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PAGE TWO. THE ASHEVILLE TIMES SUNDAY; DEC. 30, 1917 Our Thanks are due the GOOD PEOPLE OF ASIIEVILLE and vicinity who have contributed to our SUCCESS by their patronage. Our business has continued to grow and our success has been due largely to the loyalty and friendly good will of our many patrons. We are going to show our appreciation of your patronage in the future as we have in the past, by giving you the very best results that can be obtained from the highest grade materials combined with SKILL and Carefulness. May the new Year bring all Prosperity and Happiness. Drs, Smathers & Beam Dentists Over Carmichael's Phone 1561 M'ADOO ORDERS GENERAL POOLING OF ALL EQUIPMENT (Continued from Page 1) trator Garfield and .Secretory of War Bker. Tlip cold wave which has frozen thousands of tons of bunker coal still In the curs added to the problem of supplying ships. Vessels now carry enough fuel for a return voyage, be ing unable to fill their bunkers in I Europe. This doubles the amount of roal needed on the American seaboard for trans-Atlantic trips. , Hurley and Garfield are directing their efforts towards solving the dif- Acuities. McAdoo is preparing to adopt! the strongest measures, if necessary,! to relieve the freight congestion. j : Valuable munitions are staked on the open pround where they were dumped to empty the cars. Millions of dollars worth of property still in the curs are adding to the shortage of rail road equipment. Other tonnage is stored awaiting shipping space. Still another element of difficulty is the convoy system; Instead of fil tering into port in a steady stream, when they can be emptied and reload ed with more ease, the merchantmen B-r-r-r! Overcoat Weather Here's the latest thing in over coats for winter. It's a thorough ly American style; roomy, com fortable, and good to look at. The wide patch pockets are use ful and warm, as well as attract ive; the belt buckles up snugly, accenting the waistline. These coats are here in , any number of variations, and in all colors and styles; they're all-wool, perfectly tailored, and - double guaranteed, by Hart Schaffner & Marx and ourselves. It doesn't make any difference whether you buy a complete outfit at this store, or only a pocket handkerchief. We are here to please you. Our success depends on it. now arrive in bunches on 'uncertain schedules. A many as 100 ships have arrived in one day in a fow itovts More than 250 ships lie in New York' harbor -tonight,- tied up lor various reasons, principally on account of the lack of bunker coal. Gartiold an nounced that larjie shipments for this port are being rushed from the Penn sylvania and other western coal Holds. !' The pollco answered a burglary call early Saturday morning from No. 124 Montford ' avenue, the residence of Mrs. J. L. Alexander. The police wore told that someone had been beard in the basement but It was found that a negro man who sleeps in the basement only left the door open when he went out. Times Ads Build Business , Ask the Merchants AND WOMEN Paflon 'Ave. LEAGUE CONDEMNS ALL EFFORTS FOR PREMATURE PEACE Armies of the Allies Must Nullify Power of Imperial German Government MUST CONQUER ENEMIES ARMIES League Issues Ringing State ment on "American War and American Victory" ( New York, Dec. 29. The League ifor National Unity has issued a declnr I ation, signed by its ofllcers and exeeu- tive committee, in which all efforts to ward a premature peace are condemn ed and the determination of continu ing the war until a miliatry victory is ! achieved and the autocratic power of 1 the imperial Oermun government is broken, is pledged. j "We ''e In this war to conquer the : enemy's armies," declares the stnte inient, "though not his territory or I population. Wo Intend to nullify the power of the Imperial German govern ment. We do not intend that it fhall gain at the expense of other nations, either 'an enlargement of territory" or 'an expansion of industrial and com mercial opportunities'' or 'an increuse of prestige." "When German military reverses obliterate past victories and the war map becomes unfavorable, no doubt some of the German parties will be gin to consider the peace principles of world democracy." the statement concludes. "But no influential Ger man party yet sees coming defeat. There is, therefore, as yet no common ground for discussion between the par tisans of Might and the partisans of Right." . The League for National I'nlty was organized in Washington September 12, 1917, and is composed of represen tatives of the various elements that make up American national life la bor, agriculture, manufacturing, com merce; banking, the church, the bar, women's and teachers' organizations, and the respective heads of the demo cratic and republican national com mittees.; The formation of the new organization was welcomed by Presi dent Wilson In an address delivered October 8 to the executive committee, ill which he emphasized the need of teani play by the forces of American thought and opinion and endorsed the specific work which tho league pro posed. The purpose of the league, as stated Copyright Hart Schiffntr & Mane in its by-law. Is "to create a medium! through which loyal Americans of alii classes, sections, creeds and parties can give, expression to the fundamen tal purpose of the United States to car. rjr on to' a successful conclusion this new wax for tho independence of America, the preservation of demo critlo Institutions and Vhe vindication of the basic principles of humanity." The ofllcers are: Honorary chair men, James Gibbons, cardinal, and Frank Mason North, D. D., president Federal Council, Churches of Christ in America; chairman. Theodore N. Vail, president American Telephone and Telegraph company; vice-chairmen, Samuel Oompers, president American Federation of Labor, Charles a. Barrett, president Karm- lers' Educational and Co-operative Un ion of America, and George Pope, president National Association of Manufacturers; chairman executive committee, James M. Beck, American liar association;, treasurer, Otto H. Kahn; director, Kalph M. Kaaley, chairman executive Council The Na tional Civio Federation; and secretary, P. L. Cease, editor "The Kallroad Trainman." Hinging Statement Issued. The statement, bearing the headline, "An American War and an American Victory," follows in full: The Imperial German government, foiled and defeated In its plan to crip ple the great self-governing nations of the world, first France, next Eng land, and last the United States, is seeking to achieve through its pro posals for peace what it has been un able to obtain by arms. The Imperial German government seeks ft compromise in the Irrepress ible conflict between autocracy and democracy before It shall be too late. All who are willing to compromise on this issue are willing to aid despotism, as all who urged compromise on Abraham Lincoln In tho Civil war aided slavery. The American people today are fighting for their own lib erty as well as for tho freedom of the world. The world cannot be safe for democracy so long as an organized au tocracy its people still believing It victorious is entrenched in the center of Europe, leading 10,000,000 armed men and possessing the resources of 170.000,000 people in the world's cen tral position for all seas and all con tinents. - President Wilson : was the true spokesman of the American people, when he said in his message to con gress on December 4: "The American people are impa tient with those Tho desire peace by any sort of compromising deeply and indignantly impatient. "It will be full impartial Justice justice done at every point and to ev ery nation that the final settlement must affect our enemies as well as our friends." To Compromise Conceivable. No compromise is conceivable if the German government is "not utterly br ought to an end" by military defeat or political revolution from within. For, as our president continues: "It might be impossible in such un toward circumstances, to admit Ger many to the free economic intercourse which must Inevitably spring out of the other partnerships of a real peace. But there would be no aggression in that: and such a situation. Inevitable because of distrust, would in the very nature of things sooner or later cure Itself by processes which would assur edly set in." Nor would this be our only recourse amidst the rulers of Germany: "It .-".iv. i. . tn,..n.,lK1n I iwlmU Ilium t rt ! the partnership of nations which henceforth guarantee the worlds peace," our national leader points out. Autocracy Dansvcrous. The flagrant violation by the Impe rial government of the principles and pratice of accepted international law was the occasion of our declaration of war. but not its underlying cause. The cause of our entering tho present war, as of every other country at war with the imperial government, is that this autocracy endangers our safety and challenges our freedom. From the day when it attacked our possession of Samoa by the insidious plot which cost the lives of our sailors in 1S89, to the present period when it has filled our laud with spies, has slain our cit izens on land and sea, and set them at variance by fomenting racial strife, the government of Germany has been I our enemy in peace as It is now our I foe in war. Its fleet threatened the j fleet of Admiral Dewey in Manila har I bor; it sought to sot the Monroe Doc trine at naught: it proposed interven tion by Europe when we freed Cuba; it laid plans to control Santo Domingo ind Venezuela; and it has attempted I this very year to array Mexico and I Japan against us while wo were still i at peace. The visit of Prince Henry i began the campaign to divide our loyal ! citizens of German birth aud descent !so aa to render this nation Impotent I in the defense of its own security and Jthat of the democracies of the world. Germany even sought by the Del ! brueck law to establish a continuing 'German citizenship in German lmml- grants who had become citizens of the i United States, and to accept a divided j allegiance. I Our war alms cannot be comprn- mlsed. Which of President Wilson's demands on our behalf can we sur ' render? Can we abandon our demand i for "liberty and self-government" (May 26) for ourselves and others? Shall we give up our demand for "the freedom of the nations" (April 2)? As the president has said, "We can af ford to bo generous, but we cannot afford to be weak or omit any single guarantee of justice or security" (May 26). Since a lasting world peace Is our chief war aim, which of Germany's crimes can we afford to accept as in nocent acts and permit to be repeated and continued? Which oppressed na tionality can we safely abandon to her sovereignty? What slaughter of innocents and destruction of their property shall we lea-o without such reparation as can be afforded by finan cial indemnity? In which cases shall the nations which have made vast sac rifices in an effort to protect the vic tim pay the bulk of the damages? As the president has said: "The sinister intrigue of the German ruling classes to secure peace now with the immense advantages in their hands" Is "their one opportunity to perpetuate their military power." (June 14). Most Comiucrt We are In this war to conquer (May 2G the enemy's armies, though not his territory or population. We In tend to nullify the power of the impe rial German government (April 2). We do not intend that It shall gain at the expense of other nations either "an enlargement of territory" or "an expansion of industrial and commer cial opportunities" or. "an Increase of prestige' (June 14). We entered the war, further, with the demand that "wrongs done should be righted" (May 26). Our president I has pointed out that a return to the I status quo ante could not be sufficient ' and that territorial readjustments and indemnlUea ''for Manifest wrongs done" (May 26) will be necessary. He has made It clear that we shall de mand no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall make in the war. that Is, for war expenditure) (April J). But our president has made a specific exception from his con demnation of Indemnities In payments for "manifest wrongs done." It It hardly necessary to add that such pay ments (In some form) shall be made In each Important Instance Belgium. Serbia, Poland, Houmanla and North ern France. After stating our deter mination to win the war, our presi dent correctly and concisely states (in his recent message to congees) what we mean by this determination to win: "We shall regard the war as won only when the German people say to us, through properly accredited rep resentatives, that they are ready to agree to a settlement based upon Jus tice and the reparation of the wrongs their rulers have done. "They have e stablished a power over other lands and peoples than their own over the great empire of Austria-Hungary, over hitherto free Balkan states, over Turkey and within Asln. from the Impudent and alien "The peace we make must deliver the once fair and happy peoples of Belgium and northern France from the Prussian conquest and the Prus sian menace, but It must also deliver the peoples of Austria-Hungary, the peoples of the Balkans, and the peo ples of Turkey alike In Europe and In Asia, fro mthe Impudent and alien domination of the Prussian military and commercial autocracy." Every nation must be guaranteed that opportunity for free economic de velopment which arises from free ao cess to the seas; but that access must not be made wholly nugatory by the immediate proximity of a hostile mil itary power. In his latest message to congress, America's spokesman has made our position in this matter un mistakable: "When I said, in January,, that the nations of the world were entitled not only to free pathways upon the sea, but also to assured and unmolested access to those pathways . . . I was thinking, and am thinking now, of Austria herself, among the rest, as well as of Serbia and of Poland. Jus tice and equality of rights can be had only at a great price." This is the democratic solution of the questions of annexations and in demnities. It Is not only founded up on justice and humanity; it is the only thinkable basis of lasting peace. "To omit any of tho guarantees" of fu ture security that lie in the just solu tion of these great problems, "would mean only that all the world would arm for the next, the final struggle'" (June 14). The only peace that can assure peace is one that establishes the "com munity of power" among the nations which, the president has hown. must replace the old "balance of power." But all nations entering Into such a world agreement must enter it as equals, without hope of any special privilege' or advantage. When Ger man military reverses obliterate past victories and the war map becomes unfavorable to Germany, no doubt some of the German parties will begin to consider the peace principles of world democracy. But no influential German party yet sees coming defeat. There is, therefore, as yet no common ground fof discussion between the partisans of Might and the partisans of lltght. . "Any body of free men that com pounds with the present German gov ernment is compounding for its own destruction." (Nov. 13) AMERICA ENTERED WAR BACKWARDS, INQUIRIES SHOW (Continued from Page 1) j these systems now In force, it Is be- j lievrd. Military, transportation, shipping, coal and sugar probes will go for-1 ward nxt week in the senate while! resumption of the navy inquiry will mark reconvening of the house. Secretary of War Baker and Chief of Ordnance Crozier will be cnllod upon Monday to answer charges of In efficiency and lack of foresight in pre paring the army for war. Later General I.ittel, cantonment builder, will be asked about the contracts around which ugly rumors have been spread. Members of the national defense council will be called on contract questions. Herbert Hoover's deferred appear ance before the sugar Investigators Is ; set for Wednesday, but he already has ; stated his case in a statement made j public by the president, and little new ; information is exnected. Clothing of America s fighting men was investigated by the senate mili- I tary committee at Saturday's session j of the Inquiry with Quartermaster- j General Sharpe under examinatidn. , Senator Weeks brought out that on; April 3, Boston wool dealers offered i all their wool to the government at; prevailing prices but the offer never reached General Sharpe, being re ferred to the general munitions board. When orders were given to pre pare to clothe 1,00,000 or more men. General Sharpe said soaring prices rather than a shortage was the worst factor in the situation. "I was told by a responsible man that the failure of tho government to accept the Boston wool men's of fer of April 3 has cost the government $150,000,000," said Senator Weeks, "and I want to find who Is responsible for delay in its acceptance, and also who is responsible for delay In be ginning purchases. I, for one, am somewhat dismayed by the length of time it takes in the war department to do things. Appareatly Injection of the council of national defense makes for further delay." General Sharpe said that If the Bos ton wool dealers' offer of April 3 had been accepted promptly It would have been very advantageous as wool advanced after that. He reiterated that the offer never reached him, be ing referred by Secretary Baker to the munitions board. Senator McKellar asked whether Emmanuel Kaplan, treasurer of the Millbrook Mill company, was not a brother of Samuel Kaplan, a member of a supply committee. General Sharpe said he thought so. The other mill was the Thames River woolen mills. Both were or dered to devote their machinery to government work, cancelling private contracts. "Did you know that Samuel Kap lan, of the council of national de fense, Is president and owns two thirds of the stock of the Millbrook company?" nsked Senator McKellar. Genernl Sharpe said he did not. Last Saturday, General Sharpe said, Samuel Kaplan and other members of the council's supply committee cam to him and protested against cancelling of wool scrap sorting con tracts given the Base Sorting com- Ipany, of New York. Senator McKel lar said that Ira A. Kaplan, president of the sorting comvaoy which. Gen- Now Is the tune Time Trivers Most mills have posi tively stopped making overcoatings for FALL 1918! Those that are making them have more than doubled their price Over last year. This means coats that we sell now at $15 will actually cost $30 next Fail.- . :;-;?V.--''f0'. Evening Clothes Distinctive Fifth Avenue Styles $25.00 Exceptionally good values in Mackinaws ..... ....... Sheep lined coats, the kind wear. Easily worth $18. Buy Now---Lay It Away I iriyers 1 Uothes 9 I I Formerly Cooper's "On the Square". PACK SQUARE, ASHEVILLE, N. C. New York City, N. Y. Jackson, Mich. Battlecreek, Micl Kalamazoo, Mich Lansing, Mich. Flint, Mich. Lancaster, Pa. eral Sharpe said, stood to make $400, 000 a year on the sorting contract, recently annulled because it was re garded excessive, was related to the council committee member. "We had to follow the advice of tho council committee," said General Sharpe, explaining that Charles Kisen mon, head of the supply committee, had approved the contract. Senator McKellar assured General Sharpe that the quartermaster-general's faith and good interest In the situation was not questioned. "My purpose is to show thnt the council of national defense has usurped authority of the quartermaster-general's office and Is largely re sponsible for the shortage in cloth ing supplies," said Senator McKellar. GOVERNMENT TO STAY IN BUSINESS (Continued from rage 1) careful thought to compensation for their lines was Indicated by this offi cial discussing the probable basis for taking over the lines by the govern ment. The $10,000,000,000 worth of bonds Issued by American railways is the least tho railroads would ac cept, and, he pointed out, not all of the equal amount of stocks could rightly be called "water." There is good reason for believing that the brotherhoods placed their ownership views before President Wilson at last Thursday's conference when they renewed their wage ap peals. The president was Informed of the railroads' rejection of the de mands and la understood to have promised the brotherhood leaders a Right, Oppor to Buy That Overcoat Splendid display of Extra Trousers. Prices, special- $2.50 $7.50 Most are all-wool and wor sted materials. ' $l $7.50 T0 $10 the army boys Special $12.50 Allentown, Pa Fort Wayne, Ind. Passaic, N. J. Asheville, N. C. Charlotte, N .C. Winston-Salem, JV. C. Columbia, S. C. settlement of their wage problems soon. According to tho railroad execu tives, McAdoo's financing plan Is to form a government corporation, mod elled along the lines of the shipping board, to deal in railroad securities. Such a corporation, it was pointed out, would be furnished with government capital. It would buy railroad bonds whon, for government reasons, they could not be marketed to the public, and would later sell them like Liberty bonds when such financing would not Interfere with war finances. Leaders In both houses are claiming certainty of government ownership after the war and have already start ed framing legislation toward "that end. Kallroad facilities, experts agree, are now from 2I to It 0 percent defi cient compared with the necessary de mands and with the value of the roads estl:ed at $15,000,000,000, some idea of the amount of money needed to bring the systems up to require ments may be obtained. P'lhllc money and lots of It must ne en,. congressmen say nna just as important is Its return to the pub lic treasury. "it would seem almost Impossible to get a fair return of this money af ter it was once sunk in the railroads If the systems were returned to pri vate hands after the war," said Rep resentative Keating, spokesman for the government control, advocates In the house. Th Offender. II who commlta Injustice Is ever more wretched than he who Buffers It Plato.
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