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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Est
CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,:
CONTRACTS
TO BE TESTED
J u d g e Shipp Issues
Restraining Order
Against Williams
burg Member of the
Association
Florence. Sept. 20.?The South
Carolina . Tobacco Growers* Co
operative Marketing association
late this afternoon procured a tem
porary injunction against F. W.
Fairey. a planter of Willianisburg
county, restraining him from de
livering his tobacco to any other
warehouse or association except the
growers' cooperative association,
with which he has signed a con
tract.
Judge S. W. G. Shipp granted
the temporary injunction in cham
bers upon the application of Will-!
cox & Willcox. representing the as-j
sociation.
The complaint alleged that while j
Mr. Fairey had signed the contract]
of the association he had not ful-1
filled its terms with respect to the j
delivery-of the tobacco. The com- i
plaint stated that he had deliver
ed to the association only 800
pounds out of a total acreage of 60
acres.
The papers in the case have been
filed and copies have been forward
ed to Kingstree for service. The
case will come to trial upon its
merits in due course.
The proceedings are important in
that they constitute the first at-j
teropt^of the tobacco growers' as
sociation to enforce its contract.
Should Mr. Fairey make applica
tion to have the injunction dis
solved the hearing may be held
earlier than the regular term of]
the court.
Much interest is attached to the j
case. It was announced some timef
ago that the association would ex
ert every effort to foree compli
ance with its contracts. The action
taken yesterday may lead to others,
it was stated today. .
Raleigh. X. C, Sept. 20.?The
Tobacco Growers' Cooperative as
sociation started, legal action to
protect the contracts of 80,000
loyal members today when it ob
tained restraining orders against
Z. A.- Harrell of Edgecomb coun
ty. X. C. and W. T. Jones, of Nash
county. X- C. to 'prevent these al
leged contract breakers from de
livering any more of their tobacco
outside of the association.
Judge C. C. Lyon, -holding court
-n the Fourth judicial district, is
sued restraining order, which was
forwarded to Nashville today arid
will be served without delay upon
the defendants in this case of tue
tobacco cooperative. ^
Z. A. Karrell of Macclcsfield. |
who signed up 25,000 pounds oi j
obacco with the big cooperatives.;
and W. T Jores of Nashville, who I
signed over f?.OO? pounds, arc al- j
leged in the complaint o? the asso- j
ciation to" have sold y.Ooo pounds j
each outside of the association in
violation of the contract. Both }
parties arp alleged to have stated
they would not deliver any of their
tobacco to. the association, and j
papers will be forwarded them noli- j
fying the defendants to appear be
fore Judge F. A. Daniels of the!
Second judicial district at Xash- j
Aille. X. C. on Monday, October 9,
to show cause why the injunction t
should not be granted until the ?
final hearing of the case.
The summons tiled in these first]
suits of the tobacco . cooperative (
association'called for liquidated!
damages of five cents a pound for j
all tobacco sold outside of the asso
ciation as provided in its contract j
with all members, also for attor
neys* fees of ?350 in each case.
The cases in which the tobacco
cooperative takes action today will
be followed up by suits against
other contract breakers and those
inducing members of association J
to break their contracts, according i
to Aaron Sapiro. attorney for the
association, who told 6,000 farm
ers attending the recent mass
meetings of tobacco growers in
Danville, and SouthhUi, Va., that
suits were being pr*?par*d to pro
tect the interests of the thousands
of loyal members of the associa
tion who have organized to per
fect their system of marketing to
bacco in three states.
The bankers of Florence, after :
six weeks v? cooperative market- '
ing, r"!'"-rr:i*>h^d th** following'
comments received today at head- j
quarters of the Tobacco Growers* j
Cooperative association at Raleigh j
by M. O. Wilson, secretary:
"The Tobacco Growers' Coopera- |
tfye association in South Carolina]
i< a splendid success. The city of j
Florence, including banks and has-;
iness houses, is 10^ per cent, co- j
operative. We feel that we have j
doubled the price Of our entire!
South Carolina tobacco crop the j
first year of its operation. <>urj
rales c^mnuttee is meeting withi
wonderful success in selling our to-j
hacco at satisfactory prices, even
the non-signers are giving the asso
ciation credit for the Increase ' in;
price. Bverjr one appreciates thnj
orderly manner ?>f marketing as;
against thf ??id dumping system, i
When the doors are o?>-n again!
for sfeners we expect to see our.;
membership increased t?? nearly
per cent. We consider the
movement the financial salvation
ablished April, 1850.
SHOPMEN
I AT WORK
Railroad Strike End
ed on Majority of
the Big Systems by
Agreement
Chicago. Sept. 18.?But few out
j breaks were reported today as sev
?: era! more railroads put into effect
I the shop craft peace plan. The
number of men employed on others
increased and now it is estimated
that the shop forces are about 85
per cent, of normal.
Officials of both the Chicago, i
Milwaukee & St. Paul and the]
Northwestern announced that the
j striking shopmen returned to work
I by the thousands during the" day I
and without any sighs of violence j
noted Saturday when the returning
workers demanded that all non-j
union employees be dismissed. j
Meanwhile the Southern railway!
and the Mobile & Ohio, which is j
controlled vby the Southern, an-!
jnounced they had signed the shopi
[craft agreement which was ap
j proved by the general policy com
mittee of the unions last week. J.
Ei Gorman, president of the Rock
Island railroad, said that uo fur
ther negotiations will be carried
on by the railroad with the of
ficers of the shop crafts, but.that an
"association of Rock Island shop
employees" is being formed by
those now in the service, with whom
ail future negotiations wilr be con
ducted.
Mr. Gorman said that former!
j employees now on strike will be |
^iven -an opportunity to join the j
new association and will be fully!
restored to pass and pension priv- j
iieges but will not be given thei^
old places on the seniority list.
Striking employees of the road
were given until October 1 to re
enter the service in order to ob
tain pension benefits.
The executives of some of the!
roads that have held off from the!
shop crafts .settlement plan assert- !
ed today that the efforts of B. M. j
^Jewell, president of the shop crafts i
organization, have narrowed down
to a fight to get jobs for the men {
he 'called out July 1.
. Mr. Jewell departed for New
York last night with the intention
of entering into a conference Tues
day morning with officials of the
New York Central in - an effort to j
reach an agreement of some basi3j
of-settlement.
New York" Central officials Sat
urday broke off conferences with j
representatives of the strikers, de-1
daring the latter were making de- j
mands not contained in the. original!
memorandum of agreement.
Augusta, Ga.. Sept. 18.?Gener
al manager A. \V. Anderson of the j
Charleston & Western Carolina, j
declined today to settle the shop- j
men's strike on his road along lines j
laid down in the Warfield-Willard- i
Jewell plan. He told a commit- j
tee of striking shopmen that all ap- j
p'ications for return to work by j
strikers and others would be con- J
sidered and answered promptly.
The entire force of 85 men re
turned to work at the Seaboard
shops yesterday morning as per
their previous agerement.
Greenwood, Sept. IS.?The regu
lar force of shopmen who have
been on'strike in the Seaboard At*
Line shops at Abbeville since Jul*
1 returned to their posts at 7
o'clock.
Southern's Latest
Statement
The Southern Railway later Is
sued the following statement:
"Shop employees who have been
on strike will be restored to work
as rapidly as can be done with
out disturbing the orderly work
ing of the shops. Under the terms
of the agreement, all old men with i
the exception of those guilty of!
violence, are ro be put back within
thirty days. The men come back to!
work at reduced wages, set by thoj
railroad, against which the strike]
was directed." j
FORD PLANTS
WILL REOPEN j
-
One Hundred Thousand Meni
Will Return to Work
Detroit, iiept. 21.?Plants of the!
Ford Motor Company in Detroit I
district which closed last Satur-!
day. because of the con I situation,
thereby throwing one hundred j
thousand workers out of work in
different parts of the country. I
will reopen tomorrow, it was oth- *
cially announced Orders for the!
reopening of the >?5jiit:- were tele-j
graphed here by Edsel B. Ford, j
president of the company, who is!
in Cincinnati.
'>f the South Carolina tobacco j
farmer."
This was signed by the Co mm er- j
rial and Savings bank. Frank i
Brand, president; Fir.si National]
Bank of Florence. Ham 11. Hus
bands, cashier; Hank of Florence, I
W. j. Browi? president: Palmetto j
Pank & Trust Co.. B. H. Lucas,
vice president: Florence clearing
house association, G. H. Lucas. 1
"Be Just and Fear
ALLIES CALL
CONFERENCE
ONTURKEY
War in Near East Pre
vented by Meeting
of Allied Premiers
in Paris
Pans. Sept. 20 (By the Associat
I ed Press). ? Definite assurance
that there will be no war in the
Near East and the calling of a peace
conference for the settlement of the
Turkish problem were the chief re
sults of the allied meeting this af
ternoon. Premier Poincare. Lord
Curzon and Count Sforza were the
participants in tne conference.
The eight interested powers in
cluding the Angora government,
will gather around the peace table
within three weeks, probably at
Rome or Venice, and make a new
treaty with Turkey to take the
place of the treaty of Sevres.
The eight nations called together
are Great Britain. France, Italy.
Japan, Turkey, Greece, Rumania
and Jugoslavia.
Japan's inclusion at the last min
ute came as a surprise. It was
due to Lord Curzon's insistence.
The British foreign secretary told
Premier Poincare that his gov
ernment frankly feared the close
association it had reason to believe
existed between Moscow and An
gora, and Japan's presence was de
sired to offset this 'Bolshevik in
fluence. It was also explained
that Japan was a signatory of the
treaty of Sevres which is to bV
abandoned for the new agreement
and was entitled to be present fox
that reason.
It is remarked In French cir
cles, however, that the participa
tion of Japan insures another vote
for British policy in any issue whicn
may arise in the conference. M.
Poincafe in consenting to the pres
ence of Japan demanded also the
presence of Rumania and Jugo
slavia. -
While the United States was not
included among the eight countries
to participate it is regarded*as cer
tain that a mere intimation from
the American government that it
desires to attend, even as an ob
server, will be followed by an in
stant imitation from the allies. In:
fact there is said to be strong sen-:
timent in certain quarters in favor
of asking the United States to send!
a representative, but in view of I
American aloofness from European!
affairs it was decided, not to take I
the initiative. j
Lord Curzon, M. Poincare andj
Count Sforza were in complete a'c- \
cord that there should be no war]
in the Near East, but Lord Curzon [
asseited Great Britain felt that'the i
presence of a strong fleet in the!
strait:-? was necessary to. maintain j
freedom of passage.
Admiral Lord Beatiy of the Brit-]
ish navy and Admiral Grusset of!
the French navy reported on the J
military and naval situation in the;
Dardanelles. Admiral Beatty is j
believed to have said that freedom!
of the straits could be maintained j
by the navy.
While insisting on what 'they,
term their legitimate claim? to east*- j
ern Thrace. Adrianople and Gon-i
stantinople, the Turks are under-:
stood to have informed M. Poin- i
care that they would consent to re-!
main masters of Asia Minor until I
the conference had given consid
eration to these other claims.
French officials are confident to-I
night of a complete agreement with
Great Britain when the allied I
meeting resumes on Friday, and it I
is freely predicted that the British !
troops will retire. On the other!
hand, late tonight, in reply to a J
question, it was authoritatively i
stated iii British quarters that thei
British troops were not in danger
at Chanak, which gave rise to the i
report that they might remain there!
with the tacit approval of the j
Turks. j
Constantinople. Sept. 20 < By the j
Associated Press).?The British j
are mobilizing every available war- '
ship. man, horse. automobile, j
cannon and rifle within reach of I
the troubled zone. They are pre
paring to deal a tremendous blow
by land, sea and air if provoked !
by the ECemalist army, which ac-j
cording to the latest reports, is j
concentrating feverishly around
Ism id and Chanak:
All the British barracks in Con
stantinople have been evacuated
and troops are marching in the]
streets Of the ??.?j>ital which is hav-j
ipir a sobering effect on the exuber-j
ant Tur ks. Tlie British soldiers j
m-" headed for points on the straits; i
General headquarters has issued
aii official order directing the wives !
and families or* British officers and '
soldiers to prepare to embark to- :
morrow.
Transports with British cavalry,
heavy artillery and supplies are ar- |
riving at Haidarpashc on the Is-;
mid railway.
The men of the Constantinoplej
garrison are constructing entrench- !
m'ents a< Scutari nn the Asiat:?* side j
of the Bosphorus. which will h?? the
second lin** of defense, the first be
ing ;jt Farinja, a small railway
station between ETaidarpasha and
Ismid. The British police forces in
the capital have been greatly aug-J
rnented and w ill probably !??? as- !
sisted by French gendarmes, ft is j
estimated rh.? present total British,
strength in Constantinople ami the
Dardanelles area is about 16,000 j
men. which when reinforcements!
now on the way arrive, will be in - j
creased to nearly 75,000 effectives. I
Not?Let all the ends Thou Ainis't
Sumter, S. C, Sa.tyrda:
U. S. Girl Is G
j "A prophet is not without hono;
?Pola Negri comes to the United St;
j becomes a great film star in Germ;
! what German fans call her.
?NTERMEYER
i IN FIGHT 0?
[ DAUGHERTY
j At Hastily Called
Meeting, House
Judiciary Commit
tee Postpones Ac
tion Until Next Ses
sion of Congress
Washington, Sept. 18.?By a vote
! of 8 to 3 the house judiciary com
i mittee. nt a hastily called meeting
! today, postponed consierati?n of
I the Keller impeachment charges
i against Attorney General Daugh
j erty?set for tomorrow?until the
j short session of congress, begin
j ning in December.
Decision to defer action virtually
i was reached by Republican mem
bers of the committee earlier in
the day when it was con tern! ed that
I the hearing should not proceed
while Mr. Daugherty was in Chi
cago in connection with injunction
proceedings against the striking
railway shopmen.
Action by the committee, with j
Democrats voting in opposition!
was taken a short time after Rep-i
resentative Keller. Republican.;
Minnesota, who had sought im~;
peachment. had announced that;
Samuel Untermyer. of New York, j
would represent him before the!
committee. Mr. Keller characteriz
ed the delay by the committee as;
"unfair." and later made public a,
letter from Mr. Untermyer which I
he planned to present at the mcet-.j
ing tomorrow.
Mr. Untermyer wrote that he did I
not regard Mr. Daugherty's appli-i
cation for the injunction as "an j
impeachable offense" of itself, but!
believed "the attorney general j
should be promptly removed from j
his office" on the grounds of "un-j
willingness or inability to enforce;
the anti-trust laws, in which his'
action and non-action have reached j
the 'proportion of a great public!
scandal resulting in imminent peril;
to the country." I
The Xew York attorney declared1
that it" he could be of service in]
bringing to the attention of the'
committee "this scandalous situa-;
tion" with respect to anti-trust i
prosecutions he would be glad to
do so "a* a puouc service." with-,
out pay. As to the charges grow- j
ing out of the injunction proceed-j
ings. Mr. Untermyer said accept-!
ance of service as an attorney would,
depend on whether Mr. Keller could;
submit evidence to substantiate his:
charges of improper conduct in of-'
tice.
RAILROAD
SECURES
LARGE CREDIT
Washington, Sept. 21? The Inter-.!
state Commerce Commission today
granted authority to the Tennessee,
Alabama and Georgia railway to
issue two hundred thousand dol-,
Jars in common capital stock, four;
hundred thousand in preferred and !
X? assume obligations for ninety- ?
seven thousand dollars of promis
sory notes.
These, forces will he further j
strengthened by large detachments]
from the Atlantic and Mediter- ;
ranean fleets.
The British are enrolling Hits- '
si.tn refugees with railitary training;
i"i>r auxiliary work. while iius
sian Kalmuks from Manchuria are
being recruited ;<s horse trainers.
It is expected eventually Creat j
Britain will have more th.-m 100,-j
000 men in the disturbed area. j
i gig
at be thy Country's, Thy God's and
f, September 23, 1922
erman Film Star
r save in his own country." so while
ites Fern Andrea of "Watseka. 111.,
my. "Unsere Fern*' (our Fern) is
TOBACCO
i MARKETING
I ASSOCIATION
i
I Farmers' Organiza
tion Has -Saved $4,
! 000,000 For Tobacco
j Growers
I Editor Daily Item:
i I finished a tour of practically
t.evory market in the state Saturday.
fjL find-that our members as a whole
! ai-f1 pleased with our system of
j handling tobacco. A few in every
? section violated their contracts, but
j upon close inquiry T find that our
I members are very loyal indeed. In
j fact. I think we have made a most
; remarkable showinsr und our ware
I house force and graders are to be
; congratulated upon the efficient
; services rendered the association.
! One year ago the auction sales in
i South Carolina up to September 1st
j averaged ? II.")S per hundred with
j millions of pounds thrown away.
This , year the auction sales for a
j commoner crop average S21.05 per
'hundred to September 1st. including
! tobacco which was thrown away
last year. I find that at least 95
per cent, of the growers and busi
(ness men both in and out of the
I Association give the Association j
credit for this increase in price of
their -tobacco. They realize that
j the Association is . directly respon-,
sible for the crop being assorted
and tied and marketed in an or
derly manner. The comparison be
tween the present system and the
one we have been following for
years of dumping our crop and
handling it like shucks, is so very
striking that even the most skep
tical are convinced.
Assuming taat the crop in South
Carolina reaches forty million
pounds, this will mean four mil
lion dollars more money for the
farmers of the Pee Dee section. This
four million dollars at the present
time will mean the saving of many
of our farmers and business men'
fron; near bankruptcy.
Let's continue to eall the atten
tion of our members, non-members
and business men to the above
facts.
With kindest personal regard:
and best wishes-. I a in.
Yours very truly.
\V. E. Lee, j
Field Service Division.
CAFT. PERRY
M. DELON
Prominent Confederate Vet
eran Dies in Washington
Washington. Sept IS?Capt. Per
ry .\f. DeBeori. widely known as a
leader 'among [Confederate vete
rans, an da native of Suniter, S.
<".. is dead here at the age of S2.
De fore the War Between the States,
he was ir: tin- United SMtcs navy,
lie became a a officer in the Confed
erate navy after the war broke
out a lei when the war closed he
practiced law in Charleston. Savan
nah and Atlanta. President Cleve
land appointed ('apt. DeLeon con
sul general to one of South Amer
ican republics. He made his home
in Washington on the expiration
of (his service and was one of the
most active leaders in the move
ment which resulted iu the erection j
of the Confederate monument in
Arlington National Cemetery w hero
he will he buried.
New Vork. Sept. 21. The Gin
stein theory of relativity will b<- on
trial today. HVsts will !?<> made by
expeditions during the five min
utes eclipse of the sun in Austral
ia.
Troth's."
ENGLAND WILL
ONLY RESIST
THET?RKS
Official Statement
Somewhat Clears
the Situation in Re
spect t o Dardan
elles Crisis
London. Sept. 3 8 (By the Asso
ciated Press).?The declaration
that Great Britain does not intend
to engage in any new war, obtain
ed from an authoritative source
today, coupled with other state
ments-of a modified policy, is tak
to'mean that the series of cabi
net meetings and ministerial con
ferences in the last few days have
been partly in preparation for pos
sible attacks in the British forces
by the Kemalfsts and partly as
political preparation for the con
templated general conference for
the settlement of the Turkish ques
tion.
While it-is not seriously expected
in military quarters that Mustapha
Kemal. head of the Turkish Nat
ionalists, will make an attempt
either to capture Constantinople or
cross the straits, the British wish
to be ready in case of emergency
and not sacrifice the meager con
tingent of troops, long stationed
in Constantinople.
The many statements issued
with the permission of number 10 j
j Downing street after each confer- j
jence are interpreted as empha- j
(sizing the intention of the cabinet j
to carry out the policy which it hasj
faithfully adhered to for morej
tha*n three years regarding Turkey j
jnd the straits, and. despite muchi
^criticism at home and abroad, that j
policy, which, is coupled with the i
Greek defeats, will still be vigor- ?
on sly followed.
The first task of Premier Lloyd j
George is to win the French to the I
point of view. Great Britain is;
laying her cards on the table, and |
it is not her intention, it is said, I
to attempt to make a new Gibraltar!
at Gallipoli; she merely wishes not j
to give-the Turks another oppor- j
tunity in ease of a general war to j
[waste so. many European lives by I
Turkish control of the straits.
The cabinet is thoroughly con-'
v; need That French public opinion j
is with the Turks, but Lord Cur-i
zon, British secretary for foreign j
affairs, who is proceeding to Paris. I
will poipt out to- Premier .Poin- j
care, that bigger issues than Turkey i
are at stake, that the whole peace j
of the Balkans, future relations of j
Russia and the entire Near East i
are involved, that if Great Britain
can risk disturbing her Moham
medan connections by forcing the
Turks to accept a European settle
ment of the straits, then France
can afford to yield and cooperate
with the British in a Turkish peace.
"Lord Curzon can do this more
convincingly by a talk over a table
than by correspondence..'' explain- j
ed one official. "That is why he is j
going to Paris."
With France convinced, it is be- i
lieved the Balkan states will fall
into line; then an undivided front j
can be presented to the Turks:
and any solution regarding the i
straits be imposed. With respect!
to Soviet Russia's attitude of j
sympathy with the Turks, it. is be- j
lieved that ca*# be overcome. From j
facts lately presented at London it:
is known the Soviet's attitude is {
partly due to allied control of her j
travelers and freights exercised in
the past year at Constantinople,
where Soviet officials have been
arrested and detained and their
shipments made to pay heavy de
murrage charges. These annoy
ances will cease. jX is argued, when j
a Turkish peace is arranged.
.
London. Sept. 1&?The British;
cabinet, takes the attitude that j
England will undertake military j
action alone, if necessary to pro- j
tect the freedom of the Darda- j
helles.
JEFFORDS
FDLES APPEAL;
Columbia Murder Trying to[
Cheat the Electric Chair
Columbia; Sept. 'JO.?The appeal;
to the supreme court of F. M. Jef- j
fords, Columbia man, now in thej
death cell of the state penitentiary,!
convicted with Ira Harrison and,'
Glenii Treece of the murder of J.
C. Arnette, has been riled with the j
state supreme court. L. G. South
ard. of Spartauburg, is attorney for;
Jeffords in the appeal.
The appeal makes thirteen ex
ceptions to the charge of the court
and rulings of the court during the j
trial. These deal mainly with ad-j
missions of testimony relative to
the confessions of the men of theiv:
parts in the crime. The appeal;
also takes exception to the charge;
of the court regarding the law of
conspiracy.
Jeffords, Harrison and Treece j
were eonvbted last May. Treece J
got lit", and is serving his term, j
The other two are in the death;
house, appeals having stayed their,
executions. ^ i
Washington. Sept. 21 ? Prjxident
Harding today signed the tariff
bill of making the new rates;
effective at midnight tonight.
THE TRUE BOV
KEMAL DRUNK
! WITH VICTORY
! OVER GREEKS
I _
i Leader of Turks De
clares Intention of
Pursuing Defeated
j Foes into Europe
Christianity to Be
Wiped Out in Asia
?:??
! London. Sept. 19 (By the Asso
ciated Press).?For the. time being
! the scene shifts to Paris where
iLord Curzon. the British secretary
jfor foreign affairs, will seek to at
I tain harmony of views between his
jown and the French government,
i The ministerial conferences in Lon
jdon have ended for the moment,
land Premier Lloyd George has
Igone to the country for a few
; days' rest.
j That the general stuation is re
i garded as easier is shown by the
i fact that M?stapha- Kemal Pasha,
! leader of the Turkish nationalists,
i is apparently making no new move
'although according to an Athens
! report which has reached London,
i he left Smyrna for Nico- edia, ad
j joining Ismid. south of Constan
i tinople. while it is said tonight that
! Admiral Earl Bcatty may find it
! unnecessary to proceed to Paris,
i On the other hand, perhaps, the
\ most imortant news of the day
i comes in the Associated Press des
| patches from Constantinople stat
! ing that Kemal has sought ' per
! mission of the allies to occupy part
1 of Thrace immediately and discuss
; the 'question of the status of the
I Dardanelles later in connection
' with the general peace problem
and with the participation of the
! Black Sea countries.
I This touches the crux of the.
whole question. There may pos-.
srhly be an agreement between
I Great Britain. France and Italy
on the question of the neutrality of
the straits and a further agreement
that Constantinople shall eventual
ly be returned to the Turks kinder
I certain conditions. But on the
[question of the future of Thrace,
1 outside the neutral zone, such an
agreement is. lacking. ...
Kemal Pasha seemingly takes
the view that ihere is nothing in
^the maintenance of the neutrality
of the .straits and the neutral zone
to prevent his forces ? from pur
suing the defeated Greeks into
those portions of Thrace outside
the neutral zone. The British con-,
tention is that under no circum
stances will the Turks be allow
ed to cross into Eurpe until peace
has been settled. But is not cer
tain that France sees eye to eye
with Great Britain in this matter.
? The fact that France and Italy
are withdrawing their detach-^
ments from this region would in
dicate there is lack of agreement
and that Great Britain m?y be;
railed upon to act alone.
In that case it is understood'
parliament will forthwith be sum
moned so that the nation may
have a voice in the important
question of peace or war. The la
bor party is displaying very de
termined opposition to any war
until the last resources of diplo
macy and negotiation are exhausted
and a similar disposition appears
to prevail in the great dominions,
despite their readiness to stand be
side the mother country in defense
of the neutrality of the Dardanelles.
In official circles in London it is
not anticipated that there will be
any peace conference. It is under
stood instructions given to Lord
Curzon by the cabinet on the gen
eral line of policy are to intimate
very frankly to M. Poincare that
if France refuses to participate in
necessary action in the Near East,
she may stand to lose, as she did
many years ago. when she refused
to join England in the^ bombard
ment of Alexandria and so started
a train of events which brought
Egypt under British influence.
M. Poincare will be told that
England is absolutely set in her!
view that the Turks shall not be
permitted to enter Europe and
Great Britain is prepared to em
ploy her own forces in sufficient j
numbers end over any length of
lime to bring the Turks to reason.
She will be also informed that as- I
suranees have been received from j
Rumania and Jugo Slavia that j
under certain conditions those i
countries will side with Great Brit-'
ain.
It is reported Premier Lloyd
George is prepared to make a gen
eral appeal to the civilized world
to support the British policy. He
has been in consultation with a
number of experts on Xcar East
ern affairs. Among others. Henry
Mergenthau, the former American
ambassador to Turkey!, had break- ;
fast with him today.
The British government is still j
without a formal reply from the]
Angora government to the allied*
warnings concerning the neutral
/one. In its strong adherence to
the senu-official statement issued
Saturday, the government is im- j
bued with the belief that an ox- ]
hibition of firearms and solidarity
of th<- whole empire in maintain
ing the British stand concerning
the straits and the neutral zone is
the best method of bringing to the
realization of the Angora govern
ment that nothing can be gained
THRON/ Established Jone 1, 186$.
VOL. LDL NO. 12
ARROGANT
TURK DICTA'
?vT0_EUR
The Butchery of the
Greeks arid Other
Christians in Asia
and Expulsion of
Survivors an Anci
ent Right
Paris. Sept. 19 (By the Asso
ciated Press).?A bloodless settle
ment of the crisis in the Near East
with the British troops shortly
withdrawing from the Asiatic side
of the Dardanelles was predicted
by Ahmed Fcrid Bey. principal""
spokesman for Mustanha KemaT
Pasha in Europe, in the course of
a statement to the Associatect
Press toi^grht. "Common sense'
^ill win out in England despite the
apparent "belligerency, of the Brit
ish government,** said ?? Ferid;
"British soldiers will soon follow
their French and Italian brother
ers in arms to the European side
of the straits.
"Our troops," he continued, "are
proceeding to occupy all of Asia,
Minor up to the Asiatic side of fhtS
Dardanelles. We will ' occupy.
Chanak where the British troops
are: stationed and if they fire upon:
us, which we doubt very much. thW
responsibility for the inevitable
Wood shed will be on British
shoulders. However, we honestly,
do not expect opposition from the
British. If they desire to rexnain?
in Chanak; and behave themselves
we will occapy the district jointly;
but I think they will soon foiled
the footsteps-of the French and
the Italians to the other side. "bfL
the straits.
"Turkey does n ot recognize any
such thing as a zone .-of the straft^.
It does not etist: neither does the
treaty of Sevres, which has not been
accepted' by \ any of the powerjiT
However, we. will respect a smalt
neutral Sone-extending from. Con
stantinople. We are deternu^ttejdV.
however,: to drive all the G^eejks
QUt of Asia Minor, and we l>eUer?
that it would be most- unfortunate
if -anyc-of .U^-^^owers interfered
with us itti this-respect.
"Turkey earnestly desires *^
peaceful settlement of the crisis.
We- want* to; get around the con
ference table, with the allied powr
era and make peace. Our trco;ps;
will n?t^ niake a single move, ort
European 'Turkey pending the
signing of the peace treaty, but
our just demands must be granted;
in that .treaty. We demand all of
Asia Minor, Constantinople for
our sultan, all eastern Thrace anff
Adrianople. Western Thrace we
j wiir dlsc?? at the conference.,
j "We are quite witling to have-an
j international control of the stzaits
'and if the United States, wishes. :
to be included in this conrol.we^
would gladly accept her participa- j
tion. Turkey, of course, must
have an equal voice." ?
The Turkish headquarters xin ~
Paris had the air of frank opti
mism today. The Turks here ap
peared to feel that' the present
crisis would end by the withdraw
al of the British troops from Asia
Minor. Reports reached these/,
headquarters .today that - Grea^
Britain had already modified her
poliey and that a Franco-British!
agreement on the Near East situa-^ -
tion. is expected as the result of*
Lord Vurisdu's visit.
OUTBREAKS IN
BIRMINGHAM
B. R. DISTRICTS
Birmingham. Sept. -21.?Out
breaks of Violence in the Birmmgr'
ham raihroad districts last night
caused renewed energy on the part
of authorities today in an effort *o
put down the use of high explo
sives. A rigid inquiry is beiajj. >
made in connection with the blosv
ing up of a box car used as a bunk
house in the yards of the Louis* /
ville & Nashville railroad. The
plosion smashed the car to piecps
and one mau, Clarence Jones. w?!
severely injured.
ANOTHER
CROP PEST
Columbia, ' Sept. 20.?W. W.
Pearce, of Columbia, has just re
turned from a trip to Pawley's^J^-;-*
land, and he reports a new kin&jcf
pest which is giving the farmers
much trouble there. It is knoce^r^
as the Potto Rican Mole Cricket;
and was imported from the Indie??/
He says it eats the turnips and
other forms of truck and mskes
planting difficult. He says it has j
claws like a ??fiddler" and burrows
quickly into the ground. ' It lives
in water}' sections. The pestles
visited several coastal sections of
this state within the past year,
Mr. Pearce says. ^
by forcing the situation. Unless*
Kemal l*asha should make a fur
ther new move no further develop
nvuts are expected until the .ecu"
of Ihe week. By that time Lord
Curzon will have returned to Loa-t;
don. but a great deal depends up- .
on the success or failure of his niis
sion* ' . _
