Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-12-07

and Russian governments mutually en-
gage not to conclude peace separately
during the war. The five governments
agree that when terms of peace come
10 be discussed no one OF the Aliles
will demand conditions OF peace WITH
out previous agreement Of each OF the
other Allies"
Prospects for passage OF the ao-
ministration ship bill at the coming
session of congress were orlgntenee
tonight, says q Washington dispatch
of Sunday, when 1t became known
that Senator James II. Clarke or Ar
kansas, who led the Democratic re-
volt against the ship bill in the last
session, looked with favor on the new
bill proposed by government heads.
Senator Clarke, who was renomlnated
for president pro tempore by the ma,
jority senate caucus after spirited
fight against him based on his oppo-
sition to the bill, let it be known that
he would not oppose the new meas
ure. The Arkansas senator, during
the debate in caucus Friday, was
asked for his opinion Of the new bill.
He said he saw no objection to 1t, and
could give it has support. His oppo-
sition to the bill last spring, he said,
was because Of its government owner
ship feature. The new bill contem-
plates q naval auxiliary merchant
marine, which he could favor, and
provides for government ownership
of stock only in case private capital
is lacking.
What will be welcome informa-
ton to the tobacco growers Of the
country was a cablegram received al
the state department from the United
hoc a. T.nn
feet that American tobacco cannot
only be shipped to neutral countries
when intended for neutral consignees
therein, but that tobacco can be ship
ped to Holland and exported to Ger
many without the British government
objecting, says a Washington dispatch
of Friday to the Charlotte Observer.
This ends long fight that has been
waged by Senators Simmons OF North
Carolina, Ollie James Of Kentucky,
Martin Of Virginia, and Representative
Burns Of Tennessee, who have been
cooperating to the end that the
blockade be raised on tobacco. This
situation practically means that Amer
lean tobacco has an open door
through Holland to all European coun-
tries. The crops for the last two years
which had been stored in warehouses
and which could not be moved except
through the Overseas Trust will now
begin rapid export. This means that
tobacco now can go on through TO
Germany and is further opening OF
the way than previously was secured.
Henry Ford and more than 80
peace advocates sailed from New
York last Saturday on the steamer
Oscar ii, for Christiansand, Norway.
The party was accompanied by 81
newspaper correspondents and photo
graphers, and more than twenty gen.
eral assistants, secretaries and sic :
nographers. All Of the saloons and
many Of the cabins on the steamer
were decorated with palms, ferns,
flowers, flags and streamers represent
ing the national colors Of about II
countries. Red, white and E,ue pre-
dominated. Two large White doves,
which had been carefully mounted,
and bearing olive branches, were sus-
pended from the ceiling of the main
saloon, and excited considerable COM
ment. Henry Ford boarded the steam
er at LOS o'clock, accompanied by sew
eral friends and three policemen. The
latter held the crowd back while Ford
posed for a score of moving picture
cameras and more than rs other photo
graphers. Ford carried a tattered
American flag, which he waved with
one hand while he repeatedly doffed
his hat to the cameras. The sailing OF
the Oscar II, scheduled for p. m, was
DELAYED some time by the unexpected
arrival Of Is persons who had been in
vited by Ford, but had not indicated
their intention of sailing. The eXami-
nation of the baggage, passports and
tickets of the Is late arrivals, as well
as the final clearing of the ship OF all
but persons who held tickets took up
considerable time. William j. Bryan
and Thomas A. Edison arrived at the
dock an hour before the steamer sailed
to bid farewell to Mr. Bryan. Mr.. Bry-
an spent half an hour with Mr.. Ford.
The Salonica correspondent Of the
London Daily Mail, telegraphing last
Saturday night, says: The opera
tions of the Allies in the Balkans have
reached the end of one dehnlte phase'
The fall Of Monastir is imminent.
This, with the Serbian retreat into
Albania, will mark the end of the de-
termined resistance Of the Serbian
army as an independent force and the
readjustment of the French DISPOSE
ton on the Cerna river as natural
consequence. A French advance from
Krivolak westward across the Cerna
could be undertaken solely in the
hope of joining the Serbs at the Ba-
buna Pass. With the Serbian army
split into several fragments, each OF
them outnumbered, the object of the
French offensive against the Bulgal
position in this region ceased to ex.
list. Another circumstance which
helps to mark the conclusion OF this
stage of the campaign is the with
drawal of the Austro-German army
north in the direction Of Bulgaria to
meet the reportedly imminent Rus
the Allies, namely, to join the Serbian
army, repel the invasion and get
across the railroad from Germany tC
Constantinople and bar the sending
of munitions to Turkey were a lost
cause before the Allies arrived. This
was a surprise to nobody except tC
those who do not realize the gigantic
task involved in the transport of such
an army with its equipment and sup
plies, especially when it has to pass
through neutral territory, and when
the country is mountainous, practical.
ly without roads, devoid of all the
conveniences of civilization and serv-
ed by single line Of railway along d
stratcgically exposed route. Now
that their efforts have failed and the
whole of Serbia except the extreme
southwest corner is controlled by thi
enemy, the Allies, who hold the crests
just beyond the Greek frontier, al.
though themselves in a strong posi-.
ton. are rather in the situation OF
peas in bottle. the neck Of the bot
tie being the single railway leading
from Greece to Serbia"
The committee Of Is appointed by
the antisaloon league to draft a res
olution to be presented to congress
for nationwide prohibition has about
decided that practically the same
measure as was advocated by former
Congressman Hobson will be introduc-
ed in both houses early this week
Representative Yates Webb is being
urged to lead the fight in the house
While Mr.. Webb is strong supporter
of prohibition and has done great
deal to advance the cause. he may be
prevented from taking charge of the
resolution on the floor because Of his
heavy duties as chairman of the ju-