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I-ORTIAND, TIKSDAV, AFK1X. 28, 1914.
WHAT TO DO WITH MEXICO.
Four-fifths of the people of 'Mex-
ico are pure Indians, ignorant and
brutal, and divided still into tribes
which keep alive their old tribal
dissensions. Above them are peo
ple of mixed blood and of little or
no property. Above all is a compar
ative handful of rich, educated peo
ple, generally of Spanish blood, who
alone are competent to govern, but
who have no conception of govern
ment of, by and for the people. Their
one idea is to use their political
power for their own enrichment, to
use-he mass of the population as
means to this end, and, In order to
hold down the masses, to keep them in
ignorance, poverty and semi-servitude.
The only escape from oppression
for the peons is to join a revolution
or a band of brigands. Their only
conception of war is to kill all who
oppose them, even after victory Is
won, and to rob armed and unarmed
alike. The government forces are
made up of the same type of men and
act no better than the rebels. They
have no respect for the rights of a
diplomatic or consular representative.
as their conduct at Monterey shows
To treat such people as though
they had any regard for the amenities
of civilized warfare or were capable
of establishing and maintaining a
genuinely democratic government is
absurd on its face. They are at best
semi-barbarians and should be treat
ed as such. Their so-called election
have been shams, with an extremelj
limited electorate which rarely votes.
If the dominant party is defeated, it
counts itself in, and a defeated party
which does not start a revolution is
regarded with popular contempt. A
leader who does not fight when de
feated in an election loses his follow
ing. He is regarded as a coward and
a quitter.
If the mediation of the ABC alii
ance should succeed in inducing
Huerta to wipe out the Insult to the
American Nation by saluting our flag,
are we to withdraw our forces and
leave Huerta and Villa to fight it out?
If we should demand Huerta's reslg-
nation and the holding of an election
of President as a condition' of our
withdrawal, how are we to satisf
ourselves that the election is honestly
conducted and that the defeated par
ty submits to the result? The only
way is to occupy the country, conduct
the election ourselves witb American
soldiers on guard and nstall the win
ner in office. Such a spectacle would
be so hateful to the Mexican people
who are as proud. as they are ignor-
ant and turbulent, that our with
drawal would be the signal for revolt
against a ruler set up by the "grin
goes." Having placed a man in the
Presidential chair, even by the votes
of a majority of the diminutive elec
torate, we could only maintain him
there by force.
President Wilson's policy of recog
nizing only a constitutionally elected
President can thus be made effective
only by force, and after our Army
had installed the supposed popular
choice. Its continued presence would
be necessary to prevent its work
from being undone as soon as we
evacuated the country. Only by pro
longed occupation can we establish a
constitutional government In Mexico
In order to do bo, we should need to
begin at the foundation by educating
the peons, releasing them "from the
debt-slavery in which they are held
and giving them small holdings of
land through which they would have
a stake in peace and orderly govern
ment. in xact, we snouia neta to no
, Just what we have been doing in the
Philippines, yet Mr. Wilson has
shown his opposition to that policy
by tearing down much of the struc
ture which had been laboriously built
up in the islands In preparation for
self-government.
The most hopeful feature of South
American mediation is that the me
diators will find a way for Mr. Wilson
to draw back gracefully without
either recognizing Huerta or lmpos
ing 'on this Nation the burden of
teaching a semi-barbarous people
how to establish and maintain a dem
ocracy. If Huerta should withdraw,
Mr. Wilson coujd boast of having
gained his immediate end and could
then leave the Mexicans to go
through the form of an election. He
c ould claim the credit of having given
notice to the Mexicans that no man
who ' seizes the reins of governmen
by force and by assassination will
hereafter be recognized by this coun
try. He would have given a striking
demonstration that, if the American
flag and the American uniform be
insulted, the offender will be pun
ished. If he be not content with that
the only alternative is to make Mex
ico another Philippine problem.
If
he adopts this alternative, the United
States must complete the course o
training before withdrawal, not leave
it half finished, as the present Ad
ministration attempts to do In the
Philippines.
FLAX IS OUTGROWN.
Ever since the seat of government
has been located in the City of Wash
ington, D. C, that district and city
have had no local government, ap
polntees of the President acting as
executive and judicial officers and
Congress as the legislative branch. In
the early days,-when Washington was
a small city, this arrangement worked
no doubt, satisfactorily. The Govern
ment then owned a very large per
centage of the property of the district
and in lieu of taxes, that is, direct
taxes on the Government's property
the Government took upon itself
large share of the administrative ex
pense of the city and district.
But Washington has shown a large
growth and is now a city of some
thing like 400,000 people. Last year
the municipal expenses of the city
and district were more than $14,000,-
00, half of which was expended by
the Government, the rest raised from
the people of the district by the usual
methods of taxation.
As the city grows the labors of ad
ministration as pursued by Congress
have become more onerous and more
exacting and now it Is no unusual
thing to see the Senate of the United
States grinding away on District of
Columbia affairs for days at a time.
One great committee of the Senate
occupies all of the time Its members
can take from their other business in
looking after district business.
The way the district affairs are
now run. Is continually causing frlc-
on between the people of the dis
trict and Congress, and this friction
becomes more acute each year. Then
the time consumed by Congress each
ear In attending to the petty details
district affairs seems to be prac
tically wasted. Probably Washington
could and .would be better and just
as economically governed if the Fed-
ral Government were to pay a legiti
mate tax on its property in the capi
tal and leave the people of the dis
trict free to run their own affairs in
their own way.
DAME RUMOR.
An interesting sidelight on the
abnormal mental state of war
time Is afforded in the pres
ent lull by a perusal of the
rumors of the few days imme
diately preceding the halt Imposed by
mediation plan. In Mexico City, of
course, these rumors took on tneir
wildest and most lurid aspect. The
explanation lies in Jhe vivid imagina
tion of the Latin American, the igno
rance of the masses and the free
reign given to sensational- news
papers.
The United States was reported to
have precipitated a war with the
great powers of Europe. American
soldiers were accused of having shot
down women and children at Vera
Cruz. Mexican forces were reported
to have Invaded the United States,
where they were Joined by negroes of
the Southern states. Old Dame Ru
mor had full sway and she ruled wlth
the unrestrained fancy of a maniac.
But the wild rumors were not con
fined to the Mexicans. Stories of
vengeance wreaked on Americans
were reported by refugees and made
the subject of official dispatches to
the Government. The position of for
eigners the country over was de
scribed as one of the utmost peril
Mobs were shown stabbing and shoot
ing Innocent foreigners on the streets
of Mexico City and in isolated points
of the far interior.
The very nature of these rumors
indicates the varying points of view
which the people of the United States
and those of Mexico hold of each
other. We have been painted among
the Mexican rabble of the populous
districts as a rapacious and inhumane
lot who would pause at- nothing. On
the other hand, the Mexicans have
been shown as an uncivilized set who
would 'not hesitate to murder for
eigners, and particularly Americans
under the frenzy attendant upon
armed invasion. The shutting off of
formal communication between Mex
ico City and Vera Cruz alone was
needed to conjure up wild fancies
based on preconceived ideas.
Dame Rumor is a venomous and
vicious Jade when she escapes the fet
ters placed upon her by Truth.
RITUAL MURDER DISPROVED.
The Russian people themselves
have begun a reaction against Jew
baiting, and it will be advanced by
the discovery of evidence that the
murder of Yuschinsky at Kieff was
not a ritual murder, but was the work
of a band of thieves. How strong is
this movement against Jew-baiting Is
shown by the sufferings endured by
the man who collected this evidence
and by the energy he displayed in
procuring It
This man is Nicholas Krasovsky,
former chief of the secret service po
lice of Kieff. He says that, when -he
reported to his superiors that Belliss
was innocent, he was ordered to "find
a Jew" on whom the crime could be
fastened. Unable to do this, he was
removed from office, imprisoned as
a witness for the defense and com
pelled -to appear in court in prison
garb. The jury acquitted Bellies, but
declared the murder a "ritual mur
der." Krasovsky came to New York,
and after six weeks' work on the case
announces that he has found wit
nesses who can absolutely prove not
only that Belliss is innocent, but that
it was not a ritual murder, that no
Jew had a part In it and that it was
committed by thieves.
Krasovsky says that many intelli
gent Russians oppose Jew-baiting and
he hopes to aid them by his- revela
tions, but he has to combat the im
mense power'' of the Russian church,
which in its bigoted ' persecution of
the Jews seeks to inflame the people
by working on their superstition with
cooked-up cases of ritual murder.
But the light must be spreading when
a police detective - will sacrifice his
office and his liberty and much of his
time to disprove the slanders on a
race he has been trained to despise
and hate.
DANGER IX BTANDENG PAT.
When an industrial dispute has
brought anarchy upon a state, as has
the coal mine strike in Colorado, the
rights of the mineowners and the
demands of the miners must both
yield to the general public interest.
When the President of the United
States calls upon the principal owner
of a great corporation, as -President
Wilson has called upon John D. Rock
efeller, to make some concessions in
the interest of the public peace. It 111
becomes Mr. Rockefeller to say he
will fight to the last, even though he
lose all he has invested.
The original cause of the Colorado
quarrel seems to have been forgotten
in the bitterness it has produced. It
Is safe to say in such a conflict that
both parties are partly right, partly
wrong. Some of the miners' de
mands would not stand the test of
impartial inquiry, but men speaking
thirty-six different tongues would not
have stood together so long and
fought with such, grim determination
had they not suffered some grave
wrongs. They would hardly have re
sisted the state militia If there had
not been some cause for their
considering it in the service of the
employers.
Mr. Rockefeller stands pat on the
rights of property. He needs to be
reminded that the possession of prop
erty imposes a duty so to administer
it as to contribute to the public good
He particularly is in no position to
be a stickler for the extreme exer
cise of his rights, for, had the law
always been rigidly enforced as to
him, he might have possessed far less
property than, he now enjoys. He
holds property by virtue, of the broad
latitude given to corporations, which
are creations of the law to which he
appeals. Corporate holding of prop
erty is a privilege which, while con
ferring rights, imposes obligations.
George F. Baer, who died a , few
days ago, learned a lesson on this
subject which Mr. Rockefeller might
well take to heart. He, too, stood for
the rights of property against strik
ing miners, even at the risk of de
priving millions of fuel in Midwinter.
Had he not yielded to the demands
of a strong-willed President, he might
have provoked the Government to
take a leap toward socialism which
would have made him gasp. Mr. Wil
son has shown himself no less strong
of will, though more reluctant to re
sort to extreme measure- such as
were contemplated by his predecessor.
It would be well for Mr. Rockefeller
and all of his kind to think more than
twice before driving Mr. Wilson to
act with that decision of which the
President has shown himself capable.
OUR AWFUL PAST.
New Torkers are enjoying the
blessed privilege of gazing at a col
lection of horrible examples in Vic
torian domestic art. The exhibition
is open at the Modernist studios on
East Thirty-second street, where, in
a convenient anteroom, samples or
cubist art are for sale. It is hoped
that the contrast between the confec
tions dear to our grandmothers and
those devised by the inspired leaders
of today will accelerate the sales.
Among the precious relics shown to
the curious throng are wax flowers
preserved under bellglasses; watch
chains braided from Auntie's golden
locks; mottoes for wall decoration.
such as "God Bless Our Home" and
"No Cross, No Crown." There Is also
a Victorian bedroom furnished in all
the hideous splendor of the last , cen
tury. But he climax of the exhibi
tion is said to be a set of coffee cups
garnished with "Father," "Mother,"
Brother Ned," and so on in lovely
gilt letters, those for the men being
provided with mustache guards to
prevent the inundation of the valued
ornament of the upper lip.
Pious Aeneas told his longsuffering
seamen in a famous line that the time
would come when it would delight
their hearts to look back upon the
sufferings they were then passing
through. In the same way it is agree,
able for twentieth century people
with their revised domestic furnish
ings to gaze upon the horrors of the
past. American domestic art in the
days of our grandmothers was a
nightmare. The wax flowers, ghastly
bedrooms and sepulchral parlors no
doubt account for the prevalence of
dyspepsia and nervous breakdowns in
those dreadful days.
But there Is consolation in the
thought that England's domestic art
was JuBt as bad. All Anglo-Saxondom
had plunged into an orgy of hideous
ness, from which it was only re
deemed by the gospel of William
Morris. - That sane genius first taught
us how to furnish our living-rooms,
paper our walls and carpet our floors.
His doctrine has spread slowly but
surely over the land, and wherever it
has taken root ugliness has fled and
beauty has taken its place.
Whether the cubists have anything
better to tell us than William Morris
had is a question for the future to
answer. ,
A PRODIGY OF MEMORY.
Felix Berol's sudden ' death has
ended an extraordinary career. He
is known to a great many students in
all parts of the United States as a
teacher of memory and he was a liv
ing monument to the excellence of
his system. He could remember so
many disconnected facts and recall
any of them so easily at the word of
command that he was at one time a
top-line vaudeville attraction, receiv
ing a fabulous salary for his feats.
But this vocation did not attract
Berol, who felt something of the mis
sionary spirit moving within him and
he left the lucrative stage for the
comparatively unremuneratlve occu
pation of teaching. .
Still eVen in this he seems to have
done fairly well, as far as revenues
were concerned. ; ins noon,- .tseroi
the Mental Marvel," together with his
correspondence class of 2500 pupils.
must have brought him in a comfort
able income. At the time of his death
he was engaged among other things
in lecturing -on his memory system to
classes at the ' T. . M. C. A. in New
York. The very night before he
passed away he was at a Young
Women's Christian Association dance.
The- next morning he died without
warning, apparently in the fullness
of health.
Berol's case is doubly interesting
from the fact that early in his life
he was unusually dull. He felt no
interest- in books and could remem
ber nothing of the little he happened
to read. The first book that roused
him from his mental lethargy was
Henry George's "Progress and Pov
erty." . This he fell upon by chance
and devoured avidly, but when he
had finished it the whole had van
lshed from his mind. Annoyed by
this experience, he began to study
the memory. How could he perfect
his own? He read every book he
could find upon the subject In the
great New York libraries and finally
evolved a system which appears to
have been marvelously effective.
Berol himself claimed -the proud
distinction of knowing 300,000 facts
of the most heterogeneous character,
such as the population of cities, dates
of battles, births of famous men and
so on, all of which he could summon
up infallibly at a second's notice.
How did he manage it? That is the
secret which he taught in his lec
tures. 'We dare say it has perished
with him in part at least, though
some of his pupils must know por-
.( r. - t
the loss is not serious. Berol had
300,000 facts in his memory, but any
decent cyclopedia has ten times as
many, which are perfectly accessible
to everybody. Most of Berol's facts
would be rubbish for ordinary per
sons. They might become useful now
and then, but only rarely. For the
greater part of the time they would
simply lumber up the mind. To be
sure, he turned them to profit, but
few could follow his example either
by going upon the stage or by teach
ing the art of memory. It is better
for most of .us to rest content with
learning where to look for facts with
out trying- to carry them about in our
poor, little brains. Too much luggage
of that kind impedes one sadly in the
race of life. . .
The most useful memory Is one
that turns rapidly and accurately to
the sources of information, though of
course it is well to keep a goodly col
lection of facts on tap in the brain for
emergencies when reference books
are not at hand. No one needs to
worry because be has sot a prodig-
lous memory, but every wise person
will judiciously cultivate the art of
retaining what he needs. A good
memory is neither a sieve nor a lum
ber room. It is a well-ordered cabinet.
All efficient . systems for training
the memory depend upon the great
law of association, which is a chain
binding facts together. Any trick of
association will do. Some remember
numbers and dates by their rhythm.
We know of a prodigy who can rattle
off numbers of ten and a dozen fig
ures simply by tlieir melody. Just as
musical people remember airs. Many
associate facts with arbitrary symbols
in - order to remember them. The
man who ties a string round his fin
ger to remind him of an errand for
his wife Invokes the great psycholog
ical law of association. The trouble
with this is that he is apt to forget
what the string symbolizes. That in
deed is the fatal defect in all memory
systems. The scaffolding clings to the
mind, but the building within it de
cays. Berol was an abnormal man or
his system never would have done
such marvels for. him. He must be
catalogued with mathematical prodigies-
and phenomenal chess players.
Ex-Governor Sulzer has given new
evidence of his moral obliquity by
having printed, in his "state papers"
at state expense, a biography of him
self in whfeli hee calls the impeach
ment court "a court of infamy" and
his conviction unjust and illegal. The
fact that he" does so proves his unfit
ness for office. He would have raised
himself iy -public esteem by publish
ing a temperate statement of his
case. He now proves his inability to
distinguish right from wrong and his
belief that the . public is likewise
afflicted.
George F. Baer, the lawyer and
railroad magnate who has just passed
away. Jumped to fame, like Bryan, in
one night. His remark that the Lord
had made him and a chosen few
other millionaires his special repre
sentatives to manage the wealth of
the country was received as a prod
uct of genius everywhere. It may be
remembered when Chllde Harold is
forgotten, since folly is said to outlive
every other human achievement.
y
The Bryn Mawr alumnae have vot
ed in favor of a project to appoint
women hereafter upon the board of
trustees for their college. This is
proper, since Bryn Mawr is a wom
en's college. And why would it not
be proper also for state universities
when half the students are women?
Is there any good reason why the
women yoters of Oregon should not
be represented on the Board of Re
gents of the State University?
It is predicted that the markets of
the United States will soon be sup
plied with powdered milk. The prod
uct is prepared In Normandy, a prov
ince famous for its dairies, whence
it Is to be shipped all over the
world. When powdered milk can be
bought In tins the milkman with
his 3-o'clock-in-the-mornlng delivery
cart can be obliterated and life will
blossom with an added Joy.
When mediation was first proposed
the argument was advanced in favor
of vit that, foreigners' would thereby
be given an .'added - Opportunity to
leave Mexico. . Now comes word that
scores of them have 6anceled their
reservations and will Hstay. We shall
find it hard to feel sorry for them if
they get hemmed in again..
The. most absurd yarn of recent
times' was the rumor that Secretary
Bryan had resigned. Ever since he
ceased to be a Representative he was
striving for an office until he landed
the one'.he now holds. He .will not let
go for any such slight cause as "mili
tary, operations" in Mexico.
. The hero of many 'football games
sprained his ankle trying to dance
com of the latest dancing wrinkles.
The average man Is rryuch safer in a
footbalj scrimmage than trying to cut
capers on a glassy dancing floor.
Japan appears to .be taking advan
tage of every opportunity to prove
her sincere friendship for the United
States. She now officially announces
participation on a large scale at the
1915 Fair.
The courtesy extended by this Gov
ernment in the matter of Japanese
in Mexico will show the Tokio gtv-
ernment the United States is disposed
to be just.
A general strike of coal . miners
would be deplorable, but if that be
the only means of stopping the Colo
rado calamity, perhaps It were-better
so.- i
The "wounded" in the Good Roads
campaign are all doing, nicely and will
be able to use their hands in the
course of a few days.
' Back in the flies, far removed from
the spotlight at present, we sense the
fine Italian hand of John Barrett in
his mediation plan.
Spaniards In Mexico say they will
remain neutral throughout any trou
ble that follows. They learned their
lesson in '98.
The mouth of the Columbia is be
ing hurriedly mined. Can it be that
the Mexican navy is headed this way?
The Mexican rebels are a foxy lot.
They are not asking recognition, but
are arranging to make it come easily.
However, we suspect that if Broth
er Huerta had any such notion in his
system he would have quit long ago.
The affair in Colorado Is not an I.
W. W. incident- , It is a simple matter
of stopping murder.
Are you one of those who will be
shut out of voting because too indo
lent to register?
General Funston In supreme com
mand at Vera Cruz is the right man
in the rght place.
If the lull continues the poor poli
tician may be able to slip in a few
words edgewise.
In this on-again-off-agaln imbrog
lio w-o are now enjoying the off-again
stage.
Better stamp that Cblorado trouble
out before it grows.
Your choice may be defeated if you
fail to register.
I Keep the
powder dry, pending
mediation.
SYSTEM EXPLOITS THE TAXPAYER. !
Mr. Hofer Is Sarcastic, Then Serious, la
Discussing Schools.
SALEM, Or., April 27. (To the Edi
tor.) The account of "The College
Widow" being played with great suc
cess by the students of one of your
high schools ought to be great cause
for rejoicing for those who believe In
developing the precocity of our chil
dren and giving: them advanced ideas
on morals. In this day of much pub
licity for parents and children and
when it seems to be the purpose or
public education to get all children
into the prizewinning class before they
are well out of their pinafores, we
ought to rejoice that in some counties
not over 75 per cent fail in the com
mon branches on eighth-grade exams.
Recently we people in the cow coun
ties were astonished to hear of one
of your high schools putting on a
first-class minstrel show and were dis
appointed that the troupe did not go
on the road and give us a taste of the
corkblack educational value of dancing
breakdowns and rattling the bones.
We might want to add it to our high
school curriculum.
Your late showing of the way school
taxes have doubled and trebled is off
set by the dim hope some have that
the still more intolerable burden of
high-priced textbooks may be offset by
a streak of common horse sense as
practiced In California for years. It was
stated that last year $750,000 was saved
the people of that state who send chil
dren to Bchool by printing elementary
textbooks at the state printing plant.
We have a state normal school that
could prepare the texts, and our chil
dren might do as well studying those
books as the high-priced trust-pub
ltshed books now manufactured for us
In the East.
How many state and county sal
aried positions will be foisted on us
by the great movement now on to
organise industrial clubs all over the
state? There is always a salaried con
tingent brings up the rear of moral
reform waves. For exploitation of the
taxpayer we have the finest school sys
tem in the world. E. HOFER.
Quarantine for Diphtheria.
BANDON, Or.. April 25. (To the Edi
tor.) Please publish the quarantine
law if there is one. Does each health
officer have his own law.s? .Can one
member of a family be quarantined and
the rest go at large when all live in
the same rooms? There Is a contagious
disease in our town, and if one is very
sick or dies the doctors call it diph
theria; if one is confined to the home
it Is called tonsilitis, and the person
may be allowed to run at large.
MRS. M. E. XOUKG.
The following is the rule promul
-feated by the State Board of Health in
reference to quarantine for diphtheria!:
Diphtheria For the patient quarantine
for hot less than 14 days after the be
ginning of the disease. For persons asso
ciated with or in the family with the pa
tient, quarantine until after the death or re
covery of the patient and disinfection of
clothlnir and premises, provided that other
children in the family who shall receive an
mmunlzlng- dose or anti-toxin may ue re
pHHpH from miarantlne at the discretion Of
the Board of Health after disinfection of
person and clothing. Adult memhers of
the family may be released from quarantine
on condition that clothing shall be disin
fected by the Health Officer.
The Board of Health of each county
Is subordinate to the State Board, and
is bound by Its rules and regulations.
City health officers are subordinate to
the State Board of Health except in in
stances where cities have health regu
lations of their own enacted by ordi
nance or charter.
Sale of Manufactured Articles.
PORTLAND. April 27. (To the Edi
tor.) Is the manufacturer of an arti
cle of food, who has a factory In Port
land obliged to have a license to sell
here? SUBSCRIBER.
It depends upon the method employed
in selling the products. It can be
manufactured and sold to stores with
out license or orders can be taken
from house to house and deliveries
made later without license. To peddle
from house to house requires a license.
Suit for Damages.
JUNCTION CITY, Or., April 26. (To
the Editor.) Testator's wife was ' in
jured by negligence of defendant. She
brings suit as executrix or nis estate
to recover damages sustained to such
estate by her injury. Damages con
sisted of medical attendance of wire
and loss of .wife's services. What
Judgment? A SUBSCRIBER.
It Is beyond the power of The Ore-
gonlan to say. The amount of the
Judgment could be determined only by
court proceedings. .
Minor Aliens.
PORTLAND. April 27. (To the Edi
tor.) Is It necessary for a person com
ing to Portland from Canada 20 years
ago to take out naturalization papers
in order to vote? A SUBSCRIBER.
Yes, unless the father was natural
ized before the person became of age.
In the latter event, no.
GrtrlnpC Book Published.
PORTLAND. April 27. (To the Edi
tor.) A person wants a book published
to. sell. Where shall one apply for
definite information regarding such?
M. B.
Submit it to some book publisher.
The Volunteers.
"The Volunteers," a song of the Mexican
War period, was written by William Haines
Lytle. Mr. Lytle was an Ohio man ana
served in the Mexican War and also In the
Civil War. He was killed at Chlckamau
ga. September HO. - 18o3.
The Volunteers! The Volunteersl
I dream, as in the bygone years,
I hear again their stirring cheers,
Ana see their banners shine.
What time the yet unconquered North
Pours to the wars her legions forth,
I For many a wrong to strike a blow
Wltn maiiea nana at jaexico.
The Volunteersl Ah, where are they
Who bade the hostile surges stay
When the black forts of Monterey
' Frowned on their dauntless line?
When, undismayed amid the shock
Of war, like Cerro Gordo's rock.
They stood, or rushed more madly on
Than tropic tempest o'er San Juan.
On Angostura's crowded field
Their scattered columns scorned to yield.
And wildly yet defiance pealed
Their flashing batteries' throats;
And echoed then the rifle's crack.
As deadly as when on the track
Of flying foe. of yore. Its voice
Bade Orleans' dark-eyed girls rejoice.
Blent-with the roar of guns and bombs.
How grandly from the dim past comes
The roll of their victorious drums,
Their bugles' Joyous notes.
When over Mexico's proud towers.
And the fair valley's storied bowers.
And the fair valley's storied bowers,
Fit recompense of toil and scars.
In triumph waved their flag of stars.
Ah, comrades of your own tried troop.
Whose honor ne'er to shame might
stoop.
Of lion heart and eagle swoop.
But' you alone remain;
On all the rest has fallen the hush
Of death: the men whose battle rush
Was wild as sun loosed torrent's flow
On Orizaba's crest of snow.
The Volunteers! The Volunteers!
God send us peace, through all our
years.
But if the cloud of war appears.
We'll see them once again.
From broad Ohio's peaceful side.
From where the Maumee pours its tide.
From storm-lashed Erie's wintry shore.
Shall spring the Volunteers once more.
DO PRUSSIANS OPPRESS POLES t
Denial of Chances Compared With Re
cent Historical Facts.
PORTLAND. April 26. (To the Ed
itor.) Your article in Monday's paper
In regard to Prussia colonizing Posen
is misleading and mischievous when it
states that the Prussians supplant the
natives, the Poles, and might breed hos
tility between Prussians and Poles In
this country. Some five years ago a
Catholic bishop at the dedication of a
Polish college in Chicago commented on
the German government as barbaric be
cause it enforced the German language
in the schools. We have to forgive him.
He gets his living from the Catholic
Poles, not from the Protestant Germans.
It is different with you. History tells
us it was the Asiatic Poles who drove
the Germanic and Teutonic tribes out
of Fosen; that it took about 600 years
of hard and constant fighting to check
their advance- It was the founder of
the Hohenzollern dynasty who, at the
head of the German Knights, a defen
sive order, checked and pushed back
the advancing Poles and as reward was
made administrator of East and West'
Prussia by the Emperor of Germany.
In your today's paper is the statement
that Prussia has spent $225,000,000 in
27 years to buy land back from large
Polish, estates. Pretty good for a bar
baric government to buy back that of
which its ancestors were robbed.
WILLIAM ISENSEE.
Without going back to medieval
times, when Germans and Poles took
what they could by force of arms, the
facts are that in the latter half of the
19th century a Polish national move
ment spread through the Eastern prov
inces of Russia and the break-up of
Polish estates into peasant holdings
was producing a well-to-do peasant
proprietor class, which threatened Ger
man ascendancy. In 1872 Prussia, in
order to counteract this movement,
made German the language of the
schools and -forbade public speeches in
Polish. In 1S8S Prussia began buying
the land of the Poles and leasing to
Germans. The Polish element continued
to gain, for the Prussian policy drove
the masses into alliance with the Pol
ish nobles and many immigrants cams
in from Prussia. Hore repressive meas
ures were adopted. Poles were even
forbidden to build houses on their land
and took to living In vans. Chancellor
von Buelow in 1902 admitted that Pol
ish children had been beaten for re
fusing to say the Lord's Prayer in
German. He confessed in the follow
ing year that the Prussian policy had
failed, but persisted In forbidding use
of the Polish language in the schools.
Three years later he confessed that
the Poles were gaining and the Ger
mans losing wealth and population.
In 1906. 100,000 Polish children struck
against being whipped for refusing to
answer questions in German and par
ents were fined for withdrawing their
children from religious instruction. In
1910 a number of minor officials were
removed for voting for Polish candi
dates for municipal offices.
Proscription of the Polish language
is condemned In Germany nd in Feb
ruary, 1909. the Reichstag denounced it
by' resolution. It is opposed by the
enlightened public sentiment, not 'only
of the .outside world but of German;
itself.
Let Women Organise.
PORTLAND. April 27. (To the Edi
tor.) Will you kindly inform a long
time reader of your paper if there is an
organized effort on the part of the
good women of Portland to frustrate
the plans of the organized political
grafters, disappointed would-be office
holders, bawdy-house and rumshop
keepers. Impotent Weary Willies (L
W. W.) and others of like ilk, who in
the coward's way the dark are work
ing to remove from office a set of hon
est and efficient, but to them unman
ageable city officers. If so, will you
Inform your readers of such an or
ganization. If there is none, why not? X have
been opposed to woman's suffrage but
since the power to vote has been
thrust upon us I not only intend to
use that power but to expend time and
effort upon my friends and neighbors
to induce them to go to the polls and
vote against and if possible crush this
organised gang of political tricksters
and their allies.
eLt the good women of Portland
awake' and bestir themselves if a clean
and well-governed city means anything
to them and their children. -
MRS. J. D. SCOTT.
We know of no woman's organization
formed for the exalted purposes enu
merated. What Benefit From Free Wool f
PORTLAND. April 27. (To the Edi
tor.) Although the Mexican trouble is
Just now receiving a great deal of pub
lic attention, many people have time to
wonder what the object was in revis
ing the tariff downward If, as to wool,
for instance, the growers of that arti
cle have not been hurt in their busi
ness as to its price. If the price of wool
has not been- reduced what advantage
has it been to the wearer of woolen
goods to have the tariff on wool re
vised downward?
If revising the tariff on an article
downwad dbsn't bring the price of it
downward what was the purpose of the
downward revision? And what per cent
of the people do tho advocates of this
absurd presentation of the case think
are deceived by it? T T. GEEK.
Bis; Savins; Ail-Around.
Boston Transcript
"Bulger has stopped irlnking."
"His
friends will save money."
THB SPIRIT OF WAR.
Loud are the calls for war.
Thundering voices.
Fiercely the heart of Thor
Gloating rejoices.
Wickedly picturing It all in his mind's
eye,
"Quick shall the blood of the sons of
men flow
Painting the sod with its sickening
red dye.
Filling the heart of the Nation with
woe."
r
Fiercely the patriot blaze.
Calling for strife
Awakes in the war craze's
Maddening rife.
All to tho memory of horrors forget
ful. Blind to the season of Nation-wide
woe.
Dead to the memory of past scenes re
gretful. Onward to bloodshed and sorrow
we go.
Proudly each heart a-brag
Beats with the Nation.
Giving our country's flag
Love's adoration.
Giving it all in the, worshipful praises.
Proudest of emblems, the victor of
wars.
Lauding it loud In ecstatic phrases.
Praising the Tri-color, spangled with
stars.
God of the ages past.
Hope of all nations.
Let us not make so fast
War's preparations.
On. on, and onward if rightly aspiring.
Drawn be the sword of each patriot
and gory.
Fighting the battle of justice untiring.
Onward for Justice, but never for
glory.
Elmer Staffelbach, Palouse, Wash.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonlan of April 28. 1889.
San Francisco, April 27. Tom Avery,
a well-known local prizefighter, fell
dead in the ring this morning during
a sparring exhibition with Ed Cuffe.
Boise City. April 27. The regents of
Idaho University effected a permanent
organization yesterday. There were
present Governor Shoup. Nathan Falk,
W. Jones, H. B. Hlake and Willis Sweet.
The ground for tho building at Moscow
will be selected May 15.
San Francisco, April 27. The Sunset
Telephone & Telegraph Company has
incorporated. The directors are George
S. Ladd. John I. Sabin. William G.
Oliver and Monroe Greenwood. San
Francisco; Percy T. Morgan, of Berke
ley, and David Gage, of Oakland.
Washington, April 27. William H.
Crossley and Almira Davidson have
been commissioned Postmasters at
ForeRt Grove and Monmouth, Or., re
spectively.
The small baby seal sent to the City
Park several weeks ago is dead.
The baseball team of Bishop Scott
Academy went to Forest Grove yes
terday and defeated the local nine by
a score of 20 to 19. The pitchers were
Curtis and Watt for the Portlanders
and McNamee for the home team:
catchers, Gavin and Ellsworth for the
visitors, and Hudson for Forest Grove.
Captain U. Sehree,. after having
passed a successful examination for
Lieutenant-Commander. U. S. N at the
Mare Island Navy-Yard, is expected
home today.
R. S. Strobel, purser of the steamer
Orient, died at Good Samaritan Hos
pital yesterday.
Hon. M. C. George will deliver an
address at the synagogue Ahavl Sho
lom Tuesday evening, when the cen
tennial of Washington's inauguration
will be celebrated.
County Judge Catlin and County
Commissioners Dunn and Smith yes
terday made a cut In tolls on the Mor
rison bridge and Stark-street ferry.
The Portland Speed Association last
night decided to hold a Spring meet
ing at City View Park, beginning
June 5.
Alfred S. Kidder, formerly a law
Student here, committed suicide at
Kichmond, Va., after having squandered
a fortune of $50,000 which he inherited
four years ago.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of April 2S. 1864.
From" the Boiso News of April 16 we
condense the following items: At the
charter election for Idaho City, held on
the 4th inst, 1548 votes were cast, 1376
of which were adverse to tho charter.
Hon. Samuel Merrltt, a well-known
California lawyer and formerly a lead
ing member of the State Senate, has
arrived at Bannock and hung out his
shingle. Bogus dust is in circulation
in Boise. Several lots have been of
fered lately at Bannock City and Cen
tervllle containing brass or copper fil
ings, which when mixed with quick
silvered gold is well calculated to de
ceive tho uninitiated.
Washington. April 23. General Grant
has taken measures to add numbers
enough to the regular armies in the
field to make them invincible. Con
centration is the order uf the day.
Troops are now being massed on such
lines as the Lleutenant-General be
lieves will lead to vital strategic points
of the rebellion. It is believed that
with reinforcements Lee will be able
to bring up his total force to over
66,000.
New York. April 23. It is understood
that the court-martial which tried Ad
miral Wilkes decided that he should
be dismissed from the service. Colonel
Fish, late Provost Marshal of Balti
more, has been sentenced to pay a fine
of (3000, and to be imprisoned until
the fine is paid, for defrauding the
Government.
Chicago, April 25. The House last
night passed the bill with reference to
donation of land in Oregon and Wash
ington Territory. The bill donates land
in Oregon for the construction of
wagon roads.
Work both within and without the
new Presbyterian Church is fast draw
ing toward completion. The organ, the
first introduced into Oregon, Is being
put up.
Yesterday nfternoon our citizens were
regaled by the refreshing coolness in
cident upon the advent of a street
sprinkler. A gratuitous round was
given by Mr. Landreth, owner of tnis
efficient mnchine. and he will soon call
on merchants for subscribtions to en
able him to profit by tho business.
The proprietor of Pearson's Grand
Historic Mirror of the American War
has generously offered to give an ex
hibition at tho theater tomorrow in
aid of the sanitary commission.
The property owners on Main street
have determined to make that thor
oughfare passable, and by common con
sent have entered upon the work. A
new sidewalk has been constructed
from Front to First street, and all tho
bad places in the street as far back as
the plaza are being filled up.
Smelling" Scotchman.
Kansas City Star.
An American girl was bringing a
Liverpool girl home with her and to
ward the end of the voyage remarked:
"It is delightful to feel that one is
so near home. We ought to sight Sandy
Hook this afternoon."
"Shall we?" exclaimed her English
friend. "That will bo nice. Don't teli
me which he is. I can always pick
a Scotsman out of a crowd."
"The Call of the Wild."
NEWBERG, Or., April 23. (To the
Editor.) A dispute having arisen as to
where the chief climax of "The Call of
the Wild." by Jack London, is. kindly
publish the answer. A SUBSCRIBER.
One literary authority in the Mult
nomah Public Library, says "where his
master dies," in the chapter entitled
"The Sounding of the Call."
It Is Oklahoma City.
ARLINGTON, Or., April 26. (To the
Editor.) I am not sure which is the
capital of Oklahoma, Guthrie or Okla
homa City, and will be much obliged
if you will let me know.
GEORGE MOORHEAD.
Your Thrifty Neighbor
Somewhere, among your friends, is
one who makes a distinct Impres
sion upon you because of her thrifty
disposition.
She is always alert, active,
economical and inspiring.
Shopping has no terrors for her.
She is never in the dark on the
subject of styles.
She always knows good quality
from bad.
She is sure where to shop to se
cure first-class service.
And she Is the envy and admira
tion of sound-minded folk who
haven't yet fully learned from prac
tice the unusual benefits to be do
rived from the study of newspaper
advertising.
Begin now!
It pays to be thrifty.