THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6. 1914.
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PORTLAND, THTRSDAY, AUGUST 6. 1914
AMERICA. THE WORLD, AND PEACE.
With the world ablaze from the war
fever, and six powers of Europe at
each other's throats, the calm voice of
President Wilson suggests mediation.
The offer may be premature, and in
the rage of conflict it Is not likely now
to be accepted. But it was the high
duty of the President of the United
States to make it; and, sooner or later,
It may be heard and heeded.
The position of the United States
fits the President admirably to be the
peacemaker of Europe. The timely,
but energetic, interposition of Presi
dent Roosevelt led to a termination of
hostilities between Russia and Japan;
it is fitting that President Wilson,
titular head of the one great nation
not involved, but nevertheless deeply
concerned, in the European tragedy,
serve the world and mankind In the
present awful crisis.
The President's temper is for peace;
his spirit Is conciliatory; his attitude
Is wholly neutral; and he Is supported
by a Nation that earnestly desires that
justice be done to each of the war
ring countries, but that the far greater
service to humanity be done of restor
ing the peaceful equilibrium of civil
ization through effective measures to
avert the dreadful calamity of general
war.
President Wilson can have no
nobler design than to realize the
dream of the prophet: 'They shall
beat their swords Into ploughshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up a sword
against any nation, neither shall they
learn war any more."
WHAT ENGLAND CAN DO.
Germany's attempt to buy British
neutrality by offering to abstain from
a naval attack on the French coast
betrays the respect in which she holds
the British navy and her anxiety to
save her own navy from coming to
blows with the British while the Ger
man remains inferior in strength.
Germany was not willing to buy Brit
ish neutrality at the price of Belgian
neutrality, for that would have been
to sacrifice one essential point of her
first aim to crush Franco before
Russia can get into effective action.
But the Kaiser would gladly have for
feited the advantage of his naval su
periority to France If by this conces
sion he could have kept his navy prac
tically intact and could have gained
time to continue Its upbuilding to an
equality with that of England. The
Kaiser has declared that "our future
lies upon the seas," and he would fain
avoid having that future postponed by
the probable destruction of the navy
he has built at great labor and cost
nd by the necessity of beginning that
work anew.
Unless the Germans can defeat not
only the first, but the second line of
the British and French navies com
bined, they cannot gain command of
the sea. They are outnumbered 50
per cent in first-class ships and two
ships to one in second-class. They
may by skill and daring reduce the
odds by successful torpedo attack on
some of the big British ships, but here
again they are overmatched In num
bers. Germany has 141 destroyers to
her enemies' 314; forty-seven torpedo
boats to their 231, and thirty subma
rines to their 175. Any hopes she may
have of crippling the hostile fleet by
torpedo attack must rest on the pos
sible superiority of her men and craft,
and on tactics, which play an impor
tant part In war. Assuming the men
of the two navies to be about equal In
this respect, and assuming luck to
average about equal, Germany is no
match for her enemies at sea. The
price she has paid for her short cut
through Belgium to attack France is,
therefore, the probable blockade of
her coast, the paralysis of her foreign
commerce and of many industries
which depend on imported raw ma
terial or on foreign markets and the
exposure of her colonies to seizure.
From a naval standpoint, Great
Britain has one vast advantage in con
trol of the principal cable and coaling
stations throughput the world. From
Gibraltar by way of Malta, Cyprus,
Egypt, Aden, Colombo, Singapore and
Hongkong she has a perfect chain to
the Orient, while the islands off the
East African coast and her African
colonies extend the chain to Capetown
and thence to Australia. She controls
the cable from Canada by way of Fiji
to Australia. Her ships can find a
place of refuge and supply in any sea
and can keep informed of hostile
movement, while they keep the enemy
in the dark as to their position and as
to the position of other German ships.
The wireless has reduced but has not
annulled this advantage.
The German Ambassador to Eng
land, in his efforts to persuade that
country to remain neutral, made little
account of the British army. Alone, It
is no match for that of Germany, nor
need It be, for Britain's defense rests
on her navy. But so long as the Brit
ish empire retains control of the sea,
It is free and able to send aid to its
allies on land. The regular army Is
available for foreign service. Its place
being taken by the territorial army
for home defense. Exclusive of the
Indian army, England could send
175,4w0 men to the continent and
have, 200,000 reserves to fill gaps
caused by war, while about 265,000
territorials could step into their places
for home defense.
While an army of 175.000 men could
not make head alone against the great
forces which Germany is sending
" through Belgium, it could do much,
combined with the 100,000 Belgian
regulars and the French troops
massed along the Belgian frontier, to
check the German movement to out
flank the French forces which defend
the line of the Vosges Mountains. All
depends on the celerity with which it
could be put In the field whether It
could be made effective for this pur
pose. Even if it could not be landed
on the continent until the French and
Belgians had been driven back from
the frontier, it would form a splendid
rallying point for them and would put
heart Into them for a fight to roll back
the German invader. A British army
by itself might be useless against Ger
many, but as an auxiliary to France It
would have some value. The sneering
allusion of the German Ambassador to
its effectiveness may have pricked
British pride so severely as to Inspire
a determination to prove that the Brit
ish army still counts for something,
as In the wars of Frederick the Great
and Napoleon.
DOWN WITH THE DAIRYMAN.
Likely enough, the Oregon farmer
and dairyman, who has been face to
face with the disturbance and demor
alization of his own market through
free trade in foreign butter, will ap
preciate the following copious extract
from a recent speech in Congress by
Representative Hamilton, of Michigan:
In a speech recently made at Bingham.
Me. ex-Governor Fernald, of Maine, speak
ing from an Intimate knowledge of con
' Anions', declared that Maine dairy farmers
are losing $7000 a day.
Governor Fernald owns a creamery, ana
in March. 1013, he was paying farmers
33 cents a pound for butterfat, but in
March 1914, under the new tariff law. the
price of butterfat was forced down by
Canadian competition to 23 cents a pound,
and the farmer stands the loss.
Governor Fernald told his audience tnat
In one day he counted 29 carloads of Cana
dian hav at Danville, on their way to Bos-
.i k n- tariff law
ion, aim . .
was passed the Maine farmer has been
receiving $2.50 less a ton for hay than
theretofore, and the importer takes the
profit and the farmer and the Treasury
stand the loss.
The Michigan Manufacturer and Finan
cial Record says:
...... 1. 1 , ... n - itn In Arms over
the injury done the dairy Interests by the
new tariff law. ine Douom .,i,
out of the market for dairy products and
prices have lowered about one-third In
the last three monthi.
"Cream, or butterfat. haa dropped from 3
to 22 cents; milk from $1.90 to $2 per
hundred to $1.35 delivered at the factories
at Obly and Bad Axe ...
"One farmer stated that his milk checks
for March were $30 leas for the same Quan
tity than for February."
Significant and unanswerable. The
pay check tells no lies. Here Is one
instance where the Democratic Ad
ministration has fulfilled its promise
nr ,iHnr the cost of living. But
it has at the same time wofully in
creased the difficulty or living.
-v it nnt strantre: for nothing
better should have been expected of
a tariff which enriches the importer
and the middleman and Impoverishes
the producer, without helping the
consumer.
TOTJ-fG MEN" IX BATTLE.
u.,. w thn world rates age,
make up the great armies that are
now on the firing line in Europe.
Hundreds of thousands of the com
Katontu Yiava. tint rpached their major
ity. The entire of the German first
line is short of 30. As Von der Goltz,
. i . . mllltarv HllthoritV. OflCC
LJlt3 CUlUlCIlk .j - , -
remarked, "The strength of a nation
lies in her youth." As tne anu-mui-tarists
say. "They catch 'em young."
i.--nr,. a miiitarv rjoint of view, the
young man makes by far the better
soldier. He has strong durability, a
desire for adventure and a strong re
serve of enthusiasm. Hardship does
not work the same inroads upon him;
death and injury do not hold the same
terrors. Furthermore, he is capable
of a more implicit obedience to orders,
despite that headstrong quality which
belongs to youth. Older heads, to be
sure, must direct him. It takes the
otirt halance of middle age to
stand up under the exacting problems
of strategy ana tactics presem .
i,.-r hh nf conflict. But the
real part of killing and getting killed
belongs to the young man.
--.,ntitv sls the course of war
fare pursues its destructive way and
line after line or iignting men 1 v,iVcu
out, the older men must shoulder the
rifle. The supply of youth is not
-itVinut its limits. When the first
great conflicts have been waged and
one country ana anotner oegius lur
ing in its supports and reserves the
middle-aged men will be fed Into the
maws of battle. Then will commence
the era of orphans and widows.
BLECTTN-G A SUPREME BENCH.
The Oregonian said a year or more
ago, and has said at other times, that
r Via cr.otaflo of a SuDreme bench.
wholly chosen from one political
party, is not wnoiesome nur
ino. Tt nhsorvea now that Its com
ment is being used as an argument
for the election ot one or more 01 un
n.mnn,niin inrle-psrifn candidates.
The Oregonian trusts that it will not
be accused of a purpose or aesire 10
interfere with the free course of a
Democratic primary', or any other
primary, in its approval of the plan
to make the bench non-partisan or
bi-partisan. It is not at all disposed
to retract or qualify its former state
ments, though It sees at least one dif
ficulty in the way of electing a Dem
ocratic Supreme Judge. That diffi
culty lies In the apparent hopeless
ness of the effort to elect the Demo
critic ticket as against the Republi
can ticket.
The Democratic plan, Just now, as
The Oregonian sees it, is to elect four
Supreme Judges and to defeat the
four Republican candidates. The Ore
gonian cannot support that move
ment It cannot and will not aid in
turning our several incumbent mem
bers of the Supreme bench, and one
or two other candidates, merely be
cause they are Republicans, and put
in four others merely because they
are Democrats. It is not an adequate
reason. It has heard from no quarter
any criticism of the four Republican
candidates; it has no fault to find
with the Democratic candidates.
The Oregonian thinks the election
law ought to be amended so as to give
the bench a proper political balance.
It may be done in two ways: One Is
to make the bench wholly nonparti
san, and require all candidates to run
without party designations; or to per
mit the several parties to nominate
fewer candidates than are to be elect
ed. For example, at the present time,
when there are four vacancies to be
filled, each party might have been
permitted to nominate two, or at the
most three, candidates.
The Oregonian will say candidly
that it desires to be relieved of the
responsibility of Indicating any can
didate among the Republicans who
ought not to be elected, or any candi
date among the four Democrats who
ought to be elected. By its nomina
tion of four candidates the Demo
cratic party has placed itself equally
behind all: and so has the Repub
lican party.
The expected is happening in Mex
ico. The constitutionalist army Is
sloughing off a Villa revolution as
naturally as. an Alaskan glacier
sloughs off icebergs. But who cares
what happens In Mexico now? War In
that country has served only to whet
the appetites of the bloodthirsty for
the cataclysm in Europe, as a four-
round preliminary whets the appetite
of the sports for the championship
battle.
SCHtTMANN-HEINK'S TROUBLE,
It seems absurd for Madame Schu-mann-Heink
to be stranded In a for
eign land for want of funds. All she
has to do is to lift up her voice in
song, pass the hat and pocket the re
sults. When Martin Luther In his
student days fell short of money he
went about the streets singing, and
though we cannot believe that his
notes ever were very melodious, he
collected what cash he needed easily
enough. What the strident Luther
did the dulcet Schumann-Heink surely
ought to do without much difficulty.
We remember one of Ouida's heroes
who had some trouble to pay his hotel
bill in a certain interior town. Did he
cable to his attorneys for a remit
tance? Not he. He sat down on the
hotel porch and played his flute. The
mob gladly supplied the cash he need
ed and a good deal more. If Madame
Schumann-Heink needs another ex
ample to encourage her she might re
member Oliver Goldsmith, who paid
his way all through the low countries
and up the Rhine playing on his flute.
We are surprised that the prima donna
with all her genius should be so help
less in a comparatively petty difficulty.
DR. JORDAN SUBMERGED.
If Heine, the great Jewish poet,
were alive he would find an inviting
theme in the fortunes of David Starr
Jordan. This tireless advocate of
peace went to Europe to propagate
his doctrine. Caught in the mael
strom of war, he has been .lost to
human vision and nobody on earth
seems to know what has become of
him. Like the terrible Lorelei, War
has swallowed up "both the fisher
and his boat," that Is to say, both the
benevolent philosopher and his beau
tiful doctrine. As Heine's fisherman
saw not the rocky rapids and only
gazed aloft, so the amiable Dr. Jordan
gazed persistently heavenward while
the waves broke at his feet and finally
engulfed him.
If he has been killed we fervently
hope it was on some soap bo proudly
preaching the gospel of universal
peace. His voice would have been still
and small, like the one the prophet
heard in his cavern, but we must re
member that the still small voice and
not the tumult of the earthquake or
the whirlwind conveyed the will of
God to the listening sage.
But let us believe to the last that
Dr. Jordan has not been killed. In
deed, It Is far more likely that he is
marooned in some little village' dis
encumbered or money and Its worries
and living on such crusts of black
bread as the kindly peasants dole out
to him. There he can compose those
great works on evolution which have
been haunting his brain for years and
years. He can philosophize unper
turbed on the excellencies of peace
and perhaps occasionally drop into
poetry. What an opportunity for him
and his sisterly colleagues of the
Peace Society to pour forth ode's to
hi roViito-wincprl dove! There Is
nothing so stimulative to the poetic
imagination as a spare diet ana scant,
funds. Without poverty there would
have been no Grub street and without
Grub street no British poetry.
Happy Dr. Jordan! Our only fear
for him is that he will become so
enamored of seclusion and silence that
he never can be persuaded to emerge
even after this cruel war Is over and
a new reign of universal peace affords
him an opportunity to begin preach
ing again. It is so easy to preach
peace when there Is no war.
SCARED OF THE COLONEL.
Amid all the clamor of war in Eu
rope the policy of peace, apology and
paying of blackmail to every little na
tion which thinks it has a grievance
against the United States has suffered
a setback. Secretary Bryan has
abandoned all attempts to secure rati
fication of the Colombian and Nlcar
aguan treaties at this session of Con
gress, and has thus sidestepped
trouble.
The trouble was to have come from
Colonel Roosevelt. That gentleman
asked to be heard by the Senate com
mittee on foreign relations against the
Colombian treaty. He made the re
quest as the President under whose
direction the acts were done of which
Colombia complained, asserting that
"no man now living has as complete
first-hand knowledge of what was
done." Knowing that the Colonel
would furnish some valuable ammuni
tion to the opponents of the treaty,
Chairman Stone tried to deprive him
of the opportunity. At a meeting of
the committee, which could not act
for lack of a quorum, the Senator pre
sented the Colonel's letter and Inti
mated that the Colonel "has nothing
to say that he has not said already"
and that it was not worth while to
hear him.
Then the Senator's troubles began.
He could not well refuse a shearing to
an ex-President, particularly one who
had been the object of attack, who
asked to be heard In the defense and
who rightly claimed to know more
than any other man in this country
about the subject In hand. But he
did not wish the Colonel to have his
say, for the Colonel might remind the
Senate and the people of some facts
which the Democratic leaders had
overlooked or kept in the back
ground, though he might not tell any
thing new. The Colonel, too, has a
most forcible way of saying things,
which catches the public ear and
which makes his sayings stick In the
public memory. True, the committee
hearing would be nominally secret,
but Mr. Stone knows to his sorrow
how nominally it would be so, when
Senators are such notorious blabs.
He shuddered at the thought that his
committee might be made the vehicle
through which the Colonel would fire
a blast destructive to the treaty, to
the reputation as a statesmen of Mr.
Stone's dear friend, Mr. Bryan, and to
the hopes of continued Democratic
supremacy. By all means the Colonel
must be "choked off." Therefore, It
was announced, with the President's
acquiescence, that the Senate Demo
cratic leaders had abandoned all hop
of ratification now and would post
pone consideration of the treaties until
next session. The Colonel could not
be denied a hearing, but he was thus
denied an opportunity to speak until
after election.
Since that announcement was made
Mr. Stone has been kept in a constant
state of irritation by those who have
asked him what he was afraid of, or
who have remarked, with obvious in
tent to be overheard by him, that it
looks as If he were scared of the Colo
nel. His tormentors finally drove him
to announce that the committee would
hear Colonel Roosevelt. He did not
say when, but "the when" will doubt
less be after the election, when dan
ger that the Colonel's statements
would damage Democratic prospects
of controlling the next Congress will
have passed. The Colonel has been
prevented from using the committee
as a vehicle of campaign publicity, but
he has not been silenced. The news
papers and the platform are open to
him, and he knows how to use them.
"Contraband of war" is a phrase
whose definition depends more upon
the will of the strongest belligerent
than upon the dictionaries. Toward
the close of the Napoleonic wars pret
ty nearly everything became contra
band. England defines the term lib
erally just now, but when the stress
of war tightens she will grow more
severe. As the war continues there
will be Increasing temptation to make
all foodstuffs contraband uncondi
tionally. In this land of many opportunities
each nationality is likely to be sup
r.M,i with thp kind of war news it
likes best. For each considerable
group of foreign residents there are
newspapers in their own tongue. The
Germans will read news of one trend,
the French of another and all will be
happy in their respective beliefs until
some great decisive catastrophe be
falls. Then the news will be the same
In all languages.
The quatrain which won the prize
In an "Omar" competition the other
day Is a fair imitation of Fitzgerald's
incomparable verse. The lines are
melodious and they scan, which is
more than can be said of most poetry.
As far as sound goes, the quatrain is
bone of Fitzgerald's bones. It Is only
by the sense, or lack of it, that a dif
ferent origin is betrayed.
There is a great deal of human na
ture in the passage of the general dam
bill through Congress. It expresses so
much feeling and does it so well. The
prolonged hot weather session puts
Congress in the mood to pass exactly
that kind of a bill. No doubt pretty
nearly everything is covered by It, as
its name implies.
Removal of the free employment
bureau to the north end of the city
is of doubtful benefit. Authorities
must remember there are many wom
en applicants and the proposed local
ity is not a desirable one for them to
visit.
The seizure of alleged bad catsup
from California that contained 280,
000,000 "bugs" to the cubic centi
meter Is enough to scare a man into
eating his hot dogs without decora
tions. All the combatants say the other
f-iinvt- started the fiirht. but to the dis
interested bystander it Is apparent
that each of them had one arm out 01
his coat-sleeve in preparation before
war was declared.
The phenomenal rise of foodstuffs
in England is a symptom of British
inefficlence for a great war. Ger
many was prepared to prevent high
handed exploitation by grasping
tradespeople.
As to the Kaiser's suggestion that
f!rn,anv will f i-.it the world if nec
essary we would remind him of the
story of the man who "took in a little
too much territory.'
The heroes who die fighting forest
fires in Oregon deserve greater honor
than those who die fighting men in
Europe. They fight to preserve, the
others to destroy.
A job as porter In a cafe at 5 francs
a day and board would look good to
some of those stranded American mil
lionaires in Paris right now.
Invasion of Oregon by the "greatest
show on earth" is nearing and the
small boy is getting into action on
the woodpile.
Just take your eyes off the war bul
letins long enough to notice Portland's
position at the head of the baseball
column.
Now prepare to read harrowing
tales of the experiences of the tourists
as they straggle home from Europe.
If the Mexican trouble should now
come to a focus it would afford a mere
cat fight in the back yard.
Strange Bryan hasn't done more in
his efforts to get a strangle hold on
that Nobel peace prize.
As to Schumann Heinle's isolation
in Europe, we are Inclined to the ver
dict of "leave her there."
What if they should capture that
American cruiser filled with gold for
American tourists ?
The Turkish will remain neutral.
Then the Turkish marathon is not to
figure in the war.
Sitting in his tepee on Sagamore
Hill, the Colonel reflects on what
might have been.
Possibly David Starr Jordan now
realizes that he has been wastins his
energy.
In his details of neutrality President
Wilson does not prohibit hoching the
Kaiser.
It looks black for Germany. Jack
Johnson wants to enlist In the French
army.
The Rose Festival does not go into
the discard if Portland knows it.
At last reports it looked as if the
Belgians were beating the Dutch.
The Dardanelles is closed, but Rus
sia is welcome to use the canal.
Up to a late hour Iceland and
Greenland had not mobilized.
There is great mortality among the
Seven Sisters of Washington.
Portland, Me., is fortunate in stag
ing a little naval vaudeville.
It is time to get the eugenics baby
in shape for the State Fair.
The war will send up the price of
.offee. Also of coffins.
Do not fail to swat the fly. This is
again breeding time.
So far Copenhagen has not ban
tagen.
The Salvation Army Is a noncom
batant. Where Is the ABC board?
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FAD GOVERNORSHIP AND U'REJf
Honest Criticism Held Jfecesanry to
Show Both Sides ot a Question.
ASHLAND, Or., Aug. 3. (To the Edi
tor.) Will you kindly allow one who
has read The Oregonian for 35 years
to commend you for not complying with
the request of George C. Craig, of
Enterprise, who suggested that you
suppress the writings of our interde
pendent candidate for Governor, W. S.
U'Ren? Your correspondent is In error,
first because The Oregonian has often
announced itself as an Independent
newspaper, and altogether In error to
think that a state-wide Journal could
reflect the political situation without
printing all sides of the now badly
mixed efforts to capture the guberna
torial chair.
Oregon has a bad habit of lawyers
and law-givers, which necessitates a
law-foundry to supply the demand for
the support of more and more until we
reach a complication of constitutons
and laws that will require tne fttate
Executive to appoint himself prosecu
tor. Judge and Jury, so as to execute
his own will instead of the law, aB
our present Governor is doing, and as
U'Ren or the residuary legatee would
do if either should attain his wishes.
It is possible that Oregon should
have four more years of fad Governor
ship to teach the majority of our vot
ers that good government does not con
sist of fads and fancies, but is born
of progressive and conservative action
based on precedent.
If it were not for the fact that the
majority is a benevolent mob, we
would indeed be in sore straits to out
live these fads. Kansas and her trial3
should be a lesson to Oregon, but she
has passed most of her cranky trou
bles, and is trying to raise wheat to
feed war-ridden Europe, that is on the
road to devastation.
Your correspondent should also re
member that honest criticism is neces
sary to help us realize that there are
always two sides to every question,
and as it is out of the question to
argue with a wild-eyed fanatic, criti
cism becomes the only efficient
weapon. He also should know that Ore
gon formation is largely volcanic and
produces volcanic politicians that can
imitate Mount Lassen and erupt an im
mense amount of vapor, gas and smoke
from a very small aperture, that In
creases in volume by a little boosting.
Hence U'Ren should have all the rope
he can use in order to burn out all tne
sooner, which ho will do as an Inter
dependent. OLD SUBSCRIBER.
PUT WARFARE UPON THE BALLOT
People Should Have Chance to Vote Be
fore Flsthtliitr, Says Writer.
PORTLAND, Aug. 4. (To the Edi
tor.) As a Swedish-American, my
sympathy in the war is with Germany.
It could not be otherwise. We have
bled together on the battlefields in
Germany and we have much in com
mon. I also agree with The Oregon
ian that it is peculiar that two of the
finest nations of Europe, England and
France, should side with Russia, our
common enemy of civilization and
progress. But above all it is painful
to see that our boasted civilization
still stands so low that war is possi
ble. No government should have a
right to declare war before the ques
tion had been referred to the people
and a majority in each country con
cerned had voted thereupon. We vote
on smaller things than this. Why
should not the important matter of
war be decided by the people? Then
there would be no war. The people
of the different countries do not hate
each other. The navies of the world
and the armies of the world would
then not be needed. The men would
be given useful occupations, be pro
ducers instead of parasites. Let us hope
that this war will work in this direc
tion, open the eyes of the people to,the
criminality ot war so that no crowned
head or diplomat at a banquet or any
private Interest can cause war, but
that the people themselves will vote
on such important matters. Let us
hope that the present war will be as
short as possible, but also decisive,
so that Russia's power will be limited
and kept in check forever. It is pain
ful to see that big spot on the map
occupied by Russia. Barbarians hold
the greatest part of Europe.
Let the people vote on the matter
and there will be no war. I believe
in "peace on earth and good will
toward men" throughout the whole uni
verse. JOHN ANDERSON.
SCIENCE FAILS TO STAY SWORD
It Does Mnch for Mankind, hat Can
not Stay Hnnian Passion.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 3. (To the
Editor.) Homer and Thucydides point
ed out thousands of years ago the im
mutability of human nature. From im
memorial times, as the occasion arose,
men have been frenzied with the spirit
of war; never more so, perhaps, than
in old Europe today. Invested with
pathos therefore is the thought that
in vain are the distilled poetic senti
ments of a Tennyson dreaming of
when the war drum beats no more; in
vain are the peace-promiting efforts
of simple-minded dillettantes.
The enchanting wand of science
averts pestilence and prevents or miti
gates famine, but it cannot stay the
sword!
Never, perhaps, in modern times has
that message from the Greek poet
Snnhocles. delivered many centuries
ago to mankind, had a deeper meaning
than today in tne uia w oria witn ref
erence to human life: "Look and won
der and think."
The old Greeks would have seen in
this European war the spirit of Nem
esis scourging humanity for its pre
sumption. Are we so much wiser than
they? Millions of human hearts be
yond the sea will soon answer "No."
C. A M.
Voters' Qualifications.
TROUTDALE, Aug. 3. (To the Edi
tor.) Please let us know if a man who
is registered In Oregon can vote in
Washington for President at the gen
eral election if he is not registered
there. This is to decide a dispute.
A SUBSCRIBER.
One must be a citizen of Washington
and resided in the state one year to be
qualified to vote in a Presidential or
any other election in that state. Reg
istration in Oregon would not aid him,
and If entered within one year of elec
tion would conclusively establish that
he was not a qualified voter In Wash
ington. The One-Yard Kiss.
Anderson Bulletin.
Official regulation is at it again.
Mrs. Cyrus Niver. of the Pennsylvania
Moving Picture Censorship Board, has
been measuring kisses in the films and
has decided that a kiss of one yard
in length is the maximum of good
taste. Hereafter one may expect, as
he or she punches the hammock pil
low into comfortable shape and opens
the best seller, to read that "the world
seemed very far away and a light, old
as time, came Into her eyes their
Hps met in a kiss 2 feet 11 inches
long. 'My own!' he breathed."
Let Every Lot Pay tor Water.
PORTLAND, Aug. 3. (To the Edl-
lu-- t. vt TfiinA's Rnearestion in
The Oregonian today in regard to sprin
kling Is a good one.
t n i. i ,r trt nwrv lot n. tinminal
Dy i 1 1 ii t ft 1 1 1 n l " - j - - -
amount for sprinkling, say 50 cents or
a dollar a season, mere wouia ne mure
revenue for the water department and
more satisfaction to the consumer as
well as a more beautiful city.
Can't some public - spirited citizen
for the sake of the "City Beautiful" see
this through to a finish?
R. SMITH.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of Aug. 6, 1864.
In the Pacific Christian Advocate of
this week appears the valedictory of
Rev. Thomas H. Pearne as editor. Rev.
Professor H. C. Benson succeeds Mr.
Pearne.
The Jacksonville Intelligencer pro
poses to issue dally, provided an addi
tional compositor can be found who
will take steady employment. It would
take a pretty tough Journeyman to
work steadily on such a conduit of
treason.
Bishop Kavanaugh, of the M. E.
Church South, recently arrested by or
der of General McDowell for treason
able utterances, has been discharged
from custody, after taking the oath of
allegiance.
Cincinnati, Aug. 4. Stoneinan's force,
consisting of General Ed McCook's di
vision of cavalry, tore up the Macon
railroad and burned the ties for 18
miles. On returning, McCook fell in with
a large wagon, on which were much
private property and all of Hood's
papers, near Newman. A quantity of
whisky was captured, and here is
where the trouble began. The rebel
General Rains came up. a fight en
sued and McCook was routed. About
500 of his command reached Marietta,
who report the surrender of the main
body, 3200 strong. General McCook
was killed.
Washington, Aug. 4. Early has de
termined to hold the Shenandoah Val
ley at all hazards and has from 35,000
to 40,000 men engaged in threshing
wheat. He takes every tenth bushel,
besides levying a tax for the labor
performed.
Chicago. Aug. S. Particulars of the
disastrous repulse of the assault on
the rebel defenses of Petersburg have
been received.
Frederick, Md., Aug. 2. General
Kelly was attacked at Cumberland yes
terday by a large force under Bradley,
Johnson and McCausland. After a se
vere fight of several hours, he com
pletely routed the enemy, capturing
several caissons, a great many wagons
and a vast amount of plunder stolen
in Pennsylvania The enemy is in full
retreat towards Oldtown, Kelly pursu
ing. St. Louis, Aug. 3. Advices have been
received from the plains to the effect
that the Apaches, Comanches and Ara
Dahoes. numbering nearly 1000, were
committing serious depredations on the
Santa Fe road.
The Boise News of July 30 says: A
Union convention was held at Packer
John's ranch July 23 to take steps for
the calling of a union territorial con
vention. Three counties were repre
sented, Nez Perces, Idaho and Boise.
The Dalles Mountaineer of yester
day says: A salute of 100 anvils was
fired last night in honor of the passage
of the bill for establishment of a
branch mint at The Dalles.
The Triweekly Statesman Through
the courtesy of Mr. Calaro, of Boise
City, we havo received the Ilrst num
ber of a spicy little sheet with the
above title, which made its debut on
July 26. We wish the editor and pub
lishers, James S. Reynolds & Co., suc
cess in their enterprise.
Our citizens very generally observed
the proclamation of President Lincoln
in a suspension of business and at
tendance at their places of worship on
Thursday. In the evening a meeting
was held at the M. E. church, prepara
tory to the formation of a branch of
the National Christian Commission. Ad
dresses were made by Rev. Thomas H.
Pearne and Rev. George H. Atkinson.
Captain J. C. Ainsworth yesterday
showed the first brick from the crush
ing of quartz by the Ainsworth mill
in the Owyhee district.
A miniature ship was recently pre
sented to Captain John H. Couch, of
this city, by John Miller, chief officer
of the bark Almatia
A new invention for the crushing of
quartz was forwarded to the upper
country yesterday. It is known as the
Howell crusher, and the sample will
be accompanied to the mining regions
by Messrs. Simms and Hannay.
The Mechanics Brass Band was out
on the Plaza in its best humor Thurs
day and discoursed music for several
hours. It partook much of the form of
metropolitan life and reminded one of
parks, bands and cities far to the east
of this.
War's Cost In Human Life.
New York Herald.
Of particular interest at this time ar
the records of killed and wounded in
the- last European wars "little squab
bles In the Balkans" they are sometimes
described. Professor Octave Laurent
has summed up these losses of human
life In the account of his 11 months'
experience as a surgeon with the Bul
garian troops, which has Just been pub
lished in Paris. He writes for his
surgical colleages, not to produce a sen
sation. Bulgaria, with 4.300.000 inhabitants,
put 500,000 soldiers in the field. Of
these, 53,000 were wounded and 30.000
killed In the first war and 16,000 killed
and 62,000 wounded in the second. Alto
gether 150.000 killed and wounded
one-third of the effective force of the
army and 3 per cent of the population.
There was one death out of every four
injuries, a very high figure.
In the last Balkan war 150,000 men
on both sides were killed or wounded
on the field in a single month. Eighty
thousand of these fell on the banks of
the Brognalltza in the six days from
June 30 to July 6, 1913.
Professor Laurent quotes an authori
tative prophecy to the effec t that a zero
. . . 1 1 1 n 1 t 1 , 1 trtvfl the
aaueu to l urn'; iifei, - -
losses in a European war which would
line up two armies of tne great powers.
There would bo not less than 1.600,000
wounded and killed in a month once
the forces were fully In the field. The
figures may be .an exaggeration, but
they come approved by a professional
expert who has just had the latest pos
sible experience.
Ballade of Villa
By Deaa Collins.
Mars drags the world down on his head
In crashing chaos, vast and grim;
Portentous messages are sped.
And dreams of peace wax faint and
dim;
And loud and snarling trumpets blow.
Where is the row of yesteryear?
Where is that scrap in Mexico?
Tis but a little since we gazed
On savage Huerta's sullen stand.
And while the fierce rebellion blazed
We trembled for his woeful land.
Now all of that is in the rear;
The furies over Europe blow.
Where is the row of yesteryear?
Where is that scrap in Mexico?
Today may Villa tweak the nose
Of poor Carranza, if he will;
All Mexico may come to blows.
And none will murmur "Peace! Be
still!"
O'er Germany the war clouds rear.
While all the wontt deals blow on
blow.
Where Is the row of yesteryear?
Where 1b that scrap In Mexico?
Passion and War. with clutching
hands.
Rend Into fragments Europe's map.
And now at last wo understand
We've got a reg'lar man -size scrap.
Adios to Villa! To the rear,
Your hopes to hold our Interest blow.
Where is that row of yesteryear?
Where is that scrap in Mexico?
Little Editorials
on Business
An Advertising Failure
This is the story of a concern
whose advertising failed because
it was written to please those on
the inside rather than the great
public without.
It was a large retail establish
ment. At first it was a one-man
organization and the business grew
rapidly. After a year or so the
proprietor sold a half interest and
took in a partner who was skilled
in advertising.
The business continued to grow.
One partner was in charge of the
buying end, and the other was re
sponsible for the sales end of the
business.
Finally, they reached the point
where a larger store was nceosary
and more capital was required. The
two partners decided to again di
vide the business and sell half of it
to two other men who had merchan
dising ability in addition to capital.
Thus it became a four-man organi
zation, each partner with an equal
share in the business.
It then became necessary for the
partner who wrote the advertising
to submit it to the other three for
their approval before it was
printed, and every conference on
advertising would end up with a
fight.
Within a few months the adver
tising of that store lost its "punch"
simply because the advertising
partner was compelled to plan his
work to sell goods to his partners
and clerks.
This store advertised overalls
with beautiful rhetorical phrnses
that might have enticed the mem
bers of the Bankers' Culture Club,
but it was not convincing to the
horny-handed sons of toil who wear
overalls.
The severest critics of advertis
ing are those on the inside who
know nothing at all about ihe
science of printed salesmanship.
Too much advertising is written to
please the boss.
Advertising to he profitable
must be written in the lngu:iv of
the people who buy anil u-'' your
merchandise. To be absolutely
sure you arc right take your
advertisement before you publish
it and submit it to a dozen or so
people of the class that buy the
goods.
Twenty-Five Year Ago
From The Oregontan of Aug. . 18!.
Spokane Falls, W. T.. Aug. 6 The
entire business portion of the city was
destroyed by last night's fire. Twenty
five blocks were reduced to ashes. The
estimated loss is $14,000,000. A meet
ing of the relief committee was held
last evening. Hon. A. M. Cannon was
in the chair, and there were praMMt
Councilman Rettls, ex - Mayor Taylor
and H. L. Wilson.
Eugene. Aug. 5. Mlas Minnie Luckey
and Mr. Al Wilson were drowned hy
the capsizing of a sailboat at Acme, on
Sluslaw Bay, yesterday.
Pendleton, Aug. 5 Fire destroyed
Tennery & Wheeler's photograph gal
lery to Thompson & Burnharfs brick
block yesterday.
Mrs. W. A. Wilcox twisted her ankle
on Saturday evening at Ilwaco while
boarding the tralr
The Police Commission last evenlns
removed Patrolman John J. Byrnes IMM
Special Officer Dan Moshrr and Will
iam Myers, and appointed H. R. Ad
ams. Orlf. Roberts. N. H. Bird. J. w.
Blanchet, Frank Snow and Alex John
son. The East Portland City Council la.t
evening adopted water rates, reported
by the commission composed of Thomas
R. Turnbull. H. C Myers, Cyrus Buck
man and John H. Hall-
A fire on the line of the O. B. N.
Sunday night destroyed an Immenije
quantity of cordwood a few miles this
side of Troutdale, burned the ties for
about 200 feet and prostrated the tel.
graph wires. A brldsre burned on the
Northern Pacific and cut off connec
tions by that route. The only way in
which Spokane could be reached by
wire was via Han Francisco. Ogden and
Helena.
T Jay Buford's bond as agent of the
Slletz Reservation was approved by
Judge leady yesterday.
The recent order of Secretary of War
Proctor to abandon Fort Klamath
stirred up a hornets' nest in Southern
Oregon, and telegrams protesting have
been recelvod by Senator Mitchell from
Llnkvlllo and Ashland.
Mayor le Lashmutt nd Charlea II.
Dodd, uctlnp president of the Board ot
Trade, appointed committees to soli' It
subscriptions for the relief of Spokanr.
About $1300 was collected yesterday.
Duncan B. Harrison appeared In "The
Paymaster" at the New Park Theater
last night.
BiKin of I'alnleaa rhlldulrth.
PORTLAND, Au. 5. (To Hie Ml'
tor.) Like many women especlaly
. 1 r ki- .,.n mm h Interested
in the accounts of "Twilight Sleep, as
set forth In some of the K-flaMMi
and certainly every mother has a right
to be most vitally Interested. Re
port says that not a muni-...
. ., ulnr, hnrn into this
rc'curas hiiucc. -we,
world of ours. Wc- mothers know what
that means, that not a momriii r
1.1 , 1 1 (im ill rninr down Into
W1UIUUI Bum'- " , ,
the very Jaws of death Itself In fact,
suffering far more than the agonies or
death that another may bn given life.
Now after centurlea of suoh suffering,
comes one who says this suffering Is
all uncalled for; that the "curse" laid
upon woman has been lifted; that with
out endangering the life of either
mother or child all this pain can be
avoided.
If all these statements be true, why
Is it we have never heard of them be
fore? Why should women be compelled
. , l.i. .. .-1 1 H 1 I,,, wnrlrf to
to travel 110... j -- -
the Black Forests of ilermany? Are
not our physicians as .;
, ..,.!., wru 1 1 , it 1 1 1 i.t, imI 1 1 11 T
our iicisuii. - " - - ww-
nurses as competent as those of Ger
many? Or Is It necessary, as one writer
nas iisserieu, c.i.
ney to Freiburg before they are capa
ble or using cms 1 nmc-j . .
us raise a subscription and speed them
on their way. (MRS.) M H.
EC. Z. "Easy."
THREE PINES. Or.. Aug. l (To the
Editor.) I saw a letter In The Orego
nian about the government of the Phil
lpplnes and It suggested that It be
called E. Z. instead of U. S. Govern
ment. What Is meant by that
A READER.