The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 03, 1917, Image 3
KAO FIERCE FIGHT
* ,
CUTLASSES USED IN RECENT
^ DOVER NAVAL BATTLE
fHIPS LOCKED TOGETHER
BriUfth FVmght aa In I>a>H of Old to
Ilepel a German Haidlng Party—
.AVlth Odds Against Them, Ham*'
med Toipedoes and Swept Foe’s
Deck at Very Close Range.
A story of the engagement between
British and German destroyers in
the English Channel off Dover on
the night of April 20,..compelled the
British Admiralty from accounts of
officers and men who participated
was issued Wednesday night. It is
an exciting and graphic story of a
boarding encounter with cutlasses
and bayonets, recalling the days
when wooden warships came to
gether and the men fought on the
• decks.
The British destroyers Swift and
Broke on patrol duty were steaming
on a westerly course. It was in
tensely dark, but calm. The Swift
sighted the enemy at 600 yards, and
the Germans instantly opened Are
There were siiT German destroyers
according to German prisoners. The
■ Swift replied and tried to ram the
leading enemy destroyer. She miss-
' ed ramming, but shot through the
German line unsrratrhed, and in
turning, neatly torpedoed another
boat In the enemy line. Again the
Swift dashed at the. leader, which
again e!ud**d her and fled, with the
A Monishing Increaae Reported In
Past Week—Record Given Since
Warfare Regan.
Th^weekly 'statement of vessels
sunk, as made public' Wednesday
evening, shows that forty vessels of
over 1,600 tons each were sent to the
bottom by mines or submarines. The
aiaUmont rcadai- •
“Weekly shipping returns: Ar
rivals, 2,5S6; sailings, 2,621
“Sinkings, by mine or submarine,
over 1,6000 tons, 40 including 2
sunk in the week ending April 15;
under 1,600 tons, 15, including 1
sunk in the week endihg April 1. . ■
“Vessels unsuccessfully attacked,
27, including 1 attached the week
ending April 8. , .7^
“Fishing vessels ‘ sunk, 9, includ
ing 1 sunk the week ending April
1 5.”
The above report shows the great
est number of vessels reported sunk
by mine or submarine in both cate
gories—1,600 tons and over and un
der 1,600 tons—made public by the
British Government since it has is
sued its weekly statement of ship
ping losses. The previous reports
were as followa;^ —;
BALFOUR SAYS ALLIES DO NOT
DESIRE FORMAL WORD.
TRY NEW TACTICS IN ARRAS
IMffcrcwt lYoptmltion From Regular
FHm ME -"SrSKS*,
Trench Warfare.
TRUST AMERICA TO END
Knglish f^teHmah^Tilakew Plain That
Our Entry Into Pact Again** 8ep-
^ * ,
arate Peace Is X6t Necessary—
Appreciates This Country’s Aid 4 in
Rattle Against Autocracy.
Reuttr's correspondent at British
headquarters In France, describing I
the new British advance hays.
“We are not up against a ‘set
pace’ to reform the regular trench'
system, but- are dealing with innu
merable defense patches in the shape
of machine gun forts, of little re
doubts and short traverses and saps
running In various directions. No
where is there any regular tracing of
trench works to barrage.
“For the present it must be a bus
iness of clearing out the widely bur
rowed enemy, which is being done
with the least costly tactics by
pounding every acre of the honey
combed ground rather than by at
tempting to rush positions in direct
infantry attacks.
“I “hear that many tanks have
COMMISSION FROM SISTER* RE
PUBLIC IN AMERICA ‘
COMING FOR COOPERATION
Complete understanding of Am
erica’s attitude In the war—unre
served co-operation in the fight of.^
democracy against the German mili-i been in action and have given a fine
tary menace without entangling po- acc °nnt of themselves,
litical alliances—was expressed by
Foreign Minister Balfour, head of
the British war commission, in a
statement to newspaper correspon
dents.' •
“I am told,” said Mr. Balfour,
“that there are some doubting crit
ics who seem to think that the ob
ject of the missions of Great Britain
SPAIN MAY ENTER
Pmfder Nays Neutrality Is Impossi
ble With Honor to State.
Interest has been quickened in the
Allies Are Anxious to Have Home
Troops on the Fighting iJne As
W r ell as to Secure Money and Food
From This Country’—French Ex
pect Railways, Telegraph, Teie-
phones ami Aviation Section.
France’s war commissioners to
tlu* Tinted States reached Hampton
Roads Tuesday, they are bound up
Chesapeake bay for • Washington on
Over
Under
1.600
1,600
Tons.
Tons.
February
28.*. .. . * . .15
6
March 7
14
9
March 14
13
4
March 21
era.. 14 * *
-•—|[!
March 28
18
«
April 4.
.. .. TV . .‘18
13
April 11.
. .. ..i7
•t
m
April 18*.
19
• 9
April 25.
4>
15
Totals
170*
• ta
im
The re
port also shows that more
ere suceetosf ul in eva
ding at* 1
tack. Ike
figure being 27, a*
agcin«t
It. the |
>re#loo* high figure
10 SO) l
ta FF k T
he orvival* sod d*
pa ft ore
of Me*OM
»r* from Itrititok port* over* *
sg# fair!)
1 sell with those of
the pre
board the presidential yafht May
flower.
The mission, of which Kene Viv-
iani, vice premier and minister of
justice, is the official head and Mar
shal Joffre a member, brings no
written instructions from the French
to inveigle me united *“ “ 7“*tV *i**V *'/ I government, the ministry having
its traditional policy the new premier. Marquis * decided to give its members unllmt-
;le it in a formal alii- nerting that neutrality was Impossible , te e d r * to negotlate wlth th *
r public, with Europ- where the honor and interests of the 8tat4 . H on an tu bjec!s, mill-
- - 1 can not imagine any country were at stake Germany s an-» naval and finan* ial
rumor with lent foundation, nor can H le wopoaed to dtwu.a thr wnd-
I Imagine any policy ao utterly un- ed 1 w,, . hl " “ f f* , T , ,. Sp ® Ing of an American expeditionary
necessary. Our confidence in the as-’ B 0 ** stated plainly thft if Germany
sistance which we are going to gel Persisted in her present course she
from this conimunity is not based n*u*t not be surprised if Spain acted
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upon' (onsidermtion as those which
arise out of formal treaties/'
The foreign minister's statement
was officially said to have been made
as a Jesuit of his conferences during
the past few days with I'resident
Wilson and iCacretary l«an»ing It
was generally regarded as disposing
finally of suggestions in some quar
ters that the t aitrd States might he
asked ta sign a treaty hat to make
a separate peace
This was an eventfal day for the
Mrtlteh rosamtaalaners. marked ky a
wefts “wwkwm ia winman*
tvwairifui loan t<
iSMMpMMfk
IlSi ftnlloar tnwnrhad with tyke
Italia^ amhdaaada#. epaat earl of
tile afhrfmsoa at tia treasary de
paftmsf atth Ss»iitary • M* %d«N»
a ad ana etaiefthfad al dtaasv al
the Mflifeift euahasay ahafe a resep
•too attended Ip tha dBpfcsgtolti
carp* aad high Ameeveaa affinals
Tie taeaiiga m la wiet •avetsed tike
pew spwpae maa danag tha day al
fa aheea ha la iaisatata
aa tha gaast af if aaitaa WWa
e sarvaapaafata had
Mp. f f a» sasd
I am teey aimh oh
•mag ma if appanaapy af aa*
aPy aad
if great Agmcmaa
aahPs haa tary aeapty ae af f
map la Ihda mmataa mm from Pni
to defend her national Interests.
happening throughout the w h<
rommunity.
“The condition of Fran<
force to France. Marshal Joffre and
other military members will Indi
cate to the American officials with
whom, they are to confer several If*
portant military reasons which they
consider render the sending of suck
a fore#
advisable. Th** i
n#Mt im* I
Th-
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Congrcwemen Speaks In Hoase aad
Rcmts Telegram T/poro Senator
Announcing Attitude.
One of the leading speakers in
• favor- of the selective draft army
I plan In -Thursday’s debate In lha
I House was Representative A. F.
Lever, chairman of the com mitten
on agriculture.
Representative Lever, declared
that to defeat cnwscrlntloTy meant
prolonging the war from xnree to
six months and the sending of thoa-
sands of American men into' tha
trenches.
“If Russia should collapse,’’ sajd
Mr. Lever, “and Germany were ahle !
to transfer her eastern forces to the
Hindenberg line, nothing save the
power of this great country• could
stop her. This would mean a con
test drawn out probably four, five or
six years." /
Mr. Lever declared Jefferson had
favored conscription and that the on
ly Southern government “represent
ing Southern sentiment and South
ern hopes” entered a conscription
measure. Mr. leaver read a tele
gram he received today from Sena
tor Tillman, at Trenton, S. C„ in
which the Senator said he had been
opposed to conscription, but had
changed his mind and he now favor
ed It.
“The volunteer system,’* tele
graphed Senator Tillman “would
demoralise busineaa and cause greet
loss to the people In the rise of com
modities.
The forceful men who could least
he 'pared from Industry would vol
unteer Conditions of war have
I changed slnre our etvtt war conflict.
> conscript and the convict wore
Hy akin in the opinion of good
pie, whereas, we now realise that
•aioe 4em«M*vnl>c doctrine wMei
I** • very man a vote# In the gov
Hmrgf. forces him to hear hie lest
her* of Its mllHarv harden* We
aen»t afford to rt«h n fsilom of
wlaatewe* It aoetd hearten peg
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the alPed lessee the eweeeeafnt gep
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t reaaeaAer when I we* here
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The raemy iara disappeared la
the darkaess The Hroke, altering
Uam^coarse. hashed la IA direct ion
destroyer, whi- h s t* , w niinuit**
I aeen to be heavily afire,
and whose crew on sighting the
KtrltUh destroyer, sent up shouts for
mercy. The Broke steered slowly
toward the German. regpidllA
the danger from a possible explosion
of the magazine*, and the German
seamen redoubled their shouts *of
“Save! Save!” and then unexpected
ly opened fire.
P .The Broke, being out of control,
was unable to manoeuvre or extri
cate herself, but silenced the treaeh-
. ery with four rounds. Then, to in
sure her own safety, torpedoed the
German amidships.
Meanwhile, the Swift continued
Jier pursuit, but sHght injuries which
she received earlier in the action
prevented her from maintaining full
speed, so she abandoned, the chase
and sought fresh quarry. * Sighting
the outline of a stationary destroyer,
from which shouts were heard, the
Swift aprpoached wearily with her
guns trained, to find that It was the
destroyer which had already been
rammed by the Broke. 'The Ger
mans w’ere bellowing: “We sur
render.’’ . * •
Fearing treachery, the Swift wait
ed, and presently the destroyer keel
ed over and sank' stern first, the
crew jumping into the water.
As no other enemy was . Visible,
and the action w hich •had lasted ap
proximately five minutes, appeared
. to be over, the Swifb-«tw4hrhed on
h- hiu:iits i:iid IowsaAmApA
’'■“To roscm» tlre gw'hiimers Those who
-remained of the crews of the Swift
and the Broke, after exchanging de
tails of the action, cheered each oth
er until they were hoarae
The British cayualtiec arc act dbyrn
a* comparatively slight, and the *pir-
B of the wounded is Ulus
tkopponduet of the Broke
m «rti4n William Ro*t
kit four times by s
pH»nt». remained at tk
tkrOugk«viit t *r pr*M»U. at
uplu»u t»e*er
i in* Pawn fi! pfiulll w-lpm cwnn
Ip* vuluntcwr before We (*»ldp (’id
di*gr*,-e ef a draft upon tfem The
War Itepartm*ut la Jumping afPPPdj
trying to hull-doae the people Into
pa*»lng this Mil. and I don’t think
they era going to snecaed ’*
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The Brlllah have faken 7.U29
prisoners aluce Monday morning, in
cluding PP officera. atrordlng to an
official statement laaued hy the war
office Wednesday.
presented themselves in the *ick bay
the following day, one stoker giving
the surgeon the ingenous excuse: “I
was too busy. Sir. clearing up thy
rubbish on the stokers' muss deck.”
The German Government has is
sued another statement regarding
the fight, reiateratii g its claim to
having destroyed British ships. This
is again denied by the British Ad
miralty. The German statement
says:
“The siriking of the enemy lead
ing destroyer, which was mentioned
in our official report Saturday, was
dearly observed hy the crews of the
w hale group'of our torpedo boats.
The enemy vessel wa^ hit by a tor
pedo pmidships amj sank stern fore
most within five minutes.
* "Five'minutes later a heavy ex
plosion occ .rre^ on another British
destroyer followed hy an outbreak
of flame, probably due to torpedo
ing • by one of our torpedo boats,
which has not returned. .Judging
from the severity of the explosioh,
which was observed by the crews of
several of our torpedo boats, it is
Sm tan-amm
fonltp* In (Atnll. In cap*
rr*#r defaj! pU.lkni Ibai mm m*uns
'V wha har* A*a rpengod In
Ib f®v no* t«o yonru and n half
That la n foHIng which coma* and
can only coma by actual aaportoaco
, **Wc «»n t A other aid# of the At
lantic have been living in an atmos
phere of war ainco Auguat. If 14, aad
you can not go about your daily buf 1 "
ine*». even If your affairs A dtaao-
ciated with the war Itself, without
having evidences of the war brought
to. your notice every moment.
“I arrived here on Sunday af- *
teriMHin and went out In tile even
ing after dark, and I was struck
by a Momcwhat unusual feeling
which at the first moment I did
not analyze, and suddenly it came
upon ipe that this was the first
time for two years and a half or
moie in which 1 had seen a prop
erly lighted sti*eet. There is not
a street in Ijondon, there is not a
street in any city of the Fnited
Kingdom in which after dark the
whole coin in unity is not wrapped
in a gloom exceeding that which
must have existed Afore the in-
^vention of gas or electric lighting.
* r
“But that is a small matter and
I only mention It because it hap
pened to strike me as cme of my
earliest experiences in this city.
- “Of ,course the mote tragic side
of war is mever and can not ever he
absent from our minds. I saw with
regret this morning in the newspa-
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No trroly ci»Old locrrwur the uo-
doubtrd ronfldrnrr with which we
budi to th# I nlted Htstr*. who,
hsving come int«» the war, ore go
ing to nr# th# war through. If
then# Is an) certainty in hunuui
affairs, that Is certain.
slop were on the bridges of their
• Two years and a half have «»»*, bAt with the French admiral com-
since the war began, and the great manding shortly after 5 o'clock to
public on this side of the Atlantic I Ree the • entrance. The day was
has' been watching with deepening dinturbing the broad expanse of
interest, the blood stained drama water. As the roads came info view
going on across the ocean and I am | Marshal Joffre turned to an Ameri-
well convinced that as each month can navjrl officer serving as pilot
has passed, so has the conviction j an d said:
grown among you that" after all itj what a wonderful scene. I love
is no small or petty interest thatyis this sunshine It reminds me of n.v
| Tkeo Fr*Ork sod Ike AMrftroa
| vrsorls etekaoged *igaal* aod t Aa
l Ml rootiaord toward IA \ irgioia
rapo# Not o light was shooiog at
any tlmo during the movement and
the v#nmela knew <9f eock otkor only
by the phoapboreaceoco kicked up
by the propeller* At dawn the
flotilla and Its gueata fell In by ren-
desvous with an American cruiser
which led the way Into the great
harbor of Hampton Roads.
All the member* of the commia-
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involved in this war, it is no strug
gle for so many square miles of ter
ritory, for some acquisition, some
satisfaction of small national ambi
tion. It was nothing short of the
full consciousness that the. liberties
of mankind are really involved in the
issue of this struggle that was ani
mating the allied countries.
“With such a cause the American
public has always been in full sym-
own country-^the south of France.”
Once inside the harbor the Amer
ican destroyers slipped away to
their anchorages. Meanwhile every
American ship in the harbor hoisted
U> tiieir mastheads the French tri
color, and the band of warship play
ed “The Star .Spangled Banner.”
Marshal Joffre and the military and
naval members stood at salute until
the last note had floated across the
water while the civilian members
pathy and, now’, after watching it
through all these months, you have I stood with bared heads,
found yourselves impelled to join in Gen. Vlginal, the military and na-
the great conflict. I feel perfectly val attache of the French embassy
certain that you will throw into it at Washington, Stephane Lauzanne,
confidential representative and fjol.
Hp HWi Spencer Cosby, U. S. A., assign* <1
wounded mad missing in gotaO Of tho tion. ail your man povw-r, . • . • v , hal Juffn*’* udc. came aboard
operations now ^.ing oil in. I a.* * M>ur< of-that eounkry—(rh'rtr Ills " mr *~ * —- -
per that the son of. Mr. Bonar Law. t all ' your unequaled resources, rail
our chancellor of the exchequer, wjaslyour powers of invention, ot produc-
Wlih Nobrmska added id IA suf
frage ruluDio. II waa anoouocod bf
Ike Womao Suffrage Co mb A
slon I At the lotsl voting strength
of women, in the t’nlted State* now
Is ft.557.3011.
“Of the forty-one legislatures
that have convened or are scheduled
to convene In 1917.” s ststement
said, “thirteen have already taken
favorable action: seven have passed
presidential suffrage; five have pas
sed municipal suffrage measures; six.
have passed constitutional amend-
fents."
BOMBARD COAST
German Destroy era Attack British
Town Thursday Night.
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German destroyers attacked Rams
gate Thursday night according to an
official announcement made Friday
by the war office. Large numbers
of shells were fired, but the destroy
ers were driven off by the fire from
land batteries.
One man and one woman wrere
killed during Hie bombardment and'
one man and two women were in
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passed astern of bur torpedo (mats,
received a big ho!e forward frpm
our gunfire. Its bridge wa« In piec
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side. Its 1 stern was afire
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Tftfln affer with dispatches and to
tuy | greater resources than any other [greet the visitors. Admiral Mayo,
mind back to the losses of thU war j country in the worid. and already [ commander in chief of the Atlantic
In all circlet; but as an Illustration having cone to that decision, noth : r later,
it seemii to me impressive. ling will turn you from It but sue#
“I went oxer the-mel* nr holly list.! crowning our *Joint efforts
Aniorican Airman Slain.
Corporal Ronald Hoskier of South
Orange. N J . one of Hie stars of
the American flying corps, has been
ktlle#t*ln an aerial combat in the of
fensive that is now in progress.
on board the Mayflower.
Tpon his arrival Ambassador
There was no saluting, the for- Jusserand went Into conference with
and. If my memory serves roe right
out of the small number of cabinet 1%ith
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kiltaf |n a* Hon four at l* - *
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firing % salvo* of gun# hav-j
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dispensed with by
agree-
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