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V * r I f <r * MILITANTS TO DISMISS OPPOS 1NO OFFICIALS GERMANS WANT PEACE Junker Government KoiclifftaK, .a r ' J T>eff An official statement today glvlnf the reply by the tn^Poweri to. the Russian propos als at Brest-Lltovsk on Mopday, says the Ruslan proposals concerning the regions occupied by the Central Pow ers diverge to Quch a degree from the views of the Central Powers that In their present form they are In&cceptafyle. ’ Withdrawal of the Austrian and Roclare for Forcible l! om th ? occupied territories while the war lasts is im- Annexatlons atul Indomnltiee and pos8ible r the statement says. t r The official statement says the Fstabliali a Military Dictatorship Russian proposals do not show a a compromising attitude, and do not —Uber«l» old roH.e MwClnKo and cong|der the 0 „p 08Ue p artl e 8 on a Offer Opposition. Germany’s internal polit cal cri sis is fast approaching its climax. Any moment may bring the great- ' est governmental shake-up the em pire baa known since the days of •Rismarck. just basis. Nevertheless it adds the Central Powers again are prepared to gtfve a clearly formulated exs pression of their opinions and to try to find a basis for a compromise. For the Central Powers, as dis tinct froth the case with Russia, the announcement adds, a conclu sion of peace with Russia has no ^ , , , connection with a general peace,'and ^ Count von ifertllng, the imperial Central Powers are compelled chancellor, and Dr^ von Kuehlmann co „tinue the war against their were considered In Berlin late to- ot j ler enemies niKht virtually out or office, the. .. The a8aert ', 0I1 , hat the rl(;ht of only queatlon being aa to who will geif^ietermination la attribute of na- ■urreed them. tlona and not of parts of nations la KveryUiing point* to a ruthlrng - ^ ou| , conre pti on 0 f gelf-determina- •rnnahliw unnexalionlai Man,pole ||(>n .. tl , e off|da| >to | etn ,. nt , t , , |, ir ,. s npon the re«,H.n»ibl« official poai. „ muat BO , ^ ananed that the tbma ot the empire. Every man In |j B |t a 0 f oceupatlon are a standard the present government who doe, f()r ruloR lhe bound,,,.. of 8Uch not unciuuiifiedly adhere to the gos- pel of s "strong pesge ” a tlermsn Tt. Austromermsns. the state- peace. Is to be hit by the militarist Bea( 4arlarH . d o not Intend ln, .r a<e and a millUrlat will step up to , h . territories now occu- uk J! h, r r mCC 't. . . s> th«*!r respective Th#* kafser. his g#*n#*rals and those <OU |u r jp a of his advisers who -wrsr by eaaet- Tb, CaBtra | Powara ptloo and even indemnities, nro , 4<l ad. that a voto of the people haonted, It ** 'ha fear that broad Maos ho dtMllMMt Si tr a boekdowa bafor* the Kamtoao now m. ,# 1 hot It waa doelar- wlll open th. amplre a an. era gatoa ^ ^ a lodHoMom oppoored to be *.“l* ,h, ‘ i ImprortiroWe The reatrel I'ower. m.. p. pernmp* of |)|| # j| HuU % vote on a wide bests fit— from the elertefe ted eop- « matter of days, before lUilahevikl would dermlne the army and navy, and re- FAVOR LIBERAL PEACE Principles of Self-Determination of Peoples and No Annexations for Hnglnnd f Fs|>ec!ally in Africa ami India, Quite Satisfactory to Eng lish Who State They Will Solve Their Own Problems. The British Labor party In a mes sage to the Russian people made public announced that the British people accepted the Russian princi ple of self-determination of peoples and no annexations for the British empire, particularly in the Middle East Africa and India. The message, which was issued by the Labor party in conjunction with the parliamentary committee of the trades union congress, says: “We have reached a crisis in the war. - The negotiations at Brest-Lit- ovsk have been interrupted because the Germans have refused to admit the principle of self^determindtion of peoples and the doctrine of no annexations. Jn thus acting the cen tral powers are speaking clearly In the name of a militarist state. “In this crisis the British peo ple must speak because the Rus- sisns can only succeed in their great and perilous task If supported by the people everywhere. The liritlfth pr'hple mu»t pr<*Haim to ltu»*#ia and the central power* ihat Its aim Is klcntiral with Itnsnia's that nr. too, see no solution for the evil* of mil itarism evrefit self •< let ermi nation anti mi imlrmnlliea. % “In applying this Russian priori piemen ted by a mpraasntatlvt body w<r _ _ pie to our own rase, we are con* jennet the stpry of the Knsalah revo- noffleo. w jaclotm of the problem rained hot wi ^ ^ ■ ^wHfc^T^TTh aw oodaraMood - !^^^* ****** Taoronghly m the grip m Vaof* milh RoaalOa the statemeot mo [ people accept the prioripIvnM ike kaiser and aiany of hla adviaofi r«ntml ranmis modo thoIP 0 aaaetstloa for the British em- hitherto leaalac to the moderate fw>y ^ t>>|r f ar .reaching anftali 1P 11 ^* This sppHso la oor cane to 2 , *r. V’* ,TT raffMaal lh. ato*l .,.ra«., Xlddl. Caat Africa and India ■rldJldlw^^J^# • JZi ."r. -? 11 *el -W# whs to rwtod M» Eaa-w slap people that Great Britain. Iron** based on the all powerful ar gument that the groundnorh of the astloa sad the fate of the rrourp It self Is at sinks Tka tkereferu It fta reported, to doff th# Is kssdrrd* of rttAes kago tag* adopt^ reflation* f«»r a tliatory general peare *• la all |*res Ideal W Ilonas lat ent •pe«M k on penis Sims was rlearlv rrflertr«t. f#»r kt« mstn pna« sere kesrlitf r*»do*-ed. thotich not e%errs here Uttk open . reference to him in thr nation u|«le nijnif.sil.*tu*n for s democratic peace tk* crowd and Ike hratas that form Its pll* lsr» see the first slep toward H«»l- shetlklMn. out of the pa< iil»t sper*! hes they hear the first tatftto grumhhnvs of s i***opl»* si# k ami tlted #»f sut(Kra«y and militarism. vGIvo them an Inch nnd they'll take an HI.* argues I'otsdnni. and girds its sword for the battle for life i>r deaUi program to ho e|th the aid of admlalstratoru will to all I ho Platon •!»*!ppl laduatr erohaMv wilt ho dona aatll the other cited. Their sappllea sm? If aermaary. the iratioa will they may bate la taagfct by lhe loss of th# Amori- raa colonies la tao tlth rent ary the ft rat modera atate to grant complete aelf detarmtaatloa to nay gro«p of Ha lahahttaats. for esamplo. th# Domlaloa of Cap- AaatraHa, loath Africa aad Now Seaload • for li lt tfca this hf mors I of sotf-govora* Wo raapert the notsrsfga la- of Tarhish people la aatlowal homo. bwt. VO ha Hove that the domlaalioa of their gouora- over other paoplaa la a hla draaro to iStlr on a aatloaal dotal t. *Onr gov era meat la plod god la Of thoOO people* Aral... Pal- sot la as. Armoataaa that the Otto man rain shall aot agaia ho laipoo- od oa them This roop«Hisihi:;ty •VmiqKI be uadertahea by the pswro maforoaeo aad a permanent latoraa- | ttoaal oraaaltaOoa that ne hope mu f^nKaanli D « —J- voiumDia itecords It's a pleasant practice once a month to drop into our store , and hear the new Columbia Records. 'You’ll be‘welcome always, whether you buy or not. SIMS BOOK STORE ORANGEBURG, S. (T~~ WRITE POE OUR CATALOG t)«»n flu!* On r The arrest Lute Tuesday night the n#‘ws from niter ('aillaux Berlin gave still another angle to at Washington saying that in 1915 the rigniflcance of the «*nillesH (*alllaux hud ben in erationn lietw»*«n the emperor nnd with the Berlin foreign office hi* army chiefs. Oim-c tin* r»*i#l»- Secretary Lansing's cablegram stag majority has bc«»n defletl, only stated that the American represent-1 HAtArminstfiTn 'tn"tha French ~Alaa one thing can aveH revolt in the atlve at Buenos Ayres had been able tj , M , f .;, i tn L||ih fSl n'mi^h oplalon of iw.wc of the ITatoa a,IH- to taUMlah that M. Calllaux. rturinK I rf lh ..| r B(ate8 as K u sia he there constituted **ln tropical Africa we repeat our pmoouacemeat of our deter mine tloaa Ncshudy rontenda that the black race can govern them- aHves. They ran only make It known that the partfcnlar govern ment under which they have been living la bad In some or nil ro und indicate- the aperifir ►vll fvwrn which they bhve suffer ed We be|l»%e that the peace conferen ce- wou Id he well advised to place all tropical Africa under uniform International control. *tAVe adjure the peoples of Cen tral Europe to declare themselves or make their governments apeak for them in answer to Russia and ( to ourselves. We call on them to re nounce annexation In Europe with j the same good faith in which we, are renouncing them, in Asia. We call on them to give the same self- lary loaders—immediate terrific his visit to Argentine in hail | has given to Finland, Courland, offenalvr la ,1m* »•«*.. That, aatf baen in communication with Hu lt, r ,.' m , 1 „., nia an ,i Raiaiaa Poland. that alone, they argue, can create lin foreign office through Count von the imperative diversion. Luzburg, then German minister to Opposing the moderates, and pav- Argentina, with the object of con ing the path for the eziiflcted re- eluding peace with Germany at any pudiatton of the reichstag resolu- price, ao as to permit the resump tion, the junkers on their part are tion of business. active throughout the empire for a » » “German peace. Men like Admiral i«u » j u u j rnn TlrplU. Conn. Reventloy and BrUlsl1 ' Iabor leaderB have llned others are clamoring tor conquest ^“ e ni8elves up with Russia, and not only in the east, but in the west American labor may do the same, as welj und for indemnities to be The National Chamber of Commerce, thrown ill/ however, is krying to put through Nvixt t<> Ho ishevikl sm, the great est fear-inspiring thoughts of the mili tarists is that this internal dissen sion will undermine the armed forces. Herein is seen another argu ment why Germany must and will strike soon in the we*t. Hinden- burg had hoped to postpone the drive, hoping for betted weather and hanking on the U-boat as pn ally But the past •seven days events are said tp have changed his mind. Chancellor von Hertling’s speech he fore the relchstag main committee i* expected to he his s van song. Pre cisely when it will be delivered h still uncertain. It was s<hedute<!. for tomorrow, but he it now report ed “111.“ Prince von Buelow comes as the most likely successor to Hertllng. according to Borlln ad visas Among the statesmen who have harried to Bor It a and who nro connaolltng tho kaiaor la Const von Bomstorff. tho to tho rmtod At c no t a warning tg the Gentian business houses that the allies will enforce a commercial boycott after the war. erate. Those who know him beat in cline to the view that he Is the clev erest “camouflage artist” in the kaisers diplomatic corps, meaning that all his repeated manifestations of liberalism have been tfose. Only the truth of that theory can account for the present expectation that he will be named foreign minister, for Kuehlmann is slated' to go, because he has proved a moderate, a “weak ling* In the junkerest eyes. One of the busiest men around the kaiser jnst now Is the crown prince. As at tha time of Bethmann-Holl- weg> fall, the heir apparent hurried to Bo^tUT hi the', present crisis to •atw tho day for tho mllUaristSa laday tho mint a tha ^ ever before, all Bertta P'weviraMv including The manifesto concludes: “The family interests of dynasties or the desire of the German, Aus trian and Magyar governing classes to dominate other classes to domi nate other classes and nationalities must no more be suffered to pre vent self-determination in Central Europe and thereby imperil it in Europe as a whole * than the inter ests of British imperialism or Brit ish capitalism must be suffered to do elsewhere. ""Peoples of Central Europe, this catastrophe of the human race, this fatal schism in the civilized wrorld can only be ended by the defeat of militarism on both sides and by the victory of both sides .of moral and Intellectual fair dealing. If the world 1 is to be saved, it must be^ saved by i good faith and reciprocity of all. Do not fail us n^w. * Do^ Adf^t your governments drive the British peo ple as they are driving the Russian j people, into the terrible choice be- | tween continuing the w’ar and aban doning the only-principles that can i save the world. •*Jf this choice Is forced upon us we shall choose as Ruula chooses. We shall continue, but the responsi bility will be yours.” 4 I . A German newspaper hat an ac- count of owe submarine which waa follow#* tor a day by two airplaaoc which bom bod It SS times aad then <vus caught by dootroyors which pfaatod tt depth bombs arouad It PUIAll) DAY tALH WllK MfH H». TH I HE Mrr iTHtt* U ITU ItoUTI mc.it n»«- IVjwvrtof .Igriraltwr^ l» # %\ (•raiatg to I waprme Pittolo Gfitw- »» x MetlMAil* mim! lorrrone the Vivid Tho rafted Mate* Food Admit*te- tration Is |iiat«iiing a con.*.stent cam- paigu to increase the u^e of Irish potatoes. Grocers will be urged to inaugurate a “potato day” each week aalacllag what ever day la slack In deliveries and making a special price for potatoes delivered on that day. Housewives will be aak'cd to buy po tatoes. a week’s supply, on each po tato day. The Administration wishes to place the Irish potato, every day in the year, on every table in Am erica. The Fooi 1 . Administration declares that it is i.ecessaty right now as a war measu.e for everybody to eat potatoes and also to purchase them in fairly regular quantities week by week, so that distribution ^vijL he equal everywhere for the next five or six months, relieving railroad con gestion and enabling growers and dis tributors to handle potatoes at the most reasonable prices and to furnish encouragement for production of a larger crop this Spring. The Department of Agriculture is working to improve potato growing methods and to increase our crops. The cooperation bf the consumer and the grocer are'needed more now than ever before. Every American family I'M I H0M4 DElDLY ■" W M«*tc Tkoa Half of llvoff w.*|«|»«-r* I Hr From Fatal IHmvmc *«**#♦♦ w * • t CLASSIFIED CILIMN AM* FARMERS EXCMA.Mil PneiMMM <t« Oth* fep sio com itrien oi ied 1 MoBi 111 Gnnrdsmefl t and N dll |All tial troinirg Is i this e OUHl Iff we«*h * endl ing J in woohly van ort of ti he d Ivl «hows that XX jj*j, •rd*> m« ng the we eh. oa t i mi sir the wtto-W before. ait«l L Yrti#v men as aca ln##t Burtaa ! ti. 1 Mltafiiiig. puUcrs. j* |OiV. btflirr tuio T)*ftch iihlpmeTit aai w*v k I llurlilrcl l*eraii»-—I’rlcM reaoonable Peach tree*. He. Kieffer pt-ars. 10# Get bargain list. Hartwell Nura eries, Uartwc’1. Ga. Wire, write or telephone u* I#* I prices on XUiate ot Soda Adi Phosphate Meal and other fertilize! material!#. J. K Mclver and Co Savannah. Ga F«»r H«lo—a»tg pee «#mw And ( u;:ry-F# hru’uiy ahi,>tiiettt ('harteaton and Havantiah. for prices. G. E. t'alvei t • ville. 8. C. ThousatMh of Dollars Easily Made Growing Pa^etshell Pecans. 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Germany plants more than twice as many potatoes as the United Stales Germany gets more than twice ns many bushels per acie. and she eats her to hold oet against tho Allies. If we art gotag to win thin war-we ■not fight Germaay men tor man; aheii for shell. * potato for potato Shetland Ponies—Gentle, quiet ones Suitable for small children, also for school children and ladles to drive. State kind wanted. Pon} h arm, Spruce Pine, N.« C. For Sale—200 Acres 75 Cleared. New Marry of lioncly!—d*'or speedy rnaV- riage try my club; very successful; best, largest In the country; estab lished 11 years; thousands wealthy wishing to marry at once; confiden tial descriptions free; reliable club. Mrs. Wrubel, 732 Madison street, Oakland. Cal. Ladies—If Stopped or delayed, use Science Tablets^ -results or money refunded. No harm or interference with work. Mail fl, R. V. Turn er, 301 Jefferson St., Montgomery. Ala. The Food Administrationdeclares we raise too few potatoes on toor great an acreage. If our yields per acre was as great as Germany's the Statd of New Tork alone, or Wisconsin, or Minnesota, might raise air the pota toon wo opt We eat too few pots pse the quality la not good Wo —flats An potato— Cm— rear to o In prko, r#»r ooio—i.arge duck plant; splen did location ^for unlimited quantity of brick »on Atlantic Coast Lire near Wade. N. C. Will he sold at public auction at the court houfe ,door. Fayetteville, N. C.. 12 o'clock M.. January 28. j G. I^ayton. Mortgagee, Dunn. N. C. '. For ftalo—One thousand bnshe|« Cleveland Big Boll Cotton Se#»d Gl? ned and * eclegxied on mv own v** : v. • ate machinery. No * other rottc>n on mv farm Seed saved f'om r »f ton that made frop* ow# ^ bo I— per acre oooal —Meeting. Writ. Jl owdo rftvo bushels. |2 +& hoahe* five bo'heta — itoie •* «^| A Dnhoa. low—at Ho. f n 1 dc my own pov- *t. White Neighbors; Churches; Graded school. H. A. Lamb, Prop. Gar land, N. C. 200-Acre Farm—About half cleared; soil well drained. 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