THE 3IOKXTXO OREGONIAX, TUESDAY. FEBIlTTAItY 27, 1917.
GERMAN JUSTIFIES
U-BOAT GAM
PAIG
Berlin Declared Willing to Quit
if British Will End Block
ade on Food.
INTENSE BITTERNESS FELT
TVofessor Delbrueck Complains That
Vnited States Did Not Insist
on Supplying Bread to
j Ton-Combatants.
BERLIN, Feb. 25. (By wireless to
the Associated Press via Tuckerton, N.
J.. Feb. . 26.) Professor Hans Del
brueck. head of the department of his
tory In Berlin University and aleo an
influential publicist, discussed the sub
marine situation today in answer to
the request of the Associated Press re
garding h(s views on the present cam
paign. "For the great hoay of the German
peoplee," he said, "the intensified sub
marine warfare has never been any
thing but a terrible weapon of defense
against the enemy's wanton breach of
the law. The British government also
has justified its .naval measures as a
reprisal against the Uerman measures.
' Teat of Good Faith Applied. -
"But the test of good faith was ap
plied by America to both the German
and English claims for acting only In
reprisal. The Joint note of February,
1915, asked both parties to forego the
practices. Germany responded to the
test by declaring her willingness; Eng
land refused. Had England accepted,
there never would have died a single
non-combatant by starvation in Ger
many, nor would any have lost their
lives on the high seas through a Ger
man submarine."
"Do you believe that the intensified
U-boat campaign would cease If Eng
land discontinued these illegalities to
which you refer?" Ilerr Delbrueck was
asked.
Blockade Also Frightful.
"We know that International com
merce will automatically resume Just
as soon as the unlawful British block
ade is raised," he replied. "The block
ade seems less frightful to you than
the submarine warfare; it is farther
away and less dramatic.
"If there had been any outlook for
peace on the lines suggested in Presi
dent Wilson's addrest, our decision
would have been different." Professor
Delbrueck continued, "but we were
confronted, under the entente terms,
with dishonor and dismemberment.
"The rights of non-combatants at sea
can only be respected if they them
selves respect their duties aa non
combatants. British merchantmen
have sunk U-boats by putting up sham
defenses and by misuse of neutral
flags. These have not been isolated
ncti, but are the results of a policy
announced by the British Admiralty. In
this manner some of our submarine
captains have paid witti."the loss of
their vessels and crews for their ef
forts to safeguard the lives of non
combatants. Feeling Toward America Bitter.
- "I feel that I ought" to etate very
frankly how the German people feel
toward America at this moment.
"They feel bitterness and feel that
they have been wronged. Hundreds of
thousands have lost fathers, husbands
and sons through American ammuni
tion. "In all wars the manufacturer of
arms and munitions have supplied the
belligerent nations, but the manufac
turers of arms are not exponents of
humanity. Never before were the in
dustries of peace of a country not a
belligerent in the war reorganized to
kill. Your people forged for our ene
mies these tremendously effective
weapons of death and we protested in
vain.
"Then we were to receive from you
hread for our non-combatants. Our
rnemiea interfered. You said their in
terference was illegal, but you did not
make your protest effective.
"Our people are asking with grow
ing bitterness the reason for this dis
crimination. Battle Will Be Fought Oat.
"Our people were told that the prln
. ciple of the freedom of ihe seas de
manded that the war on the seas should
be so conducted that non-combatants
on sea or land would be spared the
Bufferings of war. Thus our people
patiently looked on, month after
month, while a continuous stream of
American ammunition poured into
England and Russia unchecked by our
submarines.
"Now we are going to fight out this
battle. The German peoples had
wished that it might be fought out as
other wars had been between enemy
and enemy."
All Coal and Coke May Be Seized.
AMSTERDAM, via London, Feb. 36.
A telegram from Berlin says that it is
officially announced that the Bundes
rath has authorized Chancellor von
Bethmann-Hollweg to claim and. wher
ever necessary seize the whole produc
tion of coal, lignite, briquettes and coke
In Germany.
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removes cause. There is only one "BROMO
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Laconia, 18,099 Tops Gross,
Is Victim of . Submarine.
26 AMERICANS ON BOARD
Vessel Is Armed lov Defense but Is
Kot Warned and Has 'b Oppor
,'. tunity to VUse Guns One
Life Reported Ixjst.
Cont!nue5 From First Pave.)
was 6unK Dy a uerman suDmarine
Sunday nights One casualty, as yet
unidentified, was 'officially reported
by the Liverpool agents of the line
to officials here.
Names of American Passengers.
The names of the American pas
sengers and their addresses as given
by the line here and confirmed in part
by relatives in the United States follow:
Floyd P. Gibbons, of the Chicago
Tribune.
Mrs. F. E. Harris, wife of Lieuten
ant-Colonel Frank E. Harris, United
States Coast Artillery Corps, sta
tioned at Fort Du Pont, near Philadelphia.
Arthur T. Kirby, Cambridge, N. Y.
Mr3. Mary E. Hoy, Chicago.
Miss Elizabeth Hoy, Chicago.
Rev. James Wareing, registered
from New York, but said to be from
Norfolk, Va,
An American named W. White
Thatcher, of San Diego, ia said aleo
to have been a passenger in the second
cabin.
Crew - Signed in Pi'ctt York.
The Americana among the crew were
signed here to take the placea of ctliera
whose terms of service had expired or
who had failed, to appear when the uhip
was ready to sail. The men were re
cruited mostly from shipping offices
and gave New York and Brooklyn as
their places of residence. They were
stokers, coal trimmers, wipers and sea
men. While details of the cargo of the La
conia are withheld under a recent rul
ing of the Customs officials, it was
learned at the office of the company
that the following items were among
the principal commodities carried:
One thousand bars of silver, 40.000
bushels of wheat, 2843 bales of cotton,
140 boxes of fresh fruit, 3000 tons of
shell casings and other war supplies,
and 9000 tons of provisions. It was
positively declared by officials of the
line that there were no explosives on
board.
SOOO Bags of Mall Aboard.
In addition to cargo and passengers,
the Laconia carried 5000 bags of United
States and Canadian mail, 1300 sacks
of which had been transferred from
the American liner St. Louis.
The Laconia, when she left here, was
armed with om defonro gun, mounted
a't. The report that the ship was tor
pedoed at night and without warning,
indicates that there was no opportunity
to use the oeiens'e gun, according to of
ficials of the line.
The Laconia is tne second ship to be
sunk xf the former Boston-Liverpool
service of the Cunard line. A sister
ship, the Franconla. was sunk last Oc
tober in the Mediterranean, while in
the British Government service. Eoth
vessels were taken over by the British
Admiralty soon after the war began,
and the Laconia was for awhile used in
the service of the government as a
transport. She was only recently re
stored to her owners for commercial
purposes, and the trip on which she
was sunk was her third after coming
back to the service tor which she was
built. Several of the officers In the
steward's department were on the La
conia and were on the Franconla when
she went down. ,
Gross Tonnage 18,000. .
The registered gross tonnage of the
Laconia was 18,099, her length was 825
feet and she had a beam of 73 feet.
Designed lor hign-class passenger
trade, hr fittings were models of mod
ern marine architecture.
No steerage passengers were on
board the ship and those not Ameri
can were mostly English or Canadians,
many of the latter being on their way
to England to engage in Government
service, or returning to duty after
leaves of absence at home.
BROTHER'S SAFETY IV DOUBT
Eugene Man Informed Relative Was
to Have Sailed on Laconlu.
EUGENE. Or., Feb. 26. (Special.) J.
Frederick Thorne, of Eugene, several
days ago received a letter from his
sister in New York aaylng that his
brother,.J. M. Thorne, commercial agent
for the Belgian government, would sail
on the Laconia.
The letter did not say whether
Thorne, who is an American citizen and
resides in New York, was to make the
trip to or from America. As the name
Thorne does not appear on the pas
senger list of Americans, Frederick
Thorne believes his brother probably
ia still in London.
HOTS FORMERLY OF CHICAGO
Family Had Lived in London, but
Remained American Citizens.
CHICAGO. Feb. 26. Mrs. Mary E.
Hoy. who, with her daughter, Eliza
beth, 13, thought to have been lost when
the steamer Laconia was torpedoed. Is
the wife of Dr. Albert S. Hoy, of Lon
don. Mrs. Hoy and her daughter came
to the United States for a. visit last
December.
Friends. of the family in Chicago said
that although the Hoys had been in
England fot some time they retained
their American citizenship.
COAST IS REPRESENTED
SEVEN POBTLAXD EDUCATORS
KANSAS CITY CONVENTION.
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Northwest Delegation ( IS Jolrte
Throng Oregon Srenlo Attrac-.
tlons Are Exploited.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 26 (Special.)
The Pacific Northwest has a delegation
of 18 here for the superintendents'
division of the National Education As
sociation, opening tomorrow. Portland
representatives numbering seven ar
rived today and opened headquarters.
Each member of the delegation will
wear a rose throughout the week.
A Portland booth will be opened In
the convention hall. The city is over
whelmed with educators. An attendance
of 6000 ia indicated. Bleeping cots are
at a premium tonight, every hostelry
being packed.
"With Kiser'a art display in two good
museums, Lancaster's two lectures with
Columbia Highway views and films be
fore the Ad Club and the convention,
also D. C. Freeman's talk with the film
"When the Mountains Call." before the
transportation cTub. Portland's interests
are being well looked after.
Announcement of the National Edu
cation Association convention rate to
Portland in July of $67.D0 is enthusias.
tically received and promises a large
attendance.
The Northwest delegation paused an
hour in Denver last night, and were
entertained by an hour's drive over the
city by F. W. Hild, formerly of Portland.
Cougars Slain In Cellar.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Feb. 26 (Spe
cial.) rJack Gordon, an Upper Valley
rancher, killed two cougars this morn
ing under his back porch.
Attracted by the barking of his col
lie, Mr. Gordon, when he saw the ani
mals from a window, thought them
other dogs. On peering into the half
basement under the porch and receiv
ing a anarl from one of the big cats he
barred the basement door and lost no
time in getting his rifle.
Mr. Gordon shot at the glare of the
cougars' eyes and put bullets through
the heads of both. Mr. Gordon is HO
richer in bounty money and the value
of the skins.
Suffrage Lost In Delaware,
DOVER. Del.. Feb. 26. The Delaware
Senate today rejected the woman suf
frage amendment, 8 to 6. Three mem
bers were absent. Twelve votes were
required to pass the amendmnt.
SHIPS' GUNS' READY
Navy, However, Cannot Spare
Trained Gun Pointers.
ABOUT 100 MAY BE NEEDED
Men In Reserve Out of Practice,
Naval Militia Cannot Be Drawn
ViKjn Only Experts Can
Fight U-Boats.'
WASHINGTON. Feb. 26 Guns and
mounts sufficient to arm any reason
able number of American merchant
ships are now stored at Navy-yards, it
was said officially at the Navy De
partment today, following President
Wilson's appearance before Congress
to ask authority to provide weapons
and men should the need arise. Effi
cient gunners are lacking, however,
unless they are to be taken from active
ships, which can 111 spare them.
Naval officers pointed out that men
of special skill, trained to the minute,
would be required as gun pointers for
anti-submarine work. At best a U-boat
ia difficult to hit. as there la little ex
posed. Often a periscope, hardly vis
ible at more than a few thousand
yards, ia the gunner's only target,
lOO Ships Slight Want Cans. .
Recent figures show that 250 ships
under American registry are engaged
in trans-Atlantic trade, but it is esti
mated that not more than 100 would
apply for guns and take the risk of
crossing the German submarine zones.
There will be no difficulty in furnish
ing that number of vessels .with
weapons, but supplying trained gun
pointers for 100 guna would take Just
that many valuable men away from
fighting ships.
There are about 1000 men in the fleet
reserve, of whom approximately 100
were trained gun pointers when they
left active service. Most of them are
older men. and none has had any re
cent practice in gun pointing. It is
said that no sufficiently expert point
ers for work on merchant craft could
be obtained from that source, although
some ammunition tiandlers and other
members of gun crews might be ob
tained. Only Half of Iteaerrlata Trained.
Of the 1000 reservists, about half
have been drilled in gun handling,
other than pointing.
The available guns range up to six
inch caliber. Most of them are old
models, but have ample- range and
power for the work desired. Range
and rapidity of fire ere vital factors
in anti-submarine operations. It is im
portant that the underwater craft be
assailed before she gets into good tor
pedo range. The majority of cases re
ported show this to be 600 yards or
less, and the skill of the gunners
should be auf ficient to make it dan
gerous for a U-boat to show herself
at 6000 yards.
The naval mllltla, more than 000
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gunners because of its militia statu a.
The terms under which the men could
be called out .for active service are
limited by the Constitution to sup
pression of Insurrection, repelling In
vasion and enforcing the laws.
Jn addition to guna now held in re
serve at Navy-yards, the Navy Depart
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hastened to completion for need aboard
merchant craft, but there ia no pres
ent indication that they will be needed.
AUTHORITY FORM DEBATED
Bill Introduced in House Embody
ing President's Suggestion.
WASHINGTON. Feb. S After con
ferences with Democratic and Repub
lican leaders. Chairman Flood, of the
House foreign affairs committee, in
troduced a bill today authorising the
President to arm merchant ships and
use "such other instrumentalities as
necessary" to protect them on the
high seas and providing for a special
bond issue of S100.000.000.
The bill was referred to tha com
mute, which will consider it tomorrow.
At the same time the Senate's foreign
relations committee will consider the
President's tentative draft of a aim
liar measure, submitted by Chairman
Stone.
Introduction of the bill in tha Housa
embodying the President's suggestions
followed numerous conferences on the
subject between Senate aud House
leaders.
Republican member of the foreign
relations committee let it be known
that when the committee meets to
morrow they will seek to modify the
measure In several particulars. They
want to eliminate from the first clause
the qualification to the authorisation
to the President for arming merchant
ships, reading, "should it In his judg
ment become necessary for him to do
so." and to direct as well as empower
the arming.
The second clause, which would em
power the President "to' employ such
other instrumentalities as may in his
Judgment and discretion seem neces
sary." they will seek to modify aud
make more specific.
Some of the Republicans object to
the provision leaving arming of ships
to the President's Judgment, because,
they declare, this form of expression
implies that the emergency for arm
ing of ships does not yet exist, when
they believe that it does now exist
and has existed for some time.
Many of the minority say there can
be no criticism of the President for
asking broad powers in the emergency,
because there are many precedents for
It in the history of the country. Au
thority was given McKlnley to employ
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broad po-vers and methods before the
Spanish War, the Republicans admit,
but they say that this situation is more
grave than that which confronted the
country in 1898.
What Senator La Follette will do is
disturbing Administration leaders, who
would like to have the bill passed at
once. They fear that he may conduct
a filibuster against it. even should it
be modified to meet objections of all
other Senators.
Senator Simmons, one of the Demo
cratic leaders, said tonight he feared
the Republicans would filibuster on the
measure to the extent of forcing it over
March 4.
Most of the House Republican lead
era were extremely reticent about dis
cussing the President's speech. The
most generally voiced objection was
against giving him the right to "use
other instrumentalities" not clearly de
fined. Virtually no objection was heard
to his proposal to protect merchant
ships. Most of the demands In the
House have come from the Republican
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