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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX. FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1919. GERMANY SEEKING TRUST OF WORLD Needless Harshness of Allies Held Short-Sighted. PEOPLE ACCEPT SITUATION Teuton-! Read. for Reconstruction. Militarists to Profit . From Ostracism of Country. Br MAXIMILIAN HARDEN, (Copyright .y th .Nw York World. Pub MshtMl by arrangement.) BERLIN", Auk. C. four days after peace was signed the minister-president of tile Herman republic said in the national assembly: "From a small group whose ideal is the restoration of an armed empire, proud of the number of its bayonets, comes a cry for revenge. This ideal and this cry we combat with all our force. We must and will work, and we will turn with repulsion from the thought of revenge." Then the foreign minister exclaimed: "We wish to show ourselves to the world as a peaceful nation The sword cannot and must not longer be the means of Gorman diplomacy. The activity and the eagerness with which we wish to begin and to complete the reconstruction of devastated western France shall be our revenge." As once in Athens were received the tidings of the victory at Marathon, so in the lands of the allied and associated powers ought to be hailed the reports of these speeches, for they not only as sure the victory, but they prove the will for peace. Borhf ot Tranlrd. Distrust will undoubtedly still hiss that words are cheap and "how could beaten, disarmed Germany talk other wise? The boche is tricky, and now, because he cannot do anything else, he seeks to gain the world's confidence by trickery, maskiiif? as a pacifist." Who thinks this is in error and his error may become dangerous for hu manity and. therefore, for himself. Germany unfortunately spoke differ ently even after defeat. Otherwise there would have been a better treaty and one better calculated to maintain calm in the world. The fact that now such ministerial speeches are possible and that they gain the applause othe majority in parliament indicates the 1 beginning of a change in German spir it. To rejoice over this change and to promote it with friendly heart is rec ommended by duty and interest to everyone who does not wish to annihi late Germany and who would collabo rate in winning for it a realization of all the forward-pointing thoughts of humanity. Fear Dinned in By Militarintn. For five years the militarists yelled Into the ears of the German people: "If our annihilation is the aim of the enemy, if you soften for in hour, if you appear tired or hesitant in waging this most cruel of wars, you will be lost to your enemies. To be sure, your enemies talk of right and justice, but hehind this cloak of phrases lurks the greed of gain and a burning wish to break the power of a long-envied com petitor. It is a struggle to the -death, and you have no other choice." L'nder pressure of the military cen corship such speeches were encouraged and circulated. All the voices of con science could never be raised loudly enough to contradict them. Since the peace now arranged is frightfully hard for Germany and gives to other European countries co lossal increase of power, the British empire alone acquiring territory equal to the area of the United Kingdom, sur viving militarists now assert that their prophecy has proved right, and Germany's annihilation was the goal of the war, V 11 (ion (annot Be Wiped Out. This matter needs public clarifica tion before it shall be too late. I have never believed that high leadership in government could countenance or de sire the annihilation of enemies. Such a policy would unfurl the war flag continually, for no nation can be so easily intoxicated by its achievements or so deeply embittered as to regard itself as the measure for all things. It seems the worst folly or madness to suppose a nation could be annihilat ed which had prospered through four centuries and to which belong at least SO, OOO.noo people; which half a century ago laboriously fought for and ob tained the union of its people, with the exception of those in German Aus tria, and which in the late war gave the most terjible proof of its virility. The nearest approach to annihila tion might have conve if the army had been shaken to pieces and the" citi zenry had become bloodless from privation. But then the entente cor diale of humanity and of reason would have triumphed in the camp of our enemies. German Deceit Hardened Terms. The peace treaty was drawn in its present terms after all largelv be cause of the lack of wisdom and the oeceitiui course of those governing in Germany, who felt themselves un-ri-er compulsion to act as they did. Tet now those in influence in the league of nations should take grate ful note of such speeches as the Ger man ministers, Bauer and Mueller, could make in less than four weeks after the treaty was signed. These speeches sketch the outlin-e of a programme which the government of social democrats and Catholics will carry out. If the cement of com munity of power can hold these parties together they can command a small but sufficient majority which will be broadened as soon as the bourgeoisie and the democrats again enter the gov ernment The political programme has been adapted to this prospect. It rejects reaction, revolution, monarchism and communion with impartial hrusque-nc.-s ami it dares even condemn the dictatorship of the proletariat, which had seemed essential, at least for the transition period. to the church fathers of German socialism. Kerr Kauer s socialism does not behave It self more wildly than the cause Pre mier Lloyd George championed in the battle against the owners of muni filial estates, or than causes. that Presi dent Wilson has urged from his uni versity days to the time of his fight against the railroad kings. I.nhor to Have Voire. Only one blind to the spectrum of our industrial culture ran expect that there will be no new ordering of prop erty rights, or that participation in management and share in the profits of industry can be withheld from man ual laborers. Wisdom and morality join in the free will grant of that which otherwise would be enforced, and those who brought it about would thereupon jilting new aernanas. The programme of the socialistic and Catholic labor unions for the present seeks sufficient for the needs of the small, and keeps to the flat country without mountains. To the parties to the treaty, however, it offers every thing demanded, even promising the will to try to meet unfillable conditions, in order to obtain quiet for the coun try and to fit it Into the world peace for which all peoples long. The reform announcement of this ' programme is worth noting. It asks1 whether a new world shall really be ! created or shall the attempt to create it come to naught, as has every other at tempt since the Abbe de St. Pierre. 200 years ago. invited the monarchs of Eur- ; ope to a congress to secure peace and ; to maintain it through an international ! court of arbitration? i Uermany to Kaiae Moral State. Every later attempt failed because only to the clearest brains had the i necessity of pan-human solidarity be- come conscious, and because since the ; peace of Utrecht. Europe had swollen j to super-power, and there were al- I ways those who were dazzled by vic tory, and there were always the con- i quered who were ready to plan requit- j als and revenge. If this soul status j were to remain unchanged after the peace of Versailles, then would Presi- ; dent Wilson, who wished to materialize the dreams of St. Pierre. Sully. Grotius and Fosseau. fall in the ruins of his ! hopes. No unprejudiced person can today as- sert that Germany is hindering the; community of peoples promised in the ancient prophecies. In June the Ger man peace congress, after conscien tious examination of the facts, pub licly declared that decisive blame for the outbreak of the war lay on Ger- j many. Jn July the government, freely I chosen by popular majority, announced 4 its decision to do everything in any wayt possible to raise Germany's moral rata! of exchange and to seek revenge only j in works of brotherly love, so that what German arms had destroyed might be rebuilt by German hands. No one in government place dared speak thus in conquered France in 1S71. As long as 30 years after Sedan I heard from General Gallifet "the confession that he could never again show himself in France if it was known there that he had "credited German victory to the superiority of the German army. Plea Made for It ecoc n il ion. To not the resignation and the mod esty of people plunged from the pin nacle of mad power into a joyless life deserve recognition? One on the out side says recognition will be accorded, but only after a thorough tryout. An other points to a Germany that sur vives in parades through the streets, with the abolished flag of empire car ried without shame; that permits the playing and singing of the song about the victor's wreaths of the kaiser; and to the rank avid file of all the parties, who subscribed to Deutschland Uber Alles, and who have lived to see tier many made smaller despite mobilization of all the war machinery of a Ghengis Khan. Another says: "Be patient. When the new Germany shall have com pletely overcome the old. we' will gladly consider how to help it." But we cannot wait, and the real con quest . desired by the western powers can be achieved only when the ene mies of yesterday co-operate to this end Danger of Mooarrhlnt Victory. As the work of constituting the re public, which was tle main work of the national assembly, has been finished, there will soon be an elec tion for a new. parliament. If from the west no warmer wind blows into our poor country, if the government's open profession of good will awakens no friendly echo, and if agitation is faciliated for militarists and nation alists by continued demands for the surrender of the kaiser, the ejection victories are pretty sure to go to the extremists on the right and left. Again, it will be said that the will of our enemies to annihilate us will not be bent, and therefore change of our fate can only be had by force of arms and alliances with other dis satisfied ones or by world revolution. Can the founders of the league of nations desire a German parliament ary majority composed of monarchists and communists? These deadly hos tile elements could be held together for awhile by their common wish for power and their common hate of the bourgeosie. Tank Terribly Hard. Every American, Briton and French man who has lived in Germany in re cent months knows how terribly hard the peace treaty has made the task of those Germans who have been admon ishing the people to reason and to sub mission to the purposes of humanity. Now , the proclaimed government pro gramme has'made possible a real fight for this cause. The declaration must not fade away, however, without an echo in the icy air. Never . will the wise educator employ compulsion long-er than he deems unconditionally neces sary, for he knows that needless com pulsion embitters and poisons the soul of his charge. Germany has heard mercilessly harsh words and now has answered modestly and without anger. This tone and feeling cannot last if the conviction shall take root among the people that ever hereafter the entry of a new spirit is to be kept in quar antine. We don't ask or hope for release from any reparation or other duty, but only for soft waftings of warm air calling to us that we all under stand one another again and will try to live in brotherly harmony on the firm ground of equal human rights. Not much longer can Germany wait. "Without the sun the noblest in stinct perishes." These Wash Skirts Dese?ve Attention At the special prices listed they are particularly attractive. A skirt that you can tub successfully is a summer necessity. Gabardines, piques, satin finish weaves, in clever modes are featured. $ 2.50 Skirts, now $1.95 $ 5.95 Skirts, now. $4.75 $ 3.50 Skirts, now $2.75 $ 7.50 Skirts, now. $5.95 $ 4.75 Skirts, now $3.85 $ 8.95 Skirts, now $7.25 $10.50 Skirts, now $8.45 Extra Special Friday morning;, 9 to 12: L 55 Wash Skirts of Pique and Novelty Weaves, marked to $2.75. Special Just because they are soiled a trifle. 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JUST OFF WASHINGTON Autumn Millinery of Attractiveness Handsome models for dress and street wear in such varied styles that every woman will find one that suits her own personality. 1 i STYLES Duvetyn and velvet are extensively Used with trimming-s of feathers burnt goose or curled ostrich chenille and jet in elabo rate designs. Variations of the tarn and Chin-Chin models are popular. Veils are used in interesting manner. IF YOU HAVE a special idea in mind for a hat to match a costume, our designers will carry out your instructions and produce a chic chapeau that reflects your individuality. Portland Visitors Are Very Cordially Invited to Our Opening Display of Fall Hats 124 128 SIXTH ST. JUST OFF WASHINGTON T. V, composing half the crew of the Port Discovery bay lowering; camp yesterday went rn st ri ke. Lumbermen believe the move was part of a plan to cripple the industry on the Olym pic peninsula by walkouts at separate companies .instead of one general strike. U.S. OIL INTERESTS RAPPED Frupaa nda lo Force Intervention in Mexico Charged. NEW YORK:, Aug. 7. American oil interests are charged with manufactur ing propaganda to force the United States into war with Mexico in a report on the Mexican situation made public here today by the board of foreign missions of the Texas Presbyterian church. It charges that the American people a re being deceived by inspired propa ganda and that "intervention in Mex ico is coming just as fast as certain interests can possibly force it. The oil men are declared to have offices in Washington arid New York and un limited supplies of money. "They a re play in g," the report says, "not simply for oil wells in Tampico and Vera Cruz, but for a much larger stake; they have found out that Mexico is full of oil." STOCKYARD STRIKE LOOMS WIIITKS I.V CHICAGO KKFl-SK TO WORK BESIDE BLACKS. established at several other Orecon cities. At a city council meeting last nisrht an ordinance permitting tlVe oil company to establish its station within the city was passed for the firt reading. RECEPTION GIVEN LIGGETT San Krancico Recognizes cw Com mander of AYestern Department. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 7. A recep tion in the rotunda of the city hall marked San Francisco's official recog nition of the arrival here of Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett, the new com mander of the western department of the army, and commander of the first American army in France. General Liggett announced he would not take up his duties in the depart ment until he has communicated with Ma jor-Ueneral John F. Morrison, the retirin g commander, who is now in specting posts in Alaska. OLIVE OIL QUELLS BLAZE C an F.xp lodes in Heat ; Does Work of firemen in Ashland Store. ASHLAND. Or.. July 7. (Special.) Cans of olive oil as automatic fire ex-t tinguishers are recommended by Mrf. C. L. Sams, wife of a groceryman here. as the result of sterling volunteer serv ice given by one of them in quenching a blaze in Mr. Sams grocery store here. Mrs. Sams forgot to turn off an elec tric iron. Karly in the morning the heat from the iron set fire to the board on which it was resting. The heat also caused the explosion of a can of olive oil standing nearby. The explosion de tached the iron, and the olive oil put ou the blaze. When the fire depart ment answered a call sent in by a pa. .er-by who saw the smoke, they found the olive oil had beaten them to it. M usicians Against 'One Big Union.' SPOKANE, Wash.. Aug. 7! The Spo kane musicians union at a meeting Tuesday night voted unanimously against the "one big union" plan sub mitted to local unions by the state federation of labor, it was announced today. liOsi' rs" Strike Laid to I. V. Y. PORT TOWNSblND. Wash.. Aug. 7. 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Representatives of 42 union locals of stockyards- em ployes voted toniKht for a general strike tomorrow unless militia, police men and deputy sheriffs are withdrawn from the yards. More than lOn.oitu per sons are employed in the stockyards. Guarded by state troops the police and'deputy sheriffs. 10.0UO ne.Kroes. who have been exiled in their homes fur nearly two weeks hecSuse of race riots, returned to their w"ork in the packing houses at the stockyards today. A ma jority of the nettro workmen were transported in special elevated trains. One hundred white . machinists em ployed by Swift & Co. walked out as the negroes entered the plant and 100 left the Hammond plant. M. V. Weprener. financial secretary of the Ktockyards labor council, de clared that 4750 white employes had walked out at the different packing plants at noon and that the number was prowing: hourly. The men, he said, had quietly left their places, refusing to work with negroes under police protection. SCHOOL TO HAVE WIRELESS Gonzaga Hopes to Communicate With Other Universities. SPOKAXE, Wash., Aug. 7. Plans for the installation of a wireless plant at Gonzaga university here by which news will be exchanged with other colleges and universities of the west, were an nounced today. It is expected that communication will be effected with California and other coast schools and with Denver and Montana cities, it was stated. PRISONER PROVES ALIBI Wrong Man Arrested for Speeding Languishes Three Days in Jail. 1 Herbert Tracey received the benefit of the "reasonable doubt" in a case of mistaken identity or at least de cided difference of opinion staged be fore LMstrict Judge Dayton yesterday. Though he was arrested several days ago on a speeding charge and had been in jail for three days. Judge Dayton found that Deputy Sheriff Bailey prob ably had arrested the wrong man. On July 6, the deputy sheriff stopped a man speeding 37 miles an hour and ordered him to appear in court. He gave the name of George Jackson and said he would appear. I'pon his failure to show up a bench warrant was issued and Deputy Sheriff Bailey arrested Herbert Tracy, whom he said was the speeder who had given the name of Jackson. He was driving the same au tomobile. Tracy appeared in court yesterday with an alibi to show that he was fn Tacoma on July 6, and that the ma chine had been borrowed by an ex-soldier. His employer substantiated his alibi and the case was dismissed. TOURISTS SEE HOOD RIVER WARM RECKPTIOX GIVEN PARTY OF BROOKLYN EAGLE. Orchards and Pastoral Scenery of Valley, With Mountain Vista, Please 126 Visitors. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aue. 7. (Spe cial.) Hood River orchardists kept open house today for 126 tourists see inar the National park under auspices of the Brooklyn Kasle, and the party left singing the praises of orchardists. families and F. W. Chindlund and C. A. iiell, respective hosts of the Oregon and Mount Hood Hotels. The party was siJlit and the two hotels vied with each other in serving the visitors breakfasts and lunches. It was declared the lunches approached banquet propor tions. The Kagle party, three-fourths of tnem women, were taken after the breakfast hour for an inspection of or chards. Growers opened their homes, escorted the visitors thrnuih victs. r.r I fruit-laden trees and allowed them t o choose for themselves the ripest of peaches and plums. They were taken for an inspection of packing houses and -rof rigeration plants. The hosts made no stir about the scenery., but the visitors could not help noticing Mount Hood and Mount Adams and the surrounding fir-clad hills. They thought they were fed up on scenery, they said, after a visit to Glacier and Yellow-" stone parks, hut that of the vallev in termingled with the pastoral orchard scenes was declared refreshing. Billy Sunday spent the morning showing the easterners, over his Odell ranch, add it happened that the Rain bow, distributing car of the state fish and game commission, was here with 150.000 trout fry for lower valley streams. T. J. Craig, in charge of the car. escorted the visitors through the rows of cans and showed them how the state is restocking its streams annually with millions of young trout. Woolen Mills Cut Honrs. PEXDLKTOX. Or., Aug. 7. (Special.) A voluntary reduction of the working hours of the employes of the Pendleton (Or.) and Washougal (Wash.) woolen mills was announced yesterday by C. P. Bishop & Sons, owners of those two concerns. The new week will be 48 Mi hours as' against 54 hours in the past. L'nder the new system the week ends Saturday at noon. The present scale of wages continues. Oil Station for Ashland. ASHLAND. Or.. Aug. 6. (Special.) The Standard Oil company will locate a sub-station al Ashland similar to those NEW COMPANY TAKES MILL Klamath Falls Business Men In crease Capital Stock to $100,000. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Aug. 7. (Special.) All the holdings ot the Bray Lumber & Box company of Bray, Or., were purchased early this week by the newly-organized Crater Lake Box com pany. The deal includes the sawmill, box factory, 51 houses, and the light and water plants that were owned by the Bray Lumber & Box company. Officers of the new Crater-Lake Box company re local business men, including A. K. Whitman, president, who is the present owner of the hitman Drug company; George R. Pheneger. vice-president, and Claude Chatain, secretary. 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