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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
rMTPRMrrrnniuTRIJAPAN wants league
REPLY OF ANSELL -TO
BE WITHHELD
PRELIMINARY PACT
MORE CARE TAKEN OF
WILSON AND PREMIERS
PEOPLE OF PARIS TOO WEU
INFORMED OF MOVEMENTS.
E
50,000 MEN WANTED
FOR SERVICE ABROAD
li.iiiiu.ul iuiiiiL.il GIVING RACE EQUALITY
TO RESIST ALLIES
DEFENDED BY PILOT
TOKIO RESIDENTS OPPOSED TO
CALL FOR SEW CONTINGENT TO
.COVENANT AS DRAWN.
BE ISSUED SOON. .
GERMANS
P
ABSORBS
BIG FOUR
Snag Struck in Consider
ing Polish Question.
MONROE DOCTRINE PUZZLES
Allies Not Decided Where to
Meet Hun Financial Body.
FOOD QUESTION SCANNED
Blockade of German-Austria Will Be
Lifted When it Is Certain Foe
Will Not Get Imports.
PARIS. March ?8. rHavas.) The
condition of a preliminary peace with
Germany Is still being- considered by
President Wilson and the premiers of
Great Britain, France and Italy.
The four government heads today
deliberated on the question of the Pol
ish frontier, according to the newspa
pers, who believe that there will be
come difficulty In reaching an agree
ment on the principle of the annexa
tlon to Toland of territory containing
J.000.000 to 1,000.000 Germans. The pa
pers believe that the council will reach
a decision sooner on the question of
reparations than on the Polish ques
tion. The meeting today was held at Pres
ident Wilson's Paris residence.
Mrrtlmm Place ladcddrd.
No decision has been reached, it ap
pears, regarding- the place where the
German financial mission, which is to
hold consultations with allied repre
sentatives, shall be received. It la said,
however, that the report that the Ger
mans would arrive at Versailles on
Sunday is Incorrect. It la considered
more probable that they will be direct
ed to proceed to Brussels- or to Spa.
where the place for the holding of the
conferences will be made known to
them. Thit place. It is declared, will
probably not be Versailles.
The Australian peace delegates have
pointed out that the proposed amend
ment to the league of nations covenant
regarding the ilonroe doctrine, provid
ing for recognition of the bii.dlng force
of the policies heretofore applied, would
validate and confirm claims to prepon
derance in China and the. orient.
Pear Is expressed in some quarters
that the opposition which has developed
on this account may Jeopardise the
amendment. Experts are trying to find
a formula that will overcome this ob
jection, and meanwhile the amendment
has been withheld from Insertion in the
covenant.
The blockade of German-Austria will
be lifted as soon as measures can be
perfected for preventing imports Into
that territory being exported to Ger
many, it was decided at a council of
the foreign ministers of the powers
held here this morning.
laaalry to Be Made.
The council named a commission to
Inquire Into the Moroccan question and
then took up the question of the
Irontiers of Schleswig.
These announcements were made in
an official communique given out to
day as follows:
"A meeting at which Mr. Lansing,
Mr. Balfour. Mr. Pichon, Karon Son
nino and Baron Maklno were present
took place March 28 at 11 A. M.
"In regard to the blockade of German
Austria, it was agreed that all restric
tions on commerce should be raised in
that region as soon as the necessary
machinery had been established in order
to prevent re-export to Germany.
"A commission was appointed to
study the removal of servitude of Mo
rocco as established by the act of Algc
cir as.
"The council then considered the
question of the frontiers of Schleswig.
BERLIN. March 27. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The German financial
commission will leave Weimar for Ver- j
sallies tomorrow at noon equipped with
the fullest Instructions and powers. It
hopes to arrive at noon Saturday.
Bocae Preaa pecalafem.
Versailles Is believed to have been
chosen for the place of meeting with
the allied financial experts, because
the members there will escape any
unpleasantness they might be sub
jected to In Paris. Part of the Ger
man press, however, considers the
choice of Versailles as an Indication
that the delegates will not be allowed
to participate as equal negotiators.
Some of the papers maintain, on the
other hand, that the entente has no
uch intention, since such a move would
tipset things from the start. These
journals point out that the economic
council repeatedly has met at Versail
les. The press, in part, is convinced by
the tone of the entente Invitation that
the German financial commfcsion will
Ire given questions of considerable im
portance to work upon and that it will
be regarded as a regular and perma
nent financial and political connecting
link between the economic council and
the Oerman peace delegation.
Aastrlaa "1 lews GItea.
It is anticipated that important fi
nancial and .economic questions which
will start Immediately on the arrival
of the commission will lead directly
to genuinely political negotiations
with which the peace commission will
deal.
PARIS. March 28. (Haras.) A sym-
iCvmludtU. uu 1'ajCo Cviuuui
No Chances to Be Taken of Some
One Attacking 'Big Four and
Secrecy Veils Actions.
PARIS, March 28. (By the Asso
elated Press.) Increased precautions
have been taken to safeguard Presiden
Wilson and the premiers with whom
he is in daily conference. So care
fully have the plans been made that
not even the chief of the American
secret service squad is informed as to
when the meetings will take place.
Up to the present some of the news
papers have carried In their morning
editions a schedule of the movements
of President Wilson with the resul
that crowds invariably have gathered
to witness the arrival of the president
and his conferees.
The time of the meeting today at the
"White House" was not announced and
the premiers arrived seemingly in a
casual manner.
There has been no special incident
to bring about this extraordinary care,
but it is obvious that the people of
Parts are becoming too well-acquainted
with the time and place of the meet
ings and that this caused a determina
tion to adopt a course that would re
duce to a minimum any chance of dan
ger. President Wilson himself appears
to be entirely unworr'.ed.
The enormous amount of work Presi
dent Wilson has undertaken has forced
him to reduce the time prescribed by
Rear-Admiral Grayson, his personal
physician, as necessary for relaxation,
but in every 24 hours he takes a short
walk either with Mrs. .Wilson or Rear-
Admiral Grayson. Social affaire are
entirely lacking in the president's daily
routine
CUBE SHOWS WAR'S COST
Eight Feet Eight Inches of Gold
Represents Nations Loss.
8A.V FRANCISCO, March 18. The
actual price .of the war to ail nations
estimated in bulk of gold bullion is
a solid cube of gold eight feet eight
Inches In each dimension, and weigh
Ing 326,690 tons, plus 692 pounds.
These figures were read to a meeting
of thr'ft stamp directors today by
Samuel Hubbard, federal reserve direc
tor of savings of the 12th district.
They are based on the recent state
ment of Secretary of War Baker here
that the cost of the war waa $197,000.-
000,000, exclusive of damages in France
and Belgium.
RENCH GIRLS NOT WANTED
Americans Protest at Plan to Import
Brides From Abroad.
ABERDEEN, Wash., March 28. (Spe
cial.) There will be no Importation of
French girls to the harbor this year to
satisfy the matrimonial needs of Aber
deen bachelors.
The chamber of commerce, since pub
lication a short time ago of a rumor
that such a project is being considered,
has been deluged with letters from
homeseeking American women, who
protest the injustice of foreign competi
tion and catalogue charms which lay
in the shade the claims of French beau
ties to consideration.
PRICES CHECK BUILDING
Chicago Architects Slake Reports to
Legislative Commission.
CHICAGO. March 28. Chairman John
Dailey, of the legislative commission
investigating the high cost of building
material, announced today when the
body resumed its inquiry that reports
received from 14 leading architects
showed building operations aggregating
$93, 000.000 were being held up in Chi
cago because of existing exorbitant cost
of construction.
This estimate covers office buildings,
factories, flat buildings and dwellings
and is exclusive of public buildings.
COREAN RIOTS CONTINUE
Forty Reported Killed in Disturb
ances in Last Few Days.'
SEOUL. Corea. March 28. (By the
Associated Press.) Riots continue
the provinces and It is estimated that
40 Coreans have been killed In the last
few days.
New demonstrations by the Corean
nationalists have occurred in 'Seoul and
many Coreans were arrested by'Japa
nese. Business houses here remain
closed.
The general situation here. is causing
anxiety among foreign residents
10,000 PERISH EVERY WEEK
Relief Agent Tells of Urgent Need of
Food in Armenia.
PARIS. March 28. (Havas.) The
need for food in Armenia is urgent and
thousands are threatened with starva
tion, according to a telegram from Mr.
Helms, an American relief worker in
Tiflis, sent to the Armenian delegation
here.
The relief agent estimates that 10.000
persons will die weekly until sufficient
food is received.
RAILROAD TROOPS ARRIVE
First Detachment of Americans Re
ported on Murnian Coast.
ARCHANGEL March 28. (By the
Associated Press.) The first detach
ment of American railroad troops des
tined for work on the Murnian railway,
have arrived on the Murman coast.
Other detachments are expected to
follow soon,
Increase in Garrison 'at
Danzig Ordered.
LANDING OF POLES ISOPPP
Allied Demand for Usp .
- Displeases Wei .
ort
i
LATEST ACTS.S.J.IFICANT
Refusal by Germany of Peace Con
ference Requirement Considered
Breach of Armistice. - .
PARIS, March 28. (By the Associ
ated Press.) News was received here
today that the Germans are increasing
the garrisons at Danzig. This is taken
indicating an Intention to resist
whatever disposition the peace confer
ence may make of the port.
COPENHAGEN, March 28. The Ger
man government at Weimar has re
ceived from the allied high command
demand for permission for Polish
troops to land at Danzig and to march
through German territory to Poland,
according to & dispatch received here
from Weimar.
AMSTERDAM. March 28. The allied
note to Germany demanding that Polish
troops be allowed to land at Dansig
declared that refusal by Germany
would be regarded as' a breach of the
armiBtice, a Berlin dispatch said. The
German government replied that it
could not take the responsibility for
permitting the Poles to land at Danzig,
but was prepared to facilitate a land
ing at Stettin, Koenigsberg, Memel or
Libau.
For several weeks negotiations have
been in progress to send the three
Polish divisions In France under Gen
eral Haller to Poland. ' It w& pro
posed to land them at Danzig and
then send them into Poland, but Ger
many objected to this plan and offered
other ports as substitutes. These Pol
ish divisions' saw fighting In France
and are fully armed and equipped. The
German attitude against their landing
at Danzig has been .that the Poles
might remain there and hold that port,
which the Poles claim as their outlet to
the Baltic.
BERLIN. March 28. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The Lokal Anzeiger
thinks that a serious situation has
arisen through the exchange of notes
between General Nudant and the Ger
man government. While It does not
abandon hope that General Nudant will
accept the German reply as a concession.
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Purpose Is to Replace Men Now
Serving on Other Side' Who
' Wish to Return Home. .
WASHINGTON. March 28. An im
mediate call for 50,000 volunteers for
service in Europe has been prepared
by the war department and probably
will be published tomorrow. As an in
centive to enlistment the men will be
offered early duty in' France as a relief
for men in the expeditionary forces who
wish to return-home.
Enlistment In this special force will
be for three years. The men will be
concentrated at Camp Meade, Md., and
probably will be sent overseas in corf
tingents 1000 strong. .
-War department officials expressed
confidence that no trouble would be ex
perienced' in raising the 50,000 men or
an even greater number if it should Ve
found that additional increments were
necessary.. The bulk of the men are ex
pected to come from recently discharged
troops who, after a short "vacation" as
civilians, desire to return to army life.
; Another incentive expected to have a
decided effect on the recruiting cam
paign,. is looked for among , the men
who, after having been drafted and
trained. were prevented from going
overseas by the armistice. Opportunity
to see service in Germany, it is thought,
will lead many of these to enlist.
A number of officers, probably ten
or 12, will be sent overseas with each
increment of 1000 men leaving Camp
Meade. '
These will be needed at the concen
tration camp to give the preliminary
training necessary to whip the men into
casual' organizations and to make the
required examinations. On arrival in
Europe they will take the places of
officers who are eligible for discharge.
15 INJURED. BY EXPLOSION
2 40 Milimeter Bombs .Fired ' at
Proving Grounds.
WASHINGTON, March 28. Fifteen
men, including a number of enlisted
men of the army, were injured by an
explosion today at the ordnance prov
ing grounds at Aberdeen, Md.
Reports to the war department said
the original explosion waa started by
fire of undetermined origin In a shed
In which 240 milimeter bombs were
being loaded and the concusson was
transmitted to other sheds with re
sulting property losses estimated' at
850,000.,
None of the men was seriously in
jured.
REDS DRIVEN FROM UFA
Admiral Kolchak's Army Threatens
to Envelop Bolshcviki.
LONDON, March 28. (By the Asso-
announces tnat Aamirai iioicnaas
elated Press.) A dispatch from Omsk
army, as a result of a brilliant attack
and much hard fighting, has recaptured
the town of Tjfa, which recently was
occupied by the bolshevlki.
The dispatch aods that the red army
is now threatened with envelopment.
WHERE THEY'RE GOING, BUT THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY.
TWONDER. "WHERET I
I'JvT G01N.& TO WhU . t
Columbia Held Safer Than
Other Coast Harbors.
OFFICIAL RECORDS PRODUCED
Naval Committee Hears Proof
of Astoria's' Claims.
PLANT LUNCHEON PLEASES
Proposed Base at Tongue Point In
spected From Lighthouse Tender.
Support Is Pledged.
BT BEN HUR LAMPMAN.
ASTORIA, Or., March 28. (Special.)
"I -hold a license to San Francisco
bay and entrance. This is what I wish
to say: I consider the Columbia en
trance to be safer to navigate than I
do the San Francisco bay or any other
Pacific coast harbor entrance."
Thrusting forward this outright com
parison of the' great Columbia river
portal with one of the ports that are
famed over the seven eeas. Captain M.
Nolan, bar pilot of the port of Astoria,
presented an array of facts and figures
of the most convincing character, in a
talk before the house naval affairs
committee this afternoon.
Falsehoods Are Bared.
His brogue a delight, and his deliv
ery an equalized prescription of earn
estness and strong logic. Captain No
lan drove home hlsargument with spe
cific answers to all objections, and with
the direct declaration that fearsome
stories about the Columbia river en
trance are falsehoods framed by for.
eign skippers. ' He talked as a seafar
ing man talks and the congressional
committeemen sat up totake notice.
The official party, comprising Rep
resentatives Hicks, Britten, Oliver,
Browning and McArthur, accompanied
by the members of the special commit
te of the, Portland Chamber of Com
merce, returned to Portland tonighf
after a two-day tour of inspection of
the Columbia harbor, of local facilt
ties, and of the proposed naval base
site at Tongue Point.
Visitors Pledaje Support.
AH four of the naval affairs commit
teemen, through the convincing repre
sentations made by the combined As
toria and Portland committees, have
tacitly pledged themselves to support
the proposal to establish a naval base
at the entrance to the Columbia, though
the extent of the project was not defi
nitely discussed by them. Astoria wants
a major base.
Representative Browning said: "I am
very favorably impressed with the ad-
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Large Numbers of Japanese Xens
papers Suspect U. S. Motives in
Respect to Far East.
TOKIO, March 28. (By the Associ
ated Press.) At a mass meeting of
prominent residents of Toklo a reso
lutlon was adopted opposing any league
of nations covenant which does not con
tain a clause abolishing racial discrim
ination. The resolution also urged op
position to the abolition of conscription,
the acquisition by Japan of the Ger
man rights on the Shan Tung peninsula
and opposition to the international la
bor agreement, which, it was declared,
is not adapted to the constitution of
Japan and to Japan's internal con
dition. A large number of Japanese news
papers recently have printed editorials
looking with suspicion on the motives
of the United States and Americans in
world politics, especially concerning
China, Siberia and Corea.
The editorial campaign is attributed
in some quarters to displeasure over
the league of nations covenant.
MEMBERSHIP ROSTER OPEN
450 Persons Join Chamber of Com
merce in Drive.
Although the membership drive of
fhe Portland Chamber of Commerce
has closed. Max S. Hirsch, chairman of
the campaign, announced last night
that a permanent membership organ
ization has been adopted andsthat new
members will be sought and taken in
as In the past.
"Our slogan of 1000 in three days,'
said Mr. Hirsch, "was just a little more
than we could do f.ir the reason that
we cou;dn't see that many In thp.t
length of time. As it was we secured
almost 4 50 new members to the Port
land Chamber of Commerce and so cn-
couicgii.g was the wotk, we have de
cided to keep our roster open." We wl!
soncit members just the sxme even
though the time for the regular drive
13 ever.
OLD CHAIR HIGHLY VALUED
Ancient Piece Is Said to Conceal
Bonds Worth $4 000.
SAN FRANCISC. March 28. An
old mohair chair concealing bonds
worth 84000 is part of the estate of
Mrs. Helen Saunders which was sought
today by C. E. Ward of this city. The
will left the estate to a daughter,
Georgiana Saunders, who disappeared
25 years ago, and Ward claims the
estate through Ms wife, her sister.
More than 150 women have presented
themselves as the lost Georgiana.
HERBERT MEYER RESIGNS
Assistant Secretary of Interior Ac
cepts Oil Firm Position.
WASHINGTON, March 28. Herbert A.
Meyer, assistant secretary of interior,
today announced his resignation to ac
cept a position with a Texas oil com
pany.
Mr. Meyer formerly was in charge of
Alaskan railroad work, in which he will
be succeeded by Assistant Secretary
Hallewel.
RED TROOPS FALL BACK
Bolshevik Evacuation of Vilna Ex
pected by Leaders.
STOCKHOLM, March 28. (French
Wireless.) The bolshevikl continue to
fall back along their entire western
front north of the Pripet marshes, ac
cording to a report from Kovno.
It is expected that Vilna, the capital
of Lithuania, will soon be evacuated by
the bolshevlki.
INDEX OF. TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, $6
degrees: minimum, Vi degrees.
TODAY'S Probably rain; moderate south
erly winds.
Foreign.
Japanese oppose league if denied racial
equality. Page 1.
French press asks just consideration. Page 8.
Germans apparently preparing to resist al
lies. Page !
Guard on Wilson and premiers increased.
Page 1.
Big' Four" studies question of preliminary
peace. Page 1.
Communist party dissolution voted. Page 2.
Black flag voices protest of Jugo-Slavs.
page .
National.
Colonel Ansell's reply to Major-General
Crowder withheld. Page 1.
Unci Sam wants 50,000 volunteers for
service abroad. Page 1.
Gale prevents air trips by Mr. McNary.
Page 3.
Civil war under league of nations forecast.
Page 5.
New shipyard working agreement not yet
effected. Page 20.
DomeHtic.
More women needed In legislatures, says
Arizona member. Page 4.
Old score against explorer Stefansson re
moved. Page 6.
Redress grievances and avert revolution,
say suffragists. Page 3.
Pacific Xorthwest.
Entrance to Columbia defended by pilot.
Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Congressmen'swives see launching of ship.
Page -0.
Potato prices are advancing at all points.
Page 21..
Chicago corn weakened by news of ship
ments from Argentina, i-iige zj.
Stock market strong with only rail issues
lagging. Page 21.
Sports. '
Boldt, Morton, Dorman released at Camp
Crockett. Page it.
Seattle's baseball prospects improving.
Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Work to be rushed on Mount Hood loop.
Page lo.
Portland rallies to livestock call. Page 12.
Woman gives sharp answer to court, but re
ceives decree. Page 1.
Eleven shipyard workers Injured. Page 7.
Oregon victory loan plans made. Page C.
Northwest- expects record tourist season.
Phs 22.
i Weather poi rt, data aait forecast. Cage 20.
Secretary of War Baker Is
Opposed to Publicity.
SUGGESTIONS ARE DESIRED
Letter on Coiirt-Martial Sys
tem Returned to Writer.
OREGON SENATOR HAS COPY
Colonel Says He Has No Statement
to Make Senator Chamberlain
Desires Publication.
WASHINGTON, March 28. Lieutenant-Colonel
Ansell's reply to statements
by Major-General Crowder, Judge aij-vocate-general,
on the subject of mili
tary justice, will not be made public
by the war department.
Secretary of War Baker announced
today that he had returned the letter
to Colonel Ansell with the suggestion
that Its publication would not be help
ful, and that If the officer had any sug
gestion or recommendation as to the
changes in the courtmartial sy ttem, he
could make it either to his superior of
ficers or to the secretary of war.
Colonel Ansell Reticent.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, chair
man of the military committee, had ob
tained a copy of Colonel Ansell's reply
to the charges and telegraphad Secre
tary Baker urging him to make public
the statement.
Colonel Ansell said he had no state
ment to make. His friends asserted it
was improbable that he would take any
steps to war making public the reply
himself, as such action would be con
strued as insubordination and would
render the officer liable to courtmartial
proceedings on tfiat charge, but the
proceedings would not necessarily in
volve either the controversy over the
legal system in the army or the per
sonal relations between Colonel Ansell
and General Crowder. ' .
The reply of Colonel Ansell was forr
warded to Secretary Baker while the
secretary was absent from "Washington
on an inspection tour of army camps.
Acting Secretary Crowell was also in
structed by Mr. Baker to withold the
the reply from publication until the !at
ter's return.
Oregon Senator Has Copy.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, chair
man of the military committee cf the
last senate, obtained a copy of the re
ply in confidence from Secretary Crow
ell and later telegraphed Mr. Baker
urgently requesting that the communi
cation be made public, declaring it was
a document of public interest and fair
treatment for' Colonel Ansell demanded
it be placed before the country as hail
General Crowder's statements.
Officers at the war department have
said that so far as known the only
copy of the reply leaving the tlepart
ment was that given to Senator Cham
berlain, but from a statement, nmdu
public simultaneously with the sena
tor's telegram, some officers received
the impression that Colonel Ansell
challenged tho action of the depart
ment in submitting to Inspector-General
Chamberlain the investigation of
the controversy on the ground that
General Ch: nberlain was prejudiced by
long association with military life.
CROWDER HEtiD REACTIONARY
Senator Chamberlain Scores Present
System of Army.
NATQHEZ, Miss., March 28. Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon, chairman of the
senate military affairs committee, upon
learning of Secretary Baker's announce
ment that Lieutenant-Colonel Ansell's
reply to Major-General Crowder's state
ment In regard to courts-martial would
not be made public, tonight declared
General Crowder represents the "reac
tionary element" of the army and that
Colonel Ansell is an exponent of the
'progressive element." Senator Cham
berlain said he had nothing further to
say In regard to the Ansell-Crowder
matter, other than what he wrote Sec
retary Baker March 18, requesting that
the Ansell letter be made public. He
stated, however, that he still held to the
view that "infamous injustices" had
been worked by the court-martial sys
tem in the United States army.
"It is .an infamous system," he said,
"that will purmit a commanding of
ficer who has no knowledge of law
to send back the case of an enlisted
man for retrial fallowing an acquittal,
and then a new verdict of guilty be
found." Senator Chamberlain added
that a copy of the letter written by
Colonel Ansell to Secretary Baker was
in his possession.
"This letter, however," he said, '.'wan
received in confidence by me as chair
man of the military affairs committee."
Carmen Win Higher Wage,
SPOKANE, Wash., March 28. Wage
increases of 6 cents an hour, retroactive
to August 8 last, have been awarded
street railway employes of the Spokane
& Inland Empire railway here by the
federal war labor board, according to
information received from the board,
which recommends that the company be
given permission to increase street ca.r
Jars- .