The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-07-05

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modified the prohibition clause in such
Il way that the making of distilled
liquors ana beer would be ended while
me manufacture of wine would not
Inc attack on beer brought on n stub
porn night when the bill came up for
consideration in the senate Thursday
ana MIR. Lodge and others denounced
'he e1rort OF the prohibitionists to mix
prohibition with the food question mt
tlmc when the first requisite for sue
cessful conduct of the war is n united
people. The bill as il stands confcrs
OH the president the most cxtruortli-
nary powers ever granted by the
American nation
Restoring Order In Russia.
with calm, sympathetic talk and
comnonscnsc advice Elihu Root and
his colleagues on the American mis-
sion are aiding kcrensky to bring
some Sclnblnncc of order out of the
chaos I'm Russia. In Pctrograd, Mos
cow and many other places the Ameri-
cans nave addressed throngs Of SOL
diers, workmen and peasants, and have
MADE 1T plain to them that the United
states means to help them tO retain
their newfound freedom, but that It
cannot be retained unless, with their
active aid, the dcspotic autocrncy Of
Germany is crushed. Rear Admiral
Glennon Is credited with having quiet
ed the mutiny Of the men Of the Rus
sian Black sen fleet.
Minister OF War Kcrcnsky is bocom.
Ing heroic figure, flercely withstand.
Ing the attacks Of his enemies and fast
gaining for the provisional govern
ment the support Of the masses. He is
determined that Russia shall resume
the offensive against the central pow
ers, and is backed In this by the coun-
CHS of delegates and by the women
or the land. The latter by thousands
have enlisted in the army and demand
chance to fight The congress of
Cossacks also gave the provisional
government vote Of complete conf
dencc and full support.
Uncle Sam is determined to set the
new republic of Russia on It's feet If
IT IS possible to do so, and is giving
every aid that can be devised. The
latest evidence Of our governments be-
h1En intent is the appointments by
President Wilson of commission Of
sanitary social, medical and food-dis-
trlbution experts that will start at
once FOR PctrOgrad and make a sur
vey OF the civil needs of the people or
Russia, and then try TO help them to
help themselves. DIR. Frank Billings
an eminent Chicago physician. heads
the commission, the other members in
Guiding Raymond Robins, Harold II.
Swift, DIR. Wilbur t. Post, DR.. w, s.
Thayer Of Johns Hopkins university
and Prof. Charles Winslow OF Yale.
Venzelos Controls In Greece.
As was forcsccn, young King Alex
nndcr of Greece has agreed to do what
ever the allies wish him to do, and he
began by dsmlssing the Zaimls minis
try and inviting VenizelOs to form
new cabinet. The new ministers took
office Wednesday. Ycnizelos has said
that he would like to have Greece ioin
the allies as IN active opponent of
Germany, but will not force this course
of action against the Will OF the pco-
pie. Meanwhile, French troops are In
control in Athens and other ccntcrs.
EX-King Constantine is now In SwitZ-
crland, where ne has purchased Il mag
nificcnt chateau.
The situation In the southeast natur.
ally Is worrying Bulgaria, which IS in
the wnr for what she can get, and
now secs that her dear wish to get
Macedonia and Dobrudja may not be
fulfilled. Bulgaria has been reluctant
TO break formally with the United
States, but according to Copenhagen
reports she may soon take such action
ns the price of concessions from Ger.
many.
The Spanish censorship has shut
down tight on all news from that coun
try, and the government is struggling
to weather the crisis that has come
upon It. On Tuesday the constitutions
al guarantees were suspended once
more, and Premier Dato declares the
nation is calm. This, however, Is NOT
in accord with the information given
out In London, where 1t IS expected
that n revolution will soon break ont
in Spain.
Norwegian Patience Exhausted.
In Norway, as In Spain, hunger,
present or anticipated. is at the bottom