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rjc THK KCMTKIl WATCHMAN, U?tab > Consolidated Aur. 2,1 AWAIT BEBWIN ONSLAUBHl"" HRKVMPTiON OF HI N Oil FN ilVH KXI'WTKI) ANY MOMENT. gammle? Resting on Their Arm*; Will Olve Good Account of HHBV *** I ves. With the American Army in1 France, July 7. (By the Associated Press.) Resumption of the German offensive against some nVrt of the al- , lied line is believed to be near. For obvious reasons, it is Impossible to go Into the subject decply, but it may be euld that other reasons appear to h. ar out the statement that the Germ in? nre again about to attack, besides the fact that the usual resting periods be? tween attacks will have been eon eluded for all the enemy troops with? in the near future. It may be said that there are three logical points for the enemy's attack, the Chateau-Thierry region, the line north of Chalons and in the neigh? borhood of Abbeville, in the Flandurs sector. An assault north of Chalons or against Abbeville would be less costlv for him. but in the former he would est less Important territory than before Abbeville, where his loss would be heavier. From the best information obtain? able it appears the Germans during the ?Urning offensive will have be? tween thirty and forty divisions ca? pable of participating In the attack. The American forces are resting on then arm* tonight, awaiting the en 1 my offensive, and If it happens that the enemy starts against the positions he ld by the Amm h.1ns. which BSjSSJM rather likely, the American troops will give a good account of themselves. While waiting for the coming storm the Americans are discussing the ex , "it of u handful of comrades ?rom a certain unit who participated with the French In operations at Hill 20 1 yesterday. They were Invited to watch the attack and. if they cared to, to Join In It und many more volunteered than could be accommodated. Ths American aviators in the Cha? teau Thierry sector engaged In sev? eral fights tod.i ? ? I t 'a 1 > ? n- ins plsnes were shot down. It Is impos? sible to discuss American casualties expect as they are indicated in official Statements Therefore, the detail? of the fighting carinii be written now. A SI < < I ssii i i:\TFItT\l AMFXT. K. of C. Dramatic Club of Camp JJnck m?h IMcutCH siimter Xudlence. Sumter theatregoers were delight? fully entertained on Wednsodnj seen* Ii.K with a high class \.iudeville show. green i, enmp Jnennon talent. The perfonneiH w.n- greeted by om or Um largeal led most ent^nainntls iWedleneee ever seen in this theatre, and people h.id to be turned aw.iv This cntci tutnmcnt was given under the auspices of the Philharmonic Mu 'lub of Sumter, and the proceeds, which will tun in the neighborhood of five bun.Ire,i doll.us, will be do natrd to the lied ( ioms t'antoen. Bright. Miiiirt and distinettVi from sll recent pei for m.i m ? s was the pro? gram which thev rendered, most of the pei formers being professionals. The motive which prompted this dub to come to Sumter. was their deep appreciation of the hospitality Of the Sumter people. and it lOOVSI Sumter In their debt, Every number on the programme was enthusiastically applauded, and each performer was forced to re? spond to numerous encores A de? lightful dam e mas lendered Um play? ers by the club ut the Claremotit Ho? tel Immediately after the perform I'llOlUHM lON Ol l .NTI ON I'NSFT TliFJD. Administration Irgcs Congress to Take Action as War I mcMgegsjl Mcn-in - Washington. July 8.?Nation-wide prohibition us a war omorgonef me s ore and water powsr legislation was urged by the administration before rongress when it went back to work leehvj with gn hopes gf gg extended nut i nor vacation abandoned Ml Met i.u.isi vnnv Senate < ommlifis< llns \grced on PrHstlr \nfl-IdgJSSVf I hwm. Washington, July 8 Legislation to prohibit the sale of all distilled Ihiuors. wine iinel brer nftei Januat ist next peohlbttlng ihe manufn c*n*< of wine snd beer efter the first of \'o veint.et next, Was Igreed Upon ISgfajJ by the senate agriculture committee. hkfxl April, 18M. "Be loa?. 881. WAITING ON THE GERMANS. E3TTIRE ikont in A STATE or tkxsiox EXPECTING AT? TACK* \o MoilMMl Hu? Yet 1>cvelo|>cdl Hut nn Increase of Aerial Acilvily Im Noted To?lay. With American Army 1h Trance, .luly I.? Although the entire ront continues in a Htate of tension in ex? pectation of a renewal of the German drive, the enemy effort has not yet de? veloped, Comparative quiet prevail? ed in all American Hectors last night and this morning an increase in aortal activity was noted. DRIVE ox ITALY. Dispatcher from Switzerland Say Aus trlans Prepared for Another Offen? siv?. ' Paris. July I,?A new offensive is impending on the Trentino front. Dls latrh. s from .Switzerland hay ?that (inn. Ludendorff personally visited Austrian headquarters there and has? tened preparations for another hlow against the Italians. Considerable re? inforcements have been concentrated at Innsbruck and Trent. AUSTRALIANS DRIVING HUNS. Lines Advanced on The Sornnie Hiver by Night Attack. London. July 8.?Australian troops last night advanced their line astride the Horn me slightly on a front of three thousand yards, and several prisoners wert taken, it is officially announced. I German artillery was active in the Bommo region during the night also north Of Albert, ami in the vicinity of I:?;? iiiuont-1 lan.le and on the Flan? dern front. In the neighborhood of I ethane. PlffimiJIO ox THE MARNE, Artillery Activity During Night He ported. Paris. Julv 8.?There were some activities last night by artillery on the sroeterl) Marne salient between the forests of Viiieis Brotonnoaus ami tio liver Manie, it is officially announced No Infantry engagement! occurred ADV \Nt I. IN ALBANIA, Italian and l iriicli Renew Opoartion* on Macedonian Front. Rome, .iu!\ I Italian and French tioops in Albania began an operation Saturday between the coast and Tome? rlea vallOS and hove taken more than a thouHttnd prisoners, the war office nnnoun< ?s. The operation is still in a I t ? of satisfactory development* Ital? ian troops ycstenlav advanced their lire in the region of Colin Krible. Fight enemy ait planes were destroy ? d ye iterday. HAID IX \OS(.FS Americans I nil id I/oss on Germans. Washington. July 8.?Gen. Persh ing's communique for Sunday, re? porting a successful raid in the VOffOB, in which losses were Inflicted on the enemy, says the day passed quietly at other points held by the Ameri? cans. Ml iiMANs join ENTENTE. kola Peninsula People Break With the Rneotono Copenhagen, July 7.?The entire population of the Murman coast (on the Kola peninsula bordering the White sea and the Arctic ocean) has broken with Russia and Joined the entente, according to a dispatch from Vardole, Norway, to the ('hristlania Tldens Tegn. A supply of provisions from the United states has arrived at Murman, the dispatch adds. (.ill I'd INVADES SWITZERLAND. Spanish l.pidcmlc Spreading Knpidl> and Causing Sonic Deaths. Berne, July I An epidemic of sp.nn^ii irlppe hoi Invaded Switzer? land and is spreading rapidly, attack? ing particularly persons under forty renn of age Several deaths have occurred among British prisoners, HI NIT SWORN IN. Neu Senator Take* Ills Seat in Till man's Place. Washington. Julv > Phrlottc Ben*< r>f Oolumbla, who was eppotnted Hal urd i.v by Cov. Manning to Serve SD months ms senator, succeeding \\ |{ rdlman. took his seat In the BSm Is t<? Jay. Ad Fear not?L*t all the end* Thon Alma't at be thy Country'*, Thy God's I SUMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, JULY 10. 191f WILSON'S FOURTH OF JULY MESSAGE Declaration of Independence For All The Peoples of the World. ? You are met, my fellow citizens, to commemorate the signing of that Declaration of Independence which marked the awakening of a new spir? it in the lives of nations. Since the birth of our republic, we have seen this spirit grow. We have heard the demand and watched the struggle for self-government Spread and triumph among many peoples. We have come to regard the right to political liberty as the common right of humankind, ifonr after year, within the security of our horders, we have continued lo rejoice in the peaceful increase of freedom and democracy throughout the world. And yet now, suddenly, we are confronted with a menace ; Which endangers everything that we have won and everything that the world has won. In all its old insolence, with all its ancient cruelty and injustice, military I autocracy has again armed itself against the pacific hopes of men. Hav? ing suppressed self-government among its own people by an orgmization maintained in part by falsehood and treachery, it has set out to impose its will upon its neighbors and upon us. One by one, it has compelled every ' civilized nation in the world either to forego its aspirations or to declare war in their defense. We ilnd ourselves fighting again for our national ex 1 istence. We are face to face with the necessity of asserting anew the fun I damental right of free men to make their own laws and choose their own allegiance, or else permit humanity to become the victim of a ruthless am? bition that is determined to destroy what it can not master. Against its threat the liberty-loving people of the world have risen and allied themselves. No fear has deterred them, and no bribe of material well-being has held them back. They have made sacritice such as the world has never known before, and their resistance in the face of death and suffering has proved that the aim which animates the German effort can never hope to rule the spirit of mankind. Against the horror of mili? tary conquest, agaipst the emptiness Of living in mere bodily contentment, against the desolation of becoming part of a State that knows neither truth nor honor, the world has so revolted that even people lon.^ dominated and suppressed by force have now begun to stir and arm themselves. Centuries of subjugation have not destroyed the racial aspirations of the many distinct peoples of eastern Europe, nor have they accepted the sordid ideals of their political and military masters. They have survived the slow persecutions of vpeace as well as the agonies of war, and now de? mand recognition for their just claims to autonomy and self-government. Representatives of these races are with you today, voicing their loyalty to our Ideals and offering their services in the common cause. I ask you, fellow citizens, to unite with them jn making this our Independence Day the first that shall be consecrated to a declaration of independence for all the peoples of the world. WOODROW WILSON. STRIKE CALLED OFF. I?resident of Commercial TMogrnplitMn Agrees to IC<M|ii(*Ht Made by S4Hii?e tary Wilson lor ludelinite Post pone - meiit. Washington, July 7.?Indefinite postponement of the etiike of tele graphers employed by the Western Union Telegraph Company called tu begin tomorrow was announced to? night by Secretary Wilson alter he had conferred over the long-distanee telephone with s. j. Konenkamp, president of the Commercial Tele? graphers' Union, Secretary Wilson said Mr. Konen kamPi who is in Chicago, had given him every Assurance that the strike order would not he put into effect to? morrow and that any walkout would he postponed Indefinitely. It was un? derstood that the union president agreed to this course because congress now is considering a new resolution authorising the president to take over and operate during the war all tele? graph, telephone, cable and radio sys? tems. Jn ? final effort to avert the strike, Mr. Wilson sent Mr. Konenkamp a telegram today urging delay and later called in Samuel (lumpers, president ! of the American Federation of Labor, Who also sent a telegram urging post- 1 ponement of the strike. Later, Mr. Wilson got Into communication with Mr. Konenkamp on the telephone. MR. M'LAURIN'8 CONDITION. Physician Urges Immediate Treat? ment for Local Neuritis. Behnettevllle, July 6.?Hon, John! i l IfcLaurln reached Bennettsvllle j this evening. Dr. w. j. Crosland, his physician, told your cot respondent over the phone in reply to an Inquiry: "Senator MoLfiUrlO is now and has been for several weeks suffering from 0 local neuritis. Any use Of hie right arm, such as hand .shaking, gesticulat ing, etc., aggravates the trouble, i have advised him to go to a charlotte hospital for treatment, where he car have special electric and massage sit vice in order thai b'H relief may be as Speedy as possible " PlUM.Dim AN DISMISS!!). Weather Rnreau Employe Dropped from (.overnmcnt Doll. Washington, July ?Official cor reapondence has disclosed thai Cleve? land Abbe, Jr . editor Of the monthly weather review, WOS recently drop? ped from the government service, lie was dismissed because of his well known Sympathy for the German gov? ernment. ? THE PEACE TERMS. OKRMANV CAN OBTAIN PKACi: NOW ON WILSON'S CONDI? TIONS. Proniler Lloyd George Tells American Troops That Our President Has Spoken rtnal Word on IVaee Tenns. With American Army on the Brit* Iah Fi out, Friday, July ft,?Until Oer rnany accepts tin- conditions laid down by President Wilson, she cannot have peace, .she can have peace tomorrow ii she accepts them. Premier Lloyd George gave this message to tin American troops in training on the british front today, after he had seen them on review. His speech was re? ceived with ringing cheers. MORE LIBERTY BONDS. Congress Authorizes Action by l'40f> ernnient. - Washington, July 5.?The adminis? tration hill authorizing issuance of, T?. ooo, ooo, ooo additional Liberty bonds and $1,500,000.000 more for loans to the allies, recently passed oy the house, was passed late today by the senate without amendment to- a roll call and now goes to President Wilson for his approval. The bill which was recommended by the treasury In anticipation of, the fourth Liberty loan in October in- j creases to $22.000,000 the authoriza? tions for bond issues made since the war began. The new bonds would bear interest at not more than 4 1-1 per cent. There was no opposition to the bill and comparatively brief debate. Senator Martin in explaining the measure said the government's re? quirements this fiscal year are esti? mated at $24,000,000,000, but that this might have to be increased. Senators Smoot and McCumber said the measure should authorize |! 2. 000,000 additional bonds, While Senator Smoot declared the country's production capuclty Is not large large enough to cause actual expen? ditures this yenr of $24,000,000. Tl N sllll's LAUNCHED. Fourth C elebrated b\ Launching of Ten Additional ships, Making a To? tal of 7 1. Philadelphia, July ?> The launch? ing- ol ten additional ships on the fourth was reported by the Bmer fency Klcet Corporation today, bring mr the total to seventy-four. Of hese fort> two were steel and and W/O wooden. The total deadweight tonnage li 100,464. i?d Trat?'?.1* THE TRTJ1 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT. UPSETS 1>ISIX>YAI/TY CHARGE AGAINST LSVER*8 OPPO? NENTS. President Declines to Intervene in Congress Hnec Among Friends of Administration. ? Mayor L. D. Jennings of Suniter made public yesterday recent corre? spondence between President Wilson and himself relative to the congres? sional race in the .Seventh district. I Opponents ol some of the candidates j had made the charge of disloyalty I to the administration on the part of these candidates and their friends, basing the charges on a recent letter of the president. It was to clear up these charges that Mayor Jennings j requested an expression from the president. In giving out this corre? spondence Mr. Jennings said: "The correspondence of course speaks for itself. 1 am gratified as oi ! course are ail the friends of the can j dictates who remained in the n ce after j Mr. Lever reentered that the presi i dent disclaims any intention of inter? vening ns between loyal friends of the administration. Hence all of these gentlemen being loyal friends of the administration, no charge of disloy? alty can l>e attached to them for still aspiring to this seat in congress or to their friends for supporting them in these aspirations. "Personally. I am one of those who requested Mr. McLeod to enter , the race and after Mr. lever's reen | try therein the charge of disloyalty I was made by some as to the candi? dates, myself and others wh\ were supporting! these candidates in" the rnce. I wanted this charge cleared up by the president and 1 am pleas? ed that he has done so as a matter of fairness and justice to all concern? ed." j The correspondence between Mayor I Jennings and President Wilson fol? lows: "Washington, D. C June 19, 1918. Hon. Wood row Wilson, The White house. ? 'My Dear Mr. President. "In discussing with you this after , noon the race for congress between j loyal candidates in the Seventh con? gressional district of South Carolina, I stated to you that it was the at 1 titude of some of the citizens of that district that they consider it disloyal to you and the administration for any cundidate to remain in the race with Mr. Lever after the publication of you: letters to Mr. Lever dated June ~, 1918, and June 10. My recollec i tion is that you stated to me that you could not understand how any one I could so construe your letters, be j cause you did not consider any one who remained in the race alter said letter disloyal. My understanding was that you further stated that your pol? icy was set forth in your letter to Sen? ator Tillman of May 24f 1918, in which you indorsed the policy of the admin? istration as stated in the letter of Qen. A. S. Burlcson to .Senator Till man, dated May 8, 1918. 1 understood you further to say that you would not take any part as between candidates loyal to the administration from any State. I would respectfully ask if I have correctly understood your po? sition In this matter. "Respectfully yours. ??L. 1). Jennings " Wilson's Reply. ?The White House. "Washington, July 1, 1918. "My Dear Mr. Jennings: ' I am glad to reply to your letter of the 19th of June and must apolo? gize to you for the unavoidable delay due to engagements which I could not put aside. I am sorry that any mis? understanding Should have arisen In seventh congressional district. 1 wrote what ] did to Mr. Lever because I felt It my duty to do so. 1 felt very strongly what I sai?l t>> him, because t was true and <?t public consequence, ind you will understand that I can tot subtracl anything from the opln on I expressed thai the interests of he country rendered it highly desh ible tint Mr I#over should remain as ong as possible in charge of the ag Icultural legislation of the house, ait ol ciiur.se 1 have no right to In ervene as between equaih loyal and Innere supporters of the present pol ies of the government, and l should ie very sorry if anything thai 1 did ay should create eniba r I ussuH'iit tO ny such candidate "l had no 'wish to dictate In any articular and )>en ihal you will give ubllclty to this assurance *< 'ordlally and alncei ely > ours. "Woodroer Wilson." B SOUTHRON, tjWMMfc?t J?. MBS Vol. XLVI. No. 42. MOUNT VERHON ADDRESS. PKKS1DKNT WILSON PDKDGKS AM Kit It'A 'IX) FIGHT FOK WORLD HUBUKMt. A Now Declaration of Indepcndente That Carries a Message <>' Hope to All Oppressed and Down Trodden People In All Parts of the World. Washington. July 4.?President ? Wilson today answered all feelers for a compromise peace, with a new and unqualified consecration of America j to the struggle for cleaning military autocracy from the earth. At an Independence Day gathering on the gentle slopes of Mount Ver 1 non, home and tomb of George Wash? ington, and surrounded by scenes which looked upon the creation of this nation, the president addressed a small gathering of officials and of diplomats of the allied nations. Hut he spoke to the world and he spoke the logical sequel to his 'force without stint or limit' declaration of several weeks ago. Unreservedly, the president declar? ed that there cculd be no thought of a peace which did not mean the de? struction of military autocracy or its reduction to viitual impotence. ' A reign of law, based on the con? sent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind," was the way he summarized In a single sentence *he objects of human? ity in the world war. Whether the president was address? ing his remarks directly to the recent i j speech of German Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann; or to the foreshad? ows of a renewed German peace of? fensive, or whether he merely took the occasion of the celebration of Arnerl- < ran independence to emphasize to the world the war aims of the nation can only be divined He did not deal with the progress of the war or any particular phase of it, but he spoke eloquently of America's attitude to? ward German) 's so-called peace treaties in the east by grouping the I people of Russia "for the moment, un I organized and helpless," among the j peoples of the world standing against I the enemies of liberty. 'The past and the present are in deadly grapple and the peoples of the world are being done to death between them, said President Wilson. ' There can be but one issue. The settlement must be final. There can bt no compromise). No half-way de ( iaion would be tolerable. No half? way decision is conceivable. These fare the ends for which the associated ? peoples of the world are fighting and which must be conceded them before ithere can be peace: "1. The destruction of every arbi? trary power anywhere that can sepa? rately, secretly, and of its single choice disturb the peace of the world; or, if it cannot he presently destroyed, at the least its reduction to virtual impotence. "1. The settlement of every ques? tion, whether of territory, of sover? eignty, of economic arrangements, or Of political relationship, upon the ba? sis of the free acceptance of that set? tlement by the people immediately concerned, and not upon the basis of the material interest or advantage of any other nation or people which may desire a different settlement for the sake of its own exterior influence or mastery. The consent of all nations to be governed in their conduct towards each other by the same principles of honor and of respect for the common law of civilized society that govern the individual citizens of all modern States in their relations with one an? other; to the end that all premises and covenents n ay be sacredly ob? served, no private plots or conspira? cies hatched. no selfish injuries wrought with impunity, and a mutual trust established upon the handsome foundation of a mutual respect for nght * m w%\\\ "4. The establishment of an or? ganization oi peace which shall make t certain that the combined power of free nations will check every inva lion of right and serve to make peace I lid justice the more secure by af ording .i definite tribunal of opinion o which all must submit and by which very International readjustment that ?nnnot be amicably agreed upon by he peoples lireetly concerned shall c sanctioned. "These gieat objects can be put into single sentence what ere seek is lie reign ol law, based upon the con nl of the governed and sustained by tie organised opinion of mankind. "These great ends cannot be achiv d bj debating and seeking to rec* ncile and aeeomm late what states* ken may wish, with their projects fog