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THE MORNING OEEGOXIAN. FRIDAY, JUXE 18, 1915.
EASTERN ASIA RULE,
JAPAN'S AMBITION
v,
America's and Russia's Posi
tions Affected by Nip
pon's Aspirations.
RELIGIOUS PROBLEM VITAL
Oscar King Davis Says So Plea or
Economic Necessity Either Can
Explain or Defend Japanese
v- Government's Demands.
5' BT OSCAR KING DAVIS.
' (Copyright, 1015. by the Chicago Tribune.
' Published by arrangement.)
PEKIK, China. April 31 Continu-
Ins my letter on the demands '1"ch
. Japan has made upon China, It is
' interesting to Americans to observe
the effect of the Japanese dora
" ination over China would have. For
'- instance, in Manchuria. the practical re
' suit is that all Japanese goods sold
' start with a 3 per cent advantage oyer
' all competitors. Japanese domination
in Shantung means exactly the same
thing there. That may not be an In
vesion of Chinese independence or in
. tescrity. although we should have a de
cided opinion on that score if it were
attempted to be applied to the United
States. But it certainly does invade the
open door and equal opportunity agree-
"' ments, and how about the status quo?
'. Many Privilege Llemanded.
' Section ii of the demands contains
seven articles, one of which has two
j divisions. All relate to South Manchu--
ria and Eastern Inner Mongolia. It is
' to be remembered that all tho treaties
'. : and other agreements previously cited
bear Just as much upon South Manchu
V ria and Kastern Inner Mongolia as they
' !do upon Shantung and the rest of China.
These demands are: First, that the
' " lease of Port Arthur and Dalny, taken
' over from Russia at the close of the
' war of ten years ago, and the lease of
"the South Manchurian and Antung-
Mukden railways shall be extended to
' 99 years; second, that Japanese shall
" have the right to lease or own land for
" trade, manufacture or farming; third,
' that Japanese shall have the rights of
residence and travel and of engaging in
business and manufacture of all kinds;
fourth, that the mining rights of all
mines shall be granted to Japanese;
fifth, that Japan shall be consulted be
fore (a) railway concessions are grant
ed to or railway loans are contracted
with a third power, (b) before any loan
" on security of local taxes is made with
a third power; sixth, if foreign advisers
are employed. Japan shall be first con
- suited: and seventh. China shall turn
over to Japan the Kirin-Changchun
t . Railway for 99 years.
I' All Railroads to Be Japan's.
J, That is, all the railroads in South
. Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia
Jre to be made and kept Japanese, and
. all the mines of whatever kind are to
' 1 be wholly Japanese.
Japanese are to have the right to go
J , where they please, reside where they
r'like. engage In whatever business or
J . manufacture suits them, erect what
buildings they desire, and for whatever
i purpose which includes military bar-
racks and fortifications and to . have
J; first choice as to all advisers who may
t '. be employed.
i ' Perhaps that Is not an Invasion of
IjChinese territorial integrity. What
i - would Americans think if Japan or any
J other nation calmly demanded the right
.to own all our railroads and all our
"mines?
I! What remains of Chinese independ-
ence when the transfer of such rights
' of sovereignty have been made to the
( subjects of a foreign power?
What Become of Open Door?
J : What becomes of the open door and
, the principle of equal opportunity, and
! what is left of the status quo?
Tho fact is that those demands were
i designed to make South Manchuria and
East Inner Mongolia wholly Japanese
i . Just exactly as much Japanese as is
' the territory of Corea. which formally
has been annexed and where now no
fchadow of other sovereignty exists.
Moreover, it is to be noted that these
demands have not merely a commercial
. and economic purpose. The Japanese
- are somewhat expert at including the
elusive Joker in their documents. When
i .their people have the right of residence
; and travel, and of engaging In any kind
: of business and manufacture, there
must be present in that territory, for
. their protection from the turbulent Chl
? uese, a considerable -force of Japanese
' eoldiers.
' ' Military Occupation la Fact.
' Military occupation is an accomplished
fact in South Manchuria, and will
promptly be an accomplished fact In
i , Eastern Inner Mongolia when these de
i manda are conceded. And In both sec
jtions It will be greatly expanded. Not
.-because of fear of China, but because
Whese sections Join the sphere of inter
..est of Russia.
; ; And with the Trans-Siberian railway
..double-tracked throughout, Russia Is
now able to exert far greater military
. .force in her eastern dominions than
. she was in 190a, when she got more
pthan 1.000.000 men with their equip
. ment and supplies into the war zone.
j Still a further point is to be eonsld
. red. There are advisers and advisers
; in the employ of tho Chinese govern
i ment. The Japanese demand does not
i mean anything like what has gone on
, xiereioiorc. it has no reference to cul
tivated and scholarly gentlemen who
.come to reside in Pekin at comfortable
'. .salaries and are occasionally consulted
;by the Chinese officials.
When the Japanese speak of advisers
; they mean "effective advisers," and
; that means men whose word goes when
,- they submit a proposition. It means.
In short, Japanese control, and they in
: tend to take measures to see that their
! advice is carried out.
C'blna'a Intejrrlty I'OrKOtlfn.
Eontr ago la this astounding list of
; Japanese demands the independence and
.the integrity of China was abandoned.
'L.ong ago the open door and the princi
ple of equal opportunity were forgot
.ten and the status quo became merely
a melancholy memory. There Is only
. .one thing that shines out of them now,
and that is the vaulting ambition of
. Japan for military and political domin
: ation of China.
r ' it has been shown how the demands
. retarding South Mancnuria and East.
J ern Inner Mongolia affect Russia's po
, eition In the north. Consider, for a
. moment the sixth demand in this sc
: tlon and its bearing upon possible
I American emergencies in the future.
. This demand is that Japan shall be
-consulted first If China needs "foreign
; capital to work mines, build railways
ai 1 construct harbor works, including
J dockyards in the province of Fukien."
J "J Saw-To Harbor Advantaseona.
i Several hundred miles nearer the
; Philippine Islands than any naval sta
. tion Japan now has. lies San-to harbor,
I in the province of Fukien. It is an ad
, mirable Bituation for a naval station.
. and Japan has had her eyes upon it for
,.many years ever since she secured
possession of Formosa, in fact.
; With such a station her hold on For-
5 raosa would be made even more secure
una ner advantage, in case the Philip
pines became a naval objective for her,
would be tremendously increased.
The strategists of Japan are practical
men, not idle dreamers. They know
the game and its rules, and they know
how to apply the rules to practical ef
fect upon concrete cases. They proved
that in the war with Russia, in the
prior war with China, and In the recent
episode with Germany at Kiau-chau.
Moreover, San-to would be available
not only in case of difficulty with the
United States involving possible opera
tions in or against the Philippines.
England has frreat Interests along the
China coast, as well as a fine estab
lishment at Hongkonh. And France is
lodged on the coast farther south.
Religious Problem Vital.
Then comes the last demand of the
section, number 7, perhaps the most
cynical of all. It is that "Japanese sub
jects shall have the right to propagate
religious doctrines in China."
The character employed by the Jap-
FETOLETON BOY GRADUATES
WITH I'MftliK HONORS AT
STATE UNIVERSITY.'
Thomas Boylen.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eu
gene, June 17. (Special.) With
the graduation class tomorrow
goes one man who has not had
an absence marked against him
in his four years at college. He
is Thomas Boylen, of Pendleton.
In addition to attending every
class. Mr. Boylen has been a
member of the varsity basket
ball team for two years and was
captain during the season just
completed. He turned out for
track his freshman year and won
his letter in the half mile against
Washington. Last season Hay
ward needed a sprinter, so Boy
len was made over into a 100
yard man. He has been Oregon's
best sprinter for the last two
seasons. Not content with bas
ketball and track, Boylen played
on the university's first soccer
team in 1913-14. He has been
president of tho student body
during the present year, and
while a junior was a member of
the student council.
anese in the text of the document
handed to President Yuan that day in
January is usually translated by Jap
anese as meaning "Buddhism." The
Chinese translate it " "religious doc
trines." China taught Buddhism to Japan
hundreds of years ago. It is not for
me to attempt to say in which nation
it has remained most pure. I know
that the Japanese policy only recently
has forbidden Japanese newspapers to
report the misdeeds of certain eminent
Buddhist authorities.
But that is not the point. Japan has
proved the efficiency of her wandering
Buddhists in spying out the land and
collecting- information that was found,
subsequently, to be . of military value.
. Political Ambition Notable.
There is the wholo thing. Through
all the long list of demands runs this
military and political ambition. And in
the last section that section which
was suppressed entirely in the formal
statement furnished by Japan to the
United States and other governments
lie the demands which, with the single
exception of that for the Hanyang iron
works, constitute the very heart of the
Japanese scheme.
Military advisers, arsenals and muni
tions these are the things that Japan
means to have, along with iron.
No plea of economic necessity either
can explain or defend these demands.
This is militarism pure and simple. It
is the domination of Eastern Asia and
that is Japan's ambition.
SIX NURSES GRADUATED
Multnomah Training: School Has In
teresting Final Exercises.
Graduation exercises for the Multno
mah Training School for Nursea ..were
held last night at the Courthouse. An
artistic programme was witnessed by
250 friends of the six graduates.
Miss Marie Chapman opened the ex
ercises , with an expressive violin
rendition of Chopin's Nocturne. The
formal address was delivered by D.
Soils Cohen and another address was
given by Dri Calvin S. White. An ex
quisite soprano solo, "Kennot de das
Land" was sung by Miss Elfrleda
Schroeder. "Let Me Hear the Songs
My Mother Used to Sing." by Galrid.
was a melodious trio by Miss Annie
May Longnecker, Miss Ada Longnecker
and Miss Helen Moylen.
Class charge and the conferring of
diplomas, by Dr. E. P. Geary was fol
lowed by the class song, written by
Dean Collins. The graduates are: The
Misses Rose M. Baucke. Muriel Eliza
beth Broadfoot, Fannie I. Graham,
Letha Eove Humphrey, Elizabeth M.
Hughs and Christina Lorens.
FRONTIER DAYS DESCRIBED
Harry Young, Portland Pioneer,
Entertains Elks.
Harry Young, a Portland pioneer,
gave an illustrated lecture last night
at the Elks' Club dealing with the
early days on the western frontierand
the Indian troubles of those days. The
lantern slides represented persons and
scenes inseparably connected with the
history of the West in the wild, and
woolly days.
Mr. Young, as a boy, left Portland
and roamed all over the then western
frontier. He had a. personal ac
quaintance with many of the leading
characters of the old frontier sucli as
tcutraio mu. nu out n ickos, calamity
Njano and other characters almost as
well known.
ART HUN
Boy of 17 Loses Life 'When
Canoe Is Upset.
ALVIA AKIN IS RESCUED
Youth Returning: From Camping:
Trip Tie to Log Rart nnd Wash
of Steamer Causes Trouble.
Einnton Men Aid in Rescue.
Art Finn, of 991 East Hoyt street, 17-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Finn,
was drowned yesterday about 2:3D when
his canoe tipped over in the Willamette
River about three-quarters of a mile
below Linnton. His companion, Alvia
a win nf 2KB Halsev street, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. M. Akin, saved himself by
holding to the canoe until help arrived.
He was greatly exhausted and it was
several hours before he had recovered.
The boy was rescued by the arrival
of S. R. Krandall and Albert McCart
ney, of Linnton. in a launch.
The two boys left Portland at 9:30
Wednesday night, going down the
river on a camping trip, according to
the story told by 'young Akin. He said
that they camped over night on an
island and then pushed on yesterday
morning. AVhen they arrived at the
Columbia they turned back, and when
a log raft passed in tow of a steamer
they hitched to it. When they had al
most reached Linnton the steamer Lur
llne passed and the waves caused the
rope by which the canoe was attached
to the logs to become untiect Young
Finn, according to his companion,
sprang up in the canoe, with the reault
that the craft tipped over.
"We must have been in the water
about half an hour," said young Akin,
"keeping ourselves afloat by holding
to the overturned canoe. At last Finn
became impatient and suggested that
we swim ashore. I objected, however.
and he finally struck out alone. He
had only gone about 40 feet when he
sank. Before he sank he called out:
'Oh, Al, save me.' "
Akin said he attempted to swim with
the canoe to the rescue of his com
panion, but, being almost exhausted
himself, was unable to do so.
The launch came to the rescue just
a few minutes after Finn had sunk,
but it was too late to save him. S. R.
Krandall and Albert McCartney, who
pulled young Akin from the water.
Were sta.ndin on the bank of the river
when they saw the two boys struggling
in the water. They ran to Linnton, a
mile away, got -a launch and went to
the rescue.
L. 10. Finn, father of the drowned
boy. is switchman for the North Bank
Railway. C. M. Akin is night watch
man at the Crown Mills.
WATERLOO DAY IS HERE
CENTENNIAL OK HISTORIC BATTLE
TO BE OBSERVED.
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THE FINAL WINDUP!
Its Wares
Must Sell MTkW iTfc
Carpenters, Plasterers and Wreck
ers Are Driving Us
Out We Go.
OUT!
Yesterday W 1 AWmWft
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Quick action ia what we must have. So determined are we to get what money we can out of this
stock that we have actually forgotten the cost. The values are astounding, the savings are wonderful. You can't buy and not profit,
and take Suits, Coats, Dresses, Petticoats and Waists AT PRICES BEFORE UNHEARD OF.
Come
Badgers Are EnteVtained.
A business session of the Wisconsin
State Society at the Central Library last
night was preceded by a musical pro
gramme presented by the Harmony
Club. The programme given during the
Rose Festival was repeated. A chorus
of more than 100. directed by Mrs. Ella
Hoberg Tripp, opened the evening.
" Among those who assisted in solo or
chorus work were Gladys Holgate. Jes
sie Maulbetsch. Eva Bell Townsend.
Elizabeth Johnson. Vernie Flanders,
Herman J. Maulbetsch, O. H. Charters.
Ernest Standley. D. G. "Andersod, C. C.
Tripp, Earl Townsend. Ernest Town,
Earl Murphy, David Delano, B. C. Me.
Farland and Mrs. Gilbert N. Reauxnont.
Same Ground Being Fought Over To.
day Only Troopa Are S,SOO.OOO
Now Instead of 187,000.
This is the centennial of the battle
of Waterloo and while no formal ob
servance of the day has been arranged
in Portland it will be celebrated with
ccnsiderable formality in England and
in some other parts of Europe where it
has more significance than here.
The present conflict in Europe, which
In being waged in part over the historic
field of Waterloo has accentuated the
importance of the centennary.
The alliea who fought at Waterloo
under Wellington included the British,
the Belgian Dutch and the Germans
altogether 67.000 men. The Prussians,
who arrived for the latter part of the
engagement, numbered an additional
60.000. On the French side there were
72,00 men of all arms. Today It is esti
mated that about 3,000,000 French, Bel
gians and British oppose 2.500,000 Ger
mans. The battle began at 11:30 o'clock in
the morning. Its features were the
charges of the French, the stubborn re
sistance of the British troops and tho
opportune arrival of Blucher, thought
by Napoleon to have retired on Namur,
his base. But the bravo Prussian risked
his forces to come to the help of the
allies and arrived in time to save the
day.
The last charge of the French Old
Guard has lived in history 'as a mag
nificent example of dauntless valor,
but it was powerless to win the battle
for the French. The alliea lost in that
battle 22,000 and the French 35,000.
LIQUQB ARGUMENTS END
CASE INVOLVING WASHINGTON LAW
IS SUBMITTED.
Attorney-General Pleads Tbat Prohibi
tion Aet Not Be Roled Void
on Technicalities.
OLYMPIA, Wash., June 17. (Spe
cial.) The Gottstein case, involving
the validity of the Washington prohi
bition law, was submitted tonight to
Superior Judis Wrigfct. after three
days' argument. Attorney Powell, rep
resenting the Anti-Saloon League, and
Attorney-General Tanner today char
acterised as mere technicalities the
myriad objections raised to the prohi
bition act itself and to the validity of
the initiative and referendum amend
ment, under which it was submitted.
One contention of opposing counsel
was that in nearly every county in the
state publication of the proposed ini
tiative and referendum amendment
ceased one, two or three weeks before
the election. In every county, never
theless, the proposed amendment was
published the. full 90 days. Attorney
Powell said, contending that this con
stituted substantial compliance with
the constitution.
Another objection was the Secretary
of State's failure to distribute the "pink
pamphlet" of initiative measures 50
days before election. Attorney Powell
replied that the law also required this
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From Face, Neck or Arms
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handy and when hairy growths appear
make a paste with, some of the powder
and a little water, then spread over
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should be exercised to be sure and get
genuine delatone. otherwise you may be
disappointed.' Adv,
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They have no equal. These Waists are what
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pretty; made of voile and fancy
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Trimmed Hats
Any Trimmed Hat in the house, up to $5.00
values, will go on sale during this great
sale at the lowest prices ever (
quoted OC
SUITS ,
That sold for $25.00 to $30.00 now
must be reduced to a price that does
not pay for the tailor- j Q
$30 Silk Suits
Did you ever hear of Silk Suits at our sale
price? Four or five different models to
choose from and a splendid assortment
of colors all late models. 1 O C
Now ..: pi i.oo
$15 Serge Dresses
Wonderful assortment smart tailored, belted
effects. Cheaper than material C?C OC
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Up to $15.00 values, too many to describe,
and values too great to use fl " OP
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$1.50 Middy Blouses
For little and big ones all styles and all
colors just the thing for the warm Sum
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Un trimmed Shapes
In all colors. They are on sale during this
great price-cutting ; event- for the OP
small sum of ..."Y OC
32.00 Wash Skirts
Checks and plain white, nicely tailored, with
patch pockets. The values offered cannot
be equaled elsewhere at these QP
prices
32.00 Petticoats
Black Sateen Petticoats, full OQ
flounces OUC
$15.00 Coats
Three-quarterjengths, full-flare'backs, with
set-in sleeves. Tan and gray mixtures, also
many other novelties to se'ec2 95
$6 Separate Skirts
Just the sort of garment one needs to wear
the smart .tailor waists with. Black, navy,
sand and shepherd checks. Now 2 45
33.50 Petticoats
These are beauties and you do not have to
be in need of a Petticoat to appreciate this
bargain. Kelly green, navy and J 1 1C
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Miscellaneous Garments
Very desirable garments, but slightly
soiled. Suits, Dresses, Coats " QP
and Skirts J 1 .iJO
Through the courtesy of the Wonder Millinery Company, we are allowed a few days more to dispose of our enormous stock.
All garments left with deposits must be called for at once. Store closes for good Saturday.
Sale Starts Promptly 9:30 A. M. Today Balance of Fixtures for Sale 32rS.R
publication to be a "single pamphlet."
and that the Secretary of State was en
joined by the Supreme Court from
proceeding with the " seven sisters "
measures. Counsel for the liquor men
rejoined that the provision for 60
days" distribution was constitutional,
while provision for a single pamphlet
was merely statutory.
Attorney-General Tanner urged, the
court not to set aside the expressed
will ot the people on account of tech
nical defects, but ex - Federal Judge
George Donworth, closing for the
liquor men, contended that had voters
been given full opportunity to study the
prohibition measure, their vote would
be against it. and argued that, should
the act now be set aside, voters would
have a chance to re-enact it next No
vember, delaying the issue only 11
months.
Beach
Fast Trains to
Clatsop
Astoria Gearhart Seaside
NEW SUMMER SCHEDULE
Beginning Saturday, June 19.
DAILY SEASIDE LIMITED 8:30 ,.
Evening Express 6:30 P. M.
SATURDAY SPECIAL 2:00 P. M.
Daily Limited, returning, leaves Seaside 6:30 P. M.,
arrive Portland 10:20 P. M.
Week End Special Returns Monday Morning.
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your business.
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