Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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a matt und otrtteim. ?UmfiUH WATOHSIAlf, IfrtaNlahed April, 181?. "Be feet end Fear not?Bet *H the ends Thon Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's/ THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, Item, Dispatches From Berlin States That Princi? pal Papers of Empire Say That Country Would Accept Offer of Peace. Russians Still Holding on to Warsaw, Although German Annies Are Gradually Surrounding Polish Capital and the Ports Are Being Bombarded and Unceasing Efforts Made to Capture Forts By Storm?Italians Are Fighting Hard For Further Progress Into Austria?In France Indecisive Battle Still Rages -British Ideas of Blockade Will Be Re? jected by United States. GERMANY DESIRES PEACE? lagorntlal Nrw?p?|XTi? Hay Germany ' Is Wlllltas; to Accent Peace Negotia I Berlin. Aug. S.?Germany would aosspt peace conditions based on an sven balance guaranteeing the prog reea and safety of all nations, says ths Deutecne Taxes Zeitung In dis? cussing the peace proclamation of the Pops, it declares that no country would accept a proclamation by the head of ths Catholic church with greater cordiality than Germany. (Mots?This Item was permitted to pass ths German censors. For the second tlms in two days Influential German papers have expressed Ger? many's willingness to accept peace negotiations. The question naturally arises "Is Germany ready for peace.") I BRITISH VIEWS REJECTED. Defense of Blockade Methods and Or? der In IVhuscU Not Accepted In Washington. Washington. Aug. 3.?The admlnls tration will refuse to acoept the Brit? ish defense of their blockade methods sad prder In council. fttcretary Lansing is already draw ins; up another note which will be ?ossaf srsd ay too srssfcftsat and cabi ^^Bfa>tS3c'fr.?rn today afeaitw title Osrmany will withhold an answer to the latest Lusltanla note to see what course the United States pursues In ths British communication. officials believe the differences with Orsat Britain will finally go to a court of arbitration in vlsw of the treaties existing between the two countries ENCIRCLING WARSAW. Germans Slowly Drawing Tighter the Ring Ar?>und City. Berlin, Aug. 1.?Gen von Buelow's calvary army which swept through Mitau Sunday Is now only twenty miles from Riga. Gen. von Macken? sens army southeast of Warsaw also mads further progress snd now the gap in ths circle around Warsaw is only ons hundrftd miles wide east of ths city. Msanwhils Gen. von Illnden burg la battering Warsaw and Novo georgievsk with sixteen snd seventeen Inch guns without sacrificing his men In sn attempt to take the forts by storm IIOltHAHPING MAIiBOHGHETTO. I??Wmi?? l*o?hhiK \ Igorown ( anipstgn Against Austrian*. Rome. August 3.?Italian howit sers are rapidly reducing the defenses at Malbnrghetto. The operations against Gorlsa are proceeding suc? cessfully. Prisoners and wounded de? clare that the fighting in the Isonzo Is so fierce that the trenches and rlvsr srs choked with dead. A vio? lent artillery duel is progressing at Cadore. FIGHTING is FLANDERS. Inrt-k-aUortft sre Tliat Another Big Battle Is In Progress.. Amsterdam, Aug. 3.?A continuous stream of German wounded Is pass? ing through Countrai from the Flan? ders front. Indicating that another bla bftttle la being fought there. The sound of artillery hnn been heard for asvsnty-two hours. Turk Position Taken. London. August 3. -The Allies hsve captured a for?lfb?d r|#gl ftom ths Turks on the Galllpoll peninsula, sccordlng to the official announce? ment today Tbr> position was taken st the point of th?- bayonet. GERMANS CAPTURE RIGA. I/ess of Important Baltic Port Ad ?sillml Irr li?i*?U. Petrograd. Aug. 4.?While the war ?Ace admits German gains la Lour land and Southern Poland, the situa? tion In the Sector around Warsaw Is unchanged. The sledgehammer blows of Oens. von Mackensen and von Buelow have cost the Austro-Ger mans enormous losses, which are es? timated at ten thousand men dally for the past several days. Dispatches In? dicate that the Russian srmy will withdraw from Warsaw to meet the wings of the German circle and the plan to capture Grand Duke Nichol? as's forces has failed. The Russians admit the evacuation of Riga. The Austro-German armies are now concentrating its efforts to push be? hind Ostralenka and cut the railway. Hard fighting la also In progress be? tween the Narew and Orzo rivers. The war office admits that the Rus? sian loss has been very heavy because of their valiant defene in the face of the enemy's onslaughts. HR ITAIN IS ANXIOUS. Fnglish People at Last Realize Grav? ity of American Situation. London, 4.?Tho British Press has adopted a cautious tone in discussing the British-American situation. It is admitted that a serious situation has developed as the result of Great Britain's refusal to modify the order in couAOt^b^t the papers believe the differences can be reconciled without imperiling the friendship between the two nations. Turks Defeat Russians. Constantinople, Aug 4 (Official).? Sunday we occupied Russian positions ten miles north of Tutach. also driv? ing the Russians from positions on a mountain range seven thousand feet high. Mured Shinubasln is in our possession. Intermittent artillery duels continue in Gallipoli. Dacta a U gal Prize. Paris, Aug. 4.?The French prize court in a decision made public to? day declared the seizing of the Da? da was legal. WARSAW TAKEN TODAY. ?SI| 1 ? German Official Report summarize* Result* of Great Campaign. Berlin, Aug. 6.?The following of? ficial statement was issued today: "Headquarters reports that Warsaw was taken this morning. Last night Prince Leopold's Bavarian troops broke through the outer und lryier Unas, where the Russian rear guard is making a tenacious resistance. Twenty-two officers, forty-eight hun? dred men and seventeen machine guns were captured." The report adds that the Russians are making violent re? sistance on the road to I^omza, Ost row and Wyszcow. The pursuit of the Russians on the upper Vistula and Bug continues. The cupture of the Polish capital is the result of tho campaign begun in May when Gen. von Mackenzen with a vast army drove the Russians out of Gallcla and then swung northward to get behind Warsaw. Gin von Hin denberg who was waiting in Poland at the same time drove southward, while Gea. von Buelow dashed toward Riga to cut the Warsaw-Petrograd communications. AMBASADOR TO LEAVE. _ j Life Threatened by Turks und lie Will Gel out of Constantinople. Turin. Aug. 6.?The Gazette Del Popolo announces that the Italian ambassador at Constantinople has de etded to leave beeauee he is not per? mit ted to communicate with Italian consuls and his life has been threat? ened. RUSSIANS DRIVEN HACK. Germans Advance Fifty-five Mile* at lasnua und Cross the Narew River. Geneva, Auk. ft.?The Kusnlan* de? fending Leases have been driven back 6& rulles, permitting the Germans to LARGE STEAMER SUM. BRITISH SUBMARINE GETS PRIZE IN MARMORA. Vic? Admiral Reports Railroad One Mile East of Kara Burnu Bombard? ed and Ammunition Destroyed. London, Aug. 2.?An admiralty statement tonight says: "The vice admiral commanding in the eastern Mediterranean reports that one oX the British submarines operating in the Sea of Marmora has torpedoed a large steamer of 3,000 tons off the Mudania pier which had [several vessels secured alongside. The I explosion was heavy. A small steamer close to Karabigha bay was torpedoed. "A report from Constantinople i states that a gunboat was torpedoed in the Sea of Marmora about thlsj time and it possibly refers to this o?- | casion. I "Torpedoes were fired at lighters alongside the arsenal at Constan-1 tinople. The result could not be seen,] but the explosion was heavy. "Tho Zeitunlik powder mills were fired at, but, owing to the darkness, the effects could not be ascertained. "The railroad cut one mile west of Kara Burnu was bombarded and the line blocked temporarily so that a troop train was unable .to pass. It was bejng fired on as it steamed back, three truck loads of ammunition be? ing blown up. "Muduna, Kara Blgha and Kara Burnu are all on the Asiatic shore of the Sea of Marmora, the former about 100 miles east of the northern en? trance of the Dardanelles and Kara Blgha and Kara Burnu about 15 miles east of it." TILI/MAN FOR BIG NAVY. South Carolina Senator Would See United States as Good as the Beat. Portland, Ore., Aug. 4.?Senator Tillman of South Carolina, chairman of the senate committee on naval af? fairs, and Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, chairman of the senate com-. Ion that an extra session of congress to provide for national defense was unnecessary and inadvisable. What prompted their discussion of an extra session was not revealed. It came up at a call made by Senator Chamberlain on Senator Tillman, who has Just returned from Alaska.. They agreed that steps to strengthen -the army and navy should be taken by congress at the regular session. "As chairman of the naval affairs committee," said Senator Tillman, "I shall support a plan for making our navy as good as the best. I did not favor more battleships at the last ses? sion because recent developments seemed to indicate that battleships were liable to become obsolete. I fa? vor plenty of submarines and fast cruisers and whatever else we need to put our navy on the most efficient footing." STRIKE IS AVERTED. Demands of Krupp Employes are Met. Geneva (via Paris), Aug. 4.?Ad? vices from Essen say that all the de? mands of the Krupp employes have been granted and that a serious strike hns been averted. Tho German mili? tary authorities brought pressure on the Krupp administration to this end. Many skilled workmen during the early part of the troubles refused to continue at their machines. In the ammunition department some wero replaced by women. Work continues on the production of war munitions night and day in three shifts. cross tho Narew at a number of places. The Germans lost three thou? sand in the battle around Kavno which Is still in progress. SMALL SCALE RATTLES. Fighting on Western Front Is of Llltle Im|K>rtance. Paris, Aug. * (Official).?Around Sauchcze grenade fighting continues, accompanied by artillery lire. Sharp artillery actions are under way In the Alsne. Rifle, grenade, and artil? lery lighting continues in the Ar gonnes. After a violent bombardment and a fierce attack the Germans occu? pied some parts of our trenches at Llngekopf in the Vosges, Anarchy In Constantinople. Rome. Aug. f>.?Reliable adv ices in? dicate that anarchy is rife in Constan? tinople, and Turkey ami Germany are on the verge of a break, the Turks having demanded the recall of 0en. I von Sanders. WILSON AND LANSING TALK. MEXICAN SITUATION AND FOR? EIGN AFFAIRS DISCUSSED. Information as to Conference of Dip? lomatic Rcpresntativea to Come From Washington. Cornish, N. H., Aug. 3.?President Wilson was in. communication with Secretary Lansing today regarding the Mexican situation and other for? eign questions. It was said arrange? ment for the preliminary conference of South and Central American dip? lomatic representatives regarding Mexican affairs were being handled by Mr. Lansing and that all informa? tion would have to come from the State department. The president began work late this morning because of the presence here of Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo, but after their departure he went to his study. Mrs. Anne Howe, the president's sister; Prof. George Howe of North Carolina university, his nephew; Mrs. Anne Cothran, his niece, and Jose? phine Cothran, a small grandnlcce, arrived today. ENGLAND IN WRONG. Uncle Sam Getting Up Statistics to Refute Contention of Great Britain. Washington, August 4.?The State department has assembled a mass of statistics to refute the British as? sumption that increased exportations from the United States to Halland and the Scandinavian countries indicates that some of these goods are finding their way in to Germany and Austria. The figures will be included in a pre? liminary draft of a reply to the three British notes made public yesterday, which Is being prepared by President Wilson. A study of trade conditions between the United States and neutral European countries has been made by the State department, and investiga? tions of Scandinavian and Dutch trade by the department of commerce. A report from Consul General Skinner, at London, on the foreign trade of Great Britain for the six, months end? ing Jim? 3o *meWs thiU British ex? ports to Scandinavian countries and Holland have increased, as have American. The State department will contend that there can be no more assumption that American goods go? ing to these neutral countries are bound for Germany than that British exports will reach Great Britain's ene? mies. The London report showed that, while Great Britain's exports decreas? ed materially in the first six months of 1915, imports increased. Re-exports during June, the first month during which the British order in council was fully effective, showed an increase of $2,904.838. In cotton Great Britain's imports increased by 1,314,592 centals of 112 pounds each. Of the re-exports of cotton Consul General Skinner said: "Holland and Sweden each took about five times as much cotton In June, 1915, as in June, 1914, and during the past half year Sweden received 142, 54:5 centals and Holland 259,628 cer - tals of cotton, as against 18,642 and 17,785, respectively, as in the same period of 1914." Large increases in all lines of cotton goods and cotton yarns from Great Britain to Sweden, Norway, Denmark and The Nether la nds during the first six months of 1915 aro shown. Despite a general decrease In exports of manufactured copper, Great Britain sent Norway 317 tons, as against 18 tons In 1914. In? creased American copper exports to Scandinavian countries have been cited by Great Britain to sustain her contention. Encouraged by tho announcement from London that a part of the caago of the steamer Neches had been re? leased, officials determined to day to press informal negotiations for an agreement that would release all the vast quantity of American-bound commodities now lying on Rotterdam docks. The British note In the Neches case set forth that if it is alleged that "in particular cases and special cir? cumstances hardships may be indicted on citizens of neutral countries, his Majesty's Government are ready In such cases to examine the facts in a spirt of consideration for neutrals. Foreign trade advisers of the State department are forwarding to London affidavits covering hundreds of indivi? dual cases In which they allege that hardships are being indicted. THREE CHILDREN PERISH. Tragedy at Wisconsin summer Colony. Lake Bclavan, WIs., Aug. 5.?Har? vey, George and Mary Bryant, three, six and nine years old were burned to deatli In a lire which destroyed six summer cottages early today. BERUH STILL UNYIELDING. LATEST NOTE REITERATES RE? FUSAL TO CONCEDE TREATY VIOLATION IN FRYE CASE. Let Experts Fix Damages?Will Pay Same, But not as Satisfaction for Violation of Rights. Washington, Aug. 4.?Germany is unyielding In her refusal to concede that the sinking of the American ship William P. Frye by the auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich in the South Atlantic last January was a vio? lation of American rights under the Prussian-American treaty or interna? tional law. , In reply to the last American repre? sentations, the German foreign office, in a note made public here tonight, j reiterates a previous Justification of Germany's course, reiterates her wil? lingness to pay for the ship and ac? cepts a proposal first advanced by the United States?that the amount of damages be fixed by two experts, one to be selected by each country. Such a sum the German government pledges itself to pay promptly, with the stipu- I lation, however, that the payment shall not be viewed as a satisfaction for violation of American rights. Should that method be unsatisfactory. Germany invites the United States to' arbitration at the Hague. The unofficial view here is that rep? aration by a commission of experts probably will be satisfactory to the United States, with the express provis? ion, however, that it is not a waiver of treaty rights for which the United States contends, but applies to the matter of damages. It is virtually certain that if the United States allows the dispute to go to The Hague for interpretation of the treaty provision, or continues the aca? demic discussion of principles through the channels of diplomacy, it will in? sist that, meanwhile, Germany refrain from violation of what the United States contends are its rights. The en? tire dispute revolves about the treaty of 1828, which the United.States con? tends specifically protected the Wil? liam P. Vrye^although it did not irtfB* tect a contraband cargo. Germany takes an opposite view, holding that the article only obligates l.er to pay damages. Furthermore, Germany replies that, as the Frye's wheat cargo was contra? band, the ship was liable to confisca? tion, and that as an attempt to take the prize into a German port would have imperilled her captor, the de? struction of the Frye was according to general principles of international law." "The right of sinking." says the German note, "is not mentioned In the treaty and is, therefore, neither ex? pressly permitted nor expressly prohi? bited, so that on this point the party stipulations must be supplemented by the general rules of international law." The note argues at length for the German interpretation of the disputed treaty provision. "On the one hand," says the note, "the belligerent party is I to have the right to prevent the trans? portation of war supplies to his adver? saries, even when carried on vessels of a neutral party. On the other hand, the commerce and navigation of a neutral party is to bo interfered with as little as possible by the meas? ures necessary for such prevention, and reasonable compensation Is to be paid for any inconvenience or damage which may, nevertheless, enspe from the proceeding of the belligerent party.'' The case of the American steamer Leelanaw recently sunk by a German submarine, is paralleled to the Frye case. It is now in the preliminary stages of diplomatic negotiations. FOOD FOR STRAYING. Red Cross Help for Destitute Ameri? cans. Washington, Aug. 5.?The Red Cross has purchased six thousand dol? lars' worth of food In New Orleans to be dispatched to the starving Ameri? cans In Mexico City tomorrow. CONSULT DOMINIONS. Andrew Donar Law- Sees Opportunity for All. London, Aug. 4.?Andrew Bonor Law, secretary for the colonies, speak? ing at Folkestone tonight, said it was his belief that as a result of the war the time would come, and come soon, when the wohle self-governing domin? ions would take part in the duties of governing the British em pre. It already was understood, he add? ed, that when the time came for peace negotiations, the dominions would have their say in those negotia? tions. STATE I)W ? /EXT CONTESTS SET ' t)F DACIA. r I hr Ly x>lved ig American Right to ' Registry of Former Ger r 3sel. Washington, Aug. 4.?Announce? ment from Paris today that a French, prize court had confirmed the seizure of the American steamer Dacia as a fair prize found the State department preparing to protest the decision, which carries with it forfeiture of the vessel. It is planned to make this a test case of the right of a neutral to grant registry to a belligerent owned, merchant ship. The Dacia's cotton cargo is not ln Ivolved. The British government, be I fore the Dacia sailed from Galveston last sprihg for Rotterdam, announced that the cargo, consigned to Bremen, would not be detained, the announce? ment being binding upon Frace. The French government purchased the cotton. The issue in the Dacia case is the right of the United States to permit registry under its flag of a vessel for? merly owned by a German corpora? tion, but declared sold to an American citizen. Great Britain has sanctioned such transfers in wartime and could not consistently seize the Dacia. France has always held that the transfer of a merchant ship to a neu tral power must have been effected at least 30 days before the outbreak of hostilities. At the beginning of the war, the United States served notice on the belligerents that as they had not con? sented to observe the unratified dec? larations of London as a whola, this governmnet would not be bound by them, but would stand on the general principles of international law. The protest against condemnation of the Dacia will rest on these prin? ciples. NO HOPE FROM ROC MAN I A. Count Reventlow Sounds Warning to Germans. Berlin, h^7^!^!'S^SSfi^ Earning that nothing can be expected from Roumania Is conveyed to the readers of the Tages Zeitung In an ed? itorial this morning by Count Hrnest Reventlow. His . article, which Is headed "Roumania's Falling Quota? tion," summaries the situation in the following paragraph: "Those friendly relations with-Rou? mania made sacred by tradition and? on the German side by firm confidence ?jan hardly longer be considered as existing." Count Reventlow points out Rou? mania's refusal to permit exports of grain or to permit amrriunition for Turkey to pass through its territory, although Russia was permitted to transship munitions to Serbia. Hs says it had been hoped , Roumania would fulfil its treaty obligations or preserve at least an upright and well wishing neutrality, but that the con? trary came to pass. Roumania's neutrality became "malevolent," he asserts, with a ten? dency to enter the conflict on the side of Germany's enemies. The import? ance of Roumania's aid to Germany and Turkey has been greatly lessen? ed, however. Count Reventlow insists. Before Russia's Galician defeat Rou? mania would have been a military factor with ths Muscovites, he says. WHEAT HARVEST RUINED. Western Farmer? Suffer Tremendous Loss from Floods. Chicago, Aug. 5.?As the result of the long continued rains harvest con ? ditions in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska are the worst in years. The crop loss is already enormous. Thrashing has been delayed to the greatest extent ever known. Much grain is rotting in the water covered fields. Shippers face serious losses on contracts. PAINT LARGE FLAGS. Germany Asks That American ships be Designated. , Washington, Aug. 2.?Germany's first response to the last American note on submarine warfare has come from the admiralty, which has re? quested that American ships have American Hags painted on their sides In proportions large enough to be recognised at a distance by ; ahmarine commanders. Many American ships are painting the national colors on their sides now, but it is said they are painted too small. . Ambassador Gerard transmitted the request in a message..- ^ , ^