The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, October 26, 1916, Image 6
WATCH OVR POlICK
BRITISH PEERS WANT FACTS
ABOUT U. S. POLICY
SUB RAID STIRS THEM
No IlepiTiscntation rntil America
Mum S|M)fcen Hut Dlitcumion in
Home of lionls Shows That Sub
Attacks are Not Conducive to Good
Feeling Between Two Countries.
Direct charges that the United
States had violated its neutrality and
then veiled innuendoes of collusion
between American officials and the
commander of .the German subma
rine U-S3, were made Tuesday in the
House of Lords by several of the
most prominent peers in England.
The question concerning the Ger
man submarine raid in American
waters was raised by Baron Charles
Beresford, former commander of the
British hpme fleet; Earl Grey, for
mer governor general of Canada, and
others.
Baron Beresford asked whether
British cruisers were removed from
American waters owing to American
objections, and if so what steps the
government proposed for the protec
tion of British vessels.
The foreign secretary said In re
ply to Lord Beresford’s question:
"The best thing I can do is to
read a summary of what actually
passed between the United States
government and his Majesty's gov
ernment on this subject since the war
began and what we understood the
view of the United States govern
ment to be.” •
Viscount Grey then read:
"On the fourteenth of September,
1)14, the British ambassador at
Washington telegraphed that the
United States authorities had inter
cepted wireless communications from
H. M 8 Suffolk to New York asking
for supplies and newspapers and he
Informed us that the United States
government considered that this
would he making use of United States
territory as a base for supplies and
Infprmation as to shipping move
ments through the newspapers
"The proceeding was, as far as 1
am aware, not repeated rod no offi
cial protest was received, so far as 1
have been able to discover In the
foreign office.
"On the fifth of October. 1)14, we
had a private communication re
specting the presence of British ships
near New York harbor We had an
unofficial communication later on
deprecating the same thing and say
ing that In the past such hovering of
foreign veeaeia In the vicinity of the
great ports of the United States had
forced that government, owing to the
public feeling aroused, to lake a very
strong Una, and that If the practice
continued it might be construed Into
an act of unfriendliness requiring
some action In the part of the United
States government.
WILSON INVADES ILLINOIS; TOO MANY WERE EXEMPTED 1 ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE
WOMEN HANDLED ROUGHLY DECLARES LLOYDOEOROE J WILSON IN FITTSBDRO
Attempt of Huffragettea to Launch IVar Minister Assures House That Man Jumps on President’s Car With
Hilent Demonstration Arouse
Proper Aid is Being Extend
ed to Roumanta.
Knife and Unknown Liquid
in Bag.
1916 COTTON MANUFACTURE IfilU’T HFIP Pfll ANI
EXCEEDS PREVIOUS RECORD]*" 1 ,,LU 1 U
J Ire of Crowd.
-<
President Wilson went to Chicago, Replying in the House of Com- While President Wilson and his
Thursday to explain his v' w on mons to Sir Edward Carson, whe party, including William J. Bryan,
problems facing the nation. Arriv- again raised the question of man- former secretary of state, were mak
ing in Chicago, after shaking hands power and Ireland’s contribution, the lag an automobile tour of the city of
with crowds In Indiana, be delivered war minister, Mr. Lloyd-George, said Pittsburg Friday a man with a b
three speeches, participated in sev- there was no doubt whatever about of tools Jumped on the runnl'i _
eral street demonstrations and went the country’s available man-power board of the president's automobile,"
over his western campaign plans and reserves, but it. was necessary to but was knocked off by a secret ser-
with his managers at headqqarters get at them. ' vic« man.
in Chicago. , | The exemptions, l^e admitted, had The man chased the president’s
At every appearance the president been far too numerous. If he gave conveyance for a block before he was ^
was cheered by throngs which pack- the figures he would startle the arrested by detectives. The prisoner{increase *oTe‘r°the^Drevloua°Tetr“due
^ ,1 4 K r, * ci rt si FT Iswl ♦ svn r\cx s>l W V f T rtiv. A n t^ ^ V. „ ,1 ...... 4 _ 4crnvrsx ♦ sx y-» o r-ri «■» s\# DIsvIxmwsI /"i..11^*% kr * /
ed the streets and fl.led to capacity House. The exemptions had run into gave the name of Richard Cullon,
the halls in which he spoke. He millions. The minister believed the aged twenty-two, a machinist of
stood constantly in his automobile government had power to deal with Pittsburg. On his way to the police
while passing the crowds and smil- the exemptions, but if not, they station he told the police that be
ingly waved his hat. [ would consult the House 'on needful was not fct all satisfied with Presi-
An attempted silent demonstra- measures. . ' idem Wilson's conduct of the Euro-
tlon by members of the National Wo-| "We must lay the foundation for pean war.
man’s party In frontjof the Audlto- a war extending over a prolonged In the bag he carried was a knife
rlum developed into a near riot. In period,” said Mr. Lloyd-George. with a blade five Inches long and a
which the banners opposing Wilson “That is the only wr.y to insure vie- bottle of a liquid the police are en-
were torn from the demonstration' tory.” , deavorlng to analyse. The prisoner
and trampled and the women wore j 0 hn Dillon complained that Pre- is held by the police for observation.
roughly handled. President Wilson
was seated in an automobile a few
hundred feet away when the demon-
mler Asquith, In his speech had given ’
no assurance that the utmost re
sources would be employed to help
AUSTRIAN PREMIER SHOT
stration started but passed Into th# | Roumanta in the hour of her trial
building and was not a witness to the t 0 Ba ve her from the fate of Belgium Newspaper
scene that followed.
Shouting "Shame,” “Disgrace” and
“Get the banners," a crowd of sev
eral hundred, sprinkled with women,
charged the banner holders. Um-
and Serbia.
“If we allow Roumanta to be over
run," said Mr. Dillon, “maybe we
Germany.
s Amaeatnatea Premler
of Aaatrla Proper.
will never beat
There
of the women were knocked down
snd nearly all were roughly handled,
especially those who strove to retain
The excitement ci ntinued until all
their banners.
the banners had been seized. With
LYNCHING AT ABBEVILLE
Count Garl Sturkgh, prims mlnis-
l . „ ter of Austria, was shot dead Satur-
been siniBter rumors tn&t the ^i«_-_ _a _ Kw
'm™ , Bri r ««""»•«< > h .? s *-, FridTrlch* Adl.r^UoV ot iv
destruction of the placards. Many lonlkl expedMIon with evil eye.” | periodical. Three shots were fired.
He expressed the belief that the each uk , effect -
war would be decided in the Hal- NeW8 of the muon spread
kans, and asked for a plain assur-, u ke ^tidflre through the German
ance from the war secretary that the ca pitAl ^<1 caused one of tbo great-
Aihes would strain every nerve to est sensatiops of the war. Extra odl-
Assist Roumanta by tbo strong coun* tionft of IftAdinsr opwadadops out uo-
ctothlng ths womeu mirched hack to Mr Lloyd-George said that ob- the shooting had been reported to
L h ,-r.t he *‘ 1<,ua^te^ • UDdcr poHca rlously he ceuld not enter Into de- th © police merely announced In huge
* uarc but he could assure Mr. Dll- typ,,, ••Austrian premier shot.
Ion that the Allies were doing their Panicky excitement was the result,
utmost to support the brave Rouman- The belief was spread that Baron
Ian armies against vicious attacks. | Hurtan. the Austrian foreign, uilnla-
“We have not the last doubt.*': ter was tha eifttpi, alnce he has been
said tbs minister, "that Germany is generally regarded Austro-Hungarlsb
South Carolina Drops From Second
to Third Place—Haaaechn-
aetta Leads AIL
Cotton manufacture exceeded all
previous records during the cotton
year which ended July 31 and the
unprecedented activity is continuing.
A preliminary report by the census
bureau Monday placed the total con
sumption of cotton In American mills
at 7,278,529 bales.
Of that quantity, 6,39i,613 bales
were lint and 880,916 bales llnters.
Use ot llnters showed an enormous
WILSON SAYS WARRINH 61
FAIL IN AGREEMENT.
PUBLISHES HIS LETTER
to their manufacture into explosives.
The increase was 469,071 bales, or
113.9 per cent.
Cotton used also Increased 800,-
251 bales, or 14.3 per cent. The
number of cotton splndlee active dur
ing the year was 32,805,883, an In
crease of 2.6 per cent, aver 1R15.
Massachusetts retained its place
as first cotton manufacturing state,
using 1,462,888 bales compared with
1,282,937 bales In 1915. North Caro
lina was second, using 1,067,281
bales compared wll|^910,164 bales.
Other important manufacturing
states and the
quantity of
cotton
used are:
111*
1-616
Shuth Carolina
. .914,532
811,564
Georgia . . ..
. .797,789
669,583
Alabama . . . .
. .346,233
297,277
New Hampshire
. .294,666
297,040
Rhode Island
..279,233
248,242
New York....
. .238.748
205,938
Maine
. .193,534
176.088
Connecticut ..
. .144,582
132,701
Virginia . . . .
. .112.396
97,714
Tennessee . . .
. . 98.707
83.130
Maryland .. ..
.. 85,614
69.917
Struck White Man With Hmmm
While Crowd Tackled Him.
Anthony Crawford, a negro, was ber own Interest, but In n spirit of of Berlin, seized with fear and panic,
taken from jail and iynched at Abbe-i vengeance because a brave people stormed the embassy snd consulate
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ABC REPUBLICS FOR WILSON
Henor Mexia Saye They Approve His
Mexican Policy,
g—p-nmns
_ jAWA.Ti-ni.--a Mexia, for
concentrating her strength in order: *I*remier."^houg W h”thVre^ls Vo "such, * ifh w te *“ Frmln
to crush Roumanta, not merely in'office. Austro-Hungarian 1
Wilson's handling ot the Mexican sit
uation has placed the United Sutes
higher In the regard of the Latin-
American republics than It has ever
stood. Senor Meila is making a tour
Small NalJoas la the War.
The role of the small nations of
to obtain details.
Coasparatlve calm was r •stored
when the Identify <.•* the aasaasln s <
victim became definitely known
vtlle Saturday afternoon. The negro dared challenge her power
bad been arrested, after striking M
B. Cana, a white man. la the head
with a hammer, daageronsiy Injur
lag
which
negro la
and abusing a whits marc hast
Crawford, who la reputed to own
twenty thousand dollars worth of
farm lands In tba vicinity of Abbe
ville. was badly beaten by tba crowd..
but Shariff Rurth rescued him from the enemy; already tha King of Ron-,
the mob The officers took the 1 mania Is ottering cries lest Is nllles ‘
negro who had etrrek Cana *» W*L f orsek# him as the Teutonic armies Tart Note to Norway
struggle against lbs mob. to I. . . ... « . vi I • w *
• here his wounds worn dressed begin to fore# their way Into his. oa New Hah Rale*.
At three-thirty Saturday after- country
tl. /*»»-•* — •< • Kurep, U .M ... Ib.t m F.l.r' ^ C f ‘
**•«« —»p~p'* Ab-,<tri j. h./"•«
‘ Belgium. Serbia, Montenegro, and time taken decisive part la the af-
Roumsqla bave entered the war; al-J ^
ready the Srat three have been ut^ mm* —
terly annihilated and occupied by
RAISES DANGEROUS ISSUE
The Gorman mini- ter has present-
nooo. snoiosr mou assomoma sna j T he nations out of war occupy a ^ to the Norwegian government a
' Bl0 *“• ‘broug gnuotlon only one degree removed note protesting ag-inst N'v»ay s*tn-
tba back entrance The Jailer, sar
prised, was quickly overpowered, and
already involved their brothera.
“•eden. Norway. Denmark, and Hol-
the prisoner was ukoa from bis cell
Tbs mob. said to number between
from the utter disaster which has bargo on the submarines of belliger
ent countries. Tkfi cabinet held a
he said
"This respect snd confidence has
been made possible by the manner la
which the president has met the
problems that hav# arisen south of
the Rio Grande Mr Wilson's re
fusal to be Influenced by the sort of
appeals that have been made to him
to bring about Intervention has satis
fied the ABC republics that the
traditional pseudonym, ‘Octopus of
the North.’ Is not to be applied to the
United States,
"It Is with regrot that 1 learn that
the policy of President Wllcoa wKh
regard to Mexico has been sharply
criticised Sutfly the critics do not
two and three hundred men. carried | an( j t |, e northern part of Europe.
I the negro to a spot near the county
meeting sad discussed the able but
Its decirion la thq mt'Ur has not wt»h South'A^isrfrans to believe that
been made public
There was later on sn official] fm j r (tr , )UDt i gi where'he was h:.ngcd have felt the hot breath of war upo i
complaint, on the sixteenth of Dec
ember, 1914, founded on the shad
owing by a British warship along
the American coast, of a vessel nam
ed the Vlnland. nnd this complaint
referred to the seriousness with
which the United States government
regarded the hovering of belligerent
warships about American ports and
coasts. —
“The official complaint stated that
the British government was swaru
that the United States government
had always regarded the practices of
belligerent cruisers patrolling the
American coast as l consistent with
the treatment to be expected from
the naval vessels of a friendly power
In time of war.
"In reply to these various re
quests, private and semi-official and
official, from the United States gov
ernment, we asked to be Informed on
which ground the Malm was* made
that belligerent operations which
were legitimate In one part of the
high seas were Illegitimate in an
other, admitting that the complaints
made by the United States govern
ment were not based on any actual
legality, but on irritation which the
continued presence of belligerent ves
sels in close proximity to United
State ports naturally caused to a
neutral country."
Lord Beresford bitterly criticised
the United States note making public
the position of the American govern
ment on the question of belligerent
submarines entering its harbors.
He declared the American view of
what constituted neutrality' was
“comical.” The submarine note, he
asserted, was "too brief to say the
least.”
Ho declared that the appearance of
United States destroyers on the
scene of the torpedoing made it ap
pear that a previous arrangement had
been entered into between the Ger
man U-boat commander and Ameri
can naval officials. It was based ap
parently upon reports that during
his call at Newport the German offi
cer had requested that destroyers be
sent out.
Eart Grey wanted an assurance
that the report was untrue that
American commanders of destroyers
had acceded to the request of the
German submarine commander to
clear out of the way and give him
room to blow up ships.
“With regard N to the U-53.” the
foreign secretary explained, "we do
not know *t”t steps were taken by
the United S*atea for patrolling Us
waters or In regard to coming to port
sad securing information from news
papers. We do not know whether It
Ig true that American warships get
out of the an^marfhe's way
"That la a matter for the Ameri
can government only, and wa aasuAe
that government la making full la-
qatrtee We a>eo sesame It wlD a»-
uenaee tta att rode la due eouroe.
that we do not gragoas to
ir erar nl
to a pine tree and his body nas rid- their heels more than once as they
died with bullets. | have endeavored to flee from his
I
RUSSIANS LOSE IN GALICIA
—r
Hard Fighting < ne.
Wc«t Hank of Nmrnyuvka.
any of the leaders In the United
Slate* favor aggression at the be
hest of capitalistic Interests. I have
also read with regret the criticisms
made by Mr. Roosevelt. 1 know him
personally and follow his public ut
terances closely. South America did
Dr. Alfred Zimmertnann. the Ger
man under secretary for foreign af
fair*. Is quoted by the Norwegian
correspondent of the Copenhagen
grasp. Great Britain and her allies Aftcnpomen. according to an Kx-
h*ve ■uhlerted their commerce to change Telegraph dispatch, as de-
. ..«*. daring that the German not# to the not care for the sharp practices
pitiless blockades and all that re- Norwegian government Is a serious which preceded Intervention In the
Retreat FYotn mains of international law upon the one, contending that Norway's action case of Psnsms.
subject is the rule of might. Sweden, conflicts with paragraph thirteen of "Had President Wilson recognized
a. the most powerful of the northern The Hague convention and h Incom- Huerta, It would hr.Ve been a very
. , . ^ 1 patible with stdet neutrality and fur- grave mistake.'
The battle of the last week along group, has within past weeks almost {hermore that Germany will • not
With War Supplies.
The letter is signed by Samuel
Gompers,' president; Jamos O'Con-
___ nell, vice president, and Frank Mor-
steamer Alaunia has been sunk and g ar i an8 seized forts further east. I Vaughan should regain hln normal | [ a ^.j'-fpregen^tlon comm^sdon * and
rr,.“rLr.,r„* — ~ ^ t*. 1 ““ r ! Cr f
have been landed. With tbo excep-, latest development has been the | Vaughan wa8 convicted of criminal 1 aff,llatod ° r 8 aniz a tionB - 11 Praises
Uoh of a few men missing the ship’s seizure of the Greek navy by the assault upon a young girl In an
company were landed by a trawler.! Allieg an(1 the furore whlcll lt creat . orphan asylum of which ho was
h * 4 b ”° l» Att.e». and other cities, cans- sottetlotcndent
DECLARE VAUGHAN INSANE
log of Orplian Home Head.
After securing opinions from sev
the Narayuvka river In Galicia has come into war over her acts of re- calmly submit to s' ch action
x: <*«•«••• •"- •- •‘—»" >• -•
Russians, according to Berlin. Here tense.
the Russians now hold on>y a small] Far away to the South, Greece has!
part of the front on the west bank of be€n dolnK her best . t0 keep out of jpfc ^ Aak foP Rc^tenc
the river after a general attack by, .
the Teutonic allies between Svltel-j w,r ’ that ,s ’ her 0,f,clal Kovern-
niki snd Skomvochy, in which the ment has. There Is a faction of her
Russians were driven back, suffering population that have been clamoring
heavy casualties. Petrograd says, f or en t rance into the war, but
however, that the fighting along the . , . , . .- — —
river la still going on and that the 8eem9 that U P t0 this 111116 the re B u j teenth judicial circuit, has decided
positions have changed hands sev- larly constituted authorities have not to ask for a resentencing of! lorB
eral times.
BRITISH sYlP L«T .
benevolent neutrality under the coer
«i 1- Rjts Mine and Goes to Bow'cion of the Allied gunboats. Salo
LABOR FOR WILSON
Amerirara Federation Asks Its Mem
bers to Support Him.
Organized labor's fUst official ap-
a * peal to Its membership in behalf of
President Wilson's re-electioa
It public S.tunU7 .t tb. Amur!-
«- cud Federation „t Labor boaduuar-
It is in the form df a circular
larly constituted authorities have not to ask for a resentencing u . ..
held the support of the mass of the; Thurston U. Vaughan, now confined calling on them to hold spo-
people. The King wished to follow State Hospital having been | .^^^Vconslder
a strict neutrality, but changed to a J h b en pend | n g { or f our ° r the campaign and see to
, case nas oeen penamg tor rour it that wa4#;aarner8 K0 l0 tbe po nB
y The solicitor dates that Drs. ‘ he ‘ r inter08U ^ n8t
niki was seized, railroads, telegraphs SaIld y- Babcock and J. H. Gibbes
. , . . u. , State as their opinion that Vaughan
and other facilities were seized by. j g now insane. The splicitor.accepts
Lloyds annoanoes that the British the Allied force, while the* Bui- these opinions, but says thr.t If
NOT CLOSED YET
c
The Alaunia carried a cargo of ln 8 Allied marines to be landed,
about eleven thousand tons of mer-' This treatment of a sovereign na-
chandlse, Including v.ar supplies, but »; on oannot be justified any more
^Bufit^risn the shin was five than can the Evasion of Belgium,
hundred and twenty feet long with a. Both nations can plead their ex-
gross tonnage of thirteen thousand cusis, but in the calmer cbnsidera-
four hundred anfi five. tfoir-tbat wfll fotfow tiria,, great war
~~Z ~ "*’ **' - both wfll admit their guilt. Unhap-; the Lusitania case had feeen accepted
s. (. (.nardsman Injured. p jjy ( boweV er, similar crimes have'by the American government and
John P. Parker, 23, of McColl, a ] wa y S b een committed Lefore, and w’as soon to be published by the state
who was serving In the Alabama Na- ... niimWiftss fnstnnrM department caused Acting Secretary
tlonal Guard, was struck by a train. hl8tory af rords numberless instances of state Polk to authori ze the foi
st Montgomery, Aim, Saturday and, of cases where little nations were i ow j n g statement:
fatally Injured. . * (trodden down by larger foes, and,! "The note has net been accepted
not to ■'ije glv n out. The
drawn
in4p a discussion of this case at this
German Lusitania Note Unaccepted
by State Department.
Reports that the German note of
February 16 for the settlement of
the American coast patrol at the re-' n,any time8 ' wh,,e P r6tendln S that 8n a ^ ,a “ a 0 r t ‘° n ^ g g n 1 ’ t n to ° b U e t ' dl
quest of Washington, Viscount Grey they were defending these smaller XcuMl 0 n of this case at
laid that the ships had not been re- 1 nations
C4,led ' .. . I The small nations of Europe have<
The United States admitted, he .....
further asserted, that the British liU1 ° cause for . 8atl8factj0n - Th e
government was completely within' on68 ^hich have not been mon-han-
tts rights in maintaining the patrol,! died by either group of the bellig-
tlme.”
SHIP SINKS IN LAKE ERIE
Drowned In
but based Jts request on the fact that ereuts have- missed this treatment' Twenfijr-owe flail ns a
,b *
likely to cause uaeeelaeas-la a nau- neither have required it thus far. Twenty-one members cf the'crew
tral country. , | Their only hope Is that the eelflsj^ jtj_ibs^ steyaer laman B, ColgsU
As a rekult, the foreign minister motives of neither will require their
stated, the British government had (l> . night when the Colgate, bound fro
Instructed the eommanders of t h s “ cr1flfa “* ,ulnr *
warships to avoid ax far as possible' _ • • 4 _
all ciroumstaMM which might raus* ^ Brtttah.
aa uafavorable Imprsssloa ta Assar-I British satkodtlea hath roafiscal-
Buffalo to Fort WtlUam. Oatarlo.
with coal, wsat down la a storm off
Eric Pa Tha tragady bacaass kaows
oily Saaday wbsa ('apt Waiter Gre
ed tha mall an heart Urn Hoi lead
affiliated organizations.’ It praises
the president’s courcs in foreign af
fairs, declaring that without war he
has secured, all the protection and
benefits that would have accrued
from a successful war and asserts
that at home the labor movement
“has beep able to secure recognition
for the rights of human beings and
opportunity for all to participate In
the affairs of the nation In a degree
that never before has been accom
plished.”
DUTCH STAND FIRM
Decline to Bar All Submarines From
Their Waters. -
The Niewe Van Den Dag makes
the following announcement:
“In replying to the memorandum
of tbe Entente allied powers, re
garding the interning of all subma
rines in neutral waters, the Deutch
government state# that commercial
submarines will be treated as mer
chantmen by Holland. In case of
uncertainty nf the status of warships
they will be treated as warships.
"The government, howeyer, will
not Intern merchant zubmarlnea. be-
esuse there is no principle of Inter-
such a course.’
Cher M
Boesects cf Meld*
mt and killed his
wsek^rths fiafid He thee a»et him
American Offer Falls to Secure
Method of Aiding the Starving
Poles—President Feels Keen I Ms-
„ *
appointment at the Failure of His
Plan to Provide Relief to Non-
Combatants.
President Wilson announced Tues
day that his efforts to bring about
an agreement between belligerent
nations to allow relief supplies to bo
sent to Poland had failed.
The president gave out a str.to-
ment saying he had received replies
from the rulers of Great Britain,
France, Russia, Germany and Aua-
tria-Hungary to a letter sent In July
suggesting that those nations com
bine to assist in Polish relief work.
The statement follows:
“I have now received replies from
the King of England, the president
of France, tbe emperor of Russia, the p
emperor of Germany and Austria to
my letter of September 26 in which
I tendered the offices of this govern
ment in negotiations looking to a
fresh consideration of the pocsibll—
Ity and method of relieving Poland.
It appears, I greatly regret to say.
that there are still Important differ
ences between the Allied and
Powers as to the terms under^
relief supplies may be sent I
land. I am disappointed that!
not yet been successful in inG
the powers to conclude a Ueflnll
tlement.”
The letter sent by the president to
the various nations made public is aa
followaa
''"Your Majesty: In view of tha
overwhelming disaster which has be
fallen the millions of non-rombetaat
Inhabitants of Poland 1 foel justified
by the universal snd earnest sympa
thies of tho Amertc-n people, re
gardless of racial orlgia or political
sontlmsot to suggest to your Ma
jesty that tbs subject of ways and
moans for tbo saving of thooo people
who still survlv* be given tbo furthes
benevolent consideration of your Ma
jesty's government
"While ao on* caa fall to appre
ciate tho suffering sad sacrifices of
th* people primarily encaged In tha
existing war aor tha dlftarooeaa la *
tha way of allortatlag the hardohlp
of thoae who are tbo instrumental
sufferers of tbo war. tho death by
slow or rapid starvation of mlllloaow
of Innocent people Is so awtol a fact*
that such an outcome should be pre
vented If It Is wltkia the eompeas ef
human effort to avert It. la tbe ef
fort lo overt It I roufldeatly pledge
tbo co-operation of tbo people ot tbo
United States if only tho waytaa bo
found to msk* their cc-opsratloa ef
fective.
"May 1. therefore, be |-eemitted to
suggest that an entirely fresh con
sideration be given to tho poralbin-
tles and efforts for relief for Po
land. and to tender the friendly of
fices oi this government In negotiat
ing to this end. It being understood
that any plan proposed chall be ot
such a character to be adapt to tho
accomplishment of no other result
than that of the relief of the dlstrson
ed inhabitants of Poland.
“In conclusion 1 can only add that
it is my sincere hope that your M .-
Jesty will see In this note no Inten
tion to Interfere with the rights and
policies of your Majesty's govern
ment, but merely sn attempt to ex
press to your Ma.,-sty the sympathy
and compassion for the starring la-
habitants of Poland felt by citi
zens of the United States—>
thy and compassion which tno^iope
they may be permitted to ezpreas by
assisting in the actual work of fur
nishing food to the starving Inhabi
tants of Poland.
“I have the honor to be, your
Majesty,
"Faithfully yours,
(Signed) "Woodrow Wilson."
♦ ♦ ° |
A MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION
Suggested Building Was Used as Sob-
marine Store House.
An explosion which shook East
Machles, Maine, early Saturday has
revealed that a building at the head
of navigation on the East Machias
river had been used secretly as a
store house for some powerful explo
sive. ^
Efforts to ascertain the owner
ship of the explosive were unsuccess
ful, the authorities placing little cre
dence in suggestions that a hidden
cache for submarine warfare had
been discovered.
^ Reports that boats had been heard
passing up the river during a heavy
storm, Friday fiight and Saturday
morning, could not be confirmed. T
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STORM MOVING
MNwShcw Bureau Warning Out Abort
Hurricane on the Gulf.
The weather bureau reports th%
tropical storm still moving north
ward across the Gulf of Mexico but
its exact location and probable'point
of striking the coast could
termlned Storm warntL
continued from CarrabellaTWla., ta
tha aouth of jthn.HlMtofitppj rh^
William Baaka.
sued a call for a ■(
tbe South Caro: is*
It.