PRESIDENT SILENT
ON AIMS OF JAPAN
Withholding of Assent to Mili
tary Occupation of Russian
. Manchuria Discussed. -
BRITISH PREPARING FOR GREAT COUNTER ATTACKS TO OFFSET GERMAN DRIVE.
NECESSITY TO ACT UNSEEN
to wbaK't'
Xrntrrpri lKe Not tome Within I
xpe? of Declaration of Principles
of Amcrlran (overnnient t'pon
llntraore Into Prc-e n t War.
WASHlXiTTO.V. I. .. Marra :
(Special Wan n from Kurepe has
vervhadowed for the mumTt the
diplomatic question. "What will the
Vailed States .do regarding the pro
posed military occupation of KuMian
Xaorhurla and Kaeiera. Liberia bjr
Japssr-
Th ('i that lb President 1 with
holding hi uM. supposedly awaited
by Japan unilar the recant Lnin
iirwfntnl. doa not nvcrnaarilr man
that he will oppo il. but rather that
thla plan of anion by our Asiatic
ally dor not com within lha ecope
of hi declaration of tho aim of the
t'nll"d States in It rnlranr into the
wort 4 war.
No necessity. In th opinion of th
President and hi idvlirr exists
whtrh would warrant comrnitilne; thl
Nation to become a party to this rn-
trprle.
I'ormal approval by thl Nation
aaiaht. and probably would. h con
aimed by other power a equivalent
to an authorisation to Japan to art on
th Aiatte continent In our behalf,
aad to th roneenuent assumption of
Jul! responsibility for the rarrrIM out
of th Mikado policle
loea-th b inia-bt no.
tteeeal.lllty Weald f oattaa.
President Wilson la d to consider
that Boa Id th American t!OTriiranl
ar.-ept reaponelbllit r for th entry of
Japaneaa troop Into Russian Alan
rkuria and Liberia It also takr upon
itself the rron. bll.tr for hrlnatna-
aanat tbclr withdrawal when th rea
for their presence, namely, the
dancer of Teuton areton. ha
ra4 to ealal.
Thl. It anuet be admitted. I a heavy
burden to shoulder. Th eiprleoce
.of th paet ha ehowa repeatedly that
it I nrly Impoaeihl to M n limit
upon military occupation, and that th
latter, by force of rlrcumptancee beyond
th control of th oi rupy ln( power.
I apt te develop Into more or l of
a permanency.
Iwet to sW 'aed Nurrlr.
That th occupation of llujla p
e-jjiona In Ki'rn Ana by Japan at
th present time I not tn-rely an ad
vanlaa-e. but eu an urarent neceaxity.
It la difficult to deny. Me must fare
th Man S'tuarsly. Art Manchuria
aad Siberia to be abandoned entirely
and completely to th Herman, who
would take adtanta thereof to ob
tain potttn-al. and. to all. economic
ontrol of t"nna. with all her rl h mar
bets? erman control and possession, a
w know by th experience of the paet.
would men th exclusion of all forelrn
ration exi-eptinc those bound to the
KaUer by tie of political and economic
Moreover. Teutonic poitruion and Berlin Announces Capture
aomin(ion woultl rrr m bar tmr-
a. 4rdtnc nl dmorli.oc.c I
f I u !" on !; trrn Asia. dtmlrit lly
rpof to all tho ftrtnc.pl- of lit
rt". d'morrtty. Jut. and richt tn
thIf of hu b th por of th en
lnt h upvnt thir Mood and th-.r
UtMur In uob profusion.
Japan o-cupatitn of RumI In ApI,
ea th other hand, no matter how Ion if
le lasted, would man th open door
and .uL rlsht there for everybody
i1 evrythina American
Mnrfo.rr, the ra.ue of western clvt-
Mutton, of enltchtenment. proerena,
Juttre and H her It far mor likely
t b aerved by th prenenc of Jpn
t ItuMlan Ai than by that of the
tvaler llunji.
5?"- -e- - '..4- . . i V. V?" '
DelorbHient of Toanaalea aad a
Taak Maklac Their Way to a Position Behind the Mae,
Strike K.ffeetlTely W hea the I'roner Tlene Comes.
Where They W ill Be Able to
963 GUNS CLAUD
of
More Than 100 Tanks.
NUMEROUS TOWNS CLAIMED
Trulon Trll of llrlll-li
AltacLins Nrar Town of
and Arllon I Made
Trotip
Albert
That
Jtrpolto Wa IufllcCrd.
ALLIES MAY SWAP HONORS
t liambcrla I n KrMlnllon Won Id I-t
I". S. Troop Att-rpt .MrtlaN.
WA.iHlXf.TOX. March : Ipon the
recommendation of the War lepart
mcnt Chairman t'hamberlaln. of the
Senate military committee, today Intro
duced a resolution to permit American
military and naval forces to accept
decorations from the allied arovern'
anenta.
Th recommendation ws made at
th request of tiencral 1'rrshinv. who
auccoted that the I'nlled ritete In
turn mla-ht bestow honors on Hntlnh
ad Krench oUiira Much action, he
thought, would do much to promote
t-ood feelltic and closer relation with
our allies.
BI.RI.I. Mare M. sla Laadoae
The al.b. reporf fro- aeneral bead
aaartrra anaoaneea th raptor of
Uaeaa, Roye and yon. aad declare
tbat the lirrnaa foreea bare eroaaed
the old Mna battle llac at assay
lal.
r.ErLIN". via London. March It. The
number of arun captured by the tier-
mans in the battle now in progress has
increased to 93. army headquarters an
nounced today. More than ino tanks
were Irinz in raptured positions, it la
added.
lunches, r.arleaux and t-talon nave
been caututed by the Herman force.
The Germans are standing on in
hclchts to the north of Noyon. They
captured Hussy. Hihucourt. Klefallers.
lirevlllrrs. Irlc and Miraumont and
crossed the Hirer Ancre.
ince the bcarlnninc of the battle.
says the statement. 1 enemy airplanes
and six captive balloon bar been
brnusht down
Itrttish troops Just brought forward
attacked the tlerman lines violently
from the direction of Albert. They were
driven back, the report states, after
bitter struKEle.
Uerman tanks, reinforced by raptured
Ilrltlsh tanks, any a semi-official
statement todsy on Sundsy's fiarhtinc
la the West, "took a lrsAlina; part in
breaking; the, brave enemy resistance
Tank attaeneci to in utnmo oiti
slona flchtina; below tit. Uuentln atood
the teat brilliantly, th statement says.
nd their mobility was universally
praised. All the tank which took part
in the fmhtlnit are said to have re
turned undamaged. It was mainly due
to their intervention, the statement
continues, that the tenacious resistance
of the Hrttish. especially the machine
Itun nests, was broken quickly. Troops
rosnnlne a concrete redoubt near L rvll-
lers are reported to have been over-
Vaster bonnets.' bats, smart bead-I powered Immediately by the tank.
wear er tne latest mode! will t on
exhibition tomorrow at the Henson
tlirls J'olvtechnW Dehool. The classes
directed by Mi Lurl sVbmtt and Miss
laullne Manciet will show the bats
they have made this terra In prepara
tion for Caster Women and ariris in
th class at th school have learned
all the rudiment and th finest points
of th art of millinery. They have
mad tb frame, covered and dec
orated them, and their work of art
re now ready for Inspection. The
meat school millinery classes will bold
a exhibition en April II.
ENGLISH OPERA COMING
"lloiM-miaa filrl." -Marilia" and "II
Trotitore" .Make I'p Krprrtoirr.
Th tlostun KnKllih jera Company.
which has been purine a successful
en or opera In l.nallsh. come to
th licillc Theater for three day, be-
Kinnlna; tomorrow night. "The Iloh-
mi an Jlrl" will he aMven Thursday
riiaht and at the special maUne tiat-ur-tv.
"Martha ea Friday Blsht. and
ll Trovator'" on Katurdav night.
Th east of prlnrtpala Inrlu.les Jo
Peph V. l-heehan. John W. Warren.
Hasel Tden. Trrnttne St. " Claire.
Kiatao de J-ellem. Allc May Carley.
"rncls J. Tler. Arthur Wane and a
half doiea other of like caliber.
t.lrU lo Ii-plx llonnrt.
ratrmcnl to lie Rrpairrd.
The i'ortlaBd Railway. Laaht
Towr Compaay yesterday filed with
City Coramiasioner Harbt-r an agree,
meat to start work at one on repair
ing th tracks and th pavement be
tween the track on tiocond street from
Madtoa to landers streets. Thl Im
provement ha beea sought by tb city
for mim tliti past because of the
susk.a condition of th rsll and th
consequent trouble experienced by
trail. a otej ajiil aloos ia cat Uacka.
PRO-HUNS IN CHICAGO HELD
cinMnoed From First Tare.)
evaders of military service, as well as
sedition talker. Thee were turned
over at on. e to tb United State Mar
shal's office.
several wagon load of aliens picked
op In the drive, which Is still In prog
ress, left during the forenoon for the
County Jail and th cell In outlying
pollc etatlons.
Twenty-eight of the hundred ar
rested in last night's drive are brine
held by th local pollc. at the Dea
plalnes. Shake-aocar and Kensington
stations.
Tne chief stamping ground of the
Herman sympathisers and fake alarm
ists, according to another Federal
agent, is in A est Madison otreet. Just
weit of the river. Other rendezvous
are tb city Teutonic settlements
Win rtubea and various "Klops' and
worktngmen'a botela.
In these sober as well as jrunken
orator cava Jjcta Xduc4 f rocUinisf
th triumph of the German arms.
Groups singing German sontcs and
touching; beer steins In celebration of
th hun drive were arrested en masse.
Jablleea Meld ta Attic.
In other instances more aecrecy was
observed and the special agents, operat
ing on rlewa from loyal rltixens. raided
basements and attic and back rooms
to get at the Jubilee conference.
BUTTE. Mont.. March 26. A letter
which the authorities admit contain
proof of a widespread aedittous plot
wa found on one of the prisoners ar
rested In the wholesale Industrial
Workers of th World raid here las
night. Federal offluJaxWi refuse to dl
vulge th content pending further ar
rests.
laaportaat Letter Melscd.
The letter was taken from one of the
men while he was trying to destroy
on th way to the police station. It
wa considered so Important that Fed
eral officials were at once notified. All
of the 41 prisoner are beinu closely
guarded.
SLAVS REGAIN CITIES
Kherson, Nikolaiev Reported
Wrested From Germans.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. March :6. Fred Gus
Schmidt, National organiser for the
Butchers' and Meatcutters' Union, was
held for the Federal authorities here
today on a charge of pro-German ac
tivities In fomenting labor difficulties.
PHILADELPHIA. March T6. A ver
dict of not guilty in th treason trial
of Loula Werner and Ir. . Martin
Darkow, editors of th Philadelphia
Tageblatt, a German language daily-
paper, wa today ordered by Judge
Dickinson in the United Slates Court
here.
The judge aaid there wa not suffi
cient evidence of guilt to warrant send-
ng the case to the Jury.
NEW YORK. March it. Dr. Walter
T. iirheele, the German-born chemist at
whose laboratory in Hoboken. N. J
the Government alleges bombs were
manufactured for the deatruction of
ship of the entente allies, was brought
here today and placed before the Fed
eral grand Jury In Brooklyn. Scheele
is under Indictment by the Federal
Brand Jury In Manhattan charged with
others with placing bombs aboard
ships. Ha fled mora than two years ago
and was recently arrested In Cuba.
WOMEN WILL AID LOAN
BATTALIOX TO BE ORGANIZED AT
MEKTIXG FRIDAY. i
Coafrreace of Woaxea's State Commit
tee o Be Held la Portlaad to For
aaalate Campaign Plans.
There will be a woman's battalion In
the third liberty loan' campaign, and
ita organisation will be undertaken on
Friday and Saturday of this week.
when a conference of the women's
tat committee ha been called to
meet at the Multnomah Hotel. The
counties will be represented by many
delegates.
Among the speaker at the confer
ence will be Mrs. A. S. Baldwin, of San
Francisco, chairman of the women's
commute of the 12th Federal Reserve
District: Mr. Sarah A. Evans, state
chairman for Oregon; Robert E. Smith,
state campaign manager for Oregon;
Klaine Uallock. assistant manager for
Oregon, and Pan C Freeman, state
director of publicity. Governor Wlthy
combe. Mayor Baker and members of
the stat central committee will speak
before th conference at noon on Sat
urday.
Th special committee of the Fort-
land Ad Club, assigned to the formula
tion of plan for the raising of 100,000
to the third liberty loan, will make Its
report to - the club at the regular
weekly meeting today. The committee
held a meeting yesterday, at which the
work was outlined.
See classified ad. men wanted. West
Una ilii la, pas It. Adv.
WAR RESUMED IN UKRAINE
Trolzky Calls for Recruits for Army
to Defend Revolution Stevens
Asked to Help Reorganize
Russian Railways.
LONDON", March 26. Resumption of
fighting in Ukraine between the Ger
mans and the Bolshevikl is reported In
Reuter dispatch from Petrograd.
The Bolshevik! are said to have re-
raptured the city of Kherson, also
Nikolaiev, while the Germans have oc
cupied Krementschug.
MOSCOW, March 26. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The Bolshevikl organ
Ixvestia publishes an appeal signed by
Leon Trotsky calling upon the people
to co-operate In the organisation of an
army to defend the revolution and an
nouncing the coming publication of a
decree for universal obligatory military
training.
All former officers are to be called
to active service in the capacity of in
structors, under control of the national
commissioners.
The council of commissioners has is.
sued a decree making the railway com
missioner absolute-dictator of railway
transportation throughout the coun
try. He is authorized to employ the
military to enforce his orders.
The government has asked the United
States to permit John F. Stevens, bead
of the American Railway Commission,
to come to Russia immediately to as
sist In the reorganization.
Mr. Stevens went to Japan last De
cember. He said at the time that he
expected to return to continue th re
organization work.
STOCKHOLM. March 26. The corre
spondent of the Aftonbladet on the
Aland Islands reports that the Ger
mans have landed considerable forces
Finland between Hango and Hcl-
singfors, on the Gulf of Finland, and
are now advancing toward Tammer-fors.
Houtskar and Nagu Islands, off Abo.
are reported taken Dy wnite guard
forces, who captured 500 of the red
guard.
An offensive against Abo is expected
any minute, the correspondent adds.
AMSTERDAM. March 26. The most
important political territorial and mil
itary stipulation in the peace treaty
with Russia were initialed this morn
ing, according to Berlin advice. An
extensive legal and political supple
mentary treaty was likewise initialed
and the basis of an agreement on the
oil question was signed.
Other economic Questions will be
considered after the completion of the
treaty and the documents will be pub
lished simultaneously.
WASHINGTON, March 26. Major
Henry C. Emery, the Yale professor
aken prisoner by the Germans on the
Aland Islands, has been taken on a
Uerman transport to Dantsig, German-.
WASHINGTON, March 26. During
the Senate debate today Senator Poin-
exter. Republican, of Washington, de-
ounced the Government s attitude to
ward Japanese intervention in Siberia.
German and Austrian prisoners re-
eased from Russian prison camp are
galbcrUff there, lie said, armed with
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machine guns, and "Japan Is willing
to do for Russia what we are willing:
In an Inefficient way to do for France."
He praised the "generous hand" which
Japan has displayed and her "disin
terested part.
'From the American Government's
dissent and refusal to assent in this
undertaking, what can be expected
from a foreign policy such as that?"
be asked. "And I say it is a mistaken
policy," he concluded.
senator King, of Utah. Interrupted to
say he could give assurance that the
allies' plans are receiving "most seri
ous attention" by this Government and
the allies.
DR. CARSTEIN BOUND OVER
Missionary Held I'ntlcr Espionage
Act Unable to Give Bonds.
HOQUIAM, Wash., March 26. (Spe
cial.) After a hearing; In which sev
eral witnesses were called by the Gov-
rnment and by the defendant. Dr. J.
E. Carsteln, of Washington and Ore
gon, was bound over to the Federal
grand Jury today by United States
Commissioner McKay on charges of
seditious utterances and violation of
the espionage act in plotting to inter
fere with the draft. He was held un-
er $10,000 bond. but. falling to get it.
was taken to Tacoma to ba held in
Jail.
Dr. Carstein acted as his "own at
torney and called as his witnesses four
women, all of whom testified merely
bat they had not heard him make
seditious statements. In Dr. Carstein's
andling of his own case, it was nec-
ssary several times for the Commis-
loner to caution him on nia metnoas.
The principal witnesses for the Gov-
rnment were not called. Dr. Carstein,
t has been learned, was an attorney in
Finland, his native country.
Although three committees are yet to
report, the war savings stamp sales
drive here is said today to total more
than $1200. The record number of
sales was made by Miss Emily Bern
ston, who sold $480 worth of stamps.
Baker school children to date have
sold over $7000 worth of stamps and
-6 of them have earned memberships
in the Rainbow Regiment by making
sales of 250 or over.
BIG CELEBRATION PLANNED
Loyal Legion of Loggifs Proposes to
Wake I'p Marshfield.
MARSHFIELD, Or., March 26. (Spe
cial.) The 3500 members of the Loyal
Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen
are going to give Marshfield a three
day Fourth of July celebration which
will make all previous similar affairs
pale into insignificance.
The plan was originated and will be
carried out in its entirety by the Loyal
Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen,
who, in this section, are mostly log
gers. Saturday night 25 delegates from
various locals will meet and discuss
the plans, entertainment, decoration,
etc. All the work entailed by such a
celebration will be done by the loggers.
They will take the initiative in every
way.
The speaker for the three-days will
probably be Colonel Brice P. Disque. .
He It was who made the Loyal Legion
of Loggers and Lumbermen possible. '
He is the idol of the camps. To him
the loggers feel they owe much. Plans
for the celebration will be perfected
in the next week.
Phone your want ads to The Orego
nian. Main 7670, A 6095.
SKIPPER MARRIES HEIRESS
Senor Alguin Captures eniiean
Hour! and Fortune of 1 Million.
TACOMA, Wash., March 26. (Spe-
ial.) Senor E. J. Alguin. skipper of
the barge Plrrie. well known among
Fortland shipping men for his pen
chant for dainty pink calling cards
nd other things unskipperlike, did not
return to his craft on its trip from its
home port In Chiae. His mates on the
barge, which is now docked at the
Tacoma smelter, tell a romantic story
of his conquests since last he left Ta
coma.
In Chile he met, wooed and won the
daughter of the aeatest financier In
the land, a dusky maiden who owns
more than $1,000,000 in her own right.
According to the men on board the
Pirrie the lady In question is more
heautiful than the morning star, the
rising sun or any other of the custom
ary comDaratives for beautiful ladies.
Senor Alquin has quit the sea forever
and his pink calling cards will never
more be distributed along Tacoma's
water front.
ENGINEERS NBIG DEMAND
fncle Sam Also Wants Linguists to
Address Foreigners.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON", Eugene,
March . 25. (Special.) There is an
urgent and immediate need for 90
mechanical engineers, 60 civil engi
neers and ten instrument makers and
repairers in the Army, according to a
telegram received Dy jvari w. uninann
university adjutant, from the inter
collegiate branch of the War Service
Exchange, asking mat uregon supply
aa many as possible. Men in Class A
under the draft are preferred and when
selected will be inducted directly Into
service.
Mr. Onthank has also racetvea a re
quest from the War Department for a
survev of the university faculty mem
bers who can speak different languages
fluently. They are wanted ior propa
ganda work In addressing groups oi
foreigners on war topics.
Ballot Given Texas Women.
AUSTIN. Tex.. March 26. The bill
e-ivina- women the rigni to voie in
Texas primaries and nominating con
ventions today was sigaea Dy uovernor
W. P. Hobby, women win De enutiea
to'vote in July primaries.
k Rabbi Wise in Charge.
Passover services will be held at
Temple Beth Israel tonight at 5:30
o'clock, and tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock. Rabbi Jonah B. wise will De
In charge of both.
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War-Stamp Drive Nets $1200.
BAKER, Or-".March 26. .Special.)
jfam te a
every
Industrial
Workers,
Attention
TTlOR the con-
venience of
Portland's indus
trial workers, beginning-
this Sat
urday, March 30,
the Savings De-L
partment of the
First National
Bank will re
main open until
8 o'clock in the
evening-.
Now is the time
to save some
thing out of your
income start a
Savings Account
in the old
est National
Bank on the
Pacific Coast
m& rlRST
First far Three Generations
Fifth
atStark
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