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Tocnx9 or lairscixDENa
Divided authority vu tha chief
cause of delay in betiding ships, ac
cord tnc to Chairman Hurler, of th,
Shipping Board, and th, row between
WIKiam Penman, former chairman of
th. Board, and General Goethals
caused th, loss of fifteen ship, whlcfi
might hare been commandeered. Th,
order to commandeer all ships under
construction was prepare J on July 13,
but the row with Dcnman caused de
lay in its Issuance, during which the
fifteen ships were completed and de
livered to their foreign purchasers.
Further time was lost through
Chans;, in th, specifications for
wooden ships which was mad, by Ad
inlj-aj Capps and which loses TOO tons
et cargo space In each ship. Though
Sir. Hurley stated positively that Ad
tniral Capps resigned on account of
til health. John .A. Donald, anothe
member of th, board, told th, Kenat,
committee that his. successor. Acjmlr&l
Harris, resigned as manager of th.
Meet Corporation after six or Sevan
days in offlc, because h took meas
ures without consulting tha Board
Then it was that Charles Pies becamt
both vice-president of the Shipping
Board and general manager of the
leet Corporation, and dual authority
was ended.
These facts ar. Important as show
Ing that centralized authority Is
necessary to get things don, without
delay anl without friction. Though
these evils wer, not eliminated until
some time after Mr. Hurley became
head of the lkm rd, they were much
reduced from that date ami simul
taneously th. Board began to show
better results In the shape of contracts
let and ships built. Ho sooner was
Mr. Pies put in charge of construe
tlon than a call to action went out to
shipbuilder; and the contracts wer,
gten for which thry hnd waited for
month. That was tho work of a bus
iness man. having authority, knowing
how to use it and not afraid to act.
If men of th, tun type were placed
in charge of other departments, with
eauat authority, they would get
results.
The figures of tonnage contracted
for la each month, which Mr. Hurley
gave to the committee, show a steady
increase since he took, charge and
they are eloquent of vast expansion
of the country's shipbuilding ca
pacity. The Nation begun the war
with eighteen Important yards. TO per
cent of wbos, capacity was occupied
y a naval programme equal to
3.500.000 ton, leaving only JO per
cent for merchant tonnage. The Flee
Corporation found 3 yards exlstin
on January 1. but 74 have been cre
ated stnee and 72 others have been re
quisitioned, being apparently new ere
anocs also, felnce April 27 contracts
Iiave been let for f vcsnels. total
lng 5.S17.100 tons, besides 411 ships
or J.oas.ooo tons which were com
rtvandeered on the ways. Progress
Xias grown more rapid, so that on
steel ship has been launched on th
Pacific Coast on the sixty-fourth day
and three keels have been laid in On
ot the nve yards for fabricated steel
snlpt to which contracts have been
let for 219 vessels. That is no small
achievement In a single year with an
industry which was Just struggling
vrK to lire.
This work required construction o
to the aJtrulstle nature of their em
ployment.
progress of the war, and that there Is
no relief in sight.
This blockade may be. traced bsck
to the coal mines. At some mines
Army and has all th, power and re
sponsibility which the situation im
plies.- and there have been differences
between the bureau chiefs and the
Chief of Staff. All of these defects
In organization are parts of that habit
of unpreparednesa which has made all
of our wars much longer and more
costly in life and money than would
be the case If w maintained an effi
cient orgsnisatlon for war In time of
peace.
Congress la learning the necessity
of scrapping a large part of the War
Department organization as well as
the men. like General Crozler, who
control It. It always shrinks from
giving any man undivided authority
with responsibility, but events will
force It to abandon this habit. Our
future security demands that after the
war It shall not relapse into the old
habit. This war teaches us that our
splendid Isolation has vanished, that
we are iiaeiy to be involved in any
disturbance In any part of the world,
and that we must keep our Army as
ready for service as a city keeps its
fire department. The next time we
may have no allies to hold the enemy
at bay while w,. prepare.
OX THEIR irAT.
A reader of Th, Oregonian finds an
explanation for th, readiness with
which Mr. Oswald Garrison Vlllard.
of the New York Evening Post, came
to the rescue f Oregon's member of
the discredited People's Council of
Peace and Democracy. In, tho fact that
he Is an toi1 advocate of non-
resistant pacifism.' He sends to The
Oregonian the stenographic report of I the earth, end It requires little labor
sir. v iiiard s testimony before the I to burn under boilers.. Water is still
Senate committee on military affairs, more economical, for its power is
in Its hearings In 1916 on the Chum- transformed Into electricltv. which
berlaln bill for universal training. Th I flows over wires to tho point of eon
following colloquy Is llliimlnatlnjr: I sumption, where it Is applied by the
Th Chairman (Mr. Chambarlaln) : It la I mere turning of a' switch. Coal must
aoc aard to Imacln what tha rata or Frnr
oaid kava bji If she could not hava or-1
ranltad har armx.
-. nr. lllM: I am not. at all aura that
hr fat would hav bean mora aarloua than
tha fata that rama to B:s:unj bacaut aha
triad with onijr 60.000 men to Uo.d off
Th Chairman: Sh did not bar enouch.
Mr. Vlllard: Hba had lea many. air. If
ana naa aaan nnarmed-
New Tork Medical Journal ventures I New York, and this redoubled the out
the guess that It Is due in some, way I cry. In consequence Dr. Hale received
a request by cable from the Foreign
Office that the article be suppressed,
and after the edition was printed the
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f&em
what
absolutely
accurate and authentic synopsis" of
the Hale Interview, "which had been
suppressed on the formal request of
the Foreign Office." It gave as the
?iHr!f. IPPXd pr'ducIoa t0T, main points of what the Kaiser said
long periods. ,At others cars have not
been available to haul coal. Railroad
are short of coal to fire engines, or of
cars and engines to haul coal. The
war boom has Increased by 50 per
cent the demand of manufacturers
for coal, but they cannot get enough
of It. As the railroads could not
carry a larger output to port and as
ships could not get coal to carry It
abroad, nothing; would have ' been
gained if the factories had had erraugh
coal
The entire situation proves the en
preme Importance of economical pro
ductlon of power. Coal Is the most
bulky, clumsy and labor-consuming
source of power. Oil Is more economl
cal at a time when the-one object is
to save labor, for tt is transported
through pipe lines after spouting from
be dug, loaded, on cars, hauled by
engines, unloaded In bunkers, hauled
again to furnaces and shoveled into
fireboxes, using labor at every step.
Compared with it, oil and water power
requires the services of -only a tevf
tenders, for they transport themselves
with a llttlo occasional help from a
Th rhairmaa:' What would hava baaa pump or some electrical device.
nrr iat? I tv. nil f!l,i. .mi t, in,
Mr Vlllard - Sha wouM bar mada brl ",o " i mi..- iu uvi mi, eam r.uj ivuuu, iuiu
moral protaat. and thaa bar poaition wou'd wnlch ''e now ne'l BO urgently, have the Foreign Office of his success and
was forbidden to publish it, the om
mand of a few fanatics. If they cials explaining that it "might throw
were released today they could be de- the whole world into the most disas-
veloped only in a period ranging from trous war of all time." He re-ised it
one year upward, and would occupy and submitted it again, and "they are
In the construction period labor which said to havd so butchered it that little
Is needed elsewhere and for which which was worth while was left." It
That Kins Edward, ot riraat Britain, hart
baen humiliating- him for more than two
yaara and thac h was axaaperatod; that
Germany waa th paramount power In all
turope, and that Knaland in trying to
neutralize that power;
That he held France In tha -hollow of hla
hand, and that Russia was of no account
sine th disastrous war she had waged
with Japan:
That If tha pan-European war which had
Deen so much talked aboot was Inevitable
th sooner It cam th better It would
be for him. becaura be was ready and
was tired. of tha suinense:
That Great Uvitaln had been a decadent
nation ever sine her victory over th
TransvaaJ and the Granite Free State, be
cause hers was an unrighteous, unicodly
CRune. and divine- Judgment was bound
eventually to overtake th powerful na
tion that wared such a war:
That tha Anrlo-Japanese alliance was an
Iniquitous alliance ana Inst all th white
races. Knglanrl proving absolutely her
faithlessness as a Christian nation: that
Japan was honeycombing India with se
dition and flooding It with spies while
professing, openly to ba England's friend
and ally;
That the only way to counteract this al
liance was for Germany and America to
act together at an early date, or America
would hava to fight the Japanese In ten
monthsr
That In the event of a great war Kn aland
would los many of her large colonlee. es
pecially those in the Pacific, and that all
he wouM take for Germany would be
Egypt, though h. would liberate the Holy
Land from.Jh - oke of th infidel, pre
sumably meaning the Sultan:
That tha perfecting of the Zeppelin dirigible
balloon would give Germany a powerful
advantage In war, and she was ready to
'make us of It to tha fullest extent.
After the interview Dr. Hale re
turned to Berlin, said the World, -told
Gravest of Country's Needs.
By Edita 31. Thomas, of the VI Kl
" Ian tea.
hav barn just th am aa now. wit hout I f'een locked up in response to the de
in Divmiinra. ror an would then be as
an is aow. depending upon tha moral een-
timeni or the world for her nlnataiament
a a ire nation..
i iiw v niinait i'n TOO inina that tntr. I
protest from ithr Belgium or Franc would
nav anoppaa uarmany:
If r. Vlllard: 1 do not think ther could
rrance Tf Frnr2UhI!IOfl--, 'h" '"''Zl abnormal wages must be paid. They was again rewritten and further omls-
I take it, that the "gravest of our
country's needs" is not so much "pre
pareaness" in the military sense
(though here the need is sufficiently
great) as the preparedness of soul of
outlook, of apprehension of world
issues, all which It Is so difficult to
set before the average American. "Woe
unto them that are at peace in Zidn,"
is an old charge which we might well
take to heart. Our Zion has too long
been at peace, at comfortable, remote
Indifference to the immense Issues and
the causes that are behind those issue,,
racking a world an Old World to be
sure, but so closely connected with our
own new world as to render every let
ter of any mere "Monroe Doctrine"
forever null and void.
What is the matter with America
that this psychic "preparedness" should
be so lacking at a time when the souls
of men (yes and of women, too!) else
where are being so tried rand tried as
by fire? "What!" said a woman-friend,
not long ago, to the present writer.
Are you still agonizing over the war
In Europe?" I could only answer,
yes, I hope so Jf I were not, you
might as well dig my grave: for I
should be as good as dead ifI did
not 'agonize.' "
"What is the matter with America?"
If I may be permitted to answer as well
as to raise the question, I would say
the lack of moral "preparedness" to
recognize and to "agonize" in, the
present struggle, is due to a lack of
maglnation, otherwise, of the power to
project a situation other than the one
where one finds oneself. Spite of the
graphic work of newspaper correspond
ents writing in most dramatic terms
(yet the plain truth) of scenes the
most sanguinary, the most piteous, the
most soul-racking, of whjch they have
been "most fearfully-close observers, on
the various battlefields of Europe, the
Impression made by their "stories
I AMERICAS SOLDIERS ARE READERS
Books and Maps la Great Demand by
Expeditionary Force.
The American Army in France is
reading army, according to Alfred M.
Brace, supervisor of journalism at the
State University of South Dakota, in
an article on "Libraries for Americans
in France.
RuByard Kipling is the most popular
writer among the expeditionary forces.
Robsrt W. Service Is second. H. G.
Wells is third, with Robert Louis
Stevenson a close fourth. A tally of
the call for special books has been
kept by workers In the Y. M. C. A.
libraries and this statement is based
on their figures.
Though the great call Is for- fiction
"high-brow" books are also In great
demand. Works on French history and
life and technical books are specially
sought after. In writing of these li
braries Mr. Brace says
The book stores of France and
England are being ransacked to supply
the American soldiers in France with
reading material for the Winter. Twen
ty thousand books of fiction and gen
eral Interest have recently been pur
chased in England by the American
Y. M. C. A. to help meet the persistent
demand from the soldiers at the Ameri
can bases and are to be distributed by
the library department of the Y. M.
C. A. through the Red Triangle huts.
"W. B. Briggs, assistant librarian of
Harvard University and representative
in France of the American Library As
sociation, is in charge of the problem
of distribution and is making large
plans to supply the literature that the
soldiers are calling for.
"Owing to the fact that the supply of
English books la France is small, ar
rangements are being made by the Y.
M. C. A. to meet the growing needs by
securing the supplies from England
when emergency orders are required-
and from America for a steady stream
of books through the American Library
Association.
'"The varied demands from the Ameri
can base camps for reading material
seems to have been of most transient sh .ws a great range in taste and edu
effect upon the minds of most reading cation and a very pronounced desire on
Americans. The thought seems to be, "It the part of the soldiers to Improve their
In Other Days,
Twenty-Five Years Age.
From The Oregonian of January 2. 1898.
Berlin The new year waa observed
In the customary way at Old Castle.
The customary reception was given by
the Emperor and Empress, attended by
all the foreign diplomats and digni
taries of the Empire. The Emperor
spoke mainly concerning the army
bill.
The frame of the Portland Lumber
Company's new mill near the old water
works is all up and Is a very substan
tial piece of work. It will be covered
in at once.
Last evening a pleasing Incident oc
curred at Cordray's Theater. It was
the presentation of a solid gold badge
to Edna Keeley, the wonderful child
actress who has scored such a hit as
Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin.
The Woodstock Methodist Episcopal
Church was dedicated yesterday after
noon at 3 o clock. Large delegations
from churches on both the East and
West sides were present.
Seattle The town Is lively tonight
with the presence of about 100 foot
ball enthusiasts, including the Multno
mah Club team. The Portland men are
blooded and are offering heavy wagers.
which are not taken.
minds while in France. A section of
American ambulance men serving th
French army have requested Greek and
Latin grammars and Caesar's commen
taries. They propose to form a clas
to study the Roman campaigns in
Gaul, where the larger campaigns of
wou.d not hava been ..i I couia have been developed ,a
In Uermaar to have supported th Invi.lon 1 years ago it less Cost by men
a aa laoarmeu country.
were clamoring for work, and could
Nor any power to stop It. How. we I now have been serving the Nation in
wonder, would th, moral sentiment ol I the present emergency.
a pacifist and physically impotent I It would be a grim Jest at the ex
world reinstate Belgium? I pense of democracy if events should
It Is folly to attempt reason with a I Drove that, owing to our careful con-
mad dog. It is worse than follv to I servatlon of our natural resources, we
depend for safety on bis good will and have only conserved theru for- ex
forbearance, ploitatlon by the Kaiser and his sub-
e- hav, not yet been told by tho Jects The American people are learn- statement" that, after obtaining the in
non-resistants although the I. W. W. lng rather late that those men who are terview. Dr. Hale told Frederick W.
seem to hav, soma such idea that the I most vociferous In their devotion to I Wile. Berlin correspondent of the
way to ahollsh crime and reform crlm- the people's interests are not the best London Daily Mail, "a story indeed
inais is to do away with all police; yet guides in the protection of those In- sensational," which Mr. Wile reported
few I sions were made at the request of the
who I Foreign Office. Then It was offered to
and accepted by the Century, but
afterward the uproar over the Lon
don Telegraph Interview caused Its
suppression, as related by Mr. Buel.
The World's article of that date was
submitted to Dr. Hale before publica
tion, and he made no important cor
rections. '
The World now adds the further
it is the next step in th, grand march I te rests.
or tna innocents toward the mil
lennium.
KAISER'S SIFPKESSED INTERVIEW..
Much dlsc-usslon has been provoked
recently by publication of statements
that, by suppressing a Bensatlonal In
terview of William Bayard Hale with
the Kaiser in November, 1908. the
Century Magazine probably prevented
the outbreak of a European war a
that time. That version of the affair
Is condemned as wholly Incorrect by
rtw plants from the ground up. In
which the Board baa helped with lib
eral acvanres on account of ship con
tracts, but It has also Involved the
training of a new army of labor. More,
tt has required the training of "the
executive and technical organization'
ana tna organization nas been ex
panded "with the idea of Infusing
both Into th, shipbuilders and th.
workmen that decree of enthusiasm
for the work and interest In It that
Is absolutely essential." The progrens
made li this respect appears In the
rac: that at 100 plants th, number o
eniplrryes grew In th, nine weeks end
lng December S from lOS.TO to 14.3.-
and that a second ,and even
third shift is being added.
Much time has been lost through
tfe troubles of the year now endlnat.
but the work -of shipbuilding is now
underrway and Is being speeded up
from day to day. Spring should see
the first fleet of a fast-growing
armada in service, while the close of
1111 stould se, th, entire present
programme near completion.
WEAsiE.sj or r ra e r ab ed r..
(.eneral Iluan L Scott. In his annual
report aa Chief of Staff, shows one,
more th, weakness growing from the
American habit of not beginning to
prepare for war until war has 'begun.
In this case the blame lies with the
Army law of 11. which was pro
fexsedty a measure of preparedness.
fdr It made only eleven oncers avail
SMe for work on which a hundred
rould hav, bexn usefully employed.
Tnougn th. Army law of 1917 In
creased the General Staff Corps to
ninety-one ofTlcers. It actually added
only forty-seven, and "had they been
there in february. preparations for
our entry into th, war would hav,
been Improved and hastened."
General Scott also appeals for re
nova I of all ;mpeliments to the com
mand of the Chief of Staff, subject to
the Secretary's orders, of the line of
Army, sfece "unity of command Is
absolutely essential to secure prompt
decisions and rapid execution of them."
This power has been withheld because
f a shrinking from saying quit,
o!dly that, under th, Secretary of
War, th. Chief of EU2 commands tha.
ROBC8T GIRLS.
It Is a hopeful sign that the Xa
tional good health movement, stimii
lated by disappointing disclosures as
to the general fitness of many young
men ror military duty, has been en
tered upon with enthusiasm by our
young women. This is reflected In a
novel "health chart" Just prepared by the publishers of the Century and the
ine omcials of the Camp Fire Girls. New York Times, to which the Inter;
an organization somewhat similar to view was first offered
the Boy Scouts. Th, purpose of th,l The Century's story Is told In the
hsrt is to Impress upon girls their New York World by Clarence Clough
patriotic duty to lead healthy lives, Buel. who was associate editor of the
particularly in this time of National magazine at the time. Ho says that
stress. Anemic young women, though shortly before the episode the New
they may not yet be In the Invalid York Times published "an impressive
class, ar, obviously unfit for the in- account of President Roosevelt's daily
creasing responsibilities that ar, being routine and views of public duty,
thrust upon them. written by Dr. Hale. This article won
The regimen prcrlbed for Camp for him the confidence of the German
Fire Girls is especially interesting "be- Foreign Office, and he becamo a guest
cause of Its simplicity. In awarding on the Kaiser's yacht for two days.
a special badge of honor to fhose who I during which he was the monarch's
ar, faithful to requirements, officials I "talking post." His article on the in
of the organization only give recognl- terview was submitted to the Foreign
tlon to the principle that a stimulus Is Office as matter to be published In the
sometimes required to translate good Times, but the officials objected to its
Intentions Into action. The true re- publication in any newspaper, though
ward, however, lies in direct benefits they said that "after the omission of
received. It is not easy to estimate certain parts (whose character is un
til good that would accrue If every! known to me) there would be no od
young woman, without reference to
membership in the Camp Fire Girls,
could be persuaded to enter upon th.
course for a season
To win a badge of distinction a girl
must sleep at least sixty-three hours
a week if she is under 1C, and at least
fifty-six hours a week If she Is older.
either outdoors or In a room with
wide-open windows. She must take
either a cold-water bath or a quick
rub every morning, followed by three
minutes' vigorous exercise. Five min
utes of deep breathing; a glass of cold
water the first thing In the morning.
the last thing at night and between
each meal, brisk walking, and absten
tion from eating between meals and
from chewing gum constitute th, chief
remaining Ingredients of the presciip-ai
tlon. Requirements as to exercise in
clude walking forty miles within any
ten days, and repeating the exploit
five times In three months, with seven
hours of Qlher exercise a week for
three months. The girl must not miss
school or miss work during the period
because of headache to be eligible to
the special honor.
There ar, 100,000 Camp Fir, Girls,
and if a measurable proportion of
them enter the movement with spirit
their example Is quit, likely to be con-,"
tagtous. - But It need not be restricted
to girls. Ther, ar, a good many men
and boy who would derive benefit
from even so moderate a system of
physical discipline. Fresh air, deep
breathing, cold water, wholesome food, ,
and. above all, avoidance of irregu
larlty in eating, are worth trying by
anyone.
The danger of too much coddling
of victims of shell shock has beeo
hown by the experience of British
surgeons in their treatment of this
malady, which is the outgrowth of
conditions peculiar to this war and In
which they were wshout th, guldanc.
f. experience. It was found that suf
ferers who received plenty ot atten
tion, in isolated institutions far re
moved from th, scene of battle, "be
came timid and seir-pltying" and
showed no improvement, while treat
ment in a casualty clearing station
within sight and sound of battle and
not out of the danger son, resulted
in S per cent of recoveries, of whom
ot more than 1 per cent subsequently
relapsed. The bearing of mental atti
tude upon this form of disability Is
curiously illustrated by the fact that
stretcher-bearers are practically Im
mune, although subjected to the same
conditions as other men. The reason
not quit, plain, but a writer In tha
'i
Jection to publication in a magazine."
So Dr. Hale offered the article rfo the
Century, which accepted It. ; "
According to Mr. Buel. the , Kaiser
discussed only things In general, and
In editing the article he excl;- 1 a
reference to the Virgin- fary' ..ich
might have offended Catholic but4
there was nothing In reference 'to the
Vatican which "could have caused
serious Irritation in any part of Ku
rope." The Kaiser's Impressions of
President Roosevalt were "apprecia
tive and knowing." "The true mission
of wealth" was discussed, but with no
reference to munitions or Invasion
Proofs of the article were mailed to
tho under secretary or the uerman
Foreiam Office, and were returned
"with not more than hair a dozen
simple verbal changes." The ma pa
line, had ions to press when the
Kaiser, on a visit to London, gave an
interview to the Telegraph which
caused a storm in both Britain and
Germany. This interview is repro
duced by the World. In it the Kaiser
said: "You English, are mad. mad,
mad as March hares." Ho accused
them of being "completely given over
to suspicion," though his heart was
"set upon peace" and he had never
been false to his word. As proof Of
his sincerity be cited his refusal to
receive the Boer delegation during the
South African war; his refusal to join
France and Russia in calling upon
Britain to end that war. In reply to
a letter from Queen Victoria, he said
he prepared the plan of campaign
a am Inst the Boers which was success
fully followed by Lord Roberts. He
protested that the German navy was
necessary to a young ana growing cm
Dirt with rapidly expanding com
merce, said that it might be needed in
the Pacific, and predicted that "even
Kngland herself might be glad that
Germany had a Beet. .
This Interview was published on
'October IS. and the storm which it
raised caused the suppression of the
Century article, according to Mr. Buel.
The British press "kicked the royal
suitor downstairs," perhaps on a hiat
from Downing Street that he was fal
sifying, as It may have known of his
intrigue with the Czar. In Berlin the
interview was regarded as truckling
to Britain.. and was seized as a splen
did opening for a demand that the
Kaiser must leave foreign questions
to his ministers, and that they should
be responsible solely to the Reichstag."
Ten days later, and during the discus
sion, news reached Berlin that the
Foreign Office had narrowly averted
publlcatloa ot aaoier Interview, inj
to London and which swiftly came to
America. When Dr. Hale returned to
New York he gave the New York
Times a report "of such a character
that it was submitted to President
Roosevelt and the German embassy,'
and the former "advised strongly" and
the latter "requested" that it be not
published. The World now says that.
while its article of November 21, 190S,
was not an analysts of the suppressed
could never come to us we are safe.
Whereafter we turn us with tranquil
unconcern (It not with self-approba
tion at our dispassionate attitude) to
wards whatever Is for us "the business
of the day."
I was once able to allow to the multl
tude the right to be unimaginative, to the present war are being fought.
pursue me even Tenor or me middle ana "Books on the different branches o
safe way, leaving the whole field of the military service are beinir freauent
sensation, of emotion-culture, to the ly asked for by enlisted men who desire
artist, whose 'acre'' I deemed It. was, to study in preparation for examina-
out or wnicu.to bring the poem, the tions for advancement in the Army.
siory, or me picture. I could even be There has been, a lares calL as wall
a little scornful of our irrttabllis vates for elementary high school textbooks,
sort as less substantial, less service- alaebras. Enelish erammars. arith-
able to a world needing service than
the good, even-going plodder without
the gleam.", I am convinced that I
did our brotherhood wrong: before this
great and awful drama of world-war,
it is the poets,, the artists, the Idealists,
and not the "plain people" who have
most realized botti the action and the
argument of that drama and have lent
a hand and will lend the hand first, in
metics, geometries, dictionaries and
histories. A letter was recently re
ceived at the 'Paris headquarters from
a Red Triangle secretary 'Somewhere
in France." It read, 'We have 1200
men and no book.- Send us an algebra
and a trigonometry.
'The American soldiers from the day
they landed on French soil have shown
a keen interest in everything French
whatever Joining of battle America may The largest number of requests f.-
oe caned upon to effect. I am almost books has been for those dealing with
ready to say, that the most Imaginative French history and thing. French-
are the most practical. They do not re- I From every available somrce French
quire a bomb to tear up a section of grammars, easy lessons in French and
New York streets they can hear th French-English dictionaries have been
wnirring or the demon- of the air sought out to provide the soldiers with
shadowing with wings" over the old
home-city of the whole English-speak
lng race and it suffices. Imagination
has long been mobilized' with them.
THE HOOVERIZI.VG RESTAURANT.
I rushed into a restaurant.
As hungry as could be.
A restaurant fare, I figured it.
would be a treat for me.
Of course there was all kinds o' eats
Out on that ranch o mine.
Century article, "it was an exceedingly I But Just for once, I'd treat myself
close analysis of the Interview as tt
was described by Dr. Hale in Berlin
and as It was reported by Dr. Hale on.
his arrival in New York."
The Inference is plain that the
sharpest teeth were pulled out of the
Interview in Berlin before Dr. Hale
returned home, that more teeth were
pulled before it was offered to the
Century, and that it was then a very
Innocuous rtiing, which was finally
suppressed because the Kaiser's later
Indiscretion -made it inadvisable that
any of Ms utterances should appear in
print. It Is proof that the Kaiser was
boiling with rage against Great Brit
ain for at least six years before he
began the war. but that at the same
time he waa trying to put John Bull
to sleep by protesting his good intent
tions.
To a handsome city dine.
I sat down at the table
With an all-important air.
Picked up the little cardboard
And read the bill o' fare.
Well, I'm not a chronic grumbler;
I mean to do what s right.
But the prices on that little card
Were simply out o' sight.
Now piker blood ain't In mv
So when breath came back in place, other writers whom the requests show
meansto study the French language
and the supply does not keep pace with
the demand. French history and biog
raphy and descriptive books In modern
France are also In large demand.
The American soldiers crowd around
the maps of ranee on the walls and
will soon wear and rub them out of all
recognition. The library department of
the Y. M. C. A. has placed an order
for 10,000 copies, of a handy edition of
books of maps of the western front
and for 10,000 pocket geographies of
Europe. A large number of outline
maps have also b 'n ordered and will
be used v in modern war geography
classes in the huts this Winter.
"Books on the war. on European his
tory, on aviation and submarine war
fare, technical books, history, astrono
my and psychology are being called for
in large numbers. Fiction, especially
short stories and humorous books are
in demand.
'The largest number of requests for
a single author thus la- navo been
those for the works of Rudyard Kipling.
I give the gal my order
An waited with good grace
In a good half-hour the waitress come
An" I commenced to chew
Of this an' that an' t'other
Well, there wus a bite ur two.
I looked about me fur that gal.
An' said this in a shout:
It's very good, bring on the rest,
I've tried yer samples out."
"Speed up the ships" is the New
Year's resolution of the Shipping Board
which pleases President ilson. . The
Pacific Coast can do it by working
thre shifts under electric light which
la nrnHiioerl without coal, the most
precious of all commodities In these ' nuthin' less than robbery-
days.
She quickly hurried to my side;
"A dollar, sir. she said;
You've had enough fur any man:
Pertaters an' dark bread."
T wua makin' auite a stir-
But the gal jes said, with toss o' head.
We're Hooverlzin , sir:
Again the food administrator is
urginff upon American people the
regular and steady consumption of po
tatoes. One bit of advice should go
with the suggestior-boll tnem witn
the Jackets on an get the best thatThl retaurant Hooverlzin"
I paid my bill an' hurried home.
Where pertaters ain't so mgu;
To restaurant fare an' city life
I've forever sed goodbye.
to be most popular with the men are-
Robert W. Service, H. G. Wells and R.
L. Stevenson.
'A Red Triangle secretary stationed
at an American base camp recently
made a list of the inquiries for books
that he had from a group of American
soldiers who frequented the hut of
which he was in charge. It was as
follows: i
'Maps of France, a history of the
Civil War, Augustus Hare's 'Walks In
Paris,' algebras, geometries, trlgonom
etries. William Cullen Bryant's poems,
Robinson Crusoe, the Life of General
'Chinese' Gordon, Life of Sir Philip
Sydney, Longfellow's poems, Tenny
son s poems, Alan tseegar s poems,
Caesar's Commentaries, Latin-English
dictionary, Hugo's French grammars
and French-English pocket diction
aries."
AROUSE, AMERICA.
All red and glorious glowed the sun
set sky;
Distinct In sihlouette the distant hill
From depths of evening shade loomed
strong and still
Above" the gray contented plains that
lie
Below. I watched the world grow dim
and glide
Into the night. I felt the tender Joys
Of evening there in homes of girls and
boys
And gray haired lovers sitting side by
side.
From ghastly glow of war now blaze
our skies.
And Joy and peace are shattered from
rhe soul.
But from the murk of blood a mount
must rise
Eternal truth. The fight is toward
that goal.
Arouse! Enlist your might in free
dom's fight!
America must lead the cause of right!
IONE GLINES.
Son of Non-atnraIlsed German.
PORTLAND, Dec. 81. (To the Edi
tor.) I was born in Germany, father
being German, mother Swiss; parents
immigrated to United States when I
was at the age. of 6; father "formerly
was university professor (linguist and
composer of music) and while residing
in this country (Philadelphia mostly)
gave instructions In German, French
and Latin, as well as in music. I left
home a mere youth and my parents
died some time ago. leaving no clew
as to my father's naturalization papers.
Since father took an interest in poli
tics to some extent, I have always con
sidered myself a citizen of this country,
not knowing any other country except
Canada. I have traveled extensively
throughout the States and Canada for
years in the capacity as hotel steward.
a loyal subject of America, doing
my bit more so than many natives
In regard to the duties of real patriotic
citizens.
I have never been molested, living
strictly within the limits of the law;
but since I am in doubt as to my cit
izenship, what would you advise me
to do should I desire to go south or
east during these troublous times, as
I have been doing for a number of
years, nevertheless considering Port
land "my headquarters? P. M.
Unless' you can produce the record
of your father's naturalization,, you
are not a citizen of the United States ;
and take the status of a German alien '
enemy. This Is an unforeseen misfor
tune in your case for which there is
no present remedy. You are not re
quired to have a pass to travel from
place to place within this country at .
his time. As to further requirements.
read the article on page 2 of The Ore
gonian December 31 concerning reg-
stration of enemy aliens.
Is in them.
There is nothing funny in Marion
being thirty-third in a list of thirty-
Elx counties In the Red Cross column
of results. It is ridiculous. So, too, is
it with Multnomah N. 22.
I aav it's all a Joke
It's well an' good to Hooverize.
But don't use it fur a cloaK.
MRS. E. L. COOPER.
Guarded Ambition Essential.
The Indians, with no lofty aims,
No duties stern to face.
Have fallen Jow are pitied as
Abused and dying race.
Moundbuilders, dark cliff-dwellers, too,
Inert, no love, no hate
With hopes no higher than their heads,
All met a common fate.
Englishman With First Papers.
WALLA WALLA. V asn.. uec. ai. I wv.- .n..r..mn. .nlrlt la
. . j . x c-1 1 rAA.pafl naaa I . . - o '
in ine l lur. i ouuuiv, J i m . w..ti.a i . j.at.Air -
laws permitting Great Britain to draft Js prosreBS peace plenty,
nar auojocva aaa i, ......v. Longevity and Joy.
The Cossacks and Ukrainians are
giving the best answer to the peace .,.id he the status of a man of 35,
overtures of the Germans and Bol- married. who has his first papers Uan at hJs tiresome daIy toI1
shevlki. More power to them. only? .... And woman, at her crind.
Would he have the privilege oi en- Breathe heaveI1'a vital atmosphere.
The Standlfer shipbuilding plant is listing in tne 2 "staNT READER. With love of truth in mind.
a f:ilr-slerl rv.ew vpar'a mil to van- l l
couver. which would stagger Dr. He- Nobody can definitely foretell what Awake! Climb out of gloomy vale!
Tiiffh n t V, fltv'a fnitnHBr I.. . . l - T -... ...Ml K If It xuc.a auita.w.o v v -
' - line provision ui mo i " dii.. e n,,ri-u-
shall be DasBed. A man such as you r-tr.ir Tvtv,' eternal fount!
in tne list oi people nnea ior vioiai- mention would now be subject to dran
lng traffic laws you will find many , th united States if he were under Our trials are refining fires,
who know better. Why do they do it? f We imagine that this Removing dross and scars;
country will continue to treat friendly
The man who swore off smoking will LUens wlth first papers as if they were
today begin to despise the artist who
fixes the window in the smoke shop.
full citizens, so far as military service
is concerned.
It will be observed that one suit
case is plenty for a delegate to an
irrigation congress here.
Stock Feed Too Hlsrh.
TURNER, Or., Dec. 81. (To the Ed
itor.) Marion County ranchers are
stung by the millers on shorts or !
Mr. Hardy Is the young-old Amerl- some of them are. The shorts some
ran who can show the Jananesa some millers sell are nothing more nor less
stunts in 1iu 1itsu ' than bran ground into shorts. We have
.1 1 1 m .V.1 4.1. 1. -vta..
neen uariim la lui 1.11.0 juiia. xwu
n ' . e,en reru w1fh t Vi I TrlrtA tt
mis aina oi weamer nanus it io me, shorts. We are willing to Day J37 for
profiteer in nay, out spring is a long real.country shorts If we have to, but
way ahead. , I we object to being held up.
We are paying the retailer or middle-
If you want to go U Seattle "the men- too much for flour. We hope to
to eliminate the middlemen. Where Is
the worthy state grange master? We
look for him to come with a plan
worked out to help the ranchers. There
are too many new officers put out in
the counties. Put them in the field
with a team and plow is the way for
them to help win the war.
G. W. FARRIS. .
We sow in earth's vicissitudes,
To reap beyond the stars.
The giant trees, for centuries.
Grew little, day by day;
A single night's devouring fire
May wipe them all away.
On guard, developing in grace,
Be hopeful, wise and true.
Till love and blissful harmony
Enfold the faithful few.
L. D. WESTFALL.
Carlton, Or.
worst way," you cannot help yourself
any more.
The National debt is more than five
billions. A big, active debt means good
business.
Adoption 'of the name Paul Davis
was a4abor-saving device, of its new
owner.
If the mint coined the picayune, a
(cent far, would be easy.
Keep that Red Cross, button In sight
Elg-hth 'VYeddlnsrNa.nnlversarr.
PORTLAND, Deo 8L (To the Edi
tor.) What Is the significance of the
eighth wedding anniversary?
, . y. m. w.
India rubber.
Hats Off!
Sea fights and land fights, grim and
great.
Fought to make and save our state;
Weary marches and' sinking ships,
Cheers of victory on dying lips;
Days of plenty and years of peace,
March of a strong land's rich increase;
Equal Justice, right and law.
Stately honori and reverend awe:
Sign of a Nation, great and strong,
To ward her people from foreign
wrong;
Pride and glory and honor all
Live in the colors to stand or falL
Hats off!
Along the streets there comes
A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,
The loyal hearts are beating hgh;
Hats off!
The flag Is passing by!
id. C BUTLER.
Stand by the Soldier Boys.
No time for hesitation now, pray
heed your country's call and help to
chuck autocracy clear off this earthly
all. We re in the game and in to stay
till victory is won and every nation
n the earth can bask in freedom s
sun. The uerman Deast is crippiea,
but can yet Put up a fight, can yet In
desperation, although weakened, show
its might, and if you'd see the Kaiser
and his . lordly nobles "cawned." go
do-wn into your surplus cash and buy a
liberty bond. The patriotic flower of
our land, young fellows In their prime.
are training for the desperate work in
that far-distnt clime, and when they
face the battle fire they'll show to all
the world that fighters are herdio
where Old Glory is unfurled, and for
the welfare of our braves we all should
lond a hand while they are at the front
for us in that war-mangled land,
should show that we're behind the gal
lant sons of Uncle Sam by tossing cash
Into the bonds that mean so much to
them, and when the autocratic beast
of conquest has been slain and, flushed
with victory, our boys come sailing
home again, we'll share the glory with
them and will thank the Lord that we
were in the line behind the line that
battled gloriously.
JAMES BARIUM AUAA1S.
Enlistment of Navy Deserters.
PORTLAND, Dec. 81. (To the Edi
tor.) Is the Government giving par
dons to deserters from the Navy who
wish to Join the colors? And It a de
serter Is out of the wavy rive years
after hla time exDires. can he get &
discharge by demanding it? To whom
should he apply, or wnat. wouiu uo
the hest stens to take? I served three
-ears and three months In the Navy
and took French leave, and have not
reported in yet. I have been out over
five years. I
Army and Navy regulations provide
no method by which a deserter may
have his offense pardoned, irrespective
of the length of time that may have
elapsed. Navy officials state, however,
that where a man who deserted is able
to present letters and references show-
ng that he has been a law-aDiaing citi
zen and profitably employed in civil
life, there is a disposition, during these
war times, to consider him ravoraDiy
for re-enlistment.
Masses Have Rights.
PORTLAND. Dec. 31. (To the Edi
tor.) Why should the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power Company be guar
anteed 6 per. cent on its investment -and
raise streetcar fare to 6 cents?
This Is a time of depression and all
hould share. Buildings are not paying
per cent on investments. I own acre
age of cleared land that is not pay
ing 2 per cent, yet no one guarantees
me more.
The Oree-onlan should champion the
rlirhts of the masses. . The company
will be sorry ror tne movi wutcn win
set the masses against them. The Jitney
will return and come to stay and will
stay after the fare is reduced to 6
cents, which is sure to follow.
J. C. McGREW.
We are not aware that a guarantee
of 6 per cent on the company's In
vestment is involved In the 6-cent fare
proposal. The Increase Is asked to en
able it to meet its vital obligations
and continue Its present service and
standard of wages.