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RESERVATIONS TO THE TREATY.
Opposition to the peace treaty Is
now narrowing: down to a proposal
to ratify it with reservations as to
certain articles of the league covenant
which will meet the objections of the
great majority of senators who signed
the round robin. This would leave
out of consideration such Irreconcil
ables as Senators Borah, Reed and
rolndexter, who would probably keep
the nation in a nominal state of war
as long: as they were able to whisper
"So." Discussion has exposed the
fallacy of many criticisms and has
calmed the terrors of those who
feared the unknown ground on which
they were entering-. vvT!th the treaty,
covenant included, actually before
them, senators have only the choice
between ratification and refusal to
ratify. If they choose the latter, they
must be respernslble for the conse
quences, which are that probably al
most all of the other belligerents
would ratify and renew diplomatic
and commercial relations with Ger-
many, while this country and any
others which refused to ratify would
have to go into a new conference and
make a new treaty with the covenant
omitted. The league would then be a
European-Asiatic league or would die
at birth.
When senators consider these al
ternatives, they may be expected to
reconsider their objections, to find
what real substance they have and to
abandon some as not worth Insisting
upon at the cost of destroying the en
tire instrument. Thus it may be that
they will seek means of registering
their objections and exceptions to
questions from the league's action.
but reserves to the council the right
to decide that they are such. This
provision, has caused some misgiving.
but it should not. The council must
vote unanimously to decide that
question is not domestic and, if it were
to declare the tariff of one nation
arbitrable, the same rule would apply
to all. including the great nations
represented on the council. Their own
interest would influence them. On
this subject too a reservation might be
made, clearly defining our position
without Impairing the validity of the
article.
Reservations to a treaty are noth
ing new. In fact they are extremely
common. A notable example' is the
American reservation to the treaty of
Algeciras signed on April 7. 1906
This treaty contains provisions which
interfere in many details of affairs in
Morocco, and with its relations with
several European nations, yet Henry
White, one of the American delegates
to the present peace conferenoe, took
a very active part in its negotiation.
The senate ratified the treaty with a
reservation clause stating why the
United States participated, and con
cluding:
Without purpose to depart from the tra
ditional American foreign policy which for
bids participation by the t'nited States In
the settlement of political questions which
are entirely European tn their scope.
That is, the United States renounced
a purpose to do the very thing which
it did by that treaty, but the validity
of the treaty was not affected.
There were numerous reservations
to one after another of the Hague
treaties of 1907. For example, that
restricting use of force to collect
debts bears reservations by Argentina,
Colombia, the Dominican republic.
Ecuador, Greece. Guatemala, Peru,
Uruguay and the United States.
It is quite practicable for the senate
to make reservations to the treaty
with Germany and still to ratify it,
provided that the reservations do not
release us from obligations to observe
vital parts of it. We may define and
explain our view of particular articles
so long as we do no' violence to their
sense, and may still ratify the treaty
as a whole. Reservations must not.
however, strike at vital parts of the
treaty and make them of no effect
they should not tear out its backbone
and leave it limp and useless. In short
ratification must actually ratify the
work done at Paris, or there will be
no peace.
Apennines, and can improve Italian
ports. 'Locomotives, railroad and tele
phone material, automobiles and all
kinds of machinery can be supplied
from this country. The coal supply
from Britain has fallen short, but can
be drawn from the United States.
Thus the most effective cure for food
riots would be found, for the people
would have work and would be able
to buy those Imported articles which
they cannot produce,
Before Italy could expect this aid
from America it should abandon its
claim to Flume and other ports which
belong by nature to the Jugo-Slavs.
The Italians would soon learn that
they would derive far more profit
from the financial and Industrial help
of America than from the possession
of ports which they lack means to
develop and which would be sur
rounded by a hostile population. With
Genoa, Naples and Trieste modern
ized, they would be far better equipped
for commerce than if they added all
the Adriatic ports but kept all ports
antiquated and ill equipped.
some articles while they vote approva
of all others. They may balk
Shantung, but they may remember
that It was necessary to bring twenty-
two nations Into agreement with ear
other in order that they all might
agree with one nation, and that some
provisions which are Indefensible in
themselves may have to be accepted
In order to win assent to the rest- They
then may center their criticisms on
those articles which affect matters of
principle or policy that they consider
vital, and rather than surrender which
they woald reject both the terms of
peace and the leagtie covenant.
Three such questions stand out In
the covenant article 10. by which all
league members pledge themselves to
reciprocal defense against externa
aggression: the recognition of the
Monroe doctrine: and the danger that
we might be compelled to submit
domestic questions to arbitration or
mediation.
As to article 10. It must be apparent
that its primary purpose, is to place
the power of the great nations behind
the small nations which are In a stale
of flux but need to be settled, pacifier!
and strengthened In order that they
may form a barrier against renewed
German aggression eastward or south
ward. It is also particularly designed
to defend France and Belgium, since
they have Imposed a moral obligation
on other nations by suffering more
than their share, and. after Russia
has delivered itseff from bolshevtsm,
to maintain it until It has gained
strength to preserve Its Independence.
This country will need no defense
from other league members, nor will
Gnat Britain or Japan or Italy, so far
as ran now be foreseen. Where de
fense against attack is needed, it is
likely to be rendered by the nearest
neighbors, so far as armed force is
concerned.
This is In substance the first view
which ex-Senator Root took of article
10 in his letter to Chairman Hays of
the republican national committee on
March 19. He said "this article must
be considered not only with reference
to the future but with reference to the
present situation in Europe" and con
tinued: The allied nations in their council muat
determine the lines of reconstruction. Their
determinations muat be enforced. They may
make miMtakea: doubtless tbey will: but
there mut be decision, and decision muat
be enforced. t'ndrr these conditions the
I ntted states cannot quit. It muat so on
to the performance of Ita duty, and the Im
mediate expect of article 10 la an asreement
to do that.
He proposed an amendment giving
. the right to withdraw from article 10
after five years by giving one year's
notice. The peace conference met his
view by giving the right to withdraw
from the league entirely after two
years' notice, but Mr. Root modified
his view by proposing that the United
States withhold assent to article 10
on the ground that it Is not necessary
to a practical plan for a league of
nations."
SurWy a reservation restricting the
obligation of the United States under
this article to the present settlement
and for a limited period should satisfy
tho.e senators who fear an indefinite,
extensive liability to take a hand In
ery nations war.
otj.M-tion Is made to article 21 on
the ground that it does not Indorse
the Monroe doctrine and that it
wrongly defines that dictum as a re
gional understanding." The article
rays that nothing In the covenant shall
"affe-t the validity" of the Monroe
dtx-trine. That leaves Its validity
where It was before, morally sup
portei bv Britain, undisputed by the
other allies and questioned only by
Germany, whom the treaty ties hand
and foot. By Implication Europe
axrees not to oppose what is In fact
a declaration of American policy, and
tnere Is small dancer that It will,
after having been obliged to Invite our
aid In saving European civilization.
But If we wub to define the Monroe
d.-K-trine and our policy more clearly,
the way Is open for the senate to do
so in the form of a reservation with
out affecting the text of the covenant
Fears are expressed that the United
States may be required to arbitrate or
submit to mediation by the leagtie
such domestic questions as the tariff
and Immtirratlon. but atich questions
are so regarded by all nations, which
are as Jealous as the United Stales for
their exclusive jurisdiction. The
covenant expressly excludes domestic
POPILAR ORATORY.
Mr. Bryan Is publicly acclaimed by
an admirer, on his arrival in Oregon,
the most popular orator of his
time and of all time." Probably it Is
true. If it is Intended to say that more
people have listened to his resonant
voice than to any other. In three
presidential campaigns he canvassed
the country and spoke literally to mil
lions of people: and in the intervals
of the times when he was, according
to hia wont, running for the presi
dency, he has appeared before his
thousands and tens of thousands. At
Gladstone Sunday it is estimated that
12.000 were present to hear him; and
before he leaves Oregon he will
speak at a half dozen or more places.
and will be greeted by large crowds.
The population of the United States
la one hundred million; and It la likely
that one-fourth of them have at one
time or another seen or heard Mr.
Bryan. Can any other orator in all
history point to such a record? None,
because no other ever had the same
opportunities for an audience.
The quality and effect of Mr.
Bryan's political oratory may present
another question. Undoubtedly his
electric crown-of-thorns-cross-of-gold
speech was directly responsible for his
nomination at Chicago in 1896: but
it will scarcely be urged that his words
had the same magic Influence when
he asked the people to make him
president. Demosthenes alone aroused
a soft and lethargic nation to go to
war to repel the Invader; St. Paul was
followed by multitudes to hear him
expound the doctrines of the new re
igion of Christ; Savonarola It is said.
shook men s souls by his terrible
threats of the wrath to come, and
drew tears from their eyes by the ten
der pathos of his assurance of divine
merry"; and he acquired a personal
power over the people which has been
but rarely rivaled. Peter the Hermit
is generally credited with responsibil
ity, by his passionate and fervent
words, for the first crusade. Edmund
Burke lives today In his great ora
tions, for their exposition of sound
political philosophy was for all time.
Daniel Webster is read today, for his
reply to Hayne, for his Bunker Hill
address and for the living principles
correct political action which he
enunciated; while Henry Clay, who
had far more power with the people.
is but a memory of the time. Lin-
coin's addresses are Immortal, or some
of them are. But can anybody re
member or repeat anything said by
his great rival, Douglas?
Whether Mr. Bryan belongs in the
American group represented on the
one hand by Lincoln and Webster, or
on the other by Clay or Douglas, may
be answered by .anyone according to
his own fancy. But surely if he be
longs with either his fame will be
guaranteed.
PAYING FOR SOCIALISM.
The British government appears to
have deliberately given the people a
practical lesson in the consequence of
making demands that are not justified
by market conditions. The coal miners
extorted a 20 per cent advance of
wages, a seven-hour day and they de
mand nationalization of the mines.
which, all authorities agree, would
still further enhance cost of produc
tion. The government, which still
controls coal, raises the price $1.50 a
ton and in effect puts the responsi
bility on the miner's. , So the enraged
consumers are up in arms, and the
miners are on the defensive.
Far-reaching effects flow from the
high price of coal. It makes steel
dear, leaving manufacturers unable to
compete with Americans. It has the
same effect in every industry in which
coal is used, and the return of de
mobilized soldiers to work is delayed.
Even laundries feel the effect, for
every family bill is larger. The gov
ernment pays unemployment allow
ance to Idle men, and everybody pays
more taxes to pay them. Many men
would rather barely exist in idleness
on their allowances than work and
live In comfort.
At the same time production of coal
continues to decrease. The decrease
during the war was ascribed to trans
fer of men to the army, but the soldier-miners
have returned to work
and still it continues. Output is less
per man this year than in any war
year, and the seven-hour day may be
expected to decrease it further. The
surplus for export has almost van
ished, and the high price has handed
over the export trade to America.
The people of the British isles are
learning by practical demonstration
the fallacy of socialism the old
familiar truth that one cannot take
more out of a quart measure than
one puts in and the course of their
government is calculated, perhaps de
signed, to drive home the lesson. The
result is likely to be a return to the
old. tried and true economic prin
ciples, with such a change in their
application that every man will be
paid for wnat he does, will know that
he gets all that he earns and will
therefore have the incentive to work
for it. For many years the world has
drifted toward socialism; now it is
swinging away. The best cure for
socialism is a dose of it-
aversion for any appearance of ven
geance. It Britain declines the job of pro
viding the scene for the trial, it will
' not be easy to find any other country
in Europe which is willing to stage it-
Holland would not, in fear of the un
dying vengeance of the German mili
tarists, and out of regard for the Ger
man connections of its queen. Swit
zerland would decline the job, for it
has too large a German element in its
population to escape trouble. The
French people would be glad to hang
mm first and try him afterward,
and for. that reason France is out of
the question, for the charge that the
punishment was vengeance, not jus
tice, would be made by the Germans
with some show of truth, and they
would make him a martyr. Italy
would not want the job, though it
may wish to try and punish ex-Emperor
Charles of Austria. The minor
allies are too badly disorganized to
become the scene of a trial where wit
nesses must appear from many coun
tries and where such solemnity and
order must prevail as will impress tfe
world.
Since none of the European allies
are willing or qualified to undertake
the task, it may fall to the United
States. This nation has never .yet
tried a kaiser, never having had one,
but it is a specialist at doing things
that have never been done before.
There might be some difficulty about
empaneling an unprejudiced jury, but
there would be less prejudice than in
France or Belgium, for no American
towns have been bombed, burned or
looted and no Americans have been
carried Into slavery- Few persons
would have conscientious scruples
about trying one of "the lord's anoint
ed," for that dogma lives only in the
minds of pro-Germans and a few re
cent immigrants. There are several
million doughboys among whom could
be selected a bodyguard to prevent
some crank from killing him and to
guard against rescue by George Syl
vester Viereck, Jeremiah O'Leary an
others. If, as seems probable, banish
ment to a small island should be th
sentence, we have Midway island.
small speck in mid-Pacific, and Guam,
where some of the marines were
forced to cool their martial ardor.
Whether he be tried in Europe or
America, the kaiser should not be per
mitted to escape punishment. Symp
toms of revival of monarchism in
Germany need cause no alarm. It is
the more reason why a striking ex
ample should be made . of the fate
which awaits any monarch who here
after plunges the world into war. The
job is appropriate for a republic, and
its satisfactory performance would
fitly signalize the existence of a new
holy alliance which will do to kings
what the last holy alliance proposed
to do to all foes of kings.
Those Who Come and Go.
WHAT ITALY REALLY NEEDS.
Behind the food riots in Italy, prob
ably as their ultimate cause, is that
country's dependence on foreign capi
tal and industry to keep its factories,
railroads and other public utilities
going. Their factories have been man
aged by Germans, the capital was
mainly derived from Gen-many. A cor
respondent of the New York Evening
Post tells of German automobiles
made by Italian workmen. locomotives
made In Belgium and of a recent ship
ment from America, telephones made
in Sweden, elevators in Germany,
plumbing in England, street railways
in Belgium, power plants in Germany.
i'ort facilities at Genoa, presumably
TRIAL OF THE EX-KAISER.
L- The ingenious defense which Maxi
milian Harden has imagined for the
ex-kaiser as a reason for not trying
him is on the contrary a good reason
for both trying and punishing him.
Harden's theory is that the kaiser is
not responsible for his acts, because
all responsibility is assumed by the
chancellor In civil and by the chief of
staff in military affairs. That theory
is apparently behind the offer of
Bethmann-Hollweg and Von Hinden
burg to stand trial in the kaiser's
place.
That Is precisely the theory which
the United States in particular fought
to destroy, for it ls.the very essence
of autocracy, and It has been belied
again and again by the kaiser's own
words. Its purpose is to uphold the
vicious principle of divine right by
setting up another theory that "the
king can do no wrong." The king or
emperor appoints a minister who as
sumes all responsibility for the gov
ernment and without whose counter
signature the signature of the sov
ereign is invalid. If things go well
the sovereign takes all the honor, the
glory and the perquisites. If they go
ill the minister is the "goat," is re
moved from office and sent Into ob
scurity, while the kaiser poses as a
trustful master who has been badly
served by an unfaithful or incompe
tent servant.
That was not the theory on which
William Hohenzollern acted when he
went about his empire bragging that
his will was law, that he had been
chosen by God to rule and that when
he gave an order his soldiers must
shoot even members of their own
families. When his utterances caused
trouble an attempt was made to estab
lish a ministry responsible to the ma
jority of the Reichstag, but he stub
bornly and successfully opposed any
such change. Down to the day when
Prince Max was appointed chancellor
that official was his personal agent
for carrying out his orders, and he
should be compelled to bear the re
sponsibility for those orders. He
Allied himself the supreme war lord,
and he should pay the penalty for the
war and for the manner In which it
It is estimated by students of the
development of the English language
that aerial navigation has added 200
words to our vocabulary, which are
only now being classified by those
who have regard for the niceties of
speech. They regard it as important
to set down before it is too late, for
instance, the fact that an "aviator'
is a person only who navigates a
heavier-than-alr craft. A balloon is
a lighter-than-air craft. But some of
the new words are common to both
professions. There Is "nacelle," which
is the structure, either of airplane or
dirigible, to which wings are at
tached. Aviation has taken the quo
tation marks from around the word
dope, which is no longer slang when
used to describe the substance with
which the wings are treated to in
crease strength, produce tautness and
act as a filler. The Manufacturers
Aircraft association has its linguists
and purists at work on a dictionary.
to enable the public to keep, up with
the flying news of the day.
By its tenderness toward bolshev-
ism the peace conference has pleased
neither its friends nor its enemies.
It has allowed the plague to spread
so far that Italians talk of striking
in protest against its suffocation, but
Its help to the armies fighting it is so
ineffective that a victory for one is
neutralized by defeat for another.
There was a plain choice before the
allies as to which they would have
for enemies the forces of order or
the forces of anarchy and then to
strike hard.
For two years the American people
spent money almost with" their eyes
shut. For the next two years they
will be finding out where the money
went. They have already learned that
war is a great spending jag.
Don't sit on the porch or In the
yard in just enough raiment to es
cape the hand of the law; put on
something light and go to a "movie'
and forget all your - climatological
trouble.
"Donovan was walking down a game
trail when the python grabbed him. He
wrenched himself loose, fought the big
snake with his bolo and sent one of the
native boys back to camp for a gun."
That's merely one section of the 6nake
story that F. A. Doty, formerly of
Everett, Wash., now a transient in
Portland at the Hotel Perkins, bring
back from the Philippine islands, where
he spent the past six years as a lum
berman In the mahogany forests of the
Occidental Negroes group of islands,
near the town of Cadiz. Anyway, Dono
van killed the snake, and he measured
24 feet 10 inches from his ponderous
fighting snout down to his tapered tail.
Doty has a picture of a dozen men hold
ing up the extended skin. He says that
pythons are mere incidents in the
Islands, that the Philippines have i
great future, that the magnificent for
ests are scarcely touched, that six big
sugar refineries are now in ooeration,
and that the majority of Filipinos do
not want independence from.the United
States. "The politicos are stirring it
up," commented Mr. Doty, "but the na
tives were never eo well content as
they are at present, nor so happy and
prosperous."
T'ever been to Silver Creek falls,
about 15 miles from Silverton, where
the ancient craters of the Cascades
bridged the canyon with lava, and left
the new-born creek to tumble down in
as pretty a torrent as ever delighted
thaeye? Phil Metschan Jr. spent Sun
day there. "You could walk back un
der the falls, in that lava cave, for sev
eral hundred feet," enthused Phil, "and
there were dozens of side excursions in
the form of smaller caves. Go there by
way of Silverton and take the north
side of the creek to the north falls
It'e one of the most beautiful sights of
Oregon. And there are trout there, toe
big fellows I could see them swim
ming around."
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montaurae.
"As a friend of mine eaid I guess
there was a story written about it
a pig is a pig," asserted Joe Keller,
former parole officer at the Oregon
penitentiary, in the Imperial lobby yes
terday. "Grades, breeds and previous
condition of servitude have nothinto
do with it a pig is just a pig, provld-1
ing you can get the fat on him." Mr.
Keller will soon be sponsor of a hog
ranch, somewhere in the vicinity of
Portland, where he plans to raise prime
pork for the Portland market. "I've
got it all figured out," quoth he, "and
think I know just what the market
needs."
OJf CIRCUMSTANTIAL, EVIDENCE.
A slice is missing from the cake
And Willie has the stomach ache.
And though he points out clearly that
It might have beeu a mouse or rat.
Suggesting that we trap a few
And see if they have colic too.
He gets the blame for the offense
On circumstantial evidence.
Smash goes a window in the hall
While Willie's busy playing ball.
Arid though he makes it very plain
That wind can break a window pane,
Recalling many a breezy day
When glass was broken in that way, '
And makes no, damaging admission,
Still he is punished on suspicion.
The cat strolls through the dining room
Bereft of whiskers steeped in gloom.
The shears are found in Willie's hand.
And though he cannot understand
How such a little thing as that
Should make us think he clipped the
cat.
And hints that Towser was to blame,
He gets suspected just the same.
A snake comes wriggling down the
stair
And no one knows who put it there.
But Willie has been known to tote
A snake around inside his coat.
And though he'll freely undertake
To prove that this is not that snake.
ma words are viewed as mere Dre
tense
More circumstantial evidence.
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No Limit.
One treaty will endure, it is hoDed
for all time, but the printers of oil
stock will still keep up the demands
lor scraps of paper.
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- The Bon Suort.
Germany can never hone to " eet on
her feet as long as she keeps on her
ear.
In Other Days.
Fifty Years Are.
Prom. The Oregonlan, July 13. 1S69.
New York. It is stated that an ex,
pedition of over 200 men. with a larsa
quantity of arms, sailed from some
point on Long Island, this forenoon,
for Cuba.
The Bank of California has sold its
Interest in the Montgomery street ex
tension to the Hibemia bank for Jl,400.
000 cash.
The first genuine velocipede race in
this city took place last evening, be
tween Johnny Kearney and Isaac GilL
n9Wa.7.0f 20'--Kearney won In
.08. the distance being a lUtle more
than half a mile.
Providing; It Can Be Done.
Now there is no longer fear of a Hun
advance, why not put up some kind of a
barrage against the advance of prices?
The Respite.
By Grace E. Hall.
Never was such a crop of tourists
since Hector was the most inconspicu
ous aoggie in tne litter. Hotel men
fondly surveying the pages of the reg
isters, are fain to admit that the tourist
tide is setting toward Portland at
record rate, with scores of new arrival
every day. Host of them "must eee
the Columbia highway, and thev do.
Others are bent upon clambering about
on Mount Hood. And all are converts
when they leave for other scenic points.
The Canadian Rockies route is favored
by nearly all. either on the trip hither,
or tne trip hence.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Taylor, of Astoria.
wnere nr. Taylor Is a mercantile
wholesaler, motored to Portland yester
day with friends and spent the day at
tne Hotel Steward. "Astoria is active
and growing," said Mr. Taylor, "with
considerable building going on. We are
making -every effort to induce the fleet
to turn in at the gate of the Columbia
when it visits the Pacific If the fleet
does visit us, there can be no doubt
ut that it will be a long stride toward
stirring interest in the urgently needed
naval base at the mouth of the river.'
was conducted.
With the unerring instinct of men
whose minds are not muddled by re
spect for that "divinity which doth
hedge a king," the American people
struck right at the man who was the
center of the militarist ring. He was
Italian, are so antiquated that an I the bullseye of their target They
American ship which was rushed to
completion and loaded with war mate
rial in sixty-seven days lay in the
harbor ninety days before the Italians
becan unloading it.
The Italians are not an Industrial
people In the sense that they design
and invent useful things, organize and
manage great industries. They love
music, sculpture, painting, poetry, all
the arts In. devotion to which they
live a happy, care-free existence. They
left business to the Germans and.
when the war drove out German
capital and business executive ability.
industry was left flat. There are some
brilliant exceptions, but they serve
only to prove the rule. The place has
been vacated by the Germans, Italy
cannot fill it, and It la open to some
other nation to fill. ,
Here Is an opportunity for 'the
United States to serve both Itself and
Italy. ' American capital, skill and
executive ability can strengthen Ital
ian banks and set Italian Industries
going again. They can develop yet
more, water power in the Alps and
adopted the slogan -"Can the kaiser.
They made no distinction between a
royal person and any other person,
and they saw in the kaiser simply the
world's greatest criminal. They also
saw that the war was the product of
"the king business" and they made
war on war by making war on the
king business as its cause.
There is a surprising reaction in
Great Britain against trying the ex
kaiser In that country, but it is capable
of explanation. The British people
combine the most determined devo
tion to liberty with love for the out
ward forms of monarchy. The aris
tocracy and all who shine in society
regard it as the capstone of the social
system. The tories look upon it as
the bulwark of their vanishing class.
The people of the dominions idealize
it as the symbol of unity of the Brit
ish empire. All of these may oppose'
trying the kaiser because the effect
would be to discredit the institution
of monarchy. British radicals may
oppose it because they have always
favored "a soft peace'- and they have'
While the world exists elderly men
will be jealous of young wives. Young
women should consider a long time
before they are led to the altar by
men a score or more years older.
There is just a little solace in know
ing those ."burglars" in congress are
getting it worse than their constit
uents in this kind of weather.
Those lilies of the valley who can
spend the afternoon at a bathing re
sort are an aggravation to women and
men compelled to work.
The merciful man is merciful unto
his wife on a hot day and phones her
to take dinner with him downtown
if he can get her number.
Ton who ride on street cars, have
you observed the girls are beginning
to show a bit of their ears? Styles
must be changing.
They are still brewing In old Eng
land, regardless of the fact that Brother
onathan has taken the vow as a tee
totaler. And that is why Fred A. Wil
liams of London, England, is at the Im
perial as a buyer of Oregon hops. Mr.
Williams says that the English market
is in a receptive mood, and indicates
that his purchases will be extensive.
Yesterday he was in conference with J.
W. Seavey of the Seavey Hop Company,
concerning the current crop of hops.
Prunes and their purchase brought
William L. Lehman to Portland, ac
companied by Mrs. Lehman. But they
found time in the pursuit of prunes to
take a day or so off and visit the edge
of the Pacific ocean, at Seaside. Mr.
Lehman, whose home is in Newark, N.
J., is hearty in his praise of the' beau
tiful Oregon coast and its seashore re
sorts. They are staying at the Benson.
He registers at the Seward as J. ' A.
Link, of Nowhere, but the fact that
there is a Link missing from Sky,
Wash., on a business visit to Portland,
leads Dr. Watson to deduce that No
where and Sky, are synonomous. Mr.
Link is a merry millwright, who will
have his joke.
W. B. Hale came to the Pendleton
country before there was any Pendle
ton, and he made ranching pay. The
pioneer, with Mrs. Hale, is now reg
istered at the Perkins, while paying a
visit to Portland.
H. G. Humphreys, eastern represen
tative of the Willamette Iron & Steel
Co., with offices in Philadelphia, is at
the Benson while conferring with local
officials of the big plant.
Away, far away from the jostle and
surge.
Away from the emptiness, shallowness.
splurge:
Away from the routine that slaves must
obey.
Away from the counter, the desk and
the tray;
Away from the glitter, the sham and
m the rush.
Away from hot pavements to grass that
is lusn;
Away from the lights that are glaring
an night.
Away to the woodland and peaceful
twilight:
Away, far away from the roar of the
street.
Away from the man-made to nature's
retreat;
Away from all worry, away from all
care.
Away from the fetid to mountain cool
air;
Away from the racking, away from
the strain
Away! for vacation is with us again!
AS PATRIOTIC AS ANY DIVISION
S. A. T. C. Ready to Sacrifice as Much
and Worked as Hard aa Others.
HOOD RIVER, Or., July 13. (To the
Editor.) I was an S. A. T. C. man, and
the news that we are in the same class
as slackers and dishonorably dis
charged men. as "D. H." said, does not
humiliate me but makes me mad. For
various reasons I could not enlist till
last August, and I had passed the navv
examination, was waiting for1 my call,
when the S. A. T. C. opened. I enlisted
at once and served through it all.
with a few possible exceotions. the
boys who entered that unit sacrificed
just aa much, were just as willing and
patriotic as any division of the United
States forces. We were called to put
n longer hours and be under the. same
discipline as the regular cantonment
men, and yet, we find ourselves now
classed as slackers.
Some men with special qualifications 1
in me o. a. i. k. got to oriicers train
ing camps before the armistice was
signed, and the rest of us would have
been moved to regular camps in an
other month. Those who were lucky
enough to get to go will be considered
heroes, while we, who by a trick of
fate were not moved, and who would
gladly have changed places with the
others, find ourselves degraded and
unworthy of the service button. Why
cannot the war department and people
understand ou:- sacrifices and feelings
and treat us squarely?
DISGUSTED S. A. T. C. i
Twenty-five Years Aa-o.
from The Oresonlaji. July u ism
... ... nli,c-obe of he "grip." otherwise
the influenza bacillus." was discov
ered by Dr. Canon, of Vle-nn. a;..
detected it in the blood of one of hi.
patients, by using a microscope with a
...s.. lining power of ov-er lOuO diam
eters. Tourists are enthusiastic over the
Wilson river route to Tillamook. The
trip is made in one day.
Boston. The new cruiser Minneapolis
anchored off Boston light about 4 30
o'clock this afternoon, the proud holder
of the world's record for speed for a
warship.
So far as Portland is concerned the
railroad strike seems nrati-nii .i
end. and it is only a matter of time
when the clogged wheels of traffic will
oct in .notion.
Educational Aid Lair.
PORTLAND, July 14. (To the Edi
tor.) My son is a graduate from an
Oregon high school but at the time
the war was declared was working in
Montana and enlisted from Butte, Mont.
Please inform me if enlisting from an
other state than his own will preven
him from getting the educational aid
from Oregon. He is an overseas man
from the second division.
A MARINE'S MOTHER
Happy the home where there are
no men around these warm days and
the womenfolk can go about in "anything."
No, it was not hot enough for any
body. It was just a sample dissemi
nation of atmospherical calorics.
The berry pickers are about the
only folks nowadays who are getting
all the fruit they can eat.
James T. Shaw of San Francisco, at
torney for the Pacific Telephone
Telegraph Co., is registered at th
Portland while conferring with local
officials of the company.
D. S. R. Walker of Eugene was at
the Oregon yesterday, for the purpose
of meeting some of the principals in
large timber deal over toward the
coast.
H. D. Manning, proprietor of Med
ford's department store, accompanied
by Mrs. Manning, arrived at the Oregon
yesterday for a few days' visit Id
Portland.
W. G. McGee, who merchandises at
Nehalem, is at the Perkins while sur
veying; the offerings of local whole
salers for ran and winter trade.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Pampel of Living
stone, Mont, are at the Perkins, while
Mr. Pampel is disposing of a carload
of stock from his ranch.
J. S. Flint, stockman of Junction
City, adorns the Oregon lobby while
closing the sale of a carload of stock
from his ranch.
Life was one pleasant event until
the weather sharks discovered or in
vented "humidity."
The iceman must be a good fellow.
or he would be going on strike this
weather.
Seattle has a "drag" on everything.
Think of 84 deg. here and only 72
there!
It Be la Kun does not behave, the
allies will slap him on the wrist.
If it's any comfort, believe tomor
row will be as hot aa yesterday.
Travel Pay for Enlisted Men.
PORTLAND, July 14. (To the Ed
itor.) Please state whether the 5-cent
railroad fare allowed returning soi
diers is given to commissioned officers
as well as enlisted men. Whenever you
speak of it you say it is granted to all
soldiers, whicn, 01 course, includes of
ficers. But I have been told that
officers are not inckkded.
INTERESTED.
No. This applies only to enlisted
men discharged since November 11,
1918.
Insurance Not Affected.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. July 13. (To
the Editor.) If a young widow who is
drawing war insurance remarries does
she still get her monthly payments on
this insurance, or does her act of 're
marrying nullify her insurance? Would
payments be restrmed in case she again
became a widow? READER.
She 'does not lose her insurance by
remarrying. : -
As the act reads, its benefits are
extended only to those who were "en
listed or inductted into such service
from the state of Oregon." It was
probably not the intent of the legisla
ture to deny educational aid to a bona
fide citizea of Oregon who, by chance
of employment or temporary absence,,
was inducted from anothei-state. The
law. however, has not yet been con
strued by the courts, and a definite
statement cannot be made as to wheth
er or not it will be given its restricted,
literal construction in this particular.
Wearing of Uniform.
PORTLAND, July 14. (To the Ed
itor.) The paper warns service men
not to wear their uniforms more than
three months after discharge under
penalty of imprisonment and a heavy
fine. I worn in tne snipyaras ana
wear trousers, leggings, hat and shoes.
I have planned to wear the full uni
form 'on some hikes, except perhaps
insignia, as the best suited gart in
my wardrobe for that purpose. Can I
be Jailed for doing these things, pro
vided I wear a discharge stripe?
HARRISON SILVER.
To wear the uniform as you plan
would be a transgression of the army
order.
ENGLISH LORDS ARK QUIZ.KD
Coal Commission Discussea Nationalisa
tion of Mines.
Rocky Mountain News.
England's titled landlords are hoine-
treated to a new experience. Th.
British coal commission Is conducting
n inquiry Into the proposal fnr na
tionalization of the mines. Th ...
slons are being held in the kin'.
robing room of the houso nf Wrf.
whither certain noble gentlemen are
summoned from time to time to ,
such questions as the commission may
put to them.
Among the commissioners are rep
resentatives of the miners, wh.
ducting themselves with perfect cour
tesy, at the same time do not refrain
from making inquiries and interlectinir
comments that are nnintorfi,. , . .
from the standpoint of the noble
quizzed, perhaps, impertinent
For example. Lord Durham'owns 12 -
411 acres Of coal lanrlu i II,.
of Durham. At least, he supposed he
Sw?,1? " until hB opposite Mr.
bmlllie, a spokesman for tn
and was questioned concerning his title
"Do you know whether the law of
England allows any person to own land
In the full sense?" asked Mr. Smillie.
His lordship was noncominitt.nl
sought refuge in asserting that he was
not a constitutional lawyer. Whereup
on Mr. Smillie quoted to him Williams
on 'Real Property." Cok anrf hii,-
stone, all to the effect that , i
law is absolute owner of his lands, but
only holds estate in them."
Cornered by authorities, hia lm-riohir.
declared: "My family has owned land
for a great many years, andVno one has
umpuiea it.
"We dispute it now," interjected Mr.
Smillie, and went on to uuote another
authority. "There is a very old book
which says "the earth is the Lord s, and
the fullness thereof.' Would you deny
that authority?"
"I prefer another authority," replied
Lord Durham. "It says, 'Render unto
Cesar the things which are Cesar's,
and unto God the things which are
God's.
Alas, the noble landholder had used
the "two-edged sword" to his own
meaning. Mr. Smillie's opening was ob
vious. "That," answered the miner, "is ex
actly what we want to bo done at tho
present time, because of 'the earth is
the Lord's, and the fullness thereof.' it
cannot be the property of individuals."
Amid the laughter that followed, all
his disconsolate lordship could think of
saying was: "Is this an ecclesiastical
examination?"
The Duke of Northumberland was a
peppery witness. He owns or "holds"
2-1,500 acres of proved mineral rights.
He declared his intention to fight na
tionalization with all the means in his
power.
"If this commission recommended na
tionalization you would use your in
fluence against it in the house of
lords?" asked Mr. Smillie.
"Certainly. What has this commis
sion got to do with me?" retorted the
duke, spunkily.
Later Sir Leo Money, a member of
the commission and an advocate of na
tionalization, asked the duke whether
he would think it a baB thing if the
miners and their families, who repre
sented about one-tenth of the popula
tion, had a monopoly of the coal trade
The duke was most emphatically sure
it would be a bad thing.
"Don't you think it a bad thing for
one man to own as much as you do?'
asked Sir Leo.
"No, 1 think it a most excellent
thing," answered the duke.
GREATNESS OF JOSEPH CONRAD
Article Worth Preservation.
CANBY. Or.. July 13. (To the Edi
tor.) If the good will of a common
cur is worth possessing jt may not be
amiss for ma, in my humDie way, to
express to you my hearty appreciation
of The Oregonian editorial, "As Seen
by His Own People."
I think It timely ana aamiraDie in
every way, well worthy preservation in
the archives of every home in our great
land. My copy of it, of course, goes
into the stacks OakPrivate papers I pos
sess and keep. In the interests of my
few friends, as that of myself, please
accept my thanks therefor.
A. J. JUSLTN.
Fame for Generatlona 'to Come De
clared Foregone Conclusion.
PENDLETON, Or., July 13. (To the
Editor.) In a recent editorial in The
Oregonian the Interesting question was
asked: "if there is a great author in
this generation, who is he?"
The answer is undoubtedly Joseph
Conrad. A writer of great strength,
incomparable artist, his fame for
generations is a foregone conclusion.
When we read Conrad we wonder at
the wealth and power of our own
mother tongue. He is an unusual Eng
lish writer perhaps because he is not
English. He belongs to a more subtle
and temperamental race than our own.
which no doubt accounts for his won
derful power of discerning and reveal-
ng the souls of men and tbings, the
poetry of the sea, the mystery and hor
ror of the darn places oi tne eartn.
His stories of An Outcast of the
Islands," of poor, miserable Almayra,
are subtle psychological novels, so
tense with feeling that they are thrill-.
ing beyond measure.
Gouverneur Morris says that those
who will not read 3onrad are intellec
tual sluggards, "and as for those en
gaged in reading him for the first time
Oh, my word, how I envy them."
L. SCHAEFER,
Degrees of Redness.
Washington (D. C.) Star.
"He Is what tbey call 'a parlor so
cialist,' isn't her'
"Yes," replied Miss Cayenne.
"Not a regular "red?"
"No. He's what I should call a pale
fiuk, aai ttahle te fade aX that"
Sense of Ridicule Felt.
SEASIDE, July 13. (To the Editor.)
A great sense of shame has overcome
me when I realize that by actions of
the war department I have been placed
in the class of slackers and dishonor
ably discharged men. The award of
medals by the governnftnt to its serv
ice men has a very distinctive feature.
It excludes men in the S. A. T. C. By
this action am I to regard my honorable
discharge as a mere "scrap of paper"?
Am I to feel belittled Decause 1 am
a college student? Am I, according to
organization, to class myself with the
Boy Scouts, whom the government had
thanked for their services during the,
war? Even though this order should
be revised, awarding medals to the
boys of the S. A. T. C, we still would
feel that sense' of ridicule, since the
award would have been made possible
only because of protest. This, then,
would change our status from boys to
men of the second consideration class
A MEMBER OF THE SATURDAY