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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1920 CHAMPION OF POUSH FHEEDOM Independent Government Held Right of People. Is SOVIET- RULE DENOUNCED '. Position Regarding Invasion or -. Russians Declared Recosni- tion of Reds , Impossible. f(TnHnagrlFrom First Pg am -dan- against our institutions whose hassaiinn will be agitators of rerous revolt, whose spokesmen say they sign agreements with no inten tion of keeping them." Declaration by the allied and asso ciated powers that the territorial in tegrity of Russia should bo respected, the secretary continued, presupposed withdrawal of all foreign troops from the territory embraced by these boundaries and should be accompa nied by the announcement that no transgression by Poland, Finland or any other power of the line so drawn and proclaimed would be permitted. "Thus only," he asserted, "can the Bolshevist regime be deprived of Its false but effective appeal to Russian nationalism and compelled to met the Inevitable challenge of reason and aelf-respect which the Russian people secure from invasion and territorial violation, are sure to address to a social philosophy that degrades them and a tyranny that oppresses them. Statement In Vnequlvocal. Secretary Colby's statement of the attitude of fhe American government in the face of the threatened over throw of Poland was unequivocal. He declared that the people or tne uimeu States were "earnestly solicitous" for the maintenance of Poland's territo rial integrity and political independ ence. ' . -From that attitude we will not depart," he announced, "and the pol icy of this government will be di " rected to the employment of all avail ' able means to render it effectual." Pillage and oppression of the Poles, he declared, would remove Russia from "the pale of the friendly in terests of other nations." The note was accepted generally as evidence that the United States, Great Britain and France were deter mined to prevent the absorbing of Poland into Boviet Russia. Great Britain's views were outlined today In the house of commons by Palmier Lloyd George. There apparently, however, was a difference as between the views of the British and American govern ments on dealins with the soviet and preservation of the true bounda ries of the former Russian empire. Meaim" Not Disclosed. Exchanges between W ashington and London and Taris on the situation have been proceeding for some days and the fact that the American note was addressed to the Italian premier created some surprise here- . Mr. Lloyd George announced in the .Jiouse of commons only today tnat in ouiry surely would be made as to America's position. To this was added the fact that Italy had not tanen i prominent part in the allied discussions. The note did not go Into details as to the "available means" which might be employed in protect ing Poland. There was only an im plied response .to Poland's request ": for a declaration of the "moral sup- , Dort" of the United States. The American government's position . on the Russian-Polish situation was outlined in the following note to the Italian m government, addressed to . Baron Camillo Romano Avezzana, , Italian ambassador to the United , Bta tea: "August 10, 1920. '. "Excellency: "The agreeable intimation you have conveyed to the state department ' that the Italian government would '. welcome a statement of the views of this government on the situation pre i eented by the Russian advance into ! Poland deserves a prompt response and I will attempt without delay a i definition of this government's po- ', eitlon, not only as to the situation arising from Russian military pres i sure, but also as to certain cognate ! and inseparable phases of the Rus i aian question viewed more broadly. t. S. for Free Poland. This, government believes in a '. united, free and autonomous Polish - state and the people of the United ' States are earnestly solicitous for maintenance of Poland's political in dependence and territorial integrity. From this attitude we will not depart. . and the policy of this government will be directed to the employment of all available means to render it effectual. ; "The government, therefore, takes irto exception to the ffort apparently being made in some quarters to ar , range an armistice between Poland and Russia, but it would not, at least for the present, participate in any ; plan for the expansion of the armis tlce negotiations into a general Eu .ropean conference which would in all probability involve two results, from both of which this country strongly recoils, viz: the recognition of the bolshevik regime and a settlement of Russian problems almost inevitably upon the basis of a dismemberment of Russia. Krlentily Interest Avowed. "From the beginning of the Rus sian revolution, in March. 1917, to the present time the government and the people of the United States have fol lowed Its development with friendly solicitude and with profound sym pathy for the efforts of the Russian people to reconstruct their national - life upon the broad basis of popular pelf-government. The government of the United States, reflecting the spirit of its people, has at all times desired to help the Russian people. In that spirit all its relations with Russia and w-ith other nations in jnatters affecting the latter's inter sts have been conceived and gov erned. "The government of the United States was the first government to acknowledge the validity of the revo lution and to give recognition to the provisional government of Ruesia. Almost immediately thereafter it be came necessary for the United States to enter the war against Germany, and. in that undertaking, to become closely associated with the allied na- . tions. including, of course. Russia The war weariness of the masses of the Russian people was fully known to this government and sympathetic ally comprehended. Prudence, self interest and loyalty to our associates made it desirable that we should give moral and material support to the provisional government, which was struggling to accomplish a twofold task to carry on the war with vigoi and at the sarn time to reorganize the life of theAiation and establish a stable government, based on pop ular sovereignty. Paat Loyalty Recalled. "Quite independent of these mo tives, however, was the . sincere friendship of the government and the people of the United States for the great Russian nation. "The friendship manifested by Rue sia towards this nation in a time" of trial and distress has left us 'with an imperishable sense of gratitude. It was as a grateful friend that we sent to Russia an expert commission to aid in bringing about such a re organization of the . railroad trans portation system as would reinvigor ate the whole of its 'economic life and so add to the well-being of the Russian people. "While deeply- regretting with drawal of Russia from the war at a critical time, and the disastrous sur render at Brest-Litovsk, the United States has fully understood that the people of Russia were in no wise responsible. Faith In People Holds. "The United States maintains un impaired its faith in the Russian people, in their high character and their future. That they will over come existing anarchy, suffering and destitution we- do not entertain the slightest doubt. The distressing character of Russia's transition has many historical parallels, and the United States is confident that re- facts, which none disputes, have con vinced the government of the United States, against its will, that the ex isting regime in Russia is based upon the negation of - every principle of honor and good faith, and every us age and convention underlying the whole structure of international law: the negation, in short, of every prin ciple upon which it is possible to base harmonious and trustful relations, whether' of nations or of individuals. The responsible leaders of the re gime have frequently and openly boasted that they are willing to sign agreements and undertakings with foreign powers, while not having the slightest intention of observing such undertakings or carrying out such agreements. This attitude of disre gard of obligations voluntarily en tered into, they base upon the theory that no compact or agreement made with a non-bolshevist government can have any moral force for them. ' World Revolution Aim. "They have not only avowed this as a doctrine, but have exemplified it in practice. Indeed, upon numerous oc casions, the responsible spokesman of this power, and its official agencies, have declared that it is their tinder standing that the very existence of bolshevism in Prussia, the mainte nance of their own rule, depends, and must continue to depend, upon the occurrence of revolutions in all other great civilized nations, including the United States, which will overthrow and destroy their governments and SUMMARY OF SECRETARY COLBY'S RUSSO-POLISH STATEMENT. America declares for political independence and territorial integrity of Poland. ' Recognition by United States of bolshevist regime in Russia held impossible. Present government of Russia held not representative of people and wholly untrustworthy. Government will oppose any plan contemplating dismember ment of Russia. Hope expressed that Russian people will set up government with which enlightened nations can deal. "We cannot hold official relations with government which conspires against our institutions." Integrity of Russia presupposes withdrawal of all foreign troops from Russian territory. No transgression by Poland, Finland or any other power should be permitted. "Pillage and oppression of Poles would remove Russia from pale of friendly interests of other nations." "Policy of this government will be directed to the employment of all available means to render it effectuaU" LLOYD GEORGE SAYS POLfii TO BLAME Attacks on Russia Are De- , dared Not Justified. RIGHTS CONCEDED SOVIET Bolshevik! Declared Entitled Peace Terms Due Any Nation That Has Been In Right. ehce between Premiers Lloyd George and Millerand and their advisers were as follows, according to the French foreign office: First, that it was impracticable and unnecessary to send allied troops to Poland. Second, the integrity of Poland's western frontier was guaranteed. (This palpably means that any effort by Germany to use the pre3ent crisis in an attempt to regain any of the territory ceded to Poland under the treaty of Versailles would be decisive ly negatived by the allies.) Third, that the allies would con tinue sending munitions and skilled officers to Poland. Blockade measures would possibly be taken later, it was said, but French opinion questioned the effectiveness of such action. MARTYRS' EULOGY PAID (Continued Frwm First Pag-e. e.i stored, free and united Russia will I again take a leading place in the world, joining with the other na tions in upholding peace and orderly justice. Until that time shall arrive, the United States feels that friendship and honor require that Russia's in terests must be generously protected, and that as far as possible all de cisions of final importance to it and especially those concerning its sov ereignty over the territory of the former Russian empire, be held in abeyance. Baltic Qneatlon Cited. "By this feeling of friendship and honorable obligation to the great na tion whose brave and heroic self-sac rifice contributed so much to the suc cessful termination of the war. the government of the United States was guided in its reply to the Lithuanian national council, on October la, 1919. and in its persistent refusal to recog nize the Baltic states as separate na tions independent of Russia. The same spirit was manifested In the note of this government of March 24. 1920, in which it was stated, with reference to certain proposed settle ments in the near east, that no final decision should or can be made with out the consent of Russia.' In line with these important declarations of policy, the United States withheld its approval from the decision of the supreme council at Paris recognising the independence of the so-called republics of Georgia and Azerbaijan and so instructed its rep resentative in southern Russia. Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully. Finally. while gladly giving recognition to the independence of Armenia, the govern ment of the United States has tarken the position that the final determina tion of its boundaries must not be made without Russia's co-operation and agreement. Not only is Russia concerned because a considerable part of the territory of the new state of Armenia, when it shall be defined, formerly belonged to the Russian em pire. Due equally important is wis imi pledges are that Armenia must nave tne gooa win and the protective friendship of Rus-1 sia if it is to remain independent and free. -Soviet Power Decried. 'These llustrations show with what consistency the government or the United States has been guided in its foreign policy by a loyal friendship for Russia. We are unwilling that. while it is helpless in the grip of a non-representative government, whose only sanction is brutal force, Russia shall be weakened still further by a policy of dismemberment, conceived other than Russian interests. "With the desire of the allied powers to bring about a peaceful solution of the existing difficulties In Europe, this government is of course, tn hearty accora, ana win support any justifiable steps to that end. It is unable to perceive, how ever, that a recognition of the soviet regime would promote, much less ac complish this object, and it is there fore averse to any dealings with tne soviet regime beyond the most nar row boundaries to which a discussion of an armistice can be confined. Savage Oppression Ralea. "That the present rulers of Russia do not rule by the will or the con sent of any considerable proportion of the Russian people Is an lncon testable fact. Although nearly two and a half years have passed since they seized the machinery of gov ernment, promising to protect the constituent assembly against alleged conspiracies against it, they have not yet permitted anything In the nature of a popular election. At the moment when the work or creating a popular representative government based upon universal euiiragc wus iitrarms completion, the bolsheviki, although in number an inconsiderable minor itv of the people, by force and cun ning seized the powers and machinery of government and have continued to use them with savage oppression to maintain themselves in power. "Without any deelre to interfere in the internal affairs of the Russian people, or to suggest .what kind of government they should have, the government of the United States does express the hop, that they soon will find a way to set up a government representing their free will and pur pose. When that time comes, the United States will consider the measures of practical assistance which can be taken to promote the restoration of Russia, provided Rus sia has not taken itself wholly out of the pale of the friendly interest of other nations, by the pillage and oppression of the Poles. , "It is not possible for the govern ment of the United States to recog nize the present rulers of Russia- as a government with which the rela ttons common to friendly govern ments can be maintained. This con vlctlon has notning to do with any particular political or social structure which the Russian people themselves may see fit to embrace. It rests upon a wholly different act or facta. These set up bolshevist rule in their stead. They have made it plain that they in tend to use every means, including of course, diplomatic agencies, to pro mote such revolutionary movements in other countries. . 'It is true that they have in vari ous ways expressed their willingness to give assurances and guarantees that they will not abuse the privi leges and immunities of diplomatic agencies by using them for this pur pose. In view of their own declara tions, already referred to, such assur ances and guarantees cannot be very seriously regarded. Moreover, it Is within the knowledge of the govern ment of the United States that the bolshevist government is itself sub ject to the control of a political fac tion with extensive international ramifications through the third inter nationals, and that this body, which is heavily subsidized by the bolshevist government from the public revenues of Russia, has, for its openly avowed aim the promotion of bolshevist revo lutions throughout the world, r .Promise Vnt Binding. The leaders of t"he bolsheviki have boasted that their promise of non interference with other nations -would in no wise bind the agents of this body. There is no room for reason able doubt that such agents would receive the support and protection of any diplomatic agency the bolsheviki might have in other countries. Inevi tably, therefore, the diplomatic serv ice . of the bolshevist government would become a channel for intrigues and the propaganda of revolt against the institutions and laws of coun tries with which it was at peace, which would be an abuse of friend ship to which enlightened - govern ments cannot subject themselves. "In the view of this government there cannot be any' common ground upon which it can stand with a power whose conceptions of international relations are so entirely alien to its own. so utterly repugnant to Its moral sense.' There-can be no mutual con fidence or trust, no respect even, if to be given and agree ments made with a cynical repudia tion of their obligations already In the minds of one of the parties. We can not recognize, hold official relations with or give friendly receptions to the agents of a government which Is determined and bound to conspire against our institutions; whose dip- omats will, be the agitators of dan gerous revolt: whose spokesmen say that they sign agreements with no Intention of keeping them: Rnsaian Right Conceded. To summar-ize the position of this government, I would say, therefore, response to your excellency s in quiry, that it would regard with satisfaction a declaration by the allied and associated powers that the territorial integrity and true bound aries of Russia shall be respected. These boundaries should properly nclude the. whole of the former Rus sian- empire, with the exception of Finland proper, ethnic Poland and such territory as may by agreements form a part of the Armenian state. The aspirations of these nations for Independence are legitimate. Each was forcibly annexed and their liber ation from oppressive alien rule in volves no aggressions against Rus sia's territorial rights, and has re ceived the sanction of the public opin ion of all free peoples. Such a de claration 'presupposes the withdrawal of all foreign troops from the terri tory embraced by these boundaries. ano in the opinion of this government should be accompanied by the an nouncement that no transgression by Poland, Finland or any other power of the line so drawn and proclaimed will be permitted. "Thus only can the bolshevist re gime be deprived of its false, but ef fective appeal to Russian nationalism and compelled to meet the inevitable challenge of reason and self-respect which the Russian people, secure from Invasion and territorial violation, are Bure to address to a Bocial philosophy tnat degrades them anq a tyranny that oppresses them. The policy herein outlined will command the support of this government. Accept, excellency, the renewed as surances of my highest consideration. (Klgrned) "BAINBMDGK COLBY, ."His excellency, "Baron Camillo Romano Avezzana, "Ambassador of Italy." Hungary to Bolster Poles. . LONDON. Aug. 10. Reporta from Polish sources to the Exchange Tele graph's Amsterdam correspondent say Poland has accepted Hungary's offer to Bend a few regiments to fight the bolsheviki. Hungary, it is said, is disposed to send some 10,000 soldiers and war munitions and material and to place the Hungarian Red Cross at Poland's disposal. LONDON, Aug. 10. (By the Assoc! ated Press.) "I am still hopeful of peace," were the opening words of Premier Lloyd George's announcement in the house of commons today with regard to the Russo-Pollsh crisis. The house was crowded and the tension was high in anticipation of the premier's "peace- or war" state ment. As he entered he was warmly cheered. MM. Krassin and Kameneff of the Rusftian nnvi.f ri.Uvatinn Mmr-m w.r. ' 1tl th. Ktrnnc.-.' o-alUrv , Mr. Lloyd George declared the Pol ish attack waa not justified in the opinion of the British government and that the soviet government in any conditions of peace was entitled to take into account the facts of the attacks made by the Poles UDon Rus- i sia and that those attacks were de livered despite the warnings of the allies to Poland. . Rights Conceded Soviet. The soviet, he declared, was en titled to demand such guarantees as would be. exacted by any power against a repetition of attacks of that kind. What -was challenged, he said, was that "nothing justifies re taliation, reprisal or punishment wnicn goes to the extent of wiping out national existence. "Apart altogether from the moral right of any power to demand the ex tinction of another nation as punish ment lor the aggression of its gov ernment." Premier Lloyd George said, "Europe has to be considered. The in dependence of Poland and its exist ence as an independent nation is an essential part of the structure of European peace. Re-partition of Po land would not merely be a crime: would be a peril, and we have to con sider both these contingencies as a basis for our policy." Allied Polley Is Peaee. The premier declared that the sole purpose of the allied policy was to secure- peace on a basis of indepen dente for ethnological Poland. He said the Hythe conference agreed that the allies should advise Poland to en- aeavor to negotiate an armistice and make peace -as long as such indepen dence was recognized. That recom mendation has been forwarded to the soviet government, the premier stated. He pointed .out that the allies sug gested to the soviet that they declare a truce Monday at midnight, but this was not accepted in view of the Minsk meeting set for Wednesday. He de clared there had been great and sus picious delays in coming to a dis cussion of an armistice. He could not imagine, the premier said, why, if thsre had been a real desire to have an armistice and negotiate peace, the soviet government would not have fixed a. dale at the latest a week, or ten days ago for the purpose. Quarrel Not Contemplated. The premier continued: "We are not going to have a quar rel or propose to engage this country in a dispute whether it means much or little upon the difference between Monday or Wednesday, and there the allies are agreed. "If they negotiate an agreement at Minsk we do not propose to Intervene to upset any arrangement which is acceptable to the Poles. It is their affair. I sincerely trust it will mean peace, out supposing it did not, we have got to face that." If the Minsk conference failed be cause the Poles refused to accep terms which the soviet was entitled to exact, having regard to the way in which the conflict started arid to the Polish military condition, then the allies could not support PolarfO. the premier declared. However, if the Bolsheviki insisted on terms threat ening- the independence of Poland, ) then a difficult situation would arise. The premier said no action would be taken except to support the strug gle for Poland's existence and inde pendence. No allied troops would be sent to Poland, he declared. It would not be necessary, he said, if the Polish resources were thoroughly or ganized and well directed. Economic PreMare Snggcated. The next action, continued the pre mier, would be to put economic pressure upon soviet Russia, either by naval action or international ac tion. Substantial stores, he says, were available in that quarter of the world which the allies would feel obliged to send to Poland. Replying to an interjection as to what the position of America would be. Mr. Lloyd George said: "We certainly are going to appeal to America. There is, of course, the difficulty in America that up to the present she has not ratified the treaty and that the treaty is the subject of conflict between, the two great 'par ties. It is not in our power .to say what view the American executive would take. I am only judging from the attitude or America at the peace conference. She Was a strong pro tagonist of Polish independence. No man could have taken a more deter mined and zealous part in setting up Polish independence than President Wilson, and I am certain .that what ever difference of opinion there may be in America in regard to the league of nations, there would be no dif ference of -opinion in their general attitude toward Polish independence.' No Overt Step Taken. The premier declared that up to the present. Great Britain was taking no steps to assist in any attack on soviet Russia inside her own ter ritory, since the British . govern ment's changed policy was announced. The premier declared that if the negotiations with soviet Russia had broken down because of the botahevik attitude and the allies had cut Rus sia off from the outside 'world, there would be an end to any trade nego tiations. "If they wartf peace," he said "they can get it and the London con ference proposal . was, intended to estabish peace." Replying to the contention of the labor deputations that the soviet was being attacked merely because Jt was a revolutionary government, the premier pointed out that the first three governments following the downfall of the imperial regime had been recognized and that the allies had only broken with Moscow be cause it violated the allied bond by i maKing a separate i-ca-c. armistice dajeaparade. "Centralla will mean to the legion what Bunker bill. Gettysburg and Chateau Thierry mean to the nation. At these places th spirit of America met the enemy and triumphed. Here, in Centralia, the spirit of the AiXerican Legion" like wise met the enemy of our country and triumphed." As representative of nearly 2.000.000 members of the legion D'Olier laid wreath of flowers on Grimm's grave. In the crowd were Grimm's old friends in Centralia and friends of Dale Hub bard, Ben Casagranda and Arthur McElfresh. who also wjre slain. These fellow-townsmen and fellow legion naires of the 'lead men nodded their approval as their commander pledged the body of ex-service men to con tinued opposition to the enemies of the country that bore from within. D'Olier came here this morning from Portland. Although he is mak ing an exhausting seven-weeks' tour of the far west in legion interests, he naisted on 24 hours being spent in this town where legion bluod was first spilled. D'Olier Speaks at I.nncbeon. Frank R. Jeffery. commander of the Washington department, accom panied D'Olier and his party from Portland. They were met by A. S. Kresky, ex-commander of Grant Hodge post of this city. Mayor T. C. Rogers and heads of the various pa triotic and civic organizations. D oiler spoke briefly at a luncheon given by the Centralia Rotary club. With Centralia held In the minds and hearts of every member of the organization as the shrine of the American Legion it would have been impossible for me to have made this western trip without visiting your city," he told the rotarians. A conference with post command ers of this district followed the lunch eon. Dan F. Coulter represented Willapa Harbor post of South Bend E. W. Fuller, Hyde Harlow post of Elma; Virgil Baker, Alfred William Leach post of Olympia; Russell E. Carothers, Guy Rathbun post of Kel so; H. V. Collins, Hoquiam post; V. F. Stieglitz, Aberdeen post; L. E. Wilke son. Edward B.' Rhoades post of Ta- coma; Dr. Rowland L Atcheson, Mon- tesano post; D. G. Abel, L. R. Fiscus post of Chehalis; Lloyd B. Dysart Grant Hodge post of Centralia, and Walter Toy, Buford Rockefellow post, Winlock. Parade Route Followed. After- the conference, the com mander and his party were taken in automobiles over the route of the tragic armistice day parade. As the representative of all the legion mem bers, D'Olier was shown where the parade of Centralia boys gathered at the park, moved north on Tower avenue and retraced its steps. Points of vantage, from which the "wobbly" sharpshooters fired into the ranks were pointed out to him, as well as the hall from which the Inmates at tempted to flee and the wooded path that Wesley Everest took as he fled, firing back at his pursuers.- Then the party went to the ceme tery. Centralia is not a large town and its leisure class probably is pro portionately small. It is an American city of busy aspect, intensely mod ern and wide awake. Yet, as the commander's party moved to the burial ground it was augmented by a score of automobiles and more than 100 spectators on foot. ; . Crowd la Sympathetic It was not a curious crowd, but a sympathetic 'one. Evidently, it appre ciated what the head of the legion appreciated that here was the first clash of the ex-service man with his inherent foe within the country and that here he first exercised the re straint that the constitution of the legion urges. As the Montesano legion band played "Nearer, My God, to Thee" and as the legionnaires and townspeo ple gathered about the graves, there was borne to the onlooker reminis cences of similar scenes in the simple villages of France. Over beyond the snow-capped mountain he could see the valleys of the Vosges where the grateful and gracious French etood with streaming eyes as a fallen friend in olive-drab was lowered into his grave. 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"The event is too close for us to appraise it truly the perspective is not yet right but we are beginning to appreciate the significance of Cen tralia. "We remember and the memory of legionnaires is doubly sharp that here in this American town ex-service men were foully murdered by un American forces. We. who were dele gates at the first convention oi in American Legion in Minneapolis, re call the dramatic tenseness when the news was received. "The ink was scarcely dry on the words of the preamble of the consti tution of the American Legion, pledg ing us to uphold and deerid the con stitution of our country, to make right the master of might, to maintain law and order and to transmit to posterity the nrincinles of Justice, freedom and democracy, when the legion men of Centralia proved how sincere was the stand of all legion men for law and order. . "While in the service it was not what we said. but. rather what we did that Interested our countrymen, and so It was that what we eald at our first convention carried conviction throughout the land because backed by the righteous deeds of the legion naires of Centralia. Here if was that Homage Paid to Memory. "I come here to Centralia today in double role, said D'Olier. "I am here as national commander of the American Legion and also as a plain American citizen, but with the single purpose of paying homage to the memory of these four men who died a truly in the service of their coun try s ' if they actually had fallen on the battlefields of France." "Officially, I come here as to the shrine of the American Legion,. hal lowed by our first martyrs, because Centralia will mean to the Legion what Bunker HilL Gettysburg and Chateau Thierry mean to our na tion. At these places, the spirit of America met the enemy and tri umphed. Here, In Centralia, the spirit of the American Legion likewise met the enemy of our nation and tri umphed. "As a plain American citizen I come to thank God that those who served during the great war. more than 4.000,000 strong, and who offered their lives to their country to protect her institutions from the foes without, now stand united as civilians and will as faithfully protect those same in stitutions from the foe within. Murderous Blast Recalled. "Tt is only nine months ago that the first anniversary of the signing of the armistice was being celebrated here in this town when a murderous blast was fired into the peaceful ranks of parading legionnaires at the very moment when they were rejoicing that they had come through the perils of the war and had found peace and the nation learned that the legion not only professed high ideals, but lived up to them. "It was Centralists sorrow to bear this tragedy, but it was Centralia's honor to show how lofly were the ideals of - ex-service mer. and how sacred their pledges. "These four men Grimm, McEl fresh, Hubbard and Casagranda died as heroically as though they had made supreme sacrifice 'over there. Indeed, it is harder to fight the battles of peace than to serve when animated by the exaltation of war. "these men win be the beloved martyrs of the American Legion. It is not what we say today but rather what we do tomorrow ttat will show how m lief- wa annreriatA tho sacrifice they made. ! "It is fitting here today we should i v renew our pledge of patriotism and ' a devotion to law and order and serve fi notice on the forces of anarchy that more than 4,000.000 ex-service men. , (& who fought and defeated the foe i without, are now eworn to fight to A the death the foe within, who would t Q worn liijuiy i u uur n. i t: u iiisliiu tlons. Our inspiration shall be fense based on fairness and j martyrs and the restraint shown by their outraged comrades. By dedi cating ourselves to the defense of our flag and all that it means, a de we shall prove that our comrades, in France and Centralia, have not died in vain." 7 tsr E 9 2 s S 7k' THO.MF50.VS VJ 1 Deep-Curve 1bm h& W I Are Better 1 Trademark Institu- i -be our i fa justice, ! W MILITARY DECISIOX REACHED Allies Declare" It Impracticable to Send Troops to Poland. r PARIS. Aug. 10. The military de cisions' reached at the Hythe coofer- Spot Cash No Red Tape All sizes of Diamonds bought. Business confidential. JOS. LINZ 602 Spalding Bldg. Hours 1 to 6 P. M. i v3 Credit is Progressive Local success local reputation creates local credit As a business ex pands, extending its acquaintance and broadening its market, it gradu ally develops a national character and is entitled to a national credit. 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