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8 THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1918. mtB PORTLAND. OREGOX. Entered at Portland (Orrnon) Postofflcs aa socond-clsss nail matter. Subscription rate Invariably to advance: (Br Mall. Dally. andar Included, on year ......$-o lalijr. Kunoar Included, sis month .... Ii;jr. Sunday Included, tbre months.. 22 I1;7. feunuay Included, ono month .... .73 tixUy. without Sunday, ono year ...... 6.00 ra!y. without Sunday, six. months .... 4.-5 Tai:y. without Funday. ono month ..... 'Weekly, one year 1" hunday. one year ..................... - SO fc under and weekly S-ud (By Carrier.) Il;y, 5unday Included, one year Pally. Sunday Included, on month .... ."5 at!y. Sunday Included, three montba.. lelly. without funuar. one year Ial!y. without Sunday, three month... 1-13 laily. without bunday, on month ..... -o3 Mow to Remit Send postofflcs money or !er. express or personal check on your local bank. utimDt coin or currency ar at own er's risk. Citv postofrice address la full. 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With a citizenship thus trained, a small standing army and navy would suffice for our domestic security and international obligations. RESTORATION. If trie Germans think that they will be complying with the demand for the "restoration" of Belgium, and also of the invaded portions of France, by merely giving back the territory to its former inhabitants, they are much mistaken. They are going to be bound by the definitions of Knglish words as they appear In the dictionaries of that language, and, fortunately, these leave no doubt as to what "restora tion" means. "To give back" is only vne of the meanings. There are others: To make amend or compensation for. To make rood th loaa or damage ta To bring back to. or put back Into. former or original state. There are more, but these will suf fice. The fires which are now ob served as the retreating Huns flee toward their own boundaries will only add to his bill on the day of reckoning. the PORTLAND, SATURDAY, OCT. 1, BEWARE OF NEW ILLUSIONS. Colonel Roosevelt's warning of the danger arising from too sudden and too extensive disarmament upon conclusion of peace on the allies' terms is timely. The American people have had a ter rible lesson In the folly of cherishing illusions which do not square with the facts, and they should guard -against substituting a new illusion for the old one of pacifism which has been de stroyed by the war. Nations schooled to regard force as the decisive factor will not abandon the idea in a trice and submit instantly to the decrees of a neace league. Only the spectacle of overwhelming force at thp command I register In person at the office of the or tne league can restrain luriu "' i county uem. 'inn unregistered voter PENAXTT FOB FA1LCRE TO TOTE. It is well to remind those voters who are taking an apathetic Interest, or no interest at all. in the forthcom ing election, that failure for two years to vote at any election held through out the county will subject them to the necessity of observing certain for malities before they can vote in any succeeding election. Oregon has not, in fact, attempted to impose compul sory voting upon the public, but it has taken a step in that direction. There was a special election in 1917 throughout every county which drew out only a partial vote. If those who failed to vote then neglect that duty next month, their registration will be subject to cancellation. Within a given period after notice a canceled registration may be re stored by mail notice to the County Clerk. If not thus restored the votef who desires to vote in the Presiden tial election in 1920 will have to render, which would give the allies passage of the Dardanelles and use of Turkish railroads. Allied warships could then convoy transports carrying an army tp Odessa and other Black Sea ports, whence it could advance northward to the strongholds of Bol shevism and finally to Moscow and Petrograd. A considerable part of the Saloniki army could be detached for this service without risking success of the attack on Austria through Bosnia. In this manner the eastern front may be restored and Russia redeemed before the year ends. The siege of the central empires, which was raised on the east by the desertion of Russia, would then be renewed and would be closer than it has ever been. In the first year of the war the Serbs were left alone to block the outlet Into the Balkans; now they are joined by a powerful army of all the allies. The Teutons would be unable to break through, and the war would be sharply defined as what it really is a gigantic siege of the two central empires. struction of towns, but compensation should be exacted for the ruin already worked on both the country and its population, and warning should be given that reprisals will be taken for any further crimes or tne Kina. Those Who Come and Go. Portland hotel men estimate that the The I Spanish Influenza has cut down their allies would not descend to the level business 33 1-3 per cent. One hotel nt Huns hv rtnine- to them as thev I manager declares that the epidemic has r,v clone to the Deoples they have 80 "duced travel that the receipts of subjected, but the peace terms can impose equal suffering of another, kind in harmony both with the dic tates of humanity and with strict Jus tice. resort to arms during the period of education in the new idea of a world ruled by law, which may extend over a generation. Reliance on force to extend power and redress wrongs, real or imagined, is not confined to the Germans or to the dominant races of Austria-llun-Kary and Turkey. It has been drilled into the subject races by centuries of oppression. By force the Balkan states won their liberty, and by force they extended their borders. Though military weakness has driven them to resort largely to diplomacy and in trigue, they regard force as the final arbiter. There are on what may be come the borders of new or enlarged states wide areas where races are mingled and which may become de batable land. There are within those future borders large minorities of races hostile to the majority. This situation contains material for future wars which can be prevented from breaking out by no other means than the known presence of superior force, ready to be used against the aggres sor. In Asia also there arc warlike races wfvich are kept at' peace by a dominant power such as British rule In India. The Russians have yet to unlearn the evil habits of resort to force in order to gain their ends, habits which they acquired under au tocracy. Nor should we expect the Germans of the empire and Austria or the Magyars of Hungary to become con verted instantly from their traditional faith in armies or from their tradi tional belief that a self-styled supe rior race has a right to impose its rule on a race which it considers inferior. Ruling dynasties and aristocracies which would be stripped of power by democracy are peculiarly tenacious of these opinions, they have many re tainers among the middle and lower class, and they are almost the only ones trained to rule. They might de velop among themselves political bosses and cliques after the style of Tammany and the Southern Bourbons, who would pervert the machinery of democracy to the establishment of a ruling class as vicious as that which controls Prussia. They might osten sibly reduce armies and navies to the limits fixed by the peace league, while they actually tricked their neighbors as Stein tricked Napoleon in the years of Prussia's humiliation. The fourth of President 'Wilson's fourteen principles, taken- by itself. Justifies Colonel Roosevelt's condem nation, but it should be read in con junction with the fourth principle which the President stated at Mount Vernon, to the effect that "the com bined power of free nations" should support the peaco league. That would require each nation to maintain an armed land and sea force sufficient to do its share of this International poi'-e work in addition to that which would bo "necessary to rolice the country in the event of domestic disturbance." National safety will demand that armaments be reduced by only slow degrees to these limits, and this Na tion should not be bound to takeny of the several steps in that direction unless it had evidence that all other nations were doing the same in good laitn. That would dictate entire open ness between nations in military and naval affairs in place of the secrecy which has been practiced by many. It would require close watch on Ger many. Austria and Turkey, to insure that they did not slip back into the ways of autocracy under a cloak of democracy and secretly prepare an other surprise such as Germany sprang In 1914. tnly as the Germans proved their new faith by their works and as genuine democracy took firm hold among them could other nations safely reduce their armament from year to year. These considerations suggest that the United States would be rash to re duce its armament to the pre-war basis Immediately upon organization of a peace league. The peace would not become a fact upon the sis-nature of a treaty establishing it. It would not be an assured fact, on the per manence of which we could rely, until it had been put In operation nor until it had stood a severe test. If, upon defiance of a decree of the league! all its members combined their forces Against a recalcitrant member and re duced it to submission either by threat or war, the league would be an estab lished success and disarmament could eafely proceed. But the advantages, of universal training are so great that they will not be lightly abandoned, however re mote may be the possibility of a great v e now Know that it improves may, of course, vote in an election, but he must swear in his vote with the aid of freeholders who are per sonally acquainted with his qualifica tions as an elector. The process is complicated and discouraging. Withal he who feels that it is not worth the trouble to go to the polls November 5 will discover later that other troubles have taken the place of that which he avoided. Failure to vote not only makes voters liablo to one of the mentioned formalities, but if it is general it imposes a vast amount of work and a large expense upon the county. The election slacker deserve: unpopularity. AGAIN THE BOOK DRIVE. The American Library Association is represented with an apportionment of 13.500,000 of the total of $170,000 000 to be raised in the coming welfare drive because of two facts. The de mand for technical works for the sol diers libraries is far greater in pro portion to the number of readers than it is at home, and the expense of build ing and equipping libraries is a con siderable sum. The circulation of fic tion Is estimated at 50 per cent of th total, by comparison with 70 per cent in the average public library, and the distributing system is much more com plex. This is illustrated by the state ment of a war-work librarian that single camp library, such as the one at Camp Punston, has something like two hundred branches in and around the camp." Prank Parker Stockbridge, director of information of the Second War Library Fund, says that tho books for which the soldiers are calling today are largely educational. For this rea son books contributed from the library of the average home are not adequate in number, even when they are up to date. Writing in the official organ of the American Library Association, Mr. Stockbridge says that, there are few or the sciences and none of the arts in which an old book is of current value. He mentions a few exceptions which only emphasize the rule. Gray's "Anatomy" is still standard and some of the works on algebra and trigo nometry do not need to be up to date, but these are about all. Chemistry, for example, is playing a nigniy important part in this war. mm um cneniistry ot last year, ex cept as to the rudiments, is literally a thing of tho past. High explosives illustrate the ajPoint, and so do the poison gases. The men who are seek ing to qualify themselves for advanced duty as engineers, those of the camou flage corps, and those who want to keep up to date on bacteriology and sanitation are unlikely to have their wants supplied from the shelves at home. So the "average man" is not a good gauge by wnich to measure the wants or tho soldier, who is, it seems, not an average man under new conditions, and who is certainly not fighting in an average war. Besides, the average man s iiDrary already has contributed some 3,000,000 volumes to the service, and we may suppose that it is pretty well denuded by this time. If the supply of books is to keep pace with me increasing . demands of steady iKooiuzauon, and if hospitals as well as camps are to be served, and the .-avy is io nave its quota, the sum asked for does not seem to be at all excessive. It is, in fact, only about 2.06 per cent of the entire amount sought for "welfare work," which is not disproportionate to the place which the book occupies in the welfare of the average man at home. the physique and morals of the people, helps to fit young men for civil occu pations, keeps alive & spirit of pa triotism, teaches young men that citl- 1IELP FOB THE CZECHO-SLOVAKS. The heroic Czecho-Slovak army in Russia is in distress, for the Bolshe vikl and Germans are trying to exter minate them before help from the allies can reach them. The expedition which is pushing southward from Archangel is small and has far to go in order to reach the present scene of hostilities. The whole width of Siberia divides the army , based on Vladivostok from the valley of the Volga, and much work must be done to put the railroad In condition to transport it. , Help may ultimately reach Russia from the Balkans. The Austrians are almost out of Albania, and the Serbs have passed Nish in their advance to the Danube, but it is a long way from the Danube to the Volga. Before that distance can be traversed Roumania must be brought into action again and the Ukraine must be cleared of the enemy. The quickest means of sending aid to Russia consists in the impending separate peace with Turkey, which cannot be long delayed. Small doubt exists that the allies will demand and Turkey submit to unconditional sur- THE COAST'S PART IN AIR VICTORIES. Lumbermen of the Pacific North west, both manufacturers and work men, have Just reason for pride in the announcement of General Disque that American airplanes are now "moving in trainload lots for service in France," for their patriotic exer tions during the last year have con tributed to make this possible. The Pacific Coast played a part in the shooting down of more than 100 Ger man planes and twenty-one balloons by American aviators in the last tnree days of September, for its spruce iur nished the framework of the Ameri can planes. The great expansion of airplane lumber output from 1,500,000 to nearly 20,000,000 feet a month in the course of one year is the fruit of the patriotic endeavor of the lumber industry and of the organizing aDiiity and Inspiration of General Disque This result has been achieved by a labor organization unique in the his tory of labor, with which the employ ers have heartily Joined hands. The only platform broad enough for both to stand on is that of patriotism, and no Influence could have brought them together upon it except the Govern ment with its summons to service in war. Any attempt to narrow that platform by Injecting any narrower motive would wreck it, and with it the Loyal Legion ef Loggers and Lum bermen upon which it is built. The Pacific Northwest could render still further aid to aircraft production if it were given opportunity. There is enough capacity in the planing mills of the Pacific Northwest to finish all wooden parts, ready to assemble in the factory, for the entire air fleet of the United States, but only a small part of it is used. Great economy in material, freight charges and car space would be effected, and industrial plants would be enlisted in war service which are now only partially em ployed. Though the Government may not see fit to utilize fully the planing mills in war, a change may be expected when aircraft come to be built for private use. The tendency will then be to localize the industry where the greatest bulk of the material is pro duced. Wingbeams and struts may be completed on the Coast, to be assem- j bled in the Eastern factories, where the planes will be covered with linen and the motors will be installed. But no long time should elapse before large numbers of complete airplanes, motors included, are built in Portland. his house are falling off at a rate of ouuu a month. According to Ensign D. F. Burns, now at the Multnomah Hotel, there will be no more speed contests to see which This is by compelling Germany and 1 crew of builders can drive the most the ruling races of Austria and Hun- "vel" V", Bteel smD building tor gary to pay the entire cost of recon- " L""e States. R'vetS. d"Te" n struction in all Invaded countries, not 5e taken out and replaced to hold the only in the west, but in the east, to ship together. In one instance an en pay for every ship and cargo that has tire piece of work. Into which more been lawlessly sunk, to pay compensa- than 10,000 rivets were placed in one tion for every life of a non-combatant, hour, was condemned. The Ensign is wounded soldier or prisoner that has nere to be n of the officers to take been taken and for every bodily in- ?vf' the Western Plain the Portland- jury inflicted. The sum may be so ... , , , . . , , J Jaremerton ravy-yard. declare is the immense that Germany, in the bank- finest piece of shlp construction yet rupt condition in which the war will turned out on the Pacific Coast. From engines to crow's nest she is said to be built right. leave her7 may not be able to pay a lump sum as France did in 1871, but the allies may demand payment by installments spread over a period ot years, the money to be provided by a special tax or tariff on exports. If Mrs. Nellie B. Allen, of Marshfield, received Word at the Imperial yester day that hereon, in the service at Camp Lewis, is dead. Mrs. Allen, accom Germany for a generation to come I panled by her sister. Mrs. Edward Hill, were compelled to make this atone ment for her crimes, it might prove the most effectual cure for the mad ness which has possessed her. The allies could then consistently leave the German industries unharmed, for they would be employed in paying this debt to Justice. The allies have frequently expressed their intention to exact reparation for Germany's crimes, and President Wil son did likewise in his early war speeches, but there is no mention of the subject in his fourteen peace con ditions or in his subsequent speeches. That omission needs remedy, and ample provision for reparation with substantial guaranties should be In cluded In the final peace terms. of Ashland, were on their wary to Camp Lewis to visit the -young man when the telegram apprising them of his death from pneumonia was delivered.' They will wait in Portland until his body arrives and will accompany it to Marshfield for burial. , M. F. Hardesty and Mrs. Hardesty accompanied the mother of the former to Portland yesterday to see her start for home in Chicago. Although the mother of the well-known Seaside op erator is 66 years, young, she is called East because of the illness of her mother, who is now past 92 years of age. Capture of Ostend by the allies meets with the approval of Captain R. W. Allen, of the British army, who is at the Hotel Portland. Captain Allen was discussing the Ostend news last night and said -that it was almost four years to the day since he had had to leave the Douai. which may fall into the hands of the British at any hour, is one of the historic cities of Flanders. In the place in advance of the invading Huns. miaaie ages u was a center or learn ing, literature and art. In the period following the Reformation it became the religious headquarters of the exiled English Catholics, who published the famous Douai Bible. In modern times it has become an industrial center also, having an arsenal which makes can Captain Allen was in the service at the time. Lately he has been assigned to speaking for the liberty loan. Oscar L. Figman, well known in mu sical comedy, is Interned in Portland by the influenza. Mr. Figman arrived with a theatrical production which cannot produce because all of the the- non, ahd manufactures glass, chemi- aters are closed and are likely to re cals, linen, rope, farm implements, oil, main closed until long after Figman's sugar, soap and leather. It would be date here. a calamity if the Huns should destroy the old church of Notre Dame, dating from the twelfth century, the hand some Hotel de Ville. the municipal museum containing a library of 85,000 volumes, many old manuscripts, sculp tures and paintings, or its many schools and colleges. The city fills a place beside Ypres in Flemish history and ndustry. though annexed to France by Louis XIV, and should be spared the martyrdom which has made its neigh bor famous. GERMANY'S STRATEGY OP DEFEAT. When the Germans, in the face of uninterrupted defeat, have every mo tive of prudence for inducing the al lies to be moderate in imposing peace terms, they continue the practice of ruthlessness without stint. They carry away the entire population of towns and villages in their retreat, and they destroy everything they cannot carry off. whether it have military value o not. When they have not time to make captives or to destroy, or when their transport facilities are deficient for these, purposes, they try to force or caiolo the people into flight, and they leave mines to complete devasta tion after they have gone. There is certainly a deliberate mo tive for this" conduct, and it is not far to seek. The people they carry away are worked to cieatn, Deaien ana starved, and then sent back to France through Switzerland, physical wrecks. Many of them will be invalids for life, a permanent burden to their country, and none of them can be expected to attain full efficiency as citizens. The devastated country will remain worth less and the wrecked towns and in dustries will be uninhabitable "and un productive until much labor and money have been expended on them The object in seeking peace before the allies invade German territory, while French and Belgian soil is re duced to a desert and denuded of its population, plainly is to secure an ad vantage over the allies when com merce and industry are resumed. Ger man cities and factories would be practically untouched, ready to re sume peaceful occupations as soon as they can obtain raw material, while France and Belgium would have to begin building from the foundation up with a terribly reduced and weakened population. Germany would thus have a long start. There may be an even worse mo tive. The Germans have been filled with terror of the vengeance which the allied armies would wreak on them if the war should be carried to German soil. Air raids have given them a foretaste of what they may expect. While they cry for peace in order that the war may end before this can happen, they take precautions against, the contingency that it may- happen. Their warning to French civilians that they would be exposed to allied artillery fire if they remained conveys a hint of their plans. The intention probably is to distribute the captives in German cities which may be exposed to artillery fire and bomb ing from the air after the allies cross the Rhine, then to warn the allies that if they fire on those places they will kill their own people. Thus the captives would be used as hostages for the protection of Germany, just as Belgians were forced to march in front of advancing German battalions in order to restrain the allied troops from firing. The humane sentiment of the allies would be perverted to protect the ruthless Huns. A like pur pose may be behind the delay in rati fying the agreement for exchange of prisoners with Great Britain and the negotiations for exchange with the United States. By these means Germany might se cure for her own people and their cities immtanity from harm. Still worse, she might snatch from mili tary defeat a large measure of eco nomic victory. It behooves the allies to defeat this scheme. The speed of their advance and the growing confu sion and shortage of transport in the German army have already checked the deportation of civilians and de- Those who keep the home fires burning in a literal sense will be act ing wisely while the influenza epi demic continues to be a menace. The Fuel Administration has recognized this by abating some of its regulations in the Kastern states, and health de partments everywhere are suggesting that exceptions should be made to the fuel-saving idea in homes where there is illness. This is not a recession from the position that most Americans keep their dwellings too warm and that less heat would be better than more In normal circumstances, but is a rec ognition of the principle that one can not reform the habits of a lifetime a week or a day, and that it is better to consume a few pounds of coal than to be incapacitated for work. The ideal temperature of a living-room I yesterday. would be between 60 and 6a degrees if we were accustomed to it and dressed accordingly?" which most persons do not, and it is suggested that an epi demic period is not the time to begin cultivating the Spartan virtues. Mr. and Mrs. Luke L. Goodrich, ot Eugene, accompanied by their son, are at the Seward. Norman Lang, of Vancouver, B. C, was among yesterday's arrivals at the Benson. -Mr. Lang is interested in a big paper-making plant across the line. R. E. Clanton is in the city, having come down from the state fish hatch ery at Bonneville. B. F. Dunnsmulr. Elmer E. Addison and liAC. Fitzgerald, a party from In dependence, are at the Imperial during their visit in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Benham, of Se attle, are at the Benson while sight seeing here. A. S. Noon, of Nogales, and W.'T. Mc Coy, of Tucson, two of the big stock men of Arizona, are at the Multnomah. They are not bothered much by Mexi can revolutionists since German money has been kept away from their neigh bors in the tamale republic. Andrew Rood. Jr., a well-to-do wheat raiser and stockman of Heppner, came to the Imperial yesterday. Earl Withycombe. son of Governor Withycombe. who is awaiting orders to return to Washington on his way to the western front, arrived from Salem SUITABLE BUILDINGS ARE IDLE Old-Fashioned Office Structures Can Be SXade Into Rooming-Houses. PORTLAND, Oct. 18. (To the Edi tor.) It would seem that the old meth od of "how not to do it" is prevailing very largely in this city in the matter of housing the increasing population. In the first place, the regular house builders, who have made Rose City Park, Parkrose, the Hawthorne district and Laurelhurst to blossom as the rose, cannot erect any more houses until their plans have been forwarded to Washington, D. G, and there passed upon by a corps of chair warmers who know absolutely nothing as to whether or not a house should be constructed in Portland on given plans. Think of the delay that must ensue on such a method of house building. The next plan of pushing the matter is for the citizens to construct a large number of houses under a committee. This is to be a more or less philan thropic movement. Architects, lumber dealers and others are to furnish time and material minus profit. The men who put up money for the construc tion are to be satisfied with 6 per cent interest on their money, with a chance for a final loss of considerable tin their capital. So fa it does not appear that the carpenters and plumbers and paint ers are to work for nothing, and the chances are that their .work will all be done under good union rules, with half a day off on Saturdays and lib eral allowances for overtime. One need not amplify the business troubles that may follow all these methods of housing the population, some of which is transient. There are thousands of men in Portland who have come from other Oregon cities, from Spokane and inland Washington locali ties, who have left their families in their own homes, and who will return thereto after the shipbuilding furore has somewhat subsided. These men do not want to buy houses. All they need is a comfortable, sanitary Dlace in which to sleep. Why not utilize the empty and half filled office buildings that are found in the lower part of Portland? One large building is empty from cellar to garret It has a fine heating system. It would need to have some money spent for bathrooms, but in these days wlien everybody is supposed to contrib ute without profit to buildlnsr 2000 In Other Days. Twenty-five Tears Ago. From Tho Oregonian. October 19. ISM. The furniture of the Hotel Corvlllis. which was too much of a load for that sprightly little town to carry, has been shipped back to rortland by the firm that supplied it. The Elks' lodge of Portland is mak ing preparations for its annual ladles' social session, which is to be given on Tuesday afternoon next at the Marquam. A meeting is to be held to night in the lodge room t conclude all arrangements. At a meeting at the First Congre gational Church out of what has hith erto been known as the American His tory Club Is organized the Portland Historical Society. Officers were elect ed as follows: Mrs. Margaret V. Allen, president; C. K. Jewott, Professor Frank Rlgler, vice-presidents; H. A. Shorey, E. C. Keyes, Miss K. A. Qtiigg. Miss Ruth E. Rounds. Miss A. M. Bmn nan. Dr. W. B. Knapp, executive com mittee, with the president and vice president members of the executive committee. At the meeting of the City Council yesterday the Auditor was directed to issue warrants for the collection of de linquent assessments for Improvements in Milwaukie, Wasco, Powell and Last Third streets and Hamilton avenue. houses, how would it do for the plumb ing material men and the plumbers to furnish the necessary work for these downtown buildings at cost? These old-fashioned office buildings that barely pay elevator and janitor serv ice could be utilized to the benefit of the owners and their scattering pres ent tenants would then move into more modern buildings that have ample ac commodations for them. In the judgment of many people this would be a better means of at least partly solving the present housing troubles than to construct a vast num ber of cheap houses that will clearly be a loss to their owners in the future. R. M. TUTTLE. WE, TOO, HAVE LEARNED TO HATE The second division of the American First Field Army, which covered itself with glory at Chateau Thierry and Soissons, shared with French troops the honor of finally delivering Rheims from the Germans. As the enemy withdrew from range on October 4 they fired the last shot, and it hit the cathedral, but its echo was drowned by the roar of the allied guns. It was an act of Impotent hatred, and the ruins of the grand cathedral will ever be a monument of Germany's shame. Interest has been so centered on the airplane that little has been heard of the Balloon Corps of the Army, but it includes 11,000 officers and men and is' to be increased to 25,000 men and 1200 officers. The balloon plays an important part in control of artillery fire, but is now used with infantry. The winch by which the balloon is con trolled is mounted on a caterpillar tractor, which keeps up with infantry advances for observation and direction of attack. Allenby's army has not far to go In order to reach Aleppo, from which it can use the Bagdad railroad in an ad vance on Constantinople. The trem bling Turk has limited time in which to decide between bombardment by the fleet which Germany stole from Russia and siege by the British. All of which results from picking a loser. Few real poets are not writing now. because they feel unable to do justice to the world situation; but every Jingling Johnson" who can rhyme room" with "soon" feels inspired. Chairman Hays has little need of I chards. Potsdam Must Be Pulverized and Berlin Battered, Before Peace. OREGON CITY, Or., Oct 17. (To the Editor.) P. A. Linscott, who writes letter to The Oregonian, sadly mistakes the temper of tho American people in commenting upon the lack of avidity and general apathy with which we as people meet the opportunity of com Ing to terms with the Hun. Mr. Linscott comments upon the 'gratifying news of the central powers' acceptance of our peace terms," and deplores the lack of enthusiasm dis played by us as a Nation in not re ceiving the proposals of the Bocha with outstretched hands. In his desire for peace Mr. Linscott steps dangerously close to the thresh old of pro-Germanism. Let him remember the record, then may be and all who believe as he does abide quietly neutral until the slate is wiped. The clouds of strife will lift and the rainbow of promise will span the firmament over ! ranee sx bloody fields, when we not only demand reparation, but when we avenge the atrocities of the Hun with lines of steel and flaming fire. Let pseudo German-Americans, Uto pian pacifists and conscientious objec tors learH and digest the fact that we. too. desire to earn the execrations pro mulgated in Llssauer's infamous hymn." Let them be apprised of the knowl edge that we also have learned to hate and we shall not forget the record tabulated, I believe, by The Oregonian one year ago. These are but a few of the Indict ments: The violation of treaties. Execution of hostages. Exploitation of women for soldiers' gratification. The poisoning of wells. The sinking of American ships with out warning. Destruction of ripening fields ajid or- asking Republicans to stand by the war. The party was born for that pur pose over sixty years ago. Loss of man power of this country will be regained on the plan of that Newberg family triplets, two boys and a girl. The rallying place in the small town is the hotel that advertises a chicken dinner for Sunday. The Philippines went over their quota 25 per cent but the mainland is in danger of slacking. The first correspondents to enter Lille know now how Hobson felt twenty years ago. Oregon is not called to help fill the deficit of slacker states, but she is doing it today. Tou must get that "gas" stay at hone tomorrow. today or A sack of onions good medicine. in the cellar Is A man cannot feel pride in living In Blacker city, Time to begin eating an apple a day. The bombardment of hospitals. Spreading of disease through anthrax germs. This list of infamy may be added to until it reaches disgusting lengths. Is is conceivable that an American would welcome a renewal of inter course with this nation of depraved criminals, before our efforts to chas tise have reached their potential maxi mum? The Prussian vulture has been roost ing with straining eyes for 40 years, waiting to devour, and when the ob scene scavengers . of "the murderland" are gloated with their unclean feast, they drool a malignant salivary whine of "Kamerad. Until our gassed boys, our murdered women and babes and the record of a thousand dastardly crimes of this foul breed are extirpated we want no negotiations. We have two jobs to negotiate, the pulverizing of Potsdam and the bat tering of Berlin. May. the wraiths of our soldier dead steel our souls to keep the faith and neither to forget nor forgive. Let us remember the prayer on a Flanders grave to Take up our quarrel with th foe; To you from falllns; hands We throw the . torch : Bs yours to hold it high. If ye break faith With us who dls Ws shall not sleep Though popplss grow On Flanders' fields, P. - D. FORBES. CHANCE IS PROPOSED FOR KAISER "Nature Man" Would Have Him Turned Naked Into Wilderness. SEAVIEW, Wash., Oct. 17. (To the Editor.) Having noted with much in terest your publication of letters on What to Do With the Kaiser," I would suggest the following: Give the Kaiser a chance. Turn him loose alone in a virgin wilderness on an uninhabited island without food, clothing, weapons, tools, or implements of any kind. Then let him show the self-sustaining power of man by con quering v.-ild nature single-handed, as the first man did. The solitude will give him time to think and repent. Let him then prove his mastership over primitive man. by constructing a sea worthy craft and sailing back to his faithful followers in the land of civili zation. Let him teach them the lesson he has learned from the wilderness. If his God is still with him, and na ture his ally, he should accomplish the feat. Otherwise he would die of fear and starvation in a land of plenty. Deserted by God, and defeated by Na ture, there would remain only one alter native: Unconditional surrender of his carcass to the wild beasts of the forest JOE KNOWLES. "The Nature Man." Market Notes. PORTLAND, Oct. 18. (To the Edi tor.) Eggs are up 5 cents, butter 5 cents, bacon 2 cents. Air remains the same. Water shows a decided down ward tendency, owing to flooding of the market and poor demand. Sunshine, which for the past several months has been below, stands today at par, with every indication of a steady advance. Moonshine sells rapidly at a premium. Talk, which has always been cheap, shows a perceptible stiffening of the market, due, no doubt, to an effort at conservation, especially at Washington, where no words are being wasted. M. H. FORCE. . Fifty Tears Ago. From Ths Oregonian, October 10. 1RS8. The telegraph gave us no idea at U of the magnitude of the grand meeting of soldiers. in Philadelphia on the 2d inst The torcniight procession was over eight miles in length, and more than 30.000 or -the nations de fenders marched in it. No wonder the Copperheads ane beaten. The Cumberland Presbyterians ars taking measures to erect a house ot worship at Salem. Their Presbytery held its regular session at that place last Week. Mr. Edward Long, living across the river, has left at our office some chest nuts which grew upon trees of his own raising. They are of large size and wene they a little riper would be as fine as we ever saw. They are evi dence that Oregon will produce a good quality of this delicious nut. Workmen have been engaged for several weeks in refitting the building on the levee, corner of Front and Washington streets, preparing It for the offices of C. P. Ferry, City Treas urer and insurance agent; L. C. Fuller, broker, and Stitzel & Upton, rral es tate agents. The above named gentle men have now as convenient and nicely furnished offices as any in the city. Two of the candidates fori Presiden tial electors for Oregon. H,ns. W. Bowlby, Republican, and John Burnett, Democrat, will address tho citizens of this county tonight. We are not in formed as to the place of speaking, but presume it will be at the Courthouse. Knit Woolen for Soldiers. THREE RIVERS, Wash., Oct. 17. (To the Editor.) I read in The Ore gonian that the Government will here after issue the knit woolen garments to the soldiers. Docs this, mean that every mother can be sure her son will not lack for these things, but that they will be as certainly provided as the rest of the uniform? Please give me authoritative information on this sub Ject. E. R. CHUTE. Red Cross officials state that the supply of knit goods is ample to fit out every soldier. The only obstacle to universal allotment to every man has been the Issuance of orders to the con trary by commanders who.frown on the garments as not a proper part of mili tary apparel. Cost of Railroad. SEWARD. Alaska, Oct. 3. (To ths Editor.) Please state the approximate ost of the original Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway from Spokane to Portland. Also the cost of the two large bridges and the large tunnel on the Columbia River. E. L SWEEK. Cost of railroad, including Goldendale branch, $52,740,157.91. Columbia River bridge, including bridge over slough, $2,600,228.88. Willamette River bridge, $1,282,523.19. Cape Horn tunnel, $132,956.27. School for Boys. PORTLAND, Oct 18. (To the Edi tor.) Will you please inform me if there Is a boarding school for young boys at Mount Angel, and If so, how I would address a letter to reach It. . SUBSCRIBER. Write to Mount Angel College, Mount Angel. Or. CHECKS THAT KEEP THE HOME FIRE BURNING LX The Sunday Oregonian The United States is mere liberal to its men under arms than any other nation on earth. The same care that keeps the men at the front in the pink of condition attends the family of every soldier and sailor. Uncle Sam's system of allotments, naval and military insurance and compensations make a long arm of protection that encircles the soldier, his wife, mother and children, keeping families intact until after the war. Frank G. Carpenter, in The Sunday Oregonian, describes the methods employed at Washington, D. C, in keeping this great American family. THE LAUGHING YANKEE His good humor is an asset of the war, and the Government is fostering music and fun as a means of pro ducing efficient and effective fighters. "Send more singing regi ments" cabled General Pershing recently because he found that soldiers on the march step more briskly to the lively choruses of popular airs. The American soldier likes his little fun and Uncle Sam is providing it for .him at every available opportunity. How the Government is supplying soldiers and sailors with their neces sary relaxation is described in an illustrated article by Edward Frank Allen. COLOGNE BOMBED The huge bombing planes of the British air forces are leaving their impression on German industrial centers, creating the greatest consternation wherever they have been felt, and German morale has been undermined to a great extent wherever these monsters of the air have appeared. Pictures of these machines, so great that they are towed into action by giant caterpillar tractors, are. 6hown in the illustrated news section of The Sunday Oregonian. . "MINIMUM 1000 FRANCS" is the- startling advice inscribed on the walls of the Y. M. C. A. at Aixles-Bains, formerly the second largest gambling casino in the world. "This is the place where Harry Thaw dropped part of his fortune and Jack Johnson and J. P. Morgan used to come here to take 'the famous sulphur baths," writes a Portland boy on furlough at the famous Italian- watering place, with a catholic appreciation of American celebrities. Qregon soldiers and sailors abroad and in camps at home, write history in the making for the readers of The Sunday Oregonian. SEVEN NEW MINISTERS Recently appointed Methodist pastors have come to Portland and are anxiously awaiting the reopening of the churches to meet their new folds. They are introduced through pictures and short histories. Dr. E. H. Pence, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, has written a masterful sermon, showing God's power in past events. It is printed in full. A LOAD OF COAL is being delivered, and Private Snooks, who was told to stick around in case there should be any little odd jobs, has decided not to get too near the barracks for the rest of the morn ing. Private Snooks giving an exhibition of a masterly retreat; Private Percy Carnegie, lately of the Ritz-Plastoria, and Private Butterman, who has been having "a little difficulty mastering the intricacies of Army leggins, are exhibited to the pitiless glare of the public eye by W. E. Hill, artist-author of "Among Us Mortals."