Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-08-21
Straps and facts.

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If Germany makes reply II is expected
that the reply may go through the state
department at Washington; but 1t Is
probable that there will be no reply. IL
is frequently the rule IN Such matters
to let events take their course.
Attorney General James Mickey
nolds of Tennessee was nominated py
President Wilson on Wednesday tC
succeed the late II. II. Lurton as asso-
ciate Justice on the United States su-
preme court bench, and Thomas Watt
Gregory of Texas, was nominated tc
succeed him as attorney general. MT
Gregory is now the assistant attorney
general.
Pope Plus Y died at 1.20 o'clock
yesterday morning. He had been Ill
for several days, but alarming symp-
toms did not develop until Wednes-
day morning. Throughout the day
DIR. Marchiafava and DIR. Amici de-
voted their utmost energies TO stlmu-
lating their patient and keeping him
alive. The cardinals were notified OF
the pope's grave condition ana some
of them who entered the sick room de-
scribe the scene as heartrendlng, es-
pecially when the pontiff, rousing
himself from time to time, spoke.
Once he said: I'm ancient times the
pope by a word might have stayed
the slaughter, but now he is impo-
tent" Prayers were said by thousands
and church bells sounded when the
sacrament was exposed upon all the
affairs. When the court learned or the
pope's condition there was the deepest
concern. King Victor Emmanuel per-
sonally informed Queen Helena and
the news was communicated to the
queen mother. Extreme JUNCTION was
administered by Mgr. Zampini, sacris-
tan to his holiness, amid touching
scene. The pope's sisters and his niece
were overcome with grief. Cardinal
Merry del Val knelt by the side of his
bed, where other cardinals joined
him, members of the household in
toning prayers. The dying pope, in a
moment of lucidity, said: Now l be-
gin to think, as the end is approach
ing, that the Almighty in his mex
haustible goodness, wishes to spare
me the horrors Europe is undergo
ing"
Just how close the United States
came to being involved in war with
Mexico as recently as fortnight ago,
was revealed last Tuesday by high
officials of the administration. When
General Carranza abruptly rejected
oyertures of the peace ENJOYS sent by
Provisional President Carbajal and
at the same time ignored diplomatic
efforts of the American government
to bring about a peaceful entry to the
Constitutionalists into Mexico City,
drastic measures were urged upon
President Wilson. A majority of the
cabinet, it is said, urged sendlng
American troops from Vera Cruz to
the Mexican capital to prevent an
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the failure of the Carbajal govern
ment and the Constitutionalists to
reach an agreement. President Will
son, however, firmly resisted all pres
sure, arguing that sending American
troops to Mexico City probably would
mean war with the Constitutionalists.
A few days later overtures came from
the Carbajal government to the effect
that if American troops would come
to preserve order they would be as
sisted. The president rejected all ap-
proaches believing the Constitutional
lists themselves would maintain order.
He gave his attention instead to the
possible split between Villa and Car
rama and renewed efforts to harmon
ize the leaders. To carry out this pur-
pose, the president sent personal
friend, Paul Fuller, a New York law
yer, to see both Villa and CarranZa.
Mr.. Fuller saw the president and Mr..
Bryan secretly in Washington and has
just arrived in Villas headquarters,
where he is cooperating with George
c. Carothers American consular
agent, in urging Villa to join with
CarranZa in maintaining peace In
Mexico. Announcement of the fact
that Mr.. Fuller had gone to see Viii
la, was made by Secretary Bryan yes
terday. White House officials said Mr.
Fuller went TO Mexico merely to
gather information for the Admins
tration. 1t was reported in some quar-
ters that Mr.. Fuller was sent to ia
miliarize himself with conditions and
that he eventually might be named as
ambassador to Mexico.
The following extracts from a
private letter received in London from
an English correspondent with the
Belgian forces, gives an idea or the
difficulties of war correspondents un-
der modern conditions: II am having
a dash of a time with these military
blighterS Most of my afternoons and
evenings are spent in Jail. / have Il
pass from the Belgian war office, with
my photo attached, and counterSign-
ed by the general staff, but the trou-
BILE is that no one apparently will rec
ognize il. It's a pure bluff and not
worth the paper it is written on. Also
the peasants who are too intirm to go
to the front, and the youngsters of
every village throughout Belgium
have turned themselves into a police
force. If you try to go anywhere, out
side of Brussels in an automobile, you
are held up and searched and asked
to show your papers. Yesterday, two
Belgian journalists and myself went
nnr nf
about eighty miles, hoping to diScov-
er the whereabouts of friends. l kept
a record and found that we were stop
ped fifty-two times. On reaching Ma
mur, on our way back, despite our Of
ficial papers, we were arrested as
spies, dragged off by band of ferO-
cious soldiers to military headquar-
ters and followed by a savage mob
anxious to lynch us. We were kept
there some time before being released.
When we got to the cOmmandant we
found a London Times man already
there a prisoner. The most danger
Gus part of the game is that the aver
age peasant is armed with a rusty
blunderbuss, and carries one along
the roads in the country. They can
not even read and official papers mean
nothing to them. For them every
thing not wearing Il Belgian uniform
is a German spy. Some Belgian Of
ficers are little better than these ig-
norant peasants. Let me give you an
example: yesterday on leaving Namur
on our way to Brussels three officers
asked for lift as far as the aero
drOme. Anxious to Oblige, we con-
sented and drove them right inside
the ground where the aeroplaneS are
kept. Once there, thy rewarded our
kindness by denouncing US as spies,
and ordering our arrest by soldiers
This will give you some idea of the
difficulties encountered in attempting
to get near where things are happen
ing"
The administration at Washing
ton, according to dispatch of We'd
neSday. has mapped out comprehen-
sve plans for building up the Ameri-
can merchant marine with govern
ment money for the immediate pur
pose of transporting products of the
United States to warning European
nations and to South and Central
America. President Wilson. in con-
SultatiOn with Democratic congress
SiOnal leaders. approved a project
contemplating the expenditure of APP
prOXimately $25,000.OO0 TO purchase
ocean going vessels to be operated
under the direction of q government