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IsT ~ KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1919, > . NO.15
OUTLINE OF NEW
TERMS TO GERMANS
FEW CHANGES MADE IN WAY
OF CONCESSION OVER
FliJST TERMS
Paris, June 16.?The final reply of j
the Allied and associated powers to
the conditions of peace handed to
the Germans ait Versailles, May 7,
was delivered to the German delegation
today and made public shortly
afterward.
Five days was the allotted period
ftriannallv fixed for the Germans to
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answer yes or no to the demands of
the Allies, but twot days additional
have been granted because of the insistence
of the German ddftgation
that not sufficient time had been allowed
for proper consideration of the
revised terms. This will extend the
time limitation to Monday, June 21.
' The principles of the original conditions
have been vigirously upheld,
as establishing a peace of justice,
but certain modifications in detail
and many explanations of the effect
of execution are made.
The reply is in two parts?a general
covering letter and seriatim
discussions of the general counterproposals.
The changes include.
A plebiscite for upper Silesia, with
guarantee of coal from that 'territory.
Frontier ' recifications in West
Prussia.
Omission of the third zone in the
Schlewsig plebiscite.
Temporary increase of the German
army from 100,000 to 200,000.
Declaration of the intention to
submit within a month of signature
a list of those accused of violation
of the laws and customs of war.
Offer to 'cooperate with a German
commission on reparations and to
receive suggestions for discharging '
^ tite obligation.
retailed modifications in
*the finance, economic and ports and;
waterways clauses, including aboli-1
tion of tiie proposed Kiel canal com- I
mission.
Assurance of membership in the
league of nations in the early future
if Germany fulfills her obligations.
The covering letter is from M.
Clemenceau, president of the peace
conference, to Count BroekdorffRantzau,
president of the German j
delegation. In this letter M. Clemenceau
says: ' I
"The Allied and associated powers
have given the most earnest consideration
to the observation of the
German delegates on the draft treaty
of peace. Ihe reply protests against
the peace on the ground that it con
flicts with the terms upon which
the armistice of November' 11, 1918.
was signed and that it is a peace of
violence, and not a peace of justice.
The protect of the German delegation
shows that they fail to understand
the position in which Germany
stands today. They seem to thmk
that Germany has only to make seck
rifices in order to attain peace as if
Jb this were but the end of some mere
struggle for territory and power.
/ The Allied and associated powers
it necessary to begin
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their reply by a clear statement of
. the judgment of the world, which
has been forged by practically the
"Whole of nvilized mankind.
"In the view of the Allied and associated
powers, the war which began
on August 1, 1914, was the
greatest crime against humanity
and freedom of the people that any
nation culling itself civilized has
ever consciously committed. For
many years the rulers of Germany,
true to the Prussian traditions,
wwe for a position of dominance
in Europe. They were not satisfied
With that growing prosperity and
influence to which Germany was en'
titled and which other nations were
willing to accord her, they require
that they should be able to dictate
and tyrannize over a * subservient
Europe, as they dictated and tyrannised
over a subservient Germany.
| "In ord er to attain their ends they
h used every channel through which to
educate their own subjects in the
*^A0rine that might was right, in intSr
nation.?! affairs. They never ceased
to expend German armanents by
land and sea and to propogate the
falsehood that it was necessary, Germany's
n eighbors was jealous of her
prosperity and power.
"He sought to sow hostility and
suspicion instead of friendship, be .
tween nations. The Germans developed
a system of espionage and inthrough
which they were en
abled to stir up international rebellion
and even to make secret offensive
preparations within the territory
of their neighbors, whereby they
might when the moment came, strike
them down with greater certainty
and ease. They kept Europe in a
ferment by threats of violence and
when they found that their neighbors
were resolved to resist their arrogant
will, they determined to assert
their predominence in Europe
by force.
"As soon as their preparations
were complete they encouraged a
subservient ally to declare war on
Serbia on forty-eight hour's notice,
a war involving the control of the
Balkans, which they knew could not
be localized and which was bound to
unchain a general war.
"In order to make doubly sure,
they refused every attempt at conciliation
and conference until it Was
too late and the world war was inevitable,
for which they had plotted
and for which, alone, among the nations,
they were adequately equipped
and prepared.
"Germany's responsibility, however,
is not confined to having planned
and started the war. She is no
less responsible for the savage and
inhuman manner in which it was
conducted. Though Germany was
herself the guaranty of Belgium,
Germany violated the rules after a
cnlpmn nromise to respect the neu
trality of this unoffending people.
"Not content with this, they deliberately
carried out a series of promiscuous
shootings and burnings
with the sole object of terrifying the
inhabitants into submission by the
very frightfulness of their action.
They were the. first to use poisonous
gas, knowing the appalling suffering
it entailed. They began the bombing
and long distance shelling of towns
for no military object but solely for
the purpose of reducing the morale
of their opponents by striking at
their women and children.
"They commenced the submarine
campaign, with its piratical challenge
to international law and its
destruction of great numbers of in
nocent passengers and sailors in mid
ocean, far from succor, at the mercy
of the winds and the waves and yet
more ruthless submarine crews. They
drove thousands of women and children
with brutal savagery into slavery
in foreign lands; they allowed
barbarities to be practiced against
their prisoners of war, from which
the most uncivilized people would
have been recoiled.
4fThe conduct of Germany is almost
unexampled in human history.
The terrible responsibility which lies
at her doors can be seen by the fact
that not less than seven million dead
I lip buried in Europe, while more than
twenty million others carry upon
them the evidence of wounds and
suffering, because Germany saw fit
to gratify her lust for tyranny by
resort to war. ^
"The Allied and associated powers
belieye that they will be false to
those who have given their all? All
to save the freedom of the world if
they consent to treat war on any
other basis than as a crime against
humanity and right.
"This attitude of the Allied and
associated powers was made perfect~
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ly clear to Germany uunug mc ?ai
by their principal statesmen. It was
defined by President Wilson in his
speech 6f April 6, 1918, and explicitly
and categorically accepted by the
German people as a principle covering
the peace?let everything that
we say, my fellow countrymen,
everything (that we henceforth plan
and accomplish, ring true to this response,
till the majesty and might of
our concerted power shall fill the
thought and utterly defeat the force
of those who flout and misprize
what we honor and hqld dear. Germany
has once more said that force
and force alone, shall decide whether
justice and peace shall reign in
the affairs of men, whether right, as
America conceives it, or dominion,
as she conceives it, shall determine
the destinies of mankind. There is
therefore, but one response possible
from us:
^Force, force to the utmost; force
without stint or limit, the righteous
and triumphant force which shall
make the law of the world and cast
every selfish dominion down in the
dust."
M. Clemenceau in the letter also
J quotes from speeches delivered by
Premier Lloyd George of Great
Britain, himself as premier of France
and Premier Orlando of Italy, in
which it was specifically declared
"2?
1 that when victory was won, compromise
as to peace terms was impsoj
sible and just punishment should be
'meted out and continues:
"Justice, therefore, is the onlyposj
sible basis for the settlements of the
accounts of this terrible war. Justice
is just what the German delegation
asks for and says that Germany has
been promised. But it must be justice
for alL There must be justice for
the dead and wounded and for those
who have been made orphans and be- J
' reaved that Europe might be free i
from Prussian despotism. There
must be justice for those millions i
whose homes and lands, ship and
property, German savagery has
spoilated and destroyed,
i "That is why the Allied and asso-1
ciated powers have insisted as a cardinal
feature of the treaty that Ger- ;
many must undertake to make reparation
xo the very uttermost of her !
power, for reparation for wrongs in- j
I flicted is of the essence of justice." i
That is why they insist that those !
individuals who are most clearly re-j
! sponsible for German aggression and 1
j for acts of barbarism and inhumani- j
I ty which have disgraced the German
(conduct of the war must be handed
over to justice, which has not been
'meted out to them at home.
i "That, too, is why Germany must
submit for a few years to certain
i special disabilities and arrange'ments.
Germany has ruined the in'
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ery of neighboring countries, not
during battle, but with the deliberate
and calculated purpose of enabling
hfr own industries to seize their
i markets before their industries could
recover from the devastation thus
wantonly inflicted upon them,
i "Germany has despoiled her neigh-1
|bors of everything she could make 1
use of or carry away. Germany has j
destroyed the shipping of all nations :
on the high seas, where there was no i
chance of rescue for their passen-1
gers and crews.
I "It is only justice that restitution j
should be made and that these wrong-1
ed peoples should be safeguarded j
! for a time from the competition of a
' nation whose industries are intact
and have been fortified by machinei
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before the new postal rates will g^1
into effect, and most three cent
stamps will have been used before
??? ?im? hv houses which have laid
VUUV Vl.?.w
hi a supply.
The increased postage rate went
into effect October 2, 1917, and was
ordered reduced back to its normal
status on the first day of the coming (
month when the recent revenue bill
was approved by Congress.?Charleston
Evening Post
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Rub-My-Tism is a great pain
killer. It relieves pain and soreness
caused by Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Sprains, etc.?adv.
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BRYANEXPECTSSALOONLESS
WORLD
BRYAN SPEAKING AT COLUMBIA
BELIEVES PROHIBITION
WILL WIN OUT
Slightly husky of voice, showing
very perceptibly the heavy drain
which his program of speeches had
made upon his vitality, but at times
delivering his message with his old
time vigor, William Jennings Bryan
addressed two audiences in Columbia
Saturday night on "Work Accomplished
and Tasks Before Us." The
address being delivered in the interest
of the Anti-Saloon- League.
Alarge audience heard the distinguished
speaker at the First Baptist
Church. The audience at the First
Presbyterian church, where he delivered
his second address was not so
large, the lateness of the hour perhaps
preventing some from attending
who had planned to be present
"Although I am 59 years old, I expect
to live to see a saloonless nation;
and not only a saloonless nation
but a saloonless world", he said in
his first address.
After having been introduced by
W. H. Hand he spoke briefly of the
work of the Anti-Saloon League,
saying that it had been largely instrumental
in driving liquor out of
the United States and that it was
now called upon to drive it out of
Europe.
"We are told that when the soldiers
come back from Europe they
will not permit the country to remain
dry. They themselves have
helped to make the United States
dry, and will they now try to undo
their work ? They have taken an oath
as soldiers to support the constitutionof
the United States. Will they
feelto do so as private citizens? he
asked.
"We have been told that labor will
refuse to work without beer. We |
must remember that a majority rules
in this country; no one class dontrols
our government; the majority rules, I
and while some labor organizations
may object to prohibition, votes
Seak in no uncertain voice.
"The brewer of beer and the dis- j
Her of whiskey have lived and j
iught together. Why should they be
parated in death? Let us put whisky
and beer in the same grave.
"Heretofore," hesaid, "when a1
tate would go try, the liquor inter-1
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i?j> wuuiu 3iiii|iiy iuu?c IV uic ucai- |
;t wet territory. Now the nation is'
be dry, and the liquor interests
ill have to move three miles out to
?a where the water is over there
?ads and where it is wetter than 1
et.
"The United States will not go;
ickward. Three great forward movig
factors are assisting us in this
ght. The first is an awakened con ience;
the conscience of the nation !
is been gradually aroused and it
ill not sleep again. Second, scientif-,
investigation shows us that liquor j
wers efficiency; that it cuts short
fe; that it lessens resistence ofi
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isease, that it leads to disease that
?nd to destroy the race. . Science
oes not move backward. Then there
the patriotic motive. We know
liiskey was bad in peace; we found
to be worse in war. It was no
nail thing when the congress of the
nited States mad? it a criminal df- i
?nse to selMiquor to a man* in the
"niform of the county."
He praised the. work of the Demcrats
in making the country dry
nd paid his compliments to New
^ork writers, who have opposed the
novement for national prohibition. *
In his conclusion he spoke of the
nission of the United States in aid- (
ng other nations to get^ rid of the
drink evil, saying that a remedy had
been found for alchoholism. Total (
abstinence saved many, hesaid,but
by enforcing prohibition, the breed
ing place of the germs of the traffic ,
are wiped out ,
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New Bank For Andrtwa
Another bank has been commis- 1
sioned by the secretary of state at
Andrews. Messrs. T. W. Bellune, H.
W. Medlin, W.N. Weaver and N. W.
Cooke compose the board of corporators.
This makes three banks for Andrews.
The new bank will be known
as the Enterprise Bank.
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Men nurse delusions, women coddle
pet dogs.
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GERMANSMAY NOT
SIGN NEW TERMS
%
TERMS OF AMENDED DOCUMENT
DECLARED TO BE
HARSH AND INSULTING
An Associated press dispatch from
Weimar yesterday says: "The new
Allied terms reached here late last
night and the first apparent effect
upon the German leaders was that of
depression. A report passed rapidly
through the old castle where the government
heads are residing temporarily,
that the signing of the peace
by Germany was highly improbable
Every official and every member
of the foreign office available expressed
the deepest pessimism and
resentment at the alleged cruelty of
the terms.
The Germans were especially embittered
over a report that a French
mob had stoned the helpless German
delegates at Versailles.
The secretaries who had remained
up in the hope of receiving some
word from Versailles, were rewarded
at 11 o'clock by a telephone call
from Versailles announcing the departure
of Count von Brockdorf-*
Rantzau and the other delegates with
Allies' reply. It was a moody and
dispirited crowd that heard the telephone
report in the castle of the
former Duke of Saxe Weimar. The
message read as follows:
The delegation has left for Wei-'
mar. A brief view of the document
Count von Brockdorf-Rantzau is carrying
reveals the following details,
the tone of the document is extraordinarily
harsh and insulting.
Germany bears all blame and must
in consequence be punished.
It can be glad if it comes out half
well.
"The conditions handed over are
those of an alleged peace of justice
to conform to the Wilson program.
The whole form is extraordinarily
rough and overbearing. The original
time limit of five days has been by
request, extended by forty-eight
hours. This includes the three-day
armistice limit. The period of seven
days expires Monday evening at 7
o'clock.
"Concerning the contents there
can be said at this moment only that
our opponents grant us less concessions
than were mentioned in the
Paris newspapers of yesterday and
today."
"The departure of the delegates
occurred amid the shoots, hoots, and
jeers of a crowd which threw stones,
seriously wounding two delegates.
Thg crowd ?urted in the usual French
hoodlum fashion. The police made
not the slightest effort to stop the
hoodlumism."
An Associated Press from Berlin
yesterday says: "The impression
of those who were engaged throughout
the night in translating the reply
of the Allied and associated powers
is that it will be utterly impossible
to sign and that it is probable a
negative reply will be wired to Dr.
Haniel von Haimhausen for submission
to M. Clemenceau.
"It is also considered possible that'
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, head
of the Gennan delegation, will not
return to Versailles on account of
the demonstration there against the
delegates, resulting in injury to Minister
Giesberts, Erau Dorlblush, Attache
Myer and others, all of whom
were hit with stones. Herr Myer's
eye was injured by glass.
"The changes in the peace terms
as indicated by the Red inter-lineations
of the text of the old treaty
are so slight as to cause universal
dismay among thosse \\ho have had
the opportunity of examining the
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UUCUIIICUU 1UC iiuuiivm.
tions are consideration unimportant
and objectionable, and the terms governing
Germany's declared to be unsatisfactory.
"Government circles state that
they cannot conceive any government
willing to sign such terms,
though it is admitted that the treaty
will be fully discussed,, because it is
realized that serious effects, with the
spread of Bolshevism in Germany
would be entailed in refusal to sign
TTip entente's answer also, is consid
ered nothing less'than an ultimatum."
Have your Batteries charged
where you get good service at a reasonable
cost. D. J. EPPS & SON i
Adv. 6-12-tf.
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four miles on foot |i
BRITISH PUT ONE ?
ON AMERICANS. M
MAKE NON-STOP TRANS-AT
LANTIC FUGHT WITHOUT
ACCIDENT
Capt John Alcoclc and Lieut Arthur
W. Brown, in their Vickera-.
Vimy biplane, landed at Clifden,
Ireland, Sunday morning, completeing
the first non stop airplane flight
across the Atlantic- Their trip from
[ St. Johns, N. F., was made in 16
hours 12 minutes.
The landing was made at 9:40o'clock,
British summer time. In taking
the ground the machine struck'
heavily and the fusilage ploughed
into the sand. Neither of the occupants
was injured.
Much of the flight was made
through a fog with an occasional
drizzle. This hampered the airman
considerably during their journey.
Captain Alcock explained the silence
of his radio instrument during
the trip by saying that the wireless
propeller blew off soon after the airplane
left Newfoundland.
"We were much jammed by strong
> wireless signals not intended for us,"
he added.
When word was received here of
the accident to the machine in landing,
arrangements were made for
mechanics to leave London immediately
to make repairs..
Word came from G if den this afternoon
that the pilot and the navi
gator 01 tne oipiane were iwiog
for Galway, whence Lieutenatn
Brown planned to travel by train to ? *
London^.rriving there Tuesday morning.
Captain Alcocfc, however, hoped
to be able to fly to London in the
machine which made the record
flight as soon as it could be repaired.
It is planned to have him give an ex- /
hibition over London in the machine,
if possible.
The Aero Club received a message
from Clifden not long after* the
trans-Atlantic fliers landed signed
by them. Which merely stated that
they had completed the flight in 16
hours and 12 minutes. They request-;
ed instructions from the eluh. In renlv
t>ip rlnh teleeraDhed Cavtain Al
cock:
"Keep machine intact until observer
arrives".
The air ministry stated that certain
markswere put on the airplane
at Newfoundland which must be officially
identified by a member of the
royal air force before the flight is
declared to be officially completed.
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No Permits After June 30 ,
Columbia, June 16.?No permits
for alcoholic liquors in South Carolina
must be issued after June
according to an opinion issued by' %
Morris C. Lumpkin, assistant Attorney
General." The opinion of Mr. . *
Lumpkin is based on a pamphlet of
instructions received by the internal ^
revenue department from Washington.
Mr. Lumpkin's opinion was given
to J. C. Davis Judge of probate of
Dillon county, who made inquiry if
permits were to be issued after June
30, when the liquor ordered for medi- .
cal purposes. Immediately Mr. Lumpkin
took the matter up with D. C?Amwiicci/inor
n# internal rp
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venue. The opinion concludes:
"An examination of the pamphlet '
referred to in the commissioner's
letter discloses no provisions whatever
allowing an individual the privilege
of securing any alcholic liquors
for medicinal or other personal
use. The commissioner refers to this,
and calls attention to the fact that to
secure non-beverage spirits or wines,
a permit must be obtained and a
bond given, and in case of wines for
sacramental purposes, certain affidavits
must be made.
"You are, therefore, advised that
it is the opinion of this office that
after June 30 the issuing of liquor
permits should be discontinued, as it
is believed that nondelivery of such
alcoholic liquors can be made under
the Federal law."
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.4 HINT WHERE YOU CAN BUY
GOODS CHEAP
S. S. Aronson, of Lanes, has gone
to the Northern markets to purchase
his fall merchandise, and in the mean
time he has reduced all his summer
goods to ridiculously low prices, so
if you need anything take the hint
and try "ARONSON'S", the only 2
story store at Lanes.