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Footage Kates IS to 16 paces, 1 cent; IS to pages, 2 cents; 34 to pages, :i cents; fco to Ho pages, 4 cents; 62 to To pages, 5 ;ents; 78 to y2 pases, cents. Foreign post age, oouoie rates. Ijuitrm BuitfoeM Office Veree ft Conklin, New York. Brunswick building; Chicago, Slenger building. PORTI-AND. TUESDAY. JCNB . 1915. OIK l)DTr TO MEXICO. The condition in Mexico is such that no mere tied Cross expedition, organized on however great a scale, would relieve it- Famine is general throughout twenty-two of the twenty seven states, for over great areas no erops have been planted, and where they have been planted they are trampled down by the horses of the contending armies. If any crops were to be harvested, the troops would help themselves first, leaving the non combatants to starve. This is no problem of temporarily relieving a city laid waste by flood or fire; it is a problem of feeding 13,000,000 peo ple until they can harvest a crop. Nothing short of the resources of the United States Government is equal to such a task. The task is greater than that The United States would need to send with its supply trains armed forces suffi cient to protect them against the bandits who pose as patriots, also to ensure that the food was not after wards stolen from the people. This .would involve fighting any armies or bands which invaded the cities where food was distributed under protection of our troops. Were the United States Army to enter Mexico only for the protection of our relief forces, and were it to withdraw after harvest had yielded a fresh supply of food, the factions would doubless break loose again and the work would need to be done over again. We can only ac complish permanent good for Mexico by completely pacifying the country, supervising the establishment of an orderly government among its own ' people and then handing it over to the Mexicans to govern. The prob lem is the same on a much larger scale a that with which we twice dealt successfully in Cuba. Meagre as are our military forces I they should prove equal to the occa ; fcion. Our mobile army of about ! 2 5,000 men could be increased to 100,000 by volunteers drawn from the ; National Guard. Exhausted as Mexl ; co is by years of strife and rejoiced as would be the better element at ' relief from anarchy, that force should suffice. None of the factional leaders could get arms and ammunition from abroad. Europe is using all it can produce and our Navy could blockade or occupy the ports. Exhaustion of the existing supply would aid our army in scattering any opposing . forces into guerilla bands, which . could be run down by cavalry, equip ! ped with maxim guns. Intervention in Mexico at this time ! in opposed by the New York Tribune i as "imprudent and inopportune" be- cause "we have come very close to a break with Germany." Our duty In Mexico is urgent and immediate; the ; break with Germany is a serious pos- sibflity, it is true, but it is contingent j on negotiations which are still in i progress, is more remote and may yet 1 be avoided. We should not avoid performance of an immediate duty of ; such urgency on the plea that we I may soon be called upon to perform ' another of greater magnitude. j Should the worst come, our re- sources are equal to the task of pael I fying Mexico and dealing with the J larger problem at the same time. The most we could do against Ger- many at the outset would be to send i a naval squadron to aid in the protec I tion of merchant shipping in Europe I and to supply arms and ammunition ' to her enemies. We could at the : same time enroll an army of volun ' teers for service in Europe. Even 2.000.000 men would be a slight tax ; on our resources compared with what ! European nations are doing. It would be one in fifty of our population, i while the European powers have put one in tn and even one in eight in the I field. This new army could not go j Into service for about a year. In j that time Mexico might be reduced to j comparative peace and the further occupation could be entrusted to fresh ; troops, while the veterans could be ; sent to Europe as a first contingent. Says the Tribune: j Our honor, our dignity and our self . rupeot will compel us to do all we can to J briu j? Germany to terms by force, j We have not yet reached the point j of talking to Germany about using ' force, though we have given a very plain intimation to that effect. In the meantime "our honor, our dignity and our self-respect compel us to do all we can" to rescue Mexico from anarchy and famine. We are largely responsible, through our ineffective meddling, for Mexico's misery. We must make amends. If we delay, Mexico's plight will become aggra vated and we may be compelled by threat of European intervention to undertake a task which will have be come more arduous through delay. ATHLETES AND BASEBALL, Jim Thorpe's sad experience proves that something else besides all-round athletic ability is needed to attain the heights of success in baseball. Thorpe, who is an Indian, has been the pride of Carlisle College for this many a long day. He has carried off all the palms, olive crowns and laurel wreaths in eight, winning victories on the ath letic field from the Harvard football team, taking- countless prizes in the Olympic games and beating all the "hurdlers, wrestlers, runners and high Jumpers" the white man could pit against him. It was supposed there fore that Thorpe, from the very pa sture of the case; must prove himself a 'mighty baseball hero. Who had such trained muscles as he? Who such an eye for distance and motion? Who such wind and limb? So they took him into the New York Giants and suddenly the mighty one had a fall, a very bad fall. Thorpe lacked what is technically called "the tatting eye." The twisted ball eluded film. Its writhlngs beguiled him. So that Instead of winning fresh honors ' or the Giants he lost them gam after game, or would have done so had he not been speedily retired to a less dangerous post. With all his college honors still budding on his brow Thorpe has been disposed of among the inglorious "bushers" and baseball fame knows him no more for the present. But perhaps it will know him again after a while. His failure is not one to throw a man into despair. It comes from no weakness, no radical defect. It is likely enough that his native wit was somewhat dulled by the influences of a strange environment. There is many a man admirably expert in his old, accustomed surroundings who is utterly nonplused for a while by nov elty. Give him a few days to settle his nerves and he will be his old self again. It would not surprise us to hear more of Jim Thorpe by and by. A man with his sound physical gifts is not to be lightly scrapped. He is al most certain to perfect himself in the game that has thus far baffled him and forge bravely to the ront again. It is Incumbent upon himTo do so for the credit of his race. It would never do to let an Indian champion be out done in athletics by the white man. NOX-PARTISANS. The New York Times, a Democratic newspaper, does not think well of the Hiram Johnson scheme of non-partisanship in state affairs, now to be tried in California; and it makes the unique suggestion that the problem might be solved for the states if there could be a separation of state and National politics a party or sev eral parties for the Nation and two or more parties devoted entirely to state issues. But, confesses the Times, "that will never be." The reason is that a man who is a Re publican or a Democrat on National issues is bound to foe a Republican or Democrat in state issues. We are not so hopeless about the suggestion of the Times as that excel lent newspaper is. For there is abundant testimony if Oregon may be offered as an example that the Democrat who is suffused with a deep and permanent loyalty for his party as to any of Its National policies or candidates does not necessarily feel that way about it when state or local matters are at stake. Thousands of Democrats are so indifferent to party ties or their party name that they regularly register as Republicans; while on the other hand thousands of Republicans feel under no obligation whatever to vote the ticket in a state election, but are moved by a pious Impulse to maintain their party regu larly in Presidential years. The rule did not hold good in 1912, but there never will be another 1912. The Oregonlan does not insist that there ought to be a state party as distinct from a National party; only that there is. It has no confidence, however, that non-partisanship is a cure for the present confused situa tion. Oregon has had its own experi ences with non-partisans. It finds that they are moved' by a high and holy purpose to repudiate party dur ing campaigns, and that they docilely line up in the party caucus after election. It will be interesting to note what happens at Washington when Cali fornia sends that heavy-weight non partisan, Hiram Johnson, to the Unit ed States Senate. THE BEST PAVEMENT. The County Commissioners will as sume an undesirable responsibility if they shall select for the major portion of the seventy miles of new pavement to be laid in Multnomah County a type that is in any sense an experiment. The Commissioners have a definite foundation upon which to base their awards. Pavements of demonstrated lasting qualities -exist. It is not diffi cult to obtain a specific guarantee as to life and maintenance as part or accompaniment of a contract to lay such a road. Experience of other communities with less well known pavements is impressive, but it is not so valuable as a guarantee. It is hardly necessary to recall to anyone's mind that the campaign in behalf of the road bond issue was con ducted on the- promise that a hard surface would be laid which would not involve the county in maintenance or repair costs for a period of ten years. There is but one" way to make good this promise. That way is to select a pavement backed by a definite and responsible guarantee. The Commis sioners cannot perform their full duty by adopting any other course, no mat ter what plausibility or testimony or cheapness Is. offered in behalf of an unguaranteed pavement. Strong indorsements of concrete roads have been presented to the Commissioners and to the public and they come not altogether from persons financially interested in the sale of cement. The Oregonian confesses to skepticism as to the suitability of con crete for the main highways of Mult nomah County. That type of pave ment is not uncommon in Portland, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it has proved generally unsatis factory. The ready answer to this is that an improved type of concrete has been laid elsewhere and is giving sat isfaction. But the words "improved type'' in themselves imply a recent development in methods of laying or mixing. Improved concrete in the larger sense is still an experiment. It has given satisfaction for a year or two, perhaps a little longer, but will it stand with those pavements which have continuously given satisfaction for a decade or longer? There would probably not be much objection to experiments in paving on a moderate scale. But the contracts to be awarded are not moderate. The county is to expend $1, 250, 000 for hard-surfaced roads. The people want and demand the best that can be ob tained within the bounds of reason able expense. The pavement of lowest initial cost Is not necessarily the cheapest pave ment. Durability is a prime essen tial, but it is not the only one. Smooth ness, traction,-and effect on the vehi cles that use the roads are Important elements. The largest possible aid to home industry is worth considering. But above all it is too large a project to Invite experiment. The paement, be it concrete, rock, wood or asphaltic, which is not so tried and proven that the contractor will guarantee its life or bond himself to maintain it in ac cordance with assurances previously given the public, is not entitled to con sideration. The childrenjs parade is always a great feature by many regarded as the principal event of the annual Rose Festival. Certainly it is a most human and impressive spectacle. It always draws an immense crowd, which gets extremely impatient when the parade fails to move on time. Last year there was a considerable delay. and the spectators got quite restless. But what is the. annoyance of the crowd to the distress of the children when they are kept standing for many useless minutes, and then must march a long way and go through their ma neuvers all along the route? Most children leave home early on the great day, go to their schools and then to the scene of the grand march. Hours have passed before they get back. During all that time they are deprived of the conveniences of the home and the school. So it is highly important that the children's parade move on time, and that the children be set free at the earliest possible hour. No more important or -necessary duty confronts the Festival management.- TILE GREAT BRAWL. When one nation plays the bully and af fronts another, and each refuses to back down beca'use of pride or national honor, and the affair ends in a fight, it's glorious. It's patriotism, ll'm war. it is not ''against the law." About the only real difference is thatln stead of one man fighting another man, tteveral millions fight several other milliops. Ihen it Isn't disgraceful. It is heroic And they pin iron cro and medals on you for doing things they'd lynch you for if you were settling a private, grievance. Hut if war is correct the custom of le gally prohibiting two men from fighting It out is wrong. Hoth can't be corre'et. Med ford Mall Tribune. There was a time when men fought it out between themselves, and it was not morally wrong. It was barbarism. But as men became enlightened and civilization progressed they estab lished customs and devised rules for the settlement of individual and even of community disputes and they called them the law. Behind the law there was reposed the power to re quire men to comply. It was and is clear enough to the meanest in telligence that law cannot be self-executing, and it is necessary always to fortify It with the instrumental ities of physical force. But nations are not yet emancipated from barbarism, and there is no pub lic law which any of them obey ex cept as it suits to obey it. It is true enough that there has heretofore existed a rough code which a self respecting state sought to observe in time of war; but in the present great conflict the self-imposed rules have been forgotten and the old primitive instincts of savagery and outlawry are being given free vent. There are new implements but there are still the old passions. The war is nothing more nor less than a murderous brawl, conducted on a gigantic scale. When nations progress in their re lations with one another as individu als have progressed, there will be a public law for them, and there will be an international police. Where a state offends by fighting, or otherwise by violating the law it will be arrested and taken to court. LAVISH JUNE. What nature gives stingily isn't worth much. The best things she pours out for us with a lavish hand. Gold and diamonds are hard to come by, but of what use are they when you have them? Can you eat gold? Can you breathe fragrance from a diamond? The fields of wheat whereupon the Nation is fed spread bounteously across the whoje width of the horizon. The roses whose odors scent the generous winds bloom by the -million. And the June weather that perfects the wheat and the roses Is more lavishly bestowed than either of them. There is a whole world full of it already, with more to come. There is nothing to compare with a day in June. "What is so rare?" ex claims the poet in his rapture, but at the same time what is so common? Rare in its incomparable perfection, common, like all God's best gifts, to whoever wants to enjoy it. The great outdoors with its glorious beauty was made for, all men and given to them freely. Nobody has to pay for sun light, for the gold and purple of the sunset sky or for the sweet, pure air of. heaven. All he need do is to go out and take his share. The fundamental values cannot be monopolised. The best music is not to be heard within the walls of any grand opera-house, but iu the ffelds and woods at early dawn. ' The price to pay for it is sleeping in the country with the windows open. Just as the sun's first rays begin to color the Eastern horizon, when Aurora, the child of the morning, lets her rosy fingers peep through the gates of light, then the birds begin to sing, the robins, blackbirds, chickadees and a thousand more each in its own key and keeping its own time. But mul titude makes harmony out of the mingling melodies and the concert fitly ushers in the sun with all his splendor. June is the perfect month. The earlier Spring months are given in preparation for his. royal pageantry. Those that follow ripen the fruits he has fertilized. With the end of June the climax of Summer's drama has passed. During July the season ripea and ripes. . From August onward the great decline begins. June is the month of joy and beauty, the season of marrying and giving in marriage. The only rival of the June rose is the June bride and the only seasonable problem of the mouth is to decide which is the lovelier. A BLOW, TO USURPATION. The decision of the United States Supreme Court in the Daniels land contest is of more than ordinary im portance. It declares illegal the as sumption by a series of Secretaries ol the Interior, Land Commissioners and Chief Foresters, of authority which had never been conferred by law. The amazing plea was set up that an ad ministrative officer may. do anything In enforcement of law which is not specifically forbidden by law. The Su preme Court holds unanimously that an officer may only do such things as the law specifically authorizes him to do. A brief consideration of the distinc tion shows what unlimited bureaucratic usurpation would have been permit ted had the Supreme Court held with the officers. Congress in enacting laws relating to the administration of the Government defines the duties of officers, specifying what they shall have authority to do; it rarely speci fies what they shall not do. Its legis lation is affirmative; it is rarely nega tive except when defining crime. Thus the things which public officials are forbidden to do are few. If they may assume that they have authority to do anything which' is not forbidden, then they may do almost anything they please; they are free lances, privileged to act as they choose for the pretended public good. Gifford Pinchot, when chief for ester, was the most flagrant offender in this respect. He sent employes of his bureau to college at public ex pense without any authority of law. The employes thus became qualified for higher positions at no cost to themselves. But this is only an ex- ample. A long series of acts by Sec retaries Hitchcock, Garfield and Fish er were equally - arbitrary acts of usurpation, some of them " fraught with more serious consequences. Such were some of the original withdrawals from entry of coal land and power sites. We are at last getting back from the reign of bureaucracy to the reign of law. This Nation should set to work systematically to train up a body of young men in our high schools and universities for transaction of South American business. Greater empha sis should be laid on the study of Spanish in preference to Latin and Greek or French and German. Students should specialize on the geography, history, products, imports, national customs of South American countries and on international finance. Ameri cans could then talk to prospective South American customers in their own language and could acquire a knowledge of the people in social in tercourse which is impossible across the barrier of language. They could then guide their employers in every detail of doing business to the satis faction of the customer. Men in the home office could translate letters from Spanish, write replies in Spanish and break down the language barrier. A concurrent resolution of the Cali fornia Legislature signed by the Gov ernor testifies that woman suffrage "has amply justified itself" in that state. This furnishes excellent ammu- I nition to the suffrage workers on the firing line in the Eastern states. Suf frage has justified itself wherever it has been tried, but it is hard to get the antis to hear the lessons of ex perience. They prefer their own idle i theories. The bicycle, as well as- the hoop skirt, is coming back. It returns with an attachment to the rear wheel in the shape of a little engine which pro pels the Jubilant rider 100 miles on one gallon of gasoline. The engine can be bolted on or left off just as the rider prefers. It is a great device. When the new engine to run the heart and lungs has been perfected life will be one long and blissful dream. It is said that the famine In Mexico is worse than in Belgium and Poland. The silly Mexicans have brought it upon themselves by their eternal fighting, which has destroyed agricul ture and annihilated trade, but their hunger is quite as painful as if a for eign enemy had caused it. Charity finds plenty of objects nowadays with out the trouble of searching for them. Moving pictures have pretty well won their way in the churches. They preach more vividly than some pas tors and reinforce even the best of ser mons. When the mechanical choir has been installed the minister will have quite a comfortable time. With no sermons to write and no soprano to appease, the weeks will seem like an unbroken series of vacations. The 700th anniversary of the sign ing of Magna Charta is at hand and preparations are making to celebrate it. Our own liberties as well as Eng land's are based on Magna Charta. Its principles have come down through seven centuries and are embodied in all oyr constitutions. The anniversary interests the United States as much as Great Britain. Schools will close Wednesday and Friday for the festivities. Saturday is a holiday for school purposes. Why send the children back Thursday for one day? After the romp tomorrow they will be too tired for work, and thoughts of pleasure Friday will keep their minds away from their lessons. Barbed wire has become a most im portant means of defense in war and can be destroyed only by explosive shell fire. On the Dardanelles, as at Neuve Chapelle, the British advance was blocked by the failure of artillery to destroy the entanglements at Bne point in the enemy's line. Joseph Rodman Drake wrote two poems worth remembering. They are "The Culprit Fay" and "The American Flag." Few read him now, but ho stands- well among American poets. The Boston schools - have just been honoring his memory. Others mightj fitly do the same. Reports of British casualties during the week are an aggravation. All these officers arid men are lost in en gagements, the telling of which would make great reading, ,but one must de pend on fiction to stir his enthusiasm. Down with the censor! Taking their respective dispatches together, Villa and Obregon have each defeated the other at the same time. They are wonders at writing bulletins. How would you like to be a bank clerk and get all the holidays in a row? -Only do noteo around to watch them working nights to catch up. Portland will have one day to get its mind off the election and on the Rose Festival to forget its troubles and get into a joyous mood. We'll all be dead a long time before Japan has . fifty million Chinese trained into a fighting army to con quer the world. San Francisco does not mind a slight quake now and then, and the visitor has something to tell when he gets home. Let every householder switch on his porch light for the three nights of the Festival and help Illume the city. Set the alarm tonight to go off early and get up and be a good fellow the rest of the iweek. ' The good loser yesterday is known today by the expansive smile and the rose he wears. The German submarine war on English and Scotch fishermen con tinues. Will the men who waste space on the municipal ballot ever cease? Cantaloupes are in the market for people who cannot afford them. ' Qnly the cooks and waiters need be kept at work Friday. Fo.get election rancor for days and celebrate. few Some of the tomahawks were sharp, all right. Give the men a holiday Friday. European War Primer By National Geographical Society. Immediately inside the Italian bor der below the Austrian City of Trent lies the wealthy ancient city of Vero na, an important railway center, a treasury of art. a museum of splendid remains from Roman times through all Italian periods and altogether one of the most beautiful and interesting cities of Northern Italy. Verona is a fortress of the first class and one of the foremost military centers toward the Austrian frontier. In peace times a garrison of more than 6000 men is stationed there and here is located the administration of Italy's Third Army Corps. Verona is less than 10 miles distant from, the -Austrian frontier, from that part of the Austrian Tyrol that pro jects as a deep wedge into the north Italian hill country. It lies 71 miles west of Venice by rail and 83 miles east of Milan, another great northern railway center, on both banks of the rapid Adlge River. It is 194 feet above sea level, with the main and older part of the city lying within an abrupt loop made by the river. The population of the city, with its suburbs, is about 80.000. The main railway lines from Modena and Mantau to Trent and Bo sen and. from Venice to Milan cross in the city. The Verona, Venice, Porto gruaro line parallels the Austrian frontier and has many strategic branches of much the same value to the Italians In their present ptrugrgle as the Posen-Tilsit line is to the Ger mans in their defense of their eastern frontier. Verona must be the immediate ob jective of any invasion from the Tren tino salient. From Verona west the trunk-line railway leads through a rich industrial and farming region to the great northern towns of Milan and Turin. To the east lies Venice and to the south are a constellation of thriv ing manufacturing towns. The fron tier before Verona is strongly forti fied, both on the Italian and Austrian sides. In recent years a wide-flung circle of forts, far outside of the ob solete city walls, were begun as a new scheme for the city's defense. The building of these redoubts raised Verona to the position of a fortress of first rank. The beginnings of the Veronese for tifications that still remain standing today date from 1527. when Verona was surrounded with new walls and bastions by Sanmicheli. Following the congress of Vienna Verona fell to Austria's share and the Austrlans caused the city to be strongly forti fied. The Austrians further fortified Peschiera, Mantua and Legnago, form ing the famous "quadrilateral," upon which powerful series of fortresses the Austrian rule In Italy relied for its principal support until 1866. Verona is the key position to Northern Italy Both prosperous and progressive, the city has multiplied its industrial en deavor many times during the last score years. Today there are large paper and cotton mills in the city, an immense nail factory and piano and or gan factories. There is also a sig nificant manufactory of war munitions centered here, extensive artillery es tablishments and important arsenals. Among the other more important man ufactures are silks, eoap, candies and sugar. Verona has a large and grow ing agricultural commerce, being one of the first Italian centers of traffic with Austria-Hungary, Switzerland and Germany. It exported wines, fruits, rice and marble and, twice each year, it held a noted horse market. A city of wonderful art works, of weather-stained white marble pal aces, orten richly sculptured and sometimes showing the worn evidences of sumptuous paintings, with impres sive, well-preserved ruins from, the days . or before the Christian era, Verona has somewhat the appearance of luxurious decay, with which a con fident, pushing, success-breathing spirit of the last few years has con trasted sharply. The museums, pic ture galleries, libraries and ancient churches of Verona teem with rare treasures. Verona was the birthplace of the famous Romans, Catullus Cor nelius Nepos, Pliny the younger and Vitruvius. OTHER RETALIATIOS THAN WAR Brate Force Not Necessary Betneea Individuals!,- Sara Writer. WILLOWS, Or., June 6. (To the Edi tor.) Having read the expressions of beautiful thoughts of peace on your editorial page at various times, parts of the editorial entitled "Coincidences," printed June 2, fell like a shock. Perhaps, after all. peace talkers mean peace only when war seems not to gain us -anything material. Talk of peace should mean war only upon invasion of our soil, and it should mean if we are offended and our' National honor slandered, we will find other means of retaliation. The individuals of our ac quaintance whom we admire the most do not very frequently find it neces sary to command respect by use of their fists and when they are offend ed they usually slyly wait until an op portunity presents itself for seine quiet revenge, end invariably we admire them for it. In the editorial to which I refer we are told that "the people of the United States have become accustomed to the terrible visage of war," and its conclud ing sentence is, "After all, Mexico seems now not so difficult for ns." Difficult for what? Does the spec tacle of the European war fill some people with the lust for- conquest, now that we are. in a measure, accustomed to it? If intervention is for humanity's sake, purely and simply. It will" be dif ficult to brine about what we eeek to accomplish. If for conquest, purely and simply, there would be difficulties enough, but eventually we might possess her. True enough, all portions of the world should be prepared for war, until all other portions are so civilized they abhor the thought of it. Pnit a war for conquest! And if in tervention in Mexico is for the sake of humanity, solely, why aren't Argentine, Brazil and Chile helping us in our mis sion? . They showed their interest in Mexican affairs a year ago. and are themselves Latin-Americans, while to the Mexicans we are the hated "tirin- rvoes.' I am beginning to wonder if there isn't lodged in the breasts of some people thoughts which make them de serving of that hatred. If any one favors war for conquest I would have him say so, squarely. But what would we pa in, materially? In addition to loss of lives and expenditure of money and waste of property, we would acquire a social problem only a trifle less difficult of solution than our race question. A READER. DRAWBACK TO CONCRETE CITED S. Benson Gives Reason for Opposing; Paving; That Gets Slippery. PORTLAND, June 7. (To the Edi tor.) In The Oregonian Monday J. J. Johnson and others advocating concrete paving refer to Wayne County, Michi gan, parts of Ohio and other far-away places where large cement factories are located. People in those places are naturally interested .in using home products. Why not look at our own cement pavements at home here in Portland, where we have nearly 100 miles of such pavement; or St. Johns, where also there are good samples. Look at Hood River pavements. In any of these places the people will tell you whether the cement roadway gets slippery or not. Wherever you find concrete roads, and people not directly interested in the cement industry, there is only one conclusion that follows, anfl that is that cement is not suitable for paving the wearing surface. - S. BENSON. POI.ICIKS MIST REST OS FORCB America Cannot tons 31 a intMin In terests Unless Prepared for Defense. PORTLAND.' June 7. (To the Ed itor.) 1 lay id Starr Jordan, who deliv ered a series ofr peace talks in Port land last week, to my way of thinking is a particularly earnest but short sighted and perverse individual. His chief illusion teem to be that the af fairs of the world are settled by utter ing alluring; word formulae. He cannot see that human society and Its proper ty institutions are necessarily main tained by the binding power of force. r! ft'erences of opinion and conflicts of interest are inevitable in life. Ulti mately these fundamental differences and Interests cannot be adjusted in any other way than by force. As an American Chancellor Jordan ought to know, that we of -the United States have laid down certain diplo matic policies that need to be sup ported by force. Our failure to do so will make us a laughing stock before the world and deprive us of power and possessions that we ought to cherish most dearly. The Monroe Doctrine, to which Mr. Jordan no doubt, with the rest of us, subscribes, and which says that no ter ritory in the Western Hemisphere may be acquired by a European or Asiatic power, has standing: only insofar- as we are willing and able to enforce It with a powerful Army and Navy. Otherwise It is mere bombast. Our possessions, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines, can be retained by us only if we are strong enough to do so. Appeals to justice and disqui sitions on the eternal principles of right will never of 'themselves suc ceed. The "open door" and free trade pol icy .with regard to China and Japan, that we lay great stress upon, is worthless unless we can make it good when it is challenged. Our policy is especially contradictory regarding China and Japan, as we insist upon privileges for ourselves in Asia that our immigration laws deny to Asiatics in the United States. We shall not long be able to maintain such an in consistent policy unless we have the military and naval strength to make other nations respect it despite its in consistency. Mr. Jordan or the Oregon Peace So ciety might reply by saying that no nation is going to challenge our domi nation of the Western Hemisphere, of Hawaii, of the Philippines or our Asiatie policy. But how does he know that? Certainly he has lived long enough to learn that getting people to "mind their own business" and "attend to their own affairs" as the peace ad vocates declare everybody ought to do, although they are far from all doing it themselves is the least likely of all things in the world to happen. Talk about "planetary patriotism" is merely a new form of cant. A class of highly energetic and quite intelligent persons are constantly be ing born into the world who make it the main concern of their lives to mind other people's business. Their aggressiveness and restless energy distinguishes them in all historical ages as the successful business men, statesmen, conquerors and adven turers of the world. They have an ir repressible "will to power," as Nietzsche puts it. Less ambitious and less energetic men and women are but clay in their hands. They constitute the dynamics of history. Any foreign policy of any nation which does not recognize the basic fact that the strong, the cunning and the unscrupulous determine the direc tion of the practical affairs of life is doomed to end in disaster. Chancellor Jordan were much better engaged as a patriotic United States citizea in facing the real facts, unal terably existing in the nature of things, and advocating a powerful Army and Navy for. his country, rather than in addressing large audiences of hopeless sentimentalists and idealist? who vainly fancy that this is a rose water world instead of one of blood and iron. . WILLIAM DONNlGttS. BAND PROVES BIG ATTRACTION Mr. Rusk! Compliments Police Organisa tion for Work at Fair. SAN FRANCISCO. June 5. (To the Editor.) My attention has been called1 to an article in The Oregonian June 3 regarding the Portland Police Band. Having been a resident of Portland for several years I wish'to make this state ment upon the good work and showing made by the bund during its visit here antl believe San Francisco was well pleased with concerts given by Port land Police Band. The band kept all engagements. The St. Fraiicis Hotei concert was given at the Palace Hotel, there beine an other efisjasrement at the St. Francis that evening. All newspapers, also City Hall, were serenaded. On May 27, Zone day at the Exposi tion, 100.000 attendance, the Portland Police Band played massed with Sousa'a, Conway's. Cassa's Official Ex position Band, parading and marching on the grounds. The Portland Police Band made the best appearance in every respect. People applauded many times, and nearly worked the band boys to death. Every one said "Hur rah! for the Portland Police Band!" So the whole United States knows of them, for they have been well advertised. On aiay i'S the band gave their serv ices at the Oregton State building, also a splendid concert from 4 to S o'clock at bandstand, Fillmore street entrance, in front of Administration building. Where Conway's Band plays every day. So the Portland Police Band gave their services Just the came as any other of the noted bands. L. RUZZI. A PORTLAND, OREGON, BOUQUET Portland, city of the rose, Where the fair Willamette flows Through the city tranquilly, Waftintr attar to the sea. Here all nations from afar Meet in peace nor think of war; Homey city :n repoe Guarded by her mascot rose. Majestic buildings towering high. Pointing toward the azure sKy, Busy business never closes. In the city of the roses. Stately mansions, bungalows. Gardens radiant with the 'rose, Koses everywhere petite, Roses parked along the street. Roses scent the Summer breeze As it whispers through the trees Tales of mountain fairyland Where the snow-crowned monarch stands. Portland's crystal water flows From the mountains crowned with snows And the land-locked lake where grows Blushing, unseen, sweet wild rose. Roses, red, white, pink and yellow. Roses pinned on each good fellow. Portland women passing fair. Wearing roses in their hair. Restful parks where children play Happy through the livelong day. Gently evening's shadow grows Perfumed sweetly by the rose. Tourists seeking wondrous sights View the landscapes from the Heights Mt Hood and others crowned with snows Like the alabaster rose. Oh, you rosebuds sweet and true Pretty Portland peekaboo. Show your colorsat the ehows Where the fair Willamette flows. Watch the pageant's ground display Thronging highways night and day Cheers for roses, hip hurrah. Nineteen Fifteen Panama, W. ROSS WINANS. Twenty-Five Years Ago From The Oregonlan. June 8, 1S90. McMinnville. Or. William Scott was convicted of manslaughter by a Jury which stood nine to three yesterday. Scott- who was charged with murder ing his wife, who was his second one. maintained he was innocent to the end of the trial. Berlin. Chancellor Von Caprlvl did not send a note to the powers nor did he communicate with any foreign rep resentatives, except Austria's, over the utterances of Prince Bismarck. Bis marck, in a newspaper interview, said Germany was not bound by any treaty to assist Austria in the event of war with Russia over Balkan territory. The Emperor of Germany and his advisors have taken the attitude that Bismarck is within his rights in making any pub lic utterances as a private citizen' of distinction, but urge that German pa pers and officials treat those utter ances only with courtesy and not - in any -sense as reflecting the official at titude. New York. The Tammany Democ racy of New Tork is in a bad way to do business and the Tammany cohorts are on a still hunt for a leader. Chris topher Buckley, who has recently stol en into New York and put up, with a big and expensive suite at the Horf man House, is looked upon as. the man who will be selected. Governor Hill is said to be in a friendly attitude. Washington. Congressman Her mann's desk was laden with roses yes terday in honor of his re-election to Congress by the largest majority ever given a man in Oregon. It has developed on news from Vic toria. B. C, that Behring Sea poachers are preparing to hoodwink Uncle Sam. Their plan is to hide part of their catch from the authorities. The poachers have fitted up an elaborate rendezvous for tne purpose. In the baseball world so far as Port land is concerned, it is the same old story Portland and Spokane are the tailender3. A reporter met Chairman Goldsmith on the street yesterday and he submit ted to the following interview volun tarily: "I am out of politics now. I am not a public man nor a politician. I am charged with supporting Pennoyer from spite work. If so, I am only one of some 14,000 who did the same thing. I was chosen by my party to manage the campaign and I have tried to do my duty'by it as an honest Democrat.' Dr. S. Parker, for 20 years a resident and practicing physician in this city, leaves today for a visit in the East in Boston. Building permits show Portland has recovered from the building trades strike and now a veritable building boom is under way. Rudyard Kipling, like Lord Byron, awoke one morning recently and found himself famous. Not yet 25 years of age and a year ago nothing in the lit erary world, he is now the literary hero of the present hour in England, and if the strong wind of praise which is now pressed to his lips does not make him lose his head he may yet fill a larger canvas than he has yet essayed. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonlan, June 8, 1h6u. The Washington Republican in a virile article urges that the District of Columbia should be searched and all conspirators put into the toils. Investi gation has disclosed that not only the President, but the Vice-President. Chief Justice, Speaker of the House and Gen erals of the Army, were marked for death. Washington Is no place for any secessionist unless he or she be In Jail, the article says. Lowell & Kippen announce the open ins of their delightful Summer home on Clatsop Plains, situated & short dis tance from the ocean. This place has a splendid beach for riding, walking and bathing and all facilities for crab bing arid fishing. The rebellion has left the South with out a currency and without a semblance of a niouetar system. A branch of the Bank of British Co lumbia will be opened in Portland soon under the management of Edwin Rus sell. J. W. Call and Miss Elizabeth Hart were married yesterday by Rev. Air. Walker, in Clarke County. WashinB ton Territory. John Beavert. of t'lack anias 'County, and Mary Ann Miller, of Washington County, were married June 3 at the home of the bride's parents by Justice J. P. Taylor. The Umatilla Advertiser is surprised to learn that Oregon should import lumber when this state has such a quantity. True, we have a great quan tity and our exports, which are now $200,000 in this lino, will increase when tho ttatc is further developed. The printers of The Oreconian estab lishment aro grateful to Mr. Williams, of tho White House, for a supply of rich, excellent, ripe berries cuKivated on his grounds. The thermometer reached 92 in the shade yesterday. The wanton destruction of tho gar den and shrubbery in the grounds of Harvey Hodge, by cattlfl running at arste in the city, is proof onuuKh tnat tiie time is past for allowing cattle at large in this city. Horace Greely, in a late issue of the Tribune, has explained his opposition to the deulli penalty for crime. He is sues the explanation to charges of "sen timentality" which have been hurled against him. Training an Office Boy. Boston Transcript. Employer (to office boy) William, I have business out of town this after noon, and may be detained several hours. If anybody should call Of fice Boy There ain't no ball game to day, Mr. Spotcash. Employer (liyeins him sternly) I said nothing about the ball game, William. However, my bus iness is such that it can wait until some other day. That will be all Just now, William. Few Japanese Well-to-Do. Oakland (Cal.) Tribune. Of the 52,985,000 inhabitants of Ja pan proper, only about 5 per cent may be classed as well-to-do. Link Youir Window to the Newspaper When the retailer links his window to newspaper advertising ho has an unbeatable business builder. Let the manufacturer advertise his product in the newspapers and it is the cue to alert storekeepers to Ket busy. They display the g-oods that are being advertised and make them a magnet to their own store doors. They make their windows speak the same invitation as the news paper advertising. And they profit as they work.