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Greek Rulers Enraged When Premier Venizelos
Showed Them Message Found Upon Freda von
Sternberg, Emissary to Emperor William.
By COLONEL GOUNARIS.
Formeriy Confidential Secretary to the Now Exiled Greek King.
-1 shall ruthlessly expose the infa
mous and double-dyed treachery of
the ex-King Constantine and his wife
Sophia. They were a pair of arch
conspirators against the liberties and
honor of my beloved country
Tino and his wife would betray their
most intimate friends if they believed
it would further their personal am
bitlon. Without troubling you at
present with my own affair, let me re
late, first of all, the extraordinary sto
ry of international intrigue connected
with their dealings with Freda von
Sternberg, who was their most trusted
go-between in their dealings with
their beloved brother, the Kaiser.
Freda von Sternberg was a woman
of middle age. She was tall, stately,
and though not to be described as
beautiful, was undoubtedly attractive
and fascinating. She was just the
sort of spy whom Sophia, domineering
and ill-tempered, favored.
She was a clever linguist, spoke
French with a Parisian accent, Eng-
Jish of the Mayfair type, Arabic with
the fluency of a Turk. She was, too,
the intimate friend of Falkenhausen—
a name that sounds {ll-omened to the
ears of all decent men. She was sac
rificed by the cowardice and weak
ness of the treacherous King.
An Extraordinary Message.
King Constantine dictated the fol
lowing letter on October 4, 1915, to
his brother-in-law, the Kaiser, which,
translated into English, reads:
“The Allies can not win. We are
with you heart and soul. We shall
soon be ready to join Turkey and Bul
garia against our common foe. My
Gesman-trained officers are ready at
any - time. Venizelos and his crowd
can be suppressed. Urge no delay or
it may be too late. Falkenhausen has
every facility as an officer of the
Greek army. Greetings from myself
and Sophia.”
Constantine was so perturbed lest
his precious letter should fall into the
hand§” of the Allies that he insisted
upon Freda' copying it and herself
‘u*rying the ‘Copy to the eapital of the
‘iterman Empire. o |
T.et me sav at once that I protested,
as any friend of civilization and right
must do. With all respect, I warned
Mis majesty of the growing power of
‘Venizelos—one of the sturdiest of pa
friots and truest of men Greece has
ever known—and even hinted that
~such.treachery would endanger the
uéry existence of the dynasty itself.
Ordered to Obey.
. 1 might have spared my breath. The
King bluntly ordered me to obey his
ipstruction, adding threateningly that
‘he knew well how to deal with serv
{ ants who onposed his will or dared to
~dictate to him.
““But,” I ventured, “your majesty's
~omises to the Allied Powers, if this
mnown-—”
[/ The King smiled cynically as he in<
terrupted:
! ““If this is known, I shall repudiate
it. We have nothing to fear. It is
Inot in my handwriting or that of my
I secretary. It will be simple enough
/to pronounce the whole thing a for
gery.”
Here you have an insight into the
real character of the ex-King of the
" Hellenes.
I have no hesitation in saving that.
like his Queen, he was false, self
seeking, and unscrupulous, and was
‘ever ready to.throw over those by
‘whom he sought to carry out his
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But to do him justice I must say
thdat he would have been a better man
and a more worthy monarch had it not
been for Sophia. The tJ;ure of the
Kaiser's sister, dark, imperious, sin
ister, was always behind him, and
over them both brooded, like a wvul
ture, the Emperor William himself.
Scheming in Private Room.
Freda von Sternberg was summoned
to Ithe palace, where 1 received her in
the King's private apartments. The
windows of the rocm into which she
was shown were screened, and the
walls thick and sound proof. A door,
which fitted tightly into the panel at
one side, led to a library which the
King occupied exclusively.
These two places formed a center of
intrigue such as, I hope, has no coun
terpart in Europe, for there were
weaved plots not only against the Al
lies, but against the patriotic Greeks,
men who would willingly have shed
the last drop of their heart’'s blood
for their country.
“You received a letter from my sec
retary to copy?” Tino asked, and
without waiting for her to reply,
went on: “I want you to take it to
the Emperor personally. It is of the
utmost importance. The Allies are
getting restive, and may at any mo
ment refuse to he put off with prom
ises of benevolent neutrality. You
can tell His Majesty, in addition, that
we are doing everything possible to
make Colonel Falkenhausen's mission
a success.”
Tino an Accomplished Spy.
The woman hesitatad.
“Well?” asked Tino, impatiently.
“I was just wondering, sir, what
would happcen if—if I am unable to
leave Greece. I am afraid that there
are people who already suspect me,
and if they found this letter in my
possession——"
“Oh, you must take the risk of
that,” said the King, adding guickly:
“Those who are in the service of a
State must always be prepared for
the consequences.”
“Freda von Sternberg is one of the
most intelligent and useful women 1
have ever met,” said Tino; when she
had gone. “It is not the letter itsell
which matters most. There is a good
deal more that she will be able to
tell the Emperor. You see, she has
been in many places and knows much
that will be of service tn His Maj
esty.”
With these words Tino returned to
his library.
Playing the Double Game.
That afternocn he reccived in audi
ence a representative of the Allies
and solemnly assured him that the
kingdom would remain neutral, or if
Greece took sides at all it would be
against the Central Powers.
No sooner had the Allied represent
ative gone, filled with empty assur
ances of goodwill, than the King com
manded me to summon General Zu
matos, and who, as every one sus
pected, had swallowed deep draughts
of Prusianism., Zumatos was nol
only a soldier, but a politician, with a
pretty considerable following, and
was one of the bitterest opponents
of M. Venizelos.
The interview now was momen
tous. It was the heginning of a plot
that involved my unhappy country in
civil strife and led to considerable
bloodshed.
Tino was excited and “nervy.” The
continual pressure of the Allies and
the growing feeling ol distrust among
the patriotic Greeks had made them
selves felt unpleasantly.
Sophia, too, was impatient, and did
not fail to irritate her husband into
taking serious and irretrievable steps
toward the end which they had in
view.
Cespicably Bunning Is Tino.
The officer saluted when he eéen
tered the royal presence, and they
straightway began a discussion of
the situation. Zumatos, urged to
suggest some rapid and definite
movement, agreed it was high time
that some action was taken.
“But what are we to do?” he asked
with a gesture of despair. ‘“‘Sarrail
is even now &t our gates. The Al
lied navies could blow Athens out of
existence, and already your Majesty’s
subjects are complaining of food
shortage.”
A look of deep cunning crept inte
Tino's face.
“I am aware that there is dissatis
faction,” he said, “but even that can
be turned to our advantage. You
have your paid agents—use them.”
“In what way, yvour Majesty?” in
quired Zumatos.
“lLet them mingle with the revolu
tionary mob. The rebels have few
firearms and less ammunition. Stir
them into armed resistance and then
let your men fire on the crowd.”
Zumatos nodded. There was a light
of satisfaction in his eyes. This was
work after his own fashion.
“Shoot them down,"” continued Tino
rising as he spoke and pacing the
floor; “that will teach them a lesson
which may be useful. It will im-,
press them with a consciousness ot
our power, and incidentally it wil
cause the Entente uneasiness. Wi
mud do something till the Empero;
is readv to help us.”
Fury of the Royal Wife.
With Tino Venizelos was an ob
session, a nightmare, a source of con
stant fear and irritation. And this
feeling was shared even intensely by
the Queen.
Agzain and again in her fury—and
shie has an ungovernable temper—
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Sophia urged the King to take means
to get Venizelos out of the way.
Little does he know, even today,
of the many plots that were devised
to remove him-—plots which had their
origin in the ex-Queen’s brain, and
which, but for the loyalty of the
great Greeks' followers, would have
been put into execution.
In this tre royal inspiration was
encouraged by the Kaiser himself, 1
have in my possession a telegram to
Sophia sent out in a secret code by
the Emperor of Germany in January
of last year, when Sarrail and Ad
miral Fournet threatened us from
Saloniki, which, translated, reads:
“V. should be dcalt with effectu
ally. He is the enemy of the Cen
tral Powers. Talk it over with Tino
and Faulkenhausen.”
In the light of what I know I say
unhesitatingly that Venizelos had a
charmed life. He was destined to
the service of his country, just as
he has always been the champion ot
right, truth and liberty.
Fate of Emissary.
I am speaking much of Venizelos
now, because it was from his lips
that we heard of the fate of Freda
von Sternberg. It was two days after
she had been dispatched to Berlin
with the King's letter when Tino
was informed that Venizelos re
quested an immediate audience. The
Queen was with him at the time, and
a scowl settled on her face when the
name was announced.
This was the first time I had been
present at. an interview between
Venizelos and the King and Queen, 1
am not a professicnal writer, and so
am unable to do justice to the scene.
It will certainly never fade from my
memory, nor do I think that the oth
ers who took part in it will readily
forget it. I can see them now as
they were then.
Venizelos—strong, cool, confident—
stood facing the King and Queen,
who, flushed and angry, glared—l can
find no word fitter to express my
meaning—upon their vistor. Even
then the contrast between them flagh
ed into my mind.
Tino's eyes glittered ominously, and
his face was stern, set and resolute
Now and again his fingers strayed
nervously to his mustache and his
right leg, which was crossed over thé
other. The Queen sat back in hei
chair, her hands crossed, and a look
of inexpressible contempt in her face
If hate could have killed, Venizelos
would assuredly have been a dead
man.
Royal Pair in a Rage.
A Greek patriot bowed respectful
ly, but there was an air of determina.
tion ~«bout him which spoke volumes
“Well, sir?” Tino spoke abruptly,
almost sharply.
Venizelos paused as if reflecting
and then plunged strafght into the
subject uppermost in his thoughts.
“Your Majesty is in communication
with the Emperor of Germany,” he
inquired.
“And why not?” demanded the King
angrily.
“There is no reason Your Majesty
should not write to Berlin, providing
the interests of Greece do not suffer,
replied Venizelos, “but the corre
spondence to which I am referring
is a little unusual, and, with ‘respect
may I add, indiscreet.”
The Queen colored angrily, though
she remained silent., Not so the King.
With a shout he sprang to his feet
and faced Venizelos. Venizelos was
no dwarf, but Tino towered over him
His hands were clenched and his eyes
flashed. “Am I the King of the Hel
lenes?” 'he shouted. “Tell me, am )
the King?”
“Yes, your Majesty, you are the
King of the Hellenes,” 1 did not no
tice it at the time, but can not help
thinking now that there was the
slightest emphasis on the word “are.
“Then,” replied Tino, “as the head
of the army and as your sovereign I
tell you you have no right to control
my movements or to dictate my pol
icy."
“That is true in a sense,’” replied the
statesman, “but there is another side.
Greece has every right to interfere
when her in‘erests are at stake. He
lieve me,” he added earnestly, “so long
as your majesty is in sccord with the
wishes and aspirations of the Greek
people you and your dynasty have no
trxr servant than myself. But oth
erwise—-" .
He broke off abruptly. They were
brave words, The veiled threat was
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“And otherwise?” demanded the
King.
“I can not suppose an ‘otherwise’ is
possible,” sald Venizelos.
The Queen now spoke up for the
Iflrst time. 1 see again the rage, in
dignation, wonder mingled on hes
Iface, the hard set of her jaw, the
scornful curl of her lips.
“Insolent,” she e¢xcleimed, “if I were
the King——"
Venizelos bowed.
“You are the Queen, madame,” he
said, “and I did not seek this inter
view with you—an interview which 1
know must be painful to you both.
May Ibe more explicit?”" He seemed
to address them both at once, and as
they did not reply, he went on.
“There has come into my possession
a letter to Berlin couched in words
which would be distasteful to the Al
lies, and, T am sure, would not be ap
proved by the peopnle of my country.
That letter sets out that the Greek
army is prepared to unite with our
hereditary enemy, Turkey, against the
Entente, and predicts the defeat of
the protecting powers.
“Neither of th:se things is true. In
any case. such a document should not
have been forwarded without the
knowledge and counsel of your majes
ty's responsible Ministers.”
“Oh, this is too insolent,”” gasped
the Queen.
| Letter Intercepted.
1 thought at this moment that Tino
in his fiercé anger, would have struck
Venizelos. But he restrained himself,
with an effort.
‘M. Venizelos,” said Tino hotly,
“please be good enough to tell me
what you mean and why you address
me in this fashion, and remember, you
are speaking to your King.”
“T knw that,” replied Venizelos, as
calmly as if he were addressing an
undistinguished stranger. “I have
never forgotten it, and it is in the in
terest of yourself and your dynasty
that I am speaking to you now. It is
not well that the facts should be pub
lished, I suppose.” He looked at me
and stopped.
~ “Colonel Cournaris is in my confi
dence,” said Tino.
. “Then 1 will speak out.” Venizelos
I looked strong and urcompromising.
| “In myv possession is a letter to the
Emperor of Germany. It was taken
from a woman, Fraulein von Stern
‘berg, and is presumably from you.
. “We, of course, are aware of the
woman's antecedents, and know that
she is in the secret service of Ger
many. She was intercepted and
searched and the letter was brought
to me.”
“Well,” said Tino, “although I am
‘not called upon to give an explana
tion, I will tell you here and now that
Fraulein von Sternberg has carried no
letter from me and that I never send
confidential letters by a woman.”
Could 1 express—at that moment—
my feelings and my inward contempt
for the man I called my King? |
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To Examine Class 1
The DeKalb County exemption
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as to physical qualifications of young
men placed in Class 1 under the se
‘lective service regulations. About |
200 men are yet to be examined, a‘
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LABOR DECLARES BURLESON
“FELL DOWN” ON HIS JOB
Union Heads Testify That Mail Rotted in Post
office Because He Hired Only Cheap Help—Re
taliation For Refusal to Permit Organization.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Organized
labor's fight against Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson, brewing since the Am
erican Federation of Labor at Buffalo
denounced his refusal to permit em
ployes to organize, broke in congress
today.
Presidents of two national unions
appeared before the House Committee
on Expenditures in the Postoffice with
testimony that soldiers’ Christmas
mail was delayed, destroyed and lost
in the New York mail terminals.
They were President W. G. Hyatt, of
the postal employes union, and Pz-esl-1
dent E. J. Ryan, of the Railway Postol
clerks union. I
Both declared that ‘“cheap, ineffi
cient help, hired in a penny-pinching
policy,” was responsible for much de
lay. They charged civil servioe regu- |
lations were disregarded in this polk‘y‘
of economy. ‘
' Supporting statements were made
by two Republican congressmen, Brit- ‘
ten of Illinois and Rogers of Massa-(
chusetts, |
Hyatt thus described mail condi-i
tions at Chelsea terminal, New York,
in the season when soldiers’ letters
and packages were piled highest:
“The mail was delayed so long that
Christmas supplies decomposed. Tur
keys, jams, cookieg, even puddings be
came putrid.
“There were so many packages that
doorways were blocked. Men tramp
led over parcel post matter—they had
to do their work. I want to say that
civil service rules were disregarded
and the employes were temporary
and irresponsible, despite the fact that
many were waiting for work on the
civil service list.
“These men had to be watched
every, minute. In the district at
torney’s office today are six indict
ments for mail rifling by this crew.
The pay allowed was SSO a month.
Many unskilled women worked. A
nigardly, despicable policy of penny
pinching on help was responsible for
the trouble. The force did not know
how to work.
“The foreign station, where navy
mail was sorted, was no better. From
November 11 to January 6 the force
worked holidays, Sundays and all.
There was still much mail which had
not been started to Kurope by Janu
ary 6. Of the crew of 30 employees,
four were civil service. The pack
ages, many of them fragile, were
Itrampled on here, too.
Needed New Doorway.
“At Pennsylvania Terminal the en
trance became so blocked that the
employees passed a petition for a new
Time and Place of Next Meetngl
of Georgia Lawyers To Be |
Decided Soon,
MACON, Fedb. 9.—Standing com
mittecs of the Georgia Bar Associa
tion for the year 1918 have been ap
pointed by President COrville A. Park,
of Macon. The executive committee,
elected at the last session of the bar
association at Tybee. will meet in a
few days and select the time and
plece of the next convention. The
standing committees named by Mr.
Park are as follows:
Jurisp-udence, Law Reform and
Procedure—A. W. Cozart, Columbus,
chairman; (. B. Conyers, Brunswick;
R. L.. Denmark, Savannah; H. J. Full
bright, Wayneshoro; A. B. Conyer,
Bainbridge. I
Federal Legislation—Edgar Wat
kins, chairman, Atlanta; Wallace
Miller, Macon; James M. Hull, Jr.,
Auusta; Harry D. Reed, Waycross;
Max Michael, Athens.
Interstate Law—T. A. Hammond,
chairman, Atlanta; W. H. Burrell
Sparta; W. L. Clay, Savannah; W. A
Slaton, Washington; M. J. Yeomans,
Dawson.
Legal Education and Admission tr)l
the Bar—W. D. Thomson, chairman,
Atlanta; John R. L. Smith,. Macon;
Thomas F. Green, Athens; A. H
Thompson, LaGrange; M. H. Black
shear, Dublin.
Legal Ethics and Grievances—l.. W.
Branch, chairman, Quitman; H. .
Peeples, Atlanta; W. K. Miller, Au—‘
gusta; Edward S. Elliott, Savannah;
G. E. Maddox, Tome. )
Memberskip—H. F. L.awson, chair
man, Hawkinsville; ¥. U. Garrard,
Columbus; D. S. Atkinson, Savan
nah; W. E. Artaud, Atlanta, Emmett
Houser, Fort Valley.
Memorials—R. D. Meader, chair
man, Brunswick; H. M. Patty, At
lanta; M. D. Jones, Macon; E. K.
Wilcox, Valdosta; H. H. Swift, Co
lumbus.
Reception—Z. B. Rogers, chairman
Eatonton; F. T. Saussy, Savannah;
Millard Reese, Brunswick; Paul H
Doyal, Rome; W, W. Dykes, Ameri
cus
.
Six Zones to Speed
Ship Building Plan
(By International News Service.) I
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Govern
ment shipbuilding is to be sgmmi.adl
by distributing the shipping board’s |
power over six shipyard zone direc- I
torates, each with a practical ship-|
builder in control. }
There will be three zones on the
Atlantic and Gulf coast. two on the
Pacific and one on the Great Lakes,
comprising in all 182 ship yards.
Appointment of the six directors
has not yet been made. Each will be
the head of the leading shipbuilding
company in his respective zone. He |
will co-ordinatd all the companies in |
his zone into ai gingle unified enter-l
prise.
doorway so they would not need to
step on the malil and packages.
“A draft questionnaire mailed De
cember 1% was found held up on Jan
uary 2. One employee accidentally
found his own in a supposedly empty
sack.”
Ryan read a similar statement, and
added: |
“Disregard of civil service regula
tions and a refusal to hire labor un
less it worked far under the market
rate—which meant the poorest class
of labor—are the causes of many
American soldiers receiving packages
s 0 putrid they will ba puzzled as to
what to thank their homefolks for.”
Representative Rogers declared that
at Chelsea Terminal there was such
congestion that shovels were used to
clear pathways, rulning many gifts.
He sald that Burleson’s statement
that mail got to France in 30 days
was amazing; it aws nearer seven
weeks, |
“The redeeming feature is that an
official message sent to an officer and
an ordinary letter are treated alike,”
he said. |
“What kind of service is that?”
asked Representative Van Dyke, of
Minnesota.
“Both very bhad,” said Rogers.
Delay Cost Boy Liberty.
Representative Huddleton, of Ala
bama, eaid that a 17-year-old boy
named Gallagher got into the army
throiigh deceipt. His parents vro
tested and the department said Hud
dleston sent orders September 26 to
return him home,
“The letter,” he continued, “did not
arrive until November 6. By that time
yvoung Gallagher, like a true Irishman,
had gotten into the first line trenches
and was captured in a,German raid.
He is in the West Prussia prison
camp now.”
Britten and Rogers submitted let
ters from constituents complaining
that cigarettes were stolen from
packages. Rogers said cigarete man
ufacturers are disgyizing their pack
ages 50 that they may be safely ship
ped abroad.
Britten declared: tonight that James
V. Forster, a former employee of the
committee on public information,
Bince resigned, will testify at the ear
liest opportunity that important docu
ments were stolen from the New York
censorship office. This story has been
denied formally by the committee on
censorship. Britten declares that
Forster has submitted to him con
vincing testimony in refutation of the
denial.
Forster's story ig that one piece of
evidence on German propaganda in
Mexico was stolen which would have
opened a whole new field of disclo
sures.
‘ '
Committee Says President Mustl
'
Have Power to Make Higher
Rates if Needed.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Reporting
favorably late this afternoon on the
Administration railroad bill, the
House Interstate Commerce Comit
tee said:
“This measure is war legislation,
intended to meet the essential needs
growing out of the federal control of
our great carrier systems.
“It is not to be regarded as a bill
for government ownership or control
of railroads, or against government
control or ownership of railroads. It
undertakes to provide for war needs
and only for them.”
A section permitting the President
to pay recently reorganized railroads
on a higher basis than the three-year
average is emphasized as a matter of
justice to security holders of “non
typical lines.”
“There has been discussion as to the
justice of the proposed basis of re-l
turn,” the report continues. “Your
committee has dealt with that as ai
practical question, It is probable that
any court would take an average of
earnings for some reasonable period
as persuasive, perhaps conclusive evi
dence of a just compensation.”
Discussing the power of rate mak
ing—where the House committee fa
fors supreme authority with the Pres
itent, but the Senate committee the
Interstate Commerce Commission—
the report says:
‘The rate fabric of the country is
now based on the competitive theory
In many cases rates have been made
for the purposre of meeting, if not de- I
destroying, water competition. Mani- |
festly, under Government control ruis:
rates should not be made for the |
purpose, |
“Costs of wages, materials Hndl
everything else are rising, and I“‘I.I
likely to go’ higher. The President
responsible for the general financial |
result, must have the power v'mn<'
mensurate with his responsibility.”
Minority reports by Representaive
Esch, of Wisconsin, favoring rate
making by the dnterstate Commerce
Cemmission, and Stephens, of Ne
braska, favoring Kkeeping the ru:ul.q'
indefinitely after the war, will be sub- i
mitted Monday. I
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COMMERCE, Feb, 9. —Richard
Dowdy has been appointed by Con
gressman Bell to the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis. |
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ASHINGTON, Feh. 9.— I
W The favored tew who |
have been allowed to see é
the manuscript of Ex-Kmbassador |
zGel'm'd‘s second work claim that I
{it will create a greater furor 2
% than his memoirs that were pub
¢ lished last fall. The former book %
Qapparently laid a ground work of
{ educational information on Ger»l
! man political and social condi- 8]
¢ tions, for his new sensational ex- ]
II posures on the German conduct "
{ of the war and anti-American in- }
2 trigue. (
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spubllshed in The Georgian and%
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} day, February 24.
§ It is stated that Gerard's new I
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{ with documentary evidence, will !
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ALBANY, GA., Feb. 9.—Charging
that the politicians of the country are
“humoring” the r;rmers and encour
aging them to seek a way out from
the operations of the hardships of
the war, B. Y. Wallace, a wholesate
grocer of Tifton, and also food admin
istrator of Tift County, attending the
meeting of Southwest Georgia Gro
cerers here yesterday, declared that
the time has come for everybody, the
farmer included, to cease talking
about “doing his bit” and to jump in
and “do his darndest.”
Mr. Wallace declared that the bur
dens of the war to date have fallen
almost exclusively on the business
man; that they have subscribed to
the Liberty Loan, raised Red Cross,
Y. M. C. A. and other funds, and an
swered every other demand made by
the war, while the politicians have
pampered the farmers to such an ex
tent that they are almost “laying
down on"” the nation in its crisis.
S. J. Faircloth, of Quitman, who
was chairman of the meeting, indors
ed in a ringing address all that the
Tifton man had said, and added that
the farmers of the country have reap
ed a greater share of prosperity from
the war than any other class. He
declared that he had once thought
of voting for William Schley Howard
for the United States Senate, but the
latter’s “slobbering” over the farmer
has caused him to change his mind.
Mr. Faircloth declared that when
| the purpose of the food laws and oth
er restrictive war measures are ex
plained to the farmers they are more
ready than any other class to co
~operate. He told an incident which
illustrated this vividly. Mr. Fair
cloth had just returned from the
meeting of wholesale grocers in At
lanta, when a retail grocer from his
home town of Qujtman called him
aside to inquire what could be done
“for the farmers,” and at the same
time calling elght farmers into side
alley conference. Mr. Faircloth ex
plained that the Gevernment feels
that the soldiers should be fed first,
and that it is as little as the civilian
can do to sacrifice a little in the
choice of foods in order that the sot
diers may be fed. Two of the farm
ers had just had sons put in Class 1,
and they were quick to catch the force
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poses of the food law. The ratailer
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