Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-16
Scraps and facts.

overwhelming weight of metal on the
part Of the British, the German vessel
was soon on fire and sinking. The
Germans struck their colors and sur
rendered. The crew Of the Dresden
was saved. 1t included about fifteen
men badly wounded.
The Overseas News agency says,
according to a Berlin dispatch, that
DR.. Karl Helfferich, secretary of the
imperial treasury, introducing the
budget on March 10, stated that the
cost Of the war for all the belligerents
vas 1876, 900, 900 a week. The cost to
the British in the first eight months
OF war was $3.50, 0O0, 900 and to the
french and Russians probably $4,5O0'-
600, 900, the agency says. The secre-
tary quoted his British colleague,
David Lloyd-G George, as saying thai the
war would be won by the last billion
The German commerce destroyer,
Prinz Ethel Friedrich, which put n
Newport News last week, is still there.
The Portuguese, French, Russian n
Turkish emigrants who were ON the
vessel destroyed by the Freidericn,
have been taken off. 1t Is said tnat
the captain Of the Freiderich mas
denied as member Of the crew OF the
VIM. p. Frye as a German ciu-
zen and that the man protests against
being retained. This will be a SUP
feet for diplomatic controversy. The
various diplomatic questions arising
in connection with the German snip
are still under consideration and II mas
not vet been definitely stated whetner
the vessel will intern or cave port az
ter having made certain repairs. BTU
ish and French cruisers are lying WITH
out the Virginia capes waiting TO PICK
the Prinz Ethel Friedrich up, In case
Of attempt to run away.
Mine Germans, who escaped from
Tsing.Tau, are reported to nave un-
dertaken one of the most striking
adventures Of the war. A Reuter-
dispatch Of last Friday from Peklns
describes their exploits, saying tney
have travelled nearly l,0oo miles over
land in an effort to tie Russlas
rans-Siberian railway. The dispatch
saws the party is headed by Capt.
Rabe Won Pappenheim, German mil.
itary attache at Picking. The eight
men with whom he set forth maze
their way out Of Tsing-Tau and man
aged to procure Chinese passports
90 camels and a large supply or ex-
plosiyes and pushed northward into
Manchuria. They are now known
TO be between Butchatu and Ttstishar
in Manchuria along the line OF n
Russian continental ailway
Their object, the message says, Is 70
blow up railway tunnels RUSSIAN
soldiers are pursuing the
Capt. Malley Of the Ellerman line
steamer Andalusian, which was sunk
by a German submarine q rev days
ago, on reaching London YESTERDAY,
told the following story OF the loss OF
his boat: Sailing from Liverpool we
kept to a course well westward, In the
hone of escaping submarines. But 20
miles northwest Of Bishop Rock, the
second officer reported a submarine on
the port below. We got up a speed OF
IL knots, but the submarine gained
rapidly and came alongside, ordering
us to our lifeboats. In embarklng III
a lifeboat / broke q rib. The German
commander, noticing this, invited me
ON board the submarine, where q SAIL
or bandaged my injury. The submarine
lowed our crew until we were near q
British steamer, which We boarded. l
urged this steamers captain 10 20
back and try to save the Andaluslan II
she were still afioat. We turned back
and when we came near, the Anda
Iusina we saw the submarine quietly
summing herself beneath the stern OF
the wreck. She dived as we came
near"
"A declaration that Germany can
not discuss in detail now all ques-
ions that must be solved at the con-
clusion of peace, says q as
patch, was a by Chanceiior Won
Bethmann-Hollweg. replying to a let
ter from a friend who wrote re-
gardins peace terms. Eat a time
when the struggle Is still progressing
toward the object of war-the de-
feat of our enemies-and while Ger
mans are ruled by a single purpose
to win we cannot yet discuss n de-
tail all questions which u De
solved at and after the conclusion or
peace" wrote the imperial
lor. MAY the day soon come wnen
the letters shall be struck OF from q
free conflict of opinions. For that
will be, at the same time, the day on
which the bloody conflict ends. For
the present, however, let US prepare
in the spirit in which u folk Will
have to work together in creating
conditions Of future life. OF r
the strife of parties will be resumed,
but all classes have rightly learned
in the hour Of need now, internal
political conflicts must also be gov
erned by a mutual respect which In
cludes all classes from prince to
workman"
Great Britain made known to the
world last night in a formal proclama-
ton signed in council by the king and
issued from Buckingham palace, how
she proposes to sever the arteries OF
sea commerce to and from Germany
during the period Of the war. The
term blockade" is not used I'M no
prohibited area is defined. Neverthe-
less the text Of the order makes plain
England's purpose to prevent com
modities of any kind from reaching or
leaving Germany during the war. The
last clause of the proclamation con-
tains the proposal most lnterestlng 10 10
n~eutrals. This is a fiat agreement TO
lift the blockade" in case any. nation
will certify that the ships flying its
flag shall not carry goods to Germany
or goods originating therein or goods
belonging to the subjects OF the Ger
man empire. 1t Is notable that the or
der declares no intention to capture
ships proceeding to and from the coun-
tries Of Germany's allies, Austria ana
Turkey, the reason being no u
that the measure is avowedly a reprisal
against Germany's submarine warfare.
However, a Gordon of ships will be
maintained to shut off the commerce OF
German ports and regulate trade in the
war zone, although ships voyaging
eastward across the Atlantic, will, 1t
is expected, be seized before they reach
the North sea. When a neutral vessel
is held up in all cases, except where
there is a false declaration Of destina-
ton, or other attempt at subterfuge,
the cargo only will be seized.
Following is the text of the
American note which Consul Sillman
delivered to Carranza and which the
latter quoted in his reply made pub
lie yesterday, by the state depart
ment: 1--WE have beer anxious and
perplexed over the statements in dis
patches from Mexico City regarding
the situation there, and have con-
cluded that the best course at present
is for you to Immediately see Gener-
al Carranza and present to him a
most earnest and emphatic note in the
following sense: The government OF
the United States has noted with in
creasing concern the reports of Gen.
Obregon's u]tterances to the resident
of Mexico City. This government be-
lieves they tend to incite the popu-
lace to commit outrages in which in
nocent foreigners within Mexican
territory, particularly the city Of
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