AID 10 AMERICA IS
OPPOSED Ifl MEXICO
General Murguia, Commander
of Carranza Army in Northern
Mexico Urges' Neutrality.
LANGUAGE IS PRO-GERMAN
Declaration Is Made That Mexico's
Soldiers Are Desired to Be
Sent to Battlefields of Ku.
rope for Sacrifice.
TXt PASO. Tex.. Nov. 18. "North
America does not need our passive alli
ance. North America needs only our
quota of soldiers, as its men are going
to war, not singing the 'Marseillaise.'
but sorrowfully' siDElng 'Home. Sweet
Home.' "
The foregoing Is the opening sen
tence of a manifesto signed by General
Krancisco Murguia, commander or the
Carranza army in Northern Mexico,
hundreds of copies of which were dis
tributed in Juarez today.
"It would be the limit of childish
ness." the manifesto continues, "to be
lieve that our joining the entente would
result in our indebtedness to these na
tions being forgiven.
Neutrality In TJrged.
"I stand for neutrality. I do not be
lieve that we Mexicans are under obli
gations to support the cause of either
of the fighting parties.
"Let us abandon all idea of giving
the entente our moral support. America
does not need our moral support nor
our passive Influence. America does
not need, as a matter of help, our
oil, our ores nor our henequin. These
they can obtain by trade, and should
we dare refuse them they would take
them by the right granted to a coun
try In war. What North America needs
is our men.
"The United States have only been
able to send 10 per cent of the forces
they promised to send to Europe. To
this end they have enlisted negroes,
the aliens and most sorrowful the
Mexicans. They know they will have
to sacrifice a lot of lives, and it is
clear that they wish to sacrifice every
body but their own countrymen.
Mexican "Viewpoint Given.
"The National feeling of Americans
Is opposed to the war. The anti-war
propaganda in America has reached the
hearts of the people.
"If we shake off our apathy, forget
our hatreds, consolidate our govern
ment, exert all our force, Mexico's neu
trality will be respected.
"We do not expect anything from
Germany, nor do we ask any favors of
that nation, but far less could be ex
pected from the - United States. Let
this be our attitude toward the rest
of the world. We need our hundred
thousand soldiers for our own use."
ITALIANS HOLDING FIRM
(Continued From Flrt Page.)
rw, but time has been secured to ef
teiV that recovery from the retreat
which will permit the army to resume
its offensive power as well as its de
fensive. The enemy was taking full advan
tage of the delicate period after the
retreat, knowing that every day count
ed for the restoration of the. solidity
of the Italian offensive force.
In this knowledge, too, the Italian
supreme command is proceeding me
thodically, giving ground here and
there and holding elsewhere, as all this
is part of a systematic plan to bring
to the army offensive-qualities to deal a
blow at a chosen moment.
Italians Develop Resistance.
After six days of heavy shellfire cov
ering their advance with storming par
ties at chosen points, the Austro-Ger-nians
have not been able to pass the
Piave River in force, but are held there
by the desperate-resisting force devel
oped by the reorganized Italian army.
This has shown officers and soldiers
alike the power of resistance they pos
sess, and has given them tangible evi
dence that this menacing rush from be
yond the mountains can at least be
checked if not stopped entirely.
The chief scenes of action are on the
lower Plave, where General Borovich's
Austrians have their left under the fire
of Italians and allied naval guns at the
mount of Plave, their right under bom
bardment by Italian batteries and their
front faced with 15 miles of inundated
country. Further up on the middle
Plave tha Austrians who succeeded in
getting a foothold on the west bank
near Zenson are crowded down to the
water's edge.
Few Troops Have Crossed River.
The invaders have scant food and
munitions and have been unable thus
far to bring over reinforcements from
the east bank. All their attempts to
float a pontoon bridge have failed un
der the enfilading fire of the Italian
guns on both their flanks.
Thus far nothing beyond battalions
have crossed the river, and no corps or
brigade, much less divisions, has passed
the deadline. Only at Zenson and Griso
lera are there any serious lodgments
on the west bank of the Piave and to
day the enemy was forced back to the
river at Zenson and elsewhere, with
more than a thousand captured, while
the flood waters bar him before Griso
Jera. One hears tonight talk in high quar
ters that if the Piave line holds another
few days the tide will be turned, as its
successful defense through six fearful
days has established that the enemy
has his limitations.
Enemy Attacks tn North.
It is because the Piave has. resisted so
well that the enemy now is turning his
attention to the north and trying to
make a breach there, which he failed to
make on the Piave.
The line on the north runs along
Asiago, Cismon and Quero, and there
the Italian position remains virtually
unchanged. '
In the east, where the mountain line
Joins the Piave, the Italian position has
been moved a little further back, not in
giving ground, but to solidify the whole
northern front from Mont Tondarecar on
the west to the Piave on the east, thus
consolidating the defense in the cen
ter and on both northern wings. This
Is the situation tonight after one of the
most trying weeks Italy has ever
known. It makes the whole country
breathe easier and await with serenity,
almost confidence, those crucial days
etui ahead.
Farmers Name War Committee.
KLAMATKf FALLS. Or., Nov. 18.-
(Special.) A standing committee for
the Klamath Basin south of this city
has been appointed by the farmers of
the district to take charge of the vari
ous calls which may be received to
raise mpney for various lines of work
incident to the present war. This com
mittee consists of William Cheyne
John- Koontz and J. S. McClellan. Jt Is
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The fall of Gaza to the British forces, which have been steadily advancing through Palestine. Is a. most im
portant capture and gives the British a port through which they can move new regiments and"supplles for the
Palestine army from Kgypt. The Tu rks are being given no rest and are ste adlly being driven backward. Gaza
Is 50 miles southeast of Jerusalem, the general objective of the forces. Gaz a Is a Mediterranean port, and is north
west of Beersheba, previously taken by .General Allenby's troops.
JAFFA IS CAPTURED
British Forces Occupy
of Jerusalem.
Port
VICTORY IS IMPORTANT
City
Is
Now Under Control of Brlltsb
Only 5 4 Miles by Rail to '
Jerusalem and Is Ideal for
Base of Supplies.
LONDON, Nov. 18. The city of Jaffa,
on the Mediterranean coast, was taken
possession of by the British army in
Palestine yesterday.
The Turks, who are apparently con
tinuing their withdrawal, offered no
resistance.
By the capture of Jaffa General
Allenby has made more certain the
ultimate occupation of Jerusalem and
all this part of Palestine. Jaffa Is the
port of Jerusalem, from which it is dis
tant 35 miles northwest. A railroad
winds through the coastal hills to Je
rusalem from Jaffa ror 54 miles, and it
is probable that the British forces will
pursue their way to Jerusalem via this
route.
Two Armlea 3Iay Join.
The subjugation of the Palestine
country and defeat of the Turks prob
ably will mean a junction of Oeneral
Allenby's army with that of Oeneral
Maude, who, with approximately 300,-
000 men, is now at Tekrit, north and
west of the Palestine forces. The Ar
aybian desert now separates these two
armies, but a further push northward
by General Allenby would bring his
army beyond the desert and make pos
sible a union.
Occupation of Jaffa will bring an
additional port of entry under British
control and serve greatly in the im
port of supplies to the army. It will
make unnecessary, in a great measure,
the long transport of supplies by land
from Egypt, as In the past.
Incidentally with the capture of
Jaffa, the British have wiped out two
German colonies established near this
port about 20 years ago and seduously
fostered ever since as a means of ex
tending German influence in Asiatic
Turkey.
Hospital Are Acquired.
Several large missionary hospitals
which are located at Jaffa were ac
quired by the British, and these, it is
declared, will aid greatly in caring for
wounded soldiers.
Although Jaffa today only has a
population of about 30,000, In ancient
times it was one of the large cities of
this part of the world. In Bible times
Jaffa was known as Joppa, a very an
cient Phoenecian town. Students of
history will recall that Joppa is fabled
as the place where Andromeda was
chained to the rock. -In the Old Testa
ment Joppa is referred to as part of the
lot of Dan? as the place where timber
from Lebanon was landed for transpor
tation to Jerusalem and the port at
which Jonah took passage for Tarshish.
In 1799- Jaffa was stormed by the
French. ,
BIGGEST NEED IS CANNON
(Continued From Firt Page.)
were if two or three divisions, holding
an almost impregnable point, debauched
by the excellent spy system of Ger
many, had not thrown down their arms.
The Italians had defeated the Austri
ans. It was German divisions with ar
tillery from the eastern and western
fronts which restored the morale of
the Austro-Hungarlan troops and them
selves led the successful thrust.
"The French and British have a mod
erate preponderance in guns and man
for man they outfieht the Germans.
THE MORNING OTlEGONLfcX. MONDAY, -NOVEMBER 19, 1917.
GAZA GIVES BRITISH PALESTINE
year's boys of 17 are in the army and
many of 16, whose tear-stained faces
among the prisoners wrench the hearts
of the Tommies and the poilus. who
show them a shy, tender and clumsy
kindness. Plainly the resources in men
andmaterial are running low. While
there are still excellent German divi
sions in Flanders, there was an ap
preciable' diminution in the morale and
the physical quality of the German
troops on the French and British fronts
during the 10 weeks in which I was in
Europe. . Germany everywhere had lost
the offensive.
"The issue of the war will be decided
not on the Isonzo or the Piave: not on
the Meuse or the Rhine, but in Wash
ington and by the furnaces of America.
This war must be won, if we are to
win it, by the manufacture in America
of thousands of engines of war. Men
cannot win the war. The splendid little
American Army which already has
crossed the seas rendered a great serv
ice when the echo of the first Amer'
lean feet upon the soil of France car
ried to every home which has sacri
ficed (and almost all French homes
have sacrificed) the promise that
strength and still more the Industrial
genius of America would bring succor
to France.
France's Great Need la Munition..
"One of the greatest of French Gen
erals, perhaps the greatest, with the
burden of the long front upon his
shoulders, said to me: 'Thank God for
your little army. It buoyed our falling
hopes, but its present growth costs us
material. Send us cannon and ammu
nition now, and more of them, lest
there be none of us left when you real
ly get here.'
"We cannot hope to have a vast army
in France next year. But America,
whose furnaces can forge as much steel
as jthe furnaces of all Europe, can pro
duce the cannon 25.00U cannon.
"We must have greater co-ordination
of effort than we have now. We must
have more powerful direction, greater
unity of effort, a true war council,
such as does not exist in Washington
a council of men who, irrespective of
faction and party, represent in the
greatest degree thelenergy and genius
of America. We must bend ail our en
ergies to make the great industrial ef
fort in time. It will be fruitless if we
are ready too late."
DEBATE WILL CLEAR MB
sessio-v
TO
OF HOUSE OF COMMONS
END CONTROVERSY.
Premier Lloyd George Pictured aa In
Militant Mood. Welcoming Oppor
tunity of Defending Ills Plan.
LONDON, Nov. 18. The parliamentary
correspondents of the Sunday news
paper are unanimous in their Anticipa
tion that tomorrow's debate in the
House of Commons on Premier Lloyd
George's Paris speech will clear the
air and end the controversy which has
been raging during the last week.
They picture the Premier in a most
militant mood and welcoming the op
portunity of defending his plan for an
allied war council against his critics
represented as an Irreconcilable com
bination of radicals, pacifists and mili
tant conservatives.
It is expected that Lloyd George
will clear away any misconception that
his remarks In Paris were intended as
a reflection on army leaders.
VILLA'S FORCES. SPREAD
Small Garrison at Ojlnaga, Others at
San Juan dclUlo.. .
PRESIDIO, Tex.. Nov.- 18. Fewer
than 100 Villa troops occupied the gar-:
rlson at Ojlnaga today, theTematnder
of Villa's men being in the field to the
south of the town or at San Juan Del
Itio, nine miles up the Sanches River.
Another Vllla.jQf r'ieer died in the hos
pital here today. He was shot through
PORT.
PNEUMONIA HAS FOE
Chicago Health Department to
Undertake Serum Treatment.
DISEASE IN FOUR TYPES
When Xewly Dlscovero dltemedy Is
Administered In Virulent Cases,
Effectiveness Said to Be as Great
as Antitoxin in Diphtheria.
CHICAGO, Nov. 18. (Special.)
Serum treatment of one type of pneu
monia will be undertaken by the city
health department. The serum has been
tested at the Rockefeller Institute in
New York, and the results are said to
have been remarkable.
Because the amount of the newly dis
covered serum In the possession of the
health department at this time is ltm
lted and the fact it must be adminls
tered by experts, it will Ve given at
large only in exceptional cases.
' Dr. Maximilian Henog, pathologist
of the Municipal Tibercolosia Sani
tarlum, visited the hospital of the
Rockefeller Institute in New York last
Summer at the suggestion of .Health
Commissioner Robertson. He investi
gated carefully the laboratory meth
ods of preparing the serum, and on
his return began manufacturing It for
the benefit of this city.
According to the Rockefeller Instl
ture. pneumonia Is classified as a group
of diseases. Types one and two are
virulent, type three most virulent, type
fjour less virulent than the others and
seldom causes death.
When this serum is administered
early in cases of type' one it is said
to have been found as effective as is
anti-toxin in diphtheria. II is reported
that of. 105 cases of pneumonia due to
type one 97 cases recovered.
CAMP READY FOR WINTER
Klamath
County Mills Will
Not
Shutdown This Fall.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Nov. 18
(Special.). Contrary to usual custom
several logging camps In this vicinty
will continue to operate all Winter if
weather conditions are favorable, ac
cording to a prominent logging con
tractor of Klamath County.
The E. W. Barnes camp on the west
side of Upper Klaanath Lake is iretting
In sleighs and otherwise preparing for
a Winter campaign, while Puckeit
Bros, who also are operating on th
west aide of the lake, wlllerun all Win
ter unless present plans are changed.
Red Crown's con
tinuous chain of
boiling points in
sures maximum
power and mileage.
Standard
Oil Company
(California)
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BAKER SEES HOPE
111 ITALIAN STAND
Secretary of War . Encouraged
That Enemy May Yet Be
Brought to Stop.
HUN WEAKNESS DESCRIED
Fact That "Germans on Western Line
Have Failed to React to Brit
ish Offensive Is Taken as
Sign of Deterioration.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 18. Hardening
f the Italian defense and the precision
ith which English and French rein
forcements are 'being delivered in the
Lilian war theater leads. Secretary
Baker in his weekly war review to
night to contemplate the future in that
field with confidence. He points, how
ever, that the full strength of the Aus-
tro-uerman errorts Has not yet been
developed.
The only reference to the sector of
e western . front where Americi
roops occupy first-line trenches is that
he men have shown themselves worthy
or the best traditions of the American
Army.
Morale Reported Excellent.
"The training of our National Army
s now progressing rapidly, the state
ment eaya. "At all the camps the
morale of our new cltlren soldiers is
reported as excellent.
The men who have been called up
o defend our countfy in the present
mergeney are taking hold of the work
ti a serious, high-minded spirit, which
will produce tha best results.
The British and French officers who
are -to assist In Instructing 'our new
army are arriving.
'In France the training of our troops
likewise being carefully carried out.
the sector where our forces are in
the trenches they have shown them-
elves worthy of the best traditions of
our armies.
"After the successes gained by the
allies in the west during the preceding
week, the relative calm of the last
seven-day period was to be anticipated.
Enemy's Reaction Slight.
It Is significant, however, that the
reaction of the enemy has been rela
tively slight, both in the region north
of the Alsne and In Flanders.
'At this season of the year the fog
bound fields of Flanders and bad
weather make It difficult to co-ordinate
major operations with precision. Never
theless artillery preparations are con
tinuing, presaging further offensive
engagements.
'Destructive hostile artillery fire is
noted in the area along the Yser, cen
tering around Dixmude.'and the shell-
ng by the enemy increased during the
latter part of the week, betraying a de
cided nervousness on the part of Ger
mans lest any unexpected offensive
action develop.
'Along the French front no engage
ments of importance are recorded.
'The news from Italy is more en
couraging. ' Operations involving the
skillful handling of large masses of
troops and the reorganization of de
fense operations are being carried out
by the Italian armies with energy and
courage.
. Battlea Are Desperate.
"In all sectors of the Italian theater
much hard fighting continues. The
enemy along four different lines is en
deavoring to outflank and. if possible,
to crush the Italian armies and de
bouch Into the heart of Northern Italy.
While attempting to drive ahead across
the Venetian plain along a broad front,
the Austro-German forces have thrown
large masses of troops against the
Italian defensive positions guarding the
Trentino.
"In spite of the intense strain of the
engagements, the Italian defense Is
hardening.
"Along the Plave and In the region of
the lake of Garda. and along the
Brenta, the enemy, while scoring local
advantages, la being successfully de
tained. "On the Lower Piave the hostile at
tempt to cross the rivpr was partially
successful, resulting from the charac
ter of Zenson. The Italians have now
opened the dikes in this sector, which
will render the enemy advance diffi
cult.
Turks I,oe Half Effectives.
"While it must be acknowledged that
the full Austro-German strength in the
Trentino has not yet been employed.
nevertheless the present temper of the
Italian armies and the strong allied re
inforcements which are arriving in the
Italian theater should lead us to con
template the future with confidence."
The Secretary then reviews at length
the military situation in Palestine and
Mesopotamia and notes that the Turks
Jn Palestine have lost half their ef
fectives.
Mr. Baker concludes with the state
ment that the situation in Russia con
tinues disturbed.
TROOPS PASS IN REVIEW
Great Throng Cheers Men In Train
ing at Camp Kearney.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Nov. 18. Before a
crowd of about 10,000 persons, most of
the men In training at Camp Kearney
marched .yesterday In an informal re
view, said to be the greatest, military
showing of the kind ever witnessed on
the Pacific Coast. As the men marched
past the thousands of spectators, many
of "whom traveled to the camp by auto
mobile, the crowd showed great en
thusiasm. .
Guests of honor included three Gov
ernors and many other notables.
The troops marahed in a colmun of
masses. All of the troops were gen
erously applauded.
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Congressman Declares Oerman Troops
Rival In Efforts to Inflict Casual
ties on U. S. Soldiers.
LONDON, Nov. 18. Further details of
the Oerman special effort to trap
American ..soldiers in the front line
trenches on the American front Novem
ber 3, on the occasion of the invaders'
first raid on the American trenches and
which resulted in numerous casualties
to the defenders have been brought to
London by the party of American Con
gressmen now visiting France and Eng
land. Representative Taylor of Color
ado said:
"Our men were detailed to a position
on the front line for observation at 3
o'clock in the morning:. There had been
a lull during: the night, but signs of
activity of the enemy during the early
hours of the morning bad been fol
lowed by this stationing of our men
in advantageous positions for observa
tion. "The German attack followed the en
emy's sweeping of the position, as
usual, with illuminating rockets, by
means of which it is presumed the Ger
mans located the American force. Their
artillery fire appeared to be concen
trated on that point and they accom
plished their hurriedly conceived ob
ject in smashing our little squad of ob
servers, who were out there to gain
experience.
"The attack seems to confirm reports
that the German commanders have in
culcated a spirit of rivalry among their
troops for the taking of first American
prisoners and to make a showing in
American casualties. It is commonly
reported that the Germans have trans
ferred their vlndictiveness and hatred
of the. English to our men."
FEDERAL JURY INDICTS
Officers of Delta Land and Water
Company Arraigned.
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES
Charles E. Arnold, former treasurer of
the Delta Land & Water Company, on
the charge of using the mails in a
scheme to (Jefraud. three Salt Lake offi
cers of the corporation were arraigned
Suturday before Henry V. Van Pelt.
United States Commissioner here, on
indictments returned by the Federal
grand jury in Los Angeles.
The Salt Lake mertpleaded not guilty
of attempting to defraud investors in
the company and were ordered to ap
pear before the court at L.os Angeles
the second Monday in Aanuary. Each
was released on bond of ISuO. They
were: Walter I. Moody, president:
George A. Snow, former vice-president,
and Henry B. Prout, second vice-president.
It is believed additional arrests
will follow.
There are over 250,000 miles of rail
roads in the United States. Of this num
ber about 5000 miles only are operated
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