THE MORNING OREGONIAN THURSDAY. JUNE 19, 1919.
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SUPPRESSED IN El
Secretary MacPherson Is Held
Afraid of Investigation.
DELEGATES' PLAN. IGNORED
British Representatives at Dublin
Alleged Poppet In Hands of
Local Prison Officers.
ET JAMES M. TUOHT.
fCopyrlht hT the New Tork World. Pub
lished by arrangement.)
DUBLIN. June Is. (.Special Cable.)
Two facts are notable in connection
with Secretary MacPherson's reply to
tbe statement of the Irish-American
delegation respecting; the system and
methods of government for which he is
responsible in Ireland.
The first is that he has suppressed
publication in Ireland of the Irish
American document, thus keeping- its
contents from the knowledge of the
people best qualified to judge of its
trustworthiness.
The second fact Is that Instead of
in-anting; the demands of the authors
of the document for investigation by
an impartial, neutral body of the
charges and allegations, he rejoins with
another ex parte statement, on in
mere authority of Dublin Castle.
His reply may be (rood enough for
British consumption, but the record of
Dublin castle in such matters is such
that no or.e in Ireland will place the
slightest reliance upon it. apart from
the small minority whose politics and
purposes the castle represents.
The obvious conclusion drawn I
Ireland from the attitude of the chief
secretary Is that he Is afraid of an in
nuirr. Possibly some of the allega
tions in the arraignment might be dis
proved or mitigated by investigation,
but enough would remain intact to es
tabllsh the accusation that gross po
litical oppression is now practiced, un
der his authority, in Dublin Castle, at
thouch opinion here is that the in
illative for the course against which
protest is made rests with the mill
tary and permanent castle officials.
Secretary MacPherson being; a mere
puppet in their hands.
WILSOX GITEX XEW EVIDEXC!
President Asked to Secure Fair In
vesication of Charges.
PARIS. Tuesday. June 17. Frank P.
Walsh and Edward F. Dunne. American
representatives of the Irish societies In
the United States, have laid before
President Wllaon further evidence al
leged to have been received as to atroci
ties In Ireland. Some of the witnesses
were American citizens. It Is said, and
they say they have "examined cell In
which Irish revolutionist have been
confined and have found fresh blood on
the walls."
Mr. Walsh and Mr. Dunne request
President Wilson Immediately to lay
the additional facts before the peace
conference and urge a prompt hearing
by an impartial tribunal. The Irish
delegates have received notice from
the secretary of the conference that
the resolution on the Irish question
passed by the United States senate has
been presented to the conference. They
have also been informed that their
previous report on atrocities has been
forwarded to the state department In
Washington for transmission to con
gress.
IRISH LEAGCE IS ORGANIZED
east Mr. Taylor will confer with some
eastern representatives of big indus
trial concerns, which are planning to
locate branches in the Pacific north
west. Paul Murphy, president of the Port
land realty board, left for the conven
tion yesterday. He started a day ahead
of schedule to enable him to etop over
at Washington for a conference with
Secretary of Labor Wileon in regard
to the national own your home cam
paign.
Portland's representatives are going
to the convention with a determine
tion to start the ball rolling to secure
the association's convention for the
northwest within the next two or three
years.
PRIZEWINNERS TO STUDY
BOTS AXD GIRLS FROM MAXY
COCXTIES GITEX TRIP.
Prompt Measures Will Be Taken to
Advocate Home Role. '
THBLIV, June Is. (By the Associ
ated Press.) An influential organisa
tion has been formed in Ireland under
the name of the Irish dominion league.
It Is composed of men who believe that
an Irish republic Is unattainable and
undesirable, but think that a prompt
measure of home rule on the fullest
colonial lines is urgently necessary.
Among the promoters are Sir Horace
Plunkett. chairman of the Irish con
vention. and many men associated with
him in the convention, as well as rep
resentatives of important business and
professional interests.
A weekly paper in the interest of the
league is to be published. It will be
known as the Irish Statesman. The di
rectors include Sir Horace Plunkett,
William Butler Tates and T. P. O'Con
nor.
Democratic Aid Is Asked.
PAX FRANCISCO. June IS. Repre
sentatives of 5 Irish societies and or
ganizations of San Francisco today
waited on Homer S. Cummings. chair
man of the democratic national com
mittee, and asked his co-operation in
securing self-determination for Ireland
Mr. Cummings promised to send a cable
to the president and said he knew the
chief executive still held to his belief
In the self-determination of nations.
CONVENTION SOUGHT HERE
rORTXAXD DELEGATES TO BIG
REALTY MEET HOPEFUL.
F. I- Taylor and Paul Murphy Go
Eat; the Latter Gain Pointers on
Home Campaign.
T. E. Taylor, of the T. E. Taylor
company, and a member of the execu
tive committee of the National Associa
tion of Real Estate boards, will leave
tonight for the association s conven
tion at Atlantic City. He will act as
one of the Portland realty board's rep
resentatives also. At the convention
Mr. Taylor will be among the members
of the United States government's ap
praisal committee, who will report to
tbe convention.
Among the things which the asso
ciation will review will be his ap
praisal of property at the Bremerton
navy yards, by which the government
w saved f lnfl.no. During his visit
Infants Invalid
HORLIC.CS
THE ORIGINAL
MALTED MILK
Rich milk, malted grain, in powder form.
For infants, invalids W growing child res.
Pur nutntioo.uphuildiag tW whole body.
Invigorates nursing mothers mi the aged.
More nutritious than tea, coffee, ate.
Instantly prepared. Requires no cooking.
Substitute. Co.l TOU Sia Prict
r
Annual Summer Journeys to Cor-
Tallls for County School
Children Arranged.
OREC-OX AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallis, June 18. (Special.) Nearly
30 boys and girls, state prizewinners
in gardening, poultry, baking, food
preparation, pork production, sewing
and farm and home handicraft, will at
tend the Oregon Agricultural college
short course, June 23 to July 4. The
boys will have practical experience in
agriculture and animal husbandry, and
the girls will take courses In sewing
and cooking. Many social activities are
being planned for the young people.
The boys will live in Waldo hall and
the girls at the Alpha Rho house.
The state winners together with their
counties and specialties are: Vern
Owens, Jackson, corn growing: Ralph
Clark, Union, potato growing; Ger
trude Hardt, Polk, gardening; Helen
C. Leeper, Douglas, poultry division
1; Russell Jones, Polk, poultry division
2; Celena Tremayne, Clackamas, poultry
division 3; Donald Bauer, -Clackamas,
poultry division 4; Dillow Smith. Tilla
mook, dairy record keeping: Frances
Johnson, Wasco, baking: Ruth Green,
Multnomah, canning division 1: Marie
Gienger, Gladys Klinehan and Pauline
Gienger. Tillamook, canning team; Ella
Kirby, Wasco, sewing division 1; Dora
Johnson. Wasco, sewing division 2;
Helen Gaffney, Clackamas, food prepa
ration; Otto Blume, Linn, farm and
home handicraft; Evelyn Glad, Tilla
mook. rural home beautlfication: Con
stance Bordwell. Jackson, Belgian hare
raising; Elmer Roth. Marlon, pork pro
duction, sow and litter; Nichols Brink-
ley. Marlon, market hog: Theodore
Resch. Clackamas, pure-bred hog.
Three prizewinners at the Corvallis
corn show. Garland Schmidt, Ivy Baker
and Itathan Sykes of Benton county,
will also attend the summer session.
Business men of Portland have made
it possible for the state winners to
make the trip here.
WMMUT OUT FOB KING
PORTLAND MAX CHARGED WITH
FAILING TO GET BATH LICENSE.
Defendant Replies He Is Operating
Sanitarium, and Says lie
W ill Xot Pay.
Alleged failure of Jack King to ob
tain a license for his bath house at
32S Stark street led- to the issuance
of a warrant for his arrest, sworn to
by Joe Hutchinson, chief license in
spector, and also resulted In a "defi"
Issued by Jack King that he was "op
erating a sanitarium and nota bath
house.'
"I am treating the sick and my rec
ords will show It," said King yester
day. "When the city of Portland
forces other sanitariums to take out
licenses. I will gladly pay whatever
fee Is decided upon, but I do not In
tend to be a 'goat.'
-The trouble Is that Joe Hutchin
son once sought political support from
me and I refused to give it to him, and
a result this move is nothing but a
personal grudge."
Hutchinson last mgnt empnaticauy
denied that bis action against King
had anything of a personal element in
but said it was tho result of a can
vass being made by license inspectora
He maintains that King is operating a
Turkish bath house and must pay the
cense. King says that he will move
to Seattle or Tacoma oeiore ne win
pay it.
PLANT LOSSJS $225,000
Box Factory Destroyed at Scofleld
Will Be Rebuilt.
B. Cobb of the Standard Box &
Lumber company announced that the
Ibsa sustained in the fire which de
stroyed the sawmill of the company
at Scofleld on the TUlamooK line 01
he Southern Pacific a week ago yes
terday, was 225,ono. partly covered
tav insurance. In addition to the com
niets, destruction of the mill, 6.00.000
fret of lumber was burned, the new
Inns reaching $75,000.
It is the Intention of the company to
start rebuilding the mill at Scofleld.
but will probably take about nine
months to secure the necessary ma
chinery. The lire last wees: is sup
nosed to have been caused by a hot
box in a resaw.
BRITISH GENERAL IS
JUST TO EGYPTIANS
Allenby in Proclamation Grants
Nationalists' Requests.
LONDON ACTION REVERSED
OHlcer Tramples fnder Foot Own
Instinctive Pride of Race to Ful
fill Honest Traditions.
Oregon Orchard Incorporated.
HONOLULU. T. 1L, June 3. (By
Mall.) William Henry of this city has
incorporated tbe orcnara in jaexson
county. Or, recently purcnasea oy mm
from Judge Charles . iemons lor
125.000. The property is Known as
oalc Knoll" and contains 42U.ua acres
according to report. Mr. Henry is presi-
ent. Dr. A. a. Moagins is vice-presi-ent.
A- L. Castle is secretary and
Frank B. Thompson is treasurer.
Umatilla Agent Chosen.
FEXDLETON. Or.. June 18. (Spe
cial.) Fred Eennlon. assistant state
leader of county agents in Montana,
as accepted the position oi county
ent for Umatilla county, a place
which has been vacant since January.
Mr. Bennlon Is a graduate of the Unl-
ersity of Utah and has also studied at
the University of Pennsylvania and
the Montana State college. He has had
several years' experience In county
rent work. Mr. Bennion will take the
position here early in July.
Divers May Raise Wreck.
JUNEAU. Alaska. June IS. Three
ivers who returned here today from
the scene of, the wreck of the Canadian
passenger steamer Princess Sophia re
ported they believed they could raise
the vessel this summer. Tbe Sophia
went down last fall in Lynn Canal.
orth of here, with all aboard. 343
persons. The divers orougnt dick 1
bodies recently iouna on me dosc. un
of the bodies was that of R. H. Davis,
Orovllle. CaL
King AUonso III.
MADRID. Tuesday. June 17. Ha-
vas-V King -Alfonso is slightly Indis
posed. He Is remaining in his room
on the orde.- of his physicians, , .
BT WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
(Copyrlpht by 'he New Tork Herald Com.
pany. Publiahed by Arrangement.)
CAIRO. The conqueror of Jerusalem,
General Edmund H. H. Allenby, G. C. B.,
G. C. M. C special high commissioner
to Egypt, came to nis greatest great
ness by a deed that made the soldiers
and civilians under him gnash their
teeth with rage. Holy Writ says that
he who rules his spirit is greater than
he who takes a city. General Allenby
surpassed the capture of Jerusalem by
trampling under foot his own Instinctive
pride of race, his concern for the pres
tige of official action, his care for the
opinions of his fellow Englishmen and
his military dislike for ordering a re
treat all that he might fulfill the fin
est traditicm of British justice.
ah tnis ne aia wnen ne soivea xne
Egyptian crisis by a single succinct
proclamation reversing the action of
London, granting all the requests of the
Egyptian nationalists. That the crisis
did not stay solved was no fault of his;
though doubtless the club statesmen of
London will lay upon his shoulders the
responsibility for all that is or may be
in the future wrong with Britain s re
lations In Egypt. That his people were
not great enough to play up to their
chief is what made the second state of
things worse than the first.
Emancipation Is Historic.
Some day the world will regard as
historic the soldierly document that
came out in Cairo over General Allen
by's signature, on April 7. 1918. Never
was greater decision expressed in fewer
words. The terse proclamation makes
one w-.sh that General Allenby had been
early assigned to write the peace
treaty. I quote his proclamation in
full:
'Now that order has been in great
measure restored. I declare. In 'gree
ment with His Highness the Sultan,
that there are no restrictions on travel
and that Egyptians who wish to leave
the country will be free to do so.
'Further, I have decided that; ,
Saad Pasha Zaglul
Ismail Pasha Sidky
Mohammed Pasha Mahraoud
Hamad Pasha El Basel
shall be released from Internment and
given similar freedom of movement."
In those few words, one man caused
the British government to execute a
swift "about face." Good authority
says that it was entirely upon his own
responsibility, and without consultation
with London, that General Allenby took
this radical action, almost without pre
cedent in British history. There was
no diplomatic quibbling about it, no
subterfuge or explanation. Bluntly, di
rectly, completely, the action of the
government was absolutely reversed.
Great General Accepts Defeat.
Egypt had broken out into really na
tional Insurrection because London
would not permit an Egyptian deputa
tion to go to Paris: and because four
Nationalist leaders had been deported
to Malta. As a protest, the nations
communication and transportation sys-
era had been paralyzed by the destruc
tion of tracks and stations by the
natives. Hundreds of thousands of dol
lars' worth of property had been de
stroyed. Foreigners had been besieged.
Ten or 13 Britishers and approximately
thousand Egyptians had been killed.
Violence was nation wide. As soon as
a lull came In the storm, following two
remarkable funeral demonstrations in
Cairo. General Allenby acceded unre
servedly to the Egyptian demands.
No little man could have done that.
The old code of the east is, "No white
man may ever admit to a black man
that ha has made a mistake." All the
traditions of government require that
blunders shall be supported or hidden
but never openly confessed, secrecy and
censorship are the old order's way of
concealing or perverting truth. They
are first aids to the weakness of a gov
erning caste. General Allenby had the
bigness and the bravery to do what
was right, regardless of the effect upon
prestige and precedent.
General Allenby Pictured.
It was a day or two after his return
to Cairo as high commissioner that I
saw General Allenby in his new office
in the residency. "He is too big for his
chair," was my first involuntary
bought. His bulk towered above the
seat as if President Taft had tried to
occupy an ordinary chair. This im
pression of massivlty arises from his
height and his shoulders, and not from
his girth. For General Allenby is a
tall, stalwart soldier, with the mien of
a commander.
His face is smiling, and he Is as
genial and affable as anybody could
desire. He spoke with pleasure of the
many letters he had received from
Americans concerning his work in
Palestine, and the idea, which I sug
gested to him, that America would give
him an ovation should be visit the
States was by no means displeasing.
We chatted of the near eastern situa
tion in general; and his observations
were of a character that one associates
with a soldier direct, clear-cut and
forceful. His voice is soft and pleasant,
and his opinions are tinged by kindli
ness toward even the trouble makers in
the east. With unaffected hospitality.
General Allenby Insisted upon taking
us into the drawing room of the resi
dency to meet Lady Allenby: and he
quite genially posed for a Herald photo
graph, which proved so good that he
sent a copy of it to his mother.
The human likableness of this mac
and his unaffected simplicity and do
mesticity take on a tragic interest
when it is recalled that his only son
perished in action in France. The
young soldier refused a staff position
with his father, preferring the chances
of 'a warrior on the battlefield. His
death was glorious: but there remains
an unfillable vacancy in the home and
hearts of General and Lady Allenby.
"I have not come with a gallows and
an axe. was his way of expressing
his attitude toward the disorders In
Egvpt. He mentioned his interviews
with Egyptian notables and the efforts
to promote counsels of moderation.
"We cannot slaughter a whole nation."
He was working for the amelioration
of the bitterness of feeling and he had
held in abeyance the orders to burn
villages adjacent to the scene of any
new outbreaks. Although he did not
speak of It to me. I know he was in
vestigating the destruction of a num
ber of towns and villages which had
already been wiped out by the troops.
Mandatory Fewer Saargeated.
Upon a second visit to the residency
I mentioned the sentiment of some
moderate nationalists that Great Bri
tain should be made mandatory over
Egypt instead of a protectorate.
"What's the difference? It seems to
me a mere matter of words." Re
minded that a mandatory is temporary
and responsible to the league of na
tions, whereas a protectorate may be
anything, ho still thought the dif
ference non-essential; for his confi
dence in Britain's good faith and good
will is too deep to admit of any dis
cussion. In this spirit he promptly granted
my request that I should be given the
official figures as to the British offi
cials in Egypt by years to show
whether their number is increasing or
decreasing, and their salaries as com
pared with those of the Egyptians to
whom they are "advisers"! He also
authorized his office to supply me with
figures concerning the prices paid the
Egyptians for animals when they were
requisitioned for war purposes and
the prices at which they were sold
back again a sore point with the fel
laheen. Unfortunately, the residency
later informed me that the pressure
upon the clerical force was too great
to enable it to comply with this prom
ise of the high commissioner.
General Allenby embodies the spirit
of the growing group of idealists in
government service who believe in sun
light diplomacy. In the welfare and
possibilities of the weaker peoples, in
the sacrednese of the British mission as
a serving nation and in the para
mountry of her real honor. I doubt if
anybody has ever heard him indulge in
sneers at the Wilson principles of lib
erty, safety and self-determination for
little peoples.
Empire's Battlefield Decisive.
What further drastic action General
Allenby will take In order to try to
restore his nation to its former estate
in Egypt remains to be seen. Nobody
thinks he will be swerved by the
clamor of criticism that has risen
against him amid his own nationals In
Egypt. He sees imperially. That what
Great Britain does or leaves undone at
this cross-roads of earth will be within
a few weeks' bazaar talk In India and
Persia and Mesopotamia and Syria and
Turkey and in the African colonies be
understands full well.
As a soldier he envisaged Egypt as
the decisive battlefield of British im
perialism. I fancy that he cares less for
the comment in the London clubs than
for the talk of the Beirut and Bagdad
an'd Bokhara and Bombay bazaars. Nor
can he be blind to the fact that his
course makes it inevitable that high
Anglo-Egyptian official heads not a
few are to fall Into the .executioner's
basket, and that bone-rattling changes
are to be effected in the foreign office
in London.
When he ordered an official inquiry
into the conduct of soldiers charged
with precipitating the disturbances
which nullified his proclamation, turn
ing the sprit of Egyptian goodwill
which he had evoked into the gall of
bitterness, he must have known that
he was but anticipating larger govern
mental inquiries which will profoundly
affect the conduct of the British em
pire. General Allenby came to Egypt as a
Joseph for an emergency; he may turn
out to be a Moses.
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ONLY TWO DAYS REMAIN
LMNS FIELD PLANKED
PERMANENT LOT FOR PLAXES
CALLED NECESSITY.
Chamber of Commerce Considers
Means for Keeping City
. Abreast of Times.
The managing committee of the de
partment of industries of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce yesterday ap
pointed J. O. Elrod to confer with the
proper authorities in preparation of
plans for establishing a permanent
landing field for airplanes, properly
marked for landings day and night.
The Service Motor-Truck company.
Wabash. Ind., has asked for informa
tion as to such a field and announces
plans for establishment of delivery
service for automobile parts by aid
planes, to Include all of the principal
cities.
Chairman A. H. Devers and members
of the committee were of the opinion
that It is essential for Portland to
meet the requirements for the found-
ng of commercial lines of air com
munication that will enable speedy dis
patch of important repair parts. Like
inquiries have come to city officials.
A communication was received from
the Akron. O., chamber of commerce,
calling attention to a disposition on
the part of the government to sup
press the aviation development of the
army and urging the belief that it
should be maintained at considerable
magnitude in order that the federal
government may foster progress to
keep this country foremost in aerial
achievement. '
Censorship Off Saturday.
WASHINGTON, June 18. Official an
nouncement was made today that the
United States postal censorship would
be discontinued next Saturday.
Deschutes to Have County Exhibit.
BEND, Or.. June 18. (Special) For
the first time in Deschutes county's
history the county will have an in
dependent exhibit at the Salem state
MAGICAL WITH
MYSTERY-
GLOWING WITH
COLOR
COMING
SATURDAY
CHARLES
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SUBLIME IN
ITS APPEAL.
Positively Stopping
Friday Midnight
No Longer!
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The story of an unhappy
daughter of the East and
West an outcast of both
races working out her
astonishing destiny.
SM0VA
THE RE
LANTERN"
MURTAGH
AND OUR
$50,000 ORGAN
"SKYLAND" a Prizma
Scenic in Natural Color
fair, it was decided today. Hitherto
the display of agricultural products
has been combined with that of Crook
county.
Lodges to Hold Rennion.
WHITE SALMON, Wash., June 18.
(Special.) Members of the Goldendale
and Trout Lake Masonic order will
meet Saturday evening with the White
Salmon lodge for their annual reunion.
The reunions were discontinued during
the war period. Goldendale will have
a representation of nearly 50 members.
Pasco Boy Hill Graduate.
PASCO, Wash., June 18. (Special.)
Donald Austin, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George L. Austin of this city, was one
of the graduates at the Hill military
academy at Portland, graduating with
the rank of second lieutenant. A broth
er. Thomas Austin, is also a student at
the same school and is a second lieutenant.
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