Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-13

n war with Denmark, 1910 per Seii''
in 1901, IL per cent; in he Russo
Japanese a 6.S per cent Japanese
and 80 per cent Russians.
Brownsville, Texas, August II:
The killing today Of three Mexican out
laws, near Mercedes, Hidalgo county,
Texas, and the capture OF % OF the
bandits saddle horses in the same vi
cinity leads to belief here thai at least
one of the gangs OF Mexican raiders
has been scattered. Details Of today's
fighting are not available here. Fed
eral and state officials refuse to dis
cuss the matter further than to an
nounce that three MeXicans had been
killed. Except for the fight in Hid
algo county, the situation in the Tex
as border counties apparently was
quiet. News, which later was n
firmed, reached here tonight that Tex
as rangers in Hidalgo county chased
eight MeXicans who reached the Next
can side of the Rio Grande. Sitting on
the bank Of the stream on the Mexican
side, the bandits invited the rangers tc
cross the river, saying they were the
leaders sought by American authori-
ties. The rangers withdrew. 1t is be-
lieved the MeXicanS are part Of the
band which abandoned their horses
llCI III liC Noy oiN " " Van
brush. United States cavalry has
been sent to the home Of a farmer in
Hildago county, which was robbed to-
night by two MeXicans.
THE entente allies have lost the
support Of that army which they in
tended to use to crush the forces OF
the central powers" said Enver
Pasha, Turkish minister Of war, in an
;otn,,,;au, x,actarlo with q N~nrrpSnnn6-
ent of the Associated Press, abiding to
the recent fighting in Poland. u
realize that much work yet remains
to be DONE" continued the war min
lister, but with the Russian army no
longer a terrible offensive force, Tur-
key and her allies have nothing to fear.
My opinion is that ali talk about re-
organizing the Russian army is about
on a par with the speech before the
duma Of the Russian war minister, who
apparently was unaware that Ma
poleon's retreat from Moscow is I'M
likely to be repeated by the Austro-
Germans. A man who imagineS such
a thing possible today with all the
modern means Of transportation and
communication is a century behind
time. One never knows what the for
tunes of war may bring, but every in
dication now is that our side is sure
to win. Before long the Russian army
will be disposed of long enough to al
low our allies to become active else
where. Meanwhile we are taking care
Of the situation here better than be-
fore, because we are constantly per-
ing our forces"
The United States on Tuesday, dis
patched to Vienna a note rejecting the
,,-t-@ To- -a - - xvtnrrv. fhof tho o1rnn 4
scale on which war munitions are be-
ing exported from America to enemies
of the Germanic allies lis not in con-
sonance with the definition Of neu-
trality." The note was cabled to Am
bassador Penfield, who presented it
Thursday. Though friendly in tone
the reply is understood to ~repudiate
fatty the suggestion that the United
States has permitted violation of neu-
trality, and to stand firmly on the right
of American people to sell and send
war supplies to belligerents. The
United States always has held that
this is an unquestioned right under in
ternational law. Precedents also have
been quoted where in previous wars
Germany and Austria imported arms
extensively. The Acknowledgements
note suggested that the United States
InlSHl TeuTSSS Tie SldlS VI lhiH6S
complained Of by informing the enc
mics of Hungary that the sup
ply of foodstuffs and war material to
them would be suspended unless le-
ultimate trade in these articles be-
tween Americans and neutral countries
were permitted. According to Berlin
dispatches, this complaint was sent
after a conference between the Austro-
Hungarian and German foreign offices.
Similar notes, it was said, Soon would
be sent by Germany and Turkey.
London, August IL: At the meet
ing held tonight to impress on the gov
eminent the necessity of declaring cot
ton contraband, Sir William Ramsay,
the scientist, declared cotton was the
only substance required for the manu-
facture of munitions with which the
Germans could not supply themselves.
He said no chemical products could
take the place of cotton in propulsive
ammunition. Sir Charles NIAGARA,
president Of the Master Cotton Spin
ners' association of Great Britain, pre-
sided at the meeting. An inspired
statement published this morning de-
preciating the agitation to make cot
ton contraband and intimating that
negotiations with the United States on
the subject were proceeding, had the
effect of lessening interest in the
meeting. Both the presiding officer
and Sir William, the chief speaker,
were insistent, however, that immedi-
ate action should be AIKEN. Sir Charles
said he had no doubt the explosive
manufacturers had consumed a large
part of the cotton surplus created by
the war and added: we must utilize
our command Of the highways o. the
sea, both practically and diplomattcal-
ly, to prevent cotton reaching enemy
countries while at the same time act
ing fairly in the interests of neutral
countries" Sir William Ramsay, who
seconded a resolution which was passed
demanding that cotton be declared
~contraband, asserted that while SuoSti-
tutes for cotton could be used in
making nitro-cellulOse, none of them
had what was called the "ballastic
power" of cotton and if anything else
were used by the Germans it would
necessitate enlarging the chambers Of
their guns and altering the sights Of
their rifles, an eXpedient which not
even Germany could be prepared to
adopt in the course of a great a
He declared cotton was going into
Germany by devious routes. 1t was
sold, he said, to Dutch and Swedish
companies under a guarantee that it
would not be sold to Germany or
Austria. While technically this guar
antee vas not violated, Sir William
commended, it was in reality a sub
terfuge, for the Dutch and Swedish
c~onsignees sold the shipments to Swiss
companies who, in turn, sold them to
Great Britain's a~dversaries. Sir Will
liam estimated that 1000 tons of cot
ton is used every day of the war and
he protested that it vas grossly un-
fair to the English soldiers and their
allies that Great Britain should con-
tinue to supply Germany with this
commodity. Had cotton been stopped
at the beginning of the war;" he said,
I'VE might reasonably expect to see
the war nearing an end" A letter
from Lord Beresford was read at the
meeting in which he said if cotton
had been declared contraband last
February the war now would be APP