The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, July 17, 1918, Image 4
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MM[. BOTGBAROVA ASKSh
-S[NATORS TO 8AY[ RUSSIA :
The Famous Leader or the Battalion t
of Death Told Senators in the ,
Marble Roomi that 100,000 g
ACmerican Soldiers Would
be Sufficient Nucleus v
to Raise Great Ru
sian Army
Washington, .July 15.-Straight toe
the United Stat es senatE, Madame
Botebkarova, the leader of the Rus- t
sian batitalico of decath, carried her y
rlea for Ru:-.am today. She spoke to t
a numher of Senators in the marble I
roo)m aill .aid to them:i
Russia <n be saved. Sending 100,
06h aled I ceops into Siberia wout I
rouse the eafants to fight for free
dthan 500,000 Russians I
troops would spring to arms."
Trhe fc'irless woman leadler wa;
we~a ring her khaki r'aiform, her swori
dlangling at her tilc. 11er decorations
blazed uron her breast. Hecr straight, a
bhack hair, bobbedl boy-fashion, ac
cent uat"(d sharply the broad outline of .1
her slavanic face.
"All thr-" real heart of' Russia hattes
Germ~,any,"' she said. "The perasantr.'
wanut Gcrmnyn bea ten andl thIirown out
of Russia. Russia can not do it a lone.
Won't you hell) ? Will you le*t me go
back to Russia without a word to the
p' onle t hat A me rica is comting ?
"Rugsia is bleeding to death. In 20
years G;erma ny will have Germanized
Ruse . German in fluence is not now v
rooted out. Germany w.illI make war
onl yn .:ind she would dominate thet
worldi if :he was allowed to dlominate a
Russia.
"TPhi a the phychological moment.
YOU mutst lend your aid to Russia att
once. Dc n't 'eave the Czteeho-Slovaks
in F.i'seria to their fate. If Russia
perishe(s, so will you. If you (do not
assist us now, you are not our friend.
I beg of you sendl men and guns.
"E.~conomic aid will be useless with- E
out military aid. I have been here two
onths now and I have made' this
y'our government. I received no re..
spo: se. Your people seem to trat this
mnatt:.r coldly. I want your help. If I
~'cannot get it I will go back and try .
ito see what we can do alone. But we
need you'r help desperately. c
% Send the 100,000 men. I will throw r
V n friends with them. Becau~e Rus- f
si ua knows that back of me there is no
:political controversy. IThe peasants ii
'11 not fear, for they' know me."
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Senator Thomas, of Colorado, asked r
Madame Botchkarova would oppose $
r welcome .Japanese assistance in I
n. expedition. t
"I weuld welcome it," she said, "if 1
lerc were not too many of them. I I
h'uld think one-third would be a i
air Japanese proportion."
- The woman commander said she
as quite s':rc she could raise 500,- 1
(a0 Ru~sin troops in and around i
ladivostok, if an American force of
.00 were landed there as a nu
"Theni more and more wouldl gath
r," shL predicted, "For the heart of
ussia has not perishedl. She is pros
rate only because of the treachery of
he men higher up."
.lhe assailed Kerensky for weak
"lHe was a man without a wvill,"
he declared, "Why did not he arrest
he traitors Le'nine and Trotzsky ?
Vhy didl he not stop their pro-Ger
ian niropa:gandla.
She ended oer ide wi h:
"G;ive* R'ussia a e~iusee to rhow. her
I rong heart still Nt( s.''
AI'AN TO BUIlD AD)DITIONAL.
CAl(tOO SHIPS F"OR UJ. S.
'otal Contracts Now Let to .Japanese
Ship Biuilders Provide 380,000 TFonis
of Shipping Including 50 Cargo
Carriers at About $78,000,000
Cost '
Wash~iingthni, J1uly 1 5--The policy
C the United States was broadened
slay with the ann~ou~lneent by the
Jnited States shipping hoard that
raetls for 30 addtitional stee'l (argo
teatmships have been awvarded to .Jap
nese shipyards.
TPhis announcement closely fol lows
hat of Saturday giving t'
n1 arrangement with the government
wned K(inngnan D~ock( and Engine
ompany of Shanghai, China, wvhereby
hat company is to build 120,000 tons
f steel ships for the United States
hipping board.
The shipiniig hoard has al ready
hartered 150,000 tons of sh ippjing
ronm Japan ana d pu rchased another
27,000 tons. Some of the ships will h~e
quippedl with guns and gun crews
nd( put immediately into the overseas
ervice to carry mesi and supplies to
'rance. Others will be used in the1
oastwvise andl South American tradle, I
eplacing and releasing other tonnage
or overseas service.
Total contracts now let to Japanese
hip builders provide for 380,000 tons i
f shipping, including 50 cargnone ca1I
BLE.
Will You
and let
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An ext
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able the
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XNDLER
[arx Clothes.
icrs. These will cost approximat<
75,000,000 of which about $20,000,0
as been expended. The estimate
he shipping board, -which was a
Witted to the appropriations comm
cc of the house, asked for an ad
ional $55,000,000 for this purpo
'he shipping board had also permitt
apan to obtain 100,000 tons of st
>lates and will now provide 3(6,0
ons for th enew ships.
The letting of contracts in both
man andl China for the construction
hips to strengtHen the fighting pov
>f the United States will, it is
ieved, have a splendid effect in bii
Lng these nations to the cause of 1
oes of Germany, and in setting an<
imple for the guidance of Russia
ier efforts to come ba'ck to an orgi
zedl state and renewv the traditio:
riendlship wvith the United Sta
which wvill align her among the fig
nig forces for the safety of demnoen
ind stamp out the threat of Gern
lomination over all the peoples wi
n her vast domain.
Friendships abroad are cemented
onmmerce a nd overseas comnmerce
~arried on by ships. The shippi
moard is not essentially a dliploma
gency of the United States gove:
nent, but through its joint coat
vith the war trade boardl of a lai
mart of the -free commerce of 1
vorld, it hams beenm able to accomipl
nere mn a practical wa ythan col
ave been done through regular d
Oma&tie channels.
Ot acr and bigger things are in pr
meet through the efforts of the sh
)ing buard, undler the leadersh!
hairman Edward N. Hlurley, to c<
'ince the nations of the wvorld ofi
mselfish motives of the United Sta
n entering into tI e wvar and tI
here is no tUterior Ocsign to mas
he commnerc*e of the world at the<
~ense .,f the sam lce nations
IA lII)DECLARES
WAR ON GERMA2
'ouncil of State Acts on D~emand
P'residlent of Republic
Port A u Price, Hla iW, July 15.-']
ouncil of state, acting in accordai
vith the powers given it undler1
tew Itaitien copstitutton, has una
nously voted the dleclaration of v
mpoh Germany (demanded by the pre
lent of the republic.
Haiti is the twenty-second nat
o declare war on Germany. Se,
ther eountries have broken dip
nat ~ elations.
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