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GERMANS AIM TO SUB. JUGATE UNITED STATES M.-b.r ot the PnMMM G» era! Staff TWm Ymt* Ago Gave Dataila <rf Contemplat ed Attack—Objact ImUm aity. Wukiniton, D. C.—It to pointed out by frtoada of the Admintotration that If the >pwchu at .Senator La FolWtte attacking tha Government for «ataring tha war hava rauaed any doubt or uncertainty aa to thto coun try'i purpoM la an taring tha conflict, all affect* of tha Senator'* effort* on behalf of the enemy of the United Statea ahould be removed by the rapltoa made to hia upeeih in the Saaate. Eapecially to thto true of %Mfce apeech of Senator BoMnaon of ^Arkanaaa. It to aaid by public men now that If the addreaa of the Praaidant at the minutaa before the cloae of the »es aion, make a eaae that juatiAed not only the declaration of war. but alao all the war legislation that intervened between the addreaa of the Praaidant and the AAmumi'i denunciation of hto fellow lumbar from Wiaconain. M«wr noomaon siaieu uie war afaae W die United Statu. These aim*, he raid, are much more than the making of the world safe for democ racy They nre directed against a power, which even befeee the war began, included the subjagation of the United States in it* program against Great Britian and France. According to the revelations made by the Sena tor, the crushing of Germany is not only necessary for the peace of the world, but for the preservation of this country. "The war was necessary from the stand point of our national safety," he said, and then he laid Wore the Senate the evidence that, despite the protestations of friendship from Berlin, the general staff there come In the plot to make Germany the master of the world. He made known the fact that just before the clash of August, 1914, Field Marshall von Eden.sheim, of the Prus sian General Staff, published through out Germany Berlin's war aims against Great Britain, France and the United States. Regarding the contemplated attack upon this country, von Edels aeim said: "Operations against the United States of America would have to be conducted in a different manner from those against England. Druing the j last year political friction with the | states, especially friction arising from commercial causes, has not been lack ing and the difficulties that have arisen I have mostly been settled by our giving | way. As this obliging attitude has its limits, we have to ask ourselves what j force we can possibly brirg to bear in order to moot the attack of tV;, United States ayairst our interests! VifcJ to impose our vnu. "Our fleet will probably be able to' defeat the naval forces of the United States, which are distributed over two; oceans and over long distances. But ( it would be a mistake to suppoet that | the defeat of their fleet will forc< the, United States, with immense resources | into concluding peace. "Considering the great extent of the United States, the conquest of the! country by an army of invasion is; not possible. But there is every rea aon to believe that victorious enter-1 prises on the Atlantic coast and the' conquest of the most important arter-; ies through which imports aad exports pass, will create such an unbearable •state of affairs in the whole country that the Government wil readily offer j acceptable conditions in order to ob tain peace. "II (.ermany begins preparing • fleet of transport* and troop* for land ing purpose* at the moment when the battle fleet "teams >ut of our harbors we nay conclude that operation on American soil can begin after about four week*, and it cannot be doubted that the United States will not be able to oppose to u* within that time an army equivalent to our own." "There is nothing ambiguous or *qulvocal in this language," said the Senator. "It proves conclusively that Germany was preparing to precipitate a conflict with the l?nited State?. It is seldom during peece that «o offen sive a pirpnae finds expression in such frank language m that employed by Edclaheim. 'Nut only is it true that Germany planned war puon the United States more than three years ago, but since r— tka conflict btfu, and Mon Coo pwa rxofnllW tka exiatence at a ■tote of war, Gif ■ Military leadara declared a purpose to make the United Stotea iadwntfr tfca fatkeriand far tka coat of tha war oa tka ground of our allayed partiality in permitting American citnena to aall ■wHIaiii of war to tj>a Alliaa. Germany realixed that wkan tka conflict with Franca, Britain, Ruaaia, and Italy waa ovar bar reaourcea would ba exkauatod and kar induatriad imparted. Ska coveted tka fertile flelda, tka axtenaive foraata, tka rick minea, and unlimited ra aourcaa of our people, and without doubt would hava undartakan to ra imburaa bar traaaury by indemnity forcad upon ua. Har plan of daapoll ing tka United Stotea originated with Biamarck, who, wkan aakad kia opin ion of tkia country, rapliad: "Tha United Stataa i* a great fat pic, which Germany will ona day a tick." It ia not important that you and I faal aura tkia Govammant could have ra pallad German invaaion and auccaaa fully regiatered every effort of the Kaiaer to collect indemnity. Tha ma terial fact ia that Germany believed the United Stotea waa practically de fen aelaaa, and therefore after peace bad been made with the Alliea ake could make ua pay kar expenae and loaaea during the war. "Everyone here know a that tka sale of munitiona by tka eitisena of a neu tral nation to belligerenta ia not a violation of tke law of nationa. Traffic in munitiona between neutrala and belligerent* haa continued through out the centuriea, and ita legality haa never been queationed by any govern ment, except, perhapa, when forbidden by treaty atipulationa. "Germany aold munitions to our enemies. When the United States was j it war with Spain our enemies ob-' tained their principal supply of mani-j tions from German manufacturer*. In j the Boer War Germany's trade In mu-1 nitions was profitable with both Eng land and the Boers. During the Hal- [ kan War the Krupps received enor-; maun profit* from the sale of muni- j tions to >he belligerent* It was only. many otrl from "American port* IM deprived her of the ability to secure munitions here that Germany started in the United States a nropagandlim against munition making. "The Senator from Wisconsin has insisted that the United States ought now to declare the purposes of this war and the terms of peace. 'jhe answer to that, Mr. President, is that that is exactly what the Kaiser wants The authorities of this Govenir>enf now have proof that more than $5:7, 000,000 have been spent by represen tatives of the German Government in carrying on this porpaganda; and it is unfortunate for the country an<i unfortunate for the Senator from Wis consin that he has lent himself, his great talents and his services, to the promulgation of the ideas, theories, and desires of the Kaiser." The Senator did not have time to go. further into detail in his address, but [ considered the incriminating evidence1 furnished by the Prussian General Staff officer as sufficient. The records, however, in the thought of those who have examined them fully bear out the truth of his statement. This evidence covers the preparations made by Ger-1 many in 1913, the spreading of the ex-1 traordinary tax and the increase in' the army in a time of peace for no, apparent reason. Diplomatic corre spondence of 1913 shows the Emperor' as ceasing to be the friend of peace while report from German diploma tists and strategist* disclose the plan | for the campaign to establish German, domination throughout the territory between Berlin and Bagdad. On this side of the Atlantic the evidence shows , the machination* of von Bernstoff, Dumba and Dernburg to bring about an uprising of German-Americans at the proper time, an enterprise that utterly failed, the operations of an army of agents and spies, all con cerned either in embroiling this coun try with the Allies or Mexico and Japan. Quite in contract yith the war aims of Germany three years ago Is the ac count of the Reichstag proceedings of last week contained in press dispatch es. These reports have been read with deep interest bv those who heard Senator's Robinson's speech. Field Marshal von Hinder.burg, in reply to a congratulatory telegram from the Ro man Catholic People's Union of Essen, advised a policy of holding on and waiting as the one for Geramny to pursue. "We too, desire what the Pope desires," he said, "namely, the termination of the war which was forced upon us. Our enemies, how ever, are not willing." UNITED STATU IN TO WIN THE WAR DwcUratiw B*aimg it mi of NaH—I Which U Now »*m WuU«|t«, D. C.—Th« United will win the war. This U Um dtcliritioo of Administration uAcisli baaed on Um estimate of tlte national power that is now betag exerted. UM plaything far tha ft rat two yeara of tha war of Intriguing diplomau, lot by Count van Bernatorff Kara and Or. Zimatenaann to Barlin, tha United States, made tha preaching ground of all tha plota againat tha anaaiaa of tha Central Power*, la now pouring ita man and Ita treasure into tha conflict to crush autocracy. Tha laat sentence at tha laat »peach in tha Senate, that by Senator Fall of Now Mexico, on the day of adjurnment, waa: "I want to aay, air, that not only can wa raise and spend this $31,000,000,000 but that rather than sand word to tha Kaiser that our poo.le are growing restless under Um system of taxa tion already adopted, wa should sand word to him that, with tha natural re sources belonging to us, without tax ing tha people of tha United Statee one dollar, we can carry this war to a suc cessful conculsion if it coats ua $260, 000,000,000 rather than $21,000,000,000 That waa tha parting word of loy alty in the Senate to Germany, and it represents the sentiment and deter mination of Uie entire Government, and now, moat of the people of the United States. Reference to the Senator s dec 1ara tion wns made in connection with the' diseuuion of the latest astounding re- j velationa of the German Ambassador's ploU here. To the thinking public; man the reve' itiona show condition* bad enough in reference to the imme diate enterprise mentioned in each of the cablegrams* given out reeent-! ly. But under all of them is indicated a state of deetruction that ia incon ceivable to the official her* who la wont to deal honestly with other na aest the Priilhst draw against Ger many in hi* addreu to Congress In April was far from being overdrawn. Indeed the facte since revealad have shown bow steeped hi iniquity the Ber lin Office was, in that It not only abused its diplomatic privileges here, but went to the limit of plotting against the peace of a neutral country :i© with the realization of the desper ite thought that controls German offi cialdom there has arisen a still great er determination to carry the war to the limit so that the world will be rid of such practices. Another thing Secretary Lansing has accomplished by making public thesetelegrams, in addition to bringing about solidarity in the country, is the complete suppression of the paciSst. In the light of the revelations made, no man or woman may now, either in association or individuality, raise the cry on behalf of Germany without coming under suspicion of boing a German agent. Foi the issue is drawn clearly and unmistakably, acording to I well-informed officials, and there are only two possible classes of persons in! the United States today; those loyal! to the Government and those disloyal I to it. Uncle Sam Need* 10,000 Steno graphers and Typewriter* at Once. Washington, D. C., Oct. 16, 1917.— Now that Uncle Sam has the young men of the country in training for mil itary servce, he finds that he needs 10,000 typewriter operator* and sten ographer** and typewriter*, both men and women, for the Department* at Washington. The Civil Service Com; mission has notified all of its 3,000 board* of examiners that they should put forth their best efforts to secure these urgently needed worker*. While examinations are held weekly in 450 cities, the Commission states that ar rangements will be madu In havo an examination held at any accessible place where a small class of appli cant* can be secured. The entrance salaries range from $1,000 to $1,200 a year. Promotion i* reasonably ra pid to those whose services proves sat isfactory. No appointments can }>e made to these or other positions in the Federal classified Mi-vice unless au thorised by theCivil Service Commis sion under the civil service law. At , information to the contrary is nnnn thoriaed. This is a splendi.l oppor tunity to serve your country. Full in formation may be secured from the secretary of the board of civil examiner* at the post oAce in your city. GERMANY MUST BE CON QUORED Pour-mlnut« ■dJl—■ by lav A W. Ttjbr doll»orad at llw Bi uadway Tfcaatra In Mount Airy. Wa must nppradata tha military strangth at Garauuiy, ami maka oar preparations accordingly. Th« hopeless and irrepressible op timism of tha American people it strongly incllnad to tha baliaf tha Gar many la nearly exhausted, ami that wa hardly naad worry ourselves aa tha war will ba ovar bafora wa gat •trogljr into H. Vain and foollah Indaad la such a thought. What mora could Gormany cloture than to have America haliova this and hold back until aha conquora Franc* ami England. Wa muit ba wida-awaka to tha fact that Garaan la by no moans baa tan at thia tuna. War-waary «ha may ba, and doubliaai la, but har raaourcaa In trained and unipaot man-power ara ■till incalculabla, and datarmlnation to hurl million* and milliona mora of har nun into tha maalatrom of battla that ia as dssparataly strong aa it has baan sinca tha war bagan, avan mora so now that »o many nation* have unitad their arms apinit her and vowed the overthrow of her military autocracy. The military Maatars of Germany know that the Grand Alliance have purposed their absolute overthrow and they have no hop* from surrender, their only hope i* to fight desperately to win, however unlikely it may be that they can long withstand the com bined forces of a determined and out raged world. They will not weaken bacause they win gain nothing by surrender, and if tliey can gain any thing to compensate their straggle H muse be a German victory. But how can the Grand Allianca ac cept any compromise with a govern ment that repudiates its own word, when it wishes to claim rack an act a military naeeaaity. How can any | MlMWMBKltS*) plunder? No, Germany will fight on. She ia fighting harder right now than she has fought since the war began. She knows more about the arts of war than she did three year* ago, after forty years of conscious preparation. Her rulers are draining her man power to replace her vast losses with ew reserves. Belgians are' being ->rcibly deported to work in Germany nd release possible German soldiers. She is desperately short of many need ed things, but she has also a desperate ingenuity in devising substitutas for: necessities. She is straining everyI resource to build new submarines to replace those that are sunk, and new aeroplanes to replace those that are shot down. Make no mistake, then. Germany is a powerful enemy as yet unconquered unexhausted, and fortiAed by the in sane conviction of her Divine righi to final victory and domin; tion over the whole world. It will require mighty warfare on our part to defend our selves from the onslaught of this formidable foe. German Plana Told Admiral Dewey 19 Year* ago.1 A warning issued to the United States in 1898 of the plans of Germany to crush Great Britain, then the Unit ed States, and thus dominate the world ia contained in the records of the late George Dewey, long kept in the secret archives of the government, accord ing to a document said to have been revealed in the Senate one day last week by Senator Lewis of Illinois. The document shows that in a conver sation between Admiral Dewey and Atlmilal von Goetzen at Manila in 1998 Admiral Dewey quoted the German admiral as follows: "About fifteen years from now my country will start a great war. She will be in Paris in about one month after the commence ment of h'.utilities. Ilcr move on Paris will be but a step to tier real object— the ciuithing of England Some months after we finish our work in, Europe we will take New York andj probably Washington and hold them for some time. We will put your country in its place with reference to Germany. We do not propose to take any of your territory, but we do. : i ton J to take a billion or so of your; ' ",\i8 fv. m New York and other The Monroe doctrine will be i-Acn charge of by ui as we will then | have to put you In your place, and we; will take charge of South Aaserica aa| we with to Dont foigut this— about fifteen year* from now remem ber It. and It will iatcreat you." PITCHED BATTLE WITH BLOCKADER5 a* RmmH a# Battle fe at Km Law m SOualy <7 Albemarle, Oct U_Whet amooa ed to nathiaf abort of »n actual pitch- j north of Albemarle daring the Mrlyj part o ftbo night at la*t night, wh< four aAcara of the law of Stanly coui ty encountered In blockadera active ly engaged in th« manufacture of li quor, aa tho raault of which ono man la dead, two woundod and two aefe ly lodged in tho Stanly county Jail. Virgil Lm Pinion la tho name of the dead man, and waa ono of tho gang who opened Arc on the oflcert of tho law. The —am of the woundod men for certain, but the think that Bob Smith waa poe aibiy one at them they both ha ring made goad their eeeape. The men who are In Jail are Will Smith and one Howell whoee initial" have not been' lea rood. Nona ot the oAcera were wounded, although deputy John Earn hardt had a very close call, having re ceived a powder burn from ono of the i anamioa' gun*. The sheriff had been informed on i yesterday that these men were to meet at the distillery during the; night, and so he sent four of his depu-, ties, John Earnhardt of Albemarle, J. E. Mitcoff, J. L. Hatley and C. T. Daniels of Badin to handle the sit uation. They went to the place where j the still was in operation, located about three milee west of Badin and about sis miles north of Albemarle,' near the town of Palestine, and placed I themselves about fifteen yards away in the bushes and awaited the coming of the blockaders. The men caaae shortly after the oAcars had arrived on the scene and were heard to make remarks that every officer who inter fered must be killed. After they had bled around the still, the officers to crawl a little f—— k-.1 SoiMMrsc^he^SoSaSraTvCTr^n^lhel lookout and it is in that they heard | the approach of the officers and the; leader who was thought to have been Will Smith gave the command to his men to get ready their flash lights and guns, whereupon the officers threw their flash lights upon the blockaders and commanded them to surrender. Immediately upon this move the block aders opened Are and the battle com menced lasting some bit, there having been it is said from thirty to seventy five shots fired in all. The officer* were lying upon the ground and this it is thought accounts for the fact that none of them were injured. The offi cers state thatat least three of the men fell and the other two ran away. Af-1 ter lying quiet for about ten minutes \ upon the ground (he officers left and, returned to Albemarle for reinforce-, ments. Sheriff Blalock and Offiecrs He-1 drick and Talbert returned with them 1 and found that two of the men shot down had made good their escape,1 leaving traces of blood as they went. Pinion was found dead upon the1 ground with four or five bullets in his! body. Nothing further was seen of| hte blockaders during the night, ex-' cept that the officers who engaged in' the battle felt sure that they had re cognized Smith and Howell went with 1 the sheriff to the homes of these men! and arrested them. They were brought to Albemarle and locked up, to await trial. Diligent search was | made for Bob Smith during the night1 and (hiring the day but up to a late hour this afternoon no trace of him, has been found. The other party en-1 gaged in the blockading is not known i it is said. Will not Renounce a Square Foot of Soil, My* German Amserdam. Oct. 15.—At a noruNit meeting in Berlin yesterday I'hilip Soheidemann, leader of the socialist majority In the reichstag, (l«plor«<l the fart that Germany'* enemies had "scoffed at the German desire for peace." "We will not renounce a Aqua re foot of German soil," he added. Dr. Mkhaeli*, Herr Hcheidemann de clared, was unsuiUd to the post of chancellor. To Retire From Bench Hickory, Oct. 13.-Judge K. B. Clin* entertained last evening a few friend* at hi* home lu.ru, at vrfckh (tlace he made the announcement that he wttl not be a candidate for reelection to hi* place as judge of the Superior Court at the expiration of hi* preeent term. December SI, 191t. A RAILROADER'S YARN. By Edith Harvard M«»« aA Mm VI*. Mike ft niae Number — am tto ft. * 0- An old Umi >■ Mika, and poud of it. Co«M ton had • joft wMh the Brotherhood any ume far years peat, bat doeest think hod aa )*r life unleaa ha could aaa It fna a eab window. Might have boan O. M. tf ha'd had mora book-learning; bat Mika doaan't mlaa that—plant? of maa aenee to maka up for tt. And ha'a frianda with a vary body; call four rail road praaidanta by thair flrat a a maa. and they nay tha Old Man himaalf aaka Mlha'i advice at tiaea. Thara'i boan a good daal of talk lataly among tha man about thoaa Liberty Bonda, and Mika'a a friend of 'am. Ma waa latninf out of hia ear window in Ctunden Station tha othar day and an othar engineer who la known among tha boya aa <omething of a tight-wad waa leaning out of hia • couple of tracka over. "(joing to buy one of thaaa new Liberty Bonda, Bill?" Mika aakad. "I am NOT." aaid Bill, «o'» you couldn't mi "take what he meant. "I keep my money in a Having bank. That'a good enough for me. How dl know thia countryII win the war? Who do you reckon will give me back the money on a Liberty Loan Bond if Germany wina, hey? No air, I gueaa the aaving bank 11 carry me along for a whila longer." mice xcraicnea ma ear ana grinned; he ha* i catching aort of grin, haa Mike. "Bill Edson," ha said. "You re mind me of something that one* cam* to my notice, because I wan in it. Moat be a matter of thirty year* ago, now. I waa on my first passenger an gina, and a beauty she waa, a thunder ar for those day*, just out of the abopa and I waa prouder of her than I waa of the twins. "It waa along in the spring noma time, and the craw* coming east all reported worat flood conditions ever known. 1 brought my tn#n down over Harper's Ferry when the yellow mud was boiling down underneath like order* to leave the train thei* and take my engine back, and ran her out on the Harper's Ferry Bridge and leave here there. Yes sir, leave her there. I didnt believe thoae orders were straight until I found out that every other big engine anywhere with in reach of the bridge had gotten the same. Wall, we did it; the bridge was crammed full of engine*, all tha track* would hold, by night. "It wasn't until I got back to Balti more. Mine days later, after the fiood had gone down, that I got wind o' how it happened. John M. King was V. P. in those days, and a better rail roader never lived, bar none. He hap pened to be in charge at the central building right then, and reports of flood* kept coming in and coming in, and everybody got more and more worried. One bridge after another went down, one mile of track after an other was washed out. Finally soma fellow* from the Maintenance of Way rushed in and said the Harper's Ferry bridge would sure be the next to go. King thought a minute, then gave or ders that every heavy engine the bridge would hold should be ran out on her and left. They thought King was crazy, but they didn't know him. 'Why, Mr. King,there's no use send ing all that new rolling stock down with the bridge,' said one man; King just gave him a look, 'If the Harper's Ferry bridge goes down, son,' he said, •we wont need the rolling stock.' "And say. Bill Edson. "Mike's hand was on the throttle and he'd get hia signel to pull out, "the Herper's Ferry bridge ia still standing! I guess shell carry you and me along for a while longer, hey?" And the point of the story is that Bill Edson bought a Liberty Bond the next morning. May Conscript From Eighteen to Forty Years Washington, Oct. 15.—An amend ment to the draft law to make men be tween the age* of 18 and 40 subject te conscription will be introduced in Con gress by Conpemmtn Kahn, of Cali fornia, when the Congress meets in December. Congressman Kahn. who is ranking Republican member of the military af fair* committee and was active in guiding the present draft bill through Congress, will consult war department officials before completing the draft of hie amendment. "What we have done k only • drqp In the bucket," Mid Kahn in explain ing the need for changing the draft •get. "Men, mmtey an l food meat he furnished by America beyond any real isation of the people at prewnt."
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