THE V3I0RXIXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, JULY D, 1919. ,
ALLIED BOARD TO
'JUT 111 ROME CASE
Other Rioting by Soldiers Also
Will Be Investigated.
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COUNCIL -OF "FIVE IS BUSY
iMans tor Concerted Attack on Pctro-
grad by Finnish and Kolcbak
Forces Approved.
' PARIS. July . By the Associate
Jress.) The council of five today ap
pointed an Inter-allied commission to
Investigate the recent troubles In
Flame and other Adriatic porjs between
Italian and other allied soldiers of the
forces of occupation.
The council of five has received three
rotes with seven annexes from the
Turkish mission. The communications.
It was expected, would be considered
br the council at Us meeting today.
Other questions before the council for
consideration are the frontier between
Hungary and Jugo-Slavta and the sale
by Germany of state property in scnies
wl. Approval of a plan for a concerted
attack upon Fetrograd by r inntsn
troops and the forces of the Kolchalc
government at Omsk has been given
by the council of five.
A Joint note has been sent the mili
tary attaches of the fnlted States.
Oreat Britain. France and Italy at Hel
eingfnrs instructing- them to support
the Finnish government if it decided
to accede to the request of Admiral
Kolrhak to assist him in the campaign
There Is no Indication that the allied
and associated powers propose to go
further at this time in helping In Jvoi
rhak'e plan, but their action In support
ing the Finns Is regarded aa equivalent
to assurances that they will see tne
Kolchak movement carried through.
WASHINGTON. July 8. Definite In
formation that the Bolshevik authorl
ties are planning to evacuate Petrograd
has been received In official circles
here, lwclsion to quit the capital was
said to have been violently opposed by
some elements of the government.
PARIS. July I. A decision of the
council of five to devote further time
to consideration of Austrian territorial
questions has resulted in the Austrian
peace treaty being held up after the
printers had set the type and handed
ovfr the proof.
The boundaries questions will be ta
ken up tomorrow and it is said that
the treaty will not be ready for pres
entation before the end of the week at
the earliest.
PRESIDENT HAS MESAGE
'"on: Irti'f! From First Pace.)
of "Over There." There was a sudden
pause when an ofricer In British uni
form unexpectedly appeared on the
platform. Mr. Wilson jumped to his
feet and crossed the stage to meet him,
and the cheering broke out In re
j i -i . . i i i i. .t
through the hall that the stranger was
Major O. H. Scott, commander of the
British trans-Atlantic dirigible R-34.
Getvermer apeak Briefly.
Brief welcoming speech were made
by Rodman Wanamaker. Mayor Hylan
and Oovernox Smith. The latter Intro
duced the president as the bearer of a
peace treaty "worthy of the honor,
dignity and majesty of this grrat
country."
When Mr. Wilson stepped to the
front of the stage the band again be
gan playing the national anthem, but
was drowned in the cheers of the sev
eral thousand men and women in the
audience.
Mr. Wilson was obviously nnder the
strain of deo emotion when he began
to speak, and his voice was noticeably
hoarse.
The president rose to speak at 6:52.
The cheering began again and con
tinued for three minutes before it was
stilled by the band playing "Yankee
Poodle."
The fulk text of President Wilson's
epeech at Carnegie Hall follows:
Welcome Is Appreciated.
"Fellow coirntrymen: I am not going
to try this afternoon to make you a real
speech. I am a bit alarmed to find
how many speeches I have in my sys
tem undelitered. but they are all
rpeerhes that come from the mind, and
I want to say to you this afternoon
only a few words from the heart.
"You have made me deeply happy by
the generous welcome you have ex
tended to me. but I do not believe that
the welcome you extend to me Is half
as great as that which I extend to yon.
W'hy. Jrseyman though 1 am. this Is
the first time 1 ever thought that Ho-
boken was beautiful.
"I have really, though I have tried on
the other side of the water to conceal
It. been the most homesick man In the
American expeditionary forces; and it is
with feelings that it would be vain for
me to try to express that I find myself
In this beloved country again. I do not
ssy that because I lack In admiration
of other countries.
America's Character 9eesu
There have been many things that
aoftened my homesickness. One of the
chief things that softened It was the
ery generous welcome that they ex
tended to me as your representative on
the othrr side of the water. And it was
etill more softened by the pride that I
had In discovering that America had at
least convinced the world of her true
character.
"I was welcome because they had
seen with their own eyes what America
had done for the world. They had
leemed hrr selfish. They had deemed
her devoted to material interests. And
they have seen her boys come across
the water with a vision even more
beautiful tlian which they, conceived
when they had entertained dreams of
liberty and pence.
"And then I had the added pride of
finding out by personal observation
the kind of men we had sent over.- I
liad crossed the seas with the kind of
turn who had taken them over without
whom they could not have got to Eu
rope, and when I got there I saw an
army of men. that army of clean men.
that army that one was glad to point
out and say, these are my fellow coun
trymen.
Vlt softens the homesickness a rood
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deal to have so- much Of home alon
with you. and ' these boys were co
stantly reminding me of home. They
did not walk the streets like anybody
elre. I do not mean that they walked
the streets self-assertlvely. They did
not. They walked the streets as if
they knew they belonged wherever free
men lived, that they were welcome in
the great republic of France and were
comrades with the other armies that
had helped to win the great battle
and to show the great sacrifice. Be
cause It is a wonderful thing for this
nation, hitherto isolated from the large
affairs of the world, to win not only
the universal confidence of the people
of the world, but their universal affec
tions. "And that, and nothing less than that.
is what has happened. Wherever it was
suggested that troops should be sent
and it was desired that troops of occu
pation should excite no prejudice, no
uneasiness on the part of those to
whom they were sent, the men who rep
resented the other nations came to me
and asked me to send American sol
diers. They not only implied, but they
said that the presence of American sol
diers would be known not to mean any
thing except frtendly protection and
assistance. Io you wonder that It made
our hearts swell, with pride to realise
these things?
World Looks to Nations
"Then, while these things In some
degree softened my homesickness, they
made me all tne more eager to get
home, where the rest of the folks live;
to get home, where the great dynamo
of national energy was situated; to get
home, where the great purposes of na- j
uonai action wrra lurmau nu w Al
lowed to take part in the counsels and
In the actions which were formed, and
to be taken by this great nation, which
from first to last has followed the vis-
Ion of the men who set it up and cre
ated it. We have had our eyes very
close upon our tasks at times, but
whenever we lifted them, as we were
accustomed to lift them to a distant
horison, we were aware that all the
peoples of the earth had turned their
faces toward us as thnse who were the
friends of freedom and of right, and
whenever we thought of national pol
icy and of its relation upon tho affairs
of the worlrd we knew we were under
bonds to do the large thins and the
rlrht thing.
t is a privilege, therefore beyond
all computation, for a man. whether In
a great capacity or a small capacity, to
take part in the counsels and in tne
resolutions of a people like this. I am
afraid some people, some persons, do
not understand the vision. They ao not
see Jt. They have looked too much upon
the ground. They have thought too
much of the Interests that were near
them, and they have not listened to the
voices of their neighbors.
Faith Sever Leeaeaed.
"I have never had a moment's donbt
as to where the heart and purpose of
this people lay. When any one on the
other side of the water has raised the
question, 'will America came in and
help. I have said, 'of course America
will come in and help.' She cannot do
anything else. She will not disappoint
any high hope that has been formed of
her. Least of all will she In this day
of new-born liberty all over the world
fail to extend her hand of support and
assistance to those who ' have been
made free.
I wonder If at this distance you can
have any conception of the tragic in
tensity of the feeling of those peoples
Europe who have just had yokes
thrown off them. Have you reckoned
up in your mind how many people, how
many nations, were held unwillingly
under the yoke of the Austro-Hungar-Ian
empire, under the yoke of Turkey,
under the yoke of Germany?
"These yokes have been thrown off.
These peoples breathe the air and look
around to see a new day dawn about
hem. and whenever they think of what
going to fill that day with action.
they think first of us.
Guarantee of Freedom Seen,
"They think first of the friends who
throughout the long years have spo
ken for them, who were privileged to
declare that they came Into the war to
release them, who said that they would
ot make peace upon any other terms
han their liberty, and they have
nown that America's presence in the
war and In the conference was the
guarantee of the result.
"The governor nas apogen ot a great
task ended. Yes. the formulation of
the peace is ended, but it creates only
new task Just begun. I believe that
you will study the peace, you will
see that It is a Just peace and a peace.
htch if it can be preserved, will save
the world from unnecessary blood
shed.
"And now the great task is to pre
serve it. I have come back with my
heart full of enthusiasm for throwing
everything that I can. by way of In
fluence or action, in with you to see
that the peace is preserved, that when
the long reckoning comes, men may
look upon this generation of Ameri
ca and say they were true to the vision
which they saw at their birth.'"
EGYPT'S FAITH IN
IS
Quells Insurrection.
COUP IS MADE BY. BRITISH
William T. Ellis Declares That Peo
ple at First Refused to Be
lieve Proclamation.
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HOPES OF WETS GLIMMER
SPREES BEFORE JANUARY
SEEM UNLIKELY.
Prohibition Leaders In Congress
Work Out Plans to Keep Country
Dry. In Interim.
. .OREGONLIN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, July 8. When the remaining
wet spots In the Vnlted States went
dry on July 1. under the war-time
prohibition act. It was for all time.
Those who are looking forward to
the lifting of the lid to give opportun
ity for a few months' spree before na
tional prohibition goes into effect in
January are almost certain to be dis
appointed, legislation now being
worked out to make nation-wide prohi
bition effective has kept the minds of
the prohibition leaders in congress
centered on the task of drying up the
country.
They have the votes to pass any
sort of prohibition legislation and they
say, "why not, while we are at it. Just
fix. this thing up to keep the country
dry in the interlmr"
The "wets" are making their last
stand. They will carry the national
prohibition amendment to the highest
court in the land and. arter the supreme
court has handed them nothing more
than a pitcher of ice water to cool
their fevered tongues. tley may ap
peal to the council of the league of
nations.
One question asked is: While all of
the dangers that lurk In ttve proposed
league of nations are being unmasked,
why has no one risen to remark that
the league will be "wet"'?
This question. Injected Just at this
time, might prolong the debates in the
senateior at least three hours longer.
Criminal Docket Heavy.
SOUTH BEND. Wash., July (Spe
cial.) Wilhout-a single, civil case to
be tried, the extra Jury term called for
July by Judge H. W. B. Hewen be
cause of the great number of criminal
caaes to be tried was opened this morn
ing. There are 14 criminal cases slated
for trial now. and more may be added
before the term i mors than fairly
started.
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BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS. .
CAIRO. What does America "most
want to know about the .east? Would
she rather hear about tne peep-holes in
the frosted glass ' door ' of the public
bathroom of the leading Port Said hotel.
through which the servant ascertains
how nearly ready to .emerge the bather
Is, than about the tonnage and na
tionality of traffic through-the Suez
canal?
Would she prefer details about the
new great sphinx, discovered by aero
plane in the Libyan desert ISO miles
east of Wady Haifa, to hearing of the
mass meetings of British soldiers in
Egypt and their formation of commit
tees suspiciously like Russian Soviets?
Is it more important to recount the op
portunities for American trade and
the political obstacles thereto than to
deal with the larger question of Amer
ica's place and power, and prestige in
the orient? ...
Certainly the last Is the most im
portant .subject that can engage an
American reader. He is entitled to full
est facts and frankest opinion concern
ing it. America's honor Is his honor,
a heritage from his fathers and a be
quest to his sons. The character and
reputation of our country are the sbe
kinah in the holy of holies of our na
tional tabernacle. It Is more precious
than our trade or our prosperity or
our peace.
Americanism Oatdoea Armies.
Americanism is a. world force might
ier than our armies; treason to It is
worse than betr-iyai of military plans
or diplomatic secrets. Devotion to it is
service meriting the thanks of the
nation to countless men and women
who are onr citizens abroad. Trifling
with It is an offense not to be permit
ted on the part of government employe
As previous articles have made plain.
America has for two years past, and
notably since out entry into the war,
enjoyed the most extraordinary popu
larity among the peoples of the old
world, and especially of that oldest
portion of the world lying about the
Mediterranean. No traveler can make
plain to his home-keeling- compatriots
the enthusiasm and- even the hysteria,
of these ancient peoples for tne demo
cratic republic of the west, which en
tered the world conflict with the enun
ciation of principles which have been
accepted as a new Magna Charta of
humanity, a declaration of the inde
pendence of mankind.
The American, nation and Its presi
dent have been pedestaled and. pinna
cled at Impossible heights by the trust
ful, expectant nations of the near east.
Armenian and Turk, Roumanian and
(reek, Syrian and Arab, Indian and
Egyptian, Chaldean and Persian all
have come to look upon America as
their friend and deliverer, their one
great helper in their effort to achieve
their noblest destiny. This obsession
has come to be almost a religious faith.
Never in my own land have I heard the
qualities and mission of America dwelt
upon so fully, so glowingly and so
confidently as I have in this part of the
world.
Opinion Baaed oa Acts.
Nobody planned this. It is not the re
sult of propaganda or political policy.
Washington neither decreed nor fore
saw It. The condition is simply the re
sult of the impression formed of Amer
ica by people who have based their
opinion upon America's acts and words
and upon the character of such of her
nationals as they have met. The prin
ciples of President Wilson have, be
yond question, been a powerful con
tributing factor.
America might wish herself less pop
ular, for this unique vogue has its em
barrassments. Still, we cannot help our
selves. We occupy a position, unfore
seen and unsought, which places power
beyond precedent In our nation's hands.
For the right use of that power we are
responsible. '.'Noblesse 1 oblige." The
strong cannot escape the obligations of
strength. Since the heart and hope of
millions of feeble folk have been
thrust Into our reluctant keeping, we
have all of a trustee's responsibilities.
This thing, which may loosely, be
called American prestige though it is
far more than that is not ours to sell
or barter. We cannot give it Into the
hands of the league- of nations. - It is
not an asset which w can lend, like
so many, shiploads of gold, to a needy
ally. Neither the president or congress-can
make a treaty or utterance
that will put it in pawn. For it is our
honor, our ancestral heritage, our chil
dren's entailed birthright.
Americas Prestige Misused.
Nevertheless, here In Egypt I have
seen American prestige lightly handed
over to a respected ally who was in a
tigfft place, to be used by her as she
uses machine guns and armored cars.
At the need and convenience of our
British friends in Egypt, who unfor
tunately are bitterly and unanimously
hated here, the friendship and even
adoration of the people for America
and President Wilson is lightly sur
rendered to be put Into the category
of proclamations of martial law by the
high commissioner.
The result is such a dazed, bewil
dered. Incredulous, heart-broken atti
tude toward America on the part of
Egyptians as I for one hope never
again to witness. It was a more tragic
experience than helping to bury our.
own dead in battle in France. All ques
tion of the merits of the particular lo
cal issue aside, we, as a country, de
sire the friendship of all peoples, and
particularly of the weak and the back
ward. By their good will to America
they are enabled to receive whatever
benefits, we can bestow upon them.
The facts of this particular case may
be told in a paragraph. Conditions in
Egypt during the active insurrection
were more critical than the outside
worjd was permitted to know. Along
side of violent hostility to Oreat Brit
ain went an amazing cult of fervor for
America, for, the Egyptians thought
that America would sympathize with
their aims and that President Wilson
would assure them a friendly hearing
before the Paris conference. The -British
wisely saw that if, anticipating ac
tion by Paris, America could be brought
to recognize the British protectorate
over Egypt, proclaimed In 1914, the ef
fect would be more useful to them than
divisions of additional troops. They ob
tained that recognition; and the-spirit
of the Egyptian revolt collapsed
straightway. It was fine for Great
Britain: but what about America?
Egyptians Discredit News.
At first the Egyptians refused to be
lieve the news, even though it appeared
over the signature of General Allenby
and Uw American diplomatic agent.
They -declared It -a British trick, saying
it was impossible to think that Presi
dent Wilson, he of the 14 points and
many speeches, would thus prejudge
their case when their pleaders and
' witnesses were at the very portal of the
Paris tribunal of world justice. The
second thought seemed to be that it
the tidings were true, then President
Wilson had been misled, either by his
local representatives or by the British
' In Paris. A wave of real sorrow swept
Recognition of Protectorate lhtutlrs t,'.""'.?
luxuriant hair, the sign of supreme
mourning,- a step which she had not
taken even when her son died.
An-American woman long resident
here told me she had never seen such
disappointment and grief among- her
Egyptian friends .and that it was almost-unendurable
for her to have to
meet'them. A Red Cross officer, in
transit through Cairo, said: "It was
pathetic to see the faces of the Egyp
tians with whom I' had dinner last
night, as they tried to understand why
America should so needlessly take sides
against them before ever hearing their
case." Missionaries tell, me of wide
spread criticism, and there was at first
a fear that the American missions' and
schools., would be boycotted: but this
has not happened. "Hope springs eter
nal" In young Egypt's breast, and there
is still expectation that America and
the-president will yet find a way to
serve Egypt. - Older Egyptians, with the
cynicism of the east, a resident pro
fessional American tells me, call our
president "Lloyd George's sheep."
; Right here it needs to be said that
two issues should not become confused.
One is the propriety of the British pro
tectorate, to which I and all other
Americans - give assent. The other Is
the necessity for America's recognition
of It at the time and in the manner
employed. Even British officials have
expressed their surprise that America
should shipwreck her prestige so need
lessly when a decision would be soon
forthcoming from the entire group of
allies.
Public Spirit Sensitive,
The story of how the event was ac
complished, so far as it may be under
stood from the Cairo end, is illuminat
ing. Our diplomatic agent is a man
from Texas although he is at pains
to assure visitors that he really comes
from Washington. He Is a curious
combination of tne backwoods politician
who grabs a man by the hand and the
elbow and effusively declares that he
is yours to command and of the social
climber who is more Interested in
making clear his Intimate relations
with the highest British circles in
Cairo than in, say, getting reparation
for his own kavass who has been held
up and beaten and robbed by soldiers.
On Sundays he rides to church with a
uniformed kavass to attend him and he
sits In tha front pew of All Saints'
church, across the aisle from the high
commissioner, and leaves in state after
the latter, while the congregation
waits. President Wilson worships with
no such formality as this man, wno
calls himself "the American minister,"
although he is officially only "diplo
matic agent and consul-general" He
disdains plebeian consular functions.
The American community might be ex
pected to rise up in wrath at him. but,
American fashion, they laugh at him in
stead. Unfortunately, this is neither the
time nor the place for jokes. Upon this
man the American government is de
pendent for its knowledge of Egyptian
conditions. He should have made
Washington and ' the Paris commis
sioners aware of the abnormal vogue
of America and how time after time
thousands of Egyptians upon one oc
casion he himself estimated the crowd
at 100,000 marched to the. American
agency, to cheer for America And Presi
dent Wilson and to leave memorials for
the American government. The sensi
tiveness of public spirit with respect to
America was so extraordinary that the
most amateur politician or psycholo
gist would have had regard for it.
Birthright Declared Sold.
During these hectic times in Cairo
the newspapers every few. days re
ported that "the American diplomatic
agent and his wife were guests at a
dinner at the residency last night."
Knowing Americans grinned; and when
the announcement of the American
recognition of the British protectorate
came like a bombshell, issued from the
residency along with two martial law
proclamations, there was an indignant
chorus of "We' knew something was
coming." The cautious and ambitious
diplomatist, who would not assume the
lightest responsibility in behalf of an
American, had executed a tremendous
coup that set a nation into amazement
and criticism.
When the story comes to be known
in the states and despite censorship
conditions in the whole world will
eventually be known In every land
there will be strong words of condem
nation for the American official repre
sentative in Cairo, who will be accused
of having sold our national birthright
for an official dinner.
So be it. Any man who betrays Amer
ica's reputation or honor for whatever
consideration and by whatever noble or
Ignoble motives, be he the president
himself or the smallest functionary In
the government service, deserves the
outspoken censure of every patriot.
When America's good name is at stake
there is no time to tarry for niceties
of conventional, politeness.
Faith In America Unsettled.'
This American tragedy in Egypt is
told here at length for more than its
own sake. It is now a piece of news
running to and fro over the entire near
east. Everywhere it goes it injects the
virus of distrust Into the minds of the
natives and the fear that perhaps, after
all, America is only one of the great
powers who re- banded together to
play one another's game.
This is really a grave possibility.
America Is enteringupon an untried
path of international obligations. Her
greatest treasures are in her own
hands. Will she give them over from
time to time into the keeping of any
other friendly nations that may need
them in their own old and complicated
affairs?
If. -say to be discreet Liberia or
Haytl have use for American prestige
in any private little dark-of-the-moon
ventures of their own, shall we be so
disobliging as to refuse them? What
matter if honor is our most precious
possession and our greatest means of
human service, we really should not be
rode, you know, to so good an ally as
Liberia or Hayti!
America's good nature should not be
permitted to betray America's trust.
Not other nations, but ourselves, are
to be the judges of how our prestige in
the world. 18 to be safeguarded or em
ployed. We may freely share our purse
with every International mendicant, but
there is one American heirloom our
national good name which should be
-Jealously- and sacredly kept in the cus
tody of ourselves atone, we as a peo
ple "have no more solemn duty than this.
America's honor Is America's ark of the
covenant.
OPPOSITION IS SHOWN
TO JViDNDELL LAND AC1
West Overplays Hand Pushing
Soldiers' Farm Law.
EAST AND SOUTH PR0TES
Activity ' of Western Politicians
Arouses Antagonism and Re
suits in Amendments.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, July 8. Ap early report
probable on the Jlondell soldiers' set
tlement bill, but wncn it comes out of
the public lands committee it may not
be recognizable as the same measure
which Representative Frank W. Mon
dell introduced in congress at the open
tng day of the session.
Serious opposition has developed, due
largely to the fact that the west and
south have been too active in pressing
the bill. Some members of the com
mittee foresaw the danger and sought
to keep the testimony before the com'
mittee balanced between all sections
of the ountfy, but the situation got
away from them.- - A sense of courtesy
prevented them from setting their feet
down squarely- and saying that certain
sections of the country had been ade
quately heard and that the purpose
was to place land in every part of the
country at the disposal of the returned
soldier and let him choose his location
-The result was that for days at
time the hearing sounded much like
the whole proposition was one to de
velop arid lands in the west and mem
bers of congress from the' east and
middle west began to accuse the west
of trying to steal their populations and
their labor supply.
West Overplays Hand.
The general aspect of the hearing
misrepresented the intent of the bill.
The difficulty was that some man far
out in the west would take the notion
to get on the train and come to Wash
Ington to tell the public lands com
mittee all about irrigation. He would
come without. consulting the committee
and when he arrived would demand
that he be heard. It was hard to re
fuse a man who had come so far.
Sometimes he- was a politician with
ambitions, wishing to make an appeal
to the soldier, and sometimes he was
not, but that is immaterial. The pain
ful fact is that in this way he helped
to overplay the' west. This is true to
not quite, so large an extent of the
south.
The bill' will in all probability pass,
but it will not be as good a measure
for the west as It would have been had
not the wests case been prejudiced.
Many Suggestions Made.
Suggestions of all sorts are advanced
now to insure the success of the bill
many of which depart radically from
the original plan. One is to make it
possible for the soldier to purchase
land in asegregated unit far from any
soldier community. Another, and one
by which the west would fare badly,
is to provide that the 1500,000,000 to
be appropriated be apportioned to the
states according to the number of sol
diers each state furnished.
This plan would remove the bogey of
shifting population against which the
east and middle west are now railing
so tempestuously. The unfortunate
part of this situation is that in their
opposition, they are raising objections
that are unfair.
They say, "Why force the soldier to
become a farmer?" And "How is this
going to help the soldier who does not
wish to farm?" This is unfair because
the soldiers' settlement bill is only one
way of doing something for the sol
dier. This bill presupposes to benefit
only those soldiers who long for the
simple life.
Legislation Sure to Pass.
Congress will devote much time in
the next few years to taking care of
the men who risked their lives in the
war just closed. There Is no doubt
that legislation will be formulated
which will do something worth while
for soldiers of every trade and voca
tion. Already a bill has been passed
for the vocational rehabilitation of the
soldiers who were Injured In the fight
ing. Every soldier who needs help will
get it in time, because there are
enough of them to see that they do get
it. and the soldiers settlement bill is
Just one way of caring for a certain
class of soldiers. Others are receiving
preference in all lines of government
work and this preference will extend
to private employment in many places.
Clgarmakers Go on Strike.
BOSTON. July 8. More than
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PARIS NEWSPAPER DECLARES
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3Iere Announcement of It will
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Polk May Relieve Lansing.
PARIS, July 8. Announcement was
made today that Frank L. Polk, acting;
secretary of state in Washington, had
been asked to come to Paris to take
the place of Secretary of State Lansing
as head of the American peace mission,
if Mr. Polk's health would permit.
2000
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for a wage increase of approximately 14
per cent.
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
PARIS, July 8. The Petit Parisian,
explaining the agreement entered into
by the United States and Great Britain
to come to the aid of France in case ol
nprovoked aggression by Germany.
says:
"For the first time' a convention oi
this kind is made public directly after
Its conclusion. This may be called an
act of diplomacy, accomplished in tha
face of the whole world, one all tn
more decisive for not being kept secret
in the chancellories. The circumstances
relative to its conclusion are known.
'"The league of nations cannot oper
ate immediately. Years may go befor
it really comes into force, and in th
meantime France may again be th
victim of aggression. The danger of
ae-e-ression menaces France more than
any country which is a member of thi
Ipaeue. America being tar away, anoi
England more than ever protected by
the sea.
Mr. Wilson and Mr. Lloyd George
realized that France needed an Immedi
ate guarantee, the simple proclamation
f'which would keep in cnecK any ae-
sire for aggression. The agreement
ublished answers the purpose; it wilJ
come into force if any unprovoked act
of aggression be made against France.
But who could imagine our country
capable of provoking a war? The
treaty does not Impose any obligation?
on France, but her allies have bound
themselves by it to provide her with
the guarantees they deem to be neces
sary. Finally the treaty will remain in
force until the league of nations de
cides that the league itself is sufficient
guarantee against aggression. Such is
the meaning of this unprecedented
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