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TIIE MORXIXG OREGONIAX, MONDAY, FEBKUART 21, 1921 LET'S HOT QUIBBLE IE, If mm Work Is Declared to Be Eu rope's Salvation. AMERICA IS WATCHED runner Conferences and Quarrels' Must Be Prevented and Busi ness Started, Declaration. BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEV, rminy'ii Tormnt Pahllclt. "Copyright. 1921, by The Oresonlan.) BERLIN", Feb. 20. (Special cable.) Would a man when a surgeon had spilt open his stomach do such a thing as learn algebra Just after the' opera tion. thereby depriving himself of rest which he needs for convalescence? "Would he start a quarrel with the man lying in the next bed and bom bard him with bandages torn from his own wound because the other hap pened to be of another nationality or religion, or possess another sort of patriotism or fanaticism? If he did. ( would call him a fool, and the director of the hospital would say to him: "If from now on you do not devote yourself entirely to the recovery of your health. I shall have only one choice either to put you out of the hospital or into an isolated cell." Old Lady Europe, exhausted by a serious operation, acts as senseless on her sick bed as a man of this sort. instead of trying to get well as quickly as possible, she devotes her time to all kinds of things which are perfectly foreign to her condition of today or tomorrow, and she quarrels with God and the world. Work, Europe's Salvation. Europe must return to work. Her double wound, however, cannot be healed by mere renunciation of her she decided to mutilate herself, ..sues and conferences which then ffsht have been more useful than they are today. Twenty to 30 millions of the strongest men were called to rms, the agricultural interests of huge countries, aged men and women and children worked for naught but war. Towns sprang up as If by magic and railways, factories and shipping wharves shot up out of the ground. Why is it not possible to heal wounds with these same means? America's Help Wasted. The world does not benefit at all by one minister showing another a carload of papers which contain the obligations of a defeated country, and since the final bill will never be set tled without America's help. I long ingly hope that she will not wait, but speak now, proving that she is the heir to that majestic common eense which formerly was old England's. What will America say? I can Jus about imagine it. Thus: "Whether you come to terms in the London meeting or four weeks later Geneva, or for a change, you have th next conference on an ocean llne i perfectly indifferent to me. I don care anything about those terms which you are drawing up on paper. "What I desire are real results which make it possible for me to re ume honest trading with the whol world. We all Americans have not sacrificed our blood and our billion so that your foolishness, old or new shall afterwards shatter the mighty Doay or our state socially and eco comically. Million Idle la England.' "England has 1,000.000 unemployed Germany many hundreds of thoua ands. Let us mobilixe at last for sensible purpose. Draft your working men into armies, let them build houses for the people and help give back the purchasing power to 300, 000.000 consumers of which the world now is -in need. Are you willing Then, willingly will we help you in financing and delivering materials. if, however, you continue your conferences and quarrels do not reck on with our help. We will then have to make arrangements for a very Jong time to do without Europe and this will keep us so busy that we cannot waste our time with lunatics." Short and clear speech like that would act quicker and more thorough ly than ten congresses of the clever est theorists, who are only proving to one another the impossibility of the Xullilment of their demands. URUGUAY IS HELD MODEL fContlnnd From First Page.) jii a n ded the respect of tnem. In other words, Uruguay has played the game of a good neighbor and com pelled the others to do likewise. Its adherence to the principles of International law and the Monroe doctrine have been based upon the exact dictates of fair Play and Jus tice. Its people, who on the average are much better informed regarding the true meaning and value of the Monroe doctrine, regard the United States as a true ally and friend, and do not regard it with suspicion as to motives as is the case of some of the other republics to the south. Uruguay contains 72,150 square miles, or aoout 10 per cent more than the New England states. It is an irregular triangle, span ning five degrees of latitude, and 668 miles of its boundaries are water ways oceans, rivers and lakes. It is separated from Brazil by the Cuarein and Tabuaran rivers and by Lake Merin; from the Argentine by the Rio de la Plata and the Uruguay river. Its climate is pretty much like that of rew York, though the summer season, which it is enjoying now, i far less disagreeable. Valleys Are Fertile. The Atlantic ocean and the capa cious maw of the mighty Plate hem it in on the east and expose it to the refreshing trade winds that bio from the Cape of Good Hope, which is almost on a parallel. It is a flat, rolling country, broken by a chain of low bills, none of which has an altitude of more than 2000 feet. Be tween the ranges are fertile valleys, the soil of which is watered by a 40 inch annual rainfall, producing rich and nutritious grasses, which are sufficiently alimentary for cattle -without other feed. Consequently almost 90 per cent of the total land of the country is used for agricultural and stock raising. Measured by the standards of the United States, all of this ter rain would b graded as good farm ing land, yet not 5 per cent of this la aevotea co into purpose. xu pop ulation of Uruguay is about 1,600.000. more than half of which is concen trated in the cities, of which Monte video, with nearly half a million, is the largest. The little state, which is divided Into 19 political departments, admin istered pretty much after the fashion of county governments in the United States, shows steady and substantial a-rewth, though there Is still a lot of room in the Pampas for double the population that now thrives con tentedly on cattle raising, agricul ture, some fur, fishing, a few manu factures and trading with the ships engaged in the busy commerce of the Plate. The population of Uruguay Is al most as cosmopolitan as that of Buenos Aires, 130 miles up the tur bulent Plate. It is chiefly made up of Italian, Spanish. Brazilians. Ar gentinians, French, English. Ger mans. Swiss. Dutch and Swedes, with a handful of Americans, who regard it as an ideal home. Tet Uruguay is not like any on of these races. It is proudly described by the patriotic Uruguayans as a "white man's coun try," and its claim cannot be suc cessfully disputed, because more than 85 per cent of the population is made up of various types of the Cau casian race. It attends to its own business, pre-. serves its national Integrity, pays its oebts, saves something out of every thing it earns. Is not afraid to experi ment with a new enterprise in gov- rnmeni. and the result has been wholly satisfactory to the people, who bave every reason to be contented with the results. It is a truism of the Plate coontry that a Brazilian and an Argentinian make 15 and spend $10. and that a Uruguayan makes S5 and saves $3." This colloquialism provides a very air estimate of the Uruguayan. Con firmation of the claim is found In the fact that, next to the United States, he finances of the little republic on the Plate are in much healthier state han that of any other American re public. Under normal conditions, its equlva'ent for the American dollar in fcbld is worth $1.03. Its currency is backed by 92 per cent gold, as against V2 for the Argentine and something like 10 per cent for Brazil. k 9125,000.000 Is Iiebt. Its entire debt approximates $123.- 000,003, most of which has been used for improvements which have en hanced the value of its wealth, which s far in excess of that amount. Its rsilroaJ systems, which are largely controlled by the English interests, cover approximately 2500 miles and represent a capital in excess of $50, 000.000. The postal and telegraph sys 'ems are under the control of the government and are much more com pete than any other southern repub lic There are nearly 1500 postoffices '.a the little country. The tariff system of Uruguay Is much mere moderate than some of the other republics and invites com merce instead of discouraging it. There are also fewer difficulties to oostruci the business man seeking to sell his produce than are to be found in most of the other republics. The Uruguayan government Is com posed of three co-ordinate branches, tne legislative, the executive and the judicial. The authority invested in the executive of the United States and other republics is. however, divided tetween his department a,nd a na tional administrative council. This council possesses more actual power than the executive possessed under the old presidential system. Object la to Cheek Fewer. The principal object in adopting this system was that a check might be put on excessive latitude given by the traditional unitary constitutions .1 democratic republics, it being held by the framers of the Uruguayan con stitution that the progress of demo cratic ideas makes clear the absurdity of granting too much scope to a sin gle individual. After experimenting with tne new plan two years, the greater number of Uruguayans are convinced that it is superior to the "one-man policy" that prevails in other republics. The adoption and application of the Can ton government system of Switzer land is held to have proved more sat isfactory. The work of administering the government is based upon the most direct methods. The council holds daily sessions and Is in constant touch with the execu I've, as also the legislative depart ment. The result is that there are no lung or protracted controversies over matters of policy, even in the senate una assembly. A rigid cloture rule provides that any discussion can be Mopped by a majority vote without previous notice. Very recently, for example, a project that was favored ty the people generally was put through within 24 hours after its presentation, despite the efforts of the minority to prevent it. The presi dent of the Uruguayan republic is elected for four years, but the presi dent of the council serves for only two years, and neither can succeed imself One-third of the senators are elected every two years. MANDATE TRANSFER TO BE SCRUTINIZED Washington Gets Text of Franco-British Convention. ENGLAND REALIZES HOPE SLMEB TO DIE FRIDAY GEORGE HOWARD DECLARES HE IS PREPARED TO GO. Fellow Prisoners Raise $7 9 to Pay Mother's Trip to Visit Con demned Man in Cell. SALEM, Or.. Feb. 20. (Special.) George Howard, under death sentence for the murder of George R. Sweeney, will go to the scaffold in the Oregon state penitentiary here next Friday morning. Although Howard at first de nounced religion and refused to ac cept the attentions of a minister, he recently changed and in a conversa tion with the warden of the peni tentiary a few days ago said he was ready to die. The prison chaplain has visited the doomed man almost dally for three weeks. Howard reads al most continuously and In most in stances has demanded the works of the world's best-known authors. As the execution day draws near Howard's chief concern seems to cen ter upon his aged mother who resides in Malheur county. The prisoner has mentioned her on various occasions, and a few days ago he let it be known that he would welcome her for a final visit. When fellow prisoners heard of Howard's statement they took up a collection and raised about $70. This money was sent to Mrs. Howard that she might come to Salem and bid her son a last farewell. Prison officials said she probably would arrive to morrow or Tuesday. All-Rail Route From Mediterra nean Placed Under Nation's Con trol by -Jurisdiction of Syria. WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 20. (By the Associated Press.) The text of the Franco - British convention by which the Syrian desert is transferred from a French to a British mandate, was received today and is expected to engage the close attention of state department officials In connection with the study of the allied mandates In which the American government has been concerned. The two phases of the treaty which have engaged attention of the Ameri can officials are: Establishment for the first time of the precedent of a transfer of man date territory from one power to an other by -mutual agreement without reference to the league of nations, and acquisition by Great Britain of her long cherished dream of an all rail route from the Mediterranean through territory under her exclusive political or military control Rail Provision In Trannfer. In the settlement of the boundaries of the mandate territories, the south ern portion of Syria bordering on Pal estine, previously allotted to France by the league of nations, is trans ferred to Great Britain and provision is madi for the construction of a Brit ish railway linking Palestine with the Mesopotamian railway system through the Syrian desert. Section three, article five, provides that the French government consents to the nomination of a special com mission which, after having exam ined the ground, may readjust the f.-ontieir line in the valley of the Tar- muk as far as Nasib. so as to render possible the construction of a British railway and pipe line connecting Pal estine wth the Hedjaz railway and the valley of the Euphrates and run ning within areas under the British mandate. Work Started Secretly. Part of the British all-rail route from India to the Mediterranean, ac cording to advices, was begun se cretly during the war and was com pleted from Quetta, in northern India, to central Peris, skirting the Afghan istan border. The rail route from Palestine would cross the Syrian desert and, passing through Basra in southern Mesopotamia, would effect junction with the line completed from India to southern Persia. With the transfer of southern Syria from France to Great Britain., ac cording to officials, only the southern Persian link would be left outside political control of Great Britain, and even this link is now under political control and wholly under British military control. It is believed by officials here that because of the uncertainty of the Turkish settlement and the possibility of the passing of control of Constantinople from Great Britain, plans for the linking of the projected Mediterranean to India rail way route with that part of tne Her lin to Bagdad system from Constat tinople south will be deferred until the near eastern situation becomes less obscure. submitted to the league of nations an effort will be made to raise a loan for development of the country, according to Sir Alfred Mond, com missioner of work, who has returned from an official visit there. He de clared that the enthusiasm of the Jews for reconstruction of their na tional home was unbounded. Jews had walked from all over Europe to the holy land, he said, their journeys sometimes requiring 11 months. The possibilities of Palestine, both as a producing and consuming country, are Immense, he said, but pointed out that Palestine suffered much during the war and many of its most fertile tracts now resemble a desert. The cost of living has risen 500 per cent, he declared, adding thai tne country is in need or everytmns. CAPITAL SEETHES; MASS OF BILLS UP FOR DISPOSITION. RADIO GRANT PROTESTED Copenhagen Company Says Amer icans Get Concessions in China. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 20. Managing Director Swenson of the Great North ern Telegraph company said yester day his company had lodged a protest with China against the construction cf wireless apparatus in Shanghai by the American Federal Wireless com pany. The Chinese government," he said, "having granted the American Fed eral Wireless company certain rights in Shanchai considered by us to be a violation of the concession granted us in 1899, we therefore lodged a protest with the Chinese government, as we have an eastern extension of our telegraph company which noias the concession jointly with us. STRIKE ON IN CALCUTTA British Jail Three for Six Months and City Is Closed. BOMBAY. India, Feb. 20. Y. Has- sim, recently in England as a member of the Khilafat delegation, and three of his co-workers have been arrested at Calcutta and sentenced to six months' imprisonment for refusing to eiva an understanding not to hold a uolitical meeting. In consequence a religious strike is being observed in Calcutta. All shops are closed and normal conditions are suspended. Amritsar students, who withdrew from the colleges, are returning. Murmurs of Filibustering, "Steer ing" and Log-Rolling Heard In -Senate and House. WASHINGTON. t. C, Feb. 20. Congress has reached its near-ad journment stage of piled-up legisla tion, of "steering." lobbying, log roll ing, trading and threats of fili bustering. Only two working days remain be fore adjournment and the capitol is seething with concentrated effort to pass or defeat the mass of bills. Murmurs of filibustering are heard both in the senate against the Wins low bill for partial payment of gov ernment accounts to railroads, and on the house side in the effort to force action on the packers' control bill. The emergency tariff bill also re mains a high point of controversy. Senate and house conferees are to meet tomorrow to discuss senate amendments. Some other important bills also are In conference, including the immigra tion restriction legislation passed yesterday by the senate. The conference reports will have right of way in the house this week while the senate is pressing to push appropriation bills. In addition to the legislation the house judiciary committee tomorrow will take up the Impeachment charges against Federal Judge Land is. Another important committee hear ing tomorrow is the resolution of in quiry into the status of allied loans. The soldiers' bonus bill is to be re ported to the senate early this week by the finance committee, minus the provision for raising revenues to pay the bonus, a question to be left to the next congress. The senate tomorrow will resume fhe controversy over th railway par tial payment bill. Senetor Gronna, republican. North Dakota, is to re sums his fight tomorrow for preced ence of the annual agricultural ap propriation bill. The last of the appropriation bills before senate committees, the huge army and navy budgets, are Hearing completion. A minority report on disarmament Questions will be filed tomorrow by Senator King of Utah, democratic member of the senate naval commit tee, who expects to contest the rec ommendations for continued construc tion of capital ships as made in the majority report of Senator Potndex ter, republican, Washington, on Sena tor Borah's disarmament resolution. FAMINE DISTRESS LESS MOST CHIXESE ARE ASSURED AGAIXST STARVATIOX. REDISTRICTING CONFAB ON fContlnngd From Flrt Pag.) will be signed by the governor tomorrow. Tomorrow's senate calendar will bo featured by consideration of the re apportionment bill whjch probabl) will be taken up shortly after the noon hour. Unless a compromise is effected before that time forecasts in dicate a tie vote which would mean Indefinite postponement of the of fering. "" Roof Collapses Under Snow. MUSKOGEE. Okla.. Feb. 20. Heavy damage resulted yesterday when the roofs of two buildings, one a garage, collapsed under a foot of srTbw. Seventy-five automobiles and motor trucks were caught under the falling roof and damaged. Missouri Censorship Engrossed. JEFFERSON CITT, Mo., Feb. 20. The Missouri house yesterday en grossed the motion picture censorship bill with only one . dissenting vote. B. It H. green Holman Fuel Co. AdT, . stamps for ease. Uala , SfO-JL AERO-YACHT CLUB FORMS First Combination Organization to Locate on Long Tsland. NEW YORK. Feb. 20. The first combination aero and yacht club In America will be located on the north shore of Long island, it was an nounced last night. The newly organized Old Mill Haven Aero and Yacht club, it was stated, has purchased a 152-acre es tate at Mattlck inlet for $500,000 and will start work soon in dredging the harbor and erecting a shelter for large yachts. A 40-acre field for air planes alse is planned. Deaths Comparatively Few; Fnnds in Sight for Relief $10,000,000 With $6,000,000 From America. PEKIN, Feb. 20. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Most of the Chinese famine sufferers are assured against starvation by grain on hand at rail way points. Grain is being suoDlied as fast as it can be transported by cart and man-power. There have been comparatively few deaths. The number of persons affected bv the famine has been estimated from f, 000.000 to 21,000,000, the latter be ing given by the United Internatiinal committee. It is conceded, however, i that, the first estimates were exag gerated. The crucial period, accord ing to investigators, will come In the spring. The winter wheat crop has been generally excellent. Funds In sight for relief work amount to about $10,000,000, includ ing contributions from America esti mated at $6,000,000. According to the International committee, $7,000,000 more will be necessary to take care of the famine areas until harvest. SOLDIERS KILL THIRTEEN (Continued From Flrt Pare.) 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Soldiers Kill Lads 14 and IS. DUBLIN', Feb. 20. Ordered to halt at Blackwater, County Clare, several youths refused to do so. The sol diers fired a volley and two brothers. 14 andi 18 years of age, were killed. District Councillor Is Slain. GALWAT, Feb. 20. District -Coun cillor Geoghegan was taken from his bed Sunday to the roadside and shot by two masked men. They told him he had been convicted of treason. Phone your want ads to The, Ore- onian. Main 7070, Automatic 560-95. SHOW BLANKETS EAST GALES SWEEP COAST FROM HATTEKAS TO MAISE. Fair and Warmer Weather Pre dicted for Tomorrow and Tues day by Weather Bureau. "WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The east from Tennessee and Virginia to northern New York and the southern edge of New England was blanketed with snow tonight. All indications pointed toward a rapid disappearance of the Bnow through fair and warm er weather tomorrow and Tuesday, the weather bureau said. The Atlantic coast from Cape Hat teras to ilastport. Me., experienced high gales. The wind reached a ve locity of 68 miles an hour at Kan tucket, Mass. NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Driven by a gale, a blizzard gripped ftew York today and blanketed the city with 12 H inches of snow. The storm pass ed at 10 P. M. Early toaay the ship ping board steamer Cold Harbor went aground off Coney Island. The ves sel was refloated by 10:30 P. M. Surface and elevated traffio was badly disrupted during the morning. The water front was deserted and shipping at a standstill. "Executed" American Style. NEW YORK. Feb. 20. Foreign Minister A. T. Krasnotchkoff of the far-eastern republic of Siberia, for merly a resident of Chicago, reported to have been executed at Tomsk after condemnation by a soviet tribunal, is "safe and sound," according to in formation received here yesterday. Large Freight Vessel Launched. OAKLAND, Cal., Feb. 20. The two largest freight vessels ever launched in San Francisco hay the 14.500 ton Manulani and fliwter whip Manu ka! destined for the Hawaiian trade, slid from the ways within an hoifr of each other today at the Moore i'hiDbuUC'ne company's yards here. The vessels were built for the Mat- son Navigation company. HEAVY SNOW STORM HITS (Continued Prom Flrnt Pa.) layed the arrival here of both sec tions of northbound passenger train No. 64 several hours. In addition Medford and the ralrey had another heavy rainfall which flooded a numtoer of streets, yards, lots, and filled the cellara of many homes and business places with water. Bear creek, because of the rain and the cloudburst, became a raging torrent. Beet grades coo. Prompt delivery Diamond Coal Co. Brlwy 3087 Adv. PALESTINE LOAN DESIRED Britain Will Seek Money With Which to Develop Country. LONDON. Feb. 20. When Great Britain's Palestine mandate has been "GREENLAND QUALITY" TAILORED CLOTHES . M Anii TO MKASI'HK - AlVIi MA UK TO KIT FKOM $75 to 100 , J TXILOR MORGAN BUILDING. and now; - let s eat J)JJQE PRUNE BREAD Delicious Nourishing Economical every dayl HAYNES-FOSTER BAKING CO. (LNCOKPOBAXED) PORTLAND OREGON 9s .-.t.?.',- Why The Store of "Dependable Drugs" DRUGS of the highest grade and purity are carried on the prescrip tion shelves at Nau's, the store of "Dependable Drugs," and every pre caution is taken to keep , the stock fresh and tip to full requirements. Our Registered Pharma cists pay strict attention to your doctor's direc tions in every prescrip tion filled. We Never Close GobOandAldibSt XWTBft OWMBT I MAIN Tin 'Morn in ight rnin KeepYbur EVes Clean - Cler - Healthy' r.M NrfreeVtCer -wow U.l II fti ml f l t f V