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IiERlCA ASICS JUSTICE AT THE HANDS OF GERMANY ? r I t Mr Ugf Guarantee Adoption J Me??urea Safeguarding American* and Their Ship. r-Th* Note Thai Bryan Would Not Sign. I ?? -'Che tuxl ?,f Atrium to the (Jusrumn IV|.I> 1" ?>'?? ??'?C folhlW riM Kllikll* ?r ,lu* f?'l p 9 '?Jh'imi mioilt of Htate, fctyttddngtotJ, lune 9, H?lf>. _rirrtii Ambassador Berlin : ,lM. instructed to deliver text ?UTt i,p following note to the mim B% foreign affairs : .In c(MU|?lllllKV Witll^our CXrcllcll l.nllU'Ht. I ,|l,l "ot 1,1,1 1 to " ?v Sweraiaent immediately upoil ?n'r<x?l|)t your note , of May 2H In 52, ?? my not*- of May 15, and your Kfo^iitary ii'. it- of June, !, setting En (in' conclusions so far iih reach E|,y tt)0 imperial Herman govern foneernlng the attacks on the jean steamers ('usdiing aud <lulf lt' | urn now Instructed by 'my gov ,t to communicate the following reply ; government of the UnlUil Quotes wilh gratification the full Epltion h.v t lu* imperial Herman Eroment in tllsousalug the cases of L CusliiiiK and tlu* Uultiight. of the rliH'Ude of the freedom or all part* 5 tli, open sea to neural sjiips ami k frank willingness of the imiierlal jjtnnaii government to acknowledge ?k1 jjjeet its liability where tlie fact f attack u|m>ii neutral ships 'which taw. not I well guilty of any hostile Zi by German aircraft or vessels of fjr is satisfactorily established.; aud ({ovcrinacnt of the United States Jjl in due course lay .before the im l^rlai German government. as It re full Information concerning the jttack ou the steamer Hushing, h\Vlfli regard to tlu? sinking of the tamer Faluba, hy which an American 'dtixen lost his life, the government Sftbe United States Is surprised to |id the Imperial Herman government attending that an effort on the part # the merchant man to escape capture uid secure assistance alters the obli jition of the otlicer seeking to make gp capture in respect of the safety of ftp lives of those on board the mer fhautinaii. although the vessel had oigetl her attempt to escape when tor |Moed. These are not new circum Iwces. They have been In the minds 4 statesmen and of International Jur throughout the development of na Ttl warfare, and the government of Uk Unittnl States does not understand tiat they have ever been held to alter r principles of humanity upon which has insisted. Nothing but actuai frfdble resistance or continued efforts In vh4'u|m> by flight when ordered i<> stop for t !??* | mi i | m < * ? of v&Mlt Oil the part of the merchantman has ever beeh to forfeit the lives of lu-i passengers or crew. The government] of tin* United States, however, doe*] nut understand that the Imperial Ger j man government Is Keeking in ease i?. relieve Itself of liability, but only In tends to net forth the circumstances i which led the commander of the fiuh marine to allow himself to Ik* hurried into the courne \vhlch he took. "Voin ?'X? ellency* note ill < I Iscilss - lug ii*?? i<?sm of American live# result | log from the sinking of the steamship i liUKitanla. adverts at some length toj certain Information 'wnieh the ltu|?e- ; rial German goveruineat Iuik received wltii regard to the character and out lit of that vessel, and your excellency ^?presses the fear that this lnforma t|on may not have Ihhmi brought to tile attention of the government of the Halted States. It is Htuted in the note Dial t^ie J.usltaijla wan undoubtedly equlpl>ed with masked guils, supplied with trained gunuera iiihI special am munition, trAnsjiorttng troops from 0A uft da, currying a cargo not )iermli ted under the laws of the United Slates to a v easel also carrying paw senders, and serving, in virtual effect, as an auxiliary to the naval forces of Great Hrltalu. Fortunately these are masters concerning which the govern ment <?f the (Jutted States is in a i>oaI tlon to give the Imperial German gov ermncnt Official Information. Of the facts alleged In your excellency's npte, if t rue. th,e government of the United States lujs lieen forced to take official cognizance in performiag its recount/, ed duty as a neu,tral power and In enforcing its national lawn. It was Its duty to see to It the Lusltanla was not armed for offensive action, tliat she Mas not serving as a transport, that she did not carry 11 cargo prohibited by the statutes of the United States, and that. If In fact she, was ? naval vessel of Great Hrltalu she should not re* Celve clearance as a merchantman ; and It perforated that duty and enforced I Its statutes with scrupulous vigilance through -Its regularly constituted offi cials. It Is able, therefore, to assure the Imperial German government that - It has l>een misinformed, if' the lmpe- j rial German g<jrvernmenl should deem Itself to be In possession of convincing evidence that the officials of the gov-, eminent of the United States did not perform these duties with thorough ness the government of the United StateA^lncerely lmpes . that It will sub-, mlt tliaf evidence fo\ consideration. ;i "Whateyer may be the contentions of. the Imperial German government regarding the carriage of Contraband of war on board the Lusltanla or re garding the explosion of that material 1>.\ the torpedo, It need only be sahl that In the view of this government these contention!* are irrelevant to the question of the legality of the ?meth ods used by the German naval author ities In slaking the vessel. "But the sinking of passenger ships involve* principle* t?f humanity which throw Into l he background it ti>J clal circumstances of iletall that may Ik? thought to affect the case*. princi ples which lift I!, um tl??? Ovr man government will no doubt be quick 1 lo rtM?0|Ul|? and acknowledge. out of ' the class of ordinal, \ subjects of dlplo I matte discussion or ?>f lotertuktlcMMkt : Controversy. Whatever be the other facts regarding the l.usltanla, the per tinent fact Is that M g i ?'<t I steamer pri- i uiarily ami chiefly a conveyance for passengers. and carry tun more than a thousand souls who had up part or lot in the coiKluH of the war. wan toriH* doefl ami sunk without ho tuueh ap a challenge or a warning. ami that men, women ami ehihlren were sent to their death In clrcumstaiuvs uupai rolled In imale^'p warfare. The fact that more than* one hundred Ainerlean cltl/.ens were iimmiK those who {srlshed made it the duty <^f the government of the United States to s|>eaW of tltese things and on<*e more, wltlt solemn emphasis, to call the uttentiou of the iui|>erlai German govern tuent to the grave, re s|HMisitdllty which the government of the United states colli elves that it lift* Incurred in this tragic occurrence, and to the indisputable principle ii|mhi which that re, sensibility rests. The government of the United States Is con tending for something much greater than mere rights of pro|a?rt.v or privi leges of ('(immeicc. It Is contending for ndfhipg less high and sacred than tlie rights of humanity, which every government honors itself In respecting and which no government is justified In resigning on behalf of those under Its care and authority. Only her uc tual resistance t?>- capture or refusal to stop when ordered to do so for the purpose of visit could- have afforded the commander of the submarine any justification for >y> much as putting the Uvea of those on heard the ship in Jeopardy. This principle tlie government of the United State* understands the explicit instructions Issued on August H, 11)14, by the iinia* rial Gprmaii admiralty to its com ma udeni at sea to have. recognised and embodied, as do the naval codes of all other nations, and upon if every trav eler and seaman bail a right to de lH?nd. It 1h upon this principle of hu-' inanity aa well as upon t he law found ed upon this principle that the United States must stand. "The government of the (Jutted State#* i# happy to observe that your excellency V-note closes with the inti mation that the Imperial (Jen nan gov ernment 1h willing,, now as before to. ac cept tin* good offices of the United States In an attempt Jo coipe to an un derstanding with the government oi Great Britain by which (he character and conditions of the war upon tlie sea may he changed. The government of the United States would consider it 'a privilege thus to serve Its friends and the world. Jt stands ready at any time , to convey to either government any Intimation or suggestion the other may l?e willing to have it convey and cordially Invites the Imperial German governmeyt' to make use of Its services tor this way at its convenience. The whole world Is concerned in anything that may bHug about even a partial aecoiuodatlon of lutfriwtM or In any way mitigate the i errors of the present ills t reusing eonflh i "lit the meantime, whatever arrange liielll tony lljA |*|?i!y he made Mm'ihNI the 1 turtle* to the war and whatever may In the opinion of the hui?erlal Cerman government have heeii tin- pro vocation or tlie clrcuipstantlal Justltt eatlon for the past acts of It* com menders at sea, the ||<)veriintMi( of the Culled Slates confidently looks to see the Justice mid humanity ??f the gov* ornment^f man vindicated lit all ease* where Americans ha to town wronged or their lights as neutrals involved. "The government of the United Htates, therefore, earnestly ami very sole renews the presentation* ,?f Its liote t riinsiiiitteil lo tlie Imperial ticrman government on May tlu- l?(h and relies on these representations up on the principle* of humanity, the uul vernal I \ recognised understanding* of international hiw; and the ancient friendship of the (ieruian nation. 'The government of the United States cannot admit that the promul gation of a war xonc from which neu tral ships have been warned to keep away may he made to operate as In any degree an abbreviation of the rights either of American shipmasters or of American cttlKeus hound on law ful errands as passengers on merchant ship or belligerent nationality. It does not understand the Imperial tier man government to question those rights. It understands It. also, to ac cept as established beyond question the principle that the lives of noil combatants cannot lawfully or right fully be put In jeojardy by the rapture pr destruction of au unresisting mer chantman. and to recognise the obliga tion to take sufficient precaution to as certain whether a sus|?ectcd merehant man is in fact pf ladligerent nation ality of Is in fact carrying eontrahaml of war under a neutral flag. The gov*, eminent of the United States, there fore, deems it reasonable to exiM*ct that the imperial tierman government will adopt the measure* necessary to put these principles Into practice In re Hjiect of the safeguarding of American lives and American ships und aks for assurances that this will he done. '* i (Signed) ""Robert Lansing. 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Requirements have Always boon inabil ity to pay for col lego course, endorse ment by a president of a federated club, and applicant must be sixteen years of age or over. Entrance examinations to Wiuthrop Will Ik* held at every county court house on July 2nd, and at the same tlinc ap plicants for the scholarship given thru the federation liuay take the examina tion. i Girls eligible for the scholarship ex amination aiu| who .desire to compete fujrthe same tills year should lEfeke 'ap plicatlon at once to Mrs. Walter K. Duncan, Chairman of the Department of Education of the Mouth Carolina Federation of Women's CIubst.Aikeu, M. C. The Wiuthrop scholarship is worth $100 a year. The federation has two other schol arships to award this year, one to -Iain der .College and one to Coker College, the value of which and the time for ex amination of applicants to be publish" ed later. - . Roosevelt With Wilson. New Orleans, .June 12. ? Former President Theodtore Roosevelt, in a signed statement received here last night from Braton Island, La., pledged his support to President AVHson in "all the steps which he may take to up hold *the honor and the interests of this great Republic." "According to Mr. Bryan's state ment," Colonel Roosevelt's statement says, "he bus left the Cabinet because Presideqt Wilson as regards the mut ters at Issue with Germany, refuses to follow the precedent set in the 30 all- inclusive arbitration commission treaties recently negotiated and de clines to suspend action for a year while a neutral commission' investigates the admitted murder of American men, women and children on the high seas and further declines to forbid Ameri can citizens to travel on neutral ships TiT accordance' with the conditions' guar anteed to us by Germany herself in -solemn treaty. .. "Of course I heartily applaud the ? decision of flie President; and In com mon with all other Americans who are loyal to the traditions handed down by the men who served under Washing ton, and by the others who followed Grant and I>eo in the days of Lincoln, I pledge him my heartiest support in nil the steps he takes to uphold the honor and the interests of th,is great Republic* which are bound up with rhc maintenance fit democratic liberty and of a wise spirit of humanity among ail the Nations of mankind." Curtis Rogers, a 14 -year old.' boy of Columbia, alleged to have been kld n tipped several months ago by F. L. George, a fortune teller, was located In llerrln, 111., -recently, and linn been returned to his home."' ?President Wilson has appointed M. i Stanley to be. post master at Hamp ton, and M. E. Nichols at York. rOMSKSSKS THK MAN I'OWKH. I niltMl Slut** Could Soon tteerult u ' Uiv? Vmr*t, It )it lint .safe 1 1 ? "infer 1 1 1 it I Im'?miisc tlWl nlie.l States luis ,, small mllilar.v ? ir^anl/alldii It would !?? nimble to put forces ill tilt' field, sa>> (he Toronto Mull anil Kmiilre. If tile w,t, wart) t?? last only a few imoiv month* that aid to the utiles, would Indeed be Imposst l?le Mini quite unnocee.ssiiry. Itut pre Mimliur t lie war t?? last U^ond i;?i , the fulled HMMK < ?<?nld, if tlif author! ties wished, arm and train qtiite^ik foif? inidalile body of men. There need he no misconception as (?? Unit. The Civil War found both North ami South UUMTOUJUfta in a military wa\. Cp to October 'iMtl, when voluntary enlist meat practically censed in (|,c NoHIi. l,:UtL',IKM) men went Into the ranks. The South ^ot Too.non volun teers. Then tlie conscription a< ls came Into forty ami the South obtained 1. 1 1 h i.i ii H i men aM,i t li?? North a total of 1 ,500,000 from the various States h.v Wry. The urand total olitalned hy President Lincoln was ?J.KUN.000, In elmllnu reenilHtments. and 2,2fi0,000 without. On hotli sides there were 2, 000.000 recruits who volunteered. The Spanish war, though a minor campaign affords another instance of how quick 1.V the United States could, necessity, organize mllitury farces. If Canada, vlthln six weeks of war, eouhl organ* tze'uud equip 83,000 men for the front, ind within Hoveu months have nearly KMMKM) more or less ready, what eould the Cnlted Stat.es, with its immense resources of men, materlul and money, not d > In equal time? fly the end of the year the Cnlted States mild, If it wished. have an army of n million in 10 u rope. When war hroke out Jxird Kitchener ?mil the tusk of gathering and equip ping and training a civilian army of over LMKMMHKl. Those troops are now ready for the Held, /According to author itative advices, hut must await fuller munition organization. If that great feat Is possible among the artisans, shop dorks, office workers and otheV housod-up workers of industrial Brit ain, how much more easily could a na tion of a hundred millions, uh foml of out-<loor jife as the Americans do as much. The man |>ower is ]>osscsscd by the Cnlted States. To transform it. into military usefulness is merely a question of organization. A nation with so much energy, capacity ami driving power ns our neighbors oonhi quickly show results. It may he. of course, that the occasion may; not arise, but If it should the t'ulted States would he far from as helpless as surftuy, imllcn t ions si't'in |ov^ow. ' 1 ? ' . ? / 1 ? Pays the JBeatl^ Penally. Palatka. Fla.j June H.?Clyde i^tover a negro was- hanged here today for the murder near- Welaka last January of Alonzo C. (Janlner, of Baltimore, fclul Ills toother Horaee It. Gardner, of Springfield, M^ss. The Gardner* were hunting and fishing on the St. Johns River at the time they, were ?killed hy Stover, They had engaged Stover as <?ook. WINTIIKOr COLLEtifc ICHOUK8H1P AND KNTKANCK EXAMINATION. The examination for the award of va<*aut scholarships in Wintbrop Col* W?m* a tul for (he admission of new students will bo Md at th?> County Court Houae oq Friday, July Z, ?t ? h. ui. Applicant* must not Ih> less tliu ii sixteen years of age. When Scholarships are vacant after July JS they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this cxamluu tion, provided th*jr uMt the eondl t Urns governing the award. Applicant* for Scholarships nliould write to l*res blent Johnson before the examination for Scholarship examination blank*. Scholarships are wortli #100 and free tuition. The next sesalon \v U I open September 16, 101ft. For furth. r information aud catalogue, address I'm. I). II. Jotmaoii, It.H'k Hill, S. 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