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THE 3rOKMXG OKEGONIAX, FTCIDAT, DECEMBER 3, 1919. 5 ITALIAN SOCIALISTS SET MEETING AFIRE Plea for United Work for Na tion Is Hooted. NOISE DROWNS SESSION Premier Xitli, ex-Premier Orlando iid Deputy Mauri Speak De spite Demonstraitons. TiOME, Dec. 4. The chamber of dep uties opened yesterday amid great ex citement, socialist deputies being present In larger numbers than on Tuesday. Socialist Deputy Treves resumed hi protests against what he termed the indignities suffered by his compan ions and declared he represented the wishes of all parties who understood the grave hour through which the country was passing. Catholic Deputy Mauri, in reply, ad mitted the situation was serious arid deplored reported violence, urging that a union of all parties was neces sary to brms atout a spirit of pacifi cation. He ended by declaring: ' The country needs peace and work." Socialists Denounce Mauri. ATI the Catholics applauded but the socialists denounced Mauri, crying: "Long live the pope-king." alluding Ironically to the loyalty of the Cath olics to ihe pope up to a few years ago in what the anti-clericals charge wtra his aspirations to restore the temporal power of the church, mak ing himself at the same time pope and king. ,The Catholics at this point redou bled their applause, which took the form of a counter - demonstration against socialist attacks and in sup port of Signor Mauri's speech, while the socialists shouted: "Jesuits! Jesuits!" for 10 minutes. The confusion was so great that the session virtually was suspended. IVittl Makes Statement. Premier Nitti in a short statement agreed with Socialist Deputy Treves that the hour was grave for Italy and declared it was for that reason he sought the union of all Italian forces, promising on his part to protect both the majority and minority deputies and the lives of private citizens and asking the socialists to judge him by his work and not from preconceived and erroneous ideas. The speech of the premier brought loud applause from the non-socialists. Ex-Premier Vittorio Orlando then assumed the presidency of the cham ber, to which position he was re cently elected, and delivered a pa triotic address, recapitulating the events of the last few years. Appeal Made for Support. Appealing for support, Signor Or lando said: "The president of the chamber must be surrounded by the prestige neces sary to such a position if parliament ary work is to proceed without dis order." The socialists hooted while the other members of the chamber ap plauded. The newly-elected president at tempted to conciliate the opposing parties and said he trusted he would be assisted by all the socialists. The latter interrupted, shouting: "Not by us." This retort aroused the resentment of the remaining members of the chamber and in reply to their expres sions of disapproval Socialist Deputy Barberis, who by profession is a carter, shouted: "If you don't like us get out. We will go on alone." ROME, 'Wednesday. Dec. 3. Italian soldiers fired upon a crowd here last night after they had been attacked with knives and daggers. One work man was killed and 12 wounded. Announcement that the general strike in Italy would terminate at midnight AVednesday was received with relief by everybody throughout the country, including many work men who admit they struck only in obedience to orders. The order for the cessation of the strike, which was issued by direction of the socialist party and the general federation of labor, declares among other things: 'We never more will tolerate even In the slightest degree a violation of the right of representation, or the liberty of thought, and are ready to take measures which will be suf ficiently efficacious to check every where every reactionary desire of the professional militarists." LONDON. Dec. 4. An agreement which it is hoped will solve the Adri atic question has been prepared in Paris by the American. French and v Ilritish peace representatives for sub. X mission to Italy, according to private dispatches today. Frank L. Polk, un-der-secretary of state, and Premier Clemenceau are reported already to have signed the agreement. It is understood Great Britain is prepared to sign, upon which the agreement will be handed over to the Italian plenipotentiary in Paris. The nature of the proposals is not stated, but they are said to have been framed with a view to satisfying the Italian people. LONDON'. Dec. 4. Italian regulars will occupy Fiume and the territory included in the treaty of London signed in 1915 by representatives of Italy. France. Great Britain and Rus sia, according to a Home dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. Captain Gabriele d'Annunzio's volun teers will withuraw from Flume, it is said, under the terms of an agree ment readied as a result of negotia tions between London and Paris. WASHINGTON, Dec. . State de partment officials said today they hud no information regarding the upreement relating to the Adriatic question which was reported in Lon don dispatches today to have been prepared by the supreme council at Paris for submission to Italy. TWO LADS HURT BY AUTOS Buy of 9 in Serious Conditiou With hkull Injury. Two little boys were injured, one seriously, in automobile accidents rfr ported to the traffic bureau yester day afternoon. Stanley Hultburg, 9 years old, of 435 Brown street. received a fracture of three or four ribs and a possible fracture of the skull in an accident on Alberta street between Grand avenue and East Sixth street, and Alex Breshears, 7 years old. of 372 U- Hawthorne ave nue, received a contusion on the head and a possible fracture of a rib in an accident at East Sixth and Clay streets. Stanley Hultburg was struck by a By-at truclk tlf.iv.ea bx Bm 2 SI ale. 3335 East Seventy-first street south east. Mr. Blair, in his report of the accident, said that the boy ran across the street and that he attempted to avoid striking, but was unable to do so. He said that the fender of his machine struck the boy on the cheek and knocked him down. The boy was sent to St. Vincent's hospital in a taxi. His condition there was reported serious. He had not re gained consciousness last evening. Alex Breshears. who is a son of Mrs. T. M. Breshears, was run over by F. Luckey, 146 Killingsworth avenue, a driver for the National laun dry. The boy was taken to the po lice emergency hospital by Motor cycle Officer Schad. EXPENSES TO BE PRUNED RETRENCHMENT TO LIMIT IS FAVORED IX SENATE. Estimates of $4,865,000,000 for Next Fiscal Tear Branded as "Absolutely Startling." WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Demand that the utmost economy be exercised in government expenditures was made in the senate today by both repub lican and democratic leaders during a discussion of the financial situa tion. Possibility of war with Mexico was mentioned and it was pointed out that this would entail enlarged appro priations. Chairman Warren of the senate ap propriations committee, said the es timates of $4,865,000,000 for the next fuscal year, as prescribed recently by Secretary Glass, "were absolutely startling." He said this compared with estimated revenues of $6,035. 000.000 from all sources, including the postoffice department. "When the burden of taxes we are carrying is considered and the war behind us, it seems to me," said Sena tor Warren, "the time has come to shut the gates entirely on new requisitions, new departments and new commissions." Chairman Wadsworth of the mili tary committee pointed out that the army estimates of $982,000,000 were $200,000,000 more than this year's ap propriations and apparently were based on a piece-time army of 500,000 men. "I can assure the senate," he said, "that not with my consent will there be any army of 500,000 men. Declaring that the estimates prob ably would be exceeded when actual appropriations were made, Senator Thomas, democrat, Colorado, urged economy, declaring that war with Mexico seemed "unavoidable" unless the Carranza government changes its attitude. LABOR BREAK IMPENDING TACOMA COrNCIL THREATENS TO IGNORE FEDERATION. Metal Trades Men Ready to End Strike, but Sanction for Set tlement Is Withheld. TACOMA, Dec. 4. The metal trades council, which has directed the ship yard strike here, tonight will meet to canvass the vote to end the strike and to consider a communication from James O'Connell, president of the metal trades department of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, in which sanction of the settlement is refused. Union officials today acknowledged the order from O'Connell was received two days ago. It was made known here in an Associated Press dispatch from San Francisco last night. With all local shipyard unions on record almost unanimously for ac ceptance of the conference agreement to end the strike and with federations ordering the strike to continue, the lo cal metal trades council is facing a ticklish situation, it was said in union circles today. An attempt to obtain sanction for a section agreement that will concern only Tacoma was to be undertaken, it was said. Heretofore all coast ship builders have worked under a blanket agreement. It was pointed out today that Mr. O'Connell has refused to sanction a settlement under the old Macy scale for the reason that an agreement reached here would pave the way for settlements in other coast plants where strikes are on. KEROSENE ENGINE GAINS Engineers Report Progress in. Use of Crude Oil Motors. . NEW YORK, Dec. 4. Progress in use of kerosene crude oil and other substitutes for gasoline was reported yesterday at the annual meeting of the American Society of Mechanical En gineers. A kerosene motor would be suc cessful, in the opinion of Lawrence F. Seaton of Lincoln, ieb., if designed so that the piston displacement were larger than commonly used: if the intake passages were larger and shorter, and if the incoming gas were heated to a temperature con siderably higher than the boiling point of kerosene. E. P. Blakeley of Chicago said one type of engine which uses crude oil had possibilities for being made as small as one and one-half horse power for use in farm tractor work and small electric power generating. BURGLARS ENTER CHURCH Safe and Golden Vessels Used In Services Carried Away. A small safe containing vessels of gold used in church services was stolen by burglars who entered St. Ignatius Catholic church, 3220 East Forty-third street, some time Wednes day night. The stolen articles in eluded two chalices and one ciborium valued at approximately $500. The burglars entered by "jimmying" a basement window, from there mak ing their way to the main body of the church, where the safe was kept. It was a small safe and could be car ried by two men. Tracks in front of the church in dicated that the burglars had made their escape in an automobile. SCHOOL QUARANTINE OFF Catholic Institution at Portsmouth to Reopen Tuesday. The Holy Cross school at Ports mouth station has been released from quarantine imposed some weeks ago because of smallpox in the institu tion. The school will reopen next Tuesday. During the time the school was closed there were 40 cases of the disease within the institution, nine sisters and 31 children being afflicted. The Holy Cross school is the only in stitution in the city which has been closed for a lengthy period. Many of the children who were ill board at the school, having homes is various TURKEY TO BE TEST OF ALLIED SCHEME War to Be Won or Lost in Problems of Near East. AMERICAN AID IS ASKED If Imperialism and Exploitation Continue to Prevail, Civilization's Task Held Not Yet Completed. BT WILLIAM T. ELLIS. (Copyright, 1919, bv the New York Herald company. Published by arrangement.) CONSTANTINOPLE. Whether the world war is to be won or lost is now being decided in Turkey. Obviously, the defeat of Germany does not mean the winning of the war. unless the great objectives of the allies are also made secure. Those objectives are now in real peril in the near east. America entered the war to help make the world safe for democracy; to insure the liberty of all peoples, however small or weak, from oppres sion, and to break the power of im perialism. If the result of the cata clysm is anything Jess than this, then our soldiers will have died in vain. "If ye break faith with us who die. We shall not sleep, though poppies blow in Flanders fields." America has not yet faced the logic of the situation. How great and grave is the menace to peace around the Mediterranean is simply outside the thinking of the average American. He neither real izes that the causes of the war wert in the near east; nor that its final decision will be there. Turkey Still Impenitent. Tne situation in the near east may be reviewed in a few sentences: Tur key is still impenitent and pro-German. Young Turk officials continue to occupy most of the subordinate of fices of the nation. Given an oppor tunity they would re-establish rela tions with the central powers. They dislike the allied nations, less for their enmity in the war than for what they call the present Intrigues of Eu rope. By these machinations, old Turkey is the greatest gainer, for all present signs point to a continuance of Turkish rule in Constantinople and Asia Minor, thus thwarting one of the specific 14 points of President Wil son and a solemn conviction of Chris tendom. Everybody expected the subject races of Turkey to be freed by the war. Instead, they seem merely to be changing masters. Armenia's fate is uncertain, her prospects for self government being jeopardized by the extravagant claims and arrogant at titude of the Armenian politicians. Syria has been freed from Turkey, but turned over to France. Mesopo tamia is openly treated as a British possession, with no semblance of local autonomy. The Hejaz has become a nation, and signatory to the peace treaty, but Arabian jealousies and the increase of Turkish power may overturn it. Egypt has since the war been definitely deprived of prospects of independence, having been formal ly taken over as a protectorate by Great Britain. The Hellenes of west ern Asia Minor have apparently lost their opportunity for autonomy, or annexation to Greece, because of the excesses of the Greek soldiers' in Smyrna and the regions beyond. Pftweri Are Conspiracy. Meanwhile the great powers are coquetting and conspiring with vari ous sets of Turkish officials, and each is seeking advantages for itself. In this game, which now seems to be the continuing policy with respect to Tur key, we may be sure that Germany will again have a look in. As soon as the treaties have been signed her officials will be back in Constanti nople. They outwitted the other pow ers there before the war; they may do so again after the war. No American who faces facts fearlessly can be entirely comfortable at the prospects which seem to be opening up along the Bosporus. That condition of things, a sort of armed truce, may continue for years to the scandal of civilization. Open war is less to be feared from it than from other forces produced by the war for freedom. Imperialistic Euro pean projects may exist side by side, each intriguing and manoeuvertng against the other, without breaking out into open hostilities, because they are all subject to the will of the statesmen of London. Paris, Rome and Berlin. If actual fighting on a wholesale scale nobody counts small scale killings in the near east breaks out again, it will probably be because the aroused subject nations fight for their independence. These old peoples have heard the magic words of lib erty that America sent swinging around the world. They have been taught that self-government is a sa cred right. European statesmen joined with President Wilson in pro claiming that the wilt of the people is supreme. Therefore, they refuse to be crowded back into former con ditions wherein they were possessed and bartered as so many commodities. New Aapeet Freaeiated. Egypt and Syria are the most por tentous of these e.ncient nations now claiming self-determination. They refuse to submit to British and French rule: they do not even want these nations as mandatories. They may force a continuance of the world war. with great entente powers put Nasty Colds Get instant relief with Tape's Cold Compound' Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blow ing and snufflingl A dose of "Pape" Cold Compound" taken every two hours until three doses are taken usually breaks up a cold and ends all grippe misery. 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This' aspect of the case may be summed up in a paragraph. The is sue is whether imperialism and old diplomacy, or democracy and altru ism, shall be dominant in the near east. Are the welfare and wishes and rights of the ?ocal population to come first, or are they to be subordinated to considerations of European profit and policy? Grim and bitter war lurks in the conditions now existing within what was the Ottoman empire. The whole world's peace is imperilled here. Things cannot continue as they are; any day may see the dreaded calamity precipitated. If the - international conflict is resumed about the shores of the Mediterranean, it will develop aspects which the mind refuses to contemplate. Theoretically, America is out of all this. Actually, she is deepest in it. Her entrance into the war, and her proclaimed principles, aroused these various nationalities to a passion for liberty. America provided the Egyp tians with the platform upon which their insurrection stands. America, as Prince Feisal and others assured me, taught Syria to speak the slogans of liberty. Armenia got her ideas of independence from American teachers. By example and by instruction the United States made the small nations resolute for their rights. America's Aid Waited. At present, every one of these clam orous nations, from Albania to Arabia. is insistent that America become its mandatory or sponsor or suzerain or whatever one may please to call it. They say openly that only a strong, kindly American hand can guide the ship of peace through these troubled waters. None of the nations will ac cept any other leadership: they have confidence only in the disinterested ness of America. There we have the situation, out lined in broad strokes. There are 100 complicating factors. The one clear issue is whether peace or war' is to follow. The near east is the last bat tlefield of the struggle of the ages. 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