THE MORNING OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1919.
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AFTER JIWRfcZ. WHAT?
Return fire upon Villa's forces in
Juarez and sending of American forces
across the boundary into Mexico may
be the .beginning of a new policy
toward Mexico. It is a decided change
from the watchful waiting for Mexi
cans to cross the boundary before
moving against them, which charac
terized the action of our troops prior
to the Columb-us raid. Does this
change signify a policy of action in
regard to Mexico in place of the policy
which patiently tolerated murder,' pll
Uee. confiscation and insolence and
which withdrew Pershing's army and
established diplomatic relations with
C'arranza without having avenged the
crimes of Carrixal?
Possibly the administration deems
the present a good opportuntiy to exe
cute the threat made in 1918 to get
Villa dead or alive. While the bandit
chief may not be in active command
of the force attacking Juarcx. he is
probably not far away. The destruc
tion or capture of a large part of his
forces would be a serious blow to him,
and might be followed by an in
cursion into Mexico with a view to the
capture of Villa himself. The Ameri
can army is now so well equipped with
airplanes that it could trail him to his
hiding places, run him down with cav
alry, surround and trap him.
But such decisive action might be
as strongly relented -by Carranza as
was the Pershing expedition. The
Mexican president would rather let his
enemies run at large than have Ameri
cans dispose of them. Yet he may
welcome this incidental aid in thwart
ing attempts to capture border towns,
whence he derives a large part of his
revenue, especially as all 'factions op
posed to him have united in a new
revolution and as Villa is one of their
ablest and most crafty generals. It
may be doubted whether President
Wilson wishes to render him such val
uable aid as would be involved in pur
suit and capture of Villa and his army.
C'arranza has been consistently hos
tile to the United States. . The tone of
bis correspondence on the Carrixal af
fair was insulting. He permitted his
country to be made the base of Ger
man propaganda and intrigue, as well
as a refuge for German fugitives and
evaders of the draft. We owe him no
favors, not even such incidental help
s he may derive from our suppression
of border fighting.
Mr. Wilson may have been led to a
change of policy by considerations
growing out of the peace negotiations
and by the view which other nations
take of his former Mexican policy.
Carranza's attempted confiscation of
the Tampico oil fields was a serious
threat to the British navy at tho time
when it was in close co-operation with
the American navy against German
submarines. There may have been
some frank talk nboiit this outcome of
his ineffective handling of Mexico. If
that country should violate the rights
of other nations an it did most flag
rantly in its recent civil wars, it would
become a matter with which the
league of nations should deal. As the
league has recognized the Monroe doc
trine, it may assert that the duty of
the United States is to act in defense
of the rights of all leasue members
under the general league mandate
which recognition of the Monroe doc
trine constitutes. If Mr. Wilson should
hang back he might endanger at the
outset the structure of which he has
been one of the chief architects. He
might have pleaded the imminence of
war with Germany as an excuse for
drawing back in 131. but with Ger
many beaten and reduced to military
Impotence that excuse is no longer
valid.
Not only the United States, but the
whole world has a right to take steps
to end the continuous performance
revolution which has torn Mexico for
almo.-t nine years. Americans and
people of other nations have been
killed by hundreds, many other have
suffered all manner of outrage sur
passed only in extent by the barbari
ties perpetrated in Europe. Produc
tion of many commodities which the
world sorely needs is stopped . or re
stricted by prevailing anarchic condi
tions. Every reason of right and pol
icy dictates that effective means be
taken to pacify Mexico and to keep it
pacified until civilized, orderly gov
ernment has been established.
The only argument against that
course is the general principle of
self-determination which lay behind
watchful waiting. When that principle
is invoked against ending a condition
where 1 per cent of the population
terrorizes and reduces to poverty or
starvation the other 99 per cent, it is
an absurdity paralleled by the condi
tion of Russia. If Carranza c;n estab
lish his authority and if he will re
spect the personal and property rights
of citizens of other nations, well and
good. If the revolutionists should
overthrow him. there would be noth
ing in prospect but a new war between
rival revolutionary chiefs. The United
states and other nations have a right
to make an end of this state of af
fairs, to end the reign of might and
to put the Mexican people in a post-
tion to do what they have never yet"
done actually govern themselves.
If Mr. Wilson has taken to heart
the lessons In International affairs,
which he must have learned at Parts,
he will make the Juarez affair the end
of watchful waiting and the beginning
of vigorous action. That would in
volve reversal of his former policy,
but it would not be the first time he
has reversed himself.
Government is calling for recruits
re tn regular army and the rfsonse
is problematical. There are plenty of
eligibles among those just returned,
but perhaps they have had enough.
Yet life in the army is not what it was
in the old days when most of the non
coms and all the "dogrobbers" were
foreigners. The. personnel has im
proved and Is improving and may be
brought to the standard of the decade
following the eivil war. when the bulk
of the body was x:omposed of veterans
who liked the service. There is noth
ing easy to it. but the young fellow
who got no farther than a camp might
find a few years in it beneficial, espe
cially if he goes foreign.
PRESIDENT AD SENATE,
The Oregonian hastens to assure its
valued correspondent, Mr. T. P. Fisk,
of Kelso, who 'writes another letter
today, that it has had no thought of
questioning the good faith of his op
position to the league of nations. He
makes an obvjous misreading and mis
application of its previous statement,
which was: "Certainly. the senators
must exercise their judgment: but ex
ercise -of judgment precludes all in
fluence of passion, pique, or wounded
pride, or party advantage." It cannot
be fairly assumed that anything more
was intended than an admonition upon
the senate to approach consideration
of the league of nations soberly and
carefully, and with due regard for
the enormous interests involved. There
was, and was intended to be, no dec
laration, or even intimation, that all
persons who disagree with The Ore
gonian's attitude are Inspired by im
proper motives.
A common charge against the presi
dent is that he has violated the con
stitution by failing to seek the "ad
vice or consent of the senate" In the
making of the Paris treaty. The post
tion of Mr. Fisk. it appears, is that he
has violated the constitution in seek
ing to coerce the senate to obey his
will. The president, it is admitted by
him.' has a clear right to negotiate a
treaty, but none to compel its ratifi
cation. It is a sufficient answer to say that
he cannot compel ratification. The
senate, under the constitution, may
adopt or reject. If it abdicates its
clear function of independent judg
ment it will have failed to do its con
stitutional duty. It cannot shift the
blame on the president, and doubtless
it will not. Whatever measures of per
suasion, or even .of compulsion, the
president may adopt he cannot de
prive the senate of its lawful preroga
tive. It must take the responsibility
for its action; and the country will
hold it responsible.
If the president goes out of his way
to coerce the senate through an ap
peal to public opinion, through angry
threats, t h t o u g h recriminations,
through political discrimination he
will have been guilty of misconduct,
but it Is hard to see where he has vio
lated our revered constitution.
A CRIHE AGAINST THE DEAD.
It was not enough that Raymond
Robins, after using the Red Cross uni
form to enable him to hobnob with
the bolshcvist tyrants of Russia,
should come home and whitewash
them before a senate committee, and
recommend that their government be
recognized. William Hard, in the Met
ropolitan, purporting to tell Mr.
Robins' story, now undertakes to
make it appear that Theodore Roose
velt shared his views, and that the
mantle of Roosevelt has descended on
Robins.
It seems almost superfluous to vin
jitfMit thA memorv of democracy's
greatest champion from this slander.
but the work is done most efrectuauy
iv T. Kverett Harre in the National
Civic Federation Review. The sole
foundation for the myth about Koose
velfs having indorsed Robins pro
bolshevlst views is the fact that after
i-Bii.-lnr n letter from Robins ill Au
gust, 1918, telling what he had learned
and what he thought of Russia.
Roosevelt wrote:
T value vour letter. I shall use aome of
what von nay. and as far I possibly can
I ahali adopt the aplrlt of what you ay In
what I am willing as to the lesson of Russia
for us.
What Robins had to say was con
tiiinori in his testimony before . the
senate committee. He talked of "the
lack of vintlictivcness. lack of actual
Hnviriirtmn of life." How much im
pression this made on Roosevelt may
be inferred from his reference to bol
uhnvism in the December Metropolitan
as "a veritable witches' sabbath of
anarchy, plunder, muraer, utteny
faithless treachery and inefficiency,
carried to the verge of complete dis
integration.
phini denied that the Germans
aided the bolshevists, but Roosevelt
wrote of "the German support which
has enabled them to wrencn loose tnc
very foundations of their country."
& atminst recognition of the bol
shevists. Roosevelt wrote in January:
RuMla'a action during the last year would
1. - Internaflnnal KuarantCO Of action
on her part worth precisely nothing as
warrant lor proeniao or atwuii
Several other quotations from the
it T.nresir!ent'.i writings and ac
tions are given, in which he denounced
the bolshevists with nis cusiomarj
"sinister visionaries or cor
rupted agents of Germany." Yet Mr.
Hard has the uaramoon 10 my mm
'nionel Roosevelt cave weight
great weight to the findings and
opinions of Kaymona itoDins.
One of the consequences of infec
tion with bolshevtsm seems to be that
the person whose mind is thus dis
eased becomes utterly indifferent to
truth. Another consequence is com
plete loss of prudence, or this ghoulish
crime against the memory of a man
nir. n freolv. frankly and re
cently, would not have been committed.
DRIVEN TO MISREPRESENTATION. -
The weakness of the case made by
the opposing senators against the
t..i .... i.nriunt is shown by the mis
representation of its provisions and
efforts to which they are onven. rm
example, Senator Johnson in one of
his fierce philippics said:
America under the leaxue will become the
worlds surantor. underwrite the rape of
China and the partition of hundreds of thou
sands of square miles of territory and the
transfer of millions of human beings to
Enxland. France. Italy and Japan In the
false hope thst future wars will ba pre
vented. The much-abused article 10 would
have no such effect. It requires the
league to protect Its members from
outside aggression, but not to suppress
internal rebellion. If the Chinese of
Shantung should drive out the Japa
nese or If the Germans of Posen should
rise against the Poles, the league would
not interfere, but it would not permit
one nation to stir up and aid rebellion
in the territory of another. But if civil
war in any territory should threaten
"to disturb either the peace or the
good understanding between nations,"
the "fundamental right of each mem
ber" would be to call the attention of
the league to it. That is provided by
article 11.
The league Is composed of self-governing
nalioas and will admit only such
nations to membership. The peace
treaty fixes boundaries as closely as
possible- on the lines of nationality.
The league agrees to maintain these
boundaries against aggression, but not
against the will of the .Inhabitants of
any country who desire to be separated
from It. Only if the peace of nations
was affected would the league take
cognizance of any country's internal
troubles. Thus if the league had ex
isted in 1898, the United States might
have called its attention to conditions
in Cuba with a suggestion that, if
Spain were not compelled to reform its
government and let the people rule
themselves, the United States would be
obliged to Intervene. The league might
then have made a united demand on
Spain for actual reform and, if Spain
had proved recalcitrant, might have
put the weight of its authority behind
the United States as its mandatory.
There is small room for doubt of the
result.
Mr. Johnson's criticism would have
applied to the kind of league which the
holy alliance attempted to establish.
IV was a league of autocrats, designed
to maintain autocracy and to suppress
rebellion, all the autocrats to aid each
other. The Monroe doctrine was aimed
particularly against that league, being
notice that if it attempted to apply
its system in South America, it would
have the United States to deal with.
The" Monroe doctrine is indorsed by
the league covenant, yet Mr. Johnson
appears to think the covenant would
bind this country to do the exact re
verse of what the Monroe doctrine
says. His construction is directly con
trary to the entire spirit and purpose
of the covenant.
THE INSANITY OF 1.0 VB.
A note from a reproachful corre
spondent setting forth that her letter
of 618 words on the enthralling
French-American girl controversy has
been omitted while that of the youth
ful rnajof" containing 592 words has
been printed provides opportunity to
announce that were all the letters of
fered on the subject be printed there
would not be room for much else In
The Oregonian. It may be admitted
that the controversy presents an issue
that ought to be settled, but a careful
examination of the documents in hand
provides the distressing conclusion
that their publication would not do it.
One is struck, however, by the fact
that in the mass of testimony and
comment there is hardly a word of
sympathy for or understanding of the
youthful major who is enamored of
his Marguerite across the sea. We
think we comprehend his case and
his condition. He is afflicted with
love's sweet insanity.
Having reached the wise maturity
of the early twenties without enthrall
ment, only to fall in love with the
French type of loveliness and virtue,
he can account, for it only on the
theory that French womanhood must
embody all that is lovely and virtuous.
If he had simply proclaimed that his
Marguerite was the finest girl in all
the world, all the world would Jiave
smiled and winked the other eye, for
as is well known all the world loves a
lover and tolerates "his idiosyncracies.
So why should an insanity which
singles out one nationality for par
ticularly, invidious comparison raise
such a pother?
So let us be calm. There are other
issues to settle. Another bond elec
tion is coming on; the" conditions of
peace -are in process of formation: the
lcegonations is knocking at the door
of politics, and unless there is reform
pretty quick caustic comment on the
rotten winter weather we are having
will be in order.
CHURCH COMITT.
The ambitious Drocramme of social,
civil andereligious community service
for the churches, to whicn attention
,,.a hnn coiia nfmin in Portland bv
representative? of the Commission on
Interchurch Federations, is not to be
confounded with the other movement
which has definitely for its object the
reduction of the number of denomina
tions by "consolidation of family
groups,"- yet it is not far removed
from it in spirit and may conceivably
in the course of time lead to the avoid
ance of duplication in religious effort
which nearly everyone desires. ine
interchurch federations seek co-oper
ation somewhat after the method of
tho nllies in the creat war: each pre-
wrvlnr the essentials of nationality.
yet unified in command. Yet "cora-
mnnrf" is not nreciselv the word to de
scribe the church movement, which
Is not militarv. although it may be
militant. The spirit of working to
gether which it seeks to create is vol
untary. The organization will Dear a
rotation to the whole church similar
to that of ministerial associations
toward the ministers of a community.
In a sense it is to the religious life of
the neighborhood what the chamber
of commerce or the commercial club
is to its business and industrial inc.
if will be conceded that there are
plenty of things to be done, in the
doing of which co-operation will be
advantageous to everyone concerned.
TTnHor the heading, "survey and in
formation," there is almost no end of
work which now is either being aone
inefficiently or not at all by separate
hiirh nrennizations. "Community
religious education," such as teacher
training and week-day Bible stuay, is
basically not a denominational issue
onri -iii for rh-nneration of the same
sort. There is talk of developing
evangelistic work along the same lines
"simultaneous pastoral evangelism"
being the name by whicn it is aesig
nated and of greatly extending the
effort to carry the message to the peo
r.io vhn An not attend church. The
soap box is to be dignified by being
employed in the name or religion ana
not theology and by tne appearance
thArnnn nf tho tvne of ministers who
command attention. This is plainly
an occasion for interdenominational
effort. Something is needed to coun
inpi ihA niizzlement of the man in
the street who cannot understand why
the census should show some -oi De
nominations, big and little, in the
i-nitori states. And. last but not least,
there is publicity, which .the churches
with others are beginning to learn is
a powerful agency and which is in
keeping with tne trena oi me ume.
Any form of co-operation, it will
be conceded, is desirable which econ
omizes effort and avoids useless dupli
cation. The way toward consolida
tion of church families is beset with
difficulties which it will take time to
ncArcnms Meantime interchurch co-
operation not only furnishes a stop
gap, but probably actually accelerates
the slow process of regrouping. This
is illustrated by the formation of the
national association .of Lutheran
bodies for the war emergency, which
has been followed since the war
by union of three of 'the Lutheran
groups' with a membership of nearly
two millions. Presbyterians of the
north and south have reached the
committee stage of a large scheme of
church union. Two large Methodist
groups have reached a point where
only a single issue continues to keep
them apart. Even a suggestion sucn
as is contained in the proposed Episcopalian-Congregational
concordat is
a hopeful sign because of the stimulus
which it gives to discussion. And in
its practical operation Christian
comity may have almost the same ef
fect as physical union. It worked that
way in Cleveland, -where recently a
Congregational organization surren
dered an option which it had acquired
with intent to build a new church
upon representation that the Metho
dist and Presbyterian churches al
ready had "been struggling in the
field for a dozen years and had just
come to the point of self-support," but
needed the assistance of all the fam
ilies living in their combined parishes.
Prevention of duplication and over
lapping, carried 'o Its logiqal con
clusion, would be in a good many
communities, particularly in the rural
and semi-rural districts, the solution
of a vexed question.
Some scores of denominations, each
going its own way, are extremely un
likely to meet the new demands which
are being made upon the church as a
whole in the reconstruction, which is
moral as well as . physical, of the
world. Sense of this undoubtedly has
been quickened by the war, but it was
beginning to be felt a full decade ago.
It is too much to hope, and it is prob
ably even undesirable, that all the
church groups will be united Into a
single one. There is something to be
said for healthful competition. But
the number of denominations is ex
cessive, and there has been enormous
waste of energy over non-essentials.
Appreciation of the low value of these
non-essentials is quite likely to grow
with the practical working out of a
large and well-considered scheme of
federation, and if it results in eventual
voluntary elimination of a few dozen
unnecessary subdivisions, so much the
better.
It is no news that the seventeen-year
locust is edible, as a Johns Hopkins
professor has just pointed out. Lo
custs have been the food of man in
far away corners of the earth for
centuries. A standard encyclopedia
says that they are eaten in many coun
tries, either roasted or fried in butter,
thai thAv ara vtroserved in brine or
dried in the sun In Arabia, Egypt and
Syria, that they are canaiea ana useu
for-tlnn In China and that thev
are an important article of diet in the
Philippines. There is no reason to oe
lieve that the variety which threatens
thA iTniteri KtntAs with a visitation is
inferior to the kind to which allusion
is made In the Bible. ' Yet it wUl take
enmAthino. mnrA thnn the assurance of
a college professor that the flesh is
equal to shrimp to mane tocusts .
popular American food. We prefer
to feed them to the chickens, as they
propose to db in Kansas, and thus
employ them indirectly but, it is hoped
Affertuallv. to get around the high cost
of living in another way
The recommendations of the senate
committee for suppression of efforts
to destroy the government should bear
fruit in legislation which will ex
tinguish all un-American organiza
tions, newspapers and propaganda,
and will give aliens to understand that
they remain in this country on their
good behavior. The most dangerous,
however, are men who capitalize dis
nntAnt and sow sedition so cunningly
as to keep well within the law. No
one word or act of such men may con
stitute, but their entire course, of
action is a continuous crime, and the
law should find a way to reach it.
More drastic power to deport sedi
tious aliens and to prevent others from
coming in are needed.
Hood River is settling a dispute be
tween the fire department and com
mercial club over the Fourth of July
concessions. It was not so in the old
days not in that city, which always
has been "dry" but in many another
where the "arbor" ws located mid
way between the saloons and the
editor was put on the committee to
insure a square deal. Prohibition
brings its pangs.
Having discovered the impossibility
of concealing the final terms from the
public, the Paris conference has at
last decided not to make the attempt,
so at last we are to have an open cov
enant after six months of unsuccessful
attempts at secrecy.
Since when did Mexico become com
petent to judge of the permanence of
anything, especially the league of
nations? Mexico is a term synony
mous with instability, and for that
reason has not been deemed fit for
membership. '
A woman can stop at a window that
reflects and dust her nose and nobody
notices her. but a man cannot back
,,n r a nnl A an d scratch between the
shoulder blades though he be "dying"
for the comfort, sucn are ine iimiid
tions of sex.
Some fellows are trying to put the
police force in bad by flashing stars
and holding up people who know no
better than to give up on demand.
No sooner is an excitement over than
up springs another. There is an elec
tion for member of the school board
due for Saturday.
The next trip must be to the moon,
and after that to the nearest planet.
Sounds foolish? Well, consider what
is being done.
Fourth of July will be along in a
bit over three weeks and suppose we
pass it up and be neighborly this year.
Mr. Cordray's new arrangement of
free admission makes his Oaks a real
park for mother and children.
Oregon's real aristocracy the pio
neer and his descendants have this
city therest of the week.
A call ' for. recruits for a limited
service in cleaning up Mexico would
find much reKnse.
. Among the loot in the present wave
of petty orime was a dragsaw. That
thief is practical.
Governor Olcott is learning there's
some fun in the world before he gets
old. ,-
The safe way is to go home during
the long daylight and avoid the bandit.
"Normal" temperature includes
straw hats and overcoats.
Burleson played the joker to the
telegraphers' full house.
Junk the festival stuff and make a
new start next time.
I Those Who Come and Go. ,
I :
"Loganberry culture in Oregon is
just in its infancy," says George G.
Brown of Sheridan, who formerly had
charge of the Albany Juice industry.
"At Paradise Valley farm, where 1 am,
we are preparing to put out 35 more
acres of the berry next spring. In 1911,
when I predicted that a man could
make a good living on 10 acres of
loganberries, some people said- I was
talking to hear myself talk. Well, look
at the prices the berries are bringing
today. Of course, some growers have
old contracts which pay them less than
the actual cost of oroductlon, but the
market, will be 8 cents and better. There
is really no limit to the market tor
loganberry juice. There are concerns
in the east willing to buy all the juice
they can get. Those who dug up their
berry patches a few years ago, discour
aged, made a great mistake. Anyone
who has a patch now should hold onto
it, for the future of the loganberry is
assured." Mr. Brown, who is at the
Hotel Portland, is here to engage pick
ers. Picking will begin about July 1.
"This Mexican trouble Is coming
off as scheduled," observed Dorr E.
Keasey, formerly of Portland but now
of Mexico City, who is at the Hotel
Oregon. "Carranza is proceeding against
Villa and Villa wants nothing better
than to hang something onto Carranza
so that America will have to step in.
I think it is the beginning of the end.
Villa doesn't hate the Americans but he
certainly hates Spaniards." There are
about 15 daily papers in Mexico City,
says Mr. Keasey, and every prospective
candidate for president has a paper of
hie own, and none of the generals have
their own papers. The political situa
tion changes so quickly in Mexico that
a weekly paper could not keep abreast
of events and therefore' no one would
read a weekly. Mr. Keasey asserts that
the attitude of the government in Mex
ico now is to encourage the investment
of American money and the govern
ment does its best to protect these in
vestments. Talk of confiscation of oil
wells and mines has been discontinued.
George M. Kyle, formerly a Portland
school student, who early got into the
flving game when the United States
entered the war, and who was receiv
ing attention' in the press of New York
in the few items the censor let slip by
In 1917, is at the Perkins. Mr. Kyle's
father was having an exciting time
himself while his son was straffing
the Germans. The father was cap
tured by Chinese bandits, who prom
ised to chop his head off unless thou
sands of rifles and a million or two
rounds of ammunition were forthcom
ing as ransom. The elder Kyle was in
.u- rAcentlv. The family's head
quarters is now in California, r -
t .,.-B;f ki. mAthar and see the Rose
Festival, W. R Blaine is in the city
after a year's absence. Mr. Blaine,
who was formerly in the art .aepan-
. AF lnr.,l navennnpr. is nOW
niciiL o- . . - . . -1 i . -
associated4' with Joseph Urban at the
Century theater, 'ew iorK,
specializing in interior decorating or
theaters. He has designed the effects
for a number of Little theaters and
for some of the Lord Dunsany imnB.
Dunsany's playlets being quite a fad.
Mr. Urban's fame rests upon the pecu
i:..'.AiA off .,'! which he creates in
the way of scenery and decorations.
Never again in sn aeroplane for
i. nniimnn of La Cygne,
me, a?o uu - ... . , i
Kan., who is at the Benson. While in
California I took a trip with a friend
and although the rail around the
cubbyhole in which I sat was made
of hardwood. Ill oei tne imi-i"
of my fingers are still in-the - wood. I
gripped it so tight. I didn't know
when the machine left the ground, but
i. i,r n hon w r-anie down.
Mr. rollman' doesn't like high places.
He was taken to a rout -
KOSe r eaiiv iii io. rxvsw
down to the street almost immediately.
"Estacada and Bend started at the
. T " n RArtrl tn See
same time ana i m - .
how it has been growing said Robert
M. Standisn, iormeny u. . -
. . . ffnnaria nQflPr t Vl A Other
rtaa In a maLav f - -
day that Estacada had voted down
every one or tne toui..v
ures. Possibly that accounts for l,s
facada being where it is today and
permitting Bend to outstrip her Mr
Standish left last night on a businesb
trip to Kedmona ana riim.
- nnti rinp.s Milton and
It COmuaco .
Freewater. The two towns are adjoin
ing There is a bank which is located
partlv in Milton and partly in Freewa
ter" savs C. P. A. Lonergan, who is at
the imperial. The two towns are pre
paring to hard-surface so as to be In
keeping with the hurd-surface of the
Oregon-Washington h'Bay on which
the twin towns are located. Milton
PVan. on about 12 blocks f pavement
and Freewater on about five blocks,
making a stretch of nearly a mile.
It isn't every man who can have an
orchestra playing for his own pleasure,
but that is what Hugh McLam. post
rster of Marshfleld. had at he Ben
son. Mr. MCiaain unn" , " ,,
just before the evening patrons "ived
The orchestra wasn't, playing anj th ng
of interest to him. so he" began sending
. - i .. aftar another
requests lor one mcj ----
and he applauded so vigorously and cn
fusfasUcally that the musicians were
willing to respond cheerfully.
How many know where Grandview
is' M? and Mrs. C. I. Henline of Grand
I'ew arae registered at the Hotel Ore-
con Grancmew in aw vi. r-
Jefferson county and is located between
Fly creek ana -- - -. -
miles southeast of Madras and has a
tri-weekiy sia
Apology note-The gent.ema n who
BewnHive,ashe
claimed and as w P""""' " ,(
veracious column, but from Bend If
RerqpeoPlehw1ourdnotve objected t.
v-.as.inr,- .mftor suspicion.
From Los Angeles to Portland in a
mmotnrA and ever-
motor wunoui f - of Mr.
-"WTw. o
Minn . wno we.e .--' .
H. Mansfield, and Miss Juan.ta Mat
lock of Oakland. Cal. They are at the
Imperial.
t real trout
fisHhmgonTePDute7,"oV Crooked
rifer Kan5 the lakes in Deschutes
county, A. H. Meyers, manager o, the
genton Burdick for 'Redmond. The
trip is being madeby motor car.
, - - i manncer for
Walter tving, bai "
Berger & Carter, who manufacture can
ning machinery, is at the Benson.
"out A, Berger. of the firm is travel
ing witn Mr. jn.iu. wv..-0
territory.
-a .i,s near, tn run the
Marion Hotel at Salem and .s now di
recting the destinies of a hotel at . Con
don, is among the Imperial arrivals.
Mr. Crowe is 1 1 h u 1 1 " - "
new establishment this year.
. ll.lnL.a (ha TIAW
Norrls staples, wnv IT. h..
bank in Astoria is so good that he has
. . intn it nnn IS One
put HIS own rauu; - - --
of the officials, is registered at the
Imperial.
John R. Sleagali of Tacoma, and C. C.
Lamb of Seattle, are at the Seward,
and so far as known they have re
frained from argument over the proper
name of The Mountain.
Thomas Luse. formerly a banker at
Independence and who had a hotel at
Newport once upon a time, is regis
tered from Victoria. B. C, on the Im
perial book.
Ira A. Williams, the mining sharp
of the Oregon Aincmiw.i -;
. .a-., roeriaterprl. at
in tne city !""n:i -
the Imperial. - 1
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. AIontas;ue.
HOPE FOR THE TERRIBLE, TURK.
(CopvrlRht by Belt syndicate. Inc
In days now departed the terrible Turk
From ginmill to ginmill would carom'
When homeward he wended his way
from his work
To the door of his lowly thatched
harem.
He tanked up on hasheesh and other
hard stuff,
For the cautious though hardened
old sinner
Well knew he was due to be used
rather rough, '
As soon as he turned up for dinner.
For seventeen wives each would loudly
declare
That she must see the movies that
evening, so there!
I make no defense of the Turks' plural
lives.
But what I am trying to prove Is
That a man's up against it, when
seventeen wives
All want to go out to the movies
And when each one announces, in terms
very plain "
And phrases emphatic, her wishes
That her husband request all the rest
to remain
In the harem and wash up the dishes.
Any Turk, I should thtuk, would feel
twinges of pique.
When this sort of thing happened six
nights a week.
And therefore the Turk (as a lot of us
might
Provided that we were thus goaded)
From barroom to barroom would cruise
every night
And get himself handsomely loaded,
And an Ottoman male, when with
hasheesh and euch
He makes himself rather too mellow
(They never drink wisely, but always
too much)
Is a terrible, terrible fellow!
He turned to the drink because life was
unbearable
And drink was the reason the Turk
became terrible.
But now that the war has cut down the
supply
Of ladies the Turk is allied with,
When one single lass is . the light of
his eye, v
To honor and live and abide with.
There isn't a chance, every time he
comes home
With only three boxes of Candy
That fourteen fond spouses will batter
his dome
With whatever weapon is handy.
And here is the moral of this little
parable
When the Turk doesn't drink he may
not be so terrible!
It Might Have Been Worse.
Optimistic railroad owners are con
gratulating themselves that it Wasn t
Burleson who managed their, properties
during the war.
a
No Bunk.
Thank heaven, the allies are not say
ing to Germany: "This hurts us more
than it does you."
a
Your Last One.
Take enough soft drinks and you will
supply the kick yourself.
Wy PICK ON THE STRAWBERRY f
Prices o More Tfcan on Par With J
,w va.ai.,a.a,. v a Writer. 1
PORTLAND, June 16 (To the Edi
tor.) in reply to the appeal of
"Housewife," in The Oregonian for
someone to suggest a way "to bust
the berry trust." I beg to say a few
words which I hope may make her
again thoughtful.
Now vith green peas lo cents a
pound, asparagus 20 cents a bunch,
and everything else the way it is,
why raise a row because strawberries
are 15 cents a box'? Oregon straw
berries are worth it and would be at
twice that price. They are not twice
as dear as they were before the war
like bacon and a few other things
I might mention. So if "Housewife"
wants to call down curses on meat
trusts and the like, she may get a
groan of sympathy, but on the straw
berrv question let me suggest that
she do a little Investigating as to the
labor and cost of producing one of
these fields of berries that she had
no luck getting Into the other day.
Considering the work and care it
takes to bring to perfection one of
these acres of berries, it seems quite
natural that the people who own them
and do the work should have the right
. ,k. nl.,a and HisnOSA Of their
I II BCl llic ' ' - " " 1
fruit as they choose, and in the midst
of their harvest It is not surprmuiB
that they had no time to entertain
ladies from town who invited them
selves to pick berries In their own
wav and at their owa price.
Let "Housewife" try raising a few
strawberries herself and she may see
the market price in a" different light.
The writer has taRted strawberries
in many of the garden spots of the
earth and knows from experience that
the Oregon berry, like the Oregon
rose, is the very finest in the world
and worth any price we pay for it.
It is true that some years ago they
sold for 5 cents a box, but wasn't
that wrong, rather than the present
price? It did not encourage farmers
to plant them.
To be in Oregon, "knee deep in
June," and enjoy the most delicious
fruit In the world, is something to
thank God for. At the present time
15 cents a box is a reasonable price
and no woman should have a "grouch"
because she can't trample somebody's
strawberry patch.
A BUSINESS WOMAN.
Wagoner's) Opinion of French Girlsj.
PORTLAND. Or., June IS." (To the
Editor.) In re the major and the
sergeant:
1 feel it unnecessary to make a
lengthy reply to any one who spits
such slime at his mother or sister as
these two have done.
I. too, have spent some months on the
other side of the puddle and feel com
petent to remark that the lady who
signed herself "Plain Jane" and labels
the frogs as snail eaters speaks the
truth and shows a good eye for business
in selecting the "Boston Baked Guy"
instead of the hard-boiled toad.
There are some things the French
girls do which Handsome failed to men
tion, towit: Eating snails and frogs,
washing their hands by spitting on
them, rubbing them together and wip-
i . i n thAip anrnns and O i h P T
things which I fear the editor would"
not see fit to print, were i to men nun
them. " WAGONER A. FOSTER.
Return of Army of Occupation.
RIDGEFIELD, Wash.. June 15. (To
the Editor.) Please state whether the
army of occupation Is listed for early
return. If so. when? Will the boys of
the army of occupation be assigned to
their regular company before return
lnK? A SUBSCRIBER.
Members of the anny of occupation
as now constituted are' not booked for
return and no such arrangements will
be completed until after the peace
treaty is signed. Except under special
conditions the men will not be trans
ferred back to former units.
Return of Sixth Marines.
CORVALLIS, Or., June 15. (To the
Editor.) Kindly state if the 78th com
panv, 6th Marines, are booked for an
early return; SUBSCRIBER.
No units of marines with the army of
occupation have been ordered released.
Xet for the World. '
Dallas (Tex.) News.
' s vou sure Miss Richly is not in?"
he questioned. "Do you doubt her word,
sir?" replied the maid. . .
In Other Days.
' TvventT-five Years A zo.
From The Oregonian of June 17.
Because the Chamber of Commerce
hall cannot be lighted, as result of
damage to Its electric plant by water,
ladies of the floral department of the
State Horticultural society will open
the rose fete in the A. O. U. W. hall
next 'Tuesday.
The academic year at St. Helen's hall
was brought to a close yesterday when
Bishop Baker of Colorado gave the
commencement address and four young
ladles were graduated.
The special investigating committee
reported to the committee of 100 yes
terday a lot of facts adduced to sub
stantiate assertions that the assessor's
office has been loosely and inefficiently
managed.
"Mr. and Mrs. Cleopatra," a burlesque,
will be presented by the Multnomah
Amateur Athletic club next Saturday
as a benefit for flobd sufferers.
Fifty Years Ago.
From The Oregonian of June IT.
Leavenworth. Kan. A special from
Ellsworth says the Indians are again
at their murder work 35 miles north of
Solomon City and- that 20 men have
been killed.
A Chinaman near Jacksonville lat
week took out a nugget of gold worth
?:oo.
The republicans of the city last night
held their primaries and elected dele,
gates to the coming city convention.
Dr. Bowlby. the new collector of In.
ternal revenue, took possession of his
office Tuesday.
WHEREIN AUTHORITY IS USURPED
President's Unlawful Method Is Is At
tempting; to Coerce Senate.
KELSO, Wash., June 15. (To thn
Editor.) At a dinner given at tho
White Honse, after his return from
Paris, the president submitted to the
senate and to the country a proposed
constitution for a league of nations.
This constitution was no part of a
treaty of peace. At that time the
terms of peace had not beon formu
lated. But the proposed constitution
had been completed and signed by the
representatives of various countries.
The proposed constitution was pre
sented for the consideration of the
senate. Some criticisms were sug
gested. Thirty-nine senators placed in
the records of the senate a formal
declaration that they would not ap
prove it. In doing this they were
clearly within their constitutional
rights. This act gave formal notice to
the president and to the world that the
proposed constitution would be re
jected Ijy the senate.
The president then became very an
gry and called the protesting senators
bad names. He announced, in effect,
that his constitution for a league of
nations was a perfect instrument, that
it needeM' no amendments and that hs
proposed to return to Paris and so
interweave it with the peace treaty
that they would be inseparable. He
made the dramatic announcement that
he had fighting blood In his veins. In
effect, he informed the senate that un
less his league constitution should be
approved there would be no peace
treaty.
Does not The Oregonian believe that
this act was a violation of the consti
tution of the United States and a vio
lation of the president's oath of office?
Has the president, under the constitu
tion, the right to compel the senate
-to obey his will? Has he the right to
place the senate in a position where
it must either abandon Its constitu
tional powers and duties or take the
chance of placing the country In Inex
tricable difficulties? I Uke it that he
has the same right to do this thar cer
tain members of labor unions have to
demand that a convicted murderer be
freed, under a threat to paralyze the
business of the country. Each is an
attempt to usurp power not given by
the constitution or by the law of the
land. Is it a "wild exaggeration" to
insist that both are subversive of con
stitutional and orderly government?
No one questions the right of the
president to negotiate treaties. In my
former letter 1 did not criticise the
president for the manner in which he
has been negotiating a treaty of peace.
The proposed constitution for a league
of nations was no part of a treaty of
peace at the time it was presented to
the senate. It was. In effect, a pro
posed offensive and defensive alliance
between Japan, Italy, France, Great
Britain and the United States. But I
shall not enter upon an argument as
to the wisdom of a league of nations
at this time. The Oregonian has made
that impossible. It has forestalled all
argument by opponents of the league
by announcing, in effect, that all per
sons who disagree with its conclusions
are actuated by "passion, pique or
wounded pride or party advantage."
You say that if the senate should ar
rive at its conclusion by eliminating
these things, "its judgment will lead
it to ratify the treaty." I have been
a constant reader of The Oregonian
for nearly 30 years. I have always ad
mired it as a newspaper, and do so
admire it now. I confess a deep friend
ship and profound admiration for its
editor. But neither friendship nor ad
miration will cause me to admit the
infallibility of its judgment. When
The Oregonian calmly asserts an un
tried theory to be an established fact,
and intimates that all persons who
disagree with It are actuated by "pas
sion, pique or wounded pride or party
advantage," then I am reduced to the
retort of the small boy, who, when
called a liar, could find nothing to say
except "you're another."
I want to make it clear that my
criticism of the president is not that
he has no right to negotiate a treaty
of peace without consulting the senakft
in advance. I do contend that in
attempt to force into that treaty an
extraneous matter by unconeitutional
and unlawful methods he is striking
a blow at constitutional and orderly
government. T. P. FISK.
EMERGENCY THAT CAN BE E.VDED
Why Should Constitutional Successor to
Governor Hold Over Election f
PORTLAND, June 16. (To the Edi
tor.) The decision of the state su
preme court that It does not know what
section 8. article 5 of the state consti
tution means is a great surprise and
disappointment to the people. To be
sure, each of the seven Judges handed
down an opinion, but as a court, the
confession is made that relief from the
present muddle must be sought else
where. If a layman may be pardoned for
"horning In" I would like to observe
that as the governor Is an elective of
ficer under our constitution the theory
would seem to be perfectly tenable
that when the secretary of state be
comes governor through an emergency
and there is no other way in which
he may become governor the emer
gency should last no longer than ths
people can remove it. Should It?
Surely no man can give a support
able reason why the people should aot
vote for a 'governor and to end an
emergency at their first lawful oppor
tunity. And why should a secretary of
state continue to serve as governor
after he ceases to be secretary of
state, especially as the first condition
admittedly rests on the latter fact? But
above all this Is the onportunity the
people will have in 1920 to place an
elective officer in an elective office at
a regular election what -reason can be
given for continuing the emergency
when the people can endt? GEfift