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INTER-ALLIED MILITARY -1
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FORCE TO ENFORCEPEAGE
DraftofThl Society of Nations
nan unanimously. Adopted
, . As a Whole at Paris
PEACE CONFERENCE WILL;
;.NOT.BEJlSKED-.AT-THlS
TIME TO FINALLY ADOPT
today President Wilson Will
Personally Bead The Draft
, To a Plenary Meeting of The
Peace Conference Proper;
Proposed Racial Discrimina
tion Amendment by Japs
Dropped Without a Vote; 26
Committee On . Separations
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ntCTceT:
me
n peace
Circles Yesterday
PRESIDENT'S 8HIP
i' AKKIVl
ARRIVES AT BREST.
Brest. France. Feb. IS. Ths U. S.
B. Geerte" Waahinttoa arrived hers
tty ( tmy Preeideat V4hoa to
thr Inlted 8Ut. - Tweaty -dMtroy
art will join the eort Washington
sa her return at the Aiores'as a
rraaidenUal sseort. ;' . ' .
(Br the Anoekted fnm.i
. OParia, Feb. 13 The Bourgeois proi
.jHwitioa for ' an inter-allied military
force to enforce peace was defeated by
an overwhelming vote at the meeting
'of ths society of nations commission
today. , I
' The Fronch and Cseeh-Slovaki ware
tho only representatives ia the affirm
ative. The draft of tho aoeiety of
nations plan wss then unanimously
.sdopted as a whole.
The final draft consist of twenty-six
irtlclei. '
"t ' President Wilson will personally read
,Uic draft to a plenary meeting of ,tbe
, pcaco- conference tomorrow. The sea
' fereece will not be asked to inally
" idopt U at this ttme.'-v-
: iaa Amoadsneat Dropped.
!Ths Japanese delegation presented An
amendment providing that racial disc
" crimination should aot bo tolerated ia
immigration laws, Heveral delegate
urged that this would ope inch a large
" duration that great delay might ensue
tad the matter -was dropped without a
" The first Mbjeet eonddered on thn
rciumptioa of the sitting of the com
mission of society qf nations this
afternoon toncerned aa international
military force. Preaident Wilson was
not- present at the sessioa this, after
noon, having to nttena me supreme war
rcuncil. lord Bobcrt Ceoil acted at
chairman daring his absence. L
Official Comma akatioa.
Paris, Feb-13. The league of nation
' commission according to the official
tdmmunieatlpa tW evening received
us rerKirt of U.e drafting committee
this morning with the result that sev
trai new artile have been, added to
" 'he original text, and phrases changed
rith a view to clarification. Mors than
i quarter of the draft wa approved
m thii anal lora.
Cemmlaslea Oa Reparations.
Paris. Feb. 13 Ths Peace Confer'
ence commission on reparation today
'- heard the American and .English point
( view on the' Questionpf Reparation.
I4rd Biimner spoke for Great Britain,
louis Klotr. tho French minister of
finance, presided.
The financial commission of the eon-
Ireiiet, met iindcr tho':prcaidehry 'bf
former I'remTur BaiaaqriT. T)r irarr-
The secretary of the eommuuiioa was
ordered to amalgamate all lists into one
for presentation to the commission at
its next meeting on Monday.
4ttCIALIBT DELEGATES START
FOR PARISH TO "GET IN TOUCH."
t - Berne, Fob. 13-The peace delegs
tion of the international (socialist eon
- forence. consisting of . Hjalmar Brant
ing, Arthur Henderson, Camilla Huys
mans, Pierre Benaudel and M. Xonguet,
will leave for Pan shortly to get la
contact with ths leading statesmen at
the Peace Conference,
"Hjalmar Branting is lb Swedish So
cialist Iflrder; AHhar Henderson is
.. British labor leader, aad Camilla Huys
mens U a Bclglaa Socialist. M. Bensn
dsl and M. Longnet -ars French So
cialist. .
ITALIAN-JIGO-8LAV FRONTIER
QUESTION HELD IN ABEYANCE.
Paris, Feb. 13. (By the A. P.) The
proposed arbitration . of the-.r Itallan-
ier, Vittorio Orlando, has seen Presi-
dent. Wilson and informed him. that
- after , consulting with hi colleagues of
the delegation they had Agreed it would
l impossible to take a decision on
- tt arbitration proposal - which, the
lugo-SIav presented to ths Peace Con
fe rence asking President Wilson to be
. arbiter, without first -eoMulting the
King and the Cabinet, aad, if necessary
-the parliament.
, President Wilson took the opportu
- . aity to explain he wa not the origina
tor of the proposal, which wa present'
' td by M. Trnmbitch during a eoaversa-
tion which he had with him last week,
' and he had (imply mentioned it to Pre-
' mien Orlando la a eonversaUon. The
" - President adIed 4hat h would prefer
not, tr bs foadedf with, tha npouj bilUy-i
JACK' BRIDGES- WHO SHOT
DEPUTY SHERIFF,CAPTURED
Bandolplu Stevenv Bridges'
Partner, Was Also Taken i
Into Custody .
Gsstonia, Feb. 13. Jock Bridges,' for
whom rewards totaling $300 was offered,
wa arrested near Cliffaide, CJevelaad
county,, last night by Sheriff Carroll
f thii county, uslated by several mem
ber of the Gastoaia police force and
throe Cleveland county officers. '
Ho wa'i" "wanted for shooting Deputy
Sheriff Cole two week ago. Tonight De
puty Cole is in- the hospital, still in a
serious condition.
was arrested ia Columbia, 8. Cm
wnere lie is. bow in jau. iney win M
tried at ths next term of Gsstoa so-
penor eonrt.
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CONGRESS THROUGH WITH
BIG REVENUE BILL
Washington, Febv .-13 Final lcgiala-
tivaaetloB on ths war revenue bill levy
ing ix blltions In taxw this; year "and
four wraesryeany tuerearter, watn "re
vised, was takes late today by ths Sen
ate without a record vote and with but a
fe scattering "noes," the conference
agreement on the measure was adopted
as approved last Saturday by the House.
After, ths bill is signed by Vice-President
Marshall and Speaker Clark, it will
be sent to tbo White Bouse for approval
by President Wilsoa- after his return
from France. Formal approval of the
bill by the President ia regarded as as
sured. ,
DOGS WILL BE KEPT UP '
- WEEK LONGER IN BUNCOMBE
Aihovilleir N. C, Feb. 13 Despite
ths fact that ho report baa yet been re
ceived on the head of ths mad dog sent
to Balelgh recently, ths dog being kill
ed at Chandler by Dr. W. H. Scruggs,
Bunts' health officer, officials aro ia-
4ia4.4-!eiUT thai ths dnngn in the
couaty is past. Dog will' bo kept ap
for a week longer, and then, if ao mors
eases of rabies develop, ths restric
tions bow surrounding dogdom ia the
county will be removed. .
PLAN FOR' VOCATIONAL
CONFERENCE AT ABBEVILLE.
AahevUle. N. C- Feb. 13-Twenty
high school . girls, meeting but night
nnder ths auspice of the WW. C A,
made plans for ths Y. W. C. A. voca
tional conference to be neia aers sen
month, probably the latter part of the
month.- Alls Utfoun uowsb waa
elected chairman of the committee on
arrangement and wlty make plana for
the conference;1 "
Mia Laura Dacet. girls work aecre-
tarr for the South Atlantic field for the
waa present last sight -for the
meeting snd outlined plans for the vo
cational work, and for the formatioa of
high school clubs, one of which will be
formed hers. Tbs mgh school eruos
from Canton and Waynesville will take
part in arranging the vocational confer
ence.
COMMANDER BAGLEY '
REMAINS AT ROTTERDAM
Bf th AiMcUtcd PnM.t
- Washington Feb. 13. Orders detail
ing Commander Pavid Worth Baglry as
Naval Attache at the American Embas
sy, the Hague, were countermanded to
day by the Nary Department and t-Tm
maaderBagtey as ordered to continue
on duty. a port-omeer at noncraam.
JUBCEADVOCATE TROWDER
TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM.
Washington, Feb. 13. Xominatioa of
Major General Enoch Crowder to be
judge advocate general of ths army
for another term of four years was epa
firmed tonight by the Senate. The nom
ination was received during ths day
and was immediately approved by the
Senate . Military Committee, which in
terrupted a public hearing "to act be
es use General Crowder present term
will expire Saturday.
Big -Strike ta Berlin.
(Bw the AnwtsSrf Press.)
Berlin, Wednesday, Feb. lfc-i(Vit
Copenhagen, Feb. 13.) Twenty thou
sand store-employes la Berlin have
gone oa strike for higher wages. Leip
xlger Strasee, -where some of the. big
stores art closed, is occupied by troops,
who aro maintaining order.
Spartacan are indulging la promis
cuous Sring in tbs newspaper quarter-
tverywnero -throughout -th --empire-.
worker's strikes are met by counter
strikes by doctors snd others of the
mmfiriftn-'ehir.--V -
The Wiahkah la Port
Norfolk, Va Feb. IJ.The shipping
board steamer Wiahkah, which, haa bees
ashore off Portsmouth, N, C, arrived ta
port today. Beyond her falas keel,
which -was lost, the vessel is uadam
aged. The Wiahkah ventured la shoal
water during a fog off tha North Cs4tlolridgrf- -ths Caar did msks arc ret
Una coast two days while en routs from
Antomagasta to Norfolk. ;
- Textile Strike Aheat Settled-
Chicago, 111. eb. IX A decision
which is expected to ned the strike of
eastern textile workers ws - given by
the War Labor Board tonight when
temporary working basis of a sight
and one-half hour day and a five-day
week waaannouneed. . It was estimated
by IftbocJeaders, ,that at least, ninety
'jffllO.llW
Book Based On Official Docu
v ments Shatters Accept- ;
ed Theories. !
by pres. oman of royal
historical Society
Balfour and Carson Assisted
Oman To Compfle "Dama?
' " ing Revelations
' iWf tW Aaaacsassd Prsas.)
' London, Feb. IX Some of the ac
cepted stories of the happening of the
aMmeatoBS days just prior to the war,
h is aaderstosd, aro shattered ia a
book baaed-on official documents and
persoaal notes of dlpioaatt and offi
eiala to be issued tomorrow
Ths book eharaeterixe-a-a fallacy
the belief that ths Assasslaation of
Archduke ' Francis Ferdinand at Sara
jevo was a "stags managed affair," bat
it is assorted from kaowledgs gained
imin. offawl dncwyata thst , If , tha s
he
TOC4ccordiagtd tbrbootTwa.
not what has been generally accepted.
The meetiag took phscw but it wa aot
formal, conference as has been, de
clared repeatedly. It is asserted that
many person who were supposed to
havo been there were not present
Emperor William and members of the
Germays Imperial ataff were pxssent.
however, and at thia conference, (Jcr
many dfijutity jlciad. for war,
Dainnlng Jtevlsllns."-
The- Ihw; - was -writ tea '.'by :.TxoIrsot
Charles W. C. Oman, president of the
Boyal Historical Society- and a profes
sor of history at Oxford University.
British Foreign Secretary Balfour aad
Earl Cunoa, are aaderstood to have
tskea aa active interest ia its compila
tion. One of the "damaing rerelations" as
Professor Oman calls them, is his state
ment that from a eloss stady st Munich
newspapers he has established that the,
nltimatnm from ths Vienna government
to the Serbian government wss delib
erately Jtimed whea President Poincare
snd Premier Viviaai at Fraaes were at
es after their departure from Petro-
grad, ia, order to make it difficult for
the entente to reach sa- understanding.
Professor Oman gives what hs calls a
complete analyuia of these revelations.
A series of hitbert aapnblished com-
monicatloaa beimnta Sir Edward Grey,
British Foreign Secretary la 191. aad
Prints Jietaowsky, German Ambassa
dor ia London at tha outbreak of ths
war, goes to prove. Professor Oman say
that the British foreign office tielievsd
that Ltchaowsky was absolutely honest
The book says;
Unwilling Tend at Kaiser.
"They empbaxlx the "personal ' 'an
xiety of Ljchnowaky and show that hs
wss actually and literally betrayed by
his governmentin other word that ho
waa the unwilling tool of ths Kaiser."
Oa July 29, 1914, Prince Prince Lich-
nowshy, wrote privately as follows, to
Sir Edward Grey: .
"I begia to hops that it once more
haa been possible owing to Aaglo-Ger-man
collaboration to save the peace of
Europe."
On July 30, Sir W. E. Goscben. Brit
ish Ambassador ia Berlin wrote1 to Sir
Edward Grey saying:
The Chancellor told me but might
that ho was pressing the button with a
view to forming a moderating influence
en Vienna,'; ...
Faeteaiag It aa Voa Hollweg. . .
Informntion contained in the book
show ths opposite waa taking place
and that Chancellor Voa Bethsaana-
Hollweg was doing everything possi
ble to get. tho German war machine
going.
- The publication by the West Minister
Oaaetta-sa- Aogut-lr-iaiVot a di
patch ia Berlin giving tbo text of a
purported Jelegrnm addressed en July
30, by Yon Brthmaan-Hollwrg to the
Cexaua . anibaaador rin Vieana, aajr-
at;
--e mast irftnw to be- drawn into
a world conflagration through Austria
Hungary not respecting our advice."
Professor Omana says the newspaper
never revealed the source of the dis
patch aad it was never included in the
German white book or in any official
publication, yet the ' document Was
dragged out two and one-half year
later by Chancellor Michaelis, aad ited
as proof that Germany was holding
back, until Russia mobilised, which mo
bilization Germany gives as ths cause
of tha war.
Ths Fntefnl Night "
Ths book toes UU details of ths fate
f ul . aught during which Jhe . order of
Emperor Nicholas countermanding the
Russian demobilixatioa was ignored by
ths Russian war minister aad the chief
of the Russiaa general staff. It i
shown ths emperor, wss feot ia posaees
ioa of information in ths hands of his
war minister and chief of staff. Ths
evidenes establishes that ths Bussiun
mobilization was caused by war threats
made by Count Pourtak, ths Oerraau
embassador ia Petrograd, that the Run-
Mini.-ha All about K ind
was' ahsad SMiVtTsK
realiied they were right ana ne nas
wrong.
Begnrdiag ths ao -called Bussiaa mob-
iEaatioa Sir George Buchansn the Brit
iah Ambassador ia Petrograd, ia a sec
ret document says
Tbs miliitary anthsrities without the
preparation for " general mobilixa
tion." thougS oa being -.questioned by
ths Emperor, General Soukhomlinoff,
ths Russian Minister of W'ar, denied
thia.'
It is shown, however, that this did not
Iter the general situation. It is also
shows that whea ths Bussisn mili
tary chiefs ignored the midnight wsver
Ing of ths Emperor aad hit order to
ujnd the; molilii!ti- tKy,wer jua-
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T ACTS OF
THE BOLSHEVIK
Witnesses it CoitteV Hear
ing Tell of Their Lawless,
Practices in U. S.
FORMER "V WORKER IN
RUSSIA'S DISCLOSURES
Only About Half of Bnssia Is
Now Under Control of Bol-
shevists, He Says ; ;
(Br the Associated Prw.)
Waahington, Fob. 13. Violent prac
tice of the Bolshevikl to maintain
themselves -in power were recounted to
dy by witnesses at the Senate commit
tee's inquiry into lawless agitation in
this country.. Little definite evidence
of Bolshevist propaganda ia ths United
States was presented, although one wit
ness, Professor Ralph Dcnnie, of North
western University, expressed belief that
a well organised propaganda system had
been developed in this country.
Another witness, Russell M. Story, of
the University of .Illinois, recently re
turned from Russia as a Y. M. C A.
worker, ssdi he hsd received ths impres
sion thst people in this country have a
"very active and honest desire" to know
boutJneJSolsliviE system
Ths committee will decide tomorrow
whether to esll s witnesses Americans
who have" defended Bolshevism ia
speeches or published articles. ' ,
Bandreda lExeeated by BoUhevlsis.
T. M. C. A. secretary, who was impris
oned for six week -by the Bolahevl in
Bnssia oa an indefinite cjiarge, told the
committee today the extraordinary com
mission for the supvrcsslon of counter
revolution ordered the execution of hun
dreds of political opponents,' including
many Social revolutionaries only a little
less radical than themselves. Lcntne
aad other Readers, he said, were consid
ered sincere, butMicy could not con
trol Bolshevist organization throughout
Russian provinces.
Soviet, or communal councils, a first
organized under the Kerensky regime,
aid tho witness, were fairly represen
tative, but some of the mors educated
and eonzervstivs members -were sup
planted by "rifraff" under the direction
of Bolshevik organization ia the huge
cities. Consequently, he said, ths So
viets bow srs not representative. He
estimated that only little more thae
one-half of Russia now i under Bol
shevik! rule.
' Wanted Allies Ts Savs 'Em"'
"Most people I met in Bussla," mid
Mrs Lemaitf"wsrttetf the-ulrle to come
j turn cuumij, .n. uwfiv o-
erred to a' meeting of Russian which
b had attended ten days ago ia Min
neapolis. A Russian at this meeting
praised the Bolshevik system snd
saeered at the United Slates while, the
audience applauded, he said.
I think some artirle I have read ia
lheJCew7 BepiiMic. f eTarrirniei onti-t
aided as those which the so-called eapi
talistie publication print," he added,
whea pressed for further evidence of
Bolshevism which he had detected.
They're All "rmeUtn," Hs 8sys. ,
Mr. Story,, who left Bussis last No
vember after .serving as a Y. M. C. A.
secretary said He. had seen terrorism
practiced by both Russian Bed and
their opponents. "I cannot aay tht
any one -jrroupt ;f , UMl,;?re; ""y
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SENATE FALLS III
State-wide Measure To Protect
Sheep and Cattle Passed -;
Last Night
REQUIRES TAGS TO
BE GIVEN OWNERS
Senator Stevens Offers Bay
House BUI As Substitute for
One Introduced Beoently
Tha Senate has fallen in line on the
dog law for North Carolina snd last
night after a two-hour ' discussion
passed Jihe Bay House bill with several
important amendment added. Ths
measure, which was offered by Senator
Stevens yesterday as a substitute for
hi own,- now goes back tooths House
for concurrence in ths changes.
The two most important chnngei
made in the Ray bill by ths Senate
was ths ' provision, offered by Senntor
Harding, giving county commissioners
the right to spend the money secured
from the dog tax in the maintenance of
school and the addition' of a section,
offered by Kenator Gray, providing that
sheriffs or other officers shell furnish
tngs to be worn by. dogs when they rc
off their owners premises
Protects-Fox Hasten Abo,
Senntor Csrr got in an amendment
which will protect fox hunters ia his
section from being convicted of a nns
dmaOT if -tftmr dogs fait o Teturs
miasioner to make change in the pro
vision or the law was lost overwhelm
ingly, and on the final roll-call the
Duplin Senator was recorded as voting
"nay" along with Senntora Fisher,
Uavln, Kein hard t and Warren. '
Senator Steven offered two Import
ant amendments, one Delng that no
tax Should be imposed on a dog less
than six months old snd tho other be
ing to limit the collection of damage?
dona by dogs to human being and to
eattls killed. Both of these were
adopted.
Pesirs on the part of ths Senate
to dispose of ths matter ones for a'.l
was evident, and Invariably whea an
amendment was offered with serious in
tentions, it was dated that It had the
approval of Representative Bay. How-
ever, the amendment providing for tag
uu ouar was ourrcu witnout that
stamp of approval because tho Senate
felt that such a section ; should le
sdded. ' However, it was made rdnin
that if the lower house doc not con
cur that the Senato will tnke what :t
can' get;
- Th- rti-v. a-
serious, hum.
Sisk made an :imtassloned aneech in
favor of the dog that used to chase
chickens off ths lot and in mors seri
ous mood got in an important change
into ths law hy which the lawful kill
ing of A dog is limited ttr casinea
gaged in actually killing eow,Tih?ep,
SollsTlfcrTastead- of those running.
worrying, ete.
Senntor Burns, ia his ususl dignified
maauer.'offered an amendment that
eurs habitually robbing ( hen's " nests
shall be subjected to the' direst penal
ties of ths law, while Senator Mitchell
wonld appropriate one hundred thou
sand dollar to, establish -a home for
worthless curt and canines. .
. . ... FerehM Friend sf Cats. --
Senator Ferelte-, wanted -eats- added
L1NE0N DQGLAW
HIS CRITICS HARD
Minister To Costa Rica Refutes
Charges "of Republican
Critics In Congress ;
SCATHING SkE TO
.J0HN JACOB ROGERS
Eitchin Asks Increase For Wil-
so PubUo-BnildinfWeaTer
Looks After Bntherf ordton
Ntw 4 Ohrvtr Bum. 1
4H Dtotrirt N.tk.l Bank Bld.'
if t R. W1NTKBS. -(B
teoitet tmi Win.)
Washiagtoa, Feb. 13. In a written
preseatatioa to Beaator F. 1L Bimmoa
which is at ones a complete refutarJoa
of ths charges of Republican eriliej
in Congress and a scathing rebuke U
John Jaob Sogers, a ReDublieaa' ton
gressmaa from Massachusetts, Major E.
J. Hal of Fayetuville, United BUtes
.sinister to Costa Biea, aafold ths story
a to reasons for hi absence from tie
i.c'rM fh distingiiiaheiayettsfl
of the Rcpublieaa congressman from
Massschssetta.
"The anthor of ths attach on me. Mr.
oha Jacob Rogers, a-RcpnblienW'mene
ber of ths Houss from Maasacbnsetts,
bowed such malice ia his method that
it has caused ms to look for a motive,'
dse).rrs Ma JotL.Hjhj.....?Thia :.l,4rob
ably find in the elrenkutances that three
of my i;ecallcdaeretarie ars Harvard
'men,' iwW'oy'hem'ctaisrnatM
Mr. Rogers. The last one "whoso recall
ta Just taken place, (and whose gram
mar, by the way, I nad to correct) aa
reporting to ms announced thst hs was
opposed td ths foreign poSaw of Presi
dent Wilson the very thu which It
mmm hie titv t Im In evmnathv mithi
, "Whea recalled, he was under) charges
of unprecedented offenses, tnelud ng the
giving of an American passport to the
pro-Germaa revolutionist Volio, a citt-
sea of Costa Bica. Another ons de
nounced President Wilson, ia a public
conveyance (a street csr)Tn Han Jose,
and violated the law of accredited rep
reaentatios by announcing bis coming to
Costa Biea by cable direct ts the Costa
Bicaa frfrelgsj secretary. , He belong
to the Astor family, to which I infer
from In name (John Jacob) Mr. Roger
beloatV As you possibly know, the
bead of thia family (who recently pur
chased a re era e, afur tjilrtv yuatsf ef
fort, by tha aid of tha stress of war)
was hold la contempt by ths English
Boblr and gentry of ths better class,
as well by the common people."
Will Be Used la Defease.
The wonderful document of Major
Hale, tj be employed by Senator Sim
mon ia defeading his record in the
Senate, rbrgelBcpreenf f Tvs Bgcri
with being guilty of a falsehood in in
timating that ths minister of Costn Rica
is away from his post of duty -sad de
claring his salary without en executive
order. The order from 8w tary of
State Lansing to Major Haiti reads:
"By authority of the President yon are
hereby ordered to remain in the United
Stnte until otherwise directed for the
purpose of conferring with the depart
ment on matters pertaining to your
Official mission.
"Employing their device of crying,
'top, thief, tho Republicans have made
an outcry against all of President Wil
son' appointees in Latin America," is
the severe arraignment contained in the
document of the- Fayetteville citizen.-
"From American residences there and
from public men resident in those
counties I have heard nothing but ex
pressions of delight at the change for
the better whieh President Wilson has
tnsugursted. :
"The alleged career of Mr. Sullivan
at tinn Domingo is not to be compared
to that of my; secretary who lay in the
streets nf thespifareify "of Testi RTca
so drunk that he could not remember
hi name or to the act of the military
attache assigned to my pnt, who came
to fan Jose, during my' leave of al-
Trnwew
in - -SHr -Hint--Hnive'"' niiimy
through the streets with lewd women,
but our Americsn papers were filled
with accounts of Sullivan's behavintir,
while not a word ha appeared in them
concerning the Rcpublieaa misdemean
ants.
"A New York .newspaper, in 1913, re
buked Mr. Wilson for displscing Mr.
Einstein, who had been promoted from
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MANY DEFENDANTS
' RECOGNIZES AS ONES
WHO TOOK PART' IN RIOT
' (Spwial to the hews an4 QhMnwr.)
Wlnston-Sslem, Feb. 13. Taking of
evidence ia the ease of several Win
st bn -Salem men "under indictment for
participating ia the riot in this city oa
the nfteraoon and evening of November
17, began soon after the opening of this
morning' session of Surry Superior
Court at Dobaon
Nothing new was brought out In the
examination of any of the witnesses in
ntif4n.-A vtniwaa rennrtcd st the
were identified as the one, who took
part la the effort to enter the prison cell,
some of them mnking threats as to what
they proposedrto do with the prisoner,
RusseH High, colored.
"Night session of the court will be
held -beginning tonight Judge Long. is
anxious to finish ths rase' th is week if
possible, though ths lawyers and others
connected with the ease think rood prog.
ress will hve been mads if all of the
evidence is ia by Saturday night.
.-Judge Long haa not rendered a de
eislon yet in the exceptions taken by
counsel for the defendants In the last
two counts i a regard to rioting and in
Jury to ths Winston-Salem municipal
building. It is contended by them that
thess two iissww must b heerd In For
mum
BECOMING SOURCE
OF APPREHENSiOIJ
Following Quick Reorganiza
tion She Is Making Her
- Influence Felt -
STRIVING TO SEPARATE
AMERICA FROST ALLIES'
Havinf Cmplid - With - Oar -Demands
As To a Demo
cratlo Oorernment She Has
The Presnmption To Appeal
To' Us To Bare Her Prom
' Meeting Jnst Demands
By FRANK H. SIMONDS.
(Copyright, 1919, by ths McClure Kews
v paper Byndicate.) (L
(Special Cable. From Paris.)
ferepe, j, devoting It mntw energies to
CBf nu dimcUi
which conflict alike with each other aad
frith at least one of the entente power
uf Bow influenca and fresh eaiss
for apprehension is making Itself felt"
With ineredibkt twiftnesa. Oernuny has
achieved reorgaaizatioa of ber domes! ia .
affair and is beginning to.make.heraenr. ..
poer--ano purposr fort - thw-'
tmoet importance that Aaaerlea should
uaderstand this new phenomenon, for
U ia bound U -tb mMe4iag weeks 4o .
exercise, a profound . inflnesca upon
events in Psris. Three months ago st
the moment of ths armistice, Germany
was flat torn by internal disorders;
the spirit of her people ahakea, tha "
menace of Bolshevism present ia Berlin
aad . a score of larger cities. For a
moment Germs ay waa a negligiblo
factor, compelled ts snrreadar her net, -much
of her heavy artillery, nuxy sf
her lnstrnmenta of wsr. Ia this situa
tion aad ia eomethlag of tha coafideaca
f the conqueror of Napoleon, whea
ths greet Emperor wsa relegated to
Elba, the victorious alliance set ahoufe
remaking Europa aad ths World ia a
leisurely fashion. 1 There) was no longer
aa enemy ia the field. There waa ao
longer hay power capable; of disputing
tho will of tbo vietors,
But ia throe months, with speed be
yond belief, Germany baa fosnd aer
selfr 'First aha wppressed "the Bo Is he-
vlks, second, ah held aa election, al
most Incredible ia that h revealed tha
old political parties stilt aashakea ia
their substantial -hold upo'a ths elec
torate. To bw sure tha Social Dem
ocrat mysterioaity increased their
representatioa but they could aot ob
tain a complete majority- The new.
National- A tssmhly contnins A dear :
jority of Members of the old Reichstag,
who belonged to political faith which
were consenting snd enthusiastic- sup
porter of Imperial Germany. ' '
Spirit of Germany Uachaaged.
This new national legislature sum
moned to meet st Weimar and aot at
Berlin, disguised in nil respects to give
n impression of the realty of a new
Germany, democratic and cured of old
diseases, is in 'fact, composed of the -same
men as ia the past, aad it ha met,
snd in its very first session given a
taste of what in to bo expected. Net
beaten nor repentant Germany, bat
Germany reintegrated and determined
to pursue her old pathway of nations! '
greatness, hns already begun to chal
lenge the right of her victors to impose
terms. It hss takea up arms to repress
Polish sspirations, legitimate aspira
tions based upon the right of self determination-,
and It has defied the orders
of thn entente posers with respect ta
Poland.
But even this is s minor detail, ths
rent German purpose is revealed of
on TyaT We Tma r it is leiog eipressed
with even 'greater clarity at Berne,
where in n world assembly of Socialists,
German rfjrcseejtatires sre showing
fheninelvr's prepared io" tranTormthe"
hiile fan fit the iiwle ana sstrs
Germany all just roqsrqacare of her
crime by invoking not only the doc
trines of Socialism, hut the pronounce
ments of President Wilson. I
Coincident with all. thia isrheginning
in Weimar, ia Berne, ia all districts
occupied by American troops, a mighty
German -propaganda designed to sepa
rate America f rem its European com
rades, designed to persuade America to.
become tho champion of Germany
against the -European nation she hns
wronged snd in the end enable Ger
many by eseapin;; rettrihutive jnitics
in Hie shape of indemnities for her wan
ton devastation, to win the war. Ths '
burden of this monstrous German pro-"
paghnda ia thia, 'Ws Gersnans have set
onr hiuse in order. Ws have dethron
ed our Emperor aad our princes. Ws
hsve become IVmoeraey, in fact, aad
all responsibility for ths crimes of the -past
must he placed upon those whom.
ws hsve esiled of the old order." It is
nn net of injustice a deed of violence
to make us a new democratic Germaay,
pay for damage done by the wicked old
imperialistic regime.-llcreh we sre with
Clean hands and reformed'"' national
straTra-iOT
equals with hiliuiii Uih liretenil to
accept "President Wilson's- Fourteen
Principles, but in fart France, Britain
and their associates are aot seeking a
just peace. Tficy ae seeking to take
oitr "money, -our testiurres. snd "ur
province for 'imperialistic' reasons, aad
to destroy Germany. The- great ia
demnitics tteywuold levy, ars unjust
burdens t bey are seeking ta place upon
oAr backs to their ewa eVonomie profit.
We alone President Wilson's dortrisrS'
s be meant them, ws alone ask a heal
ing peace. We are a new, pars demo
cratic nation.'
Raa Artaally Gained By War.
It is as if a murderer auddealy got
religion and demanded that all his past
crime be forgiven anil forgotten, since
under- thor shadow of - ths gallowij - h
- .--V' . .
per tent' f Ihe- Idle-mphiyss .uld
ayta?rr
fCaUaa4 a Pais Two)..
Msumswork oa Aioaday.
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