Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-21


provide for cotton shipments to Ger
many and Austria so soon as 1t Is con.
sistent with the policy agreed upon.
Signing the cablegram were Senator
Smith of South Carolina, Simmons,
Sheppard, McKellar and Smith OF
Georgia, and Representatives Lever
Lee Of Georgia, Hefin, Young OF rexas'
and Jacoway Of Arkansas.
- Premier Clemenceau OF France,
fook occasion to denounce the New
york Tribune in the chamber of depu-
Hes last Friday. He said that the Tri-
bune's correspondent had filed repor,
to the effect that President wilson haa
threatened that unless certain supuia,
tions of his were acceeded TO ne wo1lo
withdraw American troops from Eu-
rome and himself withdraw from the
peace conference. When shown the
Statement. said Mr.. Clemenceau, Presi-
dent Wilson replied: What an aoomi-
nabIe falsehood." 1t turned out later
that the contents of the dispatch nad
heen published In the chamber OF dep
mites before they were received in the
tribune office in New York. The Irl-
bune published the dispatch In fuil.
merely told OF the existence OF rumoI
to the effect complained OF: That Is. IL
said that such a story was being circn-
lated among high officials In tarls, ne
Another very important circumstance
in connection with the matter was the
disclosure that the French government
was reading, II not actually censorine
the dispatches that were being nled In
the French cable offices by American
correspondents.
New York World. Sunday: TWO
DAYS out Of Brest, on Jan. 8, Corpl: y,
- tr1f q STRICKEN
with appendicitis, aboard the amored
cruiser South Dakota, which docked
Hoboken, yesterday. His condition was
so critical that an operation was de-
cided on, though the vessel was oeing
battered by a storm that smashed the
upper bridge, injured seven men In the
pilot house and flung many sick and
wounded from their hunks. Capt. =.
M. Luby stopped the warship. CorpL
Williams was placed on an operating
table. Lieut.. Commander c. l. Wood,
ships surgeon and Major B. +. Cress-
man, surgeon of an aero squadron
aboard, were lashed to either side OF
the table as they started to operate
Time and again the cruiser rolled ana
rocked In seas that sometimes proke
forty feet high. Frequently the sur
.eeons were In danger Of cutting them
selves with their instruments or in
turing the pafient. At each lurch OF
the ship the surgeons and attendants
,braced, themselves. Then. as the
cruiser for a few moments Yegained
her .poise they resumed the operation.
At the end Of forty five minutes. the
soperation completed, Corpl. Williams
was rushed to the sick bay. BY morn
ing he had begun to improve. When
the South Dakota docked he was re-
ported to be fretting because he couio
not walk ashore. However. ne was
.carriedsin an ambulance to ST. Marys
hospital Hobokep. His condition last
night was good.
The armistice between the Allies
and Germany has been extended one
month, the agreement to that cnect
being signed by Matthias Erzberger,
the German armistice commissioner,
at Treves last Wednesday, aceoraing
to- N Berlin despatch received from
Amsterdam. The meeting between
Marshal Foch and the German dele
gates was featured by protests >Lpy
Matthias Erzberger. representing the
Germans, against the status In which
Germany was left during the period OF
the armistice. The financial and
economic Dictatorship Of the Entente"
was the theme of his main protest.
when will you raise the blockade?'
Herr ErZperger asked. The FOOD
conditions in Germany are daily
growing worse and hunger will pro-
duce o. mental state which the Allies
cannot desire. Your people them
revolution. Will the Entente" he
continued, undertake binding obliga-
:tions respecting the return Of the Ger
man prisoners Of war? When will you
be In a position to conclude a prelimi-
nary peace? Germany has asked six
Zines for negotiations for q preitni-
nary peace but has received no reply"
Her Erzbergcr, who made these
statements in speech opening the
proceedings, declared the Germans
had fulfilled the terms Of the Armis-
tice vp to the limit Of possibility. In
the cases in which the terms had not
responsible, he insisted. especially so
as regarded the delivery of transport
material. Herr ErZberger complained
that the freedom Of movement had
been impeded between the occupied
territory and the rest Of Germany. and
he declared that the measures taken by
the Allies in Alsace- Lorraine proved
that France aimed to anticipate the
decision of the peace conference by an
,ncxing the provinces without respect
ing the right of the people 20 self-de-
termination The causes offered by the
Allies concerning agricultural imple-
ments. Russian prisoners Of war, naval
conditions and the restitution of ma
teriai stolen by the Germans from in
vaded countries also were signed by
the enemy delegate. Rudolf Haven
stein, president of the Imperial bank OF
Germany (the Reichsbank), he's been
ordered to Spa by Marshal Foch ac-
.cording to q despatch from Berlin, TO
attend a conference concerning the
Entente financial demands on Ger
'mnay.
The peace conference. destined to
be historic, and on which the eyes of
the world are now centered, was
opened Saturday afternoon in the
great Sale de La Park. The proceed
ings, which were confined TO the cleo
.tion of George Clemenceau, the French
premier, as permanent chairman OF
the conference, an address of welcome
by the president of the French repub-
lic, Raymond Poincare, and speeches
by President Wilson, Premier Lloyd
George and Baron Sonnino, were
characterized by expressions of lasting
friendship and the apparent determin-
;ation Of the representatives OF the
various nations TO come 10 an am1caDle
understanding with respect to the pro:
blems to be decided by the conference
When President Poincare spoke, the
entire assembly stood, and the fact
that, according to custom, no applause
greeted his utterance gave great So
iemnity to the scene. M. Clemenceau's
acceptance of the presidency of the
congress was both feeling expression
of personal gratitude and definite
mite outline of the great questions
Immediately ahead. Three of these
larger general subjects he defined as
responsibility for crimes during the
war and International labor legislation
The league OF nations, he declared
was at the head of the programme
for the next full session. Our ambi-
ton Is great and noble one" said
NJ. Clemenceau. I'VE wish to avoid q
repetition of the catastrophe which
bathed the world in blood. If the
league of nations Is to be practical we
must all remain united. Let us carry
cut our program quickly and in an ef-
fectfye manner" Referring to the au-
thors of the war, he said he had con-
suited two eminent jurists on the pen