THE MORmG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1920
PROPAGANDA STARTS
AGA
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Necessity for Joint Action in
China Well Illustrated.
LAM 0 NT MEETS ATTACKS
Principles, Purposes and Workings
of Consortium Explained to
Press and Public.
abiding, peace loving and industrious
community that locally it does not
seem to require much in the way of
administration. !
The towns and cities by themselves
appear to move along: with local and
family government that manages to
keep the peace and to make both ends
meet. Of course, from the western
point of view, there is an infinite
lack of modern phased of municipal
government that, is to say. -of any
local improvements, sanitation, oublic
j education, etc Aside from these
iiimga. important irom our point of
view but not important to rhinAs
civilization, which for several thou-
and years has manasred tit work
along without them, there is very
decent local government.
When, however, it comes to the
central government the situation has
many serious aspects. The adminis-
ration, as it appeared tfl be in Pekin.
was weak in purpose and personnel
ana limited in its authority This
ack of capable and Dalrinllc mm In
the central government is what gives
to western . eyes their exaggerated
idea of disorganization in China.
Japan's Money Look, Good.
Tet we may not hold the Chinese as
BT THOMAS W. LAMONT.
(Third article.)
After having gained the informal
assurance of the Japanese govern
ment that it ' would authorize its
banking group to enter the consor
tium, 1 proceeded to China for the
purpose of observing there, oh behalf
of the American banking group, con
ditions economic, financial and politi
cal. In China I spent more than a
month that was full of extraordinary
Interest and found several situations
of unusual import.
First, it became clear that some
element the Chinese said it was the
came one that in Japan had delayed
Japan's entry into the' consortium
without reservations was now en
deavoring to block our path and. by
inspiring antagonism on the part of
the Chinese, bring about the failure
of the consortium.
America, and therefore the Ameri
can group, commands a greater de
gree of confidence among the Chinese
people than any- other nation or
group. The reason for this is plain.
Anti-American Propaganda Begun.
The United States has refrained
from seeking territorial concessions
in China, and it has striven through
the years for- the preservation of
China's territory and sovereignty; for
the maintenance of the open door for
all trade. It has through its mis
sionary . organizations worked pa
tiently for the education of the Chi
nese and done much to give them
modern medi.al assistance.
But, as I have Just said, there began
and continued throughout my stay in
China an active propaganda against
the consortium, against America,
against the American group and
against myself as its representative.
This propaganda was a powerful
Illustration of . the necessity for joint
action in China, on the lines proposed
by the consortium. When such
propaganda is conducted effectively
it is bound to engender ill will among
the foreign residents and business
men and distrust among the Chinese.
Followed to its logical conclusion, H
brings conflict in some form. But
unite the chief foreign interests in
China in a mutual plan of fair play,
honestly entered upon, and there is
no roorafor propaganda.
Attack Is Met.
This particular propaganda was
conducted partly through circulars,
also through the few English printed
Journals said to be in control of the
Japanese. It was chieny apparent in
the organs of the vernacular press
conducted by Japanese interests. In
these newspapers, scattered through
out ail the leading cities in China, the
most astonishing misstatements as to
the consortium were constantly re
peated. Guild and parliamentary me
morials, manufactured on the bases of
these falsehoods, were addressed to
me and reprinted in the public press
Accordingly I found it necessary to
meet these attacks in the most direct
way possible.
I had previously determined that
when I arrived in China it was my
business to keep my mind open and
my mouth shut. But in view of the
grave misunderstandings that were
being created in regard to the consor
tium. it became necessary for me to
make a considerable number of public
addresses and communications to the
leading newspapers; also to receive
a very large number of Chinese, both
in their private capacity and as rep
resenting certain influential groups
In China.
To this general end, first
Shanghai. I explained in great detail
the principles, the purposes and the
workings of the consortium at a large
tiffin given by the American banKers
at a dinner in the same place given by
the American and Chinese chambers
of ommerce, at which several hun
dred persons were present, half of
them being Chinese; at another tiffin
iven by the Chinese Bankers' asso
ciatlnn of Shanghai and vicinity; a
vimilar lunches and dinners -at Peking
and at large meetings of the repre
sentatives of the Chinese press held
at both Shanghai and Peking. Of
course. I discussed the same mfotter
Trivately with any number of journal
ists. educators, men of affairs and
officials of the government, both pas
nd present.
Student.l Tnlon Convinced. '
Shortly after my arrival in Sharig
Jial 1 heard that the Students union
Incensed by the report that 1 had
come to China to negotiate a large
loan to the present government
China, which the students violently
oppose, and by the knowledge that
was trying to arrange with the Jap
nese. whom the students were boy
cotting, to join the consortium, had
decided to make a demonstration
against me and to stone the window
of my hotel.
I sent word to the students tha
before carrying out their plan
thought it would be a good idea fo
us to talk together. Saner counse
Vrevailed among them and they chose
tibout 30 delegates, one-third or them
wumen. to call on me. We had tea,
and then spent two hours discussing
tl;- consortium.
I never met a keener, more eager,
intelligent group of young men
".-men. They were strongly oppose
tr their own administration, very
critical of the Japanese, whom they
accused of seeking to debauch and
destroy their government, and gener
ally fearful of foreign domination.
We argued back and forth the ques
tion of the consortium, and when we
finished they seemed to have become
ct-tivinced it would be better to have
the Japanese SJi with the bankers
of the other leading nations in a joint
. effort to help China.
We succeeded, too, in making it
p clar that the consortium had no plans
for coming to China and exploiting
v it, or of foisting any great scheme
of development upon the -country;
that we did. not intend to come to
China at alt except at the earnest
dcMre and with the cordial co-operation
of the Chinese people; that un
less they were convinced of the utility
of the proposed consortium, certainly
it would not attempt to function.
I was told later that this confer
ence wun the students union in
Shanghai had aroused considerable
dismay in the government at Peking,
and that when it received the report
cf the conference it released from
prison a considerable number of
tuoents confined there.
Contrawt. in Government Sfen
This last episode. If true, will give
some idea of the feebleness of the
central government at Pekin. Taking
China as a whole, it is such a law-
office by one of the militarists, put
it to me was this:
'Since the outbreak of the great
war, especially in the year 1917. China
has borrowed no Jess than XzSO.OOO;-
000 silver from Japan. What has
been done with this vast sum of
money? Absolutely nothing. And
where has the money gone to?
Mostly into the pockets of some mil
itarists and of those individuals who
are now shouting against the consortium.
"These men have developed an ap
petite for Japanese money and are
ooking for more. When they hear, as
they do, that the new consortium will
lend money only for constructive pur
poses and. moreover, will insist upon
such supervision .as will insure the
money being spent for such purposes,
they naturaily oppose the consortium
from the bottoftvof their hearts. These
men are being backed by a certain
element in Japan. Thus they are en
abled to buy up newspapers and start
propaganda in opposition to the new
consortium, but not for a moment do
they really represent our public
opinion."
(To be Concluded Tomorrow.)
solely responsible for their own ills.
Many Japanese liberals declared to
me that the policy of Japan had served
to weaken rather than strengthen
China. The way that an ex-premier
of China, a liberal, by the way, who
some years ago was supplanted in
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SOVIET CLOSING 1
Bolsheviki on North Front
Receive Reinforcements.
POLES CONTINUE RETREAT
Battle for Capital Will Be Fought
in City According to Opinion
of French Militarist.
PARIS, Aug. 10. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Slowly but- surely the
bolsheviki are closing in on Warsaw,
according to the latest news. Ap
preciable reinforcements appear to
have been brought to the northern
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TRAITOR'S GRAVE ROBBED
MAJOR WOLFF'S BODY DISIX-
TERRKD AXD CARRIED AWAY.
soviet army, and In the Miawa region
their advance is growing more dan
gerous. While the- later move
ment does not immediately threaten
communications between Warsaw and
Danzig, throughout the Vistula river
valley the Poles will be - obliged to
form a new army north of Warsaw
to cope with it.
To do so, they would have to draw
on the army concentrating north of
I.ublin, with the object of falling on
Russia forces which managed to crosB
to the left bank of the Bug there.
maneuver, which military experts be
lieve might be the means of saving
Warsaw and inflicting a serious
check on the bolsheviki. But apparent
ly this operation is no longer possible
for the situation is notably worse on
the Bug east of Warsaw, the bolshe
viki having extended two bridge
heads they held on the left bank be
low Drchiczidion.
r rencn military opinion Is con
vinced the Poles will be obliged to
abandon the Bug and fall back on the
Vistula after making a brief stand
on the Vierprz river. Under these
circumstances, the battle for Warsaw
would be fought in Warsaw.
boundary at the southern end of the
Soldau rector has not been crossed by
Russian patrols. The Russian front,
the East Prussian dispatch indicates,
r.ow runs from Miawa (a little south
east of Soldau) - to Ciechanow and
thence east to Rosea.
The Poles, it is added, have de
clined to lurnish tattle between Os-
trclcnka and the Bug. They have
retired toward Wyrzekow (about 35
miles northeast of Warsaw, where
they are being flanked on the esst. I
Soviet forces also have advanced be
yond - Sokolow.
The special dispatch states that the
red cavalry is likely to Invade the
Danzig corridor at any moment and
that it is tactically impossible for the
t-oles to leave their r.orth flank ex
posed.
From Marienwerder, East Prussia.
comes a dispatch fraying the I'olca
have evidently abandoned their inten
tion to defend the Soldau sector to
marshal all available forces for the
defmse of the Thorn-Danzig railroad.
The advance of the- Russian front
beyond Chorzele (about 45 miles east
of Vomza), the Tageblatt's advices
say. again 'enables soviet cavalry to
resume its activities, having no longer
to contend with swamp regions.
In the opinion of the Vossirche ze-i-
tung's Marienwerder correspondent.
avoidance by the Russians of the Sol
dau sector indicates they have no In
tention of violating the German
boundary of 1914.
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REDS AIM AT DANZIG lVUTE
Minister of War Resigns; Poles
Prepare Allied Note.
WARSAW, Aug. 9. CBy the 'Asso
ciated Press.) With the Danzig-
Warsaw railroad cut, Russians are
heatfing toward the Vistula from the
northwest, apparently to cross the
river and sever Warsaw's lat line
of communication with Danzig.
Major M. Fibish of , Brooklyn.
American attache here, has. resigned
to organize a Polish artillery de
tachment. General Leszniewski, Polish min
ister of war, has resigned, and has
been succeeded by General Solnokowl
ski, it was reported today.
Poland is preparing a second note
to the allies, citing her. efforts to
comply with the Russian soviet gov
ernment's proposals relative to the
Minsk conference. ,
INTERVENTION IS PROTESTED
French Railroad Men ' Threaten
Government With Strike.
PARIS. Aug. 10. French railroad
men will strike if called upon to
transport troops to Poland, iaccordiiv
to resolutions adoptea tonight.
Reports of disagreements between
French officers in Poland and the
Polish general staff have caused the
French public to take an unfavorable
view of the situation. There is deep
feeling against military intervention.
"France," said Genei-al Mirbel to
the Associated Press today, "must be
defended on the line of the Rhine if
bolshevism threatens."
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French Police Seek Mysterious
Woman in ; Black Who Visited
and Placed Flowers on Tomo.
(Copyright by the New York World. Pub-
usrea oy Arrangement. ,
PARIS, Aug. 10. ispecial cable.)
The French police authorities are
searching for a "woman in black"
who j-ecently disinterred the Doay
of Major Wolff, a French offiter, who
was hot in August, 1914, under me
charge of attempting "to favor enemy
movements" during battle.
Major Wolff was in command of a
company of colonial infantry near
Kpinay when he hoisted a white flag
on the end of his sword in an en
deavor to prevent the enemy from
killing soldiers in such great num
bers as had been the case.- He ef
fectively stopped the Germans from
firing for a few minutes. By this
means Wolff thought he could cap
ture a strongly fortified position dur
ing the few iriinutesv respite the en
emy machine gunners had accorded
the French. ' Charging with drawn
bayonets the poilus were mercilessly
mowed down by the enemy fire, and
such a state of affairs caused Wolff's
brother-officers to have him arrested.
He was tried by court martial and
found guilty of "defeatism." He was
condemned to death and shot a few
hours later.
Since 'his .death a mysterious
woman, heavily draped in black, has
visited his grave and laid flowers
there. . Quite recently it was discov
ered that the earth around the tomb
had been disturbed and th villagers
recalled "seeing a woman in black
carry away a large straw basket in
which it is presumed sfce hid the
body of Major Wolff.
WESTERN W1AN BOOSTED
Campaign on to Obtain Represen
tation on Presidential Cabinet.
BOISE, Idaho. Aug. 10. (Special.)
Major Fred R. Reed, secretary of the
Idaho reclamation association, has
inaugurated a campaign, the object
of which is to get the west to bring
pressure upon Senator Harding, re
publican candidate for president, and
Governor Cox, democratic candidate
for the same office, to back a western
man for secretary of the interior. It
is held that the selection of such
man is absolutely vital.
"The west is rapidly becoming
section of these great United States
so powerful in commerce, finance and
industry, that it is perfectly right and
proper that the next secretary should
come from the west." said Mr. Reed.
SOVIET DEMANDS SUBMITTED
Poles Are Required to Demobilize
Army Within Month.
LONDON, Aug. 10. Leo Kameneff,
Russian soviet emissary here, sent
Premier Lloyd George today an out
line of the terms which soviet Russia
Is laying down for an armistice" with
Poland. i
The first, the outline shows, is that
the strength of the Polish army shall
be reduced to one annual contingent
of. 50, 000 men. together with the army
command, and an army of adminis
tration" (apparently a permanent
force) to aggregate 10,000 men. 1
The second is that demobilization
of the Polish army shall occur within
month.
Third All arms, excluding those
needed for the army forces specified,
shall be handed to soviet Russia and
the Ukraine.
Fourth All war industries shall be
demobilized.
Fifth No troops or war materials
shall be allowed to come from abroad.
Sixth The line of Wolkovlsk. Bia-
lrstok and Prawevo shall be placed
fully at the disposal of Russia for
commercial transit to and from the
Baltic. -
Seventh Families of all Polish eit-
izens killed, wounded or incapacitated
tne war shall be given land free.
On the other hand, the terms for
Russia are:
When Poland demobilizes the Rus
sian and Ukrainian troops shall with
draw from the Polish front.
Second On termination of these op
erations the number of Russian troops
on the .Russian frontier shall be re
duced.
Third The armistice line shall be
the status quo. but not further east
than the line indicated in the July 20
note or ,arl tJurzon, British, foreign
minister. The Polish army shallVith-
draw to a distance of 50 versts from
that linei the intervening zone being
neutral.
Fourth The final frontier of Poland
shall be in the main identical with
the line Indicated in'' Lord Curzon's
note, but additional territory shall
be given Poland on the east in the
regions of Bialystok and Chelm.
POLE XORTH WIXG FADIXG
Reds Battle in Vain in Sector; Foe
Refuses to Fight.
BERLIN. Aug. 10. By the Asso
ciated Prss.) The north wing of the
Polish army, destined to defend War
saw on the north, is dissolving under
pressure of the Russians, says a spe
cial dispatch to the Vossische Zei-
tung.
Up to this time the former German
BREAK WITH REDS EXPECTED
Russians Determined to Establish
;.. Soviet In Warsaw.
PARIS, ' Aug. 10. The Kameneff-
rKrassin commission will leave Lon
don Sunday at the latest unless the
soviet before then givea the allies
necessary assurance of the independ
ence and . integrity of Poland, de
clares the London correspondent of
the Temps today. -
In official circles, adds the dis
patch, a break with the soviet is
considered unavoidable as he de
clared it is known tlmt the plan of
the soviet government is to establish
soviet in Warsaw.
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Pilot Walter Smith, in a Martin
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MOSCOW, Au. 6. Vessels bring
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It is said that in the cargoes were
airplanes and munitions evidently de
signed for General Wransrel. who is
leading an offensive against the
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with determination the possibility of
war with England over the situation
which has arisen since the bolsheviki
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