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- THE ONTARIO ARGUS, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST !), 1917 PAGE 3. BAHTMAtV KODAKS PRRfUTIWPTlON SPECIALISTS The Ontario Pharmacy tOt THK BIG SPKllAI. I.INM OF HOAPH AND AM. IvIMtKIt (IK TOILET RTI I.KH NOW ON IMH IM.AY THK DiOORHT AND BE8T I .INK IN THK COUNTY AT PRMTEK WHICH ABH NOT OX I A' BIGHT BIT III tHOX UlLK. WK CAN HlTPIiT YOER EVaOtV WANT IX THIS LINK. The Rexall Store FILMS AND SUPPLIES LET A REX. ILL. REM EOT GUBR THAT COLD NOW FiKni H fuSwBllilllllll jumuiinummiiuuiiujiimumumi The United States Government Cooperates with the 7,600 member bank in maintaining tha Federal Reserve Banking System for the pro tection of the business interests of the country. Through the Federal Reserve Board in Wash ington it supervises the twelve Federal reserve tanks; It appoints one-third of their directors; it deposits its funds largely with them ; it guar antees the currency they issue. This cooperation grestly increases the value of the system to us snd our community. If you sre not already linked up with this new national system as one of our depositors you should delsy no longer. First National Bank lliiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiliiiiiiii-iii CONFIDENCE IN THE FEDERAL, RESERVE BANKING SYSTEM iI;im1 :iii important pert in the ivrovrry of business from the udvorse conditions follow lag the outbreak f tin- European war. and is still helping to keep business on an even keel. 'II. in. with it ii rnse resonrceo, is a towir of st itnirtli to the hunks whieli ai tiit'inbens of it, anil will assist them in any financial requirements whieh tliey may be called Upon to meet. By depogitillg your money with us you receive tlic protection ami tlie new facilities whieli our membership in the system ables us to otter you. Member Federal Reserve System ONTARIO NATIONAL BANK Vale Hot Springs SANITARIUM VALE, OREGON Board, Rooms and Baths. Massage, Diet, Rest RHEUMATISM OUR SPECIALTY DR. THOS. W. THURSTON, Superintendent WHY DON'T YOU SAVE MONEY when in want of Tableware, Cbinaware, Oh ware, Kiiuujelcii and Tiuwares, &f, 10e), and 15 and hund reds of. oihi in THE VARIETY STORE Ontario, Ore. Prices the lo How the War Came to America A Bit of Diplomatic History Tho lit tiif iiiiiiiutii m of I'ni.iic Information at till lalf-rliiy there ere boim- Americana who have lol Might pi Hi.' Important facta whlrh lead up l the declaration of a mate of war between tha t'nltecl State and tho Imperial Herman Government To refresh the memory of American ami to refute the slanders of tboae stttsg heart la with the (ierman ran i-rls of article hv the com mute .n Public Information ta twin presented The next laaue will cerry the history of Oeaman transgreaslon of the law of nattona further. The outbreak of the wi.r In 1114 caught tlilK nation by surprise The people of Europe had had at leaat tome wa-nlng of the coming atorin, but to ua auch a blind, avuge on slaught on the Ideula of clvllatlon had appeared Impossible The wit locompre:ijlhlc. Either aide wan champion d her) by million living among u wht. were of Rurop- ean birth Their contradictory sc cuatlon threw our thought Into dienrraP, and In, the ft r t chaotic day we oould aee no clear laue th u affect -gi our rational policy. There was no direct assault on our right It teemed at first to moat of u a purely Kurop- ean deopute, and our mind were not prepared to lake aide In auch a ooo iii.i The president' proclamation s( neutrality wta received by ua aa naturil am! Inevitable It wa quick ly fol'owe.l by M appeal to "tha dt- lien of the Republic ." "very man who really love Amer laa will art and apeak In tin true Hplrlt of neutrality," he en Id, "which I that of Impartially and falrneaa nun plications on the aeaa might put ua In rlk of being drawn Into the conflict No neutral nation could for tell what violation of Ita vital IntiTiMt at aea might be attamptod Auguat I, It 14. our secretary of State dlapatched nn identical note to all tho powers then at war, calling ate nil n to the risk of aerlour troublo arlalnc out of I hi uncertainty of neutral aa to tl.cli innritlme right and prt p. th ing Hi: t the li-ilaratlon of l.omlon he aeoepted by them for tin- Mutation for the war. Bnt lite Krttlioli Government' re sponse whll expressing aympathv with the purpose of our suggestion and declaring that "keen dealre to commit so tar aa poarlble the Intereata of the nuetral countries." announc ed'thelr declilnn "to adopt generally the rules of the Declaration In que tlou. ubect to certain modlfl. SOBS and addition which they Judgo lu deapomiable to the effective oondrrt of tSSIf naval operation " 1 claratlon I ail not lieen Indorsed by any power In time of poaue, an.i and frl-ntlllners to all cosesrsed. i waa no leg n I oiiliKuti n t. rest un it will he eaay to excite tain to accept It Iter reply, however, passion and difficulty to allay It." w: s dl-t ppolulliiK. for It did Bi Ha expreeaed the fear that aur Nation t ciarUy tss SttsatSM OrssJ M might become divided In campa of tain re.'stgnli So at '.ilmllng certain hostile nptiatu "Buali dlvlaloual long accepted prlHSlpall "f interna MBSaif SS seriously Und tlon.il law anil o,.Kht now to apply wry of the proper proforu m. laVM t. the pe.ull ,t ami . .lorsaeen of our di ty aa the onl great nation condition of thh; w.ir at peace, the one people hoi. link itself seiastssli t vague and ras4j to play a p:rl f Impartial meil therefore ful of ditrgerou posalblll litliiu a-id apeak ooun.ela of peace and lla of frlctl IS - not as a Diirtlaaii. but fonti.neialea aoon arose between aa a frlemi This purpoee the preaervai a strict neutrality la order that later we might ba of uae In the great taak of mediation, dominated all the Presi dent's early suet-bee. "We are the mediating Nation of tha world." be declared Is an address os ApriV t. Hit. "We are eom poitudjMJ of tho nationa of the world, we mediate their blood, we mediate their tradition, we mediate tbolr sentiments, their tastes, their pas we are ourselves oompouu le.i of those thtugs We are, tnerefore, able to underatand them In tbe com I.i.unil. not separately as pdrtisatin, but unite, I as knowing sod BBSSBfS liendlii:; and enbodylng thttin all It la In that senae th-i I mean tlmt America la u i legating N ill. n " Ameil.an u utrallly. In those flrst months of the great wsr. tva beyund auy queetlon real. Hut the Mpirtt of fleutra!ity waa nut eaay to mail' tain I'ubllc opinion was deeply atirred by the Oeriu in invaalou o7 Belgium and BJ llpprU of at.o eitlea there. The Hoysl Bolglum t'oinmtasiou whieh came Is SepXeat ber, 114. to lay their count.' aasa i for oouiplaiut be' ro our Nat' u..l patii and reapect I ' I'r-,. hit rep 'hi ii in tlie Ureal llrltlu i nil tills Na Ua In practice their ruling sometimes SSSSJ ed to i ii (ioverumcut IsoonaUUst with the spirit or lnteinutional law, ssd especially with the established i.uta with which they Invoked. But painful a this divergence of opinion noinetimea ' war, It did not aerloreiy threaten our pom ion of neutrality, for the laauee UkSl arote Involved onl rlghta or prfiperty aad were ar.y eovriod by ft ' arbitra tion treaty signed only a soft, o M before by Ureal BMtiun SBaJ the Unlt- e.i State And this controversy lad to a iloar Sf umlerstait ling on our "it of the British attitude lot. rit out m the freedom of the sasj TaSf were not willing, to accept our clasaitlca 4 the sees as being illstlncl flotli tlie Ol.l World Wt BSji COB ttned our Intereata to matte. ad act ing .Ighis at aea ami bad kept care fully hi. or to. i i ii. taTl ing the iBtSfsaU of Euro? u uatlons os the laud. Tho British were mt created la liotii They expl.tlned fiat they had p. t ni ipile.l In tin- Lomton naval esnfsrem e in the I SfS iBAl l wojlil lead to .i snu.nl and liberal eutent" rsal of th't rlghta of ail nations on tlie cu am! on lite laud us well, and that they bad refused i .... .. . . .. .! ffl,ir it , u ratify the i.nui n if deration could take It out uu ubrupt depart becauae bo oompeueatlai aceo ture from i " rssull , Old World ; oould not urtor.i to .1.. asSS H , i . a, l power of tlmr n.) SSlSSS their i to the Belgians in powerful aetghbori OS laml agreed to 'heir arinlee. Tliat this attitude ol Kugli.t.. . il our I ni la l:ig poi bv '' Relit' in Balfttl, wm.li wu SSdt u "" the ahi ' ut our t.ii,, saarah r..i ayn umi mass a. in- (.ount, onil or the war. .i Still, ilu tUougUt of uk ig an sc Ing P ' ! opeaa waa vary address ,,i our president o . May 27. fur fro '"" "' ' resident th. I'aaoa waa a irkloue in our talnlu . "u ou ii Id lual aarve Buroai " Expert Service Reasonable Charges &nd The kind of treatmentSteady deserve Is the principal upon which we do ihllitln of a world power I'rPHldent Held: "So Htneiirely do we bolleve these thing that I ant MM th .t I apeak the mind and wieh of the people nfl America when I aay that the I'nlied ih willing to become a partner In any feasible aaeoclatlen of nations formed in order to realise these ob ject mill make them seenra' again at violation " It wa a new and significant note in .mi foreign policy. But the mind of America had learned much in the long bitter months of war. Future CUHtOITIrS historian will make chart of thin remarkable evolution In our public opinien: the gradual abandonment business. or the Illusion of Isolation; 'he low , growth of a realisation, that we could not win freedom on the aea for us a vital Interest unleaa we consented ' , to do our share In maintaining free- ACCeSSOrieS Carried dont on land aa well, and that we cotilil not hsvs peace. In the world, the pesos we loved aad needed for the perfection of our democracy unless we wero willing and prepared to help to restrain any nation that willfully endangered the peace of the whole world family. Had thla address of the I'realdant come before the wsr There would -lien a storm of protest front all sections of the land. But In May. HIS, lite Natlon'a response waa em phatic approved. nued Next Week) KOR FAINTINO. Paper hanging. ami i ulclmlnlng first ties Work. Prices Reasonable I'hons E A Wisdom. 205K4. -tr for all kinds of cars. Gasoline, Lubricating: Oils and Supplies. 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