The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-04-04

pirc's good faith. Trotzky warned the
world that Germany and Japan had
agreed to divide Russia between them,
but Trotzky'S opinions are no longer
entitled to very serious consideration.
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| early Thursday morning two Brit
iSh and three French dcstroyers en-
gagged Il force of German dcstroycrs
of DunkcrQuc, and when the fight was
over four enemy vessels had been sunk.
One British destroyer was damaged,
but the allied casualties were slight.
The same day Ostcnd was heavily
hombarded by British monitors and
Helgoland was attacked by airplnnes.
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Eloquent argument having failed to
bring The Tcutonic rulers to their
| senses or the Teutonic peoples to
| realization of the truth, and cncour-
agrmcnt and sympathy having met
| with no response from the Russians,
| President Wilson seems 90 have de-
| cidcd that action, quick and forcible,
is the only thing that will bring the
war to q close. He chrcrcd UP the
country immensely by calling into con-
ference the heads of the various war
| boards, who had been named as advis-
| crS to the chairman of the war indus
| tries board in establishing co-ordina-
| ton. lie impressed upon these men
again the need of harmonizing their
work in order to hurry up shipbuitl-
ing, increase shipping facilities and
provide materials for the production of
munitions. The shipbuilding question
is the most pressing one, and the gov
ernmcnt is somewhat disturbed by the
uncertain labor situation. 1t intends to
adopt definite labor policy, as did
England, but this has not vet been
| formulated.
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Ihe matter of ships also came to
the front again in England, and in re-
sponsc to public demand Sir Erid
Geddes, first lord Of the admiralty,
gave out figures on the results of the
submarine warfare. Total losses to
! the allies and neutral nations since the
| beginning Of the war, he said, were g.
OOO,OO0 tons, and he admitted the
monthly losses are 10000 tons greater
| than the new ships built. To correct
this, Sir John Jellicoe Is to devote him
self to combating the submarine, Lord
l'irrie has been made governor general
of merchant ship building and nll avail
able men in the country will be. put to
building ships Premier Lloyd George
said that by special effort the deficien-
| cy could be made good in British ship
| yards alone.
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n In lt.ft f1,{
| problem Is the seizure of about n mil
lion tons Of Dutch shipping by the
United States and England. This was
accomplished on Wednesday after the
Netherlands government had refused to
| put into effect It's voluntary agreement
to restore Its merchant marine to nor
mai activity. Most Of the vessels
taken will be used in carrying food
from America to Europe, and President
| Wilson says Holland will receive am
| pie supplies Of foodStuffs, in accord
ance with the original pact. Germany,
| or course, has warned the Dutch that
| their ships now will be sunk, but It
never has shown much regard for the
| rights Of neutral ships outside the pro
| scrlbed zone.
|
AFTER being asSailcd In vain by the
| Repubicans, the administration bill to
establish war finance corporation
was passed by the house Thursday
with only two opposing votes. On the
same day the president signed the bill
which brings the railroads under gov
ernmcnt operation and control until 81
months after the end Of the war.
Agricultural interests were relieved
OF anxiety by an order Of the war de-
partment permitting men engaged in
planting or cultivating crops to con-
tinuc their work until finished. nj.
though their draft numbers nrc
reached. This does not apply to dairy
workers.
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wisconsin, Smarting under the imDu-
tati0ns of diSlOyalty caused by LIN Fol
lette and his doingS and savings, un-
dertook to redeem herself in the sena
torial primaries. and succeeded in
measure. Joseph T.. Davies, backed by
the national administration, easily won
the Democratic nomination, but Con.
grcSsmnn Lenroot had n hard task de.
feating James Thompson, the La Fol.
ictte candidate, for the Republican
choice. The Socialist vote, uncypcct-
ediy heavy, was cast for Victor Berger.
VINO Is under indictment for violating