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fttchtrwra mfo mttyxmi. tckman, April, ISM. "Be fust snd Fear nob?Det all the ends Thon Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Trota'a," THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Consolidated Aur. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1916. VoLXLI. No. 12, GREECE MOBILIZES ARMY. GREEKS MAKING HEADY to AS? SIST SERBIA. InslhaUone srv Thgt All Balkan State* Will Soon, I? in The I><?..(h Grap? ple? MaiMiTr of Armenians Con ilnues?< .iTiiuins lso*4$ at South, but Win at North and (Vuter. Athens, Sept. 24.?King Constantine today Issued decrees mobilizing the Greek army and calling parliament Into evasion tomorrow to vote funds for military operations. The mobiliza? tion of forces Is brought about by the warlike moves of llulgarta. It la believed that Greece Intends to adhere to the treaty to aid Serbia it ahs la attacked by Bulgaria. The Greek army consists of three hundred thousand men. mostly veter? ans of the Halkan war. The navy consists prlclpally of ten battleships, two ef which formerly belonged to the United States. It Is probable that the Greek army has been moving to the frontier since Funday when Bulgaria began mobili? sation. RUSSIANS WIN VICTORY. to Haw Put Austrian* to night at Vothynta. Kleve, via Petrograd, Sept. 24.?Re? porte from the front state that the Russians won a complete victory over the Auotrlana at Volhynla yesterday, breaking the enemy's front and taking aevaral thousand prisoners. East of lAitsk other Russian forcea defeated the Auo/ro-Germano, capturing im? portant polnta and pursuing the enemy across) the 8t.yre river. RERUN ADMITS RETREAT. Defeated, while I linden berg Continues HuceesM. Berlin, Sept. 2 4.-?The official report admits the retreat of Von Mackensen's army before the Russians in the re? gion of Logosch In. also a minor Rus? sian victory In Vllelka. It claims suc? cesses for von Hlndenberg and Prlncs Loop old In the region of Dvinsk. Roumanians favor allies. Report* of Alliance With Teutons Causes Riots In Bucluirrst. Bucharest, Sept. 26.?Reports that Roumania* would ally herself with the Teutons caused violent snti-German and antl-Austrlan riots last night. The moos were dispersed after many t/ere Injured. Popular sentiment fa? vors the allies. SENSATION IN GERMANY. Berlin. Sept. 25.?A decided sensa? tion was created today by the an? nouncement that Vice Admiral Bach mann and Rear Admiral Behenecke, Chief and Vice Chief of the Naval General Staff, had beon deposed. Ad? miral Holtsendorff. who succeeds Bachmann, Is thoroughly In sympa? thy with the conciliatory policy of the Chancellor toward the United States, While Bachmann and Behnccke are ardent supporters of Von Tlrpitz's sub? marine warfare. Vice Admiral Von Grapow, head of the naval department; Vice Admiral Von Ian*, commander of the llrst fleet were also deposed. Many others lost their heads. The shake-up by the Kaiser was the result of the difficulties with the United States over the sub marine warfare. Ron ma n I* Moving Troops. me. Sept. 25.?Roumania Is mov? ing troops towurd the Bulgarian fron? tier according to today's advices. Italian Minister Resign*. Borne, Sept. 25.?Minister of Murine Vlale has resigned on account of ill health There is no political algnlfl cance to the resignation. Xehrugge Bombarded. Amsterdam. Seeg. ?British war gMps bombarded the German naval buss at Zehrugge at dawn, doing con? siderable damage before being driven t?ff by the shore batteries, HUM II MlSSl S HEAVY. Berlin. Sept. 27.?French losses in the recent fighting amount to 40,060, according to estimates announced to? day. They sacrificed whole regiments In the battle. It is believed that the ? Meg h iw four million men massed along |he front for the western drive MM siM < OMI H\< K retrograd. Sept -'?. The I Cassia its gra on the offensive along the two hundred and sixty-mile front from th? In Ina river south of Hvlnsk to tin Pripet m irshes ni-nr Blnsk. The Itnv sinn?? h iv roesstefog Prtnvsiljf? Res terks. Ghlrty, OstoW, I'odgurle, Kolt ENTENTE CREDIT REDUCED. WILL NOT BK OVER HALF BIL? LION DOLLARS. Lonii Will Net Imestors Mure Than Flv? Per tent?Won't ho l*opulur Affair. New York, Sept. 24.?For the first time since the Anglo-French financial commission reached New York a fort? night ago there was talk today that the proposed loan to the allies might not be so much as a half billion dol? lars. It seined definitely established that it would exceed that sum. "The loan will not be more than half a billion dollars and will net the Investor more than 5 per cent," said one banker. This assertion was In? terpreted as meaning that the five year notes to be issued by Great Britain and France would bear Inter? est at 6 per cent, and would be offered to the public below par. "This loan will not be a popular loan in the sense that It will be widely distributed among Investors," another banker said, "but it will be held largely by banks." A report was current that nego? tiations had developed to the point where the commission had sought official approval of the tentative pro? gramme by Paris and* London. Bankers said today that Great Brit? ain does not owe a penny for goods purchased in this country, but had made several large advance payments on certain contracts. More than 1300,000,000 shipped here recently in gold and securities, it was said, had squared the utcount. France, bank? ers said, owes a small bill here. Not 5 per cent, of the actual ex? ports since the war started, this bank? er continues, had been firearms and explosives. The amount of munitions, applying the terms of firearms and explosives only, was trifling, he said, when compared with shipments of cotton, wheat and merchandise. This was cited in support of the claim advanced by the commission that the establishment of a credit here is fully as vital to America as to Great Britain and France. Members of socalled pro-German banking houses of Now York who con? ferred today with the commission arc believed to have signified that they would subscribe to the loan. chltty and Podulgie after desperate fighting. Repeated raids by Cossacks have cut the German lines of commu? nications several times, Gen. von Mackcnsen's army being the chief sufferer. WESTERN DRIVE BEGINS. London, Sept. 27.?With the full strength of the allies hurled against the German lines on the western front desperate fighting continues. The British forces are now driving against Givhenchy. It is reported that the Germans are about to evacuate Lens as the result of the occupation of Ghenchy and La Bassee, Franco. The losses on both sides have been ex? tremely heavy. British warships are still lying off tho Belgian coast and shelling the German positions. FRENCH GAIN'S CONTINUE, Paria, Sop'.. 27.?The ofllcial state? ment shows that the French continue to gain In Artols and Champagne. The number of German officers captured has been increased to three hundred. In Artois the Arras-Lille highway has been passed, while several enemy po? sitions in Champagne have been captured. Violent fighting continues. The operations In tho Vosges have been temporarily suspended on ac? count of storms. Paris is wild with enthslasin. Train load after train load of German prisoners is passing through the suburbs. lil'LGAHIA GIVES PLEDGE. Petrograd. Sept. 27.?Bulgarian Minister Madjarioa assured Foreign Minister Sa/an.dT today that the Bul garlaa geoMttsattoa was not intended for an offensive movement that will menace Rusian interests In the Hai? nan* The pledge of Uli Bulgarian minister Is most significant as Russia entered the war in defense of Serbia. GERMANS TRANSFER TROOPS. Petrograd, Bent 27.?Two hundred thousand Germans have been transfer? red from eastern to the western front to meet the new offensive of the al? lies, according t<? reports today. Pet? rograd Ii rejoicing over the allies' vic? tory, IHK. MOW ARMIES ADVANCE, Paris, Sept. 27.?Two Bulgarian armb s are already RlOVing, one to n \ ige Macedonia, the other to guard the Serbian border and prevent inter? ference, gggordlng to dispatches fro. 1 THREE BILLION IM LOAN. . .GERMANY GETS BIGGEST LOAN IN WORLD'S 11ISTOHY. With Ex|H?ndlturc of $15,000,000 a I Day, Kum Is Expected to Last Until April?Money Secured Through Pat riot Ism of Citizens. Berlin, Sept. 24 (via London).? The German war loan raised Septem? ber 21 Is the largest financial opera? tion In the world's history, said Dr. Karl Helfferlch, secretary of the impe? rial treasury, to the Associated Press today. With a total of $3,000,000,000 and some small sums not yet reported, the I secretary said, it exceeded Great Brit-1 ain's latest loan, which attracted j Oiuch attention all over the world as) an unprecedented piece of financing. "The present loan," Dr. Helfferlch continued, "enables the government to liquidate treasury bills taken over by the Reichsbank and other banks, pro? vides Germany with money for the' winter campaign and renders unne? cessary the raising of another loan be? fore March. "England hitherto has raised $4, 062,250,000 and Germany $6,250,000, 000 In long term loans, whereas Eng? land's war expenditures up to the present time are hardly less than Ger? many's and soon will exceed Ger? many's, for England now Is spending nearly $25,000,000 daily against Ger? many's not much above $15,000,000. That means Germany is spending 25 cents per capita daily and England 55 cents. I doubt, therefore, whether England's financiers possess confi? dence that their resources will outlast ours, "Everything said abroad about Ger? many putting on pressure and using force to get subscriptions to the loan Is pure Invention. We appealed solely to the financial power and patriotism of our fellow citizens. Our success must open the world's eyes to a rec? ognition of how strong Is Germany's financial power and how strong her will. "I am confident that the success of this loan, which proves that we ate standing firmly upon our own fee*/ will contribute towards the good feel? ing between Germany and the United Steles notwithstanding the Morgan Holden Incident. Independence is the first word in American history as well as the first word of true friend? ship. America can not class us among her poor relations." Dr. Helfferlch asserted that Ger? many was financially able to continue the war indefinitely. Her people, he said, were earning higher wages and saving more money than In peace times. The country was supplying its own needs and buying little abroad and making no debts to foreign coun? tries. In conclusion the secretary said that a shortage in supplies of some raw materials, like cotton and wool, might cause inconvenience, but the people were learning to economize. Old woolen clothing was being re? worked into shoddy, and coats could be worn shorter. Substitutes for some materials were being found, he added. The British parliament passed lasti week a credit, of $1,250,000,000. It was the seventh since the war began and brought the total amount to $6,310,000,000. Premier Asqulth said the daily expenditure of Great Brit? ain was $17,500,000 but that there! [was a likelihood of Its increasing owing to advances to Great Britain's allies and her dominions and to pro? visions for munitions. Dr. Helfferlch's reference to the "Morgan-Hohlen incident" possibly) has some connection with the confer? ences in New York between Sir Ed? ward Hopkins Holden, managing director of the London City and Mid? land bank, and J. P. Morgan with regard to the loan the British and French commissioners are endeavor? ing to secure In the United States. Sir Edward is a member of the Brit? ish commission. Milan. The censors refuse to pass messages regarding the preparations made by France and Great Britain to meet Bulgarian moves, but it is inti? mated that adequate steps have been taken, BRITISH WARSHIP SUNK. Berlin, Sept. 27.?it is officially an? nounced that one British warship was sunk ami two damaged off the Bel? gian coasl on Saturday by land hatter ties of t be 11 er mans, WILL RECALL DUMB A. Washington, Bep! 27.?The Vienna government baa unofficially notified Ambassador iVnfiehl that it will reeall Ambassador Dumba, CLAIM CAPTURE OF 20,000 UNIN? JURED GERMANS IN WEST. Action Is Thought to He Result or New Gigantic Offensive Move? Trenches Captured for 20 Miles? .' Ships Aid by Bombarding Teuton Positions from Coast. London, Sept. 2G.?Heavy and con? tinuous attacks by the British and French have cost the Germans more than 20,000 unwounded men taken prisoners and 20 miles of trenches In the West. Souchez has been stormed and cap? tured and an advance is reported north of Arras. The assaults began Saturday morning and at last accounts battles were raging ferociously. A German official statement for? warded from Berlin admits German reverses. While the allies were advancing into German entrenchments British battle? ships were battering away at German positions between Zeebrugge and Nieuport. For several weeks there had been an almost Incessant bombardment with big guns, increasing late this week in intensity, particularly in the sectors where infantry attacks took place. This prepared the way for the general assault. The French, who have the most im? portant gain to their credit, made their chief onset around Perthes, Beauso Jour and Suiphez and Champagne, where in December they made a con? siderable gain. This attack backed [by a tremendous artillery fire gave them possession of more territory than they have retaken from Germans since the latter dug themselves in after the battle of the Marne. According to the French, the Ger? mans were driven out of their trenches over a front of 15 miles, varying in depth from two-thirds of a mile to two and a half miles. The French in this engagement captured 12,000 prisoners. , The Importance of this gain lies in ?iie fact that every yard ot ground taken in this region weakens the Ger? man position around Verdun, from which the Germans might be com? pelled to retire should the French make a further advance. The French have regained trenches east of the "Labyrinth" in the Arras district, which was the scene of much to * heavy fighting earlier in the , year. There the Germans had built what they considered almost impregnable fortifications. This attack was made in coopera? tion with nie British, who attacked on either side of La Bassee canal. The attack south of the canal, Field Mar? shal Sir John French reports, was a complete success. Trenches five miles in width and about 4,000 yardH in depth were taken at this point. This push forward gives the British possession of the road from Lens to La Bassee, which was used by the Germans for moving troops and sup? plies north and south and threatens to outllank the German troops which hold the town of Lens. Hill No. 70, one of the positions taken on the road, is less than a mile directly north of Lens, while Hulluch, which also fell into the hands of the British, is at the end of the road near La Bassee. It is only 12 miles from Hulluch to Lille, the capital of north? ern France. North of the canal the British, al? though they fought all day yesterday, were unable to hold the ground gained and had to fall back to the trenches which they had left in the morning. The attack, however, accomplished jone purpose, as, according to Field Marshal French, German reserves were sent to check this move, thus giving the British south of the canal an opportunity to consolidate their new possessions unmolested. A somewhatelmllar manoeuvre took place north and south of the Menln road, east of Ypres, and the results wore the same. North of the road the British were unable to hold the German trenches, but on the south they gained about G00 yards of tier man trenches and consolidated the ground won. I So far as reported the British took 1,700 prisoners with eight guns and several machine guns. Some of the fiercest fighting of the campaign is prdgresslng on the Rus? sian front. The Germans continue trying to drive the Russian! out of Dvlnsk, while in Volhynia and Oalicla the Russians continue to harass the Austro-Germans who had designs on Kiev, from which town they are now farther away than they wire a few weks ago. Oen. Ivanoff apparently is deter? mined to hold back the Austro-Ocr DOES NOT DENY 11 RIGHTS AUSTRIA EXPLAINS ITS ATTITUDE TOWARD THIS COUNTRY. Did not Intend to Imply That United. States Did not Have Right to Real in Normal Trallic iu Munitions, but Did not Want This Trade Increased. Amsterdam, Sept. 26.?The Austro Hungarian government, according to an official telegram received toda from Vienna, has, in reply to tu American note of August 12 relative to the manufacture of ammunition in the United States reiterated the po? sition taken in its protest of June 29. The reply affirms that Austria-Hun? gary never intended to imply that itj expected Washington would forbid American citizens to do a normal traffic in war material with the ene i mies of tne dual monarchy, but solely protested against the economic life of the United States being made sub? servient to the production of war material on the greatest possib'e scale whereby the United States became "militarized." The note proceeds: According to paragraphs 2 and 3 of the preamble of The Hague convention No. 2 of 1907 and supplemented by the gen? eral principles of neutrality, the Aus tro-Hungarlan government considers the concentration of so much Ameri? can energy on one aim; namely, the delivery of war material whereby, al? though not intentional but in fact, ef? fective support is rendered one of the belligerent parties is a "fait nouveau' (departure) which confutes the ref? erence to the United States to sup? port precedents. "The dual government Is further of the opinion that the excessive ex? port of war material is not admissible even if it is exported to countries of both belligerent parties. The above mentioned fait nouveau should be suf? ficient reason for altering the exist? ing practice of the United States in ,regard to its observance of neutrality. "The suggestion of the Austro-Hun garian government on the question of the supply of war materials was intended to prove that it is in the power of the United States'to open the way for commerce with the cen? tral powers because this possibility has been prevented by the entente powers by measures which even the government of the United States re? gards as illegal. "Tho reference by the United States to the Boer war is less apposite since at that time England did not pro? hibit commerce and, therefore, there was no question of the commercial isolation of South Africa." The note points out relative to Washington's reference to the German publicists, Paul Einicke, that Einicke himself has publicly protested against one paragraph of his essay on "neu? trality and naval warfare" being in? terpreted in favor of the United States. INCIDENT CLOSED FOR AMERICA. Officials In V i bington Manifest Little Interest in continuation of Austrian Controversy. Washington, Sept. 26.?The reply of Austro-Hungary to the American note on shipment of war munitions has not reached here. Officials manifested lit? tle Interest in the continuation by Austria of the controversy holding that so far as the United States is con? cerned the incident was closed. Dr. Constantfh Dumba, the Austrian ambassador, advised his foreign office that further exchange of notes on the subject would be futile because of the determination of President Wilson not to alter the position he had taken. Dr. Dumba's letter of advice never reached the Austrian foreign office, as it was intercepted when his messenger James F. J. Archibald, was arrested in England. Greece lakes Transports. Athens, Sept. 27.?Twenty mer chantships have been taken over by the government to be used as trans? ports. Railway Service Suspended. Sofia, Sept. 27.?Railway service be? tween Bulgaria and Serbia has been suspended on orders of the Bulgarian government. mans and his efforts are meeting with a considerable measure of success. The fortress triangle, which Includes Duhno, Rovno and Lutsk, Is almost entirely in the possession of the Rus? sia ns. In Galtcla the Austrlans have been driven back across the rivers which run parallel to the border. The Italians, like the rest of the nl lles, report a number of successes in taking fortified mountains from th Austrlans. DRAFT CT ? iGREEMENT MADE PUBT S jHOW GAIN FOR 9f COUNTRY. f. Govc* Jr* it to Purchase Water Works I Id g? /n of Panama and Colon?* n ej Asr of Land Most Important. ^ lama, Sept. 26.?What purports t the draft of a new treaty which / Panama government desires to en r into with the United States gov? ernment was made public here today. The treaty, intended to supplant ?the original treaty of 1903, contains 12 articles. The most important govern the transfer to the Panama government of all Panama railroad owned lands in the cities of Panama and Colon, except those on which buildings have been erected or are used by the railroad, together with the revocation of the privileges en? joyed by the railroad by virtue o^ the Colombian contracts. The pro? visions would be replaced jy others to be decided on later. Other clauses provide for purchase of the waterworks In the cities of Panama and Colon by Panama; ex? emption of machinery and agricul? tural implements manufactured in the United States from duty; regulation of the tax system by gradually re jducing it; establishment of compulsory military in Panama for defense of the canal; construction of two rail? roads into the interior; the United 'states to issue bonds to cover the i construction, and granting the United States privileges to convert them Into military, railroads; abolition of the commissaries at Hal bo and Cristobal; Panama to keep her ad valorem duty within 10 per cent.; arbitration of differences between Panama and the United States by a commission com? posed of one member each from the two countries interested and one each from Brazil, Chile and Argentina. PEACE WITH JUSTICE. Gompcrs Not for Disarmament eg Present. Washington, Sept. 24.?Samuel Gompers made pubHc today a letter written to MaJ. Gen. Wood declining an Invitation to speak at the Plats burg New York citizens' training camp. Mr. Gompers wrote that he realized nations could not disarm under pres? ent conditions and advocated a small standing army with opportunity for the masses of the people to prepare themselves for defense of the coun? try. "You know, of course," he con? cluded, "that while the organized labor movement advocates peace, It advocates peace founded upon justice and not peace at any price. Our ex? perience with the practical affairs of life has taught us that we can secure justice and recognition for our neces? sary demands only when we are pre? pared to protect our demands and to enforce our ideals of justice. CAN'T CANCEL RATES. New Clyde Line Tariffs Ordered Sus? pended. Washington, Sept. 24.?Tariffs of the Clyde Steamship company, which provide for the cancellation of joint ocean and rail class and cornmc"ty rates from New York and other East? ern points to Charlotte, N. C., and other destinations via the port of Charleston, were suspended today by the interstate commerce commission until January 25. ? TWO ROADS MERGER. Agreement Filed with Secretary of State. Columiba, Sept. 25.?An agreement of merger was bled with the secretary of state yesterday by the Carolina, Atlantic and Western railway and the Charleston Southern railway. The combined capital of the new corpora? tion will be $2,525,000. The capital of %43,000 of the Charleston Southern is to be canceled under the terms of the merger. The new name of the new road will be the Carolina, Atlantic & Western railway. U. S. TROOPERS IiOST. Scorching Parties 1,00 king for Six Americans. Brownsville, Sept. 25.?Searching parties went out today to lind six American troopers who took part in the lighting with Mexicans at Progres so. Five others who disappeared af? ter the tight were reported this morn? ing as having hidden in the bush, af? ter becoming separated from their companions. .