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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, POISTIiAND, kpRIL' 16, 1916.
BELGIAN CARDINAL
SAYS GOD IS GUIDE
Reply to German Governor Ad
mits No Duty to Obey
Unjust Demands.
HOMAGE PAID TO FORCE
Mercier Ieclares Atrocious Crimes
Suffered by Belgians Were Xot
Uenonnced to World
Without Reflection.
BHL'JSSELS. via London, April 14
Cardinal Mercier, Primate of Belgium,
has sent a reply to the letter of Gen
eral von Biasing', Governor-General in
the occupied portions of Belgium, pro
testing' against statements in. the Len
ten pastoral of the cardinal, and -warn
ing the prelate that he must cease his
. ailctred political activity. The cardi
nal's letter says:
"Allow ua, even smitten as we are
. by admiration before the warlike pomp
surrounding us and the brilliant staff,
which, like King Saul, you have at
tached to your person, nevertheless to
retain our liberty of Judgment.
"We shall follow the teaching ? the
noble successor of St. Peter, his holi
ness. Leo XIII. In his encyclical he
Instructed us for obeying the civil
authorities when they give orders man
. lfestly contrary to the natural divine
law. if anyone distinctly finds himself
faced with the alternative of breaking
the commands of God or those of a
Prince he must follow the precepts of
Jesus Christ. It is better to obey God
than man.
Itenpct ot Dae Injoatlce.
""Excellency, your authority cannot be
exercised except in accordance witb
Justice. Kcce in jusltitia regnabit rex
(Bhold. in Justice the King will reign).
"When a Prince casts aside Justice
we no longer owe him either obedience,
respect or loyalty. Placed by the will
of God on the archieplscopal throne of
JIalines. we are only answerable to our
conscience, and. If in the discharge of
our holy off ice we are obliged to raise
our voice, we believe ourselves to be
following the teachings of our divine
matter.
"We render unto Caesar those things
which are Caesar's." for we pay you
the silent homage due to strength, but
we keep closed to your encroachments
the sacred domain of our conscience,
the last refuse of the oppressed.
"It was not, your excellency may be
ure, without deep reflection that we
denounced to the world the evils with
which our brothers and sisters are
overwhelmed frightful evils, indeed,
atrocious crimes, the tragic horror of
which cold reason refuses to admit.
Cries of People Heard
"But had we not done so we should
not have felt ourselves worthy to be
the successor of the apostles who con
verted the Belgian Gaul nor the spir
itual son of those who by their labors
made illustrious the See of Malinea, of
which the liberty of Louvain formed
the purest Jewel the inestimable, price
less treasure.
'Alii Iaboravcrant et vim in Iabores
- ccrum introistic' In the almost fatal
position in which our people are
plunged, we made our voice heard and
hoped that our thoughts would be pon
dered on by you. But a. Prince shall
have thoughts worthy of a Prince and
shall keep his authority over the chiefs
of his people.
"Belgian, we have heard the cries of
orrow tf our people; patriot, we have
sought to heal the wounds of our coun
try: bishop, we have denounced crimes
committed against our innocent
priests.
held by Archduke Joseph Ferdinand,
the enemy's artillery was active.
"Italian front. The artillery duels
continued, insofar as the weather per
nutted. The Austro-Hungarlans cap
tured an Italian position at Mrzllvrh
and repulsed their counter attacks. The
Italians suffered heavy Josses.
"Our artillery vigorously shelled the
Italian positions at Plitsch and Hon
tebra. Attempts by Italian troops in
the Sugpna sector to occupy our post
tions on the heights of Movaledo failed.
On the Ponale road our troops evacuat
ed a defensive position south of Sper
one. In the Adamello sector Alpini oc
cupied the Dosson-IMgenova ridge. Aq
Italian attack against Monte Boerluzzo,
south of Stilfser, failed."
I'Vench.
PARIS. April IS. The text of today's
official statement Is:
"North of Roye a reconnaissance on
the part of the enemy who were en
deavoring to occupy our trenches in
the region of Parvillers was dispersed
by our fire.
"There was no infantry fighting last
night anywhere In the Verdun region
West of the Meuse there has been a
fairly spirited bombardment of our po
sitions between the wood of Malan
court and Hill NO. 304. Our batteries
evidenced great activity along this part
of the front, particularly west of Cor-
beaux wood and at various points along
the Forges Brook.
"Bast of the Meuse and In the Woevre
there have been intermittent bombard
ments.
"In the Vosges there have been en-
PARIS GIVES PROOF
German Version Held Admis
sion in Sussex Case.
TIME AND PLACE CITED
Xo Other Vessel Reported Sunk: in
Channel Prisoners I'rora Sis
ter Submarine Said to Have
Confirmed the Details.
PARIS. April 15. Inquiries of the
Ministry of Marino concerning the cir
cumstances of the attack on the steam
ship Sussex have developed precise in
formation which has been given to The
Associated Press from authentic
sources in the following statement:
This information is not based on
suppositions or probabilities, and in
VERDUN SALIENT TAKEN BY GERMANS.
is)1 &'iicS-
f- BRABANT T- LAHORtoooRT SteVdr
The Dotted Line Indicates the Front as It Existed Before the Last Ger
man Attack! the Heavy Black Line the Positions to "Which the
trench Withdrew.
counters between patrols. A reconnais
sance on the part of the enemy was
checked by our fire at a point south of
Sainte Marle-aux-Mines."
HOQUIAM SEEKS CITY PARK
Protest Is Made Against Sale
Timber on School Tract.
of
Official War Reports
German.
T3ERLIX. via London, April 15. The
JD text of the official statement, is
sued at German army headquarters to
day, said:
"Western front. A strong English
advance against our crater positions
outh of St- Elol. Belgium, was com
pletely repulsed after a hand grenade
engagement.
"In the Argonne and east of that re
gion there were lively local artillery
and mine duels.
"On the left bank of the Meuse. enemy
attacks against our positions on Zead
Man's Hill, south of thn Rni Ha rvt-
beaux and in the Bois des Cumieres
tould only be carried by a few bat
talions against Dead Man's Hill.
"The attacking enemy waves broke
down with the heaviest losses before
our lines. ine lew men who pene
trated our trenches were killed in hand-to-hand
fighting.
"On the right bank of the Meuse and
on the Woevre Plain, the fighting activ
ity chiefly wan limited to violent artil
lery duels. Two weak enemy hand
grenade attacks southwest of Fort
Douaumont failed.
"Eastern theater. Attempts made by
the Russians yesterday to deliver local
attacks northwest of Dvinsk were unsuccessful."
HOQUIAM, Wash., April 15. (Spe
cial.) A protest has been filed with
State Land Commissioner Savldge by
the City Commission of Hoquiam
against the sale of the timber on a
tract of 320 acres of school land ad
Joining the north, city limits, and which
it is proposed to turn into a public
park. An informal protest already has
been made and a formal protest in the
form of a resolution will be filed at
once.
The land is heavily timbered and has
been soueht as a Dark by many in
Hoquiam for a number of years. Four
years ago a bill was passed by the
State Legislature permitting the city
to lease the land for 9t years for park
purposes, but this was held to con
flict witb the Federal laws.
WHALING FLEET PREPARES
Hoquiam Company Is Xow Having
Vessels Overhauled.
HOQUIAM. Wash.. April 13. (Spe
cial.) Whaling operations at the South
Bay plant of the American-Pacific Com
nanv. near here, will be resumed May
1. according to announcement Just
made by the manager? Captain Le Mar
quand. The plant will operate its full
fleet of four steam whalers this year,
nd with a fair season expects a catch
this year comparing with the record
one of 340 of last season.
The company's whalers Aberdeen
Westport. and Moran, are now at the
Chilman shipyards in this city under
irointr overhauling, general repairs and
painting. As soon as there is room for
her. the Paterson will be brought up
from the station and go on the ways
for overhauling.
CHARLES L. THRASHER DIES
Austrian.
TiERLrN. April 15. by wireless to Say
vllle. N". Y. The text of the official
Austrian statement, received here to-
.ilay. is:
"Russian front. Russian artillery
actively shelled our positions on the
lower Stripa. along the Dneister and
northeast of Czernowitz. Near the
.mouth of the lower Stripa and southeast
of Bugzaz there were lively engage
ments for advanced positions, some of
which are still in progress. The occu
pants of one trench which formed a
salient were thrown Ciack to the main
positions.
"Northeast of Jawlovice the enemy en
tered an advanced position, but was
ejected immediately by a counter at
tack. One Russian officer, three en
figns and 10i men were captured. An
Austro-Hungarian detachment by a
surprise attack occupied an advanced
Russian position on the road between
Bugzaz and Crortkow. On the front
Albany Railroad Man Says
Climbing My Iaet Hill."
'I'm
A LB ANT, Or.. April 15. (Special.)
Charles L. Thrasher, a resident of Al
bany and vicinity for the past live
years, died today in St. Mary's Hospital
hero at the age of 53 years. He had
been Hi some time, and underwent -an
operation recently. "1 am climbing the
last hill." Mr. Thrasher remarked last
night, using a railroad expression.
Ho was a railroad man most of his
life, at one time being master mechanic
of the shops at Fort Scott, Kan. He
was born in Illinois and resided most
of his life in that state and Kansas.
He was a member of the Masonic fra
ternity. He is survived by a widow and
two daughters.
Iodine Itoad Taps Kich Country.
ABERDEEN. Wash.,' April 15. (Spe
cial.) Approximately 200 men are be
ing employed eight miles west of here
building a logging railroad into a rich
timber area, owned by the Wynooche
Timber Company, of which F. H. Lamb,
of Honuiam. is the bead. About a
mile of track so far has been laid.
The timber to be tapped recently was
purchased by this company, and the
new concern, n is ssaiu, wui u uj'u vl
the largest in the county. The track
now being built is a spur to the North
ern Pacific road.
that it differs from the statement of
Herr von Jagow (German Foreign Min
ister.) The facts have been established
by a great number of witnesses whose
names are known, including the cap
tain of the Sussex.
"They establish that the command
er of the submarine could not have
been Ignorant that he was attacking a
channel steamer making regular serv
ice between France and England. The
route of these steamers differs from
that of other merchantmen and is per
fectly known to all sailors.
Perry Route Well Known.
"Moreover, the route between Dieppe
and Folkestone is essentially the route
of channel steamers, which make the
Journey at a fixed time, and the Sus
sex was passing by the regular route
at the regular time. The commander
of the submarine therefore knew he
was dealing with a regular channel
steamer, and It was clearly a premedi
tated attack against an unarmed chan
nel boat without the least warning.
"It should be remarked that Herr von
Jagow admits that a German subma
rine sank a steamer at 3:45 o'clock and
this hour is the German equivalent of
2:50. when the Sussex was attacked.
Moreover, Herr von Jagow by his de
scription In fact describes the place
and hour when the Susaex was struck.
"It is Impossible to believe in a co
incidence whereby two ships exactly
alike should be struck at the same
hour and the same place. Furthermore,
no report of any other steamers being
struck at that time and place has been
received in France or England.
AdmlsMlon Veiled by Denial.
"Herr von JagoWs description is
therefore, a synical admission of the
torpedoing of the Sussex under a thin
veil of denial.
"The torpedoing of the Sussex is con
firmed by the sailors of a German sub
marine which was destroyed a few days
after the Sussex attack. These wit
nesses seemed to think the entire af
fair was known, so they had no hesi
tation in confirming all details of the
torpedoing of the Sussex by their sis
ter submarine which cruised in the
same locality.
"Summarizing the information ob
tained by the ministry of marine makes
certain, first, that the Captain and
other witnesses saw the track of a
torpedo and the Captain maneuvered
his ship to avoid the danger, which es
tablishes tho moral conviction that th
Sussex was torpedoed: second. fr.
. , i. u i v. a, uciiiian lurpeao zound on
the Sussex add material proof to the
moral conviction; third, the testimony
of prisoners from tho German sub
marine corroborates completely both
the moral conviction and the material
proof, entahli-hing the case, so fjr as
Prance
doubt."
is concerned.
beyond any
$2000 INJURY SUIT LOST
Assistant Land Commissioner Fails
to Get Damages for Accident.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. April 15. (Spe
cial.) The Jury in the damage suit of
W. W. Hopkins, of Olympia, As
sistant State Land Commissioner,
against the Copalis Lumber Company
for $2000 damages returned a verdict
for the defendant today.
The plaintiff alleged he sustained
injuries because -of the negligance of
the lumber company's switching crew
in not giving due warning of the ap
proach of cars to the crossing. Hop
kins' automobile was damaged.
JESSE GOFF IS INDICTED
Dynamiting Vish and Extorting
3Ioney Are Charged.
PENDLETON. Or.. April 15. (SDe-
cial.) The two remaining indictments
returned a week ago were made public
today when Jesse Goff was arraigned
in the Circuit Court on the two charges.
uorr is indicted with dynamiting fish
in the John Day River and with ex
torting money from Mrs. Maggie Wal
ker, one of his neighbors. It Is as
serted that he demanded $200 from her
to refrain from prosecuting her boys.
who entered his house. Goff's wife re
cently filed suit here for divorce.
MOOSE ASSERT PRINCIPLES
Nomination of T. R. Hoped" to End
Problems, Spokane Keynote
SPOKANE. Wash.. April 15. (Soe-
cial.) About 100 members of the Pro
gressive party assembled at the Court
house this R I'tprnnnn fry who frtK
ably will be the last convention heldl
here by the members of that party.
They elected N. W. Durham permanent
chairman, organized for the election oi
delegates to the state convention to be
held at Seattle May 1. and adopted a
platform.
"We trust that the nomination of
Theodore Roosevelt at Chicago by the
United Republican and Progressive
parties will end for us the immediate
political problems." said Mr. Durham
in the keynote speech. "We also standi
ready to renew the political movement
of 1912."
Two debates resulted in the) adoption
of a platform favoring preparedness
for war and sharply criticising the
Wilson Administration -for failure to
enforce alleged provisions of interna
tional law.
Kennewick Ready for Trade Visitors
KENNEWICK, Wash., April 15.
(.special.) Arrangements are being
maae Dy tne commercial Club to en
tertain the Portland trade excursion
ists who will be In Kennewick April
zi from 7 P. M. to 11:30 P. M. The
entertainment committee is W. R
Crawford, M. W. Mattecheck, J. M.
Holmes, G. R. Bradshaw and J. J.
Rudkln.
Mail between two cities on ' a river in
Colombia SOO miles apart will be carried by
a light-draft, high-speed boat driven by
serial propellers.
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