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2 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL' 28. 1915, KITCHENER ACCUSES FOE OF INHUMANITY Maltreatment by Germans of British Prisoners Declared ' . Proved Beyond Doubt. fM EN SHOT BY CAPTORS Wanton Insulting- and Striking of Officers, Even AVlien Wounded, Declared Frequent Vsc of As 4 phyxiating Gas Denounced. LONDON. April 27. War Secretary Kitchener told the House of Lords to day that British prisoners had been insulted, maltreated and even shot down by their German captors. He made a statement to the House on this subject in which he said in part: "I have been forced with reluctance to accept as indisputably true the mal treatment by the German army of Brit ish prisoners. The Hague convention has been fragrantly disregarded by German officers. Our prisoners hav been stripped and maltreated in various ways and In some cases the evidence Koes to prove that they have been shot in cold blood. Our officers, even when wounded, have been wantonly insulted and frequently struck." Inhumanity Declared Established. Karl Kitchener said that as a soldier ho hitherto had always held officers of the German army in respect, but "con stant tewtimony that has come in from our own escaped prisoners, and from French. Russian, Belgian and American soldiers, has brought it home to all who have sifted the evidence that the Inhumanity displayed by the German authorities toward British prisoners es pecially is beyond doubt." The Secretary quoted articles from the convention adopted at The Hague relating to the treatment of prisoners of war and asserted that they had been disregarded flagrantly by German offi cers if e added: "I think it only fair and right to say that the German hospitals snouia be excepted in any charges of delib erate inhumanity. Military Conragte Proved. "Germany has for many years posed before the civilized world as a great military nation. She has abundantly proved her military skill and courage. But surely it was also for her. to set up a standard of military honor and conduct which would gain her the re epect. if not the friendship of nrtions. Instead, she has stooped to acts which will surely stain indelibly her military onH whlrh would vie with the barbarous savagery of the dervishes of Sudan. "I do not think there can be a sol dier of any nationality, even among the Germans themselves, who is not heart ily ashamed of the slur which has been thus brought upon the profession of arms. The usages of war have not only been outraged by the infliction of cruelties on British prisoners, but by a. contrivance which must have arrested Your Lordships" attention the Germans have in the last week Introduced a method of placing their opponents hors du combat by the use of asphyxiating and deleterious gases and they employ iv.a.. nniKnnous methods to prevail when their attack, according to the rulen of war, might otherwise have failed." 31KIT1SH CR1TICISK POLICV Ilcgrct Expressed in Parliament for Segregation of Submarine Crews. LONDON. April 27. The British Par liament occupied itself BOlely today with discussions on the treatment of British prisoners of war In Germany. 3n both the House of Lords and the House of Commons the gratitude was expressed for the efforts that have been made by the United States to ameliorate the condition of the pris oners. Lord Kitchener's speechtn the House of Lords, which, as a soldier, he aaid he lamented what ho was convinced was German inhumanity toward Brit ish soldiers, was the most noteworthy expression of the day. There were, however, equally striking notes In both houses notably by Lord Lansdowne. leader of the opposition, and Lord Cromer, who expressed regret in the House of Lords that the British Ad miralty had seen fit to segregate cap tured German submarine crews, and by Tremier Asquith. in the House of Com mons, who declared that at the end of the war tho British people would exact reparation. No definite course of action concerning the treatment of prisoners was agreed on by either House. In the House of Commons Neil Prim Tose said that American officials al ready had visited 16 prisoner camps in Germany and that the reports thus far received had shown improvement in the treatment that was being accorded the British prisoners held in them. (iERJIAX RAPS AMERICAN" PRESS bulk of the Canadian forces, who main tained their calmness, although their position became a promontory in the allied line. "At times they had a double front, some trenches facing northeast and others southwest. They adapted their trenches to meet the new demands and transformed the back into the front. In any maneuver they would have been adjudged annihilated, but they held on and made good. They tied handker chiefs over their noses to protect them selves from the gas fumes. "It was only the Canadians' wonder ful stand on the promontory, main tained many hours and varied by bay onet charges, that checked the Germans and enabled the Canadians to retire in good order and re-form the general line. "A summing up of the situation shows, however, that the Germans gained a good deal. They flattened the allies" salient northeast of Yprea and one point has become .-. German salient. Moreover, the Germans hold the arc around Tpres, which facilitates their offensive. Several villages east of the canal and one village on the left bank now are debatable ground." CREVVsWMiSTREATED REPRISALS NOT TO CHANGE BRIT ISH POLICY. Wlmton Spencer Churchill Says Ger man Submarine Men Captured Will Be In Distinct Catesrory. LONDON, April 27. Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the Admiralty, explained Great Britain's policy in the matter of the treatment of German sailors captured on board submarines in the House of Lords today. Answer ing a question, Mr. Churchill said: "We cannot admit that the reprisals which Germany has taken against num bers of our own officers can be allowed to deflect us from a policy which we regard as humane and just in itself. incidents like the sinking of the Oriole at night without warning (the Oriole ' presumably was lost early in February with a crew of 20 men); the sinking of the Falaba (with' a loss of more ' than 10O lives) and the blowing up. of llshing vessels decided the gov ernment, Mr. Churchill declared, to place all submarine prisoners taken after February 18, and so long as this system of warfare continued, in a dis tinct category. The speaker pointed out that the con ditions under which these prisoners were confined today were in every way humane. AMERICANS GD TO FRONT AMBULAJfCE CORPS GETS SPECIAL PRIVILEGE IN FRANCE. Stars and Stripes to Float Along; Llae of Battle W. K. Vanderbllt Sends 40,000 to Further Work. PARIS. April 27. The American flag, on American ambulances, will soon be seen close up to tha fighting fronts on various parts of the western battle line. Commandant Girard, director of the au tomobile ambulances of the French army, has arranged with Dr. Edmund Gros, chief surgeon of the American Ambulance Corps in France, to send these ambulances to tho vicinity of the trenches. They will go under the same conditions as the French military am bulances, instead of being used as here tofore for transportation purposes, somewhat in the rear. The Americana are the only neutrals to whom this privilege has been accorded. Dr. Gros has received two checks of $20,000 each from William K. Vander bllt, of New York. One check is for the ambulance service and the other for the hospital fund. Criticism of Use of Asphyxiating Gas Shows Partiality, Is View. NEW YORK, April 27. Dr. Bernhard Ternburg, ex-Colonial Secretary of the German .Empire, issued a statement to day relating to the use of asphyxiating jrases by the Germans in trench war fare. Dr. Dernburg asserted that when there was published last November re ports of a French Invention for the purpose of asphyxiating enemies by nauseating gases, the endipg of the war in favor of the- allies nvaa predicted with "a great deal of satisfaction" by fh. American nress. "As soon as the Gernfans used the eamo kind of weapon in the battle around Yores, tho denunciation of Ger many for following the practice of her adversaries has been rampant, and the most invective sort of epithets has been employed," Dr. Dernburg adds. This was cited as an-illustration of the reasons why German sympathizers in America consider ' tho American press unfair and unneutral and why Germany does not believe in the im partiality of public opinion in this country. CHEHAL1S CANNERY TO RISE Ground Broken for Plant Expected to Handle This Season's Crops. CHEHALIS, Wash., April 27. (Spe cial.) Ground was broken today for the fruit and vegetable cannery being erected by the Lewis County Canning Association. The sito Is directly be tween the Union' passenger depot and the Milwaukee s new branch line to Willapa Harbor. The executive com mittee yesterday went carefully over the various estimates. At the south end of the structure a receiving station 20 by 50 feet will be built, the roof of the main structure to extend over the receiving station and an additional 10 feet over the street adjoining to afford shelter for teams. The plans for the building are with the idea of making a cannery that will be up-to-date in every particular. The work will be rushed as rapidly as pos sible and it is hoped to have the plant complete and equipped in time to handle a good part of the crop this season LABOR-BUREAU TO MEET Secretary Wilson Calls Conference to IHseuss Employment. WASHINGTON, April 27. A National conference to consider the work of the Federal employment bureau and prob lems of labor distribution and ex changes in the United States was called tonight by Secretary of Labor Wilson to meet in San Francisco August 2. Letters to the Governor of each state. the heads of state labor bureaus, labor statisticians and immigration officials throughout the country and to Mayors of cities having municipal employment offices, were mailed today by Socretary Wilson, inviting them to attend the con ference in person, or to designate rep ressentatives. The most important object of the con ferences, Mr. Wilson said, will be to effect some system of co-operation be tween the Department of Labor and the state and municipal authorities to pre vent duplication in the work. . f CANADIANS SAVE ALLIES t I Position Held Even AVhen It Be- comes Promontory. I LONDON. April 27. To the Canadians belongs the honor of spoiling the Ger : mans' plan in Flanders, according to a .' dispatch to the Daily Mall from its - correspondent in Northern France. They ' were supported In turn by a French ' force, by Zouaves, by Belgians and by Knglish regiments. The guns they lost ' temporarily were not behind their ine, but on the left side. "The flood of the German advance," ,avs the Mail's correspondent, "cloaked under smoke and sulphurous gases, con. tcred around these guns and passed 'the MAY DAY PAGEANT IS SET Albany College to Present "Robin Hood" on Campus lYlday. ALBANY, Or.. April 27. (Special.) The pageant. "Robin Hood." will be presented on the campus of .Albany College by students of the Institution at the annual May day exercises, which will be held next Friday afternoon. There also will be a concert by the Albany College Girls' Glee Club and the college male quartet also will sing. Tho Y. W. C. A. of the college will serve a cafeteria supper on the campus at the close of the afternoon exercises and preceding the evening concert. Miss Lora Warmington will reign as Queen and will be attended by Misses Helen Hulbert, Gladys McKnight, Vesta Lamb and Nelson McDonald as maids of honor. Irvin Custer will be master of ceremonies. I've Santtweptle After SbnTlnff.;' Rinralarlr soothlnff. cooltnsrand refreshing. Leaves soft, velvety finish. Instantly relieves aud prevents irritation, iou II like its clean ly, healthy odor. 00c.. All drusslsta. 12 io Cents Only THEATER Washington at Park Today, Thursday, Friday and Saturday Only The Most-Talked-of Drama of the Day a Sensation A Moral Lesson for Mothers and Daughters A Greater Lesson for Fathers and Sons J I J w t J.Lr TT TT YTTSxTT An exposure of White Slavery, with its glittering dens of vice. A story by a Government Secret Service Agent who was ferreting out Pariahs. v Every young girl who is not under the protection of a mother should see "The Lure." Real life scenes taken from gaudy Traps for the Inno cent. Five Acts of Sensation. CAN SUCH THINGS BE? 1 i 8 m , Vi , ras .nii.ij,,. TASK IS NOT -EASY British Press Says Advantage in Dardanelles Is Lost. ualties reported today was Major-General von Seydewitz, commander of a reserve infantry regiment, who was killed April 25. General von Seydewitz had .the Iron Cross of both, the first and second class. SURPRISE NOT POSSIBLE Cabinet Criticised for Not Jlaklns Attack Jointly by Land and Sea in First Instance Need of Munitions Knipliasized. LONDON, April 27. The Times to day points out that Great Britain now, with the attack on the Dardanelles in progress, has seven campaigns on her hands and that after tne nanaern wat tle the advance against tne aeiensea of the Dardanelles promises to be the most costly in men ajid material, espe cially, it declares, as blunders made In the Spring have cieprivea me am of all the advantages of surprise ana given the Turks ample time to strengthen their defenses. "The - operations appear to nave oe- pun successfully," says the Times' mil itary correspondent, "isoining as yei has been revealed as to where the troops were landed, but it was probably at the southwest end of the Gallipoli Peninsula, the reported landing at Enos having been a feint, Neither is any thing known concerning tne numoer oi troops landed. Task Far From EaT. "Advancing from Enos. General Ian Hamilton would be obliged to meet all the Turkish armies and to incur other disadvantages, but with troops posted aeross the peninsula and his flanks covered and protected by the fleet, he will be in a much stronger position, although the task to be ac complished is far from easy. "It is now. however, being carried out as it ought to have been begun, namely, conjointly by the two serv ices and not by one alone. "It is now more than ever impor tant to realize that General French's movements have been hampered by a want of sufficient ammunition. tne casualty lists' tell their own tale. The consumption of ammuntion by the troops is immense and is certain to increase rather tnan to aiminisn. the front they are asking when the new armies are to take the field." Britain Is Crammed With Troop. The correspondent says there la no justification for assuming that the en tire 36 divisions of British troops men tioned uy Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd George in a recent speech in the Mouse of Commons are actually in France. "Mr. Lloyd George." the correspond ent continues, "made no such claim. England is literally crammed with troops at the moment when decisive operations in the western theater are imminent, and if our operations are not successful, the blame will be with the Cabinet, who ought to know what preparations the Germans are making in the west." With regard to the battle in Flanders, the correspondent says the German at tack was successful beyond anything that can be hoped for, but that there is no sign that there is any general attack. "We may therefore reasonably hope." the correspondent says in conclusion, "that the .allies, by a combined and energetic action, will re-establish their line." NOME LIQUOR VOTE CALLED Women's Attitude Expected to Be Big Tactor in Stay Election. NOME, Alaska, April 27. United States District Judge Tusker yesterday called a. special election In Nome for May 5 to vote on whether Nome shall continue to license saloons. Petitions requesting the election were presented to the court by the "dry" forces, who are waging a vigorous campaign. Women now vote In Alaska and much attention is being given their at titude by both sides, as it is believed their votes will be an important factor in deciding the issue. Nome, which la the metropolis of the Bering Sea region, has a Winter population of 2500, which grows in Summer when navigation is open, to more than 6000. nil .'jjbpo i. n!ii,. in ii.n m i i uil. I l A II B I 13 JUL -rvU CW. ii p m iVjn II 11 I 111 Foremost imui I'TL 1 i i r avorne 1 1 1 1! II Feminine illU Mi ill I IIIBIlM I l TP fl i'yCVT r-1 fr) 1 m r a ht a mum. . m - m r v hhu, m vh t m m m m ing Photo-Flay House in City West Park and Alder. Leading Today Till Saturday Night Only Our .... .. 11:30 A.M. to 11:30 P. M Blanche Sweet In a picturization of the thrilling: drama of the Balkans by Cecil B. DeMille and Jeanie Mac f, V Pherson. if i ne captive This is the wonderful story a Paramount Pic ture of the romance of a Turkmh nobleman who has become a prisoner of war aud a Montene grin peasant girl. One of the nfost exciting and Impressive dramas ever on the screen. We all love Blanche Sweet: In this picture she Is more essentially than ever America's great film actress. Miss Sweet is a Montenegrin suffragist and she uses a heavy whip to enforce her demands on the Turk. ' A picture everyone will talk about. And Next Sunday That International Beauty HAZEL DAWN, in NIOBE The Greek statue that comes to life. also Those Wonderful Travel Pictures. in GAS BOMB SCORNED GUNS BOGGED IN MARSH German ltcport of Capture Is Denied by Correspondent. ; - LONDON. April 27. A correspondent of the Daily mail in . Northern France says: "The 30 French guns which the Ger mans say they have captured north of Ypres are not in German hands, al though the French, were forced to abandon them. The guns were aban doned in the marsh land with their wheels half covered with water. At present they are in "No Man's Land' between the rival forces. The French keep up a perpetual hail of artillery fire around the guns to prevent the. Germans from getting near them." CONQUEROR EXILES FRENCH Between 250,000 and 300,000 Ex pelled From Northern France. v GENEVA. Switzerland, via rarls, April 27. Swiss charitable societies have been notified by Germany that be tween 250,000 and 800,000 French families expelled from the northern denartments of France In the posses sion of Germany 'because of the lack of food will pass through Switzerland during the month of May. The Swiss people are doing everything possible for the comfort and. care of these refugees. Most of them are penniless and com posed largely of old men, women and Lchlldren. Device Only Puts Men to Sleep, Says Frenchman. SOME DENY EXPLOSIVES Cloud of Lemon-Colored Smoke Con cealing Enemy Said to Drift on Trenches, but to Do So re manent Harm to Men. PARIS, April 27. The first wounded soldier who arrived in Paris from the Yser speaks with scorn of the asphyxi ating bombs used by the Germans. "Their famous bombs killed nobody," said one of the wounded Frenchmen. "They Just put to sleep those who breathed tho fumes. Then the Ger mans came up and killed the sleepers. Fortunately help came and we finished by smashing them." These reserves, counter-attacking, carried the greater part of tho trenches which had been evacuated. The narratives of the wounded hien differ in some respects. The physicians at the hospital attribute this diverg ence to the psychological effects of a wholly new experience. Some of the patients say positively that the Ger mans threw bombs, which, on explod ing, distributed the gases. The major ity, however, spoke of having observed a thick, lemon-colored smoke arising in front of the German trenches and concealing them as though a heavy curtain had been let down. The gases hung close over the earth, and, pro pelled by a gentle breeze, crept toward the. French earthworks scarcely iou yards away. " The physicians believe that no per- ThedaBara TheVampireWomaii At the Majestic This Week i 1 'Willi x . - '. . j Scene From "The Clemenceau Case" By Alexander Dumas. V To avoid being pointed out as "the woman who did not care" Theda Bara wears a heavy veil when appearing in New York. She says she is by no means of a vampirish disposition, nevertheless she is a marked woman on account of the role she so successfully portrayed in Porter Emerson Brown's "A Fool There Was" and Tolstoi's "Kreut zer Sonata." "The Clemenceau Case" will be at the Majestic the entire week. manent harm is likely in the case of those who were not stifled to death. The survivors suffer poignantly from inflamed membranes, but will recover without treatment. Jn some cases pneumonia and bronchitis may follow. It is the opinion of the physicians that the vapors must have been either chlorine or else of a sulphurous nature. It is hardly believed that carbon-monoxide was used, as this gas cannot be perceived with the eye. Olga Petrova "Heart of a Painted Woman." National Theater, etarliug Sunday. Adv. iu K)ffir'" ' -si IO Major-General ron Seydewitz Killed. BEUL!5i, April i". Among the cas- TAFT TO SPEAK IN WEST Chamberlain and Turner Also to Visit Oregon-Washington Bar. 4 OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, April 27. Senator Chamberlain today accepted an invitation to ad dress the joint bar associations of Oregon and Washington Portland, August 24. He will speak on behalf of Oregon. Ex-President Taft and ex-Senator Turnr, of Washington, will also speak. CASTOR I A ) Tot Infants and CMldxen, Th Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of IX f I'ark, Went Park r. MmH. M M ' Open nally IVoon In 11 P. M. E I'ark, Went Park -Nr. h. Open nally IVoon to 11 P. M. Sunday 10:3l lo It P. M. TODAY AND WEDNESDAY and for the First Time That Inimitable Comedy of Family Life, Pictures in Mr. Jarr's Magnetic Friend Featured: "THAT TERRIBLE 0'F," a Story From the Battlefields South of the Rio Grande. And a Laugh-Getter In "THE GIKI, AXU THE .BACHKIOR." THURSDAY Charlie Chaplin "By the Sea 97 Coming Sunday: Madame Olga Petrova In The Heart oi a Painted Woman Does every pure instinct of a woman pans with her fall? Mad ame Petrova solves tho question of "Painted Woman" In one of the frankest pictures ever brought to Portland. 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