The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, July 06, 1916, Image 2
WAR WITH ME)
RESORT, SAi
IN ADDRESI
MAKE EVERY EfFORT
TO PREVENT CONfLICT
Makes It Plain That He Will
Not Countenance Conflict Un
til There is No Other Alterna
tive For Settling Troubles.
WILLING TO SACRIFICE
POLITICAL FORTUNES
Determined to Carry Out His Convic
tions as to What Is Just Course to
Pursue-Thousands, He Said, Ap
pealing to Him to Maintain Peace.
New York.-President Wilson made
It plain in his speech at the New York
Press Club banquet that he will not
eountenance a war with Mexico until
there is no other alternative for set
tiWng the border troubles.
Again he declared that he was
ready to sacrifice his own political for
tunes in order to carry out his con
victions as to what would be the just
course to pursue in the situation.
Bainbridge Colby, who placed The
odore Roosevelt in nomination for the
presidency at the Progressive Con
vention at Chicago, paid President
Wilson high tribute in an address, but
did not declare unqualifiedly that he
would support him in the coming
campaign, as it was reported he would
do.
In his address President Wilson
said:
"I realize that I have done a very
Imprudent thing; I have come to ad
dress this thoughtful company of men
without any preparation whatever.
* * But gentlemen, as a matter of
fact, I have been absorbed by the
responsibilities which have been so
frequently referred to here tonight.
and that pre-occupation has made it
impossible for me to forecast even
what you would like to hear me talk
about. * * Mr. Colby said some
thing that was among the few things
I had forecast to say myself. le said
that there are some things which it
is really useless to debate, because
they go as a matter of course.
"Of course, it is our duty to pre
pare this nation to take care of Its
tionor and of its institutions. Why de
bate any part of that, except the de
tail; except the plan itself, which is
always debatable?
"Of course, it is the duty of the
Giovernment which it will never over
look, to defend the territory and pee
pie. of this country. It goes without
saying that it is the duty of the Ad
ministration to have constantly in
mind with the utmost sensitiveness
every point of national honor.
"But gentlemen, after you have
said andl accepted these obvious things
your program of action is still to be
formed. WVhen will you act, andl how
wvill you act?
"The easiest thing is to strike. The
brutal thing is the impulsive thing.
No man has to think before ho takes
aggressive action h~ut before a mnan
really conserves the honor by r-ealiz
ing the ideals of the nation, he has
to think exactly what he will (do and
how he will do it.
"Do you think the glory of Ameri
4ca would be enhanced by a war of
conquest in Mexico? Do you think
that any action of violence by a pow
erful nation like this against a wveak
and destructive neighbor wvouldl re
flect distinction upon the annals of
the United States?
"Do you think that it is our duty
to carry sel(-defense to a point of dhic
tation into the affairs of another pee
ple? The ideals of America are writ
ten plain upon every page of Amern
can history.
"And I want you to know how fully
1realize whose servant I am. I do
rnot own the Government of the Unit
ed .States, even for the time being.
Xhave no right in the use of it to ex
press my own passions. I have no
right to express my own ambitions
for the deevlopment of America if
ethose ambitions are not coincident
with the ambitions of the nation it
self.
"And I have constantly to remind
myself that I am not th~e servant of
those who wish to enhance the value
'f, their Mexican investments, that I
mthe servant of the rank and file
of the people of the United: States.
L 7&." get a great many letters, my fel
BThow citisons, from important and in
4tential men in thib country, but I
~4get a great many other letters. I get
~ters from unknown men, from num
iwomen, from-people whosa names
gltrbeen heard and never will
~~'torded and there is .but on~e
412I all of these letters 'Mr.
40 ot 'allow anybody ,
peo ea n onft th'
'ICO AS LAST.
'S PRESIDENT
3 AT NEW YORK
0
neer, 13e said in an undertone, 'Mr.
President, keep out of Mexico.' And
if one man has said that to me a
thousand have said It to me as I
have moved about the country.
"If I had opportunity to engage
thein further in conversation they say
'of course, we know that you cannot
govern the circumstances of the case
altogether, and it may be necessary,
but for God's sake, do not do it unless
it iE necessary. r
"I am for the time being the spokes- t
mian of such people, gentlemen. I
have not read histony without observ- V
ing that the greatest forces in the a
vworld and the only permanent forces
)re the moral forces. * *
"Force will not accomplish any.
thing that is permanent I venture to
ay, in the great struggle which is
going on on the other side of the sea.
rie permanent things will be accom
pished afterward when the opinion
>f mankind is brought to bear upon
the issues, and the only thing that
will hold the world steady is this
tame silent, insistent, all-powerful
.pinion of mankind.
"Force can sometimes hold things
steady until opinion has time to form,
but no force that was ever exerted ex
cept in response to that opinion was
ever a conquering and predominant
force.
"I think the sentence in American
history that I myself am proudest of
is that in the introductory sentences
of the Declaration of Independence
where the writers say that a due re
spect for the opinion of mankind de.
mands that they state the reasons for
what they are about to do. I venture
to say that a decent respect for the
opinions of mankind demanded that
those who started the present Euro
pean war should have stated their
reasons ,but they did not pay any
heed to the opinion of mankind and
the reckoning will come when the
settlement comes.
"So, gentlemen, I am willing no
matter what my personal fortunes
may be to play for the verdict of man
kind. Personally, it will be a matter
of indifference to ie what the verdict
on the seventh of November is provid
ed I feel any deg'ree of conc ec
that when a latter jury sits I shall
get their judgment in my favor. Not
my favor, person ally-what difference
does that make? but in my favor as
an honest and conscientious spokes.
man of a great national convention.
"There are some gentlemen who are
under the delusion that the power of
a nation comes from the top. It does
not. It comes from the bottom."
TO SUPPRESS NEWS OF
TROOP MOVEMENTS
Washington-Secretary Baker gin
nouinced that orders have been sent
to all department army comnmanders
to suippress all news concerning troop
movements.
The order follows: "In view of the
movements en route to the Texas her
der or in Texas might result in some
malicious act that might seriously
hamper these movements and also
might result in unneceeenry loss of
life among the troops, i(t is directedI
that all concerned be instructedl to
the efrfect that igo information as to
movements of troops is to be given
to reptrestentatives of the press or any
indIividluals other than the officials of
the railroads conceened or the repre
sentatives of the American Railway
associa-tion located at the various de
partment headquarters and mobiliza
tion and concentration points."
The department also announced
that National Guard organizations
which start for the border without
full complements of field transporta
lion wvill be supplied by Glen. Funston
uplonl reaching the border.
MEXICANS SEIZE MUCH
GOLD AND SILVER BULLION
Wai.sh ington.-The staite dlepartment
was officially advised that goldl and
silver bullion belonging to Americans
and seized by local Mexican authorl
ties at Manzanillo totaled nearly $500,
000. The seizures were reportedl to
have begun before the Carrizal inci
(lent. A protest already has been
madeo to Gen. Carranza.
Reports 'of continued seizures .in
va,rious parts of Mexico reached the
department during the day. In moat
cases the property has been left be
hind by Americans ,fleeing from the
country. There has been no indica
tion that the local authorities acted
on instructions from Mexico City, but
no reply has been received1 to the rep
resontations made several days ago
to Gen. Carranza.
FIrst Troops at Border.
San Antonio, Tex.-The First Ili
niols infantry, Col. Sanborne command.
ing, arrived at Fort Sam Houston and
ent into camp. The Seventh New
ri regiment also passed through
SAntonio en route to stations in
ro4wn e disct .Oth on
NO RIGHT TO KEEP
TROOPS IN MEXICO
FOREIGN OFFICE ISSUES MEMOR
ANDUM IN REPLY TO LAN
SING'S NOTE.
1EPLY RESENTFUL IN TONE
demorandum Contains 35 Counts.
Denies That Bandits Along Interna
tional Boundary Line Have Been
Protected.-As to Huerta.
Mexico City.-The Foreign Office
isued a memorandum in reply to Sec
etary Lansing's recent note, in which
he correctness of assertions in the
ommunication - )from Washington
tere repeatedly *denied. The memor
ndum declares that the United States
ad no right to maintain its armed
orces on Mexican soil.
The memorandum contains 35
ounts. Although not in the form of
direct reply to the Washington note
t is considered equivalent to an an
wer to that. document. It expresses
urprise that the Washington Govern
nent should have been pained at the
one and the contents of the Carranza
locument, since it maintains that the
Jnited States has sent to the Constitu
ional Government not only one, but
nany discourteous and even overbear
ng notes.
Emphatically reiterating the Mexi
,an Government's position denying the
right of the United States to keep
irmed bodies in Mexico, the memo
randum denies energetically that the
Mexican Government has protected
bandits who had committed depreda
tions in the United States
Blame for the Santa Ysabel massa
cree is placed on the so-called impul
sive and irascible disposition of Char
les Watson, general manager of
Cushihuiriachi Company; and General
Scott and General Funston are accus
ed of bad faith and lack of honor
in misleading General Obregen in an
alleged evasive reply regari ing the
crossing of American troops h to Mex
ico after the Glenn Springs raid.
The memorandum asserts that while
it is true that the United States ar
rested lGeneral Huerta, the motive
which prompted the act was not a
purpose of a~iding the Constitutionalist
Government, but because. the United
States feared that GenerallHuerta was
plotting with Germany.
The note concludes by declaring
that the presence of American troops
1' Mexico invites rather than pre
v ts bandit raids along the border.
SOUTHERN BANKS SHOW
THE BIGGEST INCREASE
Comptroler of Currency's Report
Shows Large Increase In South.
WashIngton.-A report just made
public by the comptroller of the cur
rency on deposit accounts in national
banks May 1, 1916, shows that the
Squthern States led the nation in the
lar-gest percen'tage of increase since
June 30, 1910, Tennessee ranking first
and South Carolia second. North
Carolina occupies sixcth place. The
Southern States June 30, 1910, was
tional bank adcounts for each 991 of
population.
The number of depositors in the
Southern Staated' June. 30, 1910 was
1.272,746. Oni May 1, 1916, this had
been increased -to 2,814.508, the in
creasing being 1,541,762, or 121 per
cent. In Tennessee the increase In
six years was 251 per cent or fropn
73,329 depositors in 1910 to 257,508 in
1916. The na-tional bank depositors
in South Carolina incrensedl 217 per
cent or from 39,217 in 1910 to 124.423
in 1916. Oklahoma increased 188 per
cent, Idaho 169 per cent. Virginia
155 per cent and North Carolina 152
pei- cent.
EXTRA PAY FOR SERVICE
ACROSS MEXICAN BORDER
Washington.--Extra pay for foreign
service will" be allowed the American
troops serving across the borde' uin
decr a decision by Comptroller War
wick of the treasury. Enlisted men
will receive 20 per cent addi-tional and
officers 10 :'er cent,
FRANK MUNSEY BUYS
THE NEW YORK SUN
New York.-After 23 years of unsuc
cessful effort to establish a propri
'tary news gathering and distribut:ing
organization in opplosition to tho co
op~erative form of the Associated Press,
The New York Sun has just been sold
to F'rank A, Munsey, a member of the
Associated Press, ana beginning at
once wvill no longer try t'o gather its
owvn news and will receive the service
of the dominant organization,
SENATE PASSES ONE OF
BIG DEFENSE MEASURES.
Washington.--The fortifleations ap
propriation bill, one of the Adminis
tration's three bIg dlefense measures,
was passed by the Senate and sent to
the House for con ference. Its total
had been reduced from $34,300,000 as
it passed the H~ouse to $26.600,000.
The .bill provides for both coast and
fleh1.artillery. ordntnce and amthutit
tiot. 'Xst year's appropriaf4n
THE WEST IV
(Copyrighti
ICT WAS INSULT TO FLAG I
ALSO INVASION ON RIGHTS OF I
AMERICAN CITIZENS SAYS
LANSING.
No Mincing of Words In America's
Answer to Austria Regarding Attack
on Petrolilte. - Demand Apology,
Punishment and Indemnity.
Washington.-The American rejoin.
ler to Austria regarding the Auhtrian
submarine attack on the American
steamer Petrolite, made public by the
state department, describes the act as
a "deliberate insult to the flag of the
United States and an invasion of the
rights of American citizens," and re
juests a prompt apology, punishment
At the submarine commander, and
payment of indemnity.
In vigorous language the communi
3ation sent a week ago, makes it clear
that the United States government
>elieves the facts of the case entirely
1ifferent from that which the Aus
'Ian submarine commander reported
hem to be and that immediate amends
tre expected. The Austrians claim
txat the Petrolite's captain voluntari
ly gave up supplies taKen from the
steamer by the submarine command
Br is flatly contradicted, as are the
Mlaims that warning shots were fired
cross the Petrolite's bow before she
Was shelled and that her appearance
was such as to justify the submarine a
.ommandcr in mistaking her for a t
,ruiser.
-lUGHES AND ROOSEVELT P
ARE IN FULL ACCORD
After Two Hours and Half Confer- P
ence Republican Nominee An- "
nounces Peace Pact. h
New York.-Charles E. Hughes, Re
publican presidential nominee, an
flounced at the end of an interview h
with Theodore Rosevelt, which lasted h
for more than two and a half hoursc
that he and the former president were
In "complete accord."
Mr. Hughes issued the following n
statement:a
"I was very much pleased with
Colonel Roosevelt's let-ter of endorse
ment, and lie has expresedi himself in1
a very kindly way with respect to my k
telegram to the progressive commit-d
tee. I wanted to talk with Colonel h
Roosevelt fully with respect to the is
sues of the campaign and asked him
to dline with me so that we might have F
that opportunity. He dined with me
and we had a very delightful inter
view. We talked 'very fiully over all C
matters and are in complete accord.
rho evening has been a very pleasant
one."
It is understood that col- Iloosevelt
told Mr. Hughes that he would co- t
operate heartily with him in any of his I
plans, even to the extent of making a 3
speaking tour if Mr. Hughes so e
desired.
CASEMENT'S TRIAL AS TRAITORr
IS FILLED WITH SENSATiONS. t
London.--A day filled with sensa
tional incidents at the trial of Sir I
Roger Casement for treason was
bought to a sudden and dramatic<
close when Sergeant Sullivan, Sir
Roger's leading attorney, collapsed in I
the midst of an impassioned summing <
up.
AGED BURGEON OF
MEXICAN WAR ILL.4
*ashington.--.Dr. Francis Sorrell, a
surgeon in the United States Army I
hiuring the Mexican war and in the I
Conflederate Army (luring th'e war be- r
tween the atates, is critically ill at his t
Ixomle here. He is a native of Savan-.
itah and 89 years old.
ITALIANS ARE REGAINING1
MUCH LOST TERRITORY.
London-Gains of additional ground
by the Italians from the Austrains, by a
Lhe French fr-om the Germans north- a
ast of Verdun, and by the Germans e
~rom the Russians in Volhynia are 11
xhronicled in the latest official com- C
nunications issued by the Italian, bi
'rench and Austrian War Offices. In~ a
Lddition, it. Is stated that' the Aus- e
rani are still holding ao lIewg i
toR irC
CALLING'
EW RAID ON BORDER
AEXICAN BANDITS RAID RANCH
NEAR HACHILA, N. M., KILLING
OWNER.
ossee of Ranchmen and Citizens As.
sisted By American Cavalry Are In
Pursuit.-Will Cross Border Into
Mexico if Necessary.
U. S. ALREADY HAS
44,600 TROOPS IN
SERVICE FiLLD.
With Gen. Pershing in Chi
huahua ................15.000
At the base at Columbus,4
N. M. ............... . 2,500
At Douglas and Noga!es,
Ariz. ............... . .. 2,500
At Fort Bliss and Can's Cot
ton, El Paso .............. 3,500
At Fort Sam Houston. San
Antonio ................. 4.500
Between El Paso and Eagle
Pass ............... .... 1,500
At or near Eagle Pass ..... 1,000
At or near Laredo ...... .. 5.000
At or near Brownsville...... 9,000
Total ...................44,bOO
Columbus, N. M.--American caval
ymen assisted by posses of ranchmen
nd citizens of Hachita and nearby
)wns are pursuing bandits who had
ided a ranch about 35 miles south
est of Hachita, N. M., killing William
arker, the owner, and Mrs. Alice
arker, his bride of five months.
The district being remote, no re
3rt had reached Colonel Sickle, com
anding the border patrol here, at a
te hour, but it was assumed that
1e raiders had crossed the frontier
erhaps with the pursuers close be
ind. According to stories reaching
sre the bandits are Mexicans who re
mntly committed numerous minor de
reciations in the district. Parker,
om whom Mexican' bandits stole a
umber of head of stock last week,
ttempted to drive them off, but was
>rced to retreat to the ranch house.
he maurauders followed, broke
irough the door and murdered Par
er and his young wife. They are
aid to have made their way south
riving a number of cattle and horses
efore them.
AID MAY SERVE TO
- BRING CRISIS TO HEAD
eneral Trevino Has Practically Com
pleted Disposition, of Troops.
Eil Paso, Texas.-Excitement here
ver the Mexica~n controversy was re.
owed with the receipt of news of
tie bandit raid across the border near
Iacehita, resulting in the murder of
Villiam Parker, American ranchman,
nd his wifd. The general sentiment
eemed to be that the incident demon.
trated anew 'the inability of the Car
anza government to offer any pro
ection to the American frontier and
'ould serve to bring matters to a
tead quickly.
Mexican reports indicated that Gen
'rid Trevino, commanding the Car.
ainza army corps of the North, has
ractically completed the disposition
if his troops in preparation for possi.
~le hostilities with the United States
The command, the strength of which
'ariously is estimated from 25,000 to
0.000 men, has been distributed along
he two railroads to Chihuahua, 'the
lexicani Central and the Mexican
'orthwestern, and in 'the Santa Maria
liver Valley, in such a way as to
ienaco the American line communica
ion and present an obstacle to a pos
ible American drive toward Ubihua.
iia City,
4,000 TROOPS ON WAV,
TO GENER*AL PUNSTON.
New York-At the urgent request
f General F~unston orders were is.
ued by Major General Leonard Wood.
emmander of the Department of the
at, for Pennsylvania and District of
olumbia troops to entraji. for the
order at the earliest possible mo
Lent. It wgs believed at headquaz u.
rs that many Would move to border
)One, The Perihtsfvana tnon. wer.
VAL.POINT HAS
NOT BEEN SETTLEb
THE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT
AWAITS FULL COMPLIANCE.
OF DEMANDS.
CHASE OF BANDITS AN Ussus
Return of Prisoners Clears Atmos
phere Pending a Satisfactory An
swel to the Moo % Far-Reaching Re
' quirement. - Continue to Move
Troops.
Washington.-The Washington Gov
ernment still awaited full compliance
with its demands by the do facto auth
orities of Mexico. Release by Gen
eral Carranza's order of the American
prisoners taken at Carrizal has avert
ed the probability of immediate re
taliatory steps. It is possible that it
has also helped to pave the way to
ward an attempt at peace settlement
of the whole border situation. High
officials made it very clear, however,
that the vital point at issue, the future
attitude of Mexican forces toward
American troops in northern Mexico.
engaged in guarding the border and
pursuing bandits who raided Amer.
can territory-remains to be settled.
The State Department had no ad
vices as to when a diplomatic reply
to its demands might be expected..
Pending a satisfactory answer toit.
second and more far-reaching require
ment, the United States will continue,
to hurry troops to the border and to.
take every step necessary in prepara
tion to carry out its purposes by force
of arms.
Intimations have come, it is under
stood, that Carranza intends to back
up the orders isped to General Tre
vino directing that American troops.
be attacked if they moved in q.ny
direction in Mexico except toward the:
border. Officials are fully prepared.
for a reply of that character, despite.
the fact that the prisoners at Carrizal
have been promptly surrendered on
demand. They expect, however, that
the reaffirmation of position will be
made in a note free from hostile lan
guage and continuing the discussion
of the advisability of the withdrawal.
of American troops from Mexico.
Apparently Secretary Lansing is de
termined to get a clear statement of
intentions on which action by the
United States can be founded.
Carranza officials profess an earnest
desire to avoid a clash, however, and
a further struggle to fix diplomatically
responsibility for hostilities that may
come is foreshadowed.
Mr. Lansing made it clear to Ignacio
,alderon, Minister from Bolivia, that
pending a formal r
ranza Government ', .
)ffer of mediation ui
ible to the United Y
DEATH PENALTY PRONOUNCED
ON SiR ROGER- CASEMENT
Irish Agitator and Leader of Separist
Party Guilty of High Treason.
London.--Viscount Reading, LorG
Chief Justice of England, with the
black cloth-by tra4dic . called a cap
-spread over his head nd his two as
sociates . in scarlet gowns, likewise
black-capped, pronounced the sen
tence of death for high treason on the
Irishman, Sir Roger Casement, half an
hour after the foreman of the jury, in
a shalking voice, gave the cerdic~t of
guilty.
Sir Roger addressed the court,
reading his final statement, with the
explanation that he wished it might
reach a much larger audience than
the one before him, and particularly
the people of America, from whom
had come many messages of sympathy
to him and whose own strugg'le for
liberty, he Bald, always had been an
insipiration to Irishmen.
Sir Rogers' auditors, among whom
were Viscounit Bryce and many other
prominent men and women, listened
in deepest silence, some moved to
tears.
.The prisoner' declared he did not.
regard trial by Englishmen in an
English court as a tri.al by his peers,.
to which he was entitled.
PERMISSION GIVFN
TO REMOVE BODIES
Mexico Ciy --Minister of .
War Obregon instructed Gen
eral Trevino, the Mexican com-.
mander at Chihuahua, to in
form Consul Garcia at El Paso
that no Impediment would be
placed in the way of the Ameri
can authorities if they desired
to remove the bodies of the
American troopers killed at Car
rizal to American territory.
HIUN DR EDS OF EX. 'J. 5.
MARiNES VO! UNT'-: I
WVashngton.Althqugh -t'a
State~s Marine Corps has no a'erAve,
hundreds of former memnbernt havn vol
mteliered for service is the o)V cor'ps
n (-asfe of emergency,' it Wan announc,
'd at Marine Corps heab Xt'rs. The.
\farine Corps formn ti line~ of ille
"ional mobbilo efease uLt iiir vol
'ste a N t a~~Lc(k acjo
F10p W 11If4~ aees
j19 d ~~ dun'