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FKK STJMTEB WATCHMAN, Estab Consolidated Augr. 2,1 SOVIET RUSSIA MENACES EUROPE Military Success of Bolsheviki Threatens Central Europe With Another War BRITISH WAR CHIEFS ARE CALLED TO PARIS j _ I SrS? ->V:V.- " ? I 1 Lenine Now in Control of Prac-1 tically All Russia and Moving j on Caucasus ? ????? / , London. Jan. 15 (By the Associated! Press)-.?Before peace <w;th Germany is a week old the British public has i been brought up sharply against the ; possibility of another war. Winston Spencer Churchill, secretary of war; Walter Hume Long, first lord of the admiralty; Baron Beatty, commander of the grand fleet, and Field Marshal Sir. Henry K. Wilson, chief of the im perial staff, left London tonight, hav- j ing" been hurriedly summoned to Paris for a consultation with Premier Lloyd ' George and other British officials there on important military and na val matters. This summons is inevitably con nected in the public mind with the semi-official statement published to day calling, attention to the ihreateiV ing situation in the middle east as a result of Bolshevik military successes which have given the soviet virtual mastery of the whole of European Russia for although it is no* yet con firmed that they have entered Odessa, it is believed it can not be long be- j fore they are in full possession of the j coast regions in that vicinity. By their victories the Bolsheviki have obtained command of enormous supplies of food, raw materials, coal i and rolling stock and other means of j. transport of which they formerly were j In need. Speculation is active m the Euro pean capitals as to "what will be the next move of the Bolsheviki. Tt is re : garded as certain that, flushed with j g$ccess they will not be content with j the!*- present conquests, but will seek j to extend^ bolshevism either eastward j or westward. Expert military opin ion. . inclines to the belief that their j next move will be an attack on Ro-! lazTd and the Baltic States, and War saw dispatches to the London paper? already indicate that the Poles arc j fully anticipating such a move. The Soviets now undoubtedly com j mand formidable forces, but not suf- ; ficient to warrant an attempt to ac ' vance both cast and west. London, Jan. 1 5.?The/BrUish mili-t tary mission to Genera] Denikine at ! the latter's headquarters in Ekaterih- ! odar reports under today's date that J the Caucasus army in the line be hind Aksai river repulsed in heavy j fighting five frontal attacks and at- ] tempted to turn its left flank. The reports of the British mission j says that the advance of the Bolshe-1 viki on Odessa has been stopped. It| also stated that the rcnor: that Gen eral Denikine has been superseded by; General Wrangel or any other con:- j mander is untrue. The statement says the Don army holds the line from the Dor. river { from its junction with the Aksai to its; mouth and that the reds failed to; force the passage of the river at any ? of the five points where this was at- j tempted. Crossing the river would be difficult, it is stated, except for small parties of cavalry, because the roads are deep in mud. The volunteer army is said to bo holding the line from Nikopol to | Melitopol, north of the Crimea. _?? London. Jan. 1 (By the Associated; Press).?Within the next three months says a semi-official statement. ' Great Britain may be faced with a serious Bolshevist situation in the Near East, which would mean mfli- ? tary commitments, according to ex pert opinion based on official advices from the theaters of war. The Bolshevist occupation of Trans-Caspian may be regarded as virtually complete which makes the position in the Caucasus most difficult from an anti-red viewpoint. There j is little hope of stopping the Bolshe viki fro7vt overrunning the Caucasus, and if they succeed they will be able to join Mustaph-i Kemal Pasha (head of the Turkish nationalists) and other Turks for Mesopotamian ng gros-sion. WILL PROBE TO THE BOTTOM Admiral Sims Has Started Something Josephus Dan iels Will Finish Washington. Jan. 10.?Unless the senate investigation of Admiral Sims' charges as to the failure of the "navy department to cooperate fully with the allies during the war is made t<. the entire satisfaction of the American people an inquiry will be made by the naval board. Secretary Daniels an nounced today. While refusing to discuss Admiral Sims' letter criti cising the department Secretary Dan iels indicated that Admiral Sims fre quently clashed with the department through his insistence that more de stroyers be withdrawn from troop conveyors to augment the anti-subma rine forces in European waters. *_ed April, 18*0. "?? **** * .881. SU] I Organized Labor Will Fight j . Legislation Pending to Sup press Sedition DECLARES IT IS ! NOT NECESSARY! Statement Asserts That Exist- j ing Laws Are Sufficient For the Purpose Sought Washington, Jan. IS.?Formal an nouncement that tlu American Fed eration of Labor will oppose "with whatever power it may possess*' '*n actxnent of the anti-sedition bills now pending in congress was made in a statement issued today by Samuel Gompers, president of the federation. His attack is directed impartially at the Sterling bill recently passed by the senate and the Graham bill eased on proposals by Attorney General Palmer and awaiting action by thej house rules committee for a special; rule td expedite consideration. "The proposed bill," he said, "if en acted would violate the constitution and rob the whole American people of their most cherished and basic guarantees of free government. "If the American, and in fact a majority of the members of congress were awake to the dangers concealed in this bill a storm of indignation would sweep the nation. "It has been widely advertised that this measure protects free speech fully but prevents advocacy of forcible rev- ( olutloh, bolshevism ar.d anarchy, it fact, it would perpetuate . an auto cratic censorship over the entire American press, It can be used tc kin free speech and free assembly. It strikes a deadly blow at legitimate organizations of labor or any othe: progressive movement for the Deter ment of the masses which may bo op posed by the advocates of priviPegi and reaction. "We yield to no man in public of ?ice in loyalty to the constitution an.; institutions of this country; no self re specting man has questioned or dare I question that loyalty. We- are for! evolution, not revolution; for ballots.' not wallets; for a majority rule, noi j "lass dictatorship of bolshevism, pin-1 tocracy or of the profiteer. "We oppose this bill because every j legitimate purpose for which it is! framed is already covered by existing j law. lie illegitimate features, which ; compose two-thirds of the draft, are j utterly autocratic, imperialistic an? j unAmerican." Referring to Attorney Genera] Pal mers contention "that new laws ere! accessary to reach the individual who j advocates opposition to government by j violence." Mr. Gompers cited sectior I four of the penal code and asked: "If reyoHition is al'oor. why b*::-: riot, the department mad'.' prosecutions under that section?" "Section five of the bill, unbeliev-j abie ?s i; may seem." he continued.! "easily can he construed to mean, if indeed it does not make it. a crime, so j vague and involved is the terminology.: to wear in public any button of any j organization whose purpose it is to secure an amendment to the constitu-j tion of the United States or any exist-J ing federal law. "Section six perpetuates the censor-! ship of the postmaster general over 1! newspapers and printed matter. "More amazing still, the proviso sets j up a censorship over any mans private] correspondence by the postmaster j general. Moreover this section can be used to prevent the organization ofi negro labor on the grounds of incit- j ing 'racial prejudice, the intended orj probable result of which appeal 'is to ! cause rioting, etc.' No doubt advocacy j of, or opposition to. the cause of Irish | freedom would in some sections be! prohibited. "Section seven would exclude from this country, even for libraries and in- j vestigavtors, a large portion of the la bor literature of Europe. "Sections nine, ten and 11 contain a grave threat aimed at labor. "If a hostile federal judge should decide that any particular strike has a political end in view and the strik ing union is 'affiliated with' the American Federation of Labor, the American Federation of Labor would be compelled at once to expel the striking wnioii or itself become unlaw ful. And it would at once become a crime punishable by up to L'O years' imprisonment or up to ?20.000 fine or both, for any person anywhere in the nation to rem a hall or business of fice to any labor organization affiliat ed wiih the American Federation of Labor, or lo jiiv<- or loan it mone> to send strike relief to starving women and children. "Tn general this is a bill against opinion and advocacy. "The inevitable result of this bill, if enacted, would be to spread a reig!; of terror over the.United States, fill the country with spies ami special agents of justice, fill the land with suspicion and heresy hunting would quietly become national industry, [f the principles of Magna Charta and the Declaration of Independence and the constitution of the Ignited States are not worth fighting to preserve, 1 have wholly misconceived what pa triotism and love of freedom means." od Few not??et an the end* Thon AH ?TER, S. C:, WEDNBS: Envoys of Irish Republic Pre-, sent Formal Protest Against ; English Oppression . NO ACTION HAS i YET BEEN TAKEN _ i j Council of League of Nations j Has Knotty Problem Submit-: ted Before it ' i Parix.. Jan. 10.?The council of the! League of Nations received the firs; j ormal protest to he presented to it. almost before it came into being with j today's initial session. The protest was from the envoys of the elected government of the Irish republic against the unreal English simulacre of an international league of peace. No mention of the protest was made during the meeting of the council, but j copies were handed to correspondents j after they left the foreign office. WITHDRAW ALL ! It is Deemed Inadvisable to Maintain American Force In Siberia DECLARED PURPOSE IS ACCOMPLISHED \ Czech-Slovak Troops Are S?e-; cessfully Advand.ig Into j Eastern Siberia ! V ^nington Jan. IG.?Reasons i which brought about the decision of.; the United States government to I withdraw the Siberian expeditionary! force have been set forth in a note to ! [he Japanese government transmitted ? to the Stat-- Department December S. j was made public tonight. Japan in its communication in-: quired whether the United States pro- ! posed to maintain the status quo, or ! ?o proceed to entire or partial with- ! .-Irawal of its troops, or whether it | was ready to send reinforcements in j case of need. In replying that under existing cir-; cumstances it was deemed advisable! to withdraw the expeditionary force,; !u- government asserts ihat reinforce- j mcr.t would be impractical and thai j to maintain the status quo ''might in- j yolve the government of the United i States in an undertaking oT such in- I definite character as to be mad vis- | able." The original purposes of the expe-; dition. the note says, were: First, to help the Czeoho-Slovak : troops which had been attacked by j bhe Bolshevikj and the enemy prison- j ers of war during their retiremenl I along the Siberian Railway. Rein forcements were sent to aid the; Czecho-Slovak in consolidating their \ repatriation by way of Vladivostok1, j The expedition was also intended ? to "steady an effort at self-govern- j ment or self-defense in which the : [Russians themselves might be willing; to accept assistance." "Net only are the Czecho-Slovak \ troops successfully advancing into ; Eastern Siberia, but an agreement has been effected between the gov ernments of Great Britain and the ? I'nlied States providing for their re patriation from Vladivostok." The note says frther that Ameri can vessels will begin to arrive at Vladivostok by the firjyt of the month and that a contingent of Czecho-Slo vak troops can be immediately em barked, thus accomplishing the first purpose for which American forces w re sent i;ito Siberia. in respect to the second purpose, namely, the assistance of Russians In their efforts ar self-government, the, note saysr ! "The .government <>f ibe United States is impressed with ib-* political instability and grave uncertainties of the present situation in Eastern Si beria, as described in the Aide Mem oire presented by the Japanese am bassador December X, and is disposed to the view that further military ef fort to assist the Kassians in the struggle toward self-government may. in the present situation. Pad to com plications which would have exactly the opposite effect, prolonging pos sibly the period of readjustment and involving Japan and the United States in ineffective jind needless sac rifices. It is felt accordingly to be unlikely thai the second purpose for' which American troops were s r.t to Siberia will be longer served b> tine ;-!-sen?-.- there." V Miss Annie Wells was nearly drowned at Focalla stream yesterday afternoon by falling out of a boat. A colored man saw her when she fell in and kept her from drowning. tnrt at be t&7 Couiary'?. Tay God'a i DAY, JANUARY SI, 19 Follow Example of Germans at Scapa Flow and Sink Ships VIOLATE OBLIGATIONS OF THE PEACE TREATY The Warships Assigned to the Allies Are Seriously Disabled or Scuttled Geneva, Jan. 17.?The Austrian warships, which under the terms of the peace treaty must be handed to the allies have undergone a second Scapa Flow, but on a smaller scale, according to Turin advices. The des patch confirms reports that the Aus trian fleet has been seriously disabled. 1' The fire department answered to a call about 10 o'clock Saturday night on N. Main Street. No damage was done. Demand of Allies For Extradi tion of Wilhelm Causes Emo tion in Holland MAY ASK HIM TO SURRENDER Kihiiy- to Idea c? Sun-endej ing Ihe Rei-^ec Brussels. ? Jan. 10.?Deep emotion has been caused in Holland by the al lied demand for the extradition of William Hohenzoliern. according to " dispatch. The belie f is expressed at the Hague, that measures will be taken with a view to inducing him voluntar ily to place himself at the disposition of the allies. DEMAND "MADE FOR WILHELM Note of Allies Calling For Sur . render of Former Kaiser Delivered to Holland Berlin, Jon. IS (By the Associated Press.)?The supreme council's note to the Dutch government asking that the former German emperor be giv en up to the allies under article 227 of the Versailles treaty for trial points out that if the former emperor had remained in Germany he would have been delivered up under the same conditions hy the government. "Among so many crimes,' the note recalls, "the cynical violation of the; neutrality of Belgium and Luxem bourg, the barbarous system of hos tages, massed deportations, system atic devastation without military rea sons, submarine war." and declares: "For all of which acts responsibility, ar least moral, reaches the supreme; chief, who ordered them <>r abused hi unlimited powers :o break, <;r permit ! others-to break, ihe most sacred! rules of human, conscience. i "The powers can not conceive." it! adds, "that the Netherlands would re- j gard with less reprobation than them selves the immense responsibility' weighing upon the ov-emperor. Hoi-' land would net be fullfilling her in ternational duty if she refused to as sociate herself with other nations, so far as she is able to prosecute, or at least not impede the punishment of crimes commit'od." The note points out that of the duty of the Powers to insure execu tion of article 227 without entering into argument. TARDIEU DE CLINES OFFICE Distinguished Frenchman Re fuses to Serve in New Cabinet Paris, Jan. 19.?Captain Andre Tardieu has refused to retain the portfolio of minister of liberated re gions in the new Miller and cabinet. MAKE TEST OF THE DRY LAW State of Rhode Island Brings Case Eiilo Supreme Covet WashingHni. Jan. 1-9. -The supreme Rhode Island p- rmissi'o ro institute original proceedings tot est th?' va bd y of the- federal constitution pro-) hibition amendment. ttd Tram's." THJE TRUE 20. Twelve Hundred New Cases Re ported Within Last Twen ty-four Hours i SIX HUNDRED NURSES ! ! HAVE BEEN ENLISTED: Health Officials Say1 That There Is Nothing Alarming Yet Ar Disease is Mild Chicago. Jan. 19.? Six hundred vol ! unteer nurses are today engaged in i combat to check the spread of in-' : fiuenza here. They began a survey ' of the city to determine the extent of j the epidemic and to aid in relief j measures. While twelve hundred cases j have been reported to health authori- i : ties today, they declared that fewer j ! cases were reported during the last j twenty-four hours than during the j j preceding two days.. Fourteen deaths j from pneumonia and five from in- j fiuenza were reported yesterday; ' j INCREASE IN FLUREPORTED j Washington Public Health Gf5 | cials State That the Death Rate is Low Washington, Jan. 19.?Although 1 there was a slight increase in in J fiuenza reported to the public health i service today officials said there is I nothing alarming in the present sit ! uation. Disease is mild, with a low J death rate, they said, while the num j ber of pneumonia, cases is relatively j small. Health officials said as only j i about one thousand cases throughout ! the country were reported last week,j j as compared with more than four j million cases a year ago the spread of I the rPiroase; bus hardly reached a ! sf -ge >. cause anxiety. DANIELS DENIES HE MADE REMARK Secretary Says Sims Was Not Quoting Him Washington. Jan. IS.?Secretary ; Daniels in a letter forwarded tonight J :o Chairman Page of the senate naval ? affairs committee declared that it was j nor he who had told Rear Admiral j William S. Sims before the admiral's I [departure in March. 1917. for London | j 'not t" let the British pull the woo! ; j over your eyes" and that the United j : States "would as soon 5ght the British | ? ::s the Germans." Testifying yester ' day before a senate naval subcommit- ! j te? investigating naval awards. Ad-, i r.iiral s'im.s raid such admonition had i teen given him "by a high official" j before he left the United States and j ; quoted from a letter recently written j j -o Mr. Daniels and entitled "certain j ? naval lessons of the great war." which j jarraigned in sharp terms many as-: ? poets of the navy department's con- J I duct of the war. Secretary Daniels in his letter to j Senator Page caid that Admiral Sims' 1 tetter had been referred to the general! ' beard of the navy for action and that i j "at the proper lime and in the proper ! ; way any fair minded investigator wil j : be convinced that the allegations re-1 . fleeting upon the vigorous, elective j and successful prosecution of the war. | so l'nr as the navy department and tlio i entire, navy are concerned, are based j on opinions which are without justi- j fi cation/' Because of the statements made1 yesterday by Admiral Sims, it ap- \ j peared likely tonight that the scope i j of the senate investigation would be | j ertended. After a conference during1 the da\ .etween Senator Lodge and j ; Penator Hate, chairman of the inves tigating subcommittee, it was an-; r nounced that an attempt would be made tomorrow to have the full naval j committee authorize extension of the j investigation and should this effort1 f:iil the matter would be carried to, the senate. j Admiral Sims will resume his testi-? mony before the subcommittee to morrow. TO MTISH WARSHIPS ON THE MOVE Several Leave Malta For the Black Sea Malta. Friday. Jan. IG.?Orders were received Friday night for a number of British naval vessels to leave Malta, apparently for the Black Sea. AMERICAN STEAM ER IS DISABLED Only One Man of Crew of Forty nirc Saved Stockholm.. Jan. U?.- Forty-nine i r**.:*Tr;u.crs <>f *he crew of the Ameri can s'eamer. '-.f-.v. which struck a : ?? f?v off Nmdingen Lisrht and found- j r-ved. were lost, the second mate only. ' survives. ;< ! SOUTHBOK, BrtabHafc?! fma. >*? VoLXLIX. No, 46. ADMIRAL SIMS SCORES DANES Disclaims Any 111 Feeling But Attacks Official Acts of Secretary HE CLAIMS DANIELS SHATTERED MORALE In Awarding* Medals Navy De partment Disregarded All Precedent Washington, Jan. 10.?While dis j claiming any th night oi' making a ? personal attack on S' "rotary Daniels, j Rear Admiral William Sims told the I senate subcommittee investigating na [ val war decorations today that morale I of the service had been '"knocked I to pieces" as a result of methods of I the navy department in making l awards. I The underlying cause of "the whole I unfortunate affair," Admiral Sims as ! serted, was failure of Mr. Daniels to I formulate a definite policy to govern I awards in his instructions to the I Knight medal board. Grave injustice ! had been done many officers because [ of this, he added. , Admiral Sims, who during the war i commanded American forces in f?r ! eign waters, said constructive criti 1 cism was part of the duty to the ser vice and h's recent lector as well as his testimony was not to be construed ? otherwise. He argued for withdrawal I of department regulations requiring I officers not to publish critical articles without specific sanction as in the best interests of the service. In connection with his original let ter refusing a distinguished service medal pending action by the secretary on his plea for reconsideration of his recommendations, as to awards, he said Mr. Daniels had written him that no final action had b<-en'taken. Admiral Sims vigorously reaffirmed j the position taken in his letter that S -hly commanding officers were com petent to pass on the relative value of j services performed by officers under them. Taking up the secretary's announc ed policy of awarding distinguished. i service'medals to officers who 'had ship-.- in action where their service Had been ? meritorious. Admiral Suas >de ctarcd such officers deserved medals of honor or nothing Jn this connection Admiral .Sims read a personal letter from Secretary i Daniels asking what steps toward ?suitable recognition of .the services of Lieut. Comdr. David W. Bagley' ( Mr. Daniels' brother-in-law) and (ither officers of the destroyer Jacob I Jones sunk without warning by^ah enemy torpedo, had been taken, and his own reply stating that officers in cases like this deserved no particular recognition. Admiral Sims ais? pre sented a personal ietrer he had writ ten Pagley at the time, commending his conduct after the sinking- of .the Jones, which letter, lie said, was in addition to the formal communication made a part of Bag ley's military rec ord. .. Dur'ng the hearing Admiral Sims engaged in heated verbal tilts with Senators Piltman, Democrat, of Ne vada and Trammell, Democrat, Flor ida, who showed a disposition to cross question him in detail. Before Admiral Sims was heard. Senator Pittman made a determined effort to have Mr. Daniels called as the first witness, declaring the committee was showing d'soourtesy in calling a sub ? >rdinnff first. His motion was de feated ?n party lines. ' Summing up his Objections to the decorations award policy, Admiral Sims declared that "the awarding of medals to men who lost their snips in action without engaging the enemy was without precedent in the history of American navy or any other navy and had resulted in absolutely shat tering the morale of the service." . TURKS DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE Turks Hold Great Mass Meeting to Protest Against Expulsion From Constantinople Constantinople. Jan. 10.?Protests against the reported intention of the peace conference to dismember the Turkish empire and to internationalize Constantinople were made a. a great mass meeting here today. The ora tors discoursed on Turkey's inalien able rights" to Constantinople. PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE Leadng Financiers of Twenty One American Republics Gather in Washington Washington. Jan. 19.?The second Pan American financial conference opened here today for the considera tion of international problems aris ing with the return of peace and with ih<- leading financiers and business neu of Lwenty-one American republics n ^tendance. President Wilson >-v.t a message of greeting. Secre :ary Glass, president general of the v>r?f*rence. occupied the chair at the opening session.