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FOBTL.1ND WEDNESDAY. OCT. Sf, 1917.
GAINS AND LOSSES.
The shipbuilding strike is happily
over, and an assessment of gains and
Josses, may now be made. It is not
easy to see that anything has been
trained by the public, or the employers,
or the men, unless it is the specific
itgrreement not to strike, but for arbi
tration, or for amicable adjustment
of all issues for the period of the war.
"Yet the same result might just as well
have been attained if the men had
responded to the appeal of the Presi
dent in the first instance, and had
stayed at work, pending a determina
tion of all disputes by the Govern
ment adjusters. They have accepted
in the end what they were definitely
promised in the beginning.
True, the employers have given way
on the moot point of union represen
tation, insofar as they agree to treat
with a shop committee or its repre
sentatives. But their original offer
to abide by any decision of the adjust
ment board would have undoubtedly
included the limited union recognition i
which has now been obtained. The
"open shop" prevails, but there will
be no discrimination against the
unions or union men. That is prac
tically the whole situation for there
was no trouble about the eight-hour
day or any irreconcilable dispute over
va ges.
The losses are even easier to ap
praise. There has been a month's
loss of wages, approximating probably
u million dollars, and the shipbuild
ing programme of the Government has
been delayed, so far as Portland and
the Columbia River are concerned,
ly more than thirty days. This is
the most serious phase of the entire
controversy. While the ICation is at
war, and troops are being sent across
the sea, and there is an imperative
call for transports and freighters.
Portland becomes laggard. A penalty
which will now in all likelihood be
Imposed upon the Northwest is the
abandonment of the wooden ship pro
gramme; and there will be difficulty
about new contracts for steel ships.
The old figure of the goose and the
golden egg applies with disastrous
pertinence to our awkward position.
It is not our purpose to offer re
proaches, or to open old wounds, only
insofar as it is unavoidable if we are
to apprehend facts. The appeal to
patriotism of operators and men was
effective, and will continue to be,
doubtless. It appeared to be impos
sible for the two sides through nego
tiation or conference to reach common
ground, and the authority of an inde
pendent and impartial voice was
needed. It was furnished by the ad
justment, board, acting in the name of
the higher interests of the Govern
ment. It approached all problems in
a. dispassionate spirit, but with a firm
determination to reach a solution and
to compel compliance, either through
the coercion of public opinion, or, if
needed, of an arbitrary decision. Hap
pily, the latter was not called for,
owing to the compliant attitude of
both sides.
It is the misfortune of all that the
board was not able to take hold of the
strike sooner. It is deserving, how
ever, of all praise, for what it has
dene. For, besides proposing a prac
ticable plan for strike settlement, it
lias ironed out many differences, and
has left employers and men in far
better mood toward one another than
it found them. This, then, is a big
gam.
KOSCIl'SZKO CENTENNIAL.
The centennial of the death, of
Thaddeus Kosciuszko, the Polish pa
triot, whose memory is dear to Ameri
cans because of the aid he gave to
the Colonists in the Revolution, passed
without formal observance except in
a few communities where his country
men are gathered, but it is significant
that the date found Poles and Ameri
cans, both in Poland and in the United
States, again organizing to continue
the battle for freedom. School boys
will have been helped to remember
Kosciuszko by Thomas Campbell's
lines
Hope for a ean fcad the earth farewell
And Freedom shriek'd as Kosciuszko fell
wjiich were among the favorites in
some of our early school books, and
the poet did a service in aiding the
historian to impress his life upon u:
He combined in one personality the
dreamy altruism of the Pole with the
practical knowledge of military strat
egy that he imbibed from his French
instructors in the art of war, and he
came to America at a time when one
of our greatest needs was skilled
military engineers. It is said that the
Army of General Gates in Northern
New York owed much to his genius
in selecting and fortifying its posi
tions there.
It would be beneficial to the rank
and file of Russians if they, too. had
studied the life of this great Polish
soldier. One of the lesser known
facts about him is that when the
Poles rose in arms against their for
eign oppressors, after the submission
of King Stanislaus, he was made dic
tator and so inspired a rude army of
peasants that, armed mostly with
srythes, it defeated a superior force
of invaders, and set up a provisional
government. Kut when there seemed
to be a chance of driving the victory
home, and of establishing the free
Poland of his dreams, anarchy broke
out among his own people. They were
brave, but unwilling to make the sac
rifice of individuality necessary to the
military situation. He was forced to
abandon the dictatorship, to relin
quish the provisional government, a nd
ultimately to suffer defeat. His ex-
perience presents an impressive paral
lel to that of Kerensky, whose pa
triotic plans seem about to be frus
trated by his countrymen.
Kosciuszko represented a high. type.
and his life was filled with striking
incidents. Whenvthe Emperor Paul
restored his sword to him, he is said
to have returned it with the words:
"I have no use for a sword, since I
no longer have a country." When his
estates were returned to him he relin
quished them, and released his peas
ants from servitude. He wa proof
against the most tempting proposals
of the enemies of his people.
We are now, in some measure, en
deavoring to repay the debt we owe to
Kosciuszko and others like him.
Americans are crossing the ocean to
fight for freedom, as he did. The
words, "Finis Poloniae," attributed to
him when he fell wounded near
Maciejowice, he denied. There could
be no end to a struggle for the right
until the right prevailed. Tfce Polish
patriot saw that as clearly as Ameri
cans see it now. .
FWK AMERICA.
Persona of Oerman blood lead th 34 na
tionalities of New York Citv in tho nurchase
of liberty bonds, having subscribed double
the amount of their nearest competitors, the
Jews, according to figures read at a unity
liberty Joan meeting In Cooper tTniou by
Joseph Hartigan. of tha liberty loan com
mittee. Uermana and persons of German
descent in the city have bought IO,500.mio
of the bonds, while the Jews have pur
chased $5,oU0.000.
Here is the authentic testimony of
an Associated Press dispatch, vindicat
ing a great group of patriotic citizens
from the aspersions cast upon them
by Kaiserism not by their American
fellow citizens, but by the Kaiser and
his parasites and satellites when they
counted upon them to rise en masse
in sympathy with Germany.
It is the same all over thef United
States. A great wrong has been done
men and women of German blood and
ancestry, here by their own volition,
and not by accident, by the German
language papers and by the Viericks
and others who have pretended to
represent them, but who have given
a wholly false view of their feeling
and purpose and action.
As it is in New York, so it is every
where throughout America. Look
over the list of German names in the
Army and Navy volunteers, most of
them and over the other lists of Gcr
man names for the liberty loan vol
unteers, all of them and give due
acclaim to good citizens who are pre
pared to shed their blood and spend
their last dollar for America, their
America.
. yoi'b ritoriT.
If you are a bondholder, actual or
prospective, the market value of all
standard bonds, especially liberty
bonds, is of concern to you. You will
get daily quotations by turning to the
market page of The Oregonian.
You will note that United States
Government 4s (liberty bonds bear
4 and ZV- per cent interest, and are
sold to the public at par) range about
105 or 5 per cent premium.
You will note, too, that United States
Government 3a range about 99, and
United States Government 2s 97?i. It
is elementary information that 3s bear
3 per cent interest and 2s 2 per cent.
But perhaps you will be even more
interested in the. prospective market
for your bonds. Very well. The
highest rate for 4s in 1916 was 112 M: ;
3s. 102; 2s, 100. depreciated a
little, perhaps, by the war, or by ap
proaching maturity, but not much.
But cheer up. What has happened
may happen and will happen. For
example, the highest price ever paid
for United States Government 4s was
138 in 1902 (38 per cent above par);
for 3s it was 109 in 1901; and for 2s
it was 108 in 1902.
You may figure out for yourself how
much you will make some day after
the war, when the world's equilibrium,
financial and otherwise, is restored
on your liberty bonds.
CONDONE NO PRUSSIAN CRIMES.
The peace programme proposed by
the Russian Soviet contains internal
evidence of the influence of the pro
German spies who dominate that or
ganization. Proposals for evacuation
of Russia and for autonomy for Po
land, Lithuania and the Lettish prov
inces, for a plebiscite in Alsace-Lorraine,
the Balkan states and the
Italian provinces of Austria, have the
appearance of complying with the
American principle of consent of the
governed, but examination of the un
derlying facts leads to the directly
opposite conclusion. They might con
done all the sins of Prussia and Aus
tria from the first partition of Poland
down to and including the present
war.
Light is thrown on this subject by
what F. C. Walcott told at a confer
ence of field men of the United States
food administration of what he has
seen in Poland under German occupa
tion. He said the people had been
"decimated by war"; that "along the
roadside from Warsaw to Pinsk, 230
miles, nearly half a million people
had died of hunger and cold"; that a
million people were made homeless
in 1915, of whom 400,000 died tn the
way, the rest, "scarcely hall alive,"
got through with the Russian army,"
and "many of these have been, sent
to Siberia.". In the refugee camps
the Germans have gathered 300,000,
who are dying of hunger, cold and
disease. "In Warsaw," he said, "the
streets were lined with people in the
pangs of starvation, and hundreds of
thousands were perishing." He con
tinued: In that situation tha German commander
issued a proclamation. Every able-bodied
Pole was bidden to Ciermany to work. If
any refused, let no other Pole give him to
eat. not so much as a mouthful, under
penalty of German military law.
Germany says in effect to the Polish
father: "Leave your family to die or
survive as the case may be," and go
"to work in Germany for your coun
try's further destruction. If you are
obstinate, we shall see that you surely
starve."
He asked. General von Kries if this
were true. The General assured him
that it. was, and gave this explana
tion: Starvation Is here. Candidly wa would like
to see It relieved: we fear our soldiera may
be unfavorably affected by the things that
they see. But since it is here, starvation
must ?rvi our purpose. So we set it to
work for Germany. By starvation we can
accomplish iu two or three years In Kast
Poland more than we have in West Poland,
which is East Prussia, in the last hundred
years. With that in view, we propose to
turn thta force to our advantage.
This country is meant for Germany. It is
a rirh. alluvial country which Germany has
peedad fur some generations. We propose
to rtna, the able-bodied, working Poles
from this country. It leaves it open for
the inflow of German working peopie as fast
as we san spare them. They will occupy it
and work it.
Can't you se how it works out? By and
by we shall give bark freedom ta Poland.
When that happens. Poland will appear auto
matically as a German province. '
This is what Mr. Walcott aptly calls
"the Prussian system." It han been
applied in milder form to Alsace
lorraine. Hundreds of thousands of
people went into exile rather than
live under German rule. Hundreds
of thousands of Germans have immi
grated to the annexed provinces dur
ing the last forty years. So in Schles-wig-Holstein
the Danes have been
supplanted to a large extent by Ger
mans. In Trentino and the Adriatic
provinces Austria has promoted immi
gration of Teutons and Slavs to swamp
the native Italian population. In Ser
bia the Bulgarians are transporting
the Serbs by hundreds of thousands
to the interior of Asiatic Turkey, and
are planting Bulgars in their places.
By starvation, deportation, massacre,
slavery, the autocracies are extin
guishing the native majority which
would vote for a government of their
own race and are making an artificial
majority of their own people which
they expect to voto for German, Aus
trian or Bulgarian rule if a popular
vote should be taken.
A popular vote by a population so
composed -would clear the title of
Germany to all the territory which
has been annexed by violence during
the last two centuries. It would se
cure to Prussia and Austria the fruits
of their crimes, past and present, and
would put a premium on such crimes
by autocrats of the future, if any
should arise. It would constitute a
fraudulent election compared with
which all of Tammany's colonization
and all of the South's ballot-box
stuffing are only petty larceny.
There is only one way in which the
will of the people of disputed terri
tory can be ascertained without mak
ing the election condone the crimes of
militarism. No person of the nation
which has taken and held the country
by force should be permitted to vote.
The choice should be left to the genu
inely native population Poles in Po
land, Danes in Schleswig, Alsatians in
Alsace. Any plan which permitted
the invaders to vote in the country
which they had stolen would reward
the thief with the stolen goods.
I.IBERTY DAY.
From Plymouth Rock to the Golden
Gate, from Lake Itasca to the Delta,
today arises:
My country, 'tis of thee.
Sweet land of Liberty,
Of thco 1 sing!
When the sun goes down the news
will be wafted across 3000 miles of
Atlantic waters to the weeping peoples
of Europe to be of good faith and
cheer, for America sends assurance
that hopes will be realized. As the
darkest hour is just before dawn, to
day this great Nation lifts the curtain
to allow the rays of liberty's light to
penetrate the gloom. It responds to
the appeal of the President that a
common democracy shall not be wiped
from the face of the earth to be re
placed by autocracy that knows
naught but the crushing heel.
America must win the war, and
America will do it. In the sign of the
Stars and Stripes she will conquer.
When the glorified banner shall force
its way through the stricken fields of
France to the banks of the Rhine, and
across, on to victory, the poor people,
groveling in the depths of misery,
hunger and despair, will bless the
Nation that restores them.
Let us respond today to the Presi
dent's appeal. Let us help him pro
claim liberty to the ends of the earth.
THE I.1TTK.E THAT INTOXICATES.
Tho Tax Liberator in its current
Issue reprints a pamphlet written by
Charles Edward Russell, the Socialist,
In which the story of the Non-Partisan
League of North Dakota is told ap
provingly. The Tax Liberator intro
duces the article with this pertinent
statement:
In reading the article, this thought has
continually come to the writer, "Jf the
league la a movement to correct tha evils
pictured by Mr. Russell, there is but little
room for its activities in Oregon." The con
ditions in North Dakota, if we are to believe
the statements of Mr. Mussel!, are widely
different from those In Oregon. There is
tittle similarity between hia picture of a
boss eoutrol'ed state and conditions in
progressive Oregon, where we have the wide
open initiative and referendum, direct pri
mary, regulation of public uttllties"and many
other progressive systems of popular gov
ernment. It is quite true that some of the
things the farmers of North "Dakota
have to contend with are not faced by
the farmers of Oregon. One is the
necessity of going to the Legislature
for authority to vote on a constitu
tional amendment.
It was this necessity in North Da
kota that prevented the farmers from
getting their programme better under
way. They, like the Populists .nd
the later Progressives, seem to have
been encumbered with political cast
outs who joined a promising move
ment in hope of political office.
It is, therefore, not surprising to
find Mr. Russell branding the Lieutenant-Governor
and one of the State
Senators, who were chosen by the
farmers, with treachery to the cause.
But aside from this betrayal the farm
ers encountered the opposition of the
holdover Senators who did not owe
their office to the Non-Partisan League.
The resolution which would have made
possible a vote on a constitutional
amendment necessary to put the farm
ers plans into effect failed in the
Senate. So the great victory of the
league in North Dakota consists to
date of the distribution of numerous
good offices and the passage of a few
laws which nowhere 'near meet- the
conditions against which the farmers
protest.
Were one to disregard the initiative
which permits submission of laws or
constitutional amendments direct to
the people of Oregon by petition, one
may still find fairly important testi
mony that the Oregon Legislature is
not corrupt and that this state ia not
boss-controlled.
For example, in the October num
ber of F-quity. Jr. U'Ren lists among
the accomplishments of direct legis
lation "Legislative sessions without
charges of buying or selling legisla
tion," and "An ideal of citizenship and
a general feeling of individual respon
sibility of government that is far
higher than under the former system
of boss government."
If in its prospective incursion into
Oregon the Non-Partisan League first
seeks the offices, the sincerity of its
reform purposes may, therefore, prop
erly be questioned. But it may be
doubted that the league is possessed
of sufficient political acumen to see
this. As already indicated, its success
in North Dakota, so far as bringing
real relief to the farmers is involved,
has so far been largely superficial.
Yet with its primary work undone it
branches out to embrace new and dis
cordant issues. Within the last few
weeks the organization in North Da
kota and Minnesota has adopted reso
lutions urging taxation of land values
as a means of raising war revenues.
This ia the scheme fostered by the
Joseph Fels Commission, which has
conceived the idea of fastening single
tax upon the people as a war measure.
The Ta Liberator, whose editor in
vestigated personally the methods and.
accomplishments of the league in
North Dakota, predicted recently that
in Oregon the league would present
a comparatively mild policy in the
beginning. It is just possible that he
has underestimated the force of a cer
tain quality of human nature. A little
success intoxicates. The league with
its work unfinished in North Dakota
has set out to capture National poli
tics and revolutionize everything.
There is no common sense in enthu
siasm like that.
CONSERVING SUGAR.
Pessimists who see in approaching
measures for the conservation of sugar
the possibility that their supplies of
confectionery will be cut off will find
comfort in the reading of ancient his
tory. For confectionery is prehistoric,
while sugar is relatively modern. The
Fgyptians left a record of the impor
tance they attached to the industry
on the walls of their tombs and in
their potteries. The "sweet tooth" is
no new thing. But it is only, within
a few centuries that we have em
ployed either sugar or chocolate, now
the basis of most of the confectionery
consumed in civilized countries.
Our forefathers a couple of thou
sand years ago got along very well on
dainties made from figs, fruit juices,
nuts and gum. Wheat starch, made
by a crude process but high in food
value, was also commonly used. Svrup
had not been invented and the supply
or honey was limited to the produc
tion of wild bees. J3ut King Solomon's
wives, and the other beauties of the
day. contrived nicely, it is believed,
with such sweetmeats as they had at
hand. What has been done can be
done again, but so revolutionary a
change in our economy as even the
temporary suspension of candy-making
will put a severe tax upon the
imagination of the average American.
There is a legend that the sons of
Noah were tho first candy makers,
and another that Noah himself was
the inventor. But one thing is cer
tain, and that is that neither Noah
nor his sons knew anything about
sugar in the form in which we have
it today. It would be a curious inci
dent in a war which has plunged the
world into an abyss of barbarism if
we were compelled to revive the
methods of a few thousands of years
ago to meet the demand for sweet
meats and desserts.
The Department of Commerce has
found it necessary again to call the at
tention of American business men to the
Tact that a trade policy which offers
foreign consumers articles which Amer
icans think they ought to have, rather
than those which they want, is still
a failure. It was supposed that our
manufacturers had learned a lesson
in this regard, but a New Zealand firm
recently made inquiry for a certain
equipment, and its mail was flooded
with literature of every description,
describing every sort of substitute, but
none answering the specifications in
important particulars. It is pointed
out that this is not an evidence of
enterprise and zeal, as some believe,
but that its actual effect is to alienate
prospective customers in the particu
lar lines affected, and also to have an
unfavorable influence upon our trade
outlook as a whole.
Petroleum has become so great a
necessity in Britain and that country
is so determined to become independ
ent of foreign supplies of essential
commodities, as far as possible, that
a bill is before Parliament to encour
age drilling for oil in the United King
dom. The industry is new, but the
Oil News says that "enough is known
to render it pretty certain that oil
will be found." Not only is oil Im
ported for British battleships, but air
craft consume great quantities of
gasoliife. It is estimated that an aver
age airplane burns 11 gallons an
hour, and when aircraft are numbered
by thousands, the yearly consumption
runs into hundreds of millions of
gallons.
Holland Is so angry at the embargo
that she threatens to kill all her cattle
and sell them to the highest bidder,
who would, of course, be Germany.
But Holland would then have to be
come vegetarian, and, perhaps, eat
grass. The threat sounds like a bluff.
Ifomc of our Portland hunters
could duplicate the performance of
that Frenchman who went out after
duck and brought down a Zeppelin,
they would have something to brag
about the rest of their lives.
When the last detachment of the
Third Oregon entrains, let the boys
go in the knowledge that Oregon's
bond quota is up to her military re
quirements filled and running over.
Make the boys proud.
People of German descent lead the
nationalities in the purchase of bonds
in New York. Glance at the list here
and everywhere and see the same
record. They know why their fathers
left the fatherland.
Every time tha British or French
hit the Germans, the Germans get
satisfaction by hitting the Russians.
That seems to be about all the use
there Is for the Russians in this war.
Dan Kellaher is bound to "keep
store," even if he is a Commissioner.
His plan to sell choice cuts of garbage
for chicken feed is real conservation.
One-half of the Oregon counties are
credited with less than one-third of
the quota. What has become of the
rivalry for municipal glory ?
Say, feller, you've got one liberty
bond. You can stand another. Buy
it, if you have to smoke less. You'll
be healthier and happier.
One peculiarity of German naval
victories is that the Germans always
lose more ships than the country they
claim to have defeated.
Germany has lost more than half
her biggest Zeppelins. Buy another
bond and help make it three-quarters.
The 8-cent loaf is here, a little
smaller than its 10-cent predecessor,
but in the line of thrift.
Everyone should be a bondholder.
The man or woman who is not is not
In it these days.
Every .man entitled to exemption
can now be sure. Hs duty is plain-r
buy bonds.
If you are a slacker you will hate
to know what your wife thinks
about it.
Taeoma awakened Monday night, A
powder mill blew up.
Temperature is a bit chilly, Warm
up on bonds.
The Nation is slow. Help Oregon
set the pace.
How io Keep Well.
By Dr. W. A. Kraaa.
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of diseases. If matters of
general interest, will be. answered la this
column. Where apace will not permit or the
subject Is not suitable, letters will to per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped addressed envelope
Is Inclosed. Dr. Svam will not aiks diag
nosis or prescribe for Individual diseases. Re
quests for such services cannot ba answered.
(Copyright. 3.816. by Dr. V.'. X. Eyana.
Published by arrangement with tha Chicago
Trlbuna.)
ORIGIX OF RED CROSS.
GASKS: "Will you write about the
. origin of the Red Cross? We
have had the matter up in discussion
and I find that few of us know and
those who think they know are very
much divided. Will you Bet us right?"
Reply In IS63 Dunant. of Geneva.
Switzerland, wrote a book in which ha
described the sufferings of a wounded
soldier with such vividness that an In
formal conference of the representa
tives of various nations was held in
Geneva In 18S3. In 1864 a formal con
ference of various strong civilized na
tions was held, in Geneva upon the in
vitation of the Swiss government. This
convention adopted certain ruleu and
regulations for the more humane care
of the sick and wounded in warfare.
This is the origin of the Red Cross.
In a certain sense, the, foundation
was laid by Larra.v. who. with the
support of Napoleon, organized the
nodical corps of the French army on
a basis of efficiency and humanity
never before attained.
In the Civil War, 1S61 to 1865. Let
termRn completed the organization of
the relief forces on lines much moro
efficient and much more humane than
those of Larray. But the United States
Government failed to give immediate
support to Letterman and his planes.
Our Government also refused to sign
the articles of the Geneva convention.
These and allied shortcomings were
responsible for the interest of a for
mer school teacher and later employe
of the patent office. Clara, Barton.
During tha Civil War and for several
years thereafter Clara Barton did on a
small scale Just what the American
Red Cruets is now doing. Exhausted by
her labors, phft went to Geneva for her
health in 1565. There she met and
came into co-operation with the inter
national committee of the Red Cross.
She worked in co-operation with them
In extending relief in the Franco-Prussian
War of 1871.
In 1S83 she returned to the United
States and organized the American
Hed L'rona and began an agitation to
have the United States ratify the reso
lutions of the Geneva convention. She
remained president of the American
Red Cross until 1904.
The organization has gradually in
creased its scope, its field and its ma
chinery for rendering help until now It
is reaching out over a good part of the
world and rendering help to civilian
populations in scores of ways as well
as discharging its better-known re
sponsibilities in connection with mili
tary forces.
Most Cut Out Drlnlr.
K. H. P. writes: "My brother, a
skilled machinist, is troubled st time
tvith Incontinence of urine. His age
is 36; has fine physique; has served 12
years with the regular Army. lie has
been working lately at high pressure
on supplies the Government desperately
needs; usually about four hours' over
time; six hours on Sunday, and on two
occasions 36 hours at a stretch, with
only short lunch rests.
"Once or advice a week there is a
job of annealing, where the heat is so
terrific that he does not send for his
22-year-old helper, but does It alone,
lie comee home almost sick after this.
"He drinks both whisky and beer in
what 1 consider reasonable amounts,
for we often drink together. He fre
quently complains of pains in the kid
neys, but says he has no sensation of
pain about the bladder or the urethral
tract.
"He often sleeps hours at a time, ly
ing on his back. This I have urged
that he try to avoid. He ha consulted
and followed the treatment of two phy
sicians, but no benefit follows.
"Can you suggest any treatment that
may help such a condition, for he is
liable to wet the bed when he drinks.
It would be difficult for any man to
stand such a strain without at least
beer.
"1 have urged him to cut out the
overtime, but the company has offered
a big 'bonus to get out so much."
REPLY.
Tt la probable that a man's disease spe
cialist could benefit your brother by local
treatment. However, no treatment by any
physician will prove satisfactory unless he
changes his habits. First, he must stop
drinking both whisky and beer. In the man
ufacture of certain munitiona drinking has
been shown to produce severe and often fatal
trade poisoning. The poisons in soma- of
these processes affect the urinary organs
especially.
You do not state what he Is working at.
but whatever he is doing he cannot stand
great strain If he drinks whisky or beer.
Next. 1 am sure he Is suffering from fatigue.
The British, health of munition workera com
mitter 'says that 06 hours of heavy work a
week la the limit. A man working TO hours
a week at hard labor will not do as much as
the same man working at tha same task will
do in 6 hours.
It is not a matter of health of the workers
that 1 am now writing about; It la the out
put. The committee holds that when men
at the front are hazarding their lives It is
proper that the makers of ammunition
should hazard theirs. The committee came
to the conclusion that when men worked
long overtime or did not have proper Inter
missions or a Sunday rest spell they did not
put out as much work as when they worked
fewer hours. On top of this was the point
In which you are especially interested over
work scraps men. Overwork; and drink are
about to acrap your brother.
Swollen Limbs.
Miss M. E. K. writes: "Tha complaint
of swollen limbs and ankles has been
general this year among women,
whether they wear slippers or high
shoes. The ankles swell about twice
their natural size and the limbs are
as hard as rocks about the tops of the
high shoes."
REPLY.
I do not think swelling of the feet and
legs has been unduly prevalent. tl first
wrote in evidence, but I thought of the in
accuracy of the term! this Summer. It is
probable that you. being interested In the
sub.iet-t for tho first time, have been Im
pressed with a prevalence which is usual.
The cause of the condition is an undue
amount of water in the tissues. -Tiie prob
ability is that an examination would show
heart or kidney disease. Liver disease is a
possibility. A considerable percentage of the
people who live the unnatural life of the
i-ty have kidney disease or heart disease.
The majority of these have no symptoms
except some such as swelling of the ankles.
Most of such cases can be cured by change
in habits. For example regular hours,
plenty of sleep, a proper diet, regular bowel
habits, refraining from such drugs as alco
hol, tobacco, coffee and tea.
O peratlon for Bow Leg;.
B. -writes: "1. Kindly advise if there
Is any way of overcoming 'bowlegged
ness.' I am embarrassed when stand
ing at attention in a drill. 2. What is
the use of the turbinated bones when
they are in normal condition V
REFLT.
1. There is no way nhort of operation.
2. They help to warm, moisten, sad clean
tha incoming air.
Ilnntlns t ain Pheasants.
SEASIDE. Or.. Oct. II. (Ta the
Editor.) (1) Please state if this is an
open season for shooting China pheas?
ants In Clatsop County. 2) Js state
law in effect this year in regard, to
time, one-half hour before sunset and
one-half hour after sunset?
JAMKS KlUKWOOD.
(1 Tes, until Uitober Z.
( 2) Shooting is permitted half an
hour before sunrise, but must atop at
sunset- '
FACTS AND DOCUMENTS
Committee m Public Information Takes President Wilson's Indictment
PrnssUnliiBi as Text for Mug of Vnlmp-rtb Evidence
The Indictment of the German govern
ment which was made by President Wilson
In hia Flag day speech ia proved by an
overwhelming; mass of evidence by the Ad
ministration in the latest publication by tiie
committee on public information. This Is a
pamphlet entitled 'The President's Flag Day
Address. WJith Evidence of Germany's
Plana.' Each count in the Indictment. Is
supported by a footnote citing; the facts
supporting It. and the facta are massed in
such formidable shape as to prove the
crimes and evil designs of Germany to any
open mind. It is a crushing answer to those
who say that the United States is fijthtinjc
merely for tho right to travel on munition
ships.
Final Installment.
In substantiation of the President's
opinion that the peoples which Ger
many wishes to unite under her rule
"did not wish to be united."' but "would
be satisfied only by undisputed inde
pendence," and, if conquered, "would
live under a common power only by
sheer compulsion and would await the
day of revolution," the Oerman gov
ernment of Alsace-Lorraine is men
tioned as typical. The story of Ger
man oppression and of Alsatian discon
tent, as shown by the Zabern incident,
U related. Similar tyranny prevails in
Prussian Toland and North Schleswig.
and in Austria-Hungary "the situation
is even worse."
The President said that "the German
military statesmen have actually car
ried the greater part of that amazing
plan into execution" and by this fact
he explained their eagerness for peace.
In this connection the pamphlet ex
poses for the first time the schemes
by which the proposed Stockholm. So
cialist peace conference is being en
gineered to secure a pro-German ma
jority. This is the story:
The Stockholm Congress after frequent
postponement, may meet in September. The
German S.viallfits have skillfully classified
the delegates with a view to get t( ns the men
nd croups desired by the German govern -mnnt.
and the present outlook Is that of the
I'OJ delegates they hoped to have present
the fro-German group may count on con
trolling; 155. The American libor unions,
with m. membership of ;t.OOt,0i.. are given
four member: the American Socialist par-tit-p,
with loo.ooo members, 10. KerensKy's
labor party group in Russia, although un
deniably Socialists snd ao recom.lzed t
vthr conKrsises, Is excluded. t miliar de
vice for packing; the conference have been
used in regard to the French rnd KnKiinh
delegations. In neutral -outitrien- wliero the
control is In the hand of pro-German lead--era
the delegations nre disproportionately
large: where the Socialist groups might be
araiiist Germany the representation is small.
(See article by William KngUsh Walling in
the daily papers September 1917. and
by John Spa run m New York Tribune August
Jil. 1U1T- -Both writers are well-known So
cialists.) The Stockholm conference Is
closely connected with the governments of
Germany and of her satellite. The Untrh
pro- leriiia n Hocia Ust lea tier. Treelstra. who
arranged the preliminary meeting- at Stock
holm, was granted an interview with Zim
niermann, the German Secretary for Foreign
Affairs: and the autocratic German aovem
n.ent. mhich has fought the Socialists, gave
its ready consent to the attendance of the
German Socialists. In Hungary the Social
iats were ro sure of .be eagerness of their
government to have them ro that they
threatened to stay away if the government
did not heed Socialist demands for certain
internal reforms. The Prime Minister of
Bulgaria not only had a long: interview with
the loader of the Socialist party bound for
the first conference at Stockholm, but saw
the party off at the railway station.
Interest in this packed Stockholm confer
ence g justified only because there are at
present Indications that the dominant mili
tary group is playing with the slogan, first
t.sed by tne Socialists, of "no annexations
and no Indemnities." For obvious reasons
they omit the phrase added by the Rus
sians, "tli right of all nations to deter
mine their own destiny." What is left, "no
annexations and no indemnities," serves two
purpottea of German propaganda. A t home
it enables the military group to command
Socialist co-operation, direct the Stockholm
conference, bolster up the self-defense theory
of tiie war and hold their shaken position
until in time of peace they can apnin con
solidate it. Abroad it gives Socialist, paci
fist and pro-German groups an effective and
set mi ugly uu lie less phrase with which to
divide public sentiment and divert the un
thinking". Such groups, often honest and
well intentloned. think they are reaching out
a hand to a real And powerful opposition
within Germany. If accepted without any
definition and without the Husslan addition
the programme of "No annexations and no
indemnities" seemingly restores the condi
tions before the war. Such conditions mean
the German military group triumphant.
Germany unliberalized, Belgium. Serbia. Po
ie.nd and Roumanla ravished and as fast in
the German net as are Turkey, Austria and
Bulgaria; France weakened; Italy threat
ened; Russia disorganized, and the theory
and practice of German warfare unrebuked.
So Germany would be free to organize Cen
tral Kurope and plot for another empire, be
yond seas put rolled by her submarines In
a world overawed for generations by the
triumph of 4,f rightfulness."
The imperial government will continue to
maneuver for peace, but. In Its present
spirit, for a pence to be arranged In con
ference at a "green table, with Germany
holding: as trumps the overrun territories
now In her poaseasiovt, and not for a peace
guaranteed "by tha major force f man
kind." Germany was hopelessly indefinite as
to whether she would acoept the de
tails of the Pope's peace proposals, for
"the German government has not yet
given up hope of making peace with
plunder." The President said that Ger
many M wishes to close its bargain be
fore it is too late, and it has little left
to offer for the pound of flesh it will
demand.' In explanation it is said. of
the German military classes:
Their present position on the war map Is
highly advantageous to them from an eco
nnmic point of view, for they now control
the chief centers of Kuropean industry out
aide Great Britain. If they can retain these
conquests they will be permanently enriched
at the expense of their impoverished neigh
bors. If they can capitalize their present
advantageous positions on the war map,
whether by annexations or otherwise, this
war also, like that of 1870, will appear in
the light of a profitable business adventure.
War itself will indeed have become one of
the greatest of national industries, with the
n-illtary caste necessarily In supreme politi
cal control. In such an atmosphere democ
rjfv cannot develop. Nor can the triumph
of democracy be expected In Germany till
the prestige of tne military caste naa peen
destroyed.
The President explained that any
peace which could be made now would
be a German peace, reinforcing the
prestige and political power of the mil- 1
itary masters of Germany, and he con- ;
tinued:
If they succeed they are safe and Ger- j
many and the world are undone; If they fail ;
Germany Is saved and the world will be at ,
nei.ee. If they succeed America will fall
within the menace. We and all the rest of
the world mut remain armed, as they will
remain, and must make ready for the next
step In their aggression; If they fail the
orld may unite for peace and Germany
may be of the union.
In support of this opinion the pam
phlet says:
America no longer occupies a position of
charmed isolation. In this war navies have
transported great armies thousands of miles.
The wireless has kept Germany informed
almost constantly of developments in the
United States. German submarines have ap
peared in our ports and have sunk ships off
our coasts. Already we are within the
menace. Let disaster eome to the British
and American navies and the war may be
brought within our borders.
Today more than ever before we face the
problem of defending with a real force or
with adequate guaranties our traditional
policy the Monroe Doctrine. The facilities
of the entire Holy Alliance In 182.1 for the
violation of American territory were small
as compared with the power of Germany
alone today. It Germany emerges from this
war victorious and pn reformed, then we.
like France, Holland. Belgium and Switzer
land during the past decadea, must prepare
Indeed for seif-defense. We must shoulder
a burden Of military preparedness in time
ot peace such as America has nver known.
Ju substantiation of the President's
opinion that the peoples which Gerr
many wishes to unite under her rule
"did not wish to be united." but "wotfld
be satisfied only by undisputed indAr
pendence," "and. if conquered, "would
live under a common power only by
sheer compulsion and would await the
day of revolution," the German govr
ernment of Alsace-Lorraine is men
tioned as typical. The story of Ger
rpan oppression and of Alsatian discon
tent, as showp, by the Zabern. incident.
IN CASE AGAINST GERMANY
is related. Similar tyranny prevails in
Prussian Poland and North Schleswig.
and in Austria-Hungary "the situation
Is even worse."
The President said that "the German
military statesmen have actually car
ried the greater part of that amazing
plan into execution" and by this face
he explained their eagerness for peace.
In this connection the pamphlet ex
poses for the first time the schemes
by which the proposed Stockholm So
cialist peace conference is being en
glneered to secure a pro-German ma
jority. This is the story:
The Stockholm Congress after freouen
POKtponements may meet in September. The
German Socialists have skillfully classified,
the deiesates with a view to getting the men,
and groups desired by the German govern
ment, and the present outlook Is that of the
-U2 delegates they hoped to have preset. 6
the pro-German group may count on con
trolling l.VV The American labor unions,
with a membership of 3mmi.,hh(. Mr. given,
four members; the American Socialist par
ties, with lOO.OOO members, lrt. Kerenskv g
labor partiy group in Russia, although un
deniably Socialists and so recognized at
other congresses. 4a excluded. Similar de
viceg for packing the conference have been,
used in regard to the French and Knglil
delegations. In neutral countries where tho
control is in the hands of pro-German lead
ers the delegations are disproportionately
large: where the Socialist groups might b'sj
against Germany the representation is smali.
See article by William Knglish Walling in
the daily papers September io, law. and,
by John Spargo in New Vork Tribune August
-tl. 117. Both writers are well-known So
cialists.) The Stockholm conference i
closely connected with the governments ..fi
Germany and of her satellites. The Lutch,
pro-German Socialist leader. Troelstra. whoj
arranged the preliminary meeting at Stork?
holm, was granted an interview with init
mermann. the German Secretary for Fcreiga
Affairs; and the autocratic German (tuvcrn
ment. which has fought the Socialist?, gave
its ready consent to th attendance of the
German Socialists. In Hungary tne Social
ists were so sure of the eagerness of their
government to have them go t hat they
threatened to stay away if the government
did not heed Socialist demands for certain,
internal reforms. The Prime Minister of
Bulgaria not only hail a long; interview witli
the leader of the Socialist party bound for
the first conference at Stockholm, but saw
the party off at the railway station.
Interest In this packed Stockholm confer
ence Is justified only because there are st
present Indications that the dominant mili
tary group ia pia ing; witli the slogan, first
used by th Socinlifts. of "no annevHtiotm
and no Indemnities." For obvious reasons
they omit the phrase added by the Rus
sians, "the right of all nations to deter
mine their own destiny." W hat is left, "no
annexa t ions and no indemni t ies." serves t n
purposes of German propaganda. At home
it enables the military group to command
Socialist co-operation, direct the Stockholm
conference, bolster up the self-defense theory
of the war and hold their shaken position
until in time of peace they can again cou
salidate it. .Abroad it gives Socialist, paci
fist and pro-German groups an effective and
seemingly guileless phrase with which to
divide public sentiment and divert tho un
thinking. Such groups, often honest and
well intentioned. think they are reaching out
a hand to a real and powerful opposition
within Germany. If accepted without any
definition and without the ltussian addition
the programme of "no annexations and no
indemnities seemingly restores the condi
tions before the war. Such conditions mean,
the German military group triumphant.
Germany unliberalized, BolRium. Serbia. Po
land and Roumania ravinhed and as fast in
the German net as are Turkey. Austria and
Bulgaria; France weakened; Italy threat
ened; Russia disorganized, and tiie theory
and practice of German warfare unrebuked.
So Germany would be free to organize Cen
tral Europe and plot for another empire, be
yond seas controlled by her submarines tr&
a world overawed for generations by the
triumph of "frightfulness."
The imperial government will continue to
maneuver for peace, but. In its present,
spirit, for a peace to be arranged in con
ference at a "green table." with Germany
holding as trumps the overrun territories
now in her possession, and not for a peace
guaranteed "by the major force of man
kind."
Germany was hopelessly indefinite as
to whether she would accept the de-
tails of the Pope's peace proposals, for
"the German government has not yet
given up hope of making peace "with
plunder." The President said that Ger
many "wishes to close its bargain be-
fore it Is too late, and it has little left
to offer for the pound of flesh it wil
demand." In explanation it is said ofi
the German military classes:
Their present position on the war map Is
highly advantageous to them from an eco
nomic point of view, for they now control
the chief centers of European industry out
side Great Britain. It they ran retain these
conquests they will be permanently enriched
at the expense of their impoverished neigh-,
bors. If they can capitalize their present
advantageous positions on the war map.
whether by annexations or otherwise, this
mar, also, like that of 1S70. will appear In
tho light of a profitable business adventure.
War itself will indeed have become one of
the greatest of national industries, with the
military casta necessarily in supreme polttU
cal control. In such an atmosphere democ
racy cannot develop. Nor can the triumph)
of democracy be expected in Germany till
the prestige of the military caste has been
destroyed.
The President explained that any
peace which could be made now would
be a German peace, reinforcing the
prestige and political power of the mil
itary masters of Germany and he com
tinued:
If they succeed they are safe and Ger
many and the world are undone; if they fail
Germany is saved and the world will be at
peace. If they succeed America will fall
'within tho menace. We and all the rest of
the world must remain armed, as they will
remain, and must make ready for the neit
step in their aggression; if they fail the
world may unite for peace and Germany
may be of the union.
In support of this opinion the pann
phlet says:
America no longer oceuptes a position of
charmed isolation. In this w ar navies have
transported great armies thousands of miles.
The wireless has kept Germany informed
almost constantly of developments In the
United States. German submarines have ap
peared in our ports and have sunk ships off
our coasts. Already we are within the
meoiace. I-et disaster come to tho British
ana American navies and the war may bo
brought within our borders.
Today more than ever before we face the
problem of defending with a real force op
with adequate guaranties our traditional
poiicv the Monroe Uoctrine. The facilities
of the entire Holy Alliance In IS:.? for the
violation of American territory were im.il
m compared with the power ot Germany
alone today. If Germany emergea from this
war victorious and unrerormea, tnen me,
like France, Holland. Belgium and Switzer
land during the past decades, must prepare
Indeed for self-defense. We must shoulder
a burden of military preparedness in time
of peace such as Ameriea has never known.
TRIBUTE TO SENIOR SENATOR
Public. Non-Partisan Reception Sag;-
Kested as - Fitting; at Present.
PORTLAND, Oct. 23. (To the Edi
tor.) I notice through the papers that
our senior Senator Ui to arrive in Uie
city in a few days for a short vaca
tion. Permit mo to suggest through The
Oregonian to the city officials and the
public organizations of various kinds
that it would be entirely fitting and
proper that a public non-partisan re
ception should be extended to Senator
Chamberlain in recognition particular
ly of the great public service he ha3
rendered to our country during the try
ing times of the late special session of
Congress. No matter what our poli
tics in time of peace, or what our po
litical disappointments may be, we are
all bound to recoarnue in George
Chamberlain, as the President and. the
Senate hava recognised, one of the
great men of our country, and one o
the most useful.
Can we not, then, all unite In show-'
ng public appreciation of his dis
tinguished and invaluable Services to
our country in the threat crisis through;
which we are now parsing?
N- A. PEERT.
' . ji's.- -
Net Lend.
'I couldn't serve as Juror, Judge; one
look at that feller couvinces me he's
guilty."
"Sh-h that's the attorney for the
state."