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THE 3IORXIXGOREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1913. WAR COUNCIL HEAD i DEFENDS Y. M. C. A. Dr. John Mott Says IVIuch of Criticism Is Unjust. WASTE TO BE ELIMINATED Charges of Profiteering and Lack oT Attention in Kurnishlng Sup. plica Results in Denial. NTW YORK, Dec. 19. Dr. John It. Mott, chairman of the war work coun cil of the Y. M. C. A., discussed in de tail here tonight adverse criticisms di rected against the organization by sol diers here and in France. He vigor ously defended the work of the organi zation as a whole, but did not deny that in isolated cases there was just ground for complaint. Dr. Mott eaid 200 men and women workers had been recalled from France because of unfitness, and announced that there would be a peneral "tighten ing up" to correct conditions which have resulted in criticisms. He said that George W. Perkins, Mortimer H. Kchiff and F. S. Brockman have gone abroad for the exprees pur pose of eliminating, eo far as possible, any further cause for complaint. Profiteering; 1st Denied. "It is th history of every great ef fort that mistakes are made and no one, no matter how exalted her person or how unimpeachable his integrity, .can escape. Other important organizations have passed through a similar experi ence. Ko with the Y. M. C. A. There is no phase of its work that has been left untouched by critics. Much of the adverse comment is due to misconcep tion or to partial knowledge." Dr. Mott then took up the criticisms most frequently heard. He explained that the T. M. C. A. had not con cerned itself with the wounded and ill, .because it had been agreed that this work should be done by the Red Cross. Ho denied the most frequently heard complaint, namely, that the association has been profiting by operation of its canteens overseas. He explained it had been agreed with. General Pershing that if any profit was derived from the can teens it should be used exclusively for the benefit of the men of the Army. 'Waste to Be Eliminated. Not only has the organization made no profit, he declared, but it has lost thousands of dollars. Arrangements now have been made, however, which will enable it to obtain supplies from sources that will reduce overhead charges and keep prices down. Dr. Mott asserted that it was not true that the Y. M. C- A. furnishes free to the men overseas nothing but writing paper, although he said it was the pol - icy of the organization to give free service and not primarily free supplies. He Added, however, that $75,000 worth of supplies were distributed gratis in September of this year, in. addition to $150,000 "excess of cost over selling price on supplies sold." Denial was made by Dr. Mott that a "holier than thou" attitude was typical of the Y. M. C. A. work. Ho said. also, that if overseas secretaries were ' brusque in their dealings with soldiers It undoubtedly was due to the fact that many of them were on duty for 18 hours at a stretch, sometimes without meals. Army Mem Are Favored. Dr. Mott did not deny the charge , that the Y. M. C. A. has taken scores of men from gainful occupations, and after promising overseas service, turned them back without occupation. He said, however, that the Government of the United States and other civilian organizations had done the same thing, lie explained that this was due largely to the fact that the War Department had indicated the strong preference that wherever possible Y. M. C. A. workers should be taken from the Army overseas. The department recently has an nounced, he eald, that it will release officers and enlisted men who are es pecially qualified to assist In the edu cational programme and other activ ities of the Y. M. C. A. This will re sult in a large saving of transporta tion, but will embarrass those men who were ready for overseas service. Lives Sacrificed tor Many. - "It is unfortunate, and the sympathy of the Y. M. C. A. goes out to these men." said Dr. Mott, "but they are just as much casuals of war as if they had been discharged from the enlisted army. Their plight is one for which the T. M. C. A. is in no way responsible and one which it cannot remedy." In answer to the charge that -Y. M. C A. workers persistently dodged danger. Dr. Mott said that nine workers have been killed by shell fire while on duty and 29 seriously gassed or wounded. Thirty-one others have died in service chiefly as a result of exposure and overwork. Ten have been cited for bravery or decorated. Dr. Mott exlained that the war work council would submit a new budget to the War Department in connection with the expenditure of the $100,000,000 which was its pro-rata share of the fund subscribed in the ' recent united war work campaign. RETURNED CAPTAIN CHOICE Roy W. Kitner to Head Umatilla Red Cross Chapter. PENDLETON, Or., Dec. 19. (Special.) Captain Roy W. RItner. American Xted Cross, who returns tomorrow from France, where he has been divisional representative of the organization for the past nine months, is the choice of the Pendleton unit of the Umatilla County chapter of the Red Cross as its president during the coming year. Mr. Kitner was secretary of the chapter .on his acceptance of the overseas mission. The directors are pledged to support the movement by which the Red Cross chapter this year shall maintain a county public health nurse to look after all cases of tuberculosis. The new members of the board of directors from the Pendleton unit are Mrs. L. H. Sturgis, Mrs. Charles Greu ltch, Mrs. George A. Hartman, Mrs. A. -H. Cox. Mrs. tranK E. King. Mrs. C H. March. Mrs. James La ins, Mrs. Ida owler, Mrs. J. R. Raley and Mrs. K- w. Goodaje. ' HUNS FORESEE COLLAPSE Berlin Paper Says There Is Danger of General Crash. BERLIN. Dec. IS. (By the Associated Press.) Evidently reflecting the views of the Ebert-Scheidemann group. Vor xvaerts takes a serious view of the inci dent of yesterday, when the congress of soldiers and workmen was invaded ; by a party of soldiers. It accuses the extreme left of aiming to disrupt the . congress. "It must be declared openly, says the newspaper, "that there is danger of the . -w hole government apparatus crumbling . und the armistice and peace negotia j tions being off on the ground that no competent German government exists I and that all Germany will be occupied ty entente troops." The Freiheit, on the contrary, Je- Clares the invasion of the congress could be explained by the indignation of the soldiers and the counter-revolutionary activities by the officers of cer tain troops. The demonstration by the soldiers was so in accord with the utterances of Ledebour, Barth and other radicals at Tuesday's session as to suggest more than a coincidence. , EBEKT COTERXMEXT RESIGNS Break-Up Follows Riotous Events In Berlin Tuesday. PARIS, Dec. 19. The German govern ment headed by Freidrich Ebert has re signed as a result of events of Tuesday, according to a dispatch received at Zu rich from Stuttgart, says ftie Journal's correspondent there. Friedrich Ebert, wh6 was named as Minister of the Interior in the Cabinet of Prince Maximilian of Baden. Novem ber 3, and became Imperial Chancellor on November 8, took command of the situation in Berlin following the revo lutionary uprising there. On November 13 it was announced that he had be come Premier and had chosen his Cabi net, naming Hugo Haase, Philipp Scheidemann, Wilhelm Dittman, Herr L&ndsberg and Richard Barth as sec retaries in charge of the departments created by the revolutionary govern ment. UKRAINE WELCOMES AID FRENCH TROOPS WARNED NOT TO BE REACTION AGENTS. Qucsllon of Boundary to Await Set tlement of International Democracy. ODESSA, Dee, 15. (By the Associat ed Press). Dr. Lutxenko, the comman der of the Republican troops occupying Odessa and the greater part of Ukraine, outside of Kiev, said to the correspond ent today: "Regarding the announced arrival of French troops, we will consider them friends only if they come with the pur pose of assisting us in the maintenance of order during the establishment of a democratic government. We have over thrown aristocratic government of the hetman throughout Ukraine, except in Kiev, which we expect our troops to en ter without bloodshed tomorrow. "If foreign troops are used as agents of reaction, they will find against them the mass of the people and a disciplined army powerful enough to seize the country, as it has done In the past fort night, with the aid of the peasants and the populations of the small towns. The questions of the boundary of Ukraine and separation from Great Russia can wait until the question of International democracy Is settled." The French who occupy the water front zone have had no relations with the present Ukarainian authorities, ex cept for a communication transmitted today through the Danish Consul to the republican commissioner that he will be held responsible for any damage done to the property of French citizens. VICTIM'S BODY IS EXHUMED Autopsy Discloses Girl Succumbed to Blows on Back of Head. MUSKEGON. Mich.. Dec. 19. Find lngs in the autopsy performed today on the body of Frieda Weichman showing that her death was caused by crushing of her skull have not cleared up the circumstantial developments. police admit, in the case of Milo Piper. local insurance agent, charged with her murder. The body was disinterred today at a local cemetery, on order of the prose cuting attorney's office. Three physi cians who examined the body today declared death resulted from blows struck on the back of the head. German Bridge Mine Explodes. PARIS, Dec. 19. 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