The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 25, 1915, Image 6
BERMAHY WILL NOT
ALTER HER POSITION
Declaring a War Zone Around
trie British Isles
IS COURTEOUS BUT FlRMi
Complete Text of the Answer
Made Last V/cck to Note of
Protest from America.
Official W;t.-I>i:T};to:i :;ct tired last j
week of w;dti for Go: numy's r<pi; !
to tii 4 Atiw lean not e protest in;.'|
ilH1 ' i. :?: '"11 Oi II Will' 1
zone in tlv? v. r> : ur: oundiug the |
British Isles. "i ly about the ' ah
of the v. eel: the " y of Civ many
was received. M? pa no ( - 'u
.
will be eia: us t . .he era' \ 1 \1
of this i\ i y and i? therefore published
in full . 3 fc
"The imp 'id ::e,sx has ox-1
aniined the comrai: a from the
Unite 1 States ii same spirit cf
good will and fvi a'., by which t!..
communication a.pp avs to have L? n
dictated. Th( imperial government is
in accord with the UrhPcd Slrus government
that f >r b th. pa. tics it is ir.
a high degree d.'si" \biv to avoid misunderstandings
win h might aviso
from measures announced by the (h yman
admiralty and to provide against
the occurrence of irci lents which
might trouble the friendly relations
which so far happily exist between the
two governments.
Measure of .S 11 Defense
"With regard to the assuring of
these friendly relations, the Gorman i
government believes that it may ah
the more reckon on a full understanding
with the United States as a procedure
announced by the Gorman admiralty,
whicli was fully explained in
the note Of i ho 4th instant io in no i
way directed against legitimate com-.
merce and legitimate shipping ofj
neutrals, bul represents solely a J
measure of self-defense, imposed on i
Germany by her vital interests,'!
against England's method of warfare,
which is contrary to international law,
and which so far no protest by neutrals
has suet n? led in bringing back
to the general'.-* recognized principles
of law as existing before the outbreak
of war.
"In order to exclude all doubt regarding
the card: ail points, the Gcr-1
man government once more begs i
leave to state how things stand. Un-,
til now Germany has unserupiouslv ob
served valid international rules regarding
naval warfare. At the very '
beginning of the war German;, immed ;
iately agreed to the propose of the
American government to ratify the
new declarat ion of London, and took |
over its coat. Us unaltered, and without
formal oohgntion, into her prizelaw.
"'idie German government has |
obeyed these ir.'cs, even when they
were diamet ic ,'i <pposed to her
military ii.t r ,>.e Lor instance, Ger
many allowed transportation of
provisions to England from Denmark !
until today, ; It ho ugh she was well
able, by her sea forces,.to prevent it.
In conlTadic Jon to th.is atiitudo, j
England lias not even hesitated at a |
ovv./i-.u inn i..c,v;:i?ih oi international i
law, if by such means she could paralyze
the peaceful commerce of Germany
with neutrals. The German
government will be the less obliged
to enter into details, as those are put
down sufficiently, though not exhaustively,
in the American note to the
British government dated December
29, as a result of live months' cxperence.
"Bassos the Buck" to Britain.
"All these encroachments have I
been made, as have been admitted, in
order to cut off all food supplies from
Germany and thereby starve her
peaceful civil population?a procedure
contrary to all humanitarian
principles. Neutrals have been unable
to prevent the interruption of
their commerce with Germany, which
is contrary to alternation laws. The
American government, as Germany
fPilrliU' A..-1 ? '
- uvimuw nas protested
against the British procedure. In
spite of these protests and protests
from other neutral states, Great
Britain could not be induced to depart
from the course of action she
had decided upon. Thus, for instance
the American ship Wilhelmina recently
was stopped by the British, although
her cargo was destined solely
for the German civil population, and
according to the express declaration
of the German government was to be
employed only for that purpose.
"Germany is as good as cut ofT from
her over-seas supply by the silent or
protesting toleration of neutrals, not
only in regard to such goods as are
absolutely contraband, but also in regard
to such as, according to acknowledged
laws before the war, are only
conditional contraband or not contraband
at ail. Great Britain, ?n the oth
er hand is with the toleration of neutral
governments, not only supplied
with aucfi goods as are not contraband
but with goods which are regarded by
j Great Britain if sent to Germany, as
| absolute contraband; namely, provis1
ions, industrial raw materials, etc.,
and even with goods which have al-1
ways indubitably been regarded as j
absolutely contraband.
"The German government feels itself
obliged to print out with the
greatest emphasis that a trifiic in'
arms, estimated at many hundreds of;
j millions, is being carried on between
I American firms and Germany's one-;
mics. Germany fully comprehends'
that the practice rf right and the tol-j
oration of wrong en the part of neutrals
are matters absolutely at the I
disoretmn of neutrals, and involve no I,
f ormal violation of neutrality. G. rmany,
therefore, did act complain of
any formal violation of neutrality* but !
the German government, in view of
complete evidence before it. can hot!
help pointing cut that, it, together
v.'ii the entire pu' lie opinion of Germany,
: els itself to be severely pre
u lieod by the fact Gnat neutrals in ,
safeguarding their rights in legitimate
commerce with Germany, ac,
. . .. , . , i
coi ling to international law have, up ,
to tho pr< sent, achieved no, or only in*
signi.leant results, while thc;> art
mnhi ii'ii"mited use of their right ,
by carrying on contraband traffic with
Groat Britain and our other enemies.
"If :! is v for.: in I right of neutrals;
to t<J;e no s.eps to pro ire.- their legitimate
trade with Germany, ami even j
to allow themselves t<^ b. influenced
in the direction of the conscious and
wilful restriction of their trade on the ]
other hand, they have the pei l'cct , *
right, which thy unfortunately do not '
exercise, to cease contraband trade, 1
especially in arms, with Germany's ]
enemies.
"In view of this situation Germany 4
at tor six monins oi patient waiting
sees herself obliged to answer Great J
Britain's murderous method of naval
warfare with sharp counter measures, i 1
If Great Britain, in her light against
Germany summons hunger as an ally'
for the purpose of imposing upon ai i
ivili'/.ed people of seventy millions i
rne choice between destitution and ; ^
starvation, or submission to Great .
Britain's commercial will, then Ger- 1 '
manv is determined to take up the
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gauntlet and ap. pal to similar allies.
"Germany trusts that the neutrals
who so far have submitted to the dis,
^ i
advantageous conscuaences oi Great
t, x , 1
Britain s nungar war m silence, or
mercy registering a protest, will
dispiav towards Germany no smaller
measure of toleration, even if German
measures, like those of Great
Britain, present new terrors of naval
war fare.
"Moreover, the Gorman government
is resolved to suppress with all the
means at its disposal, the importation
of war material to Great Britain and
her allies, and she takes it for granted
that neutral governments, which so
far have taken no steps against the
traffic in arms with Germany's enemies,
will not oppose forcible supprcssi
-n by 'lorn.any of this trade.
"Acting from this point of view, the
German admiralty proclaimed a naval
war zone whose limits it exactly delined.
Germany, so f; r as possible,
will seek to close this war zone with
mines, and will also ^ 1 avor to destroy
hostiie meivh'ir.t vessel in (.very
other way. While the German government,
in taking ac ion based on
this overpowering point of view,
keeps itself far removed from all intentional
destruction of neutral lives
and property, on the other hand it
docs not fail to recognize that from i
the action to be taken against Great;
Britain dangers arise which threaten '
all trade within the war zone, withi
out distinction. This is a natural resuit
of mine warfare, which even un|
dor the strictest observance of the
limits of international law endangers
every ship approaching the mine
area. The German government considers
itself entitled to hope that all
neutrals will acquiesce in these measures
as they have done in the case
of the grievous damages inflicted upon
them by British measures, a 1 the
more so as Germany is resolved, for
th protection of neutral shipping
even in the naval war zone, to do
everything which is at all compatible
with the attainment of this object.
The Disregard of a Cold has often
brought many a regret. The fact of
Sneezing, Coughing or a Fever should
be warning enough that your system
needs immediate attention. Certainly
loss of sleep is most serious. It is a
warning given by nature. It is man's
duty to himself to assist by doing his
part. I)r. King's New Discovery is
based on a scientific analysis of Colds
f>0c at your druggist. Buy a bottle
today.?adv.
Captured Several Steamers
Buenos Ayres, Argentina, Feb. 18?
The German steamer Holger, which
has arrived here, brings news that dur
ing January and February the German
auxilliary cruiser Kronprinz Wil
helm, operating on the northern coast
of Brazil, sank the British steamer
Highland Brae, 7,634 tons; the British
steamer Hemisphere; the British
steamer Potaro; the sailing ship Sumarta
and the sailing ship Wilfred. The
crews of these vessels are on the Holder.
WAR BRINGS ON
GREAT MYSTERY
Population of Belgium Reduced
Six Hundred Thousand
REDUCED TO DESOLATION
History Presents no Parallel in
Modern Times.?Bravery of
the Belgian People is Wonder.
Tho war has reduced Belgium's pop
illation by about G00.00 anil Ik r condition
p - . n 'i - a situation v. it!.out parallel
in history says a ' pore issued
by tho Rockefeller Foundation from
twar rclii f oominhu 'en, sen! to Bcl.;iiiw
last Mevei bor ' a i r;i' tii*:- n tho
Jrects of the war on non-combatants.
Afi : dote i ing V w t raasporta lion
:omm ; licntion and banking exchange
uivc ' con destroy 1, cum ereo and
>the indus \v paralyze I, hemes and
ire ii.hags 1, id low, the agriculpural
districts devastcd and die food
supply cut on, the report says:
"let if one is to understand the
Belgium p:v dene it is perhaps nccrs:ary
to emphasize not the destitution
f a few hundred thousands, but ihc
iiuldenly enforced inactivity of
strong and liealty nation cf 7,)00,000."
1'iie desruction of stock is of great
r importance than the destruction of
louses, the report declares. "The
>easants," it continues, "are in the
greatest terror that the lew animals
hat remain to them may bo taken."
A ?r i t u 11 u r a 1 Situ a t io n.
Regarding the agriculture! situation
he commission found that autumn
planting has been done somehow and
hat it is conceivable that Belgium
nay continue to raise most of her
>wn potatoes, fruits and fresh vege:ables.
"In France," says the commission,
Ave found that it was clearly the policy
of the German occupation behind
the fighting lines, to promote the
planting of next year's crops and to
start milch cow and breeding animals."
The German occupation has requisitioned
grain, cane I goods, food supplies,
live stock and horses of the
towns and countryside. It has also
roguish: ionod such things as cotton
uul woolen stores, copper fixtures and
implements in some factories, motor
cars, gasoline and any machinery
that can he used in the manufacture
of armament.
In smaller places, and in some larger
towns it appears that nearly all the
remaining houses have been looted,
the report nays.
I Beef and IV.
r1 Cattle are kept for two purposes
| duction and for milk production. To
y. they must be healthy. There is no
keep them in continued good healtl
8 them well quickly when sick, than a !
Bee Dee Mf
1 | Stirs up the liver?Driv
^ disease poisons away
FRANK JAMES DIES PEACEFULLY
IN BED.
One of America's Most Notorious
Bandits, Lour Retired, Succumbs
to Apoplexy,
Excelsior Springs, Mo., Feb. 18.?
Frank James of the notorious James
gang died on his farm near here late
today. James, who was 74, had been
in ill-health several months and was
stricken with apoplexy early today.
One of the last members ol vhc rolv
ber band whose unparrelleled career
of crime during the war and the unsettled
period that followed kept the
people in a dozen States in terror.
Frank James had been living the life
of a quiet farmer for more than 30
years.
The son of a minister, respected
throughout the community. Frank
.Limes ioinpd QlinntrolPe criir?rilln? in
J ' CI "v" """"
the War of Secession, together with
his brother Jesse, and took part in
the sacking of Lawrence, Kan.
After the guerillas disbanded the
James Brothers became bandits,
Many notorious crimes of the decade
following the war have been laid at
the door of the James-Younger
gang, of which the surving members
were Frank James and Cole Younger,
the latter of whom is now living at
Lees Summit, Mo.
Detectives surrounded the James
home near Kearney, Mo., on January
25, 1875, and threw a lighted bomb into
the house, thinking to kill the James
brothers. It exploded, tearing the
arm off their mother and killing their
brother, Archie.
In 1882, after Jesse James had been
shot and killed in his home in St. Joseph,
by Bob Ford, also a bandit, for
a reward of $50,000, Frank James
surrendered in Jefferson City, Mo.
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HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK.
Parts of a letter recently written to
Winthrop College gives an excellent
idea of the kind of work taught to
the members of the Bread Clubs in
|the State:
"Since bread is the staff of life,
! ami forms so large a part of ovv
f )d, the cooking lessons for 1914
wore confined almost entirely to the
making of breads. Though the
Bread Clubs girls have been taught
that food furnishes the body with ma*
terial for repair, for growth and for
energy; mat in order lor tlie body to
got the most benefit from food it
must be properly prepared and property
served and eaten. In these lessens
the classes of food, protein,
frts. carbohydrates, mireral matter,
an! water, and their functions i:i the
'h !\ have been stu lied. Each girl
was required to keep a note book and
to copy mid preserve all receipts,
etc. These note books were care|
fully examined mad marked and all
foods prepared wore scored. The
girls were laugh Jv to criticise their
own cooking as well as to judge the
I quality and values of the different
| materials used , to find the cost of
preparing a recipe ant' its food valu
and v/hon best to serve it.
''On several or v. si >ns the club girls
entertained at luncheon and served
refrc: luce nts prepared entirely by
themselves. Nu..ibevs of times thc-v
: filled orders for beaten biscuits.
"A homemade Fireless Cooker was;
made and through its use in demonstrations
in various parts of the
county many homes are now using
cookers with great success. This
cooker is only twenty inches square
and is fitted with stones for heating,
vessels for cooking, and adjustaI
ble racks for supporting several
: pans or boilers one above the other.
When packed for my trips it also
j contains small cans of salt, popper!
Hour, butter, soap, dish towels, etc.
So 1 am provided with everything 1
need in giving a demonstration."
Airships Over Sea.
The activity of Zeppelins over the
North sea continues, says the Star's
correspondent at Copenhagen, in spite
of the fact that two airships recently
have been lost. Gaps in the fleet cans
ed by disaster are being filled by Zeppelins
drawn from the airship station
;ii csu rn ermany.
Hvintins Robbers.
Police and deputy sheriffs were
scout ing 1 he Viv p;in ia hi 11a 1 ast week
I for two masked roibbers who raised
the express car of the Seaboard Air
Line's Florida flyer just after it pass|
cd Alexandria, kut got only an empty
safe.
lilk A-pIe^y ^
; for beef pro- I
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thing better to 8 tie get anything wrong
1, or to make I With them I give them a *
few doses of? I few doses of BccDcc <
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How a Woman Can Continue to Please
Her Husband.
In the March Woman's Home Companion
a woman living in Wyoming
j writes in part as follows her comment
i on how a woman can continue to
i please her husband:
! "The wise woman is she wo keeps
neat and trim in dress, dainty in person,
and alert and poised in mind, that
in so doing she may favorably stand
comparison with the business woman
with whom her husband comes in contact.
"Most men, even those well past mid
die age, place high value upon externals,
and the woman who assumes
that she can hold a man's love indefinitely,
regardless of her personal appearance,
is to my mind, making a
grave mistake.
"More than one wife, serene in the
knowledge of her husband's loyalty,
tans to realize that that same loyalty
is due more to the man's sense of duty
and conscientious self-control than tc
the fact that his wife possesses the
qualities which actually hold him true
to her in spirit as well as in deed."
Possible Complications.
Stop That Cough Now.
When you catch Cold, or begin tc
Cough, the first thing to do is to take
Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey. It penetrates
the linings of the Throat and
Lungs and fights the Germs of the
Disease, giving quick relief and natural
healing. "Our whole family depend
on Pine-Tar-Honey for Coughs
and Colds," writes Mr. E. Williams
Hamilton, Ohio. It always helps. 25<
at your druggsts.?adv.
Piles Cured la 6 to 14 Days
your druggist will refund money if PAZd
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B1 ind, Bleed lay or Protruding Piles In 6 to 14 days
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Groceries of Us
A?. 7.
BECAUSE wo carry bos
graders for those who domain
highest quality.
\Yc cater to the "host trade
as well as to those in moderate oil
cuinstanees.
This is a high class store fo
everyone.
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' WHERE WILL YOU TRAD!
I
It is good policy to carry
to an old established store wh
ing many years must and will
During the year that has pass
vers to give each and every ci
est deal. This is the rcputatic
many years.
Where will you carry yoi
now begun? If you are an o.
us and we have tried to pleas
uc to give us your patronage,
tomcr, we. gladly extend the :
you the befit value we possib
at our store.
OUSENBURY & CO.,
SEBISisS TROUBLE ~~
MENACES MEXiG
Withdrawal of all Foreian L
gations Wow Threatened
ARE GIVEN NO RESPEC
Carranza's Threat to Depo
Spanish Minister the Climax
in Friction Between
His Government and
Diplomatic Corps.
Washington, P'eb. 5.?So serious h
the friction become between the Ct
ranza government and members of t
diplomatic corps in Mexico City th
the withdrawal of many foreign leg
tions is now threatened.
Some of the prominent diplma
representatives of European countri
already have cabled their home gove
ments suggesting that inasmuch
communication is growing more a
more restricted and little respect
given them by the Carranza author
' ies, it might be advisable to un
with other governments in a mo^
( ment to abandon all foreign legatic
in Mexico.
State Department officials tonig
declined to discuss this phase of t
situation. As the American embas
has been closed since the rupture wi
the Huerta government, the action
the part of the other diplomatic m
sions is being considered without cc
* suiting the United States, so far
| known.
[ The plan of the diplomatic corps
! Mexico City, which is understood
1 be acting as a unit, is to leave afTa
. in Mexico in charge of consular o
f cers. This would mean practically
! severance of diplomatic relations
all countries and present a uniq
status quo for Mexico in the family
nations.
1 Many T^es Over.
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The situation in th* Mev' capi
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EDURING THE NEW YEAR? '
your trade during* the new year
icre tlic reputation built up durbe
kept up to high water mark. ^
>ed we have used our best endea
is turner a fair chance and an lion
>n we have tried to maintain for
ir trade during1 the year that has
id customer, you already know
c you, we believe you will contin.
If you would become a new cus ^
invitation and we promise to give
ly can for every dollar you spend
TOOOViLLE, S. G. '
I has been rcnleto with dinlnmatip om
barrassmcnts since the rapid changes
^ in executive authority ensued. When
^jj Ccueral Carranza, in his capacity as
first chief of the Constitutionalists arj
my, first abandoned Mexico City and
moved his capital to Vera Cruz, he invited
the diplomatic corps to accompany
him. The diplomats formally
declined on the ground that such a
step might be construed as a recognirt
tion of his government. Since then
the relations between Carranza and
the foreign diplomats in Mexico City
have not been cordial. The return of
the Carranza authority to Mexico City
where General Obregon is in command
as now has developed into a menacing
ir_ situation because the latter has threat
cned by direction of Carranza to de^
port the Spanish minister, unless An,a_
gel Del Caso, who claims to be a con- J
fidental agent of the Spanish governmcnt,
is surrendered from his hiding
. place in the Spanish legation. He is
assused of complicity in the Villa
? movement,
as
With the strict censorship on press
. dispatches, the most rigorous known j
in Mexico in years, and the difficulties I
of foreign diplomats in communicat- !
rc ing with their home governments, the |
situation has caused much anxiety
>ns
among officials and diplomats here. I
Some of the embassies here tried a
' few days ago to communicate with
their ministers in Mexico City and
isy
. ^ had the cipher messages returned to
them, the Mexican telegraph officials
refusing to receive them. Since then
there has been a modification of the
. embargo on code mesages, but diplomats
declare the uncertanties of com,
munication have not been removed,
in i
to
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