The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-05-24

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mittce submitted to the senate the
greatest war budget in The history OF
the nation. the total being nearly S3,-
4OO.0G0OOO. All the week the house
debated the war revenue bill
Aggravated by criticisms Of con-
gress for its alleged dilatorincSs in the
matter Of war legislation. many scna-
tors on Wednesday bitterly attacked
the war policies Of the government.
Their especial targets were Secretary
of War Baker, the advisory commits
sion of the Council of National De
tense, the car efficiency committee Of
the American Railway association, pro
posal of IL food dictatorship and plans
for fixing maximum and minimum
prices. The outbursts OF the senators
showed they were speaking in large
measure in behalf Of the business con
Germs of their respective localities who,
they asserted. had had no chance to
get government contracts
Trading in Futures Stopped.
Food supply matters in America
moved rapidly toward Il crisis last
week. Actuatcd presumably by the
Investigations Of the government into
gambling In foodstuffs, and by the ire
| menu0uS rise in the price of wheat,
| the Chicago board of trade and the
! grain exchanges Of several other mid
die West cities put Il stop to trading
in futures Wheat and -four prices
fell promptly and dccisively. The gov
crnment gathered the necessary data
f,f
and then got after the butter and egg
men. The government also came to
the conclusion that the exorbitant
prices of wheat and flour were due in
| part to the gigantic wheat buying op.
erations of Great Britain and France
and asked them to dispose Of their I'M
| mense holdings of grain for future de-
livery. This the allies agreed to do,
and they also agreed to cooperate
with the United States in Il pooling
system to npportionatc exports.
All In position to know scout the
idea that there will be an inSunicicncy
of food In this country. The problem
is to regulate the distribution and the
exports.
HolIweg Won't Talk of Terms.
1he imperial rulers Of Germany arc
not vet holding out an available perch
| upon which the dove Of peace might
ahght. Stubbornly resisting the prod
| ding of both the Germans and the
| Socialists, the chancellor, Doctor Holl-
| veg, on Tuesday told the rcichstag
| and the world that the time was not
| lifting for Il statement Of Gcrmnnys
| war aims or peace terms. The mill
| tary situation OF the central powers
he declared, was satisfactory, and he
intimated that they were ready to grant
liberal terms to Russia, If that strug-
Cling nation desired to get out Of the
! conflict. But he asserted there was no
reason to believe England and France
would ut present listen to any PROPOSE
tions from Germany, and to make any
would be construed by them as an evil
dcncc of weakening. On the whole,
the chnncrllor's speech was bold and
! defiant, and his position does not seem
| to be weakened, despite the continued
attacks on him. The most startling
Of these attacks last week was made
| by Gr0rg LcdcbOur, Socialist leader
| who warned the rcichStug that events
must happen in Germany as they have
in Russia and that the people must
soon introduce Il republic in Germany.
| Though such sentiments are support
ed by many. ii Is likely the mass of
opinion i'm the empire Is better repre-
Scntcd by Herr Kocsicke, president Of
the German Farmers union, who de-
nounccd the Socialist aims us sinister
and antinatiOnal, and as tending to n
prOlOngation OF the war since, as he
declared, the entente based their
hopes on German diSunion.
"PrcSidcnt Wilson, Herr Rocsicke
continued. wants no peace with the
HIohcnzollcrnS, but the monarchy is TOO
deeply rooted in German hearts for
the malgni'y IF the entente or Of
President Wilson to be capable of de-
stroyin@ IT,"
Developments In Russia.
After much travail the Russians
managed To settle the crisis in thot
counr by the formation of n coalition
cabinet in which all elements. includ.
ing the workmcn, the soldiers ana even
the peasants, are represented. Prince
Lyon the premier. then announced
that for the first time they had a gov.
crmncnt that would combine both
moral authority and material power
The e-withOut-nnnexatiO .or-in
IDENTITIES factions still adhere to that
| polipy Inf oil caor, ou.oo,t .t,.l A., .