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COGNITION
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PAVING
CONTRACTS
Treaty to Include All Foe
Nations, Is New Plan.
DELAY MAY RUN INTO MAY
Reasons Thought to Be So as
io Shape Policy on Reds.
DIFFICULTIES ARE MANY
Other Causes for Postponement Be
lieved to Be ed of Settling
Differences Among Allies.
BT HERBERT BATARD SWOrn.
fCopyrisht by tb Nrr Trk World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
" PARIS. March IS. (Special Cable.)
Peace with Germany is to be held up
until a treaty embracing all other en
emy nations shall be ready. Accom
panying this statement, which was au
thorized directly by President Wilson
and Premiers Lloyd George and Clem
eneeau. were unofficial assurances that
this plan will "not entail any serious
delay." Those best Informed fear the
contrary will be true and that it wi 1
be well into May before the Teutons
will be asked to sign the peace docu
ment.
Those holdlnir this Tiew and their
opinion is worthy of serious attention
say there are reasons behind the
change In the programme which do no
appear on the surface. One primary
reason has to do with the need of de
veloping a definite policy toward bol-
shevlsrn and applying It to Hungary
and another reason ia found in the need
of settling certain differences among
the allies concerning reparations and
o'her matters, time being required for
adjustments.
Secret Meetlsc la Held.
In respect to the matter of repara
tlons the Important fact should be
noted that tho French and Erltlsh,
within the last few days. haTe come
urirer the American attitude than
eer before. Information thit I goi
regarding a aecret meeting held last
evening Justifies the expectation that
the conference will define reparation
as applicable to war damages 'and not
to war cobts.
It is possible to ray further that
claims already approved lll run
slightly above the German capacity
to pay, but there will be possibility ef
questions of punitive Indemnity.
Three Aetlvitlea Arc Notes.
Three main activities are characteris
ing the peace conference, each possesa-
lng special significance as to the final
treaty two being favorable to its
speedy completion and the third In
dicating delay.
First was the convention of the
neutral powers on the lesgue of tia
tlons, prei-ided over by Lord Robert
Cecil in E. M. House's rooms, at
which suggestions of non-belligerents
were heard. Second was the confer
ence of Premiers Lloyd George. Clemen
eeau and Orlando and President Wtl
son at the British Premier's house, at
which General Allenby was questioned
as to the mandates for Asia and the
third was the serious block In the eco
ncmic commission because of French
Insistence that German exports and
Imports be subjected to heavily restric
tive taxation.
Deadlock la Reanlt.
It was on this latter point that Presi
dent Wilson supported the American
section under Messrs. Bernard N.
Baruch and Thomas W. Lamont in
opposing the plan, nd Insisting on
complete economic freedom after the
war, his position being outlined In a
dispatch sent a few days ago. Since
then the French have stressed their
demands for imposts upon German
commerce, and the deadlock resulting
is threatening the progress of the
treaty making.
It is hoped that English support
will cause the French delegates to
abandon their position and grant full
opportunity for Germany to do busi
ness so that she can pay the repara
tion claims.
The French attitude is based on the
general policy of a country which de
mands protection from Germany mili
tarily, politically, territorially and
economically. In spite of this choke
point, members of the American and
British commissions to-night ex
pressed themselves as being hopeful
that the completed draft of the treaty
would be ready for consideration Sat
urday and that the German delegates
would be called surely within another
two weeks.
Amendments Are Presented.
The other two incidents were per
naps of greater importance from the
standpoint of actual value. Public in
terest centered mainly in the minia
ture peace conference staged at the
Hotel Crillon when 20 representatives
of as many nations discussed the de
tails of the league of nations constitu
tion and presented such amendments
as they deemed wise.
Thirteen neutral countries were rep
resented, the other seven countries
being France, America, Britain. Italy.
Greece. Serbia and Belgium. The details
have been sent to America in an offi
cial communique, but certain aspects of
the meeting were not included therein.
There were two conspicuous absentees
tCuaduued on rate X Culuma A.J
Wilson, Lloyd George, Clcmencean
and Orlando Deciding ' Fac
tors In Peace Treaty.
BT JAMES M. TCOHT.
(Copyright by the New Tork World. Psb-
PARIS, March 26. (Special Cable.)
The eclipse of the council of ten and
the emergency of an informal council,
"the big four" Wllscn. Lloyd George,
Clemenceau and Orlando as the de
cidlng tribunal of the conference Is the
most segnificant evidence available ot
renewed resolution to speed up
treaty of peace.
The French semi-official explanation
is that progress became impossible be
cause of the cumbersome size of the
council of ten. which, with its secre
tariat. Its experts and stenographers
and its other attaches, really became a
council of 40. . ....
The council of four sit alone and
unattended, although, should the occa
sion arise, they summon experts. When
Premier Orlando is present, Clemen
ceau acts as his interpreter, as Orlando
does not speak English.
The council of four Issues no com
muniques. Credit for this reform lies
with Lloyd George, who at the last
week-end withdrew himself to Fon
talne Bleu. There he drafted a memo
randum setting forth the drawbacks of
the existing system, suggesting the
suppression of the council of ten, out
lining the procedure of the council of
four and declaring secrecy Imperative.
President Wilson supported the pro
posals made in this memorandum, as
did Clemenceau. This plan is in full
operation and with highly stisfactory
results, it is said. The British antici
pate that a preliminary- pece treaty
will be ready inside of ten days.
ROYAL STATUES DISLIKED
Socialists in Bavaria Demand Indus
try Shall Have Material.
BERLIN. March 25. (By the Asso
elated Press.) Independent socialists
in Bavaria have demanded that the
government melt all statues of former
royalties and statesmen. Including that
of Bismarck. Materials of the statues.
they ask. shall be given to. industry.
The national flags, the Independents
demand, shall be converted Into cloth
ing for children. ""
BUTTE SOLDIER NOMINATED
William Cutis Beats William Dunn
In Democratic Primary.
FCTTE. Mont., March 26. Check of
the poll books of the municipal pri
maries lut Monday by the city council
tonight showed that William Cutts, re
cently discharged from army Bervlce
with rank of captain, defeated William
K. Dunn for mayor, who was recently
convicted of sedition, by a majority of
108 votes for the democratic nomina
tion.
FLAG WILL BE LOAN PRIZE
State Having Largest Oversubscrip
tion to Receive Capitol Emblem.
WASHINGTON, March 26. The stats
attaining the largest oversubscription
to the victory liberty loan will be
awarded the American flag which
floated over the capitol dome on a
number of historic occasions after the
United States entered the war, the
treasury announced today.
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS AND OTHERS OF THE OFFICIAL PARTY, WHO ARE GUESTS OF OREGON
BASE SITE IS UNDER INSPECTION AT ASTORIA.
1
j-Rrpreeai(alTe William J. Bnmi( or
5 J. Slnrd..
stma. tnnra of the party, left to right Mrs. George A. Thayer, Mr. Wllllaia J. Brownlne. Mrs. Daniel J. Riordan,
rccepdom eonunittce Mrs. C. U. Carey, Mrs. c. II. Martin. Mrs. J. . Teal, Mrs, J. U. Montsomery.
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HOME RULE TO BE GUARDED
Trouble Breeding" Guaranty
Would Be Revoked. -
LIMITATION MADE DEFINE
Settlement of Purely American
Questions Declared to Belong
to American Nations.
NEW TORK. March 26. Se-en amend
ments to the league of nations covenant
intended primarily by their author to
insure the American continent against
European aggression, to protect the
United States from enforced adminis
tration of foreign territory and to re
voke the "trouble breeding" guaranty
of the existing political independence
of member nations, were proposed here
tonight by Charles E. Hughes.
Minor suggestions of the former re
publican presidential candidate were
that definite limitation be placed upon
the league's field of inquiry, reserving
to tho several nations exclusive con
trol of immigration, tariffs and other
internal problems and that provision
be made for the withdrawal of states
from the organization.
In an address before the Union League
club, reviewing exhaustively the terms
of the proposed covenant, Mr. Hughes
declared that the American people
"were entitled to a betr piece of
work."
Amendments Outlined.
The "Hughes amendments" suggested,
'aside from formal Improvements,"
were stated as follow::
1. Explicit provision as to the re
quirements of unanimity of decision.
. Suitable limitation as to the field
of the league's Inquiries and action, so
as to leave no doubt that the internal
concerns of states, such as immigration
and tariff laws, are "not embraced.
3. Providing, that no foreign power
shall hereafter acquire by eonquest,
purchao or In any other wsy any pos
session on the American continenfor
the Islands adjacent thereto.
4. Frovidlng that the settlement of
purely American questions shall be re
mitted primarily to the American na
tions, and that European nations shall
not Intervene unless requested to do 60
by the American nations.
5. Omitting the guaranty (of the
xisting independence of member na
tions) of article X.
Mandatory Powers Limited.
6. Providing that no member of the
league be constituted a mandatory
without its consent, and no European
or Asiatic power shall be constituted a
mandatory of any American people.
7. Providing that any member of the
league may withdraw at its pleasure
on a specified notice.
Mr. Hughes criticised severely the
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nf V-v Vork. HrnrmrBtfltiir Lrlnnrl
European Aggression
Now Feared.
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London Editorial Declares It Folly
to Overlook Them, and Equally
Foolish to Exaggerate.
LONDON, March 26. (Special.) "The
league of nations or ruin" is the head
line over an editorial in the Daily Mail
today., which runs:
Tr ague is a matter of vital con
cern 7 .he allied people. All their best
hor k- re bound up with its success.
T' "v are certain problems which have
to be solved before the new league
work smoothly, and it would be
-' ly to overlook them, but it is equally
oollsh to exaggerate their difficulty.'
-' "Most Important of these ia the Amer
ican fear that the league may involve
some danger to . the Monroe doctrine.
There is no reason why a provision
giving the sanction of the league to; the
principles of the Monroe doctrine should
not be inserted in Its final constitu
tion. "The second problem is raised by the
wide difference - in race and in the
standard, of life between the states
which are friendly and allied.
"The third problem concerns the sac
rifice of national independence that
each of the partners to tho league must
make. If no one is willing to make this
sacrifice the world will - have to look
forward to a fresh era of armaments,
furious international competition and
war. which .will mean the suicide of
civilization."
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTBRPAT"S Maximum temperature, . 7
degrees; minimum, 3S decrees.
TODAY'S Cloudy; sentle southeasterly
winds.
Ioreigo.
Hungarian rebels to try Karolyt. Page 2.
Germany now counting cost ef four years'
war. I'age 2.
London press calls on allies to act. - Face 3.
General Pershing- reviews hard-luck divl-
' sion. . Page S.
Production to rule future prosperity. Page IT.
League of - nations, or ruin,- says London
Dally Mall. ''Page 1.
"Big Hour" In control of peace conference.
Page 1.
Count Rantzaw says alllea should be gentle
to Huns. Page a.
Peace to see more delay. Page 1.
Germans name men to attend peace - con
ference. Page 4.
British airship stays aloft for-20 hours.
Page 0.
National.
Naval peace plans being worked out. Page 6.
Director-General Hines says railroad work
will go on. Page 4.
Domestic.
League amendments outlined - by Hughes.
Page 1.
Returning Oregon troops now at Camp Mer-
mt. Psro
Judge Landtff brings grief to salesmen - of
bogus stock. Page 7.
Sports.
Siglln insists ' upon increase in - salary.
Page 14.
.Sacramento Senators to be among .top
notch contenders for pennant. Page 14.
raclfle Northwest.
Penning pays honor to northwest heroes.
Page 1.
- Commercial and Marine.
Forty-cent advance in local flour - market
announced. Page 23. .
Agreement signed on uniform dock charges.
Page 22. .
tVIIlapa harbor seeks 3aval base. - Page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Highway commission awards paving con
tracts. Page 1.
Arguments open in Jack Hamilton case.
Page 9.
Portland chamber drive extended. Page 35.
State dairy council formed. Page 12.
Xaval recognition Is assured Pacific. Page 1.
Representative Hicks asks big merchant
marine. Page 8.
Council listens to sewer controversy. Page 24.
Bryant petition delayed by council. Page 13.
Weather report, data and forecast. Pase 23.
Vinson oi morgia. j ncpinuiaun r i -
P. PadKCtt or miniK. 7 KenreaentKIIve . iimii.ui oi wirsra. -ncprriraiiiiic milium uniti " "
Equal Division of Fleet Is
Held Necessary.
COLUMBIA BASE IN BALANCE
Naval Affairs Committee Pass
Day in Portland.
LUNCHEON IS GAY. FEATURE
Visitors Agree Increased Facilities
Are "Seeded for Adequate
Protection of Coast. 1
BT BEN HUR LAMP MAN.
Eight representatives in congress, col
leagues on the naval affairs commit
tee, gave Portland more than a cursory
glance yesterday, and vowed that they
like, the city, its people, its progress
and its pertinacity. But they said little
or -nothing about the concise' purpose
of their visit, which has much to do
with the proposed establishment of a
naval base at the entrance of the Co
lumbia.
What they did say, laying stress
upon the fact that t ieir conclusions as
to the Columbia river cite must be
taken into advisement before any recr
ommendation is made, is that the great
American fleet, present and future,
must be split evenly between the At
lantic and the Pacific coasts.
This arrangement, they pointed out,
will necessitate vastly enlarged naval
bases and facilities on the western
shore of the nation.
Committee to Visit Astoria.
Members of the committee, who are
to leave this morning for Astoria,
where they will personally inspect the
indicated site at Tongue Point, and the
present admittedly inadequate coast
defenses, are Lemuel P. Padgett, demo
crat, -of Tennessee; Daniel J. Riordan,
democrat, of New York; William B.
Oliver, democrat, of Alabama; Carl
Vinson, democrat, of Georgia; William
J. Browning, republican, of Illinois;
Frederick H- Hicks, republican, of New
Tork; Fred A. Britten, republican, of
Illinois, and C. N. McArthur, republi
can, of Oregon.
"We have adopted the course of
keeping our eyes and ears wide open,
and our mouths shut," laughed Repre
sentative Padgett, past chairman of
the committee and chairman pro tem.
during the tour of the Pacific coast.
Mr. McArthur Favors Base.
In Oregon for a four-day sojourn,
during which they will hear arguments
for a naval base,- or at least a sub
marine and aviation base, on Tongue
Point at the Columbia's mouth, the vis
itors arrived yesterday morning from
California, where they have been en
gaged in similar Investigation.
Strictly 6peaking, but seven of the
committee arrived yesterday, for Rep
resentative McArthur of Oregon pre
ceded the other mefcibers by several
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airs. "Will Brows, Mlaa Jeauette Duncan.
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Letter to Governor Olcott Says Boy
Had Hardest Career of
American Forces.
SALEM, Or., March 26. (Special.)
Tribute to the splendid service give
by: soldiers from the northwest, com
prising the 41st division, is paid by
General Pershing, commander of the
American forces In France, in a letter
to Major-General Traub, commandin
officer of the 41st. A copy of General
Pershing's letter was received today
by Governor Olcott from Major-General
Traub, now stationed at Camp Pike,
Ark.
"It gives me a great deal of pleasure
to extend to you and the officers of
the 41st division my compliments upon
their excellent appearance and bearin
at -the inspection in the embarkation
camp at Brest' just previous to you
departure for the United States," read
the letter.
"The 41st division has had the long
est and hardest career of service in the
American expeditionary forces. One of
the' first five divisions to arrive
France, organized and trained as
combat unit, it was immediately broke
up and a majority of its personnel was
sent to combat units, and the part these
men played is a matter of history.
"Those who remained with the 41st
division to. handle and prepare replace
ments for battle have had a hard an
unexciting part to play. Yet the di
vision's accomplishment has been
portant as the work of any of those
units -who had the-better fortune to
remain as combat divisions and win
glory at the front.
"The officers and men may return
home with the knowledge of duty well
performed, and the assurance that the
have won the confidence and respect o
their fellows in the American expedi
tionary forces."
DEATH SWEEPS LABRADOR
Fifty Per Cent of Population in
Xorth Dies During Winter.
MONTREAL, March 26. Fifty per
cent of the inhabitants of northern Lab
rador perished during the winter from
an epidemic of Influenza, smallpox and
measles, according to dispatches to the
Montreal Star cent by mail to Battle
Harbor and by wireless to St. John,
N. F.
Forty Newfoundlanders wintering on
the coast for the purposes of trade
perished at Nain with 40-odd Eskimos,
representing nearly the whole popula
tion of that settlement. Okak, with
population of over 200, is entirely wiped
out. At Hebron 200 died.
It is estimated that only 400 Inhabi
tants from Grooswater bay to Nain
are left alive, the dispatches say, but
the full extent of the calamity will
not be known until the opening of
navigation in the summer. Medical
aid was unobtainable.
91ST B0YST0LAND SOON
Two Artillery Detachments to Reach
New York Saturday.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. March -6. A oetaenment or
the 347th field artillery, one oiticer
and 140 men, and a detachment of the
34Sth field artillery, one officer and
7 men, all of the 91st division, will
reach New York on the Aquetania on
next Saturday.
They will be sent to Camp Lewis.
WHILE THE PROPOSED NAVAL
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lOasjOtnbers of the Portland women'
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to Be Acted on
This Morning.
WESTERN HIGHWAY LOCATED
Engineer Instructed to Prepare
for New Improvements. . '
FEW SOLDIERS WANT WORK
Proposals of Cement Companies Aro
Rejected 89 Eiccssive Asphalt
um Contract Divided.
DAY'S DOINGS OF STATE HIGH
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WAY COMMISSION.
Awarded contracts for 334
miles of road construction.
Ordered preparations for pav
ing; 62.4 miles of roads.
Ordered grading for 20 miles of
roads.
Held up paving awards for 17
miles of road until this morning
pending discussion of royalty.
Located the west side route of
the Pacific hlghwav.
Located Columbia highway from
The Dalles to Chenoweth.
Abandoned force account proj
ect when only seven soldiers came
to work.
Arranged for road operations
In 11 counties.
Rejected cement bids as exces
sive. Contracted for 10,000 tons of
asphalt, 60 per cent with the
Standard Oil company and 40 per
cent with the Union Oil company.
More than 116 miles of road construc
tion was handled yesterday by the state
highway commission, in addition to IT
miles of hard surface held in abeyance
until the commission meets at :30
o'clovii this morning at the courthouse.
Contracts awarded were for construc
tion of 1000 feet of approach to the
overhead at Divide, in Lane county:
two and seven-tenths miles of grading
in Yamhill on the Tillamook road; one
and seven-tenths miles of macadam in
Wheeler county; 28 miles of grading
and gravel in Umatilla county. '
Paving ordered, with the engineer
instructed to make the necessary prep- '
arations without delay, was as follows:
Columbia county, paving from Clt
skanie to Deer Isiand, 20 miles.
Washington county, paving, Hillsboro
to Gaston, 11.7 miles.
Hood River town to Multnomah coun
ty line, paving, 20 miles.
Wasco county, paving from The)
Dalles to Chenowith, three miles.
Yamhill county, paving from Sheri-.
dan to McMinnville, eight miles.
Grading preparations ordered were:
Columbia county, grading from fck-ap-
poose to Deer Island, 14 miles.
Clackamas county, grading from Ore
gon City to Multnomah county line, by
way of Oswego, and grading from Can
by to Aurora, six and four-tenths miles.
This Clackamas county work will be
paved as soon as the grading Is ready
to receive a surface.
Western Route Located.
One of the most Important decisions
of the commission yesterday was the
location of the west side route of the
Pacific highway, over which there has
been a controversy for nearly two
years. The commission went over the
ground for two days this week and
arrived at' a determination yesterday.
The policy of the commission has
been to run the state roads along a
traight line, avoiding detours, and
this policy was a factor In arriving at
the decision. The location 1b from
Newberg to McMinnville, via Lafayette,
instead of via Dayton, and from Mc
Minnville south through Homes Gap
and Amity to Rickreall and Monmouth,
traight through to the Benton county
line and direct to Corvallis. Between
McMinnville and Forest Grove the lo
cation is via Carlton, North Yamhill
and Gaston. On this latter section, the
road, after leaving Forest Grove and
going through Gaston, passes through
Wapato and follows the west side of
the railroad track to Carlton, where it
crosses to the east side of the track.
thence to St. Joseph and on to McMinn
ville.
The effect of this routing decided on
places Independence and Dallas on
stubs or spurs. The commission next
xtended the post road project out of
Salem, now seven miles, to Dallas.
Foothill Route Located.
Location of the road toward Tilla
mook in Yamhill county was designated
as the present main traveled road from
Sheridan to Willamina. The Columbia
iver highway was located from The
Dalles to Chenowith, which is a route
long the foothills. Thi3 latter project
has been ordered prepared for paving
as soon as possible.
In considering paving, the commis
sion ruled that on the projects desig-
ated only those parts be paved which
are ready for paving. This means that
on some of the 'projects there will be
hort gaps here and there which will
have to wait a year to De suriacea.
These spots are generally short. Com-
issioner Benson, in moving that the
Columbia highway from Hood River ta
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