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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, JUNK 11, 1913. 3 NOTE APPEALS FOB fiJ RIGHTS OF HUMANITY Legality of Sinking of Lusf tania Without Warning Is Strongly Denied. PRECAUTION IS DEMANDED representations In Original Comniu. nication lo Berlin Solemnly Re newed Americans Declared Entitled to Travel. 'nntinua Vr First Tas Britain. Fortunately these are mat ters concerning which the Government of the United States is in a position to give the imperial German govern ment official information. Of the Tacts alleged in Your Excellency's note, if true, the Government of the United States would have been bound to take official cognizance in per forming its recognized duty as a neu tral power and in enforcing its Na tional laws. German Government Misinformed. "It was its duty to see to it that the Lusitania was not armed for of fonsive action, that she was not serv ing as a transport, that she did not prohibited by the statutes of the United States, and hat. if. in fact, she was a naval ves sel of Great Britain she should not receive clearance as a merchantman, and it performed that duty and en forced its statutes with scrupulous vigilance through its regularly con Kt ituted officials. It is able, there fore, to assure the imperial German government that it has. been misin formed. "If the imperial German govern ment should deem itself to be in pos session of convincing evidence that the officials of the Government of the United States did not perform these duties with thoroughness, the Gov ernment of the United States sin cerely hopes that it will submit that evidence for consideration. ' Contentions Held Irrelevant. "Whatever may be the contentions of the imperial German government regarding the carriage of contraband of war on board the Lusitania, or re garding the explosion of that material by torpedo, it need only be said that, in the view of this Government, the contentions are irrelevant to the ques tion of the legality of the methods used by the German naval authori ties in sinking that vessel. "But the sinking of passenger ships involves principles of humanity which throw into the background any special circumstances of detail that may be thought to affect the cases principles which lift it, as the imperial govern ment will no doubt be quick to recog nize and acknowledge, out of the class of ordinary subjects of diplomatic dis cussion or international controversy. Whatever be the facts regarding the Lusitania, the principal fact is that a great steamer, primarily and chiefly a conveyance for passengers and car rying more than 1000 souls who had no part or lot in the conduct of the war, was torpedoed and sunk without bo much as a challenge or a warning, and that men, women and children were sent to their death in circum stances unparalleled in modern war fare. Duty Owed to Humanity. "The fact that more than. 100 Amer ican citizens were among those who perished made it the duty of the Gov ernment of the United States 'to speak of these things, and once more, with solemn emphasis, to call the atten tion of the imperial German govern ment to the grave responsibility which the Government of the United States conceives that it has incurred in this tragic occurrence and to the indis putable principle upon which that re sponsibility rests. The Government of the United States is contendin'g for something much greater than mere rights of property or privileges of commerce. It is contending for noth ing less high and sacred than the rights of humanity, which every gov ernment honors itself in respecting and which no government is justified in resigning on behalf of those under its care and authority. Only her actual resistance to capture or refusal to stop when ordered to do so for the purpose of visit could have af forded the commander of the sub marine any justification for so much as putting the lives of those on board the ship in jeopardy. This principle the Government of the United States understands the explicit instructions issued on August 3, 1914, by the im perial German Admiralty to its com manders at sea to have recognized and embodied, -as do the naval codes of all owier nations, ana upon it every traveler and seaman had a right to depend. It is upon this principle of humanity, as well as upon the law founded upon this principle, that the United States must stand. Good Offices Tendered. "The Government of the United States is happy to' observe that Your Excellency's note closes with the in timation that the imperial German government is willing, now as before, to accept the good offices of the United States in an attempt to come to an understanding with the govern' went of Great Britain, by which the character and conditions of the war upon the sea may be changed. The Government of the United States would consider it a privilege thus to serve its friends and the world. It stands ready at any time to convey to either government any intimation or suggestion the other may be will ing to have it convey, and cordially invites tne imperial German govern ment to make use of its services in this way at its convenience. The whole world is concerned in anything tLat may bring about even a partial accommodation of interests or in any way mitigate the terrors of the pres ent distressing conflict. Representations of May 13 Renewed. "In the meantime, whatever ar rangement may happily be made be tween the parties to the war, and whatever may in the opinion of the imperial German government have been the provocation or the circum stantial justification for the past acts of its commanders at sea, the Govern ment of the United States confidently looks to see the justice and humanity of the government of Germany vin dicated in all cases where Americans have been wronged or their rights as neutrals invaded. "The Government of the United States therefore very earnestly and very solemnly renews the representa tions of its note transmitted to the imperial German government on the 15th of May and relies in these repre sentations upon the principles of hu manity, the universally recognized understandings of international law and the ancient friendship of the Ger man nation. Rights of Americans Reasserted. "The Government of the United States cannot admit that the procla mation of a war zone from which neutral ships have been warned to keep away may be made to operate as in any degree an abbreviation of the rights of either of American ship masters or of American citizens bound on lawful errands as passengers on merchant ships of belligerent nation ality. It does not understand the im perial German government to ques tion those rights. It understands it also to accept as established beyond question the principle that the lives of non-combatants cannot lawfully or rightfully be put in jeopardy by the capture or destruction of an unresist ing merchantman and to recognize the obligation to take sufficient pre tauuon to ascertain wnetner a sus pected merchantman is in fact of belligerent nationality or is in fact carrying contraband of war under a neutral flag. "The Government of the United States therefore deems it reasonable to expect that the imperial German government will adopt the measures necessary to put these principles into practice in respect to the safeguard ing of American lives and American ships and asks for assurances that this will be done. "ROBERT LANSING, "Secretary of State ad Interim." SOLDIER RULES YPRES lIltlHSH TOM3IY LEFT BEHIXD SETS VP KI.VGSIIIP. iron Discipline Maintained, Looters Shot at Sight, So Court-Martial forgive His Delinquencies. . DUNKIRK, France, May 20. The story of the British private who made himself King: of Ypres after the first bombardment of that city last Novem ber is being: told at British headquar ters. vv hen y pres was bombarded in No vember the British withdrew their troops from the town, but did not re move the civil population. There was one British private who did not leave with the rest, for he was asleeD in cellar. Next morning he awoke to find Ypres without any authority and. not liking: that condition of affairs, he set about governing- it himself. e Kept ine citizens under an Iron discipline, had looters shot at sight and though himself inclined to the bottle. prevented drunkenness In others. The inhabitants called him the King of Ypres, but his kingship lasted only ror a week. He was arrested bv British officer and sent before a court- martial. The court-martial duly tried him found that his efforts in the cause of order had been good and forgave him tor his other delinquencies. CHINA IS TOLD TO -ARM President Emeritus of Harvard Ad vises Xew Republic. BOSTON, June 10. At a luncheon toaay to tne visiting Chinese commer cial delegates, at the City Club, Dr. Charles W. Lliot, president emeritus of Harvard, urged the commissioners to advocate a larger army and navy on tneir return to cnina. Such a move ment, he said, was necessary if China desired to hold her national existence "No nation can maintain a national existence without maintaining a na tional force," Dr. Eliot added. In reply to the frequent references by speakers to the open door" policy, Cheng H3ung Chang, president of the commission, said that China had an even better policy that of "open heart." "Through the open heart we hope to promote peace and good relations," he said. BRITISH WARNED OF PERIL OF DISASTER Everything Depends on Muni tions, Which Are Lacking, . Declares Writer. FOE ADMITTEDLY SUPERIOR Germans Are Expected to Press Ad vantage With Flame and Poison ias and Possibly Attempt Invasion of Country. LON'DOX, June 10. "Where Germany once had a marked superiority in men, she now has a superiority in ammuni tion, an advantage she will press to the fullest. The only way for the allies to avert disaster is to equip themselves, and to do this Great Britain must stand behind David Lioyd George, as Minis ter of Munitions, as one man. More over, if he is not given a free hand, he may resign." Sir "William Nickoll tnus sums up the situation as he sees It in the current issue of the British Weekly, one of the best-known journals In England. Sir Edward is editor of the publication and a close friend of the newly created Min ister of Munitions. He writes: "We say with certainty that the next three months will be extremely critical ones for the allies. The superior strength of Germany In munitions has given her a second, great opportunity. of which she will take full advantage. Second Crisis Approaches. "Our Nation passed through the first crisis of the war without half compre hending the danger. It will not be pos sible to pass through the second crisis without being aware of it- The sooner she is aware the better. It is only in the light of full knowledge that she will be able to turn, the difficult cor ner where the patli skirts the preci pice, in the assurance that all will be for us in the sum of things. "The reverses of the 'Russians seem likely to set a million of the best Ger man troops free to act on the offensive in the west. This is the cardinal fact. These forces will be turned against the French and against the congested area now occupied by British troops. They will be powerfully supported by muni tions of every kind. "No moral barrier will prevent the most cruel and reckless employment of every weapon. It is likely that we shall have to meet almost daily raids in which burning liquids will be freely used. The Germans put much faith in gas and they will apply It on a great scale. They are almost certain to at tempt an invasion. In short, whatever may be imagined about the ferocity of their attack will in all probability come true. - Paris and Calais Are Goals Yet. "All these things will happen while we are yet lamentably short of muni tions. It does not seem conceivable that we can take the offensive on land. The peril thus involved is ma'nifest. We may be sure that Germany still hopes to reach Warsaw, Paris and Calais, and that the most determined efforts will be made to attain these ends." The writer admits that the German plans may miscarry, "as they have miscarried before: and especially so if the Dardanelles should be forced." He also calls attention io the force of Italy's blows, with which Germany must reckon. But the ultimate issue, be goes on, is whether Great Britain can within the limited period Bupply her self and her allies with munitions. "But there is no time to lose," Sir William writes. "Unless the rally is speedy it may be useless. Resignation Is Possible. "It follows that Mr. Lloyd George must ha-ve his chance. To carp at him in the midst of his mighty task should be regarded as the work of an enemy. I would go further. If Mr. Lloyd George finds that he is hopelessly ham pered by conditions imposed upon him by the government, or more likely by the House of Commons, he will, and he should, refuse to go on. Everything depends on him. "It will be hard to live through a conscription which means the forced undertaking of foreign service. It must not be pressed just now. It does not need to be pressed." In conclusion. Sir William Nickoll says that another pressing necessity is efficient officers, adding that "ineffi cient officers must be turned out as worthless, as they have been in the French, in the German and in the Rus sian armies." We Are Now Showing Silk Striped, Solid Color and Fancy Silk Sports Coats and Blouses Decollete Gillette, the New GoId-PIated Safety Razor for Women You MUST Have One, $5.00 Victor Talking Machines $1 Down, $1 Week, Best Terms in City j une Wh ite an dCl earance Sales We are very busy. Even in these days of Festival jollity, the store is crowded from opening until clos ing. We are sharing patronage with the various events. This is the Visitors place of interest. Welcome. Aliens at Large Yet In London. LONDON, June 10. Because of inade quate internment facilities there are still 9000 Germans and 4000 Austrian Hungarians of military age at large in the metropolitan area. These are offi cial figures which were made public today. .1 ROSE FESTIVAL OREGONIANS Five Issues, Including Post age, 15 Cents. Mail to your friends in the East The Oregonian. during Rose Festi val Week, beginning Wednesday, June 9, and ending with the GREAT SUNDAY EDITION, June 13. Complete and exhaustive reports, with numerous high-class half-tone illustrations, will be featured daily. The Portland annual Rose Fes tival' has been widely advertised throughout the United States, and no more attractive testimonial to your friends could be given than a subscription to Oregon's Great Daily during the event. Orders given now in the business office, or sent in by mail to The Oregonian, will receive prompt and careful attention. Subscription price of the five issues, including postage, is 15 cents. REGULATION IS ADVOCATED Protection of Fublic and Confidence In Vtilities Is Advised. SAN 1'TtANClSCO, June 10. Public regulation of public service corpora tions was held to be desirable, and apparently the ultimate solution of problems created by the rapid develop ment of electricity, by speakers tonight at the public policy meeting of the 38th annual convention of the National Electric Light Association in session here. Max Thelen, president of the Cali fornia Railroad Commission, advocated the regulation of public utilities to protect investors and the public. He expressed the hope that the small in vestor ultimately would regard pub lic utility securities "somewhat in the same light as he now views Federal, state and municipal securities." and thus promote the sale of them at home. Consolidation and centralization of electric power and light plants was Rid to be a general tendency in th right direction by John H. Roemer, of Chicago, ex-member of the Wisconsin Railroad Commission. The .celebration of Electric day at the Panama-Pacific Kxposition was marked by exercises honoring inven tors and engineers who have contrib uted to the "electrification of the world.'". CHOLERA IS IN VIENNA Several Deaths Laid to Disease Spread by "Wounded Soldiers. GENEVA, Switzerland, via Paris, June 10. News has reached Geneva tending to confirm reports that cholera has broken out In Vienna. One report re fers to 4 6 cases. Several deaths have been reported. The disease is believed to have been taken to Vienna from Galicia by wounded soldiers. Summer Time- Hammock Time Dress Time And These Are the Daintiest, Prettiest Tub Frocks They are made of fine, soft voiles, in white and fancy stripes, and of imported striped crepe ftajah. There are embroidered voile models with V Cry tier skirts, Eton jacket effects, as well as the popular spiral skirts. SDCCicll Beautifully embroidered and trimmed with lace, velvet and silk ribbon. They are here in greatest variety, in white, blue, rose, pink, tan and d O C fancy striped effects. Third Floor P0OJ s:---f J' 1 V An Extraordinary Offering Silk Blouses Of Crepe de Chine Of Georgette Crepe Of Fancy Striped Crepes Selling at $3.95 to $5.00 $2.95 In a wonderful variety of tucked, pleated and embroidered effects, the season's pretiest and latest styles. Every blouse is individual beauti fully made and finished. They come in colors, white, flesh, maize, sand and popular candy striped combinations. Third Floor For Misses and Small Women Suits Coats Including Every New Style All Reduced New Summer Suits Were $12.50, $18.50 to $35 Sale $10.95, $15.95 to $26.50 All the smartest styles in serges, gabardine, black and white checks, covert and fancy mixtures every suit new this season. Beautiful tailoring exceptional materials exclusive styles, for misses and small women. New Summer Coats Were $8.45, $9.95, $11.45 to $25.00 Sale $6.95, $7.95, $8.95 to $19.95. Distinctive coats that have no duplicates. In black and white checks, serges, covert and fancy mixtures in the -newest styles for Summer wear a coat for every occasion is here for your choos ing. Fourth Floor "No Brighter Spot" No More Interesting Section in the Store The Millinery Salon A Sweeping Clearance of New Hats Trimmed Hats Selling lo $15.00. Clearance $6.95 Trimmed Hats Selling lo $7.50, Clearance $2.50 Sport Hats This Store Only COME AND SEE THE NEW Panamas The Linens The Poplins The Feather Fells The Aivning Stripes The Sumatras The Ducf(s Priced from 50c, 75c, 95c to $4.95. Second Floor Exchange Your Old Seving Machine for THE NEW FREE The Best Machine Made $1 Down, $1 Week (If preferred) Second Floor. Mail and Telephone Orders Filled by Expert Shoppers "Merchandise of cJ Merit Only" Pacific Phone Marshall 5000 Home Phone A 6691 By Every Reason ECONOMY ' SERVICE COURTESY The Visitors1 Store BERLIN IS HOPEFUL Germans Blame ex-Secretary forAmerican Attitude. international law by the allies as well as by Germany. SITUATION THOUGHT EASIER 70,000 Women Ready to Serve. LONDON, June 10. According- to fig ures announced in the House- of Com mons today, 79,94 6 women have regis tered for war work, and of this number 1916 have been utilized. This total does not include the women who have regis tered at private labor exchanges. Commoner Believed Friendly to British, Because Son-in-I.aw Is Officer In King's Army .Ar rival of Messenger Awaited. BERLIN. Germany. June 9. via Lon don, June 10. (Special.) The resigna tion of Secretary Bryan caused a sen sation in Berlin, but the public gen erally, as well as the officials, are puzzled as to what effect it will have on American-German relations. Lon don dispatches say that Mr. Bryan re signed because ne declined to follow President Wilson in sending a sharp note to Germany. This, however, is discounted by the popular belief in Germany a belief apparently shared in by officialdom that Mr. Bryan is responsible for much of what is as serted to be the anti-German attitude of the United States. Newspapers here for the most. part accuse Mr. Bryan of friendliness to ward the British because his son-in-law is of that nationality and. there fore, they think that the substitution of Robert Lansiiig for Bryan may actually ease the situation. Since a much-attacked official is thus re moved. Germany may make greater ef forts to meet Mr. Lansing's desires. Mr. Lansing, however, is entirely un known in Germany. The situation with reference to the United States Lusitania note is now one tit waiting. Even the change in the Cabinet is not expected to alter the status of the case. Germany also is awaiting the arrival of the special messenger. Dr. Anton Meyer Gerhard, for information as to the exact posi tion of President Wilson and the United States. This means at least two weeks' de lay and in the meantime the rearrange ment of the American Cabinet will make the American attitude more clearly defined. There is no question, however, that German public opinion would not permit a change in the sub marine warfare unless the United States should Induce England to make vital concessions. It is thought here that the "new Cabinet" might have more success with London than the old one in securing the abolition of the policies which caused the German reprisals. Germany, in fact, would not be surprised if Washington in sisted on a complete observance of PACIFIC MAIL LINE GAINS ltcrcnue Increase Last Fiscal Year Is Nearly $200,000. NEW YORK, June 10 The annual financial statement of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Issued to night, gives revenue from water-line operations for the year ended April 30 last as 11,006,270, as against $816, 813 in the previous year. Total oper ating income was $1,000,727, against $812,749 in 1914. Revenues on the line plying between San Francisco and Panama and Central American ports show a decrease, due principally to the fact that in Novem ber last, as a result of the opening of the Panama Canal, the company ceased to participate In the through carriage of freight and passengers be tween San Francisco and Atlantic ports via the Isthmus of Panama. In addition, the service to Mexican poj-ts during the past year was fre quently interrupted by the revolu tionary disturbances in Mexico. torpedoes and 18 by mines; Denmark four by torpedoes and 10 by mines. LOSS TO NORSEMEN HEAVY Sixty-Five Scandinavian Vessels Tor pedoed or Sunk by Mines. LONDON. May 10 Figures compiled at Copenhagen, as forwarded to the Exchange Telegraph Company, show that the Scandinavian nations have suf fered large losses lu shipping as a re sult of the war. Thus far 15 Norwegian vessels have been torpedoed and 12 blown up by mines. Sweden has lost six vessels by NAVAL LOSSES ARE 6409 British Estimate Is Exclusive of Bulwark and Princess Irene. LONDON. June 10. The total num ber of officers and men who have per ished through the sinking of British naval craft since the outbreak of the war is 6409, according to a statement made by T. J. McNamara, financial sec retary of the Admiralty, in the House of Commons this afternoon. This total does not include the men who lost their lives on the minelayer Princess Irene and the British battle ship Bulwark, both of which were blown up in Shecrness harbor. St. Mary's at Albany Gives Diplomas. ALBANY, Or., June 10. (Special.) Ten students graduated from St. Mary's Academy, in this city, in commence ment exercises held Tuesday evening. Diplomas were received by Misses Julia I'autmeier, Nora Miller, Bertha Mallon, Gladys Miller, Verda Turner, Alm:i Tracy, Cecilia Torrence, Doris Baker, Rose Jacobs and Mary Stalp. The di plomas Were presented by Kev. l-'ather Arthur Lane, rector of the local parish, who also presented prizes to different students for excelling tn various phases of the work of the acp.demy during tho past year. HCDC"5-TH SAME SUIT YOU BOUGHT AT JIMMY DUMMS YESTERDAY fOR. 4?s NERVOUS CHILDREN From early Spring until July is the time that St. Vitus' dance usually de velops and nervous children should be carefully watched during that time for symptoms of the disease. Irritability is one of the first signs noted. The child frets. Is quarrelsome, cannot be amused and does not sleep well. The jerky movements and weak ness characteristic of the disease come a little later. The patient becomes pale, languid, has little appetite and is usually constipated. Such a child should not be allowed to study but should be kept quiet, given a nutritious diet, remain out of doors as much as possible and take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to build up the blood and strength en the nerves. If unusual symptoms develop or if the nervousness continues to the point of hysteria, a physician should be called. In most cases the tonic treatment with or. Williams' Pink Pills is sufficient. Without treat ment, St. Vitus' dance may become chronic. Parents of nervous children should write to the Dr. Williams Medicine Co.. Schenectady. N. Y for a copy of the free booklet, "Nervous Disorders, A Method of Home Treatment" and a diet book called "What to Eat and How to Eat." Your own druggist sells Dr. Williams' -Pink Pills with directions for use. w tJ Jill 1 9 To This IMc-ture Tells the Story. A "SALE" does not reduce the high ground-floor rent somebody pays WHO IS IT? I GIVE YOU VALUES ALL THE TIME I don't pay the sround-floor rent. You don't pay the high-rent profit. Men's Suits gVJim $14.75 JIMMY DUNN The Upstairs Clothier 315-16-17 Oregonian BIdg. , Elevator to Third Floor.