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?0 reMEJOJOML NOW. ALLIES SUPPLEMENTARY REPLY TO WILKOV SETS FORTH PRO? MISE OF LONG WAR. German Ambition* and Methods Evil and Must be Suppressed, Says F.i tente Communication Sent I'lir* ir:h Balfour, British Secretary for For? eign Affairs, if Pence Is to Rf?;:'?. Wellington, Jan. 17.?The tsntf allies, in a note addressed by Artb ir Balfour, British foreign minister, to Ambassador Soring-Kice, and deliv? ered today to the State department, amplify their reply to President Wil? son's peace note by explaining In de? tail why they beliovo it Impossible at present to attain a peace which will assure them such guarantees as they consider essential. The note also ex? plains why the allies demand the ex? pulsion of Turkey from Europe; res torstlon of Alsace-Ix>rralne to France, of Italia Irredenta to Italy and the other territorial changes set forlh. Those who think the future pe o ? of the world may be Insured by inter? national treaties and International laws, the note says, have ill learned the !e: sorts taught by recent history. After charging that German Influence In Turkey had resulted in condition i as barbarous and more a rgresslve than were known under Mil tun A^dal Hamid, and that It had been shown / Oermaoy can not ho expected to re epect treaty obligations, Mr. Ealfour save: "Bo |6ng as Germany remains the Germany which without a shadow of Justification overran and barbarously 111 treated a country it was pledged to defend, no state can regard Its rights as secure If they have uo better pro? tection than a solemn treaty." Asserting that Pelgium was n )t Ger? many's only victim, and that "neutrals wero Invited to note outrages which accompanied its coiniu -t," the note recites the "reign of terror" attendant upon Germany's method of warfare, and in that connection says: 'The war staffs of the central pow? ers are well content to horrify the world If at the same time they can terrorize it." The people of Great Britain, Mr. Balfonr says, sharo President Wilson*j desire for peace, but do not believe rf can bo durable unless based on tnc success of the alllod cause. Such a peace. It Is argued, can not be ex? pects*' unless the.se three conditions are fulfilled: Existing causes of International ur. rest shall bolas far as possible re? moved or weakened; the aggressiv? alms and the unscrupulous mOtllOdl of the central powers should fall into disrepute among,their own people-; and, finally, that behind International law and behind all treaty arrange? ments tor preventing or limiting hos? tilities some form of Internation ? 1 sanction should be devised Villah would give pause to the hardiest ag gressor. It Is recognised that the condition ?? may be difficult of fulfillment, but the belief Is expressed that thry are in. general harmony with President Wil? son's ideas. The note declares confidence th:.? so far as Kurope Is concerned, none of the conditions can he satisfied, even imperXectly, unless pr ice If, se? cured on the general lines Indhat. I by the allies' Joint note. The t \t ..f Mr. Pnlfour's not.\ dated January 11 ar.d addressed to Sir Cecil, follows: 'In sending you a translation of tho allied note I des.re to make the following observations, which you r.hould bring to the notice of tie t'n'.ted States government. "I gather from the general tenor of the pre* ident's note that while In Is animated by an Intense desire that ponce should come soon aid that when It comes it should be met ing he does not for the moment at least concern himself with the lernt on which it should bi iimaged. H I majesty's government entirely Share the president's ideas, l?ut they feel strongly that th?3 durability of pee I must largely depend on its chari - ter and that no stable system of in? ternational relations can oe built I It foundations which are essentially an 1 I, ?!.-., -s- , d' ' 'i . t\ "This becomes clearly apparent if We consider the main condition which rendered ?OBBlblg the calam - ties from which the world is n > suffering. These were the exist n of great powers consumed with t'. lust of domination In the mid I a community of nations ill pfO|) > I .'or deft nse. plentifully BUPpll d I deed with International I We, with no innchm' iy for enf >i them iind weakened I) tbe fact th nelth'M the houinl i ? Of the mis states nor their Internal OOlt tn-ri h ? i iMMiii/.-.l \ ith th" asplratiw of their constituent races or Ott II to them Just und equal treatment "That th's mat e\ll weald frently miti-'atid If lie allies cured the changes la the map ef I rope outlined in MeOtf I Ffnfl '" manifest and I need not labe point. "It has been argued. Indeed, ' m the sspulciou of the Turk* from rope forms no proper or logical part, of this general scheme. The mainto- j nance of the Turkish empire was dining many generations regarded by IItaiesmen of worldwide authority as ' essential to the maintenance of Eu? ropean peace. Why, it is askod, should the cause of pence be now associate i with a complete reversal of this tra? ditional policy 1 "The answer is that cireum.-.tancs BATt completely changed. Jt is un neeeeeary to consider now whether the ereatlon or a reformed TurUey mediating between hostile races in tho Near East was \a scheme Which, bad tiie sultan boon sincere and the pOWOre united, could ever have been realllid. It certainly can not be real? ised now. The Turkey of *u:don and I progress' is at least as barbarous and li far more aggressive than the Tu . - ROy of Sultun Abdul Hamid. In tine i hands of K'ermuny it has ceased evon in appearance to be a bulwark of peace and is openly used as an in? strument of conquest. Under Gorma I odlcers ? Turkish soldiers are now lighting; in land* from which th had long been expelled and a Tur , kish government controlled, ?tlbii? ? dlzed and supported bv Germany has been guilty of tnassi.i ?J In Armenia and Syria more horrible than any re? corded in tho history even of those , unhappy countries. Evidently the ln ? tcrests of peace and the claims of na? tionality alike recpiire tho Turkish ] rule over alien races shall if possible I be brouffhr. to an end; and wo may bone that the expulsion of Turk' y < from Europe will contribute as much to the cause of peace as the restora? tion of Alsace-Lorraine to France, :>/ Italia Irredenta to Italy, or any of the other teritorial changes Indicated in the allied note. , "Evidently, however, such terri? torial rearrangements, though they may diminish the occasions of war, provide no suflieient security again.it Its recurrence. If Germany, or rather those In Germany who mould Its opin? ion! and conto! its destinies, again set out to domineer the world, they may tlnd that by the new order of things the adventure Is made more difficult but hardly that It la made Im? possible. Ti v may still have ready to their hand a political system or? ganized through and through on a military basis; they may still accumu? late vast stores of military equip? ment; they may still persist in their methods of attack, so that their more pacific neighbors will be struck down before they can prepare B thems';:v. 3 for defense. If so, Europe when th ? war is over will be far poorer in men, in money and in mutual good will than it was when the war b^gan, b * it will not be safer; and the h >p< * for the future of the world entcrtah. d by the jgr osident will be as far an ever from fulfillment. "There are those who think that for this disease international treaties and international laws may provide a sufficient cure. Hut such persons have ill learned the lessons so cleat ly taught by recent history. While other nations, notably the United states of America, and Great Britain, were striving by treaties of arbitra? tion to muke sure that no chance quarrel should mar the peace they desired to make perpetual, Ger? many stood aloof Her historian* and philosophers preached the splenelors of war; power was pro claimed as the true end of the state; md the general staff forged with untiring industry the weapons by Which ?t the gppe ntOd moment pov - er might be achieved. These foots proved clearly * nou that treaty ar? rangements for maintaining peaco were not likely to lind much favor Berlin; they did not prove that euch treaties once made would be utterly effectu ?1. Th la became eve' >nt only when war had broken out; though the demonstration, when it came, was overwhelming. So lou'V ai Germany re malm the Germany w hich without a shadow of Justifi? cation overran and barbarously ill treated a country it was pledged to lefend, no state can regard its rights as secure if they have no ; et tar protection than a solemn treaty. "The case is made worse by the re? flection '?hat these methods of col eulatsd brutalUy were designed by the Central powers not merely to crush to :!"> dust those with whom they were at war but to Intimidate those with whom they were still I ?atO, BclglOm v. as not only a vi tlm; it WO! an example. Noutru?j were Intended to note the outrage which accompanied it* conouest, th reign of terror which followed occupation, the deportation of a por lion of its people, the cruel Oppn sion of the remainder. And lest th nations h ippl ly protected eitle I Brit h ? el ? oi- by their own froi .'Innen armies should suppose them eK.s safe from German mcthodM the submarine has (within its Iii.; I d loualy Imitated the hare; ron practices of the sister service. T c j war staffs ol the central powen well content to horrify the world at th ? earns time they ran torrorh a "if then the central powers cue if will he to 10 thods like tin 1 ? v w ill OH I their 1000001. He V nny reform of international relation be buwed on a pcaeo thuu obtained.' Such a peace would represent the tri? umph of all the forces which make war certain and make it brutal. It would advertise the futility of all the methods on which civilization relies , to eliminate the occasions of interna? tional dispute and to mitigate their ferocity. Germany and Austria made the present war inevitable by attack? ing the rights of one small State, end they gained their initial triumphs by violating the treaty guarantees of the territories of another. Are small States going to lind In them their future protectors or In treaties made by them a bulwark against aggres? sion? Terrolsm by land and sea will have proved itself the instrument of Victory, Arc the victors likely to abandon it on the appeal of neutral? I If existing treaties arc no more than scraps of paper can fresh treaties help us if the violation of the fundamental canons of International law be crowned with success, v ill it not be in vain that the assemble! na MOM labor to improve their code? None will profit by their rule:, but powers who break them. It is those who keep them that will suffer. "Though, therefore, the people of this country aha re to the full the der ' e of the president for peace, they 1 f .iot belloVe peace can be durable i. :t be not Cased on the success of the ? allied cause. For a durable peace can j hardly be expected unless three con ( dltlona are fulfilled, The first is that I quitting causes, of international unrest should be as far as possible removed or Weakened. the second is that the ; aggressive aims and the unscrupu? lous methods of the central power* : ho'?d fa)l iato disrepute among thei. OWfl peoples; The third is that be hind International law and behind^ all treaty arrangements for prevent? ing or limiting hostilities some form of international sanction should be devised which would give pause to tfie hardiest aggressor. These condi? tions may be difficult of fulfillment. Hut we believe them to be in general harmony with the president's ideas and *>e are confident that none of them can be satisfied, even imperfect* I ly, unless peace be secured on the i I general lines indicated (so far as [Snrope Is. concerned; in the joint Rote. Therefore it is that this coun? try has* made, is making and is pre? pared to make sacrifices of blood and treasure unparalleled in its his? tory. It hears these heavy burdens not merely that it may thus fulfill its treaty obligations nor yet that it may securo a barren triumph of one group of nations over another. It bears them because it firmly believes that on the success of the allies depend the prospects of peaceful civilization and of these international reforms Which, the best thinkers of the new world as of the old dare to hope may follow on the cessation of our present calamities." SEARCH FOR RAIDER. Powerful Meet of British and French Warships Scouring Atlantic. London, Jan. IS.?A powerful fleet of Bjrltlfll and French warships b scouring the Atlantic today for that new terror of the sea, the German raider which is accredited with sink? ing over thirty ships. It is known that ten British warships arc patroll? ing tho coast of South America and off the southern coast of the United States for the raider. It is also ro ported that a submarine had been sighted eight hundred miles cast of the Virginia capes. KICK ARBS HEADS BOARD. Columbia, Jan. 18.?John G. Rich aids of Liberty Hill was elected chair? man of the railroad commission at the meeting yesterday. G. McDuflie Hampton retired as a member of the commission and was succeeded by James Cansler of Tirzah in York county, J. P. Darby was re-elected secretary to the commission. Miss M, EQ, Carr was re-elected stenographer to the commission. THE LEGISLATURE TODAY. Columbia, Jan. IS.?The house of Representatives today killed bills pro? hibiting probate Jud tos from per? forming the marriage ceremony for eon pis to w hom they had issued li? censes and tightening up the law re? lating to seduction after promiso of marriage. The biles resolution providing for the State treasury to pay $60,000 for the new building already completed at the State HospltaJ for the Insane was sent to the senate this morning. PEH8HING ORDERED HOME. Washington* Jan. 18,?Gen. Persh lng*s column will be back In the Unit ed States by March L This was stat ed positively today by army officer and war department nfllcluls. i> ? also Indicated that three regiments militia will soon be withdrawn frc tho border, but the regiments wei lOl named, It is understood that Ot Pershlng Is several hundred mil south of the border now . Three com? panies of Kentucky militia will be or? dered homo today, NFAVS PROM SUMMERTON. Farmers Begin Work for 1917?Es? tablishing New Mills on Santoe at ? St. Paul?st. Raul oil Mill Ginnery Burned?Officers of W. O. W. ! The farmers are beginning to start things to work now, and in a short While you will hear nothing in the fields but fussing at mules and late in the afternoons the old time coon songs, and the things we set out 10 accomplish in the year just passed avray, and did not, call for a new start now Mr. T. H. Gentry, one of our best farmers, says he is just now learning how to farm and make rcasonab'y good crops, and not buy so much fer? tilizer, that where be bad oats, pea vine and hay last year he will plan: cotton this year, also plant cotton where he had corn last yc r, and corn where he had cotton last year, and by this method you will have a pet crop on your land every two years, and this no doubt is a good idea, and no doubt the average farmer will pi out by rotating his land this way. The people who have bought tha timber up and down the Santec swamp are moving down here now, and tho mills will be in operation in a? few weeks. There are already some three or four families moved to our city and we are very glad to have them w'.tB us. These mills coming here will give hundreds of men work, as they expert to have ten or twelve mills, and fl planing mill at St. Paul, and then hauling from the mills will he don* with wagons and teams, and the pay office will be at this place. No doubt this will give the merchants hero a gqod trade through what is usuarty termed the dull season. ' A party of our town sports went down to Santee one afternoon last -week to shoot some ducks, and it is understood that these ducks have been shot so much recently that when they come to the ponds for the night before they hit tho water they fly ? 'over the ponds several times very high, entirely out of gun shot. And Mack Plowden who was a member cf this party the other afternoon no doubt had been told about how the ducks played around, and when this party reached the pond they were all placed on their stands by Fred Lan ham who Is an expert along this line, and later In the evening when the crowd was fixing to leave Mack was seen coming down a tree. No doubt feSMukd been up there to get close enough to make certain of a duck, but they just did not come that after? noon. Maybe they saw Mack in the top of this tree. Come now, Mr. PloWden, give them a chance the next time. The St. Paul Oil Mill ginnery Will destroyed by fire last Sunday morning abovft 3 o'clock. It seems that a bale of cotton had caught fire some time during the day Saturday, and while it was thought it had been put out no doubt a spark was left some whete In the building and later In the night began burning, and it being at such a late hour in the night when it was discovered the fire had gained too much headway to extinguish and all that could be done was to save the nearby building. This was an eight gin outfit and valued at something like six thousand dollars, with only two thousand dol 'ars insurance, which makes it quite a loss to the company. Messrs. C. M. Davis, Joe Davis, F. R. Dingle, and others are dow n on Capers Island this week on a hunt. We hope they will have the best of luck, but they hardly ever make a clean sweep; another fellow can go along after them and lind something to shoot. At the regular meeting of White Oak Camp number 1 i*0, W. O. W., last Monday night the following officers were elected to serve the ensuing year: H. H. Meddlin, C. C; J. R. Richbourg, Clerk; L. T. Fischer, year: H. H. Meddlin, C. C; J. F. Eadon, Escort; J. T. Davis, Physician. Managers, Jeff M. Davis, E. O. Rowe, and W. J. Godwin; Watchman, W. B. Senn. This camp Is In a flourishing condition, has a splendid membership, and a bright prospect in the future. Meeting held on Wednesday night be? fore the full moon of each month. After the meeting Monday night an oyster supper! woe enjoyed ut| the home of Mr. Medlin. A new grocery store has been open? ed up in our hustling little city by Messrs. D. A. Coskrey and C. T. Din? gle, which will ho known as the Summerton Grocery company. These young men are numbered among our best citizens and have a number ol friends who wish them much success. Mr. Coskrey was for a number of years book-keeper for W. it. Coskrey, and is a splendid business man. Mr. Dingle has hold responsible positions with some Of the best business houses here, and la a good business man. On Governor's staff. Columbia. Jan. 1 ft. W. K Keith of Tlnrmons> Die and 11. P. I Navies kin re nei^i appointed a;; members of th" personal staff of GOV, Manning. DEBATE IN HOUSE. A\e Discussion on Election Of Me Luurin's Successor and Amending Tax Penalty Lew. The house met for one hour yes? terday prior to the inauguration ex? orcises, but this one hour saw the liveliest debate experienced so far tins session. There were two matters of interest, a mot which meant tho postponement of the election of a State warehouse commissioner which was detated 85 to 2X, and a motion to kill Mr. Liles' bill to change the delinquent tax penalty. When Mr. Liles' bill to provide tor the collection of delinquent tax pen? alties came up for srtond reading, it iiad a favorable report from tho ways and menus committee with amend? ment. The original made the penal? ty five per cent January 1, and did away with tho present graduated scale. The amendment called for one per cent. December ill end four per cent. January 31, Representative Moore of Abbeville moved to strike out the enacting words. This called for considerable discussion and when the time for the joint assembly arriv? ed debate was postponed, on motion of Mr. Cothraa of Greenville, until after third reading hills today. Rep? resentatives Cram of Bamberg, and Rivers of Chesterfield, favored the bill, while Representative Daniel of Sal u da did not think there was suf? ficient reason to make a change in : the present graduated scale of pen I allies. Representative Liles of Orangeburg introduced a bill yesterday to provide the $50.000 for the State Hospital for Insane, as required by the governor in a special message sent to the house Monday night. After the inauguration exercises the house met for a few minutes and adjourned for the day. ALL JUDGES RE-ELECTE1K Columbia, Jan. 17.?Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, was re-elected to succeed himself as judge of the Fifth judicial circuit today by the general assembly. He had no opposition. Judge Thomas S. Sease, of Spartan burg, was re-elected judge of the Seventh circuit without opposition. Being unopposed Judge R. W. Mem minger of Charleston, was re-elected to succeed himself as judge of the Ninth circuit. George E. Prince, of Anderson, be? ing unopposed, waa -co elantan* t'efrT of the Tenth judicial circuit. OCEAN RATES GOING UP. Difficult to Book Space at Current Quotations. New York, Jan. 16.?Ocean freight rates from Now Y'ork were quoted to? day at a new high level. Even at current quotations it was difficult to book space. The greatest increase has been in space for provisions, the rate having gone up approximately 100 per cent in the last week. Grain rates are not quoted and cotton rates are nominal as there virtually has been no* cotton room to lie had, it is said, to the port of New York. Two prinei. 1 reasons are ascribed by brokers: The withdrawal by the Dritsh admiralty of all cargo space except a small amount on every ship dying the Britten hag amounting to the complete taking over of every ves? sel in the Britsh merchant marine and submarine activities cf the last month that have sen. myiy large freighters to the bottom. War risk ii.?urance has been kept on a steady u per cent, basis for trans-Atlantic risk and an und 10 per cent on Mediterranean risk^ sine? the dret of December. Shading cf these risks have been for special car? goes and ships. FALKENHAYN IN GREECE. Made Trip to Kavilla in a Submarine. London, Jan. 1".?The presence in Qrecce of Gen. von Falkenhayn, for? mer German chief of staff and of late in command of part of the forces en? gaged In the campaign against Ru? mania, is reported in French official quarters at Saloniki, according to a Router dispatch from that point. Gen. von Falkenhayn is said to have embarked on a submarine at the Greek port of Kavilla, now in the hands of tho Germans and to have landed at a point on the Greek coast, whence he made his way to Larissa. The absence of his name from the official Berlin war reports has been noted for some days. Previous messages from Saloniki said it was Qen. Baron von Falken? husen, a member of the German m.li tary commission, Which went to Greece In 1916, who made the trip in the submarine. SUICIDE IN ATLANTA. Tampa Man Shoots Himself Through Head. Atlanta, Jan. 17.?Despondent over bis Inability to secure a position. B. I>. Wilson, of Tampa, Fla., shot him? self through the load this morning at the home of relatives here. He is believed to l>e dying. ? wife Finds Cure for Epilepsy After Years of Suffering "My daughter wa3 afflicted with epileptic tits for three years, the attack* coming every few weeks. Wc employed several doctors but they did her no good. About a rear a & o we heard of Dr. ?,!<:<*? Kenia** viid it certairdy h a s proved a blessing to our littlo gilt. She is now spparently cured :.:.d 13 cn ig t he best Of health. It is <iv<'i a year si OOS the l.'S had a ft. We cannot speak toe highly of I r. Miles' Nervine" MRS. FRANK ANDERSON. ('.( ? Jray, Minn. Thousands of children in the United Stales who arc suffering from attacks of cpikpsy are a burden and sorrow to their parents, who would give anything to restore health to the sufferers. Dr. Miles' Nervine is one of the best remedies known for this aii'iiction. It has proven beneficial in thousands of cases and those who have u^cd it have the greatest faith in it. It is not a "cure-all," but a reliable remedy for nervous diseases. Von need not hesitate to give it a trial. Sold by all Druggists. If the first bottle fails to benefit your money Is returned. ? MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. DISCUSS LIVESTOCK RAISING. South Carolina Association Turns At? tention to Stock as Factor in Fight on Boll Weevil. Columbia, Jan. 17.?Dive stock as an important factor in the fight against the invasion of the Mexican cotton boll weevil was stressed in the several addresses at the first day's sessions of tie annual meeting of the South Carolina Dive Stock association. The sessions are boing held in the assembly hall at the Jefferson hotel and more than 100 well known live stock breeders are in attendance. The association was welcomed to Columbia yesterday by D. C. Hey ward, former governor and collector of internal revenue. The condition of the live stock in dustry was reviewed in the annual ^^iii l i nj -y tTtp t i?fctrtfc - of Prosperity, president. He made a plea for the development of the in* dustry us a means of overcoming the economic loss to be caused by the boll weevil. He gave statistics show? ing that there has been a steady gain for the industry during the year. The last report places the number of hogs at nearly 1,000,000. Orangeburg was selected today for the next annual meeting of the as? sociation. Plans are already being perfected for staging a live stoeli show when the association meets. Of? ficers for the yeas were elected at the meeting this afternoon. A feature of the session today was :^n address by J. P. Quinerly on dairy? ing in Alabama under boll weevil con? ditions. The development of the dairy was the subject of a paper yesterday by W. W. Fitzpatrick of Clemson Col? lege. Fifteen cents per pound for hogs *ras the estimate placed in an aeV dresa yesterday by James A. McKee, of Versailles, Ky., a national author? ity on the hog. He spoke on cooper? ation as a means of developing the live stock industry. Ira W. W Mama of Georgia spoke last night on cotton breeding. He took the place on the program of E. Dee Wor sham, State entomologist of Georgia, who was prevented from attending on account of illness. TO LAY DOUBLE TRACK. A. C. L. Contract for Work* From Florence/ to Lanes. Florence Times. It is learned on very good author? ity that the Atlantic Coast Line hag let the contract for double tracking its line from here southward, and that work will be started at once on the section from here to Howes. This will I e of the geatest benefit to tho eo: y in enabling it to get :< trains in and out of Florence with leas delay. The experience of tho load with the time saved when the work of double trac king from here to Pee Dee was completed was a valu? able object lesson. This work will bring a large con? struction force in this vicinity, who will do a large part of their trading in Florence if they can get what they want hen, and from all reports that u e get, these construction gangs do not get anything like tho liquor that they used to get. Their money is spent for something else. The r >ast Line is already double tracked from Lanes to Charleston and this section has needed it badly for some time. It is a big work that has been undertaken, especially after the heavy hisses Inflicted by the Hoods of last summer.