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change oe territory only to
insure "fair chance of
utr and Liberty.**
WM?on Senile Message to Russia?
?sstcsnuM c? only ra "i leyment for
Wrong* IMmc," Hays the
Washington. Juno 9.?President
Wilson. In a communication to the
new government of Itusslu ban made
plain the war alms of the United
States end its position on "no annexa?
tion, no Indemnities."
"Ho territory must change hands
except for the purpose of securing for
those who Inhabit it a fair chance of
life and liberty." says the communi?
cation.
"No Indemnities must be Insisted on
except those that constitute payment
for manifest wrongs done.
"Me readjustments of power must
he made except such as will tend to se?
cure the future peace of the world
and the future welfare und happiness
af Ita people."
In unmistakable terms President
Wilson declares against Germany's
proposals to restore the "status quo"
before the war.
"It was the status quo ante out of
which thlt Iniquitous war Issued
forth." he says. "The power of the
miperlal German government within
empire and its widespread doml
and Influence outside'of that
plra.
The president's communication wae
Ivered to the Russian government
Ambassador Francis, at Petrograd,
full. It rends as follows:
'In view of the approaching visit of
American delegation to Russia to
twees the doep friendship of the
American people for the people of
Russia and to discuss the best and
most practical means of cooperation
between the two peoples In carrying
the present struggle for the freedom
of all peoples to x successful consum?
mation, it seems opportune and ap?
propriate that 1 ? hould state again m
the light of tht< new partnership the,
objects the United States has hud in
mind In enterinff trie war. Those ob?
jects have beer? very .much becloud?
ed during the past few weeks by mta
trken and misleading statements and
the Issues st stake are too numerous,
tt-o tremendous, too significant for the.
a hole human race to permit any mis?
interpretation or misunderstanding,
however slight, to remain uncorrecteJ
for a moment.
"The war bus begun to go against
Germany and In their desperate do
sire to escape Inevitable defeat those
who are In authority in Germany are
using every possible Instrumentality,
are making use even of the Influence
of group* and parties among their
own"*subjects to whom they have
raver been Just or fair, or even toler?
ant, to promote a propaganda on both
sides of the eea which will preserve
for them their Influence at home and
their power abroad, to the undoing of
very men they are using
"The position of Amerlcu in this
fcr Is so clearly avowed that no
can bo excused for mistaking It
She seeks no material profit or ag?
grandisement of any kind. She is
fighting for no advantage or selfish
object of her own, but for the lib?
eration of peoples everywhere from
the ssjgrcnslon of autocrutic force.
The ruling clusses In Germany have
begun of late to profess a like lib?
erality and Justice of purpose hut
only to preeerve the power tiey have
set up In Germany and tho selfish ud
vanr.?gcw which they have wrongly
gained for themselves, und tieir pri?
vate projects of power all the way
from Berlin to fhtgdud and beyond.
"Qoveriumeit after government b is
by their Influence, without open con?
quest of its territory, been linked to?
gether In a net of intrigue directed
aaalnnt nothing less than the peace
?ri*t liberty of the world. Th ? meshes
of that intrigue must he broken, but
cannot be broken unless wrongs al?
ready done are undone, and adequate
measures must be taken to prevent it
from ever again being rewoven or
repaired.
"Of course, the linoprinl German
government und those whom it Is
using for their own undoing ire seek
Ing to obtain pledges that the war
will end In tho restoration of the
status quo ante. It was the status
quo ante out of which this iniquitous
war Issued fortS, the power of the
Imperial German government within
the empire ami its widespread domi?
nation and influence, outside of that
empire. That stutus must be altcrod
In such fashion as to prevent an\
such hideous thing from ever happen?
ing again.
"We are fighting for tin liberty, th'
self-government md the undht.it <l
development of all peoples ami ever>
fr?*ure of the settlement that eon
dudes this war must be conceive l
and executed for that purpose. Wrong ?
must first l?e righted and th <n ad ?
quote safeguards must be ( rented to
peevent their being committed again
We ought not to consider romedies
merely because they have a pleasing
and sonorous sound. Practical ques?
tions can he settled only by practical
means. Phrases will not accomplish J
the result. Effective readjustments!
will, ahd whatever readjustments are j
necessary must be made.
"Bill they must follow a principle
and that principle is plain. No peo?
ple must be forced under sovereignty
under which it does not wish to live.
No territory must change hands, ex
eept for the purpose of securing those
who inhabit It a fair chance of life
and liberty. No indemnities must be
insisted upon, except those that con?
stitute payment for manifest wrong
done. No readjustments of power
to secure the future ponce of the world
and the future welfare and happiness
of its peoples.
"And then tho free peoples of the
world must draw together in some
common covenant, some genuine and
practical cooperation that will in ef?
fect combine their force to secure
peace and justice In the dealings of
nations with one another. The broth?
erhood of mankind must no longer be
? fair but empty phrase; It must be
given a structure of force and real?
ity. The nations must realize their
j common life and effect n workable
! partnership to secure that life against
the aggressions of autocratic ami ?eil- I
pleasing power.
"For these things we can afford to
pour out blood and treasure. For
fiese are the things we have always
profossed to desire and unless wc*
jKJiir out blood and treasure and now
succeed, we may never be able to
unite or show conquering force again ,
in the great cause of human liberty. |
The day has come to conquer or sub?
mit. If the forces of autocracy can
divide us, they will overcome us; if
we stand together, victory is certain
and the liberty which victory will se?
cure. We can afford then to he gen- |
erous, but we cannot afford then 01 J
now to be weak or omit any single!
guarantee of justice and security."
DISTURBANCE IN IRELAND.
Dublin, June 11.?Police Inspector j
Mills died this morning from injuries j
received last night after arresting'
Irish rebels who were trying to hold j
a meeting in defiance of the authori- i
ties. Several Sinn Feiners were ar?
rested in connection with the moot?
ing. Mills* assailant has not been
a rrested.
BOARD TU KEEP J l sris.
_
Man Goethals "Fired'1 Will he Con
auRlng Engineer.
Washington, .Inno 9.?Despite (Jen.
George (Joel Im Is' dismissal of 1\ A.
Eustis as assistant general manager
oi' the emergency fleet aorporatlon, the
snipping board will retain him as a
consulting engineer.
Mr. Eustis, who eoneoived the pin a
of building a vast licet of wooden ships
to run the German submarine block?
ade, was retained hy the board orig?
inal!) and was assigned to assistant i
to Gen. Goethals when the licet cor- |
poration was formed with the ge?ieral I
at its head. Yesterday the general
dismissed him because he charged
that the corporation was not taking j
advantage o)' facilities for wooden
shipbuilding.
Frank Sprague, chairman of the
nuval consulting hoard's shipping
committee, issued a statement today
saying thbt two electric concerns, the
Wcstinghouse and the General Elec?
tric, could furnish motive power for
all the ships the lleet corporation can
build, wooden nad steel.
HARTSVILLE LEADS IN BOND
PIHCHASE.
Oversubscribes Allotment live Times
?Town's Total $10:1,500.
Hartsvllle, Juno 9.?An oversub?
scription oC more thail Jive times
Hartsville's apportionment of Liberty
bondfl was made known tonight when
Chairman A. L% If. Wiggins of the
Liberty bond committee announced
that Hartsville's total subscriptions
to date amounted to $103,500. Harts?
ville's apportionment! us fixed under
the federal reserve hank rules at
$1G,000, less than one-sixth the
amount already subscribed.
A vigorous selling campaign,
coupled with a liberal and patriotic
response by people of all classes, made
possible this large oversubscription.
Twenty-eight out of 34 white employes
of one firm here subscribed to bonds
of from $50 to $200 each and two
negro employes bought $50 bonds
each. Twenty-four operatives in one
of the local factories bought $1,600
worth of bonds, several purchaser}
being women and children. In many
cases employes are buying $50 bonds
by paying $1 a week and the employ
ers are financing tho bond without any
interest charge. The campaign will
he renewed Monday morning and all
slackers are to he rounded up.
"Not how much, but a bond for
everybody" is the slogan of the com?
mittee. The goal now set by the
committee is $112,000, an amount
equal to the apportionment for every
day of the week.
INSURANCE RESERVES LIABLE.
Supreme Court Dcekles That Taxes
Must be Paid on Reserve Funds.
Washington, June 11.?A very large
annual loss in federal income tax
revenue from insurance companies
and treasury refunds of scve;"al mil?
lion! dollars! alrdady collected were
prevented by a supreme court de?
cision in favor of the government in
the test suit of Insurance Company of
North America, Philadelphia. The
fire insurance company's reserve for
unpaid losses and claims are subject
! to taxation the supreme court dccid
I ed.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ricker left Sun?
day on a trip through Maine and No?
va Scotia.
A Car Whose Quality Lifts It Above
the Level of Its Price
Since the early days of the automobile
industry people have been accus?
tomed to cluss cars by price.
Rightly or wrongly, they have mainly
clung to the belief that cars of near?
ly equal cost closely compared in
quality, too.
It is as true today as ever.
Save In one caBe. Anc? this is the ex?
ception that proves the rule.
Though priced at lesu than $1,000
Saxon "Six" has forced?aetuully
compelled ? people to think of it in
the terms of costly oars.
Such a situation Is unprecedented.
No other car we know of has ever ac?
complished this feat.
Oil you think of any car in any oth?
er price class whoso superiority is
as distinct and pronounced as that
of Saxon "8lx" among cars costing
less than $1,200?
The answer of course si In the motor
?the famous Saxon "Six" high
speed motor.
Its performance today is probably as
nearly perfect as has ever been at?
tained.
In high-gear work, in pulling power,
in smoothness, in flexibility, Saxon
"Six" gives a performance that
seems incredible in a car from the
lcss-thau-$ 1,200 class.
If you search for specific reasons for
this superiority of Saxon "Six" you
can lind them most quickly through
comparison with other cars of like
price.
Consider if you will a certain ca 1 of
"lcss-tban-six-cylinders" of similar
price and good reputation.
At a speed of twenty miles per hour
this "les.s--than-six" under test de?
veloped 1512.78 powei Impulses per
minute.
Saxon "Six" showed 2993.925 impulses
per minute.
Or, under the same working conditions
the Saxon "Six" motor showed
nearly 9S per cent, greater continu?
ity?greater smoothness ? greater
uniformity of torque.
It is quickly apparent that the "lees
than-six" motor leaves much to he
desired.
For the less the number of impulses
per minute the less smooth is the
power-flow and the greater is the
vibration.
And vibration Induces friction whlcls
is, as of course you know, the fierc?
est foe a motor car has to face.
Now you will see just how much ad?
vantage accrues from the 98 per
cent, smoother power-flow of Sax?
on "Six." -
Seocon "Six"
A Big Touring Car for Five People
This well-known car of less-than-slx
cyl Inders previously mentioned, in
repeated trials required 30 seconds
to reach a 45 miles per hour speed
from a stock still stand.
Under the same conditions Saxon
"Six" time and again duplicated
this feat in 23 seconds.
This shows 22 per cent, faster pick-up
in favor of Saxon "Six."
A hill-climb test illustrates what this
smoother power-flow means in de?
veloping greater pulling power.
This "less-than-six"?shifting gears
once?climbed a mile-long hill in 2
minutes flat.
Saxon "Six"?without shifting gears
?did it in 1 minute and 2 seconds.
These instances are not cited as ex?
traordinary performances of Saxon
"Six." Nor are you to view them as
such. For they are not.
Rather are they representative of the
type of performance Saxon "Six"
gives.
And they picture, with fairness we be?
lieve, the inherent superiority of
Saxon "Six" over any other at less
than $1,200.
t;axon "Six" is $865; "Six" Sedan. $1.
250; "Four" Roadster, $495; f. o. b.
Detroit.
CAROLINA SAXON COMPANY
HOLMES SIMONS, Treas. & Gen. Mgr.
1218 Hampton Avenue Phone 647
Columbia, S. C.
List Of Saxon Dealers
Palmetto (larage, Charleston, s. c.
Mutual Garage, Denmark, S. C.
Arthur Hdw. Company, St. Matthews, H C.
Trlbble # Agnew, Donalds, S. C.
Tatt m Geer, Hi lton, S. C
It, M. Trlbble & Son. Seneca, S. c.
M. F. Heller, Klngstree, B. C.
G. W. Vonce, Newberry, S. C.
Ilennett liios.- Murage, Spartan burg, S. ('.
Cushman Motor Cur Co., Greenville, H. C.
i >. v lUvenbarJc, < (He, s. C.
People's Garage and Supply Co.. Hartsville, S. C.
W. i'. Perry, Kershaw, s. c.
Steve Perry. Camden, S. C.
Lachlcotte & Galllard, Georgetown, s. c.