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LA GRANDE EVENUsG OBSERVER. TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1917. PAGE FOUR EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER An Independent Newspaper. ' Published Daily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO. .13. MEYERS H. B. LEITER CLARKE LEITER President Vice-President Editor and Publisher Entered at the Postcffice at La Grande, Oregon, as second class matter. Address all communications to THE OBSERVER, 1710 Sixth St. On Sale in Other Cities: Oregon Hotel News Stand Portland; Imperial News Stand, Portland. City Official Paper. Leased Wire Telegraph Report of United Press Associations. The Observer carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the porches. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects eett;nj the paper to you on time, kindly phone The Observer, as this is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following instruc tions. Phone Main 87 before T:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by pedal messenger if the carrier has missed you. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Carrier. I Daily, by mail per six months Daily, single copy 6c in advance $2.50 Daily, by mail for three months in advance $1.25 Daily, by mail per month 45 The Saturday Evening Observer per year in advance $1.50 Weekly-Observer-Star per year in advance .' . . .$1.50 Daily per week 15c Daily, per month 65c Daily, per six months in advance.$3.50 Daily, per year in advance $7.00 By MalL Daily, by mail per year, in ad vance $4.00 AMBASSADOR GERARD. We have read Ambassador Gerard's two articles in The Oregonian, and we congratulate that newspaper on its enterprise in getting the articles. The most interesting revelation in the copyrighted ar ticles so far published is the autograph note of the Kaiser ito President Wilson, giving the Kaiser's own version of the events leading up to the war and ft confession that Belgium was invaded for strategical reasons. Thus in the Kaiser's own words we have confirmation of what the world has known for some time that the theory of .the violation of Belgium neutrality was that might makes right and that the king can do no wrong. But in addition .to receiving revelations as to the char acter of the Kaiser we receive revelations as to the char acter of our American Ambassador. Nowhere in Am bassador Gerard's1 story do we receive any intimation that America was doing anything toward preventing the great war, nowhere do we receive any suggestion that Am bassador. Gerard made any effort to persuade German ..jnilitarism not to involve the world in war, nowhere do avc hear of any plea to" save the innocents, France and Bel gium. "The only thing we do hear is an offer of mediation after the great conflagration had started. On .the con trary we do hear in Ambassador Gerard's own words: "The Kaiser talked rather despondently about the war. I TRIED TO CHEER HIM UP SAYING THE GERMAN TROOP WOULD SOON ENTER PARIS, but he an swered: 'The English change the whole situation; an ob stinate nation, they will keep up the war. . It cannot end soon'," . What a picture! The Ambassador of a great demo cratic nation trying to cheer up the world's greatest auto crat. Cheering him up by holding out the false hope that his troops would soon enter Paris, encouraging him in his dream of wicked conquest; as the boys would say "kidding" him along. The whole episode indicates to us that the war might have been avoided. Supposing that a strong man like Root had been Ambassador to Germany. Sunnosinsr that David Lloyd George had been Premier of England. The Kaiser ' omit up nis wnoie war upon the theory that the United States and England would not interfere. He relied upon the promise of the King of England that Great Britain was not looking for war. If England had told him de cisively in the early stages of the war that all its power would go torsave Belgium and France, and if the United States had made an appeal in behalf of civilization to avert the world war, if might have been avoided. The.- fact that it came shows that Great Britain's diplomacy failed. And from all appearances the United States had no one with any brains at the post of Ambassador in Ber lin. , O The Kaiser's letter to President Wilson is a public doc ument. No ex-Ambassador should be allowed to sell such a document to the American people to his own profit or that of any syndicate of newspapers. O EDITORIAL COMMENT Inclusive. This from J. E. House, in the Topeka Capital, is as well done as if Henry Watterson had written it for the Louis ville Courier-Journal: The German ruling classes have the instincts of the barbarian, the venom of the rattle snake and the easy conscience of the devil-fish. Atchi son Globe. Supporting' the Government This is a time for every citizen to support the United States Government and many arc doing so at considerable cost or sacrifice to themselves. We have joined the Federal Reserve Banking Sys tem established by the Government to give greater financial stability and strength 10 the member banks and protection to their depositors. You can give your support to this great Govern ment enterprise and also obtain its protection for your money by becoming one of our depositors. Member Federal Reserve System La Grande National Bank Spending Not Investing. Congress may not appropriate any funds for the recla mations of arid lands in the west. The cost of one new battleship would make fertile many hundred thousand acres of now non-productive land. These lands would an nually produce more than enough products to repay the cost of constructing the irrigation systems. They would raise enough food to maintain a mighty army. And after the war such expenditure would still be of practical value in the period of reconstruction that must follow. And finally the users of this water, the land owners, would re pay the entire cost plus interest to the government. Yet money invested is not money "spent", and congress is busy "spending" money. Malheur Enterprise. KAISER SUPPRESSED CABLE MESSAGE OF AUG UST 10, 1914, IS REPORTED. (The followino- is tllf tfvt nf flif siirvnvneonrl nnKIn mace age from the Kaiser to the President, written in the Palace "!.- -..1 nt Trt-..l A i. in -in-, i -r i 1 -i i -. vjaiuim ai UL'iiill OH .a.UgUSt J.U, V. IX, Was pUDHSlieCl for the first time in The Oregonian Sunday.) FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES PERSONALLY: 10-VIII-14. 1. H. R. II. Prince ITenrv was rpepivnrl Kv liia MninoKr King George V in London, who, empowered him to trans- nut lo me veroauy mat jungiand would remain neutral if war broke out on the Continent involving ftnvmnnir o,i France, Austria and Russia. " This message was " tele graphed to me by my brother from London after his con versation with H. M. the King, and repeated verbally on the twenty-ninth of July. . 2. My Ambassador in .London transmitted a message from Sir E. Grey to Berlin saying that only in case France was likely to be 'Crushed'Eiiglahd would interfere. 3. On the thirtieth my,Ambassador in London reported that Sir Edward Grey in course of a "private" conversa tion told him that if thf fWlflint rfin.ninn,1 nnaKvaA tween Russia not' Serbia and Austria, England would not move, but if Ave "mixed" in the fray she would take Ollick decisions and nravf measures- i if T loff ,r ollir Austria in the lurch to fight alone England would not touch me. 4. This communication' heino- ittrpdlv nnmiW f tW King s message .to me, I telegraphed to H. M. on the twen- i,y-iuiiui vv uuniexn, tnaniting mm tor kind messages thi ouch mv brother and bee-mnn- him tn nso nil hio to keep I ranee and Russia his allies from making any waniKc preparations calculated to disturb my work of im-uuiuuil. riLSUinir mat 1 Was in fmistnnr uramrair nnt nn with II. M. the Czar. In the evening the King kindly an- sL-u;(i max ne naa ordered ins government to use every possible influence with his alii ... AlVJll V(ilVlli any provocative military measures. At the same time II. M. asked me if I would transmit to Vienna the British proposal that Austria was to take Belgrade and a few other Serbian towns and a strip of country as a "main nusc" to make sure that the Serbian promises on paper should be fulfilled in reality. This proposal was in the same moment telegraphed to me from Vienna for London, quite in conjunction with the British proposal; besides, I had telegraphed to n. M. .the Czar the same as an idea of nunc before I received the two communications from Vi enna and London, as both were of the same opinion. 5. I immediately transmitted the telegrams vice versa to Vienna and London. I felt that I was able to tide the question over and was happy at the peaceful outlook. 0. While I was preparing a note to II. M.' the Czar the next morning to inform him that Vienna, London and Berlin were agreed about the treatment of affairs, I re ceived the telephones from II. E. the Chancellor that in the night before the Czar had given the order to mobilize the whole of the Russian army, which was, of course, also meant against Germany; whereas, up till then the south ern armies had been mobilized against Austria. 7. In a telctrnun from London mv AmKnccailAii i-r, formed me he understood the British "government would guarantee neutrality of France and wished to know whether Germany would refrain from attack. I tele graphed to II. M. the King personally that mobilization being already carried out could not be stopped, but if II. M. could guarantee with his armed forces the neutrality of France I would refrain from attacking her, leave her alone and employ my troops elsewhere. II. M. answered that he thought my offer was based on a misunderstanding; and as far as I can make out, Sir E. Grey never took my offer into serious consideration. He never answered it. In stead he declared England had to defend Belgian neu trality, which had to be violated by Germany on strategi cal grounds, news having been received that France was already preparing to enter Belgium, and the King of Bel gians having refused my petition for a free passage under UTZ and DUNN-, PENGREE MADE QUEEN QUALITY for Ladies- . .-, SHOES J. E. TILT and NETTLETON Shoes for MEN SOME NEW ARRIVALS- THIS WEEK NAP-A-TAN BOOTS For Ladies A regular high-top mountain boot waterproof. Something for the lady who enjoys the outdoor recreation Just the thing for fishing. Made of regular Jeather, with sewed tongue lace. We have them in two-colors a brown and a cream, Priced at $7.50 and $8.50 Children's Shoes We have two new shoes for children new fall styles .with cloth tops. One a grey cloth top, and one with a black patent vamp and a canary cloth top. See them in our window today. These are the newest cre ations in shoes for the chil dren. We also have a brown cloth top and white cloth top and,' kid top in children's shoes. A New Fall Shoe In Narrow Widths We have just un packed one of our new fall shoes. A black vamp and grey cloth top, and an all block cloth top. These two shoes are some of the new cloth top shoes they are go ing to wear this fallr and we have been able to get these in narrow lasts. We have A's' double A's and triple A's, and any of the wider lasts. You who wear the narrow last, and have found it hard to get shoes will find this a splendid! opportunity to get a real shoe that fits' at a low torice.- $5.00 and $6.00 -) nH J guarantee of his country's freedom." I am most grateful for the President's message. WILLIAM, H. R. North Beach The REAL REST RESORT of tlie North Pacific Coast is now reached by Rail or Steamer from Portland. t nvA pnuxmrp tp papbc Jf' t PACIFIC SYSTEM and a New Beach Folder upon application to nearest O- V. M R. fr M Agent, or by writing Wm.McMurray, General Passenger Agent, Portland SEVENTH ANNUAL COVE CHERRY FAIR AUGUST 15, 1917 Something doing all day . Has Cove got 'em Well, you come and seel
