Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

KHK SUMTES WATCHMAN, Estao, Consolidated Aug. 2, ] GERMANS RAM TREATY Violent Speeches Preceded the Passage of Resolution For Ratification DR. MUELLER URGES IMMEDIATE ACTION Foreign Minister Explains That Hastening of Ratification Or der Will Bring About Lifting Of Blockade?"Forty Years March Through Desert" Weimar, July 9 (Via Coblenz) (By the Associated Press).?The resolution rations: the peace treaty was adopted by the German national assembly to day by a vote of 20S to 115. The text of the ratification resolu tion as introduced in the national as sembly consisted of two clauses read ing as follows: "The peace treaty between Germany and the allied and associated powers signed, on June 2$, 1919, and the pro ? tocol, belonging thereto as well as the agreement relative to the occupation of the Rhineland, signed the same day are agreed to. "This law comes into force t>n the y of its promulgation." Most of the ministers were present at the meeting of the national assem - Wy and there was a full attendance . ?of deputies Dr. Hermann Mueller, foreign minister, in introducing the governmet bills, explained that the hastening of the ratification order would bring about the lifting of the blockade. "We are about to enter upon a 40 years march through a desert." he said. 4T can find no other term for the path of suffering fulfillment of the treaty prescribed for us." Mr. Peters Shahn, leader of the Catholic center party, said: "We agreed to the treaty under hard compulsion, to save ourselves from anarchy and to preserve the fatherland from internal ruin." j ?Herr Kreizig, Socialist; Professor j Schuecking, Democrat: Dr. Traub, Xa tional3Party, and Herr Xhal. People's Party, all violently protested against the justice of the treaty, the impos sibility of its fulfillment, and declar ing that the day of Germany's lib eration will come. These speeches were greeted with j such turbulent applause and hand clapping that the president of the as sembly, Herr Fehrenbach, called at tention to the fact that handclapping was against the rules, and threatened to have the galleries cleared. The de bate, however, proceeded with similar speecHes by other members and sim ilar applause. The National party introduced an amendment in favor of ratifying with the express reserve that the sanction of international law experts of Eu rope should first be obtained concern ing Articles 227 to 230 and that a neu tral court should be created to in vestigate the responsibility for the ?war. - In the course of the debate Presi dent Fehrenbach protested agains! Alsace-Lorraine being torn from Ger many.' He said that the treaty of 2S71 simply made good what had been taken from Germany- 1"?9 years before. He hoped that the people of Alsace Xfticrjaine would preserve their Ger man character, customs and civiliza tion. ?V" ? : ? , ' 1 ' Part 7'of the peace treaty, compris ing Articles 227 to 230, relates to penalties. Article 227 arraigns, the former German emperor for "a su preme offence against international morality and the sanctity of treaties." The other articles relate to the bring ing before military tribunals of per sons accused of having committed acts in violation of the laws and cus toms of war: to the handing over of these persons by Germany and to an Undertaking by the German govern ment tc-furnish ail documents and in formation of every kind bearing on these offenses and violation. Ratification of the peace treaty by the German national assembly re moves all doubt of the acceptance of the terms by Germany. The national assembly, by ratifying the treaty, makes it possible for the allied and associated powers to rais the blochade. Official notification was sent Germany June 29 that the block ade would be raised when the treaty was ratified. Placing this condition on the raising of the blockade was looked upon in peace conference cir cles as a sure plan for securing speedy ratification by Germany. The council cf five on Monday de cided, to lift the commercial censor ship, of communications with Ger many simultaneous with the removal of the blockade. When three of the principal allied powers, in addition to Germany, have ratified the treaty it becomes effec tive for those who have ratified it. After Germany and the three aITie.1 powers have ratified it the treaty will come into force for each other power on the day when it notifies the peace conference secretariat of its ratifica tion. Washington. July 9.?While ratifi cation of the peace treaty bv the Ger man national assembly at Weimar to day makes possible the raising of the blockade of Germany, it will be for At torney General Palmer to determine to what extent commercial relations fcetween the United States and Ger gybed April, 1850. "Be Sust a 881. _ P?OlLSON " I IS GRATIFIED Is Pleased That Germany Has Ratified Peace Treaty Promptly i _ CONFERS WITH NEWS PAPER CORRESPONDENTS ! Feels That Trade delations Be tween Germany and Associa ted Nations Should Be Resum i ed at Earliest Possible Mo ment - j Washington, July 10.?President I Wilson, conferring with newspaper ! correspondents at the White House I today, indicated he was extremely I gratified that the \treaty of peace ' had been ratified so promptly by the j German national assembly. The pres ! ident also indicated that he felt trade J relations between the German and as j sociated nations should be resumed at j the earliest possible moment, for with ! out trade Germany could not meet the reparations demanded of her. It was made clear Jhat the president ? felt troops should be maintained in Germany until the Germans had com plied with all the military terms of the treaty. It was pointed out that there were several million veteran soldiers in Germany, and munition? sufficient for them to operate. The Germans have from one to four months in which to deliver all mater ial except that sufficient for the re duced German army provided for in the peace treaty, and the president j believes American troops should stay f on the Rhine until the material is de livered. -. Storm at Spartanburg Lightning Strikes Buildings and Wrecks a Dwelling Spartanburg, July 8.?Spartanburg county was visited shortly after S o'clock this morning by one of the most terrible electrical storms ever experienced in this section. Although reports from various points of the -county indicate that the property dam age w;ill be large, there had been no loss of life reported. Lightning struck and damaged the Magnolia street school building, the Spartan Hotel, Duncan Methodist Church, the resi dence of C. E. Will cox on East Hen ry street and completely demolished a dwelling in the Drayton Mill village. A bolt struck the flag pole on the top of the Chapman building, the highest structure in Spartanburg, and hurl ed portions of the flag pole for a dis tance of a quarter of a mile. The Spartanburg lire department had five fire alarms in less than thir ty minutes. Officials of the Southern Pell Telephone he-re report that their lines suffered not only in the 2ity but throughout the county and same statement is issued by officials I of the two electrical power companies j operating her. In one portion of ! Spartanburg the rainfall was so heavy j that the brick street pavement was I undermined and the entire street cav I ed in. Government Moves In Investigation New York, July 9.?Evidence elat ing to the sale of government owned moving picture films will be present ed to the federal authorities, the dis trict attorney's office announced to day. Facts already in hand indicate that government employees and mov ing picture producers nave collected large sums through the sale of such films, it was stated. In one instance it was said, oer mission was granted by the arovom ment to a private concern to display a film made for the committee on pub ic information with the understand ing that the net profits were to be turned over to the Red Cross, but that relief organization never has received a cent from this source. many may be resumed. Should the al lied and associated powers agree to lift the. blockade, Attorney Genera' Palmer will have to render in some more formal shape than he has al ready indicated in the informal state m< nts an cpiriion as to whether pro visions of the trading with the enemy act can be suspended or abrogated by executive order in advance of forma! termination of the war through final exchange of ratification of the peace treaty. Weimar. July y.?Ninety-nine depu ties abstained from voting on th? resolution in the national assembly to ratify the peace treaty. Document Despatched To Versailles Berlin. Wednesday). July S.-?Pres ident Ebert signed the bill ratifying the peace treaty at S o'clock tonight according to Vorwaerts and th<- locu ment has been despatched to Ver sailles. Official Notification Received Versailles, July U>.?Official notifi cation of the ratification of the treaty by the German national assembly vtras given the peace conference this morn ing. mm ixtd Fear not?-Let aE the ends Thon Ah SUMTER, S. C, SATO] NEW PROJECT j PROMOTED! Large Employers of Country; j ' Forming Commission of Mutual Benefit FOR WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS ; Under Leadership of Harold j McCormick and Other Big j ! Business Men Chicago, July 9.?With a view to] j promoting more cordial feeling b?- j j tween worker? and those for whom they work a" commission of forty large 1 j employers is in process of formation | ! under the leadership of Harold F. Mc- j I Cormick, president of the Internat- \ Jional Harvester Company and Harold; Swift, vice president of Swift & Co. j I Announcement of the project was giv- j } en publicity today. MONTENEGRO PROTEST Addresses New Note to Peace Conference Against Excesses of Serbian Troops SAYS WOMEN AND CHILDREN KILLED > j _ . Villages Attacked by Force of; 5,000 Serbs Equipped With Cannon i! Paris, July v.?The Montenegrin government has addressed a new note to the peace conference protesting against the alleged excesses by Ser-! ! !:;an troops in Montenegro. The note : j rays that certain villages were at- j stacked by a force of five thousand j Serbs which was equipped with can- ! non and houses were demolished and J women and children killed. IN HANDS OF BOLSHEVIK 'Troops in Petrograd Occupy All Foreign Embassies, Legations and Counsulates ARCHIVES HAVE BEEN SEIZED j Many Arrests Made on Charges ( of Espionage Against The Soviet Government - ! f Hclsingfors, July S.?Reports re- j < ceived state that all foreign embas- \ j sies, legations and consulates in Pe-j I trograd have been occupied by Bol- j j shevik troops. The archives have j been seized, it is said, and those in : charge have been arrested and hand- i : ed over to the extraordinary commis- j ? sion dealing with charges of espion-1 age aginst the soviet government. FIGHTING IN RUMANIA Bolshevik Hungarian Troops Have Attacked Rumanian Forces REPORTED THAT FIGHTING CONTINUES Hungarians That Were Ordered ; From Czecho-Slovak Front by The Peace Conference Began the Trouble Bucharest, July 9.?The Hungarian! Bolshevik troops which were with-1 drawn from the Czecho Slovak front J on orders from the peace conference! have attacked Rumanian forces on] the Theiss River, according to reports j from Transylvania, which say fighting continues. tn*t Rt be thy Country'*, Thj God's I RDAY, JULY 12, 1919. GERMANS FAIL TO ARRIVE j German Plenipotentiaries to Ver sailles Help Up By Transpor- j tation Difficulties IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH THERE IN TIME Were to Discuss Reparations and j Other Features of Peace! Treaty With Allied Powers j Paris. July 9.?Transportation dif- j Acuities have resulted in a further ae- j lay of the German plenipotentiaries I designated to come to Versailles for an oral discussion in regard to the execution of reparations and other features of the peace treaty which the allied powers recently signified their willingness to enter into. It developed today that the Germans would not reach Versailles in time to begin. BACK TO PEACE TIME BASIS I Germany to Quickly Return to Peace Time Financial System I MATHIAS ERZBERGER BE FORE GERMAN ASSEMBLY j Payment of Grants to Unem I ployed Men Wll Be Taken Up ! _ ?? I " Berlin, July 9.?Germany is to I quickly return to a peace time finan ! cial system said Mathias JSrzberger, : vice chancellor and minister of fin ! ance speaking at Weimar before the German national assembly today. Among other things payment of the grants to men who are unemployed I to be reduced was indicated during his address. READY TO SAIL WEST j Newly Organized Pacific Fleet Leave For West Coast July 19th TO SAIL FROM i HAMPTON ROADS All Arrangements Completed at Conference in New York Yes terday Washington. July 9.?The newly organized Pacific fleet will sail from I Hampton Roads for the West coast] Juiy 19th. It was announced at the; navy department that final arrange ments were completed at the con- i ference in New York yesterday be-! tween Secretary Daniels and Admiral I Rodman, commander of the fleet. j AUSTRIA TO I BE ADMITTED May Join League of Nations ; i When it Complies With Nec- j essary Cortditions i COUNCIL OF FIVE DECIDE TODAY! To Send Note of Friendly Char-1 acter Informing Them of De cision. Paris. July S.?The council of five decided today to inform the Austrian delegation that the government will t>e admitted to the league of nations a* soon as it complies with the nec essary condition. This notification to he in reply to the Austrian note on ihu? subject. The reply to be of a Xnrcndly character. ' m?. TraSfe'g.0 THE TRUE DIRIGIBLE OFF AGAIN R-34 Leaves New York on Cruise j Across the Atlantic To Scotland j _i START AT MIDNIGHT FOR BRITISH CRAFT; ! Thousands See Great Ship as I Searchlights Point Her Out ? Leaving Roosevelt Field at' i ! Mineola With Three^Engines! j Running and Two in Reserve Headed for Open Sea. j M-ineoIa, X. Y., July 10.?The R-34 j flew over Roosevelt Field after her J j cruise to New York at 1.30 a. m., at | a -height of about 2,000 feet. When I last seen she was heading for the open I sea. j Mineola, X. Y., July 9.?The British j dirigible R-34 left Roosevelt Field I shortly before midnight on her re turn cruise to Scotland. The great ship, held in leash by 1, 000 American balloon men was re leased at 11.5.5 o'clock and floated J ieisurely up to a height of 200 feet with her motors silent. The motors then began to whirl and the craft, nosing upward headed for New York. The great searchlights playing on the ship made her clearly discernible ! to the thousands who had gathered to [ bid her bon voyage. With three en jgines?port, starboard and forward? j running, and two others in reserve, the R-34 glided off toward the south, ! then swinging in a westerly course j (-ringing her nose in the direction of Xew York. Favorable weather conditions were reported over the entire route save for one bad spot in-mid-Atlantic. The big gas bag has been repaired, and filled with hydrogen, and the en gines are in excellent condition and j ready for instant business, it was i stated. Forty pounds of official mail is stowed aboard including two gold medals of the aero club of America awarded to Captain Alcock and Lieu tenant Brown, who flew the Vickers Vimy biplane over sea from New foundland in the first no stop trans-' Atlantic flight. In a statement tonight Maj. G. H. Scott, commander of the dirigible an nounced that he would fly over Xew York and if favorable winds on the j other side offered, over London, .on his [homeward journey to East Fortune, j Scotland. J "I am going to follow the line of ? the southern steamship course he said," "passing over New York before starting overseas. If the present j weather conditions continue I expect i to make the homeward trip in 70 j I hours and if favorable winds should I allow me to fly over the southern part J j of England I expect to pass over Lon- ! ! don before proceeding to East For-1 j tune. j "The only thing I am sorry about is I that I have to leave here so soon. Un j fortunately I had only one night in ? Xew York and would have liked to i have many more. All the sights have ? been wonderful and I Mope to come I again. I'd like to take this oppor-! j tunity to say that if any American ] ; citizens come to our country I hope I jean repay the hospitality they have j I so ,0"ishlv bestowed upon me. j "The climatic conditions over the f i Atlantic are very bad for flying in j-n-ns like the R-34. Although the ! R-34 has more than justified our i hopes, trans-Atlantic flying in the fu j tu re must be done in larger and fas ! ter ships. A thousand men were called out to I hold down the R-34 today during a 35 j mile wind which threatened to blow j I hor loose from her anchorage. To- I i nisht everything was shipshape, how- j i ever, two replacements have been j i made in the crews. Sergts. E. E. j Turned ancT William Anders who were , r members of the R-34 advance party, j j taking the place of Wireless Operator i I Edwards, and William Ballantyne the I stowaway. ! Th? two new members of the crew j are engineers and were selected in j I view of engine trouble experienced in j the fight here. Ballent>.;e. the stowaway said to-1 night he was sorry he was not to! make the journey home in the R-34. j but added that he would like to re- | main in America. "1 want to tight Benny Leonard, i rh<' light weight boxing champion in j the United States." he declared. "If Ii am shipped home dn a steamer, I shall get back here again as soon as I can." j Ballentyne said on bis arrival her**! that be was "a bit of boxer" and , had had experience in the ring in \ England. Prig. Gen. Lionel Charleston. Prit- j ''sh aviation attache in the United j St:ites. said the ship would employ; only th?? three engines on which she j started unless unexpected conditions' arose. With favorable conditions Maj. G. j H. Scott, her commander, hopes to: make the voyage in 70 hours sailing: over London before proceeding to East Fortune, Scotland, if weather conditions permit. j The R-34 had not b^en scheduled to depart until :i or 4 o'clock tomorrow, morning. The early departure was decided shortly after 9.30 o'clock when Major Scott received a report j from the United States weather bu-; reau warning that winds dangerous toj a moored craft were likely to sweep SOUTHRON, ErtriHMtti Sana, J#8C Vol. XLVIII. No. 43. HASTEN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS Program of Italian Government is To Maintain Order With Firnness - 1 PREMIER NITTI BEFORE - PARLIAMENT TODAY Plan to Conclude Peace at Once With the Upholding of Italian National Aspirations By The Associated Press Rome, July 10.?The Italian govern ment intends to maintain order with firmness and without hesitation or weakness, said Premier Nitti, speak ing before parliament today. * He summarized the program of the gov ernment by saying it was planned to hasten the peace negotiations so peace could be concluded at once, with the upholding of Italian nation al aspirations. Boisheviki Counterfeiting Large Quantities of Counter feit American and English Notes Seized in Switzerland Geneva, July 10.?The police have discovered that the Boisheviki have been operating a counterfeiting plant at Seurich, and have made a number of arrests. Notes, large quantities of which were American and English, were seized, their apparent face value being several millions of pounds sterling. The Cottonparket New York, July 9.?There was. V further sharp advance in the cotton market today owing to less favojuhle weather in the South arid a contin uation of yesterday's buying move ment. October contracts sold up. to 34.25. or 69 points net - higher arid closed at 34.22 with the-general-list closing firm at a net advance of 66 to SO points. ? ? t . The market opened..firm at an. ad vance of 5 to 26 points in response' to ^ relatively steady cables, reports of vains in the Eastern belt and renewed cuying by houses with Liverpool artd domestic trade connections. New Ctpp deliveries soon sold 50 to 60 poirits above last rfight's closing figures fciSt met considerable realizing and later broke about 40 points on the weekly report of the weather bureau which was considered more encouraging than any previous weekly report this sea son. )?f influence, however, seemed lo be entirely-"Offset bv the detailed weather reports,for the day "showing that the rains had been heavy in some Eastern belt sections, particularly m Georgia and the highest prices were reached during the afternoon. Wall Street interests were credited with buying freely on the advance whi^h was probably encouraged, by the East ern money situation and there was covering by early sellers which helped to carry December contracts up to 34.19 and January to 34.00. This made a net advance of 68 to 75 points on the active months with October show ing a gain of 243 points from the loW level of last -Thursday morning and a recovery to within 18 points of the high record established on June 27. The market closed within 2 to 3 points of the best, and there were reports of an increased export inquiry. Pri vate cables said it was expected that the Lancashire labor troubles would be settled by the end Of next week. The cotton market closed firm. Roosevelt field within a few hours. It was 11.50 o'clock when a bell rang aboard the R-34, signalling that the hour cf departure was at hand. An officer on the ground with a mega phone shouted "All clear." Major Scott, leaning out of the port window forward, cried "Cast off." The great ship presented a beauti ful picture as she drifted up into the sky bathed in the white light of three powerful searchlights. The union jack fluttered at her bow and the naval ensign at her stern. Just as she nosed out of Roosevelt field the moon ap-( peared from behind black clouds, partially lighting up the dark field. A few rain drops pattered down. At 12.01 lights along the deck of the dirigible, which #runs virtually the en tire length of the envelope inside, were switched on and the great ship hei> self appeared a long streak of light swimming in the radiance of the searchlights. Cp to 12.01 the R-34 had drifted sideways in the current of a south west wind. At this hour she nosed into the wind, now sailing at about 900 feet, and one minute later disap peared from the view of the crowds at Roosevelt Field. After her first disappearance at 12.02 the big dirigible again became visible at 12.05. A moment later as the ship sailed over Mineola field musicians sounded "Taps" as a signal of frood-bye. The outline of the R-34 became more amore faint, fading finally to a point of light which disappeared . at 12.18 when the dirigible was well on its way to New York.