Morning Oregonian., August 14, 1917, Page 3, Image 3

TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAJf,
TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1917.
ACT IS BARBAROUS
Soldiers Seize Girls and Wom
en to Work in Fields.
GERARD ENTERS PROTEST
I'onner Ambassador "Witnesses Dis
tribution of Food at Headquar
ters of American Commission
to Hungry, Miserable Folk.
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with my Government, I was prepared
to protest in the name of humanity
against a continuance of this treatment
of the civil population of occupied
France. The Chancellor told me that
he had not known of it: that it was the
result of orders given by the military:
that he would speak to the Emperor
about it. and that he hoped to be able
to stop further deportations.
Twenty Thousand Taken From Hemes.
I believe that further deportations
were stopped. Twenty thousand or
more who had been taken from their
homes were not returned until months
afterward. I said in a speech that I
made somewhere in .May on my return
to America that it required the joint
efforts of the Pope, the Kin? of Spain
and our President to cause the return
of these people to their homes; and I
then saw that some German press
agency had come out with the report
that I had made false statements about,
this matter because these people were
not returned to their homes as a result
of the representations of the Pope, the
King- of Spain and our President, but
were sent back because the Germans
had no further use for them. It seems
to me that this denial makes the case
rather worse than before.
At the Chancellor's house In the
evening we had discussions on the sub
marine situation and 1 had several long
talks with the Chancellor alone in a
corner of the room, while the others
listened to music or set the mechanical
toys in motion. These discussions,
without ''doubt, "-were reported to the
DENIALS DON'T DENY
German Paper Makes Attempt
to Discredit Gerard.-
QUIBBLE IS CLEARLY SEEN
Emperor, It Is Declared, Never Sent
Telegram to President, but Mem-
orandum Given to Ambassa
dor Is Acknowledged.
BERLIN, via Amsterdam. Aug. 13.
The semi-official Norddeutsche Allge
meine Zeitung denies the existence of
the telegram alleged by James W.
Gerard, the ex-American Ambassador
at Berlin, to have been sent by Emperor
William to President Wilson in August,
1914, wherein the German Emperor is
quoted as having asserted that Bel-
In addition to these articles the In
habitants of the commune on the day
of our visit also each received a small
quantity of carrot seed to plant in the
Kmall plot of ground which each in
habitant was permitted to retain out
of his own. land by the German authori
ties. People Look Hungry and Miserable.
The unfortunate persons who re
ceived this allowance looked very poor
and very hungry and very miserable.
Many of them spoke to me, not only
here, but in Charlevllle, and expressed
their great gratitude to the American
people for what was being done for
them. Those in Charleville said that
they had heard that 1 was in their
town because of trouble pending be
tween America and Germany. They
said they hoped that there would be
no war between the' two countries, be
cause if war came they did not know
what would become of them, and that.
In the confusion of war, they would
surely be left to starve.
In Charleville notices were posted di
recting the inhabitants not to go out
on the streets arter, I think, 8 o'clock
in the evening, and also notices in
forming the population that they
would be allowed a small quantity of
their own land for the purpose of
growing' potatoes.
House Bullet-Marked by Tvwo Wars.
After visiting the factory building
where the distribution of rations was
taking place we motored to Sedan,
Flopping on the way at the hamlet of
Uazeilles and visited the cottage where
Hismarck and Emperor Napoleon III
had their historic interview after the
battle of Sedan.
The old lady who owns this house
received us and showed us bullet marks
made on the house in the war of 1870,
as well as in the present war. She
apologized because she had had the
window-pane, broken by a rifle shot
in the present wa,r, replaced on ac
count of the cold. As a girl she had
received Bismarck and Napoleon and
had shown them to the room upstairs
where they had held their consultation.
In this room I asked her which chair
Bismarck had sat in and sat in it my
Felf, for luck. I also contributed to
the collection of gold pieces given to
her by those who had visited her
cottage.
Soldier" Store Come From Holland.
In Sedan we visited an old mill
where stores of the relief commission
were kept, and in the Mayor's office
were present at a sort of consultation
between the Prussian officers and
members of the French committee of
Sedan, in which certain details rela
tive to the feeding of the population
were discussed.
The relief work is not, of course,
carried on right up to the battle line,
but we visited a small village not
many kilometers in the rear of the
German line. In this village we were,
as before, fhown the stores kept for
distribution by the relief commission.
As there were many soldiers in this
village, I said I thought that these
soldiers must have stores of their own,
but in order to be sure that they were
not living on the supplies of the relief
commission I thought it onlv -fair that
I should see where their stores were
If Ant I
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I was taken across' the railroad track
to where their stores were kept, and,
judging from the labels on the barrels
and boxes, I should say that a great
many had come from Holland.
Germans I,e to Gerard.
During this trip about the country
I saw a number of women and girls
working, or attempting to ' work, in
the fields. Their appearance was so
different from that of the usual
peasant that I spoke to the accom
panying officers about it.
I was told, however, that these were
the peasants of the locality, who
dressed unusually well In that part of
France. Later on, in Charleville. at
the lodging of an officer and with
Count Wengersky, who was detailed
to act as a sort of interprter and guide
to the American Relief Commission
workers, I met the members of the
American Relief Commission who were
working in Northern Prance and who
had been brought on a special train
for the purpose of seeing me at Charle
ville. This Count "Wengersky spoke Eng
lish well. Having been for a number
of years agent of the Hamburg-American
line in London, he was used to
dealing with Americans and was pos
sessed of more tact than usually falls
the lot of the average Prussian officer.
We 'had tea and cakes in these lodg
ings, and then some of the Americans
drew me aside and told me the secret
of the peculiar-looking peasants whom
I had seen at work in the fields sur
rounding' Charleville.
French Girl and Women Seized.
It seems that the Germans had en-
ceavorea to get volunteers from the
treat industrial towns of Lille, Rou
baix and Tourcoing to work these
neias; tnat alter tne posting of the
notices caning tor volunteers onlv 14
had appeared. The Germans then, gave
orders to seize a certain number of in
habitants and send them out to farms
in the outlying districts to engage in
agricultural work. The Americans told
me mat tnis oraer was carried out
with the greatest barbarity; that a man
would come home at night and find that
his "wife or children had disappeared
and no one could tell him where they
had gone, except that the neighbors
could relate that German non-commis
sioned officers and a file of soldiers had
carried them orr.
For instance, in a house of a well
to-do merchant, who had perhaps two
da'ughters of 15 and 17 and a man ser
vant, the two daughters and the ser
. vant would be seized and sent off to
gether to work for the Germans in
some little farmhouse, whose location
was not disclosed to the parents. The
Americans told me that this sort of
thing was causing such Indignation
among the population of these towns
that they feared a great uprising and
a consequent slaughter and burning
by the Germans.
That night at dinner I spoke to the
Chancellor about this and told . him
that it seemed to me absolutely out
rageous and that, without consulting
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Emperor either by the Chancellor or
by Von Treutler, who at that time was
high in favor with his Majesty. j
Oermana Deceived an to America.
I remember one evening- I was asked
the question as to what America could
do. supposing the almost impossible,
that America should resent the recom
mencement,of ruthless submarine war
fare by the Germans and declare war.
I said that nearly all of the great
inventions used in this war had been
made by Americans; the very subma
rine which formed the basis of our
discussion was an American invention;
so were the barbed wire and the air
plane, the ironclad, the telephone and
the telegraph, so necessary to trench
warfare, and even that method of war
fare had been first developed on some
thing of the present scale in our Civil
War. Further, I believed that, if forced
to it, American genius could produce
some invention which might have a de
cisive effect in this war.
Mv German auditors seemed Inclined
to believe that there was something in
my contentions. But they said, "While
possibly you might invent something
in America, wnne possmiy you wui
furnish money and supplies to the
allies, you have no men and the public
sentiment of your country is such tnat
you will not be able to raise an army
large enough to make any impres
sion." Quite timidly I said that pos
sibly if hostilities once broke out with
the Germans, the Germans might force
us by the commission of such acts as
had aroused England to pass a law for
universal military service. This propo
sition of mine was branded by the
Germans as absolutely impossible, and.
therefore. I am sure that the adoption
by the United States of universal serv
ice in the first round of the war struck
a very severe blow at the morale of
Germany.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
Wilson, given to Ambassador Gerard,
in the Emperor's own handwriting,
was made public officially by the State
Department today for the first time.
It follows:
Berlin, via Copenhagen.
DatPd August 14, 1014.
Received August lo, 7:30 P. M.
Secretary of tit ate,
Washington, August 14, 3 P. M.
The following: was cortimunlcated person
ally to me by the Emperor in writing:
"Private and confidential. -
"For the President personally.
."1. Hl Royal Highness. Prince Henry,
was received by his Majesty, King George
V, in London, who empowered him to trans
mit to me verbally that JngJand would
remain neutral If war broke out on the
Continent involving Germany and France,
Austria and Russia This message was
telegraphed to me by my brother from Lon
don after his conversation with his Majesty
the King, and repeated verbally on the
UUth of July.
"2. 3Jy Ambassador in London trans
mitted a. message from Sir Edward Grey to
Berlin sayiug that only In case France was
likely to be crushed, England would inter
fere. "3. On the 30th my Ambassador in
London reported Sir Edward Grey in the
course of a "private" conversation told him
that if the conflict remained localized be
tween Russia not Servia and Austria
England would not move, but if we mixed in
the fray she would take quick decision and
grave maneuvers; in other words, if I left
my ally, Austria, in the lurch to fight alone.
Kn gland would not touch me.
"4. This communication being directly
counter to the King's message to me, I
telegraphed fro hkj Majesty on the 29th or
:t0th, thanking him for kind message through
my brother and begging him to use all his
power to keep France and Russia, his allies,
from making any warlike preparations cal
culated to disturb my work, on mediation,
stating that I was in constant communica
tion with his Majesty the Czar. In the
evening the King kindly answered that he
had ordered his government to use every
possible influence with his allies to repu
diate taking any provocative military meas
ures. At the same time his Majesty asked
me, I should transmit to Vienna the British
proposal that Austria was to take Belgrade
and a few other Serbian towns and strip
of country as a "main-mise" to make sure
that the Servian promises on paper should
be fulfilled In reality. - This proposal was
in the same moment telegraphed to me from
Vienna for London quite in conjunction with
the British proposal; besides. 1 had tele
graphed to hia majesty the Czar, the same
as an idea of mine before I received the
two communications from Vienna and Lon
don. As both were of the same opinion
I immediately transmitted the telegrams
vice versa to Vienna and London. I felt
that T was able to tide the question over
and was happy at the peaceful outlook.
"5- While I was preparing a note to
His Majesty, the Czar, the next morning, to
inform him that Vienna. London and 'Berlin
were agreed about the treatment of affairs.
I received the telephone message from His
Excellency the Chancellor, that in the night
before the Czar had given the order to
mobilize the whole of the Russian army
whfcht was of course, also meant against
Germany; whereas, up till then tbe south
ern armies bad been mobilized against Auo
tria.
'6. In a telegram from London my Am
baasador Informed me he understood Brit
ish government would guarantee neutrality
of France and wished to know whether Ger
many would refrain from'' attack. I tele
graphed to His Majesty, the King, per
sonally, that mobilization being already car
rled out, could not be stopped, but if His
Majesty could guarantee with hia armed
forces the neutrality of France. I would re
frain from attacking her, leaving her alone
and employ my forces elsewhere. HI
Majesty answered that he thought my offer
was based on a misunderstanding, and as
far aa I cart make out, Sir Edward Grey
never took my oirer into serious consiaera-
tion. He never answered it. Instead he ue
clared England had to defend Belgian neu
tralitv. which had to be violated by Ger
many on strategical grounds, news naving
been received that France was already pre
paring to enter Belgium and the King of
th Belgians havingrefused my petition for
free passage under guarantee of his coun
try's freedom. I am most grateful for the
President's message.
"WILHELM."
GERARD.
The Department gave out the mes
sage as it was received, ny came, its
language differs only slightly from
the original autograph text, though
the Emperor's spelling has been cor
rected in several instances. In the
paragraph numbered three, "grave
maneuvers" is grave measures in the
original. In paragraph four, where
'to repudiate taking any provocative
military -measures occurs, tne original
read "to refrain from taking' etc
and in paragraph six the Emperor
wrote "employ my troops elsewhere'
instead of "my forces."
STRIKE STILL PARTIAL
SAX
FRANCISCO HAS ABOUT
STREETCARS TIED UP.
.100
Employes of Kansas City Railways
Company Vote to Reject Offer of
Settlement on Open-Shop Basis.
SAN FRANCISCO, . Aug. 13. Accord
ing to semi-official estimates, between
70 and 100 streetcars are tied up here
today because of a partial strike on
the United Railways System. The strike
Is confined to certain lines.
A demonstration early today by 100
strikers at a carbarn was stopped in
its incipiency by Superintendent H. T.
Joes.'of the trolley concern, who urged
the men to return to work.
Crews from cars on outlying- lines,
where the traffic is light, have been
called in to operate cars on more Im
portant lines crippled by the strike.
KANSAS CITT, Mo.. Augr. 13. Strik
ing employes of the Kansas City Kail
ways Company today voted to reject
an offer in settlement made to them
yesterday by the company officials. The
stumbling-block was announced as be
ing the company's refusal to institute
a. "closed-shop" policy.
The traction strike began last
Wednesday, when more than 3000 em
ployes of the Kansas City Railways
Company quit their positions, tying up
transportation so completely that not
a car since has run.
The United States Army has just
awarded contracts for 2,105,000 pairs of
shoes at $4.73 a pair. 12 cents lower
than in May. 1917.
gium's neutrality "had to be violated
by Germany on strategical grounds,"
and that. King George sent word
through the Emperor's brother. Prince
Henry, that " Great Britain would re
main neutral if war broke out on the
continent involving Germany and
France and Austrja and Russia.
"Denial" Denies Nothing.
, The Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
says:
"We are In a position to declare that
nq such telegram . from the Emperor
exists. It is true that Mr. Gerard was
given an audience August 10, 1914, in
order to give. him an opportunity of
placing President Wilson's offer of
mediation before the Emperor.
"This proposal was made at the tim-3.
when the armies of both sides had al
ready crossed the .frontier, and when
it seemed out of the question to call
a halt to events. The Emperor could,
therefore, only have his thanks con
veyed to President Wilson for his offer
and thereby remark that, while the
present moment was too early for
mediation by the neutral powers, the
President's friendly proposal migh
later be' returned to.
FMslbly Emperor Wrote Memorandum.
"The Emperor then conversed for
som time further with Mr. Gerard and
explained to him the events that led
up to the outbreak of the war. The
Emperor particularly pointed out the
ambiguous and disloyal attitude of
Great Britain, which had destroyed all
hope of a peaceful agreement.
'Mr. Gerard's statements in his
memoirs appear to be a reproduction
of this conversation. If the press In
enemy countries eees revelations in
that only shows they are ignorant of
the German white book, which in" es
sence sets forth the same events.
"Possibly during the conversation the
Emperor wrote a memorandum foe the
Ambassador so that he might not a
nounce anything to AVashington that
would be Incorrect. In that case it
would be a matter of record designed
to assist Mr. Gerard's memory, but It
would not be a communication from
the Emperor to President Wilson."
Careful reading of the foregoing will
show the ingenuity of the German
paper, whose purpose clearly is to
give out the impression to the German
people that the "alleged telegram was
not written by the Emperor, but was
"manufactured by Ambassador Gerard
for American readers.
Mr. Gerard did not say a telegram
was sent by the German Emperor to
President Wilson. What he said was
that. In his interview with the Em
peror, the latter wrote with pencil on
telegraph blanks a personal message
to the President of the United States
which he gave to the Ambassador to
take away with him, and which Mr,
Gerard promptly cabled to the Ameri
can State Department.
The original manuscript Mr. Gerard
preserved and. brought home with him
and In his first article, published in
The Sunday Oregoman of August 6,
the sheets of this most remarkable
document were reproduced in fac
simile.
The handwriting is that of the Ger
man Emperor, mistakes in English and
in spelling as he wrote them, the tel
egraph blanks upon which tbe message
was written bear the imperial coat of
arms and at the top of the first sheet,
also In the Emperor's handwriting, are
the words: "For the President of the
United States, personally," the last
word being underlined by the Emper
or's pencil.
EMPEROR'S NOTE MADE PUBLIC
State Department Officially Con
firms Gerard's Publication.
WASHINGTON, Ang. 13. The Ger
man Emperor's . telegram to President
Army Call Changes Bank's Staff.
SHERIDAN. Or., Aug. 13. (Special.)
H. C. R. Akin, of the Sheriian State
Bank,' today received notificaton of his
appointment to the second training
camp. The call for Mr. Akin has neces
sitated a change in the personnel of
the bank and F. W. Daniels, the presi-
i Portland Home of Innovation Trunks
Kflercliil ctJjhrii .Only"
MADAME RICHET'S CLASSES in practical dressmaking will begin September 4. There
are lessons in fitting and in every essential of the art of dressmaking. Madame Richet has a method
all her own for demonstrating her lessons, which thousands of women declare to be the most interesting
and understandable that they have ever attended. Tickets for the entire course of 1 0 lessons, $ I . For
sale at Pattern Department. Second Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
For today we've planned an offering of
ESSE
and APRONS
DR
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And such aprons and house frocks as you'll find! In fact, it's not an uncommon occur
rence for folks who come to our house dress department to say: "This is the most complete
stock of house dresses and aprons I have seen anywhere and the prettiest!"
HOUSE DRESS APRONS, 89c
A new style, made slip-over-the-head fafhion,
and With wide belts, of splendid materials, in dif
ferent patterns. Plenty of coverall aprons, too,
at 89 cents.
SLIP-ON APRONS, $1.00
Cut in a new fashion that is going to be popular
wherever aprons are worn. Of course, they're
cut big and full, and protect every inch of the
frock beneath. Plain colors, stripes and fancy
patterns. 1
BILLIE BURKES, $2.19
Plaids that make such attractive Billie Burke
frocks are used in the making of these. There's
plenty of choice as to colors, and the materials are
real Amoskeag ginghams.
BREAKFAST SETS AND
APRON DRESSES, $1.19
You'll see some of them pictured above, and
there are plenty of others besides., No end of
colors and patterns in the selection, so that choosing
will be a regular playtime.
Fourth Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
dent, will take Mr. Akin's place. As
sociated with Mr. Dt-r.iels as cashier,
will be W. F. Nichols, formerly of
Falls City:
Taft Continues to Improve.
CLAY CENTER, Kan., Aug. 13.
Continued improvement was shown to
day in the condition of ex-President
William H. Taft. who was taken ill
here with intestinal indigestion a week
ago tonight. a
Dust Hurts Health Is Charge.
EUGENE. Or., Aug. 13. (Special.)
William Parker, employed for three.
years and a half in the plant of the
Eugene Excelsior Company, today filed
suit against the company in the Lane
County Circuit Court for damages of
$1000, alleging that his health has been
damaged to that extent as the result
of breathing dust while at his work.
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You will want to do your bit in preventing the waste of the
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real,body-buildingnutriment
than meat, eggs, or potatoes,
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