in Rou mania for intervention on the side of U the allies. The relations between ti Turkey and Bulgaria also have be- tl come uncertain. Field Marshal von fx de" Goltz has left Constantinople for Sofa and Gen. von Sanders has gone ti t' Adrianople. near which defenses ei are being erected to guard against a tl possible attack by Bulgaria. * ti Although severe weather continues it at the Dardanelles efforts to clear the m straits of mines continue. Turkish tc forts tred on mine sweepers Wednes day. but ceased the attack after two ft British battleships opened on them. C< Nd confirmation has come from re Austrian sources of the Russian claim e to a great victory in the Carpathians. m According to the Petrograd announce- 01 ment the Russian forces have definite- in ly obtained the advatage in the battle m whfeh has been going on for several 01 weets. cl Rome reports via Paris on Friday fa .that efforts of Prince von Buelow, the German ambassador, to-r.:.d an m agreement between Italy and Aust- T1 tria. regarding the cession of terri- b3 tory, have definitely failed, according in to the Agenzi Nationale. The paper is says it is Informed that when the last or courter from Vienna brought to the s, ambassador Austria's final terms, tb they were of such a nature that he th did not consider it worth while to Sl submit them to the Italian foreign office. It is reported he then resign- til ed. the role of mediator. so Paris reports Friday that the fall m o Przemysl has caused a sensation , in Bucharest and resulted in increas- fo ed popular clamor that Roumania en ter the war on the side of the allies, ecording -to dispatch from the cor respondent of the Petit Parisien. , London reports Friday that the Ex- be ehange Telegraph company has re- th eelved a dispatch from Athens sayIng ta that Field Marshal von. der Goltz, U2 who has been in Constantinople for ri, some few months past representing hi German military interests. has left cr the Turkish capital for Sofia, Bul 1ganria. At the same tim, Gen. Liman-g von Sanders, the commander of Turk- Ibe Ish forces in Europe. has left Con stantinople for Adrianople. bI Field Marshal von der Goltz was Ib the first military governor of Bel gium. 'He was sent to Constantinople from Belgium late In 1914 to avs~b In the conduct of Turkish campaigns Glen. von Sanders has been Identified a It with the Tur'kish army for several years. The departtire of these two officers from Constantinople. one for Sofia. the canital of Bulgaria. and the other * for Adrianople. the second most in-b portant city In European Turkey. and t .not far from the; Bulgarian frontier. apparently indicates some sudden de- ~ velopment In the Balkan situation, h which Is causing Turkey concern. I An Athens dispatch dated March 24 -sid, the Turks were- fortifying P Lule Burgas, 45 mIles southeast of i * Adrianople and other places in the l f ear of a possible attack by Bulgaria.R * A Turkish army at Lule Burgas is s being trained by German officers.s London reports that the Evening IX Chronicle published a disnatch from t Bucharest. Roumania, saying Turkey recently decided to surrender Con stantinople and the Dardatielles -to a the attacking fleet. The surrender 9" was all but arranged. The Chronicle nays, when at the last moment It was I blocked by Germany. t "The peace party forced a vote at arecent cabinet meeting to send emissaries, one of whom was the ce American ambassador. Henry Mor- PC ganthau, to the Dzardanelles to nego- ct tiate with the commander of the al lied fleet for the surrender of the straits and of Constantinople." says the Chronicle. "Just as everything seemed settled the German general. Iman von Sanders. heard of the plan sud ninped it with the threat of *court ma.,rtial for all concerned." London renorts Friday that the1 wl Brit-ish battleships Queen Elizabeth T1 and Agamemnon and the cruiser b Cornwall entered the Dardane'les. at straits Wednesday night to protect its mine sweepers, according to a Router of dispatch from the Tsland of Tenedos. by At 10 o'clock Turkish artillery at Erenkul fired five shells anid the forts g at Kid Bahr also fired. The Briltish la vessel reulled with twenty. To this m the Turks made no reply mnorfmid- H the Turks made no reply from mid- 01 night until morning the mine sweep ers continued their work without dis- f turbance, the correspondent says and f with story satisfactory results. c London reports Friday that as was predicted by military observers since m the fall of Przemysi. Russia now is 1a directing her chief offensive against h the Austrian front on the Carpa-1 1 thians. In the north between the Nie-b men and the Vistula. Russian forces are making little effort to advance. evidently being content to hold Field Marshal von Hindenberg in check. Desperate fighting Is taking nlace in the Carpathians where the Russians are thrusting back the Austrians along the Dukla and Nzsok line Unofficial renorts via Bucharest credit Russia with a great victory at Uzsok. while Petrograd officially claims an lmnortart success In the C capture of fortified positions near the tl Luokow pass. These formidable po sitions were taken by storm. the Aus trians losing machine guns and more than 5.000 prisoners. Unofficial reports also credit the Rus'sIan aryny with f'irther successes ia In Bukowins. Vienna admits the im- s portance of the Russian offensive in b the mountn npanes but declares the s5 CREW AND SHIP LOST LMERICAN SUBMARINE GOES TO BOTTOM AT HONOLULU. iovernment Tugs and Other Subma. rines Are Working in Effort to Raise Sunken Ship. The government tug Navajo which ras assisted by another tug in drag ing the bottom with grappling hooks S arly Friday reported its line fast at depth of thirty-five fathoms what 'as' relieved to be the submarine '-4, which had not been heard from nce early Thursday when she was bmerged during target practice. Other vessels of the submarine eet stationed at Honolglu immedi tely left the harbor to dive and in stigate. PendiDg their return the fi tte of the twenty -five men who form- P I the complement of F-4, still was a atter of conjecture. Washington believes if the subma- it ne F-4 is sunk in 35 fathoms of h ater-210 feet-as Honolulu dis- t itches report, naval officers have no r ope whatever that any of her crevr a 25 is alive, at such a depth they R y the submarine must be crushed B d full of water. The navy department Friday re- w ived this dispatch from Commander harles E. Smith, commanding the . rst submarine division of the Pacd fleet, off Honolulu: cc "F-4 left tender at 9 a. m. for sub- ai erged run March 25. Failed to re- p( irn to surface, entrance of harbor in tb Lirty fathoms of water covered with si Lel oil. Diving and dragging." to Commander Smith's statement of ei te entrance of the harbor being cov- m ed with oil created grave alarm at in Le navy department. It was feared qi te F-4 had struck a rock, although was pointed out that Lieut. Ede gi ight have blown out tie vessel's oil al lighten her burden. .t The alarm of the officials were still h( rther increased by the omission In ax ammander Smith's report of any fernce to aside from the submerg- c I craft. She was equipped with a tr arker buoy attached to the outside w the submarine and capable of be g released from within. As no re ention was made of the appearance fo the marker buoy, officials con- w: uded it has not come to the sur- so ce. th The usual diving radius of a sub- in arine is between 150 and 200. feet. OC e world's record for diving, made w] r the F-1, a sist .r ship of the F-4, b3 San Francisco Bay two years ago, PC 283 feet, but she remained there th ly ten minutes and cruised at a ad eed of six knots. At that depth th e hull creaked and groaned under CO e tremendous pressure and water In reeped through the se.ms. al Commander Smith's e.ispatch men- nE ming the thirty fathoms depth gave en me hope that the F-4 might not be ca ore than 180 feet in the water in to: lich case there must be a chance w, r the rescue of her crew, if the ark were done promptly. cr Up-to the present the United States in vy has been particultrly fortunate th its submarines. Not a life has ed en lost in their operations, al- pr ough some of the craft have sus- tl( ied minor accidents. European th Lvies, however, have had several se- ch us accidents in which submarines 1v1 Lve gone to the bottom with their at ews and never have been recovered. co an ~rce attacks on these positions have ni en repuTsed. ha Politically, no decisive move has n en made to increase the number of t e combatants, but it is freely ru- re ored that the mission at Rome of -ince von Buelow, the German am- fa .sador, has failed completely and Snegotiations between Austria and sly have been suspended. Rou-le ania, impressed by the fall of!e 'zemysl, is said to be contemplating Fi imediate action on the side of the Ja ies. t is believed that the Russians, by hil inging up new forces, may have of red the Austrian right wing and de ached the Sereth River, getting be- W nd the Austrian army now onerat- ci g in the vicinity of Czernowitz. Big events at Uzsok pass were ex eted, as'both RussL.n and Austrian ad cial reports spoke of heavy fight-al g there, and with the troops re- de sed by the fall of Przemysl the an issans might be able to dispatch ~ rong reiliforcements quickly to this en mt. The Russians also have resumed R e offensive in the region of the so lica River, southern Poland, and, iu cording to Petrograd, have taken qU Simportant German position: while er the north heavy fighting again IsI progress along the East Prussian jth nter, despite the condition of the ound.. Cn the western front. although a jre rtain liveliness is exhibited at some ti nts, no important acticn has oc- r rred. r ev U. S. SUBMARINE SINKS. ag th ter Being Lost for Twelve Hours is pe Located Under 120 Fathoms. a The American submarine F-4. ich was submerged at 9:15 a. m. of ursday two miles off Honolulu bar- de r, had not reappeared at nightfall ha d grave fears were expressed for I safety. The F-4 carries a crew twenty-five men and is commanded T Lieut Alfred L. Ede. ar Three other submarines of the "F'' an 'oup, the naval tug Nav::.o and ba unches were scouring the ocean for Ies about the harbor entrance of in nolulu Thursday night in search m the missing vessel. .ot Naval officials said they were hope- th I that no serious mishan had be- co len the F-4, but they admitt'ed that en reumstances of the craft's prolong- to disappearance gave rise to much fa nreension- to Later It was reported that the F-4 en Ld been located, lying at a depth of 0 fathoms. No signal nells had m in heard from the submerged craft H id this fact led to fears that the ru ibmarine's tanks had burst. suffo ting the crew with sulphuric acid y imes. Attempts to bring the vessel E, the surface with grappling hooks be iled. cc Woman Shot at Spy. oc Margaret Schmitt, a French woman ki ntenced to death as a sny by a vi >urt martial, was shot Thursday at tli uneille. France. after the troons of ax le garrison had been drawn up to 'itness the execution. b 1,800 Plasterers Strike. tI Eihteen hundred union plasterers t Chicaro. Ill., Friday went on Ia nike, declIning to plaster lath laid di y workmen who took the places of mn ilIVE 1RAISE NHUSH FIELD MARSHAL KNOWS CAMPAIONS OF JACKSON SAYS LEE IS FOREMOST r John French Talks About Allies' Confidence and the Retreat From Mons, Incidentally Giving South Red and Blue Ribbons for Military Leaders of America. Frederick Palmer, who is at the ont in France for the Associated ress, sends the following dispatch: "British headquarters in France, arch 25, via London, 12:31 p. m. was in the drawing room of the yuse in which he makes his office at Field Marshal Sir John French ceived. the correspondents to-day id discussed the military situation. afore the conversation was over, the ritish commander, answering a estion concerning the result of the ar, said: "'Indeed, there is no doubt of the itome. I was never so confident of ctory as I am to-day.' "On a long table before the British mmander were a number -of maps d reports. Otherwise, the man ap ared completely dissociated from e details from the different armies muated in the other offices about the wn. It was to be observed, how -er, that the heads of these depart ants report to Field Marshal French imediately upon a telephone re test. "Looking younger than his photo aphs make him appear, ready and rt, Sir JohdT showed no signs of e strain of the last eight months as t stood before his open grate fire .d talked of his campaign. " 'What were the most important ntributing factors making your re mat from Mons secure against over ielming odds?' Sir John was asked. " 'The dogged tenacity of our little gular army which contested every t of the ground as we fell back,' ts the answer. 'Not once did our diers lose heart. They understood at we were not defeated. but mak g a strategic retreat before- heavy ds, and that all the punishment ich they could inflict on the enemy cool and stubborn resistance from int to point was no less valuable to a ultimate object than if they were vancing. Their confidence that air turn to take the offensive would me remained unshaken. Next in portance was the work of our cav -y in its aggressiveness and alert ss in preventing the cavalry of the emy from getting around us. Our valry established a decided super -ity over that of the enemy, which .s of vital assistance. "'And what, to you, was the most tical moment of all your campaign France?' was the next question. "One would not have been surpris if he had said when his reserves actically were exhausted in the bat i of Ypres and Armentieres to save a channel ports. His answer had aracteristic promptness and decis ess: 'On the retreat from Mons, LeCateau. We were in the open untry in a very dangerous position, d the German ambition for the an ilation of our little army might ye been realized if our cavalry had t been equal to its task of covering a fanks of our steady, disciplined guar.' "Few Americans probably are as niliar with the campaigns of the aerican Civil War as is Sir John. has made a thorough study of am and from them he has drawn sons which he has found helpful in ance. He mentioned "Stonewall" kson. "'To me Gen. Jackson was more e Cromwell than any other leader history,' said the British comman r. 'A heroic, martial figure whose nderful career came to the happy se a soldier desires in the hour of ~tory. I have followed all his Lrches and battles with unflagging miration. He had the religious ex aton of Cromwell, his dash and termination and his ready strategy d the genius of inspiring his troops th his own indomitable spirit of ergy. "'But of all your commanders, bert E. Lee, in his patience, his re arce, his poise, l.is soundness of :gment and his possession of the alities of high command in all em rencies, is foremost, in my opinion.' "'A good deal has been said about a novel conditions which trench urfare in this war has developed,' us the next thing said by the cor ;pondent. 'has it chang'ed the qual s required of a soldier?' "'No,' he replied. 'Human nature mains the same and it is the man o gives and takes the blows, what r the nature of his weanons. Cour e, discipline and tenacity are still dominant elements of success.' "'And the guns-it has been ye atedly stated that this has become war of artillery.' " 'I think there has been an Incli tion to exaggerate the importance artillery.' Sir John answered. 'No ubt of the three arms, artilleryI s increased in relative importance. may take a dozen shel~ls to get one n and one bullet will get one man. .e weapons which decide the day the rifle and the machine gun. d the Infantry still Is the queen of ttles.' "Sir John was far from depreciat the fighting qualities of the Ger ins. 'But they are no greater than ler soldiers.' he said. 'I attribute air valor and their well disciplined heson to the fact that from the idle they are taught discipline and worship their emneror and the herland, and that it is their duty die for the fatherland when their iperor commands.' "'As to the conduct of the Ger ins, s It as bad as renresented? ve they consIstently broken the! les of civilized warfare?' "For the first time the British com d er hesitated before spe-iking. idently as a soldier he wished to entiely just. " 'Yes.' he then replied with firm nviction. 'in many instances their ndct has been bad. very bad: I low that it has been. Buit it hasI red. It has seemed to depend on e commanders. Tf a commander] provs of outrages, they occur.' "'And the French armv; you have en fighting as its ally for eir-ht onths: how does it compare with e German?' "'The French at the start were horing under the shadow of their sostrous defeat in 18S70, which ight weil have led both the French d the worlr1 in general to think ALLIED TROOPS LANDED: C1 FLEET PLACES SOLDIERS ON DI! GALLIPOLI PENINSULA. Austrians Reported Erecting Number - ChJ of Defensive Works on Italian Frontier. London reports Wednesday: "A, force of allied troops was landed on. nes the peninsula of Gallipoli Tuesday clu from the transports in the Gulf of Chi Saros, according to a dispatch from Jar Athens to the Daily Express. the A general attack upon the fortifica- Jar tions of the Dardanelles Is to be un- jur dertaken immediately on the arrival thi! of further French and British war. fer: ships now on their way to join the J attacking squadron. Chi The last concerted effort against lati the Dardanelles positions occurred I six days ago on March 18. This con day's action resulted in the loss of loa: three battleships. Reviewing the sit- vol uation, military experts in London Sot and elsewhere have expressed freely - their belief that to penetrate the me straits the marine forces must be whi well supported on land. It has been sub said lately that a strong detachment rail of French troops was on its way to a t the Dardanelles. rail The Gallipoli peninsula is the 'I northern or European side of the in Dardanelles. At is head It is not or more than three or four miles wide; or If this neck of land were effectivelf gov held by the allies, Turkish communf- I cation with the strong positions o4 in-( the peninsula would be impossible. con Paris reports Wednesday that the 'I bombardment of the Turkish fortifif I -Chi cations in the Dardanelles was re- anc sumed at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning fecl by the allied fleet, according to an ' Athens dispatch to the Havas agency. Poil The warships were accompanied Into ing the straits by a number of mine chu sweepers. list -The effect of the operations around I the Dardanelles upon neutrals in the gra Mediterranean is plainly shown in the hav folloyving dispatches: pro Geneva reports via Paris Wednes- casi day: "The Austrian government now clai considers war with Italy more than 'I probable, according to dispatches re- nitE ceived here .from Vienna. A large Art number of troops have arrived in. the the Tyrol and Trieste, where defensive istr works are being constructed. oug "The Geneva Tribune professes to ed i have received advices from Austria wit] to the effect that the dual monarchy froz might consider the signing of a sep- 'I arate peace with Russia without con- ceiN sulting Germany, offering as a con- thai cession to cede to Russia large por- troc tions of Galicia." ing London reports Wednesday that ac- E cording to the newspapers of Athens, por1 Greece will not indepenently range sou1 herself on the side of the triple en- Chi: tente, says the correspondent of the the Exchange Telegraph company. She hai will take an active part in the war wit] only conjointly with Bulgaria. Iso- Mo lated intervention on the part of eith- sho er Greece or Bulgaria, the correspon- lice dnet continues, would be regarded in arr( Athens as ineffective. -. A pori AIR RAID ON GERMAN BASE. hav tion British Aviators Drop Bombs on Ger- la man Submarine Near Antwerp. beei S The British admiralty issued a fore statement saying a British air raid riva was carried out successfully on Ger- Max an s'ubmarines at Hoboken, three may iles outside of Antwerp. The text hay, f the admiralty statement was as erni follows: cree "The folowing has been received S rom Wing Commander Longmore: I dier ave a report that a successful air chu: ttack was carried out by flye ma- den hines of the Dunkirk squadron on he German submarines being con tructed at Hoboken, .near Antyerp. "Two of the pilots had to return Dep wing to thick weather, but Squad-i on Commander Ivor T. Courtney and . light Lietuenant H. Rother reached JE! heir objective and after planning1 honr own to 1,000 feet dropped four~ can ombs on the submarines. .and "It is believed that considerable by: amage has been done to both the dere orth and two submarines, two "The works were observed to be on1 frot fire. In all, five submarines were ob- pub erved on the slip. S "Flight Lieutenant B. .Crossle7 tion eates was obliged by enginie trouble beet o descend In Holland. Owing to the: ties, ist the two pilots experienced con- said iderable difficulty in finding their salu ay and they were subjiected to a affa: eavy gun fire whilst delivering their A tttacks." killi rece CHINA MAKES INQUIRY. ata inde Ask Japanese to Explain Entrance of mex 12 Troops Into China. zilia At a conference held Thursday at Mar Peking, China, of Japanese diplo- onlh natic representatives with Chinese was statesmen concerning Tokio's de-; day nands upon the Chinese republic, the1 to hinese formally inquired as to thej A eaning of the recent entrance of broi aanese troops into China. Minister th ioki replied that these soldiers were i for the relief of the present Japanese to I arrisons in China, but that these whi arrisons would remain where the the are until the conclusion of the pres- was ent negotiations. dra! According to reliable information T the Japanese have eight divisions in Irepc hina and Korea. The war strength togi f a Japanese division Is 18,700, offi- this ers and men. 4.800 horses and 36 sevE pieces of artillery. te that the German military machine hon as heaven born and irresistible. The rench already have learned the con- atte rary and the world soon must if It the as not. I need not speak of their and plendid generalship or their courage n driving the Germans back from the ane. They have the elan of Napol eon's time, thanks to the spur of re- Gre: ewed confidence. Man for man, they rre better than the Germans to-day and their army has continually im proved since the war began. while the th erman army has deteriorated, th " 'We have abundant evidence of the erman deterioration on our own per front. Their attacks lacked the for- con en vigor and spirit. Neuve Chap- on pelle was an important victory. It the' proved that with a strong push we S ould put the enemy out of a well ing fortified position and then hold what fi we gained. a " 'One of the gratifying things to gov us.' the British commander-in-chief Kir' said In conclusion. 'is how well our territorials have done, once their loin period of preparation was over, and not they had an opportimi'y. I believe deec they occupy much the same relation furt to our forces as your national guard does to yours. They have surpassed our expectations. As for the Cana- F dians, I can not pay too high a tri- sior bute to them.*'" jehal UNA AND JAPAN AGRE iCUSSIONS ABOUT MANCHURI STILL CONTEIUE. ia Agrees to Several Articles an rapan Concedes Points In Origin )emands. ive articles bearing on the Jap: e demands upon China were ce led by the Chinese minister, L mg-Hsiang, and Eki Hiogi, ti anese minister, at a conference a Japanese legation Tuesday. TI anese minister recently was ii ad by a fall from a horse, and fc ; reason the meeting was tran red to the legation. Lil the articles concern Manchuri: na agreed to the following stip1 ons: 'irst. The Japanese government sent shall be obtained before i is made with a third power it ring the pledging of local taxes i th Manchuria. econ The Japanese govert it's consent shall be obtaine -never permission is granted to ject of a third power to build way, or when a loan is made wit iird power for the building of way in South Manchuria. 'hird. If the Chinese governme ;outh Manchuria employs adviser instructors for political, financio military purposes, the Japanes ernment shall first be consulte 'ourth. The transfer of the Ki ihangehun Railway to Japanes trol for ninety-nine years. 'he fifth article was proposed b na, and provides for the continu B of such treaties as are not a: ed by the present treaty. 'he JapL.nese have conceded th it of a separate discussion regard East Mongolia and South Man ria, which were combined in thel of demands. 2 the Manchurian group the imm tion and land ownership clause e not been settled, but definit gress has been made. This is tt also with respect to the minin se. he Japanese government has def ly withdrawn what is known a le 3 of the fifth group, namely demand for a joint police admin ition of "important places" thor hout China, and also has indical ts willingness, it is announced,'t idraw one or two other article a this so-called general group. he Chinese government has re ed advices confirming the repor six hundred additional Japanes ps have arrived at Tsinan, mali a total of about 2,000. oycotts on Japanese goods are're :ed from several places in th :h, where it is considered that th iese are most likely to get beyon( government's. control. A Shang dispatch says there was riotin kin the foreign settlements ther day night. Japanese theatres an< >s were stoned. The foreign pc were called out and made som sts. t several recent sessions, it is re ed, the representatives of Japai 3 argued that Japanese immigra into Mongolia and Manchuri: ild not be subjected to Chines ;. This proposal is said to hav - persistently opposed. Dine fear is expressed by bot) gners and Chinese that the ar 1 of additional Japanese troops i churia and Shan Tung provinc cause friction, but the Chines Sbeen warned by the central gov nent to conduct themselves dis tly. ix thousand more Japanese sol s are said to have reached Man ia, three thousand going to Muk and three thousand to Dalney. ASKS FOR REPARATION. rtment Dispatches Request ti Zapata Authorities. ow the American flag over th, e of John B. McManus, an Amern citizen in Mexico City, was "tori dragged half-way down the pole apata soldiers when they mur d McManus and looted his hom weeks ago is told in dispatche 1 the Brazilian minister, mad ie Thursday by Secretary Bryan scretary Bryan said that repara for the Insult to the flag ha< tasked from the Zapata authori but that no reply had come. Ha there had been no demand for te to the flag, as in the Tampic< n expression of regret for th ng of McManus already has bee1 ived from Gen. Palafox, the Zap commander, with a promise o mnity for the family and punish t for the slayers if apprehendeid 'r. Bryan- explained that the Bra n minister, in reporting Mc us' death March 11, mentionei the fact that the American flai flying over the house. The nex he sent a further report ref errinj the desecration of the flag." n inquiry from the departmen ight an explanation on March 11 the American committee whici stigated the occurrence reporte< ti that, "following a fusiladinj :h preceded the general entry o Zapatistas into the house, the fla; badly torn by the Zapatistas an4 ~ged half way down the pole." he same committee, the ministe rted, had submitted to him a pho aph of the house and flag. Il connection it became known tha ral foreign flags had been violat recently at Manzanillo, amonL a the American flag over thi se of an American ranchman. rhen the matter was called to th, tion of Gen. Carranza he deniet truth of the reports of Americal British consuls. REFUSES U. S. REQUEST. it Britain Will Not Permit .Con sul at Kirwall. London dispatch announces tha British government has refusel request of the United States fo nisson to station an America1 mlar officer at Kirkwall, to rcpor American cargo ships detaine' ate department officials at Wash on expressed surprise when in ied of the report that Great Brit had refused the request of thi rnent to station a consul a wall. You say refused?" asked Counsel Lansing. "The department ha received any notification of suc1 sion." He would not commen her. Peace Treaty With Russia. tificatons of the peace commix treaty with Russia were ez wged Mnday. 'PREMENTI SPEAKS A SAS PEOPLE BEHIND PRISIDENT d GVR HIM HIS POiR d LI WAR NONE OF THEIR OWN u Chief Executive Says It Is Possible e Lt for Us to be Impartial - Places e High Value Upon Churches-Ex cited Ones Who Lose Their Heads Must Not Rock the Boat. L- Full confidence in the great body t I of calm people of the nation, who a serve as "stabilizers," when the ex L- citable ones try to "rock the boat" in s a these perilous days, was voiced I Thursday night by President Wilson In an, address before the Baltimore d a conference of the Methodist church, t a South, in annual session at Washing- t h ton, D. C. t a The president appealed to the na- 1 tion for support in administering his *t office, saying, "If I can speak for you 3 I am powerful, if I can not, I am L weak." He said it was possible for a e people to be impartial when a "quar L rel is none of their own." Referring to the danger of missionaries in some e foreign land1s of which he said he had thought much of late, he added: 7 "Wars will never have any ending until men cease to hate one another, cease to be jealous of one another, e get the feeling of reality in the broth- C erhood of mankind, which is the only f bond that can make us think justly of one another and act righteously be r fore God himself." t Bishop Warren A. Candler, of At- r s lanta, Ga., in introducing the presi- s e dent, declared that the members of e the conference were behind him as patriots. Secretary Daniels occupied s a seat on the speakers' platform dur- I ing the session. F s The president said In part: "If have the feeling as I look upon you c that I have had in many other church s conferences, that I am looking in the o faces of men and women who are nit f interested in the temporary things, 8 but are interested in the permanent 0 things, who give very little thought, 1 I hope and believe, to the things that t t separate us and give a great deal of r thought to the things that unite us- I - things that are good for the healing 1 of this nation not only, but for the v - healing of all the nations. ' V a "This is a council of peace, not to s a form plans of peace, for it is not our I privilege to form such, but to pro- 5 - claim the single supreme plan of a r peace, the revelation of our Lord and s 3 Saviour, Jesus Christ. Because wars 5 I will never have any ending until men i - cease to hate one another, get that t] a feeling of reality in the bro-herhood 9 of mankind which is the only bond % - that can make us think justly of one s5 1 another~ and act righteously before b - God himself. a L "I value the churches of this coun a try as I would value everything else P 3 that makes for the stability of our moral progress. There- are a great many people-not so many that they - give me any particular concern, but C nevertheless a great many people who in the language of the day, are trying hard 'to rock the boat.' -The boat is too big for them to p rock. They are of such light material . that they can not rock it very much, but they are going through the mo-1t tion, and it is just as well for them . to look around once In a while and t see the great steadfast body of self- a possessed Americans not to be hur ried into any unconsidered line of ac- c tion, sure that when you are right, b you can be calm, sure that when the quarrel is none of yours, you can be t impartial, sure that the men who l Sspend their passion most will move - the body politic the least and thatj ithe reaction will not be upon the: great body of American citizens, but It -upon themselves. "So that I look upon you In the a present circumstances as a great part og of the stabilizer of the nation. You a1 know that somebody has just Invent-|n, ed a thing called a stabilizer that is I al used in connection with aeroplanes, I t and by some process the macliines of e which I have not had explained to s me, and perhaps could not under- a stand If I had, this corrects the er- C ratic movements of the machine, so si that it, when adjusted, determines t; the plane upon which the machine is it to move and the machine can not de- n part from it. Something like that is b: the function of the great moral forces al of the world, to act as stabilizers't -when we go up in the air. "I have come to you to-night, therefore. may I say for reassurance. to look upon an undisturbed body of 1 men who have their compasses ::nd know the moral charting cf the world. "We know what haven we are bound for. We know the only legiti Imate processes by which one can. work his way against the trade winds';t tof evil in the world to the haven de sired. So I am sure that I shall go TI taway from here reinforced. "I need not tell you that the presi- s dent by himself is absolutely noth -ing. The president is what the Ameri- p tcan nation sustains, and if It does not cl tsustain him, then his power is con- ti -temptible and insignificant. If I can a speak for you and represent you and B in some sense hand on the moral it forces that you represent, then I am r< Iindeed powerful. If I can not then I s, Iam indeed weak. I shall hope and I believe that I go away from here sus- t tained, as Bishop Candler has so gen- s. erously said, by your prayers. I hope al I shall feel that I am also sustained cl by your confidence.'' cc MANNING WILL SPEAIK. tGovernor Delivers Wofrord Comn- 'T I mencement Address, Gor. Richard I. Manning will de tliver the commencement address at nr iWofford college on June 7, according p: to a recent announcement. The com- te -mencement sermon June 6 will be de- tl - livered by Dr. J. Walter Daniel, pre- b -siding elder of the Charleston dis- D Strict. B. W. Crouch of Saluda, as tsistant district attorney general, will n deliver the alumni address. Dr. It -Henry N. Snyder, president of the h Scollege, will deliver the baccalaure I ate address Monday night. Be 2.500,000 in Bread Line. t1 Before the next harvest 2,500,000 n Belgians probably will be in the.f - bread line, in the opinion of Emile ii - Franqui, president of the national re- tl Uef committee of Brnusselsw FOOD WAS VERY SCARCE PRZEMYSL LASTED 134 DAYS ON FOOD SENT FOR 80. Lustrian Account Says Russians Plac ed Their Reliance Upon Hunger and the Fortress Finally Gave Up. 39 A report issued from the general eadquarters of the Austrian army on uesday, March 23, and transmitted Dr. ai Berlin and London with delays, tates that the Austrian garrison of I Irzemysl subsisted for 134 days on rovisions designed to last for 80 ays. I Przemysl originally was provision d for six months-the extreme limit I vhich it was thought a modern for ress technically was capable of with tanding a modern besieging army. Tif iven this stock, however, was used Pei paringly, so that barely one month's anc upplies had be3n consumed when the the Leavy fighting between the Austrian the elief army and the Russians began tro .bout Przemysl. an< The Austrian forces, whose supply ] rains failed to reach them, drew on the he fortress for rations, and besides, at he great numbers of wounded in ces hese battles and the soldiers strick- ma n with cholera and other, diseases thc ould be sent nowhere else. sta When railroad communication at da ast was restored, in mid-October, the gol tores of the fbrtress had been large- An y depleted. The railroad first was the Lsed to forward urgently needed am unition, so when th.- Russian steam all oller unexpectedly set in motion wh gain, driving von Hindenberg from Fif Varsaw and the Austrians from ha, rzemysl, provisions had been com- mi ng in for the Galician fortress for nly ten days. That gave the de enders rations for eighty days. t These supplies might have sufficed eni ad the Russians resumed their bat- the ering tactics, but they placed their foi eliance da hunger rather than solid an hot. All The. final sortie of the garrison was ha last act of defiance rather than a an erious attempt to break through the Pel tussian line, which virtually was im- j ossible for the hunger-weakened tic' orce. When the end came the last a t rumb had been scraped from the, sy tore houses and horses as well as! wa" ther animals had been slaughtered Ku r food. int Austrian strategists knew from the of utset 'how long the provisions would1 yar Lst, and th- campaign in the Carpa- the Uians had as one of the Its aim the wo elief of Przemysl. But the mildest atr ecember known In years in these we iountains was followed. by bitter j reather in January and February, syr rhich snowed up the Austrian offen- Cal ive and left Przemysl to its doom. as Austrian leaders believe the Rus- mi [an army which captured Przemysl, or : nd which will now be released for des ervlce elsewhere, is comparatively the nall. With the gradual strengthen- as ig of the lines into regular for- vict esses and the enfeeblement of the ' arrisons of these fortresses by the: -ounds. sickness and lack. of provi- are ,ons, the strength of the besiegers Is ly. elieved to have been reduced until the t the end they were little stronger is 1 umerically than the defendrs of S rzemysl. . to I refi OULD CONSIDER THE FARMER par ffice of Public Roads Issues Bulletin tha1 in on Radiating Roads. bee: star A bulletin issued by the Office of abli uilic Roads of the United States De artment of Agriculture contains a Lap of Dallas county, Ala., as illus- on 'ating the intelligent handling of the en roblem of road improvement so as bee >benefit the largest number of far- ur ers. fr The map shows five Improved roads mu mtering at Selma. One of these Am ranches a short distance from town, ha~ iaking six radiating roads. Only '1 vo relatively unimportant roads tiox ~ading out from Selma are unim- the roved. The total length of improv- Mrs I roads in the county is 197 miles. Wa: Thile this Is only 19 per cent. of the Por tal road mileage, as a result of the Ii hoiy of improving pa.rt of the mile- can, gb of each Important road leading wit: ut from their principal market town hin ad shipping poirnt, the farmers In early every part ~of the county have son: ii Improved road for at least part of hov ieir haul to market. As was point- ing i out by President Harrison of fort authern Railway company, in his san dress before the American Road foo. ongress at Atlanta, the farmer i 5 iould be given first consideration in' at i selection of country roads to be boa nproved and the greatest possible bytt umber of farmers will be benefitted of i a system of radiating roads such 183 i has been adopted in Dallas Coun- . r-con TO LAY CORNERSTONE. sini illson and Taft to Participate in Red Cross Celebration. Plans for ceremonies at the laying the cornerstone of the memorial ructur- to the memory of the wo en of the civil war which will be '1 i permanent home of the Red Cross has ere announced at Washington tiot hursday. The cornerstone will be Col. Lid on Sunday. March 27, on a site '1 uth of the White House. five The ceremonies will begin with a po0 rayer by the Rev. Henry N. Couden, dist taplain of the House of Representa- con ves, veteran of the civil war. For- pro; ier President Taft, Miss Isabel T. war oardman, Assistant Secretary Breck- of ridge, of the war department. Rep- ' esentative Slayden of Texas. and -this enator Lea of Tennessee will speak thol After President Wilson has laid siot ie cornerstone Justice Lamar, of the Inor unreme Court, will deliver a brief Idress, and the ceremonies 'vill der ose with a benediction by the Epis- be pal Bishop of Washington. preL exp DOESN'T WANT CONGRESS. ilson Says Tie Has no Tntention of I Afr Calling Extra Session. the Formal announcement has been broi ade at the White House that, at se resent, President Wilson has no in- coe mtion of calling an extra session ofNo ie Senate or of congress before the eginning of the regular session next erember. ' It was said that the president sees sun] a prosnets of any contingency aris- logi ig which would cause him to alter Bnit is present intention, was __________boa1 Sink Famous Submarine. The British admiralty has stated lat they thought the German sub- . ane 1U-29, which recently sank tion >ur British and one French steamers nest the English channed and damaged by1 iree other vessels, had been sunk lied it all hands. difi WED BY U-65 S. FLAG [1iICAN lAG HALTS TURIS N HIISTIAN MASSACRE 900 AUSTRIANS SAVED Packard, an American Doctor In he Service of the Presbyterla. ission, Waves Stars and Stripes lefore Advancing Hosts Bent an etting Blood. relegrams and letters received at is from Urumiah, in Northwestern 'sia and transmitted via Petrograd I London, describe the situation of American Presbyterian mission re as desperate. Turkish regular ops and Kurds are persecuting I massacreing Assyrian Christians. larry P. Packard, the- doctor of Presbyterian missionary~ station Urumiah, risked his life in a suo sful effort to prevent a frightful ssacre at Goegtaps, where three usand Assyrians made their last K nd. They had -fought for three. rs and all their ammunition was te when Dr. Packard raised an erican flag and advanced betwoen lines. uIs act resulted in the saving of but two hundred of the AssyrianX o had been burned"In a church. teen thousand Assyrir Christians re taken refuge at the American ;sion. k dispatch from Urumlah said mty Turkish regular troops .ad ered one of the missions, hanged Orthodox Bishop, Marella, and .r Orthodox clergymen and beat L assaulted a missionary. named en. Shortly before sixty refugees I been dragged from the French I executed in spite of the tearft as of the nuns. Lt Gulpashan the Kurds were par ilarly cruel. This was the last of Dtal of one hundred:and thred Ai !an villages to hold out, and 'it occupied a month ago. The. rds ordered all the Assyrian males the streets, tied them In groups. five, marched them to the gravi d ind killed them barbarously to last boy. - Girl babies and older nen then were executed with great )city, while the younger women e carried away as slaves. - ts a result-of the war -12,000 As ians were taking refuge In the tcasus, some 17,000 are described in imminent danger at the Uru h missions and 20,000 are dead missing. Much property has been troyed. The Assyrians' fought ir ascailants bravely, and as long. they had ammunition they were orious. 'he missionaries are untiring In Ir efforts to help the lieople and spending money to this end free. In Urumiah they are disbursing equivalent of .400 daily. Disease revalent among the refugees. uch continued reports of menace Ives of American missionaries and igees at Urumfah, Persia, have ased the activity of the state de tment. Secretary Bryan states diplomatic and consular officers Persia, Turkey and Russia have 2 apprised of the reported circum tces and appealed to for any avail Sinformation. rothing came to the department ;he subject from Ambassador Mor thau at Constantinople, who has a directed by the department to s the Turkish government to at I protection to Americans at Urn h, where- an uprising -against an erican mission was reported -to e occurred. 'he missionary named Allen, men ed in dispatches from Tiflis, is Rev. E. T. Allen, a brother of .E. V. Lunn~ of North Yakim.., ;h. H~e was once pastor of a tiand, Ore., church. [r. Allen Is a naturalized Ameri .His wife and three children are - 1 him at Urumiah A letter from in December said In~ part: The very people that -we visited e months ago to help are now ling outside the city gates, wait to shed' our blood If they can :e their way in. There are thou is and w'e d not have much he American missionary station Urumiah is maintain~ed by ,the rd of foreign mi~ssichir of th'e Pres trian church in the United .States America. It was .established in 5. , . 'he force normally at: Urumiah sists of flye clergymen.:..nd ,one siecian with thieir wires and -four ~le women. TO CHOOSE PRESLDAT. lcan National Convention -Con venes to Try Againi. he Mexican nationdL corivention resumed its sessions in the na al palace at Mexico .City, with Roque Gonzalez G: rza presiding. he delegates have appropriated million pesos for the regefiot the r of the city. The money is to be ributed under the direction of a mittee of citizens. Considerable ;ress already has been made to d relieving distress caused by lack mployment. he proceedings of the convention far have been harmonious igh there is a wall defined divi Sbetween the delegates of the th and of the south. 'he convention has reached an n ;tanding that a new president will :hosen on AprIl 1 to succeed the ent presiding officer, whose term res next month. Solid Silver Broom. thabitants of Cape Colony, South ca. have sent to . Ir John JellIcoe, British admiral, a solid silver >m. nearly a yard lorng, and In bed "presented to Admiral Jelli for his ability In sweeping the th Sea, 1914." Submarine Sinks Steamer. he steamer Delmira has been c by a German submarine off Bon te is the announcement of the Ish admiralty Friday. The crew given ten minutes to leave the bfine Sweepers in Dardanelles. ?!ne sweepers continued opera s in the Dardanelles all of Wed lay night. They were protected :he guns of cruisers from the al fleet but their work was made cnlt by at violent storm.