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OTB SUMTES WATCHMAN, Bsteb? Consolidated Aug. 2,1 PARIS DEADLOCK STILL UNBROKEN Italy Demands Dalmatian Terri tory and Will Not Be Satis fied Otherwise ORLANDO DOES NOT ATTEND COUNCIL . Compromise Settlemnt of Claims i Rejected by Italian Delegates Paris, Apri] 22 (By the Associated I Press).?The Italian situation re-j mains unchanged, according to an j authoritative announcement after the meeting of the council of four today, j ' The Italian premier. Vittorio Orlan- \ do. while not attending the session of I the council, had a series of private j conferences and arranged a meeting i with Premier Lloyd George with aj view to seeking a plan of adjust- j ment. One compromise proposed to the Italians, making: provision for the rec ognition of their claim to Fiume in exchange for the abandonment of their claim to the Dalmatian coast, was rejected. Although the Italian peace confer ence delegation made no official state- ! ment on the subject, a member of the delegation told the Associated Press j today it considered it useless for the j Italian delegates to take part in fur-! ther conferences unless the allies j were willing to grant their request, j The Italians remain inflexible in | their determination to be allotted all j the territory granted them under the j T>act of London, with Fiume in addi- j tion. The indignation of the Italian dele gation is as strong against the British and French as against the Americans and after the failure of. Premier Or lando again today to appear at the meeting of the council of four the break between the Italians and the j allies became well defined. 4n the meantime Premier Clemen ceau.'and Lloyd George and President .Wilson are busily considering the j question of the future of Kiao Chau | with ; Baron Makino and Viscount ! Chinda of the Japanese delegation. I The American delegates declare j ?.xjnphaWcally that President Wilson j is. determined not to yield on the j Fi?nje question. As America was not j n party to the London treaty, the; president refused to discuss contro- i veries arising over the Dalmatian! " coast and other countries covered by i the secret .treaty signed by Italy, j France and Great Britain. It ^svas learned today that if was at j the suggestion of the Italian delega- i tion that President Wilson remained ; away from the meeting: Monday morn- j :ng when Premiers Lloyd George.! Clemenceau and Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnir.o discussed the Lon don pact. The meeting between the represen tatives of the three powers, it is un derstood, was extremely unsuccessful as Italy insisted that London treaty had not been affected by her subse quent agreement-to President Wilson's 14 points and demanded the literal fulfillment of the promises made her previously. The Italian delegates are not pre paring to leave Paris, apparently be lieving that the allies will approach them with a compromise before peace is signed with Germany. However, tin French, British and American dele gates show no signs of weakening and continued to advise the Italians of the meetings as if the Italian delegates had not bolted. Paris. April 22 (By the Associated Press).?There are indications of weakening on the part of the Italian delegation and a disposition to with draw their demands of the Dalmatian hinterland if permitted to have the coast, the coastal watersheds and Fiume. President Wilson is inflexible in his position that Fiume shall not be an nexed to Italy, thus bottling up Jugo slavia. Although Premier Orlando probably will not attend the meetings of the council of four immediately the incli nation of the Italians to compromise is looked upon as encouraging by the Allies, who apparently are hopeful that an agreement may be reached by mutual concessions. The sugestidn is widely circulated tonight in Paris that Great Britain and France can not sign a peace treaty with Germany if Italy refuses because under the London agreement no mem ber of the entente is to sign a sepa rate peace. The suggestion, however, apparently has not had any great ef fect on the negotiations as the dele gates expressed the opinion that no single nation can afford to hinder a peace conforming to the provisions of the armistice broadly and that rights under secret treaties will be lightly regarded by the peoples who are clam oring for a settlement of the world war. As the United States is not a signa tory of the London agreement not to make a separate peace, even the most serious break in the conference would not prevent her making a peace with Germany under a erisis which might arise as a result of European alli ances. But the American delegates refuse rp give serious consideration to &U<*h ar. eventuality. The ambitions and -rivalries oz vaxi Mied April, 18*0. "Be Just a 881. PREMIERS SEEK A COMPROMISE Lloyd George and Clemenceau Have Not Given Up Hope of Satisfying Italy WILL ASK DECLARATION FROM ORLANDO Decision to Make Final Effort Reached After Consultation With Wilson Paris, April 24.?It is understood that the premiers of France and England, after consultation with Pres ident Wilson will make another ef fort -to draw from the Italian dele-' gates a further declaration as to the situation which has arisen and hope is still entertained in conference cir cles, in spite of Premier Orlando's de cision to leave Paris, that a way may. be found at the last moment to termi nate to the satisfaction of all parties the admittedly grave incident which arose yesterday. JAP WAR PARTY LOSES POWER Marks the Passing of the Most Serious Crisis Facing Japa nese Government CLEARS UP THE SIBERIAN QUESTION Japan Now Expected to Recog nize Omsk Government With Other Allies Washington, April 23.?Official ad vices received here today said that the war party in the Japanese cabinet had yielded to the liberals in the Si berian policy and that Foreign Min ister Count Uchida now would direct the handling of the situation. This development, it is said, marks the passing of the most serious crisis that has been faced by Premier Haras Cabinet, and already has resulted in the dealing of the air in the Vladi vostok region to a great extent. One of the most important results is expected to be the recognition of the Omsk government as the de f.tovo government of all non-Bolshevik Rus sia by Japan at the same time this recognition is accorded by the United States, Great Britain, France and Italy, which is looked for soon after j the adjournment of the peace confer ; ence at Paris. I The Japanese militarists, headed ' by Gen. Tanaka. minister of war, ; have been blamed here for the aggres sive policy followed by the Japanese troops in Eastern Siberia. Count Uchida and the premier arc declared j to have been in accord with the other i i>owers engaged in the Vladivostok . expedition since it was first proposed, but until now Gen. Tanaka was able j to control a majority of the cabinet. Saved Italy's Face ; View Envoy for New States Takes of Statement Washington. April 23.?President Wilson, by his statement today in : Paris as to the Italian claims to Fiume j and the Dalmatian coast, "saved" j Italy's statesmen "from taking a de i cision which would have irrevocably 'compromised the future peace of the i world." declared Dr. Voyslav M. j Yovanovitch. director of the official 1 information bureau here of the King ! dorn of the Serbs. Croats and SlOe ! venes. in a statement issued tonight. ; President Wilson's statement, he said, would make "an excellent impression in Ju:ro-Slav circles in the United States." "I need not say," said Dr. Yovan ovitch. "the pleasure which the decla ration of President Wilson has given us. Remain In Paris Paris. April 24.?Although the Italian delegation to the peace con ference announced this morning its intention withdrawing it was declar ed this afternoon by Premier Lloyd George the Italians would not leave Paris today. ous leaders are liguring largely in the present deadlock. Economic conditions are so bad and food and coal are so scarce in the European countries today that a ma jority of the pence delegates feel that no important country will attempt to C-Cntinue nr-pim-r und* y < <?n-!jti..i. r,f ad Fear not?Let an the endf Thon AJ SUMTES,, S. C, SAT?I iMEXICO PLAYS FOOL AGAIN i (O'fficial Statement Given Out That Mexico Does Not Reco gnize Monroe Doctrine i - I MINISTER TO FRANCE HAS BEEN RECALLED i I - ; Statement Printed in All News papers by Order of Minister of Foreign Affairs. j '*. ':' ? Mexico City, April 24.?Non rec?j? j nition of the Monroe doctrine by the i i Mexican government and the reoill from Paris of Alberto Pani,'minister to France, to await orders in Spam, formed the substance of two state ments printed identically by all the Mexico City newspapers last night, as having been given out officially by Salvadore Fernandez of the foreign I relations department. AFTER HIS SCALP j SAYS BURLESON - j There is an Organized Propa ganda Against Him, Charges Postmaster General I FIGHT ON THE ZONE j SYSTEM BY PUBLISHERS i i -: jSays He Spurned Offers to Ac i j j quiesce in Repeal of the Law Washington. April 2Z?Postma.il?-i General * Burleson, in a statement issued tonight, asserted that an or j ganizcd propaganda had been inaugu rated in an effort to destroy him and thereby to aid in bringing about re peal of the zone postal law increas ing second-class rates. The statement charged that more than a year ago an unnamed member of a committee seeking repeal of the [ law urged hm to acquiesce and blunt ily informed him "we ruined Post j master General Hitchcock and ? de j stroyed Mr. Taft." Later, it said, a j well-known publisher, also unnamed, i promised that Mr. Burleson would be ! made the most popular man in the i Cabinet if he would aid or aco.uiosc*' I in the repeal, and said "but if you do not, I fear they will ruin you." These offers were spurned. Mr. ! Burleson declared and now he said he ! was confronted by a systematic prop aganda of s?-lfish interests who throuprli [.repeal of the law would be able to "re. Isumc enjoyment of a postal subsidy I of over $70.000.000 per annum." ' Even under the zone law. he added, \ there still would be an annual loss |ot more than $r>O.GuO.OoO to be made I Up out of the general public. I This statement followed one given I out at the Postoffice Department dur | ing the day announcing that the Post 1 master General had directed that t? lc ; graph systems suspend their regula tions against transmission of Iibelous j matter insofar as matter relating to j the Postmaster General was eoncern ? ed. This order was given, it was stated J yesterday morning after the night I manager of the Postal system at New : York had refused to accept certain : messages tiled by the Xew York World ? News Bureau on the ground that they i wa re libelous. These messages consti tuted an article discussing the Post . master General. Triangular Debate There will be a debate between representatives from the Columbia High School and the Cam den High School at the Girls' High School building Friday evening. The hour will be announced later. This is a part of the Debating League that is going on throughout the whole State. The Triangle tor this section is com posed of Camdcn, Columbia, and Sum ter. The Affirmative Team of the Sumter High School will debate Fri day evening in Columbia, meeting the Camden team there. The Negative will meet the Columbia High School team on the same evening. For the Sumter High School Miss Azilee Mel ctte and DuPre Kharne will uphold the affirmative, and Miss Isabclle Jennings and Miss Annie Strange the negative. It is hoped that a sufficient number of people will be interested in this de bate to attend tomorrow evening in Sumter. It will be an inspiration not only to the visitors but to the lo cal High School as well. Paris. April L'L? American army officers hero say thai virtually no Vnrrican troops 'r< u r' i" I*3lv ? ? ept -?? few rat'revi transport it:.... and military police. Hmt at be thy Country**, Tky God ? mi IDAY, APRIL 26, 1919. RACE RIOTS IN CHICAGO One Negro Killed and Many Whites and Blacks Injured in Series of Fights RACIAL FEELING GAIN ING IN INTENSITY j Encroachment of Negroes on; j White Resideirtiai Districts! ! Cause of Troubte I Chicago, April 23.?One negro will j j probably die and many negroes and j ; whites were injured as the result of I , , ' 1 a series of fights hero last nigat. | Bricks, clubs and bullets were used j promiscuously. Twacial feling has i been gaining in intensity, the police; sav, since the encroachment of ne groes from what is known as the "Southside black belt" into the dis trict further southward where whites reside. A number of bombs were ex ploded in the district recently. TRAITORS WITHIN OUR OWN GATES *Men in South Carolina Working in Line With Governor Allen Of Kansas FIGHTING COTTON ACRE- | AGE REDUCTION PLAN j Organization With Plenty of ! Money Back of It Oppose j Farmers. St. Matthews, April. 2.o?Jn a state smen t issued this afternoon J. Skottowe j Wannamaker, chairman of the South j Carolina Cotton Association, declares I j he "has been furnished with quite a : number of letters which show beyond I the shadow of doubt that the work for : the reduction of cotton acreage and j holding of cotton for remunerative I prices is being systematically fought."! j The statement by Mr. Wannamaker ! continues: "Contents of some of these! letters would indeed be a surprise to j ! the general public. For the'present it j has been decided to hold theSb letters j for further developments. "I have in my possession several j copies of leters that were written to j Governor Allen by parties from'this ! State; also copies of letters written by.! iGovernor Allen to the same parties.] ; He also has copies of letters that have; j been written to prominent citizens in ; j puractically every section of the cotton i ; belt. These letters prove beyond :) ! j shadow of doubt that an absolute, sys- ? tematic organization is now at work j for the purpose, if possible, of injur ing the campaign for cotton acreage I ?reduction and the holding of cotton j j for remuneratve prices. Indications; plainly show that this organization) is well backed and .that it is well ? .financed. The association is quietly; securing evidence for the purpose ofj ; ascertaining the power behind this ' movement. Wc are already in posses-1 sion of names of some of the men wh<> j ar<- systematically carrying on this j i campaign. "The contents of some of the let- j tors received by the association show ; that some of men who have been living; ? on the blood of the South for many years are becoming desperate over the j I prospective reduction in acreage and i that they are preparing to go any j lengths for the purpose of defeating. this movement. "The fact that the movement is j being opposed in this manner is j proof of the fact that it is making! wonderful progress." Mr. Wannamaker. who is also presi- j dent of the State Bankers' Association 1 said that he was receiving letters which indicated that the proposition for the organization bf the foreign marketing, exporting and financing corporation with a capital stock of $1.-| 000.000 or $2.000,000 will receive the! backing of the bankers, farmers, mer chants and business men not only in . South Carolina but in every section <>;"' the belt. Many of the larger cities have already pledged their quota, he: says. "Some of the larger banks are urg- , ing that the banks take their full quota of the stock of the corporation so that it can be organized without! delay.*' says Mr. Wannamaker, "and ? that they dispose of this stock to the1 farmers, merchants, bankers and busi ness men. giving the farmers the prof- 1 erence in the purchase on the stock " Berlin, April L'3.?Herbert Hoover, chairman of the Inter-Allied food commission arrived here yesterday with a large staff. All soldiers ar former soldiers in um form will b< admitted free to the 'rail game at the 1 air ^ruu:;?s Holi day afternoon. id Tvufc'l." THE TBUi ANGRY ITALIANS PARADE STREETS: Big Demonstration Held in Romej In Protest Against Fiume" ! Incident AMERICAN EMBASSY GUARDED BY SOLDIERS Stand Taken by President Wil son Prevents Seizure of Ser bian Territory. Home, Wednesday, April 23.?An imposing- demonstration was held here today, the parades traversing the prin cipal streets, acclaiming Fiume and Dalmatia and cheering for Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino on account of their attitude regarding Italy's claims at the Paris peace con ference. The American, British and French embassies and the offices of Socialist newspaper Avanti, each was guarded by two hundred soldiers to avoid possible incidents. ITALY MAY TURN TO GERMANY If Break Becomes Definite Ger many will Be Approached for Separate Peace. ITALIANS SEEM TO BE MAD FOR TERRITORY Orlando Issues Statement Criti cising President for Departing From Custom of Secret Dip lomacy. _ Paris. April 24.?Premier Orlando issued a lengthy statement today re plying to that of President Wilson in which the premier states in so many words that he is compelled to with draw from the peace conference af ter President Wilson's action, which he regarded as a departure from diplomatic custom and leaves the Ital ians no other course. King Victor Emmanuel has tele graphed Premier Orlando commend ing his action and insisting that there be no recession from the po sition Italy has taken. It was stated in Italian quarters to day that should the break become definite Italy would take steps to ap proach Germany with the view of making a separate peace. Takes Two Days To Read Treaty Would Require Months if Each Article Was Discussed an Hour Paris, April 23.?In connection with the question of permitting the Ger man delegates to the peace conference to discuss the treaty it lias been fig ured out that if the treaty were read to the Germans it would require at least one minute for each of the 1.000 articles the document contains, tak ing up two days of eight hours each. It is computed also that if each ar ticle were discussed and an hour al lowed for every one. the discussion would occupy months of continued sessions of eight hours per day. These calculations are advanced as a conclusive argument against per mitting the German delegates to dis cus the document. The official communications from the German government concerning the peace congress have not yet made known the date on which the German j plenipotentiaries will arrive at Ver- i sailles. It is known that a small dele gation and a suite of seventy-five per-, sons with a staff of forty telegraph ! officers and electricians to prepare for the telegraphic installations, will arrive at Versailles from Spa inime-: diately. This delegation will he com-, posed of Herr von Wachenbors, a councillor of embassy: Herr Walter, an inspector, and Herr Vunker, an of ficer of the food department. Fixing Date of Peace Clause to Be Inserted in Treaty To Make Peace Effective Sixty Days After Treaty is Signed Paris. April 24.?A clause has been drafted for insertion in the peace treaty fixing the date for transition to state of peace at sixty days after the signing of the treaty. If the treaty is signed about May 15th peace will bus become effective throughout the woj bj July 15th. The purpose is to prevent confusion among belligerent ritn;ii'; which ?>?!? h* fiv different dates rom. ! SOUTHRON, EctabUflhe* Jane, Vol. XLVm. No. 21. GERMAN AGENTS HAVE FULL POWER Delegates to Versailles Clothed With Authority to Negotiate Peace TELEGRAM OF CLEMEN CEAU CLEARS SITUATION Six Delegates Will Represent The German Government Berlin, Monday, April 21 (By^the Associated Press).?The German cab inet in a special session this morning, after considering the second telegram from Georges Clemeneeau, " the French premier, president of the peace conference in Paris, correcting the false impression created' by his first note, decided that the peace dele igation originally appointed should go I to Versailles at the end of the pres ent weeK. It was determined that the date of April 25. first fixed for the* \ arrival of the German representatives^ at Versailles, could not be adhered:;; to because of the confusioin over the arrangements. - - - Premier Clemeijceau's second tele gram reached the foreign office, last; evening but was not considered offi cial unitl this morning. In it the I French premier said his original noti j fication had 'been misconstrued, and \ I misinterpreted by Germany. He "de clared there was no intention on ihe I part of the entente to deny the Ger I mans the right of negotiation or dis | cussion. j With this assurance the cabinet im j mediately determined to revoke its j decision to send Dr. Haniel Von Haim hausen, with a pair of surjordinates, in his role of high class messenger-to Paris and reverted to its intention of\ sending six delegates to the Versailles congress, headed by Count von'Brqc^; d orff - Rantzau, the foreign ... minister..; ! Dr. Eduard David, the former/socialist 'leader in. the reichstag, originally* lected as one of the six, is replaced by Herr Landsberg, the secretary for j publicity, art and literature. as -?r.\ David is ill. . V* . The body of experts will not proceed } to Versailles, for the present,- "it la stated. I The delegates, it is made knwrBjr { expect to be given compIete:;$reedoitt I of movement and unobstruclKSS Ifile^sj { of communication with their home ' j government. j The government today made public j the text of the note from General Xudant, the representative- of Mar fshal Foch at Spa to Germany, saying I that the allied and associated govern* j ment could not receive delegates who ' ware authorized only to receive the text i of the peace terms, and also the Ger* ; man government's reply. In part, the ! reply was: ? . ' ' I "The French minister, president and I war minister (M. Clemeneeau, chair*^ man of the peace conference) having i transmitted to the German govern*^ ? ment the request of the allied aridl* J associated governments to clothe the j German delegates with the same plen-..-" ? ary powers for negotiation on all j peace questions as representative of ; j the allied and association government ! possess, the German government, as* I suming that the negotiation of the ; contents of the draft of the prelimi I nary peace is intended to follow the ! presentation of the draft, designates: j the following persons as delegates ; with proper plenary powers: . (Her>*; (follows the names already published), I "It is contemplated to send further ? persons to accompany the delegates * I whose names and positions the Ger> % j man government will communicate 3] ' as speedily as possible in a second j telegram. The German government j is ready to send the persons indicated in the foregoing to Versailles, assur ances being given that the delegates and those accompanying them dur*1 ing their stay there shall be guaran - teed freedom of movement as well aS ??% free use of the telegraph and tele* | phone for communication with th? 1 German government. The German % government reserves the right subse- ?1 qucntly to appoint special experts tor ~$ separate peace questions." Paris, April 22 (By the Associated |j Press).?So far as can be learned., here no request that their delegates | be given freedom of intercourse has 3 been received from the Germans. It 3 would not surprise the American del" egates however, if such a request j] were presented. The feeling in American official cir* cles is that the German delegates should be treated with the customary 9 formal diplomatic courtesy. The be lief is held that any attempt to treat-M them as prisoners, or to guard and ? bar all access, would merely result in the flooding of neutral countries witft.-J masses of uncontrolled versions anftj comment on the conference sent otttS from Berlin possibly under the sug* .' gestion that the allies were unwilling to have the truth known, whereas such propaganda would be largely an* ticipated and disarmed by permitting news of the German attitude to be handled under proper control direct from Paris. Paris. April i':1..?The allied and.as* s?ciatetS governments have informed^ the German government that they' arc irady *o receive the German peict iiele?a.tes at Vci^viiilcfca -"April ??ti*.