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4 THE SUXDAT OTIEGONIAX. FORTIiAXIV 31 AY, 3. 1914. In 1 TFT . .... --ZSjT, f-rt . ,- ,. . 07 - 1 tflS&j&zy: T f 3S Morc OnAvidl Makesor InlenlioTial THESE persons would do no harm if they affected only themselves. Many of them are, in the ordinary relations of life, good citizens. They are exactly like the other pood citizens right who believe that enforced vegetarianism or anti-vaccination is the panacea for all ills. But in their particular case they are able to do harm because they affect our relations with foreign powers, so that other men pay the debt which they themselves have really incurred. It is the fooliBh, peace-et-any-price persons who try to per suade our people to make unwise and improper treaties, or to stop building: of any. European or Asiatic hiversal Pwer ' t3 dictate what immigrants shall be sent to and received in Amer ica, and whether or not they shall be allowed to become citizens and hold land why, of course, if America is content to have nothing to say on any of these matters and to keep silent In the presence of armed outsiders, then it can abandon its Navy and agree to arbitrate all questions of all kinds with every foreign power. In such less than the strongest, were safe from insult and Injury at our hands; and the strong- and the weak alike also knew that we possessed both the will and the ability to guard ourselves from wrong or Insult at the hands of any one. It was during my Administration that the Hague Court was prevented from becoming an empty farce. It had been established by joint international agreement, but no power had been willing to resort to it. Those estab lishing it had grown to realize that it was in danger of becoming a mere paper court, so that it would never HTint it nan affnril tn nnxs it ttnam up the navy. But if trouble comes and Ume ,n one continuou8 round of un, really come into being at all. M. d'Es versal peace celebrations, and of smug ae constant naa been espe- self-satisfaction in having earned the cialiy a"ve to this danger. By corre derision of all the virile peoples of "POndence and in personal interviews mankind. Those who advocate such a policy do not occupy a lofty position. But at least their position is under standable. It is entirely inexcusable, however. to try to combine the unready hand the treaties are repudiated, or there i demand for armed Intervention, it is not these people who will pay any thing; they will stay at home in safety, and leave brave men to pay in blood, and honest men to pay in shame, for their folly. The trouble is that our policy is apt to go in zigzags, because different sec tions of our people exercise at different wltn the unbrlaled tongue. It is folly times unequal pressure on our Govern ment. One class of our citizens clamor for treaties impossible of fulfillment and improper to fulfill; another class have no objection to the -passage of these treaties so long as there is no concrete case to which they apply, but instantly oppose' a veto on their appli cation when any concrete case does actually arise. One of our cardinal doctrines is freedom of speech, which means freedom of speech about for eigners as well as about ourselves; and. he impressed upon me the need not only of making advances by actually applying arbitration not merely promising by treaty, to apply it to questions that were up for settlement, but of using The Hague tribunal for this purpose. I cordially sympathized with these views. On the recommen dation of John Hay, I succeeded In get- to permit freedom df speech about for. eigners'as well as ourselves and the peace-at-any-price persons are much ting an agreement with Mexico to lay too feeble a folk to try to interfere a matter in dispute between the two with freedom of speech and yet to republics before The Hague court. This try to shirk the consequences of free- was the first case ever brought before dom of speech. It is folly to try to The Hague-court. It was followed by abolish our Navy, and at the same numerous others; and it definitely es- time to insist that we have a right to tablished that court as the great in- enforce the Monroe doctrine, that we ternational peace tribunal. By mutual have a right to control the Panama agreement with Great Britain, through CanaT which we ourselves dug, that we the decision of a joint commission, of have a right to retain Hawaii and pre- which the American members were Inasmuch as we -exercise -this right -vent foreign nations from taking Senators Lodge and Turner and Secre- with complete absence of restraint, we Cuba, and a right to determine what tary Root, we were able peacefully to cannot expect other nations to hold us immigrants, Asiatic or European, shall settle the Alaska boundary question, harmless unless in the last resort we come to our shores, and the terms on the only question remaining between are able to make our words good by which they shall be naturalized and ourselves and the British Empire our deeds. One class of our citizens shall hold land and exercise other which it was not possible to settle by indulge in .., gushing promises to do privileges. We are a rich people, and friendly arbitration; this therefore rep- everything for foreigners, another class an unmilitary people. In International resented the removal of the last ob- offensiveiy and improperly fevile them; affairs we are a short-sighted people, stacle to absolute agreement between and it is hard to say which class more But I know my countrymen. Down at. the two peoples. thoroughly misrepresents the sober, bottom their temper is such that they were of substantial service in self-respecting judgment of the Ameri- will not permanently tolerate injua- bringing to a satisfactory conclusion can people as a whole. The only safe tice done to them. In the long run the negotiations at Algeciras concern rule is to promise little, and faithfully they will no more permit affronts to ins Morocco. We concluded with Great Keep every promise; to speak soitiy meir .itaiiouai Honor inun injuries 10 Brjtain and carry a big stick. tneir rsationai interest. touch being A prime need for our Nation, as of the case, they will do well to remem courso for every other Nation, is to er that the surest of all ways to in make up Its mind definitely what it Yite disaster is to be opulent, aggres wishes, and not to try to pursue paths slve and unarmed. of conduct incompatible one with the Throughout the seven and a half other. If this Nation is content to be years that I was President I pursued the China of the New World, then and without faltering one consistent for tlicn only can It afford to do away eign policy, a policy of genuine lnter- J and with most of the other great nations arbitration treaties spe cifically agreeing to arbitrate all mat ters, and especially the interpretation of treaties, save only as regards ques tions affecting territorial Integrity, na tional honor and. vital national interest. We made with Great Britain a treaty guaranteeing the free use of the Pan- with the Mvv S.T,rt Armv It i, l ,itlol ,,-ill f ,!H , , "" ' l" B"V n f all natinna whlla PaanwlnD. n 11 r i.. "-" , -" selves the Panama Canal, t-j cease to talk of the same time of steady preparedness. The the canal. Honroo iioctrine. and to admit the weakest nations knew that they, right to police and fortify and therefore- to control it no in time of war. Under this treaty we are in honor bound to arbitrate the question of canal tolls for coastwise traffic between the western and east ern coasts of the United States. I be lieve that the American position as re gards this matter is right; but I also believe that under the arbitration treaty we are in honor bound to sub mit the matter to arbitration in view of Great Britain's contention although I hold it to be an unwise contention that our position is unsound. I' em phatically disbelieve in making univer sal arbitration treaties which neither the makers nor anyone else would for a moment dream of keeping. I no less emphatically insist that it is our duty to keep the limited and sensible arbitration treaties which we have al ready made. The importance of a prom ise lies not in making it, but in keeping it; and the poorest of all positions for a nation to occupy In such a matter is to keep promises which have been made. which can be kept, and which it is dis creditable to break. (The next installment of Mr. Roose velt's "Chapters of a Possible Autobiog raphy" is , entitled "The Portsmouth Peace Conference; The Battleship Cruise Cruise Around the World."- It will ap pear in The Oregonian next Sunday.) r 4?"- ? readiness to make impossible promises it the same time that there is failure Life in Newfoundland. "Drummers," often called "janneys," journey from house to house like Christmas waits, in extravagant cos tume, sometimes wearing models of full-rigged ships on their heads. They cry at the door in a squeaky voice, "Any janneys in tonight?" and are then supposed to be fnvited in and regaled with rum (or peppermint water) and cake. It was a question of a wedding, not of a funeral, when a young man of Portugal Cove said to a parson: "Pa'son, would you say a few words over me?" "Certainly. Where's the young lady?" "1 haven't asked her jit, pa'son. But I will. Fhe's right across the road." So William Thomas rushed across the road to where the young woman sat on a bowlder; and she answered. "Of course," in a voice that could be heard all over the district. "Come to mo after second lesson said the parson, mindful of his ftve obligations to preach in widely scat tered places that day. The couple duly presented them selves. When the parson asked. "Who giveth this woman?" none appeared for that office. In a front pew sat old man Gray and old man Welshman. The former nudged the latter bearded patriarch. "Shove m off! Shove 'em off!" His adjuration met only with emphatic negative nods. Whereupon old man Gray valorously stepped into the breach. Stumbling up the steps Into the chancel, he seized the hands of the contracting parties, joined them vio lently, as though coupling cars on the Reld-N'ewfoundland Railway, and said, in a voice of triumph, "There, pa'son!" The service proceeded till the agi tated groom was bidden to say, "I, Wil liam Thomas, take thee, Maria Ann." "Say it after me," the parson repeated. Still not a word from the panic stricken groom, whose knees knocked together, his tongue cleaving to the roof of his mouth, and his reason for saking him. Then old man Gray again leaped into the breach, with a violent clap between his principal's shoulders to remind him of his duty. The par son perforce retired into tlie robing room to stifle his sense of humor with the sleevo of a frayed and ancient cassock hanging there. Upon emerg ing, old man Gray was heard volubly apologizing. "Beg pardon, Tammas. beg pardon, but ye know I do be tur'- ble vigorous!'' ' What is a parson to do with a wom an who wants her child baptized "Jo seph Hyena," except to remonstrate, "Woman, that's a brute's name?" To whicli she firmly rejoins, "Husband, when he went down on the Labrador, left mo a book wi tho name." . "Bring the book.'' The volume is produced, and a dis putatious forefinger points to the name in clear print: "Josephine." A local stipendiary magistrate, sit ting for tho first time, hardly knew what to do with a culprit brought be fore him. The S. M. owed his proud titlo to a term in the island Legisla ture at St. Johns, and with without, judicial experience. The lawyer said. "Your honor, I move the prisoner bo discharged." "You have beard the mo tion," said the magistrate, gravely. "All in favor say aye!" Whereupon th. prisoner and ills lawyer said "Aye" in a loud voice, and stalked out of the courtroom, arm in arm. with none ta say them nay. "Fullerton L. Waldo, I'. B, G. S., in the Outlook. h Hie (onfefc GIL 2WIS - - us No. 3. The Orphan Brigade in Action, as Recalled by Portland Veteran to the army holding that posi- tured the Colonel with' his whole regi- ing campaign. When he had completed soon brought his army up to a very leave' ment. This ended .the pursuit, and we this reorganization his army consisted high condition of efficiency, and was tion. ' were permitted to continue our retreat of three corps, to-wit: Hardee's, Polk's ready for the inevitably strenuous cam- General Sherman, before actually be without much further molestation. and Hood's. General Hardee was a paign ahead of us "when the robins ginning the campaign of 1864. made a We retired to Dalton, Georgia, West Pointer, was the author of Har- r should nest strain." rtconnaliuuini In force nv FTER the battle of Chicamauga, sent to the station for the troops, and where we went into Winter quarters dee's Tactics used in both the Fed- General William T. Sherman had buc- eral Johnston to move a large part ot ston arranged a "sham battle," to j Bragg leisurely marched his vie- it was not our fault if we did not se- an where the command of the army eral- and Confederate Armies, and was ceeded to the command of the Army of his force out to the pass mentioned and witness which people from all over the toi-lQus army toward Chatta- lect the best of everything. We sup- was turned over to General Joseph E. a very able corps commander. General the Cumbreland, and the next cam- to occupy "Rockface Ridge," a part of South . were invited. Hardee's corps. nooga, but Rosecrans had already oc- plied our cellars as though we expected Johnston, General Bragg having been Polk was known as the "bishop" gen- paign was to be between - two well the mountain range lying upon both cupied the city and was well prepared to remain there forever; but one fine retired, and been called to Richmond eral, having been an Episcopal bishop equipped armies directed by masters of sides of the pass. To this work Har- for defense; hence. General Bragg had day we were rudely awakened from to become "military adviser to the in New Orleans prior to the war. He military art, for that was the recog- dee's corps was assigned. We not only to content himself with occupying Mis- this fond dream; General Grant had President." a post created for his ben- was highly esteemed, and was regarded nized rank of both Generals Johnston Successfully defended the pass, but slonary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, and strengthened the army of the Cumber- efit- Here, too, we lost General Breck- as a very competent officer. General and Sherman. drove the Federals back at every point, other points of advantage surrounding land and was prepared to move against enridge from the command of our di- Hood "won his spurs" in the Army of Dalton, because of its peculiar loca- and after two days of maneuvering the city. We threw up earthworks, us. The "battle above the clouds" was v'3ion. He was made Secretary of Northern Virginia, was a brave and tion. was admirably adapted to defen- and skirmishing, with an occasional brought up heavy artillery and made the first intimation that we had of the War; and General William B. Bate sue- dashing soldier and was regarded as s!ve operations against a foe approach- artillery duel, they abandoned their preparations for besieging the Fed- fact that we were not securely and per- ceeded him as our division commander, very competent in the capacity of com- ing from the direction of Chattanooga, efforts and retired. This had been eral Army in its position, hoping that, manently located. Then on the next we were almost hearbroken at losing manaer or an army corps. a narrow gap in the mountain range, looked upon at the time as the begin Jug was inspired by the confidence which we had come to have In Gen eral Joseph xL Johnston. After this, and before General Sher man's actual advance. General John- representing the Federals, was pitted against the other two corps of our army. The weather was at its best, the day was glorious and the audience was not only great, but enthusiastic. The maneuvering of the troops was directed with great skill and the mimic war was greatly enjoyed by the as sembled thousands of spectators, and. I doubt not, that they all went away by cutting Rosecrans' lines of com- day the battle of Missionary Ridge, and "r much loved Breckonrldge, but we- Hardee's corps was composed of which stretched to the north, north- nlng of the campaign, but subsequent in the belief that Johnston's army was munication. we should be able to force then the deluge. Geiwral Grant, soon learned to esteem General Bate, three divisions commanded by General west and so-ith of the town, afforded eventes proved it to be merely a feint him to surrender, but -tne best laid standing upon Orchard Knob, had ap- aa ne was a gaiiant sojaier ano an aoie naie, leooume ana uneainam. re- tne only approach, and a small force for the purpose of locating our posl- schemes o" mice and man gang aft parently ordered the whole world to commander. He had served as Colonel spectively. agley," and our hopes were not to be advance alternately by states and king- 01 a Tennessee regiment in the Mexican realized. doms. If the world contained any men War, and had lost a leg, but he had Hardee's corps occupied Missionary not in his army at that time, our army, ,OBt none. of his courage nor any of his Ridge, his right resting upon the river, which had been reduced by the return abil'ty a a commander. Breckenridge's division occupying that of Longstreet's corps to the east failed General Johnston upon taking com Hard Campaign Ahead. Whatever may have been the esti mate of others, it Is certain that we who composed Hardee's corps regarded could effectually resist the advance of tlori and gaining information to be a large army through this gap or pass, used in future operations. The mountain range extending toward They retired, and left us as com- the southeast separated' the valley in pletoly at peace as if no war existed, which Dalton was located from a much We had gone out wtth some misgiv- invincible. and could defeat any force that could be brought agatnnt it. That feeling was indulged, too, by the army itself. At one point in this sham battle, my regiment became separated from the other regiments of the brigade, and. more extensive. vallev bevond and this Inn sa to mir ahllitv to hold Dalton. thinking to make a capture, a large part of the ridge crossed by the Ross- to realize the fact, for we were over- roand at Dalton, set himself diligently 11 '"" 01 Array 01 j.en- valley beyond made it an easy matter but we returned to our camp feeling cavalry rorce swooped down upon us ville or Chicamauga road, our brigade whelmed, crushed and driven awav like to the taBk ot reorganizing the army nessee. vviin tne assistance .or his for an army to go south passing aronud that we should hold it against the being assigned, to the support of the chaff before th wini and getting it into shape tor tne com- able subordinates General Johnston Dalton without so much as "by your whole earth. Tnis change in our feel heavy artillery. While occupying this 1 have always thought verv unkindlv position we were sheltered by woods, of our frieds, the "Yankees." that they but could platnly see the Federal camps failed to give us notice of their coming, and lines.' The Federal pickets were so tnat W6 might haTe aaved the pro. three-quarters of a mile away in our visions stored in our cellars. We were front, and our picket line was perhaps ordered to the front to help to stay the a quarter of a mile from theirs. On tide but before we had sotten far be many occasions skirmishing was in- yond the station we round our a bulged in but when firing was at a ln full retreat and crowding every ave lull. we often met the Federal pickets nue of escape thoush retirmg in very out between the lines and exchanged H w , . - honor the rear guard, and we soon realized that our term of "soft snap" service had ended. We stemmed the tide long enough to let our wagon trains get away, but Hooker's "flying column" did not give us much rest. They pressed upon our rear and flanks, compelling us frequently to face the rear and fight a battle to save the wagon trains. This was kept up until we got across the river at Ringgold, where, as it was late in the night, we hoped to have, and did get, a couple of hours' rest. With the first dawn of light, however, we again got in mo tion, and were just moving out, with our trains only a short distance ahead of us. when Hooker's men again began to press us. When we got through Ringgold Gap, a narrow passage through the steep, rugged ridge beyond the river, our trains were so little ahead of us as to be in view of the column pressing upon our rear. Pass ing through the gap we deployed upon either side of the road and prepared to give battle. The rush of the Federals was so impetuous, and so intent were they upon capturing our wagons, that they failed to observe our preparation, and a whole regiment of cavalry had passed between our lines before reallx- U "J u JBE MOODS Gf GENEVIEVE - and compelled us to "form hollow square in four ranks" to guard against cavalry. In this maneuver, a body of at his desk when all the others have men presents four fronts. The front gone and worries. . But I want none of theso lives, I cry. rank all around the square kneels and with fixed bayonets presents a barrier over which the cavalry cannot ride. The ambitious mood is dominant: It while the ranks behind them are thus our tobacco- with . them for coffee. I several times went over to the Fed eral picket line and engaged in friend ly conversation with them. Upon one of these occasions the "field officer of the day" came on the scene while I was in friendly converse with his men. He demanded to know of me what busi ness I had there, and I told hira that I was trading tobacco for coffee. He said, "Well, you have no business here." to which I replied: "lave just told you my business." He then said he would 1ihd business for me at headquarters -which I might not enjoy. He ordered mo to get up and go with him. I re , fused and appealed to the four pickets whose guest I was. They told the officer that I had been invited over there by them and that they would have to see me away in safety. The Major then said to me, "Get away from here and do not let me catch you here again." I saluted him and said. "Major, I shall try not to let you catch me here again," and left. These men were true friends, else I should have been in a very uncomfortable predicament. I visited them after that, but the Major never caught me again. Crushed liy Grant's Advance. I have said elsewhere that the Gxjjzn Scars M aspires to achieve even greater, even bigger things. I want to create I want to add my name to the long list which hangs in the Hall f Fame. The mother Instinct of me cries that she ' is, and should be, my ambition; the stage beckons luringly to my Itch protected and are free to fire over the heads of their kneeling comrades. The cavalry force which attacked us was so intent upon riding us down that our boys found it necessary to use drastic means to prevent their doing so. We were 'in a field where Orphan Brigade was often put into the ing their error and the predicament into which they had precipitated them selves. We Salute and Cheer Fins. When the Colonel of the regiment which had rushed through our lines realised his situation, he took the flag from his color-bearer, and raising his cap with one hand, waved the flag de fiantly with the other. His act was so gallantly done that our whole brig ade cheered him lustily, and did honor to. him and the flag so bravely held Hardest places to De round, but now we were to have & little spell of cany service. The shipping point for the army was at Timer's Station, some three miles ln the rear of our lines, and the brigade was sent there to guard the station and stores which were dis tributed in wagons from there to the army. Our camp was located about a mile away from the station. Being orphans, we. of course, had to take care of ourselves, and while here we proved our ability to do so. ln each tent ing. dancing feet, and the clicky-cllck ."" ". o nume 01 our of the ticker is maddening music to t"''s' when the cavalry paid no atten my ears, but none ot these stems the tlon to their blank cartridges, slipped ambitious mood. You must achieve greater things; you must seek higher than the intan gible success; you must create some thing that will live forever and ever, explains this unsatisfied, ambitious mood. So while this strong-willed mood grips me by the shoulders with its masterful hands of avarice and greed,. lew loose peas in their guns, and the attacking force immediately re tired in great confusion. During the progress of this mimic war General Johnston was surrounded by many dis tinguished citizens, all anxious to learn something of what his future opera tions might be. One of these, a gen tleman from Atlanta, asked the Gen eral if there was not danger that his left flank might be turned by the I decide that my days and nights shall Federals when the approaching cam- be spent in, ceaseless worn ana eiiort, paign should open. The General's an- for this Is the toll one pays in an am- swer was evidently not satisfactory, bitious mood. and the gentleman put his question a That I, who have boundless capacity little more pointedly. He asked: "But to love and be loved; I who adore the is there not . danger that tho enemy frivolities of life, more than any one; I who can curl like a kitten on a cush ion and purr, should cry out that I wish to conquer! And then the mother instinct whis- may turn your flank, get Into your rear and destroy your communications? The General's answer was instant and characteristic Turning sharply upon his inquisitor, he said: Sir, I have pers that there are greater ambitions neither flank nor rear I am all front. ,l even than penning books and painting Ana suosequent events provea mis as- portralts I strain an ear and listen. And oh, it was she all the time and I didn't know it. I didn't know that sertion to be literally true, aa his army during the justly celebrated campaign from Dalton to Atlanta, though often the gentle mother instinct was the am- compelled, by flanking movements, to bitious mood of iron will and invinci ble power. . I didn't know that the yearning for the soft, cuddling pink thing of flesh was the seed of all ambition. And then the girl being of me give up its position, always presented a front to the enemy. But this belongs to another story, and must be told in its own good time and proper place. Troop Reaent Discipline. At this time the Fifth Kentucky In- cellar was made, and these cellars were aloft. We had checked the advance of THERE is a mood which seizes me. an iron mood with a pur pose so powerful it makes all the other moods cringe the ambitious mood. When this mood decides to visit me. I am inspired with an ardent desire seemingly impossible, great. Nothing is too myriad of lights, lights that illumine thousands of happy- homes where tired laughs again, and mocks at the imagi- fantry had replaced the Forty-first I am filled with exquisite dreams of mothers rock their fretful babies to well filled withsuch supplies aa were the command behind him and we cap- to conquer ail. o accomplish .the hard, bard work, and the inevitable This mood comes to me on the reward success. nifchts when I sit in the darkness and peer out over the great city with its sleep; lights that shine for the little srirls on the stage - who dance until fheir fairy feet almost plead from fa tigue, and lights . that hang pltitully nary ink-slobbered -third finger and bow tie. Oh, she knows, she always knows, and ambition leaves me on the floor by the window, yearning for the day to come, when one of the myriad lights shall shine on another tired over the. gray-haired broker who sits mother and fretful babe. Alabama, in our brigade, so that the brigade was composed entirely of Ken tucky troops and. while they were sood soldiers when it came lo con fronting an enemy, they did not take kindly to strict military discipline. (.Conclude on Faue 61