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WAVE OF PROTEST
SWEEPS GERMANY
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ANGRY, BITTER REMONSTRANCE
AGAINST THE PEACE TERMS.
Scorn, Condemnation
For First Time in History German
Parties Are United in
Opinion.
Berlin, Saturday, May. 10.?The
protests that came from various
- quarters in Germany over the peace
terms, as they were reported before
the official terms became known, are
as nothing in comparison with the
wave of remonstrance?angry, bitter,
disappointed in tone today?that is
sweeping over Germany now that the
treaty has been presented. States,
municipalities, districts, organizations
of various sorts, business men's
and women's clubs and the political
parties, through their spokesmen, are
vieing with each other in finding
<* words in which to express scorn and
condemnation for the document.
i- - w United in Opinion.
. For perhaps the first time in history
the .German parties are united
in opinion,-each of them assailing thb
terms Germany is asked to sign, for
the body of the Independent Socialist
/ party does not appear to agree with
its organ, Die Freiheit, that Germany
should sign the peace on the terms
presented. The newspapers are utterly
swamped with the protests, being
able to print but a fraction of
them. They are urged to this by The
T&geblatt, which says the unfriendly
attitude towards the treaty taken by
the Socialists of other countries will
not be of assistance, because they art>
in the minority in their countries,
and the Germans must protest for
themselves.
The government likewise is being
overwhelmed with telegrams, which ,
It is utterly unable to answer save
by public announcement of its grati- ,
tude.
View of Terms.
In the criticisms President Wilson
is only mildly assailed here and
there, since word has gone to the
press from official quarters that he
is not to be taken to task. The assertions
upon which stress is laid are ,
that the proposed peace lacks all elements
tf justice and conforms in no
way to the president's 14 points,
while indignation is expressed over
terms characterized as unbearable ,
and as spelling slavery for the Ger/inan
people. Some of the protestants ;
declare they are deeply moved and
outraged by the provisions of the
, . .
^ treaty, while others express deep conr
tempt for what they call a "brutal
peace of force." The expression, "a ,
verdict of death," is one frequently
used.
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/ Best Course Is to Sign Treaty.
Berlin, via London, May 11.?
Maximilian Harden, editor of the i
Berlin Die Zukunft, writing on the
peace treaty, says:
"The peace conditions are not
harder than I expeoted. They were
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people. But could one have really ,
expected them otherwise?
\ . "The Germans have not given very
convincing mental guarantees during
i the six months since the revolution
that they have changed their system;
on the contrary, the present govern- i
* ment and the press have used the
same methods of incitement, the :
same tricks of bluff as under the old
rule of the petty nobility. i
"The government's proclamations
and speeches are only bad copies of i
the kaiser's time. The whole press
- resounds in protests and has started i
a campaign of incitement against the
allies, couched in violent language, i
It is agitating for refusal to sign the j
treaty, and to what use? All must ,
know that the allies, by keeping up '
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districts, can force Germany to sign 1
whatever they want.
Would Be Suicidal.
> "The allies have been threatened :
that Germany would join the Bolsheviki.
But that would be suicidal.
The only way to rescue the country <
is by openness and honesty. The rev- :
olution has been a great disappointment.
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"Germany should have sent -men :
who would have laid their cards on :
the table and got the allies to under- <
stand that some of the conditions <
were unacceptable. If Germaiiy ]
showed its good will to do what is in ]
its power to comply with the allies' ]
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PUTS BIG LOAX OVER.
?
Victory Campaign Crowned With
Success at Close.
Washington, May 10.?The fifth
and last popular war loan of the
United States has been oversubscribed.
Although the approximate
total subscription will not be known
for nearly two weeks, figures available
tonight showed that the American
people had responded generously
to the appeal to "finish the job."
Like all .of its predecessors, the
Victory liberty loan suddenly jumped
on. the last day of the campaign
above the mark set as its limit. The
day brought an avalanche of subscriptions
which banks could not attempt
to count until next week. None
of today's harvest was included in
the total of $3.S49,638,000 subscriptions
officially tabulated tonight by
the treasury and officials would not
be surprised to see the final figures
to nearly $6,000,000,000. Only
$4,500,000,000 will be accepted.
Late today Secretary Glass issued
this statement:
"While the official reports to the
treasury department show only $3,849,638,000
subscribed up to noon
on Saturday, unofficial advices from
the several districts indicate that
without any doubt the Victory liberty
loan is already largely oversubscribed,
with every district making a
determined effort to gather in every
possible subscription before midnight:
For Fifth Time.
"Thus for the fifth time the country
has met the call of the treasury
department for the funds required
and the great Liberty Loan organization
has once again proved its
metal."
The only gauge which officials
could use in an attempt to estimate
subscriptions not yet tabulated was
provided by the record of the fourth
loan,- when $2,392,000,000 was reported
after vthe subscription drive
had ceased. The last reports obtainable
when the fourth campaign ended
3howed-$4,599,000,000 already tabulated
or 76 per cent, of the $6,000,000,000
total, although final sub
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Blackville News.
Blackville, May 10.?Mrs. Rika
Rich is visiting in Augusta, the guest
of Mrs. Jake Leny.
Mr. J. M. Farrell has gone on a
pleasure trip to Mt. Clemons, Mich.
Mrs. William Duncan has as her
guest her brother, John P. Duralde,
of Columbia.
Miss Virginia Ayer is visiting in
Savannah.
Miss Caroline O'Gorman has returned
from a visit to Savannah.
Miss Emmie Plunket, of Atlanta,
has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Charlie Martin.
Miss Lena Whittle has returned
from a visit to Charleston and has as
her guest Mrs. Emmie Hill.
Mr. and' Mrs. Charles Martin attended
the Martin-Martin wedding in
Charleston.
The school children enjoyed a picnic
at Holman's bridge on Saturday.
Mrs. Robert Ayer entertained the
U. D. C. chapter Tuesday afternoon.
The Aid Society of the Methodist
church met at the residence of Mrs.
E. H. Weissinger Monday afternoon.
But Not a Joy Forever.
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Young Tom Toots was in the country
and had been invited to the beautiful
home of a sweet young thing
named Agnes.
"What a charming place," he said,
enthuiastically, to Agnes's proud, paternal
parent. "Does It go as far as
those woods over there?"
"It does," remarked the somewhat
unsympathetic father.
"Ah," said Tom, still cheeril, "and
to that old stone wall over there,
3ir?"
"It does," came the gruff answer,
"and it goes as far as the river on
the south and to the main road on
the north."
"Beautiful!" put in Tom. *
"Yes," went on the old man, "but
it doesn't go with Aggie!"
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Silas (in a whisper)?Did you get
i peep at the underworld at all while
rou wuz in New York, Ezry?
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requests, the allies would see that
conditions were changed in favor of
Germany because they know there
must be a Germany and that it is impossible
to destroy ;he "German people."
GERMANS RECEIVE
THE PEACE TREATY
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* ALSACE AND LORRAINE RESTORED
TO FRANCE.
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France to be Protected
England and America Come to Assistance
of France in Case of Unprovoked
Attack By Germany.
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treaty of peace, submitted to the
German delegates at Versailles today
1 by the representatives of the associat1
ed powers, reduces Germany to military
impotence, deprives her of her
colonies, restores Alsace and Lorraine
to France, and provides for reparation
to the nations injured by the
war. "
This was made known in an official
summary of the treaty, cabled from
the American peace commission to
the committee on public information
in Xew York. At the same time official
announcement was made that
President Wilson had pledged himself
to propose to the senate an agreement
that the United States, in conjunction
with Great Britain, would
go to the assistance of France in case
of unprovoked attack by Germany.
The announcement of this proposed
agreement was made in a statement
supplementing the official summary
fo the peace treaty, which reads:
"In addition to the securities at-1
forded in the treaty of peace, the
president of the United States has
pledged himself to propose to the I
senate of the United States, and the
prime minister of Great Britain has j
pledged himself to propose to the
parliament of Great Britain, an
agreement, subject to the approval of
the council of the league of nations,
to come immediately to the assistance
of France in case of unprovoked attack
by Germany."
Main Points in Treaty.
The main points in the peace
treaty follow:
Alsace and Lorraine go to France.
All the bridges over the Rhine on
their borders are to be in French control.
The port of Danzig is permanently
internationalized and most of upper
Silesia is ceded to Poland, whose independence
Germany recognizes. Poland
also receives the province of
Posen and that portion of the province
of West Prussia west of Vistula.
The Saar coal basin is temporarily
internationalized. The coal mines go
to France.
Germany recognizes the to.tal independence
of German-Austria and
Czecho-Slovakia.
Germany's colonies are taken from
her by the clause in which she renounces
all her territorial and political
rights outside Europe. The league
of nations will work out the manda-1
tory system for governing these colonies.
Belgium is conditionally given the!
Malmedy and Eupen districts of Prussia
bordering on Belgium, with the
opportunity to be given the inhabitants
to protect. The league of nations
has the final decision.
Luxemburg is set free from the j
German customs union.
All concessions and territory in
China must be renounced. Shantung
is ceded to Japan. Germany recognizes
the French in Morocco and the
British protectorate over Egypt.
German troops and authorities
must evacuate Schleswig-Holstein
north of the Kiel canal within 10
days after peace. A commission will
be appointed to supervise a vote of |
self-determination in the territory,
and the districts wishing to join
Denmark will be ceded by Germany.
Helgoland must be demolished and
by German labor; the Kiel canal must
be opened to all nations.
Army of 100,000 Men.
The German cables in dispute are
surrendered. Germany may not have
an army of more than 100,000 men
and cannot resort to conscription.
She must raze all her forts for
50 kilometers east of the Rhine and
is almost entirely prohibited from
producing war materials. Violation
of the 50 kilometer zone restriction
will be considered an act of war.
Only six capital ships, of not more
than 10,000 tons each, are allowed
Germany for her navy. She is permitted
six light cruisers, 12 destroyers
and 12 torpedo boats in addition
to six battleships, but no submarines.
All civilian damages are to be re
HARD FOUGHT TRIAL.
Elijah Douglass and His Son Convicted
at Orangeburg.
Orangeburg. May 11.?Elijah
Douglass and his son. Otis Douglass,
were convicted here Saturday afternoon,
Elijah Douglass being convicted
of murder with recommendation
to mercy, and Otis Douglass being
convicted of manslaughter. The case
lasted nearly three days, and was one
of the hardest fought murder cases
ever witnessed at the local courthouse.
Each day a large crowd was
present, as the parties each had large
family connections in the western
section of the county. Wm. C. Wolfe,
leading counsel for the defense, gave
notice of motion for a new trial next
week, and sentence upon the two defendants
was postponed until then.
It will be remembered that the
killing of Fuller Sandford was the
cause of the trial. The testimony
showed that there was a plot to steal
the 16-year-old daughter of Elijah
Douglass to marry one Belton Garrick.
On last Christmas Eve night,
the girl in company with several of
her friends, attempted to escape from
her father's house, and Eden Douglass,
the 16-year-old daughter of
Elijah Douglass, was met at a ditch
by Mr. Fuller Sandford, now deceased.
Otis Douglass and Elijah
Douglass followed. Otis Douglass
and Fuller Sandford got in a fight in
an oat patch, and in a few minutes
Elijah Douglass came up, and in the
fight, Elijah Douglass shot Sandford
three times and killed him.
Branchville News.
Branchville, May 9.?The farmers
are having to work hard and fast
now. The crops wrere held back on
account of the cool snaps a few weeks
ago, and now with this warm weather '
the grass is growing fast. If much
rain comes in the next few weeks
they will have a hard time to overcome
the grass. A good reduction in
cotton acreage is being made in this
section.
The fire which recently destroyed
the Southern railway depot was de'
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such a-good headway that it was only
possible to keep it from spreading.
About 35 or 40 bales of cotton were
on the platform but on account of the '
wind were never in danger.
The farmers are turning loose a .
little cotton now from time to time.
They believe it is better to sell a
little at these prices than to have to
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borrow money to go on.
A large number of the boys are returning
home now from overseas.
The greatest interest seems to be in
the thirtieth division as this division
seems to have more local boys than
any other division. The good ladies
of Branchville have certainly been
very patriotic. Practically every train
of soldiers that has passed through
have been given various kinds of
"eats," sandwiches of all kinds,
doughnuts, small cakes and numerous
other dainties. At first the ladies
did not have very many biscuits, but ]
after the first train or two they
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realized that the boys really enjoyed
the good old home-made biscuits '
best. Whenever they would see a
basket of biscuits they would all want
one as they said they had not seen
one since they left home.
Smile while you're awake and
I vou'll lausrh in vour sleeD.
imbursed by Germany, the initial pay- 1
ment to be 20,000,000,000 marks, 1
subsequent payments to be secured
by bonds. 1
She must replace shipping ton for
ton, handing over a great part of her 1
mercantile tonnage and turning out *
new construction for the purposes. 1
She must also devote her economic '
resources to rebuilding the devastat- !
ed regions. J
Parts of Germany will be occupied (
on a diminishing scale until repara
tion is made.
Germany must agree to the trial of 1
former Emperor William by an inter- '
national court for a supreme offense 1
against international morality and to
the trial of others of her subjects for
violations of the laws and customs of
war. 1
The allies and Germany accept the
league of nations, Germany, however,
accepting only in principle and not as
a member. <
All treaties and'agreements with 1
Bolshevik Russia must be abrogated <
as well as the treaty of Bucharest <
with Rumania. I
German prisoners of war are to be
repatriated but the allies will hold
German officers as hostages for Ger- i
mans accused of crimes. 1
CHARLESTON RIOT
COSTS TWO LIVES
XKGROES KILLED IX CLASH WITH
BLUEJACKETS.
Number Badly'Hurt
Xavy Authorities Conduct Searching
Investigation vnto Race Trouble
Saturday Xight.
Charleston, May, 11.?Out of the
confusion on the heels of the rioting
here late last night and early this
morning, it is established by city and
county authorities today that two neor
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,j anics laiucii aii u isaav; JLUJUIYtor,
are dead and at least 17 negroes
sufficiently wounded to be treated in
the municipal hospital. Seven bluejack
are reported to have been
wounded.
It was learned today that the leave
of all bluejackets at the navy yard
and the naval training camp has been
indefinitely canceled, only those with
special permits to be allowed off their
reservations. Meantime the naval authorities
are carrying forward a
searching investigation into the serious
disorders between bluejackets
and negroes.
John G. Mansfield, county coroner,
who has ordered inquests into the
deaths of Docktor and Talbert, is
carefully collecting the evidence in
these cases. The rioting was precipitated
after the fatal wounding of
Docktor, who is alleged to have assaulted
and shot a bluejacket.
Charleston was agog today with
comment on the rioting. The police
department has taken precautions
against a recurrence, even though
bluejackets are not permitted in
town. While the negro population
appears to be quiet the authorities do
not propose to take any chances. Marines
from the navy yard barracks will
again patrol the streets should this be
considered necessary. The patrol by
marines in the early hours this morning
was done through the co-operation
of Rear Admirals Francis E.
Beatty and Benjamin C. Bryan, commandant
of the Sixth naval district,
and of the navy yard, respectively,
with Major Tristram T. Hyde.
Practically all the rifles taken by
bluejackets from shooting galleries
have been recovered. At the police
3tation where many persons were taken
during the height of the rioting
there is a remarkable assortment of
weapons, ranging from pistols and
rifles down to brickbats.
A bullet Saturday night wounded a
negro girl on an up town street. She
and her companion were a considerable
distance from the rioting and it I
is supposed that the wound was inflicted
by a bullet that had been fired
into the air. Her name was not recorded,
as the wound was not serious.
With respect to the origin of the
rioting, reports are conflicting, but it
appears that Violent trouble broke
out after a quarrel between Docktor
and several bluejackets on Beaufain
street, near Charles. Bluejackets refused
to say what they knew about
it and negro prisoners and patients
professed their ignorance.
Just how word of the disorder
spread so rapidly among the bluejackets
in town on leave is not explained,
but in a very few minutes
about 2,000 were in- the mob which
shouted: "Get the negroes," and similar
phrases. According to the police
and other reports, several of their
victims were innocent of any offense
to the bluejackets. One was dragged
put of a Broad street car in spite of
the motorman's effort to save him.
A.nother was dragged from a King
street car and shot down in front of
i fashionable restaurant, which was
crowded at the time. A third was
ranked from a motor touring car of
which he was chauffeur. Until dawn
aegro chauffeurs refused to take out
ears and the taxi business was broken
iown for about six hours.
TO SURRENDER EX-KAISER.
FTolland Decides to Accede to Allies*
Demand.
London, May 11.?The. Dutch government
has decided to surrender the
[ormer German emperor to the allied
ind associated powers, according to
i dispatch from The Hague to The
National News.
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Waterman Fountain Pens always
:n stock at Herald Book Store. Orders
:aken for repairs to Waterman pens.
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PRESIDENT'S PROMISE.'
No Mystery or Privacy About it, Says
Executive.
Washington, May 9.?In response
to an inquiry from Secretary Tumulty.
President Wilson cabled today
that he had promised France to propose
to the senate in connection with
the peace treaty "a supplement in
which we shall agree subject to the
approval of the council of the league
of nations to -come immediately to
the assistance of France in case of
unprovoked attack by Germany."
"Happily there is no mystery or
privacy about what I have promised
the government here," the president
cabled. "I have promised to propose
to the senate a supplement in which
we shall agree, subject to the approval
of the council of the league
of nations, to come immediately to
the assistance of France in case of
unprovoked attack by Germany, thifs
merely nastenmg tne action to wnicn
we should be bound by the covenant
of the league of nations." ^
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TEETH OF MANY VARIETIES.
Even Beetles and Worms Boast a
Dental Equipment.
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(Literary Digest.)
The teeth of all kinds and sizes
are shown in a new exhibit recently
installed in the American Museum of
National History in New York.
A press bulletin from the museum
signed by George JPindar, chairman
of the public information committee,
describes the odd varieties of teeth
shown in the exhibit, from the comnl
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lantern," worn by the sea urchins,
up to the fang of the lion. The former,
we are told, consists of five
pyramidal jaws, each carrying a long
slender tooth of continuous growth,
which moves forward in the jaws as
it wears away at the point. The
horseshoe crab wears his teeth on
his legs, at the first joints of which
is a series of spines and sharp points.
The food is torn to bits on these and
worked into the mouth opening. The
lobster's teeth are to be found on
his fourth to ninth appendages. Some
of them are adapted to seizing the
food, others to grinding it. The exhibit
also reveals the little known J
fact that the beetle and worm boast
teeth as useful and efficient as any.
"Of course there are teeth of many
kinds. But the typical tooth of a
vertebrate or back boned animal, as
shown in cross section, consists of
pulp contained in a cavity, which by
deposition of lime in its exterior portion
becomes dentine, ivory, or bone,
forming the body of the tooth; enamel,
overlying the dentine on the
crown of the tooth, and cement, usu- t
ally surounding the base and sometimes
covering part or all of the enamel
of the crown. The teeth of some
animals, however, the sperm whale,
for exairmle. have no enamel whatso
ever.
"In man, as in most mammals, the
teeth are set ip distinct, separate
sockets, and are separated by a membrane
from the surrounding bone.
But nature has other ways of implanting
the teeth. The extinct sea
reptile known to scientists as ichthyosaurus
had his teeth planted in a
continuous shallow groove as was the
habit with certain birds which lived
many centuries ago. Modern birds,
however, have adopted the fashion of
going toothless.
"Another sort of attachment of the
teeth is by means of a bony union of
the outer side of the teeth with the .
inner side of the jaw. In a fourth
case the base of the tooth is completely
fused with the side of the
jaw. It is another evidence of a
beneficient nature that man, the only
creature who is given to having his
teeth extracted, does not have his
teeth implanted in this last way.
Some animals have the advantage pf
teeth which are more or less movable.
due to the fact that they are
attached to the jaws by ligaments.
This is the case with many fishes and
some reptiles. With snakes this arrangement
facilitates the swallowing
of the food."
Larger Damages Required.
Lawyer?Don't you think $25,000
cash would be punishment enough for
this breach of promise?
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The Aggrieved?ivo, inaesn; a
want him to marry me.?Boston
Transcript.
Dampening Report.
First Student?The idea; my napkin
is damp.
Second Student?Perhaps that's
because there is so much due on your
board.?Standford Chaparral.
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