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CHILEAN PROTEST ON " '■ SINKINQ OF DRESDEN. Mr?.- vmi AND AMPLE REPLY k m fe' l DafeOd Actios is Violating Chilean '* Nentralltf bj Necessity of Circum* f ' venting Escape of German Crolaer Which, it Was Feared, Intended to ' Violate the Neutrality Later. Great Britain has offered "a full and ample apology” to the Chilean government for the sinking March 14 In the Chilean territorial waters ol the German cruiser Dresden, the in- < ternment of which already had been ordejed by the maritime governor of Cumberland Bay, when the British squadron attacked and sank the Ger man. This fact was made public in Lon don Thursday night in a white paper, giving the texts of the Chilean note prote r tlng against the sinking of the Dresden and the British reply. — The note delivered by the Chilean minister to Great Britain says that the Dresden anchored in Cumberland Bay (Juan Fernandez Island) March 9, and asked permission to remain eight days for the purpose of repair ing her engines. The governor re fused the request, as he considered it unfounded and ordered the captain to leave within twenty-four hours. When the British squadron appear ed March 14 the governor was pro ceeding to the cruiser Glasgow to in form the British officers of the steps he had taken, but he had to turn back, as the British ships opened Ore on the Dresden, on which a flag of truce already had been hoisted, and called on her captain to surrender The captain then gave orders to blow up the magazine of the Dresden. "This act of hostility committed in Chilean territorial waters by a Brit ish naval squadron,” says the Chi lean minister, "has painfully surpris ed my government.” Continuing, the minister says that had the officer in command of the British squadron received the gov ernor and been informed that the Dresden was interned he was con- viaoed "the British commander would not have opened Are on her and 'brought about a situation which con strains the Chileoa government, in defease of its sovereign rights, to for foulato a most energetic protest.” Attar referring to the hospitality Shown British ships In Chilean watsrs and to the long friendship be- the two peoples, the minister "’Nothing could be a more painful surprise to us than to see our ex tremely cordial attitude repaid by an net which bears unfortunately all the •vtdencoe of contempt for our sover eign rights, although it is probable that nothing was farther from the mind of those by whom it was un thinkingty committed.” The British government, replying, expresses regret that a mlsunder standing arose, and adds: "On the facta, as stated in the communication ed the Chilean minister, the British government, Is prepared to offer a full abd ample apology to the Chilean government." It is. however, pointed out that according to the British information tie Dresden “had not accepted intern- .metit and still had her colors flying and her guns trained.” The British reply continues: ”If this Is so, and if there is no means available for enforcing the decision of the Chilean authorities to Intern the Dresden, she might obviously, had not the British ships taken ac tion, have escaped, again to attack British commerce.” It is added: "The captain of the Glasgow probably assumed, especial ly in view of the past action of the Dresden, that she was defying the Chilean authorities and abusing Chi lean neutrality and was only waiting forfb favorable opportunity to sally out and attack British commerce again. “In view of the time it would take to clear up the circumstances and be cause of the Chilean communication the British government do not wish to qualify the apology that they now present to the Chilean government.” ( • • • « WANTS THREE WEEKS. PEKIN G REPORTS •CONFEREES HAVE DISAGREED. ) Do Not Wish to Discuss Group Five and Request Ita Elimi nation—Tokio to bo Heard From. No specific progress was recorded at the cofiference in Peking Thursday over the Japanese demands. Ques tions concerning Eastern, or inner, Mongolia were discussed. Eastern Mongolia originally was grouped with South Manchuria, and the Japanese demands with reference to these two territories are virtually the same, relating to right of resi dence by the Japanese and owner ship of land, mining concessions; ob ligation on the part of China to ob tain Japan’s consent to the granting of railway concessions to any third power or to the raising of a loan from any power for railway construction; transfer of railways. Owing to Chinese insistance, East ern Mongolia and Soutn Manchuria were not discussed Friday. The Jap anese minister contended that these two should be discussed on ihe same basis, but Lu Cheng Hsiang, Chinese foreign minister, argued that Japan has no such claims in Eastern Mon golia as in South Manchuria. 'He said, however, that China was will ing to open treaty pons and other wise .place all foreign nations in a favorable position relative to trading. Lu Cheng Hsiang asked that Japan withdraw Group 6, which contains some of the most important demands made by Japan, including the employ ment of Japanese political, financial and military advisers, and Japanese police; Japanese supervision of the manufacture or purchase of China’s war munitions and railway and min ing concessions. M. Hlokt, the Japanese minister, said that he would communicate the request to Tokio. It is understood that China will communicate with the powers If Japan insists on retaining Group 5. The Tien Tsln-Peklng branch of the American association, Which in cludes virtually all American busi ness men of those two cities, recently called the attention of Secretary of State Bryan through the American minister, Paul S. Retnsch, to what was termed "the serious nature of the Japanese demands,” and asked the American government to take measures to protect American Inter ests. The appeal recently cabled direct to President Wilson was signed by seven prominent American mission aries The whole missionary body numbers several hundred, but most of them have not seen the document. Some of those who were requested to sign it refused. The American board sent a circu lar to its missionaries, instructing them to refrain from making any public announcement on political af fairs. The Young Men’s Christian association refused to Join the peti tioners. American missionaries, gen erally favor the position taken by China, but few Indulge in publicity or political activities. OFFICER TELLS OF CRUISE OF ; KRONFRINZ WILHELM. KOHUKHM GOT 950,000. Kronprin/.’s Commander Says He _ Wants to Leave. Lieut. Capt. Thierfeldor, captain of the German converted cruiser Kron- prinz Wilhelm, delivered to Collector of Customs Hamilton late Tuesday bis formal request of the United States government for time to remain In Newport News for temporary re pairs to his ship. The request was made in two let- tars, which were forwarded to the secretary of the treasury, and their contents not divulged. It la unders tood the German commander asked tor three weeks’ time as a maximum In which to make the Wilhelm sea worthy,. Jbut that he stated he would ingke every effort to complete repairs and Rave port before-that time. It was learned that, the stipulations .related only to temporary repairs be calm several months would be re- llrad if all needed repairs were un* ten at this time. 'Hirasbed With Switches. George Berndet, a farmer of Som- reet, Pa„ whs thrashed by a crowd ]>bora because he persistently ?port his wife and chil- 4 « r, which holds back if Abe little Colorado for IS Steal Valuable Silks and Carry it Off in Autos. A dozen bandits held up a New York Central fast freight train at Sanborn, nine miles east of North Tonawanda, N. Y., early Thursday, stripped several cars of bolted silk valued at 150,000 and sped away lu automobile trucks upou which they bad loaded their plunder. The ban dits were armed with repeating rifles and automatic pistols and fired sev eral shots at the crew. No one was Injured. A posse of detectives, mouted po lice and patrolmen from Buffalo. Niagara Falls and Tonawanda reach ed the scene shortly after the hold up. but several hours of seaiohlng re sulted In no arrests. When last seen the robbers wero headed toward Buf falo. * After forcing the engine crew to uncouple tho locomotive and run It a short distance, the enginomcn and three other members of tho train crew were lined up against a box car and placed under guard of r single bandit while the others looted the merchandise cars. Four big automobile trucks were in waiting and quickly were loaded with the booty. Engineer Goss escaped the guard and, running through a fusilade of shots, readied his engine, made a record run into Suspension Bridge, eight miles away, and gave the alarm. The robbery was the most daring of its kind ever attempted in that sec tion, and tho amount of plunder far exceeds in value of the proceeds of any other freight train robbery in the history of Eastern railroading. /VIEW WITH ALARM. American Missionaries Wire Regard ing Japanese Demands. Several prominent American mis sionaries have cabled from Peking to the government at Washington re garding the recent demands made upon China by Japan. They are said to have stated that while they had no wtsn to interfere * i diplomatic af fairs, they thought it their duty to call the attention of United States of ficials to the gravity of the situation arising out of the Japanese demands^ The signers of the message included Charles ft. Hubbard. W. A. P. Mar tin, former president of the Imperial University; Chauncey Goodrich, H. H. Lowry, president of the Peking University: John Wherry and Ed ward W. Tbwing. __ . ■■ Battle in Mesopotamia. A force of 11,600 Turkish regulars and lt,009 Kurds attacked the Brit* ish at Kuraa. They were repulsed Commerce Raider Stayed Out for 258 Days—Captured Two Guns Off British Ship- The second German raider to ar rive in this country brings as thrill Ing a ntory as did her precedessor, the Eltel Friedrich. Her record of de struction, however, was accomplished with only four guns, two taken from the German cruiser Karlsruhe and two captured from the British mer chant steamer Lacorrentlna, sunk Oc- tobe 7, 1914. The most connected story of the voyage from New York, 255 days In all, during which the ship never touched land, was told by Over Lieut. Alb Warneke, the first officer. "We left New York August 3,” said Lieut. Warneke. "Three days out, off the Bermudas, we met the German cruiser Karlsruhe. We took from her two 3-inch guns, which we mounted. Lieut. Capt. Thierfelder, navigating officer of the Karlsruhe, took command of pur ship. We also took 17 of the Karlsruhe’s junior of Beers and men. “We made for the South Atlantic and th* first ship we encountered was the British steamer Indian Prince, which We sunk September 4, 1914. want to say that Sir Edward Grey, the British premier, has been kind to us and that if Great Britain had been organized as well as we were to pa trol the South Atlantic we never could have remained alive these many months. “Sir Edward Grey sent us those two big guns on our after-deck. He sent them to us on the British Lacor rentina on October 7. The Lacorren- tina could not use her guns because she aidn’t have any ammunition. Af ter w« took the guns and what of her <cargo we wanted, we put some bombs into her and down she went. Some of the merchant ships we sunk with our cwn guns, some we blew up with bombs and in some cases we were compelled Ao ram the a^ips. , "We took on board from enemy ships during our voyage more than 20,000 tons of coal. "We made the uniforms for all our crew from cloth which we captured from the French steamship Guada- loupo February 23. We wanted dark blue, but could only find this gray blue, and so you see we are strange looking German sailor men to-day From the Guadaloupe we also got shoes, leather and thousands of dol lars’ worth of things which were on their way for the French army,” Lieut. Warneke was asked if the Kronprinz Wilhelm had not hoped to get help from the German steamer Odenwaid. which was held up by the United States at San Juan, Porto Rico, several weeks ago. He made no direct reply to the question, but declared that the action on the part of the United Statee in denying clear ance to the Odenwaid was "the worat thing America hod done.” "Why did ycj Americans not give clearance to the Odenwaid?” he ask ed. “We heard all about it by our wireless. We didn’t need any news papers. We had good wireless ap paratus aboard all the time. The de nial of clearance to the Odenwaid was the only bad thing America haa done. You simply held that ship up in Porto Rico until the British ships could come and try to catch up.” Lieut. Warneke said that most of the ore thousand sailors and passen gers taken from British and other allied ships were sent from time to time by German ships to Beunos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Pernambuco and Srntos. Three hundred and sixty frem the French steamer Guadaloupe were sent ashore at Pernambuco. Several weeks ago. the officer said, the Urinz Wilhelm was getting short of coal and supplies and some of her crew and prisoners were afflicted with beri-berl, caused by the lack of vegetable food. I had hoped to get supplies from the German ship Mace- doaia, which was reported to have escaped from Ias Palmas. This ves sel, they learned, however, had been captured by British ships. This hope gone, they steamed north and were in touch with events transpiring re garding the Prinz Eltel Friedrich. It was reported that the Wilhelm's original destination was New Yprk, but that warnings were given not to attempt to make that port. Although officers would not admit it. the Wil helm is declade to have been wait ing for out In the ocean off Newport News until tho Eitel Friedrich was interned. As soon as this news reached her she was ordered to creep in- through the allied ships off the Virginia coast should they remain there. , That four allied ships were off the Capes was asserted by several of the Prinz Wilhelm’s officers. One of theral declared they were so close that the sputtering of the wireless on the Brit ish .and Fren;.h warships could be heard. The signals from four of them wore plainly heard, he declared. A fnember of the crew of the Prinz ZEMER1NE NEWEST MEDICAL DISCOV ERT TREAT- OF ECZEMA Statistics show; that at least 40 per cent, of hn- manlty have Ec zema In tome form or other. It may be termed a “healthy m disease,” because It Is generally found In those who eat, drink and live well. Ec zema, although Is a very distressing affliction. There are several kinds of eczema as wet and dry, acute and chronic tetter, acute, pimples, sq^t rheum itch, ringworm, burning, hives, etc ZEMERINE THE REMEDY The success of Zemerine In com batting eczema in all of its forms hai been absolute since its first introduc tion to the public. It is used and recommended bj physh'ans of unquestionable renowr as a specific against the tortures ol the distressing disease, eczema. possible. Follow closely the detailed direc tions inclosed In fach package o: Zemerine, and if you are not greatl] benefit ted, write the manufacturer! and they will eheerfullly refund thi purchase price. Zemerine Is manufactured in twe sizes, 50c and |1, the |1 size con tainlng three times the quantity o the 50c size. Mail your order in to cal Co„ Orangeburg, 8. C. Ube sample mailed for 10c In stamps. Classified Column and Farmers Exchange secured 3,000 tons of coal. on January 10. This vessel was Id ballast. On January 14 we came up on the British steamer Highland Brae. In addition to a crew of 91, this steamer had aboard fifty-one passengers. We took what we want ed from her, transferred the crew and passengers to the Wilhelm and sent the steamer to the bottom. On the SMme day we overhauled the Brit ish sailing ship Wilfred M. She wai loaded with fish and potatoes and from her we secured many provi sions. "The Norwegian sailing ship 8e- msnths, the only neutral ship w< sank, was ovsrhauled on February I This ship, we were told, had on be a cargo of wheat consigned to contraband of war. we put about four or five hundri prisoners on her and told her capta: to U te them to the nearest port. W left her food and coal enough i make port and before putting ti prisoners aboard fitted up sleepit accommodations for them. She wi a freight steamer, hut we made regular passenger liner out of her. steamer Guadaloupe, with a crew 153 men and officers and 143 passt gers, came up and we took^ her charge. Thete prisoners were al ening her seacocks. Line steamer Tamar, bound f Santos to Havre, was overhauled the P-razilian coast. We took off 33 officers and men and sent the to the bottom. Four days later captured* the British steamer Col which was bound from Rosario to St. Vincents. The crews of the last r said: “After we had arrived off the Vir- giuia Capes, a little to the north, I think, we turned due west and put on all possible steam. We started about 7 o’clock Saturday evening. 1 rom that time until 4 o’clock Sun day morning we ploughed the sea at a rate vigorously estimated from 23 to 25 knots. All lights were out and it was an anxious time for us. All hands were on dock and the crews at the guns. We had news of the in ternment of the Prinz Eitel and we judged that the enemy ships off the Capes might not "be so vigilant. We heard that some of the ships had steamed south, but as we got nearer the wireless fold us that they were Wilhelm, who formerly was in the sti ^ in tls v ' c,n ^Y I'nitei States navy, declared the ship witnessed an encounter between the Karlsruhe and the British cruiser Bristol. "When off the Bermudas,” lie sa’d. “the British cruisers Bris tol, Suffolk and Berwick came up and i we wore forced to run. While the Karlsruhe was engaging the Bristol we were steaming straight away. “We never heard from the Karls ruhe after that, except once. Our last message from her, told us that the Bristol had been damaged and was making for some port for re pairs. The message said the Karls ruhe had been only slightly damaged and flat no one had been killed. •‘On November 21, we sank the French steamer Anne de Bretagne. On December 12, Just as our coal *up- pty again was running short, we took possession of the- BHtlsh steamer _ - . _ , Bellevue, with A,000 tons of coaL Code of Laws Illegal. Our next prize was the French steam- According to the opinion of Attor- er Mont Agel. She was empty, and; ney General Peeplea, the code of lawa after transferring her erew to oar)for the State are of a ▼ary doubtful NOT CONTRABAND. Great Britain Puts No .Obstacle* on A Cotton Shipments. London reports Wednesday that the British government has decided against placing' cotton on the contra band list. A question was asked in the House of Commons Wednesday afternoon on this subject and Nell •Primson, under-secretary of foreign affairs, on behalf of the foreign office, replied that after careful considera tion it had been found that the mili tary advantages to be gafned by de claring cbtton contraband were In sufficient to render such a step expe dient. Brown Leghorn Egge >1 per C. W. Reed, Hertford, N. C. 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A Trial Mail Ord er will r-ovo our AsseMicn. W2 buy Hidas and Tallow at Highest Prices. Write us Your wants andOfferings. WILSE W. MARTIN, , COLUMBIA, S. C. . CHINA OBDURATE. Japanese Threat Appears to Have Very Little Effect. * • ' * V The deadlock in the negotiations over Japan’s demands on China re- raainpd unbroken. China declines to recede from her position, notwith standing the fact that the Japanese minister, Eki Hioki, threatened to discontinue the negotiations. - The Chinese foreign minister, Lu Cheng-Hslang, refuted to discuss Group V, of the Japanese demands. This group relates to a number of the most Important demands made by Japan, including ths employment of i political financial and mill* Inert and Japan—s police; i anperrtotoa of the mann- facture or purchase of China’s war munitions and rights for railway and mining dperations. M. Hioki intimated that China had favored Great Britain with railway concessions and had not given simi lar r.ghts to Japan. He again urged China to grant the concessions de manded and permit Japan t<rtake up subset,u'ently with Great Britain any question which might arise in respect I to ertroaefament on British railway Interests. " The Jspapess minister again post poned consideration of the Manchuria group. The Chinese foreign minister asked one* mors that discussion eon- eeimtPF this group be concluded, but M. Hioki replied that he still without instructions on