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A DANGEROUS CRISIS AT HAND
Bristol Herald Courier,
Driven to bay, and therefore
fljldtuiwiin . -. J
ucopjiaw;, uurumuy ueciares uer
purpose to use every weapon at
ner command agamst her ene
raies. Beginning the 1st she re
sumed her illegal submarine war
farejthan everbefore. Her warning
was sent to the neutral nations
and for them the gravest situa
tion, of the war has suddenly de
veloped. .
Yet the neutral Nations, espec
ially the United States, should
not and may not ha ve been sur
prised by such a development. It
was to have been anticipated
since the rejection by the Enten
te Powers of German's peace o
vertures, and more certainly
since those Towers issued their
statement of their aims and ob
jects in this war and the terms
upon which they regarded peaee
possible.
Germany made her peace pro
posals as a victor, but perhaps
not as a Nation which felt that
it could hold to the end the ad
vantage it had gained. It is wide
ly believed in this country that
Germany's overtures were promp
ted, by the realization that she
and her allies had reached the ze
nith of their strengh and power
and must begin to weaken and
give way if the war should con
tinue much longer. Doubtless the
same opinion prevailed m Enten
te countries, where Germany's
sincerity was promptly question
ed and the German Government
was charged with resorting to a
subterfuge to solidify sentiment
at home and to win the sympa
thy of neutral powers
Whatever may have been Ger
many s motive or reason, shi
signified a readiness to enter in
to a conference with her enemies
for a discussion of terms of peace
According to her ownexnlana
tion, she was prepared to con
tinue the war indefinitely, but
made her proffer in t he interest
of humanity and to wash her
hands of responsibility and fur
ther bloodshed. The reply of the
Entente powers, as contained in
their joint statement to Presi
dent Wilson, was notonlyan em
phatic rejection of the proposal,
but amounted to an announce
ment of a determination to pros
ecute the war until Germany was
crushed. And, as was to h a v e
been expected, Germany now de
clares that she is fighting for ex
istence and that she will hesi
tate at no means or methods at
her disposal to defend herself, to
defeat her enemies, to make the
war more terrible and bring it
more quickly to an end. Iler
statement and warning are re
ceived in the United States with
serious misgivings.
The stage has been reached
where Germany no longer re
gards the friendship or neutral
ity of the United States as of
more value to her than the war
Bhe can make on British ship
ping. Another enemy will not
increase the gravity of the situa
tion for her, if she is free to wage
the kind of war she considers to
her advantage. Therefore, she
will break" the promise made to
the United States, following the
sinking of the steamer Sussex in
the English Channel and resume
her submarine warfare on a more
extended scale. She has drawn
wider sea' zones around Prance
and Italy and the British Isles,
and will destroy without warn
ing merchant vessels entering
those zones. In retaliation for
the Entente blockade of Ger
many, the German Government
will establish a strict and merci
less blockade of the Entente
countries. She will maintain and
enforce the blockade with sub
marines, which will sink merchant
Vessels without giving those on 1
board a chance to escape. She
wilj'attempt to starve the En
tente countries as the Entente
countries have attempted to
starve Germany.
Unless the Administration at
Washington has changed its at
titude, the hour of thfl severance
of diplomatic relations between
the United States and Germany
is at hand. Germany has made
certain Renditions under which
American, tind other neutrals
may travel through the war
zones in safety, but she has made
similar conditions before, and
they were rejected by this Gov
ernment. Germany abandoned
her maritime policies when
threatened by Washington with
a severance of diplomatic relat
ions. She will now return to
that policy, and prosecute it with
more fearful vigor. That either
of the Entente Nations placed in
Uermany s position probably
would follow the same' course.
does not alter the fact that this
Government has declared that
policy illegal and intolerable.
and that Germany reverts to it
in violation of pledges made to
this Government to secure acon
tinuance of friendly relations.
V hat will follow a severance of
diplomatic relations, which now
appears inevitable, can not be
preaiciea wren accuracy. It is
.1 j 1 , 1 ...
hardly probable that the United
States would take a conspicu
ously active part in the war. if
war should be declared. The pow
er to declare war rests with the
Congress, and the Congress may
find an honorable means of a
voiding that calamity. But, un
doubtedly, the gravest crisis of
the war. as it affects this coun
try, has arrived.
Germany's note will fall upon
the American people with stupi
fying effect. It is impossible for
this government to tolerate the
new rule winch Germany seeks to
impose, Washington Post.
If this note is a bluff, it is cer
tainly a most audacious one and
will not terrorize neutral nations
into taking the German view of
thesituation in Enrope.-Age-Iler-ald.
Woodrow Wilson's peace moves
were what they purported to be,
the last attempt to keen Ameri
ca out of war. Seemingly the at
tempt has failed. Macon Tele
graph.
The rationale of Germany's po
sition is brutal, insanely brutal,
in its utter disregard of t h e
rights of neutral nations and in
its brazen contempt for the de
mands of humanity and of civili
zation itself. Lynchburg News.
The Von Hindenburg notifica
tion of a new campaign of fright-
fulness makes it too late for "sol
emn warnings." The strict ac
countability warning two years
now means severance, of rela
tions, then war: Danville Regis
ter. Great Britain has directed a-
gainst Germany a war of starva
tion, the intent being proclaimed
in and out of parliaient. Ger
many now claims the privilegeof
retaliating in kind. It is to be
assumed, therefore, that the evil
and inevitable day has come and
that the Washington govern
ment wi',1 presently sever diplo
matic relations with the Berlin
goyermnent. Greensboro News.
This--And Five Cents. Don't
Mint Tl lis. Cut out this slin. en
close ft ye cents lo Foley & Co.,
Chicago, 111., writing your name
and adclress clearly. You will re
ceive in return a' trial package
contoiiti ng Foley's Honey and
Tar com pound for coughs, colds
and croup; Folny Kidney Pilln
and Fo. ley Cathartic Tablets.
Sold everywhere, ' i
Leather Famine Predicted.
A Los Angelese. Cal., special
says:
Dealers' greed and a leather
famine threaten to make a bare
foot nation of the United States
within the next two years.
Shoe dealers and manufactur
ers predict tnat before the end of
191 7 the price of women's fancy
boots will be $35. per pair, and
that all other foot wear will be
correspondingly high. Ere long
a pair of all feather shoes will be
a curiosity in this country.
Heretofore most of our shoe
material has been imported from
South America. The United
States furnishes only 25 per
cent of our leather.
Buc blood-red Europe, having
in spite of the war lost no . whit
of its business acumen, has con
tracted for the entire output of
South America for the next two
years. And the irony of the thing
is that they clinched the deal
with American capital money
loaned by greedy Wrall Street and
the American banking interests!,
Substitutes for leather are be
ing used by shoe manufacturers
in .this country wherever possi
ble. In the next few vears thn A-
merican people will be divided in
to classes by their shoes! (
The very poor, for instance, if
they wear shoes at all, will .wear
a clumsy, cheap brogan, such as
graces the feet of peasants in ma
ny foreign countries. And the
middle classes will be marked by
the cloth uppers of their foot
gear, while fancy, high topped
leather boots will be left to the
very rich.
"The problem that is now fac
ing the American shoe manufac
turers,' says the man with the
information regulating shoes, is
to create a leather shoe that will
be substantial and at the same
time stylish, and which also will
be within reach of Mr. Average
Man's pocket-book.
"Shoe manufacturers of this
city have come nearer accom
plishing this than have Eastern
makers. The "openwork shoe,"
which has become so popular for
summer wear throughout the
country, and which is a product
of this city, will be put on the
market with a few variations in
the near future for $2.50 per
pair.
"This ehoe, however, has prac
tical value for year round wear
only in that portion 6f the coun-
try where the weather is mild en
ough to permit it. Nevertheless,
the popular shoe of the future
willkbe built along these lines,
and undoubtedly it will have un
disguised wooden heels!"
Sloan's Liniment for Stiff Joints.
Rheumatic pains and aches get
into the joints aud muscles, ma-
king every movement torture.
ueneve your euuermg with Sloan
Linimnntjit quickly penetrates
without rubbing, and soothes
and warms your sore muscles.
The congested blood is stimula
ted to action; a single applica
tion Will drive out the dhui.
Sloan's Liniment is clean, con
venient and quickly effective, it
does not stain the skin or clocr
the pores. Get a bottle todav
at your druggist, 25c.
The depest river flows with the
deepest sound.
Prefers Chamberlain's. 'N
"In this course of a conventa-
tion with Cnauiberlain Medicine
i.os. representative today, we
had occasion to discing in ad-pd-
eral way the merits of their AH.
ferent preparations. At his sug
gestion 1 take pleasure inexpres-
mun my enuuiuMoik oi unamoer
Iain's Couirh Remedv. I hn.vii
family of six children and have
used this remedy in my home for
years. 1 consid.er it the only
cough remedy on the market, as
I have tried nemrly all kinds."
Earl C. Rose, publisher Hamil
ton County Itep&blican.New8Sy
rucuse, Kan.
A Bill That Should Be Defeated.
Editorial from Greenslioco News.
.' The' newspaper of the st ate.
both .small and large, nave co
operated finely, geaerously, with
the, medical leadership of the
state for years past, in a cam
paign of education in Sanitary
matters. If. the medical authori
ties had given the newspapers
an opportunity of considering
the proprietary remedies' bill
that they are now attempting to
whip through the legislature, it
is not at all probable that there
would have been a chance feu
this bill. This uneandid course,
this elaborate strategy, whatev
er merit it may have as strategy,
or generalship, is amazingly un
fair, aud arbitrary, and auto
cratic.
It has been suggested that the
main enterprise here is to find
revenue for the state board of
health at the expense of the news
papers of the state. This the Dai
ly News is loath to credit; yet
that legitimate advertising inter
interests are ruthlessly and reck
lessly jeopardized is one of the
outstanding facts of tho situa
tion. This with reference to the orig
inal bill. There have been numer
ous amendatory suggestions;
there is no way for the newspa
pers and the people of the state
to know just what isab'out'to
happen to them. We hear of pro
posals that seem altogether to
ignore the federal laws. There
ai-a others that appear wildly im
practicable. The substitute offered by the
pharmacists for their own gov
ernance,'and passed by the sen
ate, inasmuch as it would extend
the operation of the principle in
the federal law to intrastate bus
iness, is an unobjectionable mea
sure for which some present ne
cessity may exist, and necessity
for which might at any tune a
rise. This would make unlawful
the sale of any proprietary or
patent medicines purporting to
cure certain diseases for which, it
is well known, there is no cure at
the present.
Much as has been said, it ic
learned, in the rhetoric which has
been employed to becloud this is
sue, of the Jntent of the physi
cians's bill toward remedies in
which alcohol is contained. This
mustbealmo8t wholly disinge
uous, and is certainly unworthy,
in the case of a measure for which
a body of scientists stand spon
sor, There are numerous enact
ments, state and federal, that
fully cover the phase of the busi
ness, that are enforced and ob
served. The very essence of the
original bill, moreover, is to com
pel publication of the formula
and statements of the ingredi
ents. The statement on each pack
age of amount of alcohlic con
tent is fully secured by laws now
in force.
The newspapers of North Caro
lina should at once advise them
selves as fully as may be, under
the disabilities and embarrass
ments that hive been carefully
created, of the nature and indi
cated effects of this astounding
legislative proposal If they will
do so evidence will point to the
conclusion, we think, that it is a
piece of folly, freighted with inju
ry. Inactivity Causes Constipatiou.
Lack of exercise in the winter
is a frequent cause of constipa
tion. You It el heavy, dull and
listless, jour complexion U pal
low and pimply, and energy at
low ebb. Clean up this condition
at once with Dr. King's New Life
Pills, a miid laxative that re
lieves the congested intestines
without griping. A dose before
retiring will assure you a full and
easy movement in the morning.
25c, at your Druggist.
Washinjtoif Preparing For Reunion.
Ulrmingliam Age-Beralh.
y Although , the Confederate re
union, to be held in Washington,
is more than four months off
June 4th -preparations are well
under way. This will probably be
the last reunion, but whether it
is or not, it is safe to assume
that it will be the last big one.
Not only is the Washington
committee of arrangements busy
every day in the week with de
tails but veteran camps in every
State of the South are perfecting
plans for moving on to the na
t ional capital. Also the railoads
are giving a great deal of public
ity to the forth coming event.
Tho lines traversing this part
of the South with eastern connec
tions that is to say practically
all thp lines are making an
nouncements whic h appeal to the
sentiment of the old soldiers who
fought for the lost cause. One
railroad company is. stressing
the fact that its trains run thru
historic battle fields of Virginia,
taking .in a view of the crater
near Petersburg and the fortifi
cations around Richmond. An
other company calls attention
to the tact that t he veterans who
travel on its road will ride over
one stretch of 48 miles which was
built by Confederate soldiers,
'and which has remained, per
haps, the most permanent mon
ument of any work done by the
Confederacy." It is the line be
tween Greensboro, N. C, and Dan
vile, Va.
When the war began there was
no railroad connecting the old
Richmond and Danville with the
North Carolina system of roads.
A railroad official in sketching;
rho situation, says the Confeder
ate authorities saw the strategic
value of such a line, "and were
able to biing to bear sufficient
pressure to overcome the obsta
cles which had previously stood
in the way of its construction
owing to the rivalry of North
( Carolina and Virginia, each
State seeking to protect its own
railway interests." -
The rail necessary for the con
struction of the Greensboro-Danville
connection was procured by
tearing up other lines. At the
close of the war the 48-ttiile
stretch was confiscate by tiie
United States as Jone of the as
sets of the Confederacy and there
was prolonged litigation before
the Richmond and Danville re
ceived it.
This section has been double
tracked and but few changes
were found necessary.
After the Grip
What?
Did it leave you weak, low in
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catarrhal disease, and after you re
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the catarrh is left. This and your
weakness invite farther attacks.
The Tonic Needed is Perm
First, because it will assist in build
ing up your strength, relnvigoratbig
your 'igestion and quickening all
functions. Second, because it aids
in overcoming the catarrhal condi
tions, helping dispel the inflamma
tion, giving the membranes an oppor
tunity to penorm
their functions.
Thousands have
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proper uh o( thla graal
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