THE 3IORXIX G OREGOyiATT, WEDXESDAY, MAT 10, 101G.
WILSON FOR
TO INSURE
ARMY
INSURE PEACE
President Makes Distinction
Between Militarism and
. Preparedness.
TRADITIONS NOT MENACED
Foes of Great Military Are Told
Com p n 1 sory T ra i n i n g, Xot "Uni
versal Service, Is Iea to
Carry Weight "With Worhl.
WASHINGTON. May 0. Ifope that at
the end of the war the nations of the
world would undertake a joint effort
to keep the peace, backed by a common
police force, was expressed by Presi
dent Wilson Monday in an interview
with a committee of the American
Vnion Against Militarism, which called
to protest against his preparedness
programme and advise him that they
had found a fear of militarism in the
country west of the Alleghenies.
The President told his callers that a
rielpless nation would be negiible in a
conference to establish the foundations
for peace. He said there was differ
ence between preparedness and militar
ism, that the country was in no dan
of the latter and, in response to a
question, declared that compulsory mil
itary training was not contrary to
American tradition.
Committee Doubt KxprcNnfona.
The committee insisted that on ac
count of his office," the President most
f requently addressed audiences from
the upper classes and that the re- ;
fponsea he received upon the proposal j
to increase the military were mislead- j
Jng him as to the true sentiment of the j
country.
The committee was headed by Miss
T.illian L. Wald, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise
and Amos R. K. Pinchot, all of New
York City; A. A. Berle, of Cambridge
Mass., and John A. McSparran, legisla
tive chairman of the National Grange,
who presented a memorial setting forth
that while the union did not stand
against sane or reasonable prepared
ness nor for peace at any price, it was
convinced that the big Armv and Navy
programmes were a menace to democ
racy.
When the spokesmen of the delega
tion had supplemented their memorial
by brief sentences, the President re
plied and for an hour listened to and
answered their questions.
4I have never dreamed for a moment
that America as a whole, its rank and
file, had any military enthusiasm or
militaristic spirit," said the President,
"and I think that it is very necessary,
In order that we should work this thing
out wisely, that we should carefully
d incriminate between reasonable prep
aration and militarism; because if you
use the two words interchangeably
then, of course, the reasonable things
that we ought to do take on a wrong
and sinister appearance and we seem
to be working for the wrong things
when we are in reality working only
for the right that is, the necessary
things that are unavoidable in the cir
cumstances. Tradition Aot Helplesinean.
"I think it would be a disservice" not
to recognize that there is a point of
reasonable preparation, and that you
ran go to that point without changing
the spirit of the country or violating
its traditions. For the traditions of the
country have not been those of a mili
tary helplessness, though they have
been those of anti-militarism.
"The currents of opinion, or rather,
the bodies of opinion, in this country
are very hard to assess. For example.
Mayor Mitchel, of New York City, and
a group of gentlemen associated with
Yiim had meetings not unlike those which
you had, and they came back and re
ported in most enthusiastic terms an
unanimous opinion not for universal
aervice, but very distinctly for univer
sal military training which, of course,
is a very different thing.
"Now I quite see the danger that Mr.
Pinchot perceives in the laws that he
. referred to because they seem to asso
ciate military training with public au
thority and to draw that training into
some sort of connection with military
organization. It is not inconsistent
with American tradition that everybody
should know how to shoot and take
care of himself; on the contrary, that
Is distinctly implied in our bills of
rights, where the right to carry arms
is reserved to all of us. There is no
use carrying arms if you don't know
what to do with them.
Mr. AMInon Prang Dint Inctlnii.
"I should say that it was not incon
sistent with the traditions of the coun
try that the people should know how
to take care of themselves, but it is
inconsistent with the traditions of the
country that their knowledge of f fre
arms should be used by a Governmental
organization which would make and or
ganize a great army, subject to orders,
to do what a particular group of men
might at the time think it was best
to have it do. That is the militarism
of Kurope, where a few persons can
determine what an armed nation is to
do. That is what 1 understand mili
tarism to be. But a nation acquainted
with arms is not a militaristic nation
unless there is somebody who ran bv
an order determine what they shall flo
with that force. I think we ought to
be very careful not to let these differ
ent things seem as if they were the
same.
"When you come to ask how much
preparation you can make that surely
is a matter of judgment, and I do not
see how you can find any absolute
standard upon which to determine that
question. Take Mr. Eastman's sugges
tion that we might have some arrange
ment by which the border of Mexico
can be patrolled. There are not men
enough in the existing American Army
to patrol that border. That is the mere
physical fact. When things are at sixes
and sevens in a neighboring country, ;
as in Mexico, and everybody apparently ;
a -law unto himself, there are not men 1
enough to safeguard that border. And
yet it is obviously the right thing to
do to keep the disorders of one country
from flowing over to disturb the peace
of another. That is not militarism;
that is necessity.
Largest Army Proposed 250,000.
"I do not need to tell you that I am
just as much opposed to militarism as
any man living I think It is a deadly
thing to get Into the spirit of a nation,
and I do not think there is the slight
est danger of its getting into the spirit
of this Nation only I have to deter
mine a very practical problem. I have
to determine how large an army is not
unreasonable for the United States. The
largest army proposed that of the
Chamberlain bill is 250,000 men, and
as compared with any European stand
ard, that is extremely small.
"The traditions of the American peo
ple have always been for a very power
ful Navy."
One of the members of the committee
asked if the Navy had not been in
creased tremendously.
"Wot tremendously," President "Wilson
replied. "You see, our tasks have in
creased tremendously; the amount of
sea that we have found it necessary to
police, to take care of our distant pos
sessions and be ready for exigencies of
"the most ordinary kind quite independ
ent of war, has increased tremendously.
So that I earnestly hope we may not
antagonize reasonable protection in our
effort to avoid militarism. I do not
think It Is going to need any very great
effort to avoid militarism, because I
quite agree with you that there we
have got the sentiment of a great body
of people behind us, and that, after all,
Is all that we care about.
GRANGE IN SESSION
From 400 to 500 Delegates
Gather at Grants Pass.
BANQUET IS HELD INDOORS
Inclement? Weather Forces Abandon
ment or Plan to Hold Night
Session in City Park Cyrus
W. Walker Notable Visitor.
Peace of World Wanted.
"As to the general thing we are al 1
most profoundly interested in, and that
is peace; we want the peace of the
world. How. I do not know. I can
not speak about what I am going to
speak about with any degree of con
fidence I do not suppose any man can
but a nation which by the standards
of other nations, however mistaken
those standards may be, is regarded as
helpless is apt in general council to
be regarded as negligible, and when you
go into a council to establish founda
tions for the peace of the world you
must go in on a basis intelligible to
the people you a re conferring with.
A committeeman interposed to say
that he was in London in 1 895 at the
time of the Venezuela complications
and heard it said that if America had
a great navy. President Cleveland's
message would have been regarded as
an attempt at bullying, and unques
lion ably would have led to war.
But this is not the year 1895," re
plied Mr. Wilson. "This is a year of
madness. It is a year of excitement.
more profound than the world has ever
known. All the world Is seeing red.
No ttandard we have ever had obtains
any longer. In the circumstances it is
America's duty to keep her head and
yet hae a very hard head; to know
the facts of the world and to act on
those facts with restraint, with rea
sonableness. without any kind of mis
leading excitement and yet with ener
gy, and all that I am maintaining is
this, that we must take such steps as
are necessary for our own safety as
against the imposition of the standards
of the rest of the world upon our
selves.
Force XfCfwuary for Pence.
"We have undertaken very much
more than the safety of the United
tjtes; we have undertaken to keep
what we regard as demoralizing and
hurtful European influences out of this
hemisphere, and that means that if the
wo-ld undertakes, as we all hope it
will undertake a joint effort to keep
the peace, it will expect us to play our
proportional part in manifesting the
force which is going to rest back o
th.it.
"In the last analysis the peace of so
ciety is obtained by force, and when
action comes it comes by opinion, bu
back of the opinion Is the ultimate ap
plication of force. The greater body
of opinion says to the lesser body
opinion; 'We may be wrong, but you
have to live under our direction for the
time being, until you are more numer
ous than we are.' That is what I un
derotand It amounts to.
World Kxpects AnmlMtance.
"Now, let us suppose that we hav
formed a family of nations and tha
family of nations says: 'The world
nor going to have any more wars
this sort without at least first going
through certain processes to show
whether there is anything in its cas
or not.' If you say, We shall not hav
any war,' you have got to have th
f re to make that 'shall bite. And tfi
rest of the world, if America takes part
in this thing, will nave the right to ex
pect from her that, she contribute her
element of force to the general under
standing. Surely that is not a mili
to. ri stic idea. That is a very practica
idea
GRANTS PASS. Or.. Mav 9. (Spe
ial.) The 43d annual convention
cases, comprising actions for money,
are on the docket. Only one criminal
case is slated, and that follows the in
dictment by the grand jury of S. J.
Cotton on a charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses.
EPWORTH CONVENTION SET
Eugene District Session to Open at
Springfield May 19.
SPRINGFIELD. Or.. May 9. (Spe
cial.) The 13th annual convention of
the Epworth League of tile Eugene dis
trict will be held In Springfield from
Friday. May 19. until Sunday, May 21.
Friday will be devoted to the registra
tion of delegates, of whom 00 or more
are expected from Albany. Corvaills.
Brownsville. Junction City. Harriburg.
Eugene, Cottage Grove. Roseburg. Drain
and other cities, and In the evening
there will be an informal reception for
the delegates and local Leaguers. '
Saturday will he given over to busi
ness sessions, followed In the evening
by an illustrated lecture by Professor
of j F. S. Dunn, of the University of Ore-
theiState Grange of Oregon convened
in Grants Pass todav with between 400
and 500 delegates in ' attendance, this
being the firFt time the state conven
tion has met in a Southern Oregon city.
A huge welcome sign greeted the
delegate upon entrance to the city,
while the streets were gaily decorated
with bunting in the Grange colors and
American flags. The state officials
and committee men arrived Monday,
but the great bulk of the delegates
came in on train No. 54 last night and
were entertained by the Commercial
Club.
This morning's session was largely
given over to the report of the creden
tials committee, while the standing
state committees reported this after
noon.
Owing to inclement weather the ban
quet for tonight, to have been at the
Citv Park, was taken to Dreamland
rink. Toasts by prominent grangers,
responded to by the city officials of
Grants " Pass, were the order of the
evening. Perhaps the most interest
ing delegate attending the banquet to
night was Cyrus V. Walker, uncle of
Mrs. H. L. Gilkey, of this city. Mr.
Walker is the oldest living white man
born in the territory west of the Rocky
Mountains and north of California. He
a delegate from Albany. Or.
A large number of delegates arriv
ing in the city today, but failing t"
be accredited, were . 1" carloads oi
gypsies. They were pursued and over
taken in this city by officers from Jack
son County, where they were wanted
for robbery.
Three of the women were held in the
County Jail here. 'J he remainder, tan
ing to be entertained by the Commer
cial Club, departed for Roseburg. They
are reported to have a kidnaped white
child in their possession.
Following is a list of the officers of
the State Grange:
Master. C. E. Ppence, Orego
overseer, C. D. Huffman. I-.a -
chaplain. Cyrus alker. Albany; lec
turer. Mrs. Minnie E. Bond. Eugene;
steward, M. P. Young. Clatskanie: as
sistant steward, Charles Hayes, Sher
wood; lady steward, Mrs. K. R. Allen,
Tangent; secretary. Mary S. Howard,
Mulino: treasurer, H. Hershberg. Inde
pendence; assistant treasurer, Charles
Difkinson, Oswego: gate kaeper. C. c.
Borland. Oregon City; Pomona, Mrs. TJ.
D. Mihells. Grants Pass; trustees. C. E.
Spence. Oregon City; B. G. Leedy, Cor-
vallis, C. L. Shaw. Albany; woman s
.work committee. Mrs. Florence Dickin
son. Oswego; Mrs. Lulu Miller. Albany:
Mrs. E. E. Blanchard, Grants Pass.
gon. Devotional and consecration serv
ices Sunday will be lejl by Rev. J. T.
Moore.
Y. M. C. A. CAR DEDICATED
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company and
Employes Build and Furnish It.
EUGENE. Or.. May 9. (Special.)
The first Y. M. C. A. industrial car in
Oregon and the second of its kind in
the Pacific Northwest, was dedicated
last night at Wendling. It was built
by the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company
and furnished by its employes, who
contributed more than J'JOO in a single
day for the furnishings. The car will
divide its time between the logging
camp and Wendling, in charge of D. C
Bennett, special secretary of the state
Y. M. C. A. committee. The expense of
maintenance will be borne jointly by
the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company and
its employes.
TWO SHIPS TORPEDOED
an City: I
Grande; j
Ambassador Page Forwards Reports
of Another Germans Set Afire.
WASHINGTON. May 8. Lloyd's re
ports, forwarded to the State Depart
ment today by Ambassador Page at
Lord6n, said the Swedish schooner
Harold of Gothenberg. was torpedoed
May 5 and the French bark Marie
Malinos May
The crew of the Malinos had 15
minutes to abandon the bark and was
picked up by a steamer 18 hours later.
The bark Memento of Brevtg, for
England with a cargo of timber, was
eported to have been set afire by a
erman submarine May 2.
Tillamook Circuit Court Opens.
TILLAMOOK. Or.. May !. (Special.)
-Circuit Court is In cession here this
week, with Judge George R. Bagley. of
Hillshoro. presiding". Numerous civil
JITNEY DRIVERS BONDED
Hoseburjr Requires All to Deposit $250
and Fixes Age Limit.
ROSEBURG. Or.. May 9. ( Special.
With a view of regulating Jitney cars
operated in Roseburg, the City Council
last night decided to place each Jitney
driver under a bond of 9250, and desig
nate the age limit of drivers at not less
than 18 years. It was also decided to
assess each driver of a Jitney car $2.50
quarterly.
An ordinance embodying the recom
mendations of the Council will be pre
pared by the City Attorney preparatory
to passage at the next meeting of the
1 municipRl body.
WATERY PIMPLES
ON MYFACE .
Developed Into Hard Pimples. Large
and irritated. Face Was in
an Awful Condition.
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festered and irritated. My
face was in an awful
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bathed my face well with Cuticura Soap
and then spread the Ointment on and in
atxut a week's time they disappeared
altogether and I was entirely well."
(Signed) Miss Josephine Gotch. Box 123.
Box Elder. Mont.. July 15. 1915.
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ROCKAWAY BOOSTERS MEET
Candidates for County Commissioner
Address Club Meeting.
ROCKAWAY, Or.. May 9. (Special.)
About 50 residents turned out last
night at the weekly meeting of the
Rooster's Club to hear talks by the can
didates for County Commissioner from
this district. Two of the four men
running- for the office were present
S. CJ. Reed, proprietor of Nekahnie
Tavern. near Nehalem. and D. F.
Thompson, a dairyman from the Foley
Creek district. The other two men
who were invited to address the club
were W. B. Harris, of Bay City, and
Oeorge R. McKimmens, incumbent, of
Mohler.
At the next meeting of the club de
tails of a Fourth of July celebration
will be worked out.
COOS COAL TO BE ON SALE
Deliveries Will Begin With Completion
of Umpqtia Bridge.
EUGEXfi, Or., May 9. (Special.)
One effect of the construction of the
Willamette Pacific Railroad on the
Willamette Valley will be the introduc
tion of Coos Bay coal as a fuel. C. C.
Thompson, sales manager of the Libby
Coal Company, is making a trip In the
valley for the purpose of opening agen
cies for the sale of Coos Bay coal in
various cities.
Deliveries will begin as soon as the
completion of the Umpqua bridge makes
through freight traffic possible..
Asliland Corps Company Plans Trip.
ASHLASD, Or.. May 9. (Special.)
First Company. Coast Artillery Corps,
will attend the annual military encamp
ment at Fort Stevens under command
of Captain W. E. Blake. In the mean
time the organization is being recruit
ed to full quota. For some time past
ihe men have been indulging in target
practice w-ith a view of entering com
petition lists in that branch of the
service, and have made excellent scores
on the range.
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