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Entered at Portland I Oregon Post of fi as Seunn'l-c'aFg Matter.- PORTLAXD, OKEGOX, FRIDAY, DECE3IBER 1, 1923 PRICE FIVE CEXTS IE HIE ICHEST CAMPAIGNERS i ! WILL RESUME DRIVEi GREEK KILLINGS HUSE VATIGA POLITICIANS MOURN JAMES R. MANN DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS llllllCUIMPTnH TirC THANKSGIVING DAY HARVEY DRAFTS PEACE FORMULA llinjlliuuiui! . I iitl - SEES- SNOW STORM ANDY GUMP'S DEFEAT OREGON IN BATTLE THAXKSGTVIXG GIVES HEART TO FIELD FORCES. FRAUD SUSPECTED; COLONEL PNEUMONIA FATAL TO ILLI NOIS REPRESENTATIVE. BUSH SICK MAX. VOL. -XXI XO. 19,355 ujnrB France Forsaken By Al lies Savs Tiffer - - - FAITH II GERNUHT K All Engagements Held Vio lated and Plans Started i for Another War. SINISTER ALLIANCE SIGHTED Russian-Turk Lineup With Teuton Aims Forming, Says Clemenceau. ARTICLE III. (.Copyright, 19'-!2. in United States, Great Britain, Canada and South America, by North American Newspaper Alli ance and The New York World (Press Publishing Co.). All rights reserved. Unlicensed reproduction expressly for bidden.) The peace of Versailles was in tended to be a piace of justice. Neither France nor . Great Britain demanded other than reparation for the wrong done by Germany during 50 years of war or peace. The United States appeared at Versailles holding aloft the torch of right and of an ideal. Right: the 14 points, inspired by the war aims of the allies of 1917, imposing limits on victory and insuring a peace of reason. The ideal: the magnificent dream of the League of Nations. lite allies seated themselves at the conference table firmly ...re solved to substitute the rule of right for the rule of force. And once the treaty had been signed, none among the allies sought to alter its character by going after additional advantages. Rather the contrary occurred. War Lessons Forgotten. Two years had not elapsed from the armistice before the allies, for getting what they had suffered and the common danger, and thorough ly absorbed in their work of peace and of reconstruction, permitted Germany to go back upon her sig nature, to pull herself together and to prepare new schemes directed against the peace of the world. For i'TTiprialist fiermanv. born of force ! , ,. i , - . arm cuiuiung ujjuii luite tu per-icci. her work of hegemony Germany H peace and defeat had remained nation of force. The war taught fier nothing. I The treaty of Versailles deprived n)any of its means of fighting faose provinces where her min ify and industrial strength found 'eir surest roots. Military Frontier Fixed. Germany's military frontier was fixed 50 kilometers east of the Ithine, rendering it impossible for her to mobilize other than between ihe Elbe and the Weser. The treaty deprived Germany of cr army, of her general staff, of ller war schools. Germany's effectives vvere re duced to 100,000 men and military service was abolished; the allies, furthermore, had the right to ex ercise a military control in the empire. The German navy had ceased to exist; it reposed at the bottom of Scapa Flow or had been incorpor ated in the navies of the victorious powers. The war aviation service was suppressed. Finally, the for piidable ring of alliances which Germany had established round .herself and for her own ends col- i j lapsea. Gateway to East Opened. Prior to 1914 Germany had con stituted the Mitteleuropa which irom tne Baltic to the Alediterra r.ean. by the exploitation of Aus tria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Tur key, had placed 150,000,000 men under Hohenzollern authority. The gateway to the east was opened ,via the Bagdad railroad. Even Italy followed along. , In 1919 Germany found herself alone. Italy had heroically ranged herself beside the allies. Austria Hungary had collapsed. From this strange amalgamation of peoples there emerged Czecho-Slovakia and iConoiuded on Page 6, Column i.) Sixty Per Cent of Community Fund .Now in Hand and Quota Seems Soon to Be Realized. Heartened by a holiday, and mora than ever aware of the urgency of their task, the campaigners tf the Community Chest will resume the drive this morning, determine! to complete it by early next week. The quota of $648,829, required to I ance the city's charities and phil- j anthropies for another year, s.ems not so far remote. At present the cnest holds $401,102, with thousands of favorably inclined prospects yet to be seen. Leaders of the campaign have expressed confidence that, aided by the Portland generosity, their workers soon will report the lr.st dollar. "I do not mean to say," said Gen eral Sammons, "that a light and easy task remains. The last stretch of any drive is' always the roughest traveling. Yet we have every reason to be heartened by the situation, by the results thus far-attained, and by the prospects of the coming week. ; The amount now heaped in the Guest represents approximately 60 per cent of the entire quota, yet only 40 per cent of the prospects who contributed last year have so far been solicited. The ratio of giv ing has been larger, a fact that in duces chest officials to hold that the public is at last converted to the utility and convenience of the chest project. EX-WIFE IS REMEMBERED Woman Long Separated From Husband Gets Estate. OAKLAND, Cal., Nov. 30. His wife, from whom he parted 32 years ago and whom he had never seen sine , was mentioned in affectionate terms and bequeathed the estate of George Nutting, 62, a motorman who died in Richmond, in his -will filed here today. The property con sists ,of $4000 in addition to life insurance. W. J. Moorehouse, president of the Eaaf Bay Carmen's union, the exec utor, said he had found in Nut ting's effects correspondence indi cating that Nutting had sent the wife, who resides in Auburn, Me., the sum of $75 monthly throughout the 32 years. THIEVES SHOOT OFFICER Seattle Patrolman Believed to Be Mortally Wounded. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 30. Auto mobile thieves who drove through the Capitol Hill residence district here this morning firing shots in discriminately, according to wit nesses, shot and probably mortally wounded John F. Stevens, patrol man, who was investigating the af fair. The woun8ed patrolman crawled to the door of Providence hospitar, a block from the scene of the shoot ing, and there his wife, a night nurse in the hospital, found him. WHISKY CARGOES SEIZED Two Seattle Men Arrested Near Canadian Border. BELLINGHAM, Wash., Nov. 30. Two cargoes of imported bonded whisky destined for the holiday trade and estimated to be worth $4000 were seized by United States customs patrol officers between Bellingham and the Canadian bor der last night. Two Seattle men, in separate automobiles, were arrested and placed in jail. One of the drivers gave his name as William Favor and the other as M. O. Ruggles. OIL TANKER BLOWS UP Two Men Killed and Several Sailors Slightly Burned. SOFIA Nov. 30 (By the Asso ciated Press.) The French tanker City of Sparta, from Batum for Marseilles, with a cargo of benzine for the Standard Oil company, caught fire and exploded in Burgas harbor today, killing- two men and seriously injuring three. The surface of the entire harbor was aflame and Jttany sailors were slightly burned. . ' . ROBBER ATTACKS WOMAN Victim Threatened With Death if She Reports Crime. TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 30. Mrs. W. M. Gay, 35, reported to the police late last night that -she had been robbed and brutally attacked by a masked man who accosted her within a block of her home as she was returning from church. The woman, who is the wife of a railroad electrician, said the man threatened to kill her should she re port the crime, . WELCOME ASSURED FLIER Para, Brazil, Drops Business in Preparation for Event. PARA. Brazil, Nov. 30. Lieutenant Walter Hinton. the American aviator flying from New York to Rio de Janeiro, was expected to arrive here today from Cayenne, French Guiana. The stores were closed at midday t'lZl " tl j his reception. . " . tFtest. j i WORD LTO VENIZELOS i Representations to Be Made at Lausanne. FUNERALS ARE ORDERED Solemn Services to Be Held in Honor of High Officials Executed by Greeks. ROME, Nov. 30.- (By the Associ ated Press.) The Vatican is to make a direct protest to the Greek gov ernment against the execution of the Greek ex-ministers. Pope Pius has ordered the papal nuncio- at Berne to make representations to ex-Premier -Venezilos of the Greek legation at Lausanne againtt fur ther executions of former public officials in Creece. Solemn funeral services are to be held for the executed men. It is reported that ex-K ng Constantine will attend the cer lonles. Madam Coro. tilas, who is the wife of M. Coromilas, Greek ex-minister to Italy, and whose husband . is an uncle of ex-Premier Stratos and General Hadjanestis, both of whom were executed, has sent an offer through the Greek legation here to receive the widow and Children of Stratos and a younj orphan child of Hadjanestis. Madam Coromilas is an American woman. Her father was ex-Senator Cockreil of Missouri. BULGARIANS ARE ALARMED Execution of Accused ex-Minls- ters May Be Demanded. -. s SOFIA, Bulgaria, Nov. 30. -(By the' Associated Press.) The sum mary execution of the former mem bers of the Greek cabinet caused a sensation here, where 24 former government ministers are awaiting sentence or trial under similar charges. ' Eleven of the prisoners were members of the Radoslavoff cabi net, which brought Bulgaria in the war on the eido of Germany, , and the other 13 belonged to previous ministries charged with responsibil ity for Bulgaria's participation in the Balkan wars. It is eared the radical agrarians will demand the death penalty. The American and allied ministers in Sofia have appealed to the gov ernment" without result for the re lease of the members of the Gues hoff, Mallnoff and Todoroff cabi nets, which included four graduates of the . American college In Con stantinople. These . men were charged with having "made insuffi- (Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.) Pope Pius ake Em- I ii , you CftMV j mow ! m I i x -r Defeated Oregon Candidates SendlMindrity Leader During Wilson Messages of Sympathy to Wear er of ""o Man's Collar." Even th row over the presidency of the state senate was forgotten washim,io., d. c, rov. 3. v.s..Mav k., Th nrtranis, ,.,r-(James Mann' ""nois representa- ried the information that Andrew Gump had been defeated for con-1 gress in the recount by 31 votes. After Colonel Busn.' prominent citi zen and taxpayer of Bull Run. made his comment he -went home. a. sick man. - Political circles were fermenting with excitement. The. recount of Hall versus Olcott of last summer was a pale pink in comparison, tne "gypping" of Andy Gump from his ! prospective seat in congress caused j the tongues of the politicians to wag j and there were whispered suspicions that Gump must have been double crossed somewhere along the line. Little credence was placed in these suspicions by Stanley Myers, dis trict attorney, however. "There is no proof submitted to this office." stated the district at torney yesterday, "which would war rant action on my part. If Colonel Bush or any other responsible citi zen has reason to believe that there has been dirty work on foot I will gladly lay the matter before the grand jury so that an official in vestigation can be made. Naturally I cannot initiate such a movement on my own account when I have nothing on which to base it." John B. Coffey sent a night letter to Andy Gump, conveying his sym pathy. "Didn't I lose out by 19 votes in my recount for the legislature?" commented Mr. Coffey. "Under the cireums.tanees I realize exactly how Andy Gump feels. To be. so near within reach of the goal and then to be honked by a mere handful of votes is a sensation which cannot be described fittingly. I appreciate the strain under which Gump has been." From Marshfield, where he was with his family at the festive board, Charles Hall telegraphed to Gump as follows: "Shake." According to Jay Bowerman, An drew Gump failed properly to pro tect his interests in the recount. "As near as I can figure it out," observed Mr.- Bowerman, "Andy just let nature take its course. He didn't even hire a lawyer to examine the tally sheets or study the ballots under a magnifying glass. , In my opinion and, mind you, it is merely a sidewalk opinion, for I have not looked up the law Gump should have asked for a change of venue." 1 Jay Upton, from Prineville, when asked on the long distance what he thought of Gump's defeat, replied that he preferred to wait a few days until the eastern Oregon state senators meet, so he, Upton, will know whether or not he, like Gump. is beaten for senate president by a few votes. "Maybe I'll be Gumped," said Senator Upton in conclusion. "Congress," boomed the voice of Walter M. Pierce, governor-elect, over the telephone from La Grande "will feel the loss of Andy Gump. I was hoping that he would appear in the next volume of 'Mirrors of Washington.' It was a splendid campaign he put up. I was busy (Concluded on Page 4, Column 2.. HE WILL NEED TO BE STRONG. Administration Failed to Become Speaker Later. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) III UilgiCOfl, U1CU lULIlglil 11:15 at his apartment here afte aI) illaeca of lcss than a week. Stricken with pleurisy last Friday, Mr. Mann, though suffering great pain, kept in touch with develop ments in the house, and in his anxiety to vote on the ship subsidy bill sent word to Representative Mondell of Wyoming, majority floor leader, tha't if necessary he would leave his sick bed to come to the Capitol. Two days ago, -however. he became worse, and pneumonia developed. He kept up well until 1 o'clock today, when he had an at tack which left him visibly weaker. He rallied, but at 6 o'clock came another' collapse, and at 11:15 he died. i He was 66 years old October 20 last. Mrs. Mann and his secretary, Miss Downey, were at the bedside. -- Mr. Mann had been a member of the house, for a quarter of a cen tury, first representing the first Il linois district, but since 1903 the second district. He was the leader of the republicans as the minority party in the house from the 62d to the 65th congress. He acted as minority leader dur ing the Wilson administration. His course of action failed to please party leaders outside of congress, however, and when the republicans gained control of the lower house in 1 1918 he failed of election as speaker of the, house, the customary reward for the minority leader. Mr. Mann was born on a farm near Bloomington, III., October 20, 1856. He moved to Iroquois county in 1867 and from there went to the University of Illinois, from which he was graduated in 1876. He re ceived his degree as master of laws from the same university in 1892 and was made doctor of laws in 1903. MR. RITNER PLANS TRIP Acting Governor Is Expected in Salem Soon, SALEM, Or-, Nov. 30. (Special.)- lloj- Ritner of Pendleton, acting governor during the absence from the state of Governor Olcott, Will ar rive in Salem Sunday night and will remain here until Christmas. This was announced in a telegram re ceived here today. One of the important matters awaiting the attention of Acting Governor Ritner is consideration of the budget of estimated expendi tures for the next biennium. He also will assist In canvassing the votes of the recent general election. JOHN WANAMAKER LOW Physicians Declare Condition of Patient Is Serious. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. $0. The condition of John Wanamaker, who has been ill at his home here several weeks, was reported tonight as hav ing assumed a grave aspect. A bulletin to this effect was is sued by his physicians. Kick Put Over in Last 4 Minutes of Play.: ; CONTEST IS THRILLING ONE Eugene Eleven Almost Vic tor, but Not Quite. LATHAM GETS CREDIT Lanky Oregon Player Leaps High in Air and Intercepts Dangerous Pass. , BY L. H. GREGORY. , SEATTLE, Wash.. Nov. 30. (Spe cial.) So little a thing as one place kick almost gave Oregon the foot ball championship of the Pacific northwest over Washington here this afternoon and the right by con quest to play at Pasadena on New Year's day. Almost, but not quite. For an other place kick, this one by Wash ington, a thump across the bar by Leonard Ziel from the 25-yard line, with only four minutes to go in the final quarter, wrecked the hopes of Oregon and tied the score. And thus tied up and knotted, in a count of 3 to 3, ended a few plays later one of the bitterest, hardest, most furiously battled football games in the long history of Oregon and Washington gridiron struggles. Iot since the day when the young men of Hugo Bezdek and Gil Dobie met In combat has there been such a game as was played on stadium field this day. Battle Is Even One. The cold printed numerals of that 3-to-3 score show on the face of it that it was an even battle. But they don't show and can't show how thrillingly close, how: almost ex actly horse and horse was this epic engagement between the 22 young fellows wearing the blue jerseys of Oregon and the purple and gold of Washington. They don't show how in the first half Oregon, taking the initiative, five times marched the ball down within near or far striking distance of the Washington goal line, each time to be held up. . The figures don't show how each time of the five, Harold Chapman, the Oregon quarter, dropping ten yards back of his scrimmage line, tried for a placement goal from the field. His second attempt, a boot from the 20-yard line, exactly 11 minutes after play had opened, went over.. Another Attempt JHlsaea. Another attempt, a long kick from the 40-yard line, missed being fair only by Inches on such little things d,i championships depend. The other kicks all were wide. xue xigures non i snow, either, howj m th nfl h.if D,t..rT outplayed during all the first half, with the ball continually in her ter ritory. Washington came back and with a great fighting attack, re versed the situationcarried the war right into Oregon country, kept the ball there through both the third and fourth quarters, and. four sep arate times shoved down almost to a touchdown. Nor do the figures, cold and un emotional, show the wonderful firhting spirit of the Oregon .play ers which alone saved them, bat tered and weary from continued on slaughts by fresh players, from dis astrous defeat. : Latham Save Situation. In the first of these marches down toward the Oregon goal It was long, lanky Latham who saved the situation. Washington, within five minutes of the opening kick off, had reached the Oregon 30-yard line, and there Leonard Ziel, the forward-passing hope of the Vik- I ings, hurled a long pass straight towara an end who had sneaked almost to the goal line. But Latham was covering off the receiver. He saw him snoop down there and he saw the pass. The two of them, Latham and the Washing ton end, raced for the ball. It was passing nigh over Latham's head, but he stretched up his arms ten feet it seemed to the excitet grand standand yanked it out of the sky on the five-yard mark, and then before he could be downed he had wrenched and twisted and hopped his way to the 20-yard line. But immediately an Oregon fum ble compounded more trouble. Quar terback Chapman took a chance and ran with the ball instead of punting immediately to safety. He gained six yards, but fumbled, and a Wash ington man threw himself five yards and fell oa it r Attack Really Opened. Thfen the Washington attairk rpallfe neened. Hanlev hurled him self fat 4eft tackle for an 11-yard gaint He rammed for two more t politicians mourn Andy Gump's defeat, yardsfc but Hall was downed in his Page 1. -track! a criss-cross; j Lf. It was, up to Ziel again, and the . Community Cheat campaigners win re Washington star flipped another game drive after Thanksgiving festivi pass, this time into Abel's arms on ties- Page u W. thro-vard line Virit down and Thanksgiving day witnesses first snow the three-yard line, r irst down and faii 0t season in Portland. Page 1. four tries to make that three yards, leather report, data and forecast. . (Concluded on Page t, Column i.) . Page 17. 4. FIRST FALL OF SEASON ' IS NOTED IN PORTLAND. Flakes Dropping in Downtown District, Mixed With Rain, Melt as They Fall. Portland saw its first snow of the season yesterday. Throughout the j downtown district it fell, mixed j with rain, and melted as rapidly as; it fell. On the heights and In vari- . ous east side sections the fall was heavier, but even there the snow disappeared as it fell. The downfall was repeated last night The snowfall began shortly be fore noon yesterday, being noticed first on the east side and on the west side heights. Later there were touches of it in the rain downtown. Rain fell ' most of the day. the weather making the home fireside even . more popular . than usual . on Thanksgiving day. FOREST GROVeI Or., Nov. 30. (Special.) The first snow of the season fell here today. Commencing at 10 o'clock, snow fell rapidly throughout the dUy, giving Thanks giving day a real holiday appear ance. GRAND FORKS, N. D., Nov. 30. The first blizzard of the year struck North Dakota today. Snow fell all day, covering all of the state and continuing north into Canada, ac companied by a heavy northwest wind. Trains due here from the west tonight were from four to six hours late. VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 30. (Special.) The first snow of the season fell here today. The tem perature was moderate and the snow melted almost as soon as it fell. A light drizzle preceded the snowfall. The streets were covered with slush tonight. NEW COMET IS FOUND Wanderer Brighter Than Baade's and Moving Rapidly. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 30. The Harvard observatory has received word by cable of the discovery of a comet by Skejellerup, the South Af rican astronomer at Capetown, No vember 26. ' The comet is described as faint and the position given was in the constellation of Crater. Telescopic photographs taken at Harvard after the- receipt . of the cublegram showed the comet, to be brighter than Baade's comet., which was recently- discovered, and to be moving rapidly. It is going south east at a rate of between three and four diameters of the moon daily. At present it Is of the seventh mag nitude, somewhat too faint to be seen with the naked eye. CANADA "TAPERING OFF" Less Hard Liquor, but More Beer How Being Consunled. OTTAWA, Ont., ' Nov. 30. Less liquor was consumed in Canada per head last year than during any pre vious year since records have been kept, but consumption of beer in creased over last year, according to the annual report today of the de partment of customs and excise. Per capita consumption, of liquor was .36 gallon as compared with .86 gallon for 1921 and :.99 gallons for 1874. Consumption of beer was ,, . , " gallons, an increase over last year, while consumption of wine was .037 ballon, less than half of last year's average. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 38 degrees: minimum, 34 degrees. TODAYS Probably rain 'or snow; east erly winds. Foreign. Ambassador Harvey outlines peace for mula. Page 1. Vatican to make direct protest to Athens against executions. Page 1 Americans suffer in Siberian colony. Page 17. National. James Mann, representative in congress from Illinois, dies. Page 1. Senate filibuster to continue. Pago 8. Domestic. Tiger pays tribute to Lincoln. .Page 2. Character is requisite of Ford workers. Page S. France's watch on Rhine fully justified, Clemenceau asserts. Page L Scientists get demonstration of motion pictures that tarn. Page A, La Foltette invites radicals to secret ses sion. Page 4. Northwest. Seattle mayor asks more funds for vice cleanup. Page 7. Oregon's indebtedness is ?50,138,722.58. Page 16. Seattle slayer will hang today. Page 4. Snorts. Olympic club defeats Multnomah 13 to 9. Page 14. Trojans -wallop Pullman, 41 to 3. Page 15. Interest high in Gorman-Leopold match. Page 15. Washington and Oregon battle to 3-to-3 tie. Page 1. Nebraska defeats Notre Dame, 14-6. Page 14- . Commercial and Marine. SteameMp President Wilson encounters terrific storm at sea. .rage 33. Tobacco imports reach a high total. Page 23. Portland and Vicinity. Collision that caused death of Shaver brothers attributed to balky automo bile motor Page 9. Chairman' Tooze denies republican com mittee is meddling in fight over pres idency of etafce senate. Page 13. Public hearings on one-way traffic plan will begin before- the city council to : day. Page 12. Ne-wsboys guests of Eric V. Hauser at Thanksgiving least- . rage sz. U. S. Ideal Held to Avoid Entanglements. UNITY IN EUROPE WANTED Love of Freedom Should Be Guide, Says Envoy. SIX POINTS PROPOUNDED Ambassador Tells Englishmen America Deserves Position as Creditor Notion. MANCHESTER, Eng., Nov. 30. (By the Associated Press.) George Harvey, the American ambassador, speaking as the guest of honor at a Thanksgiving dinner of the Anglo American society tonight, outlined in six points what he considered a good formula for the national policy of the United States. The points as given by Mr. Harvey were: First To foster the strength of the republic by' Just legislation and economy at home. Second To preserve to the na tions of the world the blessings of peace. Third To strive to cultivate and maintain a concert of Europe. Fourth To avoid needless and en tangling engagements. Fiftlv To acknowledge tne equal rights of all nations. Sixth The foreign policy of tne United States should always be in spired by love of freedom. Relations Held Cordial. Mr. Harvey, responding to the toast, "Cordial Relations," said a very few words would comprise a comprehensively adequate response. "The relations between Great 9pt cin and the United States, both be tween governments and peoples, ought to be cordial and they are," he said. "They should eontinua to be cordial, and they shall. "Wha. more need be said? The. toast has been proposed and the response has been given. Argument is unneces sary. The assertion is accepted and the incident is closed." But having ters.ely disposed of the subject of the toast, Mr. Harvey proceeded to comment at some length on the present industrial sit uation as compared with - the period tmmediately following the Napoleonic wars. He emphasized that althougn conditions now ad mittedly were bad, they "are vastly better, both in fact and promise" than obtained for "15 long, dreadful years" following the Napoleonic wars. Exchange Movea Upward. Speaking of trade conditions and exchange rates, he quoted a list of figures showing an improvement. He declared that 20,000 would buy more foodstuffs from the United States now than 25,0-00 would have bought a year ago. The chase of the pound sterling after the dollar had been a fascinating one and, although the pace of the pound sterling had somewhat slackened last summer, its stride had been resumed and the goal parity, although hardly within striking distance, nevertheless was in sight. The day when it has been reached," the ambassador contin ued, "will indeed be a happy day and worthy of the celebration on both sides of the Atlantic. . . . We want all the peoples of the world to make money, to make our money, if they can, by work, but not by ly ing down 1 or by pleading the baby act. Creditor Position Defended. "The United States has become v.hat is called a creditor nation. What of it? She was a debtor and a very hard working debtor through many generations. It isn't a crime to be a creditor, is it? I ask you Englishmen; you ought to know! If it is, beware the hereafter. "Great Britain has been, and as Sir George Paish demonstrated the other day, after having provided for all her obligations, still is far and away the greatest creditor nation of the world. That's right; that's as it should be. You study, capable, far-seeing Englishmen have fairly earned your wealth and are justly entitled to keep it or to use it as ycu see fit. We quite humbly, but somewhat firmly, claim a like priv ilege." ARMY UNIT GOES'SOUTH Seventh Infantry at Vancouver Loses 150 Enlisted Men. VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 30. (Special.) The detachment of 150 non-conrcnissioned officers and men of the Seventh infantry, transferred to the Thirtieth infantry, left-last night for San Francisco. The Thir tieth is stationed at the presidio. As the Seventh was not up to Its full strength, the departure of tlm eoldiers left large gaps in the ranks. The Seventh recently was united with the" Fifty-ninth; the latter going on the Inactive list. Tins time the regiment will be brought uo to its normal strength by a re- icruitins campaign. .'