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VOL. XXVIII. PLYMOUTH, H. 0., FETDAY, MARCH 8, 1918 NO. 31.
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ACTION BY JAPAN
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RUSSIA HAS SIGHED
GERMANY'S TREATY
NEW RUSSIAN INVASION BY GERMANS
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ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE
UNITED STATES ENTRY INTO
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GERMANY'S DECISION TO OCCUPY
FINLAND HASTENS ACTION
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TOKIQHAS CLOSE CENSONSHIP
Japanese Expected to Move Quickly
to Check Germany's Influence
. in Siberia.
London. The British, French, Ital
ian ambassadors in Tokio intended
jointly to ask Japan to take the neces
sary steps to safeguard allied inter
ests in Siberia, according to The Daily
Mail. The newspaper adds that the
American ambassador was not expect
to to join (.he request but that no dis
turbing conclusions are to be drawn
from this fact, as no American opposi
tion is expected.
Washington; Military action by
Japan in eastern Siberia to check
German influence and protect war
stores at Vladivostok is believed here
to be imminent. The United States
has not yet erpressed its yiews on the
proposed step, but it wa3 said in dip
lomatic quarters that the Japanese
probably would move quickly to meet
emergency conditions, leaving to the
pending diplomatic exchanges devel
opment of an understanding with
America and all the allies upon the
scope and purposes of the enterprise.
While it has no direct bearing upon
the situation in Asiatic Russia, the
news which came to the Swedish lega
tion that Germany has given notice of
her intention to occupy the whole of
Finland will tend to hasten an agree
ment upon Japan's plans. The German
explanation to the Swedish forelgfn
office, which has protested against the
proceeding, that the occupation is to
restore order and without intent to
take permanent possession, is regard
ed as a very clear indication of what
the Teutons may undertake in any
part of Russia now that the bolshe
vik! have been forced to accept their
hard peace terms.
- Officials and diplomats here profess
ignorance of what preparations have
been made by Japan for the opera
tions about to be undertaken. As a
matter of course, secrecy has been ob
served, and a strict censorship in re
gard to the Siberian question is in
force at Tokio. Possibly the next j
word to come out of Japan on the !
subject will be an announcement of
something accomplished.
BELGIUM PEOPLE DEFYING
THEIR GERMAN MASTERS
In Protesting Against An Effort to
Separate Flanders.
Washington. How the Belgian peo
ple are defying their German military
masters in protesting against the ef-
fort to separate Flanders from the
rest of Belgium and the deportation j
described in an official dispatch re
ceived at the Belgian legation.
General von Falkenhausen, the mil
itary governor general, in a letter to !
the court of cessation, which suspend-
cd its sittings as a protest against the
arrest of the judges of the court of !
appeal, has given notice that, the ac
tion of the judges in instituting pro- j
ceedings against the so-called activ-;
ists who set. up the separate Flanders j
government, was regarded as an act :
of hostility to the occupying power, j
The dispatch adds: j
"The movement of protest Y the
Belgian people against the it .igues j
of the activists has taken on larger
proportions. . The voluntary suspen
sion of all judiciary activity, as a pro
test against the outrage committed
against the court of appeals of Brus
sels, has caused a tremendous impres
sion even upon the German authori
ties. New lists of communal councils
and of important personalities who
have u-ade protests continue to reach
Havre, bring brought nightly by de
voted patriots who have passed thru
the electrified frontier wires in spite
of redoubled vigilance on the part of
the Germans."
CALLS 5,192 NORTH
CAROLINA NEGROES SOON
Washington, D. C. The war depart
ment is preparing to call out 5,192
North Carolina negroes. This will
wind up the first draft lists for the
state, as the quota was 15,974, and
10.782 have already been called. North
Carolina negroes will be sent to camps
north of the Mason-Dixon line. The
failure to call the negroes heretofore
was due to the fact that camps had
no tbeen selected.
COUNTRY HAS LOST CONSIDER-
ABLY BY THE DELAY IN
SIGNING.
WOULD NOT SIGN AT FIRST
Turkey Is Beneficiary of Change Made
In Terms Germany Claims 65,000
' Russians Recently Captured.
Russia has bowed to the Teutonic
allies. . The bolshevik! commissioners
sent to Brest-Litovsk have signed the
treaty of peace presented by the Ger
mans, according to an official state
ment from Berlin, which says that
military movements in Great Russia
have ceased.
It was reported on 'February 23 by
the bolshevik! commissioners that
they were about' to sign the treaty.
This report was telejgraphed to Lenine
and Trtozky after the delegates sent
to Brest-Litovsk had met the Ger
man emissaries. There is little in
formation available .as to the details
kof the meeting-between the peace del-
realized that any further delay would
mean: more onerous conditions and
they would sign the treaty, without
further discussions.
j Russia lost - by the. delay that en
; sued when Trotzky announced that
j the war so far as Russia was con
! cerned, had ended, but refused to
1 sign the formal treaty. In the. inter
val between " the breaking up of the
first .Brest-Litovsk meeting and the
1 one held lately, the central powers
added materially to the demands
j which were outlined- when the now
famous "Hoffman line" was drawn
' by the commander of the German
forces on the eastern front,
i - ' Turkey Benefits,
j Turkey was the beneficiary of these
changes in the peace terms. The new
demands included that Russia relin
- quish the regions of Batoum, Kars
j and Karaband (Karabagh) to the
Turks. These regions are in Trans
'. caucasia and mark a considerable ad
I dition to the sultan's dominions in
j that section of the world. The doc
trine 6f the right of peoples to self
' determination .was the pretext upon
! which the new terms were added to
! tho treaty It is probable that the
' bolshevik! delegation acceded to the
new demands.
SECURE GERMAN PLAN OF
ATTACK OTHER INFORMATION.
FJch Machine Placement and Dugout
Indicated on Map.
With American Army in France.
A plan of attack, including a map of
the American positiona, indicating
every dugout, which was removed from
the body of a Prussian captain which
led to the recent assault upon the sec
tor northwest of Toul, shows how com
pletely the Germans prepare their
raids if, in fact, this was but a sim
ple raid not having as its ultimate ob
ject the retention of a portion of the
salient.
The map goes into such detail as to
show every machine placement, every
trench and every depression in the
ground within the American lines. At
the bottom there is simply a line
drawn, labelled "our front line." Along
this line are five shaded portions, each
marked "nest."
Four rehearsals were held for the
attack and the troops who made it
were specially picked from new ar-.
rivals' of fresh troops in the sector.
They were told that the Americans
were in front of them. :
Out From Their Nests.
After the artillery had nearly level
ed the American position, the Ger
mans started out from their nests,
each of which contained 40 infantry
men, one lieutenant and three pio
neers to precede the infantry and
five to follow it. The two groups upon
the American extreme right went
around this flank and the group upon
the extreme left carried out a similar
movement there.
THE MEATLESS MEAL
IS NOW SUSPENDED
Wasington. Temporary suspension
of the meatless meal and of the spe
cial restrictions against the use of
pork on Saturday was announced by
the food administration as a readjust
ment of its food conservation pro
gram. Increased meat production and
the necessity for still greater saving
in wheat, it was declared, make the
change advisable. The suspension is
for an indefinite period, and probably
will last three months or longer.
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The dotted line shows the approximate boundary, of the territory Ger
many was reported to have demanded in the peace proposal , made to Russia
at the Brest-Litovsk conference.' 1- Where the northern advance was mads
by the Germans across ths Dvlna river in the occupation of Dvlnsk; .2 Where
the southern German advance was begun in the occupation of the .Russian
fortress town of Lutsk. 8 Later reports from Berlin stated that-tne Ger
mans were advancing on the Russian front along the entire 11 rfrom Riga
to Lutsk. This front Is approximately 400 miles Ion. ":: -
MACHINE ' GUNS EFFECTIVE
BUT ARE REPULSED WITH SOME
LOSSES TO THE AT
TACKERS. The Americans Suffered No Casual
ties, But Five French Soldiers,
Were Wounded.
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With the American Army in Fraace
A strong German attack following
a heavy barrage firse against tthe
American trenches to the Chemin-pes-Dames
sector was repulsed with lossss
to the attackers. The well placd
American machine guns sent streams
of bullets into the advancing enemy
and as the German barrage fire lifted
the American artillery quickly laid
down a curtain of fire, the Germans
retiring without a single prisoner.
There were no American casualties.
Five French soldiers were wounded
during the fighting.
The Americans stayed in their dug
outs until the proper time, when they
jumped to the guns and fought like
veterans.
One officer and one man were killed
and two were wounded by enemy shell
fire. One American soldier was
"gassed." The Germans made a gas
attack also in this sector, firing 50
projectiles of high per cent gas and
20 high explosive shells.
One American soldier is dead and
eight are suffering from the effects of
poisonous gas, so far as reported, but
it is probable that more casualties
will develop, as in the. Toul sector.
There was another attack, but the
number of casualties to the American
troops in this sector since they be
came engaged cannot be determined
All the killed and wounded in these
operations are from the Nw England
States".
BRYAN "HOWLED" DOWN
BY CANADIAN TROOPS
"What About the Lusltanla?" Shouted
in Chorus.
Toronto. William Jennings Bryan
was refused a hearing when he ap
peared at Massey hall here to address
a prohibition meeting under the aus
pices of the dominion alliance.
Returned" soldie-s caused the dis
turbance by shouting various epithets.
"What about the Lusltania?" they also
demanded in chorus.'
The first disturbance came before
Mr. Bryan's entry, when the chairman
told the audience they were to oe
honored by listening to the fraternal
delegate of the Anti-Saloon league of
America, "one of the foremost citizens
of our ally." When Mr. Bryan came
in. pandemonium broke loose. Most
of the audience stood, waved Kand
kerchiefs and cheered-him, but the
aaswering hoots from the gallery out
lasted the cheers.
For five minutes Mr.. Bryan tried
vainly to make himself heard. The
Interruption kept right on and the in
terrupters sang "Rule Britannia" an-1
"God Save the King."
CACOWS I
WILL NOT FIGHT RUSSIA
VIOLENT MEASURES BY GER
MANY WOULD BRING NO
GREAT SURPRISE.
Further Evidence of Growing Strain,
in Relations Given in-Dispatches.
From France.
Washington. Further evidence of
the growing strain in relations be
tween Germany and Austria over the
refusal of the latter to participate in
the renewed attack upon Russia is'
given in an official dispatch received
here from France. It quotes the Aus
trian premier as- formally reiterating
on February 22 that Austria-Hungary
will take no part in military action
against Russia- or Rumania, and will:
not send her troops into Ukraine.
The dispatch follows:
"Charles i paid a visit to William
II the 22nd of February. Ludendorff
was present at the Interview. If we
are to judge from the tone of the in
terview it raust have been lacking in
cordiality. There seems to be little
doubt but what a serious conflict has
broken out during the week between
the courts of Vienna and Berlin and
which Germany is determined to set
tle if need be by violent measures.
"The situation of the dual monarchy
is such that the Vienna government
in order to avert a catastrophe has
been obliged to distinguish by means
of public declarations its own policy
from that of Germany. The report
that at the conference of February 14
Hertling and Ludenorff had decided
to pay no attention to the Russian
demobilization and to prepare to be
gin the conflict on the ea3t front,
caused a great stir throughout Aus
tria. It was not simply the dissenting
nationalities, the Czechs, the Slov
enes, or the Tolts. who do not desire
to fight.any more, but it is the mass
of the ; population of German origin
who refuse to ' sacrifice themselves
any longer to assure the . triumph of
Prussian imperialism.
"An official note of the 15th had
announced that Austria for her part
would continue to consider the war
as terminated with Russia and would
abstain from taking part in the oper
ations planned by the German com
mand. A second note, of the 19th re
peated the same statement. When
asked to give further ' particulars at
the sitting of the chamber on the 22d
the Austrian premier formally stated:
" 'The words uttered by different
deputies have proved that the explan
ation which has been furnished up to
present by me have not been suffi
ciently explicit. I repeat, therefore
that Austria Hungary will participate
In no way in the military action which
is now being carried on by Germany
against Russia. I repeat that there
is no question of having our troops
penetrate into Ukraine with whom we
are at peace. I repeat that the armis
tice eista between Auatria-Hungary
and Rumania and that we are only
considering entering as early as pos
sible into peace conversations with
this country.
FOR THREE Oil FOUR WEEKS
How Large The Loan Will Be Depends
Upon Fate of War Finance Bill
in Congress.
iWashingotn. On April 6, the first
anniversary of the United States' en
try into the war, the third liberty
loan will open. There will be a cam
paign of three or four weeks.
, In announcing the date, Secretary
McAdoo said the amount of the loan j
the interest rate and other features j
such as convertability of bonds of pre- j
vious issues, maturity and terms of j
rpayment, are yet to be determined, i
and that new legislation will be nec- I
essary before plans can be completed, j
The fact that the amount of the i
loan is dependent on further legisla- !
tion indicates that it will be far more ;
than $3,600,000,000, the remainder of j
authorized but unissued bonds, and j
the fact that certificates of indebted
ness now being sold in anticipation of
loan bear 4 1-2 per cent interest, af
fords some indication of the interest
rate.
How large the loan shall be depends
largely, however, on the fate of the
pending war finance bill carrying an
appropriation of a half-billion dollars
and action on the railroad bill, with its
appropriation of a similar amount.
Although Mr. McAdoo made no spe
cific announcement, it is now taken
for granted in official circles that
there will be but one more loan before-
June 30. the end of the fiscal year.
' Tlie statement concerning the date
, 6f the campaign was made at this
time. Secretary McAdoo explained to
give every community time to prepare
for the big bond sale, and he strongly
advocated popular demonstrations . of
patriotism on the day of the opening
of the loai? and second year of war.
After starting the date of the cam
paign opening, the secretary con
tinued: "April 6 will forever be a consecra
ted day in American history, and it
seems peculiarly appropriate that the
opening of the second year of our par
ticipation in this war for the honor
and rights of America and the free
dom of the world should be celebrated
with a nation-wide drive for another
.liberty loan.
"The camaign should begin with
great demonstrations of patriotism in
every city, town and hamlet in the
country that will truly express the
spirit of aroused America."
MAY LEAVE TASK TO
THE JAPANESE ALONE
To Take Steps to Combat German
Aggression in iberia.
Washington. Indications now point
to an agreement between the entente
powers and America to confide to
Japan alone the task of taking such
measures as may be necessary to com
bat German aggression and influence
in Siberia and to protect the military
stores at Vladivostok. No final con
clusion has been reached, however,
and it was said in high official quar
ters that condition were channging
so rapidly and so many new factors
were entering into the problem that it
would be unsafe to predict overnight
what the issue might be.
Exchanges are proceeding rapidly
between the entente governments and
Washington and the matter was con
sidered at a cabinet meeting. It is
understood that the state department
is being slowly but steadily influenced
to aicept the view which seems to
obtain in Great Britain and France
and possibly in Italy. That is that
a single power with an efficient army
and navy within easy reach of Siberia
and not otherwise employed, and act
ing in conformity with a general
agreement might be better able to
deal with the situation than any Inter
national force, such as was at first
contemplated.
GENERAL 31 DOLE MAY
BE SENT ABROAD
Washington. Numerous changes in
the personnel of the general staff of
the army are expected to follow the
arrival here of Major General Peyton
C. March, who landed at an Atlantic
port, returning from France, to as
sume his duties as acting chief of
staff. Officers here have no knowl
edge of plans General March may have
laid in this regard, but it has been
assumed that he will draw to his aid
men in whom he has confidence
. BITTERNESS IS INJECTED THE
DEMOCRATS WILL NOT BE
AGGRES80RS.
HAMMER IS RE-APPOINTED
Friends A. & N. C. and N. C. Rail
roads Pass Beneficiaries . See
McAdoo Other News.
'1 am in accord with the express
ed view of Governor T. W. Bickett
that there should be no bitter partisan
campaign," declared Hon. Thomas D.
Warren, chairman of the Democratic
state executive committee, in an in
terview. "The governor has been do
ing splendid work through the chan
nels of his fine patriotic speeches,"
said Mr. Warren.
"If any bitter partisanship is in
jected into North Carolina politics in
191$ the Republicans will be the ag
gressors," stated the Democratic state
chairman. "My idea is that there
should be conducted a patriotic cam
paign one elevated on a high plane.
The principal issues should involve
the 'support of the president, the ad
ministration and the measures looking
to the successful prosecution of the
war.
"This campaign year will afford - a
.splendid opportunity to appeal to the
patriotism of the people."
President Wilson ' sent to the sen
ate the name of William C. Hammer
tor reapointment.to the office of Uni
ted States attorney for western North
Carolina. The batch of nominations
dispatched to the senate included
many names embracing a wide area
of territory.
The sweeping order of Secretary
William G. McAdoo, director general
of railroads, to the effect of curtailing
the issuance of ralway passes to of
ficers, directors and attorneys of rail
roads may include the North Caro
lina Railroad and the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroads. Samuel
Brinson, president of the North Caro
lina and Atlantic Railroad; Col. P. M.
Pearsall, attorney for the North Car
olina Railroad, and Thomas D. War
fen went to the office of the director
general of ralroads to ascertain the
status of these exceptional examples.
The Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad operating from Morehead
City to Goldsboro and the North Car
olina Railroad, running between
Goldsboro and Charltote, are proper
ties of the State of North Carolina to
the extent of two-thirds ownership.
According to stipulaton of the con
tracts of both roads the lessees
agreed as part of the consideration to
furnish transportation to the officers
and twenty-four directors, of the two
branch transportation lines. The laws
of North Carolina furthermore auth
orize the issuance of passes in both
instances.
Rob Home and Store.
Durham. Breaking through a win
dow sash, one or more burglars en
tered tlie home of I. S. Barbee, weal
thy merchant of Toga, ten miles eaat
of the city on the Durjiam and South
ern Railway; doped Mr. Barbee with
an unknown drug; used the same drug1
on his daughter, Miss Minnie Barbee,
who occupied a bed in the same room,
and then ransacked the residence.
Taking a bunch of keys, some money,
a watch, and a pistol, the burglars left
the residence and went to the store of
Mr. Barbee a short distance away.
They entered the store and plundered
it for a large amount of stock. Total
loss in the robbery had not been esti
mated by Mr. Barbee. No effort to as- ;
sault either Mr. Barbee or his daugh
ter, other than administer drugs te
make their sleep sound was attempted
news reaching the city said.
tiwin increases wages. i
Durham. Employes of the Erwin'
Cotton Mill Company plants in Dur
ham and Oxford will receive benefits
from a goodly wage increase. An
nouncement of the increase was given
in an address to employes by W. A.
Erwin, secretary-treasurer.
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New Tobacco Factory.
Reidsville. The Old North State
smoking tobacco factory is now in full
operation in their new quarters in tha
old sash and blind factory.' All the
new machinery has been installed and
operated to full capacity. The plant
is being run night and day in an effort
to catch up with orders, which have
accumulaled since the Old North State
factory Jtas burned Christmas Eve.
Qn rogress has been made on
th " f. Co.'s new cigarette factory
t guty wal!s ar now UP to the fifth
floor.