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r 1 THE WEATHER rages today One section H Fair Saturday, preceded by rain east r,ortion; Sunday fair. FOUNDEtS 1 f-: D.1867 VOL. CI-O. 70. WILMINGTON, N. O, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1917 WHOLE NUMBER 39,248 10 -111 wK COMPARATIVE CALM IS NOW PREVAILING ON ALL THE FRONTS Even in Italy the Fierce Infantry Fighting Has Dwindled to Artillery Duels IURKS SHOWING ACTIVITY Austria Has Accepted the Bolshe viki Proposal to Discuss an Armistice LANSDOWNE CREATES STIR Peace Letter Subject of Bitter Dis- cussion in England (Associated Press Summary) Comparative quiet prevails along the battle ironts, except tor heavy bombardments on various sectors. Even on the Italian front the fierce engagements by infan- try. in which tne men oiten came i i 1 1 Ji into haud-to-hand encounters, have turned inro aueis wiin me Dig giins in the hilly region north of the Venetian plain and along the middle and lower Piave river. Little Infantry Activity. Around Cambria, on the French fronts hriiere last week the British forces un- rtpr General Bvne made notable ad-' vances toward the notable railway I wtion. virtual auiet prevails so far as the infantry is concerned except for an attack by the Germans nearGonne :ieu, at the southerly base of the sal ient formed by Bypg's advance. No I details have been received regarding I this attack. In Palestine, on the line extending I from the northeast of Jerusalem to the sea the Turkish forces facing: the troops under General Allenby are show ing considerable activity, but as yet I have made no. maneuver in the nature lot a general attack. Several local fights nave taken place, however, and these, according to General Allenby, have re sulted favorably to his men. Bolsheviki Proposals Accepted. Following- Germany's announced will ingness to treat with the Russian Bol- Isheviki for. an armistice having as its purpose ultimate peace, comes the statement that Austria-Hungary Is likewise flisposed. Already the gov ernment of the dual monarchy has sent an official reply accepting the present Hussian government's wireless pro posal .for negotiations. Unofficial re ports-ay that the Russo-German plen ipotentiaries will meet at noon Sun day on the northern Russian battle -front and thence proceed by train to the German headquarters at Brest-L.it-ovsk. to discuss the Bolsheviki project. ifircsdotvnc Raises Controversy. The letter of the Marquis of Lans- 4wne. one of Great Britain's leading j esmen. pleading for a restatement j m the war aims of th entPntA allies . ?nd favoring an attempt to secure I peace before "the prolongation of the ar leads to the ruin of the civilized rlci," is still the theme for bitter dis cussion in England. Lord Robert Cecil, the hiorkade minister, and Andrew Bo jiar Law. chancellor of the exchequer, fnth have stated that the views of the marquis were not those of any of the members of the British cabinet. At a mee?m? of the Unionist party. Mr. Bo nar Law repudiated the letter of the iJlarailis nf T inn i i. n a ... jd.siei while the mefthne in a. i "solution condemned the utterances of , llae marmiic national Guardsmen Abroad. - tilts Of fiatinnol rr.. n c n n frnm oil -He statps i,, i. i j p i"c tuumry nave anivcu a ranee. Some of the men already J training within sound of the guns the bsula front. STR0G GERMAN FORCES DRIVEN' BACK BY BRITISH GlTndon, N'ov. 30 Strong forces of A,I?ans attacked the British on a wide - lur i ammai cot-i- this mnrn. Iflffht- ie repuisea arxer neavy I -"ting m which the attac.ltRrs snstjiln- inif u-. . . . - gret losses, according to the offi- I1"'- 8!Ptemn 2 . . . - . ' - x. . som- issuea lonignt. to tne he p 3rd in the resion of Gonnelieu, Ee,. n:m" entered British positions at fo- rj0i;its and penetrated their line t3'v0I?e dlstance. but later -were driv- tio.i Yoii,-RTshe tGXt f the communica v'oientSKclock this morning after a kcked mbariment, the enemy at tr0nt With strong forcees on a wide lrlUij SOuth of Cambrai, between Ven Short' a'd Crevecoeur-Burlescourt. 3?ve 'inotftei"w'ard heavy attacks also of c : :u Biinst our positions west Bourt, ai ia the neighborhood-. of "riOn wood nnrl "VT,,,- from at, ... . . ""i. smeres to Moeuvres all the r.'' . - . w U-VJi. 4 V.J UlUU . h t. " uls i neavy ngnting, aur- fctiller v - uerraan infantry by our fciehh. v -uasmeres village, from the SuUi-7. ,-a of Bonavis to 'Villers- ifit 01.- eremy succeeded in enter 5ai T.-l pfilions at different points 5d Con? 8 iar as Lavacquerle Uive'av ,court- Our counter attacks I :li lG3uzfca'e driven back the enemy from fh, iT.x ad the ridge to th east ridge to the east fcieih ,vilage. At other points the s - j ab ig. Dei toe Af made in Savings Department 4iv j "-nierican Rant s to r P0Sit; IV . . Per CftTlt rnmnnnn Tnttr Adv. - VWM4fVUUVI I Austro-Germans Extend Acts of Barbarism to Invaded Parts of Italy Washington, Nov. 30. All the op pressive measures which character ized the invasion of Belgium and many of the acts of barbarism which revolted the civilized world, semi-official dispatches from Rome say, now are being practiced by the Austro-German invaders of Italy. Near Zenson, the dispatches say, the invaders placed Italian women and children before the troops as they advanced and the Italian sol diers were compelled . to sacrifice their innocent countrymen. In the Friuli region, war taxes, requisitions and conscription of la bor Is being practiced as it was in Belgium and northern France. Austro-German prisoners tell of Ital ian non-combatants massacred by the invading troops and loot from Italian homes and shops has been found on the bodies of dead troops.. Soldiers on the Piave declare they hear the screams of women and children from the opposite side of the river. The invading armies have taken away cattle and other property and burned household furniture for their bivouac fires. Bosnian troops, the dispatches say, have committed unnamable atrocities. TOLERANT POLICY Washington Officials Still Hons , Kiiecm Han Sot TTr Rta v wr ble Government NO HASTY CONDEMNATION There fa . a Faint Hove That tbe Bol sheviki Regime Will Not Violate Russia's Treaty With the En tente Allies. Washington, Nov. 30. Realization of the great danger of causing a re action in Russia favorable to the cen tral powers by intervention in the political affairs of the new democracy, has caused administration officials here to sound a note of warning against hasty condemnation of the Bolsheviki. Back of what is described as a tol erant policy in aealing with Russia apparently not only is a purpose to demonstrate faith in the ultimate sta bilization of the democracy, but a faint hope that the extremist faction, which is for the moment in control of the seat of government at Petrograd, will refrain from violating Russia's treaty pledges to the entente allies and make a separate peace. Exertincr Pressure Bad Policy. So .long as there is a possibility that these overtures will fail because of the apparently irreconcilable difference between the Bolsheviki peace scheme founded on "no annexations and no in demnities" and the German demands for compensation and "adequate safe guards for the future" it is regarded as bad policy to exert any pressure from the outside at this stage. To do so, it is believed would only tend to cause resentment in Russia and to solidify the various elements around the fetrograa regime. An additional reason for maintain ing an attitude of watchfulness and reserve in Washington is found in the fact .that to meet just such a situation as is developing in Russia is one of the purposes of the inter-allied confer ence assembled in Paris. Suggestions From Paris. There are intimations that sugges tions have reached Washington from the French capital that it would be well to avoid advexse , criticism here of the Russian tangle, leaving the commissioners in Paris to deal with it at this stage at least. It is even pos sible that the pursuance of the idea that by moral suasion Russia can be prevented, from going to the extreme of making a separate peace, some of the entente powers may decide to make some sort of acknowledgement of the receipt of the Lenine-Trotzky peace and armistice proposal. No surprise is felt in diplomatic cir- cles here at the speedy acceptance by Germany and Austria of he Lenlne proposals. It had been assumed that with no intention whatever of accept--ing any of the substantial demands of the Bolsheviki, the German and Aus trian chancellories would not miss this ereat opportunity to eliminate Russia as an offensive military force for the many " during which the skilled German di plomatists might protract the negotia tions for an armistice and peace. In the meantime, of course there may be released for active service against the British, French and Italians on the west front, hundreds of thousands of German and Austrian, Turkish and Bulgarian soldiers maintained on the eastern . front. Counteract German Scheme. It may be for the inter-allied con ference in Paris to devise some means of neutralizing this German scheme. possibly by influencing th Bolsheviki element Itseu tnrougn an exposition of the duplicity and real aims of the Germans or by recourse to he ele ments in Russia -represented by Gen CContinu.ed Qa Page Two) RP NR Mi NTi NFn uliiiu iiinui inniLU mm was SPF2i) FOR NO iuiHORTANT GROUP Lord Cecil Tells Associated Press That England's War Aims Are Unchanged 'VICTORY' THE REAL AIM Lansdowne 's Letter Deprecated or Denounced in All Govern mental Quarters London, Nov. 30. Lord Robert Cecil, minister of blockade, in his weekly talk with The Associated Press today . declared emphatically that the Mar i quis of Lansdowne in writing a letter containing peace suggestions was not " speaking for any important body of j opinion in England. j "The most important thing to say in , regard to Lansdowne's letter," Lord ; Robert said, "is that - he spoke only for himself. Before writing it he did not consult or have any communica tion with any member of the govern ment and the members of the govern ment read the letter in the newspapers with as much surprise as anybody else. "It does not represent our views, nor has there been any change or mod ification in the slightest degree in the is still what it always has been and j as described by the authorized spokes I men of the country, namely, Premier ' T 1 J l A " i -L T- T uiuju-uoufge, AByuim, xonar jlaw and Balfour. It has been put in dif ferent words by them but perhaps is best summed in the recent utterances of Premier Clemenceau that the war aim for which we are fighting is vic tory." GOVERNMENTAL QUARTERS DEPLORE LANSDOWNE LETTER London 'Nov: 30. The letter of the Marquis .of lAnsdxnsrie:.. continues to be deprecated or frankly denounced in all governmental quarters. J. Austen Chamberlain, former secretary for In dia, in a speech at Northampton to night said that he and his colleagues. Doth in and out of office, viewed the letter with unfeigned regret. It was unfortunate and inopportune, because at the present moment, when Itally and Rumania were invaded and Rus sia was in the throes of revolution nothing ought to be said or written throwing doubt on the loyalty of Great Britain to her allies. Mr. Chamber lain also declared that there must be no restrictions of the rights of the belligerents at sea, such as Great Bri tain - had exercised and the United States was now exercisirg. Although at present ' the attacks against the Marquis of Lansdowne are mostly vocal there appears to be a considerable body of Liberal opinion which welcomes his letter and much interest is being exhibited in what the press of the United States has to say on the subject. There also is a deal of curiosity as to what support the Marquis of Lansdowne may have had j among the political leaders it being believed that he was not likely to publish such an appeal without some such acquiescence. According to some rumors, Earl Loreburn, former lord high chancellor, and the Earl of Rose bery were consulted before the letter was given to the press. The Weekly Nation expresses the opinion that the war policy of Vis count Grey, former foreign secretary, (Continued On Page Two) OF EVIDENCE IN FAVOR jF PRISONER Introduced to Prove Mrs. De Saul les Temporarily Insane Her Counsel Submits a 15,000-Word Hypothetical Question, and the State Will Introduce One as Lon& or Longer. Mineola, N. Y., Nov. 30. Another mass of expert testimony was added today to the volume 'of evidence al ready Introduced in support of Mrs. Blanca De Saulles' claim that she did not know what she was doing when she shot her divorced husband, John L. De Saulles. The defense rested at 2:80 p. m. Because District Attorney Weeks did' not like the phrasing of a 15,000-word hypothetical question put to alienists by attorneys for the defense, he is to night preparing a similar interroga tion of equal or greater length which experts on diseases of the mind called by the prosecution will be asked to answer tomorrow. Weeks insisted the question submit ted by the defense was based entirely on testimony favorable to Mrs. De Saulles, . Ignoring altogether state ments made by 'witnesses, on twhich he is depending in large part to con vict. There was . considerable argu ment as to whether the interogation might be revised so as to satisfy counsel for both sides, but this was finally declared impracticable. Justice CCoatinued on Page Six). VOLUME STEPS TAKEN 10 T TO MEET WAR NEEDS Government to Give Greater Aid Through tjie New Industrial Service Section L. C. MARSHALL IS CHIEF Increasing Number of Labor Prob lems to be Investigated as Preliminary Move Washington, Nov.. 30. Preparations for greater government aid in adjust ing the labor supply to mbt war needs were put under way today by the coun cil of national defense with the ap pointment of I J. Marshall, dean of the school of commerce and administration of the University of Chicago as chief of a newly-created section on industrial service. The section will undertake prelimi nary investigation of the increasing number of labor problems and will have four main objects: To determine present and probable future demand for labor in war indus tries. To determine, in connection with the priorities committee of the war indus tries board, the relative priorities of the labor demand. To arrange for the supplying of the demand through the department of la bor of such other governmental or civ ilian agencies as can best meet the de mands, and To determine the needs for dilution of labor, including the Introduction of women into industry,-, and to recom mend policies to be followed in regard thereto. r When the facts have been establish ed in the case of labor shortage handi capping any lin of Industry, the coun cil will look to representatives of the workers to supply available men. The section' on industrial service will have f unctions compatible to the duties . of the war industries - board and will bring to the defense council digested information from all government de partments regarding labor questions but will not have power to take execu tive action. Everything suggestive of 'coercion or conscription of labor apparently is be ing avoided by the, council. Employ ment agencies of tbe department of la bor, jn successful operation for a long time, will be utilized in obtaining workers, but otherwise it is expected that representatives of the workers themselves will be relied upon to re cruit the civilian army needed to back up the fighting, men. The American Federation of Labor has promised to co-operate and' will send officials here to confer with the council. Semi- om cial labor committees attached to the council win also assist. Except shipyards and railroads, it Is said there has been' no serious shortage of workers in any of the other indus tries indirectly related to military op erations, butf .as the army expands and with it the noed tor munitions ana suo sistence supplies, it is expected that many factories will need hunTTrFTs" of additional. men. At the same time un employment is expected to result in other lines of work not essential to the conduct of the war and which will be forced' to curtail production by lack of materials and less purchasing of non- I essentials by the public. It will be the task of the section on inaustriai ser vice, aided by union officials, to adjust the need for men f o the men needing work The Men4 Have Been Arriving for Several Weeks Every State In the Union Represented. But the' Number and Units Are Not 'Made Known Are Ex- y cellent ' Soldiers. With tho American Army in France, Thursday, Nov. 29. Every state in the American Union has ' representatives behind the fighting lines in France. For weeks units composed of former Na tional Guardsmen'have been arriving in France, until now they occupy a wide scope of the training territory especial ly prepared for them, and are entering upon their period 'of preparation for active fighting with remarkable enthu siasm. They are showing a spirit In keeping with the purpose to imake' the American expeditionary f orce ' a homogeneous j American army in which each division, whether, regular, national guard or na tional army, cannot be distinguished In efficiency from the 'others. The former State troops are billeted over a wide area and are pronounced excellent sol diers. . The guardsmen have been arriving In the American zone for many weeks. They are scattered somewhat, but, as far as possible,, the units .from the same State have been kept close to gether. They found the regular army had made' preparations for them, and (Continued- on Page . Zen). . - S LABOR NATIONAL GUARDSMEN ARE NOW IN FRANCE Preferential Shipment Question Is Tangled Up Fuel Administration Asks Priority for Coal Shipments While Food Administration Objects to Anything Being Placed Ahead of Food Supplies Lovett Trying to Untangle. Washington, Nov. 30. Requests from different government quarters for priority of transportation for food, fuel and rnunitlons has thrown the whole question of preferential shipment into a tangle. The committee on priority of transportation, of which Robert M. Lovett is" chairman, was trying tonight to clear the situation. Acting on the suggestion of Fuel Ad ministrator Garfield, the general oper ating committee of eastern railroads today without waiting for formal gov ernment action gave coal and coke shipments a general right of way to ! clear congested terminals and an nounced they would be given prefer ence to the fullest possible extent. Dr. Garfield has requested of the priority committee a general order giving coal the tracks. Tonight the food administration an nounced it had entered a strong protest with the priority committee against giving priority to coal movement or any other freight over food shipments. The situation is further complicated by demands of the war and navy depart ments for preferential rights for the movement of their supplies. Some offi cials . suggested that the whole ques tion might be taken up for a decision by the recently created war council committee comprisTh department EIGHT MEN OIE AT Four of the Soldiers Were From North Carolina rAU Suc cumbed to Pneumonia CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING Authorities Announce Virtually No New Cases of Measles Several Days Must Puss Before Death. Rate Improves Much. Greenville, S. C, Nov. 30. In connec tion with the report issued at division al headquarters at Camp Sevier today showing eight deaths since Thursday, medical authorities . announced that all of these deaths were from disease contracted when the recent epidemic at the camp was at its height. The situation, so far as new cases of dis ease is concerned, is almost normal, they stated, but several days must elapse before a substantial, improve ment will be noted in the death rate. The dead are: Benjamin A. Cooper, 105th ammuni tion train; home Plattersville, S. C. Alphonso Workman, 120th infantry; home Apex, N. C. August Anderson, 120th infantry; home. Oak Mills, N. C. Bethel L Watts. 120th infantry; home, Vinelana, N. C. Thomas W. Suggb., remount' depot, quartermaster corps; home Pirenay, N. C Sublet B. Hill, 118th infantry; home, Branchville, S. C. George Winn, 105th ammunition train; home, Barriville, S. C. John A. Mitchel 118th infantry, home, Collis Place, S. C. All the deaths were from bronchial pneumonia following measles except that of Suggs, who died of lobar pneu monia. A call for live mice to be used in -diagnosing various diseases was to day sent out by authorities at the base hospital at the camp. Boy Scounts have been urged to aid in securing a supply of the rodents. EIGHT SOLDIERS AT CAMP WHEELER DIE IN 24 HOURS Macon, Ga Nov. 30 Divisional head quarters at Camp Wheeler late today announced the deaths from pneumonia of eight more soldiers during the iast 24 hours- Exclusive pf the deaths announced at headquarters tonight, 72 soldiers have succumbed to pneumonia during the last eighteen days, according to base hospital records. DEATH CLAIMS THREE MEN AT CAMP BEAUREGARD Alexandria, -La., Nov: 30. Three sol diers at Camp Beauregard died of measles in the 24 hours ending at noon today. a.ccording To announcement at the hise hospital. This makes a total of fifty-one deaths at the camp due to measles, pneumonia and meningitis in the. last fourteen days. DAKER LEAVES TO INSPECT ARMY CAMPS IN THE SOUTH Washington, Nov. 30. Secretary Ba ker left today on a tour of inspection of army training camps that will take him to Jacksonville, Fla., whera the quartermaster camp is established, and then to Camp Jackson, at Colum bia, S. C. The trip is one of a num ber which Mr. Baker hopes to take in order to see the progress being made with the training of troops. Deposits made in Savings Department of the American Bank & Trust Co to day" druw. 4 per cent Compound-Inter-eat-rAd-V GAMP SEVER heads and chairmen of the various gov ernment boards and commissions. The railroads in responding to Dr. Garfield's request that coal be moved ahead of general freight asked thatf a general priority order for coal be withheld , until the roads have had an opportunity to test their plan for pool ing equipment and trackage. In explaining tonight its request that nothing be put ahead of food ship ments the food administration said: "The necessity of moving livestock and perishables and corn, oats and ani mal feeding stuffs generally is pre eminent, or large amounts of foods would be lost. The car shortage is a matter of the most extreme anxiety, especially now In respect to the coarse grains. The corn crop is softer than normal and requires rapid movement to I the drying establishments at the ter- J minals if it is to be saved. The prices' of corn and of fteding stuffs are abso lutely dependent upon the more rapia movement of crops. "Moreover, it is of interest to che farmer to see large prices for corn at shortages work to the benefit of a few the terminals if he cannot ship. Car producers and to the loss of - the ma jority and to all consumers. With a free, movement of corn the prices should recede rapidly, for the crop is large, and in fact larger than can be, (Continued On Page Two) MRS. KING'S AGED MOTHER TESTIFIES Is Carried Upstairs and Rolled Down Aisle of Court Room in Invalid's Chair TELLS LITTLE OF VALUE Deitch Wanted to Prevent Her Entering Room Mrs. Melvin, Her Daugh ter, Sat Near Her While on the Stand. Concord. Nov. 30. CarriPrt tiA! . . . - , to nothing that would abbreviate this stairway to. the court room and then war ut would open- the door for new rolled down the aisle to the bar, where, ; and startling atrocities under the lead sitting in the chair with a colored maid ' ership of Berlin, to say nothing of im- beside her, while a storm of legal tech- peril!ng a" American interests in both . .... 'countries. We have reason to know nicalities beat about her for an hour ; that the Bulgarian and Turkish officials and a half, .Mrs. Anna L,. Robinson, ! are increasingly friendly toward tha mother of Mrs. Maude A. King, testl- kUniCed States, as they become dlssatis fia.A i j . . . . .fled and even hostile to German rule, fled for the state late today in the trial ; This is a tendency to be enCouraged or boston n. Means, charged with the murder of Mrs. King near here on Au gust 29, last. The appearance of Mrs. Robinson had much of the dramatic. ! xici entrance into tne courtroom was , under protest of Henry Deitch, who ' had been described in previous testi-1 mony as Gaston Means' "body guard" ! and "agent." He met the party at the ' court room door and raised his hands ; ana said: "Don't take that woman in there." Mrs. Melvin Comes Out. A moment later Mrs. Mary C. Melvin, sister of Mrs. King, who has been in attendance at the trial all the week, but had not seen her mother since her arrival here yesterday, walked out of tne courtroom, met the party at the head of the stairway and made an ef- j fort to get to her mother before sh I was carried through the door, but was i not allowed to reach the whitehaired i ana aged woman, nor to speak to her. Mrs. Melvin followed close behind her I mother to the stand and sat beside or behind her during the hour and a half she was being examined. Saw Mother at Hotel. Following adjournment of court a half hour after Mrs. Robinson left the court room, Mrs. MerVin called at the hotel and saw her mother in the latter's room for about five minutes. No person was present - at the interview except the mother and daughter and one at torney representing each, H. S. Wil liams of counsel for Means, accompany ing Mrs. Melvin, and P. C. McDuffie of counsel for the state being present with Mrs. Robinson. No others were ad mitted and what was said at the inter view could not be learned. The attor neys refused positively to state and newspapermen could not see Mrs. Rob- c : i- Z 7 1 u Vr - fie. It was learned, however, that there was disagreement on whatever propo- sition was under discussion at the close of the interview. Little Testimony of Value. While the appearance of. Mrs. Rob- l inson was dramatic and contained ele ments of the sensational, it is-the con census of opinion among those who heard the testimony she gave that it was of no great value and that neither side lost or gained much by her appear ance. She did not deny the genuine ness of the signature purporting to be hers, signed jointly with Mrs. King on i if they are cut out of the wheat they a paper which had been presented in have heretofore brought in to supply evidence by the state through A. Leon-j their trade. The millers .with the co ard Johnson, secretary of the Mer- operation of the state department of chants Loan and Trust Co., of Chicago, agriculture, will make up a detailed of- on the authority of which he testified the trust company revoked a trust of $125,000 which had been created by Mrs. King a year or so earlier by which Mrs. Robinson had received $600 a-month, which paper with the two women's sig natures was presented to the-bank by Gaston Means to whom was delivered the securities represented in the trust, but on cross-examination a number of (Continued. On Page Two) TURKEY IS HELD SECURELY UNDER GERMANY'S THUMB For Us to Declare War Upon Her ' Would be Playing Into Hands of Berlin Officials IS DR. STRONG'S OPINION Declares Turks Would Break Al liance With Germany if They Had Power to Do So Boston, Nov. 30. The Turks are heartily tired of German rule and a declaration of war by the United States against Turkey now wourd be playing into the hands of the Berlin officials, in the opinion of Dr .William E. Strong, editorial secretary of the American board of commissioners far foreign missions. "Why the United States should de clare war upon either Turkey or Bul garia is incomprehensible to those who know anything of the internal situa tion of those two countries," said a statement issued by Dr. Strong tonight. "Both of the countries are as much under the control of Germany as are Belgium and Poland." "Who would suggest." he continued, "tlial we should declare war against Belgium because Belgian subjects are working for Germany and Belgium is supplying Germany with foodstuffs and other war equipment? Those who have come out of Turkey during the last few months give only one testimony Jand that is to the effect that Turkey la heartily tired of the domination or Germany. Even the leaders recognize that they went into this war not. for any possible gain to Turkey but with every opportunity of losing everything. "If war should be declared, on Turkey and Bulgaria, what could the United States do? It would be cruel In the ex treme to make an attack upon a people who hate the alliance with Germany with a perfect hatred and who would gladly break that alliance if they had the power to do. so. A declaration of war today .on the part of the United States would lead to a new attack un der German direction upon the non Moslem populations of Turkey, whoso elimination from Asia Minor is one of the manifest policies of Germany. "One can hardly ak of the people of the United States favoring any step which could, so far as we can see, lead rather than discouraged. The sending of Bernstorff , to Con stantinople was with the idea of" turn- ing Turkey against the United States. In the face of the rising tide of German opposition in Turkey, he will probably be unable to do so unless the United States by a declaration of war plays into his hands and into the, hands of the Berlin officials." Dick man Already in Command Charlotte, Nov. 30. Major General Joseph T. Dickman has already as sumed command of Camp Greene, hav ing arrived Wednesday from Camp Custer, Battle Greek, Mich., where he commanded the Eierhty-ftfth division. national army. His staff has not yet been formed. MILLERS URGE THAT ORDER BE RESCINDED Unable to Supply Their Trade Un less Wheat is Imported - Delegation Confers With Food Admin istration at Raleigh State About 0,000,000 Bushels Short. ( Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, Nov. 30. A delegation of grain millers of the state was here to- day trying to have the federal food control division suspend an order against the importation of wheat into North Carolina. The order has been imposed on the ground that North Carolina raises sufficient wheat for the needs of the people of the state. There are 180 grain mills In the state, 32 of which import more or less wheat from other states. These millers insist that they cannot operate their mills ! flcial statement of the real situation in this state and present it to the federal food control authorities with demand for readjustment of the order as to importation of wheat into this state. The millers held a conference this afternoon with Henry A- Page, state food administrator, and the situation was thoroughly canvassed. It devel oped that there are really more than Continued. On Page Two) - Ml' ', I , .'S I II 1 i . it: ! i i 1 t; v it1,' hi t -1 r ! t I-; v.! 1 1 v U iij, ill t hi 5 i 1 -i f i n 1; A ,1 i lit V f .11 S i ; 1 i i i 5:: - r. : 'Si ii r , v "v ' :i 7 1 K
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