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KEEP THE MAIN PURPOSE IN MtSD.
The Oregonian has today a letter
from an esteemed correspondent at
Kelso who, in the league of nations
issue, is against the president and all ho
says and does, and for the senate and
all it says and does, and professes him
self unable to understand how The
Oreg-onian may be for the league of
nations and yet critical of the presi
dent, and sympathetic with the sen
ate's position that it has been ignored,
without being sympathetic with the
apparent intention of a part of the
senate to defeat the treaty. It should
be sufficient to say again that The
Oregoian is for a league of nations,
and, in the circumstances, for the
league. There is no alternative but
no league. The Oregonian is not pre
pared to accept the alternative. It
is a question of practical diplomacy
and efficient statesmanship, and not
of men, or party, or privilege, or
prerogative. In such a dilemma the
Oregonian would seize the horn which
best promises to give peace to the
world.
The contention of The Oregonian's
critic is in effect that the real contro
, versy now calling for settlement is be
tween the people of the United
States and the president of the United
States. It is not. It is between the
United States and the enemies of. the
United States. He would have a set
tlement with the president while the
world burns. We would put out the
conflagration and make the nation se
cure against future fiery cataclysms,
and then settle with the president.
He would sacrifice everything the
world's peace, chiefly to method.
We would sacrifice much for results.
Mr. Wilson has been at fault
in not advising with the senate
or its foreign relations committee
beforehand, but that is not sufficient
reason for rejecting the treaty. He
has adopted one of two alternative
constructions of the constitutional
provision for co-operation with the
senate in treaty-making and, in the
judgment of The Oregonian, the wrong
one. but it is in accord with the
opinion which he had expressed in his
writings before he became a candidate
for president. The construction placed
upon it by former presidents has not
been uniform. If in adopting this
course he has violated the constitu
tion, that is a reason for impeaching
him; it is no reason for rejecting the
treaty. Nor is the fact that a repub
lican congress was elected last- fall in
the face of his appeal for a democratic
congress, though the interests of peace
made it an added reason why he
should have sought co-operation of
the majority in the senate.
There is no comparison between
the president's conduct in assuming
authority to negotiate a treaty without
consulting the senate beforehand and
the attempts of revolutionists to de
stroy the constitution. A remedy for
the former evil rests in the hands of
the people and can be applied at the
next election. If any of the revolu
tionary elements should destroy the
constitution, there would be no remedy
except civil war. To place the two in
the same category is wild exaggera
tion. Mr. Wilson remains the au
thorized medium through which
peace must be negotiated; if the
treaty which he submits be the best
obtainable in the circumstances, his
misconduct in the manner of going
about his work does not justify refusal
to ratify it.
Certainly the senators must "exer
cise their judgment" upon the matter,
but exercise of judgment precludes all
influence of passion, pique or wounded
pride or party advantage. It pre
cludes even questions as to the pro
cedure by which the treaty came be
fore the senate. That judgment which
the senate must exercise must be dis
passionate, swayed by no sentiment
except devotion to the interests of the
United States, and must be guided by
all the facts bearing on the question.
It must take into consideration all the
influences which sway all the many
nations that are concerned. If the
senate should arrive at its conclusion
in this manner, its judgment will lead
it to ratify the treaty. We have not
suggested that it should not use its
judgment, but that this is the goal to
which its judgment should lead it.
The treaty presented to the Ger
mans at Versailles is the product of
the labors of delegates from the
United States and from the nations
with which we are allied. It forces
Germany to do justice to the people
whom it has oppressed and the nations
which it has wronged. It puts Ger
many under heavy bonds to keep the
peace. It establishes a league of na
tions to prevent Germany or any other
nation from committing crimes such
as that of 1914, to wind up the affairs
of the war. to regulate many interna
tional affairs, to hold colonies and
backward nations under guardianship
and to insure settlement of disputes
according to the rule of justice in
stead of the rule of force. If this be
rejected, what shall take its place?
Must the world wait till another
treaty is made? It may not wait.
Things have been happening in many
countries while the peace conference
deliberated. They have carried the
world nearer that chaos of which Mr.
Fisk speaks. Things would continue
to happen while another treaty was
in preparation. Chaos might come
while the senate debated.
Much is said to the effect that by
joining the league of nations, the
United States would lose its inde
pendence and would become subject
to a league government. It would in
fact be the leader among nations in
jreervins the inrlej)end.ence of, all to
do that which they have a right to
do. Only new limits to its inde
pendence would prevent its doing
that which in any case it would not
wish to do undertake wars of ag
gression or vengeance, refuse to abide
by an arbitral award which it had
agreed to accept, or decline to aid in
chastising a nation which thus acted,
or maintain a ' vast military system
useful only for such designs as Ger
many harbored. We should remain
the most independent nation on earth,
in debt to none- while many owe
billions to us, looked to as the guide
and friend of all young nations which
are struggling upward and linked with
all the heavily burdened great nations
in promoting peace and freedom. If
that be loss of independence, we
Ehould be proud to lose it.
If by independence be meant Isola
tion, that is already lost beyond re
covery. It was lost wher Austria at
tacked Serbia, for that act smashed
our shell of isolation. . For two and a
half years we clung to the delusion
that the shell was still there, and tried
to be "neutral even in though."
When Germany declared ruthless sub
marine war, we discovered that the
shell was gone. It cannot be rebuilt.
With armies in France, Germany,
Italy and Serbia, we have discovered
that our independence is contingent
on recognition of our interdependence
with other nations, that our peace
and interests are bound up with theirs,
and that due care for ours requires
that we co-operate in the care of
theirs. If we should attempt to build
another covering of isolation, an at
tack by some other Austria on some
other Serbia would produce a con
cussion which would smash it.
If the people will but keep these
truths before their minds, they will
realize how small by comparison are
the feuds and injured feelings of pres
ident and senate, and they will de
mand that the great work, of America
as the leader of the world go forward
YESTERDAY'S PARADE.
Portland turned out again yester
day to indulge its preferred pastime
of watching a parade and went home
satisfied and a bit exalted; for-it was
a great parade. There have been
others of greater size, but not of the
pervading spirit of .victory. The lads
from the Minneapolis led it with their
band and that started the cheering
that was continuous to the end.
Saw the American legion, didn't
you, and you gave a gulp and the eye
lids quickened as it passed and you
wished you were in it? What is
there in the sight of an American boy
in uniform and marching order that
inspires a man? He does not know,
but he knows he has it, and he does
not wonder that Germany quit cold.
Those who went and those who
couldn't get across shared in the
glory.
For a bit of neighborly exhibit,
Seattle is all right and her police
band is the sign. Portland could not
have got along without its presence
and its music. Some day, perhaps,
we'll -but wait and watch us.
And the hope of America, the Boy
Scouts! Proud was every mother of
one as he passed, though she felt the
pang of possible sacrifice and glad
that she had him to offer.
As a military parade it was a suc
cess, but it was more. It was the
outpouring of hearts rejoicing over
the end of conflict in which this city
had its share in furnishing the men
to help win.
The lamentable feature of the whole
affair was the visible sign of paralysis
in the right arms of the male spec
tators. Portland must learn to salute
the flag as it passes and be "p. d. q."
about it, as a man who would ict care
who hears him might say.
THE TELEGRAPH STRIKE.
The strike of telegraph employes
which threatens to interrupt the wire
communications of the country brings
into prominence the fact that two en
emies attack industrial peace. Atten
tion has hitherto been fastened on the
radical, revolutionary element of
labor. It is now diverted to the ob
stinately autocratic element among
employers. One is open to as severe
condemnation as the other; in fact,
the radical labor agitator is in part a
product of the domineering employer.
Telegraph and telephone employes
have organized unions, as is their un
doubted right, recognized by the laws
of many states and, inferentially at
least, by the laws of the United States.
They claim the right to adjust wages
and terms with their employers as a
unit, not as individuals. They desire
that their committees confer with
their employers on their behalf. That
practice has been adopted by em
ployers and employes in almost every
other industry. It has tended to pro
duce harmony in their relations, it
has secured justice for the workers in
cases where justice could have been
secured in no other way, and it has
promoted industrial peace.
The telegraph companies deny this
right, and they discharge and black
list any who attempt to exercise it.
They insist that the officials of such
great corporations must deal with
each individual employe, not with all
as a body. They cling to the obsolete
theory that the employer is a master
and the worker a servant. They still
live in the eighteenth or the early part
of the nineteenth century. Under
their theory equality between the
parties in' making a bargain is im
possible. A single telegrapher is pow
erless as against a company which
employs tens of thousands. Only by
collective bargaining can they be
placed on an equality. But the com
panies refuse to confer with commit
tees of their employes: the penalty of
membership on a committee is dis
charge. The outstanding result of
this attitude of the telegraph com
panies is that the wages of telegra
phers are far below the standard for
men and women of equal skill and in
telligence in other occupations.
When the wire systems were placed
under control of Postmaster-General
Burleson last summer a strike for
higher wages, the right to organize
and collective bargaining was impend
ing. The hope was then entertained
that one result of government control
would be fair wages and recognition
of the employes' rights, but that hope
proved vain. Mr. Burleson's treat
ment of the postal employes had
proved him to be as bitter an enemy
of unions as the telegraph officials
are, and he has been a man after
their own heart. Where men in other
occupations had obtained advances of
50 to 70 per cent since the war be
gan, and where cost of living had
risen over 50 per cent, he gave these
already underpaid workers an ad
vance of only 5 to 10 per cent. He
evaded all attempts at conference, and
he left management of the wires in
the hands of their old enemies. When
he found that his course would pro
voke a strike he got from under and
lelt the telegraph official to bear
the odium whch was originally theirs
but which he should share,. and doubt
less will share.
The telegraph companies, in deny
ing the rights of their employes, have
ignored the rights of the public. TheyJ
enjoy privileges granted by the law.
They perform a public service. Per
formance of that service is made im
possible by their adherence to an out
worn theory which produces strikes
when efficient service requires con
tinuous and harmonious operation.
After their experience with govern
ment operation the people have no
desire to take the wires out or the
hands of their owners, but they will
insist that the wire systems shall be
managed in accord with modern con
ceptions of the proper relation be
tween employers and employes, that
employes of these companies shall
freely exercise the same rights as
other employes enjoy without ques
tion. Congress In about to legislate
on this subject and, if it shows due
respect to public opinion. It will enact
laws giving effect to this desire.
WHERE THERE IS A BOOK FAMINE.
It will be possible for Russians
to recover from the famine in food
in a season after order has been re
stored, but not to make good in the
same period the loss caused by the
action of the bolshevists in destroy
ing printing presses and paper mills
throughout the country. The situa
tion now presented Is "that millions
of children, in a land twice the size
and nearly twice the population of
the United States, are restricted in
their opportunities for education by
absence of books to study and paper
to write on.
It is a condition that most Amer
icans will find it difficult to.visuallze.
We cannot remember the time when
tlrere was not a reasonable supply of
nooks, even in the frontier region.
The first pioneers brought school
books with them and used them over
and over again. Nowadays a youth
may accumulate a small library in
the course ofhis student life and think
nothing much about it.
Dr. Kasimir A. Kovalsky, who has
been sent to the United States by
the Siberian authorities, says that the
bolshevists wanted to smash the book
in Russia because they knew it to
be easier to terrorize and master dark.
gnorant masses of people than en
lightened ones. In Siberia, which
has been almost freed from bolshevik
rule, schools have been opened and
there is general desire to extend them.
but there are no text books and few
printing presses left.
Wherefore it is predicted by lead
ing Russians in America that one of
our most promising after-the-war in
dustries will be the printing of school
books in Russian for export as rapidly
as the bolshevists can be cleared out.
In time, of course, this business will
be taken over by the Russians them
selves. But there would seem to be
a mingling of high benevolence with
good business in helping our Russian
friends to banish a famine almost as
serious as one in food.
A LANDLESS ARISTOCRACY.
One result of war burdens is a
stampede to sell by the British landed
aristocracy. Largo, old, valuable es
tates are being thrown on the market.
either to be sold as a whole or to be
divided into small holdings under the
land settlement and housing schemes
of the government. In one issue of
the London Times 180 square miles of
land were advertised for sale, and
enough sales were under private ne
gotiation to bring the total to 250
square miles. Before the war old.
restrictive laws prevented many trans
fers, but war taxes have brought the
landlords to the point where they
simply cannot afford to hold on.
This movement cannot fail to cause
a profound social change, which, will
hasten political change. Land is con
sidered necessary to maintenance of
an aristocracy in prestige and power.
That idea is derived from the institu
tions of feudalism and from the other
idea that it is ignoble for a gentle
man to work or engage in trade. In
vasion .of the house of lords by plu
tocracy has gone far to break down
prejudice against business, and mem
bers of the old families have etaltated
by encroaching on the plutocrats' do
main. If aristocrats should cease to
be land-owners with great country
seats and should become mere capital
ists living in London, the dividing line
would be still more blurred.
British aristocracy would then oc
cupy much the same position as is
held by titled Frenchmen. They have
no political standing, in fact some find
it advisable to abandon titles in order
to overcome prejudice against their
class. Many of the old Bourbon no
bility lost their estates in the revolu
tion and those of the Napoleonic era
lack standing with both them and the
democratic masses. French aristoc
racy is a survival of a bygone age.
If the British nobility should become
landless and indistinguishable from
the plutocrats, the famed bulwark of
the British monarchy would be weak
ened. and it might soon yield to the
attacks of democracy.
WHAT GERMANY WOILD HAVE DONE.
In order that we may estimate at
their true value the lamentations of
Germany over the peace terms of
fered by the allies, and that we may
judge whether the allies have been
too severe, it is well to consider what
terms Germany would have made, if it
had been the victor. A good indication
is contained in the manifesto which
was adopted at a meeting of 352 Ger
man professors, clergymen and other
intellectuals on June 20. 1915. and
was presented to the chancellor in the
form of a petition. At that time Ger
many was winning a succession of vic
tories over Russia, was holding firm
on the western front, at which the
allies could only nibble, and was con
fident bf victory. Italy had just de
clared war and was the particular
object of German vengeance, though
no terms were named for that coun
try. As to France, the professors said:
We must ruthlessly weaken her. both po
nticany ana economically, and must Improve
our military and strategical position with
regard to her. For this purpose it Is neces
sary radically to improve our whole western
front from Belfort to the coast. Part f
the north channel coast we must acquire, if
possible, in order to be strategically safer as
regards Kngland and to secure better access
to the ocean. The most important business
unaeraiaKinBs anu rnuies must be trans-
ierrea irom ami-German ownership to Ger
man hands. France taking over and com
pensating the former owners.
Furthermore, it is necessary to lmnn ,
mprcilesslv hleh war lndemnltv nnn, I.--..
and probably on her rather than on any
There is no compunction here about
reducing a nation to slavery for the
payment of indemnity, nor about dis
regarding its right to self-determina
tion. Compare this with the scrupu
lous care taken by the allies to respect
the right of the Germans in Rhine-
land and the Saar valley to retain
their nationality and with the limita
tion X indemnity to reparation f o
that which Germany destroyed or
stole.
Belgium was to pay dearly for de
fending its independence and for
standing in the gateway, for the mani
festo says:
On Belgium we must keep firm hold, from
the political, military and economic stand
points. . . Keonomically. Belgium
means a prodigious Increase of power to us.
We would lay special stress on the
Inhabitants being allowed no nolitical Influ
ence in the empire,, and on the necessity for
transrerring rrom non-German to Oerman
hands the leading business enterprises and
properties to be ceded by France.
Russia was considered too poor and
debt-ridden to pay a cash indemnity,
but was not to escape on that ac
count. The manifesto reads:
Russia is so rich in terrltorv that she will
be able to pay an Indemnity In kind by giv
ing lands, but lands without landlords.
The meaning of this phrase was
made clear by the manifesto of the
six great economic associations of
Germany, published about the same
time, which proposed annexation of
the Baltic provinces and their settle
ment with German peasants.
With the channel coast in Ger
many's hands as a gun aimed at its
head, Britain was to lose both its
empire and its commerce, for this was
the programme in regard to it:
We must supplant the world trade of Great
Britain. . . . We must immediately
seek to create for ourselves, apart from the
empire of the seas, a continental commer
cial enceinte as extensive as possible. our
friends. Austria-Hungary and Turkey, will
open to us the Balkans and Asia Minor, and
thus we shall assure ourselves of the
Persian gulf against the pretensions of Rus
sia and Great Britain. We must also sign
as speedily as possible commercial treaties
with our close political friends.
There was to be no limit to colonial
expansion, for this was proposed:
In Africa we must reconstitute our colonial
empire. Central Africa is only a huge
desert, which does not offer enough colonial
wealth. We therefore require other produc
tive lands. We need liberty of the seas. To
obtain It we must have Kgvpt. the connect
ing link between British Africa and British
Asia, Indian ocean and Kngllsh sea. which
Joina up all the British colonies with the
mother country, which, as Bismarck said, is
the- neck of the British empire.
The general scheme of indemnity
showed no squeamishness about com
pelling the loser to pay the winner's
war expenses, or about reducing the
loser to economic slavery. This is
what, the learned professors and
preachers said:
We shall demand an indemnity which as
much as possible shall cover war expendi
tures, the repair of damages, and pensions
for disabled men, widows and orphans.
From Knciand we can never de
mand enough money. . It is our
duty to crush the insatiable cupidity of this
nation. However, we shall probably have
to apply for a war Indemnity to France In
the first place, if not exclusively. Vs ought
not to hesitate to Impose upon France as
much as possible out of false sentimentaliam.
As mitigation she might be offered one of
the sides of the. Sues canal while we occupy
tne otner. Should France reruse that as
well as the financial obligation that we
should ask her, we should have to impose
on her a policy that would satisfy us.
No mention of the Untied States
was made in the manifesto, for when
it was written, this country was still
neutral. But the German general
staff had prepared plans several years
earlier for an invasion, for occupation
of the great Atlantic ports and for
exaction of a ransom so rich as to
pay the entire cost of the expedition
and to make good any deficiencies in
the sums which could be extorted
from the allies.
The present German government
pretends to have renounced these pur
poses together with monarchy, but
evidence abounds that democracy is
only a mask behind which hide the
men who set out to conquer, kill and
plunder. Chancellor Scheidemann
supported the war so long as it seemed
to hold a chance of. victory for Ger
many, Hindenburg, Bernstorff and
Erzberger still wield power, and the
machinery of government is un
changed. Germany has lost the power.
not the will, to do as this manifesto
proposed. It is not suggested that
the allies do to Germany as it would
have done to them, but they would
betray posterity if they should not ren
der Germany powerless for harm. To
that end the peace terms are the least
that should be asked.
Yes, California does all that, but
did you note that the prize for effec
tiveness in community publicity was
given to . the Portland Chamber of
Commerce display? Los Angeles, sup
posed to be the topnotcher and- she
has been San Francisco and all the
others were in the running and the
judges mostly were outside men.
Much of the glory falls to Sidney
Vincent, but not all of It. The Cham
ber of Commerce is back of him.
The patience of Winnipeg's mayor
is amazing. After the bolshevists
have turned his city topsyturvy and
kept it so for weeks, he threatens to
call out the troops. He needs the pep
of some American mayors.
The 'more Hurley tries to explain.
the deeper he flounders in the mud.
The one intent which shows through
all his talk is not to build any more
ships on the. Pacific coast than he
is compelled to build.
All was harmony among the non
partisans till they acquired something
to quarrel about. Then they quarreled
in Idaho as in North Dakota. The
upshot may be two parties of non
partisans. Forget this afternoon you are from
any suburb where a man is as good
as a woman and keeps his seat in the
car. and give all the womenfolk the
right of way and the best.
The peace treaty has given rise to
a war of words, but we need no liberty
loans to buy them nor munition fac
tories to manufacture. Kvery senator
is his own munition factory.
Now, Mr. Wells of the weather
store, here is Friday, the 13th, last
day of the festival, and always the
best or worst day of the week. A
wise man needs no advice.
No complaints as to car service
except, perhaps, from a man passed
by one catching up on schedule, with
another just behind it.
Portland has seen' great days, but
fix these dates June 8 to 11, next
year as the biggest ever.
It is highly appropriate that the
Huns are to get their final answer
on Friday the 13th:
What can we do for the Shriners
who come home with the goods?
Somebody tell us.
Bring the babies to see the parade.
They ought to be in it with the other
rosebuds.
The receiver is not always "just
as bad" as the thief. Sometimes he's
worse.
Bring your umbrella this afternoon
and scare away the rain.
Best parade of all today floral
Portland, .
Those Who Come and Go.
Governor Ben Olcott was flylnit signs
of distress at the Benson and Bought
olace with Clerk Meyers. "I've sot to
wear a tuxedo tonight and I have no
bow tie. and the stores are all closed."
confided the chief executive. "Maybe I
can fix you up," consoled the clerk, and
after an hour of Inquiry among men in
the hotel he located the tie. which was
borrowed from an Inspector of the
federal reserve bank. "I don't want
the tie back.'' explained the bank man.
"and I won't accept pay for it, but I
do exact from the governor of the
state of Oregon, over his own slgna
ture, acknowledgment of receipt of
Ihe t'e. I want the letter .as a
memento."
"Send me to my room, what's the
number?' inquired a travel-stained
stranger giving the rush act at the
Benson yesterday. "Have you a res
ervation?" he was asked. Yea, the res
ervation had been made by wire sev
eral days ago. Under cross-examination
the stranger admitted that when
lie wired for a reservation he received
an answer that no more rooms were
available. Then. In indignation, the
stranger he eaid he was from Hood
River picked up his folded coat and
Trom a pocket fell a quart bottle, which
smashed on the tiles. The stranger
moved quickly to the nearest exit and
all the people In the lobby moved Just
as quickly to the odorous pool In front
of the desk.
Occasionally Denton Burdick comes
to rortland on matters political. His
present visitation Is prompted by the
bankers convention, for, although Mr.
Burdick is a young man, he is a director
in two banks, the Citirens" State bank
of Mctoliii, and the Redmond National.
C H. Miller, county commissioner of
Deschutes, is also with the Redmond
institution and is representing it at
the convention.
Vast herds of atoek compel George
Dixon to pay an Income tax. Mr.
Dixon, of Dixon &. McDowell, is one
of the big stockmen of central Oregon
and has his headquarters at Prineville.
His range spreads over a large sec
tion of tYook and adjacent counties.
Mr. Dixon is spending aome'of his spare
change attending the Rose Festival.
Mrs. E. L. Crooker of Austin, Texas,
has arrived to join her husband and
attend the festival. Mr. Crocker Is
in the government service and has
been in Portland for several months
working on the preparatlonxf evidence
In a pending bank trial. Mr. Crooker
comes from a state which Ham Hous
ton and Colonel House have made
famous.
Save my room, I'm a little late, but
I'm coming," long distanced F. D.
Chamberlain, of Goodnough, to Lot CI.
Swetland. at the Perkins, for during
the festival rush Mr. Swetland is help
ing Clerks Thompson and Farmer. Mr.
Chamberlain announced that his ma
chine had a break down and that he
Is being towed Into Portland from
somewhere.
Mlkkalo Is practically- out of busi
ness. Mikkalo has a population of 15
people and when Postmaster Frank
Little and his family came to the
Perkins to participate in the festivi
ties now current, the town of Mikkalo
scarcely had a quorum. It is in
Gilliam county and 160 miles east of
Portland.
Joseph 3 Richardson, deputy state
treasurer, and Fred W. Williams, mem
ber of the state public service com
mission, wedged in at the Hotel Ore
gon. Mr. Richardson i. attending the
bankers' convention and Mr. Williams
has a conference on.
Fred Stanley, .who was for years a fa
miliar figure around Fourth and Stark
streets, is among the visitors in Port
land. He is now president of the Cen
tral Oregon Irrigation company, and
he registers from Deschutes town.
Ora Van Tassel of Madras, manager
of the Northern Grain Warehouse com
pany, is in the city. The company owns
about 10 or a dozen warehouses and is
popularly supposed to control the ware
house business in central Oregon.
S. B. Williams of Lostine Is at the
Imperial. Lostine Is in the Bection
where lime, copper, gold and marble
deposits are found; where there are
several sawmills and a good dairying
country. It is located in Wallowa
county.
One of the scores of bankers In Port
land is J. R. Blackaby of Ontario, which
town is as near being in Idaho as any
Oregon town can be. Ontario will be
the terminus of the old Oregon trail,
which the state highway commission Is
building.
Ever since the office of state tax
commissioner has been created. Charles
Calloway has held the position. Yes
terday he was in Portland looking at
the parade and trying to find Governor
Olcott.
United States Senator T. P. Gore of
Oklahoma tarried for a few hours be
tween trains in Portland, Wednesday,
The senator has visited Portland on
various occasions and was welcomed
here by a number of democrats.
C. G. Emeneker dashed into the Per
kins and registered from Aberdeen. A
little later Mrs. C. G. Emeneker regis
tered, and someone wrote after her
name, "just married." The wedding
service was performed In this city.
Hawaiian visitors to Portland for
the Rose Festival are somewhat numer
ous this year. One of the latest ar
rivals is J. Roumuns of Hilo, where he
is connected with the Hilo hotel. He is
at the Benson.
G. L. Garrison, a Seattle newspaper
man. accompanied by his wife and Alice
Currie, motored down and reported the
roads in Washington as bad. The party
is at the Perkins.
From Helslngfors, Finland, arrived
Jacob de Julien and Peter Wolontis
at the Benson. Accompanying them is
a secretary engaged at Nesy York, by
name of Berton Braley.
A. T. Blrdsell developed something
wrong within himself and is sick at
the Benson. Mr. Bircrsell runs the
Pilot Butte Inn at Bend, which Irvlt.
Cobb says is good.
Portland's assortment of roses was
added to yesterday when Jack' Rose
of New York registered at the Hotel
Portland.
Clyde McKay, who fills the' position
of county treasurer for Deschutes
county, is in Portland.
Doubtless He's Been Timed Dows,
PORTLAND, June 12. (To the Edi
tor.) In answer to the egotistical let
ter of a certain young major not a
"shave-tail." I wish to express the
sentiments of all true American girls.
We admire, respect and even love
our French sisters and above all we
are not jealous of them. In fact, al
though we are very glad that the
vampish major so fervently wishes to
go back to France, we care enough for
our French sisters to be willing to en
dure this young man to relieve them
of the burden.
But do not believe that we do not
find some good qualities in the hand
some major. In fact, we find he is
very truthful and candid in expressing
his ideaa. But with true American
insight, we discover an idea be has not
expressed. That is this: The reason
he doesn't care for American girls is
bocause they did not succumb to, his
charms. Am I not correct, major?
A COiUION AMERICAN G1RU
More Truth Than Poetry.
Br James J. Mutiiw.
THE WAIL OF" A PIP.
(Copyright by Bell Fyndlcste. Inc.)
Man thinks he plays a lot of parts
Before his years are rounded up.
But say! He really never starts.
He ought to try to be a pup.
To be a pup, and have a boy
With fresh Ideas every day
Who takes a wild and fiendish joy
Inventing parts for htm to play..
I've been a Boche in Belleau Wood
And had Yank bullets shot at me;
I've been a Turk and T have stoor.
The gunfire at Gallipoli.
I've been the Kaiser, oftentimes
And bad a noose about my neck.
The while I listened to my crimes .
And rapidly became a wreck.
I've been a hook and ladder horse
And had them run me off my feet:
I've been a thief, while half the force
Pursued me madly down the street,
I've figured at a barbecue
The part assigned me was the ox
But just as dinner time was due
I always wriggled from- the box.
I've been a lion and a bear,
A tiger and a Hottentot
And other creatures strange and rare.
But always something that got shot.
I've been old Jonah and the whale
A cracker crate has thrown me up,
I've been marooned, I've been In Jail.
And still it's fun to be a pup!
Rat Take Yoor Doctor With Yon.
Sometime. Just by way of experiment.
try to drink as many Ice cream sodas
of an evening as you used to drink
highballs.
It Oonght to Be a Wonder.
With her military limited to 'a hun
dred thousand. Germany can have an
army composed exclusively of major
generals. Playlns;, of Course, la Not norklsg,
Paderewskl must find it hard to set
tle down to a premier's work after
playing for the greater part of his life.
The Snow.
By Grace J- Hall.
Frost and cold, cold and frost!
Flaky flakes on the still air tossed;
Laden trees that bend and droop.
Huddled closely group to group;
Bell and sleigh, sleigh and bell.
Oh, whnt rapture they foretell!
Glitter here and glitter there.
Million diamonds everywhere.
Falling, falling, ne'er a sound.
Laying carpet all around;
Fleecy things that flutter by
White confetti from the sky;
Angels want to let us know
They're rejoicing hence the snow!
Wonderment holds one in thrall
When mysterious snowflakes fall;
Tender things on spirit wings
Bringing thought of holy things;
Falling like a swift caress
On the bonnet and the dress.
They're so dainty, pure and white.
Seems a pity they must "light."
WHAT Mil. o. a.
I.I.ARD SAID.
Denies That He Advocated
Soviet Form
of Government.
NEW YORK. June 6. (To the Edit
or.) In The Oregonian June 1 you
make the following astounding state
ment: "Oswald Garrison Villard advo
cated a soviet form of government for
the United States in a recent speech
in New l ork. Later on you kindly
refer to me as having talked "sedition"
and speak of my "disordered Intellect
I beg to serve notice upon you that I
have never, under any circumstances
advocated a soviet form of government
for the United States. On the contrary,
in testifying recently before the New
i ork state reconstruction commission
they actually invited my "disordered
intellect" to appear before them I dis
tinctly stated that I was neither a so
cialist nor a bolshevist and that I did
not advocate a soviet form of govern
ment. Is this sedition? Surely nobody in
his sane senses would advocate the
Introduction of the soviet in this coun
try at least until we know how It Is
going to work out abroad. My sole
plea was that we study it and watch
it i,nd see whether the economic basis
for representation in legislatures Is
more worthwhile than the gea
graphical.
OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD.
The basis of The Oregonian's state
ment was a report in the New York
Tribune of a public speech made by
Mr. Villard In which he was said to
have distinctly advocated a soviet gov-
trnment for the United States. The
New York World had a similar article
Now it appears that what he said was
that wo study and watch the soviet
form, ao as to see whether its "econ
omic basis for representatives In leg
islatures" may not be worth while.
Mr. Villard has the same facility for
making himself misunderstood that
other parlor socialists and mischief-
making intellectuals have who consort
with the red-f taggers, and yet wonder
why a question mark is placed upon
their sound patriotism and their or
dered intelligence.
RIGHT A3 TO ONE TIII.XK 0tV
American Girl's Husband Agrees With
Major That Experience Is Hrlpfnl.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash
June 12- (To the Editor.) An article
written by a certain "youthful major
from Camp Lewis, .which appeared In
The Oregonian June 8, attracts atten
tion to the controversy begun months
ago by somebody who lfad too much
time to spare and which bids fair to
become a Ions and tedious arialr.
refer to the American-French girl
Question.
The "young major" author of the
article In question, must be a bear-
at least, in his ,own estimation. And,
to be sure, his varied experience in
such matters ought to make him ai
authority on the subject. Withou
doubt the experience gained by our
self-confessed hero, in love affairs
with Filipino. Mexican and Japanese
damsels Qualifies him (in his opinion
to pass Judgment upon the aptitude
and qualities of the American girl!
I fear that the "veteran major" failed
to take into consideration the tact
that a racial difference, to say the
least, exists between his "experiences"
and the American girl. No doubt, many
among the feminine readers of The
Oregonian feel honored by the "amiable
major's" comparison.
The "noble stand" taken by the
young major is really one of Interest.
However, does not the article in ques
tion sound more like an advertisement
of his "manly wares" than a challenge
to the American girl? Or could it
oe 0y any possibility, that for the
major, as for the fox in the fable, the
"grapes are sour?"
"If we could only return to France!"
sighs the major. ... Is it not heart
breaking to think of our pretty young
hero pining his heart away for the
demoiselles of France? And to think
that there are only three or four
steamship lines making regular trips
across! It is horrible to think of his
being kept forever- in America. Shall
we lend him the fare?
I do not sympathize with the major;
I have traveled rather extensively my
self and lived in France for a period
of over three years, in my late teens
and early twenties and yet I have
married an American girl. In one
thing, the major is right. Experience
is reat help'. ONE AMERICAN.
In Other Days.
TsHti.Htf Years Ago.
From The Oregonian of June 13, 1n
The Countess Wachtmoister, who is
isiting the United States in intere.Ms
of the theosophical (society, arrived m
i'ortland last night.
The captives of the Whitman massa
cre are invited to be present toioa.-ro:
afternoon at a meeting of the war
-eterans.
Thirty-one and falling" was the
cheering news which the rter ob
server at Umatilla telegraphed to Port
land at 5 o clock last night.
The report of the Boys' and Girtr-
Aid society shows that In the nstt
month were taken In at the hu.-ue
nd SI were placed In pri-eote homes.
Flf ty Years Ass.
Frcw The Oregonian of June iv,n
Washington. The cocinoiu of In
first mortgage bonds of tly Hiijon la.
clflc railroad, duo July 1, will bo paid
June -5 In gold.
Dr. James Scott, the new.- ecreiar-
of Washington territory, arrived es-
tcraay on the Orlnamme and called
upon us.
The Sundav schools of Trlnitv ami
St. Stephen's. Portland; St. Luke's. Van
couver; ht. John's. Milwaukle, and St.
i'aui. Oregon City, joined in a big pic
nic Saturday, going to Pleasant Grove
by boat.
Among Our citisena who returned n
the Oriflamme after long absences were
Senator Corbett and wife and J. Falling
and wife.
WHAT IS QIESTIO.Y AT ISSCEf
Correspondent Says It Is Preservation
of Constitution, Not Peace.
KELSO. Wash.. June 8. (To the F.d-
itor.) I have been following the edi
torials In The Oregonian relative to the
proposed league of nations. I have
tried to ascertain the position of your
paper upon this vital matter. I con
fess that I am unable to understand
just what position you are taking. In
yesterday's paper there are two edito
rials upon this subject. In one vou
criticise the president for his course
in me matter and In the other you inti
mate that the senate should accept tho,
peace treaty without amendment, else
dire results may follow. If I under
stand your position, you advise the sen
ate that it should ratify the terms of
peace, whatever they may contain. You
say that the president has removed the
word advice from the constitution,
thus violating its plain terms, and then
you advise tho senate to abdicate its
constitutional powers and functions
and accept the terms without amend
ment, lour editorial Is a plain state
ment that the president has violated
the constitution and you invite the
senate to do the same thing.
It seems to me that there Is ono
queptlon of the greatest importance to
America, one question that overshad
ows all others: "Is this a constitutional
government or is it a personal govern
ment?" Men and women are traveling
all over this country openly distribut
ing literature, or rather pamphlets, ad
vocating the abolishment of the con
stitution. The president is openly vio
lating the constitution and The Orego
nian is advising the senate to do the
same thing. Both the constitution and
the direct mandate of the people are
being ignored from above and the con
stitution is boing openly assaulted from
below. Where are all these things
leading us?
Just before the last election Mr. Wil
son announced that unless the people
of this country returned a democratic
congress their act would be a repudia
tion of his leadership. The people took
him at his word and repudiated his
leadership. After the armistice was
signed, in violation of the spirit and,
in the opinion of the best legal author
ity of this country, the letter of the
constitution, he went to Paris to help
negotiate a treaty of peace. After he
had submitted his craiy scheme for a
leafrtre of nations to the people and it
met with criticisms from the senate, he
announced that he would return to
Paris and bring back a treaty in which
his scheme should be so deeply Imbedded
with the peace treaty as to make It
impossible for them to be separated.
This he has apparently done. No more
flagrant attempt to exercise absolute
power was ever made by any ruler in
the history of the world. A repudiated
leader, in violation of the constitution
and in violation of the mandate of the
people, attempts to force the country
to accept .sight and unseen his sole
mandate. The members of the senate
of the United States have each taken
an oath to support the constitution.
That constitution requires them to obey
its plain terms. They must exercise
their judgment upon all questions af
fecting the public welfare. If they
shall find that the peace treaty is good
and for the best Interests of the coun
try, they should accept it. If they
shall, in the exercise of their best jurig"
ment. find the treaty bad and in viola
tion of the constitution, what is their
duty? They would appear to be placed
between the devil and the deep sea. If
they approve a treaty which they be
lieve to be In violation of the constitu
tion and against the best interests of
the country, they will violate their
oaths of office. If they shall observe
their oaths, then they will bring upon
the country all the horrors enumerated
in your editorial.
The issue before the world is not one
of future war or peace. The real issue
la whether constitutional and orderlv
government shall exist or whether the
world is to be governed by Ignorant
mobs. The highest duty of America in
a world of chaos is to preserve orderlv
government. How can it do that with
constant attacks from above and be
low? The senate now finds itself in a po
sition where it may either sustain con
stitutional and orderly government or
It may permit the destruction of both.
The founders of this government huild
ed wisely when they placed a provision'
in the constitution requiring treaties
to have the, approval of two-thirds the
senate. That provision presupposes
that the senators shall exercise their
judgment. They are now trving to do
that very thinjr. Despite the fact that
they are denied knowledge of what Mr.
Wilson is doing at Paris, they are try
ing to find out. I believe that the ma
jority of the senate have the courage
and the sense to perform their full
duty. This is in spite of the jeers of
Kepi propagandists and but I refrain
from mentioning other Influences that
are working against them.
I think that The Oregonian owes the
duty to its readers of stating fullv sj-Al
candidly the real issue. T. P. KISIv
Maybe Poorer and Illgke; CoaS.
Literary Digest.
Real scarcity of coal in the ljfetims
of any of us who are here today is an
impossibility, we are assured by Flovd
W. 1 'arsons, editor of the Coal Afr
in a leading article. It is a fact, hovr
ever, he reminds us. that in all line
of production the first output is from
the highest grade sources and trior
most easily accessible. As coal mirr
Ing goes on, therefore, we may expert
high-grade sources to be first exhaust
ed, and coal to become dear and poor
er. And this is exactly what is hap
pening. "The best coals are disap
pearing and the lower-grade fuels wKh
higher mining costs are now belnrs
attacked." The writer dismisses anthra
cite with a few words, as it comprises
only about one-f lfteentb of our coal
resources. He tells us simply that wo
will mine In the next 20 years what
we mined in the past 112. and that
while we mine three tons we unavoid
ably waste two. An increase of ax -pense
with deterioration of quality will
Jag the rulp here as elsewhere,