TITE MORNING OREGOXIAN, BATUEDAT, DECEMBER 0, 1916. GERMANY DEFENDS POLICY IfJ BELGIUM Transfer of Workmen Held So cial Necessity and Noi Hardship on People. LABOR SITUATION WORSE TTnemploj merit in Industries De clared Due Largely to British Kmbargo Idleness Said to , l", Kesult in Depravity. BffiftLIN, Dee. 7. via London, Dec. S. The German government issued a state ment today in explanation and Justifi cation of the transfer of Belgian la borers to Germanr. It says the meas ure is by no means a hardship for the laborers, but is a social necessity. Owing: chiefly to the British embargo against Belgium's overseas trade, which before the war employed a large part of the industrial population, large numbers of Belgian workers are Idle, the statement says, and conditions are growing worse. Many families have become objects of public charity. This Ftate of things is not due, as asserted in Belgium, to German requisitions of raw material, it is explained, for these requisitions occurred, as a rule, only where factories were unable to con tinue operations. Large Nnmben Without Work. Of 1,200.000 employes engaged in Belgian industries before the war, 505. 000. including 158,000 uromen, are now wholly without work and 150.000. in cluding 46,000 women, are partly with out work, making a total of 655,000 persons dependent on public aid. In addition to these, there are 293,000 wi- es and 612,000 children of men with out work, so that 1,560.000 persons, or one-fifth of the total Belgian popula tion, require assistance. More than 200,000,000 francs already has been Fpr-nt. i; euprrting these persons and 20.000.000 francs monthly will be re quired henceforth. These masses of idle people, the Kintement says, are degenerating and drunkenness and social depravity are resulting. Public Works Initiated. The German Governor-General. Gen eral Von Bissing. early recognized the necessity of taking measures to help the idle to obtain employment. He caused municipalities to undertake pub lic works to create employment, where this was possible without imposing too irreat financial burdens. Upon the sug gestion cf Belgians of practical insight, the Governor-General issued an ordi nance in August, 1915. against persons unwilling to work, which was made more stringent last March. These or dinances provide for compulsory trans fer of workmen only when idle per sons refused to accept work at rea sonable pay without adequate reasons, the previsions of international law prr tecting them against working on war material being recognized as adequate ground. The ordinances were directed chiefly against organized influences aiming to prevent laborers from accepting work voluntarily only because it was offered by Germans. Nevertheless, tens of thousands of them voluntarily accepted work 'n Germany at profitable wages. Labor Sltuntlon Growa Worse. The statement goes on to say that the labor situation In Belgium has grown worte and that conditions are now such as to necessitate improve ment; hence the ordinances must be enforced more vigorously in order to relieve the situation. Before compul sory transport, however, every idle person is offered the opportunity vol untarily to accept profitable work on contract, and compulsion is resorted to only where the laborer stubbornly re fuses. Workmen coming "to Germany are placed on the same footing as Germans and are earning higher wages than they ever received In Belgium. Steps have been taken to send part of their ea'rnings to their families in Belgium. The laborers also are permitted to mn.ke regular visits to their homes, and families are allowed to accompany them to Germany if that is desired. Provision also is made for religious services in their own language. Official War Reports. capture of this force was announced fn yesterday's supplemental army headquarter'a report.) French. PARIS, Dec. 8. The Germans last night were driven out of the trenches which they had captured on the east ern side of Hill 340 on the Verdun front, it is announced officially. The communication follows: "On the left bank of the River Meuse we have driven out the. enemy from a section 'of trenches on the eastern slopes of Hill 304, which they occupied on December 6. Everywhere else last night passed quietly." British. LONDON. Dec. 8. The official com munication from British headquarters, issued tonight, says: "During the day the enemy shelled our front south of the Ancre and in Gueudecourt and Ransart areas. We retaliated by bombarding various posi tions behind the enemy's lines. Our trench mortars were active southeast of Armentieres." Italian. ROME, via London. Dec. 8. "On the Trentino front, where persistent snow falls are impeding operations, there were only small patrol encounters." says today's War Office announcement. "On the Carso there were intense artillery duels, notwithstanding the heavy rain. During the night we re pulsed an enemy attack north of Bosco malo Ludilog." 8000 ROUMANIANS ARE MADE CAPTIVE German Victory Disproves En tente Reports of Weak ness, Says Paper. -"! U Delicious Soda and Ice Cream, Tasty. Lunches, Hot Drinks, Clam Bouillon. Chocolate, Coffee and- Cocoa at Our Fountain. INDIVIDUAL GIFT SPECIALS NEW PEACE MOVE ADVISED Germans In Macedonia. EERLIN. Dec. 8. (By wireless to Sayville. N. T.) "On the Macedonian front last night attacks made by Serbian troops near Trnova in the Cerna River region were repulsed by the Germans and Bulgarians," the War Office announces. "Renewed British at tacks In the Struma sector also failed." Progress of the War. PURSUIT of the retiring Russian and Roumanian forces in Eastern Wal lachia by Field Marshal von Mackensen continues, but how far the Teutonic advance has progressed is not known. Seemingly the retiring defenders of Roumanian soil are offering little re sistance and are endeavoring to reach the line of the Buzeu River before the Austro-Germane can break through the Moldavian frontier and get in their rear. or the Bulgarians and Germans can cross the Danube around Tchernavado and outflank them. The Germans have repulsed a Russian attack in the Trotus Valley and the Russians report the checking of an offensive movement In the Oituz Valley. Petrosraa says all has been calm in Dobrudja and along the Danube. In the rounding up of the forces cut off by their advance on Bucharest the troops of Von Mackensen have captured 18.000 prisoners and 26 guns. The Rou manian troops isolated in Western Wal lachia, numbering 8000, have been taken, as well as 10,000 of the forces operating around Predeal and Altchanz passes. The Russians have again taken the initiative In the Carpathians, Petro grad says, south of Jarovnik. Berlin says the Russian offensive is a failure and declares only local attacks have oc curred in that region. The repulse of a Russian attack on the Dvina front, below Riga, also is recorded by Berlin. Hill 304, in the Verdun region, and the forests of Apremont have been the scenes of the only reported activity on the western front. Paris says the Germans were ejected from a section of the trenches on Hill 304, but Berlin as serts the troops of the Crown Prince repulsed French attempts to retake the trenches. The Germans, Paris records, succeeded in gaining a footing in French trenches in the forest of Apre mont, but were later ejected. Heavy fighting around Struvina, on the Macedonian front, is recorded by Paris, which says the Serbians checked three attacks by German and Bulgar ian troops. Serbian attacks near Trnova, west of Monastir, were re pulsed, Berlin says. Failure Through Obvious Fault of Others Could Be Followed by War With Good Conscience, Says Socialist Editor. BERLIN. Dec. 7. (By wireless to Sayville, N. .T.) The surrender of a force of 8000 Roumanians is announced by the War Office in the official state ment issued tonight. The Socialist newspaper, Vorwaerts, n an editorial on the capture of Bu charest, expresses the view that the hief significance of the victory lies in the disproof it furnishes of the entente assertions that Chancellor von Beth-mann-Hollweg's expressed willingness to make peace is dictated by Germany's weakness. The newspaper argues that the presentmoment is especially suitt-d to further efforts for peace, as the Teu- onic conquests in Roumanla make fur ther entente talk about Germany s weakness ridiculous. Entente VlevTs Ridiculed. The people were lied to," continues the article, "when they were told that Germany was about to break down. They were lied to when they were tojd tnat Germany wanted peace in oraer to escape sure defeat and cheat her ene mies out of a certain victory. It asks who can, after Bucharest, dare interpret German peace spe-iches as signs of weakness. ice article concludes: Never has peace been talked louder or more passionately in Germany than during the last few weeks, yet pre cisely these weeks have matured what probably Is the most wonderful suc cess Germany has achieved during Lola war. Foreign governments lacn the courage to make peace. The German government can and must have it. It muet manifest that courage until the peoples on the other side sweep away the governments which can neither win victories nor conclude peace. . Further Effort Favored. The attempt must be made and if it fails through the obvious fault of oth ers, then we can go on with a good conscience until the next time and our soldiers will resume their march." LONDON, Dec. 8. An Amsterdam dis patch to Reuter's quotes the Berlin Vorwaerts as saying in reference to the salutes and bell ringings in celebration of the fall of Bucharest: Let us hope that all German news paper writers will not regard them selves as either gun or bells. Even if ustified in feeling proud we should remain moderate. The victory !n Rou mania is a victory of defense and does not open the prospect of dividing ths world among us and our allies. O ir enemies may suffer still greater de feats but will remain ctrong and can still, without appearing ridiculous, say hat although beaten tney are not con quered. They recognize defeat lut be- leve they must be eventually victorious. For this reason Sturmer was replaced by Trepoff and Asquith by Lloyd George. We yet dare to say, and if the governments dislike to hear it must shout it in the ears of the nations that we desire peace. PHI? m. -in of T$" : 1 I'- STAMPS DOUBLE on All Purchases in the Electrical Department Today 20 EXTRA STAMPS WITH THIS COUPON Use This Coupon JS ,"-3 t Bring tuis coupon A l ami get zo extra I ll JS f S- & H. T r a d i ng f Stamps on your t first il cash pur- ii imS i chase, ana aoume ance of purchase. Good on first three floors today. De cember 9. HELP OFfERED GREECE GERM AN V AND ATJSTRIA TENDER THEIR SERVICES. BERLIN, Dec. 8. (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) Further prog ress has been made by Field Marshal von Mackeneen's forces in their pur suit of the retreating Roumanians, it Is officially announced tonight. The statement reads: "Front of Archduke Joseph After the failure of the great relieving of fensive in the Carpathians, the Rus sians have only undertaken local at tacks. Yesterday they eeveral times drove against our lines on the Ludova and in the Trotus Valley. They were sanguinarily repulsed. "Front of Field Marshal von Mack ensen Our advance against and across the Buchareet-Ploechti line proceeded so rapidly that the Roumanians lo cated in the frontier mountains, in the Predeal and Altschanz passes had no chance to retreat in time. On their retirement they encountered German ana Austro-Hungarian troops, and, be ing pressed from the north, a majority of them already has been made pris oner. "Between the mountains and the Dan ube the pursuit is proceeding. The Ninth Army yesterday took more than 10.000 prisoners. "On the Alt the Roumanian forces cut off in Western Roumania met their unavoidable fate. Colonel von Szive, with Austro-Hungarian and German troops under his command, on Decem ber 6 forced them to eurrender. Ten battalions, one squadron and six bat teries, numbering 8000 men, with 26 cannon, laid flown their arms." (The I that - Y,) COLUMBIA: P L A victor, mi Ventzellat Prisoner In Athena Are Jeered as They Are Led Tbrongli Streets Tied In Foam. LONDON. Dec. 8. A dispatch from Switzerland, as forwarded from Rome to the Wireless Press, says Germany and Austria have offered their serv ices to Greece Jn opening land com munications if Greece declares war on the entente. A Reuter dispatch from Athens under date of Monday. December 4. says: "The Venizelist prisoners today were transferred from the Parliament House, where they had been detained, to the Averoff prison. They were led through the stadium street tied in fours and followed by a Jeering crowd." ATHENS. Dec. 7. via London. Dec. 8. The blockade of Greece ' begins offi cially at 8 o'clock tomorrow (Friday) morning. The members of the British naval mission have been ordered to embark on the Greek Trans-Atlantic liner King Constantlne. In response to the demand of the entente yesterday for an explanation of the movements of Greek troops, the government has explained that these movements have ceased. PARIS PRESS SATISFIED VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN GOVERN. MEXT IS APPROVED. Figaro, However, Obaerves Tnat Oppo- itftion Increased Greatly Between Two Secret Chamber Sessions. PARIS, Dec 8. The vote of confi dence passed by the Chamber of Depu ties yesterday is on the "whole well re ceived by the press, which expresses the hope that the measures promised in the resolution may be carried out speedily and energetically and above all thoroughly. The Figaro, which repre sents the temperate opinion and is well disposed toward the Ministry, says: "Bound by forced discretion, we can only remark, that the chamber was In a state of excitement and that in jpite of attacks which we can see from certain public utterances were leveled against the government, the majority of the deputies rallied around it and recorded their confidence in Premier Briand. "But we must also note that the minority increased between the first and second secret session.. Last June the opposition to the Cabinet numbered only 97 voices. Today it numbers 160 The number of discontents or impatients has doubled. The government of Indiana has pro hibited the Importation of sulphur CHILD TO BE TOPIC TODAY Civic League to Hear Ir. Slingerland at Multnomah Luncheon. Members of the Women's Political Study Club and various other organiza tions in the city have been invited by the Civic League to attend its pro gramme on "Child Welfare," which will be held at the luncheon at the. Multno mah Hotel at noon today. The programme of local speakers. which was set aside because of the op position of the Federation of Women's Clubs, has given place to a. programme n which will appear one of the most prominent child-welfare authorities in the United States. Dr. W. H. Slinger land. Bishop W. T. Sumner will be the other speaker. LOSS. IN AIR IS HEAVY Germans Say They Lost 31 Planes, Foe 71, In Xovemben BERLIN, Dec. 8. (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) "Although the weather for the most part was unfavorable for our aerial forces, great successes were gained in November also," says an of ficial statement given out today. "Our losses were 31 airplanes in the western, eastern. Roumanian and Balk an war theaters. Our enemies lost 71 airplanes in aerial fights, 16 snot down from the ground and seven by In voluntary landings, eo that the total enemy, loss was 94 airplanes. Of these, 42 are in our hands and 52 were seen to fail down behind, the lines." SUBSTITUTE PLAN SOUGHT (Continued From First Page.) and in the meantime labor leaders, em ployers and the President can be car rying on their negotiations. If no substitute plan can be agreed upon, the Congressional machinery will be ready for rushing the President's programme, in whatever form he mav aesire, to a speedy vote. 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She entered the straits to attack Turkish batteries, and according- to an official Turkish an nouncement was damaged seriously and withdrew in flames. She was sent back to Toulon for repairs. CREAMERY APPEAL WINS Hazelwood Manager Held Not Guilty In Butterfat Test Case. rari shflliine-fr. noanasrer of the Hazelwood Creamery, was found not eulltv of under-readine the Babcock test for the determination of the per centage of butterrat In cream, oy cir cuit Judge Davis yesterday, on his ap peal from a fine of J75 levied by Dis trict Judge Dayton. W. M. Sanders, Jr., of Hermlston, was the complaining witness. He testified that, the readings or tne tiazeiwooa Cnrtmamr ahnw.t f rfl m 1.2 to 3.5 Dfir cent less butterfat than those of an other cream company. tie took vne matter before J. D. Mickle, State Food and Dairy Commissioner. Judge Davis held that the variance was a normal one, and did not hold that the creamery manager had vio lated the food laws of the state. PROTEST NOTE GIVEN OUT (Continued From First Pas.) the German government to deport from Belgium a portion of the civilian pop ulation for the purpose of forcing them to labor in' Germany, and is constrained to protest in a friendly spirit, but most solemnly, against this action, which is in contravention of all precedents and of those humane principles of inter national practice which long have been accepted and followed by civilized na tions in" their treatmept of noncom batants. "Interview Has Taken Flace. " 'Furthermore, the Government of the United States is convinced the effect of this policy, if pursued, will in all probability be fatal to the Belgian relief work, so humanely planned and so successfully carried out, a result which would.be generally deplored and which. It is assumed, would seriously embarrass the German government.' "The Interview has taken place." EFFECT OX RELIEF EXPLAINED Duke of Norfolk Says Germans Have Violated Understanding. LONDON. Dec. 8. The Duke of Nor folk, chairman of the executive com mittee of the national committee for relief in Belgium, today, gave the As sociated Press the following statement in regard to the effect the deportation of Belgians will have on the American relief commission: "The recent order issued by the mil itary governor of Brussels throws fur ther light on the German methods in Belgium. It requested the delivery without delay of lists of unemployed under threats of rigorous measures and in default of which the German author ities will themselves select Belgians to be transported to Germany. The lists which are demanded are those drawn up for the relief commission and the national commission. "This is directly contrary to the con ditions laid down by the allies and accepted by the German authorities at the outset of the negotiations in re gard to relief measures. On June 7, 1915, Lord Crewe (Lord President of the Council), writing to Mr. Page, tire American Ambassador in London, stated expressly that if the German authorities desire to use the machin ery of the commission and he national committee for the purpose of coercing the working population of Belgium to employ themselves against their own will and conscience, directly or indi rectly, in the service of, or for the benefit of the occupying army, they must themselves provide for the re lief of these bodies and all arrange ments between His Majesty's govern ment and the commission muet cease. "The condition was accepted by the GeBnan Governor of Belgium. who bound himself in express terms in a dispatch from Baron von der Lancken. civil Governor of Brussels, to Minister Whitloc'k on July 25. 1915. as follows: That the .Governor-General will not make use of the national committee to force the Belgian population to employ itself in the service of the German army contrary to the stipulations of The Hague Convention.' "That the lists of unemployed now demanded are those drawn up for pur poses of relief is admitted by the Ger mans The Noraaeutsche Allegemeine Zeitung, on November 19. says that the Belgian Municipality refused to supply the Germans with lists of unemployed in their districts, and which they had drawn up for the American Relief Com mission. In consequence, control hail at first to be extended to the whole population. "We also know that Counsellor Eche vinol, of Brussels, was arrested for re fusing to give up such a list. "On their own admission, therefore, the Germans violate the undertaking given by the German government in Belgium when they demand the use of the machinery of theAmerican Relief Commission for the purpose of forced labor and the refusal to give up the lists drawn up for'this commission is used to justify the transportation of others than the unemployed." Liquor Now Contraband in Arizona. PHOENIX, Ariz.. Dec. 8. The con stitut.onal pronibition amendment adopted at the November election be came effective tonight with the is suance by Governor George W. P. Hunt of a proclamation. Liquor now in the state, according to the law, be comes contrsbnnd. basis of statements that more than 100,000 persons had been deported to Germany and that the daily rate was nearly 3000. England later, in an offi cial statement, threatened the discon tlnuance of American relief work un less the deportations ceased. Information in the hands of the de partment contains press dispatches and statements of the Belgian and British governments showing that whole sec tions of Belgium have been systemat ically stripped of workmen. The note, with the department's statement making it public, follows: "On November 29, Mr. Grew, our charge at Berlin, was directed tp ob tain an interview with the German Chancellor and read to him the fol lowing: . " 'The Government of the United States has learned with the greatest concern and regret of the policy of NoOpiumin Chamberlains CoughRemedy There is not a particle of opium or other narcotic in Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It may be given to a child as confidently as to an adult. The great success that has attended its use in the treatment of coughs, colds and croup has made it one of the most popular cough medicines in use. The Spirit of Christmas THE spirit of Christmas is the spirit of service! 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