THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, APRFL 19, 1917.
LONDON WELCOMES
AMERICA AS ALLY
Parliament Expresses Appre
ciation and Event Is Said
to Be History's Greatest.
MOTIVES ARE HIGHEST
Bonar Law Asserts That Turning
Point in Great War Has Com
and "Long Xlgbt of Sorrow"
Is About at an End.
liONDON. April 18. Toay's sittings
of the British Parliament will be a his
torical landmark. Both the legislative
houses adopted the House of Lords
unanimously and the House of Com
mons with one dissenting vote reso
lutions expressing the profound appre
ciation of the British nation by the
action of the United States Govern
ment and people in entering the world
war in defense of the high cause of
freedom and the rights of humanity.
The unusual Importance of the occa
sion was shown by the crowded gal
leries. An unaccustomed air of enthu
siasm was eiven the occasion.
The resolution in the House of Com
mons was moved by Andrew Bonar
t.aw Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Ex-Premier Asquith seconded It in
an eloquent speech. The resolution in
the House of Lords was Introduced by
Earl Curzon of Kedleston, Lora iresi
dent of the Council.
High Motives Praised.
In all the speeches in both houses
TiBT-tlimla-r reference was made to
-America's Durelv disinterested inter
vention. "the most disinterested in his
tory," as Mr. Asquith phrased It the
complete absence of any motive or seii
lnterest, calculation or ambition. Mr.
Asquith pointed out that neither the
liberty nor Independence of the United
States was Imperiled. "It was the con
straining force of conscience and hu
manity," he added.
John Dillon, one of the Nationalist
leaders. In a fervent speech supporting
the resolution, predicted that Irishmen
In proportion to their population would
outnumber all other races among the
soldiers of the Republic To America,
Mr. Dillon said, "will fall the blessed
task of basing peace upon liberty."
George W'ardle, Laborite, also spoke
In favor of the resolution on behalf of
his party, and thus all parties in the
House were represented.
Wilson Speech Historical.
In the House of Lords Earl Curzon
ald the entry of the United States in
the war stamped the struggle as a
great uprising of the conscience of
mankind to end the rule of Satan on
earth.: The President's speech to Con
gress, Earl Curzon added, was a trum
pet call, the sound of which would ring
through the ages.
Viscount Bryce, ex-Ambassador to
the United States alluded to the same
lofty Ideals animating both the United
States and England.
The Marquis of Crewe, admitting that
the material resources of the United
States were unspeakably welcome to the
entente, said that even more welcome
was the moral force of which Earl Cur
son had spoken. ' The archbishop of
Canterbury said that when i the ele
mentary principles of right and wrong
were set at naught there could be no
permanent neutrality among honest
men,
Empire Welcomes Kw Ally.
In moving In the Commons this res
olution, Mr. Bonar Law said:
"We deeply regret that the Premier
is unable to be present himself to
move the resolution. Not only the
members of Parliament, but all the
neoDle of the British Empire and the
allied countries, welcome the new ally
with heartfelt sympathy.
"This is not only the greatest event,
but the turning point of the war. The
new world has been brought In, or has
FtenDed in. to restore the balance In
the old.
End Believed In Sight.
"Belnpr In. the United States has al
ready shown that her enemies must be
ware of her and despite the fact that
the path Immediately before us Is more
difficult than ever before, I venture
to express the hope and belief that
change is coming that the long night
of sorrow and anguish which has des
olated the world Is drawing to a close.'
"The United States," Mr. Bonar Law
continued, "possesses resources of all
kinds, resources which in the long run
are decisive in war, to a greater ex
tent probably than any other nation.
Quality of People Proved.
"The quality of her people was shown
nearly 60 years ago in a struggle
which, 'in Its essentials, was not dis
similar to that which they have now
entered. Since then the American peo
pie have shown qualities of resource,
energy and readiness to adapt them
selves to new situations in the arts of
peace and the same qualities will now
be directed In no half-hearted way and
with equal success to the arts of war.
We welcome the adhesion or our
new ally for another reason for the
moral justification which it gives us
tor our own action.
Cheers Interrupt Speech.
At this point the Chancellor was In
terrupted with cheers. He continued
"America, like the British Empire,
is engaged in the war from no desire
from no fault of her own, but because
she can do no other. I profoundly be
lieve that the greatest of all Issues
which will be decided in this struggle
is whether or not the free Institutions
on which the progress of civilization
nd the welfare of mankind depend
can survive against the centralized
power of military despots.
Wilson Speech Commended.
'In this connection, the entrance o
the greater Republic is a fitting pend
ant to the revolution which has brough
the Russian people, whose courage and
endurance we have so much admired
and whose sufferings have been so
terrible. Into the circle of the freed
nations of mankind.
"I have read I am sure everyone in
this House has read with deep admlra
tion and profound agreement th
speech, worthy of Abraham Lincoln, in
which the President of the United
Estates announced the entrance of his
country into the struggle.
Selfish Motive Absent.
Tt read the other day a characterls
tic extract from a German newspaper,
in which it was said America was go
ing into , the war for nothing. From
their point of view the statement Is
true. America, like the British Em
plre I wish to make that plain 1
animated by no love of conquest, no
greed of territory, no selfish ends.
"The aims and ideals to which Presi
dent Wilson has given noble expressio
in his recent speech are our aims, ou
Ideals also. As we found out earlier,
so the American people have now foun
out, that there is no method by which
these aims ican be secured except by
fighting for them. I beg to move the
resolution.
Seconding Mr. Bonar Law's resolu
tlon, ex-Premier Asquith said: '
House, the chief representative body of
the British Empire, should at the ear
liest possible opportunity give definite
and emphatic expression to the feelings
which throughout the length and
breadth of the empire have grown day
by day in volume and fervor since the
memorable decision of the President
and Congress of the .United States.
I doubt whether even now the world
realizes the full significance of the step
America has taken. I do not use lan
guage of flattery or exaggeration when
I say it Is one of the most disinterested
acts in history.
Policy of Isolation Abandoned.
"For more than 100 years it has been
the cardinal principle of American pol
icy to keep clear of foreign entangle
ments. A war such as this must neces
sarily dislocate international commerce
and finance, but on the balance it was
doing little appreciable harm to the
material fortunes and prosperity of the
American people."
Mr. Asquith continued:
"I or were American interests at
home or abroad directly imperiled.
least of all, that greatest Interest of a
democratic community, the maintenance
or domestic Independence and liberty.
What then has enabled the Presi
dent after waiting with the patience
which Pitt described as the first virtue
of statesmanship to carry with him a
united Nation Into the hazards and hor
rors of the greatest war In history?
Humanity I. Impelling: Force.
"Not calculation of material gain, not
hope of territorial aggrandizement, not
even the pricking of one of those so
called points of honor which in days
gone by have driven nations, as thev
used to drive individuals, to the dueling
ground, it was the constraining force
of conscience and humanity, growing In
strength and compulsive authority
month by month, with the gradual un
folding of the real character of Ger
man aims and methods.
'It was that force alone which
brought home to the great democracy
overseas the momentous truth that they
were standing at the parting, of the
ways. . The American Nation had to
make one of those great decisions
which in the lives of men and nations
determine for good or ill their whole
future.
Respect for Lav Trampled On.
What was it that our kinsmen in
America realized as the issue in this
unexampled conflict? The very things
wnicn, li we are worthy of our best tra
ditions, we are bound to indicate es
sential conditions of free and honorable
development of the nations of the
world, humanity, respect for law, con
sideration ror the weak and unnro
tected, chivalry toward mankind, ob
ervance of good faith these things
wnicn we used to regard as common
'a-teo oi international aecenev. ono
after another have been flouted, men
aced, trodden under foot as though they
were effete supersititons of a bygone
America sees in this clear Issue
something of wider import than the
vicissitudes or the battlefields or even
. a rearrangement of the map of
urope on the basis of nationality.
Democracy Is Imperiled.
"The whole future of civilized gov
ernment and intercourse. In particu
lar the fortunes and faith of democ
racy, have been brought Into peril.
such a situation aloofness Is seen
to be not only a blunder, but a crime.
To stand aside with stopped ears, with
loiaea arms, with averted gaze when
you have the power to Intervene is to
become, not a mere spectator, but an
accomplice."
The government today gave instruc
tions. Sir Alfred Mond told the House
f Commons, that on Friday. . when
America's entrance into the war Is to
be celebrated, the Stars and Stripes
hould be flown beside the Union Jack
as many public buildings as pos
sible.
More Pay for Soldiers Proposed.
OREGON CITT, Or, April 18. (Spe
cial.) The Loyalty League at Its meet
ing here last night considered plans for
supporting a movement to get in
creased pay for enlisted soldiers. The
organization of a bugle corps and a
flag guard also was taken up. The
meeting was preceded by the drilling
of the Home Guards, which has been
organized for men not eligible to any
regular branch of the military service.
ABUSE PROOF FOUND
Systematic Ferocity by Ger
mans Is indicated.
DYING PEASANTS DEPORTED
Others In Villages Recently Liber
ated Marked bj Order of Court
martial, Says Investi
- gating Commission.
gency. and differs radically from the
Chamberlain military training bill
which was recently reintroduced.
At times like these. Senator Cham
berlain said, individual Senators should
urrender their personal views when
hey are in conflict with the views of
the best-posted experts of the Govern
ment, and inasmuch as the President
is strongly urging the adoption of the
War Department bill. Senator Cham
berlain will do his utmost to ret that
bill through the Senate with as little
delay and as little change as possible.
Irrespective of the action taken by the
House.
Senator Chamberlain said there are
votes enough in the military commit
tee to report the War Department bill
substantially If not Identically as
drafted by the Department.
ILLINOIS LEADS STATES
PARIS, April 17. A government com
mission which was appointed to inves
tigate German atrocities has Just com
pleted its inquiry in the evacuated re
gions of the Oise, Alsne and Somme.
"Everything In this spectacle of de
vastation discloses a method of such
implacable and striking uniformity that
it is impossible not to see in it -the
execution of a rigorously prepared
plan," says the commission in Its re
port. "All this was done at the same
time and with the same ferocity, to
bring about misery, Inspire terror and
create desperation.
At the beginning of October, the re
port affirms, inhabitants of Verpilliere
were arrested on the pretext that they
were communicating with the French
army. They were taken before a court
martial at Avricourt and. after an in
quiry, 12 of them were marked on the
right cheek with a blue cross. "
Fate of Captives Unknown.
"We have not yet been Informed of
the fate of these prisoners," says the
report.
"Among persons compelled to leave
tneir Homes," the report continues.
"were paralytics and persons who were
on tneir aeatn neas."
Specific details are given in the re
port regarding the pillage of ceme
teries, nrists in silver, it says, were
torn from the crosses and numerous
tombs were violated.
On March 3, Bays the report, depor
tations from the vicinity of Brouage
were ordered. The ill and Infirm were
not exempt. The cold was Intense and
the next day 27 persons died. Professor
Benneke, an army doctor, is said to
have been shot the same evening.
Many Taken From Beds.
The report tells how soldiers of the
German army seized food and other
things, promising to pay for them, but
asserts that the promises were not kept
Among those who are said to have
seized commodities was the Grand Duke
of Hesse, a hardware store at Ham
being his victim. Residents were even
taken from their beds, not being given
time to remove anything from their
homes.
Isowhere," the report concludes,
"have we seen among those who have
Just undergone such severe trials any
indication of discouragement. We have
found no other feeling than that of
patriotism and a stern will to obtain
by victory reparation for so many
crimes.
Hundreds of FLAGS are ready here in spite of iheir scarcity
SiimanWoflc & (3.-
HONOR.
OF DAY TAKEN XS RE
CRUITING MEN.
TRAINING BILL INTRODUCED
Senator Chamberlain Has Measure
Referred to His Committee
ORE GO NT AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. April 18. Senator Chamberlain
has introduced in the Senate the
Administration selective draft and com
pulsory military training bill, sub
ordinating his own opinion to that of
the War Department, and had It re
ferred to his committee in order that
it may be reported at the earliest
possible day.
The bill, as introduced, embodies the
general staff plan of compulsory traln-
llnsr, adapted to meet the present emer-
More Than Two Enlisted Monday. With
Quot Pat at 11,2761 Some Make
. No Showing.
WASHINGTON, April 18. Illinois
led in recruiting for the regular Army
yesterday, according to a tabulated
statement issued today, showing the
quota which should be supplied from
each state in the Union to fill the Army
to full war strength and the number
of recruited actually enlisted from
each state during the day.
With a quota of 11,276, Llinols re
cruiting stations reported 238 appli
cants accepted: Pennsylvania was sec
ond with a quota or lb, 330 ana z-is
recruited.
The states Delaware, New Hamp
shire and New Mexico reported no re
cruits; South Dakota and Maine re
ported one each. The total number or
recruits' yesterday was 2,440 and the
number of men still needed to bring
the Array to full war strength is 183,
898. Other state quotas still needed and
enlistments yesterday follow:
Arizona ............... 40$ 8
California 4754 83
Colorado 1688 28
Idaho 250 12
Iowa 4448 61
Montana 75a 27
Nebraska 2384 81
Nevada ................ 162 1
Oregon - 1344 41
Texas 7952 112
Utah 746 27
Washington i282 32
Wyoming 290 8
New Mexico e "
South Dakota 1166 1
OIL OFFERED GOVERNMENT
Independent Operators Willing to
Sacrifice Their Profits.
SACRAMENTO, CaL, April 18. Ed
ward L. Doheny, a Los Angeles oil op
erator, informed the executive commit
tee of the council of defense, which is
in session here today, that many of
the independent oil companies of the
state are offering to supply the Gov
ernment with oil regardless of profits.
Mr. Doheny read a letter from L. P.
St. Clair, President of the Independent
Oil Producers' Association, setting
forth the offer of the operators to co
operate with the Government in every
possible way.
Mr. St. Clair offered to the council
of defense the facilities of the statisti
cal bureau maintained by the independ
ent operators.
Two Troy Firemen Killed.
TROT, N. Y.. April 18. (Special.)
Battalion Chief William Bailey. Jr
John T. Hoard and Albert De Courville,
firemen, were killed and 10 other fire
men injured today In a fire which de
stroyed the store of the Mohican Gro
cery Company. The loss is estimated
at 875.000.
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