The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-29

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Singapore via the Suez Canal, arrived
in New York and reported having
been hailed by a British cruiser of
the county, class, such as the Essex
or Suffold, about twenty-five miles
east of the Fire Island lightship.
The Frankfurter Zeitung publishes
a eulogy of the thoroughly polite
and conciliatory language" in which
it says the American government
docs not demand, but requests" Am
bassador Dumba's recall. Readers Of
the paper are informed that things
like this happen far more frequently
than people imagine" and only in
time OF war acquire public impor-
tance
Egypt apparently intends to ex-
pand the cotton industry, as the
Council of Ministers has removed the
prohibition against growers devoting
more than one-third of their acreage
to this crop, according to dispatch
from Cairo.
Americans in London are taking
the precaution of insuring against
Zeppelin raids. Neither the United
States Embassy nor the Consulate
General are insured, but that is the
fault of the officials rather than that
of the insurance agents, who have
been most assiduous lately in offering
to write policies for both places
Some time ago Ambassador Page had
his residence insured to protect its
owners against loss.
A cable dispatch to London credits
the Gar of Russia with having order
ed an amnesty for all political pris-
oners. The report comes from Rome
and gives the number of persons af-
fected as about 100000.
Persia is said to be once more in
state of anarchy by writer in a
London paper, who asserts the sole
organized military force possessed by
the Persian state has been defeated
in a series of engagements with the
tribesmen. The mob is in revolt at
Ispahan, where the German influence
is now described as supreme.
Crown Prince Humbert of Italy has
just returned from the front, where
he has been enthusiastically received
by the Italian soldiers. AS he passed
through Venice in company with his
tutor, Captain Bonaldi, he wes warm
ly acclaimed by the populace.
Reports of a frontier skirmish be-
tween Greek and Bulgarian patrols
near Fatorna have been officially
confirmed and an investigation order
ed.
The Berlin Vorwarts reports that
owing to some cases of typhus fever
having been discovered in the west
ern district of Berlin, the police have
ordered the public to abstain from
the use of unboiled milk.
A warrant charging one of the
principal French ship-owners with de-
frauding the state has been issued
upon complaint of the minister of
marine The man accused is alleged
to have obtained 100000 more than
their real value on each of several
vessels requisitioned by the govern
ment. The money was obtained by
the use of false valuation certificates.
The entire membership of the
House of Representatives OF the Fed
eral Parliament, the legislative body
of the Commonwealth of Australia,
has pledged itself never again to pur-
chase German goods.
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph Company in London from
Bucharest, Roumania, says that the
League for the Liberation of Bes-
sarabia is opening an active cam
paign throughout Roumania, with
the object of awakening the instinct
of national preservation
A Paris newspaper published an
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in which the monarch is quoted as
saying that the war has caused him
to abandon plans for visit to Amer
ica. After the war is over says
in the interview, the ma
tions will arm more than ever. When
one sees a country like Belgium, neu-
tralized by agreement of all nations.
eventually finding no other defense
than her own armed forces. it is easy
to understand that other countries,
big and little. realize that to exist it
is indispensable to work in times of
peace Even the pacifiSts will recos-
niZe after this war that while the in
stincts Of human nature remain un-
modified, there are no better safe
guards for right in international
questions than foresight and
strength
The Swiss government is consider
ng the advisability of calling addi- |
.ional troops to the colors, to safe
guard the northwestern frontier, as |
;urther concentration Of belligerent |
:roops near certain portions Of the |
Swiss boundary seems to threaten the |
rational integrity.
The French monoplanist E. X De-
Mars has equalled the worlds alti-
ude record Of 21.59S feet. estab- |
ished by the German aviator, Otto |