Morning Oregonian., February 28, 1917, Page 3, Image 3

THE MORNING OREt pXIAIf, WEDNESDAY, FEBRTTART 28, 1917.
BERLIN PROTESTS
AMERICAN ATTITUDE
Timidity of Neutral Shipping Is
as Expected by German
. Government.
THANKS EXPECTED LATER
Food and Transportation Difficul
ties Increasing and Enemy Must
Grant Reparation, Says Von
Bethmann - Hollweg.
(Continued From Flrat Page.)
many and her allies to their enemies
to enter into peace negotiations. He con
tinued: "Their answer was more rudo and
more presumptuous than any sensible
person In our country or in neutral
countries could have imagined. The
effect produced by this document of
barbarian hatred and of insolence is
manifest to the whole world. Our alli
ances and our front stand the firmer
and the German nation is more united
and no less resolute than ever."
Effect on Neutrals Realized.
The Chancellor then turned ,to the
establishment of the barred zones
around England, France and Italy and
to the answers received from neutrals
to the communication made by the cen
tral powers. He said:
"W by no means underestimate the
difficulties caused to neutral shipping
and we therefore try to alleviate them
3 much as possible. For this purpose,
we made an attempt to supply raw ma
terials such as coal and iron, needed
by them, to neutral states, within the
boundaries of our sea forces. But we
also know that all these difficulties,
after all, are caused only by England's
tyranny of the seas. We will and
Bhall break this enslavement of all non
English trade. We meet half way all
wishes of neutrals that can be complied
with. But in the endeavor to do so,
we never can go beyond the limits im
posed upon us by the Irrevocable deci
sion to reach the aim of the estab
lishment of the barred zone.
3Teutral Thanks Expected.
I am sure that later the moment
will come when neutrals themselves
will thank us for our firmness, for the
freedom of the seas which w gain by
righting Is of advantage to them also.
"One step further than taken by
European neutrals has been made as
is known by the United States of
America. President Wilson, after re
ceiving our note on January 31,
brusquely broke off relations with us.
No authentic communication about the
reasons which were given for his step
reached me. The ex-United States Am
bassador here in Berlin communicated
only in spoken words to the State Sec
retary of the Foreign Office of break
ing off relations and asked for his
passports. This form of breaking off
relations between great nations living
In peace is without precedent in his
tory. "All official documents being lack
ing. I am forced, to rely upon doubtful
sources that is. upon the outer (Reu
ter?) office's version of the contents of
the message sent by President Wilson
on February 3 to Congress. In this
version the President is reported to
nave said that our note of January 31
suddenly and without previous indica
tion internationally withdrew the sol
emn promises made in the note of May,
1916. to the United States Government,
therefore, no choice compatible with
dignity and honor was left other than
the way which had been announced in
her note of April 20, 1916, covering the
case if Germany should not want to
give up her submarine method.
American Argument Protested.
"If these arguments are correctly re
ported by Reuter, then I must decided
ly protest against them. For more
than a century friendly relations be
tween us and America have been care
fully promoted. We honored them
as Bismarck once p-ut it as an heir
loom from Frederick, the Great. Both
countries benefited by It, both giving
and taking.
"Since the beginning" of the war
things have changed on the other side
of the waters. Old principles were over
thrown. On August 27, 1913, during the
Mexican troubles President Wilson in a
solemn message to Congress declared
that he intended to follow the best
usage of International law by a prohibi
tion of the supplying of arms to both
Mexican parties at war against each
other. One year later, in 1914, these
usages apparently were no longer con
sidered good. Countless materials of
war have been supplied by America to
the entente and while the right of the
American citizen to travel without
hindrance to entente countries and the
right to trade without hindrance with
France and England, even through the
midst of the battlefields, even the right
of such trade as we had to pay for
with German blood while all these
rights were Jealously guarded, the same
right of American citizens toward the
central powers did not seem to be as
worthy of protection and as valuable."
"They protested against measures of
England, which were contrary to in
ternational law, but they submitted to
them. Under conditions of thi3 kind
objection as to lack of respect makes
a strange impression.
"With equal decisiveness. I must pro-
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test against the objection that we, by
the manner which we withdrew the
assurances given in the note of May 4.
offended the honor and oignity of the
United States. From the very begin
ning we had openly and expressly de
clared that these assurances would be
invalid under certain conditions." ,
The Chancellor then recalled the
last paragraph of the note of May 4,
1916, which he read verbatim, the last
clause being: "Should the steps taken
by the Governmentiof the United States
not attain the object it desires, namely,
to have the laws of humanity followed
by all the belligerent nations, the Ger
man government would then be facing
a new situation, in which it must re
serve to itself complete liberty of de
cision." Liberty of Decision Retained.
The Chancellor then continued:
"As to the American answer given
to the German note. It was so abso
lutely contrary to what we in our note
had said clearly and without any pos
sibility of misunderstanding, that a re
ply on our part would have changed
nothing as to the standpoints main
tained by both sides. But nobody, even
in America, could doubt that already
long ago, the conditions were fulfilled,
upon which, according to our declara
tion, depended our regaining full lib
erty of decision."
The chancellor spoke briefly In regard
to the general feeling of the German
nation, saying:
"A hard Winter Is behind us, especial
ly for the poorer people. The difficulr
ties cf railroad traffic Increase and
the difficulties in supplying food and
fuel. Women and children became
heroes. At no time has the spirit of
love of country stood the test as firmly
in the midst of suffering and want.
'Gentlemen, since my last speech the
military situation has hardly been
changed. Everywhere our fronts are
made stronger and our brave soldiers
look with full confidence to their lead
ers who are accustomed to victory.
Morally strengthened by the scornful
refusal of our readiness for peace, on
our land fronts safely protected by the
genius of our supreme army com
mander, on our waterfront victorious
and many times more prepared than a
year ago for submarine war, we look
confidently toward the coming months
which as we hope will be followed by
the happy termination of the war."
Timid Neutral Shipping Cited.
"As is generally known," said the
chancellor, "we did not declare a block
ade, but merely established definite
barred zones within which every ship
has to count on immediate attack. That
isolated ships escape danger is there
fore self-evident. But that does not
change total success. That success we
shall be able to obtain partly by sink
ings, partly: by discouraging neutral
shipping, which already has happened
in the widest sense.
"Thanks to the incomparable bravery
of our submarines, we are fully willing
to await with full confidence further
developments, which will be on the In
crease." Speaking of relations with the United
States, the Chancellor said:
"I would fully understand It If the
United States, as a protector of Inter
national law, should have bartered for
its re-establishment in equal fashion
with all the belligerents, and if, desir
ing to restore peace to the world, had
taken measures to enforce the end of
the bloodshed. But I cannot possibly
consider it a vital question for the
American Nation to protect interna
tional law in a one-sided fashion, only
against us. Our enemies and Ameri
can circles which are unfriendly toward
us thought that they could point out
an important difference between our
course of action and that of the Brit
ish. England, they have satisfied
themselves, destroys only material val
ues, which can be replaced, while Ger
many destroys human lives, which are
Impossible to replace.
Force by British Unnecessary.
"Well, gentlemen, why did the Brit
ish not endanger American lives? Only
because neutral countries, and espe
cially America, voluntarily submitted
to the British orders and because the
British therefore could obtain their ob
ject without employing force. What
would have happened if Americans had
valued unhampered passenger and com
modities traffic with Bremen and Ham
burg as much as that with Liverpool
and London? If they had done so, then
we should have been freed from the
painful impression that, according to
America, a submission to British power
and control is compatible with the es
sential character of neutrality, but
that it Is incompatible with this neu
tral policy to recognize German meas
ures of defense.
"Gentlemen, let us consider the whole,
question. The breaking off of relations
with the United States and the at
tempted mobilization of all neutrals
against us do not t .rve for the protect
tion of the freedom of the seas pro
claimed by the United States. The
actions will not promote the peace de
sired by President Wilson. They must
consequently have encouraged the at
tempt to starve Germany and to mul
tiply the bloodshed.
" "Gains Ahead" Is Only Idea.
"We regret the rupture with a na
tion which by her history seemed to
be predestined surely to work with
us, not against us; but since our hon
est will for peace has encountered only
jeering on the part of our enemies,
there is no more 'going backward.'
There is only 'going ahead' possible
for us."
The Chancellor then Insisted that
England obviously endeavored to de
clare that' the use of the submarine
weapon was the greatest crime of his
tory, since, he said. England considered
herself the ordained ruler of the oceans
and the benefactor of humanity. He
recalled the opinion expressed on July
14. 1914, by Sir Percy Scott, to whom
he referred as one of the greatest
English authorities on naval history.
Sir Percy, he said, predicted a sub
marine war exactly as it had come
about during this war and declared that
no objection to it would be possible
on the grounds of law or morality. Sir
Percy, the Chancellor added, obviously
could not have considered that the
present submarine warfare would be
come the only German defensive
measure against the entente allies and
the British starvation blockade.
The Chancellor pointed out that this
British, starvation blockade was not
without precedent in English history.
Premier Lloyd George himself, said the
Chancellor, had protested in Parliament
against the cruelty by which the
British victimized thousands of in
nocent women and children of the
Boers. Lloyd George said that the death
rate among children below 12 years of
age was in those concentration camps
41.6 per cent; Joseph Chamberlain, then
British Colonial Secretary, admitted
that the death rate among children in
the Orange Free State was temporarily
05 per cent, the Chancellor recounted.
'These conditions," he continued,
"were the result of a systematic policy
of extermination under which women
and children were insufficiently sup
plied with food not perhaps because
there was a lack of food, but purpose
ly. The British at that time killed from
16.000 to 17.000 women and children,
out of 150.000. thus making 12 per cent
of them victims of barbarous British
warfare. But now Britain desires to
make victims of the women, children,
aged and ill of a nation numbering 70,
000.000 peopltf in order to force them
into submission."
Fireliouse Refereudum Fought.
OREGON- CITY, Or., Feb. 27. (Spe
cial.) Members of the West Linn City
Council tonight launched their cam
paign against the referendum Invoked
on an ordinance providing for a site
for a firehouse. The election on March
5 was called through the efforts of
James Downey, whose lot was rejected
by the Council as the site for the fire
house. Other meetings will be held
this week at which Coun.cilm.en will
peak,
LAST
DAY
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Last Day of the Month-End
BLACK SILK SALE
Offering the most fashionable weaves of the season. at the
lowest possible prices.
Taffeta, Messaline, Duchess Satin,
Peau de Soie
32-inch Taffeta, $1.09 35-inch Messaline, $1.19
35-inch Taffeta, $1.19, $1.29, $1.49, $1.55, $1.69
35-inch Duchess Satin, $1.39, $1.49, $1.89
35-inch Peau de Soie, $1.69 and $1.89
Second Floor.
Old English Initialed
, Salt and Peppers
Hand Decorated Initials From A to Z
35s Inches High
Of finest thin Feldspathic China, gracefully
shaped, having pure mat coin gold tops and
gold line at the base. Packed two pieces in a
box one salt and one pepper.
Today Only
Month-End Sale
39c Pair
Limit two pairs to a customer.
Sixth Floor.
Attention Every MAN!
Don't Miss This Month-End Sale of
FINEOVERCOATS
Of tweeds, worsteds and other popular fabrics. Coats that
will do service for now as well as for all next Winter.
Month-End Sale Price
$12.50
First Floor. Just Inside IVashinglon-Streel Entrance.
Crepe de Chine Bloomers
The' ideal bloomer for all-the-year-around wear.
In flesh tint. Made with elastic at the waist and
knees, and reinforced for extra wear. Of splendid
quality crepe de chine.
Month-End Sale $2.23
Fourth Floor.
C MorcKndi of of Merit Only"
. New Spring Neckwear
Of Georgette- Crepe and Organdy
Separate collars and collars with cuffs to match.
In the newest sizes and shapes, finished with lace
or hemstitching.
Enter the Month-End Sale QC .
at the special price of 7JC
First Floor.
All Purchases Made
Today
Charged on April 1st
Bills.
Cretonnes
Also radium cloth, mercerized repp
and chintz, in light and dark colorings
and a great variety of the- most attractive
designs; 36 inches wide.
Month-End Sale Price
29c Yd.
Fifth Floor.
Tapestry Brussels Rugs
Size 9 by 12 Feet
In Oriental patterns, with mitered cor
ners, the best inexpensive rug for service
and durability.
Month-End Sale Price
$10.95
Fifth Floor.
Fancy White Voiles
In an immense collection of the sea
son's newest corded, raised and fancy
stripe designs, others in crepe weaves
and seeded effects.
For 25c
Yard
Second Floor.
GLOVES
A Month-End Sale Clean-Up of
Broken Sizes and Broken Lines
Of fine imported and domestic
makes, kid. lambskin, capes, doe and
chamois.
Very Special $1.39
First Floor.
Leather Handbags
The newest shapes and styles of gen
uine pin morocco and long pebble grain
leathers. Silk lined and fitted with
hinged-in purse and mirror.
Month-End Sale
$1.69
First Floor.
Gold Top Jewelry
Brooches, bar pins, beauty pins, bar
rettes. cuff links, tie pins, lingerie clasps
and baby necklaces. In all the new de
signs. 50c
First Floor.
The Drug Department Offers
in the Month-End Sale
Bath Tub Soap Dishes
Nickel plated, nQ
very special. ,7C
Bathroom Glass Shelves
18 inch, complete with CQ
brackets, special J
First Floor.
Great 1 5 c
Notion Sale
White linen bobbin tape, 7
widths, 10 bolts for 15
Boned shaped belting, l'i tc
3-inch, white and black.... 15
Double marking initials, red
on white, 3 dozen 15
Silk crochet buttons, colors,
dozen for 150
Fancy Dress Buttons, gray
and brown, dozen 15i
Glass shirt waist buttons,
red, lavender, white, doz...l5
Ready-made Collar Bands,
all sizes, 4 for 150
Black and white skirt yokes,
sizes 24 to 30 150
Wooden Felt Pad Skirt
Hangers, 2 for 150
Hardwood Fairy Coat
Hangers, 2 for.... 150
Silk Hair Nets, with or
without elastic, 4 for 150
Clark's O. N. T, Mending
Cotton, 6 for 150
Invisible Wire Hair Pins,
long, black only, 3 pkgs. 150
Ready, made Buttonhole
Tape, black or white, yd... 150
Witchcloth, takes the place
of any polish, 2 for 150
Spring Models Modart Front-Laced Corsets fc 3 45
At a Most Exceptional Price for This Month-End Sale, Only . . . . 1
These models will give you the new silhouette, those semi-straight lines that are so much in
vogue. They are made of coutil and have the usual superior Modart trimming. Very low
bust style, with medium long hips and back, and elastic at the bottom of the back. In sizes
20 to 30. Fourth Floor.
Hand-Embroidered Models
Great Month-End Sale Offering at
Half Price and Less
Table covers, center pieces, infants and
children's dresses, rompers, children's hats and
caps, towels, negligees, night gowns, combina
tion suits, aprons, boys wash suits, parasol
covers, laundry bags, tie racks and many other
useful and ornamental pieces that have been
used for display purposes. Fifth Floor.
Just Received, the Very Newest
House Dress The Billy Burke
Which We Offer for the
- First Time Today
At $1.25
A straight style model, made with a small
yoke in the back and front from which the dress
hangs in graceful straight lines, held in place
at the waist with belt. The flat collar and
turn-back cuffs are finished with banding. Of
a fine quality percale in striped and figured
designs.
Colored Embroidered Nets, Novelty Printed
Chiffons and Novelty Laces, Very Special at
Fourth Floor.
69.
In a most wonderful assortment of all the new colorings. The chiffons show the new Persian
patterns in conventional and floral designs and are 40 to 42 inches wide. The laces include gold
and silver patterns on fine cream and white silk nets; also Chantilly and Maline laces in white,
black and two-toned effects. First Floor.
Month-End Sale of
LINENS
All Linen Damask, $1.19
Full bleached, pure linen, good
heavy quality, satin finish; 69 inches
wide.
Crochet Bedspreads, $1.75
Extra quality, honeycomb weave,
good medium weight, floral and Mar
seilles patterns, for three-fourths beds.
Pillow Cases, 22c Each
Made from extra quality full
bleached muslin with linen finish; 45
by 36 inch.
Odd Half Dozen Napkins
$1.25 to $4.89 Half Dozen
All linen napkins that have accumu
lated from broken sets and some are
slightly soiled. All qualities and sizes,
from the small breakfast size to the
large dinner napkin.
Scalloped Bedspreads, $4.25
Satin finish Marseilles patterns, ex
tra weight, fine weave, scalloped edges
and cut corners. For full-size beds.
Second Floor.
GOLD KILLS WOMEN
Mrs. and Miss Hoy Are Buried
at Sea, Says Consul.
FAMILY WARNING IGNORED
Effort to Prevent Trip Across Dur
ing Crisis Falls Xews Prostrates
Aged Husband and Father,
Who Is Civil War Veteran.
LONDON. Feb. 27. United States
Consul Frost at Queenstown has tele
graphed the American Embassy here
that Mrs. Hoy and her daughter died
of exposure and that their bodies were
buried at sea. Consul Frost's message
read:
"Mrs. Mary Hoy and Miss Elizabeth
Hoy, passengers on the Laconia, died
from exposure, Their bodies were
buried at sea.'
Mrs. Hoy's husband. Dr. Albert H.
Hoy, who is a Civil War veteran, and
her son, Austin T. Hoy. reside in Lon
don. The latter called at the embassy
this morning and received a copy of
the message from Consul Frost.
So far as the embassy knows, these
two were the only Americans lost on
the Laconia. The embassy's list of
American passenger survivors follows:
F. P. Gibbons, Chicago Tribune: Mrs. F.
E. Harris, wife of Colonel Harris,
u! S. A.; A. T. Kirby, New York, and
Rev. Joseph Wareing. Baltimore.
Austin Y. Hoy resides here as repre
sentative of the London branch of an
American firm, the other members of
the family residing with him.
' Mrs. and Miss Hoy went home to ths
United States some time ago to settlu
some family business affairs, and
Austin Hoy repeatedly-cabled them not
to return until the present crisis was
over, but they evidently decided to risk
the trip.
Dr. Albert H. Hoy. the father, an
aged man, is prostrated with grief. The
son was loath to believe the news that
his mother axid sister bad been lost
until he received the confirmatory tele
gram from Consul Frost.
VICTIM'S RELATIVES TO APPEAL
President to Be Urged to Protect
Americans at Sea.
KEW YORK, Feb. 27. George Young,
of this city, nephew of Mrs. Mary Hoy,
who. with her daughter, died from
exposure after the Laconia was tor
pedoed, said today he would mail let
ters tonight to President Wilson, call
ing attention to the death of his rela
tives. He will urge immediate steps to pro
tect Americana on the high seas.
Orphans of Peasants Aided.
ROME, Jan. 31. Nearly a million dol
lars has so far been collected by the
National Association for Helping the
Orphans of Peasants Killed in the War.
The object of the association is to in
sure the farm education of these or
phans, so the farming race of the na
tion will not suffer too severely from
the losses of the war.
Worn cabdrivers are stal ' to be a
success in Glasgow, Scotland. One firm
has about 40 women driving cabs.
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