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THE MORNING O REG O NIAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1D18.
WHIG IKES
f REPRISAL THREAT
Germany Warned Not to Take
Extreme Measures in
j Shotgun Matter. .
WEAPON'S USE LEGITIMATE
Secretary of Sta-e Sends, Grim An
l swer to Enemy in Reply .to Pror
. test and Declaration to Ex
i - ecute Americans.
fW.HINGTOX, Sept. 30. The Amer
ican Government, in reply to Germany's
i,hreat to execute American prisoners of
far found in possession of shotguns.'
.today save notice that if Germany car
ries out any such threat suitable re
prisals will be t aft en.
i Secretary J-ansinGr's reply, made pub
tic today, declares that -the use of shot
puns is sanctioned by The Hague con
ventions, and that la comparison with
other weapons now used in modern
jtvarare the shotguns used by "the
American troops cannot be the subject
Vf legitimate or reasonable protest.
v. After acknowledging; receipt of the
Vnemorandum submitted through the
Swiss legation, communicating the
German protest. Secretary Lansing
said;
- "In reply to the German protest the
Government of the United States has
to say that the provision of The Hague
convention, cited in the protest, does
iot. in its opinion, forbid the use of
Jhis" kind of weapon.
' Protest Held InwarranM. ' -
- "Moreover, In view of the history of
the shotgun as a weapon of warfare,
itnd in view of the -well-known effects
of its present use, and in the light of
a comparison of it with other weapons
approved tn warfare, the shotgin now
in use by the American Army cannot
he the subject of legitimate or reason
able protest.
"The Government of the United
Ktates notes the threat of the German
government to execute every prisoner
Jot war found to have in his possession
ahotguns or shotgun ammunition.
, "Notwithstanding this threat, Inas
much as the weapon is lawful and may
he rightfully used, its use will not be
abandoned by the American. Army.
"Moreover, if the German govern
ment should carry out its threat in a
ingle instance it will be the right and
fluty of the Government of the United
States to make such reprisals as will
best protect the American forces, and
notice is hereby given of the intention
of the Government of the United States
to make such reprisals."
t Threat of Death Made.
The protest of the German govern
ment submitted through the Swiss
.Charge ad interim is as follows:
"The. German government protests
against the use of shotguns by the
American Army and calls attention to
the fact that, according to law of war
4 Kriegsrechf) every prisoner of war
found to have in his possession such
guns or ammunition belonging thereto
forfeits his life.
"This protest is based upon article 23
(E) of The Hague convention respect
ing laws and customs of war on land.
Reply by cable is required before Octo
ber 1. 1918."
The article of The Hague conven
tion on which Germany based Its pro
test was that forbidding the employ
'ment of "arms, projectiles or materials
' calculated . to cause unnecessary suf-
fering."
.. Officials said the prohibition Is di
rected not against efficiency in kill
ing, wounding or injuring, but against
cruelty and terrorism. Within such
prohibited category, they said, falls
chlorine gas, "f lammen werfers" and
saw-tooth bayonets used by the Ger
mans. The shotgun, it was contended, is
exactly analogous to shrapnel shells
discharging a multitude of small bul
lets or a machine gun discharging a
, spray of pointed bullets.
T So far as is known here, shotguns
have been employed by American troops
In France only in police work and in
repelling trench raids.
PRESIDENT ENTERS FIGHT
(Continued From First Pase.l
It does in mine, the message 1 have
come to bring you.
Concurrence Held Essential.
"I regard the concurrence of the
Senate in the constitutional amendment
proposing the extension of the suf
frage tc women as vitally ' essential
to the successful prosecution of the
great war humanity in which we
are engaged.
"I have come to urge upon you the
considerations which have led me to
mat conclusion. it is not only my
privilege. It is also my duty to apprise
you of every circumstar.ee and element
involved in this momento'is struggle.
wnicn seems to me to affect its very
process and its outcome. It 13 my
duty to win the war and to a-lc you to
remove eve -y obstacle that stands in
the way of winning it.
o Party Iaane InvolTed.
"I had as-umed that the Senate would
concur in the amendment because no
disputable principle is Involved, but
only a question of the method by which
the suffrage is to be extended to
women.
There- is and can be no party issue
involved in it- Both of our great Na
tional parties are pledged, explicitly
Your Usefulness Fails
when your eyesight fails. If you
are in doubt about your eyesight
if your eyes ache, sting or burn, or
if close work blurs it is time to
be fitted with a pair of my Perfect
Fitting Glasses. -
DR. WHEAT
Eyesight Specialist.
207 Morgan Building. Second Floor
Washington at Broadway
'V "na.s f
pledged, to equality bf suffrage for th
women of the country. Neither party,
therefore. It seems to me, can justify
hesitation as to the rjnethod of- ob
taining it. can rightfully hesitate to
substitute Federar initiative for state
initiative, if the early adoption of this
measure is necessary to the successful
jr. osecution of the war and if the
method of state action proposed in the
party platforms of is Impractic
able, within any reasonable length of
time, if practical at al.
"And Its adoption la, in my judgment.
clearly necessary to the success
ful prosecution of the war and the uc-
cessful realization of the objects for
which the war is being fought.
Rights of People Involve-
That judgment ! take the liberty
of - urging upon you with solemn
earnestness for reasons which I shall
state very frankly and which I hope
will seem as conclusive to you as they
seem to me.
This Is t peoples' war and the I co
pies'- thinking constitutes ts atmos
phere and morale, not the predilections
of the drawing room or the political
considerations of the caucus.
It we be, indeed, democrats and
wish to lead the- world to democracy.
we can ask other peoples to accept in
proof" of our sincerity and our ability
to lead them whither- they wish to
be led nothing less persuasive and con
vincing, than our actions.
Our professions will not euince.
Verification must be forthcoming when
verification is asked for. And In this
case verification is asked for asked
for in this particular .matter.
"You ask by whom? Not through
diplomatic channels; not by foreign
ministers: not by the intimations of
parliaments. It is asked for by the
anxious, expectant, suffering peoples
with whom we are dealing and who are
willing to put their destinies in some
measure in our hands, if they are sure
that we wish the same - things that
they do. .
Foolish Agitators Iamored.
"I do not speak, by conjecture. It is
not alone the voices of statesmen and
of newspapers that reach me, and the
voices of foolish and intemperate agi
tators do not reach me at all.
"Through many, many channels I
have been made aware what the plain.
struggling, work-a-day folk are think
ing, upon whom the chief terror and
suffering of this tragic war falls. They
are looking to the great, powerful,
famous democracy of the west to lead
them to the new day for which they
have so long waited, and they think.
in their logical simplicity, that democ
racy means that women shall play their
part in affairs alongside men and upon
an equal footing with them.
"If we reject measures like this in
ignorant defiance of what a new age
has brought, forth, or what they have
seen but we have not, they will cease
to believe in us; they will cease to fol
low or trust us
"They have seen their own govern
ments accept this interpretation of de
mocracy seen old governments like
that of Great Britain, which did not
profess to be democratic, promise read
ily, -and as, of course, this justice to
women, though they had before refused
it; the strange revelations of this war
having made many things new and
plain to governments, as well as to
peoples.
Women Partners In War.
Are we alone to refuse to learn the
lesson? Are we alone to ask and take
the utmost that our women can giv
Service and sacrifice of every kind
and still say we do not see what title
that gives them to stand by our sides
in the guidance of the affairs of their
nation and ours?
We have made partners of the wom
en In this war; shall we admit them
oly to & partnership of suffering and
sacrifice ana toll, ana not to a partner
ship of privilege and right?
"This war could not have been fought.
either by the other nations engaged or
by America, If it had not been for the
services of the women services ren
dered in every sphere not merely- in
the fields of effort in which we have
been accustomed to see them work, bu
wherever men have worked and upon
the very skirts and edges of the battle
itself.
We shall not only be distrusted but
shall deserve to be distrusted if we do
not enfranchise them with the fullest
possible enfranchisement, as it is no
certain that the other great free nations
will enfranchise them.
"We cannot isolate our thought and
action in such a matter from the
thought of the rest of the world. We
must either conform - or deliberately
reject what they propose and resign
the leadership of liberal minds to
others.
Slacker Cfcaraje ImpoiulMe.
'The women of America are too noble
and too intelligent and too devoted to
be slackers, whether you give or with
hold this thing that is mere justice; but
I know the magic it will work in their
thoughts and spirits if you give it to
them.
'I propose it as I would propose to
admit soldiers to the suffrage, the men
fighting in the field for our liberties
and . the liberties of the world, were
they excluded.
'The task of the women lies at the
very heart of the war and I know how
much stronger that heart will beat If
you do this just thing and show our
women that you trust them as much
as you in fact and of necessity depend
upon them.
'Have I said that the passage of this
amendment is a vitally necessary war
measure, and do you need further
proof? Do not stand In need of the
trust of other peoples and of the trust
of our own women? Is that trust an
asset or is it not?
Measure Declared Vital.
"I tell you plainly, as the Commander-in-Chief
of our armies and of the gal
lant men in our fleets, as the present
spokesman of this people in our deal
ings with the men and women through
out the world, who are now our part
ners, as the responsible head of a
great Government which stands and is
questioned day by day as to its pur
poses, its principles, its hopes, whether
they be serviceable to men everywhere
or only to itself, and who must him
self answer these questions or be
shamed, as the guide and director of
forces caught in the grip of war and
by the same token in need of every
material and spiritual resource this
great Nation possesses. I tell you
plainly that this measure which I urge
upon you is vital to winning of the
war and to the energies alike of prep
aration ana oi Dattie.
"And not to the winning of the war
only. It is vital to the right solution
of the great problems which we must
settle, and settle Immediately, when
the war is over.
"We shall need then In our vision of
affairs, as we have never needed them
before, the sympathy and insight and
clear moral instinct of the women of
the world.
"The problems of that time will
strike to the roots of many things that
we have not hitherto questioned, and
I for one believe that our safety in
these questioning aays, as well as our
comprehension of matters that touch
society to the quick, will depend upon
the direct ana authoritative participa
tion of women in our counsels.
"We shall need their moral sense to
preserve what Is right ' and fine and
worthy in our system of life as well as
to discover just what it is that ought
to be purified and reformed. With
out their counselings we shall be only
naix wise.
"That is my case. This is my ap
peal- Many may deny its validity, if
they choose, but no one can brush aside
or answer the arguments upon which
it is based.
"The executive tasks of this war rest
upon me. I ask that you lighten them
and place in my hands instruments,
spiritual instruments, which -1 do not
now possess, which I sorely need, and
which I have daily to apologize for
in not being able to employ."
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FRENCH
SCORE
ARMIES
Advances Are Made in Cham
pagne, Along Vesie and on
Chemin des Dames.
FOE REACTS DESPERATELY
Diminished Resistance in. Front of
General Mangln's Men Indicates
That Germans Are Mating
Systematic Retirement.
PARIS, Sept. 30. General Gouraud's
army In the Champagne attacked this
morning, on the northern slopes of
Bellevue Heights, Mont Cuvulet and
Bouconvllle. Alin Brook, which flows
northeast toward Challerange, has been
crossed, the heights dominating the
village of Manre on the west side of
the brook have been taken.
LONDON. Sept. 30. The French army
under General Berthelot today made
new attack between the Vesle and the
Aisne ri-ers- The battle line now runs
to Revillen. Romagne and Montigny,
east of Jonohery.
LONDON, Sept. 30, 1:45 P. M. (By
the Associated Press.) Pushing the
Germans hard on the front north of
the Aisne, the French, under General
Mangin. today reached the Oise-Aisne
canal, reparts from the battle front
show. They have progressed swiftly
along the Chemin-des-Dames toward
the east and the enemy is retreating
behind the Ailette.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
CHAMPAGNE. Sept- 30. (By the Asso
ciated Press, 2 P. M.) General Man-
gin's troops, continued their advance
this morning on the Chemin-des-Dames,
while on the right General Berthelot
attacked, crossing the Vesle River at
Goulot Farm. He took the village of
Le Grand Hameau and advanced nearly
two miles north of Les Venteaux and
reached the southern edge of the vil
lage of Montigny. Berthelot's attack
appears likely.to derange the German
plans and hasten the retirement of the
enemy.
Connter Attacks In Vain.
South of St. Quentln the enemy de
vered fierce counter attacks in a vain
effort to recapture Hill 88. The reac
tion on the front of General Gouraud's
army was also very violent in the
neighborhood of Salnte-Marle-A-Pv.
the diminisbed resistance in front of
General Mangin's troops confirms the
fact that the enemy is making a sys
tematic retirement. The rapid succes
sion of heavy blows has brought the
fighting at some points close enough to
the secondary line of defense to make
that also look precarious.
Threatened at Cambrai and Le
t-atelet, this line may furnish a tem
porary solid support from the region
of teissonne to the Valley of the Aire,
but north of the Argonne. where it
Joins the Hindenburg line, the advance
of General Gouraud's men In liaison
with the Americans has given the Ger
mans such worry that they are hur
rying up reserves and counter-attack
ing with the greatest energy.
It is there that they may be ex
pected to make their most desperate
stand, to protect the eventual retire
ment of the .forces to the west and de
fend the Briey Basin and the Stenay
gap, which Is a vital route of communi
cations for them if they are unable to
hold the line of the Meuse from their
present position in the north.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMT ON THE
ST. QUENTLN" FRONT, Sept. 3 (Ren
ter's. ) French forces attacked and
captured the culminating point in the
German line of. resistance between St.
Quentln and the Oise River yesterday.
Thi line follows along the ridge paral
lei to and immediately in front of the
Hindenburg line.
Two Villages Are Taken.
Urvillers was Its strongest point.
From there the line ran over Hill No.
120 to the south. This was captured
by assault. The village of Cerizy also
was taken ana tne r rencn troops ad
vanced In the wood between Urvillers
and Cerizy. Then Urvillers fell.
By the capture of this vital sector,
especially Urvillers, the Investing lin
around St. Quentin advanced an im
portant step. It now forms a semi
circle around the western and south
em side of the city.
Photographer Is Called.
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L. Ransford, formerly a photos:
DON'T SAY
" is hard to
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GAINS
rapher in the Stock Exchange building.
to enter special service as a photog
rapher next week. He has been ordered
to report at Camp McDowell Califor-
Mr. KanaXord for the past year
as been with the Haxtsoolc studio in
Tacoma.
NVESTIGATI0N IS ORDERED
Mayor Baker Seeks Disinterested
Verdict In Case of Policeman.
A. committee of workers appointed by I
the liberty loan committee Is conduct-' tj
lng ' an investigation of the case
Police Sergeant Carlson, accused of
terferlng with a number of Jewish peo-
le who claimed they were meeting to
consider a UDerty loan ariva. ine in-
Testigatlon is being made at tbe re-
uesi ox .njyur DB&cr, iiu acta n a, uni
nterested verdict
In making the request Mayor Baker
announced that he was taking the po-
Ition that this Is a time for real
Americanism straight down the line
nd the first American principle is a
fair trial for every man accused.
'I want to make It clear, said the
Mayor, "that 1 have no time or consid
eration for any man who Is unpatriotic
and I will not for a minute stand for
man in the police bureau who Is
abusive or inconsiderate of any man or
group of men because of race or creed.
THEATERS ENLIST FOR LOAN
Portland Playhouses Confidently
Counted On to Participate.
The theaters of America are enlisted
for the fourth liberty loan, and Port
land playhouses have been advised by
E. I. Albee. chairman of the National
theatrical allied Interests loan commit
tee, of New York, that they are confi
dently counted upon to participate.
'Every dollar that is subscribed by
anyone connected with theatricals.
reads the announcement, "and every
subscription taken in or through our
Interests should be credited to the the
atrical people as a whole. Tou will send
in a report of the amount of sales made
In your house, giving credit to your
theater therefor."
In the third campaign the theaters of
New York alone took subscriptions
amounting to $33,000,000, which is tak
en to indicate the gigantic nature of
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quarrel In the timekeepers' office Two
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