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. rTYfE .I'ORTftNff OREGON-TAX.' SATUnDAIXPKlT; 20T 19181 GERMANY STICKS TO U-BOAT POLICY Independent Socialists Said to Be Only Element Opposed to Unrestricted Warfare. CARR SAYS DEFEAT CERTAIN TIrad of American Shipbuilding (umpiDj .vxrt Tht Production of New ToBDte Orcrbal a iters That IX-strojcd. AMSTERDAM. April !. Fpcaktnir 4urioB tha naval estimates debata In tn. iclchatar coromtttea. Count Ton W.trD- th. Conservative leader, say a Brlln dispatch, declared that with th. exception of tha Independent So cialist, the committee waa unanimous that tha . unrestricted euomanne war fare mjt be continued b all means , nH in th. sharDe.t manner. They re aarecd likewise, aaid tha ,p.tkfr. that tha bnlltllnc of L'-boals mast be continued to the utmost pos alble limit, reaardlesa of tha duration of tha war. This proa-rammo must ba followed out txcsuM It waa regarded a- a means of attalntnc peace and maXtns; iiorland submissive. CINCINNATI. April 1. "Tha aub snartne can and will ba defeated, ade quate tonnage to meet all demands will ba bu It.- This statement br M. E. Farr. of Cleveland. (.. president of tha Amer can hfcipbutldlnc Company, at tha Na tional Koreian Trade Council hera to day, was sufficient to brine; all tha dele- Calea to their feet cheertna". "Ths most reliable reports now ob tamable show that tha production of new ship tonnasje overbalances tha de stroyed.- said Mr. 'arr. A larite amount of new American tonnaaa will soon ba available and production will rapidly Inrreasa In voluma until an ocean-carrying capacity Is provided which will ba fully ample to meet war and commercial requirements. Mr. Karr stated that neither ha nor tha shipbuilders of this country under estimated tha seriousness of the prob lem. He declared that the shipbuilders of tha I'nlted State, would not fall In achieving; their full soar, of produc tion and pointed out that Amerlca'a irreat new merchant marina would be available not only to meet war neces sities, but would at tha aama time pro vide a solid foundation for tha develop ment and protection of our foreign trail a following tha war. LOYALTY IN BERLIN IS OF THE MACHINE-MADE VARIETY NOW No Outburst of Hilarity Greets News of Russia's Collapse German Capi tal Looks Worn and War-Weary Many Wounded Are Seen. M ENSIGN MISSES PURSE ORDERED TO BROOKLYN, l A. OR. TIS REACHES CITT PEMMLE99. Office- Laeea 3n Bet wee a llaejala a e Fvrtlaadi Jaaratey Eaat fa Ba Reaetsaeel Today. llurrylns; from Hoqulam to the Brooklyn Navy-yard on call to special duty. Knsljrn Leo C Orvis arrived In Portland yesterday mornlna: and upon otns; to a railroad ticket office to pur .base a ticket for himself and wife, ha discovered that he had lost his wallet ccntalnln SJuo In currency. Th money represented all his saving's and he was left penniless. I'nablo to proceed upon ordra from the Navy liepartment. Knslsrn Orvla sought as sistance from tanfield Macdonald. T resident of the Society of Kathers of Soldiers and frUllnrs of Orexon. Mr. Macdonald procured quarters for En aim urvls. wife and child at tha Ira lrrlal Hotel, and today will advance rcouich money to enable the naval offi cer and family to reach Brooklyn. n.ilicn Orvla had been on duty on tha torpedo-boat Co'.dborourh at Uraya Harbor, and Thursday afternoon re ceived orders to report at Brooklyn Navy-yard at once. He left Hoqutam Thursday nlicht. comlnc to Portland to Join bla wife and child, who had been here for a few days, ria la of tha be lief that bo waa robbed on the train en route to Portland. He expects to leave for tlto Kat tonlirht.- Tae vessel on which ha was on duty waa used aa a training; boat for the Oreron Naval MtUtla a short tlma be fora the I'nlted States entered tha war. STAMP SALES BOOSTED C. Jf. Wonacott Chief Speaker I.J nn County Luncheon. AT.BANT, Or, April (Special.) C N. Wonaoott. of Portland, associate director of tha Oregon orranlaatlon In charce of tha aale of war savings stamps, spoke at two meetings In Al bany yesterday In tha interest of con tinued aale of these stamps. Ha met the Linn County chairmen In charge of thla work and also the postmaster of tha county at a luncheon. Percy A. Toons, chairman of tha Linn County war stamp organisation, presided. Later In the afternoon Mr. Wonacott froks to m number of local business and professional men and heads of varloua organizations In Albany In a meeting at the Commercial Club. a.-,.cdl BT BLANCHE 8 LOCUM. (Copyright. 113, by Tribune Co. ACHINB-ilADE loyalty replaces tha old spontaneoua loyalty, Enthusiasm is dead. When Rus sia, collapsed there waa no outburst of martial hilarity; Instead there was a general eigh of -Thank God. th cringe peara so much nearer!" , Berlin Itaelf looks war weary. De ep! t. the volunteer labor of atudents. boy scouts and omen, tta streets are no longer clean. Because of the oil shortage buildings lack paint. Be cause of the labor shortage, they lack repairs. Becaust borsca are scarce you aee families moving their world: y goods in push carts. Because of the nickel abortage Iron coins are In use. Because of the gold shortage and the government's de mand for gold you see Iron watch chalna Ind Iron finger ringa Inscribed "I gave my gold for Iron and your dentist telle you he cannot obtain gold ror Illllngs. Because of the food short age long flics of women with cards wait outside the food shops. And so It goes everywhere reminders that war Involves privation for Uermany. and that the longer the war lasts the more grueling will be the privation. Beg gars increase and multiply. Shew Uepremalas; Poafera. Perhaps In the minds of militarists and aristocrats the war la a war of magnificent conquest even now. but government poatera avoid figuring It as such and Instead you read. "Help the fatherland to win: we are surrounded by a world of enemies." Impressing postera they seem. Nevertheless they appeal to the feeilnga of a populace lighting, not because It wanta to any longer, but solely because It feels that It must. I thought posters representing the Iron fist considerably less tactful, as the German masses are ceasing- to think of the enemy when they behold that Iron fist and are rapidly coming to recognize that they themslves are held fast within Its brutal, inexorable grip. The streets of Berlin by no means lack animation In wartime, if by ani mation you mean a great stir of stroll ing multitudes. But of what are the multitudes made up? To some slight extent of shopkeepers neglecting their shops. As the demand for every sort of goods far exceeda the dismally re duced supply, dealers know ths.t what Is not sold, today can certainly be aold tomorrow. And to an ever-increasing extent the streets are filled with wounded sol diers. Tou see shattered wrecks being moved about In wheelchairs. You see legless men In carta. You see children leading blind men. Then. too. there 1 are always many soldiers temporarily released from active service. They ap pear nervous, with now and then among them a fellow who twitches and shakes. Maay Tessf Mea Srea. In the streets of Berlin one notices large numbers of young nien who to all appearances should be wearing the field gray and are not. On Inquiry, however, one leama that some are gov ernment rlerka and officials, same dis charged from the army, some found un fit for It at the beginning, some recov ering from wounds, and many home on furlough, and occasionally wearing civilian dress. Many more are for eigners from neutral countries. Another question Americans asking me ts keep "Did you see any of those dreadful factories In Berlin where they make oil from the corpses of sol diersT" 1 do not believe that such fac torles exist. What does exist is the factory that makes oil from dead anl mala. Aa the name for this sort o factory la a long composite word that Includes the word "cadaver," people outside of Germany unintentionally mistranslated It. Hence the legend. But In German "cadaver" means the body of a dead animal, never the body of a dead human being. Germans writhed when the legend got back to them. Not realizing that the whole yarn rested on an innocent enough failure to understand a German term, they charged It up to malice. The German government made much of this, saying, in effect: "You see what vile enemies we have. They will stoop to anything when they accuse us of such vile things as this. Io you want to make peace with them? Fine mas ters you will gain it you do!" This sort of talk deepened the feeling that had already changed foreign names to German names. Names Changed le Ceraaa. Elevators are no longer "lifts." The Picadllly restaurant no longer bears its British designation. Such signs as Modes." "Confiserle," and "Coiffeur' have been painted over into German. In August, 1914, the Cafe Americaln be came the Cafe America. In April, 1917, it changed again. A placard In a barber's window reads: "Down with the English mus tache! Have a German mustache!" But while the placard faithfully ex emplifies the principles of warring Germany, you observe that In certain respects those principles are anything but consistently lived up to. Berlin still applauds Italian opera. Every week Berlin applauds Shakespeare, Vt hen Kodin died, the Berlin papera id: "Here was a consummate sculp tor French, to be sure, yet we are broad enough to overlook that." But meanwhile those Berlin papers are narrow enough to overlook many an occurrence of tremendous news value. It was only on my return home that I learned of the great mutiny aboard German warships, and while in Germany It was generally by word of mouth that I learned of commotions ii the Kelcbstag. The papers seldom re ferred to them. Very little gets printed that could dampen the war spirit. Hladenbarff Portraits Everywhere, The Immense wooden statue of Hin- denburc and the profusion of his por traits everywhere and the countless postcard representions of Hindenburg and the German Emperor unite to stim ulate hero worship, but fail to revive the declining war spirit. Although children still wear caps marked "Em- den or lettered in honor of some sub marine captain and preside over battles between toy German soldiers and toy English or French soldiers, grown Ger mans of all but the militarist class de test the war and yearn only for peace. Perhaps because recognizing the growing discontent and disloyalty among the masses, the German im perial government takes pains to pre serve the magnificance of whatever di rectly belongs to it. Palaces, depart mental buildings, and all state edifices are lavishly kept up. They must have the look, at least, of prosperity; for the popular mind Instinctively takes prosperity to mean power. It begins to appear, however, that the German mind can detest power and. Instead of being too much over awed by magnificence, can detest that also. Just this is happening in Berlin. While the splendor of government properties does much to relieve the seediness, the shabbiness and the pov erty stricken ugliness of wartime Ber lin, it emphasizes more forcibly than ever the huge gulf between the gov ernment and the governed. WEALTH TO PILE OP ames A. Farrell.Sees Some Compensation for War. BELGIAN PATROL HEROIC Ten Men Hold Back 300 linns for Hour Vntll Reinforced. NEW YORK. April 1 Gallantry displayed br a Belgian patrol of 10 men in holding off for an hour, until reinforcements arrived, an attacking force of 3'-t Germans near Keigersvllet was described In a message from the Vland-ra front received here today by Senator Henri la Fontaine, head of the American fund for gifts for Belgian soldiers. When reinforced the garrison took the offensive, taking back the lost trenches and many prisoners and guns King Albert trlegraphed bis congratu lationa to the troops. USE MORE POTATOES, PLEA lnds IVclared No Longer Substi tute for Flour. VANCOUVER. Waslu. April 1. (Special.) Potatoes no longer can be sold or bought aa a flour substitute, according to Instructions from head quarters to George B. Simpson. County Food Administrator. There waa a shortage of authorized aubstltutes for flotir. but this baa been met. There Is an oversuppiy of potatoes, and the public Is urged to use potatoes as far as possible la making bread. Thla request applies to hotels, res taurants and homes. GERMANY WILL .COMPETE President or InUcd States Steel Points Out Possibilities of Future In Address to National For eign Trade Council. CINCINNATI. . April 19. James A. Farrell. of New Tork. chairman of the National Foreign Trades Council and president of the United States Steel Corporation, spoke on "Foreign Trade Aspects." before the council tonight. "We shall see such an increase of the world's wealth as will go far to com pensate for the appalling destruction which the past four years have wit nessed." asserted Mr. FarrelL "Amer ica, it may be hoped, will maintain the position of offering to the world all its requirements which can be supplied here, on terms and conditions that are fair and Just." The speaker expressed the belief that after the war Germany would become "as potent a competitor for the mar kets of the world as she was before," and that the people of the United States, therefore, must immediately mobilize their surplus resources. Carl H. Green, of New York City, de clared that for three years we have bad every self-appointed critic In this coun try telling us that .Germany Is the epitome of all that is excellent in ex porting and that because of this great gas" attack the exporters or this country have overlooked the concrete thing in international trade In which the United States excels, namely, ad vertising. "Commercial Problems of the Pa cific." was the subject of an address by J. K. Armsby. of San Francisco. "It ould appear that in order not only to Increase foreign commerce of the great section of the United States west of the Rocky Mountains," said Mr. Artnsby, "but to maintain that which we already enjoy, an adequate Ameri can merchant marine operating under laws and regulations no more onerous than those of our foreign competitors Is not only an absolute necessity, but Is of first importance." Robert H. Patchln. of New Tork. de clared that the war had created, a greater community of Interest In the Western Hemisphere than Its geographical integrity, or even the Monroe doctrine, had done. weeks ago of A. L. Fmallwood, who came here from Portland to conduct a sale of a special line of women's ap parel. He brought part of the goods with him, put them on display and started an advertising campaign. The remain der of his goods arrived here a few days later. The sale was to open Mon day, and Friday forenoon he left the store, saying he would be absent about 30 minutes. That was the last seen or heard of him. A few days ago a mes sage was received from a woman in Portland asking about Mr. Smallwood and saying that his mother, in Portland, had important information for him If he could be renrhed. I Invasion of Former. Russian Territory Proceeds. UKRAINE CUPBOARD BARE Germany Admits Captured Territory Will Afford No Essential Relief of Food : Conditions Dur ing Present Year. LONDON, April 19. On the Caucasus front the Turks in their Invasion of former Russian territory are approach ing the city of Kars, says an official statement Issued in Constantinople on Wednesday. In capturing the Black Sea port of Batum the Turks took 150 guns and more than 3000 prisoners. NEW YORK, April 19. No essential relief for food conditions In Germany may be expected from Ukraine during the present economic year, said Privy Councillor von Eynern, of the btate Food Commission, in discussing the food supply situation at a meeting in Berlin, according to the Cologne Ga zette of March 21, a copy of which has been received here. Germany, .he said, must continue to save and husband food as heretofore. TOKIO. Friday. April 12. (By the Associated Press.) The Japanese press and public are not greatly concerned over the situation, which has brought about the landing of Japanese and Brit ish forces at Vladivostok. The Jingo element's efforts have fallen flat. Anti government newspapers have seized the opportunity, but have been unable to make headway. The Nlchl Nlchl Shlmbun says the Russian people probably will under stand Japan's true motives more fully. The Kokumin Shlmbun gives a warn ing against snap Judgment calculated to cause trouble. It expresses the be lief that the Bolshevik! do not intend to attempt to drive away from Vladi vostok the landing forces of friendly nations, peacefully guarding life and property from the mob. Some effort has been made to create distrust of America's motives, but gov ernment officials say there Is no basis for such feeling, and that the United States is merely observing the prm ciple of non-interference unless abso lute necessity arises. c 1 U. S.-FRENCH RAID WINS Doughboys and Poilus Strafe Huns on Right Bank of Meuse. fBv tha Associated Press.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, April 19. Thirty American Infantry men, with this same number of French troops, raided the German line on the right bank of the Meuse this morning. Inflicting a number of cas ualties on the enemy. The .Americans found the enemy trenches empty, but saw the bodies of several Germans In the American wire. apparently members of a working party, who had been caught In the American barrage. The enemy laid down a counter barrage soon after the American barrage started, but all the Americans returned safely to their trenches. REVOLT NEWS CONFIRMED General Caballero Control? Victoria With Force of 1000 Men. BROWNSVILLE. Tex.. April 19. Confirmation of the revolt of General Luis Caballero was received today by Colonel Tlrzo. Matamoros commander, from General Alfredo Ricaut, com mander of the federal troops in the state of Tamaulipas. Caballero, with a force of 1000 men, is in control of Victoria, about 125 miles from Tampico. Ricaut has taken the field against Caballero and Is re ported on his way to Victoria with a trainload of troops. Caballero's main object, according to Mexican officials In Matamoros, is to overthrow federal control of Tamaulipas. Phone your want ads to The Ore- gonian. Main 7070, A 6095. PORTLAND MAN IS MISSING A. T. Smallwood Drops From Sight at Hoqutam Three Weeks Ago. HOQU1AM. Wash, April 19. (Spe cial.) 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