- - f.y THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY DECE3IBER 13, 191G. . ' -.-.1 RUSSIANS REJECT PEACE PROPOSALS Official Petrograd Views Offer of Germany as Effort to "Court Neutrals." NO SYMPATHY IS SHOWN Berlin's Desire Declared Also to T7p ift Hearts or Own People, Now Weary of War, and Prepare for Fresh Sacrifices. I'ETROGRAD, via London. Dec. 14. The peace proposal of the' central powers is regarded by the Russian gov ernment as "an attempt to court public opinion and encourage the people of oermany by appearing1 to put the re sponsibility for the continuation of the -war upon the entente allies." The proposal has been received by official Petrograd without an atom of sympathy. An official of the Foreign nice maae today the following: state ment, which has been Issued by the Semi-Official Petrograd News Agency: "The new appeal of our enemies is not their first attempt to throw on the entente powers the responsibility for the war they let loose. In order to obtain the support of the German people, who are tired of the war, the Berlin government many times has had recourse to fallacious words of peace, and has frequently. In order to ani mate its troops, offered prospects of an early peace. Peace Promised Previously. "It promised peace when Warsaw was taken, when Serbia was conquered, for getting that such promises unfilled would create profound distrust. "In its further efforts, which are similarly due to the same interested consideration, the German government is obliged to carry this question out side of Germany. All the world re rails these attempts, notably its ballons d'essai, which were sent up in neu tral countries, particularly the United States. "Seeing the inanity of such methods, which deceived nobody, Germany at tempted to create a peace atmosphere which would allow her to consolidate her aggressive and imperialistic ten dencies, while sowing discord between the allies, but seeking to make public opinion believe that separate pour par lers were in progress between her and the entente powers. There also were persistent reports of a separate peace. Proiioaalg Declared Insincere. "In view of the fact, however, that the allies with strong unanimity re pected all these attempts, our enemies had to think of a more serious plan. They today are making, in spite of their confidence in their military and economic power, an appeal to the Unit ed States, Spain and Switzerland, an nouncing their anxiety to enter into ne gotiations for peace. "The lack of sincerity and the object of the German proposals is evident. The enemy governments have need of heroic measures to complete the gaps In their armies. Germany is projecting a sort of serfdom In the guise of com pusory military service. The German government, in order to uplift the hearts of its people and to prepare it for fresh sacrifices, is striving to cre ate a favorable atmosphere with th following thesis: " 'We are struggling for our exist ence: we are proposing peace: it is refused us. Therefore, the responsi bility for the continuation of the war falls upon our enemies.' "The object pursued by Germany, however, is clear. She speaks of respect for the rights of other nations, but at the same time she has already intro duced into Belgium, Serbia, Montene gro and Poland a regime of terror and violence. As for the future, Germany has proclaimed an illusory independ ence for Poland; she proposes to divide Serbia between Bulgaria and Austria, economically to subjugate Belgium and cede to Bulgaria part of Roumanian territory. Time Is Held Unfavorable. "Everywhere the idea of the hege mony of Germany predominates. The latest speeches of Von Bethmann-Holl-weg show the true aspirations of the German government. But today, when the entente powers have proclaimed their unshakable determination to con tinue the war to a successful end and to prevent Germany from establishing her hegemony, no favorable ground exists for .peace negotiations. "Our enemies knew of the speeches of Lloyd George, Briand and Boselli and the statement of Trepoff ; they were therefore assured that their pro posal would be unacceptable. It Is so, not because the entente powers the friends of peace are not inclined that way. but because the peace offered by Germany Is a snare for public opinion. That is why the enemy governments carefully avoided mentioning the con ditions of peace. "We are sure that this new enter prise of the disturbers of peace will Ipad no one astray, that it is con demned to failure, like the previous ef forts. "The entente powers would assume a terrible responsibility before their peoples, before all humanity, if they suspended the struggle against Ger many s latest attempt to profit by the present situation to implant her hege mony in Europe. All the innumerable sacrifices of the allies would be nulli fied by a premature peace with the enemy, who is exhausted, but not yet brought down. "The firm determination of the en tente powers to continue the war to a final triumph can be weakened by no illusory proposals of the enemy." H-3 ASHORE; CREW ESCAPES (Conttnua from Firt Page) hull near conning tower. On reach ing for the line .Swanson los his grip and a sea washed him overboard. But the husky viking, a giant in strength and courage,. was not daunted. Soon he was back aboard the sub maripe, and. while the crowd ashore cheered, he clung to the slippery deck and made fast the line. Soon the breeches buoy was rigged and the work of rescue was begun. Every four min utes a man was landed, until at 6:15 the last man. Lieutenant Bogusch him self, was landed. Strata Tells on Men. The hours of tremendous physical and nervous strain had brought the men near to exhaustion. Surgeon Ixsngbaugh of the mother ship Cheyenne had landed a hospital corps ' and in a temporary camp ashore gave first aid. The heavy fog which hung over this part of the coast was partly respon sible for the wreck. First definite word came here In the form of a wire less message sent to the Cheyenne from the H-3 asking help. The Cheyenne failed to get the message, but as the result of quick action by the wireless station here a coast guard cutter, in command of Captain Ellison, started for the scene two minutes after the first word came, and a moment later the tug Relief was ordered to tne scene. In the morning hours the Cheyenne, mother ship of the fleet, nut Intn the first line of breakers in an attempt 10 approach the Jl-3, but was forced to turn back when she found that she nerseir was In danger. About noon a line was shot aboard the H-3 by tne coast guard crew, but efforts to pick up by those aboard the sub marine failed. Man on Shore Sees Wreck. "Walter Pratt, chief electrician for the Hammond Lumber Company, probably was the only man who saw the sub marine come ashore. About 8 o'clock he heard fog signals, and later, while working on a tank high in the air, through a rift in the fog caught a glimpse of the submarine floundering through the breakers, while the mourn ful signal of distress was coming from her direction. He reported it almost simultaneously with a little girl who had been walking on the beach and had seen the H-3 in the breakers. At almost the same moment came the wireless call for help. Harrowing scenes are described by those who were aboard the diver. NAMES OF OFFICERS A'D CREW O-V BOARD H-3. EUREKA, Cal., Dec. 14. The names of the officers and crew of the H-3 are as follows: Lieutenant Harry R Bogusch, commander; Lieutenant Eric F. Zemke, R. E. Scott, G. W. Wells, W. Robertson. . J. B. Rollins, Carter, R. F. Schmidt- bauer, W. C. Senst, L. Petersen, T. J. Scarvin, D. F. Stuart, G. Graffel, S. Gonzelites, W. E. Carter, W. J. Wyott, J. P. Traino. G. C. Walker. J. J. Burns, J. H. Blabon, J. IT. Anderson, J. K. Johnson, H. C. Fostget, C. L. Brown, G. R. Stewart, C. W. Rogers, J. Agraz. Before noon the batteries burst as a result of the constant pounding and rolling of the vessel on the beach. This drove all hands from the hull of the vessel and after a half hour's hard work. In the face of death from the fumes of chlorine gas, the conning tower was made safe by erecting bulk heads. There, clinging to whatever they found stable enough to give them a hold, the men huddled in the con ning tower and waited to learn whether life or death was to be their lot. Eureka Sees First Submarine. It was Eureka's first view of a sub marine, and a great crowd gathered on the beach to see the rescue. Thrill after thrill attended the work of rescue. Each man, as he was as sisted to his seat in the breeches buoy by Surfman Swanson, who remained aboard the H-3 until all but the lieu tenant in command had left, drew the attention of the crowd. At the signal the lifesavers ashore would pull, and from the submarine, now under water, now swinging In the air above the trough of some breaker, the man in the buoy would begin his journey to shore. There was not an accident in bringing all the crew ashore. Lieutenant William B. Howe, com mander of the Cheyenne, who took charge of the rescue work, sent a wire less message to Mare Island tonight ex pressing the belief that the submarine could be saved if the weather got no worse and asking that a Navy tug be sent to Eureka at once to help him In getting the stranded diver into deep water. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 14. Today's misadventure Is the third similar ex perience in which the H-3 has played the central part. She drove ashore on the rocks two miles south of Point Sur. on the California coast, June 29, 1915. and for some hours all on board were in grave peril. She was floated the following day. While having a local run in San Diego Bay January 21, 1916. the H-3 burled her nose in a mudbank and the ebbing tide left her lying on her side in the ooze. She. was stranded for 24 hours. BERLIN LOOKS FOR REPLY TO PROPOSAL Frankfurter Zeitung Says Offer Is Not Made as Victor, but to Seek Council. VIEWS ALTERED BY WAR PORTLAND BOY OX THE H-3 Fred Krlser Member of 11-3 Crew Through Missing the H-l. ASTORIA. Or., Dec 14. (Special.) Among the members of the crew of the ill-fated submarine H-3 when she left here a few days ago was Fred Krlser, a Portland boy. Krlser was a first-class electrician on the H-l, but missed that vessel when she sailed Monday for Coos Bay, as he was par ticipating in a football game. As a con sequence he departed on the H-3 the following day. Kriser was formerly on the subma rine F-4, which was sunk off Honolulu, but shortly before that disaster was transferred to the H-l. Inquiry Will Be Ordered. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 14. Admiral W. B. Caperton. commander-in-chief of the Paciflo fleet, said tonight he-would ap point a special board of Investigation to inquire into the stranding of the submarine H-3 as soon as he has re ceived an official report of the accident at Eureka. Contents of Teace Note Received by Soldiers at Front With Joy, Tem pered Later by Doubts as to Acceptance. AMSTERDAM, via London, Dec. 14. The Frankfurter Zeitung says it finds it difficult to believe that the peace proposal of the Central Powers will be answered negatively and pro ceeds to point out the manner in which both sides can begin negotiations. "It is impossible," says the newspa per, "that the' views of both parties should be similar as regards what con stitutes a suitable basis for a lasting peace, but there were times before the war when we appeared to be within an approximate distance of discovering such a basis. Of course, the war has altered much the views held concern ing all these things, but the difference cannot be insuperable and Germany and her allies do not consider them insuperable. Demand Not Made aa Victor. "If the entente governments are really pursuing the aim which they nave oiten announced to the world they must seize the opportunity to reconcile their aim with that of the central powers. Neither of the com bs tali 1 3 has collapsed and an adjust ment between them can take place only by agreement. "We do not demand or command as victors, but make a proposal and ex pect an answer and counter-proposals. The precise object of our proposal is to bring the belligerents to a conr.n.m council table, where the misunder standings can be cleared up." GERMAN HEADQUARTERS IN THE WEST, Wednesday, Dec. 13, via Berlin to London, Dec. 14. The German peace note was read at noon on Tues day to all the reserves and to the troops resting behind the front. Its contents were made known to the soldiers at the Iron! and on the way to or from tha trenches, through an nouncements on improvised bulletin boards. Soldiers' Joy la Tempered. 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Three Republicans Tt and Iu Pont and four Democrats Hustin, Martine, Phelan and Reed voted against the bill. Authnrlta tivo eta ovn An a i -. - w 4-i ci. v a ueen made that President Wilson Intends to veto the bill a second time because of a literacy test. In this event an effort will be made to nsn tha hin .v.. veto, two-thirds majority in each house ueing required. The bill passed the House last April by a vote of 308 to 87. more than a tu-n-tlii i-Ho i -1 . and the Senate vote today, if repeated U ui l uV ouj.xiuient to override an ex ecutive veto. Progress of the War. BOTH the German and Austro Hungarian notes concerning peace have been received in Washington and soon will be transmitted to the bel ligerents of the entente powers. No official intimation has yet come as to whether President Wilson will merely transmit the notes as received or an nounce to their recipients that the United States hopes that a discussion of peace may result. While Great Britain has not yet of ficially received tne proposals, her at titude and that of her allies with re gard to peace was reiterated in the House of Commons Thursday by Andrew Bonar Law, the new Chancel lor of the Exchequer, who said the entente allies required adequate repa ration for the past and adequate se curity for the future. A semi-official statement from Pet rograd regarding the peace proposals attacks the Teutonic powers for lack of sincerity and saya the firm deter mination of the entente "to continue the war to a final triumph can be weakened by no illusory proposals of the enemy." That there is to be no abatement in Great Britain's military preparations is Indicated by the unanimous vote by Parliament of an additional credit of 400,000,000. On the fghtlng -fronts everywhere, except - in Roumanla and along both banks of ,the Meuse, only bombard ment and minor operations are. be ing carried out. In Roumania the Danube army of the Teutonic allies now has crossed the Jalomltza River and all along the front the advance of the invaders continues unchecked. No details have come through as to French operations along the Meuse, ex cept a etatement in the Berlin official communication that the French have made advances on both banks of the river. Paris merely, reports bombard ments in these regions. Read The Oregonian classified ads. DEATH STILL IS MYSTERY Examination of Soldier's Stomach Gives No Clew. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec 14. (Spe cial.) The report of the examination of the stomach of Sergeant Joseph G. Sullivan, who was found dead In his bed about three weeks ago, was received at Vancouver Barracks today from the Letterman General Army Hospital at San Francisco. No trace of poison or other foreign substance which might have caused his death was found, and tha cause of Sullivan's death remains a mystery. Sullivan apparently was in good health, did - not use liquor . and was not addicted to drugs. There were no indications of violence and apparently he had died without the slightest strug gle. An Army board of officers was called to determine the cause of death, but a post-mortem examination re vealed no cause. SLACKERS TOLD TO REPORT Many Oklahoma Guardsmen Are Threatened With Prosecution. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.. Dec. 14. Orders for 135 members of the Okla homa National Gnard to report for duty immediately or be prosecuted as deserters were received today by Adjutant-General Earp from Colonel R. A, Brown, at Fort Sam Houston. Texas. These men failed to go to the border when the First Oklahoma Infantry went South. LISBON CONSIDERS CHANGE Coalition Cabinet Is Proposed, Parij Hears. PARIS, Dee. 14. According to Lisbon newspapers the formation of a Portu guese coalition cabinet is again being considered. 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OO.UU 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii nT: PROBE IS WELCOIfi Germany Offers to Let Diplo mats See Belgians. TALES HELD DISTORTED Berlin Says Enemies "Have Violated International Law In Treatment o Civilians, but. No Repris als Have Been Taken. BERLIN. Dec 14. (By wireless to Sayville, N. T.) Assertion that the action of the German government In the deportation of Belgians is abso lutely in accordance with the prinoiples of international law is made in the concluding; sections of Germany's reply to the inquiries of the United States concerning 'this subject as published in the Norddeustche Allgemelne Zeitung:. given out by the Overseas News Agency. These paragraphs available today read as follows: "The unemployed (Belgians) sent to Germany shall be distributed from cen tral receiving places established in Pallengradow, Cuben, Kassel. Meschede, Muenster, Soltau - and Wittenberg. Thence they will be sent to places where they shall be engaged in agri culture and industrial establishments. Of course they will be excluded from occupations to tfhich a hostile popula tion, according to international law, cannot be coerced. Investigation Is Welcomed. ' "If the American Government at taches Importance to it, a member of its embassy at Berlin will, with pleas ure, be permitted to obtain informa tion about the conditions under which these persons live by personally visit ing them. "The German government highly de plores that, by the slandering press campaign of her enemies, the condi tions explained above have been com pletely distorted In the United States. The German government also, and not in the least in the interest of the Bel gian population, would extremely de plore if by these distortions the highly beneficial action of the relief commis sion should be hampered in any way. "The German government finally feels obliged to point out the fact that the deportation of the German popula tion from parts of Germany and from German colonies occupied by hostile troops, especially the deportation of women, children and old persons from Eastern Prussia to Siberia, has, so far as known here, given to neutral states no . incentive to take steps with the respective governments similar to these now taken toward. Germany. Violation of Law Denied. "At all events, there could be no doubt that these measures are gross violations of the laws of humanity and of the' rules of international law, while, after the explanations given above, the German government is absolutely In accordance with these principles." The first part of the German reply, transmitted yesterday, said that tle German government believed the United States had been incorrectly informed regarding the cause and execution of the Belgian deportations and asserted that they had been carried out with all possible consideration and without harshness. STATUS MORE ENCOURAGING (Continued From First Psge the proposals. Whether they discussed the prospect of a neutral concert was not disclosed, but the Impression pre vailed that in the absence of a deci sion by President Wilson the subject was scarcely more than touched upon. Allies Reply Forecast. The change in the attitude of the en tente embassies, however, was regard ed as the most interesting development pointing to the probabl position of the allies. It was indicated that to avoid being placed in the position of flatly rejecting peace overtures without' knowing what is proposed, it was not improbable that, after mature deliber ation among: themselves, the allies wduld make reply, inquiring upon what basis a discussion was suggested. Such action by the allies. It was pointed out, would not bind them to a conference. The German view of the next prob able step is that a meeting of repre sentatives of all the belligerents should ba proposed for a general discussion of an approach to a basis for peace. German officials here repeatedly have expressed their conviction that, having gone that far, the movement would re sult in an actual peace conference. Inquiry Regarded as Proper. v The conviction of the allied diplo mats, on the other hand. Is that Ger many's terms, as outlined by the Ger man Embassy here, and as Indicated by the tenor of the German Chancellor's speech. are such that discussion would be fruitful of no conclu sion. But before approaching that stage, they seem to agree that an in quiry to the central powers for more information of their proposal wilt be proper., and that it will develop the ground for the next step. The German Embassy tonight au thorized the statement that it was cer tain, should representatives of the bel ligerents meet to discuss pace terms, that one of the most important sub jects for discussion would be that of limited universal disarmament. The German view is said to be that any peace would be worthless which did not make unnecessary armament on a scale approaching that which existed before the war. It was suggested that actual forma tion, as has been proposed in some league of nations to enforce peaoe, necessarily would have the effect to bring about a limited disarmament. The German Chancellor has said Germany would be glad to enter a league to prevent war. The German view further is in dicated as being generally opposed to international coalitions, as they have existedin the past, on the ground that such coalitions are opposed to the main tenance of peace rather than conducive of it. Today's press dispatches from Lon don conveying the broad information that the entente allies might insist upon aBelgium being indemnified as well as restored, aroused keen interest in Teutonic quarters, where it was in dicated that if indemnities were to be given those localities where damage has been done by war, Germany would have claims for damage in East Prussia, Poland and other places. Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, planned tonight to visit the State Department tomorrow or Sat urday to ascertain if possible the views of the United States and at the same time furnish the State Department with any Information in his possession It might require. IS'ote Sent to All Kentrals. A copy of the official text of the German note to the entente allies, it was learned here today, has been for warded through German agents in this country to all German representatives in -the South and Central American countries and China, with the request that they form ally present it to tho governments to which they are accredited. BAD-CHECK MAN PAROLED J. 31. Sa wards Given Chance to Rec ompense His Victims. HILLSBORO, Or., Dec. 14. (Special.) J. M. Sawards, who flooded Multno mah, Washington, Yamhill and Clacka mas counties with bogus checks, pleaded guilty to five counts and was sentenced to the penitentiary for one to three years on each count. Parole was granted on condition that he make res titution to the victims, who were mainly country merchants who cashed checks usually for $15 given in payment for small purchases. He- was taken from a train at Hillsboro after victimizinc; a Cornelius merchant. 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