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UPSET BY WILSON
A)LD world aroused by new
^ DIPLOMATIC SITUATION
AUSTRIA MAY STOP WAR
International Neis Service Claims
- Germanjv Censored Count Czernins
* Viterances Hefore They lteache<l
Allied Centers—Would N©| Pro
tect All of Germany’s Present
Holdings. *
%- . „ • • ; «,
President Wilson’s peace speech of
Monday has whipped the old world
out of its winter lethargy into fev-
" ferish action. Every hour is now
making historv. The question of ques
tions over which the leaders of at
least three great belligerent powers
—Great Britain, Germany and Aus
tria—are hopelessly split, is whether
peace by the Wilsonian diplomacy is
possible, or w hether blood must ren
der th'e ultimate verdict, in the Arm
ageddon on the west.
. JCventa moveifHast within the last
L’4 hours. D^lails^of what happen
ed in Berlin and Vienna are for the
moment still loTKed in the desks of
the Teuton censors.. But two devel
opments beta me known:
. 1. Count von Hertling is said to
oe preparing n reply to President
Wilson to be deliver in the reich-
' stag.
2. An empire-wide campaign has
been launched by the German social
ists against the proposed supreme
ffive in the west, because it would
Hell the sacrifice of at least anoth-
million men
t Tu nip this campaign In the bud
Indenburg is expected in nt least
Ml well Informed qnarter to lattnrh
the. drive nt time* In toanetilon
witli this vipretation significance la
attached to dispatches (rum Uanish
sources reconntlaa the pnssaae
through the tlhsgeral|. Into the Noftll
sea. of lorao numbers of German
deutrvi)ers In the aame % • in| y
man> stthmaiines have been sighted
daring tfco last feu devs. these ad*
tires added German war evperta
hate frequently predated that the
western offensive util he m*ompun*
led hv n sen drive
.%u»irtn util wot hettle fur German
rr*uqm s's in either lletptum or Hue*
sle s • ordiua tu thw* iMwvdMMHMMi
New 4 defy|re
There ta m the handdi uf the state
deportmeui iu>tt*t> <faMp Ipwldamre «»f
U otde split between the AnalVhlW
end German f**r»tgn pul tries It nos
• hi* r» *f• ** #• un<* h promp ed l*rss-
tdeot \\ tlsou to teptf tu CumM f’Sef •
ulu ns he did*
It Is runshlered Ithrly that tha
Both uf this evidence IU laaodun led
King George and l*lupd‘Guume lu
disagree mth President Wtlsun s in*
letpretatlun uf the lusiriau
mier t vSeweti
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CALLS FOR WORKERS
Tillman Makes Plea to Men of Mouth
4 •
Carolina
Many replies are coming in from
all parts of the State and Horace
L. Tilghman is in charge of the Work
of preparing an eligible list of men
available for work in the shipyards
of the country. Mr. Tilghman's of
fice is in the Xatiodal Union Bank
Building, Columbia. He feels optim
istic about getting the 4,000 men
needed from South Carolina'. Wed
nesday night, William Banks^eiji-
tor of the Columbia Record, w‘ho Is
Assisting Mr., Tilghman in this^work,
received the following message from
Senator Tillman, in Washington,
chairman of the Senate committee
on. naval affairs: ” ' .
“On America rests the responsibil
ity of placing her almost infinite
stores of men and munitions and
food quickly on the western front
to crush, once for all, the strength
of the German Junkqrs. America:
now has the trained men and re
sources to accomplish this end..Only
one thing is lacking to place tlvose
resources where they will prove de
cisive, and that thing is ships.
“She has the materials, she has
the plants to produce them, but to
produce them she mirnt have the men,
preferably trained mechanf?s. ready
to assume the task and with willing
ness and enthusiasm push it to a
successful conclusion. Can the re
sponse for a moihent be doubted?
“The registration places are open.
It Is for the mechanics of America,
whose stake, in this war Is perhaps
greater Uvin that of any.other class,
to come to the* colors, not as fighters
on the front line trenches, but, jnd
as vital at the moment, as fighters
in the shipyards of America. With
their aid the end cannot he doubted
*i think'if we have any men In
Mouth Carolina who can help build
shi|>s they ought at on«*e to make up
their minds to go to work for l‘*e
government and enlist In that great
cause. General Pershing and, hi*
gallant army need re-enforremeats
and any one who ran contribute In
the least ought to get to work Im
mediately •*
RUSSIA QUITS WAR
BOLSHEVIK! DECLARE STRIFE
OVER AND DISBAND ARMY
NO TREATY SIGNED
KMXES VII'ON
No. Formal Papers Mark the Knd of
War AVith Germany, Austria, Bul
garia ami Turkey JTut Slays Now
Have no Fight With Central Pow-
1 _ers. , , / ■.
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Russia has declared, the Mate of
war to be at an end "and has ordered
the demobilization of Russian forces
on all fronts, according to a dispatch
deceived at Amsterdam Monday from
Brest-Litovsk, dated Sunday.
The'dispatch follows:
“The president of the Russian del
egation at today’s (Sunday’s) sit
ting stated that while Russia was.de-
sisting from signing a formal peace
treaty, it declared the, state of war
to be ended with Germany, Austria-
Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria, sim
ultaneously giving orders for com
plete demobilization of Russian
-forces on all fronts.
Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik! for-
edrn minister, alluding later to the
further diMtiS'dnn* that will arise
from the situation created between
the Central Powers and Russia for
the establishment of reciprocal dip
lomatic. consular, legal and econom
ic relations. Indicated a method of
direct Intercourse between the gov
ernments concerned, as well as em
ployment of the com missions of the
quadruple alliance.„wtit<)i already
are at ivtrograd •
A dispatch to The Kirbange Tele
graph from Amsterdam snya:
-There la great ew
Gcrvnaoi over the
of the state of
t
Uo>*4
taut «4 the t
revetted ihvaUMh %<
aod ttttlas tha a art ■. •**» far a* haab*
tagtoa knows lasndon has only the
test fir*! went here la January. The
test pasaed through fbe bauds uf
the German t«-a«ocs The moat star
I ling point of difference between (he
tuo tevt# ««»af eras the Belgian prob
lem It vaa illaatrated by the fol
low lag deadly parallel as the Gey*
maa tensor* let It go to Gan dun
“In s«i far at these propositions
tWflsoas foarteeni concern her
allies, whether la the case of Ger
ms ay’s possession of Itelgtam or
lu Ibe « aae of Turkey-Austria•
Mangary, faithful to ker engage
ments to fight to the end in de
fense of her allies, will defend the
possessions of her war allies an
'she would her own"
As the uncensored tezt reads:
*’As far as the proposals relate
o our aHIcs. and In them (here
s mentioned of the German hold
ings of Belgium and of the Turk
ish empire. I declare thaC faithful
to the duties of the alliance which
1 have accepted, I sm determined
to go to every extreme in defense
of our allies... The state of prop
erty of our allies hefore the war
we shall defend as our own.'*
The difference between the Ger
man a ml Austrian viewpoints are
fur?her accentuated throughout Uzer-
nin’s refer* aceaLto the Uussiun peace,
liecla ring that ‘ Austria-Hungary
11eats with Russia on the strict “no
annexations and * no indemnities"
basis, (’zernin promises that not a
foot of Russian territory will Aus
tria-Hungary accept. Nor will Aus
tria pay Russia a penny of indemni
ty. Austrian tfoops. he points out,
occupy but insignificant st ren hes of
Russian territory.
^Fhen treating of the German prob
lem with Russia, he merely states
the German contentions with regard
to the province her troops occupy.
Far from defending the German eon-
__tention for these provinces, he im
mediately follows with a statement
of Russia’s demands;
Not only v does he refuse to sus
tain Germany’s contentions against,
those of "he Russians, but the im
plication is plain that, he.considers
the Russia argument to hold much
truth. ‘ ' - j
Byt it was the distinction of Czer-
nin in alluding to the property of
her ivHyr^befoie the war*“When Ger
many had title to neither Belgium
nor ttfe Russian provinces, that call
ed Secretary Lansing and Colonel
House into conference with the pres
ident la*t week and brought forth
•the speech of the president on Mon
day.
The effect of calling attention to
lit underlying reason for the Wil-
speerh Is expected to be far*
reaching. It It toanteA upon to con
iine# the world that the defm on
of German* * major nil# It more than
n potalbiUty
Paflftameai rw#emht»d Tar*4#y
on tlp*«»e with rartqpjty a# la haw
I* ram lev l.tayd (J*««fta aaatd meat
FrasIdeal Wtleaft’t fealawt 4e* Urallaa
and the dteaaiufanuva aMalfemed by
t IP ft (an af the pveea and pa bib
aver i he Versallle* rwaoHI and aWa
a# la ha# far II M AsqnMh. tha
fanner premle«. wanld rvofmnd ta
tha demand af the eft re ms w|a**wf
fallawev* |«r the ahandanmani
of the paltry af hantvalmf t«>
narde tha gavemmaai la favor of
anive oppomtiaa hawed an a dlaap
pfaval of the geawml war polby. and
•epeetally the enlargement of tha
fwartton* af the enprome war
«|
ivvbwp* ibe
one the van trawl In tha
the pramlwv and the fnrmer pro
mler aith reforanre la brvwbleat
H Hann a epeovh Khlle Mr Aaqailh
endataed (ally the Fra at d sat a view,
••vernier Lloyd G**srae did aat even
meatbHi Mr WUssaTw laal apaerh.
and der lined la aae in I‘anal i*aer-
ala a abatement any neater approach
la reawonahle tetmw than ta t'aaat
ioa Hertliag s- Moraaver. the pre*
mter regarded the German rhanrel-
lor • demand that Grant Mtitala give
up her coaling alattana aa ptaviag
tally that the r oat roller* af tmmaa
polkv were la ao mood ta
roa»oaahle terms of
NEED MORE MONEY
*■»
WAR PROGRESS CAUSES Bib
LION DEFICIENCY BILL
**%rvy nhete* Afr
the#
Me
BOLD r«si* TO ME
t rxmd* t
Without (hr slightest tremor. Ilolo
Pasha, convicted of high treason,
heard folonel Voyer. president of
the court mart la I, pronoume sentenca-
of death upon him Thursday amid an
impressive silcYice In the courtroom
Merely shaking his head and shrug
ging his shoulders, as if to say it
wits hopeless to fight against the
odds, Bolo returned to his cell.
Awed by tho soldiers wirh fixed
bayonets those who had assembled In
the court, room .refrained from all
demojisttafion. hut The great crowds
outside the eHnrt house uttered a ter
rific ro:*r and cheers* of approval as
word of the sentence reached Them,
plainly showing the favor winch the
sentence of death round among the
French people. \ •
38 CHILDREN BURN
\
INiinneiy Destroyed i:t (aihphk—
l'iJHW ''VhW'<VnVhV'«V' ‘'*^
’fliousaml Fsf'aiM*
.... \ /
The charred bodi^is of JIN children
had been recovered late Thursday
night from the ruins of N the fcrey
Nunnery at ’Montreal, (’anada, which
was destroyed by fire.- It is feared
many more perished and searchers
believe* the toll of death might reach
100.
All the inmates of the Grey build-
irigs except the children are believ
ed to have escaped. These includ
ed nuns, nursing sisters, woundfd
or sick soldiers from over seas, aged,
sick or crippled men and women to
the number of almost 1,000.
INDORSE SUFFRAGE
Ucmocralir 4'ommittcc Vote* to Give
\ Ballot to Women
Indorsement of the federal nine nd-
ment for woman suffrage was voted
by the asomtlve committee if Wash
ington Monday after a «referendum
la tha mmmtt»eem#n tepceventlnn
the 4t afntaa
In tMe eaornttve raqimtttoe the
#nla wm Mua la Ian CM tha ft
flM* jaemhr*# af (be naGonql taaa-
nMR«*« * ’«ad fhf tha
ma KaJ n# 1 *+ pmSSESl
“If hn* been arranged that the
«eat ml aronomb •ammisaMMi hi lv
trngrad shall settle the details mi
tha reanmptmn af relatlana hataenn
ttaasta and the Fentral Foaa«s **
Germany dasttaa peace, hat
It tan ha aMaiaod
teroanlaa thrn Gr*m«s
vb tovwas. Kmperar WUimm said in
tapty ta on oddvaso peesonted by the
ha»gamne«er af llambarg an the can*
ciadab af peace a|th the I fetal**'
Tha Ifmneror’s reply, as givan m a
Mevltn dlspai< h f«db»s*
“We have nano Ihraurl
time*, evetyane haw had a
*a heat*- anajeiy,
i Mho Is l Ian and aat the
• ho ••sad* hefafe yaa Is him nave
camhtaad the rate and grtef far the
entire paapbt m lie savrana
MV eften oalofod falta paths
Ismd pofhud ant la ns by a
hard schawl the path hy ah Ml ao
•hwnld •» The anrhl. ha«*«*« at
the aame time has met bean i
• isht path M# Germena ah
beta ideal* ahaald earh ta
abaat hattat ttams Mr chndi fight
tar rinhl and mornlMF Unr l^ard
God a tehee aa la have peace, hat
a pence a herein the world wlh strive
to dh shot Is Vtfbt and goad
We oarht fa bring pence t» the
uoorbi We shall seeh Ml ececy nay
to da h. bath an end was achiev
ed Ha tarda* in a friendly meaner
with an enemy wbbh. beaten by war
armies, perceive* ao reason far fight
ing longer extend* g hand la as and
receive# ear hand We Hasp hands
Hat he aha util not arenpt
hat. aa the caairaty^ drcilaea. |
tag ant tha blood of hi# ewa|
of oar own people, must he forced
to have pea«e We desire to live
in friendship with neighboring
pie#, bat the victory of Gcrmsii
must be first M*«»gtii<«*l. Our troop#
under the great Hltidenburg mill con
tinue lo win It. Then peace will
come.*
■
Russia step* formally out of the
wsr by set of the Bolsheviki Gov-
ernmtnt which mixed the reins of
power in Detrogrsil Inst November
a u*l almost imtuiMlhttcly opt.Mied
P»*ucc negotiations with the (Yntral
Kmpirc. The Authority of this gov-
♦‘rnnieni seems virtually un<|ucstioti-
*•*1 at pres4‘n4 Hi.. .Northern Ru^via
anfl the Teutonic Powers already
have assurance of tbc cessation of
even nominal hostilities along vir
tually all the remainder of/th* 1 oiig-
iual long line in th** east by signing
a peace, with the Ukraine and iso
lating Rumania. • /
Although cutting little figur" in
the war for nearly a ^zear past, Hus-.
Kin’s great, indeed vi'al part in the
conflict comes forcibly to' mind as
the circumstance^ leading up to her
exit.Arp revteweg. Becoming a belli-
gerent on August through
Xlermany’s declaration *)f war upon
her, )»er trpops were soon sweeping
through East Prussia, creating a di-
iversihn which hampered The Ger
mans their first dash throtigh
BelgiumN(nd upon Paris. Though
disastrously defeated by Hindenburg
at Tannenberg she rallied quickly
and by winterAvas hammering again
at the German borders and her
great armies overrunning Austrian
territory in Galicia v were at tl*e
creata of the Carpathians and threat
ening an ’invasion of Hungary..
It took the bulk of the Au*trian
armie* and a largo* proportion of
<H k rman'g virtually an entire )ear'*
cam|»al|piing in I PIN to break Hu*-
*la’* hodd on (■aUHa, drive her out.
of Poland and the lower Baltic let-
litory and force her armie* to the
line at Bre*l-IJtov*k. But not yet
di-organi/ed #he fought through
IhU rreatiag havoc among the Aa*-
trlaa armie# la Vdlhyala and GallHa
and la Aria Minor, driving tha Turk#
no* af virtually all Tnrkuh A*are-
$377,732,800 FOR BOMBS
, ,, , ' •; ^ *. . ' ' > .* ’ . ' - >
Charleston Figures in Vast Totals,
to l>e Spent Tlieie for
Storage DpjMd ttiid Ordnance IHv
pdt is to b© Built Also—(ireat
Siiins to he Spt*nt to Got War
Machinery Ready. .
A billion-dollar urgent detictency
appropriation bill, the largest of its
kind in the history of Congress, Was
favorably reported to the House by
Chairman Sherley, of the appropria
tions committee.
Principal items for- the army in
the billion-dollar urged deficiency
appropriation bill favorably reported
to the house includes |277,7’.I2,<h(U
tor bombs -airplanes. IIuo.ohm.ouO
for quarter master storage plants on
the seacoast and at.interior points,
and $81,000,000 for mounted, field,
seige and other artillery, in addition
to the billion dollars already spent
for ordnance and contract authoriz
ations (or $7iImhio.ihmi additional. *
In asking for an appropriation of
IIou.ihhi.hihi for storage and ship
ping facilities, ‘with an authoriza
tion of f.*'•».uuo.oiHt more MaJ. Gen.
G. W. Gocthals. acting quartet master
general, dmclosed that It ta proptwed
to »pend from l-'Gvoo.goo to $•
ooa.otoo t-oiarging the Hush termln-
ala a| Brooklyn. Storage plant# nt
Norfolk, Va., will «o«t $.• #«•••» hum.
nt t’hnrlaston. H C • 13,j»m*.«•••*, nt
Bnltlmore, fh.feia.ooo; nt pbilatlel-
pbln. tt2.totl.nta and at Boston.
Iia.iaa.mia,
Th# intertar plan*a. th# baratian#
of ahbh w#r# not given will «ua
l^a.mKt.aaa
Ta r««mpi#t# the *tamga nt Gav
• (•.^ad. N Y l^.aoa uoa fe
a*fertf ahila n atafng# haaa#' at New *
nth* v, Jj . ntu r«a»l It ##•*.*•••• yttov-
ngc haw*#* nlraad) hava he* 1 a hatlt
ni Harrmun. J , and Natfoih
Th# hill nlna t#v#al# that tha ar
my medtral carp* ronfemplnteu an
n«gr#«si# «a»« af |i.a#a.aaa (•# n*
•to*# haaani at Naa Varh. I w hlln4#l-
phla, t hbmMa. M* l^*ai* dan Fran*
tawn. luoaluvilW. Washlngtan. Wa-
levtana, Maa Antania and Atlanta
Tha ardnaar# 4* part
HUNS ARE SUSPICIOUS
Central Powers l nea*y Over AtU*
tnde of Trotzky
Cneaslness over the Russian ait-
uation in German and Austrian offi
cial circles" la ^indicated In reports
in the German 11 press. The central
powers are said to be uncertain con
cerning the future attitude of For
eign Minister Trotzky and the Bol
shevik government and one Berlin
newspaper says that the announce
ment ( tlj’at the Russian army had
been, ordered de mobilized was a
'sham jjjhneuver." „ *
German- leaders are said to have
held conferences as to the best course
to'pursue. One report is to the ef
fect that military operations against
the Bolshevik! might be resumed,
but both Berlin and Vientfa appear
to be anxious over the probable fate
of the many thousands of Austro-
German prisoners in Russian hands.
Circulation of the message order
ing the demobilization pf the Rus
sian army, the German paper says,
was halted three ho’urs after the or
der was* sent out.
INVESTIGATE WORK
LEGISIATURE OVER
AUGUST KOHN REVIEWS ACTS
FOR NEWS AND COURIER
•f .
LITTLE ACCOMPLISHED
Columbia Correspondent of Charles
ton Caper Sends Interesting Letter
About l/egislative Doing*—*Gener-
al Assembly Acted With Unusual
Independence.
Wilson-^Orders Probe Into Ship
Building Near Fbilailelpbia
Investigation by life department
of justice nt (he American Interna
tional .Corporations construction of
the government * big fabricating
steel shipyard at Hog Island, Pa,
was ordered by President Wilson
with the view to criminal proaem-
tU»n if the lacta develop more (ban
icrklcs* cfejM'iiditure# of government
money. *
At the Mine time Chairman Hur
ley of tnc shypping board, who had
requested the move, indicated that
th# corporation’# contracts for build
ing the yards and ships Involving
many million* of doliara. might be
cancelled, wtilth nns taken to mean
that tbe governmeni might tab# over
th# yard, complete Us construction
and balld tb# ships Itself
PACIFISTS VeET DEFEAT
Charleston. Hslt m-r* « hfe>#n»
Fh*#««en ttjjwi
•II. Ptevetnnd
f* d Me** ttssrk Istnnd dan Fran
rtsms and Hmli n. nith •imrm&m Inr
napbmves st Itnvtann Kivor. M J
Th# *mnel corps s sai* momg# at
liisvton « incinnnti Huflal*
M
mmm
given lo the commit«## hy
meat cn et* during the po*
The tesitmony of « s>on<
nf th# ordnance depart mu
the* the total emonnt avnilaht# for
this purpose since th# hsctnntng mi
the unr under direst appropriations
and contract aathoruaiions una II.-
vIfe.nop.ouu. of uhhrh amount or
der* hnv# been ptmod reqnlrtng ul
timate eapendKare of fl.SeS.nnn^
nno, leaving still ataftlaM* far con
tracts |:M.#ne.oo# ||e «etd the It.-
fel fe.aen.sog Was intended in
ammunition
An amendment prop wag in th#
itvttmh parliament hy Miehard Mott,
mdhml. eipreoiing regret that “In
eexotdence otth th# d#rtstnn# mi III#
supr#ms nnr conhrtl nt \ eranUle* I the
pfcooc ullon of the military effort Is
In he th# only immediate ie*a nf
the a-* era meat ’ nns ro|#rted hy a
vote of let in ft, • Th# mMartiy
composed mainly of pnrtfmta
land llegh Cevrtl had declared that
the adapt Ian nf the amendment
involve the reovanniion af tha
About a generation ago the dis
tinguished A. Bi Williams wrote
sketches about the South Carolina
General Assembly for his newspa
per. the Greenville Times. In de
scribing a Legislature that had then
just adjourned, he called It tha
“June bug" LTpgislature, and ex
plained that be used this name be
cause the Legislature had been tied
by a string from "downstairs" and
that whenever “downstairs"—that
is. the Governor’s' office—wanted
anything done, It pulled the string
and that was all that was neces
sary. That was In the days of In
tense feeling. John Gary Lvans was
in the gubernatorial chair. Things
are entirely different now. If this
General Assembly is entitled to any
dUtlnfiilshing name. It would be tbe
“butterfly" i>gislature, because th#
member* flit about from flower to
flower, sipping the nectar, and go
ing on to the nett flower, entire
ly independent and ignorant of the
existence of any |’downsta!ra" or any
one else If there ever was n Legis
lature that waa eatlrely and abso
lutely foot-louee. It waa tb# 0#n#ral
Assembly that has Just adjourned.
There are tbr#« reasons for thin:
Flrsi. there waa no Intensity of foe-
tlonol feeling wbfteh brongbt elonv-
ago la tb# voting. #erond. because
i .li M h.
ed them sufftcteoity Ml tbe making
of bta appoint mint#; and. third, hm
cause Govv
sad la a
er thaa a politic Ian. as a
he |* * distinct failure, as
rut. honest type of adl
Is o die'
There
or tm
meat gome norden fight
f the any tine nf do
if H
Wilma s lolQQ^ apoorh
SI B TILL
tisioaol governmeni, I
•hy. a* m-fitster of war
In Jnly. Ikl«, began an offensive
In Volhyata and GallHa which waa
In the full tide of surrees when dis
affection among her troop# broke
out and etopped tbe effort
Hlnro Augast last Huasla has fig
ured In the great world conflict aa
a military factor only by rea*on that
slid still held' numbers of Germans
and Austrian troops on her fron
tiers, awaiting the forces of dlsor-
ganizatiooi wRidt) to bring about her
final disfntegrffHon.v^sJp
struggled against in vtnn by Keren
sky. was constantly acreb-rated by
virtue of the divided authority set
up at IVtrograd. The council of sol-
diers anti* work men, representing the
proletariat and claiming' virtually
supreme poncis. finally In Novem
ber last formally took over the pow
er it had long in fa'-t exercised. \
The rest is < omparatively recent
history. Under Lenine and Titrtzky
an armistice was brought about on
all Russian fronts on December 4
and peace negotiations \yiMi ' (he
(’entral Powers were miened at
Brest-!Atovsk on December 23. The
(’entral Empires agreed to adhere
to the general principles of no an
nexations. no indemnities and self-
(leter mi nation of peoples and there
was held open tp-tlie Entente Fowers
the opportunity of joining in the ne
gotiations and have them lead up*
to a general peace No favor was
found for this proposition among the
Allied nations, however, the good
faith of the .Germans in particular
in making this offer being doubted.
This doubt was lately found by the
Russians to be well founded.'
Notwithstanding thjs, however,
the negotiations were continued.
Meanwhile Russia was fast splitting
up. District after district declared
its independence. Finland and Uk
raine being th»* notable example*. The
Ukraine opened separate negotia
tion^ with th* 4 Uentral Powers and
these culminated last Saturday in
the siRolng of a peace agreement.
It has been made fairly Hear,
however, that Germany had no idea
of yielding to the Ifolahevlki on the
goe»Hon of evacuation of JfuasAaa
occupied temtorv which had been
the •ticking povm hi the nogntm-
MhM*. amt that she waa preparing
virtually in Aae# the Hofcfcevihl
aa hmg the canid mahe peace
wthh the f'ktwsne dad mwaga
of
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ho# not yot boo# b*
Walking by fbe
am th
la the .
admiralty statement
CM theee thirteen
l.gee ton# or more,
under that tonnage.
of the quantitle# needed, for 2.t»M. 4
t*oo men, inHudlag the ammunition
needed for the light trench mortars.
The $ HI,tHjo.ooo additional he de
clared. is asked as the result of a
change in the military program. In
cluding new requirement* for a large
number of Hhell, for ammunition
process for gun* mounted on tank*, and $7, :
OttO.oou for a plant designed for the
filling of projectiles with gases and
$2,000,000 for a plant for the same
purpose to be erected in France.
At this examination oefore the
committee, Chairman Sherley’s re
port sai<L General Wheeler, of tire
ordnance bureau, Jnought out that
the government-had an arrangement
with the French to supply artillery
and ammunition to. a certain num-
_ "Nothing ** The
help up hfto two band# and
largo “naught 1 ■
egg,’ tb# third said that In bln opin
ion the moel Important thing bad
been the establishment of tb# Horn##
for Feebl#-mln#d and Wayward
Girls, invovlvlng at tbe outset an ex
penditure *of $100,000. Handling
the vice situation, the Austrian bal
lot law and Htate Insurance and cot
ton might well have been added. The
fact I* that the General Assembly
is now getting to be largely a court
for the decision of local matters.
When the statutes are published It
will, be found that 98 per cent of
the legislation enacted, outside of
the appropriation bill, is strictly of
u local character; and that the re
maining 2 per cent covers what is
of general and Vtyte-wide import
ance; •
In one of the modem dramas, 4ho
statement is made that Jhere are
only two real problems in life, and
that every other Issue is kindred to
her of American troops arriving in
Ftatvee, but after these units are sup- . __ w „
plied the United States would fully p t^ ese two problems; they are prop-
eqmp additional troops. ~~ jr ’
Major General Squire, chief signal
officer, testified the signal corps has
spent or (^ligated all the $640,000,-
»M»0 appropriated to carry, out its air
plane program, and has incurred ob
ligations that wiH x equal $90,000,-
0(i0 in addition and may go beyond
that, for-the present fiscal year. He
asked
7 7,732,000 to procure
bombs for the airplanes.!
Discussing storage and shipping
facilities, General Goethals said ap
proximately $100.00,000,. with au
thorization of $50,000,000 more, is
needed for storage of quartermas
ter supplies along theTTelTcOasfTTn-
cluding huge amounts for various
specific terminals.
Federal Food Administrator Hoov
er said the combined food and fuel
administrators so far have had total
appropriation*'of $5,513,000 out of
which there ha* been an actual ex
penditure of $1,985,429, and there
are now outstanding obligation* of
92.272Jfe3, leaving. $1,257,950 bal
ance. He asked *|2,o00,ov0 more
now.
Frovost Marshal Frovdtr. la ask*
lag aa approprtatJoa of aa aMHioa-
o! Ita.ewe.we# ‘for draft vegi«tr»-
t •otifiod uhft
hrg»*«f»t .«# ••>
lastodiSM Mihail
•elertfeuo.
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af II add Id
erty and* sex. In South Carolina,
and particularly in the General As
sembly, this Is no doubt- true; but
liquor certainly ought to be added.
These topics cover the sum total of
the important legislation, both af
firmative and negative.
The lack of cooperation 'between
“downstairs" and the legislative
body Is perhaps responsible for the
decided tendency of the ' Genera!
Assembly to take unto itself as
much of the elective ahif appointive
power as possible. 'Tnis was the
fundamental fight in connection with
^tth the Council pf JtefeiLSfi legisUu.
tlbh, and those who insisted upon
the legislative delegations naming
the personnel of the membership
from the counties now without Rep
resentation won. It was the same
in the game warden situation; the
only bill that had a ghost of a show
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