TITE THOItXTXG OHE.GOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2J, 1917.
WILSON TO AWAIT
POPULAR VERDICT
Peace Plans Again at Tempor
ary Standstill, but Sen
ators Will Debate.
GERMAN TERMS UNKNOWN
Authoritative Statement That Ber
lin Has Not Made Confidential
Statement Is Made to Set
Humors at Rest.
' WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. Opportunity
for open discussion of President Wil
son's sensational peace address will
come in the Senate tomorrow through
consideration of a resolution by' Senator
Cummins proposing- that all of next
week be set aside for full debate on the
subject.
Whatever may be done with the reso
lution eventually, before the day is
over there probably will be many
speeches voicing the favorable and un
favorable opinions of the President's
course expressed in the cloakrooms and
corridors of the Capitol since yester
day. Protracted Discussion Opposed.
While Administration spokesmen say
there is no desire to prevent a discus
sion in the Senate there will be deter
mined opposition to any protracted talk
that would interfere with progress on
legislation, which every effort is being
made to dispose of before the end of
the present short session. Senator
Stone, in opposing immediate consider
ation of the Cummins resolution, de
clared that to set aside a week for
speeches and opinions was out of the
question.
So far as any further step In the
movement for peace is concerned, the
President is understood to feel there is
nothing to be done at this time. He
has submitted to the Senate, and,
through American diplomats abroad, to
the world. the conditions under
which he believes the United States
would Join in. a world league to pre
serve peace In the future. Now he
waits for' the verdict abroad and at
home.
German Terms Unknown.
To set at rest one cause for various
rumors of other acts contemplated by
the Government, it was Bald authorita
tively today that Germany had not fur
nished or offered to furnish to the
President a confidential statement of
her peace terms. It was allowed . to
become known that the text of the
President's address to the Senate was
forwarded to American diplomatic rep
resentatives without Instructions and
unaccompanied by any communication
that would require responses from for
eign governments.
In diplomatic quarters there was a
tendency to believe that some of the
belligerent nations would find a way
to comment formally on the address.
Even if this is not done, the opinions
of the governments undoubtedly will
reach Washington informally.' through
diplomatic channels.
European Comment Interesting. -
Early press comment from Europe
was viewed by the Administration with
the utmost interest, and that - of tl.s
French papers particularly was In gen
eral more appreciative and sympathetic
than had been expected. The French
comment was construed as meaning
that France fully understood the
President's motives, even while dubious
of the immediate practicability of his
proposals.
The English press comment was dis
appointing at first glance, as officials
felt there had been an undue criticism
of President Wilson himself instead of
a serious study of his address.
LABOR PARTY CHEERS IDEA
British Speaker Interrupted "With
Cries About Ireland.
MANCHESTER, Jan. 23 At the
opening session of the annual meeting
of the Labor party here today en
thusiasm was displayed when George
J. Wardle, Labormember of the House
aid president of the party, mentioned
President Wilson's name in connection
with peace. The speaker was inter
rupted several times by cries from dele
gates of "What about Ireland?" and
"What about Russia?"
"Recently." said Mr. Wardle "In his
speech, "there were put forward over
tures for peace, but the Germans used
the language of victors and 'assumed
the role of dictators. Since then Presi
dent Wilson (at this point many of the
delegates rose and waved hats and
handkerchiefs and cheered -the mention
of President Wilson).
"We shall know better before the end
of the conference what this means."
continued Mr. Wardle. "We are fight
ing for the free development of the
people (cries of 'What about Ire
land?') Germany has, not renounced
her war aims (A voice: 'What about
Russia?'), and until she does peace is
Impossible."
PRELIMINARY STEP SUGGESTED
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Barrett Says Monroe Doctrine Most
First Be Pan-American.
CHICAGO. Jan. 13. President Wil
son's suggestion of a world-wide lion
roe doctrine was the subject of re
marks by John Barrett, director of the
Pan-American Union, at a banquet of
the Chicago Credit Men's Association
here tonight.
"As this would be an unprecedented
and extraordinary step forward in In
ternational relations, it can, if " ever,
onlv be accomplished throusrh a series
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LINCOLN QUOTED BY BRITON,
ANSWERING WILSONS PROPOSAL
Europe Told in 1861 It Could Reach Aim More Easily by Helping to Crush
Rebellion President Asked What He Eas Done to Entitle Hint to Voice.
LONDON. Jan. 23. The Morning
Post describes President Wilson's'
speech as "full of "noble aspira
tions and amiable sentiments,"", and
declares that the belligerents fell the
desire for peace at least as much as
do neutrals.
"It is only when we get down to the
question of how peace is to be attained
and maintained," says the Post, "that
we might find ourselves In disagree--ment."
The paper proceeds to analyze at
length . the . President's statements,
meeting them with counter statements
and appealing to incidents of American
history. In support-of the latter. It
says:
"According to President Wilson's
logic it would have been better fo. Lin
coln to have met the southern leaders
upon the ' field, shaken hands and
agreed upon peace.
Spanish War Analogy Drawn.
"When the war between Spain and the
United States was still unsettled, would
Americans have been satisfied if the
European powers had intervened and
said: 'You must make peace without
victory, because any other. peace would
leave the sting of resentment and a
bitter memory."
"In both of these cases Americans
would have replied, and did reply, that
the war must be fought to a finish
until the vanquished accepted the vic
tor's terms.
"Upon first Impression the Presi
dent's scheme- does not fill us with any
sanguine hope. We remain still of the
opinion that a permanent peace can be
obtained only by the defeat of- Ger
many. We would even say to . Presi
dent Wilson what Lincoln said to
Europe at the end of 1861: 'I am quite
sure that a sound argument could be
made to show them that they can
reach their aim more readily and easily
by aiding to crush this rebellion than
by giving encouragement to It-'
Wilson Invited to Help. "
"In other words. If the President
desires to end the war, let him come In
and help us end It. He will then have
the opportunity of fighting for liberty
and those other great principles which,
as we have always been taught to be
lieve, Americans hold dearer than life
itself, but If his enthusiasm for these
principles will not carry him so far,
his next best course is to leave it to
the allies to secure them for the world
by the only way in which they can be
secured, t" at is to say, by victory."
The Globe, asking President Wilson
what he had done "for Justice and hu
manity, for the rights of the weak or
the honor of the strong that you should
now presume to- school us in the mighty
conflict -to which we are committed and
from which you most carefully have
held aloof," says he did not protest
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Lusitania was torpedoed.
Wilson Twitted With Note-Writing.
Continuing, the newspaper says:
"And then you wrote a second note
and then a third, because you were
seeking the suffrage of electors in
whose ears the last cries - of their
drowning countrymen were smothered
beneath the tinkle of piling dollars.
"You did not dare resent the piracy
of lesser but still forward steps In In
ternational co-operation," said Mr.
Barrett.
"The first of these."" he continued,
Is to make the Monroe doctrine a Pan-
American doctrine. Until it has be
come Pan-American It can' hardly be
come pan-mundane. When it has be
come thoroughly Pan-American it will
have a moral and material . force and
nternatlonal significance which it has
never heretofore had, but will inspire
all nations to consider the acceptance
and extension of its fundamental prin
ciples qt protection to the' integrity
and sovereignty of independent nations
large or small."
Poles Express Gratitude.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23. The Polish
National Defense Committee, In conven
tion here, sent to President Wilson .to
day a memorial expressing "the great
est joy and deepest gratitude" because
of his reference to an independent
Poland In his speech before the Senate
yesterday.
OWYHEE PROJECT DROPPED
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Secretary Lane Decides Not to Rec
ommend Appropriation.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 23. Secretary Lane, after
further conference with the reclama
tion service today, decided . that inas
much as the Malheur irrigation project
in Oregon Is to be financed by a
bond issue and as the reclamation fund
is low, he will not recommend any
appropriation this session for starting
construction of the Owyhee project.
but will ask that an appropriation of
00.000 a year for three years be made
out of the reclamation fund to build
the King Hill project, Idaho.
This decision means that .Oregon
will get no appropriations for recla
mation this session, save for the
Umatilla and Klamath projects.
BRITISH HOSTILE, TO PLAN
(Continued From First Pag-e.)
terest. Several British publicists, not
ably L. J. Maxse, editor of the National
Review, suggested recently that Ureat
Britain Is entitled to a weighty voice
In any international movements In the
American hemisphere because of the
growing importance of Canada as one
of the foremost nations of that hem
isphere.
Labor Indorses War Cabinet.
The voice of the silent masses" upon
the war was heard in the labor party
conference at Manchester today when
it indorsed the action of the labor mem
bers of Parliament who entered the
War Cabinet by a vote of more than
6 to 1.
Most of the small substratum of sen
timent favoring a conciliatory policy
toward the central empires Is to be
found among labor unionists and a
small group of intellectuals.
The Central News says that undoubt
edly the manifesto has developed, a sit
uation of extreme delicacy. It adds
"Whether or not It was expected by
the allied diplomats in London, it came
as a bombshell to those outside the of
ficial circle, and no amount of Presi
dent Wilson's 'plain English" will con
vince the rank and file of the members
of the Parliament or the man in the
street that it has no dire-t bearing
on the immediate facts of the war.
Dignified Protest Suggested.
"It is not doing the President an injustice-
to say that whatever may have
been the lofty motives of hl speech.
the average British member of Par
liament and his constituents regard It
as an ill-timed interference In matters
which can only concern the United
States when the time comes for a set
tlement of the basis of international
peace. ,
"The extreme opinion, which, in fair
ness. must be stated. Is that the Presi
dent is selling the allied cause to Ger
many. The calmer view urges a dig
nified protest to the President to keep
out of the ring till -the great round -i
over. - ,
and murder and now, forsooth, we who
have given our best and bravest by the
hundred thousand, treasure by the
thousand million to save the world, we
must at your bidding lay down our
arms and dream with you your foolish
dream of peace. r. . .
"You and the great Nation whose
Chief Magistrate you are stirred no
finger to save public law from being
violated. You may say and say truly
that the United States had not the
power. How then can you ask us to
trust our lives and liberties, the future
of our race, the safety of our empire
and the destinltles of all mankind to
the flimsy guarantees with which you
would buckler the peace of the world?
Knemy Respects Force Only.
"The men who tore up the scrap of
paper; the men who laughed at your
notes and sank fresh ships while you
were thinking of fresh phrases, will
respect force and nothing else."
The Westminster Gazette says:
"The ideals which the President sets
before us are so remote from Prussian
militarism that their realization neces
sarily carries with It extinction of Ger
man tyranny. His general idea of a
world at peace with a reign of law
established, and all nationalities, great
and small, living in freedom and secur
ity Is such that he can only gat what
he wants if we at the same time get
what we want."
The Standard refers to President
Wilson's speech " as astounding and,
speaking of German claims of victory,
continues:
"In other words, mediation is prema
ture and if persisted in could be inter
preted only as a desire to help the
party which already claims to have
won. Moreover. It is not clear by what
title, legal or moral. President Wilson
assumes that he has some right to
shape the destinies of the European
continent.
Move Regarded as Pro-German.
"He did not protest against the In
fringement of The Hague conventions.
He has never expressed the smallest
sympathy with the sufferings of
France, Belgium, Serbia or Poland. We
have heard his voice raised on behalf
of suffering humanity only since Ger
many seemed visibly on the decline.'"
Lord Northcliffe, owner of the Times,
the -Daily Mail and other newspapers,
said:
"Our democracy la excessively puz
zled as to why President Wilson does
not begin by pacifying little Mexico.
"We are all for the limitation of
armaments. We had not much more
of an army than the. United States be
fore the war and had offered the Ger
mans to reduce our invincible navy,
without effect. Our democracy is all
for peace. But the horrors of Armenia,
Serbia and Belgium and the enslave
ment of French and Belgian women,
now taking place." does not encourage
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wjtn us an atmosphere such as that or
the White House.
"The presence of Americans In the
allied armies here who know the facts
Is - some proof that the President's
laudable attitude Is not shared by those
who are olose to the situation.
"I regard the President's misunder
standing of the situation as due to Ger
man propaganda and geographical de-
sire."
MRS. DIGGS PROTESTS
HUSBAND NEVER WHITE SLAVER,
WOMAN DECLARES.
We Were of Age and We Went for
Reasons Not Immoral," Says. Wife
In Formal Statement.
OAKLAND. Cal., Jan. 23. Mrs
Maury I. Diggs. known to the world
as Marsha Warrington, the girl Diggs
took to Reno, fcev.. Issued a signed
statement here today giving her view
of the decision of the United tSates
Supreme Court, affirming the convic
tion of Diggs and F. Drew Caminetti
under the Mann white slave act. tiince
their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Diggs have
lived quietly here, and Diggs has built
up a considerable business.
We are defenseless before this sen
tence," Mrs. Diggs said in her state
ment. "If infractions of the moral
code were punishable with prison terms
we would accept this. Judgment as eml
nently just. We do not wish to make
any extenuation of our mistake. But
we are not punished for the act which
we have confessed. My husband is
punished for a crime he did not com
nut. - He is not now, and he never was,
a white slaver. We were of age and
went for reasons not immoral. There
was no compulsion.
"We do not think we have been given
an equal chance. The sentence carried
out at thts late day can benefit no one.
We are already broken In fortune and
reputation, in family, in spirit. Prom
this punishment there is no escape.
And it is enough."
CANADIAN TROOPS WIN
SUPERIORITY OVER GERMANS IN
TRENCH WARFARE ASSERTED.
Continued Activity of Artillery and In
fantry Said to Have Weakened
Enemy' Morale.
OTTAWA. Ont. Jan. 23. The Cana
dian troops fighting in' Prance have
gained a marked ascendancy over the
Germans In trench warfare, according
to an official communication received
from London. The message reads:
"The past week has been one of nor
mal trench warfare. Normal trench
warfare of today, however, is very dlf
ferent to the normal trench warfare
of a year ago. Everywhere the 1
cendancy of our tVoops over the enemy
Is most marked. The evidence -of
prisoners Is the most eloquent test to
the ascendancy of our patrols, while
bombardments of the enemy's lines.
which a year ago wouldi have merited
a detailed description as Important,
are today affairs of almost daily oc
currences.
"This continual activity of our ar
tillery and infantry has undoubtedly
weakened the morale of the enemy
and is paving the way for victories to
come."
M0NTANAN ADMITS FRAUD
Ben Phillips Fined $1500 and Gov
ernment Gets Back Land.
HELENA, Mont, Jan. 23. Ben Phil
lips, owner of extensive property In
Phillips County, which " Is named for
him, pleaded ' guilty In Federal Court
here today to a charge of conspiring
to defraud the Government xut of public-land
and was fined. $1500 and costs.
The charge was brought eight years
ago and has been continued from time
to time since that date. The conviction
of Phillips will turn back to the Gov
ernment valuable land. He is one of
the wealthiest men in Phillips County,
-and also has large Interests in Oakland,
Cal., where he maintains a residence.
BRITISH DEMAND
6ERHJUI DEFEAT
Public Men Say Wilson Is In
spired by High Ideal, but
Does Not Understand.
GENERAL AIM AGREED TO
Suggestion Made That President
Thinks War -Will End in Stale
mate Anyway and Desires to
Save Slaughter in Spring.
LONDON, Jan. '23 Baron Sydenham.
former chairman of the British -air
board, said with, regard to the Presi
dent's utterances'.
"The strength of President Wilson's
address lies in the high ideal by which
it was Inspired. He sees, as In a vision,
a new world In which there shall be
no preparation for war but a solid
union of all peoples acting in the com
mon interest.
'That is an Ideal In which all right-
thinking peoples of all countries can
share. Mr. Wilson claims to speak for
the mass of mankind In the old world.
which sees death and ruin everywhere,
but he absolutely ignores the passion
ate resentment that the allied peoples
of all classes feel toward the power
which has crowned its long career of
calculated aggression by forcing Eu
rope into an abyss and by waging war
with unparalleled brutality on the seas
and land.
German Defeat Demanded.
Unless Germany Is defeated not one
of"Mr. Wilson's demands can be ful
filled and his roseate vision' will fade
Into oblivion. Reparation, and restitu
tion to France. -Russia, Belgium. Ser
bia and Montenegro are possible only
If Germany acknowledges defeat. Can
President Wilson really believe the
union could have been maintained if a
victory had been denied the Federal
armies T'
Professor Gilbert Murray, reglus
professor of Greek at Oxford Univer
sity, said:
President Wilson's address Is most
Important and welcome. Of course, the
settlement he -requires expresses an
ideal to which we should approximate
rather than to which we must comply.
There will be need for much definition
and perhaps compromise before all his
requirements can be translated into
fact-
Brltlah Ideal Stated.
"But in essentials it Is our ideal he
has stated. These ara the exact ends
for which Great Britain In 1914 took
upon herself - the gigantic burden of
this war and for which we are pre
pared still to use the utmost of our
strength. .
no consider a .victory necessary;
but neither the people nor the govern
ment of -Great Britain has ever de
manded or desired to Impose peace by
victory in the sense which the Presi
dent deprecates. Our aim Is a victory
Of international rights and the defeat
of militarism."
Percy Alden, member of Parliament
and president of the Mayflower Club,
said:
We cannot help admiring the tone
and temper of the- President s speech,
even though we may not agree with
the position he takes. We have to re
member In criticising first, that he
cannot be expected to entertain the
same feelings toward Germany as
suffering belligerent like Great Britain,
and secondly, that he is animated by a
sincere desire to save humanity from
the horrors of a fight to a finish." ac
cepting his own Interpretation of 'peace
witnout victory.
Crntral Powers' Boast Recalled,
"Does he really think the central
powers, which have not yet stated the
terms they would be willing to accept,
would have proposed negotiations had
they not believed themselves to be the
conquerors? Indeed, the preamble of
the German note boasted that the Ger
man armies everywhere were victori
ous.. I cannot conceive that the Presi
dent, if a born Belgian, would consent
to anything less than such a victory
as wouio discredit tne Prussian mili
tary regime. Without this, the future
seems hopeless.
"My own view of this Important
speecn is tnat it results from a con
viction on his part that the war may
and probably will end In a stalemate
and that' he desires witv all his heart
that it may be possible to stave off
tne siaugnter ana destruction of a
Spring offensive. The only conceivable
nope oi achieving his purpose Is to
give to the world, if he. has them. th
vjenaaD peace terms.
Both Sides Will Be Angered.
Nebraska State Journal We may ex
pect the immediate reaction to be an
ger on botb sides, especially among the
entente powers, for they have a long
score to settle ana nave not yet given
up their idea of punishing the nation
they hold responsible for the war. For
weeks we may apparently be farther
from peace than ever. But unless civ
ilizatlon Is to go down In the general
conflagration the nations must sooner
or later come togetlrer on some such
terms as were outlined at Washington,
Omaha Bee President Wilson hj
taken it upon himself to outline the
after-the-war policy be thinks we
should pursue. This declaration roust
be characterised as notable and per
haps epoch-making. The President's
plan Is substantially the plan of the
league to enforce peace" which ha
been earnestly advocated and hotlv at
tacked by men of sound patriotism and
sense of motive.
What seems to us" plain Is that, re
gardless of precedent and tradition, the
new situation, precipitated by th
world war, puts us where we have no
alternative but to take our part in the
readjustment of world-power balance If
we are to protect our interests. We
have been constantly exposed to being
drawn Into the present conflict and
after the war It will be only a question
of how best to safeguard ourselves
from being involved In possible future
wars.
Task Difficult for Old World.
Sioux City (la.) Journal President
Wilson has based his approval of the
principle of international community of
Interest In the condition that world
politics shall be reorganized In har
njony with American principles. It is
more than likely this condition alone
will make it Impossible for the old
world powers to evolve a situation in
which the United States reasonably
could be expected to co-operate.
President la "Historical Pose."
Illinois Staats - Zeitung (Chicago)
President Wilson calmly gave vent to
great words, without any authority to
bring their Influence to bear. He also
is powerless from the standpoint of
might in a military or political sense.
We see Mr. Wilson today in a histori
cal pose, and probably for the last
time. v
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out convincing the American people.
Sacramento (Cal.) Union The Presi
dent makes no attempt to dictate the
terms on which the warring nations
shall make peace. . . ." He has sim
ply served notice on the world at large
of the kind of peace that the United
States will gladly Join In maintaining.
He has indicated plainly that the great
Republic founded on liberty of con
science and the consent of the gov
erned. Is loyal to Its ideals and will not
Join in the perpetuation of a peace
based on conquest. He has said that we
will not unite with the victor, any vic
tor, to hold the vanquished in subjec
tion. RADIO STATION COMPLETE
Most Powerful Plant In Hemisphere
Ready for Tests.
SAN DIEGO. Cal., Jan. 28. The new
naval radio station at Chollas Heights,
equipped with the most powerful send
ing apparatus on the Western Hemi
sphere, is complete, it was announced
today, and ready for official tests,
which probably will be begun the lat
ter part of this week. The Govern
ment has expended about $300,000 on
the plant.
While radio engineers say no abso
lute predictions can be made as to the
range of the new plant, it is expected
its signals will be read at a distance
of about 12,000 miles, under favorable
conditions.
The Government now has powerful
radio stations in operation at Arling
ton, Vsu, and Darien, Panama, and with
the completion of another .under con
struction in the Philippines will have a
globe-girdling radio service in opera
tion. NEW CHAMBER IS FORMED
Sheridan Forms Organization
to
Replace Defunct Club.
SHERIDAN, Or., Jan. 23. (Special.)
At a meeting of 60 or more business
men-last night the Sheridan Chamber
of Commerce took form with the fol
lowing officers: H. C. Smith, presi
dent; J. P. Thompson, vice-president; J.
B. Reese, treasurer, and G. W. Upshaw,
secretary.
The City Hall was chosen for the
meeting place and a campaign wilr be
started at once to get many farmers in
the surrounding country to become
members.
Some time ago the Commercial Club
died from want of aid and this new or
ganisation Is formed to take Its place.
Progress of the War.
rjlWO small naval engagements have
O. been fought in the North Sea be
tween British light cruisers and torpedo-boat
destroyers and German de
stroyers, the first time the naval
forces of the 'two belligerent powers
have met In combat since laet October.
An official report from London says
that in the engagement with the Brit
ish light forces "not far from the
Dutch coast." one of the German de
stroyers was sunk and the remainder
scattered. In the other fight, which
occurred off Zeeland. a British de
stroyer was struck by a German tor
pedo, killing three officers and 44 men
of the crew. The damaged craft was
later gunk by ships of her own flotilla,
Unofficial advices from Holland say
that from two to seven German ships
were sunk and others badly damaged,
and that ope of the latter was towed
Into Ymutden with 20 dead on board,
while 16 severely wounded were landed
by a Dutch trawler.
The most ' important announcement
concerning the fighting in any of the
war tones Is that issued by the Berlin
War Office, which says the Bulgarians
in. Northern Dobrudja have crossed the
southern estuary of the Danube near
Tultcha and have maintained them
selves on the north bank against
Russian attack. This brings the In
vaders closer t the Bessarablan fron
tier. Elsewhere In Roumania there have
been only small isolated engagements
by outposts.
On the Russian front In the regions
of Lake Kuggerion and near Kalnzem,
In the Riga sector, the Germans have
delivered attacks against the Russians.
Both attacks were repulsed, the latter
with heavy casualties, according to
Petrograd. In Volhynia the Germans
successfully carried out trench raids
against the Russians.
The fighting fronts In France and
the Austro-ltalian theater continue to
witness bombardments, spirited at
some placed, and small engagements.
German airplanes have dropped bombs
on Montdldier, France. Three air
planes have been brought down by
French guns, two of them In an aerial
engagement.
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FRENCH SEE ERROR
Wilson Held to Have Put Ene
mies on Same Plane. '
DISTINCTION IS URGED
Principles Declared Ideal but Im
practicable Paris Journal Says
Scheme Requires Sew Type
of Man to Succeed.
PARIS. Jan. 23. President Wilson's
address to the Senate is printed In full
in the most prominent place by all the
morning papers and comment as a
whole is sympathetic, but skeptical.
The Petit Parisien says:
"It seems that President Wilson, as
In his previous .note, has mistakenly
placed the states attacked and the ag
gressors on the same footing, when the
distinction was an easy one which he
was in conscience bound to make. With
that stipulation we can only subscribe
to the formulae which the President
sets forth as a basis of future peace.
None of his conceptions can offend
us. They are ours."
Force Hesjarded as A
The Matin says:
"In entire agreement with President
Wilson as to the principles enunciated
by him. we nevertheless shall believe,
until more fully informed, that there is
a portion of humanity upon which
these principles must be imposed by
force; for it would be erroneous to sup
pose they could be led to accept them
from conviction.
The Journal says:
"Mr. Wilson is obsessed with the
idea of inaugurating for the world s
golden age of universal brotherhood,
His whole message Is dominated by
noble chimera and that must be in
voked as an excuse in order to at
tenuate the impression which this ex
traordinary manifesto cannot fall to
make on the allied countries.
New Type of Mu Needed.
"Mr. Wilson's scheme is simplicity
Itself, except that it requires a new
type of man. Does Mr. Wilson Intend
to change human nature?'
Gustav Herve writes in the Vlctolre:
"What a pity it is this masterly page
of social philosophy Is marred and al
most disfigured by those three little
words: 'peace without victory.' "
The Humanlte says:
-rresiaent w uson nas set rortn a
great pacifist programme which re
veals to the world the same lofty In
spiration that dictated the note of De
cember 18."
Leading Frenchmen reserve public
expression of their judgment until they
have further studied the speech. The
Associated Press requested various
ministers and statesmen outside the
Cabinet for opinions, but without ex
ception they refused to be quotedV
Wondermeat Is Observed.
In the lobby of the Chamber of Dep
uties there was to be found, mixed
with admiration for the aspirations of
Presidents Wilson, considerable won
derment among the Deputies as to what
precisely the President desires the bel
Ugerents to do now, except to give
assent, in their public opinion, to the
principles enunciated by him, which are
designated as noble and which always
have been those of France.
A good many members of the French
Parliament were puzzled on th first
reading as to whether the address was
timely or whether it was intended to
Induce Germany to bring forward her
terms for comparison with those of the
allies, In which case, some of the Depu
ties say. It would have been supposed
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that the Amperlcan Government with
direct methods would have asked Ger
many specifically for her terms.
The French newspapers comment
freely on the President's speech, soma
of them praising the President's ideal
ism and some of them treating It as
not relevant to the present situation of
the belligerents.
BANK PRACTICE TO CHANGE
Substltutue for New Xork Drafts
Proposed by Federal System.
WASHINGTON. Jan. S3. Governors
of Federal Reserve banks are working
cut the details of a system of exchange
among member banks, through Federal
Reserve banks, designed to eliminate
to a large extent the practice of trans
mitting to distant sections of the coun
try drafts on New York, and to substi
tute drafts on banks situated in cities
to which the remittances are sent.
A favorable report on the proposed
system has been made by a committee
of governors, which met here today.
The present Intention Is to put the
plan into operation by the time that
section of . the Federal reserve law
becomes operative under which de
posits held by various banks in other
banks will no longer be classed as re
serves.
D. A. R. CHAPTER PLANNED
Several Eligibles - Discovered
In
Marshfleld and Vicinity.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) A movement Is on here to or
ganize a chapter of Daughters of the
American Revolution. The movement
was originated by Mrs. G. L. Dlndinger
and others and a short canvass found a
considerable number of eligibles la the
Caas Bay district.
Those whose family trees reach back
to Revolutionary days and whose an
cestors fought In the Rebellion include:
Mrs. Ethel Worrell, of North Bend;
Mrs: Catherine Stemmler, of Myrtle
Point; Mrs. A. B. Gldley, Mrs. Erroa
Torrey-Leyland, Mrs. C. R. Peck. Mrs.
D. A. JonCS, of Marshfleld; Mrs. Claude
Piper, of Coos River; Mrs. Edna Fahy,
of Coquille, and Miss Catherine Rosa,
of Bandon.
The repeal of the exclusion order
against the entry Into British Columbia
of "artisans and laborers, skilled and
unskilled," Is being demanded.
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