SShe Mount |3etos.
fOL. XLl MOUJfl AIRY, JfORTB CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST tl, 1918. MO. r,
NO PEACE UNTIL MADE
ON ALLIED TEAMS Af D
MADE ON GERMAN SOIL.
German Crown Print# Burned
Town* in Franc* Juat to im
the Flame*.
Washington, Aug 1*.—A remark
able latter of tribute to the spirit of
the American soh.ter* in Franca and
descriptive of condition* on the wes
tern front, wa* received her* t<»lay by
Senator Simmon* from Major fharle*
S. Bryan, of New Bern, now attached
a* a lia*on officer to the general staff
of the *aco:i«t French army.
How the German crown prince ha*
burned towns just to see the flame*,
how women have been violated and the
helple** murdered, how Germany ha*
devastated great area* just for the
ruthl3»aies* of the sport and how
the irreat majority of American sol
diers wilt insist on croeiing the line
into Germany and forcing peace on
allie<) terms, is succinctly hut elo
quently "told by Major Bryan.
Major Bryan, who is a middle-aged
man, was a volunteer and was sent
abroad early in the game. He I* at
tached to the ordnance service, and is
now with the French army at an un
named post in France. Major Bryan
it the ron of Judge Jame r. E. Bryan,
of New Bern, and he write* Senator
Sin»mo"s f»*wnV1v ** an old friend. '
No German Made Peace.
That there should b« no German
made peace and that th« civilized wor
ld i* willing to follow President Wil-I
aon for a decisive peace are outstand
ing point* in the letter. The North■
Carolina officer says the American
army realized a premature pea< t
would mean another war to be foujrht
by the grandchildren of the present
generation.
"Our soldier* are giving a wonder-'
ful account of themselves," Major.
Bryan write*, "and the French arc un-.
sparing in their praise of them. Many
officers who hnve seen them in action
do not hesitate to tell me that they\
are already the equal of the beat Eu
ropean troop* and their hash i* aim
ply irresistible. In hand-to-hand fight
ing the boche* are no match for them.
"I wish I could give you a true idea
of the peace ideas of the majority of
u* who have seen the conditions at
the front and have been eye witnesses
to the desolation and ruin the Ger-]
mans have left in their path in thi*
part of the country, which they oc-j
rupied only a few days at the begin
ning ofthe war.
"Town after town i* destroyed for
no military purpose whatever, but
in many cases for the amusement of
the crown prince whom it pleased to
witness a mightly conflagration and
see the people attempt to put out the
flames. Whatever was of value wa*
removed to Germany, notwithstand
ing the entreaties of these simple pea
sants that these things were the sav
ings of their lifetime.
Women Suffer at Hands of Brute*
"Old women have suffered the same
fate as the young1 ones at the hands
of the brutes and any attempts to in
terfere or prevent the outraging of
them on the part of their parents were
met with the punishment of death.
There is no exaggeration in these
statements. I have seen the results
myself. Our nation has never real
ized what the Prussian character is
ami what a menace to the civilization
of the world that power is. But it
must he educated to the fact that if
not completely crushed thiji time oar
» grandchildren will have the war to
fight ever again. in a worse form, if
possible, than the present one.
"With our ennrmo'is resources fully
developed for wir, as they are or
shortly wili be, we can l*at this na
tion of savages and put Prussia in a
position where she on never again
disturb the peace of the world. It is
our duty to ourselves and to humanity
for whom the world believes we ire
fighting to do so an 1 do i» thoroughly.
"The moment the kai«cr and th»;
general staff realize :h«t vh ' end i* in
sight they will off.-r peace ermr
which a year ago would have seemed
reasonable, hut which now would be
but a hollow victory for the allies.
Ninety-nine per cent of the men of
this army demand that wr lie allowed
to enter on Carman (oil and'not make
peace but dictate the terms that I'm—
aia shall be made to follow. If not.
our effort* will have l>een in vain and
the shedding of theblood of the finvt
in our land will have lieen a wanton
sacrifice.
Wilson Ileavrn-Sent Kavior.
"My dear senator, I wish you rould
take a trip over here and see for your
self. The eyea of the civilized world
•re on President Wilson and ha Is re
garded as the heaven sent savior of
the world's civilization and the rock
upon which It* future will rat. I pray
daily that ha will ba given tha fort
»ight Ami wixtom with which to con
tinue to tha and (ha marvelous work
ha ha* »o magnificently performatl, up
to tha present. Hi* word will b« tha
law and Uk- allies will follow him will
ingly Mitvinf in hia window, far
sightedness and judgement.
"Tha rrualtiaa of tha barbarian*
(Carman*) to prisoners i* what might
ha expected of a hand of savages in
Africa or the worst of the Indiana,
and they should ha marie aa a nation
to suffer for it. Tha nation know*
only tha argument of force and treat
ies and moral reasoning are of no
avail.
"* • • The 20 representative* of
Oongres* who are hera now should be
able to r>thar iom« very important
information, if thay only know where
to And it, hut there ia nothing like
living i:i a country where the damage
ha* been done, *eeing with one'* own
eye* and talking with those who have
suffered.
"The great offensive, which started
a few day* ago, has no far been a dis
astrous affair for the Hun. Telephone
report* coming in hourly tell of the
steady progress of the French and our
army and it look* aa though the Boche
had loat hia laat chance, for it ia cer
tain if he could riot win against the
French alone he can do little in the
future against the 30 American divis
ion* that will he ready for action
when thin schbhle reaches you."
Visit to the Trenches.
HereMajor Bryan tell* of his visits
to the trenches and hi* daily duties.
He speaks of the battle of Verdun and
inclose* Senator Simmons a medal
issued hy the municipality celebrating
the victories that saved the city.
Speaking of attacks like that on Ver
dun, he continues:
"To one who ha* never seen an op
ening cannonadc with modern artil
lery it is difficult to give anything of
a description of what it is really like.
The hills and green on which I stood
actually virbrated and theskywassim
ply red with the flames of the burst
ing shells and roaring cannon. It haa
not materially diminished in our Mc
tor, as the battle and Franco-Ameri
can offensive is to the west and south
of Rheims.
"My duties take me in the trenches
with the troops about three times a
week and sometimes when the Boches
become active with their big guns and
trench mortars 1 have to remain until
he is pleased to stop for a while."
, North,Carolina friend* of Major
Bryan will be particularly interested
in a postscript to his letter reading:
"This afternoon the general of this
army sent for me and presented me
with the 'brassard," and made me a
full member of the 'etat major' (gen
eral staff) of the army, which Is a
great compliment for a foreigner.
Afterward I accompanied him to a re
view and the presentation of the Croix
de Guerre and the grand cross of the
legion of Honor to a distinguished
soldier.
i no scene 01 ui» review whs very
near the front lines, anil a Bach* avia
tor flying across (rave the range to
his artillery, which at once opened fire
on the spot with large .-hell* and gas
bomb*. No one, fortunately, was kill
ed and the review went on as though
nothing were taking place. All this
is greut experience for an old fellow
and I thank my stars I have been per
mitted to lie here, ami if I could take
part in dictating terms to the Roche
my cup of happiness would lie filled."
Dutch Fleet to Bring Sugar.
Washington, I). C.—Forty Dutch
shipH, totaling approximately 100,000
ton*, now idle in Dutch East Idian
port*, are expected to l>e released to
bring sugar, tin, quinine and other
commodities to the United States, as
the result of an informal modus Vi
vendi effected by the War trade lioard
through Mr. De Heaufort, Charge d'
Affaires of the Dutch legation.
Tonnage placed at the disposal of
the United States Government thru
the agreement will be uuflicierit, it is
estimated to import from fiO.OOO tc
I no,inni tnnn of sugar and alio much
needed quantities of tin and quinine.
In return for the tonnage the
United State* Government will under
take to lloense normal exports to the
islands subject' only to such limita
tion* of commodities as are made ne
cessary by the war program.
Kt ports of tin, quinine and other
commodities originating in the in
lands *!ll he accepted by the United
State* at the normal rate, and all th<
' sugar offered will tie taken, thereby
providing a market for a* much of thi
large 19IR sugar crop at the prevail
ing high American price •« the Dut
ih are able to move.
FACTS ON GERMAN
AMBITIONS IN EAST.
■
Writer Show* the Mihm to
th« World if Germany is Al
lowed to Maintain her Hold
Upon th« ml Russian Terri
I lories. V
I,ondon, England—H«rr Naumann
in hi* Mittel-Europe maintained that
Germany and Austria-Hungary by
themselves would not he sufficient to
form an economic world-province
because they would be too industrial
and too dependent on the importa
1 tion of foodftuff* and raw materialu
I to he self-supporting. write* the Rev.
W. Metcalfe, C. F.
The idea Mittel-Europa must, he
■ insisted, be enlarged by the accretion
of other territory, It must be flanked
by agrarian provinces, have adequate
' seaports on the North Sea and the
Mediterranean, command • line of
railway to Constantinople and own a
: not too small tropical or sub-tropical
1 colonial territory. Where these ad
1 ditions were to be looked for he left
I to the reader's imagination, but he
| contemplated a Mittel-Europa which
1 with its colonies and spheres of in
fluence, would rank with the existing
great world powers of the British Em
pire, the United States of America,
and Russia.
Since Herr Naumann wrote hia
book, tile collapse of Russia has open
ed up new possibilities of Central
European extension, which have been
seized upon with a promptitude that
excites our admiration, if not our ap
proval. Finland has exchanged Rus
sian for German domination. The
Haltic provinces, Esthonia, Courland
and I.ivonia, have asserted their in
dependence under the ancient rule of
their German barons. Russian Po
land awaits the decision of her fate,
by Germany and Austria. The Ukra
ine sees its independence diminish as
its boundaries extend. Ruoiania, in
volved in the ruin of her neighbor and
ally, has been forced to surrender.
The general result is that Russia is no
longer the dreaded enemy and rival
of Germany, but her defenseless prey.
From the White Sea to the Caspian
all that vast territory is in the grasp
of the German soldier and the German
Imrman.
uermany nas acquired control over
a vast store of raw material at her
' very door—the abundant agricultu
| ral produce of Southwest Russia; the
> inexhaustible coal beds of the Donetz
| basin (in addition to her own, that are
estimated at 500,000,000 tons), the
| Rumanian and Caspian oil fields; the
j treasure, far away in the Ural and
Altai mountains, of gold, platinum,
mang-ariese and other indispensable
materials,. toward which Germany
continues to creep despite the peace
j of Brest, and in addition the timber,
flax hemp, hides pitch and all that
makes up the Baltic trade. If Ger
many is to lose her colonies and to
take second place in the allotment of
overseas products she means at least
to make sure that she shall have the
first call on the natural wealth of
Kastern Europe,
Germany means to hold not only
these resources but also the channels
t by which they are conveyed to the
' outer world. European Russia has
acquired three outlets to the ocean:
the Baltic, the Black Sea, and the
, White Sea Germany now commands
. two of these. Her troops are in
Odessa and Rostoff, and her trusty
ally, the Turk guards the outlet of the
I Dardanelles, and Riga and the Baltic
j ports have long lieen in German pos
session. The revolution has flung
away the hard-won gains of two cen
turies and should Russia ever regain
any degree of political cohesion, her
1 first need will lie to recover her nat
| urat avenues to the seas and the outer
world.
In Russia all plants and factories,
whether native of foreign owned, have
long ago been confiscated by the revo
lution, and we may he sure that Ger
: mans and Bolisheviki between them
will take care that German manufac
! Hirers need never fear their com|>eti
> tion. As foe the prospects of the for
eign manufacturer and importer, wo
need only recall the notorious Clause
VII of the Ukraine Treaty. According
to this, the Ukraine will not claim any
1 preference that Germany and Austria
I Hungary may grant to each other or
j to any neighboring country with
which they may form a customs union,
■ •r with any country which boi.'ers
ihem indirectly through another covn
try bound to them by a customs un on.
That is, according to the Kolnische
Zeitung, the Ukraine would need to
grant Mitlel-Kuropa as favorable
, terms as she granted to any of the
! Kntente powers, for they are not im
mediate neighbor* of the Ulmnle. But
I on the other hand, we may add, it is
for MitUl-Europa to cWtanBiiM which
of h«r immediate or indirect neigh
bors shall b* admitted into tha priv
ileges of ■ customs union, and on
what terms tkty iMll be admitted.
Then intention, evidently, is to make
Kastein Europe the preserve of the
German manufacturer, an exclusive
market and an exclusive source of raw
materials.
If Germany can develop these ad
vantages, the profit would he immense
sufficient to compensate her for losses
elsewhere, and what is more serious
for the rest of the world, it would af
ford her the means of preparation for
a fresh attempt on the liberties of
mankind. We cannot shut our eyes
to the fact, so often and so distinctly
avowed by the Germans themsel/es,
that the fine flower of all German in
dustry is Krupp's and that the noblest
use to which Germany can put her
growing wealth is, in her opinion, the
provision of the sinews of war. So
long ns Germany is able to retain her
hold upon Russia, there can be no
peace or security for the world.
Mirlo Survivors Pass
Through Blazing Sea.
Norfolk, Va., Aug. 17.—Forty-one
survivors of the gasoline laden tank
ship Mirlo who fought their way in
life-boats through a blazing sea of
oil when two torpedoes from a Hun
U-boat exploded the inflammable car
go of their craft 2f> miles east of Cape
Hatteras Friday afternoon were
brought to Norfolk late tonight on a
government patrol boat. Of this num-1
her seven were sent to a local hospital
to be treated for burns and broken
bones. Somewhere in the ocean the
bodies of 11 of their comrades burn
ed to a crisp, have found a seafaring
man's last resting place.
A more horrible ordeal than that
which^ these two score British seamen
went through cannot be imagined. The
Mirlo steaming north when, without
warning, the wakes of two swiftly ap-!
proaching torpedoes were sighted by
lookouts. There was not time to ma
neuver the ship to escape them and
lioth crushed home agaisnt the tan
ker's stern sides and exploded. In a
second the gasoline cargo hunt Into
flames and spread over the surface of
the sea through the great holes the
missiles had tarn in the tanker's side.
There was little time for the crew
to lower away the lifeboats but the
men made the most of the precious se
conds. They were forced to run the
gauntlet of ah inferno of burning oil
and pull for a clear area beyond the
oil covered sea about the ship.
Many of them had been horribly
burned, injured and shocked by the ex
plosion. Some had their ribs staved
in, others their arms and legs shat
tered. To a man they realized their
lone chance for their lives rested in
their ability to speed their boats be
| yond the limits of the rapidly spread
ing fire that seemed to come like a
molten lava from a volcano through
the holes in Mirlo's hull.
iirawn and pure grit finally won
against desperate odd* and the badly
charred lifeboats, with their stifling,
scorcliwl crewH were picked up by the
cutters sent out from the coast guard
stations on shore and the men were
landed on the lieach. Then there was
a rhance to call the roll of the crew
and it was found that 11 men who
were in the Mtrio's crew were left in
the blazing hull. Probably they were
killed by the explosion of the torpe
does or so stunned that they were un
able to join their mates in leaving the
burning ship.
The deed of the U-bont was immedi
ately flashed to the headquarters of
the fifth naval district here and the
navy got on the job. A swift patrol
boat, one that in peace times had been
the palatial yacht of a well-known
millionaire tore down the coast at a
JO-knot clip, with a fleet of other craft
in her wake. It was this boat that
brought the survivors to Norfolk to
night, hlit the captain of the Mirlo,
John Rolierts, was picked up by a
coast patrol seaplane and brought to
Norfolk at a 100-mile an hour clip in
the advance of his crew.
Tonight the Mirlo's men, half clad,
burned maimed and exhausted still
were landed at the foot of Butte street
their skipper was there t» meet them
and look after their need*.
It requires 100,000 car* to transport
the boose of the nation. Knough am
, monia was used in making ice for the
breweries last year to make 160.000,
000 hand grenade*. Only an unpatri
otic spirit will engage in the manufac
ture of such a rational burden at such
n time of crisii, say* The American
Issue, and no clean, high-minded,
Christian politician will longer con
sent to have himself identified with
the stigma attached to the friendship
; of the saloon and allied vice interest*
t>f the nation.
PLANS ALREADY MADE
FOR REGISTRATION Of
13,000,000 MORE MEN.
General Crowder Say* There
u -urgent need for Mere Men
Power end That Class One
Reservoir Must Be Replen
ished.
Wsshington Aug. 15—Provost Mar-,
aha I General Crowder announced to
day that plana a!r*a<ty have been
maile for registering the 11,000,000
additional me.i which he estiaiates will
he brought under the selective service
law when Congress enact* the pend
ing hill extending the sge limits to,
include men between 18 and 45 years.;
From this number approximately 2,
000,000 qualified for full military ser
vice sre expected to he secured.
So urgent is the need for additional
msn power, General Crowder said,
thst the draft machinery is being put|
into shape for the great task ahead |
without waiting for final action by
Congress. Men of the r.ew draft will
be needed by October 1 and in order to
get them, registration day will have
to be held not later than September
15 snd if possible September 6 will be
fixed as the day.
When the 13,000,000 men are en
rolled, nearly 25,000.000 will have
been registered since the United Sta->
tea ento'ed '.he wtr. TT-rc were
some 10.000,000 enrolled on the first
registration day, June 5, 1917, another
600,000 last June 5, and several hun
dred more are expected to be enrolled
August 24.
No Time to be I-out.
"Preliminary step* have been taken,
by the provost marshal general," said;
General Orowder's statement, "to pro
vide for the next registration of those
men who will be affected by the act
which Congress i* expected shortly to
pass extending the age limits of the
selective draft.
"State headquarters, local boards
and other officials in the various states >
have been advised to hold themselves,
in readiness to proceed promptly with
their work as soon as Congress has
acted and the President, by proclama
tion, has fixed the date of registration.
"Until the legislation is actually:
passed it cannot be stated with ex-,
actness, of course, what the new age
limits will be. But, because of the
urger-y of the situation, it is essen-']
tial that as much of the preparatory
work as possible be done at this time
in order that the administration may
promptly avail itself of the new law.
To that end, now, as in the past, the
utmost reliance is placed on the{
American people to supply the neces-j
sary co-operation and teamwork.
"The situation is urgent because by
October 1, class 1, under the age lim-;
its of the original act, will have been,
entirely^xhausted. Unless there i«i
to be a very serious interruption in
the flow of American troops to the
ramps and thence across the seas to
France, class 1 must be replenished
at the earliest possible moment by
available men both below and above
the present age limits of 21 and 31.
There is, literally, no time to be lost.
Must Replenish Class One.
"The bill, which has been introduced
in C'rongresx at the request of the war
department, would fix the new age
limits at between 18 and 45 years.i
That is to say, it would include, in ad
dition to the men within the present,
limits, those between 32 and 45 in
clusive (fourteen annual classes) and
those between 18 and 20, inclusive
(three annual classes.)
"The limits were suggested to Con
gress by the war department, liecause
the military manpower program of
the United tSates requires that the
now nearly depleted reservoir of class
1 men shall be replenished by more |
than 2,000.000 men available for full
military service. On the basis of ac
tual figures from insurance compan
ies, census computations and the ex
perience of this office in the previous
registration, it has been estimatel
that the required numbet of men for
class 1 may be had only by including
within the draft age limits men be
tween 32 and 4."> and between 18 and
20. That is to say approximately 13,
000,000 men must be added to the list'
regi«trants in order that, with all ex
emptions allowed, at least 2,000,000
men will remain in class 1.
"In other words, here is the pro-,
hlem present: if the bill as introduc
ed, I* passed, it will be necessary, be
tween the date of Its passage and Oc
tober 1, to register and begin to class
ify by questionnaire, 13,000,000 men
not heretofore Included In the draft
age limits; or approximately one and
one-third as many men as were regis
tered on June 5, 1917. And, when this
has been done, draft calls upon the
new rlaaa 1 nuit >tirt to All the
place* in the training ramp- of thoae
men going to France.
Hoid Registration in Srptratrr.
"Aimrann htrinr l«m rivtn that
the l«gialati<n will mlvi
consideration upon the assembling of
the home, and of the senate, thia office
in iu preliminary instructions sent
out ta draft exarutivea in the vanoua
states, hat proceeded on the usunp
tion that the new registration might
he held early in September. If, for
example, the bill is pained by Aoguat 1
31, or soon thereafter, it would be
neeeaaary for the Preadient'a procla
mation to fix a registration date a*
aoon aa poaaible, alowing ample tune
to be given for posting his proclama
tion in every region of the country.
Thus, registration day might be aa
September 5, or shortly thereafter. To
have the first installment of the new
claw one for ready camp by October
it would be necessary to have the
registration not later than the 15th..
In any event, it is obvious that we
cannot wait until the act is passed be
fore beginning the preliminary work
in this vast undertaking.
"Kntirely aside from the powers'
which the new law may eonfer on the
government, it is essential that the
public shall accor I the fulest measure
of co-operation, and the war depart
ment has implicit confidence that the
response of the men who wiil be re
quirtU to >t„.»;ei umler the new iaw
will be as patriotic and as complete
aa that which marked the registra
tion on June 6, 1917. Fundamentally
the progresses of the selective draft
rests, upon the principles of herioc
sacrifice that has made the American
array in this war an e»tabli-hment
faithful to the best traditions of the
American people. Now, as in the pre
vious registration, the manhood of
America is to be given opportunity to
demonstrate it* undying loyalty to the
republic, and to manifest its faith in
those principles of free government
for which the civilized nations of the
world are battling in the most momen
tous war of the ages."
Existing draft machinery in the dif
ferent states will be used to enroll
the 13.000,000 men. General Crowder
said, with such additional registrars
as may be necessary. The actual re
gistration will be made in the custo
mary voting precincts within the ju
risdiction of each board. The boards
have been requested to appoint im
mediately one or more registrars for
each precinct within their jurisdiction
on the ba.-ii of probably one registrar
for each 80 registrants.
American Negro is "Some"
Fighter and Hun* Fear Him.
France has her "Blue Devils"—
fierce fighting men.
The negro race has already proved
itself in this war. Hundreds of Afri
can colonials nerving in the French
and British armies showing the Huns
how a black man can fight—but it
took the American negro to put the
finishing touches on their education.
The result is that while a Gorman
soldier might stand up and fight a
white soldier, he now flings down his
rifle and shouts "Kamerad!" with all
his lung power when a negro face
shows behind an American bayonet.
So furiously did they fight that Un
earned a contemptuous but apprecia
tive place in the German official re
ports of the defeat. j
Two negro divisions—Uie Ninety
second and the Ninety-third—are
known to be in action on the western
frKnt.
Under first draft there were 787,
628 negro registrants, or nearly 8 per
cent of the country's total registration
Of this number 100,000 have been call
ed to camp hnd the majority of them
are now at the front.
Ahout 1,000 negroes, including 250
medical officers, have been commis
sioned as captains, first lieutenants
and second lieutenants.
In addition to the fighting men
there are 34 colored chaplains in the
army, and 150 negroes with the ne
gro branches of Young Mens Chris
tian Association at the camps and in
France,
Cure for Dysentery
"While I was in Ashland, Kansas,
a gentleman overheard me speaking
of Chamberlain's Colic and DiSrihoea
Remedy." writes William White law,
of Pes Moines, Iowa. "He told me in
detail of what it had done for his fam
ily, but more especially his daughter
who was lying at the point of death
with a violent attack of dyventery and
had been given up bv the family phy
sic inn. Some of his neighbors ad
vised him to give Charabeilain'i Colic
and Piarrhot. Remedy, which he did,
and fully believes that by doing m
saved the life of his child. He stated
that he had also need this randy
himself with equally gratifying re
sults."