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&RMANY WROUGHT HER OWN DARK FATE Declaration of Allies in Answering Rantzau's Note TEXT OF NOTE AND ENSW% ER Loss to Shipping Through Ruthless Submarine Warfare Nearly 13,000,000 Tons. Paris, May 23.-Germany's econom ic status uder the terms of the peace treaty is the result of her own behavior, particularly through the ruthless submarine warfare, the Allied and associated council informed Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, in answer to his note on the economic questions. The Allied answer which was made public today with the text of the Ger man note is negative. It points out that the German plea is exaggerated and ignores the funiamcntal ccnside rations which' led to the imposition of the terms. The loss to world shipping through the German submarine campaign, it is declared in reply. was nearly thir .teen million tons. The Allied propose to make Germany r'nv only four mil lion tons. Responsibility for this shortage in shipping si placed directly on Germany and the German share in replacing it is called "very mod erate." Him Arguments Answered. In answer to the German plea that Germany will be called upon to feed 67,000,000 persons, it is declared that the peace treaty takes 6,000,000 out of German control. It is added that German agriculture is in better shape than that of Poland, Belgium' and Northern France where the fighting was heaviest. The Germans com plained that they would lose certain necessary commodities. The Allied reply is that Gerriuany can import these goods. Germany, it is asserted, destroyed the Lens coal fields, and the coal fields taken from her in pay ment for the destruction wrought still leaves her suflicient sources of fugl. The Germans complained that the German population would suffer under the treaty, which was described as a "death sentence.-' The reply points out that all countries are suf fering as a result of the war and there is no reason why Germany which was responsible for the war, should not .:uffer. German figures as to the loss in population due to the blockade and sneculation as to what - wfll happen to the population in the future are declared to he fallacious. - There will be every opportunity for Germany to make lied position in the . world both stable an( prosperous. Germany. it is pointed out, has not suffered from pillage and devastation and there will be a saving from re duction of armaments and the size of her. army and in turning of the armament-making population to works of neace. Text of the Note. The note from Count von Brock dorff-Rantzau, head of the German peace delegation at Versailles. regard ing the economic effect of the peace treaty, dated at Versailles. May 13, was made public today. The note reads: "Mir. President: In conformity with my communication of the 9th in stant, I have the honor to present to your excellency the report of the eco nomic commission charged with the study of the effect of the conditions of peace on the situation of the Ger man population: '" ".'In the course of the-last two gen erations Germany has become trans formed from an agricultural State to an industrial State. As long as ehe was an agricultural State, Germany could feed 40,000,000 inhabitants. In her quality as an industrial State THE MOST DAN( No organs of tho humn.n body are so importuenmt to health and long life as the kidneys. When they slow up and comn Tnence to lag in their dutIes, look out.! .FInd ouit what tihe trouble Is--wit hout delay. Whlene-ver you feel naervoua:s weak, dizzy, suff'er from slecpeoese, or havo lpalns in the hack--wak. upi at onen. Your kidneys neeCd help. TIhese a~re signs to warn -you that your k id noys ar-e not performuing theIr func tIons properly. 'mey aro only halt' doIng thuir work an d arec allowinag Ima puirities tom accumula to and ho convert. ed Into uric , achi and other poisons, whIch are causing you dlistress and wIll destroy you unlesa they are drIven from your sy~tem. *FordO0 Do not damage your ca -p~arts that have neith< or the workmanship. \~ times a full supply of * Genuine f Parts that will stand strain and wear. We lowest prices possible. We have employed an< - beable to do the repair w~ Clarendon D~eale 'Tires, Accessories, Oils, MANNDb she could ensure the nourishment of a population of 67,000,000. In 1913, the importation of , foodstuffs amounted in round i;gures to 12,000, 000 tons. Before the war a total of 15,000,000 persons provided for their existence in Germany by foreign trade and by navigation, either in a direct Dr an indirect manner, by the use of foreign raw material. What Germany Must Do. "'According to the conditions of the peace treaty, Germany will surrender her merchant tonnage and ships in course of construction suitable for overseas trade. German shipbuilding yards will build for five years in the hrst instance tonnage destined for the Allied and associated governments. Germany will, moreover, renounce her colonies, all her overseas possessions, all her interest ani securities in the Allied and associated countries and in their colonies, dominions and protec torates; will, as an installment of the payment for part of the -reparation, be subject to liquidation and may be exposed to any other economic war measure which the Allied and associ ated powers think fit to maintain or MA1XWELL I OFFE E ". ~EROUS DISEASE Get sonmo G(LD MnDiAr. Haarlem, 011 Capaules at once. They are an old, triel preparation 14sed all over the world for centuiriocs. Tfhe'y cont "in only old-Tnah - ionmed, soothiIng oi l. comnbinerd wvith strength-Iivii.g 'i y:s tm-clea nsing. herb:i, wvel knw and'vua ed br~jy phy.si - clan. in their dat!" pratice. (GOrLD MEl2\i Tra ienm Oi!. Ca.psu'les are im portedI direc't frorn tho lab~orartories~ in Hiollandc. They are convient ti take. andI will either give prrompt relief or your money will bo refunded. Ask for thent at any drug store, but ho sure to get the original inmorted GOLD0 MEDAI4 brand. Accept no substitutes. in sealed packages. Three sizes. wnlers! r by using inferior parts ir the material in them Ve have in stock at all 'ord Parts the proper amount of tre selling these at the ixpert mechanic andl will ork on all makes of cars. Motor Co. Greases and Gasoline ro l'O to take during the years of peace. "'By the putting into force of the territorial clauses of the treaty of peace Germany would lose to the East the most important regions for the production of corn and potatoes, which would be equivalent to the loss of 21 per cent of the total crop of those -rLicles of food. Moreover, the entensity of our agricultural produc tion would diminish considerably. On the other hand, the importation of certain raw material indispensable for the production of manure, such as' phosphates, would be hindered;'on the other hand this industry would suf fer likewise with all other industries from lack of coal. The treaty of peace provides for the loss of almost a third of the production of our coal mines. Apart from this decrease we are Corced for ten years to deliver enormous consignmelus of coal to vario'ls Allied countries. "'Moreover, in conformity with the treaty, ermany will concede to her neighbors nearly three' quarters of her mineral production and more than three-fifths of her zinc products. Industry Would Suffer. "'After this diminution of her pro ducts, ater the economic depression caused y the loss of her colonies, of her merchant fleet and of her pos sessions abroad, eGrmany would not he in a state to import from abroad a sufficient quantity of raw materials. An enormous part of German indus try would therefore inevitably be con demned to destruction.' "At the same time the necessity of importing foodstuffs would increase considerably, whilst the jiossibility of satisfying that demand would dimin SUMMONS FOR R[IEF T he Statte of South Carolina, County of Clarendon. Court of Common Pleas Conmnercial Bank & Trust Company, Plaintiff, against Wallace Keels and Tourie Brigge, Decfendant. Copy Summons for Relief (Complaint Served) TO THfE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED andl required to answer the Complaint in, this action of which a copy is here with servati you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the saidl Complaint on 11he subscribers at their office, 120-122 North Main Street, in the City of Sumter, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclu sive of the (lay of such s'ervice; and if. you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the plain tiff' in this action will apply to the ('ourt for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Lee and~ Moise, Plaintiff's Attorneys Dated A pril 30, A. D. 1919. TO THlE DEFENDANT, TOURIE BRUIGGS: You will p" -se take notice that the Summona, of which the above is a copy, together with the Complaint in the ab)ove styled action, were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Co~mon Pleas in the- County of Clar endo~n, State aforesaid, on May 2, 191 ). Le and Moise, --22-3t-c. Plaintiff's Attorneys. There is more Catarrh in this sec tion of the country than all other hlseases put together, and for year's t was supposed to he incurable. D)oct.. rrs Prescribed local remedies, and b~y ~onstantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. rDatarrh, is a local disease, greatly in.. fluenced by constitutional conditions aind therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional rem edy, is taken internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. One Hlundred D~ollars reward is offered for any case that Hail's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Bendl for circulars and testimonlals. P. J1. CH ENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills for constipation. --ndv.) Likeoc , .*home' Cand F ish in the same proportion. "At the end of a very short time Germany would therefore not be in a position to give bread and work to her numerous millions of inhabitants who would be reduced to earning their livelihood by navigation and by trade. Those persons would have to emigrate but that is a material impossibility, all the more so because many coun tries, and the most important ones, will oppose any German immigration. Moreover, hundreds of millions (?) of Germans expelled from :nu territories of the powers now at war with Ger many, from the colonies and territo ries which Germany must surrender will return to their naiive land. "'The putting into execution of the ends of peace would :-nerefore logical ly bring about lass of several mil lions of persons in Germany. This catastrophe wouldn't be long in com ing about, seeing that the health of the population his been broken down during the war by the blockade, and (luring the armistice by the aggrava tion of the blockade of famine. No help, however important or over how ever long a period, it ::ight be dis tributed, would prevent these deaths en masse. Peace would impose on Ger many numberless human sacrifices that this war of four years and a half did not demand of her pride (1,750, 000 killed, nearly one million dead, victims of the blockade). "'We do not know, and indeed we doubt, whether the delegates of the Allied' and associated powers realize the inevitable consequences which will take place in Germany. An industrial state very thickly populated closely bound up with the economic system of the world, and reduced to the ob higatinn to import enormous quanti ties of raw material and foodstuffs, suddenly finds herself pushed back in the p)hase of her development which would. correspondl to her economic condlitions and the numbers of her population as they were haif a cen tury ago. Those who will sign this treaty will sign the death sentence of many millions of German men, women andl children.' ".I thoughts it my duty, before en tering upon disacussion of other dle tails of the treaty, to bring to the knowledge of the Alli' d and asso ciated delegations tis dummary ex pose of the problem of the German nopulation. "I have at the disposal of your e.x cellency statistical proofs of the above statements. "I have the honor, etc. (Signed)- "Brockdorrf-Rantzau:' 'Allies Answer. .The reply of the Allied and asso cited powers, approved by the coun cil of their principal members on May 22, also was made public. It readls as follows:, "The Allied and associated powers have received and[ have given careful at tention to the report of the commis si 'n appointed by the German Govern m'nt to examine the economic condi tions of the treaty of peace.' "This report appears to them to cota a very inadlequate piresentat ion of the facts of the case, to he mark ed in parts by great exaggregation, anel to ignore the fundamental consid cv itions arising both out of the inci de nee and the results of the wvar, which ex'plain andl .ustify th, terms ti 't it is sought to imnoso. "The German note open~s with the at itement that the industrial re soirees of .Germany were inadequate before the war for the nourishment of a population of 67,000,000. and it ar gr~es as though this were the total for which with dliminished rosources she will still be called upon to nrovide. "This is not the case. '[he total population of Germany will he reduced hoi ahout 6,000,000 persons in the non G;"rmarn territories which it is pro lJh'ed to transfer. It is the needs of this smaller aggregation that we are cv'led upon to consider. "Compla'nt is made in the German nete that (Germany is required to suir re 'der her mercha nt tonnage, exist im e or in course of construction, andl t it c. prior claim is made upon her shipbuilding capacity for a limited term of years. No miention, however, is made of the fact thatt considerable sr~ aller portion of the tonnage of Ger many is left to her unimpaired; and It seems to have entirely escaped the n'otice of her spokesmen, that th a tier things Karo Hon is best for 4 aro is pure and rich in wholesome and health b udge-delicate and crea and Brittle Peanut Cand: ondant - Karo makes omne-made goodies. BFREE :ook tils' delicious Karo Ci Beautifully illustrated and it is FRE Corn Products Re P. 0. Box 161 T. B. No -- Hurt Buildi crifice of her larger shipping is th inevitable and necessary penalty im posed upon her for the ruthless cam paign wvhich, in defiance of all law and precedent, she waged during th last two years of the war upon th merchantile shipping of the world. Partial Offset. "As a partial offset against th twelve and three-fourths million ton A Word F) Pock To my many frier me much pleasure to spared no time and e: your visits to Pocalla n than in the past. The sand and gravel, with new dressing room, w gives us ample room room is lighted with ele lighted. This makes n fine. New picnic tabl with electricity. We ha piano which is up-to-da you. are cordially invite and dances for day' o: good time with ns. I am yours fr RSTO ( and look o' J have to s1 J our line ne i co me to to i be you are { market ju ( what wehb * btit would a privilege a J of showini I anyway. V ( you only st i will give 3 i Prices anc Sways in lin us when it made at te-Made Children food value; -.it is uilding. 11111 imy; CrispTaffy I r; Caramels and many kinds of It Corn Products Cook how to make the most .ndies easilyand quickl. fining Company New York City rri, Sales Repreasmtcativ. -g. Atanta. Ga. of shipping sunk, it [s proposed to - transfer 4,000,000 tons of German - shipping. In other words, the ship ping which it is proposed to take from Germany constitutes less than one third of that which was thus wantonly destroyed. The universal shortage of merchant shipping is the result, not 3 (Continued on Page Eight.) rom illa Springs ids and patrons. It gives inform you that we have Kpense in trying to make, iore pleasant in the future bottom of the lake is of t concrete dam. Eighty-six ith what we had already, ror your comfort. Every Atricity: Also the lake well ight bathing exceptionally as which are also lighted ve also installed an electric te with music for dancing. d to make up your- picnics night and come have a ood tiine, M. H. BECK. P IN! rer what we g aow you, in J xt time you ( wn. It may ( not in the i st now for!( .aye for sale, i give us the i rid pleasure i I you thru ( re will show,( Lch goods as % iou service. ( I. terms al-. J e. Stop with i titown.