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. (Havas) A Ger
man mine which had been planted in
a bridge at Guise has exploded, killing
15 persons and injuring 25, according
to a Guise dispatch to the Matin. The
dispatch says the explosion occurred
more than a month after the armistice
began.
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